As a solo artist, Henley has sold over 10 million albums worldwide, had eight top-40 singles, won two Grammy Awards and five MTV Video Music Awards. In 1993, a compilation album titled Common Thread: The Songs of the Eagles was released, with a portion of the royalties from the sales going to the Walden Woods Project.

Occasionally Eagles songs would get drastic rearrangements, such as "Hotel California" with four trombones. Henley also won the Grammy Award for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance for the song. [19] They released their first studio album in 1972, which contained the hit song "Take It Easy," co-written by Jackson Browne. Being born on 22 July 1947, Don Henley is 73 years old as of today’s date 12th October 2020. [44], Geffen Records claimed that Henley was in breach of contract and Henley attempted to get out of his contract in 1993 based on an old statute. It was an accident, I'm sure." [38], In 1995 Henley released the single "The Garden of Allah" to promote his greatest hits solo album Actual Miles: Henley's Greatest Hits. A single release, "The Boys of Summer", reached No. In 2020, Don with his band Eagles is bringing their recent, highly acclaimed Hotel California performances on tour. Geffen Records did not want Henley signing with any other label, and had an agreement from Sony and EMI that they would not sign Henley. In 2012, Henley was estimated to be the fourth-wealthiest drummer in the world, behind Ringo Starr, Phil Collins and Dave Grohl, with a $200 million fortune.[78]. [35][36] Henley again won the Best Male Rock Vocal Performance Grammy Award in 1990 for "The End of the Innocence". [22] They are also among the top 5 overall best-selling bands of all time in America and the highest selling American band in U.S. [3] From 1994 to 2016, he divided his musical activities between the Eagles and his solo career. [80] See the article on Eagles for awards won as the band. [39], MusicRadar called Henley one of the greatest singing drummers of all time. Henley also contributed "Love Rules" to the 1982 Fast Times at Ridgemont High movie soundtrack. But I'm lucky to have had an amazing career", "Eagles and Alison Krauss get Berklee honorary doctorate", "Henley's Album Gets 4 Grammy Nominations : Music: Other multiple nominees are Bette Midler, Bonnie Riatt, Tom Petty, U-2 and Billy Joel", "Don Henley Honored As Person Of The Year", "2016 Grammy Awards: Complete list of winners and nominees", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Don_Henley&oldid=983530274, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, Don Henley, Danny Kortchmar, Greg Ladanyi, This page was last edited on 14 October 2020, at 19:16. They changed their name to Shiloh and recorded a few songs for Rogers, and "Jennifer (O' My Lady)" was released as their first single.

[17], The Eagles were formed in 1971,[18] and signed to David Geffen's label Asylum Records. [70][71] Late in 1975, Henley started dating Fleetwood Mac singer Stevie Nicks as her relationship with Lindsey Buckingham came to an end.

8 as a single. "[59] In January 2011, Henley commenced work on a solo album of country covers featuring special guests. They were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998 and are the highest-selling American band in history. Summerall has been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. [54]

[62], In 2000, Henley co-founded the Recording Artists' Coalition, a group founded to protect musicians' rights against common music industry business practices. Touring with her was the catalyst for forming a group, as Henley and Frey decided to form their own band. As part of the Caddo Lake Coalition, CLI helps protect the Texas wetland where Henley spent much of his childhood. [23] Henley and Frey have been called the American version of McCartney and Lennon. He first played the trombone, then in the percussion section. The band won that battle. Chiles, who was no longer in a relationship with Henley at the time of the incident, later said, "I was shocked to hear about it. His height is 1.78 m tall, and his weight is 65 kg. Peak chart positions for featured singles on the, Recording Industry Association of America, Enjoy Every Sandwich: The Songs of Warren Zevon, Looking Into You: A Tribute to Jackson Browne, Restoration: Reimagining the Songs of Elton John and Bernie Taupin, "Don Henley Album & Song Chart History – Billboard 200", "australian-charts.com – Australian charts portal", "Results – RPM – Library and Archives Canada – Top Albums/CDs", "norwegiancharts.com – Norwegian charts portal", "swedishcharts.com – Swedish charts portal", "The Official Charts Company – Don Henley", "Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA): Gold & Platinum", "Don Henley Album & Song Chart History – Hot 100", "allmusic ((( Don Henley > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles )))", "Don Henley Album & Song Chart History – Adult Contemporary", "Don Henley Album & Song Chart History – Dance/Club Play Songs", "Don Henley Album & Song Chart History – R&B/Hip-Hop Songs", "Results – RPM – Library and Archives Canada – Top Singles", "Results – RPM – Library and Archives Canada – Adult Contemporary", "RIAA – Gold & Platinum – April 1, 2011: "Dirty Laundry" certified awards", "Don Henley Album & Song Chart History – Adult Pop Songs", "Don Henley Album & Song Chart History – Country Songs", "Stevie Nicks Album & Song Chart History – Hot 100", "Patty Smyth Album & Song Chart History – Hot 100", "( allmusic > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles – Stevie Nicks )", "Stevie Nicks Album & Song Chart History – Adult Contemporary", "Patty Smyth Album & Song Chart History – Adult Contemporary", "Trisha Yearwood Album & Song Chart History – Country Songs", "Kenny Rogers Album & Song Chart History – Country Songs", "Results – RPM – Library and Archives Canada – Country Singles", "RIAA – Gold & Platinum – April 1, 2011: "Sometimes Love Just Ain't Enough" certified awards", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Don_Henley_discography&oldid=979551961, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, Tower of Song - The Songs of Leonard Cohen, "Bless The Children of the World", "The Man" (duet with, This page was last edited on 21 September 2020, at 11:26. In this role he testified before the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary in 2001[63] and the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation in 2003. [64], Henley in a 2008 interview revealed that he contributes to many other charitable causes such as The Race to Erase MS, and the Rhythm and Blues Foundation. [72] The relationship lasted on and off for around two years. history. As a result of the Caddo Lake Institute's success in restoring and protecting Caddo Lake's wetlands, Caddo Lake was included as the 13th site in the United States on the Ramsar Convention's list of significant wetlands. Henley has won 2 Grammys, and further award associated with Grammy, MusiCares Person of the Year. [53], In 2000, after 11 years, Henley released another solo album named Inside Job which peaked at number 7 on The Billboard 200 and contained the new singles "Taking You Home", "Everything Is Different Now", "Workin' It" and "For My Wedding". [14] Shiloh disbanded in 1971 over the band's leadership and creative differences between Henley and Bowden. [6] He has Irish, English and Scottish ancestry.

The Ramsar Convention is an intergovernmental treaty that provides a framework for national action and international cooperation for the conservation and wise use of wetlands and their resources. [7] After leaving high school in 1965, he initially attended college at Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, Texas. In 1995, Henley married Sharon Summerall. [50], Henley and Courtney Love testified at a California Senate hearing on that state's contractual laws in Sacramento on September 5, 2001. Don Henley Career. His second album, Building the Perfect Beast, (Geffen Records, 1984) features the Top 10 singles "The Boys of Summer", "All She Wants to Do Is Dance", which reached number five and number nine on the Hot 100, respectively. She was arrested for prostitution, while a 15-year-old girl found in the house was arrested for being under the influence of drugs. [16] They were joined by Randy Meisner and Bernie Leadon who also played in Ronstadt's backing band (the four however had played together only once before as the band personnel changed) and became the Eagles. [40] On his solo songs and other Eagles songs, he plays electric guitar and simultaneously sings or just sings solo. [34], Henley's next album, 1989's The End of the Innocence, was even more successful. [25] The band had a number of highly successful tours, such as the Hell Freezes Over Tour (1994-1996), and Long Road Out of Eden Tour. He counter-sued Geffen Records, claiming that he was "blackballed" by David Geffen, who had made agreements with other record labels not to sign him. Henley attended Linden-Kildare High School where he initially played football, but due to his relatively small build his coach suggested that he quit, and he joined the high school band instead. The year after in 1972, they later released their first studio album. Don Henley has said that Nicks was once pregnant with his child and that the Fleetwood Mac song "Sara" was titled after the name that they were going to give to that baby. [citation needed], Henley co-founded the non-profit Caddo Lake Institute in 1993 with Dwight K. Shellman to underwrite ecological education and research.

[12] In 1969, they met by chance fellow Texan Kenny Rogers who took an interest in their band. 9 on Hot 100), "Not Enough Love in the World" (No. They then formed a band called the Four Speeds. The media attention from this incident was primary among the inspirations for the solo hit, "Dirty Laundry. Ronnie Dunn from Brooks & Dunn and Alison Krauss have recorded a song with Henley for the album.[60]. [30] It was Henley's all-time biggest solo hit single, and also was nominated for a Grammy Award. [13] Surratt however died in a dirt bike accident just before their single was released, and the band members then became Henley, Richard Bowden and his cousin Michael Bowden, Al Perkins, and Jim Ed Norman. [73] Henley then began a three-year-long relationship with actress/model and Bond girl Lois Chiles. (Wife & Children) Don Henley is a married man as of 2019. This group filed a friend-of-the-court brief in the Napster case,[52] urging District Judge Marilyn Hall Patel not to accept the industry's broad claims of works made for hire authorship. The album reached a peak of number 24 on the US Billboard 200 chart.