Description: Tracks:I WONDER WHAT SHE'S DOING TONIGHT - Tommy Boyce & Bobby HartVALLERI - The MonkeesACTION, ACTION, ACTION - Keith AllisonI'M NOT YOUR STEPPING STONE - The FliesTOMORROW'S GONNA BE ANOTHER DAY - Sir Raleigh & The CuponsWORDS - The RegentsLAST TRAIN TO CLARKSVILLE - The Standells(HE'S GONNA BE) FINE, FINE, FINE - The IkettesP.O. BOX 9847 - The MonkeesSHE - Del ShannonCOME A LITTLE BIT CLOSER - Jay & The AmericansTHE DUM DUM DITTY - The Shangri-LasI CAN'T GET HIM OUT OF MY MIND - Sandra GeeHURT SO BAD - Little AnthonyTHANK YOU FOR LOVING ME - The SapphiresIF YOU'RE THINKIN' WHAT I'M THINKIN' - Dino, Desi & BillySEVEN DAYS IN SEPTEMBER - Ginger & The SnapsNEVER AGAIN - The RoyalettesI GOTTA FIND CUPID - Gary Lewis & The PlayboysBEVERLY JEAN - Curtis LeeTOO MANY TEARDROPS - Bobby HartBE MY GUEST - Fats DominoLAZY ELSIE MOLLY - Chubby CheckerACTION - Paul Revere & The Raiders(THEME FROM) THE MONKEES - The MonkeesDICCI COME FINI (PEACHES 'N' CREAM) - The Honeybeats Performer Notes: Liner Note Authors: Harvey Williams; Tommy Boyce; Mick Patrick; Bobby Hart.Illustrators: Rob Hughes ; Harvey Williams; Stephen J. McParland; John Broven; Graham Welch; Simon White ; Phil Chapman ; Alec Palao; Tony Rounce; Brian Nevill; Mick Patrick.Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart's brand of West Coast sunshine pop made them one of the most successful songwriting teams in the 1960s, and although the duo only managed one big hit as performers, 1967's "I Wonder What She's Doing Tonight," they almost single-handedly provided the Monkees with most of their hits (including the theme song to their TV show), and wrote hit singles for several other artists and groups, plus wrote the theme songs for the TV soap opera Days of Our Lives and the period-successful teen variety series Where the Action Is, all of which kept the royalty checks rolling in. Boyce & Hart parted ways, both as performers and as a writing team, at the end of the decade (they teamed with ex-Monkees Micky Dolenz and Davy Jones to perform and record for a bit in the mid-'70s as Dolenz, Jones, Boyce & Hart) and there really hasn't been a good anthology of their compositions to date. This set comes closer than most to presenting the songwriting craft of the pair, leading off with Boyce & Hart's lone hit as performers, "I Wonder What She's Doing Tonight," then following with versions of "I'm Not Your Stepping Stone" (a hit for Paul Revere & the Raiders and also done by the Monkees, the extra-snotty version here is an earlier one by the Flies); "Last Train to Clarksville" (the Monkees' first big hit -- here it's done by the Standells in a similar arrangement with slightly dirtier-sounding lead guitar); a pair of television themes (Paul Revere & the Raiders' "Action" from the show Where the Action Is and the Monkees' "[Theme From] The Monkees"); and earlier successes like Jay & the Americans' "Come a Little Bit Closer," Little Anthony & the Imperials' "Hurt So Bad," Fats Domino's "Be My Guest," and Chubby Checker's "Lazy Elsie Molly," among others. Again, it's not really the perfect anthology this songwriting duo probably deserves, but the inclusion of rarer versions of some of the big hits is a plus, and at 26 tracks, it's the most complete to date. ~ Steve Leggett Format: CD (1 Disc); Stereo Country: USA Release Date: 4 September, 2012 Label: Unbranded Dimensions: 12.3 x 1 x 14 centimeters (0.06 kg)
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Track #1: I WONDER WHAT SHE'S DOING TONIGHT - Tommy Boyce &
Track #2: VALLERI - The Monkees
Track #3: ACTION, ACTION, ACTION - Keith Allison
Track #4: I'M NOT YOUR STEPPING STONE - The Flies
Track #5: TOMORROW'S GONNA BE ANOTHER DAY - Sir Raleigh & Th
Track #6: WORDS - The Regents
Track #7: LAST TRAIN TO CLARKSVILLE - The Standells
Track #8: (HE'S GONNA BE) FINE, FINE, FINE - The Ikettes
Track #9: P.O. BOX 9847 - The Monkees
Track #10: SHE - Del Shannon
Track #11: COME A LITTLE BIT CLOSER - Jay & The Americans
Track #12: THE DUM DUM DITTY - The Shangri-Las
Track #13: I CAN'T GET HIM OUT OF MY MIND - Sandra Gee
Track #14: HURT SO BAD - Little Anthony
Track #15: THANK YOU FOR LOVING ME - The Sapphires
Track #16: IF YOU'RE THINKIN' WHAT I'M THINKIN' - Dino, Desi
Track #17: SEVEN DAYS IN SEPTEMBER - Ginger & The Snaps
Track #18: NEVER AGAIN - The Royalettes
Track #19: I GOTTA FIND CUPID - Gary Lewis & The Playboys
Track #20: BEVERLY JEAN - Curtis Lee
Track #21: TOO MANY TEARDROPS - Bobby Hart
Track #22: BE MY GUEST - Fats Domino
Track #23: LAZY ELSIE MOLLY - Chubby Checker
Track #24: ACTION - Paul Revere & The Raiders
Track #25: (THEME FROM) THE MONKEES - The Monkees
Track #26: DICCI COME FINI (PEACHES 'N' CREAM) - The Honeybea
Producer: Bobby Hart^Dave Appell^Dave Bartholomew^Ed Cobb^Ike Turner^Ivor Raymonde^Jerry Ross^Jimmy Bowen^Larry Marks^Phil Spector^Teddy Randazzo^Terry Melcher^Tommy Boyce
Release Year: 2012
Format: CD
Genre: Rock
Artist: Various
Record Label: ACI, ACE Records UK
Release Title: Action: Songs of Tommy Boyce & Bobby Hart
