The Mom of One of the Oldest Boy Band Members Was a Creative Genius
No monkeying around here. Mike Nesmith of The Monkees, one of the members of the 1960s original "boy bands," is the son of the overlooked inventor Betty Nesmith. The struggling secretary was working at a bank in 1951 when she began using white tempera paint to cover up typing mistakes. After... Sign in to see full entry.