Four Chords & Several Years Ago
Four Chords & Several Years Ago is the seventh album by American rock band Huey Lewis and the News, released in 1994. The title is a play on the first sentence in Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address. The album is a collection of 1950s and 1960s rhythm & blues covers influential to the members of the group during their early years. It is the last album to feature founding member and bassist, Mario Cipollina, who left the band after the subsequent tour.
Personnel
Huey Lewis & the News- Huey Lewis – lead vocals, harmonica
- Mario Cipollina – bass
- Johnny Colla – rhythm guitar, saxophone, backing vocals
- Bill Gibson – drums, percussion, backing vocals
- Chris Hayes – lead guitar, backing vocals
- Sean Hopper – keyboards, backing vocals
- Marvin McFadden – trumpet
- Linda Tillery – backing vocals
- Jeanie Tracy – backing vocals
Production
- Producer – Stewart Levine
- Executive producer – Bob Brown
- Engineer – Daren Klein
- Assistant engineers – Jim Champagne, Kevin Scott and Jim "Watts" Vereecke
- Recorded at The Site and Studio D Recording
- Mixed by Daren Klein at Ocean Way Recording
- Mastered by Bernie Grundman at Bernie Grundman Mastering
- Technicians – Ralph Arista and Jim Moran
- Art direction – Robin Lynch
- Design – JoDee Stringham
- Photography – Dennis Keeley
- Management – Bob Brown Management
Charts
Singles - Billboard| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
| 1994 | " Some Kind of Wonderful" | Adult Contemporary | 7 |
| 1994 | " Some Kind of Wonderful" | The Billboard Hot 100 | 44 |
| 1994 | "But It's Alright" | Adult Contemporary | 5 |
| 1994 | "But It's Alright" | The Billboard Hot 100 | 54 |
| 1995 | "Little Bitty Pretty One" | Adult Contemporary | 27 |