It was 48 years ago Saturday (June 10th, 1975) that the Eagles released their fourth album, the chart-topping One Of These Nights. The set, which knocked Paul McCartney & Wings' Venus And Mars out from the top spot, spent five weeks at Number One on the Billboard 200 albums chart — including a whopping 18 weeks in the Top Ten.
One Of These Nights featured a trio of massive hits for the Eagles that firmly established them as the top radio act on both the AM and FM airwaves — the album's title track, which hit Number One; “Lyin' Eyes,” which despite its six-minute-22-second running time reached saturation airplay and peaked at Number Two; and bassist Randy Meisner's tour-de-force, “Take It To The Limit,” which topped out at Number Four.
The One Of These Nights album was nominated for four Grammy Awards — Best Album Package, Album Of The Year, with “Lyin' Eyes” getting nominated for the coveted Record Of The Year — but ended up scoring the band their first Grammy for Best Pop Performance By a Duo or Group with Vocal.