America

Known for their breezy melodies and sweet harmonies, America continues the legacy of their 1970s heyday, furthering the soft-rock style they helped to define. The group's debut was "A Horse with No Name," from 1972's America, a Neil Young-derived, hallucinatory story-song that hit number one in the U.S. and became a worldwide smash. Further hits "I Need You," also from America, and "Ventura Highway," from 1972's Homecoming, helped them win the Grammy Award for Best New Artist of 1972. A string of Top Ten singles and albums followed in the mid-'70s, including "Tin Man" and "Lon...