Talk:Gary Lewis & the Playboys

NPOV
Jeez, who wrote this article - Jerry Lewis? The entire article should be rewritten and omit all the hype! Record plants running 24 hours a day couldn't meet the demand for Gary Lewis records? Puh-leaze!

'''I don't agree with the comments above from an unidentified sourse...Gary Lewis & the Playboys were a phenom in the '60's, at a time when R&R was rising to it's peak, and they still tours 40 years later... that's a short list''' DonDeigo 16:21, 11 January 2007 (UTC)


 * Erm, there was a bit of hype anyway. I've cleaned up the article. Gwen Gale 22:03, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

Additional info
It'd be nice to see some sort of citation for the Top 10 claim - not that I don't believe it. It seems remarkable that this group and the Spoonful were the only ones to accomplish that feat.

Also, I recall a picture of the band published in 16 Magazine with Leon Russell and Carl Radle as members. Knowing both played with the group I was wondering if anyone knows if Leon actually played live with the group in addition to the studio work he did for them.

Thirdly, should there be a mention of the cameos the band made in Jerry Lewis' movies? I remember them in at least one movie (in a closet on a airplane or something like that).THX1136 (talk) 17:30, 25 September 2013 (UTC)

discography
Hits Again was not a compilation album. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.53.200.199 (talk) 03:01, 4 May 2014 (UTC)

Removal of Cash Box 1965 Male Vocalist of the Year claim
"In 1965, Gary Lewis was Cash Box magazine's "Male Vocalist of the Year", winning against nominees Elvis Presley and Frank Sinatra."

This sentence was removed as false. According to an article by Alan Levy published in LIFE magazine on March 12, 1965, (url:https://books.google.com/books?id=JkEEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA76&lpg=PA76&dq=1965+Cash+Box+Male+vocalist+of+the+year&source=bl&ots=6ZkrsoJcmh&sig=UPmP_uKFIvcnzZqe2rvcnudQ3dI&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwis2sXToanZAhVHzFMKHTbRCcg4ChDoAQgoMAE#v=onepage&q=1965%20Cash%20Box%20Male%20vocalist%20of%20the%20year&f=false - accessed 2018/02/15) that honor went to Bobby Vinton. To quote Levy, "Cash Box crowned him "The Nation's Number One Male Vocalist" (the runners up were Sinatra and Presley)".

I would suggest until a credible source for the claim is found that it was Lewis who had garnered that distinction that the edit remain as is.THX1136 (talk) 01:39, 16 February 2018 (UTC)