America (band)

Later on his post-America career Dan Peek became a born again Christian and released some marginally selling albums. Gough is a self-confessed Bruce Springsteen fan. The remaining duo produced a few more albums throughout the 1970s and 1980s to little fanfare, but had one more significant hit, "You Can Do Magic", in 1982. On January 31, 2001, he bought his own hat at a charity auction, raising £1,500 for a Kosovan children's charity. But then Hideaway marked the beginning of America's decline. Dan Peek left the group. One Plus One is One, his fourth album, was released in 2004. The next album Hearts featured "Sister Golden Hair," the band's second #1 single in the US. He also composed the soundtrack to the movie About A Boy (starring Hugh Grant), based on the Nick Hornby book of the same name. His third album, Have You Fed The Fish?, was released in 2002.

The group's third album Hat Trick was a relative failure, but their fourth album Holiday (with new producer George Martin) became a hit. His 2000 album The Hour of Bewilderbeast won a prestigious Mercury Prize. America won Best New Artist at the 1972 Grammy Awards. Homecoming became a huge hit in the US, and slightly less so in the UK. In 2002, Q magazine named Badly Drawn Boy in their list of the "50 Bands To See Before You Die", although this was as part of a sub-list of "5 Bands That Could Go Either Way". "Ventura Highway", the first single off their next album, Homecoming, also became a huge hit. The first seven-inch single, EP1 was pressed about a year later to critical acclaim, although only 500 copies were made. Their first album, America, reached #14. After the group moved to the United States, "A Horse With No Name" hit #1 there and so did the album soon after. His friends Scott Abraham and Damon Hayhurst were having a joint exhibition of their art work on the night and Votel was djing as part of the bar's first year of opening.

"A Horse With No Name" was the group's debut single, and it peaked at #3 in the United Kingdom. The Twisted Nerve empire was later spawned after a chance meeting with Andy Votel at Generation X bar in Manchester. Dewey Bunnell, Dan Peek and Gerry Beckley, all singers and guitarists, met in high school and formed a folk rock group called "Daze." After changing their name to "America", the group received a contract with Warner Brothers Records. This was then laminated and given out to friends and people at clubs in Blackburn and Manchester. America was a light rock band, most popular in the early 1970s and now best known for their #1 hit "A Horse With No Name". Before he thought of using this name he made some 'business cards', each one unique, with a printed picture of a drawing his nephew had done, and a small collage which Damon did. Horse with No Name - 2002. He was born Damon Gough in Manchester, England. Gough chose his stage name from a cartoon character that appeared on a TV cartoon show called Jamie and his Magic Torch, which was on TV at a party in Trafford, Manchester in 1995.

Holiday Harmony - 2002. October 2, 1970) is a British independent singer/songwriter. Hits You Remember Live - 2001. Badly Drawn Boy (b. Live (album) - 1999. 2004 - One Plus One Is One. Human Nature - 1998. 2002 - Have You Fed the Fish?.

King Biscuit Flower Hour - 1996. 2002 - About a Boy. Hourglass - 1994. 2000 - The Hour of Bewilderbeast. Ventura Highway & Other Favorites - 1992. In Concert - 1990.

Perspective - 1984. Your Move - 1983. The Last Unicorn (movie soundtrack) - 1982. A View from the Ground - 1982.

Alibi - 1980. Silent Lhhhhetter - 1979. Harbor - 1977. America Live - 1977.

Hideaway - 1976. Hearts - 1975. Holiday - 1974. Hat Trick - 1973.

Homecoming - 1973. America in Concert Live - 1973. America - 1972.