The song "Take It Easy" is a song written by Jackson Browne and Glenn Frey,
and recorded by the Eagles with Frey singing lead vocals. It was the band’s
first single. It peaked at No. 12 on the July 22, 1972 Billboard Hot 100 chart. It
also was the opening track on the band’s debut album Eagles and it has
become one of their signature songs, included on all of their live and
compilation albums. It is listed as one of The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s
500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll.

Glenn Frey (left) died January 18 of this year.

The Kingsmen, from left, Don Gallucci, Jack Ely, Lynn Easton,
Mike Mitchell and Bob Nordby.                           (Gino Rossi photo)

  
A rock group from Portland, Oregon, called The Kingsmen, recorded 
their cover of “Louie Louie” at Northwestern, Inc., Motion Pictures and
Recording in Portland. The session cost $50 and was done in one take. 

The song Are You Lonesome To-night? debuted on Billboard’s Top 40 at
number 35 on November 14, moved a week later to number two and topped
the chart by November 28. It was Presley’s 15th chart-topping single, it held
the top position until January 9, 1961. The singles release was delayed by
RCA Records executives, who thought the song did not fit Presley’s new
(and publicized) style.

The song Moonlight Serenade was a Top Ten hit on the U.S. pop charts 
in 1939, reaching number three on the Billboard charts, where it stayed 
for fifteen weeks. In 1991,it was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.