The duo also wrote the theme song to the daytime soap "Days of Our Lives." In late 1965, they wrote, produced and performed the soundtrack to the pilot of the television sitcom "The Monkees," including singing lead vocals (which were later replaced, once the show was cast). 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"). In 1964 their partnership made a breakthrough with a song recorded by Chubby Checker, "Lazy Elsie Molly". In 1959 he met Bobby Hart and the following year played guitar on Hart's single "Girl in The Window," which was unsuccessful. It became Domino's biggest hit in England in several years and sold over a million copies. After being rejected numerous times, he took his father's suggestion to write a song called "Be My Guest" for rock and roll star Fats Domino, who liked the song, recorded it, and it reached Number 8 on the US charts and Number 11 in England. After high school, he served in the US Army and upon his discharge, he travelled to Los Angeles, California to pursue a singing career. Born Sidney Thomas Boyce, his father was a minister. He is probably best known as a member of the prolific songwriting duo Boyce and Hart, who wrote songs for the 1960s rock group The Monkees and other musical groups of that era.
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