• Bay Area pop, rock and R&B; band Huey Lewis & the News achieved their greatest popularity in the 1980s with songs like "I Want a New Drug," "The Power of Love," and from the Back To the Future soundtrack, "Back In Time."

• Fast Facts

  1. Origin: San Francisco, California
  2. Years active: 1979-present
  3. Record labels: EMI Records, Chrysalis Records, Elektra Records
  4. Lewis is also an actor who has appeared in Robert Altman's Short Cuts and Duets with Gwyneth Paltrow

• Sports Heroes

  Huey Lewis & the News hit big with both radio and MTV audiences with the release of 1983's Sports. The album featured three top ten Billboard hits in "I Want a New Drug," "Heart and Soul" and "If This Is It," and went on to go platinum seven times.

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