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Huey Lewis & the News formerly known as Huey Lewis & the American Express are a popular American rock band whose greatest success was in the 1980s, when they were one of the most popular music acts of the decade. Huey Lewis and Sean Hopper played together in the countrish/rock outfit Clover, who were the original backing band for Elvis Costello's first album "My Aim Is True", before he attracted The Attractions. Their song "The Power of Love" was a #1 U.S. hit and featured in the 1985 film Back to the Future
, with which they also recorded the theme song "Back In Time". The band's lead singer is Huey Lewis, who has a cameo appearance in the film as the teacher who rejects Marty McFly's band's audition for the school's "Battle of the Bands" contest—ironically, the piece the band plays is an instrumental version of "The Power of Love". "The Power of Love" was nominated for an Academy Award. Their former bass player, Mario Cipollina, is the younger brother of John Cipollina.

With the 1984 release of Ghostbusters
, Huey Lewis & the News sued the author of the film title song, Ray Parker Jr.. The suit cited similarities between his theme song and their earlier hit "I Want a New Drug". According to Huey Lewis and the News, this was especially damaging to them since the Ghostbusters theme song was so popular, rising to #1 on the charts for three weeks. The band won the case and Parker Jr. was ordered to pay damages. The band was earlier approached to write the theme song for the movie.

The News Personnel

Sean Hopper - Keyboards - born Sean Thomas Hopper, on 31 March, 1953, in San Francisco, California.
Johnny Colla - Saxophonist/Guitarist - born John Victor Colla, on 2 July, 1952, in Sacramento, California.
Mario Cipollina - Bassist - born on 10 November, 1954, in San Rafael, California.
Bill Gibson - Drummer - born William Scott Gibson, on 13 November, 1951, in Sacramento, California.
Chris Hayes - Guitarist - born Christopher John Hayes, on 24 November, 1957, in Sacramento, California.

Discography

Albums

Huey Lewis & the News (1980)
Picture This (1982)
Sports (1983)
Fore! (1986)
Small World (1988)
Hard at Play (1991)
Four Chords & Several Years Ago (1994)
Time Flies... The Best of (1996)
Plan B (2001)
Live At 25 - The Best Of Live (2005)

Singles

Billboard Hot 100 peaks indicated

1982 "Do You Believe In Love" #7
1982 "Hope You Love Me Like You Say You Do" #36
1982 "Workin' For a Livin'" #41
1983 "Heart and Soul" #8
1984 "I Want a New Drug" #6 (also hit #1 on the dance chart)
1984 "The Heart Of Rock & Roll" #6
1984 "If This Is It" #6
1984 "Walking On a Thin Line" #18
1985 "The Power Of Love" #1
1986 "Stuck With You" #1
1986 "Hip To Be Square" #3
1987 "Jacob's Ladder" #1
1987 "I Know What I Like" #9
1987 "Doing It All For My Baby" #6
1988 "Perfect World" #3
1988 "Small World" #25
1989 "Give Me the Keys (And I'll Drive You Crazy)" #47
1991 "Couple Days Off" #11
1991 "It Hit Me Like a Hammer" #21
1994 "(She's) Some Kind Of Wonderful" #44
1994 "But It's Alright" #54

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