On at the present time in historical past, Might 7, 1977, the tune “Lodge California” reached No. 1 on the Billboard Sizzling 100.
The six minute and eight second-long tune by the Eagles spent one week atop the charts earlier than it was bumped all the way down to the quantity three spot by the tune “After I Want You” by Leo Sayer, the web site Finest Traditional Bands notes.
The album “Lodge California” was launched on Dec. 8, 1976, however the title tune was launched as a single two months afterward Feb. 22, 1977, in accordance with rock music web site SuperSeventies.
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“Each band has its inventive peak,” mentioned Don Henley, founding member of the Eagles, to USA Immediately in 2020 of the album “Lodge California.”
“I feel that was ours,” he continued. “We’d turn into very adept within the studio. We knew rather a lot about manufacturing. We knew extra about songwriting. We had the musicianship.”
The rock group The Eagles are proven right here. Left to proper: Don Felder, Don Henley, Joe Walsh, Glenn Frey and Randy Meisner. (Getty Photographs)
He added, “We had been prepared to make some modifications and take some dangers and attempt to do one thing totally different from something we’d accomplished earlier than.”
Henley additionally mentioned, “And you realize, the astronauts within the Area Station get a wakeup name on daily basis. A whole lot of occasions the oldsters within the [NASA] management middle would play ‘Lodge California.'”
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The musician laughed after which mentioned, “Personally, I don’t know if I might need to begin the day with that,” as USA Immediately famous.
“It’s principally a tune in regards to the darkish underbelly of the American dream and about extra in America.”
The enigmatic tune has led to quite a lot of wild theories about its that means, a few of which amused Henley.
Rumors additionally unfold that the tune was really about “heroin dependancy or devil worship,” mentioned Rolling Stone — one thing Henley vehemently denied.
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“We had been all middle-class children from the Midwest,” Henley advised that publication. “‘Lodge California’ was our interpretation of the excessive life in Los Angeles.”
Don Henley of the Eagles (left) receives the band’s 1977 Report of the 12 months award for “Lodge California” at — sure — the 2016 Grammy Awards. It was introduced to them in 2016 as a part of a tribute to the then-recently deceased co-founder Glenn Frey. (Frey handed away in January 2016.) (Getty Photographs )
In an interview with “60 Minutes,” Henley supplied one other that means.
“It’s principally a tune in regards to the darkish underbelly of the American dream and about extra in America, which is one thing we knew rather a lot about,” he mentioned.
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“Lodge California” would go on to win Report of the 12 months on the 1977 Grammy Awards — though the band was not in attendance that night time, as they didn’t assume they might win.
The Eagles ultimately obtained the award on the 2016 Grammy Awards, as a part of a tribute efficiency for the then-recently deceased co-founder Glenn Frey, who handed away in January 2016 at age 67.
A number of lineup modifications
The Eagles had been based in 1971 by Frey, Henley, Bernie Leadon and Randy Meisner, in accordance with the Rock & Roll Corridor of Fame web site.
They underwent a number of lineup modifications — and after a string of pop hits, retired in 1980.
Glenn Frey, Don Henley, Joe Walsh, Don Felder and Randy Meisner of the rock band The Eagles. The group hit No. 1 on Might 7, 1977, for his or her tune “Lodge California.” (Getty Photographs)
“The final word plot twist is that they had been reborn in 1994 for an additional go-round as the general public demonstrated an insatiable urge for food for his or her music and messages,” mentioned the Rock & Roll Corridor of Fame entry on the band.
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The Eagles had been inducted into the Rock & Roll Corridor of Fame in 1998, with Jimmy Buffett giving them the glory of induction.
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All through the band’s profession, the group obtained 18 Grammy Award nominations and gained six, along with a number of different awards.
The album “Lodge California” was added to the Grammy Corridor of Fame in 2008, notes the Grammy group’s web site.
