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- A Horse with No Name. Much like the imagery the lyrics convey, the song itself acts almost like a mirage. No one really knows exactly what ‘A Horse With No Name’ is about, but even decades after its release, it’s still a song that’s a part of contemporary pop culture.
- Ventura Highway. Pop singer Janet Jackson sampled this long-loved America song for her 2001 hit ‘Somebody To Call My Lover.’ The beautiful opening acoustic guitar riff is immediately catchy.
- Sister Golden Hair. The Beatles’ influence on America really shines through on ‘Sister Golden Hair.’ One of The Beatles’ producers, George Martin, even worked with America on the track, and the album it’s featured on, Hearts.
- Lonely People. Another number one hit for the band on the Adult Contemporary charts, original member Dan Peek wrote this one before leaving the group to pursue a Christian music career. ‘
1 day ago · Step back into the golden era of jazz with our playlist, "BEST SWING MUSIC 1940s | VINTAGE JAZZ GREATEST HITS." This carefully curated collection brings you ...
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4 days ago · 6. Take the Highway. Similar to the theme found in fellow southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd’s ‘Free Bird,’ Marshall Tucker Band’s ‘Take the Highway’ tells the story of a lone wolf type who can’t be tied down to one woman. The group once again makes good use of open-road imagery, with the highway signifying the main character’s ...
3 days ago · 66: The Ramsey Lewis Trio – The “In” Crowd. It’s one of the great instrumental songs of the 60s, and Ramsey Lewis has a coffee shop server named Nettie Gray to thank. In 1965, the Ramsey ...
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2 days ago · The following is the discography of the American rock band the Doors. Formed in Los Angeles in 1965, the group consisted of Jim Morrison (vocals), Ray Manzarek (keyboards), John Densmore (drums), and Robby Krieger (guitar). The Doors became one of the most popular rock bands of their era. Their debut album, The Doors (1967), released by Elektra ...
3 days ago · Enter bebop. By the end of the war, jazz was moving in new experimental ways. Trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie had his own band of 15 musicians for a time, but he abandoned the big band format, believing ...
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5 days ago · 10. Straight, No Chaser – Miles Davis. No list of best jazz songs is complete without a blues, and countless jazz tunes have been written over the 12-bar form. Straight No Chaser is playfully chromatic, as we would expect from the composer Thelonius Monk.
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