In the 18 months between December 1976 and June 1978, Eagles sold more than 18 million copies of the Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975 and Hotel California albums. Hotel California, released in December 1976, was certified platinum in one week, hit number one in January 1977, and eventually sold over 10,000,000 copies. On the Border was released in March 1974, and included hit singles "Already Gone" and "The Best of My Love."Įagles' fourth album, One of These Nights, was an immediate hit, with hit singles including the title track, "Lyin' Eyes" and "Take it to the Limit." Their second album, Desperado, a concept album, was released in April 1973, spawning the Top 40 single "Tequila Sunrise." The title track of the album was never released as a single, but remains one of the band's most well-known songs. The band's debut album, Eagles, released in June 1972, reached the Top 20 and went Gold in a little over a year and a half on the strength of two singles, "Take It Easy" and "Witchy Woman"-and one Top 20 hit, "Peaceful Easy Feeling." In 1998, Eagles were inducted into the Rock Roll Hall of Fame, in their first year of eligibility. The band's Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975 album, with sales in excess of 29 million units, is second only to Michael Jackson's Thriller as the greatest selling album of all time. The band has been awarded six Grammy(r) Awards. Eagles have sold more than 120 million albums worldwide, have scored six #1 albums and have topped the singles charts five times.
With their profound lyrics, harmonies and country-tinged melodies, they created a signature Southern California sound. Eagles are one of the most influential and commercially successful American rock bands of all time.
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