Jay Black and Gary Puckett & the Union Gap

Presented by: AM Productions

Jay and the Americans released their biggest hit Come a Little Bit Closer in 1964, the primarily Jewish group adopting (as had been the case with Only In America) a distinctly Hispanic inflection to their delivery. Such was the success of the track that the group was chosen to open for The Beatles on their first tour of the United States. A string of well-received singles continued throughout the remainder of the decade: Let’s Lock the Door, Think of the Good Times, Cara Mia (their third top-ten entry), a remake of Some Enchanted Evening, and the Neil Diamond-penned Sunday and Me (Diamond’s first songwriting hit).

Gary Puckett and The Union Gap had six consecutive gold records and sold more records in 1968 than any other recording act, including The Beatles, earning Gary Puckett and The Union Gap worldwide prominence. Gary Puckett and The Union Gap’s “Greatest Hits” album is one of CBS’s best selling “Collector’s Series” albums today. Gary was a founding member of the incredibly successful “Happy Together” Tour Playing to sold out performances in over 100 cities nationwide. In 1992 he went to Europe and recorded “In Europe”, now released in the US in 2001. Then, i n August 2001, Gary released his first ever Christmas CD, “At Christmas”. Today, Gary performs over 150 performances each year and currently resides in Clearwater Florida with his wife and family.