Glenn Frey

Songwriter + Musician + Singer

Male

Born Nov 6, 1948

Age 64

Hometown Detroit, Michigan

Genres Rock music + Coun...

Instruments Piano + Harmonica...

Performed With Eagles + JD South...

Record Label Asylum Records

Glenn Lewis Frey is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and actor, best known as a founding member of the Eagles. Frey formed the Eagles after he met drummer Don Henley in 1970 and the two eventually joined Linda Ronstadt's backup band for her summer… Read More

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Cindy Millican Frey

Married 1990
Janie Beggs

Married 1983 - 1988
Connie Hamzy
Fling 1976

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Dvd Reivew: The History Of The Eagles (3 Dvd Set)
Seattle Pi - May 04, 2013

DVD Reivew: The History of The Eagles (3 DVD Set) Seattle Post-Intelligencer Copyright 2013 Seattle Post-Intelligencer. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Published 2:52 pm, Saturday, May 4, 2013 Perhaps more than any other group, The Eagles personified American rock and roll in the 70's, and that is very apparent on the first disc, which will fascinate Eagles fans and fans of rock musi...
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Michael Sigman: Eagles Land, Then Soar In New Documentary
Huffington Post - Feb 18, 2013

In 1972, I was the singles reviewer for the music trade Record World. It was an awesome job, but someone had to do it. There were lots of mediocre records to plow through, but what a thrill it was when a clear-cut hit arrived -- like Carly Simon's "You're So Vain," "Oh, Girl" by the Chi Lites and "Take It Easy," the first single from the Eagles. The breezy, hooky "Take it Easy," written by Jackson Browne (the "Winslow, Arizona" verse was added by Eagle
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Don Mc Nay: Concerning Money: Keep Your Friends Not So Close And Enemies Even Further Away
Huffington Post - Feb 11, 2013

"Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer." -Michael Corelone (Al Pacino) in The Godfather Part II. "Tell me who your friends are, I'll tell you who you are." -Bingo Joe McNay (my father), a professional gambler and bookmaker. "Don't stand so close to me." -The Police A friend recently lost her husband at a young age. She told me that men started coming on to her at the funeral. I see it all the time. The first thing I tell lottery winners, widows, wid...
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L.A. Diaz: South Beach Battioke: Miami Heat Players 'Sing' For A Cause
Huffington Post Sports - Jan 24, 2013

I'm sitting in a cozy corner of the makeshift VIP area inside a ballroom of the Eden Roc Renaissance Hotel on Miami Beach watching the entire roster of Miami Heat players prepare to sing. It's January 21st -- Martin Luther King Day, as well as President Barack Obama's second inauguration. It's also a perfect night for karaoke. Mind you, this is not your average Monday night karaoke. It's "Battioke"-- Heat forward Shane Battier's fundraising sing fest, now in its second year here ...
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Timeline

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CHILDHOOD

1948 Birth Born on November 6, 1948.

TEENAGE

1968 19 Years Old His first professional recording experience was performing acoustic guitar and background vocals on Bob Seger's Ramblin' Gamblin' Man in 1968. … Read More

TWENTIES

1969 20 Years Old Frey then moved to Los Angeles to follow a girlfriend who was an aspiring singer. His first recording as a musical writer was while fronting Longbranch Pennywhistle, a duo with J. D. Souther, in 1969. … Read More

1971 22 Years Old 1 More Event

… The Eagles formed in 1971 and released their debut album in 1972. Glenn Frey played guitar with the Eagles as well as piano and keyboards, and shared lead vocals with Don Henley. The Eagles broke up in 1980 after becoming one of the most successful bands of all time. … Read More

THIRTIES

1980 31 Years Old 1 More Event

After the breakup of the Eagles in 1980, Frey embarked on a successful solo career.

1982 33 Years Old He released his debut album in 1982 and went on to record Top 40 hits "The One You Love", "Smuggler's Blues", "Sexy Girl", "The Heat Is On", and "You Belong to the City". … Read More

LATE ADULTHOOD

2012 63 Years Old 1 More Event

In 2012 on the Tavis Smiley Show, Frey told Smiley, "When the Eagles broke up, people used to ask me and Don, "When are the Eagles getting back together?' We used to answer, 'When Hell freezes over.' … Read More

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