But months after the group disbanded, Jones recorded the song “Girl” as a solo artist. The single was released in November 1971 but never charted on the Billboard Hot 100. Jones’ song was actually a flop twice: as a solo single and as part of a box office bomb.
In an interview with Goldmine, songwriter Charles Fox revealed that he always wanted Jones for the movie song.
While “Girl” wasn’t a radio hit for Jones, the song got a major boost when it was featured in a Brady Bunch episode that year. The episode, titled “Getting Davy Jones” aired on ABC on Dec. 10, 1971, with a storyline about Marcia Brady’s (Maureen McCormick) desperate attempt to get the Monkees' heartthrob to perform at her school’s junior prom. The episode features a full scene of Jones in the studio recording "Girl.”
“But TV Land nominated me for a most memorable episode, and I think I won the award,” he added.
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Davy Jones was a fan favorite guest
In her 2008 memoir Here’s the Story, McCormick wrote that her heart “fluttered” when she was told Jones would appear The Brady Bunch. “Davy’s arrival on the set created a buzz greater than any other guest star we had on the show,” she shared. “Davy was a lovely guy, and it was a big deal to have a pop star of his caliber on set. I noticed Barry [Williams] watch him the way one might if looking for pointers.”
“He said that of all the things he's done in his career, that Brady Bunch is what people know him for, they just love it. He said it's absolutely astounding,” Henderson shared in an interview with the Television Academy Foundation.
A ‘90s revival
Jones, who died suddenly in 2012 at age 66, fully embraced his Brady Bunch past by also appearing in the "Real Live Brady Bunch" tour in the 1990s.
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