Their debut album, Eagles (1972), spawned three top 40 singles. The founding members were Glenn Frey, Don Henley, Bernie Leadon and Randy Meisner. The track has an affiliation to the band(s) - the Eagles.Ībout Eagles (band) : The Eagles were one of the most successful acts of the 1970s. Hotel California has a significant contribution from artist(s) Don Felder,Don Henley,Glenn Frey. It was released as part of album Hotel California. Commercially, 'Hotel California' reached the number one position on the Billboard Hot 100. Julia Phillips proposed adapting the song into a film, but the members of the Eagles disliked the idea.

'Hotel California' has been covered by a number of artists. The lyrics of the song have various interpretations by fans and critics alike. Its long guitar coda was voted the best guitar solo of all time by readers of Guitarist. Writing credits for the song are shared by Don Felder (music), Don Henley, and Glenn Frey (lyrics) The song was awarded the Grammy Award for Record of the Year in 1978. G|-2-2-ĭ|-2-2-2-Ībout Hotel California : 'Hotel California' is the title track from the Eagles' album of the same name.

By 1977, Hotel California would reach #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, and riding the sales were two #1 singles, “New Kid in Town” and “Hotel California.” The album, Hotel California, was ranked by Rolling Stone as the #37 on its “500 Greatest Albums of All Time” list.Īt the time of the albums release, The Eagles included: Don Felder (guitar/vocals) Glenn Frey (guitars/keyboard/vocals) Don Henley (drums/percussion/vocals/keyboards) Randy Meisner (bass/guitar/guitarron/ vocals) and Joe Walsh (guitar/slide guitar/keyboards/vocals).E|-0-ī|-0. The 1976 album was The Eagles fifth album of original material and was a huge success having sold, to date, an estimated 16+ million copies in the U.S. The lyrics conjure up the decadence of the hotel with its “sweet summer sweat” and the girl whose mind is “Tiffany twisted, she got the Mercedes Benz.” The song continues to be an enormous favorite of Eagles fans and is listed on Rolling Stone magazine’s “500 Greatest Songs of All Time” at #49. Certainly, one of the favorite opening riffs of guitar players around the world is that of the country-rock track “Hotel California,” and a guitar feast at the end of the track, performed as a stringed duet by Don Felder and Joe Walsh is a nice surprise.

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