The Monkees: (I’m Not Your) Stepping Stone
Written by the hit machine of Boyce and Hart and recorded in Studio 1 at Hollywood’s Western Recorders (with members of the Wrecking Crew in tow), Steppin’ Stone was a Top 20 hit for the Monkees in 1966. It was the first B-side to make the charts from TV show that begot a band.
Written to the epitome of pop simplicity (I-III-IV-VI in EM, repeated to death) and appropriately covered by the Sex Pistols, this song was actually recorded previously by Paul Revere and The Raiders.?
