#2: Seven Bridges Road by the Eagles
City: Saskatoon, SK
Radio Station: CKOM
Peak Month: March 1981
Peak Position in Saskatoon ~ #2
Peak Position in Vancouver ~ did not chart
Peak Position on Billboard Hot 100 ~ #21
YouTube: “Seven Bridges Road”
Lyrics: “Seven Bridges Road”
The Eagles are an American rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1971. With five number-one singles, six number-one albums, six Grammy Awards. The band was founded by co-lead vocalist and guitarist Glen Frey, co-lead vocalist Don Henley, guitar and banjo player Bernie Leadon, and bass guitarist Randy Meisner. Glenn Frey was born in Detroit in 1948. Frey studied piano at age five, later switched to guitar, and became part of the mid-1960s Detroit rock scene. One of his earliest bands was called the Subterraneans, named after the 1958 Jack Kerouac novel The Subterraneans. In 1968, Frey played acoustic guitar and provided backing vocals on the Bob Seger System’s “Ramblin’ Gamblin’ Man”. The song reached #17 on the Billboard Hot 100, and #1 in Windsor, Ontario. In 1969, Frey teamed up with J.D. Souther to form Longbranch Pennywhistle and the country-rock duo released an album. In 1971, Frey was one of four musicians hired as a backing band to tour with Linda Ronstadt. The other three were Don Henley, Bernie Leadon and Randy Meisner.