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Michael Nesmith

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Michael Nesmith Fast Facts:

His mother, Bette, invented Liquid Paper, which was a necessity for typists the world over in the pre-computer age.
Taught himself guitar after a stint in the Air Force.
One-fourth of the Monkees, the mid-1960s pop band created for the TV music-comedy series The Monkees.
The Monkees topped the singles chart with "Last Train to Clarksville," "I'm a Believer" and "Daydream Believer," and had four No. 1 albums.
Put his fist through a wall during a 1967 argument with Monkees' music coordinator Don Kirshner over the band's artistic direction, which they had no say in at the time.
Headquarters, the first album the Monkees had control over, hit No. 1 in June 1967 for a week, then stayed at No. 2 for 11 weeks (behind the Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band).
Wrote the 1968 Linda Ronstadt and the Stone Poneys Top 20 hit "Different Drum."
Left the Monkees in 1969.
Helped establish music videos with the 1977 TV chart show Popclips. Warner eventually bought the idea from him and turned it into MTV.
Founded Pacific Arts, a communications and music company, in 1974; it became an important video-publishing company during the 1980s.
Reunited with his fellow Monkees for the 1996 album Justus.