Huey Lewis selects his final Tracks of My Years
Huey Lewis, lead singer of Huey Lewis and the News, picks his Tracks of My Years. Plus Ken has another round of the PopMaster music quiz.
Huey Lewis, lead singer of Huey Lewis and the News, picks his final Tracks of My Years with music from Blondie and Whitney Houston. Huey aka Hugh Anthony Cregg III was born in New York but raised in Marin County, California. Huey Lewis and the News were formed in 1979 and became one of the biggest rock bands of the 80s. They had three hit albums in the UK 鈥 Sports, Fore! and Small World and, of course, the hit song The Power of Love was featured in the classic film 鈥淏ack to The Future鈥 where Huey also had a cameo role.
During the 1980s they had a string of hit singles on both sides of the Atlantic including 鈥 'Do You Believe In Love,' 'The Heart Of Rock & Roll,' 'I Want A New Drug,' and 'If This Is It'. Huey Lewis and the News have sold over 30 million albums, topped numerous charts, earned Grammy wins and Oscar nominations.
This year sees the issue their first album of new material since 2001 鈥 Weather. During the recording of the album Huey was diagnosed with M茅ni猫re's disease - an illness that led to his hearing loss. He remains philosophical 鈥 鈥淵ou鈥檝e got to look of the bright side and stay creative. Even if I never sing again, things could always be worse. After all, I鈥檓 deaf, not dead."
Ken Bruce also has another round of the legendary PopMaster music quiz and your dedications with today's love song. There's also the record and album of the week.
If you want to contact the show, just email 鈥 ken.bruce@bbc.co.uk
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Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band
Hollywood Nights
- (CD Single).
- Capitol.
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Lady Gaga
Stupid Love
- Chromatica.
- Polydor.
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James Ingram & Michael McDonald
Yah Mo B There
- Duets - 36 Of The World's Greatest Ev.
- Telstar.
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Wham!
Club Tropicana
- The Best Summer Ever (Various Artist.
- Virgin.
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Rita Ora
How To Be Lonely
- (CD Single).
- Atlantic.
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Kate Bush
Cloudbusting
- Remastered Part I.
- Fish People.
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Spiller
Groovejet (If This Ain't Love) (feat. Sophie Ellis鈥怋extor)
- (CD Single).
- Positiva.
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Roachford
High On Love
- Twice In A Lifetime.
- BMG Rights Management (UK).
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Starship
Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now
- Fantastic 80's - 3 (Various Artists).
- Sony Tv/Columbia.
- 1.
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Mariah Carey
Hero
- Mariah #1's - The Best Of Mariah Care.
- Columbia.
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Bon Jovi
Limitless
- Bon Jovi 2020.
- Island.
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Blue 脰yster Cult
(Don't Fear) The Reaper
- Chart Show Ultimate Rock - Various.
- Hit.
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Mabel
Boyfriend
- (CD Single).
- Polydor.
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Sandie Shaw
Puppet on a String
- Sandie Shaw - The Collection.
- Castle.
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Madonna
Deeper And Deeper
- Madonna - Greatest Hits Volume 2.
- Maverick.
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Luke Combs
Refrigerator Door
- What You See Is What You Get.
- River House Artists.
- 2.
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Spice Girls
Spice Up Your Life
- (CD Single).
- Virgin.
- 11.
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Blossoms
If You Think This Is Real Life
- Foolish Loving Spaces.
- EMI.
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Niall Horan
Put A Little Love On Me
- CD Single.
- Virgin/EMI.
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Sheryl Crow
Soak Up The Sun
- (CD Single).
- A&M.
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John Newman
Stand By Me
- (CD Single).
- Island.
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Blondie
Heart Of Glass
- Billboard Top Hits: 1979 (Various).
- Rhino.
- 13.
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Whitney Houston
I Will Always Love You
- The Bodyguard (Original S/Track).
- Arista.
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Jonas Blue
Mistakes (feat. Paloma Faith)
- (CD Single).
- Positiva.
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Earth, Wind & Fire
September
- Greatest Hits Of 1978 (Various Artis.
- Premier.
- 3.
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