"Star Collector" is a song written by Gerry Goffin and Carole King in 1967 and recorded by The Monkees (with lead vocals by Davy Jones).
The song is included on their fourth album Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones Ltd.
The Monkees's version of the song was one of the early pop records to include a Moog synthesizer, played and programmed by synthesist Paul Beaver.
Peter Tork didn't think much of Beaver's performance and told Rhino Records later, "He played it like it was a flute or something," preferring Micky Dolenz's random use of the Moog on "Daily Nightly" (which appeared on Pisces) to produce spacey sounds.
Credits adapted from 2007 Rhino "Deluxe Edition" CD[1] The Monkees Additional musicians