Gary Lewis and The Playboys- Gary Lewis Biography
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Aficionados of the '60s pop classics have cause to rejoice                  with the return of Gary Lewis & The Playboys.  
Gary Lewis was about as close to being an "overnight success" in the recording field as anyone                  can get. And - just because it happens so seldom - it is always                  a special thrill when show business lightning strikes twice in                  the same family. The comedy antics of Jerry Lewis skyrocketed                  him to fame when he was just barely out of his teens. No. 1 son                  Gary had achieved comparable success in the music field... also                  at a young and carefree age.
The son of a famous father - in any field                  - is often faced with serious problems in finding and maintaining                  his own identity. But when Gary Lewis and The Playboys auditioned                  for their first job at Disneyland, no one there knew Gary was                  anybody but a thin drummer. The entertainment director of the                  park merely liked what he saw and heard, and hired Gary and the                  boys on the spot - much to their surprise. The boys were enthusiastically                  accepted by the audiences from the very first night, and as the                  word spread it was not long before they were playing to a packed                  house every night.
It was the summer of 1964 when Gary Lewis                  and The Playboys were discovered by producer Snuff Garret. Before                  long, with the producer/arranger team of Garrett and Leon Russell                  behind them, they took their first single, This Diamond Ring straight to number one. After their second hit titled Count                  Me In went to number two, Gary and the band proved that they                  would be a continued success. They followed with more Top 10 songs                  such as Save Your Heart For Me, Everybody Loves A Clown, She's Just My Style, Sure Gonna Miss Her, and many                  more.
In 1965 Gary himself was Cash Box magazine's "Male Vocalist of the Year", winning the honor over                  other nominees Elvis Presley and Frank Sinatra. He was the                  first and only artist during the 1960's to have his first seven                  releases reach Billboard magazine's Top 10 on the Hot 100 chart.                  Along with his appearances on various popular television shows                  including American Bandstand, Hullabaloo, and The                  Tonight Show. Gary accumulated an impressive five appearances                  within two years on the Ed Sullivan Show.
With the reoccurring interest in oldies music,                  Gary Lewis & The Playboys are one of the hottest acts around. Gary Lewis, along with the Playboys, continues to tour and                  entertain fans across the country and abroad.