Don Henley

A major American superstar who successfully made the transition from '60s rocker to '70s country rocker to '80s solo artist, Don Henley (b. July 22, 1947, Gilmer, Texas) is best known for his role as co-founder of the Eagles. During the span of their 10 year career, the band met enormous international success and sold over 80 million albums worldwide; at the time of their 1981 break-up, they had four No. 1 albums, five No. 1 singles, and four Grammys to their credit. Though Henley was the band's drummer, he co-wrote all 10 of the group's top 10 hits and sang lead on many of them. Both he and band co-founder Glenn Frey each went on to notable solo success, but significantly, as Frey's career began cooling down in the late '80s, Henley's was getting hotter by the minute. He is also known for he's great poetry.