After a decade as one of the mainstays with the Eagles playing a leading role in
their biggest hits like Hotel California, Desperado, Best Of My Life and One Of
These Nights, Don Henley underlined the class of his carefully crafted songs
with a successful solo career. His first solo album I Can't Stand Still was
released in 1982 and the following year he had his biggest hit with the single
Dirty Laundry, a bitter denunciation of the tabloid press. The Boys Of Summer
was another major hit single as Henley moved away from the country pop sound of
The Eagles by incorporating synth a...