“American Pie” is a song by American singer and songwriter Don McLean. Recorded and released in 1971 on the album of the same name, the single was the number-one US hit for four weeks in 1972 starting January 15 after just eight weeks on the US Billboard charts (where it entered at number 69). The […]
Sun, Moon And Stars is the debut solo album by LaMont Johnson, released by Mainstream Records in 1972.
Nothin’ Like A Sunny Day (1972, United Artists Records) is an album by Bobby Vee, released under the name Robert Thomas Velline.
Sniper And Other Love Songs is the second studio album by the American singer/songwriter Harry Chapin, released in 1972. The album’s title song is a vaguely fictionalised account of Charles Whitman’s shootings from the clocktower of the Main Building of the University of Texas at Austin in August 1966. In 2004 it was released as […]
“Sunday Morning Sunshine” is a song written and performed by Harry Chapin. The song was included on his 1972 album, Sniper and Other Love Songs. The song was released as a single the same year as his top 20 hit, “Taxi” and debut album, Heads & Tales. Cash Box described it as a “realistic look […]
Homecoming is the second studio album by America, released on November 15, 1972 through Warner Bros. Records. Acoustic guitar-based, with a more pronounced electric guitar and keyboard section than their first album, their second effort helped continue the band’s success, and includes one of their best known hits, “Ventura Highway.” Homecoming peaked at number 9 […]
“Only In Your Heart” is the third and final single from the album Homecoming by America (1972), it reached #62 in the US. Musicians Bass Joe Osborn Drums Hal Blaine Guitar Dan Peek Guitar Gerry Beckley Guitar Dewey Bunnell Keyboards Dan Peek Keyboards Gerry Beckley Percussion Hal Blaine Vocals Dan Peek Vocals Gerry Beckley Vocals […]
“Ventura Highway” is a 1972 song by the band America from their album Homecoming, written by Dewey Bunnell. Dewey Bunnell, the song’s vocalist and writer, has said that the lyric “alligator lizards in the air” in the song is a reference to the shapes of clouds in the sky he saw in 1963 while his […]
“Don’t Cross the River” is the second single from America‘s album Homecoming. It was released in 1972 and reached #35 in the US Billboard Charts. Musicians Bass Joe Osborn Drums Hal Blaine Guitar Dan Peek Guitar Gerry Beckley Guitar Dewey Bunnell Banjo Henry Diltz Percussion Hal Blaine Vocals Dan Peek Vocals Gerry Beckley Vocals Dewey Bunnell […]
Under The Arch is an album by duo Matthew & Peter (Matthew Wilder & Peter Darmi), released in 1972 on Playboy. The sleeve didn’t mention any sessionplayers. Matthew Wilder confirms on Facebook: It was 50 years ago today Peter Darmi and I left NYC to come to LA to record “Under The Arch”. Whew! It […]