Tommy Boyce got his break as a songwriter when he composed, "Be My Guest" for Fats Domino in 1959, which is the same year he met Bobby Hart. Beginning in 1964, they began writing a string of hits for Chubby Checker ("Lazy Elsie Molly"), Jay & the Americans ("Come a Little Closer"), and Paul Revere and the Raiders ("(I"m Not Your) Stepping Stone"). If you remember the soap opera, "Days of our Lives", they wrote that too.
They were known (as songwriters) mainly for their work with The Monkees. They wrote the theme song for the TV show, and one of their best singles, "Last Train to Clarksville". It was this success that convinced them to record under their own names. The first charting single was, "Out & About" in the summer of 1967, but it was, "I Wonder What She's Doing Tonight" that broke them through as singers, as it reached #8 latter that year.
They were known (as songwriters) mainly for their work with The Monkees. They wrote the theme song for the TV show, and one of their best singles, "Last Train to Clarksville". It was this success that convinced them to record under their own names. The first charting single was, "Out & About" in the summer of 1967, but it was, "I Wonder What She's Doing Tonight" that broke them through as singers, as it reached #8 latter that year.
