Huey Lewis Birthday, Real Name, Age, Weight, Height, Family, Facts, Contact Details, Wife, Children, Bio & More
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PERSONAL INFORMATION
REAL NAME
Hugh Anthony Cregg III
BIRTHDAY
BORN ON DAY
Wednesday
NEXT BIRTHDAY ON
Saturday
BIRTHPLACE
New York City, United States
AGE
74 Years 3 Months 0 Days
NATIONALITY
PROFESSION
ZODIAC
CANCER
ALSO NOTED FOR
Songwriter, Actor
FEATURES
Blue eyes and light brown hair
Physical Stats
CHEST
N/A
BICEPS
N/A
WAIST
N/A
HEIGHT
6'0''(feet & inches)
1.8288 meters
182.88 cm
WEIGHT
76 kg
167.2 lbs
Huey Lewis Family Members
Parents
FATHER
Hugh Anthony Cregg II
BROTHER(S) NAME
Huey Lewis Marriage, Affairs and Children
SPOUSE
Sidney Conroy (1983-Present)
Child(ren) of Huey Lewis and Sidney Conroy
Fame & Address
DEBUT
Clover (band)
FAMOUS FROM/AS
ADDRESS
Los Angeles, California
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Official Website
www.hueylewisandthenews.com
Education, Net Worth & More
SCHOOLING FROM
QUALIFICATION
Graduation
NET WORTH
$20 Million
HUEY LEWIS PICTURE
More Information
Career of Huey Lewis
Huey Lewis started his career by signing a Band named "Clover" in 1971, he used to play harmonica in the band, sometimes he also used to sing lead vocals on a few tunes. Clover disbanded in 1978.
With the name "Bluesy Huey Lewis," he played harmonica on some of the famous album songs including "Live and Dangerous". He recorded the song "Exodisco" after which he landed the contract with Phonogram records.
Further, he changed the name of the band as "Huey Lewis and The News" which has six members excluding two past members. The most successful album by the band was released in 1983 tilted "Sports".
Some Lesser Known Facts About Huey Lewis
- Does Huey Lewis takes alcohol? NA.
- Is Huey Lewis in the habit of Smoking? No.
- He started his professional career with a band named "Clover" which was a Bay Area band, he joined the "clover" in 1971. Huey used to sing the vocals as a lead for few tunes and play the harmonica.
- Initially, Lewis changed his name to "Hughie Louis" after joining the "Clover" further he improved the spelling of his first name in 1977 as "Huey Louis".
- He had skipped his second grade, the time he was studying at Strawberry Point Elementary School, California.
- He was good at studies in his childhood, after his parent's divorce, he moved to New Jersey where he attended an all-male prep school named "Lawrenceville School" where he scored a perfect 800 at math in the standardized test.
- Not many people know that he had played baseball at the state level.
- In an interview, he said that he traveled by soliciting free rides across the USA back to New York and when he used to wait for hitching a ride he actually learned playing the harmonica. He also shared his experience in Europe as while he was wandering at an airport in San Francisco for three days, he then stowaway to Europe, he went there without any money or place to live, but the people out there were courteous and generous enough to offer him a place to stay. He supported himself playing harmonica and hitchhiking around unless he gathered enough money to flew back to the USA.
- In his junior year, he joined a band in December 1969 called "Slippery Elm" but left as he dropped out from Cornell University.
- Apart from music he had tried his luck in many different occupations as Carpenter, Wedding and event-planner, un-processed food seller.
- He has also appeared in few movies including a Cameo role in "Back to the Future", "Is There Life Out There", "Duets".
- He had also released two singles titled "Cruisin" and "Workin' for a Livin".
- CRISIS :
For the theme of the movie Ghostbusters released in 1984, Lewis filed a petition against Ray Parker, Jr. in 1985 stating the melody of the theme song of the movie breaks the copyright of the song "I Want a New Drug" released in 1983. The case was settled out of the court which includes both the party will have right to keep the settlement secret. Further, Parker alleged Huey in 2001 for violating the agreement between both the parties and speaking about it in an episode of Behind the Music.
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