Huey Lewis and the News

This article is about the band. For their debut album, see Huey Lewis and the News (album).

Huey Lewis and the News
Huey Lewis and the News in 2006
Huey Lewis and the News in 2006
Background information
OriginSan Francisco, California, U.S.
Genres
Years active1979–present[4]
LabelsChrysalis, Elektra, BMG
Members
Past members
Websitewww.hueylewisandthenews.com
Huey Lewis & The News performing at Snoqualmie Casino in 2016

Huey Lewis and the News are an American rock band based in San Francisco, California. They had a run of hit singles during the 1980s and early 1990s, eventually achieving 19 top ten singles across the Billboard Hot 100, Adult Contemporary, and Mainstream Rock charts. Their sound draws upon earlier pop, rhythm & blues and doo-wop[1] artists, and their own material has been labeled as blue-eyed soul, new wave, power pop, and roots rock.[3][2]

The group's first two albums were well-received, with Huey Lewis's personal charisma as a frontman gaining notice from publications such as The Washington Post,[3] but they struggled to find a wide audience. Their most successful album, Sports, was released in 1983. The album, along with its music videos being featured on MTV, catapulted the group to worldwide fame. Their popularity significantly expanded when the song "The Power of Love" was featured in the 1985 film Back to the Future. "The Power of Love" reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song at the 58th Academy Awards. The group's 1986 album, Fore!, produced two further number-one singles in "Stuck with You" and "Jacob's Ladder". The band's other top-ten hits, all from the 1980s, include "Do You Believe in Love", "Heart and Soul", "I Want a New Drug", "The Heart of Rock & Roll", "If This Is It", "Hip to Be Square", "I Know What I Like", "Doing It All for My Baby" and "Perfect World".

The group is currently inactive as a performing and recording unit, having halted all touring and recording in 2018 after it was revealed that Lewis had Ménière's disease, an inner ear disorder.[5] In 2020, they released Weather,[6] which contains songs the band recorded prior to Lewis's hearing loss.[7][8][6]

  1. ^ a b c "Huey Lewis and the News find it's still 'Hip to be Square'".
  2. ^ a b c Tratner, Michael (February 25, 2021). Love and Money: A Literary History of Desires. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 9781000339819. The chapter reads as a review evaluating the qualities in Huey Lewis' albums— some are New Wave... some bring out his quintessential bluesiness— and these shifts in musical style of this bands are as much 'events' in the novel as anything happening in the lives of the characters.
  3. ^ a b c Harrington, Richard (July 9, 1982). "Huey Lewis: Bearing Down". The Washington Post. Retrieved May 24, 2022.
  4. ^ Greatest Hits - CD booklet
  5. ^ Kreps, Daniel (April 14, 2018). "Huey Lewis and the News Cancel 2018 Shows Due to Singer's Hearing Loss". Rolling Stone. Retrieved July 10, 2019.
  6. ^ a b Greene, Andy (January 18, 2019). "Huey Lewis and The News Prep First Album of New Songs in 18 Years". Rolling Stone. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
  7. ^ Steinberg, Don (March 30, 2019). "A New Stage for Huey Lewis's Revival". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved July 10, 2019.
  8. ^ Lifton, Dave (December 5, 2019). "Huey Lewis and the News Announce New Album, Weather". Ultimate Classic Rock. Retrieved December 6, 2019.