A cappella music attained renewed prominence from the late 1980s onward, spurred by the success of Top 40 recordings by artists such as The Manhattan Transfer, Bobby McFerrin, Huey Lewis and the News, All-4-One, The Nylons, Backstreet Boys and Boyz II Men.

* In the movie Wag the Dog, the fictitious unit 303 Special Forces has a song created titled " The Men of the 303 " that is played to a deliberately similar but original tune written by Huey Lewis for the film.

*" The Power of Love " ( Huey Lewis and the News song ) ( 1985 )

Musicians who are primarily known as singers or performers on another instrument who also have recorded and performed harmonica solos include Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Donovan, Taj Mahal, Mick Jagger and Brian Jones of The Rolling Stones, Huey Lewis of Huey Lewis and the News, John Mayall, Peter Green of Fleetwood Mac, Roger Daltrey of The Who, Steven Tyler of Aerosmith, Robert Plant of Led Zeppelin, Bono of U2, Rick Davies of Supertramp, and Richard " Magic Dick " Salwitz of The J. Geils Band.

* 1950 – Huey Lewis, American singer-songwriter and actor ( Huey Lewis and the News and Clover )

* I, IV, and v (" small number of songs "): The Kingsmen's " Louie Louie ", K. C. and the Sunshine Band's " Get Down Tonight ", and the verse of Huey Lewis and the News ' " I Know What I Like ".

* United We Stand: What More Can I Give, another 9 / 11 benefit concert, is held at RFK Stadium in Washington D. C., featuring performances by Michael Jackson, Aerosmith, Mariah Carey, James Brown, Al Green, Carole King, America, Huey Lewis, Backstreet Boys, Pink, ' N Sync, Goo Goo Dolls, and others.

** A song by Huey Lewis and the News called " Back in Time " features the line " Is this the ' 50s, or 1999?

* Huey Lewis and the News

Huey Lewis and the News is an American pop / rock band based in San Francisco, California.

In 1972, singer / harmonica player Huey Lewis and keyboardist Sean Hopper joined the Bay Area jazz-funk band Clover.

After getting a singles contract from Phonogram Records in 1978, Huey Lewis united his former bandmate and three of his former rivals to form a new group, Huey Lewis & The American Express.

After the credit card organization American Express complained, in January 1980 they changed their name to Huey Lewis and the News.

Later in 1980, the band issued their first studio album, a self-titled LP, Huey Lewis and the News.

Due to record label delays on the release of their third studio album, Sports, Huey Lewis and the News was back to square one in late 1983, touring small clubs in a bus to promote the record ( eventually known as the " Workin ' for a Livin '" tour ).

Following the success of " The Power of Love " and Back to the Future, Huey Lewis and the News released their fourth studio album, Fore!

In December 2004, Huey Lewis and the News recorded the live album, Live at 25, at the Sierra Nevada Brewing Company in Chico, California, which celebrated their 25th anniversary as a band.

Highlights of the tour included Chicago's Bill Champlin playing with the band, and members of Huey Lewis and the News playing on Chicago's percussion-laden hit " I'm a Man ".

Huey Lewis and the News performed at the 28th annual presentation of A Capitol Fourth in Washington, D. C., on Friday, July 4, 2008.

In 2008, Huey Lewis and the News recorded the theme song to the action-comedy film Pineapple Express.

Later that year, Huey Lewis and the News sued Parker, citing the similarities between the " Ghostbusters " song and their earlier hit " I Want a New Drug ".

According to Huey Lewis and the News, this was especially damaging to them since " Ghostbusters " was so popular, rising to number one on the charts for three weeks.

They then said that they had made an offer to Huey Lewis and the News to write the main theme, but they declined.

* Their 1983 album Sports has sold 10 million copies in the United States according to the VH1 Behind the Music show on Huey Lewis and the News ( though it has only been certified seven times Platinum by the RIAA ).

( Also in 1986, the Grammy for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal was won by " We Are the World " performed by USA for Africa, in which Huey Lewis and the News were participants, however this award went to the songs Producer Quincy Jones and not to any of the artists ).

* Huey Lewis and the News are the recipients of 30 Californian ( formerly Bay Area Music ) Awards.

* The official website of Huey Lewis and the News

Jeanerette was the home of Paul N. Cyr, Huey P. Long's lieutenant governor and political opponent.

Billy Joel, Boy George, Waylon Jennings, Kris Kristofferson, Tears for Fears, and Stevie Wonder, along with Huey Lewis and the News and Paul Simon, were all included in the initial promotional material for the Philadelphia concert, but failed to appear at the show itself.

* January 28 – Various artists, under the group name USA For Africa, including Ray Charles, Bob Dylan, Michael Jackson, Billy Joel, Cyndi Lauper, Steve Perry, Kenny Loggins, Willie Nelson, Lionel Richie, Smokey Robinson, Kenny Rogers, Diana Ross, Paul Simon, Bruce Springsteen, Huey Lewis, Tina Turner, Sheila E., Harry Belafonte, Lindsey Buckingham, Kim Carnes, Dionne Warwick, Waylon Jennings, Bob Geldof and Stevie Wonder, record the song " We Are the World ".

The opening set of guests included former footballer Páidí Ó Sé, author Candace Bushnell, journalist Robert Fisk, jockey Kieran Fallon and Huey Morgan from the Fun Loving Criminals, while the musical guests were Joe Dolan and his band, and singer-songwriter Paul Brady.

" In contrast, " Still in Saigon " ( written by Dan Daley ) was an effective portrayal of the plight of the American Vietnam veteran ten years after the war ; it was part of an early 1980s wave of attention to the subject, presaging treatments such as Bruce Springsteen's " Born in the U. S. A ." and " Shut Out the Light ", Billy Joel's " Goodnight Saigon ", Huey Lewis and the News ' " Walking on a Thin Line ", Paul Hardcastle's " 19 " and somewhat later Steve Earle's " Copperhead Road ".

* The Director's Cut ( 2006 ; Paul Healy, Huey Benjamin, Margaret Sutherland )

There are many other notable community organizers: Mark Andersen, Heather Booth, César Chávez, Lois Gibbs, Ella Baker, Huey P. Newton, Mary Harris " Mother " Jones, Martin Luther King, Jr., Ralph Nader, Barack Obama, and Paul Wellstone.

Rockslide, Vic Ferrari, Smash Mouth, Counting Crows, Kelly Keeling, Poco, Firefall, Spin Doctors, John Waite, Huey Lewis and the News, The Allman Brothers Band, Big Deeks, Y & T, Saliva, Tesla, Twisted Sister, Judas Priest, Phoenix, Newsboys, Paul Revere and the Raiders, REO Speedwagon, Styx, John Fogerty

Until disbanding the group in 1969, Whitsett wrote, produced, arranged, or played on numerous records for other artists, including The Vels, Peggy Scott & Jo Jo Benson, Huey " Piano " Smith & The Clowns, Bobby Marchan, Junior Parker, Paul Davis, Barbara Lynn, Sam Myers, Dorothy Moore and others.

Working for the Danish editor Egmont, artist Daniel Branca and scriptwriters Paul Halas and Charlie Martin created Garvey Gull ( British name " Sonny Seagull " more commonly seen ), a mischievous orphan who befriends Huey, Duey, and Louie and his rival, Mr. Phelps.

Martha's Vineyard has also been or is home to a number of artists and musicians, including Evan Dando, Tim " Johnny Vegas " Burton of the Mighty Mighty Bosstones, James Taylor, Carly Simon, Livingston Taylor, Ben Taylor, Huey Taylor ( musician / hotelier ), Kate Taylor, Alex Taylor, Tom Rush, Geoff Muldaur, Maria Muldaur, Willy Mason, Unbusted, Mike Nichols, Gordon Healy, Kahoots, Slim-Bob Berosh and Timo Elliott.

" Steve Huey from Allmusic said that the album is " raw as Megadeth gets, and that can be both good and bad -- Megadeth's later precise, complex riffing and composition aren't completely developed, but the music is performed with a great deal of energy, while Mustaine's vocals ( never his strong point ) are amateurish at best.

In 1970, the biography Huey Long by T. Harry Williams won both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award in category History and Biography.

The band was formed in 1993 by Huey Morgan, Brian Leiser and Steve Borgovini after Leiser, who was already friends with Borgovini, met Morgan at the club where they both worked.

Steve Huey of Allmusic notes that The Shirelles defined " the so-called girl group sound with their soft, sweet harmonies and yearning innocence ", with their songs predating Motown in their widespread crossing of racial demographics, both in the US and in Britain.

Earl Williamson, a local politician in Caddo Parish became personally close to both Huey and Earl Long.

The BioWorks exhibit, focusing on animals both local and exotic, was renovated in 2010, and includes a new habitat for Huey, a chatty blue-and-yellow macaw who has become the museum's unofficial mascot.

Perez and Jones both came out of the conservative wing of the Democratic Party, but whereas Perez had been a Huey Long backer, Jones was staunchly anti-Long.