On this day in music history: June 30, 1984 - Sports, the third album by Huey Lewis And The News hits #1 on the Billboard Top 200 for 1 week. Produced by Huey Lewis And The News, it is recorded at Fantasy Studios, Studio C in Berkeley, CA, The Plant Studios in Sausalito, CA, and The Automatt in San Francisco, CA from May - August 1983. After the success of their second album Picture This in the Spring and Summer of 1982, Huey Lewis And The News will begin working on material for the crucial follow up. Looking to progress from their previous work, the band will merge their trademark rock and R&B hybrid sound by incorporating current technology like synthesizers and drum machines, setting the template for their best known work during the 80s. While Lewis and The News are working on the album, their record label Chrysalis is in a perilous condition financially, having operated as an independent label for several years, the label is spending and losing money excessively. The band is so worried about handing the finished album in to the label (fearing it will go bankrupt and take the album with it) that Lewis and band manager Bob Brown will hide the multi-tracks and mixdown masters from them while its a work in progress. The band will finally hand the album over once Chrysalis aligns itself with CBS Records for distribution in the US. It will be the Marin, CA bands most successful album propelling them to worldwide pop stardom. Taking a slow and steady climb up the charts, it finally reaches the top of the chart, nine months after its release. It will spin off four top 10 singles including Heart And Soul (#8 Pop), I Want A New Drug (#6 Pop, #1 Club Play), and The Heart Of Rock And Roll (#6 Pop). The albums cover will feature a color tinted photo of the band taken at The 2 AM Club in Mill Valley, CA where the band gigs at regularly in their pre-fame days. Sports is certified 7x Platinum by the RIAA.
Posted on: Tue, 01 Jul 2014 00:00:20 +0000
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