Blog: Pop Go The '80s

During the '70s, the folk-inflected pop/rock of the trio America found great favor in an era when singer-songwriters were staples on pop radio. The group released a string of hit singles, including A Horse With No Name , Tin Man , Lonely People , and Sister Golden Hair , which would still receive airplay on oldies stations more than twenty years later. However, by the late '70s, America's sound had become passe and each subsequent release proved to have less of an impact with listeners. By 1977, founding member Dan Peek had left the [...]

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