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Huey Lewis, lead singer of Huey Lewis and the News, picks his favourite songs with Ken Bruce with music from Thin Lizzy, Elvis Costello, Nick Lowe, Stevie Wonder 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."