"Ventura Highway" was a very big summer song back in the 70's for the band that's known as America. So what are its founders up to these days? Still traveling a familiar road. John Blackstone reports ...

8. “Tin Man” Referencing pop culture again, America nods to The Wizard of Oz in “Tin Man.” The song became a huge hit for the band, reaching No. 4 on the Billboard charts.

People have been writing songs about America before we were the United States of America. From the early minstrel-type song-wielding storytellers to today’s modern artists, music about America ...

O ne of my personal favorite sub genres of rock music emerged in the '70s -- the soft rock movement. Several amazing bands came out of this style, which was characterized by a softer, more acoustic ...

At a rally in Hammonton, New Jersey, during his 1984 reelection campaign, in a moment that will live in stump speech infamy, Ronald Reagan offered words of praise for native son Bruce Springsteen. … ...

Peek left the band in 1977, at which time Dewey and Gerry elected not to replace him, but to go out as America on their own, along with a backing band. “We’re the Fab Two,” as Dewey said. He ...