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Huey Lewis & The News is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Van Morrison and Elvis Costello. Those roots explain a lot about how Huey Lewis & The News arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Eddie Money, Don Henley, Rick Springfield, Loverboy and John Mellencamp, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Ray Parker Jr., where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 28 connections around Huey Lewis & The News, reaching back through Van Morrison and forward to Ray Parker Jr.. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Huey Lewis and the News are an American rock band based in San Francisco, California. They had a run of hit singles during the 1980s and early 1990s, eventually achieving 19 top ten singles across the Billboard Hot 100, Adult Contemporary, and Mainstream Rock charts. Their sound draws upon earlier pop, rhythm & blues and doo-wop artists, and their own material has been labeled as blue-eyed soul, new wave, power pop, and roots rock.
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Huey Lewis & The News grew out of Van Morrison and Elvis Costello, shares an orbit with Eddie Money, Don Henley, Rick Springfield and Loverboy, went on to shape Ray Parker Jr.. 28 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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