America & Little River Band Review - Aladdin Hotel
By Gary Long, Sat Dec 10th
/p>
America is best known for their #1 hits "Horse With No Name" and"Sister Golden Hair." The trio Gerry Beckley (vocals, keyboards,bass, guitar, and harmonica), Dewey Bunnell (vocals and guitar),and Dan Peek (vocals, guitar, bass, keyboard, and harmonica) allattended London Central High in the mid-sixties where they metand formed the rock band America. When their first album Americawent platinum they moved to the United States and released threemore chart topping albums. Peek left the group in 1977 and theremaining duo produced many more albums and releasing the popcharts #8 hit "You Can Do Magic" in 1982. America is consideredone of the most traveled and hard-working bands ever, as theycontinued to play live concerts throughout their 35 yearscareers.
The Little River Band is an American rock band that started inAustralia.
Within eight months of forming, Little River Band hadscored three Australian Top 20 singles and two Top 10 albums.Their self-titled debut album was quickly released in the US andthey began headlining their own major shows while touringinternationally with other groups such as America, DoobieBrothers, and the Eagles. In 1982 they became the only act inthe world to have a Top 10 US single for six consecutive yearswhile also achieving 16 hit singles by 1985, as well as gold,platinum, and multi-platinum album sales awards that eclipsedthe 25 million mark. All-told Little River Band have notched upeight Top 10 singles in the US, where just two of their songs,"Reminiscing" and "Lady", have more than 8 million radio playsbetween them. The current line up consists of Wayne Nelson (leadvocals and bass), Stephen Housden (guitar and vocals), Greg Hind(guitar and vocals), Billy Thomas (drums and vocals), and ChrisMarion (keyboards and vocals.)
Additional Information about this Las Vegas Entertainment islocated at http://www.lvindex.com
About the author:Publisher of Las Vegas Entertainment, providing articles andservices since 1994.
