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While remaining best known for his tenure in the Eagles, Glenn
Frey also enjoyed considerable success as a solo performer, with a
career dating back to the glory days of the Detroit rock scene of
the mid-1960s. Born in the Motor City on November 6, 1948, Frey
formed his first band the Mushrooms in 1966, soon appearing live on
the local TV program Robin Seymour's Swinging Time and becoming a
staple at the area teen club the Hideout; for the club's Hideout
Records label, the group cut their debut single "Such a Lovely
Child," a session produced by another aspiring Detroit rocker, Bob
Seger.The Mushrooms split soon after, and Frey joined the folk-rock
group the Four of Us; he subsequently formed two more Detroit teen
bands, the Subterraneans and the Heavy Metal Kids, before relocating
to California in the early 1970s.
After co-founding the Eagles a
year later, Frey enjoyed a remarkable run as a member of one of the
decade's most successful bands, assuming lead vocals on smashes
including "Take It Easy," "Tequila Sunrise," "New Kid in Town,"
"Lyin' Eyes" and "Heartache Tonight." When the Eagles disbanded in
the wake of 1979's The Long Run, he began a solo career in 1982 with
No Fun Aloud, notching a pair of Top 40 hits with "I Found Somebody"
and "The One You Love." 1984's The Allnighter spawned the hit
"Smuggler's Blues," which subsequently inspired an episode of the
hit TV series Miami Vice on which Frey guest-starred; his acting
work later continued in an extended guest role on the acclaimed
Wiseguy as well as a starring turn in 1993's South of Sunset, which
as a result of its premiere episode's 6.1 Nielsen rating -- believed
to be the lowest fall debut in major network history -- was
cancelled after only one episode.
More successful was Frey's
continued musical career which reached its peak in 1985 with the Top
Ten smash "The Heat Is On," a single released from the soundtrack to
the Eddie Murphy comedy Beverly Hills Cop. Frey's contribution to
the Miami Vice soundtrack, "You Belong to the City," was also a
blockbuster, narrowly missing the top of the charts. However, his
next solo LP, Soul Searchin,' did not follow until 1988, notching
only one Top 40 entry, "True Love; " Strange Weather, issued four
years later, missed the charts altogether. After issuing Glenn Frey
Live in 1993, he joined the reunited Eagles on their phenomenally
successful "Hell Freezes Over" tour, with a live album of the same
name reaching Number One a year later. In the late 1990s, Frey also
co-founded his own label, Mission Records, with attorney Peter
Lopez. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Music Guide
Jason Ankeny
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