This Diamond Ring (album)

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This Diamond Ring is a debut studio album by American band Gary Lewis & Playboys, and released in 1965 at Liberty Records, LRP-3408. This is the first of three charting albums released by the band in 1965.

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This group was formed in 1964 and was originally known as Gary & amp; the Playboys. Producer Snuff Garrett saw them perform at Disneyland and he took them to the studio to record the single "This Diamond Ring". He also has the band changed their name to Gary Lewis & amp; Playboys to capitalize on Gary's famous father, comedian/actor Jerry Lewis. The success of this single makes them record an entire album that mostly includes popular songs by Kinks, Bobby Rydell, Coasters, and others. This album is the second highest original album of their career. The single "This Diamond Ring" launched a series of seven Top 10 hits for the group.

The album is somewhat notorious for marking the start of a successful long career for musicians Al Kooper and Leon Russell.

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Dispute related musician on album

Over the years, there has been much discussion about the role of various musicians used in the album sessions. Garrett used The Wrecking Crew as a session player throughout the album. Lewis has stated in the interview:

"So we went to the studio, we cut the base line.The only other person from the Crew Crew that we had there when we did the basic track was Hal Blaine, and he played Tympanis on" Diamond Ring "".

Producer Garrett remembers it differently, stating:

"I'm not using The Playboy at all except as an extra note."

There were also questions about whether Carol Kaye donated the bass on some songs.

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Track list

1. "This Diamond Ring" (Al Kooper, Bob Brass, Irwin Levine) - 2:05 (Cooperative Name misspelled on original vinyl label)
2. "Dream Lover" (Bobby Darin) - 2:23
3. "All Day And All Of The Night" (Ray Davies) - 1:52
4. "Forget Him" ​​(Mark Anthony) - 2:10
5. "Needles and Pin" (Jack Nitzsche, Sonny Bono) - 2:00
6. "Love Potion Number 9" (Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller) - 1:51
7. "Keep Searchin '" (Del Shannon) - 1:54
8. "The Birds and the Bees" (Barry Stuart) - 2: 1
9. "Sweet Little Rock And Roller" (Chuck Berry) - 2:17
10. "Go To Him" ​​â € <â € <(Sonny Curtis, Tom Lesslie) - 2:00
11. "The Night Has A Thousand Eyes" (Ben Weisman, Dottie Wayne, Marilyn Garrett) - 3:02
12. "The Best Man" (Cliff Crofford) - 2:21

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Personnel

Gary Lewis & amp; Playboys

• Gary Lewis - vocals, drums
• Dave Walker - main guitar, vocals
• Dave Costell - guitar
• Al Ramsay - bass
• John R. West - keyboard

These are Playboys at the time of recording, although many session musicians are also used.

Additional musicians

• Ron Hicklin - vocals

Crushing Crew

• Leon Russell - keyboard, settings
• The Blaine thing - drums
• Tommy Allsup - guitar
• Mike Deasy - guitar
• Joe Osborn - bass

Technical

• Snuff Garrett - producer, liner notes
• "Bone" Howe - engineer
• H. Bowen David, Henry Lewy - assistant engineer
• Sam Jacobson - cover design
• Bud Fraker - photography

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Diagram

Singles

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References

Source of the article : Wikipedia