GARY LEWIS THE PLAYBOYS WWW.GARYLEWISANDTHEPLAYBOYS.COM TELEVISION: MOVIES: Ed Sullivan Swinging Summer Shindig The Family Jewels Hullabaloo Out of Sight EMMY Awards My Boyfriends Back NBC Sally Jessy Raphael Movie of the Week Jerry Lewis Show Rock-A-Bye Baby Tonight Show Mike Douglas CHART SINGLES: Nashville Now Wolfman Jack This Diamond Ring Count Me In Save Your Heart For Me Everybody Loves A Clown She’s Just My Style Sure Gonna Miss Her Green Grass My Heart’s Symphony 8 Gold Singles (You Don’t Have To) Paint Me A Picture Where Will The Words Come From The Loser (With A BrokenHeart) Girls In Love 17 Top 40 Hits Jill Sealed With A Kiss Time Stands Still Little Miss Go Go Way Way Out 45 Million Records Sold Worldwide 4 Gold Albums Cash Box Magazine’s Male Vocalist of 1965 GARY LEWIS THE PLAYBOYS Af cionados 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 f eld 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 f eld… also at a young and carefree age. The son of a famous father – in any f eld – is often faced with serious problems in f nding and maintaining his own identity. But when Gary Lewis and The Playboys auditioned for their f rst 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 f rst 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 The beginning - behind them, they took their f rst single, “This Diamond Ring” straight to number one. After Gary and Dad, Jerry 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 seve 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 f ve appearances First TV show - Gary and Dad, within two years on the “Ed Sullivan Show”. Jerry - Jerry Lewis Show With the reoccurring interest in oldies music, Gary Lewis & The P layboys are one of the hottest acts around. First network TV rock show - Hullabaloo, 1965 First movie - Gary and Dad, Jerry - Rock-A-Bye-Baby.