On this day, 2001, Guitarist Don Felder was fired from The Eagles. He would  later launch a $50 million law suit against drummer Don Henley and guitarist  Glen Frey, alleging wrongful termination and breach of implied-in-fact contract.  Henley and Frey then countersued Felder for breach of contract, alleging that  Felder had written and attempted to sell the rights to a "tell-all" book. Both  parties settled out-of-court for an undisclosed amount.

 

With five number one singles, fourteen Top 40 hits, and four number one albums,  the Eagles were among the most successful recording artists of the 1970s. At the  end of the 20th century, two of those albums -- Their Greatest Hits (1971-1975)  and Hotel California -- ranked among the ten best-selling albums ever, and the  popularity of 2007's Long Road Out of Eden proved the Eagles' staying power in  the new millenium. Though most of its members came from outside California, the  group was closely identified with a country- and folk-tinged sound that  initially found favor in Los Angeles during the late '60s, as championed by such  bands as the Flying Burrito Brothers and Poco (both of which contributed members  to the Eagles). But the band also drew upon traditional rock & roll styles  and, in their later work, helped define the broadly popular rock sound that  became known as classic rock. As a result, the Eagles achieved a perennial  appeal among generations of music fans who continued to buy their records many  years after they had split up, which helped inspire the Eagles' reunion in the  mid-'90s.

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