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The current list includes songwriters whose songs appeared on the Monkees' Colgems recordings released between 1966 and 1970. It may be expanded.

Songwriter Collaborator(s) Monkees Songs
Ned Albright
 
Steven Soles
 
"Acapulco Sun"
"All Alone in the Dark"
Keith Allison Michael Nesmith "Auntie's Municipal Court"
Roger Atkins Michael Nesmith "The Kind of Girl I Could Love"
Red Baldwin
 
Tommy Boyce
Bobby Hart
"Through the Looking Glass"
 
Jeff Barry
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Bobby Bloom
Ellie Greenwich
Andy Kim
 
 
 
 
 
"Do You Feel It Too?"
"I Love You Better"
"99 Pounds"
"Oh My My"
"She Hangs Out"
"Tell Me Love"
"Ticket on a Ferry Ride"
"You're So Good to Me"
Carole Bayer Sager
 
 
George Fischoff
Neil Sedaka
 
"The Girl I Left Behind Me"
"We Were Made for Each Other"
"When Love Comes Knockin' (at Your Door)"
Bobby Bloom
 
Jeff Barry
 
"Ticket on a Ferry Ride"
"You're So Good to Me"
Tommy Boyce
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Red Baldwin
Bobby Hart
Robert Rafelson
Steve Venet
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
"Don't Listen to Linda"
"Gonna Buy Me a Dog"
"I Can't Get Her off My Mind"
"I Never Thought It Peculiar"
"I Wanna Be Free"
"I'll Spend My Life with You"
"(I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone"
"Ladies Aid Society"
"Last Train to Clarksville"
"Let's Dance On"
"Looking for the Good Times"
"Me Without You"
"Mr. Webster"
"P.O. Box 9847"
"She"
"Tear Drop City"
"(theme from) The Monkees"
"This Just Doesn't Seem to Be My Day"
"Through the Looking Glass"
"Tomorrow's Gonna Be Another Day"
"Valleri"
"Words"
Eddie Brick
 
 
Kim Capli
David Jones
Charlie Rockett
"Hard to Believe"
 
 
Kim Capli
 
 
Eddie Brick
David Jones
Charlie Rockett
"Hard to Believe"
 
 
Billy Carr
 
Jack Keller
Ben Raleigh
"Hold On Girl"
 
Boomer Castleman Michael Martin Murphey "What Am I Doing Hangin' 'Round?"
Bill Chadwick
 
 
 
John Chadwick
David Jones
 
"French Song"
"If I Knew"
"You and I"
"Zor and Zam"
John Chadwick Bill Chadwick "Zor and Zam"
Hank Cicalo
 
 
 
Micky Dolenz
David Jones
Michael Nesmith
Peter Tork
"No Time"
 
 
 
Boomer Clarkesee Castleman    
Neil Diamond
 
 
  "I'm a Believer"
"A Little Bit Me, a Little Bit You"
"Look Out (Here Comes Tomorrow)"
Micky Dolenz
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Hank Cicalo
Diane Hildebrand
David Jones
Richard Klein
Michael Nesmith
Peter Tork
 
 
 
 
 
"Band 6"
"Bye Bye Baby Bye Bye"
"Goin' Down"
"Just a Game"
"Little Girl"
"Midnight Train"
"Mommy and Daddy"
"No Time"
"Randy Scouse Git"
"Shorty Blackwell"
"Zilch"
Chip Douglas
 
Bill Martin
 
"The Door Into Summer"
"Forget That Girl"
George Fischoff Carole Bayer Sager "We Were Made for Each Other"
David Gates   "Saturday's Child"
Gerry Goffin
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Carole King
Michael Nesmith
Russ Titelman
 
 
 
 
 
 
"I Won't Be the Same Without Her"
"I'll Be True to You"
"A Man Without a Dream"
"Pleasant Valley Sunday"
"Porpoise Song (Theme from 'Head')"
"Sometime in the Morning"
"Star Collector"
"Sweet Young Thing"
"Take a Giant Step"

"Wasn't Born to Follow"

Neil Goldberg   "It's Got to Be Love"
Jerry Goldstein   "It's Nice to Be with You"
Ellie Greenwich Jeff Barry "She Hangs Out"
Bobby Hart
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Red Baldwin
Tommy Boyce
Robert Rafelson
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
"Don't Listen to Linda"
"Gonna Buy Me a Dog"
"I Can't Get Her off My Mind"
"I Never Thought It Peculiar"
"I Wanna Be Free"
"I'll Spend My Life with You"
"(I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone"
"Ladies Aid Society"
"Last Train to Clarksville"
"Let's Dance On"
"Looking for the Good Times"
"Me Without You"
"Mr. Webster"
"P.O. Box 9847"
"She"
"Tear Drop City"
"(theme from) The Monkees"
"This Just Doesn't Seem to Be My Day"
"Through the Looking Glass"
"Valleri"
"Words"
Douglas Farthing Hatlelidsee Douglas    
Diane Hildebrand
 
 
 
 
Micky Dolenz
David Jones
Jack Keller
Michael Nesmith
Peter Tork
"Early Morning Blues and Greens"
"Goin' Down"
"Your Auntie Grizelda"
 
 
David Jones
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Eddie Brick
Kim Capli
Bill Chadwick
Hank Cicalo
Micky Dolenz
Diane Hildebrand
Michael Nesmith
Steve Pitts
Charlie Rockett
Peter Tork
"Band 6"
"Dream World"
"Goin' Down"
"Hard to Believe"
"If I Knew"
"No Time"
"The Poster"
"You and I"
"Zilch"
 
Jack Keller
 
 
Billy Carr
Diane Hildebrand
Ben Raleigh
"Early Morning Blues and Greens"
"Hold On Girl"
"Your Auntie Grizelda"
Andy Kim
 
 
Jeff Barry
 
 
"Do You Feel It Too?"
"I Love You Better"
"Oh My My"
Carole King
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Gerry Goffin
Michael Nesmith
Toni Stern
 
 
 
 
 
 
"As We Go Along"
"I Won't Be the Same Without Her"
"A Man Without a Dream"
"Pleasant Valley Sunday"
"Porpoise Song (Theme from 'Head')"
"Sometime in the Morning"
"Star Collector"
"Sweet Young Thing"
"Take a Giant Step"

"Wasn't Born to Follow"

Richard Klein Micky Dolenz "Bye Bye Baby Bye Bye"
Jerry Leiber Mike Stoller "D. W. Washburn"
Travis Lewissee Murphey    
Sandy Linzer
 
Denny Randell
 
"The Day We Fall in Love"
"I'll Be Back Up on My Feet"
John London Michael Nesmith "Don't Call on Me"
Barry Mann
 
Cynthia Weil "Love Is Only Sleeping"
"Shades of Gray"
Mitchell Margo
 
 
Phil Margo
Hank Medress
Jay Siegal
"Laugh"
 
 
Phil Margo
 
 
Mitchell Margo
Hank Medress
Jay Siegal
"Laugh"
 
 
Bill Martin Chip Douglas "The Door Into Summer"
Hank Medress
 
 
Mitchell Margo
Phil Margo
Jay Siegal
"Laugh"
 
 
Michael Martin Murphey
 
Boomer Castleman
 
"Oklahoma Backroom Dancer"
"What Am I Doing Hangin' 'Round?"
Michael Nesmith
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Keith Allison
Roger Atkins
Hank Cicalo
Micky Dolenz
Gerry Goffin
Diane Hildebrand
David Jones
Carole King
John London
Charlie Rockett
Peter Tork
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
"Auntie's Municipal Court"
"Band 6"
"Circle Sky"
"Daily Nightly"
"Don't Call on Me"
"Don't Wait for Me"
"The Girl I Knew Somewhere"
"Goin' Down"
"Good Clean Fun"
"The Kind of Girl I Could Love"
"Listen to the Band"
"Magnolia Simms"
"Mary, Mary"
"Never Tell a Woman Yes"
"No Time"
"Papa Gene's Blues"
"Sunny Girlfriend"
"Sweet Young Thing"
"Tapioca Tundra"
"While I Cry"
"Writing Wrongs"
"You Just May Be the One"
"You Told Me"
"Zilch"
Roger Nichols Paul Williams "Someday Man"
Jack Nicholson Robert Rafelson "Ditty Diego"
Harry Nilsson
 
  "Cuddly Toy"
"Daddy's Song"
Steve Pitts
 
David Jones
 
"Dream World"
"The Poster"
Robert Rafelson
 
 
Tommy Boyce
Bobby Hart
Jack Nicholson
"Ditty Diego"
"P.O. Box 9847"
 
Ben Raleigh
 
Billy Carr
Jack Keller
"Hold On Girl"
 
Denny Randell
 
Sandy Linzer
 
"The Day We Fall in Love"
"I'll Be Back Up on My Feet"
Joey Richards Peter Tork "For Pete's Sake"
Charlie Rockett
 
 
 
Eddie Brick
Kim Capli
David Jones
Michael Nesmith
"Hard to Believe"
"Magnolia Simms"
 
 
Carole Bayer Sagersee Bayer    
Janelle Scott Matt Willis "Pillow Time"
Neil Sedaka
 
Carole Bayer Sager
 
"The Girl I Left Behind Me"
"When Love Comes Knockin' (at Your Door)"
Jay Siegal
 
 
Mitchell Margo
Phil Margo
Hank Medress
"Laugh"
 
 
Craig Vincent Smith   "Salesman"
Steven Soles
 
Ned Albright
 
"Acapulco Sun"
"All Alone in the Dark"
John Stewart   "Daydream Believer"
Mike Stoller Jerry Leiber "D. W. Washburn"
Russ Titelman Gerry Goffin "I'll Be True to You"
Peter Tork
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Hank Cicalo
Micky Dolenz
Diane Hildebrand
David Jones
Michael Nesmith
Joey Richards
 
 
"Band 6"
"Can You Dig It"
"For Pete's Sake"
"Goin' Down"
"Long Title: Do I Have to Do This All Over Again"
"No Time"
"Peter Percival Patterson's Pet Pig Porky"
"Zilch"
Steve Venet Tommy Boyce "Tomorrow's Gonna Be Another Day
Cynthia Weil
 
Barry Mann
 
"Love Is Only Sleeping"
"Shades of Gray"
Paul Williams Roger Nichols "Someday Man"
Matt Willis Janelle Scott "Pillow Time"
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