America
America
Latest Release
- Disordine
- September 2023
- • 1 Song
Top Songs
| 1 | A Horse with No Name | ||
| 2 | Sister Golden Hair | ||
| 3 | Ventura Highway | ||
| 4 | Tin Man | ||
| 5 | You Can Do Magic |
Albums
Dec 2022 • 7 songs
Jul 2022 • 1 song
Sep 2020 • 17 songs
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About
Biography
A light folk-rock act of the early '70s, America had several Top Ten hits, including the number ones "A Horse with No Name" and "Sister Golden Hair." Vocalists/guitarists Dewey Bunnell, Dan Peek, and Gerry Beckley met while they were still in high school in the late '60s; all three were sons of U.S. Air Force officers who were stationed in the U.K. After they completed school in 1970, they formed an acoustic folk-rock quartet called Daze in London, which was soon pared down to the trio of Bunnell, Peek, and Beckley. Adopting the name America, the group landed a contract with J...