The Monkees. Behind the Scenes in the Studio. As told by Bobby Hart of the Duo Boyce & Hart
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- In this video, Producer and songwriter and one half of the duo, Boyce & Hart, talk about how they wrote for and produced The Monkees.
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Boyce and Hart were awesome songwriters in their own right. Their music is timeless.
Thanks for watching 251.... Joe
As a kid in the 60s I loved Boyce and Hart. Even today when I hear one of their songs it makes me feel happy.
FlamQ Dbltap Yes they were. And also Bewitched. The duo was under contract with Screen Gems which produced shows such as sitcoms: Father Knows Best, Dennis the Menace, The Donna Reed Show, Hazel, Here Come the Brides, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Gidget, Bewitched, I Dream of Jeannie, The Flying Nun, The Monkees, and The Partridge Family. Also the original distributor for Hanna-Barbera shows.
@@thomaslong8401 , Boyce and Hart performed on I Dream of Jeanie also!
Bobby Hart's memoir is one of the best music-related books I've read. He's a terrific talent and an inspiring author.
Thanks for watching 47...Joe
Boyce and Hart were the real behind the scenes brains of the Monkees! Great pop music 🎶 writers!
Are you forgetting about Neil Diamond /Goffin& King who also wrote songs for the Monkees ?
Boyce and Hart were huge part of my life, Thank You!!!! I was an Air Force brat, we were stationed in Hawaii from 68 til 71, nt first concert was the Monkees...all us young teenage guys were pissed because our"girlfiends" were nuts about them,,,lol , but we went to the concert, HIC arena back then, I will never forget....saw the Doors the not too long after....
Thanks for sharing Alan....... Joe
When he says ‘I was walking to work’... I remember listening to music back in those days and walking to work cause I couldn’t afford a car. Lots of friends and no money, but great music.!! Just met my wife. Great memories. Didn’t realize at the time that those were the best days of my life.
Bobby looks fantastic for 81. R.I.P Tommy Boyce (September 29, 1939 - November 23, 1994) Great interview.
He was 66 when this interview took place--July 14, 2005.
@@truethought62 I got ya.
Thank you so much for preserving the musical part of our history. These interviews are fascinating to listen to. In my opinion, the 50's, 60's, and 70's produced more great music than any other era that I can think of. Please continue to post these and thanks for having the foresight to interview some of the greatest musical legends of our time.
I really appreciate you John... Best, Joe
All these superb interviews reveal the luck and happenstance that, along with great talent, created the musical fabric of our lives. Thanks, Joe.
Glad you’re enjoying them David.... Joe
Somebody gonna interview you, Joe?
Thanks for asking such a nice question... Actually there are two interviews I did on our Musicians Hall Of Fame Website ... One is called The Sessions... that show had interviewed a lot of music people. Another was done by NAMM. You can find them easily on our website... I think?? We just had our site rebuilt... hopefully they left them on there... Best... Joe
I just watched The Sessions video. As a huge Hendrix fan, how cool that you saved the restaurant stage. Just another reason to get to the Musicians Hall of Fame and Museum. Many thanks.
This guy is the real deal..he has the goods. He is so right on with his comments...what a pleasure to hear somebody who was there and has figured out what went down.
WOW, never knew Bobby wrote all those fantastic songs, many of which were my favorite, particularly the Little Anthony and the Imperials songs. Great talent.
Bobby Hart what a great career The song 'i wonder what she's doing tonight' still sounds Fantastic ! this is another classic video Thanks to the Museum and Joe of course Rock On !
LAND SEA AIR CANADA Yep,one of my favorite songs from the 60’s!
One of my all time favorites.
Try listening to Alice Long. I maintain it's the first punk music. Very very low production values--it sounds like it was recorded inside a garbage can. Still catchy, though.
@@adamshinbrot Yea that's another great song ! and yes it sounds kind of punk rock giving it another listen
Thank you Bobby Heart for ALL the fantastic music you’ve given to the world !!!! And thank you Joe for these wonderful interviews !!!
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Thank you........ Joe
I remember the "I dream of Jeannie" episode they were on. Good sounding vocals and music, would have loved to be near Barbara Eden too ! Good job Musicians Hall of Fame !
Joe, we are blessed that you had the vision to start The Vault Series and establish the Museum. Fascinating to hear the Stories from you and the guys who made the music we love and cherish. Big thanks as always
Again... Thanks Steve... very kind...Joe
Dittos, Steve! Thanks a million, Joe!
Lovely, honest guy. I love all these interviews where they go through the background of the productions.
Monkees second album has become very sentimental to me . My aunt gave a used copy when I was 5 years old in 1969(56 now). Always read the album credits. Very familiar with Boyce and Hart songwriting duo. BRAVO!!
That's how I got into the Monkees. Someone gave me the first two albums when I was 6.
Days of Our Lives to Last Train to Clarksville. The man's got range. Thanks to Boyce & Hart for writing some of the soundtrack of my life.
Joe - thank you so much for helping keep these creative histories alive. The anecdotes remind us that the music we love was brought to life through a combination perseverance and "catching lightning in a bottle" moments. Looking forward to more.
Totally incredible! Every song he mentioned I love dearly, what an incredible writer and musician...what a stellar career🎶👍🎹🎼🎵🎙
Always loved Boyce & Hart. Their appearance on I Dream of Jeanie was epic! This interview was incredible and Bobby seems like such a nice, down to earth guy.
Nicole
I remember that I Dream of Jeannie episode 👍
They were also on Bewitched. These guys were marketing geniuses too.
They also appeared on Bewitched a couple of timrs @@countdown2xstacy
Thank You so very much for posting this wonderful interview video of Bobby Hart, formerly of the Duo Tommy Boyce & Bobby Hart. I love it very, very much.
Thanks for watching it too Kevin....... Joe
Fantastic interview. Boyce and Hart were, it's safe to say, genius song writers.
Thanks Duncan...Joe
what a great song writer and performer along with Tommy Boyce , a great rock duo !!
I never knew how accomplished those two dudes were, behind the scenes of that era!...and I wonder...did they get some sort of residuals for all those hit records they wrote?...I hope so...they deserved good money for their efforts.
These video interviews are really terrific Joe! Just amazing how some of those guys got started in the music industry. Obviously they had inborn talent to accomplish what they did. I could listen to Bobby Hart talk about those days all day long. Thanks for bringing us these amazing videos........... 👍👍👍👍
Steve you are very welcome and thank you too.... Joe
Unsung heros. Great name for a group, movie, and album. About.? You guessed it!
My story is very similar to Resolute.
A friend and I had season passes and were roaming around AstroWorld in Houston - must have been the same time. '76, rainy and humid sounds about right. Well, humid is a given.
We stumbled upon a small sign that read 'The Monkees in concert at the Space Needle' with an arrow pointing in that direction. There had been no prior advertising nor mention of their appearance. (a blessing in disguise)
We walked over and planted ourselves relatively close to the stage. I think it was an afternoon show and remember that it wasn't very crowded. Yep, Davy and Mickey came out and did their little song and dance routine.
Being a hardcore Monkees fan since their TV debut, it was a real treat, especially in such an intimate setting.
I was lucky enough to see them again in '86 along with Peter. However, this particular concert was sold out and held in a large venue. Weird Al was the opening act.
What awesome memories!
The '60's - '70's were a great time to be alive! Now ... not so much.
Outstanding !! And I can't get enough of this stuff.. Thanks.
You did good work with some great feel good music that still works today.
These interviews are marvelous! Keep it up!
thanks ...... best,Joe
Encylopedic knowledge unravelled effortlessly by an important figure in pop music. These interviews pass on the knowledge keen pop fans crave. Kudos to all involved
Superb interview Joe . Fascinating 👌
The monkee show was on t.v. i got their records as birthday and cristmas gifts. mad magizine and singles were bought with newspaper route money.... underground newspapers and f.m. stations changed my outlook....this is an intersting look at what was being sold as product... THANK YOU !!!....bob
daniel .sievers Right on man! I was getting Beatle albums and reading mad magazines and definitely bought 45s, because albums were too expensive and was helping a buddy with the paper route to make money. What a time in space you just sent me back to. Thanks brother
Isn't it wonderful. When you are this talented, all you have to do is quietly, without fanfare, talk about the stuff you have done, and everyone watching, (I think) says to themselves, "Hey, thanks for the songs and the perspective .... a little bit of life is better because of what you contributed."
in the spring or early summer of 1976 I think, I just happened to be at six flags over Texas in Arlington TX.
as fate had it, I ran into my girl cousins & their BBF's.
we were all 17-19 years old then.
so we all hooked up & rode rides & stuff. just hanging out.
at some point one of them said hey look the Monkee's are playing this afternoon in the music pavilion lets go see.
it was a warm very humid afternoon with rain threatening all day and brief showers would break out.
I noticed a homemade banner stating the names of the Monkees, they were not all original members present, hung above the stage.
I remember Jones, Dolenz, Boyce & Hart, for sure, were on the banner.
and I thought "what is this?" but they put on quite a show for the Im guessing 500-600 people that showed up.
the girls and I were up right up front standing at center stage when at some point Davy Jones comes over & reaches down to shakes some hands.
without thinking I put my hand up too never expecting he would take my hand out of all the hot girl hands reaching up to him.
lol but sure enough he took my hand gave it a nice little squeeze & winked at me. (Thanks Davy. RIP). I'm sure he knew that for the rest of the day I was
going to be very popular with the girls in my group. Which I certainly was. my 5 mins of fame. ha ha.
the show was very good the band pretty tight & LOUD. we all just enjoyed it very much. too bad there is no video from it. apparently.
. A day to remember from long ago.
From the Gibson web site (link in these comments): This Day in Music Spotlight: The Sad End of a Songwriting Legend November 23, 1994
In the mid-’70s, after post-Monkees solo projects failed to set the world on fire, Boyce and Hart teamed up with Micky Dolenz and Davy Jones of The Monkees and went out as Dolenz, Jones, Boyce and Hart. They toured theme parks and recorded a live album in Japan. They also made a studio record that was released at the same time as a Monkees greatest hits album, and was pretty much lost in the mix. Peace and Maximum Respect
Davey Jones, came to Williamsburg Iowa in the early 90's for an event (far cry from the height of his career). Walked into the little town bar and hit on girls my age (half his age), playing the "you know who I am" card. Lol!!!!
@@jojomcgee3430 he woulda been in his late 40's.. i think he was fine to work it ;)
Brilliant. Great to hear all his anecdotes.
BOBBY HART!!! ☮️❤️☮️
Oh...be still my heart ❤️.
Another great and interesting interview Joe. Enthusiastic thanks for all your hard work over the decades for THMHoF, music history and for the city of Nashville as the place where the legends quietly live and perform their musical magic. We appreciate you and the passion you put into the work you're doing.
Thank you NVAM....Bobby was a fun interview for me to do and one of the first ones too. Thanks for watching and supporting our channel... Best......Joe
I always loved their work, and in the early seventies, I had the album they made with Micky and Davy. When they came out, I bought their collected CDs.
Great video and Bobby seems like a great guy!
amen about those background musicians love them
What an amazing life. To be able to see that life through his eyes must have been surreal. I could almost visualize everything as he so eloquently described it. Just like his amazing ability to capture a story so beautifully in his compositions.
Thanks Joe !
This is great
Fantastic stuff Joe, thanks again
Very nice to see you Mr Bobby Hart. I liked PO BOX 9847... Thank you for that song. Many Others and
The Monkees!
Guess I'm not the only music geek who finds the Monkees' sessions alnost as interesting as Dylan's Nashville sessions. Mr Hart's understanding and talent shines through.
Good post. It is important music history not unlike Dylan - just in a different special way.
Blow you a kiss in the wind such terrific song
Glad to see yur back Joe.
👌Very interesting. I see many bands did not write their own songs. Many did not play on the recording. 🎼❕
I was aware of Boyce & Hart cuz I grew up listening to their hits in junior high. I always wanted to know more about them other than what the DJ's said. Thanks man, this clip was GOLD!
Thank you Glenn... Bobby was a fun interview and genuinely a good guy. Thanks...Joe
Boyce and Hart wrote my of my all time favorite songs. They go hand in hand with The Monkees. All of The Monkees albums feature songs by Boyce and Hart. Some of the best in the mid to late '60's had to offer, much different from the complexity of The Beatles music at the time, although I do like The Beatles. I own all of The Beatles remastered CDs from 2009 and original Monkees LP's on the Colgems labeled in very good condition with the exception of "Headquarters" and "Instant Replay'" on excellent Rhino re-issues and all The excellent Rhino CD re-issues. The only exception is "Head" which had a couple of good songs( The Porpoise Song" and " As We Go along") but otherwise a waste of money. I have an excelllent original A&M Recordd 45 rpm pressing of Boyce and Hart's " I Wonder What She's Doing Tonight", one of my all time favorites. I was a young teen in 7th grade in 1968.
I remember watching Boyce and Hart on I Dream of Jeannie and Bewitched when I was growing up. 'Out and About' remains on my all-time favorites list as do a few others. Shame about Tommy but it was great to hear Bobby's history from him personally. Thanks... I really enjoyed the interview!
Those songs are still on my iPod short list with the Monkees hits, and the Beatles, the Beach Boys, The Stones, The Byrds, The Turtles, The Mamas and Papas, The Zombies, Badfinger, Chuck Berry, Elvis, plenty of Motown... (It's a big short list with at least 600 songs.)
@@timothykuring3016 In case you missed this one on your 'short list' another one of my favorites... The Artwoods. I highly recommend them.
Monkees and Dool :) My favorites!!!!!
excellent background information
An "infectious..." guitar lick doesn't have to be difficult to play, either. Teaching myself to play back then, Clarksville was the first real 'lick' I learned (if we don't count 'Little Black Egg' or 'Dirty Water').
Anyway, start with a stiff pick, the G 'cowboy' chord, and first whack the fretted 6th string and then the open 3rd string - and then work those open 3rd and 2nd strings over while moving down on the 4th string and... Oh well, you'll figure it out - if it even matters any more.
Boyce and Hart were major players of that era. Great interview by the way - and thank you Joe.
Thanks Stop.... Best.... Joe
First! and i always look forward to the next video Joe...my favorite place in Nashville/Station inn as well..but my #1 favorite youtube channel bar none.
That guitar hook is genius
Great idea for an upload!
I enjoy every one of these you do Joe! Keep them coming! This is history documentation for musicians!
Thanks Bruce....Joe
The legends people don't know about..What an amazing story ! I mean without the catchy song Hey Hey we're the Monkees What would have happened to the show ? Really great story.
Thanks Marc....Joe
Great channel.
Love every post and hope to see the museum someday. Thanks so much for sharing.
Tim... thank you! hope you have a chance to swing by the museum one day soon. If you enjoy the interviews you’ll love the museum... Best............Joe
Larry Taylor, was such a great bassist. I was fortunate to get to know him before he passed away. What great stories he had about those early days.
Wow great interview
So much info
Louis Shelton...one of the guitar players that inspired my lifelong guitar disease. :) Never knew his name. Good twanger.
Didn't he play on some Seals and Crofts albums?
Check out Louies channel on CZcams........one video shows how he played Last Train........
Max Merry He was the Summer Breeze era guitarist. There’s Guitar Player interview with him from long ago that details his resume.
@@MarkViator Thanks, Mark!
He produced and played on the seals and Croft’s recordings.
Have you heard, "It's All Happening On The Inside" by Boyce & Hart? Brilliant sound! The definitive pop rock album.
Last time I saw Bobby and Tommy together on TV was a "Bewitched" cameo.
well done...thank you!!!
Hi. So glad I subscribed recently and now am aware of your posts right away. We all appreciate your work, and hope Nashville recovers from its troubles, and that everyone stays healthy. Peace.
Thank you very much... best to you too.Sincerely, Joe
Psychedelic Bubble Gum is a good book about all this; written by Bobby Hart
I got to hear Boyce and Hart in Glendora, California, in about 1966. I was going to college at Azusa Pacific College. There was a Catholic girl's school right next to the Azusa hillside campus. This school, St. Lucy's Priory, had a benefit concert every year with bands from the L. A. area. The year before I heard about it, they had the Watts 103rd St. Rhythm Band, Pacific Gas and Electric, and Steppenwolf! The next year, when I heard about it they had Jim and Jean, hippie folk singers, We Five who did the song "You Were on my Mind," and Boyce and Hart. Boyce and Hart who were working with a movement called L. U. V. - "Let Us Vote," just before they made it legal for eighteen year olds to vote. Boyce and Hart sang several songs that later showed up on Monkees albums. They also had as an accompanist a guitarist, Louie Shelton, who wrote the opening riff for "Last Train to Clarksville." Cool show, and a delightful display of pop music. I've never forgotten it, or Boyce and Hart. They were good!
Love these backstories.
Thanks as always Buzz... Joe
Keep up the good work Joe. I just recently found your site. I find it very compelling and it holds my attention continually.
Joe ... thank you.. Best... Joe
Thanks for the Marvelous interviews!
You’re welcome Frank.., thank you too... Joe
Apparently, not a lot of people know that Tommy and Bobby composed the theme to the NBC soap "Days Of Our Lives."
Bobby. Great story what do you think about the new music today.i didn’t know but today’s music is not the same as the 60’s. People wrote songs about a boy and a girl or vice versa no romantic lyrics any thing like that.i grow up in the 70’s the music was great groups would play thair own instruments 🎸🥁 thanks to you for the great music you produce.as thay say in the 60’s you’re a groovy person.✌️☮️
Such a great story !
Dear Bobby, I think I may have met you at a party at Richard Perry's in '73 or '74 with Tommy. I will always love Tommy. We had great times together. Hope you are happy and well. Kathy Hunter
Joe.. another fabulous interview.. Hope someone interviews you about your songwriting.. also great to hear Bobby Hart mention Louie from the WRECKING CREW
Louie is a good friend.. I’ve got a interview with Louie too we will put out soon. Long story short I wrote a few country songs from the late 70’s thru mid 90’s. I wanted to be a rock star hundred and twenty pounds ago:) but ended up writing country and having a few guitar shops in middle Tennessee and Kentucky. Thanks as always for your comments and support... Best, Joe
@@MusiciansHallofFameMuseum Joe.. you have had an interesting life ..please do an interview OKI?
@@MusiciansHallofFameMuseum Hope Louie talks about Howard Roberts :)
I’ve got to go back and review the interview... It’s been a few years since I shot it... Best... Joe
Joe.. please ask Louie if he ever saw HR's first Gibson Fusion guitar and if HR let him play it?
The only thing I've ever won was the first Monkey's album during a drawing at our junior high dance. Wore that gem out!
Thank you, MHOF!
I had no idea he was from Phoenix, AZ. ❤
I've lived here (PHX) for 45 years and he NEVER has gotten mentioned as a Phoenix native.
Good interview Joe!
Thanks Eric... Joe
Great interview -- thanks for posting this! You can also find a video here on CZcams of Louie Shelton demonstrating that great guitar for "Last Train"
Thanks for sharing.., I’ll be adding Louie’s interview with us soon too. Best, Joe
Great interview. I saw Boyce and Hart open for Herb Alpert back in the day.
I thought Boyce and Hart were the best kept secret of the 60s. Everybody knew their sound and their songs, but only the musicphiles knew about them. They were in the middle of the 60s sound.
@D T about their music, i'd agree. Even knew their names, but not much past that compared to their talent and influence.
I thought love was only meant for fairy tales , meant for someone else , but not for me! Good lines
Great song but that was written by Neil Diamond. :)
I could hear a lot more of this
Remember what she doin tonite!!!!
For a cat who wrote and sold music in the early Sixties he looks great!
Hi Jorge... Bobby still looks great from pictures I’ve seen at age 81 but I shot this interview at Bobby’s home in Hollywood around 2005 when Bobby was around 65. Thanks for watching.
Looks like Robert Duvall
The intro guitar on Last Train is the first thing I hear when I think about that song, no matter how much I practiced, I just couldn't get it, great work.
Louie told me he already had it when they did that session. It just happened to be perfect. I think he said Day Tripper was the inspiration for him creating it. Thanks for watching....Joe
TreadingTheBoards ; and elsewhere on CZcams is Shelton himself--aged--running through it like it's NOTHING. Can't believe it! Simple for HIM !
Pretty cool, The prefab four explained.
Oh, I just decided I wanted to be a piano player, Mozart, after thinking about it a couple a days and in a few months I composed a piano concerto in c minor and then four or five symphonies -- no big deal
I'm A Believer was written by Neil Diamond. Day Dream Believer by John Stewart.
In some cases I wish the internet was available in the 60s like it is now. I guess it would have broke too many hearts if the teenyboppers had known their 'band members' were just faking it when it came to play instruments. I have known for sometime about Louie Shelton's amazing guitar licks. I was beginning to learn how to play guitar then. They sold tons of knock-off arrangements(sheet-music) that I would muddle through. As my guitar knowledge grew and my playing by ear skills improved I would eventually find the right key the song was recorded in. I still was not able to discern until much later that there was 3 different guitar parts for Last Train to Clarksville. I had thought it was just a story but it was a story of a young man about ready to be shipped out to Vietnam.
So many legendary songwriters wrote songs for the Monkees. That is one of the knocks against their HOF induction. But a lot of 60s hits were covers. But The Mokee's hands were tied with Don in charge. I can understand using Studio musicians for recording on.
Finally I noticed The musicians playing songs on shows in the 60s. Most of the guitars were not hooked up to amps.
So much information rolls off his tongue for 15 minutes straight, without so much as an Um or Ah. And given that he was married in 1958, the dude must be much older than he looks.
What's ironic is how much sophistication went into making the Monkees. I always thought, as a kid, it was just too dumb for me to watch. I couldn't understand it. It's amazing to me how many musicians were actually part of the Monkees.
Great stuff here! Subscribing as of...........now!
I truly hope Robin Trower makes it into The Musicians Hall Of Fame . He opened for the Beatles . His days with Jimmy Dewar were Magical .
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