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"Weird Al" Yankovic

Alfred Matthew "Weird Al" Yankovic is a american singer, musician, songwriter, record producer, actor, author, and film writer. he is best known for writing and performing comedy music and parodies of popular songs with most of them featuring his accordion. when he was 16 he had a comedy show on the Dr Demento Radio show in 1976 and has sold over 12 million records (as of 2015) and has made over 150 songs and over 1000 live shows. he has won 5 grammys and many other awards. Al wrote the 1989 movie UHF and in 1997 the television series The weird al show and two other movies: the Compleat Al in 85 and Weird: The Al Yankovic story.

## Discography

### Solo Albums

1. "Weird Al" Yankovic (1983)
2. *"Weird Al" Yankovic in 3-D (1984)*
3. Dare To Be Stupid *(1985)*
4. Polka Party! (1986)
5. Even Worse (1987)
6. UHF – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack and Other Stuff (1989)
7. Off The Deep End (1992)
8. Alapalooza (1993)
9. Bad Hair Day (1996)
10. Running with scissors (1999)
11. Poodle Hat (2003)
12. Straight Outta Lynwood (2006)
13. Alpocalypse (2011)
14. Mandatory Fun (2014)

### Collaborative albums

1. Peter & the Wolf (1988) the album is with Wendy Carlos

#### compilation albums

1. Eat It
2. The Official Music of "Weird Al" Yankovic: Al Hits Tokyo
3. "Weird Al" Yankovic's Greatest Hits
4. the Best of Yankovic
5. the food album
6. greatests hits volume II
7. The TV album
8. the Essential "Weird Al" Yankovic
Mario Cipollina

Mario Cipollina is a american Basest born on november 10th 1954 San Raffle California and has been a mainstay in the Bay Area California rock scene in the 1970s and 1980s. he formed a group with his brother John Cipollini called Quicksilver but broke up when Mario was 15 John joined a band called copperhead but right before he got a record deal his parents made him quit. around that time Mario joined a band called Sound Hole before leaving and joining Huey Lewis and the News (or as it was called at the time Huey Lewis and the american express). Mario played Bass with the band until 1995 and wrote a few songs mostly on Sports. he left the band to go to another group called Fence. but on August 21st 2007 he made a surprise appearance at a live concert in California.
Elvis Costello

Elvis Costello is a English Singer/Songwriter born on August 25th 1954. he began his Career as a part of a rock spike in the 1970s in London and released his first album Am I is True in 1977 with Clover and The Attractions as his band. his 2nd and 3rd albums this years model was released in 1978 and 1979 and toured throughout the next of the decade and is still making music to this day with his latest album The Boy Named If in 2022.

## Discography

1. Am I Is True (1977)
2. This Years Model (1978)
3. Armed Forces (1979)
4. Get Happy!! (1980)
5. Trust (1981)
6. Almost Blue (1981)
7. Imperial Bedroom (1982)
8. Punch the clock (1983)
9. goodbye cruel world (1984)
10. King of america (1986)
11. blood and chocolate (1986)
12. Spike (1989)
13. mighty like a rose (1991)
14. Brutal Youth (1994)
15. Kojak Variety (1995)
16. all this useless beauty (1996)
17. when i was cruel (2002)
18. north (2003)
19. Il Sogno (2004)
20. the delivery man (2004)
21. momofuku (2008)
22. Secret, Profane, & Sugarcane (2009)
23. National Ransome (2010)
24. Look Now (2018)
25. Hey Clockface (2020)
26. the boy named if (2022)
Time Flies... The Best of Huey Lewis & the News

Time Flies is a completion album by american rock band Huey Lewis and the News. it came out in 1996 and has four new songs and is the first time Power Of Love was available on a Huey Lewis and the News album (it was on the Back To The Future Soundtrack but that wasn't a Huey lewis album).

## Tracks

1. Heart of rock and roll
2. Heart and soul
3. doing it all for my baby
4. Do You Believe In Love?
5. trouble in paradise
6. Power Of Love
7. If this is it
8. bad is bad
9. workin for a livin
10. its alright
11. Stuck With You
12. i want a new drug
13. 100 years from now
14. so little kindness
15. til the day
16. when the time has come
I Know What i like

I kNow What i like is a song by american rock band Huey Lewis and the News and was the 4th single on the 4th album Fore! in 87. the single peaked at 9 on the billboard top 100 in the US and rose the album to 25. *Cash Box* called it a "good, straight-ahead rock-inflected tune." the other song on the single was forest for the trees.
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Stuck With You

Stuck with you is a American Rock song by Huey Lewis and the News and written by Chris Hayes and Huey Lewis and came out in 1986. it was the first single from the bands 4th album Fore!. the song spent 3 weeks on the top 100 and reached 12 on the uk and peaked at 10 in various other county's.

## Reception

Cash Box called is a romantic pop song and Billboard aid it has "a skewed love lyric set to street-corner harmonizing."

## Music Video

the video was filmed in the bahamas in july of 1986 and guest appearances Keely Shaye Smith and was directed by Edd Griles who directed The Heart of rock and roll music video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J08ZwySCoJ8&ab\_channel=HueyLewisTheNewsVEVO

## Lyrcs

[Verse 1]

We've had some fun

Yes, we've had our ups and downs

Been down that rocky road

But here we are still around

We thought about someone else

But neither one took the bait

We thought about breaking up

Now we know it's much too late
[Pre-Chorus 1]
We are bound by all the rest
Like the same phone number
All the same friends
And the same address
[Chorus 1]
(Ooh) Yes, it's true (yes it's true)
I am happy to be stuck with you
(Ooh) Yes, it's true (yes it's true)
I'm so happy to be stuck with you
(Ooh) 'Cause I can see (I can see)
That you're happy to be stuck with me
[Short organ interlude]
[Verse 2]
(ooh, wa-ooh)
We've had our doubts
We never took them seriously
(ooh, wa-ooh)
And we've had our ins and outs
But that's the way it's s'posed to be
We thought about giving up (giving up)
But we could never stay away
We thought about breaking up (ooh, wa ooh)
But now we know it's much too late

You might also like

[Pre-Chorus 2]

And it's no great mystery (Ooh)

If we change our minds

Eventually

It's back to you and me

[Chorus 2]

(Ooh) Yes, it's true (yes, it's true)

I am happy to be stuck with you

(Ooh) Yes, it's true (yes, it's true)

I'm so happy to be stuck with you

(Ooh) 'Cause I can see (I can see)

That you're happy to be stuck with me

[Organ solo: Sean Hopper]

[Pre-Chorus 3]

We are bound by all the rest

Like the same phone number

All the same friends

And the same address

[Chorus 3]

(Ooh) Yes, it's true (yes it's true)

I am happy to be stuck with you

(Ooh) Yes, it's true (yes it's true)

I'm so happy to be stuck with you

(Ooh) 'cause I can see (I can see)

That you're happy to be stuck with me

[Chorus repeats]

(Ooh, yes, it's true) I'm so happy to be stuck with you

(Ooh, wa-ooh) I'm happy to be stuck with you

(Ooh, wa-ooh) Happy to be stuck with you

(Ooh, yes, it's true)
Perfect World

Perfect world is a song performed by american rock band Huey Lewis and the News for their fifth album Small World in june 1988. the single peaked at three on the US billboard top 100 and 48 on the UK singles chart.

## Writing

the song was written by Alex Call who was a former member n a band called clover with Huey Lewis and sean hopper. The song tells the person to "keep on dreaming," because there will never be a perfect world. The song admits that life isn't perfect, but tells the listener to use the power of positive dreaming to cope with the reality. the other song in the single is called Slammin.

## Music Video

the music is the band playing the song in a junkyard with pieces of trash hitting the members. Huey Lewis walks through a path a garbage truck made. the video was very popular on MTV peaking at 3 on the channel's Top 20 Video Countdown. Huey says that it was one of his favourites to film and thinks it the most relaxed video they filmed.

## Reception

Lynn Van Matre of the *Chicago Tribune* said that the song was "Wry," and it seemed "destined" to be another top ten single from the band. According to Martin Moynihan of the *Albany Times Union*, the song was "a pop music mix of Lewis' usual musical optimism tempered with an element of reserve" Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic said of the song, "None of the musical diversions work as well as the bouncy Top Ten hit 'Perfect World.'" Erlewine also believed that the song ranked "with the group's best material." Jerry Spangler of *Deseret News* said that the song was a "captivating rocker." *New York Times* reviewer Stephen Holden considers the song a "companion piece" to the first song off of the *Small World* album, "Small World, Part One".
Jacobs's Ladder

Jacobs ladder is a 1986 american rock song recorded by Huey Lewis and the News in their fourth album Fore!. it became a number 1 hit on the billboard top 100 in 1987. it was the bands 3rd number 1 hit.

## Recording

the song is about the biblical story if Jacob's Ladder o someone who rejects proselytizing evangelists and is instead struggling to get through life one day at a time. the song was written by Bruce and John Hornsby and appeared in the 1986 album Fore! and was on the billboard top 100 peaking at 1 for a week in march of 87'. Billboard said its "insightful" and "wrestles with spiritual issues." and Cashbox said "oaring chorus" and "powerful arrangement. The music video was filmed at a live performance in December 31st on Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLp6tE\_UMZI&ab\_channel=luckysmusic

I met a fan dancer

Down in Southside Birmingham

She was running from a fat man

Selling salvation in his hand

Now he's trying to save me

When I'm doing all right

The best that I can

Just another fallen angel

Trying to get through the night

Step by step, one by one

Higher and higher

Step by step, rung by rung

Climbing Jacob's ladder

Coming over the airwaves

The man says I'm overdue

Sing along, send some money

Join the chosen few, hey

Mister, I'm not in a hurry

And I don't want to be like you

All I want from tomorrow

Is to get it better than today

Step by step, one by one

Higher and higher

Step by step, rung by rung

Climbing Jacob's ladder

All I want from tomorrow

Is to get it better than today

Step by step, one by one

Higher and higher

Step by step, rung by rung

Climbing and climbing

Step by step, one by one

Step by step, rung by rung

Step by step

And step by step

Step by step
Sean Hopper

Sean hopper, born on march 31st 1953 San Francisco, California, is a american musician and keyboardist for the band Clover and Huey Lewis and the News. he joined clover along with Huey Lewis in the same year. he helped make multiple songs on the first two albums and became friends with Elvis Costello and joined the band Thin Lizzy's later on. 1978 Huey and sean both left for Sound Hole and formed Huey Lewis and the american Express and in 1979 changed their name to Huey Lewis and the News and signed on to Chrysalis Records and released their Huey Lewis and the News (Album) and Picture This in 1980 and 1982. over the next 30+ years Sean Hopper has continued with the band on tour and with their albums.

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Huey Lewis and the News (Album)

Huey Lewis and the news is a 1980 album recorded by the group of the same name and is there debut album.

## History

in 1979 the groups name was Huey Lewis and the american Express, under this name they released a single titled Exodisco and was released under Chrysalis records but didn't like the name fearing copyright from the credit card company American Express and was changed to Huey Lewis and the News in 1980. the album reached number 203 on the billboard album and the song Who Cares? was used one year before in the film Rock 'n' Roll High School.

## Reception

the billboard stated that the band mastered the rock sound that every band was trying to achieve at the time by kinning the uptempo, light rockers down to basic guitars and vocals. Allmusic says that News turn out "hard-driving covers and originals in a workmanlike fashion" but their "debut suffers from an uneven selection of material.

## Tracks

all of the tracks are written by Mario Cipollina, Johnny Colla, Bill Gibson, Chris Hayes, Sean Hopper and Huey Lewis.

1. some of my lies are true
2. don't make me do it
3. stop trying
4. now here's you
5. i want you
6. don't ever tell me that you love me
7. hearts
8. trouble is paradise
9. who cares?
10. if you really love me than let me
Hip To Be Square

Hip To Be Square is a 1986 song by Huey Lewis and the News and written by the band on the album Fore!. the single reached 3 on the billboard top 100.

## Development

Lewis was going to write the song in 3rd person, He referenced the book *Bobos in Paradise* in describing the song's inspiration, explaining that the song is about people from the 1960s starting to do different things than the norm but they kept their bohemian tastes and latter changed the lyrics to 1st person to enhance the joke and is now a anthem for square people.

## Pop Culture

The song was references in American Psycho by the main character Patrick Bateman while talking to one of his future victims Paul Allen, Patrick gives a short review of the album discussing the band's viewpoint, intent, and how specifically the song Hip To Be Square spouses "the pleasures of conformity" but with a catchy 1980s beat, going on to state it is "the group's most accomplished album".

in 2008 the song was in Chuck s2e1 alongside Power Of Love. the song was also in Sesame Street with a parody called Hip To Be A Square. it later appeared twice in the show Superstore in season 4 episode 8 in 2019 and in the series finale. the song was also in The Naked Gun 33 1/3 the final insult.
Picture This

Picture this is the second studio album record by Huey Lewis and the news in 1980 and 1981 and realised in 1982 and brought the band there first top 10 hot, Do you Believe in love? charting for 35 weeks at number 7.

## History

Huey Lewis and the News produced the album themselves with manger Robert John Lang, It was released as the album's first single and became the band's breakthrough hit, reaching the top ten of the *Billboard* Hot 100 singles chart. The follow-up single, "Hope You Love Me Like You Say You Do", reached the top 40; while the third single, "Workin' for a Livin'", peaked at number 41. Tatto was a cover of the Phil Lynott song, Buzz Buzz Buzz is a cover of the 1955 song of the same name by the Hollywood flames. the only one was based on a real classmate in Lewis' junior high school who met an end similar to the person in the song, the song was also based on the classmate's girlfriend, though her name was changed and Lewis does not know of her true fate after her boyfriend's death.

## Tracks

1. Change of heart
2. tell me a little lie
3. Tatto
4. Hope You Love Me Like You Say You Do
5. workin for a livin
6. Do You Believe In Love?
7. is it me
8. whatever happened to true love
9. the only one
10. Buzz Buzz Buzz

## Certifications

the album got a certification Gold and sold over 50,000 records
Huey Lewis Filmorgraphy

Huey Lewis has been in plenty of movies (mostly as cameos), as a character or himself.

## Filmography

1. Back To The Future (1985) - Audition Judge
2. The real story of.. (1990) - Scratch the cat (in the episode the rise and fall of humpty dumpty)
3. Is there life out there? (1992) - Reba McEntire's husband
4. Short Cuts (1993) - Vern Miller
5. Lank of milk and honey (1996)
6. Sphere (1998) - Helicopter Pilot
7. Shadow of doubt (1998) - Al Gordon
8. Dead Husbands (1998) - Dalton Phillips
9. Duets (2000) - Ricky Dean
10. Who Wants to be a millionaire? (2001) Himself
11. Just shoot me! (2001) - Gary Rosenberg
12. .com for murder (2002) - Agent Matheson
13. One tree hill (2004) - Jim James
14. the king of queens (2006) - Himself
15. Graduation (2007) - Mike
16. Hot in Cleveland (2010-2015) - Johnny Revere
17. The Cleveland show - Die Semi Hard (2011) - Guy who looks like huey lewis
18. Pocket Full of Soul: The Harmonica Documentary (2013) - Narrator
19. Puppy dog pals (2017-2023) - Bulworth
20. The blacklist (2021) - Himself
It Hit Me Like A Hammer

It Hit me like a hammer is a American rock song my american rock band Huey Lewis and the News. it was the 2nd single on the album Hard At Play, they both realiced in 1991. the song was written by Huey Lewis and Robert John "Mutt" Lange and peaked at 21 on the billboard top 100 and was their last song that got higher than 40 on the billboard top 100 and it reacher number 9 on the canadian RPM. the single also had a saxophone version of the song that wasn't on the album and a third song was on the single was called do you love me or what?.
Live at 25

Live at 25 is a live american rock album by band Huey Lewis and the News in celebration of a 25 year anniversary since the bands formation in 1979. the album was recorded in december of 2004 at the Sierra Nevada Brewing Company in Chico, California. the album released on CD and DVD in 2005 by Rhino Records and was the last album with saxophonist Ron Stallings who died 4 four years after the album would release.

## Reception

AllMusic quoted "Live at 25 is designed to be less a historical document than a nostalgic souvenir for longtime fans, capturing the group at a quarter-century mark." and "the song selection is good, the band sounds tight and professional, the production is clean and punchy, and while it's never especially engaging, it is an enjoyable performance."

## Tracks

1. The Heart of rock and roll
2. so little kindness
3. thank you #19
4. I want a new drug
5. Small world pt1
6. small world pt2
7. if this is it
8. Power Of Love
9. do you believe in love
10. some of my lies are true (sooner or later)
11. its all right
12. bad is bad
13. Heart and soul
14. but its alright
15. Hip To Be Square
16. We're Not Here for a Long Time (We're Here for a Good Time)
17. back in time
18. doing it all for my baby
19. the rhythm ranch
20. trouble in paradise
21. Stuck With You
22. Buzz Buzz Buzz
Heart and soul

Heart and soul is a written by Make Chapman and Nicky Chinn and made famous by Huey Lewis and the news. the original song recorded by Exile in 1981 failed to reach the top 100 peaking at 102. the song was also recorded by The BusBoys in the 1982 in there album American Worker.

## Huey Lewis Version

The Huey Lewis Version was the first single from the 1983 album Sports, the single was a t number 8 on thee billboard top 100 and was at number 1 Billboard top rock tracks and was nominated for a grammy award i 1984. former member of the news stated "I don't know why HEART & SOUL sounds so good. Usually we have to re-do all the guitar parts - this time it worked out the first time. I had a Marshall amp in a tiny room, played my Les Paul and it was great!"

## Music Video

The music video featured Lewis looking for, and leaving with, a woman in a dance club, with Lewis concert footage spliced i, the video was filmed at Potrero Hill in San Francisco. Signy Coleman the actress who played the woman at the club and also appeared in the i want a new drug video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TdaXhpjHws&ab\_channel=HueyLewisTheNewsVEVO

## Lyrcs

Two o'clock this morning

If she should come a-calling

I couldn't dream of turning her away

And if it got hot and hectic

I know she'd be electric

I'd let her take her chances with me

You see, she gets what she wants

'Cause she's heart and soul

She's hot and cold

She's got it all, hot loving every night

Whoa

Whoa-oh-oh-oh

Can't you see her standing there

See how she looks, see how she cares

I let her steal the night away from me

Nine o'clock this morning

She left without a warning

I let her take advantage of me

You see, she got what she wanted

'Cause she's heart and soul

She's hot and cold

She's got it all, hot loving every night

Whoa

Whoa-oh-oh-oh

Yes, she's heart and soul

She's hot and cold

She's got it all

She's heart and soul

Yeah!

She's got loving every night

Whoa

Whoa-oh-oh-oh

She got it all

She's heart and soul

She's heart and soul

She's heart and soul

She's heart and soul

She's heart and soul

She's heart and soul
Exodisco

Exodisco is the first single released by Huey Lewis and the American Express (later known as Huey Lewis and the News) in 1979 by Mercury Records. the B side features the song Kick-Back which was recorded live. the single was received alright peaking at number 212. to song a disco remix of the theme song for Exodus.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5uEJgjmFNA&ab\_channel=GERMAN799
Sports

Sports is the third studio album made by Huey Lewis and the News and Chrysalis Records released on September 15th 1983, the album charted number 1 for 160 weeks. sports was ranked number 2 on the billboard best albums for 1984 with Heart and soul and the heart of rock and roll both being nominated for a grammy award. he album has been certified 7× Platinum by the RIAA.

## Reception

the lead single peaked at 8 on the billboard hot 100 singles chart, The album's second release turned out to be the band's second best-selling single, I want a new drug pecked an number 6 on the hot 100 and was eventually certified gold in 1989, with sales of 1 million copies. the third single, the heart of rock and roll counited the bands success at number 6 on the hot 100. In June 1984, *Sports* hit number 1 on the *Billboard* 200 and would ultimately spend 160 weeks on the charts, he fourth single from the album, "If This Is It", was released shortly thereafter, peaking at number 6, The fifth and final single from the album, "Walking on a Thin Line", was released in December 1984 and peaked at number 18. Sports was the second best selling album of 1984 after Michael Jackson's Thriller. The fifth and final single from the album, Walking on a Thin Line, was released in December 1984 and peaked at number 18, while The Heart of rock and roll was nominated for Record of the Year at the 27th Annual Grammys in 1985. Music Videos popularized the album even more with music videos for Heart and soul, i want a new drug, if this is it, and walking on a thin line all airing on MTV.

## Artwork

the album was shot at the 2AM club, a bar in Mill Valley California where they used to perform and was also chosen because most people watched sports at the bar.

## Ghostbusters lawsuit

I want a new drug became the focus of a lawsuit against Ray Parker Jr for the song Ghostbusters for the 1984 film or the same name. Huey sais that Parker copied the songs rhythm from i want a new drug. The case was eventually settled out of court for an undisclosed sum, although Parker later countersued Lewis for breach of a confidentiality agreement, after Lewis discussed the lawsuit on VH1's *Behind the Music* in 2001.

## American Psycho

the album was critiqued by the fictional character Patrick Bateman in the 2000 film and the 1991 book, American Psycho.Patrick says "really came into their own, commercially and artistically." in 2013 Huey Lewis and Weird Al Yankovic parodied the scene on Funny Or Die.

## 30th Anniversary

On May 10, 2013, Huey Lewis and the News embarked upon a Sports 30th Anniversary Tour, in which they performed the album in its entirety, as well as other songs. On May 14, a two-disc *30th Anniversary Edition* of *Sports* was released, featuring the remastered album in addition to archival live versions of every song on the album.

## Tracks

1. The Heart of rock and roll
2. Heart and soul
3. Bad is bad
4. I want a new drug
5. walkin on a thin line
6. Finally found a home
7. If This Is It
8. you crack me up
9. honky tonk blues
If This Is It

If This Is It is a 1984 song by american rock band Huey Lewis and the News and is there fourth single n there third album Sports. it hit 66 on the billboard hot 100 and number 5 on the adult Contemporary chart and 39 on the UK single chart becoming their first hit in the united Kingdom. *Billboard* called it a "guileless '50s throwback." *Cash Box* called the song "doo-wop at its finest."

## Music Video

the video was filmed in Santa Cruz California in June of 84 and it features Janet Cross who IS Huey Lewis's ex where he tries to make amends with her and at the end they walk across a beach.
Couple Days Off

Couple days off is a song by american rock band Huey Lewis and the News and realiced on the 1991 album Hard At Play. the single peaked at 11 on the billboard top 100 in the US and number 4 on the RPM in canada. it also reached 40 and higher on the charts of Australia, Germany, the Netherlands, and New Zealand. the other song on the single was a song called Time Ain't Money.
The Heart of rock and roll

The heart of rock and roll is the 3rd single on the 1983 album Sports by Huey Lewis and the News, and peaked at number 6 on the billboard top 100.

## History

after playing a show in Cleveland, Ohio Huey write a song with the title being called the heart of rock and roll is in Cleveland as the original title based on a comment Lewis made to the band, but he changed it to The heart of rock and roll is still beating. the message of the song is that there's rock in all places in the world like LA and New York.

## Reception

Christopher Connelly of *Rolling Stone* said "a fancy-pants sax solo and some moronic lyrics sabotage the spirited Heart of Rock & Roll which should have ended a minute and a half earlier". At the first annual MTV awards, and was nominated for best group video, but loeing to ZZ Top's song Legs, the single was also nominated for record of the year but lost to Tina Turner's What's Love Got to Do with It but the band performed the song at the awards.

## Music Video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7JVlpm0eRs&ab\_channel=HueyLewisTheNewsVEVO

## Lyrics

New York, New York, is everything they say

And no place that I'd rather be

Where else can you do a half a million things

All at a quarter to three

When they play their music, ooh that modern music

They like it with a lot of style

But it's still that same old back beat rhythm

That really, really drives 'em wild

They say the heart of rock and roll is still beating

And from what I've seen I believe 'em

Now the old boy may be barely breathing

But the heart of rock and roll, heart of rock and roll is still beating

LA, Hollywood, and the Sunset Strip

Is something everyone should see

Neon lights and the pretty, pretty girls

All dressed so scantily

When they play their music

That hard rock music

They like it with a lot of flash

But it's still that same old back beat rhythm

That really, really kicks 'em in the

They say the heart of rock and roll is still beating

And from what I've seen I believe 'em

Now the old boy may be barely breathing

But the heart of rock and roll, heart of rock and roll is still beating

Johnny, ow

DC, San Antone and the Liberty Town, Boston and Baton Rouge

Tulsa, Austin, Oklahoma City, Seattle, San Francisco, too

Everywhere there's music, real live music, bands with a million styles

But it's still that some old rock and roll music

That really, really drives 'em wild

They say the heart of rock and roll is still beating

And from what I've seen I believe 'em

Now the old boy may be barely breathing

But the heart of rock and roll, heart of rock and roll is still beating, yeah

In Cleveland

Detroit

Uh, heart of rock and roll
Clover

Clover was a American Country/Rock band from 1967-1978, they were best known for helping Elvis Costello for his first album My Aim Is True and its members become success like Huey Lewis and the News, The Doobie Brothers, and Lucinda Williams.

## The Formation

Clover was formed by the members of Tiny Hearing Aid Company (a band) and moved to San Francisco and had Alex Call (Vocals), John McFee (Guitar), John Ciambiotti (bass), and Mitch How (drums). in 1970 they released their first album of the same name, Clover (album) on Fantasy Records and a year later the album Forty Niner released under the same label. the band moved to the UK in late 1976 with new drummer Mickey Shine and later added Huey Lewis (vocals) and Sean Hopper (Keyboard) an in early 1977 called Unviable and later in 77' Micky Chine Left the group. the second album of 1977 Love on the Wire, drummer Tony Braunagel joined the band.

## Disbandment

After clover disbanded in 1978, Alex Call wrote songs for Huey Lewis and the News and Tommy Tutone's famous song 867-5309/jenny, Huey Lewis and Sean Hopper formed Huey Lewis and the News. McFee founded the band Southern Pacific. Founding member Dr. John P. Ciambotti died on March 24, 2010 in Glendale, California at the age of 67. He had undergone surgery for an abdominal aneurysm.

## The Return

John McFee, John Ciambotti, and Sean Hopper reunited for two concerts backing Elvis Costello in San Francisco in 2007 and in 2016 made their first new album in 41 years with Homestead Redemption, The album includes guest appearances by Huey Lewis, Sean Hopper, Pete Thomas and Elvis Costello.

## Members

* Alex Call (Vocals and Guitar)
* John McFee (Guitar)
* John Ciambotti (bass)
* Mitch Howie (Drums)
* Huey Lewis (Harmonic and Vocals)
* Jeff Porcaro (Drums)
* Sean Hopper (Keyboards)
* Marcus Grossman (drums)
* Kirk Harwood (Draums)
* Micky Shine (Drums)
* Tony Braunagel (Drums)
* Kevin Wells (Drums)
* Daniel Lenard (Drums)

## Discography

### Albums

* Clover (1970)
* Forty Niner (1971)
* Unavailable (1977)
* Love on the wire (1977)
* Homestead Redemption (2018)

### Comalations

* The Clover Chronicles (1979)
* The Best of Clover: An American Band in London (1986)
* San Francisco Nights (1996)
* Live at The Paradiso (2006)
* The Sound City Sessions (2006)
* Live Concert at Winterland (recorded 1975 and released in 2012
Ghostbusters (soundtrack)

Ghostbuster original soundtrack album is the soundtrack album for the 1984 Columbia pictures film Ghostbusters released by Arista Records in 1984 and featured the number one hit Ghostbusters (the song by Ray Parker Jr). the rest of the soundtrack was done by Elmer Bernstein.

## Development

The director of the film, Ivan Reitman Discussed with the composer Elmer Bernstein about the album would feature popular music at the time which some where. Bernstein did not like the idea but it was not his choice and the song Magic by Mick Smiley was in the film when the ghosts escape the Ghostbusters Headquarters.In the middle of the film there is a montage where the placeholder was I want a new drug by Huey Lewis and the News in the album that released the year before Sports. around this time Ray Parker Jr was brought on the film for the song Ghostbusters who had a similar riff to the song where Huey Lewis and the rest of the band sued parker to the similarities but was settled out of court.

## Songs

1. Ghostbuster - Ray Parker Jr
2. Cleaning up the town - Bus Boys
3. Saving the day - The Alessi Brothers
4. In the name of love - The Thompson Twins
5. I can wait forever - Air Supply
6. Hot Night - Laura Branigan
7. Magic - Mick Smiley
8. Title Theme - Elmer Bernstein
9. Dana Theme - Elmer Bernstein
10. Ghostbusters (Instrumental) - Ray Parker Jr
USA for Africa

USA for Africa was a name for over 45 members performed for there album We Are The World in 1985. The idea was formed by Harry Belafonte and Ken Kragen and Quincy Jones was hired to produce the album. USA for Africa also held a event called Hands Across America where seven million held hands in a human chain for fifteen minutes across the United States and raised money for food and homes in Africa and combining all of the charities, Record Sales, and the hands across america raised over $100 million.

## We Are The World Songs

1. We Are The World
2. If Only For A Minute
3. Just A Little Closer
4. Trapped
5. Tears are not Enough
6. 4 the tears in your eyes
7. Good for nothing
8. Total Control
9. A little more love
10. Trouble In Paradise (by Huey Lewis and the News)

## Members

* Dan Aykroyd
* Harry Belafonte
* Fleetwood Mac
* Kim Carnes
* Ray Charles
* Bob Dylan
* Sheila E
* Band Aid
* John Notes
* James Ingram
* Jackie Jackson
* La Toya Jackson
* Marlon Jackson
* Michael Jackson
* Randy Jackson
* Tito Jackson
* Al Jarreau
* Waylon Jennings
* Billy Joel
* Cyndi Lauper
* Huey Lewis and the News
* Kenny Loggins
* Bette Midler
* Willie Nelson
* Jeffrey Osborne
* Steve Perry
* The Painted Sisters
* Lionel Richie
* Smokey Robinson
* Kenny Rogers
* Diana Ross
* Paul Simon
* Bruce Springsteen
* Tina Turner
* Dionne Warwick
* Stevie Wonder
Sound Hole

## History

Soundhole (formally known as Wide Hole) was a rock band and was formed by Mario Cipollina, Bill Gibson and John Farey after high school. the band got their name from the whole in a guitar of the same name and got there first big hit very early on when there leader, Dan Shellac, was murdered with his parents in Mill Valley, California. they brought guitarist, Brian Marnell and Johnny Colla helped put the band on the rock scene of the time becoming competition of Clover an picked up several new members through out the next decade. in the early 1970s the band became Van Morrison's back band and toured with Van Morrison and by themselves through the next 20+ years. in 1977 the band changed their name to Airplay and split up later with a handful of the members joining Huey Lewis and Sean Hopper to form Huey Lewis and the News (or as it was called at the time, Huey Lewis and the American Express).

## Single and members

### single

Single: Everyday/Back To The Summer Of Love (1975)

### members

* Dan Shellac - Guitar
* John Farey - Trombone and Keyboards
* Brain Marnell - Guitar
* Mario Cipollina - bass
* Johnny Colla - Saxophone and guitar
* Bill Gibson - Drums
* Greg Douglass - Guitar and vocals
* Brian Hogan - saxophone
* Bill Burgess - guitar
Bill Gibson

Bill Gibson is a american drummer born on November 15th 1951 and was a member of Sound Hole and has been a member of Huey Lewis and the News since 1979. he was 12 years old when he began playing the drums and got his first drum set when he turned 14 and practised six hours a day working to someday become a musician, his father, Ed Gibson, was very supportive of Bill. Gibson went to the same school as Huey Lewis and joined a band called Sound Hole with Mario Cipollina and Johnny Colla and recorded a demo with a record company. Sound Hole disbanded all at once with Mario Cipollina, Johnny Colla, and Bill all joining Huey Lewis to form Huey Lewis and the News.
Power Of Love

The power of love is a 1985 Huey Lewis and the News single for the movie Back To The Future along with the song Back In Time. The song became very popular and got on the billboard top 100 and top 10 in the UK.

## Development

Huey Lewis was approached for the theme song for the movie Back To The Future by Robert Zemeckis, Bob Gale, and Steven Spielberg saying that the main character, Marty McFly's favourite band is going to be Huey Lewis and the News. Lewis didn't know how to write movie soundtracks and didn't want to make a song called Back To The Future. The Directors told him he can make any song for the movie, so the next so he wrote he sent to the crew.

## Use in the back to the future films and other media

In the first Back To The Future movie the song appears as Marty McFly skateboard's to school at the beginning of the film and later plays the opening part of the song at the battle of the bands where Huey Lewis makes a cameo as the audition judge telling Marty that his music is to darn loud. and for the third time when he is skateboarding in his neighborhood. in Part II Future marty in 2015 attempts to play the song on his guitar after being fired. he ends up playing it poorly due to breaking his hand after a crash crash. and in part III Marty's rival Needles is listening to the song in his car. in that scene he challenges Marty where he denies to a race where Needles almost gets hit by a car where if he did he would break his hand affecting the future.

the song was not only in the Back To The Future Franchise, it was also in the 1990 TV series Beverly Hills 90210 in season 4 episode 9 otherwise engaged. in 2008 the episode was in family guy season 7 episode 4, baby not on board where Peter Griffin has a cutaway gag where he re-creates the opening scene to Back To The Future with the song in the background. the next year it was on the show Chuck in the season premiere of season 2 where the song Hip To Be Square is also in the episode. in 2014 the song is in episode 21 of the series The Goldbergs and the next year in the 2nd episode of Hindsight. in 2018 the song is back in a movie with 2018s set it up and the 2018 halloween where Hankins’ partner quotes the line “Don’t need a credit card to ride this train”. it also appeared in two episodes of the 1998 show The Challenge in season 36 episode 8 and 20, the episodes premiered in 2020 and in 2022 it was in the episode titled A spicy start in the show The Circle (season 4 episode 1).
Hope You Love Me Like You Say You Do

Hope You Love Me Like You Say You Do is a 1982 song performed by american rock band Huey Lewis and the News in their seconded album Picture This. the single peaked at 32 on the billboard top 100.

## Recording

the single was written by Mike Duke and the band says it's about the tension between a desire for independence and a need for compromise in a romantic relationship. the song was recorded in San Francisco. the song led to a friendship with band Tower Of Power, Huey Lewis ran into the band in the hallways in a studio and Huey asked them to appear in a song. a music video was filmed in May of 82 in NYC.
Weather

weather is the 10th and newsiest album by Huey Lewis and the News and was released of February 14th 2020 by New Hulex and MGM. the album has songs from before Hueys hearing loss, Seven tracks had been completed before work on the album was indefinitely halted, and the band eventually decided to release the record as is.

## Development

this was the first Huey Lewis and the News album in 9 years since 2001s Plan B. the plan for this album has started since 2012 when Huey wrote a song called while we're young, and over the next five years the band recorded many other songs and was planning for a release in 2018, but in in january 2018 Huey Lewis was diagnosed with Ménière's disease, the band cancelled all future shows and placed the album on hold. a year later the news signed on with BMG as there record label. in September 2019 While were young was the first single released along with the albums released date being reviled.

## Tracks

1. while we're young
2. Her love is killing me
3. I am there for you
4. Hurry back baby
5. remind me why i love you again
6. Pretty girls everywhere
7. one of the boys
Johnny Colla

Johnny Colla is a american American guitarist and saxophonist born on July 2nd 1952 playing for bands Huey Lewis and the News, Clover, Rubicon, Sly and the Family Stone, Van Morrison, and Johnny Colla & The Lucky Devils. In the early 1970s Johnny joined the band Sound Hole and combined with band Clover to form Huey Lewis and the News and sighed onto chrysalis records. to this day Johnny Colla is still working with the news with guitar, saxophone, and singing at concerts and new songs.

(the rest of Cola's history is in this link)
Soulsville

soulsville is the 9th studio album by american rock band Huey Lewis and the News. it had been 9 years since their last album Plan B in 2001, the album came out on October 18th in Europe and November 2nd in the rest of the world. the album was a tribute to the music of Stax Records and has new members Stef Burns, bill hinds who both played guitar and a new saxophone player Johnnie Bamont replacing the late chris hay's and ron stallings who both passed away.

## Recording

the group recorded at Ardent Studios in Memphis, Tennessee, in early 2010 and the album art was when Huey Lewis found an art piece

## soulsville

### Released

october 18th 2010 in Europe and November 2nd 2010 in the rest of the world

### Producer

Jim Gaines and Huey Lewis and the News

in the studio and requested the artist, Lamar Sorrento, to be the album artist.

## Reception

Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic writes, "what makes the album successful is that Huey Lewis & the News don't choose the obvious tunes, citing that their love for the music is infectious and the album winds up like a bunch of old friends having fun revisiting their favorite tunes." but the A.V club had a different opinion giving the album a D+ (or a 6/15).

## Tracks

1. don't fight it
2. got to get you off my mind
3. free
4. respect yourself (this song was a duet with singer Dorothy Combs Morrison)
5. cry to me
6. just one more day
7. never found a girl
8. soulsville
9. little sally walker
10. i want to do everything for you
11. just the one (i've been looking for)
12. don't let the green grass fool you
13. never like this before
14. grab this thing
I want a new drug

I want a new drug is a song on the 1983 album Sports recorded by Huey Lewis and the News. this is one of the bands most popular songs.

## History

Huey said that he wrote the song in only a few minutes, According to Lewis, the song is a love song, and the meaning of the word "drug" in the song was purposely open ended. three version of the song were made, the album version has two guitar solos, one in the middle of the song and the other as a fade out, the single edit on the greatest hits album takes out the first solo. this song was parodied by Weird Al Yankovic in the dare to be stupid album with a track called I want a new duck. Huey was inspired by Purple Haze by the Jimi hendrix experience with the recording of the song and called the guitar riff at the end of the song.

## Music Video

the video has Huey Lewis remembering he has a concert that night racing across San Francisco in a yellow convertible. there is a woman twice on his way, and finding her in the front row at the concert, the actress, Signy Coleman whose mother is a friend of Hueys mom and also apperice in the music video for heart and soul.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6uEMOeDZsA&ab\_channel=HueyLewisTheNewsVEVO

## Reception

*Cash Box* said that it has "hard-edged guitars setting the pace above harpsichord-like synth chording and a grinding organ base."

## Ghostbusters lawsuit

When the theme song for Ghostbusters came out in 1984 Huey Lewis sued the artist, Ray Parker Jr. and columbia pictures for copywriting the song i want a new drug. the case was eventually settled out of court, but when Lewis commented on the payment in an episode of VH1's *Behind the Music*. Parker subsequently sued Lewis for breaching confidentiality.

## "Weird Al" Yankovic Parody

in 1985 "Weird Al" Yankovic made a parody of the song called I want a new duck in his third album Dare To Be Stupid. the song is about Al wanting a new duck with various features that his previous ducks did not have.
Hakaru Ito

Priest in training and Riyame’s Childhood Friend

Optimistic and talkative. Riyame would describe him as sunshine incarnate—the opposite of herself.

His family tried to instill generations long hatred of the Fujimori clan, who descended from their betrayers, the Kato clan. It didn’t work. When he met the youngest daughter of the Fujimori clan after being sent to Fujioka Shrine to train, he was determined to befriend her.

At some point, their inevitable friendship became a one-sided crush on his part. He often proclaims that he will marry her one day. These proclamations are often met with defeated silence or a stern reminder that they weren’t a full-fledged priest or priestess yet.

However, Riyame doesn't reject his affections because she doesn't return them. She does so because traditionally shrine maidens cannot get married until they are full-fledged priestesses.

## Trivia

* He has a playlist!
* The Ito family hates the Fujimori family due to a centuries long feud.
* His name, Hakaru (平), translates to *flat, unbiased,* or *peaceful*.
* He is not on speaking terms with most of his family after ignoring their orders to shun all members of the Fujimori Clan.
* He loves sweets.
* He loves stories of knightly courting and love, making him a romantic.
* He is an excellent painter.
* His favorite color is the same hue of pink as Riyame's cheeks.
* He shares a birthday with Rock Lee.
Misaki Fujimori

She was warm, kind, and nurturing.

She comes from a line of eladrin, though not as pure as her husbands, it is still recognized as an old family. She identified most with her spring form.

She was the youngest of three daughters. Her education was rigorous and strict, but her family was a loving one, nonetheless. They were also opportunists. Her family, the Aoki clan, were allies of the Fujimori clan, so they jumped at the opportunity to present their youngest daughter when the Fujimori heir needed a wife. She was the only one of four candidates who was willing to put up with him, so they got married.

Riyame describes her mother as the epitome of spring. Her mother was a warm beacon in the cold home her father made. She was one of her only lifelines that kept her coming home during the summer and winter. Riyame often finds herself missing her mother during the spring time.

She was a loving mother to her children. She often fought against her eldest daughter's manipulative nature, while also attempting to assuage her anger.

She's dead now...so it obviously didn't work.

## Trivia

* She has a playlist! (The second half is hers.)
* Her name, Misaki (美咲), translates to *beautiful blossom*, ironic given that she rarely left her spring form.
* She had many suitors who vied for her hand, however, when prompted by her father, she married Eishirou.
* She liked savory foods, much like her youngest daughter.
Old Man Saburo

Head Priest and Primary Guild Representative

Insightful and goofy. Currently 68 years old.

Human. Slender and on the shorter side. Meticulous about keeping his head shaved.

Many of the shrine residents refer to him as the local crazy man, as he is one of the few who genuinely believes that the tree in the center of Fujioka shrine is alive and sentient. He often carries on one-sided conversations with it. Despite this, he is a well regarded figure amongst the guild and other shrines, so his so-called lunacy is often forgiven.

He used to have a cordial relationship with the Fujimori family until Ayane, whom he had always distrusted, took over as Lord. Their current relations are not openly hostile, but he has made his disdain clear to her.

## Trivia

* He often has one-sided conversations with the large wisteria tree in the Shrine's center.
* His name, Saburo (三郎), translates to *third son*.
* He has a small pet sparrow named Purple. (He refuses to elaborate as to why he named it such.)
* Often spouts of non-sensical proverbs and quirky dad jokes.
* He and Hiyashi would probably get along.
* He shares a birthday with Kakashi.