Hits came swiftly but stardom didn't settle in until the latter half of the decade, after 1975's One of These Nights became a smash. The chemistry was evident on-stage and in the studio, so the quartet decided to form a band, releasing their debut in 1972. For all four, one of those gigs was supporting Linda Ronstadt in 1971. Every one of the original members - Henley, Frey, Bernie Leadon, and Randy Meisner - had headed toward LA with different bands and once those groups fell apart, they stuck around town, playing whatever gig that happened to show up. This was not a group of teenage friends who played local dances together. Co-leaders Don Henley and Glenn Frey didn't seem like brothers, but rather partners who made a pact to lead a coolly professional outfit designed to maximize their impact.
Not only did they sell more records and concert tickets than their peers - Their Greatest Hits (1971-1975) and Hotel California are two of the biggest-selling albums of all time - but they captured the shifting zeitgeist of the '70s, riding the country-rock hippie hangover at the end of the '60s until it reached the slick, expensive, and expansive pop/rock of Southern California in the late '70s. The Eagles were unquestionably the biggest mainstream American rock band to emerge in the 1970s.
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