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Frey met drummer Don Henley in 1970. They were signed to the same label, [[Amos Records]], at that time and spent time at the [[Troubadour (West Hollywood, California)|Troubadour]]. When [[Linda Ronstadt]] needed a backup band for an upcoming tour, her manager [[John Boylan (record producer)|John Boylan]] hired Frey because Boylan needed someone who could play rhythm guitar and sing. Frey approached Don Henley to join Ronstadt.<ref>{{cite AV media |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2194326/ |title=History of the Eagles |date=2013|time=27:15–28:10 }}</ref> [[Randy Meisner]] and [[Bernie Leadon]] were also hired. Because the backing band personnel changed during the tour, the four played together only once: at a gig at [[Disneyland]].<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=o_EjE6-iyQoC |title=To The Limit: The Untold Story of the Eagles |first=Marc |last=Eliot |pages=58–62 |publisher=Da Capo Press |year=2004 |isbn=9780306813986 }}{{Dead link|date=October 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.allmusic.com/artist/eagles-mn0000144847/biography |first= William |last= Ruhlmann |title= Eagles – Artist Biography |publisher= AllMusic. All Media Network}}</ref> While on the tour, Frey and Henley decided to form a band together. And they were joined by Meisner on bass and Leadon on guitar, banjo, steel guitar, mandolin and dobro, forming the [[Eagles (band)|Eagles]], with Frey playing guitar and keyboards and Henley playing drums. The band went on to become one of the [[List of best-selling music artists|world's bestselling groups of all time]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://herald-review.com/entertainment/local/eagles-tribute-band-landing-at-kirkland/article_a8dcd506-08d0-11e2-82ac-001a4bcf887a.html|title=Eagles tribute band landing at Kirkland|last=Vorel|first=Jim|date=September 27, 2012|newspaper=[[Herald & Review]]|access-date=January 18, 2013}}</ref> Frey wrote or co-wrote (often with Henley) many of the group's songs, and sang the lead vocals on a number of Eagles hits including "[[Take It Easy]]", "[[Peaceful Easy Feeling]]", "[[Already Gone (Eagles song)|Already Gone]]", "[[Tequila Sunrise (song)|Tequila Sunrise]]", "[[Lyin' Eyes]]", "[[New Kid in Town]]", "[[Heartache Tonight]]" and "[[How Long (J. D. Souther song)|How Long]]".
The Eagles broke up around 1980 and reunited in 1994, when they released a new album, ''[[Hell Freezes Over]]''. The album had live tracks and four new songs. The Hell Freezes Over Tour followed. In 2012 on ''[[The Tavis Smiley Show]]'', Frey told Smiley, "When the Eagles broke up, people used to ask me and Don, 'When are the Eagles getting back together?' We used to answer, 'When Hell freezes over.' We thought it was a pretty good joke. People have the misconception that we were fighting a lot. It is not true. We had a lot of fun. We had a lot more fun than I think people realize."<ref>{{
The Eagles released the album ''[[Long Road Out of Eden]]'' in 2007, and Frey participated in the Eagles' [[Long Road Out of Eden Tour]] (2008–2011).<ref>{{cite web|last=Kakkar|first=Ana|url=http://news.spotify.com/us/2013/07/11/the-eagles-breakup-the-reunion-the-long-road-out-of-eden|title=The Eagles: Breakup, The Reunion, & The Long Road Out Of Eden|date=July 11, 2013|publisher=[[Spotify]]|access-date=July 10, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160331130346/https://news.spotify.com/us/2013/07/11/the-eagles-breakup-the-reunion-the-long-road-out-of-eden/|archive-date=March 31, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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