{"id":31225,"date":"2025-01-15T18:03:07","date_gmt":"2025-01-15T18:03:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/on-this-day-jan-15-1977-eagles-hotel-california-hit-1\/"},"modified":"2025-01-15T18:03:07","modified_gmt":"2025-01-15T18:03:07","slug":"on-this-day-jan-15-1977-eagles-hotel-california-hit-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/on-this-day-jan-15-1977-eagles-hotel-california-hit-1\/","title":{"rendered":"On This Day, Jan. 15, 1977: Eagles&#8217; &#8216;Hotel California&#8217; hit #1"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/syndication.abcaudio.com\/files\/2025-01-15\/ABCAudio_ThisDayInHistory_v03_ag.jpg\" alt><\/figure>\n<p>On This Day, Jan. 15, 1977 &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>Eagles<\/strong> landed their third #1 with their fifth studio album, <em>Hotel California<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The album spent eight nonconsecutive weeks in the top spot and went on to become one of the bestselling albums of all time, selling over 32 million records and being certified 26-times Platinum by the RIAA.<\/p>\n<p><em>Hotel California<\/em> was the Eagles&#8217; first album with guitarist <strong>Joe Walsh<\/strong>. Songs like the title track, \u201cLife in the Fast Lane\u201d and \u201cNew Kid in Town\u201d went on to become iconic songs for the band.<\/p>\n<p>A hit with critics, the title track of <em>Hotel California<\/em> won the Grammy for record of the year; the album was nominated for album of the year but lost to <strong>Fleetwood Mac<\/strong>\u2019s <em>Rumours<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2025, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On This Day, Jan. 15, 1977 &#8230; The Eagles landed their third #1 with their fifth studio album, Hotel California. 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