Artist:  Gary Lewis & the Playboys

Title:  Everybody Loves a Clown

Date:  1965

Label:  Liberty Records   LRP-3428

Cover Design:  Woody Woodward 

Cover Photo:  Hal Bell

Arranged By:  Leon Russell

Notes:  The son of Jerry Lewis, Gary and his mates produced a few hit singles over the years covering the like of the Everly Brothers and some of those Boyce-Hart tunes. Songs of teenage love lost, found and unknown. The cover photo is of your basic sad clown. Another of those "guilty pleasure" records.

Here's a bit of information passed along by Mark Ebert (thanks):

The title cut was co-written by Gary (authors:  Thomas Garrett/Leon Russell/Gary Lewis).  Jerry helped  out by getting Gary and the Playboys onto Ed Sullivan. Gary, as far as I know, made his FIRST appearance in a Jerry Lewis movie entitled "Rock-a-Bye Baby".  Father and son sing a song "In the Land of La La La", a tribute to childhood (Gary is playing a younger version of Jerry's character).  Gary Lewis and the Playboys also appeared in the 1965 Jerry Lewis movie "The Family Jewels".

Track Listing

Side 1

Everybody Loves a Clown
Mr. Blue
Chip Chip
I Gotta Find Cupid
Let Me Tell You Fortune
(Til) I Kissed You

Side 2

Tossin' and Turnin'
My Special Angel
We'll Work it Out
Sha La La
Time Stands Still
Dreamin'