Huey Lewis and the News have sold over 30 million albums worldwide and are ranked in the top 200 selling groups of all time by the Recording Industry Association of America.
Three of their albums, Sports, Fore!, and Small World have been certified platinum. Sports is the band’s best selling album, having been certified 7× platinum. Picture This and Hard at Play have both been certified gold. The band has released 37 singles, of which 12 have reached the top ten, and three have reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100.
The band has also appeared on two soundtrack albums. For the 1985 film, Back to the Future, the band contributed two songs. “The Power of Love” became their first number-one hit, and “Back in Time” received radio airplay on album-oriented rock stations. More than 20 years later, the band contributed the title track, appearing over the end credits, to the 2008 film Pineapple Express.
The band has released three compilation albums. The first one, released worldwide (except in the U.S.), peaked at number 23 on the UK chart. The second one, Time Flies… The Best of Huey Lewis & the News was released in the U.S. only and included four newly recorded tracks. The third one was a career-spanning “greatest hits” album that included some harder-to-find tracks and was certified gold. The band has also released one live album.
| 1 | The Power of Love | 1985 |
| 2 | Stuck with You | 1986 |
| 3 | I Want a New Drug | 1984 |
| 4 | Hip to Be Square | 1986 |
| 5 | Perfect World | 1988 |
| 6 | If This Is It | 1984 |
| 7 | Heart and Soul | 1983 |
| 8 | Couple Days Off | 1991 |
| 9 | Do You Believe in Love | 1982 |
| 10 | The Heart of Rock & Roll | 1984 |
| 11 | Jacob’s Ladder | 1987 |
| 12 | Small World | 1988 |
| 13 | It Hit Me Like a Hammer | 1991 |
| 14 | I Know What I Like | 1987 |
| 15 | Some Kind of Wonderful | 1994 |
| 16 | Doing It All for My Baby | 1987 |
| 17 | Walking on a Thin Line | 1984 |
| 18 | But It’s Alright | 1994 |
| 19 | He Don’t Know | 1991 |
| 20 | Workin’ for a Livin’ | 1982 |
| 21 | Little Bitty Pretty One | 1995 |
| 22 | Back in Time | 1985 |
| 23 | 100 Years from Now | 1996 |
| 24 | Let Her Go and Start Over | 2001 |
| 25 | Build Me Up | 1991 |
| 26 | Hope You Love Me Like You Say You Do | 1982 |
| 27 | Whole Lotta Lovin’ | 1986 |
| 28 | Finally Found a Home | 1984 |
| 29 | Walking with the Kid | 1989 |
| 30 | Her Love Is Killin’ Me | 2019 |
It’s the Labor Day Weekend, so on “Great Soul Performances” this evening, all of our music will reflect “Work,” Working,” “Jobs” (or the lack thereof) by artists such as: Stevie Wonder, Smokey Robinson & the Miracles, William Powell & the O’Jays, Donna Summer, the Heartbeats, the Impressions, Ike & Tina Turner, the Silhouettes, Jackie Wilson, Hank Ballard & the Midnighters, Mary J. Blige, Chuck Jackson, James Brown & Marva Whitney, the Sensational Nightingales, Arthur Prysock, Sam Cooke (live in concert) and more.
We will say goodbye to 2017 on “Great Soul Performances” & “Great Soul Performances 2: The 80s” this evening, with four hours of holiday music, signifying the end of the old year, and since it’s still Christmas week, some left over Christmas songs as well. On G.S.P. 1, we’ll have: The Manhattans, Little Anthony & the Imperials, Bobby Darin, the Soul Clan, Brook Benton, the Jackson Five, Otis Redding & Carla Thomas, Enchantment, Sonny Til & the Orioles, Kool & the Gang, Sam Cooke, my dear friend and former co-worker at WCBS-FM 101.1; our “Morning Mayor,” Harry Harrison, and so many, many others. It’ll begin at 7PM ET, 6PM CT, 5PM MT & 4PM PT. Then immediately following on G.S.P. 2, you’ll hear from: Charles Brown, the Whispers, George Thorogood & the Destroyers, Gladys Knight & the Pips, Jimmy Beaumont & the Skyliners, the Eagles, the O’Jays, Huey Lewis & the News, Marvin Sease, New Edition, Harry Connick, Jr., and a whole lot more. G.S.P. 2 starts at 9PM ET, 8PM CT, 7PM MT and 6PM PT. Let’s ring out the old, and ring in the new with “Great Soul Performances,” and “Great Soul Performances 2: The 80s” this evening on RadioMaxMusic.Com.
