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Glenn Frey
Glenn Lewis Frey was an American musician and songwriter. He was a founding member of the rock band Eagles, for whom he was the co-lead singer and frontman, roles he came to share with fellow member Don Henley, with whom he wrote most of Eagles' material. Frey played guitar and keyboards as well as singing lead vocals on songs such as "Take It Easy", "Peaceful Easy Feeling", "Tequila Sunrise", "Al…
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entertainment · American rock musician and songwriter (1948–2016) · singer · pianist · actor · guitarist · singer-songwriter · television actor · lyricist · rock musician · musician · also Glenn Frey, Frey
Born 6 November 1948 · Died 18 January 2016 · Q472051
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2026· 2 entries
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2018· 6 entries
Published video “Glenn Frey - You Belong To The City”.
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Released album “Above the Clouds: The Very Best of Glenn Frey”.
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Published video “Glenn Frey - Smuggler's Blues”.
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Published video “Glenn Frey - The Heat Is On (From "Beverly Hills Cop" Soundtrack)”.
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Published video “Glenn Frey - True Love”.
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Published video “Glenn Frey - Part Of Me, Part Of You (From "Thelma & Louise" Soundtrack)”.
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2017· 1 entry
Published video “GlennFreyVEVO Live Stream”.
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2016· 4 entries
To honor his songwriting contributions to "Take It Easy"
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Awarded Kennedy Center Honors (2016).
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Died 2016-01-18.
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At age 67, from complications of rheumatoid arthritis, acute ulcerative colitis, and pneumonia
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2015· 1 entry
At Bossier City, Louisiana, a concert which would be Frey's final public appearance with the band
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2013· 2 entries
The two-part documentary History of the Eagles, directed by Alison Ellwood and co-produced by Academy Award winner Alex Gibney, was aired on Showtime
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For Outstanding Sound Mixing For Nonfiction Programming
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2012· 4 entries
Released album “After Hours”.
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Frey released his first solo album in 20 years, After Hours, featuring covers of pop standards from the 1940s to the 1960s
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“When the Eagles broke up, people used to ask me and Don,”
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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
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2009· 1 entry
Frey was voted into the Michigan Rock and Roll Legends Hall of Fame
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2007· 1 entry
The Eagles released the album Long Road Out of Eden, and Frey participated in the Eagles' Long Road Out of Eden Tour (2008–2011)
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2002· 1 entry
Frey appeared on HBO's Arliss, playing a political candidate who double-crosses Arliss and must pay a high price for it
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2001· 1 entry
Released album “Classic Glenn Frey”.
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2000· 1 entry
Released album “20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: The Best of Glenn Frey”.
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1997· 1 entry
Released album “Golden Fund”.
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1995· 1 entry
Released album “Solo Collection”.
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1994· 3 entries
“For the record, we never broke up. We just took a 14-year vacation.”
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When they released a new album, Hell Freezes Over
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Released album “Live & Alive”.
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1993· 1 entry
Released album “Glenn Frey Live”.
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1992· 1 entry
Released album “Strange Weather”.
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1988· 1 entry
Released album “Soul Searchin'”.
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1984· 2 entries
Released album “The Allnighter”.
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Recorded in collaboration with Harold Faltermeyer the worldwide hit "The Heat Is On", the main theme from the Eddie Murphy action comedy film Beverly Hills Cop
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1982· 2 entries
Released album “No Fun Aloud”.
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And went on to record Top 40 hits "The One You Love", "Smuggler's Blues", "Sexy Girl", "The Heat Is On", "You Belong to the City", "True Love", "Soul Searchin'", and "Livin' Right"
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1972· 1 entry
With Frey its lead vocalist
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1969· 1 entry
Which contains songs he wrote such as "Run, Boy, Run" and "Rebecca", and "Bring Back Funky Women", which he co-wrote with Souther
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1968· 1 entry
Frey played the acoustic guitar and performed background vocals on Seger's single, "Ramblin' Gamblin' Man"
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1967· 1 entry
Formed the Mushrooms with Gary Burrows' brother Jeff, Bill Barnes, Doug Gunsch, Ken Bash, and Lenny Mintz
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1966· 1 entry
Frey was invited to join The Four of Us, a local band led by Gary Burrows, who had seen him performing with the Subterraneans
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1948· 2 entries
Born 1948-11-06.
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And raised in nearby Royal Oak, Frey studied piano at age five, later switched to guitar, and became part of the mid-1960s Detroit rock scene
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