The best classic rock songs often took inspiration from unexpected sources. For example, Eagles’ “Hotel California” was supposed to feel like a number of classic movies. The 1970s band Steely Dan also ...

One of the most famous classic rock songs ever is The Eagles’ “Hotel California.” The tune has a lyric that alludes to the name of another rock band that was popular at the same time as The Eagles.

They seemed to relish their sound. “The Eagles were very inspirational to both Lindsey and I because we loved their singing,” ...

A Manhattan judge will decide if three men attempted to "Take It to the Limit" — and sell allegedly stolen lyric pages from The Eagles. The band's co-founder Don Henley is expected to take the stand ...

The Eagles don’t sound much like Led Zeppelin. Despite this, Don Henley compared The Eagles’ “Hotel California” to one Led Zeppelin song. The similarities aren’t obvious, but they are profound. Henley ...

NEW YORK — Don Henley said Monday that he never gave away handwritten pages of draft lyrics to “Hotel California” and other Eagles hits, calling them “very personal" in testimony that also delved into ...

Irving Azoff, the Eagles' longtime manager, on Wednesday testified in a Manhattan court that handwritten "Hotel California" lyric pages were initially "stolen" by Ed Sanders. Sanders, a nonfiction ...