Gary Lewis and the Playboys-This Diamond Ring

[Darkstar2000nds]

These songs are so great they bring tears to my eyes .

[3MooVdude]

I can TELL you that Gary is one of the nicest most genuine people ever! In the 90's I hung with his wife and he at their house in Aurora, Ohio..we'd talk around the table..go shopping..and I've been behind stage as he sang several times. I desperately am trying to get ahold of Gary as I have news and want to just TALK to him again! Gary..Please contact Frankie in Cleve. if you see this, I 'Fan Mailed' my phone/Email address to you from your Fan Site! GOD I hope you see this! Sad about Joey too

[TheBipolarSteve]

I love duct tape! You mean they have a duct tape festival? Ohio must be nice, if they have duct tape festivals & people can live there for years & bury loved ones in the yard. I should go there, with my beloved Amy Videla & her Mexican mobsters. We could bury a lot of people, torture them in cement rooms & drug them, & go to duct tape festivals together.

[saunders49]

My generation...the greatest music of all time...the magical '60's!!

[jfrankley55]

Another example of why 1960s rock is still the best around. Gary Lewis & The Playboys might have been just another L.A. studio-concocted band in their time, but at least Gary Lewis didn't just show up on time for the session either. The man tried, and obviously here, he's still giving a great effort. And I'm sick of hearing great songs from the 1960s like Al Kooper's This Diamond Ring being referred to as "oldies." Why aren't Jerome Kern or George Gershwin songs labeled like that?

[Gnillob802]

Songs from the 50's and 60's are referred to as "oldies" (short for "oldies but goodies") in reference to the first rock-n'-roll compilation albums titled Oldies But Goodies. I think there were about 15 volumes over the years, at least that's how many that have re-released on CD. Anyway, that's why "oldies" refers to rock-n-roll.

[lmranch08]

come to austin,tx gary, you would be sold out any day of the year plus all the bbq you can eat

[SavageRick]

WOW! He's still just as good as ever!

[iceaxe56]

Whats scary is--he hasn't changed that much

[mrwubbs]

This song was written by Al Kooper of Blood sweat and Tears. Was a great hit in the 60s.

[lesterarda]

It's always fun to hear melodies from our childhood. And by my childhood, since I am only 22, I mean the songs that I grew up listening to. My father and my uncles would regularly sing GARY LEWIS & THE PLAYBOYS SONGS (including some other hits from the DC5, Beatles, etc.--basically songs from their generation)every Sunday, accompanied by a guitar and sometimes just by a cassette player, during their beer drinking sessions (the good times). YEAH!!!!Keep playing!!!

[barilko5551]

THANK YOU Gary!!!!!this is your first song which took me throiugh your whole career!!!!every song - every album...got em all!! Thanks Gary - for being such a big part of my life - love ya to this day!!!....Paul