SATURDAY'S SINGLES : THE TUBES and HUEY LEWIS AND THE NEWS

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Good morning gang and welcome to the return of Saturday's Singles, a Birthday edition. First up on our calendar of cake is Minnesota born guitarist and founding member of proto punk band The Tubes, Roger Steen. Happy 72nd Birthday Roger ! The Tubes released their highest charting single, "She's A Beauty" in April of 1983 on Capitol Records. The song, hailing from their 6th studio album, Outside Inside, was written by vocalist Fee Waybill, producer David Foster and Toto guitarist Steve Lukather, and peaked at #79 in the UK, #37 in New Zealand, #10 on the Hot 100, and #1 on the Top Rock Tracks chart. It's B-side is "Tip Of My Tongue". Our copy came from Treasure House Antiques and Collectibles in Winter Haven.

Rick Anderson - Bass
Michael Cotten - Synthesizer
Mingo Lewis - Percussion
Prairie Prince - Drums, Producer, Art Direction
Bill Spooner - Guitar, Vocals
Roger Steen - Guitar, Vocals
Fee Waybill - Vocals, Mixing
Vince Welnick - Keyboards

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Our second set of candles belongs to Huey Lewis And The News drummer, Bill Gibson, who is celebrating his 70th Birthday today. Happy 70th Bill ! The group released "Do You Believe In Love" in January 1982 on the Chrysalis label. The tune was produced by Huey and Bob Brown and written by  Robert John "Mutt" Lange, who will always to me be the guy who divorced Shania Twain. The song hailed from their second album Picture This and was their first Top 10 hit. It reached #36 in New Zealand, #18 in Australia, #14 in Canada, #12 on Billboard's Top Tracks, #7 on the Hot 100, and #2 in Iceland. It's flip side is "Is It Me". This copy came from the now Legendary J.R.'s Junk Trunk.

Huey Lewis – vocals
Chris Hayes – lead guitar, backing vocals
Johnny Colla – rhythm guitar, saxophone, backing vocals
Mario Cipollina – bass
Bill Gibson – drums, percussion, backing vocals
Sean Hopper – keyboards, backing vocals

Additional personnel

Tower of Power – brass

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