Ventura Highway

...and early 1980s. Some of the band's best known songs are "A Horse with No Name", "Sister Golden Hair" (both of which reached #1), "Ventura Highway", "Tin Man ", and "Lonely People". Although their music was derided frequently by critics, the...

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...single which went to number one on the Billboard pop chart ; "Sister Golden Hair" (also #1 on Billboard in 1975); "Tin Man ", "I Need You", "Ventura Highway", "You Can Do Magic " and "Daisy Jane", amongst others. Beckley continues to write...

In this article: Gerry Beckley, Dewey Bunnell, Sister Golden Hair, Carl Wilson, Ben Kweller, Chicago, and A Horse with No Name

As with the other members, Bunnell wrote, sang and played guitar. His most well-known compositions are "A Horse with No Name", "Ventura Highway", and "Tin Man ". Bunnell is still a member of America, along with founding member Gerry...

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...of going to California. So I think in the song I'm talking to myself, frankly: 'How long you gonna stay here, Joe?' I really believe that 'Ventura Highway' has the most lasting power of all my songs. It's not just the words - the song and the...

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...keyboard section than previous releases, Homecoming helped launch the career of America, and includes one of their best known hits, "Ventura Highway". Homecoming peaked at #9 on Billboard 's Pop Albums chart and was certified PLATINUM by...

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...America, whose musical imagery catapulted the group to the top of the charts in the '70s. Their memorable hits "Horse With No Name," "Ventura Highway," "I Need You," "Lonely People," "Muskrat Love," "Tin Man" and "Sister Golden Hair" are...

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...live show, which spans music from our 39 years in the business," said Bunnell, who has penned such hits as "A Horse with No Name" and "Ventura Highway. " It was that nameless horse that climbed the charts in 1972 and started America down a...

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...Springs Lodge. Included on the collection are unplugged versions of hits such as "A Horse With No Name," "Sister Golden Hair" and "Ventura Highway," according to the band's website. [Note: The following tour dates have been provided...

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...last year when a band played Bob Marley's "Is This Love," Tom Petty's "The Waiting," the Grateful Dead's "Friend of the Devil" and "Ventura Highway" by Dewey Bunnell. Pub's owner Patrick Griffin rebuffed efforts to get him to enter a...

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...(who left the band in 1977) created an amazing blend of rock, pop, and folk sounds and created defining songs of the 1970s, such as "Ventura Highway," "Tin Man," "Sister Golden Hair," "You Can do Magic," "I Need You" and "Lonely People."

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