It seems that there has been a bit of a need for singers in that big concert venue in the sky, what with Amy and then Whitney being called up recently and now poor Davy Jones. I watched The Monkees programmes when they were shown for the first time in the 1960s. They were the American answer to The Beatles and we all loved them. A later generation fell in love with them when the programmes were given another airing in the 1980s.

I saw Davy Jones on TV recently and he looked hale and hearty so the news of his death tonight was quite a shock, so sad, and really he was so young at just 66. On the radio they played a medley of Monkees hits and for each one I was thinking – that was a great song! I’ve chosen Daydream Believer because the video shows Davy Jones at his best.