Sing Along - Meet "America"

A Horse with no Name

America is a British-American rock band formed in London in 1970 by 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

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America won a Grammy Award for Best New Artist and was nominated for Best Pop Vocal Group at the 15th Annual Grammy Awards in 1973. The group was inducted into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 2006 and received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2012.

The story behind "A Horse with No Name"

Gerry Beckley and Dewey Bunnell of the band America talk about how famous music producer George Martin helped them hone their musical talents, how their famous songs "Ventura Highway" and "Horse With No Name" came to be, and more on The Big Interview!

Language History II - MIDDLE ENGLISH (The Canterbury Tales)

Geoffrey Chaucer

Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1340s – 25 October 1400) was an English poet and author. He has been considered the greatest Middle Ages English poet. He is best known for The Canterbury Tales. He has been called the "father of English literature" or the "father of English poetry." He was the first writer to be buried in what has since come to be called Poets' Corner in Westminster Abbey.

The Canterbury Tales

The Canterbury Tales is a collection of 24 stories that span over 17,000 lines written in Middle English4 by Geoffrey Chaucer between 1387 and 1400. During these years, Chaucer began working on his most famous text, The Canterbury Tales. The tales (written in verse) are presented as part of a story-telling contest by a group of pilgrims as they travel together from London to Canterbury to visit the shrine of Saint Thomas Becket at Canterbury Cathedral. The prize for this contest is a free meal at the Tabard Inn at Southwark on their return.

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10 things you didn't know about the Canterbury Tales.

The Knight's Tale

But for to tellen yow of his array,

His hors were goode, but he was nat gay.

Of fustian he wered a gypon

Al bismotered with his habergeon,

For he was late ycome from his viage,

And wente for to doon his pilgrymage.

The Miller's Tale

A swerd and bokeler bar he by his syde…

A whit cote and a blew hood wered he.

A bagpipe wel koude he blow and sowne,

And therwithal he brought us out of towne.