time he was at another Albany station, WABY, and continuing as Beatle Buddy Lee Gray while traveling to England several times on station promotions. This "Beatle Buddy" status elevated his career to a national level as he was featured in magazines and made an appearances on an all Beatles episode of American Bandstand. While in Albany–Troy, New York, Lee obtained the private pilot's license that he longed for since his days with the Armed Forces Radio Network. He later received his Instrument Flight Rating, Helicopter License and more. Lee used his license at many of the radio stations he worked at by flying listeners across the country for promotions and Beatles concerts. Lee arranged to have the area's top psychedelic band, The Shandels, open for The Lovin' Spoonful and The Byrds. After the Byrds concert, he arranged for the band to record "Charity" on the Laurie label in 1966 under the name The Gray Things. "Charity" was a successful advance release which received a very favorable review in Billboard Magazine. "Charity" can be played via the official Lee Gray web site by clicking WTRY on the home page, then scrolling to under a picture of Lee and John Lennon, where the Laurie label appears. "Charity" and other American Garage Rock is very popular in Europe, and the song is still being played by many online stations around the world. "Charity" appears on multiple compilation albums including Mindrocker, a 13-CD "Anthology of 60s US-Punk Garage Psych", which was originally released in Germany in 1982. It was subsequently re-issued in England during 2002 in a 1 to 1,000 numbered collector's series. "Charity" is also included in Psychedelic Unknowns, Volume 5 among others. Lee was the top radio personality in the Albany/Troy area, and The Gray Things success is a testament to the impact Lee had in this market. The psychedelic movement was in full swing, and Lee Gray moved back to the midwest to work for WHK in Cleveland, Ohio in 1967, and then to Louisville, Kentucky at WKLO where he met another one of his longtime friends, Carl Wiglesworth. While in Louisville, Lee received a letter from Terrell Metheny, who was now the Program Director of WMCA in New York City. Terrell offered Lee a job replacing Gary Stevens, so Lee headed to the largest radio market in the country. He moved back to WKLO in Louisville, where he met his