Simplify the following text for a Grade 7 native English-speaking person.
Original: Many of the early Monkees recordings featured Boyce and Hart 's band , the Candy Store Prophets , before the Monkees were even selected from auditions . When the Monkees themselves took charge of their recordings , they still recorded Boyce and Hart 's songs , and praised the duo to the public .
Simplified: It featured a medley of other Boyce and Hart songs , as well as the songs they had produced for the Monkees .