Moving deeper into my review of the Golden Decade of Music 1965-1974, where I am selecting the artists alphabetically and playing selections of their songs I liked or found influential from that Golden Decade. I am now moving into the E section and will play a few from the next artist, the Eagles, a band formed in Los Angeles in 1971. The original Eagles were comprised of Glenn Frey, Don Henley, Bernie Leadon, and Randy Meisner, but later also included Don Felder, Joe Walsh, and Timothy B. Schmit. With five number-one singles, six Grammy Awards, five American Music Awards, and six number one albums, the Eagles were one of the most successful musical acts of the 1970s. At the end of the 20th century, two of their albums, Their Greatest Hits (1971–1975) and Hotel California, were ranked among the 20 best-selling albums in the United States according to the Recording Industry Association of America. Hotel California is ranked 37th in Rolling Stone s list of The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time and the band was ranked number 75 on the magazines 2004 list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time. The first song selected from The Eagles is off their self-titled debut album in 1972, Take It Easy is a song written by Jackson Browne and Glenn Frey, and most famously recorded by the Eagles and had Frey singing lead vocals. It was the bands first single, released on May 1, 1972. It peaked at #12 on the Billboard Hot 100 on July 22, 1972, spending 11 weeks on the chart that summer. https://youtube/watch?v=AEzTdBJUHO8
Posted on: Sun, 25 Jan 2015 12:26:40 +0000
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