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Davy Jones
Born	David Thomas Jones December 30, 1945 (1945-12-30) (age 61) Manchester, England
Known for	member of The Monkees
Occupation	singer, actor
Children	Talia Elizabeth (October 2 1968), Sarah Lee (July 3 1971), Jessica Lillian (September 4 1981) and Annabel Charlotte (June 26 1988)
Website	davyjones.net

Davy Jones (born David Thomas Jones December 30, 1945) is an English actor and singer, best known as a member of The Monkees.

Contents 1 Career 1.1 Singles 1.2 Vinyl albums 2 Personal life 3 External links

Jones was born in Manchester, England on December 30, 1945. He lost his mother to a protracted illness by the time he was 14. His father had hopes for him as a jockey, and just after his mother died, when Davy was 14 years old, his father sent him to live with Basil Foster to train. Basil was approached by a friend who worked in the theatre on the West End of London during casting. Basil said, "I've got the kid." Jones then became more interested in being in show business. As a teenager he appeared on British TV soap operas, including Coronation Street. He appeared to great acclaim in the musical Oliver! as the Artful Dodger, playing the role both in London and on Broadway. On February 9, 1964, he appared with the Broadway cast of Oliver on the Ed Sullivan show, the same episode on which The Beatles made their first appearance. Jones says of that night, "I watched the Beatles from the side of the stage, I saw the girls going crazy, and I said to myself, this is it, I want a piece of that."

Ward Sylvester of Screen Gems (then the television division of Columbia Pictures) signed Jones to a contract, following his Ed Sullivan appearance. A pair of American television appearances followed, in episodes of Ben Casey and The Farmer's Daughter. He also recorded a single and album for Colpix Records, which charted but weren't huge hits.

From 1965 to 1970, Jones was a member of The Monkees, a pop-rock group formed expressly for a TV show of the same name. With Screen Gems producing the series, Jones was shortlisted for auditions, as he was the only Monkee who was signed to a deal with the studio, but still had to meet producers Bob Rafelson and Bert Schneider's standards.

As a Monkee, Jones sang lead vocals on many of the group's songs, including "I Wanna Be Free" and "Daydream Believer". After the show went off the air and the group disbanded, he continued to perform solo, later joining with fellow-Monkee Micky Dolenz and songwriters Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart as a short-lived group.

Jones was drafted into the U. S. Army in 1967. He went on a fast and got down to 98lbs before his date with the draft board.

In recent years, Jones has performed with his former bandmates in reunion tours and has appeared in several productions of Oliver! as Fagin. He has also continued to race horses with some success in his native England, United Kingdom, while residing in Beavertown, Pennsylvania, United States. He also owns and races horses in the United States and served as a commercial spokesman for Colonial Downs racetrack in Virginia.^[1]

In April 2006, Jones recorded "Your Personal Penguin", written by children's author Sandra Boynton as a companion piece to her new board book of the same title.

In September 2007, Jones signed on as the celebrity spokesman for stock picking service Gorilla Trades.

On November 1, 2007, The Sandra Boynton book and CD titled "Blue Moo" was released. Davy is featured in the book and on the CD, singing "Your Personal Penguin"

Jones and Boynton have become close friends as a result of the project.

Jones is in the process of becoming a United States citizen.

Date	Label/Catalog #	Titles (A-side / B-side)	Billboard Top Singles	Cashbox	Notes
??/1965	Colpix CP-764	Dream Girl / Take Me To Paradise	-	-	Credited as "David Jones."
??/1965	Colpix CP-784	What Are We Going To Do? / This Bouquet	93	94	Credited as "Mr. David Jones."
??/1965	Colpix CP-793	The Girl From Chelsea / Theme For A New Love	-	-	Credited as "David Jones."
04/1971	Bell 986	Do It In The Name Of Love / Lady Jane	-	-	By Micky Dolenz and Davy Jones.
06/1971	Bell 45-111	Rainy Jane / Welcome To My Love	52	32
10/1971	Bell 45-136	I Really Love You / Sittin' In The Apple Tree	-	98
11/1971	Bell 45-159	Girl / Take My Love	-	-
01/1972	Bell 45-178	I'll Believe In You / Road To Love	-	-
??/1972	MGM K14458	You're A Lady / Who Was It	-	-
??/1973	MGM K14524	Rubberene / Rubberene	-	-	This single was released as a promo copy only.
05/1978	Warner Brothers 17161	(Hey Ra Ra Ra) Happy Birthday Mickey Mouse / You Don't Have To Be A Country Boy To Sing A Country Song	-	-	Issued in England only to commemorate Mickey Mouse's 50th Birthday
05/1981	Japan JAS-2007	It's Now / How Do You Know	-	-	Released in Japan only.
06/1981	Japan JAS-2010	Dance Gypsy / Can She Do It (Like She Dances)	-	-	Released in Japan only.
03/1982	Pioneer K-1517	Sixteen (Baby, You'll Soon Be Sixteen) / Baby, Hold Out	-	-	Released in Japan only.
12/1984	No Label JJ2001	I'll Love You Forever / When I Look Back On Christmas	-	-	Released in England only.
??/1987	Powderworks 374	After Your Heart / Hippy Hippy Shake	-	-	Released in Australia only.

NOTES: Jones recorded two singles with former Monkee Micky Dolenz and songwriters Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart under the group name "Dolenz, Jones, Boyce & Hart" on Capitol Records in 1975. They were "I Remember The Feeling"/"You & I" (Capitol 4180) and "I Love You (And I'm Glad That I Said It)"/"Savin' My Love For You" (Capitol 4271). Jones also released a single with Micky Dolenz and Peter Tork in 1976 titled "Christmas Is My Time of Year" / "White Christmas" (Christmas CDS-700/701) which saw a rerelease in 1986 (Christmas CDS-702/703). Lastly, Jones had an EP release in the UK with Micky Dolenz culling tracks from their performance in Harry Nilsson's "The Point" performance in London in 1978: "Lifeline" (Jones) / "It's A Jungle Out There" (Dolenz) / "Gotta Get Up" (Jones & Dolenz). It was released as MCA 348.

Date	Label/Catalog #	Titles (A-side / B-side)	Billboard Top Singles	Cashbox	Notes
??/1965	Colpix CP-784 (mono) / Colpix SCP-784 (stereo)	David Jones	185	-	Credited as "David Jones."
06/1971	Bell 6067	Davy Jones	-	-
01/1978	MCA MCF2826	The Point	-	-	Jones sings most of the songs on this original cast recording of Harry Nilsson's stage performance of "The Point." Album was initially released in England only, followed by a release in Japan.
06/1981	Japan JAL-1003	Davy Jones Live	-	-	Released in Japan only.
03/1982	Pioneer K-10025	Hello Davy (Davy Jones Live)	-	-	Released in Japan only. According to some sources, this is an unauthorized LP release, with the audio having been lifted from the Japanese-released laserdisc of this concert.

NOTES: Davy recorded an album with former Monkee Micky Dolenz and songwriters Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart under the group name "Dolenz, Jones, Boyce & Hart" on Capitol Records in 1975. The self-titled album was released as Capitol ST-11513. Also, Davy had released a number of albums in cassette- and/or CD-only formats, including "Davy Jones Sings The Monkees and More," "It's Christmas Time Again," "JustMe," "JustMe 2" and the archival 4-album "Just For The Record" set.

He is twice divorced with four children: Talia Elizabeth (October 2, 1968) and Sarah Lee (July 3, 1971) with first wife Linda, and Jessica Lillian (September 4, 1981) and Annabel Charlotte (June 26, 1988) with second wife Anita.

• Official Web Site
• Davy Jones at the Internet Movie Database

v • d • e The Monkees
Micky Dolenz · Davy Jones · Michael Nesmith · Peter Tork
Production & Management	Don Kirshner · Bob Rafelson · Bert Schneider · Ward Sylvester · Raybert Productions
Studio albums	The Monkees · More of the Monkees · Headquarters · Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones Ltd. · The Birds, The Bees & the Monkees · Head · Instant Replay · The Monkees Present · Changes · Pool It! · Justus
Principal Film/Television Appearances	Episode list · Head · 33⅓ Revolutions Per Monkee · Hey, Hey, It's the Monkees
Miscellaneous	The New Monkees · The Monkeemobile

Persondata
NAME	Jones, Davy
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	actor, singer
DATE OF BIRTH	December 30, 1945 (1945-12-30) (age 61)
PLACE OF BIRTH	Manchester, England
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH