"Don't Give In to Him" and "This Girl Is a Woman Now" After the Union Gap disbanded in 1971, Puckett signed to Columbia and embarked on a solo career.

[4] He went to college for two years in San Diego, California, majoring in psychology,[5][6] then dropped out to work in a band called the Outcasts.

[7] Originally formed as a Righteous Brothers-styled duo by Puckett and Brown, their manager Yale Kahn, owner of the Clairemont Bowl, added Bement, Salisbury, and Kellogg to the lineup.

The break came for the group when Jerry Fuller, a former country music artist and a producer for Columbia Records in Los Angeles, heard them at a small bar where they were performing in a bowling alley complex.

Gary re-formed the band sometime in the early 1980s and, since signing to them in 1984, has performed with them at the yearly "Happy Together" tours, alongside Howard Kaylan and Mark Volman of The Turtles (who started up the tour), The Association, The Cowsills, Ron Dante of The Archies, Chuck Negron of Three Dog Night, The Buckinghams, The Box Tops, The Vogues, and The Classics IV.

[10] As of around 2012, their current line-up consists of Puckett, Woody Lingle (bass), Jamie Hilboldt (keyboards), and Mike Candito (drums).

[4] He lived a private life throughout the rest of the 1970s, studying acting and dance and working in theatrical productions in and around Los Angeles, before he made a comeback in the music industry as a solo artist in the 1980s.

Puckett, along with Michael McDonald, joined Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band in San Diego as a guest to sing the Beatles song "With a Little Help from My Friends" on June 26, 2000.