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Bill Gibson (drummer)
Bill Gibson is an American drummer. Since 1979, he has been the drummer for Huey Lewis and the News. Since the band's hiatus in 2020, he is currently a member of the Sons of Champlin. Biography Gibson was born in Sacramento to Edward and Phyllis Gibson. Gibson started playing the drums at age twelve. His father, Ed, was an architect, and played drums after finishing work for the day. He was influenced by Art Blakey and Buddy Rich. In 1967, his father took him to the Monterey Jazz Festival. He eventually required his first drum kit at fourteen, and as a teenager saw The Beatles twice, and The Dave Clark Five. Bill joined Huey Lewis and the News as drummer in 1979. The News' sound draws upon early pop, rnb, doo-wop, blue-eyed soul and new wave.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 brin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sacramento
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Heart And Soul (Exile Song)
"Heart and Soul" is a song written by Mike Chapman and Nicky Chinn and made famous by Huey Lewis and the News. The song was first recorded by Exile in 1981 as the title track of their album ''Heart and Soul''. Exile's single failed to crack the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, peaking at No. 102 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart. The song was also recorded by the BusBoys for their 1982 album ''American Worker''. The BusBoys version In 1982, American rock and roll band the BusBoys covered the song for their album ''American Worker''. Their version is a mix of both rock and funk. Huey Lewis and the News version Huey Lewis and the News' version was released as the first single from the album ''Sports'' in 1983. The single peaked at number 8 on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot 100 that November and number one on the ''Billboard'' Top Rock Tracks chart. It was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rock Vocal, Group at the 26th Annual Grammy Awards in 1984. Former band member Chris H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1951 Births
Events January * January 4 – Korean War: Third Battle of Seoul – Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul for the second time (having lost the Second Battle of Seoul in September 1950). * January 9 – The Government of the United Kingdom announces abandonment of the Tanganyika groundnut scheme for the cultivation of peanuts in the Tanganyika Territory, with the writing off of £36.5M debt. * January 15 – In a court in West Germany, Ilse Koch, The "Witch of Buchenwald", wife of the commandant of the Buchenwald concentration camp, is sentenced to life imprisonment. * January 20 – Winter of Terror: Avalanches in the Alps kill 240 and bury 45,000 for a time, in Switzerland, Austria and Italy. * January 21 – Mount Lamington in Papua New Guinea erupts catastrophically, killing nearly 3,000 people and causing great devastation in Oro Province. * January 25 – Dutch author Anne de Vries releases the first volume of his children's novel '' Journey Through ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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We Are The World
"We Are the World" is a charity single originally recorded by the supergroup USA for Africa in 1985. It was written by Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie and produced by Quincy Jones and Michael Omartian for the album ''We Are the World''. With sales in excess of 20 million copies, it is the eighth- bestselling physical single of all time. Soon after the UK-based group Band Aid released "Do They Know It's Christmas?" in December 1984, the musician and activist Harry Belafonte began to think about an American benefit single for African famine relief. He enlisted fundraiser Ken Kragen to help bring the vision to reality. The duo contacted several musicians, and enlisted Jackson and Richie to write the song; they completed the writing seven weeks after the release of "Do They Know It's Christmas?", and only one night before "We Are the World"'s first recording session, on January 21, 1985. The historic event brought together some of the era's best-known musicians. The song was r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USA For Africa
United Support of Artists for Africa (USA for Africa) was the name under which 47 predominantly U.S. artists, led by Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie, recorded the hit single "We Are the World" in 1985. The song was a U.S. and UK number one for the collective in April of that year. The idea started when Harry Belafonte was inspired by Band Aid's "Do They Know It's Christmas?". Belafonte then contacted Ken Kragen to recruit participants. Soon after, Quincy Jones was hired to conduct and co-produce the album. The considerable profits from the enterprise went to the USA for Africa Foundation, which used them for the relief of famine and disease in Africa and specifically to 1983–1985 famine in Ethiopia. USA for Africa also held a benefit event, Hands Across America, in which approximately seven million people held hands in a human chain for fifteen minutes along a path across the continental United States. Participants paid ten dollars to stand in line and the money raised w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Perfect World (Huey Lewis And The News Song)
"Perfect World" is a song performed by Huey Lewis and the News and released as the first single from the album '' Small World'' in late June 1988. The single peaked at number three on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and #48 on the UK Singles Chart. History The song was written by Alex Call, a former bandmate of Lewis and Sean Hopper from the band, Clover. Call had previously co-written the hit song "867-5309/Jenny" for Tommy Tutone. Huey Lewis gave the song a reggae flavor. The song is an optimistic commentary on a human being's hopes and dreams, as well as our private thoughts. The song tells the person to "keep on dreaming," because there will never be a perfect world. The song admits that life isn't perfect, but tells the listener to use the power of positive dreaming to cope with the reality. The B-side to the single was an instrumental album track, "Slammin'". Music video The music video features the band playing on a stage in a garbage dump field, with various pieces of garb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doing It All For My Baby
"Doing It All for My Baby" is a song performed by Huey Lewis and the News, released as a single from the album ''Fore!'' in 1987. The single peaked at number six on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot 100 on September 19, 1987, becoming the fifth top-ten hit from the album and making the band the first group to have five top-ten Hot 100 singles from one album. History The song was written by Mike Duke and Phil Cody. Duke wrote the song and then recorded vocals himself (with Huey Lewis and the News playing backing parts and instruments) with the intention of getting a record contract for his own solo career. When that plan fell through, Lewis decided to record a version with his own vocals for the album. Duke had previously written the song, " Hope You Love Me Like You Say You Do", the News' second top 40 hit from the 1982 album, '' Picture This'', and went on to write, "Let Her Go and Start Over," a minor adult contemporary hit for the band, from the album, ''Plan B'', in 2001. '' Cash ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Know What I Like
"I Know What I Like" is a song performed by Huey Lewis and the News and released as the fourth single from the album ''Fore!'' in 1987. The single peaked at number nine on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot 100. Like their earlier single, " Hip to Be Square", "I Know What I Like" featured background performances by then-San Francisco 49ers, Dwight Clark, Riki Ellison, Ronnie Lott, and Joe Montana. Upon the release of the album in 1986, "I Know What I Like" peaked at number 25 on the ''Billboard'' Album Rock Tracks chart in September 1986. When released as a single in 1987, the track re-entered the chart but topped out this time at number 31. '' Cash Box'' called it a "good, straight-ahead rock-inflected tune." The song is in major and uses the rare minor dominant (v) chord, lacking a leading-tone In music theory, a leading-tone (also called a subsemitone, and a leading-note in the UK) is a note or pitch which resolves or "leads" to a note one semitone higher or lower, being ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hip To Be Square
"Hip to Be Square" is a song by Huey Lewis and the News, written by Bill Gibson, Sean Hopper, and Huey Lewis, and released in 1986 as the second single from the multi-platinum album ''Fore!''. The song features Pro Football Hall of Famers and then-San Francisco 49ers Joe Montana and Ronnie Lott singing backup vocals. The single reached number three on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. In later concerts, Lewis performed the song as "(Too) Hip to Be Square", as performed on their live album, '' Live at 25''. Composition In a 2008 interview with ''Entertainment Weekly'', Lewis stated he originally wrote the song's lyrics in the third person, "He used to be a renegade...". He referenced the book ''Bobos in Paradise'' in describing the song's inspiration, explaining that "Hip to Be Square" was about the "phenomenon where people from the '60s started to drop back in, cut their hair, work out, that kind of crap, but they kept their bohemian tastes. ... bourgeois bohemians." Lewis later modi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
If This Is It (Huey Lewis And The News Song)
"If This Is It" is a song by American rock band Huey Lewis and the News. It was released as the fourth single from their number-one album ''Sports'' in 1984, and became their fifth top-ten and third consecutive number-six hit on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. It also reached number five on the Adult Contemporary chart, and then became their first UK hit single, reaching number 39 on the UK Singles Chart. The song is written in time signature. Reception '' Billboard'' called it a "guileless '50s throwback." '' Cash Box'' called the song " doo-wop at its finest." Music video The music video for "If This Is It" was filmed in Santa Cruz, California, in June 1984.''Huey Lewis and the News: World Tour'' 1986 tour book Huey is seen trying to reconcile with his ex-girlfriend (Janet Cross).http://www.hueylewisandthenews.com/wp/?page_id=1038 Huey Lewis Fan Q&A: 1 September 2013 He sees her on the beach and at an amusement park with other men, and has a flashback of a romantic night with h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Heart Of Rock & Roll
"The Heart of Rock & Roll" is a song performed by Huey Lewis and the News, released as the third single from their 1983 album ''Sports'' in 1984. The single peaked at number six on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot 100. Background The song was inspired by a gig the band played in Cleveland, Ohio. Cleveland, at the time was known for its rock scene, but the band remained defiant of this claim believing their home town of San Francisco had the better scene. 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." The B-side to the single is a live version of "Workin' for a Livin'". The music video was recorded in March 1984 featuring skits with the band as well as footage of concerts filmed in New York Cit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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