Pop music history is a funny thing. Consider, if you will, the winter of 1965. That must’ve been a hell of an exciting time to be listening to pop radio. In February, the songs that had been at the #1 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jim Clash writes about extreme adventure and classic rock. Of all the Gary Lewis and the Playboys’ sixties hits, their first, This ...

Gary Lewis and the Playboys will perform at Newton Theatre on Friday, October 12. In the 1960s, Lewis had hits with such songs as “This Diamond Ring,” “Count Me In,” “She’s Just My Style,” and ...

Cynicism may be the reaction to the hit singles of mid-late 1960s pop band, Gary Lewis and The Playboys. As son of the famous comedian Jerry Lewis, Gary and his Playboys were fortunate with the luxury ...

KEARNEY — In the early 1960s, Gary Lewis’ mother, singer Patti Palmer, helped her son purchase equipment for his band without telling his dad. She thought Gary’s father, the world famous comedian ...

In The Number Ones, I’m reviewing every single #1 single in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, starting with the chart’s beginning, in 1958, and working my way up into the present. Pop music ...