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 […]
3 In The Cellar (also known as Up in the Cellar) is a 1970 American comedy film directed by Theodore J. Flicker and starring Wes Stern, Larry Hagman, Joan Collins, Judy Pace, David Cargo, and Joan Darling. The plot concerns a man who decides to bed three women. It was described by AIP as “as […]
Love Will Keep Us Together is the first release by the duo Captain & Tennille. It was released in 1975 by A&M Records in both stereo and CD-4 quadraphonic versions. The album would peak at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 album chart, while the title song, “Love Will Keep Us Together”, won the Grammy […]
“The Way I Want To Touch You” is a song written by Toni Tennille, which started the professional recording careers for Captain & Tennille. It was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (R.I.A.A) for sales of one million units. Captain & Tennille recorded a Spanish version, entitled “Como Yo Quiero Sentirte” which […]
“Love Will Keep Us Together” is a song written by Neil Sedaka and Howard Greenfield. It was first recorded by Sedaka in 1973. American pop duo Captain & Tennille covered the song in 1975, with instrumental backing almost entirely by “Captain” Daryl Dragon, with the exception of drums played by Hal Blaine; their version became […]
Andy is the thirty-sixth studio album by American pop singer Andy Williams, released in the fall of 1976 by Columbia Records. Williams is not as focused on covering pop hits and standards on this album and instead relies mainly on original or lesser-known songs. In the liner notes for the album’s 2002 CD release, writer […]
Daddy Don’t You Walk So Fast is an album by Wayne Newton, released in 1972 on Chelsea. Tracks 1 Love Doesn’t Live Here Anymore (Steve Goldman) 03:27 2 Without You (Pete Ham; Tom Evans) 02:45 3 Daddy Don’t You Walk So Fast (Geoff Stephens; Peter Callander) 03:26 4 Baby I’m, A Want You (David Gates) […]