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“[Peter’s dressing room was] wall-to-wall musical instruments and assorted paraphernalia. Keyboards, guitars, amps, microphones, tape recorders, sheet music.” - Micky Dolenz, I’m A Believer: My Life of Monkees, Music, And Madness (1993)
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January 5, 2026 at 5:50 PM
“[Peter’s dressing room was] wall-to-wall musical instruments and assorted paraphernalia. Keyboards, guitars, amps, microphones, tape recorders, sheet music.” - Micky Dolenz, I’m A Believer: My Life of Monkees, Music, And Madness (1993)
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“[George Harrison] invited me to his house. He played the sitar and said: ‘I’m working on a soundtrack album, I’d love to have you play a little banjo.’” - Peter Tork, The Guardian (March 23, 2017)
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🎥: Peter’s banjo contribution for Wonderwall Music
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🎥: Peter’s banjo contribution for Wonderwall Music
January 4, 2026 at 5:21 PM
“[George Harrison] invited me to his house. He played the sitar and said: ‘I’m working on a soundtrack album, I’d love to have you play a little banjo.’” - Peter Tork, The Guardian (March 23, 2017)
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🎥: Peter’s banjo contribution for Wonderwall Music
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🎥: Peter’s banjo contribution for Wonderwall Music
“Pete has had a great effect on the way I perform. The way he used to move, the way he used his accent, his whole attitude toward the theater, the entire theater…” - Stephen Stills, Tiger Beat (June 1967)
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January 3, 2026 at 5:30 PM
“Pete has had a great effect on the way I perform. The way he used to move, the way he used his accent, his whole attitude toward the theater, the entire theater…” - Stephen Stills, Tiger Beat (June 1967)
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“This was a gentle and articulate Monkee who talked like a Websters’ Dictionary.” - Alan Smith, New Musical Express (January 13, 1968)
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January 2, 2026 at 5:36 PM
“This was a gentle and articulate Monkee who talked like a Websters’ Dictionary.” - Alan Smith, New Musical Express (January 13, 1968)
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Ann [Moses]: “Peter, what do you have so much of you could afford to give some away?”
Peter: “The only thing there is so much more of to give away.”
Ann: “Which is?”
Peter: “The power of love.” - Monkee Spectacular (February 1968)
Happy New Year! Wishing you love, peace, joy, and optimism.
Peter: “The only thing there is so much more of to give away.”
Ann: “Which is?”
Peter: “The power of love.” - Monkee Spectacular (February 1968)
Happy New Year! Wishing you love, peace, joy, and optimism.
January 1, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Ann [Moses]: “Peter, what do you have so much of you could afford to give some away?”
Peter: “The only thing there is so much more of to give away.”
Ann: “Which is?”
Peter: “The power of love.” - Monkee Spectacular (February 1968)
Happy New Year! Wishing you love, peace, joy, and optimism.
Peter: “The only thing there is so much more of to give away.”
Ann: “Which is?”
Peter: “The power of love.” - Monkee Spectacular (February 1968)
Happy New Year! Wishing you love, peace, joy, and optimism.
“everyone take care of yourselves and your loved ones, and even the occasional random passer-by, eh? xo, peter” - Facebook (November 10, 2018)
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Thank you so much for visiting this page this year — wishing you a happy, healthy, and peaceful new year.
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Thank you so much for visiting this page this year — wishing you a happy, healthy, and peaceful new year.
December 31, 2025 at 5:33 PM
“everyone take care of yourselves and your loved ones, and even the occasional random passer-by, eh? xo, peter” - Facebook (November 10, 2018)
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Thank you so much for visiting this page this year — wishing you a happy, healthy, and peaceful new year.
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Thank you so much for visiting this page this year — wishing you a happy, healthy, and peaceful new year.
Remembering Michael and Davy on their shared birthday.
Clip from Extra, 1995.
Clip from Extra, 1995.
December 30, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Remembering Michael and Davy on their shared birthday.
Clip from Extra, 1995.
Clip from Extra, 1995.
“…the cooperative good is good for the greatest individual good (with safeguards, to be sure), […] forgiveness is the route to true inner peace…” - Peter, Ask Peter Tork (2009)
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December 29, 2025 at 5:17 PM
“…the cooperative good is good for the greatest individual good (with safeguards, to be sure), […] forgiveness is the route to true inner peace…” - Peter, Ask Peter Tork (2009)
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Meet The Monkees contest winner Karen McCabe and Peter Tork; photo by Ron Shuller for The Cincinnati Enquirer.
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December 28, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Meet The Monkees contest winner Karen McCabe and Peter Tork; photo by Ron Shuller for The Cincinnati Enquirer.
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“There were a number of fine young performers that I remember seeing in the Village that summer, but one stands out in my mind — a young folksinger named Peter Tork.” - Alexander Bloom, Long Time Gone: Sixties America Then and Now (2001)
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December 27, 2025 at 5:34 PM
“There were a number of fine young performers that I remember seeing in the Village that summer, but one stands out in my mind — a young folksinger named Peter Tork.” - Alexander Bloom, Long Time Gone: Sixties America Then and Now (2001)
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The the Thorkelson siblings in Regina, Canada, winter 1966; scanned from 16 Magazine, April 1968.
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December 26, 2025 at 5:31 PM
The the Thorkelson siblings in Regina, Canada, winter 1966; scanned from 16 Magazine, April 1968.
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A snippet of “I Remember Christmas” (written by Peter’s brother Nick), live in 1997. Footage courtesy of derekup.
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December 23, 2025 at 3:44 PM
A snippet of “I Remember Christmas” (written by Peter’s brother Nick), live in 1997. Footage courtesy of derekup.
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A snippet of “White Christmas” on VH1, while Peter was guest hosting with Rosie O’Donnell.
December 22, 2025 at 5:31 PM
A snippet of “White Christmas” on VH1, while Peter was guest hosting with Rosie O’Donnell.
“Imagine spending a magical night singing with The Monkees around Regina’s Whitmore Park neighborhood in the late 1960s. That’s exactly what happened to a then-13-year-old Jim Sax.” - CJME dot com (2019)
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December 21, 2025 at 5:20 PM
“Imagine spending a magical night singing with The Monkees around Regina’s Whitmore Park neighborhood in the late 1960s. That’s exactly what happened to a then-13-year-old Jim Sax.” - CJME dot com (2019)
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“A couple of days before December 25, Peter vanished. […] [Young Peter explained,] ‘I was going to find Santa Claus. I was waiting for him to come by.’”- Catherine McGuire Straus, 16 Magazine (1967)
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December 20, 2025 at 5:25 PM
“A couple of days before December 25, Peter vanished. […] [Young Peter explained,] ‘I was going to find Santa Claus. I was waiting for him to come by.’”- Catherine McGuire Straus, 16 Magazine (1967)
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“Those dimples though. And always such a beautiful smile on that fella.” - LA Art News (2020)
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December 19, 2025 at 5:24 PM
“Those dimples though. And always such a beautiful smile on that fella.” - LA Art News (2020)
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December 18, 2025 at 5:18 PM
“…the best moments usually involved Tork getting down to business. A snippet of the lovely folk song ‘The Fox’ made me wish he had done the whole thing.” - review by Joe Sweeney, The Buffalo News (May 5, 2013)
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December 15, 2025 at 5:35 PM
“…the best moments usually involved Tork getting down to business. A snippet of the lovely folk song ‘The Fox’ made me wish he had done the whole thing.” - review by Joe Sweeney, The Buffalo News (May 5, 2013)
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“Fame is not worth it to me now. If I have to be that famous to have that much money again, I’ll settle for much less, thank you very much.” - Peter Tork, Columbia Daily Spectator (April 2, 1982)
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December 14, 2025 at 5:20 PM
“Fame is not worth it to me now. If I have to be that famous to have that much money again, I’ll settle for much less, thank you very much.” - Peter Tork, Columbia Daily Spectator (April 2, 1982)
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“I was raised in a liberal family in the middle of the McCarthy era.” - Peter Tork, The Daily Oklahoman (November 11, 1983)
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📷: Peter with his siblings
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📷: Peter with his siblings
December 13, 2025 at 5:23 PM
“I was raised in a liberal family in the middle of the McCarthy era.” - Peter Tork, The Daily Oklahoman (November 11, 1983)
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📷: Peter with his siblings
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📷: Peter with his siblings
Q: “How would you describe Peter as a little boy?”
Virginia Thorkelson (Peter’s mother): “Frenetic, charming, inquisitive, destructive, friendly...” - Tiger Beat (May 1967)
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December 12, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Q: “How would you describe Peter as a little boy?”
Virginia Thorkelson (Peter’s mother): “Frenetic, charming, inquisitive, destructive, friendly...” - Tiger Beat (May 1967)
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“[As a child, visiting NYC] Peter would shout out the window [of the bus], ‘My name is Peter! What’s yours?’ Believe it or not, he usually got a very friendly response.” - Catherine McGuire Straus, 16 Magazine (July 1967)
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December 11, 2025 at 5:26 PM
“[As a child, visiting NYC] Peter would shout out the window [of the bus], ‘My name is Peter! What’s yours?’ Believe it or not, he usually got a very friendly response.” - Catherine McGuire Straus, 16 Magazine (July 1967)
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Remembering Michael.
“I have a great deal of respect for Mike as a musician and a songwriter. He’s very good. He could make it on his own easily. Also he’s one of the funniest people I’ve ever met.” - Peter Tork, Flip (August 1967)
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“I have a great deal of respect for Mike as a musician and a songwriter. He’s very good. He could make it on his own easily. Also he’s one of the funniest people I’ve ever met.” - Peter Tork, Flip (August 1967)
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December 10, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Remembering Michael.
“I have a great deal of respect for Mike as a musician and a songwriter. He’s very good. He could make it on his own easily. Also he’s one of the funniest people I’ve ever met.” - Peter Tork, Flip (August 1967)
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“I have a great deal of respect for Mike as a musician and a songwriter. He’s very good. He could make it on his own easily. Also he’s one of the funniest people I’ve ever met.” - Peter Tork, Flip (August 1967)
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“I’d say, passing the ‘bread basket’ in some of those coffee houses I played in for nothing [in the early Sixties] is my outstanding Village memory.” - Peter Tork, 16 Magazine (1967)
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📷: Peter at the Night Owl Cafe in 1965 & 1967
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📷: Peter at the Night Owl Cafe in 1965 & 1967
December 9, 2025 at 5:32 PM
“I’d say, passing the ‘bread basket’ in some of those coffee houses I played in for nothing [in the early Sixties] is my outstanding Village memory.” - Peter Tork, 16 Magazine (1967)
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📷: Peter at the Night Owl Cafe in 1965 & 1967
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📷: Peter at the Night Owl Cafe in 1965 & 1967
“He stood a while listening, and bought a CD. I realized he was the guy I watched on TV as a kid, every week! Gave him another CD, thanked him for the delight and inspiration. He loved my music, especially the Bach! RIP and thanks, Peter Tork.” - Peter Blanchette, Twitter (February 23, 2019)
December 8, 2025 at 5:13 PM
“He stood a while listening, and bought a CD. I realized he was the guy I watched on TV as a kid, every week! Gave him another CD, thanked him for the delight and inspiration. He loved my music, especially the Bach! RIP and thanks, Peter Tork.” - Peter Blanchette, Twitter (February 23, 2019)