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Corresponding post of the commercial (stereo) 45 version: America's third straight Top 10 1972 single. Per Wikipedia, Dewey Bunnell, the song's vocalist and writer, explained the title and lyrics: the lyric “alligator lizards in the air“ in the song is a reference to the shapes of clouds in the sky he saw in 1963 while his family was driving down the coast from Vandenberg Air Force Base near Lompoc, California, where they had a flat tire. While his father changed the tire, he and his brother stood by the side of the road, watched the clouds, and saw a road sign for Ventura. Pop Chart Peaks: Record World 7, Billboard & Cash Box 8 - A/C Peak: 3 - UK Peak: 43 (BMRB) Special thanks to Lyle J. for providing his copy of mono promo 45 single Warner Bros. 7641 - Ventura Highway (Dewey Bunnell) by America, produced by America ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The three* MusicProf channels are home to The HITS ARCHIVES, YouTube’s most comprehensive collection of U.S. ‘popular music’ recordings from 1925 thru 1975. Discover thousands of original hit versions, conveniently arranged in year-by-year playlists and sorted alphabetically in your choice of either song title or artist name. Simply visit this channel’s home page (here: @anotherprof3408 ), scroll down the rows of playlist categories, choose a favorite year, click on “view full playlist,” and then pick out the songs that you want to hear. Enjoy the music! * The45Prof The78Pprof AnotherProf
