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Fore!
''Fore!'' is the fourth studio album by American rock band Huey Lewis and the News, released on August 20, 1986. The album was a commercial success, peaking at number one on the ''Billboard'' 200 and went on to score five top-ten ''Billboard'' Hot 100 singles, including the number-one hits, "Stuck with You" and "Jacob's Ladder". The album was certified three-times platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America. Music and lyrics "Jacob's Ladder" was originally meant for a Bruce Hornsby album that Huey Lewis was producing. Hornsby did not like the arrangement his band played, and it was given to Lewis. " Doing It All for My Baby" was written by Mike Duke and Phil Cody. Duke wrote the song and then recorded vocals himself (the band 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. Lewis stated he origi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Huey Lewis And The News
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 artists, and their own material has been labeled as blue-eyed soul, new wave, power pop, and roots rock. The group's first two albums were well-received, with Lewis's personal charisma as a frontman gaining notice from publications such as ''The Washington Post'', 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 t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Huey Lewis
Hugh Anthony Cregg III (born July 5, 1950), 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. The band is perhaps best known for their third, and best-selling, album ''Sports'', and their contribution to the soundtrack of the 1985 feature film '' Back to the Future''. Lewis previously played with the band Clover from 1972 to 1979. Early life Huey Lewis was born in New York City. His father, Hugh Anthony Cregg Jr., was an Irish-American from Boston, and his mother, Maria Magdalena Barcinska, was Polish, from Warsaw. His grandfather, Hugh Cregg, was district attorney of Essex County, Massachusetts from 1931 to 1959. Lewis was raised in Marin County, California, living in Tamalpais Valley and Strawberry, and attending Strawberry Point Elementary School (where he skipped second grade) and Edna Maguire Junior High ... [...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] |
Stuck With You
"Stuck with You" is a song by American rock band Huey Lewis and the News, written by guitarist Chris Hayes and lead singer Huey Lewis. Released in 1986, it was the first single from the band's fourth album, ''Fore!''. The song spent three weeks at number one on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100, becoming the band's second number-one hit on the chart. Internationally, the song became the band's second top-20 hit in the United Kingdom, reaching number 12 on the UK Singles Chart, and peaked within the top 10 in Australia, Canada, Iceland, South Africa, and New Zealand. Origin According to Lewis, the song was written about a girl he liked; however, she didn't like the song once he revealed it to her. Reception ''Cash Box'' called it a "romantic pop song." ''Billboard'' said it has "a skewed love lyric set to street-corner harmonizing." Music video The music video for "Stuck with You" was filmed in the Bahamas in July 1986 and features Keely Shaye Smith.''Huey Lewis and the News: World ... [...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] |
Jacob's Ladder (Huey Lewis And The News Song)
"Jacob's Ladder" is a 1986 song written by Bruce Hornsby and his brother John Hornsby and recorded by Huey Lewis and the News. It became a number-one hit on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 in 1987, the band's third. Composition and recording Set in Birmingham, Alabama, the song marries the Biblical image of Jacob's Ladder to someone who rejects proselytizing evangelists and is instead struggling to get through life one day at a time: Step by step, one by one, higher and higher Step by step, rung by rung, climbing Jacob's ladder. The song was given by Hornsby to his friend Lewis and it appeared on the group's September 1986 album ''Fore!''. The song was originally meant for an album for Hornsby that Lewis was producing. Hornsby did not like the version his band played but suggested that Lewis play it that way for his upcoming album. It was the third single released from the album, and topped the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart for a week in March 1987. '' Billboard'' said that it' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Small World (Huey Lewis And The News Album)
''Small World'' is the fifth album by American rock band Huey Lewis and the News, released in 1988. It was also their last album release on Chrysalis Records in the USA. Although it reached the top 20 on the ''Billboard'' 200 albums chart, the album did not sell as well as the band's previous albums, ''Sports'' and ''Fore!''. However, Lewis himself stated in a ''Behind the Music'' interview that the recording process for ''Small World'' had the most favorable working conditions. Recording The album track "Slammin'" was written for the purpose of being used for highlights for the San Francisco 49ers NFL football team, whom the band and especially Lewis are big fans of. "We thought it'd be a cool idea to have an instrumental on the record. Very old school," Lewis recalled. Lewis joked that the song should've just been called "49er Highlights". The team would indeed use the song for game highlights. Track listing #"Small World (Part One)" (Chris Hayes, Huey Lewis) – 3:55 #"Old ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Power Of Love (Huey Lewis And The News Song)
"The Power of Love" is a 1985 single by Huey Lewis and the News, written for the soundtrack of the 1985 blockbuster film ''Back to the Future''. The song became the band's first number-one hit on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and their second number-one hit on the U.S. Mainstream Rock chart. In the United Kingdom, it was released as a double-A side with " Do You Believe in Love", becoming the band's only top ten hit on the UK Singles Chart. The song is included alongside " Back in Time" on the film's soundtrack, and appears as a bonus track on international editions of the band's fourth studio album, ''Fore!''. Development Huey Lewis was approached to write a theme song for the film. He met with Bob Gale, Steven Spielberg, and Robert Zemeckis, from the film's production team, who intended that the band be Marty McFly's favorite band. Though flattered, Lewis did not want to participate because he did not know how to write film songs and did not want to write one called "Back to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bruce Hornsby
Bruce Randall Hornsby (born November 23, 1954) is an American singer-songwriter and pianist. His music draws from folk rock, jazz, bluegrass, folk, Southern rock, country rock, jam band, rock, heartland rock, and blues rock musical traditions. Hornsby has won three Grammy Awards, including a 1987 Grammy Award for Best New Artist with Bruce Hornsby and the Range, a 1990 Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass Album, and a 1994 Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance. Hornsby has worked with his touring band Bruce Hornsby and the Noisemakers, his bluegrass project with Ricky Skaggs, and as a session and guest musician. He was a touring member of the Grateful Dead from September 1990 through March 1992, playing over 100 shows with the band. His 23rd album, Flicted'', was released in May 2022. Early life and education Bruce Randall Hornsby was born in Williamsburg, Virginia, son of Robert Stanley Hornsby (1920–1998), an attorney, real-estate developer and former musi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Studio D Recording
Studio D Recording, Inc. is a San Francisco Bay Area based recording, mixing, and mastering studio opened in 1984 in Sausalito. Studio D is most well known for its live room, equipped with a 20 foot ceiling and tunable acoustics. Studio D has been a major presence in the Bay Area's music scene since its inception, recording a number of multiplatinum and Grammy Award winning albums. Artists having worked at Studio D include Soundgarden, Earth, Wind, & Fire, Faith No More, Aretha Franklin, Huey Lewis and the News, Eddie Money, Bruce Hornsby, Chris Isaak, Carlos Santana, Joe Satriani, Dick Dale, Bonnie Raitt, Third Eye Blind, Ringo Starr, and Maria Muldaur. Studio D ownership includes principals Joel Jaffe and Jeff Shea. Selected List of Albums Recorded at Studio D Some notable albums recorded and/or mixed at Studio D include: * Aretha Franklin: '' Aretha'' 1986 * Huey Lewis & the News: ''Fore!'' 1986 * Bruce Hornsby and the Range: '' The Way It Is'' 1986 * Melvins: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tamalpais High School
Tamalpais High School (often abbreviated as Tam) is a public secondary school located in Mill Valley, California, in the San Francisco Bay Area. It is named after nearby Mount Tamalpais, which rises almost above Mill Valley. Tamalpais High School is the original campus of the Tamalpais Union High School District and the second public high school in Marin County. As of 2007, Tam's attendance area includes the cities of Mill Valley and Sausalito, the nearby unincorporated areas of Marin City, Strawberry and Tamalpais-Homestead Valley, and the West Marin communities of Muir Beach, Bolinas and Stinson Beach. Mill Valley School District is the largest feeder for Tam, followed by the Sausalito Marin City School District and the Bolinas-Stinson Union School District. History Tamalpais Union High School District was founded in 1907, to serve students from the Mill Valley Elementary and Sausalito Elementary School Districts who had previously commuted to San Rafael to continue thei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
