Like many names in the crossover areas of pop and country, Henley, hails from Texas. In fact, as a young adult, he learned that his little town of Linden, Texas, where he grew up, also spawned the wonderful blues guitarist, T-Bone Walker and the historic ragtime pianist, Scott Joplin.
Henley is known for many accomplishments both on and off the concert stage and recording studio. He is celebrated as an extraordinarily adept songwriter, with a knack for capturing powerful emotional feelings as well as the mood of a special moment in time. A majority of his best remembered hit songs were recorded by his legendary Southern California band, The Eagles, whose roots go back to the early Hollywood music epicenter of Laurel Canyon Boulevard and Lookout Mountain Avenue.
In terms of familiar melodies, many of Henley's songs have become established standards. All of them are on the basic menu of Classic Rock stations as well as adult contemporary and country music outlets.
Singer Linda Ronstadt contracted Frey to assemble a touring band, so he asked Henley to join him, along with guitarist Bernie Leadon and bassist Randy Meisner , and this quartet supported the singer just once -- at a July show at Disneyland -- but they did back Ronstadt on her self-titled album. Before that album was released, this quartet became the Eagles , signing a deal with David Geffen 's Asylum Records.
The Eagles' self-titled debut kicked off a decade of dominance for the band. This debut featured the Top 10 hit "Witchy Woman" along with the Top 40 hits "Take It Easy" and "Peaceful Easy Feeling," a good start that was slowed somewhat by the underperforming Desperado ; it'd later eclipse its predecessor in platinum certifications, but it went no further than 41 upon its release, and none of its singles cracked the Top Things started to rebound with 's On the Border , which gave the group its first number one Billboard hit with the Henley -sung ballad "Best of My Love.
Not only was it the first album certified platinum by the RIAA, it would go on to sell 42 million copies worldwide, 29 million of those in the U. Before Their Greatest Hits reached such heights came Hotel California , the album that turned the Eagles into superstars. Released in time for Christmas , Hotel California had a pair of chart-topping singles in "New Kid in Town" and "Hotel California" "Life in the Fast Lane" went to 11 and it not only reached number one, it kept selling for decades, eventually earning 16 platinum certifications from the RIAA.
Henley launched his solo career in , first appearing as Stevie Nicks ' duet partner on the Top 10 single "Leather and Lace" and then releasing I Can't Stand Still , an album he co-produced with Greg Ladanyi and co-wrote in large part with Danny Kortchmar.
Its first single, "Johnny Can't Read," didn't crack the Top 40 but "Dirty Laundry" became a big hit, reaching number three on Billboard it'd eventually earn a Gold certification, the only Henley solo single to do so. Henley 's big solo breakthrough arrived in , when he released "The Boys of Summer" as the first single from Building the Perfect Beast. Over the next year, it racked up sales -- it peaked at 13 on the Billboard on its way to triple-platinum certification -- and also generated three additional singles in the Top 10 "All She Wants to Do Is Dance," "Not Enough Love in the World" which peaked at 34 , and "Sunset Grill" which peaked at Four years after this successful run of singles, Henley returned in with The End of the Innocence , a moody, deliberative album that turned into his biggest solo success, reaching number eight on the Billboard Ultimately, the album didn't generate as many hits as its predecessor -- the title track went to eight, the same position as its parent album, while "The Last Worthless Evening" topped out at 21; "I Will Not Go Quietly" and "If Dirt Were Dollars" were Top 10 hits on Billboard's Mainstream Rock radio chart -- but the overall record performed better, going platinum six times.
On the heels of this success, Henley slowly became entangled in a dispute over his record contract with Geffen Records, culminating in the label's breach-of-contract suit against the singer. While the legal battle played out, the singer mended fences with the Eagles , a development that was instrumental in the settling of the lawsuit. Geffen allowed Henley to leave the label in exchange for the rights to release Hell Freezes Over , a reunion album by the group featuring four new studio songs and 11 live acoustic renditions of their hits.
These stations introduced him to the blues, bluegrass, gospel, jazz and rock and roll, paving the way for his future as an artist. As a solo artist and as a member of the Eagles, Don Henley has received countless accolades, numerous gold and platinum records and performed sold-out concert tours worldwide. Henley is a founding member, vocalist and songwriter of the Eagles.
The Eagles have sold more than million albums worldwide, earning five 1 U. Their Greatest Hits is the best-selling album of all time, exceeding sales of 29 million units.
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