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AMERICA
USA
* 1969	+ 1985

Line-Up:

Michael Woods - voc,g
Dewey Bunnell - voc,g
Gerry Beckley - voc,g
Brad Palmer - bg,voc
Willie Leacox - ds

Former Members:

Dan Peek (voc,g, 1969-77)
David Dickey (bg, cca 9/75)
Russ Ballard (g, 1983 g.a.)

Albums Discography:

#	Title	Release Date	Label	Type	UK	USA
1.	America - A Horse With No Name produced by: America/Ian Samwell/Jeff Dexter	1/1972	Warner Bros		13	1
2.	Homecoming produced by: America	11/1972	Warner Bros		21	8
3.	Hat Trick	10/1973	Warner Bros		41	26
4.	Holiday	26.07.1974	Warner Bros			3
5.	Hearts	4/1975	Warner Bros			4
6.	History - America's Greatest Hits	2/1976	Warner Bros		60	2
7.	Hideaway	4/1976	Warner Bros			11
8.	Harbor produced by: George Martin	11.03.1977	Warner Bros			21
9.	America Live	02.12.1977	Warner Bros
10.	The Silent Letter	7/1979	Capitol
11.	Alibi	11/1980	Capitol
12.	A View From The Ground produced by: Russ Ballard	11/1982	Capitol			41
13.	Your Move	7/1983	Capitol			81
14.	The Last Unicorn	1983
15.	Perspective	11/1984	Capitol			185
16.	America In Concert	1985	Capitol
17.	Encore: More Greatest Hits	9/1991	Rhino
18.	Ventura Highway & Other Favorites	1992	CEMA
19.	Hourglass produced by: Gerry Beckley/Dewey Bunnell/Steve Levine	8/1994	BMG
20.	Live In Concert	1995	King Biscuit
21.	Human Nature	16.11.1998	in-akustik
22.	Highlights: 30 Years Of America (3CD)	18.07.2000	Rhino
23.	The Complete Greatest Hits	21.08.2001	Rhino			152
24.	Holiday Harmony	01.10.2002	Rhino
25.	Horse With No Name and Other Hits	14.09.2004	Rhino Flashback
26.	Collectables Classics (box set)	18.04.2006	Collectables
27.	Live at the Ventura Theatre & Stephen Bishop & Andrew Gold	09.05.2006	Madacy
28.	Definitive Pop Collection	12.09.2006	Rhino
29.	Here & Now (2CD) produced by: Adam Schlesinger/James Iha	16.01.2007	Burgundy/Sony			52
30.	Only the Best of America	30.09.2008	Collectables
31.	Back Pages	26.07.2011
32.	Ventura Highway	10.04.2012	Stone For Music
33.	Lost & Found	2015
34.	The Warner Bros. Years 1971-1977	17.07.2015	Rhino
35.	Sigma Sound Studios, 1972	11.09.2015	All Access
36.	Universal Amphitheatre L.A. 1978	11.03.2016	Zip City
37.	Playlist: Very Best of America	27.05.2016	BMG
38.	Live in Los Angeles 1978	17.06.2016	Livewire

Dan Peek:

#	Title	Release Date	Label	Type	UK	USA
1.	Doer Of The Word	15.02.2000	Thoughtscape Sounds

Gerry Beckley:

#	Title	Release Date	Label	Type	UK	USA
1.	Carousel	09.09.2016	Blue Elan
2.	Five Mile Road	20.09.2019

Singles Discography:

#	SP/EP Title	Release Date	Label	UK	USA
1.	A Horse With No Name / California Revisited	12/1971	Warner Bros	3	1
2.	I Need You / Riverside	5/1972	Warner Bros		9
3.	Ventura Highway / Saturn Nights	10/1972	Warner Bros	43	8
4.	Don't Cross The River / To Each His Own	1/1973	Warner Bros		22
5.	Don't Cross The River / Till The Sun Comes Up Again	20.04.1973	Warner Bros
6.	Only In Your Heart / Moon Song	4/1973	Warner Bros		62
7.	Muskrat Love / Cornwall Blank	17.08.1973	Warner Bros		67
8.	Rainbow Song / Willow Tree Lullaby	11/1973	Warner Bros
9.	Green Monkey / Rainbow Song	08.03.1974	Warner Bros
10.	Green Monkey / She's Gonna Let You Down (v USA)	4/1974	Warner Bros
11.	Mad Dog / Tin Man	07.06.1974	Warner Bros
12.	Tin Man / In The Country	8/1974	Warner Bros		4
13.	Lonely People / In The Country (v GB 14.3.75)	12/1974	Warner Bros		5
14.	Sister Golden Hair / Modnight	3/1975	Warner Bros		1
15.	Daisy Jane / Tomorrow	7/1975	Warner Bros		20
16.	Woman Tonight / Daisy Jane	05.09.1975	Warner Bros
17.	Woman Tonight / Bell Tree	11/1975	Warner Bros		44
18.	Horse With No Name / Sandman / Ventura Highway / Riverside	30.01.1976	Warner Bros
19.	Today's The Day / Hideaway (Part 2)	5/1976	Warner Bros		23
20.	Amber Cascades / Who Loves You	8/1976	Warner Bros		75
21.	Today's The Day / Amber Cascades	8/1976	Warner Bros
22.	She's A Liar / She's Beside You	11/1976	Warner Bros
23.	Down To The Water / God Of The Sun	2/1977	Warner Bros
24.	Slow Down / Sarah	29.04.1977	Warner Bros
25.	Don't Cry Baby / Monster	6/1977	Warner Bros
26.	California Dreamin'	3/1979	American		56
27.	The Only Game In Town / High In The City	8/1979	Capitol		107
28.	All My Life / One Morning	10/1979	Capitol
29.	Catch That Train / He Could Have Been The One	12/1979	Capitol
30.	One In A Million / Hangover	11/1980	Capitol
31.	A Horse With No Name / Ventura Highway	7/1981	Warner Bros
32.	You Can Do Magic / Even The Score	7/1982	Capitol	59	7
33.	Right Before Your Eyes / Inspector Mills	11/1982	Capitol		45
34.	Jody / Inspector Mills	1/1983	Capitol
35.	The Border / Sometimes Lovers	6/1983	Capitol		33
36.	Cast The Spirit / My Dear	10/1983	Capitol
37.	The Last Unicorn	1/1984
38.	Special Girl / Unconditional Love	11/1984	Capitol
39.	(Can't Fall Asleep To A) Lullaby / Falln' Off The World	2/1985	Capitol
40.	Young Moon	7/1994
41.	A Horse With No Name	6/2014	Warner Bros	51

Dan Peek:

#	SP/EP Title	Release Date	Label	UK	USA
1.	All Things Are Possible	9/1979	Lamb & Lion		78

Awards:

1972 Grammy Awards - Best New Artist Of The Year

Various:

Gerry Beckley:

appeared on the LP:

Rick Danko: Rick Danko (12/77, Arista)

Brad Palmer:

appeared on the LP:

Andrew Gold: All This And Heaven Too (2/78, Asylum)

Press References:

Melody Maker
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1973	33	18.08.1973	20	New Singles	single review
1974	24	15.06.1974	29	Caught In The Act	gig review
1974	30	27.07.1974	52	Albums	album review
1975	20	17.05.1975	50	Albums	album review
1975	33	16.08.1975	43	Caught In The Act	gig review
1975	37	13.09.1975	19	Singles	single review
1975	39	27.09.1975	35		interview
1975	40	04.10.1975	32	Caught In The Act	gig review
1976	19	08.05.1976	24	Albums	album review
1976	35	28.08.1976	34	Singles Extra	single review
1979	35	15.09.1979	26	Singles	single review
New Musical Express
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1972	0	25.11.1972	18	Albums	album review
1972	0	30.12.1972	30
1973	0	08.09.1973	12	Thrills
1973	0	03.11.1973	18	Albums	album review
1974	0	11.05.1974	3	News Desk
1974	0	10.08.1974	11	Albums	album review
1975	0	19.04.1975	20	Platters	album review
1975	0	09.08.1975	2	News Desk
1975	0	04.10.1975	41	On The Town	gig review
1976	0	29.05.1976	43	Platters	album review
Rock & Pop
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1994	1	17.01.1994	7	Galerie