A lot has been said about The Monkees since their show premiered over forty(!) years ago. The main thing, of course, is that they weren't really a band of musicians who rehearsed and played together on a regular basis. In order to refute that argument I present the following evidence.

The video you will see after the jump is from The Monkees one and only Christmas episode, which actually aired on Christmas day, 1967. The song that Peter, Mike, Davy and Micky are signing is "Riu Chiu", a 16th Century Spanish carol. Although some say that the voices on this live performance were dubbed, it sure sounds like they were performing the song right there and then, especially when you hear Davy sing a bit louder towards the end of the song.