America was quietly one of the most consistent rock outfits of the decade, scoring two gold albums, two platinum albums, and two number one singles. They also had four other singles crack the top 10.

Longtime fans probably know the origin of the band name America. The three high school buddies who started the group all had fathers serving in the U.S. Air Force at a base outside London. When ...

All we need is George Martin, the soft-rock band America mused a few years later. “All you need is love,” The Beatles sang in their 1967 number one single from the movie “Magical Mystery ...