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    Gary Lewis and the Playboys - This Diamond Ring - Oldies But Goodies - Songs of the 60's & 70s & Beyond!

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  • @jackiesmith1288
    @jackiesmith1288 Місяць тому +9

    9 pm Sept 2024
    1965 my brother locked himself in his bedroom and played this 50, full volume with me banging on his door.. enough and him laughing hysterically. He just passed away but I played for you Yogi! Love always, sis.

  • @MikeMicable
    @MikeMicable 4 роки тому +628

    Such a sad song, but I love the melody. Anyone still listening in 2020?!

  • @candacehopper5992
    @candacehopper5992 5 місяців тому +24

    Remember buying this record. Music today can not compare to music from sixties and seventies.

    • @psychodfunk
      @psychodfunk 3 місяці тому +1

      I was born in 86’ I remember riding. My bicycle to buy monkees albums, that is a cheerished memory. I would’ve liked growing up in this era. Happiness all around!

    • @noreensmith292
      @noreensmith292 Місяць тому

      Totally agree with you the best music of all the years❤

  • @robertdowns4723
    @robertdowns4723 8 місяців тому +28

    I still listen to the Good Old Songs.
    Why not their the best.
    And, I'm 77 years young,

  • @michaelbruns449
    @michaelbruns449 2 роки тому +137

    25 years, i can still see and hear my 6 year old daughter, sitting in the back seat of my 1978 Impala, smiling a mile wide while singing this song along with our cassette player. She turned 31 yesterday. Like seriously wow.

    • @china_is_asshole
      @china_is_asshole Рік тому +9

      You sure man?... the math doesn't come out right, I was born in 1989 and I'm 33 this February of 2022.... ahhh I see my confusion now🤣, I mixed up the year of the car with what I thought was the year you and your daughter were listening to this song🤣🤣👌... well good morning to you also.

    • @micheleyuergens7684
      @micheleyuergens7684 Рік тому

      @@china_is_asshole szecnksrypis

    • @retiredinbali9565
      @retiredinbali9565 Рік тому

      ​@@china_is_assholeI made the same miscalculation.

    • @christopherscott5499
      @christopherscott5499 Рік тому +7

      At least it was a cassette player, I'm old enough to remember 8 tracks!!!

    • @christopherscott5499
      @christopherscott5499 Рік тому +3

      😮😮😮

  • @eugeneostrander-iw2np
    @eugeneostrander-iw2np Місяць тому +8

    Gary Lewis -where ever you are your music will never die ! Brings back memories and tears to my 75 year old eyes !

    • @eugeneostrander-iw2np
      @eugeneostrander-iw2np Місяць тому

      I saw Gary interviewed on the Martin / Lewis 2 hour special - "Dean Martin , King of Cool" . They were NEVER ALLOWED to even SPEAK the name of Dean Martin in the Lewis household and Gary considered DEANO to be like a surrogate father . WE LOVE YOU GARY , wherever you are ! 👍

  • @GereDJ2
    @GereDJ2 Рік тому +81

    People forget this was a number ONE Top 40 hit in 1965! I always thought this was a pretty good song and got a good amount of radio play. I'm glad Gary is still around and seems pretty happy.

  • @HolyMarkMcGrath
    @HolyMarkMcGrath 5 років тому +17

    I may be a millennial, but I definitely have a baby boomer soul. I love sixties and seventies music. Such a powerful era and much better than the crap I’m growing up with. Keep in mind, I’m saying that at 26. LOL!

  • @albarron1243
    @albarron1243 2 роки тому +15

    Went into Army 1966, in Vietnam 67-68, that "ring" didn't shine for me either!!

  • @gilbertcastaneda8208
    @gilbertcastaneda8208 9 місяців тому +19

    These are the songs we need in this world.

  • @MrMorningstarV
    @MrMorningstarV 3 роки тому +98

    Back in 1998, I was a teenager hanging out at the bowling alley back when they had nighttime bowling. This song was grooving in the background. I wasn’t fully listening to it, but I remembered the bass groove and the melody.
    I always remembered the song, and hoped to find it as I got into oldies and Motown. I never heard the song again, despite searches and asking people.
    This song was just playing on Sirius, 23 years later, and, when I heard it, I said to myself “this was the song from the bowling alley.” Indeed, it sounds better than when I originally heard it. It makes you appreciate the easy identification of music now.
    A true diamond in the rough with 23 years of love behind it.

    • @papa_smurph
      @papa_smurph 2 роки тому +2

      Ain't that the truth

    • @lindasafley4794
      @lindasafley4794 Рік тому

      Good for you, sister.
      It's Sad. But
      Brilliant!

    • @SuperToombs
      @SuperToombs Рік тому +1

      Haha I used to do the same thing back then 97-01 night time glow bowling jamming to tunes.

  • @SamuelGriffin-u8d
    @SamuelGriffin-u8d 5 місяців тому +13

    The 60s were fun happy times

  • @TheBob3759
    @TheBob3759 3 місяці тому +4

    Gary Lewis had a way of singing even sad songs in an upbeat way.

  • @heidistroessner331
    @heidistroessner331 8 місяців тому +24

    Right here in 2024!

  • @thephyrexianhipster
    @thephyrexianhipster 5 років тому +210

    Is it right when I say that this band is highly underrated?

    • @jpkimmer
      @jpkimmer 4 роки тому +3

      Yes

    • @richbailey5025
      @richbailey5025 4 роки тому +16

      the hits yes...Lewis scored a lot more top tens than people realize...but "The Playboys" are really studio players

    • @randolphsmith9117
      @randolphsmith9117 4 роки тому +1

      Without question, paisan.

    • @QueenFan12
      @QueenFan12 4 роки тому +3

      Their last 2 albums "New Directions" and "Now!" are both masterpieces. Check them out!

    • @chomito44
      @chomito44 4 роки тому

      Absolutely

  • @gilbertcastaneda8208
    @gilbertcastaneda8208 7 місяців тому +14

    One of the best songs that the entire world needs to hear.

  • @Kw1161
    @Kw1161 11 днів тому +2

    Thanks for one of my favorite records when I was 4 years old. Gerry definitely is glad he recorded this along with the “Wrecking Crew” I mean the “Playboys”…😂! Bobby Vee was not happy he passed on this record…😮!
    Have a great day!

  • @gilbertcastaneda8208
    @gilbertcastaneda8208 Рік тому +5

    One of my favorite songs

  • @cwcamper9091
    @cwcamper9091 6 місяців тому +10

    Always loved this song

  • @graceisamazing5493
    @graceisamazing5493 2 роки тому +18

    October 8, 2022, and still loving my 60s music!! Timeless

  • @cwcamper9091
    @cwcamper9091 Місяць тому +2

    Love the melody. Aug 2024!

  • @tonyfourpaws4511
    @tonyfourpaws4511 Рік тому +32

    Damned song has been stuck in my head for the past few days... Love it!!

  • @jenniecosio3654
    @jenniecosio3654 2 місяці тому +3

    Love this song thank guys

  • @artburks5698
    @artburks5698 2 роки тому +19

    I loved this song growing up in the 1960s, music was music back then.

  • @kitsnow5307
    @kitsnow5307 5 років тому +103

    Love Gary Lewis and the playboys-had all of their records. Beautiful songs.

  • @randysteele6741
    @randysteele6741 4 роки тому +25

    Back in my 13 year old, Jr. High mind of 1965, I thought this song was cutting edge it had such different sound to it. That simple reverb guitar solo is still haunting. Could have been used in a Clint Eastwood spaghetti western. It got played a million times at the dances, along with Yesterday. Those were the days...

    • @jg6698
      @jg6698 3 роки тому +3

      That's Leon Russell on keys.

  • @georgebrown7906
    @georgebrown7906 8 років тому +256

    One of the deepest songs of the 60's... So well written, so well performed...

    • @marinchavez1
      @marinchavez1 8 років тому +1

      +Rpg Horror Fan. everything will be fan.i,promise you

    • @tuxtommy69
      @tuxtommy69 8 років тому +11

      definitely one of the best "lover's angst" songs of the era! A sock-hop standard!

    • @kevinwagner7333
      @kevinwagner7333 7 років тому +8

      Deep? You've got to be high

    • @jonlentz6753
      @jonlentz6753 7 років тому

      Lover's concerto

    • @49jazzyjeff
      @49jazzyjeff 7 років тому +7

      A good song yes , but saying it's deep might be a little of a stretch

  • @swankybutters8371
    @swankybutters8371 4 місяці тому +4

    Gary Lewis and the playboys have always been wonderful…

  • @soultownlansing4746
    @soultownlansing4746 3 місяці тому +2

    Well, I had the 45 when I was a kid. You know, it's still a great little 60s pop song.

  • @michaelbruns449
    @michaelbruns449 3 роки тому +28

    Timeless haunting musical magic, one of the best songs ever made!

    • @danzbmw
      @danzbmw Рік тому

      Composed by Al Kooper ?

    • @TheBob3759
      @TheBob3759 3 місяці тому +1

      Wouldn't go that far.
      A good song yes.

    • @michaelbruns449
      @michaelbruns449 3 місяці тому +1

      ​​@@TheBob3759
      bad memories?

    • @TheBob3759
      @TheBob3759 3 місяці тому

      @@michaelbruns449 No bad memories Mike.

  • @mustlovepretzels
    @mustlovepretzels Рік тому +12

    Oldies But Goodies: thanks for posting. Happy Birthday today(July 31) to Gary Lewis. Cheers!🥨

  • @Usercantwelve
    @Usercantwelve Рік тому +9

    Loved this

  • @l.russellbrown9732
    @l.russellbrown9732 3 роки тому +11

    My late partner
    Irwin Levine wrote this unforgettable tune....we began writing 4 years later
    Our 1st song
    Sold 10 million records
    L.Russell Brown

    • @Pimp-Master
      @Pimp-Master 3 роки тому

      This tune was an absolute fave in '65. This and Secret Agent Man was all I recall from the sixties, of course being a snot nosed kid. If you wrote any of it, then thanks!

    • @l.russellbrown9732
      @l.russellbrown9732 3 роки тому +2

      @@Pimp-Master
      Irwin Levine
      Who wrote this song
      The night before went to see the show Oliver
      In the show Oliver sings
      WHO WILL BUY THESE BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS
      The next day
      Levine wrote
      WHO WANTS TO BUY
      THIS DIAMOND RING

    • @StanVarnon-jh8pk
      @StanVarnon-jh8pk 4 місяці тому

      Here , listening in 2024. Always loved the organ & guitar in bridge
      of this song.

    • @l.russellbrown9732
      @l.russellbrown9732 4 місяці тому

      @StanVarnon-jh8pk Irwin Levine went to see the hit musical OLIVER
      Which contained the song
      WHO WILL BUY THESE BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS
      The next day he wrote
      WHO WANTS TO BY
      THIS DIAMOND RING
      LEVINE ESSENTIALLY WROTE THE ENTIRE SONG ALTHOUGH THERE ARE 2 OTHER NAMES ON THE SONG.

  • @eugeneostrander-iw2np
    @eugeneostrander-iw2np Місяць тому +1

    Turner Classic Movies just ran a whole 24 hours of Martin and Lewis AND Jerry Lewis SOLO movies . One of Jerry's ABSOLUTE BEST was "Rock-a-Bye Baby" and IN IT was a 8 or 9 year old GARY singing a FLASHBACK LOVE SONG to his long lost childhood crush ! BLEW my MIND ! It's a MUST SEE - what a surprise !

  • @DougCeleste
    @DougCeleste 4 роки тому +4

    The HIT song from 1965 that started the success of Gary Lewis And The Playboys!

  • @PaulMcElveen
    @PaulMcElveen 3 місяці тому +2

    I was born in the late fall of 1978. Classic Recording! Classic Song! Gary Lewis and the Playboys are a classic musical group!

  • @NicolasRamirez-xo5li
    @NicolasRamirez-xo5li 7 місяців тому +3

    Well, every song that played at that moment stays with you forever we just forget, but as we grow older and hear them we appreciate even more., this is one of them Gary's dad was comedian Jerry Lewis.

  • @smurphy2983
    @smurphy2983 3 місяці тому +2

    This was one of my grandpas favorite songs. Like this so I can come back and give it a listen on repeat

  • @Tarantulisimo
    @Tarantulisimo 6 років тому +38

    Gary Lewis - vocals, drums
    Dave Walker - lead guitar, vocals
    Dave Costell - guitar
    Al Ramsay - bass
    John R. West - keyboards
    Ron Hicklin - lead vocal overdubs & background vocals
    Leon Russell - keyboards, arrangements
    Hal Blaine - drums
    Tommy Allsup - guitar
    Mike Deasy - guitar
    Joe Osborn - bass
    Al Kooper, Bob Brass, Irwin Levine - songwriters
    Snuff Garrett - producer
    Over the years, there has been much discussion & debate regarding the roles of various musicians used on these recording sessions. According to Gary Lewis, The LA Wrecking Crew only did overdubs and/or solos: "So we went into the studio, we cut the basic track. The only other person from The Wrecking Crew that we had in there while we were doing the basic track was Hal Blaine, and he played the tympanis on 'Diamond Ring' ". However, Snuff Garrett says that The Wrecking Crew played everything on this track, as well as on the entire album: "I didn't use The Playboys at all except as overtones." There is also a question regarding whether or not Carol Kaye contributed bass. We will never know the truth (even though my money is on The Wrecking Crew), so let's just enjoy the masterful end result....

    • @normyamada37
      @normyamada37 5 років тому +1

      I've read that his Mom was a supported the band , his Dad not so much, and that they doubled him with a studio singer....but who knows about a lot of this stuff? I did see them live and seeing a Cordo vox on stage was a little strange... an accordion organ combo deal.

    • @DavidGarcia-cq9wc
      @DavidGarcia-cq9wc 5 років тому +1

      @@normyamada37 If you listen from 2:02 to the end you can hear Gary singing on his own. The rest of the song seems to include vocals blended in with Gary.

    • @wendyjones6077
      @wendyjones6077 4 роки тому +4

      There is no doubt that The Wrecking Crew did all of this - the music is perfect and has that "energy". Gary's little friends did not make this recording - real pros did.

    • @steveb8462
      @steveb8462 4 роки тому

      I Love the Hicklin Group

    • @Pimp-Master
      @Pimp-Master 3 роки тому +2

      They cut stuff like this in under 3 hours. I doubt that any of Gary Lewis's band could keep up with The Wrecking Crew!

  • @42NORRIS
    @42NORRIS 2 роки тому +12

    What a terrific early/mid sixties pop song!

  • @michaelmorgan6905
    @michaelmorgan6905 Рік тому +2

    I'm not sure why but this song was playing in my head all day at work this entire week and I have not heard it in yours

  • @GM-vf7px
    @GM-vf7px 2 роки тому +14

    As a small boy this song really stood out - what a message !!!!!! part of a wonderful childhood and significance throughout my whole life!!!!!!

  • @Tonithenightowl
    @Tonithenightowl 5 років тому +38

    I loved him at 14 I still love his hits 52 yrs later.:o)

  • @candicehaley4552
    @candicehaley4552 Рік тому +2

    Loved Gary Lewis and the playboys I was a teenager and saw him in concert in Washington DC lol I was one of those screaming teenagers 😅

  • @KitsuyuutsuR
    @KitsuyuutsuR 2 роки тому +16

    Always loved this song. Still great in 2022 😊

  • @deb53
    @deb53 Рік тому +3

    I still love this song!

  • @krisco333
    @krisco333 4 роки тому +10

    Thanks, Gary for the great music that will always last.

  • @snigguhc
    @snigguhc 3 роки тому +3

    I love this song

  • @carmenaguayo7915
    @carmenaguayo7915 2 роки тому +3

    I have always loved this song and Save Your Heart for me! Great songs! Great memories!

  • @Logan-py8we
    @Logan-py8we 4 роки тому +67

    the beatles made a fortune on songs just like this
    short sweet melodic
    its a formula that todays music just cant duplicate

    • @Pimp-Master
      @Pimp-Master 3 роки тому +7

      It's sort of a jingle feeling, and no wonder that most 60's music has now been used for commercials, or at least tapped by commercial people.

    • @erikmolnar6585
      @erikmolnar6585 3 роки тому +1

      Those are Beatle chord changes aren't they? I'm no musician so I could be wrong but it reminds me of Beatles chords and changes. Good song

  • @kenjevec
    @kenjevec 4 роки тому +7

    Absolutely, love Gary Lewis and the Playboy's

  • @rolo1955
    @rolo1955 5 років тому +12

    I was 9 in 65' and loved the arrangement, fast forward 40 years my 9 year old hears it in the car and ask, "who was that" I ask why? (since he was more into the music of today) he responds, "I love it!"

  • @chadsolomon571
    @chadsolomon571 Рік тому +4

    I love 60s music. This is so beautiful.

  • @judymcfarland9834
    @judymcfarland9834 4 роки тому +3

    I love. Gary Lewis and the Play Boys❤❤❤🥰❤

  • @judymcfarland9834
    @judymcfarland9834 4 роки тому +4

    I love Gary Lewis and the Play boys very much ❤❤❤🥰

  • @sarinaburke1803
    @sarinaburke1803 5 років тому +1

    My boyfriend and I were lucky enough to see Gary Lewis and the Playboys in Atlantic City in 2016, they were great and he did a meet and greet and signed autographs. Very nice and funny person.

  • @PatMalate
    @PatMalate 3 місяці тому +1

    I ALWAYS LOVE thier recòrds ever since i fe e l so relax whe listening mytime are so precious tha i jeep playing thier musi c,,,love you all those we hp likes thier records,,,,fr phiippines

  • @RitaMacWillie
    @RitaMacWillie 7 місяців тому +3

    I have always love most of his song's. I'm 69.

  • @annwaters9484
    @annwaters9484 15 днів тому

    I met them in 1965 in Madison, Wi. Had backstage passes. The Beatles were massive. These guys were dorks.

  • @igot8nch
    @igot8nch 2 роки тому +8

    My Mother had this album and it’s in my record collection now.

  • @ajnssjjeduahrudhe
    @ajnssjjeduahrudhe 7 місяців тому +3

    I used to listen to their songs when I was around 6 and id sing to them all the time

  • @bellabowwow2204
    @bellabowwow2204 3 роки тому +23

    Pure gold on this one. One of those perfect pop songs. Beautifully captures the heartbreak of unrequited love just like "Midnight Confessions"

  • @donmull3823
    @donmull3823 2 місяці тому +1

    Bought his 1st lp This Diamond Ring
    when was new in a record club. This was 1 of the free ones I picked

  • @thomascairns8388
    @thomascairns8388 4 роки тому +3

    Lots of good music from the 60s

  • @basilmarasco1975
    @basilmarasco1975 4 роки тому +5

    You can argue that they weren't a very good band, or even a real band, but this is one of the best songs of the 1960's (Beatles and Motown included).

  • @mark91345
    @mark91345 5 років тому +41

    Man, this is such a great song. I keep on listening to it and love it all the more.

  • @bearnunnemaker5453
    @bearnunnemaker5453 Рік тому +1

    When I was a kid my mom had this album. Wish I knew what happened to it. I would listen to her records for hours! Also Bobby Vinton. The Andrews Sisters. Glenn Miller. All the oldies!! We lived in N Idaho just across the Canadian border. One winter we got 12 foot of snow. So want much to do.

  • @garyhorvath2043
    @garyhorvath2043 4 роки тому +5

    Beautiful song don’t make songs like that anymore. This is why I still listen to them. Songs had feelings, talent.

  • @missmyvinny
    @missmyvinny 9 років тому +134

    Those great old songs from my childhood kinda tug at the heartstrings : )

    • @mhikl4484
      @mhikl4484 7 років тому +9

      Times of innocence and change.

    • @teharipatene8135
      @teharipatene8135 5 років тому +2

      So true I was 6 yrs old when I first heard this

    • @Astronomater
      @Astronomater 5 років тому +1

      that was the magic of the wrecking crew you were feeling.

    • @GabrielleCenter2000
      @GabrielleCenter2000 4 роки тому +2

      My mom got me to listen to this. The 60s was her childhood growing up and she would tell me what the 60s was like. I'm only a 2000s kid, but I like retro music too.

    • @jjpds1
      @jjpds1 4 роки тому +2

      No doubt

  • @laurashane7061
    @laurashane7061 2 роки тому +5

    I remember I always loved this song even as a little kid.

  • @Caroline-kv1oh
    @Caroline-kv1oh Рік тому +3

    Yes I love this song and still listening to it in 2023!! 🐱

  • @scottburton2218
    @scottburton2218 8 років тому +61

    Their breakthrough release from early 1965-A solid gold classic that went to # 1!

    • @m.e.d.7997
      @m.e.d.7997 6 років тому

      I thought this was summer 1964.

    • @thexdude
      @thexdude 3 роки тому

      @@m.e.d.7997 It was recorded in November 1964, released in January 1965

    • @russellhueners8499
      @russellhueners8499 3 роки тому

      I was 8 years old, loved this song, a great time to start a music centered life,,,,now 65,,,where has the magic gone?

    • @mikereiss4216
      @mikereiss4216 2 роки тому

      There was a youtube video where Gary boasted about knocking the Beatles off the number one spot with it.

  • @DTigar1
    @DTigar1 3 роки тому +3

    I was born in 1985 and still listen to the oldies (anything between the 60's and 80's) as I grew up listening to them, most of the songs that I listen to are mainly because the melody is what i enjoy about it.

  • @nrich5127
    @nrich5127 3 роки тому +1

    I can remember washing my Dad's car while this song was playing on my AM radio - I miss those days - I miss my Dad even more ...

  • @dannys8673
    @dannys8673 2 роки тому +4

    Love this song. This was always my fathers favorite song of all time.

  • @isabellelevy-banchereau3271
    @isabellelevy-banchereau3271 Рік тому +2

    Merci pour ce partage et vos photos
    J'aime bien la voix de Gary Lewis que j'ai découvert il y a quelques semaines sur internet
    J'aime beaucoup ce qu'il fait avec son groupe

  • @brookeperk93
    @brookeperk93 6 років тому +10

    percussion is spectacular, gary lewis is so talented... should have continued to pour out hits.

    • @jerrytheracecardriver1100
      @jerrytheracecardriver1100 6 років тому +5

      percussion is Hal Blain from the wrecking crew.

    • @MrShobar
      @MrShobar 2 роки тому

      He allowed himself to get drafted instead...

    • @1953childstar
      @1953childstar 2 роки тому +1

      @@MrShobar Gary Lewis served in a non combat area of Korea, not active duty in Vietnam.. I have heard him tell lies that "he was traumatized by Vietnam"...

    • @luke3807
      @luke3807 Рік тому

      @@1953childstar Being drafted upturned his life for a war that shouldn't have happened. It's not your place to say he wasn't traumatized.

  • @shoopdj
    @shoopdj 5 років тому +8

    This was one of my favorite songs in the Winter of 1965, but it turned out to be eerily prophetic because I got my diamond engagement ring back from my fiancé a little more than a year later. I found out the hard way she couldn't stay true to me, so I asked for, and got the (very expensive) ring back. I took it back to the jewelry store where I bought it and they happilly refunded my money. That was a big relief. Some other lady has it now, undoubtedly, and I hope she is happy in her relationship. My life turned out OK, been happily married 50 years now, but I don't know what happened to my old fiancé.

    • @jg6698
      @jg6698 3 роки тому

      You lay awake dreaming this one up?

    • @hieronyous
      @hieronyous 2 роки тому

      WHY DO YOU NOT KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO YOUR FIRST LOVE?.
      DID ONE OR BOTH OF YOU MOVE AWAY FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD?
      WOULD YOU HAVE EVER ACKNOWLEDGED HER, IF YOU HAD ENCOUNTERED HER AGAIN?
      FIFTY YEARS HAVE NOT ENTIRELY ERASED THAT YOUNG AFFAIR FROM YOUR MEMORY.

  • @albertodillon
    @albertodillon 6 років тому +89

    Good song of the sixties

    • @chrisbacos
      @chrisbacos 6 років тому +5

      No a GREAT song of the sixties.

    • @raulmartinez6437
      @raulmartinez6437 5 років тому +4

      That it is a very great song for any time of any time and year

    • @Lunatic4Bizcas
      @Lunatic4Bizcas 5 років тому

      @larreey : I wish you the all the best. My dad is 69, and has definitely been going through some challenges in recent years. I thank him for introducing me to some of the nostalgia of his youth as there used to be an oldie station he used to play as I was growing up (long gone now). I truly gained a great appreciation for the excellent pop music of the sixties, which has remained with me to this day. Even though I was into punk, post punk and grunge music during my adolescence, I still had a place in my heart for this music even way back then. Stay strong my friend.

  • @ghouliejams
    @ghouliejams Рік тому +1

    what a groovy song.
    the solo is so 60s and so darn cool!
    😎 anyone still listening in 2025?

  • @stevethmod5387
    @stevethmod5387 3 роки тому +2

    My favourite song by Gary Lewis and the play boys. The original got played on the UK Northern soul scene back in the mid 1980s. And was probably played earlier at verious venue's before I got into it All. They done some great other cover versions..A great 60s Pop group always be remembered!🎶🎶👍👍🛵

  • @bobdimeglio2101
    @bobdimeglio2101 5 років тому +4

    I never heard this song, when i was in prayer it was put in my heart to look up this song. God works in mysterious ways.

  • @mickhodge5826
    @mickhodge5826 3 роки тому +10

    From my childhood and still sounds good!

  • @inkey2
    @inkey2 2 роки тому +1

    opinion: This is his best and most meaningful song

  • @bobbyd1019
    @bobbyd1019 8 років тому +38

    Selling my ring now! How true these words are!...

    • @LOLmusics
      @LOLmusics 6 років тому +2

      BobbyD omg really????? Wow. Well i hope you have true happiness now.

    • @wayneedward7391
      @wayneedward7391 4 роки тому

      @@LOLmusics don't do it

  • @barrymatthews6581
    @barrymatthews6581 6 місяців тому +3

    Sounds like his dad Jerry Lewis I was in the seventh grade when record came out what a song

  • @theresajesselli4880
    @theresajesselli4880 4 роки тому +11

    I had the 45 record I would play it and sing and dance around my room. Great childhood memories ♥️😁

  • @gplunk
    @gplunk Рік тому +3

    They really put out some great ones; especially in the face of full-on Beatlemania....

  • @ericdreizen1463
    @ericdreizen1463 2 роки тому +1

    I remember listening to this on my transistor radio on the same campus Gary had graduated from a year earlier, Black Foxe in Hollywood.

  • @wallykaspars9700
    @wallykaspars9700 3 роки тому +2

    Hal Blaine on drums, John Osborne on e-bass, Leon Russel keyboard and arranged the music, good tune.

  • @conniekaye5633
    @conniekaye5633 8 місяців тому +3

    This song pops in my head now and then and I'm only 40

  • @rmp7400
    @rmp7400 2 роки тому +6

    This came over the radiowaves as a very big hit for the younger Lewis.
    I remember how welcome the cool echo within the oriental sounding melody was - that I never bothered to listen to the lyrics🎆

  • @desichiffon8436
    @desichiffon8436 6 років тому +2

    LOVE ot!!! Written by Al Looper, who started Blood, Sweat, and Tears. Gary was so cute. I was given this by my Uncle, and as a toddler I carried it everywhere. Later, I recorded it with my own Band. Brilliant production.

  • @jeffreytobias9354
    @jeffreytobias9354 Рік тому +7

    I love this song so much because it takes me to my childhood.

  • @zoranfriganovic468
    @zoranfriganovic468 2 роки тому +2

    Lovely band...

  • @TheSchizo07
    @TheSchizo07 4 місяці тому +1

    Found this on my stereo and I'm in love

  • @TheZeno4444
    @TheZeno4444 6 років тому +7

    Popish, simplistic top 40 triteness, and one of the best pieces of music I have ever heard.

  • @hopemccarthy1321
    @hopemccarthy1321 Рік тому +1

    I Love This Sing And I Remembered It When I Was Little With My Mother Danced To

  • @colins1316
    @colins1316 6 років тому +15

    Such a wonderful song !

  • @robertrannels7230
    @robertrannels7230 3 роки тому +4

    Still listening....simple, honest reality based tunes . Loving it