Every Eagles song with Glenn Frey on vocals
The late, great Glenn Frey was a rock music titan whose role as frontman, alongside Don Henley, was instrumental in defining the Eagles. Over their decades-spanning career, the band achieved unparalleled success, becoming one of the most iconic and successful North American musical acts of the 1970s—and of all time. Their achievements include numerous inductions into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, both individually and collectively, cementing their legacy in music history.
The Eagles were something of an anomaly in their ability to balance two co-frontmen, a dynamic rarely seen in bands—let alone one that works so successfully. Glenn Frey and Don Henley managed to share this role admirably, each taking their turn in the spotlight on the band’s many hits and album tracks over the years.
While Henley often took the lead on critical tour-de-forces like ‘Hotel California’, this does not diminish Frey’s equally significant contributions. His impact was anything but secondary, with his voice and songwriting shaping the band’s identity and success.
In fact, Frey’s crucial effect on the band is such that he took the reins on at least one song on every Eagles album from their early conception to the very end, demonstrating precisely why his own solo career formed in the band’s hiatus from 1980 to 1994, also took off in a similar stratospheric direction. But how many Eagles songs did he sing exactly?
That total amounts to 25 songs, spanning from the Eagles’ self-titled 1972 debut to their final album, Long Road Out of Eden, released in 2007. Interestingly, Long Road Out of Eden features the highest number of Glenn Frey contributions, with seven tracks. In contrast, his lowest contributions are tied between the seminal Hotel California and the reformation record Hell Freezes Over, with just one song on each.
But it’s clear that the success of the Eagles was never in doubt with Frey at the helm of it all. From Eagles, the album, he took charge on none other than their iconic breakout hit ‘Take It Easy’, which was the smash rock single of the year and is now considered one of the defining sounds of the genre. But not one to take his foot off the gas, he continued to mount the band’s growing success in the form of the song ‘Lyin’ Eyes’ from 1975’s One of These Nights, placing them on the precipice of superstardom from which Hotel California the following year would rocket from.
Frey may sadly no longer be with us, but his legacy as part of the Eagles and in his own entity will never be forgotten. It would be impossible to do that, anyway, because, with such an iconic discography, he has single-handedly shaped the course of rock and roll forever.
Every Eagles song with Glenn Frey on vocals:
Eagles (1972)
- ‘Take It Easy’
- ‘Chug All Night’
- ‘Peaceful Easy Feeling’
Desperado (1973)
- ‘Doolin’-Dalton’
- ‘Out of Control’
- ‘Tequila Sunrise’
- ‘Outlaw Man’
On the Border (1974)
- ‘Already Gone’
- ‘James Dean’
- ‘Ol’ ’55’
- ‘Good Day in Hell’
One of These Nights (1975)
- ‘Lyin’ Eyes’
- ‘After the Thrill is Gone’
Hotel California (1976)
- ‘New Kid in Town’
The Long Run (1979)
- ‘King of Hollywood’
- ‘Heartache Tonight’
- ‘Teenage Jail’
Hell Freezes Over (1994)
- ‘The Girl from Yesterday’
Long Road Out of Eden (2007)
- ‘How Long’
- ‘What Do I Do With My Heart’
- ‘No More Cloudy Days’
- ‘You Are Not Alone’
- ’Somebody’
- ‘I’ll Love to Watch a Woman Dance’
- ‘It’s Your World Now’
