boyce and hart were a musical and songwriting duo, who worked together in the 1960s and 1970s. tommy boyce (born sidney thomas boyce in 1939 and died in 1994) and bobby hart (born robert luke harshman in 1939) wrote and produced hit records for the monkees ("last train to clarksville", "valleri"), jay and the americans ("come a little bit closer"), chubby checker ("lazy elsie molly"), and for themselves, with "i wonder what she's doing tonight" and other songs.