Boyce & Hart promotional image (Bobby Hart, Tommy Boyce as pictured)

Tommy Boyce (born Sidney Thomas Boyce, September 29, 1939, Charlottesville, Virginia; died November 23, 1994) and Bobby Hart (born Robert Luke Harshman, February 19, 1939, Phoenix, Arizona) were songwriters best known for the songs they wrote for The Monkees. September 29 is the 272nd day of the year (273rd in leap years). ... 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Charlottesville is an independent city located within the confines of Albemarle County in the state of Virginia. ... Official language(s) English Capital Richmond Largest city Virginia Beach Area  - Total  - Width  - Length  - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 35th 110,862 km² 320 km 690 km 7. ... November 23 is the 327th day of the year (328th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 38 days remaining. ... 1994 (MCMXCIV in Roman) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... February 19 is the 50th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Nickname: Valley of the Sun Motto: Official website: http://www. ... Official language(s) English Capital Phoenix Largest city Phoenix Area  - Total  - Width  - Length  - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 6th 295,254 km² 500 km 645 km 0. ... A songwriter is someone who writes either the lyrics or the music for songs. ... The Monkees in 1967 (left to right): Michael Nesmith, Davy Jones, Micky Dolenz, Peter Tork The Monkees were a four-man musical band created to be the stars of an American television series of the same name, which ran on NBC from 1966 to 1968. ...

Hart's father was a church minister. Hart served in the Army after leaving high school, and on discharge travelled to Los Angeles seeking a career as a singer. In the early 1960s, he met Tommy Boyce, who was already on his way to being a successful songwriter. The 1960s decade refers to the years from 1960 to 1969, inclusive. ...

Their partnership made a breakthrough with a song recorded by Chubby Checker, "Lazy Elsie Molly", in 1964. They went on to write hits for Jay & the Americans ("Come a Little Bit Closer"), Paul Revere and the Raiders ("(I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone") and The Leaves ("Words"). To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... For the Nintendo 64 emulator, see 1964 (Emulator). ... Jay and the Americans was a pop music group popular in the 1960s. ... Paul Revere & the Raiders is an American rock band that saw enormous mainstream success in the 1960s, best-known for hits like Indian Reservation (The Lament Of The Cherokee Reservation Indian), Steppin Out, Kicks, and Hungry. In the 1980s, the band became a major source of inspiration for the Paisley... The Leaves were an American garage band formed in California in 1963. ...

In 1966, they wrote, produced and performed the soundtrack to the pilot of The Monkees, including singing lead vocals (which were later replaced, once the show was cast). Despite some conflicts with Don Kirshner, who was the show's musical supervisor, they were retained in substantially the same role. It was Boyce and Hart who wrote, produced and recorded (with the help of their band, the Candy Store Prophets) backing tracks for a large portion of the first season of The Monkees, and the band's accompanying debut album. The Monkees themselves re-recorded their vocals over Boyce and Hart's when it came time to release the songs, including both "(Theme from) The Monkees" and "Last Train To Clarksville", the latter of which was a huge hit. A television pilot is the first episode of an intended television series. ... The Man With the Golden Ear; Don Kirshner today. ... The Candy Store Prophets were a 1960s rock band, headed by singer-songwriters Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart. ...

When the Monkees began to record and produce their own material, and Boyce and Hart were ousted as producers, they weren't sure how the band felt about them. Attending a Monkees show, though, they were spotted in the audience, and singer Davy Jones invited them up onstage, to introduce them: "These are the fellows who wrote our great hits — Tommy and Bobby!" Every original Monkees album (except for the Head soundtrack) included songs by the duo. Davy Jones, 1967 Davy Jones, an actor and singer, was born David Thomas Jones on December 30, 1945 in Manchester, England. ... Movie poster for The Monkees 1968 feature film HEAD. Head is a motion picture released in 1968, starring TV rock group The Monkees (in credit order: Peter Tork, Davy Jones, Micky Dolenz and Michael Nesmith), and distributed by Columbia Pictures. ...

Boyce and Hart also embarked on a successful career as artists in their own right, releasing three albums (notably "Test Patterns" in 1967) and several hit singles. The most well-known of these were "Out and About," "I Wonder What She's Doing Tonight," "Alice Long" and "I'm Gonna Blow You A Kiss in the Wind." which they performed on the television show Bewitched. They also appeared on other television shows including I Dream of Jeannie. 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Bewitched was an American situation comedy starring actress Elizabeth Montgomery, broadcast on ABC from 1964 to 1972. ... I Dream of Jeannie was a popular American sitcom with a fantasy premise. ...

In 1971 a sitcom named "Getting Together" appeared on ABC-TV, starring Bobby Sherman and Wes Stern as two struggling songwriters, who were friends of The Partridge Family (and were introduced on their show). "Getting Together" was reportedly based loosely on Boyce and Hart's partnership. 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1971 calendar). ... A sitcom or situation comedy is a genre of comedy performance originally devised for radio but today typically found on television. ... The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) is a television and radio network in the United States. ... Bobby Sherman (born Robert Cabot Sherman, Jr. ... The opening titles, featuring animated partridge hatchlings, was created by artist Sandy Dvore. ...

In the mid-1970s, Boyce and Hart reunited with Jones and Micky Dolenz, performing the songs Boyce and Hart had written for the Monkees a decade before. They toured amusement parks and other venues throughout America, Japan and other locations from 1975 to 1977. The group also recorded an album of new material for Capitol Records in 1976. Legally prohibited from using the Monkees name, they released the album and toured as Dolenz, Jones, Boyce and Hart. A live album was also recorded in Japan, and was eventually released in the United States on compact disc in the mid-1990s. The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, inclusive. ... George Michael Dolenz (born March 8, 1945), better known as Micky Dolenz, is an American actor, musician, and television and theatre director best known for being one of The Monkees. ... Capitol Records Logo Capitol Records is a major United States-based record label, founded in 1942. ... The 1990s decade refers to the years from 1990 to 1999, inclusive. ...

After a stint living in the UK, Tommy Boyce returned to live in Nashville, USA where he struggled with depression, and later suffered a brain aneurysm. In 1994, he shot himself in the sitting room of his house. For other cities named Nashville, see Nashville (disambiguation). ... An aneurysm (or aneurism) (from Greek ανευρυσμα, a dilatation) is a localized dilation or ballooning of a blood vessel. ...

Hart was nominated for an Oscar in 1983 for his song "Over You", written for the film Tender Mercies. Although he never won an Oscar for any of his movie performances, the comedian Bob Hope received two honorary Oscars for his contributions to cinema. ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Boyce and Hart wrote in excess 300 songs and sold more than 42 million records as a partnership ("Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock and Roll").