{"id":1047958,"date":"2026-09-07T01:47:16","date_gmt":"2026-09-07T01:47:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1047958\/"},"modified":"2026-09-07T01:47:16","modified_gmt":"2026-09-07T01:47:16","slug":"monkees-legend-micky-dolenz-joins-chris-carter-for-25-years-of-breakfast-with-the-beatles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1047958\/","title":{"rendered":"Monkees legend Micky Dolenz joins Chris Carter for 25 years of Breakfast With the Beatles"},"content":{"rendered":"

It was 25 years ago today when Chris Carter took the reins of one of LA radio\u2019s most beloved institutions, \u201cBreakfast With the Beatles<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n

And helping celebrate a quarter-century on the airwaves Sunday was a man whose own storied career was kickstarted by a TV show about a band trying to be just like Liverpool\u2019s Fab Four \u2013 Monkees legend Micky Dolenz.<\/p>\n

Mickey Dolenz of \u201cThe Monkees\u201d joins Chris Carter as he celebrates the 25th anniversary of \u201cBreakfast With The Beatles\u201d at KLOS Radio Station in Burbank, California, on Sunday, Sept. 6, 2026. London Entertainment for CA Post<\/p>\n

The Monkees pop group members Davy Jones, Micky Dolenz, Peter Tork and Mike Nesmith pose in their directors chairs for their TV series. The television series ran from 1966 to 1968. Getty Images<\/p>\n

Dolenz, 81, sporting a black hat and signature yellow-hued glasses, joined the party at 95.5 KLOS\u2019 eighth-floor studios in Burbank as he prepared to hit the road for his \u201cMicky Dolenz: 60 Years of The Monkees\u201d tour.<\/p>\n

He\u2019s the last surviving original member<\/a> of the four-piece that took TV \u2013 and then the pop charts \u2013 by storm in the 1960s.<\/p>\n

Dolenz, 81 is the last remaining of the four original members of The Monkees who took TV by storm in the 1960\u2019s. London Entertainment for CA Post<\/p>\n

Micky Dolenz of The Monkees is pictured in a portrait from the mid-1960s. Getty Images<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a television show about a band. They lived in a Malibu beach house and wanted to be The Beatles. On the television show we never made it,\u201d Dolenz said.<\/p>\n

Dolenz revealed he first saw the Beatles on a stolen TV at iconic LA hamburger joint Bob\u2019s Big Boy<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a television show about a band, they lived in a Malibu beach house that wanted to be The Beatles.\u201d London Entertainment for CA Post<\/p>\n

Davy Jones, Michael Nesmith, Peter Tork and Micky Dolenz of The Monkees pose by the Monkeemobile Pontiac GTO car for their 1960s TV show. Getty Images<\/p>\n

\u201cThere was a guy who had a TV in the parking lot with rabbit ears.\u201d<\/p>\n

Just three years later, Dolenz would find himself hanging out with John Lennon at Abbey Road during recording sessions for the Beatles\u2019 landmark \u201cSgt. Pepper\u2019s Lonely Hearts Club Band\u201d album.<\/p>\n

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Micky Dolenz poses for a publicity portrait for the TV series \u201cThe Monkees\u201d in 1966. Getty Images<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s bizarre, I feel blessed,\u201d Dolenz said.<\/p>\n

The Monkees went on to score three No. 1 singles on the Billboard Hot 100 \u2014 \u201cLast Train to Clarksville,\u201d \u201cI\u2019m a Believer\u201d and \u201cDaydream Believer.\u201d<\/p>\n

Their hit NBC television show turned Dolenz and bandmates Davy Jones, Michael Nesmith and Peter Tork into pop-culture icons and helped unleash Monkeemania across America.<\/p>\n

Eventually, Dolenz be hanging out with John Lennon on Abbey Road for some of The Beatles recording sessions Sgt Pepper\u2019s Lonely Hearts Club Band. London Entertainment for CA Post<\/p>\n

Chris Carter celebrates the 25th anniversary of \u201cBreakfast With The Beatles\u201d with special guest Mickey Dolenz of \u201cThe Monkees\u201d in studio at KLOS Radio Station in Burbank, California, on Sunday, Sept. 6, 2026. London Entertainment for CA Post<\/p>\n

\u201cMicky Dolenz: 60 Years of The Monkees\u201d kicks off in Phoenix before arriving in Los Angeles on Sept. 12.<\/p>\n

For a quarter of a century, Angelenos have woken up on Sunday mornings to Carter spinning an eclectic mix of Beatles classics, rarities and deep cuts.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s like going to church,\u201d said Alex Macias, better known to listeners as \u201cOxnard Alex,\u201d who was in the studio for Sunday\u2019s anniversary celebration.<\/p>\n

\u201cOxnard Alex\u201d who has kept a spiral notebook diary of every single song ever played on the show and was in the studio for the big celebration. London Entertainment for CA Post<\/p>\n

Alex has documented 894 Breakfast With The Beatles shows. London Entertainment for CA Post<\/p>\n

Macias has painstakingly kept a spiral-notebook diary documenting every song played on the show.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s 894 shows. I started writing down the songs when I was going through a hard time, and it helped me get out of it,\u201d Macias said.<\/p>\n

Dave Kaplan has been an engineer with \u201cAmerica\u2019s Longest Running Beatles Show,\u201d Breakfast With The Beatles for ten years. London Entertainment for CA Post<\/p>\n

\u201cBreakfast With the Beatles\u201d was created by pioneering LA radio personality Deirdre O\u2019Donoghue, who hosted the program until her death in 2001. Carter took over later that year.<\/p>\n

And his tenure began during one of the darkest moments in American history \u2014 just days before the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.<\/p>\n

\u201cI remember the executives gave me a list of songs not to play because of the tragedy, and one was \u2018Imagine\u2019 by John Lennon. I immediately rebelled and played it every hour, my first week could have been my last,\u201d Carter said.<\/p>\n

The Beatles, from left, George Harrison, John Lennon, Ringo Starr and Paul McCartney, pose for a portrait on the roof of the Palace Court Hotel in Bournemouth, United Kingdom, in August 1963. Michael Ochs Archives<\/p>\n

\u201cIf it weren\u2019t for Deirdre, we wouldn\u2019t be here,\u201d Carter added.<\/p>\n

The program is billed by KLOS as \u201cAmerica\u2019s longest running Beatles show\u201d and remains a Sunday morning fixture in Southern California.<\/p>\n

For a quarter of a century Angelinos have woken up to the voice of Carter setting the mood for the day, and playing a Southern California Beatles soundtrack every Sunday morning.\u00a0 London Entertainment for CA Post<\/p>\n

Carter has interviewed Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr numerous times, along with George Harrison, whose interview with Carter for Capitol Records became Harrison\u2019s last.<\/p>\n

Loyal listeners are treated each week to famous guests with connections to the Fab Four, Beatles trivia and a playlist stretching from monster hits to rarities, outtakes and solo material.<\/p>\n

On Sunday, after filling the Los Angeles airwaves with three hours of John, Paul, George and Ringo \u2014 plus a little Dolenz \u2014 Carter closed his 25th-anniversary show with his signature sign-off.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt\u2019s been a pleasure playing the Beatles for ya.\u201d<\/p>\n

Then came the Beatles themselves, singing the immortal closing line from \u201cThe End\u201d:<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd in the end the love you take is equal to the love you make.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAnother one down,\u201d Carter said as he took off his headphones and left the studio smiling.<\/p>\n

\u201cThank you for having me for 25 years,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

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