Classic Rock

The Soundtrack Of My Life

NYC-born Huey Lewis dropped out of university in his late teens to join the rock’n’roll circus in 1969. Having graduated through Slippery Elm to become lead vocalist and harmonica player with Clover, Lewis was ultimately ‘discovered’ by Nick Lowe, who encouraged him to come to the UK to try his luck on the burgeoning pre-punk pub-rock scene.

After guesting on Thin Lizzy’s , Lewis formed Huey Lewis And The News in 1978. Five years later, their third album exploded, going multi-platinum in the US and spawning appeared on the soundtrack

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