Don Henley (born July 22, 1947) is an American musician, singer-songwriter, and record producer best known as the co-founder of The Eagles. He served as the band's drummer and co-lead vocalist and, as of 2016, is the sole remaining founding member to still be apart of the group.
Career[Edit][]
Eagles[Edit][]
Don Henley moved in 1970 by Linden (Texas) to Los Angeles, to an album with his former band Shiloh . Shortly thereafter, Henley met Glenn Frey. Both were members of the backing band of Linda Ronstadt, and founded in 1971 the first Eagles album of Eagles, containing the hit "Take it easy" was released in 1972. That band went in 1980. Henley was involved in the composition of the best-known songs from the Eagles, Desperado, as "One Of These Nights" and "Hotel California".
Solo Career[Edit][]
After leaving Eagles Henley began a successful solo career. His first solo album was released in 1982 and was called I Can't Stand Still. The sale was moderate, but two years later followed all the album building the Perfect Beast, that stood out through the use of synthesizers and thereby somewhat distanced from the country rock-sound of Eagles. The single Boys of Summer reached the first place in the hit parade of the Billboard. The next album, The End of The Innocence, was released in 1989. For the resulting title track (written with Bruce Hornsby) he receives a grammy award. Then came a time no solo album more, because Henley was working on the reunion (tour) by Eagles. In 1995 released their Greatest Hits album Actual Miles: Henley's Greatest Hits, containing two new songs and a bonus track. Finally, In 2000 came a new solo album, Inside Job. In 1998 , he was with Eagles in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame .
Discography[Edit][]
Albums[Edit][]
| Album (s) with any charts in the
the Dutch Album Top 100 |
Date of
appear |
Date of
entry |
Highest
position |
Number Of
weeks |
Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I can't stand still | 1982 | 21-08-1982 | 16 | 6 | |
| Building the perfect beast | 1984 | 26-01-1985 | 12 | 14 | |
| End of the innocence | 1989 | 08-07-1989 | 64 | 11 | |
| Inside job | 2000 | 03-06-2000 | 86 | 2 | |
| The very best of Don Henley | 2009 | 04-07-2009 | 26 | 8 | Compilation album |
Singles[Edit][]
| Single (s) with any charts in the
the Dutch Top 40 |
Date of
appear |
Date of
entry |
Highest
position |
Number Of
weeks |
Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The boys of summer | 1985 | 16-02-1985 | 26 | 4 | |
| The end of The innocence | 1989 | 22-07-1989 | tip17 | - | |
| New York minute | 1989 | 25-11-1989 | tip2 | - | |
| Sometimes love just ain't enough | 1992 | 03-10-1992 | tip4 | - | with Patti Smith |
Radio 2 Top 2000[Edit][]
| Number (s) with markings
in the Radio 2 Top 2000 |
' 99 | ' 00 | ' 01 | ' 02 | ' 03 | ' 04 | ' 05 | ' 06 | ' 07 | ' 08 | ' 09 | ' 10 | ' 11 | ' 12 | ' 13 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Boys of Summer | 443 | 409 | 543 | 338 | 359 | 359 | 438 | 470 | 562 | 429 | 516 | 597 | 509 | 661 | 456 |
| New York Minute | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1295 | 1148 | 1843 | 1296 | 1380 | 1143 | 1234 | 1208 |
DVDs[Edit][]
| DVDs with chart positions in the Dutch Music Top 10 | Date of
appear |
Date of
entry |
Highest
position |
Number Of
weeks |
Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Live-inside job | 2002 | 16-03-2002 | 6 | 2 |
Discography Eagles[Edit][]
- Eagles (1972)
- Desperado (1973)
- On The Border (1974)
- One Of These Nights (1975)
- Their Greatest Hits (1971-1975) (1976)
- Hotel California (1976)
- The Long Run (1979)
- Eagles Live (1980)
- Eagles Greatest Hits, vol. 2 (1982)
- The Very Best Of Eagles (1994)
- Hell Freezes Over (1994)
- Selected Works: 1972-1999 (1999)
- The Very Best Of Eagles (2001)
- The Complete Greatest Hits (2003)
- Long Road Out of Eden (2007)
Trivia[Edit][]
Henley is committed to the environment. So he founded the non profitorganization on Caddo Lake Institute , for preservation of and research into the nature. The Institute is part of the Caddo Lake Coalition, which aims to protect the wetlands in Texas, where Don spent much of his youth.