Gary Duane Beisbier (born July 3, 1945) is an American songwriter, arranger and musician best known for co-writing hit songs for

The Buckinghams The Buckinghams are an American sunshine pop band from Chicago. They formed in 1966 and went on to become one of the top-selling acts of 1967, charting their only five top 40 hits in the U.S. that year. The band dissolved in 1970, but re-formed ...

. Gary is a founding member of the rhythm and blues horn rock band from

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, Illinois, The Mob.

Early Years

Gary grew up in a house surrounded by music. His sister played the flute, one of his brothers played trumpet while another older brother played guitar. In grade school, he took lessons on the clarinet and started doubling on saxophone in Junior High. Gary liked the good stuff in many genres, big band and small combo jazz, classical standards, pop, and musical theater. Gary went to West Aurora High School in Illinois. During those high school years emerged the band “The Maybees”, his first exposure to playing rock ’n’ roll at the age of 15. They played many teen dances, called record hops at that time, and various other weekend engagements in the Chicago suburbs. By the time graduation rolled around the group had also released three 45s on Terry Records. Beisbier went on to college at Northern Illinois University where he was active in the music program.

Career

Gary Beisbier and

Jim Holvay James Steven "Jimmy Soul" Holvay (born May 16, 1945) is an American songwriter and musician best known for writing "Kind of a Drag", a number one hit for The Buckinghams. He is one of the founding members of The MOB, the first rock band to per ...

co-wrote the hit songs

Don't You Care "Don't You Care" is a single by The Buckinghams from the album '' Time & Charges''. The song spent 14 weeks on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 in 1967, reaching No. 6,

Hey Baby (They're Playing Our Song) "Hey Baby (They're Playing Our Song)" is a song by The Buckinghams, which they released as a single in 1967, and on their album ''Portraits'' in 1968. Chart performance Weekly charts It spent 10 weeks on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart, peaki ...

and

Susan Susan is a feminine given name, from Persian "Susan" (lily flower), from Egyptian '' sšn'' and Coptic ''shoshen'' meaning "lotus flower", from Hebrew ''Shoshana'' meaning "lily" (in modern Hebrew this also means "rose" and a flower in general), ...

for

in the late 1960s while they were in The Mob. The Mob played to packed venues and their showmanship and talent pleased the audiences to the limit. Gary was a multi-talented musician and played several different instruments in the Mob. He was the band's arranger for most of the charts and presentation of the Mob in concert. The songwriting team of Beisbier and Holvay produced two more top 100 Billboard-charting songs on the Colossus record label produced by

Jerry Ross (record producer) Jerry Jan Ross (May 1, 1933 – October 4, 2017) was an American songwriter, A&R man, record producer, and record label owner. As a writer, his greatest success was with "I'm Gonna Make You Love Me," which he co-wrote with his protégé Kenny Ga ...

in 1971. "I Dig Everything About You" peaked at #83 on the charts. It became a beach music classic. "Give It To Me" later charted at #71 on the Billboard top 100 chart. "A Little of This, A Little of That" by Gary Beisbier was released Jul 01, 2014 by CD Baby. "A Little More of This and That" by Gary Beisbier was released Aug 09, 2019 by CD Baby.

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External References

Discogs.com allmusic.comCD Universe.comA Little of This, A Little of That © Copyright - Gary Beisbier / Gary Beisbier (888295102742)A Little More of This and That © Copyright - Gary / Gary (888295922364)
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