Huey Lewis

Huey Lewis was born on July 5, 1950 in New York City, New York, USA as Hugh Anthony Cregg III.

In 1967 he graduated from Lawrenceville Prep at the age of 16 in Lawrenceville, New Jersey.

Has two children, son Austin (born 1985) and daughter Kelly (born 1983).

Huey Lewis & The News won the British Phonographic Industry Award for International Group in 1986.

According to a Behind the Music (1997) interview, his favorite album he ever recorded was "Small World" (1988), which was a commercial failure.

Contrary to popular belief, Lewis did not forbid "Hip To Be Square" from being included on the CD soundtrack release of the movie American Psycho (2000) . He licensed the song for use in the film, but the producers failed to secure the appropriate rights to put it on the soundtrack, forcing it to be recalled and the song removed (though early pressings had already been shipped to stores and sold).

Huey Lewis successfully sued Ray Parker Jr.. for plagiarizing the medley to his song "I Want A New Drug". They settled out of court and agreed not to talk about the case in public. In 2001, Lewis talked about the case in public when he revealed that Parker paid to settle the suit on an episode of VH1's Behind the Music (1997). Parker then sued Lewis for violating the terms of their agreement.

He canceled the remainder of the 2018 Huey Lewis and the News tour due to suffering a hearing loss before a show in Dallas, Texas. Doctors told him that he has Meniere's disease, a disorder that causes a fluid build up in the inner ear.