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Retrieved October 10, 2012. Peek was born in Panama City, Fla., to a U.S. Air Force officer father. He moved to England in 1963 when his father was assigned to a base there, meeting Bunnell and Beckley at London Central High School. Peek and Beckley played in a band called The Days, and after Peek left to attend Old Dominion University in ...
America are a British-American rock band formed in London in 1970 by US artists Dewey Bunnell, Dan Peek, and Gerry Beckley. The trio met as sons of US Air Force personnel stationed in London, where they began performing live. Achieving significant popularity in the 1970s, the trio was famous for its close vocal harmonies and light acoustic folk ...
All Things Are Possible. (album) All Things Are Possible is the solo debut album by Dan Peek after his departure from the popular soft rock band America. [1] The album was released in 1979 and was a hit on contemporary Christian music radio stations. [2] It was released by Pat Boone 's label Lamb & Lion Records [3] and was produced by Chris ...
Doer of the Word is the second solo album by former America member Dan Peek. [1] It was released in 1984, five years after the release of his first album, All Things Are Possible, and produced by Chris Christian. [2] Several songs from the album received airplay on contemporary Christian music radio. The title track hit number 2 on the ...
After Dan Peek left America in 1977, he recalled performing "Lonely People" to close his concerts, introducing the song "with words to the effect" "that Jesus is the answer to loneliness". On the advice of a fan, Peek rewrote the lyrics of the song to convey a pro-Christian message and he recorded a revised version of "Lonely People" for his ...
Background. According to Dan Peek, "Today's the Day" was the inspiration for the Rod Stewart hit "Tonight's the Night (Gonna Be Alright)" a US #1 single for eight weeks from November 1976 to January 1977 which also afforded Stewart an international smash hit. Peek would recall that one evening when he and his guest Rod Stewart were playing ...
The Best of Dan Peek. The Best of Dan Peek is the fifth solo album by former America member Dan Peek and his first compilation. Released in 1988, it includes songs from his first four albums, All Things Are Possible, Doer of the Word, Electro-Voice, and Cross Over. Several of the songs were hits on contemporary Christian music stations.
America Live is the first official live album by American folk rock duo America, released by Warner Bros. Records in December 1977. The album was recorded in July 1977 at the Greek Theater in Los Angeles, California. It was the first to feature America as a duo, as Dan Peek had left the group for a solo career two months prior to the recording ...