Talk:Gary Lewis & the Playboys

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Jeez, who wrote this article - Jerry Lewis? The entire article should be rewritten and omit all the hype! Record plants running 24 hours a day couldn't meet the demand for Gary Lewis records? Puh-leaze!

I don't agree with the comments above from an unidentified sourse...Gary Lewis & the Playboys were a phenom in the '60's, at a time when R&R was rising to it's peak, and they still tours 40 years later... that's a short list DonDeigo 16:21, 11 January 2007 (UTC)

Erm, there was a bit of hype anyway. I've cleaned up the article. Gwen Gale 22:03, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

Additional info

It'd be nice to see some sort of citation for the Top 10 claim - not that I don't believe it. It seems remarkable that this group and the Spoonful were the only ones to accomplish that feat.

Also, I recall a picture of the band published in 16 Magazine with Leon Russell and Carl Radle as members. Knowing both played with the group I was wondering if anyone knows if Leon actually played live with the group in addition to the studio work he did for them.

Thirdly, should there be a mention of the cameos the band made in Jerry Lewis' movies? I remember them in at least one movie (in a closet on a airplane or something like that).THX1136 (talk) 17:30, 25 September 2013 (UTC)

discography

Hits Again was not a compilation album. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.53.200.199 (talk) 03:01, 4 May 2014 (UTC)

However it should be noted that the Sunset Records albums are both budget compilation albums with the 1967 Gary Lewis and the Playboys consisting of all previously released material: May The Best Man Win being the B-side of Where Will The Words Come From; My Special Angel from Everybody Loves A Clown; Time Stands Still from Everybody Loves A Clown; Without A Word Of Warning from A Session With; Lies from She's Just My Style; Heart Full Of Soul from She's Just My Style, Walk Right Back from A Session With; Needles And Pins from This Diamond Ring; One Track Mind from Hits Again; Free Like Me from A Session With. The 1969 Rhythm album consists of Has She Got The Nicest Eyes a non-chart single; Happiness from Listen; New In Town from New Directions; Let's Be More Than Friends from New Directions; Ice Melts In The Sun from More Golden Greats and the B-side of The Loser (With A Broken Heart); Tina (I Held You In My Arms from Golden Greats and (You Don't Have To) Paint Me A Picture; I Won't Make That Mistake Again from She's Just My Style; Pretty Thing from Now; Sara Jane from Now; Looking For The Stars from (You Don't Have To) Paint Me A Picture. Prose2024 (talk) 20:21, 17 September 2024 (UTC)

Removal of Cash Box 1965 Male Vocalist of the Year claim

"In 1965, Gary Lewis was Cash Box magazine's "Male Vocalist of the Year", winning against nominees Elvis Presley and Frank Sinatra."

This sentence was removed as false. According to an article by Alan Levy published in LIFE magazine on March 12, 1965, (url:https://books.google.com/books?id=JkEEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA76&lpg=PA76&dq=1965+Cash+Box+Male+vocalist+of+the+year&source=bl&ots=6ZkrsoJcmh&sig=UPmP_uKFIvcnzZqe2rvcnudQ3dI&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwis2sXToanZAhVHzFMKHTbRCcg4ChDoAQgoMAE#v=onepage&q=1965%20Cash%20Box%20Male%20vocalist%20of%20the%20year&f=false - accessed 2018/02/15) that honor went to Bobby Vinton. To quote Levy, "Cash Box crowned him "The Nation's Number One Male Vocalist" (the runners up were Sinatra and Presley)".

I would suggest until a credible source for the claim is found that it was Lewis who had garnered that distinction that the edit remain as is.THX1136 (talk) 01:39, 16 February 2018 (UTC)