Gary Lewis & the Playboys (Official Thread)

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This Diamond Ring 3/65
A Session With Gary Lewis & The Playboys 9/65
Everybody Loves A Clown 12/65
She's Just My Style 3/66
Hits Again! 5/66
Golden Greats 10/66
You Don't Have To Paint Me A Picture 2/67
Gary Lewis & The Playboys 1967
New Directions 7/67
Listen! 1967
Gary Lewis Now! 8/68
More Golden Greats 1968
Rhythm 1969
Close Cover Before Playing 1969
Rhythm Of The Rain / Hayride 1969
I'm On The Right Road Now 1969
Legendary Masters Series 1990
The Complete Liberty Singles 2009


Anyone remember Gary Lewis & The Playboys? Gary Lewis - Son of Jerry Lewis had quite some success in the mid-60s with songs like "This Diamond Ring", "Count Me In", "Save Your Heart With Me", "Everyone Loves a Clown", "She's Just My Style", "Sure Goin' To Miss Her" & "Green Grass".

To me honest the only ones I remember are "This Diamond Ring", "Count Me In", "Everyone Loves a Clown" & "She's Just My Style". To me Gary Lewis & The Playboys seem to be more of a Singles group than an albums group cause I'm fortunate enough to have "Everybody Loves A Clown" and "She's Just My Style" on one CD and apart from those titled songs the majority of songs from those albums are cover versions of popular songs:

"Everybody Loves A Clown"

1. Everybody Loves A Clown
2. Mr. Blue
3. Chip Chip
4. I Gotta Find Cupid
5. Let Me Tell Your Fortune
6. ('Till) I Kissed You
7. Tossin' And Turnin'
8. My Special Angel
9. We'll Work It Out
10. Sha La La
11. Time Stands Still
12. Dreamin'

"She's Just My Style"

1. She's Just My Style
2. Lies
3. All I Have To Do Is Dream
4. You've Got To Hide Your Love Away
5. I Won't Make That Mistake Again
6. A Hundred Pounds Of Clay
7. Run For Your Life
8. Take Good Care Of My Baby
9. Down In The Boomdocks
10. You Didn't Have To Be So Nice
11. Someone I Used To Know
12. Heart Full Of Soul

So perhaps if anyone knows of a good Greatest Hits album which includes all their singles, that would be the best approach.

For those Interested the B-Side track to "Everybody Loves A Clown" is "Time Stands Still" and the B-Side track to "She's Just My Style" is "I Won't Make That Mistake Again"​

 

[CP/M User]

Re: Gary Lewis & the Playboys

Here's some videos of their popular songs:









I just found this really cool cover of "This Diamond Ring" which sounds a bit like the Original!

 

[Hepcat]

Re: Gary Lewis & the Playboys

You bet I remember Gary Lewis & the Playboys! They had an excellent string of hits in the latter part of the sixties.

Here's a Greatest Hits CD you might consider:



1. This Diamond Ring
2. Count Me In
3. Save Your Heart for Me
4. Everybody Loves a Clown
5. She's Just My Style
6. Sure Gonna Miss Her
7. Green Grass
8. My Heart's Symphony
9. (You Don't Have To) Paint Me a Picture
10. Sealed with a Kiss

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[CP/M User]

Re: Gary Lewis & the Playboys

Hepcat wrote:

You bet I remember Gary Lewis & the Playboys! They had an excellent string of hits in the latter part of the sixties.

Here's a Greatest Hits CD you might consider:

Funny that cause I had no problem finding some on those songs on YouTube, but "This Diamond Ring" has to be the hardest one to find cause I found the majority of that particular song on YouTube to me a Remake from 1990! I haven't heard "Count Me In" for years and years, but I always remember Gary Lewis & The Playboys singing it! Fancy not including "Time Stands Still" on their Greatest Hits CD! Actually 1965 & 1966 seems to be the two years they were dominant for and then I guess from 1967 The Monkees kind of kicked in? "This Diamond Ring" though was their only #1 song, but like you say they have a string of hits in the #10, which is pretty good going.

 

[Hepcat]

Re: Gary Lewis & the Playboys

Here's a list of the band's charting hits and the top position each reached on the Billboard charts in the U.S.:

1965

This Diamond Ring (#1) / Hard to Find -- Liberty 55756

Count Me In (#2) / Little Miss Go-Go -- Liberty 55778

Save Your Heart for Me (#2) / Without a Word of Warning -- Liberty 55809

Everybody Loves a Clown (#4) / Time Stands Still -- Liberty 55818

She's Just My Style (#3) / I Won't Make That Mistake Again -- Liberty 55846

1966

Sure Gonna Miss Her (#9) / I Don't Wanna Say Goodnight -- Liberty 55865

Green Grass (#8) / I Can Read Between the Lines -- Liberty 55880

My Heart's Symphony (#13) / Tina (I Held You in My Arms) -- Liberty 55898

(You Don't Have To) Paint Me a Picture (#15) / Looking for the Stars -- Liberty 55914

Where Will the Words Come From (#21) / May the Best Man Win -- Liberty 55933

1967

The Loser (With a Broken Heart) (#43) / Ice Melts in the Sun/B] -- Liberty 55949

Girls in Love (#39) / Let's Be More than Friends -- Liberty 55971

Jill (#52) / New in Town -- Liberty 55985

1968

Sealed with a Kiss (#19) / Sara Jane -- Liberty 56037

1969

Rhythm of the Rain (#63) / Mister Memory -- Liberty 56093

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[Flower]

Re: Gary Lewis & the Playboys

They are still active and touring ....

 

[CP/M User]

Re: Gary Lewis & the Playboys

Good job I put the group back on the map!

I saw a YouTube Video of a Live concert which said Gary Lewis and The Playboys performing "Sealed With A Kiss", which all looked very good and that, but I wasn't sure if it was them or not cause they had a frontman singing the song - I could hardly reckonise Gary though and wasn't sure if it was him leading as frontman for that. The group I saw also had a bit of a Rock edge to their songs too, but I guess it could be them!

 

[troggy]

Re: Gary Lewis & the Playboys

Best songs:

"Little Miss Go-Go"
"Doin' The Flake"

 

[CP/M User]

Re: Gary Lewis & the Playboys

troggy wrote:

Best songs:

"Little Miss Go-Go"
"Doin' The Flake"

YouTube??

 

[Fug]

Re: Gary Lewis & the Playboys

Most, if not all of Gary Lewis & the Playboys records were produced by none other than Leon Russel, of Leon Russel and the Shelter People fame/Joe Cocker's Grease Band fame.