2/24/24:
The culture changed big time in just a few years. Here's one of the most popular musicians of the era, according to one source ( I forget which). Gary Lewis and the Playboys sold more music than the Beatles? Seems that this was a recollection of what I've seen on the webs.
The video mentioned in the original has been taken down. That's the reason for the update, and the observation mentioned above.
Contrast the two videos of GFR and Gary Lewis and the Playboys. Did the critics hate GFR because of the long hair and the less than ideal character? GFR was featured on the Playboy channel once, don't you know. Anyway, GFR was cleaner in some respects than where the main part of the culture was going. It might explain the breakup of GFR. Mark Farner is a Christian, and that is what really bugged them the most, in my opinion. He wasn't pure, but he wasn't all corrupt like today.
end update of 11/17/14 post
Here is a rare TV performance of
Gary Lewis & The Playboys from 1965
The TV show was the Mike Douglas show, if memory serves. This was a long, long time ago. Nearly 50 years ago. A different time, and sadly, a different place.
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