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"Ventura Highway" is a 1972 song by the band America from their album Homecoming, written by Dewey Bunnell. ... he wanted us to come and play two songs, which we did
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".
As part of a contemporary trend of recycling oldies recordings to create new hits, Janet Jackson's 2001 single "Someone to Call My Lover" sampled the Ventura Highway guitar riff and rose to number three on the Billboard pop charts. In October 2002 the group released its first Christmas album, Holiday Harmony.
The Ventura Freeway is a freeway in southern California, United States, that runs from the Santa Barbara/Ventura county line [1] to Pasadena in Los Angeles County. It is the principal east–west route (designated north–south) through Ventura County and in the southern San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles County .
Using a guitar riff from America's "Ventura Highway" and the melody from Erik Satie's "Gymnopédie No. 1", "Someone to Call My Lover" talks about being determined to find a perfect match. "Someone to Call My Lover" received positive reviews from critics, with most praising its innocence and sweet aura, picking the song as a standout track on ...
A song featuring prominently mixed bass in melodic counterpoint to acoustic guitars is the 1972 hit single "Ventura Highway" by the group America. Osborn played on many of Neil Diamond's major hits in the late 1960s and early to middle 1970s, including the hauntingly unique bass lines on "Holly Holy" in 1969.
In Concert is the second official live album by American folk rock duo America, released by Capitol Records in July 1985. [2] This was the sixth and last release by America on the Capitol Records label and was the first America album ever issued on the budding compact disc format.
State Route 126 (SR 126) is a state highway in the U.S. state of California that serves Ventura and Los Angeles counties. The route runs from U.S. Route 101 in Ventura to Interstate 5 at the Castaic Junction-Santa Clarita border through the Santa Clara River Valley.