Huey Lewis & the News

Some of their hit songs are:. The group still survives today, primarily because of the leadership of Graham Knight. Their bass player is Mario Cipollina, younger brother of John Cipollina. An attempt to fit into the UK's move to "progressive" music met with limited success. "The Power of Love" was nominated for an Academy Award. When pianist Junior Campbell left the band to become a "one hit wonder", Marmalade began a series of line-up changes including the loss of drummer Alan Whitehead and suffered poor publicity from the UK's News of the World. The band's lead singer is Huey Lewis, who has a cameo appearance in the film as the teacher who rejects Marty McFly's band's audition for the school's 'Battle of the Bands' contest - ironically, the piece the band plays is an instrumental version of "The Power of Love". The band was managed by Peter Walsh, a 60s and 70s pop entrepreneur whose portfolio also included artists like the Bay City Rollers, Billy Ocean, the Troggs and Blue Mink.

Their song "The Power of Love" was a #1 US hit and featured in the 1985 film Back to the Future, with which they also recorded the theme song "Back In Time". They toured extensively and even gave rise to a cocktail - the Marmaladdie. Huey Lewis & the News are a popular rock band from the 1980s. The harmony-based band went on to produce a string of early 1970s hits including "Reflections of My Life" and "Rainbow", using the lead vocals of Dean Ford and the higher harmonies of bass player Graham Knight. Plan B (2001). Their first hit record was a cover of the Beatles' "Ob-la-di", predictably performed in orange suits, which went to #1 in the UK charts. The Best of (1996). Marmalade were a Scottish pop group, highly successful during the early 1970s.

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