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American musician and songwriter

Huey Lewis
Huey Lewis 07-05-2009.jpg

Lewis in 2009
Born

Hugh Anthony Cregg Iii


(1950-07-05) July 5, 1950 (historic period 71)

New York Metropolis, New York, U.Southward.
Pedagogy Cornell Academy
Occupation
  • Singer
  • songwriter
  • actor
Years active 1967–nowadays
Spouse(s)

Sidney Conroy

​

​

(grand. 1983; div. 1989)​
Children 2
Relatives Hugh Cregg (grandfather)
Musical career
Genres
  • Pop rock
  • synthpop
  • rock and roll
  • bluish-eyed soul
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • harmonica
Labels
  • Chrysalis
  • EMI America
  • Elektra
  • Jive
  • Capitol
Associated acts
  • Huey Lewis and the News
  • Clover
  • Sparse Lizzy
  • Orleans
  • Rex Harvest
  • Lauren Turner
Website hueylewisandthenews.com

Musical creative person

Hugh Anthony Cregg 3 (born July 5, 1950),[1] known professionally as Huey Lewis, is an American vocaliser, songwriter, and thespian.

Lewis sings atomic number 82 and plays harmonica for his band, Huey Lewis and the News, in addition to writing or co-writing many of the band'south songs. The band is known for their third, and acknowledged, album Sports, and their contribution to the soundtrack of the 1985 feature moving-picture show Back to the Futurity. Lewis previously played with the band Clover from 1972 to 1979.

Early life [edit]

Huey Lewis was born in New York City.[1] His father, Hugh Anthony Cregg Jr., was an Irish gaelic-American from Boston, and his mother, Maria Magdalena Barcinski, was Polish, from Warsaw.[2] [3] [four] His grandfather, Hugh Cregg, was district chaser of Essex County, Massachusetts from 1931 to 1959.[five]

Lewis was raised in Marin County, California, living in Tamalpais Valley and Strawberry,[6] and attending Strawberry Point Uncomplicated Schoolhouse (where he skipped second grade)[7] and Edna Maguire Junior High School in Factory Valley. When he was xiii, his parents divorced. He attended and graduated from the Lawrenceville School, a then-all-male prep school in New Jersey,[7] in 1967, and he achieved a perfect score of 800 on the math portion of the Sabbatum.[8] He was also an all-state baseball player.[9] Lewis attended Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. His mother had an extramarital matter with Trounce Generation poet Lew Welch, who became his step father. Lewis credits Welch with inspiring him in his early teenage years.[10] His mother was close friends with the Grateful Dead's manager and extended family.[eleven]

In an interview with David Letterman,[12] Lewis talked near hitchhiking across the country dorsum to New York City and how he learned to play the harmonica while waiting for rides. He talked well-nigh hanging out at the airport for 3 days until he stowed away on a plane to Europe. In afterward interviews, Lewis would reveal other encounters he had traveling effectually Europe. While visiting Aberdeen, Scotland, with no money and nowhere to sleep, he claimed that the locals were very hospitable past offering him somewhere to stay. In Madrid, Spain, he became an accomplished blues histrion equally he hitchhiked and supported himself by busking with his harmonica. He gave his first concerts in Madrid, earning enough money to buy a plane ticket dorsum to the Usa.

Upon his return, Lewis entered the engineering program at Cornell Academy. While there he fabricated friends with Lance and Larry Hoppen who later played with Orleans and Eddie Tuleja of King Harvest. Initially an active student and a member of the fraternity Eta Lambda Nu, Lewis soon lost involvement in higher. He signed upwardly with a band called Slippery Elm, and in Dec 1969 during his junior twelvemonth, he dropped out of Cornell and moved dorsum to the San Francisco Bay Expanse. His aim was to continue playing music, though forth the way he as well tried other fields of work including landscaping, carpentry, nuptials and issue planning, as well as delivering and selling natural foods.[7] [13]

Music career [edit]

In 1971 Lewis joined the Bay Area ring Clover. Around this time he took the stage name "Hughie Louis", the spelling of which he would tinker with for some years after. Other members of the band (at various points) included John McFee and Alex Call. Lewis played harmonica and sang lead vocals on a few tunes.

In 1976, after playing in the Bay Area with limited success, Clover went to Los Angeles. They had their big break in a club there when their human activity was caught by Nick Lowe, who convinced Clover to travel to Uk with him. Nonetheless, Clover arrived in Great britain just as their folk-rock audio, known as pub rock in Britain, was being replaced past punk rock.

The two Clover albums produced by Robert John "Mutt" Lange for Phonogram were not successful. By this point the spelling of Cregg's stage name had inverse to "Huey Louis"; it is under this spelling that he is billed on both of Clover'south albums for Phonogram, although for songwriting credits he is billed as "H. Cregg". The band accompanied Elvis Costello on his debut anthology, My Aim is Truthful, minus Lewis and Alex Call, the singers.[14] Equally Lewis told Rolling Rock years afterwards, "there isn't any harmonica. I tell people, 'All the harmonica that isn't on the Elvis Costello record was played by me.'"[15] In 1978 the band returned to California, McFee joined the Doobie Brothers, and Clover disbanded. McFee and Lewis, credited as Huey Harp, both appear equally invitee musicians on the George Hatcher Band'southward 1977 sophomore anthology, Talkin' Turkey, produced by Tom Allom.

Under the name "Bluesy Huey Lewis", Lewis played harmonica on Thin Lizzy's 1978 landmark anthology Live and Dangerous.[16] That aforementioned year, he was playing at Uncle Charlie's, a club in Corte Madera, California, doing the "Monday Night Live" spot along with future members of the News. At this signal, he had adopted the "Huey Lewis" spelling, and the band was billed every bit Huey Lewis and the American Limited. After recording the vocal "Exodisco" (a disco version of the theme from the pic Exodus) just as American Express, Lewis landed a singles contract from Phonogram, and Bob Chocolate-brown became his manager.[17]

The band played a few gigs (including an opening for Van Morrison), before adding new guitarist Chris Hayes to the line-up. On Brownish'due south advice, they changed their name over again to Huey Lewis and The News. Afterward a failed self-titled debut in 1980, the ring finally bankrupt through to Top twoscore success with the gold anthology Picture This (1982). It rose to No. 13 on the albums chart thanks to the Mutt Lange-penned "Do You Believe in Honey" (No. 7), the band's first striking.[17]

The band'southward third LP, Sports (1983), is ane of the best-selling pop releases of all time.[18] It became a No. 1 hitting in 1984 and had multi-platinum success in 1985. Four singles from the album reached the top-10 of the Billboard Hot 100: "Heart and Soul" reached No. 8,[19] while "I Desire a New Drug",[twenty] "The Heart of Rock & Coil",[21] and "If This Is Information technology"[22] all reached No. 6.

Lewis knew Nick Lowe and Dave Edmunds from having played harmonica on their 1979 albums ("Labour of Lust" and "Echo When Necessary") and produced Lowe's 1985 version of "I Knew the Helpmate (When She Used to Rock and Roll)". He later produced several songs (including 1 where he sang fill-in and played harmonica) on Bruce Hornsby & The Range's debut album, The Fashion It Is. Hornsby thanked him by writing the song "Jacob's Ladder", a No. 1 single from the News' next album.

His song "The Power of Dear" was a No. ane U.South. hit and was featured in the 1985 film Dorsum to the Future, for which they besides recorded the song, "Back in Time". Lewis has a cameo appearance in the film as a faculty member who rejects Marty McFly's band's audition for the school's "Boxing of the Bands" contest. Equally an within joke, the piece the band plays is an instrumental heavy metal version of "The Power of Love". (Lewis plays the audience committee leader, who, after glancing at the other, equally unimpressed beau faculty members, picks up the megaphone and says, "Concord it, fellas ... I'yard afraid you're just besides darn loud. Next, delight".) A affiche for the anthology Sports is hanging on Marty'south wall when he awakes at the end of the movie. "The Ability of Love" was nominated for an University Award.[23]

Following the success of "The Power of Love" and Dorsum to the Future, Huey Lewis and the News released their fourth studio album, Fore! in 1986. Fore! followed the success of Sports and reached No. 1 on the Billboard 200. The anthology spawned the No. 1 singles, "Stuck with Yous" and "Jacob's Ladder" as well as the mainstream rock hit "Hip to Be Square". In all, the album had v acme-10 singles on the Billboard Hot 100 and was certified triple platinum.

Lewis and his bandmates performed on Us for Africa's 1985 fund-raising single "We Are the World". The remainder of the 1980s and early 1990s were mostly spent touring and recording xiv top-20 Billboard Hot 100 hits and releasing two more than hitting albums: Small World (1988), which reached number 11 on the charts, and Difficult at Play (1991) which peaked at number 27. Lewis had a planned solo album titled Dorsum in Blueish that was canceled in the mid-1990s due to living arrangement issues on the part of Lewis.[24] One of the songs from that cancelled projection, "100 Years From Now", was later on used for the compilation album Time Flies... The All-time Of.[24]

Lewis has sung with Chicago-based progressive jam band Umphrey'southward McGee at several shows beginning with the 2005 Jammy Awards and is featured on two tracks of their album Safety in Numbers.

On February 13, 2007, Lewis was interviewed on the podcast series Stuck in the 80s. During the interview, he revealed that the band had written several new songs that they planned to record in 2008. He too stated that, given how much the industry has inverse since their last anthology, he was unsure how they would sell the new textile.[25]

During a bear witness at the California State Fair on Baronial 21, 2007, Lewis was named Sacramento'due south Musician of the Yr by the fair's general manager and presented with a gold statue of the California state bear.

Lewis performing in Nashville, Tennessee, Nov 2008

Lewis recorded a duet version of "Workin' for a Livin'" with Garth Brooks, which was included on Brooks'due south three-disc set The Ultimate Hits, in late 2007.

On July four, 2008, the eve of his 58th birthday, Huey Lewis and the News were the opening act for the almanac A Capitol Fourth celebration on the west lawn of the U.Southward. Capitol in Washington, D.C. More than a half meg people attended and was circulate live on PBS. The band performed "The Heart of Rock & Roll", "The Ability of Beloved" and "Workin' for a Livin'".

On May 29, 2011, Lewis played the annual Summer Camp Music Festival in Chillicothe, Illinois, forth with Umphrey's McGee. They were billed as Huey Lewis and The Rumors. Together they played covers likewise every bit songs from both their respective catalogs.[26]

On Apr 2, 2013, Lewis appeared on the ABC television series Dancing with the Stars, where he performed "The Middle of Rock & Roll" in celebration of the 30th ceremony release of Sports and a concert tour with the News.

On April 13, 2018, Lewis appear that he had been diagnosed with Ménière's disease, and that he "couldn't hear well plenty to sing". As a result, the remaining shows scheduled for the 2018 tour were cancelled.[27] [28]

Acting career [edit]

After Lewis'due south cameo appearance equally a teacher in Dorsum to the Futurity, more substantial roles followed, including Vern Miller in Robert Altman's ensemble feature, Short Cuts, and Ricky Dean in Duets. He has performed in occasional television roles every bit well, including One Tree Loma, The King of Queens and a recurring character on Hot in Cleveland. Lewis provides the voice of Bulworth the junkyard dog in the animated series Puppy Dog Pals.

In 2013, he played himself in a parody of his mention in American Psycho with Weird Al Yankovic.[1]

On October 21, 2015, on an episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live, Lewis reprised his role from Back to the Future in a segment where Marty McFly and Doc Brownish get in in the time machine and talk to the host.

On Feb 12, 2021, he played himself on an episode of The Blacklist.[29]

Lawsuit [edit]

In 1985, Lewis sued Ray Parker Jr. over similarities between Parker's theme for the 1984 movie Ghostbusters and Lewis'southward "I Want a New Drug". The case was settled out of courtroom with both parties agreeing to keep the settlement hugger-mugger. In 2001, Parker sued Lewis, alleging that in a Backside the Music episode, Lewis had discussed the settlement in violation of their nondisclosure agreement.[xxx]

Personal life [edit]

Lewis lives on a ranch nigh Stevensville, Montana.[31] He considers it his permanent residence.[32]

He married his manager'southward secretarial assistant,[vii] Sidney Conroy, in 1983 in Hawaii.[nine] They separated vi years later.[9] They have a daughter, Kelly, and a son, Austin.[7] [ix]

In April 2018, Lewis revealed that he had hearing loss as a upshot of Ménière'due south affliction, and canceled all upcoming tour dates.[33]

Recording credits [edit]

See Huey Lewis and the News discography for albums and singles by the band. Below are specific contributions by Lewis as a solo artist.

Album appearances [edit]

  • 1975: Don Harrison Ring Don Harrison Ring; harmonica
  • 1977: Talkin' Turkey George Hatcher Band; harmonica
  • 1978: Live and Dangerous Sparse Lizzy; harmonica
  • 1979: Labour of Lust Nick Lowe; harmonica
  • 1979: Repeat When Necessary Dave Edmunds; harmonica
  • 1979: The Day The Earth Defenseless Fire City Boy; harmonica
  • 1980: Solo in Soho, Phil Lynott; harmonica
  • 1985: Dorsum to the Future Soundtrack; producer
  • 1985: USA for Africa: We Are the World; harmonica, vocals, producer
  • 1986: The Manner It Is Bruce Hornsby & the Range; harmonica, vocals, producer
  • 1986: Montana Cafe Hank Williams, Jr.; duet on "You Can't Estimate a Book (By Looking at the Cover)"
  • 1987: Freight Train Center Jimmy Barnes; harmonica, background vocals
  • 1988: Scenes From the Southside Bruce Hornsby & the Range; harmonica
  • 1988: Oliver & Company soundtrack; performer on "Once Upon a Time in New York City"
  • 1991: Live at Slim's, Vol. 1 Joe Louis Walker; harmonica
  • 1993: A Tribute to the Music of Bob Wills & the Texas Playboys Asleep at the Wheel; vocals on "Ida Red" and "Hubbin' Information technology"
  • 1994: Unknown Territory Dick Dale; harmonica
  • 1995: Come up Together: America Salutes the Beatles; performer on "Oh! Darling"
  • 1997: Marching to Mars Sammy Hagar; harmonica on "Little White Lie"
  • 1997: Kill My Encephalon Nick Gravenites; harmonica
  • 2000: Duets soundtrack, performer on three tracks
  • 2005: Wrapped Around Chicago: New Years at the Riv Umphrey's McGee; guest performer on "Bad Is Bad"
  • 2006: Safety in Numbers Umphrey's McGee; vocals and harmonica on "Women Wine and Song" ; harmonica on "End of the Road"
  • 2007: Gospel Duets with Treasured Friends Brenda Lee; performer on "Oh Happy Day"
  • 2008: A Long Way from Tupelo Paul Thorn; harmonica
  • 2009: Corking American Soulbook Belfry of Ability; performer on "634-5789"
  • 2009: Songs From Here Lazybones; harmonica on "Perfect Life (feat. Huey Lewis)"
  • 2014: Southbound The Doobie Brothers; performer on "Long Railroad train Runnin'" (with Toby Keith)
  • 2016: Frankie Miller's Double Accept; duet with Frankie Miller on "Mode By Midnight"
  • 2016: Due south.O.South. 2: Save Our Soul: Soul on a Mission Marc Broussard; guest performer on "These Artillery Of Mine"
  • 2018: King of the Road: A Tribute to Roger Miller Asleep at the Wheel; vocals on "Chug-a-Lug"

Singles [edit]

The following table denotes singles that Lewis has charted with solo credits:

Filmography [edit]

Twelvemonth Title Role Notes
1985 Back to the Future Ring audience judge Cameo, uncredited
1990 The Existent Story of... Scratch the Cat Voice, episode: "The Rise and Fall of Humpty Dumpty"; Canadian children's series of animated short videos
1992 Is In that location Life Out In that location Reba McEntire'southward hubby Music video
1993 Short Cuts Vern Miller
1996 Land of Milk & Dear
1998 Sphere Helicopter airplane pilot
1998 Shadow of Doubt Al Gordon Starting time moving picture
1998 Dead Husbands Dalton Phillips Telly movie, uncredited
2000 Duets Ricky Dean His vocal "Cruisin'" became a No. one striking
2001 Who Wants to Exist a Millionaire? Himself He first appeared on July 20. The klaxon called time after his $1,000 question, and he returned on the 22nd. He walked away with $125,000.
2002 Only Shoot Me! Gary Rosenberg Episode: "The Boys in the Band"
2002 .com for Murder Agent Matheson
2004 One Tree Hill Jim James ii episodes
2006 The King of Queens Himself Episode: "Hartford Wailer"
2007 Graduation Mike
2010–15 Hot in Cleveland Johnny Revere iv episodes
2011 The Cleveland Show Guy who looks similar Huey Lewis Episode: "Dice Semi-Hard"
2013 Pocket Full of Soul: The Harmonica Documentary Narrator[35]
2017 Puppy Dog Pals Bulworth Voice; recurring office
2021 The Blacklist Himself Episode: "The Wellstone Bureau" [36]

References [edit]

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  36. ^ "The Wellstone Agency (No. 127)". IMDb.com. February 12, 2021. Retrieved Apr 25, 2021.

External links [edit]

  • Huey Lewis at IMDb
  • Huey Lewis at the Internet Broadway Database Edit this at Wikidata

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