Gary Lewis & The Playboys - Everybody Loves a Clown-She's Just My Style (1992) RE-UPLOADED

Classic Pop - RE-UPLOADED BY REQUEST


Everybody Loves a Clown - Ranked #44 in 1965
She's Just My Style - Ranked #71 in March 1966

In 1965, Gary Lewis was Cash Box magazine's "Male Vocalist of the Year," winning against nominees Elvis Presley and Frank Sinatra. The group was one of only two acts during the 1960s whose first 7 Hot 100 releases reached that chart's top 10 (The Lovin' Spoonful was the other):
"This Diamond Ring" (#1), "Count Me In" (the only non-British Commonwealth record in the Hot 100's Top 10 on 8 May 1965, at #2), "Save Your Heart for Me" (#2), "Everybody Loves a Clown" (#4), "She's Just My Style" (#3), "Sure Gonna Miss Her" (#9), and "Green Grass" (#8).

Lewis was drafted into the U.S. Army in January 1967, with previously made recordings continuing to reach the Hot 100 but with lessening success. On his 1968 discharge Lewis immediately returned to recording, reaching the top 40 one last time with a top 20 remake of Brian Hyland's "Sealed With A Kiss", but unable to regain his group's earlier momentum. Lewis continued touring, eventually marketing the band as a nostalgia act. He also appeared and performed on many of his father's Labor Day telethons for the Muscular Dystrophy Association.

In all, Lewis had eight gold singles, seventeen Top 40 hits (but only fifteen Hot 100 entries (U.S.)), and four gold albums. In addition to The Ed Sullivan Show, he appeared on American Bandstand, Shindig!, Hullabaloo, The Sally Jessy Raphaël show, Tonight Show, The Mike Douglas Show, Nashville Now and Wolfman Jack. Despite the group's US success, it made no progress at all in the UK.