![]() ![]() It is also one of The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame‘s 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll. The song is rated highly in many rock music lists and polls Rolling Stone magazine ranked it number 49 on its list of “ The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time“. Once finished it was recorded in the key of E minor which turned out to be the wrong key for Don Henley to sing and was later re-recorded in the proper key for his voice which was B minor. The music for this song originated from a demo written and recorded by Don Felder and given to Don Henley and Glenn Frey to write lyrics for it. In 2009, the song “Hotel California” was certified Platinum (Digital Sales Award) by the RIAA for sales of one million digital downloads. The Eagles also won the 1977 Grammy Award for Record of the Year for “Hotel California” at the 20th Grammy Awards in 1978. Three months after its first release, the single was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), representing one million copies shipped. Billboard ranked it number 19 on its 1977 Pop Singles year-end chart. “Hotel California” topped the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week in May 1977 and peaked at number 10 on the Easy Listening chart. ![]()
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