1966
January
- 17 - Screen Gems sells The Monkees to NBC
- ?? - Michael Blessing's single is released - "Until It's Time For You To Go"/"What Seems To Be The Trouble Officer"
February
March
- ?? - Micky, Davy, Peter and Michael begin a two month course in improvisation with director Jim Frawley
April
May
- 31 - Filming begins on The Monkees TV series
June
- 10(?) - "Let's Dance On" - RCA in Hollywood
- 10 - "Take a Giant Step" - RCA in Hollywood
- 25 - "All The King's Horses" - RCA Studio A in Hollywood
- 25 - "The Kind of Girl I Could Love" - RCA Studio A in Hollywood
- 25 - "I Don't Think You Know Me" - RCA Studio A in Hollywood
- ?? - "I Wanna Be Free"
July
- 5(?) - "This Just Doesn't Seem To Be My Day" - RCA in Hollywood
- 5 - "(Theme From) The Monkees" - RCA Studio A in Hollywood
- 5(?) - "Let's Dance On" - RCA Studio A in Hollywood
- 6 - "This Just Doesn't Seem To Be My Day" - RCA in Hollywood
- 6 - "Let's Dance On" - RCA Studio A in Hollywood
- 7 - "Gonna Buy Me A Dog" - RCA Studio #1 in Hollywood
- 7 - "Papa Gene's Blues" - Western Recorders Studio 2 in Hollywood
- 7 - "So Goes Love" - Western Recorders Studio 2 in Hollywood
- 9 - "Let's Dance On" - RCA Studio A in Hollywood
- 9 - "Take A Giant Step" - RCA Studio A in Hollywood
- 9 - "Saturday's Child" - RCA Studio A in Hollywood
- 9 - "I'll Be True To You" - RCA Studio C in Hollywood
- 9(?) - "Papa Gene's Blues" - Western Recorders Studio 2 in Hollywood
- 11 - "The Kind Of Girl I Could Love" - RCA Studio A in Hollywood
- 11 - "Papa Gene's Blues" - RCA Studio A in Hollywood
- 11 - "Let's Dance On" - RCA Studio A in Hollywood
- 11 - "All The King's Horses" - RCA Studio A in Hollywood
- 16 - "I Don't Think You Know Me" - RCA Studio A in Hollywood
- 16 - "The Kind Of Girl I Could Love" - RCA Studio A in Hollywood
- 16 - "All The King's Horses" - RCA Studio A in Hollywood
- 16 - "Papa Gene's Blues" - RCA Studio A in Hollywood
- 18 - "I Won't Be The Same Without Her" - RCA Studio A in Hollywood
- 18 - "Sweet Young Thing" - RCA Studio A in Hollywood
- 18 - "You Just May Be The One" - RCA in Hollywood
- 19 - "(Theme From) The Monkees" - RCA Studio A in Hollywood
- 19 - "I Wanna Be Free" - RCA Studio A in Hollywood
- 23 - "Gonna Buy Me A Dog" - RCA Studio A in Hollywood
- 23(?) - "Tomorrow's Gonna Be Another Day" - RCA Studio #1 in Hollywood
- 24 - "Gonna Buy Me A Dog" - RCA Studio A in Hollywood
- 24 - "I Wanna Be Free" - RCA Studio A in Hollywood
- 25 - "The Kind Of Girl I Could Love" - RCA in Hollywood
- 25 - "Last Train To Clarksville" - RCA Studio B in Hollywood
- 25 - "Mary, Mary" - Western Recorders Studio #2 in Hollywood
- 25 - "Do Not Ask For Love (aka Prithee)" - Western Recorders Studio #2 in Hollywood
- 25 - "I Can't Get Her Off Of My Mind" - RCA in Hollywood
- 25 - "I Don't Think You Know Me" - RCA in Hollywood
- 25 - "Of You" - Western Recorders Studio #2 in Hollywood
- 26 - "(I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone" - Western Recorders Studio #1 in Hollywood
- 26 - "Tomorrow's Gonna Be Another Day" - RCA Studio #1 in Hollywood
- 26 - "Whatever's Right" - Western Recorders in Hollywood
- 27 - "Mary, Mary" - RCA Studio B in Hollywood
- 27 - "Do Not Ask For Love (aka Prithee)" - RCA Studio B in Hollywood
- 27 - "Of You" - RCA Studio B in Hollywood
- 27 - "Sweet Young Thing" - RCA Studio B in Hollywood
- 30 - "The Kind Of Girl I Could Love" - RCA Studio A in Hollywood
- 30 - "Papa Gene's Blues" - RCA Studio A in Hollywood
- 30 - "I Won't Be The Same Without Her" - RCA Studio A in Hollywood
- ?? - "(Theme From) The Monkees"
- ?? - "Kellogg's Jingle"
August
- 6 - "(Theme From) The Monkees" - RCA Studio A in Hollywood
- 6 - "Valleri" - RCA Studio A in Hollywood
- 15 - "She" - RCA Studio A in Hollywood
- 15 - TV appearance - "The Today Show"
- 23 - "Ladies Aid Society" - RCA Studio B in Hollywood
- 23 - "Teeny Tiny Gnome" - RCA in Hollywood
- 27 - "Valleri" - RCA Studio B in Hollywood
- 27 - "She" - RCA Studio B in Hollywood
- 30 - "I Don't Think You Know Me" - RCA Studio B in Hollywood
- 30 - "I Won't Be The Same Without Her" - RCA Studio B in Hollywood
- ?? - "Tema Dei Monkees" - RCA in Hollywood(?)
September
October
- 3 - “Your Friendly Neighborhood Kidnappers”, Episode No. 4, airs on NBC
- 10 - The Monkees first album, entitled The Monkees, hits record stores.
- 10 - “The Spy Who Came In From The Cool”, Episode No. 5, airs on NBC
- 13 - "I Don't Think You Know Me" - RCA in New York(?)
- 13 - "Sometime In The Morning" - RCA in New York(?)
- 14 - "Your Auntie Grizelda" - American Recording Co. in Studio City, California
- 15 - "Sometime In The Morning" - RCA Studio A in New York
- 15 - "Look Out (Here Comes Tomorrow)" - RCA Studio B in New York
- 15 - "I'm A Believer" - RCA Studio B in New York
- 16 - “The Success Story”, Episode No. 6, airs on NBC
- 18 - "Mary, Mary" - RCA Studio B in Hollywood
- 18 - "Do Not Ask For Love" (aka Prithee)" - RCA Studio B in Hollywood
- 23 - "Look Out (Here Comes Tomorrow)" - RCA Studio B in New York
- 23 - "Hold On Girl" - American Studios in Studio City, California
- 23 - "Your Auntie Grizelda" - RCA Studio B in New York
- 23(?) - "Sometime In The Morning" - RCA Studio A in New York
- 23 - "I'm A Believer" - RCA Studio B in Hollywood
- 24 - “The Monkees In A Ghost Town”, Episode No. 7, airs on NBC
- 25 - "Sometime In The Morning" - RCA Studio A in New York
- 26 - "Look Out (Here Comes Tomorrow)" - RCA Studio A in Hollywood
- 26 - "Tear Drop City" - RCA Studio B in Hollywood
- 26 - "Looking For The Good Times" - RCA Studio B in Hollywood
- 26 - "I'll Spend My Life With You" - RCA Studio B in Hollywood
- 27 - "Sometime In The Morning" - RCA in Hollywood
- 28 - "Apples, Peaches, Bananas And Pears" - RCA in Hollywood
- 28 - "Don't Listen To Linda" - RCA in Hollywood
- 28 - "I Never Thought It Peculiar" - RCA Studio B in Hollywood
- 28 - "Laugh" - RCA in Hollywood
- 28 - "I'll Be Back Up On My Feet" - RCA Studio A in Hollywood
- 28(?) - "The Day We Fall In Love" - RCA in Hollywood
- 29(?) - "The Day We Fall In Love" - RCA in Hollywood
- 29(?) - "Sometime In The Morning" - RCA in New York(?)
- 29(?) - "Laugh" - RCA in Hollywood
- 30 - "Looking For The Good Times" - RCA Studio B in Hollywood
- 30 - "Tear Drop City" - RCA Studio B in Hollywood
- 31 - “Don't Look A Gift Horse In The Mouth”, Episode No. 8, airs on NBC
- 31 - "Tear Drop City" - RCA Studio B in Hollywood
- ?? - "Words" - RCA in Hollywood(?)
November
- 6 - "Tear Drop City" - RCA Studio B in Hollywood
- 6 - "Looking For The Good Times" - RCA Studio B in Hollywood
- 7 - “The Chaperone”, Episode No. 9, airs on NBC
- 12 - "Looking For The Good Times" - RCA Studio B in Hollywood
- 13 - "I Don't Think You Know Me" - RCA in New York(?)
- 13 - "Sometime In The Morning" - RCA in New York(?)
- 14 - “Here Come The Monkees”, Episode No. 10, airs on NBC
- 14 - "Your Auntie Grizelda" - the American Recording Co. in Studio City, California
- 15 - "Sometime In The Morning" - RCA Studio A in New York
- 15 - "Look Out (Here Comes Tomorrow)" - RCA Studio B in New York
- 17 - "Do Not Ask For Love (aka Prithee)" - RCA in Hollywood
- 17 - "Looking For The Good Times" - RCA in Hollywood
- 21 - “Monkees A La Carte”, Episode No. 11, airs on NBC
- 23 - "The Day We Fall In Love" - RCA Studio B in New York
- 23 - "The Girl I Left Behind Me" - RCA in New York
- 23 - "When Love Comes Knockin' (At Your Door)" - RCA Studio A in New York
- 28 - “I've Got A Little Song Here”, Episode No. 12, airs on NBC
December
- 3 - The Monkees' first full live concert was held in Honolulu, Hawaii
- 5 - “One Man Shy” (a.k.a. “Peter And The Debutante”), Episode No. 13, airs on NBC
- 12 - “Dance, Monkee, Dance”, Episode No. 14, airs on NBC
- 17 - TV appearance - "American Bandstand"
- 19 - “Too Many Girls” (a.k.a. "Davy And Fern"), Episode No. 15, airs on NBC
- 26 - Denver Coliseum in Colorado
- 26 - "The Son of a Gypsy", Episode No. 16, airs on NBC
- 27 - Mid-South Coliseum in Memphis, TN
- 28 - Freedom Hall in Louisville, KY
- 29 - Winston-Salem Coliseum in North Carolina
- 30 - Civic Arena in Pittsburgh, PA
- 31 - Cincinnati Gardens in Ohio
- ?? - Davy Jones TV appearance - "The Top of the Pops" [England]
Late