Huey Lewis and the News

Huey Lewis And The News is a American rock band formed in San Francisco, California 1979 formed by Huey Lewis. They had a series of hit tracks in the 1980s and become very famous. still too this day the band still has millions of listeners across the globe.

The band's first two albums Huey Lewis and the News (Album) and Picture This in 1980 and 1982 were well received but struggled to find a large audience. there third and most successful album Sports in 1983 came to commercial and critical success with hit singles on the album like Heart and soul, I want a new drug, The Heart of rock and roll music videos apperining on MTV capturing the attention of thousands.

there fourth album Fore! produced more hit singles, over the next 34 year the band put out seven more studio albums with their most recent being Weather in 2020.

## History

#### Clover, the formation, and the American Express (1972-1982)

Huey Lewis and Sean Hopper joined the band Clover in 1972 and produced many albums in the 1970s but eventually became a backing band for Elvis Costello. Clovers competition was a band called Sound Hole and had drummer Bill Gibson, guitarist Johnny Colla, and bassist Mario Cipollina as members. in 1978 Huey abandons Clover joining Sound Hole and dawning a new name, Huey Lewis and The American Express, in 1979 The american express recorded and released a single titled Exodisco (a disco cover of the theme from Exodus), the same year the band moved to Chrysalis Records but did not like the name fearing a lawsuit from the Credit card Company of the same name so they changed their name to Huey Lewis and the news. In 1980 the band released their first studio album, the self titled Huey Lewis and the News (Album) but was unpopular, but two years later the band released their second studio album, Picture This with their first hit singles one of which, do you believe in love? on the billboard top 200 for ver 35 weeks.

#### Sports, The Ghostbusters lawsuit and Back To The Future (1983-1985)

The band released their third studio album Sports in late 1983 touring to bars and clubs known as the Workin for Livin Tour to promote there record, the album hit number 6 in the united states but in 1984 it climbed to number 1 and selled very well thanks to the tours and MTV music videos. four singes reached the top 10 on the billboard hot 100, Heart and soul at number 8, while I want a new drug, The Heart of rock and roll, and If this is it all reached at number 6. Sports selled $10 million in the U.S. alone. one year later in 1984 the Columbia Pictures film Ghostbusters had a song in it of the same name by Ray Parker Jr.; the film and the song became a hit catching the attention of Huey Lewis suing Parker for the simulatys between I want a new drug and the Ghostbusters theme from the Ghostbusters (soundtrack), the case was settled out of court later. in 1985 the band participated in the USA for Africa, we are the world and was offered to make a song by Universal Pictures for the movie Back To The Future , they accepted and put out TPower Of Love which hit number 1 and was nominated for best original song at the 1986 academy awards. there was also the song back in time in the movie.

#### Fore! and the other albums, American Psycho, and the departure of members (1986-2001)

The band relied there forth studio album, Fore! in 1986 and reached in the top 10 on the billboard top 200 with three songs, Stuck With You, Jacobs's Ladder, and Hip To Be Square. the band continued with 1987s Small World (Album) but left Chrysalis Records in 1989 and joined EMI for Hard At Play in 1991. the group changed labels yet again in 1994 with Elektra Records in 1994 with a cover albums titled Four Chords And Several Years Ago with covers of rock songs from the 1960s and 1970s. in 1995 Bassist Mario Cipollina left the band and was replaced by John Pierce,then one year later the band released the greatest hit album Time Flies... The Best of Huey Lewis & the News which had songs from Picture This, Sports, and Fore!, and included four new tracks. at the turn of the millennium in 2000 the bands song Hip to be square from there 1986 album Fore! appeared in the horror film American Psycho, this later became a meme. In 2001, Chris Hayes retired to spend more time with his family after performing on the album *Plan B*. Guitarists Stef Burns and Bill Hinds became Hayes's successors.

#### Plan B, Ménière's disease, and Weather (2001-2020)

in 2001, the News released their first album in seven years, Plan B with Jive Records but was not as successful as other albums and became a minor hit. In december 2004 Huey Lewis and the news recorded their first live album, Live at 25 at the Sierra Nevada Brewing Company in Chico, California, celebrating the bands 25th anniversary and four years later they recorded the theme song for the film Pineapple Express at the request of Seth Rogan. On April 13, 2009, touring saxophonist Ron Stallings died from multiple myeloma. the band returned to the studio in 2010 for a new album titled Soulsville as a Stax Records tribute albums and would continue to tour two months later until 2018 where it was revealed that Huey had Ménière's disease a ear disorder. but got his hearing back the next year. in january 2019 The group signed onto BMG and one year later resliced there newest album Weather. Huey now lives on a ranch Stevensville Montana.

## Members

#### Current Members

* Huey Lewis - Vocals and harmonica - 1979-present
* Sean Hopper - Keyboards and Vocals - 1979-present
* Bill Gibson - drums, percussion, vocals - 1979–present
* Johnny Colla - guitar, saxophone, vocals - 1979-present
* John Pierce – bass - 1995–present
* Stef Burns - Guitar, Vocals - 2001-present
* James Harrah - Guitar, Vocals - 2016-present

#### Former Members

* Mario Cipollina – bass - 1979–1995
* Chris Hays' - Guitar, Vocals - 1979-2001
* Ron Stallings - Saxophone - 1994-2009

#### The Sports Section

* Marvin McFadden – trumpet - 1994–present
* Rob Sudduth - Saxophone - 1994-present
* Johnnie Bamont - Saxophone, Flute - 2009-present

## Discography

#### Studio Albums

* Huey Lewis and the News (Album) (1980)
* Picture This (1982)
* Sports (1983)
* Fore! (1986)
* Small World (Album) (1988)
* Hard At Play (1991)
* Four Chords And Several Years Ago (1994)
* Plan B (2001)
* Soulsville (2010)
* Weather (2020)

#### Completion Albums

* The heart if the rock and roll (1992)
* Time Flies... The Best of Huey Lewis & the News (1996)
* Greatest hits and videos (2006)