Saturday, February 21, 2009 BOYCE AND HART Tommy Boyce (born Sidney Thomas Boyce, September 29, 1939 — November 23, 1994) and Bobby Hart (born Robert Luke Harshman, February 19, 1939,  Phoenix ,  Arizona ) were a  songwriting  duo, best known for the songs they wrote for  The Monkees . Hart's father was a church  minister .