Gary Lewis & The Playboys "Greatest Hits Medley" on The Ed Sullivan Show
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- Gary Lewis & The Playboys "Greatest Hits Medley" on The Ed Sullivan Show, December 4, 1966. Subscribe now to never miss an update: ume.lnk.to/EdS...
Gary Lewis & The Playboys perform a medley of their greatest hits on The Ed Sullivan Show!
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If Gary's career would be represented in a career timeline, you would see a line drawn immediately after this performance, which was the end of his greatest success. 10 straight recordings all reaching the top 21 of the Billboard Hot 100. Ending with what I think is one of his very best singles, with lyrics that would ironically spell his fate, "Where will the words come from when I tell you I don't want you anymore".
He was drafted into the completely unnecessary Vietnam War. He returned home in 1969 an addict. That's what our military does to people.
@@modernretroradio993 You are damn right my friend! I am mad as hell over Vietnam "Fucking" Nam.
@@samdanner6806 when they realized who's son he was they hid him from combat for 2 months and shipped him out to Korea. No way Uncle Sam was going to risk killing Jerry's kid
I remember watching Ed Sullivan Show religiously. It was one of my favorites. I was 14 when this showed December 1966. Awesome time to grow up.
I was 15 in 1966.
@@sharolynwells I was six years old
I was 3. ❤
Wow, so clean-cut! 😄 Was funny to hear the teens screaming. I liked their music, tho I was super young when they were popular.
Qd😂😮
I saw him a few years ago in concert & he was fabulous
Days after this appearance, Gary entered into the Armed Forces for two years.
Oscar winner, tv star and made this honey of a song ! Fab !
My 1st concert was these great guys. Remember it to this day. So wonderful. Thanks guys
Yes he did, selflessly serving his country
One of my favorite bands! Thank you for posting this great medley! An edited version is shown in a "Best of Sullivan" program featuring only two of the songs, so it's great to see the entire medley for the first time! The songs featured are "This Diamond Ring" (number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100), "Green Grass" (number 8), "She's Just My Style" (number 3) and "Where Will the Words Come From" (number 21). The last song was Gary's current single. This was Gary's last appearance on the Sullivan show before joining the army. This was the same one on which he sang a bit of "One Last Kiss" after the medley, posted earlier. He made one more appearance after he re-joined civilian life singing "Main Street" which has also been posted. The only performance left to be posted is "She's Just My Style" from a Sullivan show earlier in 1966.
Drafted in 1967.
Thank you for sharing! 💖
@@that70sgirl90 You're welcome!
@@TomElvisSmith 😊
Props to Ed Sullivan for adding bands to the show.
Yep my all-time favorite group as well even though like some of the previous comments have indicated their music was primarily played by The Wrecking Crew but so were most of the other groups’ music from that period.
Some audio engineer did a nice job with the razor and splice block.
I didn’t realize how good they were. Gary was a really good songwriter.
only he didnt write em, exampleAl Kooper wrote This Diamond Ring
@@recordguy4321 Al Kooper wrote his biggest hit? Ok. that last song was very interesting. I must look into his discography.. thanks. Funny thing most artists were live on Sullivan. What’s up with this medley?
@@jody8526937 And, neither he nor the Playboys played on the records. It was the famous Wrecking Crew, a group of talented L.A. session musicians who played on, practically, everything. The records sounded so good because of the production genius that was Snuff Garrett.
@@jrdlabs I'm aware most "LA" groups didn't play the studio versions of the songs however Gary and The Playboy's were a good live act. I have seen live performances of the band and they are very entertaining.
@@jody8526937 Yes, I've seen them quite a few times, as well. They had a lot of hits and those songs are darn catchy. It IS entertaining and Gary is a good frontman.
Love him and his songs especially "This Diamond Ring"!
Times of innocence and naivety unimaginable today...
I liked Gary’s singing with the music created by the famed “Wrecking Crew”…😊! Shame his career was ruined by our 3rd foray into Southeast Asia.
I hope that is the last…but won’t hold my breath.
The American war machine continues ... 😔
I have always loved you guys the greatest ❣️
Gary Lewis named "Top Male Singer Of 1966" on Billboard Magazine. Lewis was also on Scepter Records with the song "Then Again Maybe" as a solo artist & his last swan song peaking at # 135 (Record World) & # 110 (Cashbox) in September of 1972. Did Gary Lewis met Gary Puckett??
Gary served in the Vietnaum war starting in 1967 so perhaps the Bye Bye Gary refers to this.
You are probably right. This appearance on the Sullivan show was made on December 4, 1966 and he entered the Army in January 1967.
He was in South Korea until a year later when he came back.
@@WWChampion16 Spent 2 months in Vietnam far away from the action once they figured out who's son he was. They then shipped him out to Korea
@@distantreplaydotorg He could have been entertaining the troops like a lot of celebrities.
The great Carl Radle on bass. Yeah, that Carl, of Leon Russell, Delaney and Bonnie, Derek and the Dominoes and Eric Clapton fame.
This can't possibly be sourced from the best available videotape! This looks like it was pulled from an old Napster upload 20 years ago during the days of 56kbps dialups!
Save your Heart For Me Is My Favorite.
I love them all!
The members in this performance are:
Gary Lewis - lead vocals (son of Jerry Lewis)
Tom Tripplehorn - guitar (father of Jeanne Tripplehorn) (died 2019)
Carl Radle - bass (played in Derek and the Dominoes) (died 1980)
John West - Hammond Organ
Jim Karstein - drums (died 2022)
Edit: I just noticed I credited the wrong drummer. Its Jim Karstein in this, not Keltner.
Is that really Keltner?
@@Wygruce I was thinking the same thing!
Jim Keltner is still living.
@@Wygruce I just noticed I credited the wrong drummer. Its Jim Karstein in this, not Keltner.
@@shave-a-thon3415 I just noticed I credited the wrong drummer. Its Jim Karstein in this, not Keltner.
Now I know why I had a crush on Gary Lewis when I was 14.
I'm assuming the reason why we don't get any uploads of full episodes has something to do with the music rights, legal clearances, etc. due to the cost.
❤❤
Always loved this group. Seeing them tonight in NJ. Guy behind him looks like Peyton Manning.
Those are two very sweet Gibson guitars...That Sunburst ES-335 and the fantastic Les Paul Black Custom...
Worth big $$$ now.
LC From Chicago 😎
LC from Colombia
Gary Lewis has a cute personality. I have so much respect for him. He has more integrity than his dad ever had. Jerry Lewis was funny and I loved his movies but I'm finding out more and more what a jerk her was. He should have shown more love and pride towards his children. His ex wife was a very talented lady and good mom to Jerry's kids.
Bass player Carl Radle went on to (in my opinion) much greater things including stuff with Leon Russell and Joe Cocker (Mad Dogs & Englishmen) but especially with Eric Clapton (Derek and The Dominoes).
I saw him with derek and the dominos. he was fantastic as well as Dominos drummer the late Jim Gordon .Carl died from years of substance abuse He played with Leon Russell since the early 60's and it was leon who encouraged all these guys from Tulsa like Carl drummer Jim Karstein, and guitarist Tommy Tripplehorn (Jeannie's dad) to move to L. A. Organist and cordovox player Jon West was already there.
@@recordguy4321 Oh how I envy you seeing Derek and The Dominoes! I just read the new Leon Russell biography and there is lots of stuff along those lines in it.
yeah I gotta get that book. Big Leon fan.
Wish they had let them actually play live/recorded on these. Wonder what they sounded like as opposed to the studio players on the records.
They do play on the records, there is proof out there
Most, if not all, you hear on their recordings was supplied by "The Wrecking Crew", probably with Glen Campbell on lead guitar, Hal Blaine on drums.
@@waynesanchez6504 With vocal overdub by singer Ron Hicklin...
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I think that's Carl Radle on bass, who later became a member of Derek and the Dominoes.
Gary Lewis in many ways was a self-made man as his famous father was more of a hinderance to his career than a help. His mother helped finance the band but other than Jerry Lewis helping Gary get some TV appearances, he either did nothing or belittled him.
It’s so sad that his musicianship had to be hidden from his father until it was proven successful. His mother Jeanne financed his studio time and equipment under the promise that Jerry would not know.
I thought that Jerry pulled strings to get Gary a recording contract with Liberty Records and ensured he had the most seasoned people behind him like Snuff Garrett. Patty was Gary's mother. Jeanne was married to Dean.
Qualquer semelhança de som e visual com The Beatles NÃO é mera coincidência. Beatles, a maior escola do mundo.
Abrç à todos 🌷
Bom demais 🤩🤩🤩🤩
The girls all scream when the camera switches to John West singing the "Don't you know that she's" line.
he has 3 concerts in Oct 2023 at the Southpoint Las Vegas
They were the only US group to have a #1 hit during the British invasion
DEAD WRONG , 1965 Hang on Sloopy by the McCoys, Turn Turn Turn by the Byrds, Let's Hang On,by the Four Seasons, Help Me Rhonda Beach Boys I Cant help Myself by the Four tops and from 1964 I Get Around Beach boys and Last Kiss by J Frank Wilson and the Cavaliers plus countless Supremes #1's,
@@recordguy4321 You're so right. (I'm especially a Supremes fan, so...)
@@recordguy4321 An impressive list of hits indeed. The Dixie Cups also reached no. 1 with 'Chapel Of Love' (1964), so did The Shangri-Las ('Leader Of The Pack', 1964) and The Temptations ('My Girl', 1965, their first single with David Ruffin singing lead).
Also the temptations and supremes @@recordguy4321
Upon Gary's return from the military the music scene had changed drastically. Unfortunately his career was over.
Son of actor Gerry Lewis
DINO!
Comment meant for patty duke. Don’t just stand there !
Why didnt you guys just combine this with the last kiss video?
Bye Bye Gary. I guess a Take on Bye bye Birdie! Great Job Gary, despite your famous Dad!
Is Gary Lewis still alive?
Great stuff here , another reason why the rrhof is always wrong
Gary Lewis Jerry Lewis’ son
Hope Green Grass included....
It will be! "Green Grass" is one of my favorite Gary Lewis records too!
he went to Vietnam!
Sign in the back should’ve says “bye bye Gary’s career” and btw what are the screaming for, no one in this group is hot lol
they stole everything they could from the Great Beach Boys...but it wasnt enough...who remembers them......
But hey... in those days, what band was not inspired by one of the great reference bands of pop/rock such as The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Doors or The Beach Boys themselves?
Why’s it say Bye Bye Gary? Is it because he was about to be enlisted?
Why was the audience laughing at the drummer?
Swooning.
Ron Hicklin singing double tracking vocals..so weird
He looked over and then the music changed so he might have been lip singing
They definitely did not perform these songs Live!!
Doesn’t sound live at all! Sounds like playback. Watch the Beatles on this show and Gary and tell me Gary and his crew are playing live.
yeah, no
Without the echo chamber this man cannot sing LOL
He was overdubbed by singer Ron Hicklin..
Gary’s OK as a vocalist, but in the end, the result of tip-top records. That’s all that mattered in regards to this guy.
Lip sync should be against the law! These guys could have pulled it off live!
Odd that they're known as one hit wonders. They clearly had several.
These girls realize that they're screaming to a lip sync soundtrack and not a live performance😮😮