Four Chords & Several Years Ago

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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 ("Four score and seven years ago ...").

It 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

Additional personnel

• Marvin McFadden – trumpet (4–7, 10, 11, 13)
• Linda Tillery – backing vocals (4, 6, 10, 11, 15, 16)
• Jeanie Tracy – backing vocals (4, 6, 10, 11, 15, 16)

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 (San Rafael, CA) and Studio D Recording (Sausalito, CA).
• Mixed by Daren Klein at Ocean Way Recording (Hollywood, CA).
• Mastered by Bernie Grundman at Bernie Grundman Mastering (Hollywood, CA).
• Technicians – Ralph Arista and Jim Moran
• Art Direction – Robin Lynch
• Design – JoDee Stringham
• Photography – Dennis Keeley
• Management – Bob Brown Management

Charts

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Chart (1994)	Peak position
European Top 100 Albums<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	61
Japanese Albums (Oricon)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	19
Japanese International Albums (Oricon)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	2
US Billboard 200<ref name="VPb">Template:Cite magazine</ref>	55

Singles - Billboard (United States)

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1994	"(She's) Some Kind of Wonderful"	Adult Contemporary	7
		The Billboard Hot 100	44
	"But It's Alright"	Adult Contemporary	5
		The Billboard Hot 100	54
1995	"Little Bitty Pretty One"	Adult Contemporary	27