• Thumbnail for Ventura Highway
    "Ventura Highway" is a 1972 song by the band America from their album Homecoming, written by Dewey Bunnell. Dewey Bunnell, the song's vocalist and writer...
    12 KB (1,042 words) - 00:02, 26 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Ventura Freeway
    The Ventura Freeway is a freeway in southern California, United States, that runs from the Santa Barbara/Ventura county line to Pasadena in Los Angeles...
    21 KB (1,795 words) - 11:21, 15 February 2024
  • Thumbnail for Ventura, California
    Ventura, officially named San Buenaventura (Spanish for "Saint Bonaventure"), is a city in and the county seat of Ventura County, California, United States...
    73 KB (6,338 words) - 23:18, 7 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for America (band)
    You". Their second album, Homecoming (1972), included the single "Ventura Highway". Over the next several years, the band continued to release hit songs...
    47 KB (6,212 words) - 04:21, 13 July 2024
  • Look up ventura in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Ventura (Italian, Portuguese and Spanish for "fortune") may refer to: Brazil Boa Ventura de São Roque...
    12 KB (1,479 words) - 21:05, 14 July 2024
  • continue the band's success, and includes one of their best known hits, "Ventura Highway". Homecoming peaked at number 9 on Billboard's Pop Albums Chart and...
    8 KB (553 words) - 12:15, 29 March 2024
  • June 12, 2001, by Virgin Records. Using a guitar riff from America's "Ventura Highway" and the melody from Erik Satie's "Gymnopédie No. 1", "Someone to Call...
    29 KB (2,921 words) - 13:34, 15 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Dewey Bunnell
    guitar. His best-known compositions include "A Horse with No Name", "Ventura Highway", and "Tin Man". Bunnell has explained that "A Horse with No Name"...
    7 KB (493 words) - 21:49, 19 February 2024
  • Thumbnail for Mulholland Highway
    Monica Mountains from near US Route 101 (Ventura Freeway) in Calabasas to Highway 1 (Pacific Coast Highway) near Malibu at Leo Carrillo State Park and...
    5 KB (484 words) - 01:09, 18 January 2024
  • "Sandman" runs about one minute shorter than the original mix. On "Ventura Highway", Dewey Bunnell's lead vocal is double-tracked and the guitars have...
    13 KB (910 words) - 20:25, 10 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for America discography
    June 24, 1991 Label: Rhino Records Formats: CD, cassette — — — — — Ventura Highway & Other Favorites Release date: March 21, 1992 Label: EMI Formats:...
    40 KB (776 words) - 18:39, 24 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Ventura County, California
    Oxnard, and the county seat is the city of Ventura. Ventura County comprises the Oxnard–Thousand Oaks–Ventura, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is...
    140 KB (10,530 words) - 17:40, 14 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for California State Route 23
    from Pacific Coast Highway (State Route 1) in Malibu in Los Angeles County to Ventura Street (State Route 126) in Fillmore in Ventura County. SR 23 consists...
    12 KB (1,132 words) - 05:42, 26 February 2024
  • Thumbnail for California State Route 33
    (SR 33) is a north–south state highway in the U.S. state of California. It runs north from U.S. Route 101 in Ventura through the Transverse Ranges and...
    20 KB (1,254 words) - 05:44, 26 February 2024
  • Thumbnail for Joe Osborn
    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...
    16 KB (1,573 words) - 12:01, 31 May 2024
  • "Someone to Call My Lover" which overtly sampled the America hit "Ventura Highway" whose composer Dewey Bunnell received a co-write credit for Jackson's...
    7 KB (544 words) - 16:15, 7 April 2024
  • "Right Before Your Eyes". The collection notably contains a demo of "Ventura Highway" prior to the addition of the famous guitar riff for which it is best...
    8 KB (227 words) - 05:58, 30 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for California State Route 126
    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...
    14 KB (1,362 words) - 13:05, 23 December 2023
  • Thumbnail for California State Route 1
    through a 54-mile (87 km) stretch in Ventura and Santa Barbara counties, and across the Golden Gate Bridge. The highway is designated as an All-American Road...
    136 KB (9,232 words) - 07:44, 3 July 2024
  • Rain" from lyrics in the America song "Ventura Highway". Asked to explain the phrase "purple rain" in "Ventura Highway", Gerry Beckley responded: "You got...
    81 KB (7,245 words) - 07:25, 16 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Mulholland Drive
    Mulholland. The western rural portion in Los Angeles and Ventura Counties is named Mulholland Highway. The road is featured in a significant number of films...
    8 KB (726 words) - 22:26, 17 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Kenneth Bianchi
    strangled and was found rolled up like a ball in a ravine off Mulholland Highway and originally was thought to have been a victim of the Hillside Strangler...
    25 KB (2,283 words) - 18:04, 14 July 2024
  • Concert (2002). The studio version is included on the compilation albums Highway (2000) and The Complete Greatest Hits (2001). George Martin remixed the...
    6 KB (410 words) - 13:28, 28 March 2024
  • (3:12) "Company" (Bunnell) (3:28) "You Can Do Magic" (Ballard) (3:56) "Ventura Highway" (Bunnell) (3:25) "Daisy Jane" (Beckley) (2:57) "A Horse with No Name"...
    3 KB (236 words) - 23:54, 11 July 2022
  • Thumbnail for California State Route 118
    State Route 118 (SR 118) is a state highway in the U.S. state of California that runs west to east through Ventura and Los Angeles counties. It travels...
    18 KB (1,555 words) - 02:31, 8 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Andrew Gold
    performance was later released as a DVD titled America And Friends – Live at the Ventura Theater. The show featured Gold performing "Thank You for Being a Friend...
    62 KB (2,538 words) - 05:42, 28 June 2024
  • purple..."). The name for the song originates from the 1972 song "Ventura Highway" by the band America. "Purple Rain" is written in the key of B-flat...
    28 KB (2,631 words) - 16:33, 6 June 2024
  • Play" (broadcast on ABC) "Walk This Way" (broadcast on ABC) America "Ventura Highway" "Sister Golden Hair" P. Diddy "Bad Boy For Life" "Been Around The...
    10 KB (559 words) - 22:28, 27 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Booker T. Jones
    "Booker T. emerges from his 'Hole'", USA Today, January 15, 2009. Ventura Highway — The Gypsy Queens Feat. Dewey Bunnell, Booker T. Jones & Gerry Beckley...
    19 KB (2,046 words) - 08:28, 11 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Robin Ventura
    Robin Mark Ventura (born July 14, 1967) is an American former professional baseball third baseman and manager. Ventura played 16 seasons in Major League...
    43 KB (4,205 words) - 12:15, 3 June 2024