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Everybody Loves a Clown is the third studio album by American band Gary Lewis & the Playboys, and was released in 1965 on Liberty Records, LRP-3428. It is the third of three charting albums released by the band in 1965, and it was the band's third highest charting original album reaching number 44 on the Billboard 200.^[2] The single "Everybody Loves a Clown" was the bands fourth single in a row to chart on the Billboard Hot 100, reaching number 4 in November 1965^[3]

Background

Riding on their string of successful singles, Lewis and producer Snuff Garrett went back into the studio to record the band's third album. The single from the album "

1. "Everybody Loves a Clown" (Gary Lewis, Leon Russell, Tom Lesslie) – 2:26
2. "Mr. Blue" (Dewayne Blackwell) – 2:29
3. "Chip Chip" (Jeff Barry, Clifford Crawford, Arthur Resnick) – 2:11
4. "I Gotta Find Cupid" (
   Tommy Boyce, Bobby Hart
   , Russell, Lesslie) – 2:48
5. "Let Me Tell Your Fortune" (Cliff Crofford) – 2:12
6. "(Till) I Kissed You" (Don Everly) – 2:19
7. "Tossin' and Turnin'" (Ritchie Adams, Malou Rene) – 2:41
8. "My Special Angel" (Jimmy Duncan) – 2:20
9. "We'll Work It Out" (Gary Geld, Peter Udell) – 2:06
10. "Sha La La" (Robert Mosley, Robert Napoleon Taylor) – 2:41
11. "Time Stands Still" (Lewis, Russell, Lesslie) – 2:04
12. "
    Barry Devorzon
    , Ted Ellis) – 2:25

Personnel

Gary Lewis & the Playboys

• drums
• Tommy Tripplehorn – lead guitar, vocals
• Carl Radle – bass
• John R. West – keyboards
• Jimmy Karstein – drums

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

Technical

• producer
• arranger
• Woody Woodward – design
• Jerry Lewis, Patti Palmer – liner notes

Charts

Album – Billboard (North America)

Singles

References

Category:1965 albums Category:Liberty Records albums Category:Albums produced by Snuff Garrett