Harvey Brownstone Interviews...

Harvey Brownstone Interviews Gary Lewis, Rock and Roll Legend, Founder and Lead Singer of “Gary Lewis and the Playboys”

June 20, 2022 Harvey Brownstone Season 2 Episode 44
Harvey Brownstone Interviews...
Harvey Brownstone Interviews Gary Lewis, Rock and Roll Legend, Founder and Lead Singer of “Gary Lewis and the Playboys”
Show Notes

Harvey Brownstone conducts an in-depth interview with Gary Lewis, Rock and Roll Legend, Founder and Lead Singer of “Gary Lewis and the Playboys” 

About Harvey's guest: 

Today’s special guest is the lead singer of one of the most popular and successful rock and roll bands in pop music history, “Gary Lewis and the Playboys”.  

He’s the son of Jerry Lewis and singer Patti Palmer.  His mother, who was performing at the time with the Ted Fio Rito Orchestra, intended to name him after her favorite actor, Cary Grant, but her son became "Gary" as the result of a clerical error.

He received a set of drums as a gift for his 15th birthday in 1960 and when he was 18, formed the band "Gary and the Playboys" with four friends.  Joking at the lateness of bandmates to practice, Lewis referred to them as "playboys", and the name stuck. 

Their many hit songs, including “This Diamond Ring”, “Count me In”, “Save Your Heart for Me”, “Everybody Loves a Clown”, “She’s Just my Style”, “Sure Gonna Miss Her” and “Green Grass”, are part of the soundtrack of our lives.  With 8 Gold Singles, 17 Top 40 Hits, 4 Gold Albums, and 45 Million records sold worldwide, our guest is the first and only artist during the 1960s to have his  first 7 releases reach Billboard magazine's Top 10 on the Hot 100 chart.   

In 1965, he was named Cash Box magazine's "Male Vocalist of the Year", winning out over Elvis Presley and Frank Sinatra.   He and his band made numerous appearances on popular TV shows including American Bandstand, Hullabaloo, Shindig, and The Tonight Show.  AND he’s one of only a handful of artists who appeared FIVE TIMES WITHIN 2 YEARS on the Ed Sullivan Show.   

With the re-emerging interest in oldies music, “Gary Lewis & The Playboys” continue to tour and entertain their millions of fans around the world.   

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https://www.garylewisandtheplayboys.com/

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrcsf3b81anAxrEdx00hJ4A

https://open.spotify.com/artist/5aSnz1nvFeSHw02Ijw0VO3?autoplay=true

https://music.apple.com/ca/artist/gary-lewis/27463403 

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