Songs were short, fun and had meaning back then! We could actually understand the lyrics these artists were singing. We sang along with them, too, because the 1960's / '70's were a FANTASTIC time to live !!
DON'T I KNOW IT . HEARDCTHIS ON MY TRANSISTOR ON PHILLIES " FAMOUS 56 WFIL " GEORGE MICHAELS , JIM NETTLETON , DR DON ROSE , JIM O'BRIEN = BOSS JOCKS !!
I never stop listening to him!! He and his band were doing tours, in the 70's. They played at a school I took my baby son. I actually got to meet them. I wanted all their autographs. Gary held my son for me!!!!! My grown son is still talking about that. They were the greatest!!!
OMG! I haven't heard this in years. Just bored and cruising youtube and landed here. Wow!!!! I was like seven years old when my parents had this music on the AM radio! Love this song. Thank Gary Lewis and the Playboys for great tunes!!!
I loved this group as a kid in the sixties. This song brings back the GOOD that is missing in music today. It's truly sad that has happened. Thanx Gary Lewis and the Playboys! I was 7 when this on my Dad's old Philco AM radio playing. It was the time in my life, that we didn't have much. We lived behind a firestation in two rooms! Dad listened to radio constantly, as he was the only paid fireman in the small town we lived in. He kept the three pieces of equipment that town had, spotless. We even had people gave us a Dalmatian, my sister named Chief! Thanx Moon doggy for this. Brings tears to my eyes actually, that all that is gone, my parents and my sister, and Chief. This type of music too. Peace to all, and be safe.
At about 17 I was hooked so much because of exactly what you described. I was on top of the world when I heard this music. It was like( and other 60's music) it opened a whole new world to me!
When this song came out I thought it was the Beach Boys , This was how brilliant Lewis was at writing and their harmonising was was quality , they were highly under rated and deserved far better !
@william lipsett Lewis did not write his hits. He had catchy songs, but they were almost entirely a product of the LA "Wrecking Crew" hit-making machine. He did do his own singing though.
@@robertbykowski1398 Wow , it's marvellous how some people can take a song and breath life into it with higher quality results like he did there ! I never knew that !
@@thewkovacs316 I was guilty of that , but you still need some quality to work with in order to manipulate the sound , we used to make the voice go higher as well !
He was drafted into the army in about 1967 or so and went to Vietnam, and when he came home, music had changed and nobody wanted to hear his kind of music any more, thus ending his career. His Dad could probably have pulled some strings to get him deferred , but his being a man of character, he went into the service and did the right thing. I was a teenager in the Sixties and his music made a huge impression on me that lasts to this day.
Gary tells a great story about how things were going great. Then he was drafted and came back three years later with the war in Viet Nam going full hog. He said the war changed everything and his brand of music simply got left behind.
I'm and 80s kid and while me sister was listening to Good Charlotte and Avril Levine I was buying the old stuff and thinking about why does no one know Gary, The Association, Tommy James and the Shonndells? These guys should be well known. 60s, 70s, 80s are the king of underrated
I LOVE GARY LEWIS AND PLAYBOYS, THANKS TO MY OLDER BROTHER GOT ME INTO MUSIC AT EARLY AGE. LISTERNING TO HIS 45'S AND LP'S ME ON THE FLOOR PLAYING WITH MY TOYS LISTENING .
@@dbd1353 Actually "overrated", considering Gary Lewis voice was overdubbed by Ron Hicklin and the instrumentals were done by "The Wrecking Crew"…. All fake !!!!
Bruce Powell Bob..Gary actually could sing but his voice became deeper after these songs were major hits. The had 10- top 10 hits which is an incredible feat in music business.
With mid 60's focus on bands like the Beach Boys and beatles ... GL&PB were often glossed over! People forget they had 7 top 10 hits & over a dozen more top 40! They were that great🎶🎸🎷
This song is totally dedicated to my "love of 1966" - Loretta. All the lyric words were just right to me as well as the melody. I was around 16 when this song was playing on the rock stations. Oh! the sweet memories!
Your songs are the best in that era. It is more than a memory. I still look at the girls. UGH ? To be young again. Why did they invent mirrors ? Wish I had my 57 Chevy. I also had a very fast 62 Dodge Polaris 500. Ran flat out fast. 140 m.p.h. Cops never caught me. The girls did in my cars it was glorious. Duck tail hair. Went to the local Cantine to dance and plug the juke box 3 plays for a quarter. Danced until it closed for the nite. God bless you and the group. Jeff Peters
I just saw Gary Lewis live a few months ago. Great show and awesome music. It brought me back to a much better time, when music made you feel good. So many memories. Gary Lewis is an awesome guy with a great personality. I have always been a huge fan.
I am sorry captain that you cannot appreciate the talent and diversity in music through the decades. I am honored to have lived in this time and can appreciate many different styles of music.
I liked this song when a new release, and I was only age 5, and still love it.The bubble gum rock songs of the 1960's-1970's have always been songs that made me feel happy from deep within whenever I hear them.I think of them as 'feel good songs'.They're priceless.
I saw Gary Lewis and The Playboys live at the Starlight outdoor theater in Kansas City, Missouri back in 65' or 66' I love their sound and I got to meet Gary and the guys after the show, they're really nice guys.
My first 'favorite group' after seeing them introduce 'Ring' on the Ed Sullivan Show back in early '65. Still do to this day. Love all their songs.Much Thanks Gary and all the guys.
"This Diamond Ring" was my first favorite song. I thought about it when I was in the seventh grade in junior high school. However, I heard this song, She's Just My Style," before 1965. This rock and roll music were quite cute.
Me too ... his dad could have gotten him out of Nam service, but he refused. Served his term and did what was right. I admire him for his music, but even more for his conscience.
Gary you are wonderful. I really like your style specially this song we are your fan since 67up to the present times 2020 go Gary god bless you and your family
That's a shame because I love his music. The older music is best. I never get tired of it. I was a kid in the sixties but my older sister listened to all of this so I loved it.
60s music wasn't political??? Wow, do you mean the 1860s? No, you couldn't have. Lots of political music then, too. I'm afraid you either slept through the 60s, destroyed your brain cells in the 60s (or 70s), or weren't alive in the 60s and have gad a VERY limited and poor sample of 60s music.
@@ModelTrainOutsider Calm down guy, When I was in grade school back then, I didn't know what the word 'political' meant. But I know now that it's a very UGLY word sad to say.
@@ModelTrainOutsider I think he meant that this music was recorded before the Vietnam war deepened and got into high gear and many bands' lyrics were commenting on that fact. Early 1965 was still a fairly innocent time. The draft didn't start until August, 1965.
+Vicki Erickson I seen him in the late 90's at Franklin County Stadium in Columbus Ohio with the Grass Roots Paul Revere and the Raiders Lou Christie Little Richard and Peter Noone.....He tried to perform....lol... He was so tore up that he had to be helped from the stage.....I mean he was done barely made it though a song and a half off key and forgetting the lyrics. He should have never got on stage.........lol
I am 57 and grew up with that 'feel good music".We had one of those tall radios that stood on the floor, from the 1940's, made of dark wood.The speaker was awesome, and I listened to current pop rock songs on it during the 1960's-1970's.
I saw Gary Lewis in Harrisburg, Pa. at one of the city's summer events. He and the band still sounded great! I liked this song since the first time I heard it.
Regarding all the accordion comments: John West is playing a Cordovox Electronic Accordion. It had a good electric piano sound, and was a helluva a lot easier than dragging around a keyboard.
Summer 1965 and these guys were rockin' Disneyland with nightly dances. At the time they were just 'another group' ...... still remember all those kids dancing in front of the stage. What memories !!
1965, I was 10 yrs old and this was my favorite song. I had a girlfriend and she loved this song too. Memories of calling her every evening to talk to her. We thought we were in love....in our heart we were.
@Ray Sagastiano Good point- after the Beatles had broken up, I remember soft rock was quite popular (and for me, disappointing) and there was this sense that the 60's spirit as a whole had been replaced by a certain blandness which would be replaced by the next R'n'R 'revolution' of the late 70's, which was based on the 50's and mid 60's- shorter songs (and hair), strong melodies and hooks and fun, fun, fun.
I only saw Gary playing drums back in those days and never saw an accordian. This lip synced thing is lame, nothing is real and I'm guessing the lame TV show didn't even have a tambourine or organ to throw in there. Doing jumping jacks would've looked better than holding an accordion
The keyboard player John West played a Cordovox electric accordion. It sounded like an electric piano. Beat the hell out of lugging around a electric keyboard back then.
I dig their wholesome image and innocent smiles. As someone who favors male singers with a bass voice, I’m getting a soft spot for the guy on the accordion. Maybe if I was alive and their ages at the time, he’d be “just my style “
Met Gary Lewis back in 1985 back when the radio station I worked for co-sponsored the "Happy Together Tour" at 6 flags over Texas. Gary was very cool and fun to hang with. I still love the music after all of these years. Julia. M.
Gary,
Still listening in 2024.
I thought you were the real talent in your family.
Absolutely! Still love his music to this day!!
Songs were short, fun and had meaning back then! We could actually understand the lyrics these artists were singing. We sang along with them, too, because the 1960's / '70's were a FANTASTIC time to live !!
DON'T I KNOW IT . HEARDCTHIS ON MY TRANSISTOR ON PHILLIES " FAMOUS 56 WFIL " GEORGE MICHAELS , JIM NETTLETON , DR DON ROSE , JIM O'BRIEN = BOSS JOCKS !!
I never stop listening to him!! He and his band were doing tours, in the 70's. They played at a school
I took my baby son. I actually got to meet them. I wanted all their autographs. Gary held my son for me!!!!! My grown son is still talking about that. They were the greatest!!!
How'd they sound live?
Gary Lewis & The Playboys Are One Of My Favorite Bands & In My Opinion One Of The Most Underrated Bands Of The Sixties I Love Their Music
OMG! I haven't heard this in years. Just bored and cruising youtube and landed here. Wow!!!! I was like seven years old when my parents had this music on the AM radio! Love this song. Thank Gary Lewis and the Playboys for great tunes!!!
I loved this group as a kid in the sixties. This song brings back the GOOD that is missing in music today. It's truly sad that has happened. Thanx Gary Lewis and the Playboys! I was 7 when this on my Dad's old Philco AM radio playing. It was the time in my life, that we didn't have much. We lived behind a firestation in two rooms! Dad listened to radio constantly, as he was the only paid fireman in the small town we lived in. He kept the three pieces of equipment that town had, spotless. We even had people gave us a Dalmatian, my sister named Chief! Thanx Moon doggy for this. Brings tears to my eyes actually, that all that is gone, my parents and my sister, and Chief. This type of music too. Peace to all, and be safe.
One of my favorite songs from the sixties!!! LOVED this band, such upbeat talent here!!! So glad we have recordings!
Hello Linda, How are you doing?
Linda, this comment is being made five years after yours. I agree with you about the music that the playboys made. I hope that you are doing well.
Gary Lewis songs are wholesome, homey, romantic, happy and innocent. Reflective of the 60's golden age!
nailed it!
No profanity, or excessive displays of sexuality. Clean.
Priceless 👍😍I agree most ppls had morals then😉
At about 17 I was hooked so much because of exactly what you described. I was on top of the world when I heard this music. It was like( and other 60's music) it opened a whole new world to me!
He was from Cleveland which might be the reason for the wholesomeness of Gary and his music.
Man, these guys are just so CLEAN. They all look like they're going to church right after the performance. I had 2 or 3 albums.
Yes....in Gary's case it would be temple though...:)
Gary is Jewish
The Dave Clark 5, early Beatles and even the early Stones dressed super clean too......
@@richbailey8174 About to say that 🤣
@@msoileau83 Beat ya!
I haven't heard this song in years... what a delightful experience.
Always loved these guys! Still do. They are part of our fabulous music of the ‘60s that made being a teenager so much fun!!
Hello Debrah, How are you doing?
Thanks Gary and The Wrecking Crew for giving us
this great music ! Awesome.
And thank Ron Hicklin for over dubbing Gary lewis voice….
The Wrecking Crew were on Pet Sounds
When this song came out I thought it was the Beach Boys , This was how brilliant Lewis was at writing and their harmonising was was quality , they were highly under rated and deserved far better !
@william lipsett Lewis did not write his hits. He had catchy songs, but they were almost entirely a product of the LA "Wrecking Crew" hit-making machine. He did do his own singing though.
@@robertbykowski1398 Wow , it's marvellous how some people can take a song and breath life into it with higher quality results like he did there ! I never knew that !
his voice was sweetened in the studio
@@thewkovacs316 I was guilty of that , but you still need some quality to work with in order to manipulate the sound , we used to make the voice go higher as well !
it is a great song but actually the the arrangement and production was done by Leon Russell.
He was drafted into the army in about 1967 or so and went to Vietnam, and when he came home, music had changed and nobody wanted to hear his kind of music any more, thus ending his career. His Dad could probably have pulled some strings to get him deferred , but his being a man of character, he went into the service and did the right thing. I was a teenager in the Sixties and his music made a huge impression on me that lasts to this day.
Served in Korea.
@@joecrawford9172 - He got lucky
Draft Card 71, in 1970....
I recall his last Ed Sullivan appearance 1966. His # came up.
I didn't go into the Navy until 1970.
He was a few years older than I.
marc layne dude the same here
I don't remember any other group playing an accordion in their band. They were awesome and unique!
Hello Patty, How are you doing?
@@shauntrailskinner9645 Really?
I think Grace Jones was one of the only other ones oddly enough
It's a Cordovox
The Church: Under The Milky Way Tonight. Sorry they used bagpipes. Still a cool song
One of the best songs of that era. Bring back that kind of music Era 🎶
I heard it when I was a little child who was too little to play any music on my father's and stepmother's Motorola console.
These guys had a string of hits back in the 60s. Always enjoyed listening.
Gary Lewis and the Playboys, in my opinion, were one of the many underrated American bands of the 60s. Just like Paul revere and the Raiders and SDQ.
Yep Sir Douglas had some good songs.I love Blue Norther.
I love the both
I agree,
Gary tells a great story about how things were going great. Then he was drafted and came back three years later with the war in Viet Nam going full hog. He said the war changed everything and his brand of music simply got left behind.
I'm and 80s kid and while me sister was listening to Good Charlotte and Avril Levine I was buying the old stuff and thinking about why does no one know Gary, The Association, Tommy James and the Shonndells? These guys should be well known. 60s, 70s, 80s are the king of underrated
Upbeat sound and uplifting !!!! Great sound. He has his own style !!!!
What a great sound. Super harmonies. A wonderful band!
Pop music of the 1960s is really something to look back on and marvel at, isn't it?
Good old 60s music 🎶
That voice is disturbingly modulated that really shows up in a bad recording. Like this one.
I LOVE GARY LEWIS AND PLAYBOYS, THANKS TO MY OLDER BROTHER GOT ME INTO MUSIC AT EARLY AGE. LISTERNING TO HIS 45'S AND LP'S ME ON THE FLOOR PLAYING WITH MY TOYS LISTENING .
He plays guitar and the drums. I never realized how talented he was.
Brandon Allen Gary played drums as a young boy..specfically learned guitar when manager wanted him to be in front rather than in back on drums.
Gary Lewis like the Raiders were Hit Making Machines in the mid 60's...very underated groups!
thank you for mentioning or
p.r.and the raiders
Very Legitimate Band. Gary as we all know never asked his father for a dime! He was invited on jerry's show because Gary lewis was very popular!
I was a Gary Lewis and the Playboys fan and when I found their Greatest hits on CD, I had to buy it.
In an Era of the Stones, and Beatles!, ..These guys could tear it up!...All that needs to be said!
I watched an interview with Gary, and unlike his old man, a really humble nice guy.
One of my fav songs of Gary Lewis and the Playboys. Makes me want to dance every time I hear this happy song. Thanks for sharing.
lets do the jitterbug........
@Ella Zotomayor Me too!
Really under rated band.
very very underrated..
Yes Gary Dad was a BEAST>>>>Jerry Lewis!!!! The monster!
@@dbd1353 Actually "overrated", considering Gary Lewis voice was overdubbed by Ron Hicklin and the instrumentals were done by "The Wrecking Crew"…. All fake !!!!
not enough reactions either!
Yes. Very underrated. His dad is ironically a very overrated comedian.
He's a very underrated artist. Fine oldie.
Except he wasn't that great of a singer but he's still doing it.
he did ok we still love his songs its his way
Bruce Powell Bob..Gary actually could sing but his voice became deeper after these songs were major hits. The had 10- top 10 hits which is an incredible feat in music business.
One of my favorite oldies!!
he could sing idlot and had sales to prove it, this ddiamond ring, et al
With mid 60's focus on bands like the Beach Boys and beatles ... GL&PB were often glossed over! People forget they had 7 top 10 hits & over a dozen more top 40! They were that great🎶🎸🎷
Indeed they were 👍
I’m afraid I don’t know them at all and I was a sixties child. They look very smart!
@@barbarapybus4049 you never heard of this diamond ring? ur u kidding?
The Beach Boys defined this style of California Beach music but there were many great bands that sang it including Gary Lewis
beach music ??
Yes
This song is totally dedicated to my "love of 1966" - Loretta. All the lyric words were just right to me as well as the melody. I was around 16 when this song was playing on the rock stations. Oh! the sweet memories!
Remember this from when I was 13. They had a nice sound!
Great sound from a great era of music.....bought the album when I was a kid.....sweet innocence...
Your songs are the best in that era. It is more than a memory. I still look at the girls. UGH ? To be young again. Why did they invent mirrors ? Wish I had my 57 Chevy. I also had a very fast 62 Dodge Polaris 500. Ran flat out fast. 140 m.p.h. Cops never caught me. The girls did in my cars it was glorious. Duck tail hair. Went to the local Cantine to dance and plug the juke box 3 plays for a quarter. Danced until it closed for the nite. God bless you and the group. Jeff Peters
I just saw Gary Lewis live a few months ago. Great show and awesome music. It brought me back to a much better time, when music made you feel good. So many memories. Gary Lewis is an awesome guy with a great personality. I have always been a huge fan.
I am sorry to mention that Gary Lewis was a great guy, until he died along with this absent music.
I am sorry captain that you cannot appreciate the talent and diversity in music through the decades. I am honored to have lived in this time and can appreciate many different styles of music.
The Playboys have such a good sound. Their sharp, crisp tones make Gary Lewis really sound good. Miss these guys.
Garage sound
Lip sync here to studio musicians track.
Wrecking crew
@@paulpulcinello9478 And Gary Lewis voice was overdubbed by Ron Hicklin...
I regret that Gary Lewis died.
I liked this song when a new release, and I was only age 5, and still love it.The bubble gum rock songs of the 1960's-1970's have always been songs that made me feel happy from deep within whenever I hear them.I think of them as 'feel good songs'.They're priceless.
Me too, I was 7!
I saw Gary Lewis and The Playboys live at the Starlight outdoor theater in Kansas City, Missouri back in 65' or 66'
I love their sound and I got to meet Gary and the guys after the show, they're really nice guys.
My first 'favorite group' after seeing them introduce 'Ring' on the Ed Sullivan Show back in early '65. Still do to this day. Love all their songs.Much Thanks Gary and all the guys.
"This Diamond Ring" was my first favorite song. I thought about it when I was in the seventh grade in junior high school. However, I heard this song, She's Just My Style," before 1965. This rock and roll music were quite cute.
this song has "the 1960's" all over it.....fantastic hit to listen to and dance to.....
This Band was so under rated...I loved their music.
Me Too
Me too ... his dad could have gotten him out of Nam service, but he refused. Served his term and did what was right. I admire him for his music, but even more for his conscience.
The “band” was really “The Wrecking Crew” with Leon Russell on piano......
That is correct!!!!
@@jimborgmann178 Correct, and Ron Hicklin dubbed over Gary Lewis voice.. It is amazing how I am now discovering that my youth in the 1960's was fake..
Gary you are wonderful. I really like your style specially this song we are your fan since 67up to the present times 2020 go Gary god bless you and your family
That's a shame because I love his music. The older music is best. I never get tired of it. I was a kid in the sixties but my older sister listened to all of this so I loved it.
Song drives me wild!. They were enjoying themselves, made me smile!.
I just adored them all!
Love the lyrics...other guys don't think she's much to see, but she does it for me. Beautiful man.
I bought this 45 when it first came out !!!! Have heard it since I used it as a frisbee after I wore it out !!! Great song...thanks for post!
Love this song & them.
I remember this song very well. My grammar schools days in the early 60's!👍😀☺️
His songs always put a smile on my face...
Back when music was still fun and happy instead of the dark, sad, and political noise of today.
60s music wasn't political??? Wow, do you mean the 1860s? No, you couldn't have. Lots of political music then, too. I'm afraid you either slept through the 60s, destroyed your brain cells in the 60s (or 70s), or weren't alive in the 60s and have gad a VERY limited and poor sample of 60s music.
@@ModelTrainOutsider Calm down guy, When I was in grade school back then, I didn't know what the word 'political' meant. But I know now that it's a very UGLY word sad to say.
@@lonnyjaw Dude, very calm. I'm just pointing out your little error.
more like politicians screaming like grown up children
@@ModelTrainOutsider I think he meant that this music was recorded before the Vietnam war deepened and got into high gear and many bands' lyrics were commenting on that fact. Early 1965 was still a fairly innocent time. The draft didn't start until August, 1965.
Some critics say Gary doesn't have a good voice. If you've ever seen Gary live, he has a presence on stage that is great.
Vicki Erickson Critics are people who cant sing and make it big. I love this song.
Vicki Erickson Does Bob Dylan have a good voice?
+Liane Layman HELL NO,but he can write the Shit out of a song !!!
+Vicki Erickson I seen him in the late 90's at Franklin County Stadium in Columbus Ohio with the Grass Roots Paul Revere and the Raiders Lou Christie Little Richard and Peter Noone.....He tried to perform....lol... He was so tore up that he had to be helped from the stage.....I mean he was done barely made it though a song and a half off key and forgetting the lyrics. He should have never got on stage.........lol
Voice or not, he sets a summer mood. That's what I like.
I am 57 and grew up with that 'feel good music".We had one of those tall radios that stood on the floor, from the 1940's, made of dark wood.The speaker was awesome, and I listened to current pop rock songs on it during the 1960's-1970's.
Hope you still have it, those old tube monsters were the best ever made! 60 myself and know what you mean!
I just love this happy retro stuff.
so underappreciated......timeless songs!
I love all their songs. Sensational!
Love this oldie! Brings back memories! ♥️
Also, it does the same thing to me.
always liked this song
I'm 60yr old and I think we have something in conman.
I've always loved it. I saw Gary in concert last year, an awesome show!
Me two......and this group!
Love the way the background vocals take the bridge into the chorus.
Great classic song! Love it💝💝💝
Saw these guys perform in concert at then Southwest Missouri State (now Missouri State) in the fall of 1966, great show.
great tune!
I was 16 & out of control. What well produced music back then!
A great beach & cruisin' song!
Thanks for the memories!!
bought this single when it was released, played it til it wore out after 6 months, fifty years later so am I. Long live sixties music!!!!!!!!!!!!
yes....believes the 1960's had the best music of all time
😂 great comment!!!
Cool Les
The feeling when you are lucky enough to find “the one”.
The best camera work I've ever seen on a rock video!! The camera man knew where to point the camera
Great Song! Love sixty music. 😎
Saw them live a few decades back- great show. Amazed how much this song sounds like Beach Boys composition.
It does.
I love this 60's song. It's the greatest, always my #1 song.
First time I heard this song was in the spring of 71...been a favorite ever since...
Love his songs it takes on a magical trip to when I was young in the 60's.
Kit snow .... on my playlist... what a great song... listen to it about everyday!!
I miss that decade along with my best public school that was elementary school. What a big change that changes have made in my life!
I bought all his albums and records. He is such a great singer.
I saw Gary Lewis in Harrisburg, Pa. at one of the city's summer events. He and the band still sounded great! I liked this song since the first time I heard it.
Love Gary Lewis and Playboys. I loved his voice and his songs. I still listen to him.
Gary Lewis and The Playboys love em! Classic Great band , Timeless classics!
This was one of my favorite songs when I was a very young man. 😥😄👍
Me, too; and I was born in 1953.
I am 27 years old and I really love their band. I used to listen from my Mom's CDS
Love, Love, Love the great oldies .....thank you for the great memories;;
Regarding all the accordion comments: John West is playing a Cordovox Electronic Accordion. It had a good electric piano sound, and was a helluva a lot easier than dragging around a keyboard.
@James Mich And Carl Radle, later of Derek & the Dominos fame with Eric Clapton, is playing the bass !
@@robertbykowski1398 Was he part of both the studio group and the touring group?
@@basilmarasco1975 yes all of the guys here were from 66-68
Spot on
Had wondered about that .Thanks for the info
They had a lot of great hits, love this group !
Summer 1965 and these guys were rockin' Disneyland with nightly dances. At the time they were just 'another group' ...... still remember all those kids dancing in front of the stage. What memories !!
Another Gary Lewis and the playboys song that I loved and still do! hahaha. Brings back good memories of youth.
I met Garys dad, great band.
Jerry?
1965, I was 10 yrs old and this was my favorite song. I had a girlfriend and she loved this song too. Memories of calling her every evening to talk to her. We thought we were in love....in our heart we were.
He came and put on a free concert at my town park a few years ago. I love his music!!
Such endearing songs by this group.
My fav from Gary Lewis and the playboys . Such a great song.
Rock from the start to very early 70's was the best period . imo
steve wakeham I agree!
@Ray Sagastiano Good point- after the Beatles had broken up, I remember soft rock was quite popular (and for me, disappointing) and there was this sense that the 60's spirit as a whole had been replaced by a certain blandness which would be replaced by the next R'n'R 'revolution' of the late 70's, which was based on the 50's and mid 60's- shorter songs (and hair), strong melodies and hooks and fun, fun, fun.
Probably the only rock and roll group in history that featured an accordion!
Let's hear it for the accordion,,,,as Lawrence Welk would say
"Rock on!!!!"
I only saw Gary playing drums back in those days and never saw an accordian. This lip synced thing is lame, nothing is real and I'm guessing the lame TV show didn't even have a tambourine or organ to throw in there. Doing jumping jacks would've looked better than holding an accordion
But you never hear it on any of their records
The keyboard player John West played a Cordovox electric accordion. It sounded like an electric piano. Beat the hell out of lugging around a electric keyboard back then.
The Beach Boys used two accordions in the making of "Wouldn't It Be Nice." Couchgrouch
I dig their wholesome image and innocent smiles.
As someone who favors male singers with a bass voice, I’m getting a soft spot for the guy on the accordion. Maybe if I was alive and their ages at the time, he’d be “just my style “
I was 17 in 65, and they were a major Act in American music, it was a groovy time to be a teen.
Gary did a terrific job stepping out of the shadow of his famous father, Jerry, and was a great songwriter and musician.
So many fun songs...
As a Black male, I am very sorry that both gentlemen are dead.
Met Gary Lewis back in 1985 back when the radio station I worked for co-sponsored the "Happy Together Tour" at 6 flags over Texas. Gary was very cool and fun to hang with. I still love the music after all of these years. Julia. M.
Great music representing fond memories.
I think I was only 8 years old when I first heard Gary Lewis and the Playboys. I liked every song they played.
Had this record along with This Diamond Ring. Wore them out playing them over and over.
Hello Marie, How are you doing?
Oh wow...I listen to this song frequently and they remind me of The Beach Boys! Love both groups!
Met Gary in 1990 and he was very nice. Heard this song in presque Isle, Maine . Still good. Pastor Frankie Mathis.
Hello Wanda, How are you doing?
I know I ain't dead, cause I'm dancing and singin' ! One of my childhood favorites.
Yes he is Jerry Lewis' son and still touring !!!
I just found that out tonight.
No shit 😄
No kidding!
It's been years but saw them in Corvallis Oregon...Benton County Fair....2000
He’s coming to Rochester nys on the Fourth of July 2021