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Hugh Anthony Cregg III (born July 5, 1950), [1] known professionally as Huey Lewis, is an American singer, songwriter and actor. Lewis sings lead and plays harmonica for his band, Huey Lewis and the News , in addition to writing or co-writing many of the band's songs.
In 1979, the band's name was Huey Lewis and the American Express. Under this name they released a single and secured their recording contract with Chrysalis Records at the end of the year. The album was recorded within three weeks and the producer was Bill Schnee, who had produced for Boz Scaggs and Pablo Cruise.
Sound Hole was the major local competition to Huey's band Clover. After Sound Hole, Colla was enlisted as sax man/arranger with Sly and the Family Stone, recording and touring with Sly for a few years. In the late 1970s, Sound Hole and Clover alumni merged to form a new group, the American Express, which later became known as Huey Lewis and the ...
Ten years later, Garland and Sidney divorced and the A Star Is Born actress married actor Mark Herron, whom she later divorced in 1969. That same year, before her death at age 47 in June, Garland ...
After playing the show Lewis relented, with initially the title phrase being "The heart of rock and roll is in Cleveland", based on a comment Lewis made to the band, but he changed it to "The heart of rock and roll is still beating". According to him the message of the song is "There's real rock and roll in other places than LA or New York." [2]
Huey Lewis is getting candid about his ongoing health complications, specifically his inability to hear music anymore. The 73-year-old musician—who long fronted the band Huey Lewis & The News ...
Huey Lewis and the News have sold over 30 million albums worldwide and are ranked in the top 200 selling groups of all time by the Recording Industry Association of America. Three of their albums, Sports , Fore! , and Small World have been certified platinum (which in the United States market is equivalent to one million units sold).
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