"She’s Just My Style" is a song written by

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, Thomas Lesslie "Snuff" Garrett, Gary Lewis, and

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and was recorded by Gary Lewis & the Playboys. The song reached #3 on the

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in January 1966.Gary Lewis & the Playboys singles
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Background

Gary Lewis confirms that "She's Just My Style" is the song of his that gets the most airplay today on radio. He told interviewer Ray Shasho in 2013 that he sought to emulate the style of

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with the recording. "That's exactly what we were going for too. Even before we started writing it we said 'Let's go for The Beach Boys thing; a little rock and roll with a lot of harmony and I was really happy the way we pulled it off." The recording also has the distinction of being the very first session that legendary studio drummer

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played on, shortly after his arrival in Hollywood from Oklahoma, as Keltner himself related in an interview available on YouTube.

Cover versions

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on their 1966 album, ''Where the Action Is!''

References

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