- When The Monkees began playing their own instruments in the studio, and writing and producing their own songs, Boyce partner and Bobby Hart weren't sure where they stood with the band. They needn't have worried; when the pair attended a Monkees show and Davy Jones spotted them, he instantly called them up onstage, introducing them to the audience as "The fellows who wrote our great hits - Tommy and Bobby!" Every original Monkees album (except the Head (1968) soundtrack) included Boyce and Hart songs, and Davy and Micky Dolenz toured with them in the 1970s. (They also made an album together, released by Capitol Records.)
- Wrote the song "Valleri" (with Bobby Hart) while they were on their way to the Colgems offices, when they got an early-morning call asking for a "girl's name song" (They pretended they'd already written it).
- With songwriting partner Bobby Hart, had a band in the 1960s called the Candy Store Prophets. When Don Kirshner joined the production team for The Monkees, and Boyce and Hart's roles as writers and producers for the band were threatened, they responded by inviting Kirshner to a private audition, where the Candy Store Prophets played a nonstop set of all the songs the pair had written for the show. Kirshner was so impressed, he immediately named Boyce and Hart as producers. The Prophets played most of the backing tracks for the first Monkees album, and later toured as their opening act.
- He suffered a brain aneurysm in 1993, from which he never fully recovered. He shot himself to death due to his declining health.
- Had a string of hits with Bobby Hart as a duo, recording for the A&M label.
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