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Glenn Frey, guitarist for the Eagles, has died.

Frey, along with drummer and singer Don Henley, was one of the founding members of the popular band. The group released such songs as 鈥淟ife in the Fast Lane,鈥� 鈥淗otel California,鈥� and 鈥淭ake It Easy.鈥澛�

The band released a self-titled work, their first studio album, in 1972 and broke up in 1980 after releasing several others. However, they would go on to release 鈥淟ong Road Out of Eden,鈥� their most recent work, in 2007.听

Frey also released a few solo albums during the time the band was apart, including 1984鈥檚 鈥淭he Allnighter,鈥� which included the hit single 鈥淪muggler鈥檚 Blues.鈥�

Demand for the band hardly declined over the years 鈥� the Eagles鈥� 2014 tour became the fourth-highest-grossing tour of the year, according to .

The band is remembered for their influence on the country rock genre and for their status as one of the most popular bands of the last four decades. The Eagles sold more albums during the 1970s than any other group, according to the .听

Michael Jackson鈥檚 鈥淭hriller鈥� album is famously the bestselling of all time, according to the , but the Eagles鈥� 鈥淭heir Greatest Hits: 1971-1975鈥� is currently not far behind 鈥淭hriller,鈥� with 鈥淭hriller鈥� having passed 30 million copies sold in the US and the Eagles having sold 29 million as of last month.听

The Eagles had a profound influence on the music of their time and on artists who came after. Singer Sheryl Crow wrote of the band for , 鈥淭he Eagles聽forever changed country and rock, but I just think of what they did as being great American music. It's amazing how one band could take all those influences 鈥� country and rock, of course, but also soul, R&B and folk 鈥� and still sound so distinctive鈥� Don Henley and Glenn Frey turned into one of rock's all-time great songwriting teams.鈥�

writer Randy Lewis wrote that the band鈥檚 songs were 鈥渉its that came to define a quintessential Southern California pop sound in the 1970s.鈥�