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Eagles are an American rock band that was formed in Los Angeles, California

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Eagles are an American rock band that was formed in Los Angeles, California in 1971. Currently consisting of vocalist/drummer Don Henley, vocalist/guitarist Glenn Frey, guitarist/vocalist Joe Walsh and bassist/vocalist Timothy B. Schmit, the band had five Number 1 singles and six Number 1 albums. the Eagles were one of the most successful recording artists of the 1970s. The Eagles' album, Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975 was named as the best-selling album of the 20th Century with 26 million sold, and, along with the album Hotel California, was ranked among the ten all time best-selling albums by the Recording Industry Association of America. The band’s recording and touring schedule gradually slowed until they broke up in the fall of 1980 for what became a fourteen year hiatus.

Each of the members has pursued a solo career, with Don Henley’s the most successful commercially and critically. In the ’90s, after what they considered a "14 year break", the band’s sound was frequently cited as an influence by young country stars, many of whom contributed tracks to the album Common Thread: The Songs of the Eagles (#3, 1993), which won Album of the Year at the 1994 Country Music Associations's CMA Awards. That same year, the Eagles revival culminated in the band’s reunion tour and album.

The group originally coalesced from L.A.’s country-rock community. Before producer John Boylan assembled them as Linda Ronstadt’s backup band on her album Silk Purse (1970), the four original Eagles were already experienced professionals. Bernie Leadon had played in the Dillard and Clark Expedition and the Flying Burrito Brothers; Randy Meisner, with Poco and Rick Nelson’s Stone Canyon Band. Glenn Frey had played with various Detroit rock bands (including Bob Seger’s) and Longbranch Pennywhistle (with J.D. Souther, a sometime songwriting partner), and Henley had been with a transplanted Texas group, Shiloh. After working with Ronstadt, Henley and Frey decided to form the Eagles, recruiting Leadon and Meisner.

Intending to take the country rock of the Byrds and The Flying Burrito Brothers a step further toward hard rock, the Eagles recorded their first album with producer Glyn Johns in England. Take It Easy (#12, 1972), written by Frey and Jackson Browne, went gold shortly after its release, as did their debut album of the same name. (Another single, Witchy Woman, reached #9 that year.)

album: "The Eagles" (1972)

Take It Easy

Witchy Woman

Chug All Night

Most Of Us Are Sad

Nightingale

Train Leaves Here This Morning

Take The Devil

Earlybird

Peaceful Easy Feeling

Tryin'

album: "Desperado" (1973)

Doolin-Dalton

Twenty-One

Out Of Control

Tequila Sunrise

Desperado

Certain Kind Of Fool

Outlaw Man

Saturday Night

Bitter Creek

Doolin-Dalton / Desperado Reprise

album: "On The Border" (1974)

Already Gone

You Never Cry Like A Lover

Midnight Flyer

My Man

On The Border

James Dean

Ol' 55

Is It True?

Good Day In Hell

The Best Of My Love

album: "One Of These Nights" (1975)

One Of These Nights

Too Many Hands

Hollywood Waltz

Lyin' Eyes

Take It To The Limit

Visions

After The Thrill Is Gone

I Wish You Peace

album: "Hotel California" (1976)

Hotel California

New Kid In Town

Life In The Fast Lane

Wasted Time

Victim Of Love

Pretty Maids All In A Row

Try And Love Again

The Last Resort

album: "The Long Run" (1979)

The Long Run

I Can't Tell You Why

In The City

The Disco Strangler

The King Of Hollywood

Heartache Tonight

Those Shoes

Teenage Jail

The Greeks Don't Want No Freaks

The Sad Cafe

album: "Hell Freezes Over" (1994)

Get Over It

Love Will Keep Us Alive

The Girl From Yesterday

Learn To Be Still

Tequila Sunrise

Hotel California

Wasted Time

Pretty Maids All In A Row

I Can't Tell You Why

New York Minute

The Last Resort

Take It Easy

In The City

Life In The Fast Lane

Desperado