Gary Lewis

During the mid-'60s, Gary Lewis was a rock & roll star who, with his band the Playboys, made some exceptionally good (and good-selling) records out of Los Angeles, in the midst of the British Invasion. The son of actor/comedian/director/producer Jerry Lewis, Gary Lewis was born in 1945. By the time he reached his teens, he had begun playing drums and leading a combo that included Dave Walker on rhythm guitar, Dave Costell on lead, Al Ramsey on bass, and John West on the cordovox (a kind of electric accordion). The younger Lewis and his band got a gig during the summer of 196...