<P> The Beatles ' film A Hard Day 's Night inspired Rafelson and Schneider to revive Rafelson 's idea for The Monkees . As `` The Raybert Producers '' , they sold the show to Screen Gems Television on April 16 , 1965 . Rafelson and Schneider 's original idea was to cast an existing New York folk rock group , the Lovin ' Spoonful , who were not widely known at the time . However , John Sebastian had already signed the band to a record contract , which would have denied Screen Gems the right to market music from the show . </P>
<P> The Beatles ' film A Hard Day 's Night inspired Rafelson and Schneider to revive Rafelson 's idea for The Monkees . As `` The Raybert Producers '' , they sold the show to Screen Gems Television on April 16 , 1965 . Rafelson and Schneider 's original idea was to cast an existing New York folk rock group , the Lovin ' Spoonful , who were not widely known at the time . However , John Sebastian had already signed the band to a record contract , which would have denied Screen Gems the right to market music from the show . </P>
who came first the monkees or the beatles
who came first the monkees or the beatles
The Beatles
The Beatles