Following the breakup of the Eagles, Henley embarked on a solo career.
He and Stevie Nicks (his girlfriend at the time) had duetted on her Top 10 Pop and Adult Contemporary hit "Leather and Lace", written by Nicks for Waylon Jennings and his wife Jessi Colter, in late 1981.
Henley's first solo album, I Can't Stand Still, was a moderate seller.
The single "Dirty Laundry" reached No.
3 on Billboard Hot 100 at the beginning of 1983 and earned a Gold-certified single for sales of over a million copies in the US.
It was Henley's all-time biggest solo hit single, and also was nominated for a Grammy Award.
Henley also contributed "Love Rules" to the 1982 Fast Times at Ridgemont High movie soundtrack.

This was followed in 1984 by the album, Building the Perfect Beast.
A single release, "The Boys of Summer", reached No.
5 on the Billboard Hot 100.
The music video for the song was directed by Jean-Baptiste Mondino and won several MTV Video Music Awards including Best Video of the Year.
Henley also won the Grammy Award for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance for the song.
Several other songs on the album, "All She Wants to Do Is Dance" (No.
9 on Hot 100), "Not Enough Love in the World" (No.
34) and "Sunset Grill" (No.
22) also received considerable airplay.
He then had a No.
3 album rock chart hit with "Who Owns This Place?"
from 1986's The Color of Money soundtrack.

Henley's next album, 1989's The End of the Innocence, was even more successful.
The album's title track, a collaboration with Bruce Hornsby, reached No.
8 as a single. "
The Heart of the Matter", "The Last Worthless Evening" and "New York Minute" were among other songs that gained radio airplay.
Henley again won the Best Male Rock Vocal Performance Grammy Award in 1990 for "The End of the Innocence".
Also in 1990, Henley made a brief appearance on MTV's Unplugged series.

In 1995 Henley released the single "The Garden of Allah" to promote his greatest hits solo album Actual Miles: Henley's Greatest Hits.

MusicRadar called Henley one of the greatest singing drummers of all time.

In live shows, Henley plays drums and sings simultaneously on some Eagles songs.
On his solo songs and other Eagles songs, he plays electric guitar and simultaneously sings or just sings solo.
Occasionally Eagles songs would get drastic rearrangements, such as "Hotel California" with four trombones.

On June 25, 2019, The New York Times Magazine listed Henley among hundreds of artists whose material was reportedly destroyed in the 2008 Universal fire.
Following the breakup of the Eagles, Henley embarked on a solo career. He and Stevie Nicks (his girlfriend at the time) had duetted on her Top 10 Pop and Adult Contemporary hit "Leather and Lace", written by Nicks for Waylon Jennings and his wife Jessi Colter, in late 1981. Henley's first solo album, I Can't Stand Still, was a moderate seller. The single "Dirty Laundry" reached No. 3 on Billboard Hot 100 at the beginning of 1983 and earned a Gold-certified single for sales of over a million copies in the US. It was Henley's all-time biggest solo hit single, and also was nominated for a Grammy Award. Henley also contributed "Love Rules" to the 1982 Fast Times at Ridgemont High movie soundtrack.
This was followed in 1984 by the album, Building the Perfect Beast. A single release, "The Boys of Summer", reached No. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100. The music video for the song was directed by Jean-Baptiste Mondino and won several MTV Video Music Awards including Best Video of the Year. Henley also won the Grammy Award for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance for the song. Several other songs on the album, "All She Wants to Do Is Dance" (No. 9 on Hot 100), "Not Enough Love in the World" (No. 34) and "Sunset Grill" (No. 22) also received considerable airplay. He then had a No. 3 album rock chart hit with "Who Owns This Place?" from 1986's The Color of Money soundtrack.
Henley's next album, 1989's The End of the Innocence, was even more successful. The album's title track, a collaboration with Bruce Hornsby, reached No. 8 as a single. "The Heart of the Matter", "The Last Worthless Evening" and "New York Minute" were among other songs that gained radio airplay. Henley again won the Best Male Rock Vocal Performance Grammy Award in 1990 for "The End of the Innocence". Also in 1990, Henley made a brief appearance on MTV's Unplugged series.
In 1995 Henley released the single "The Garden of Allah" to promote his greatest hits solo album Actual Miles: Henley's Greatest Hits.
MusicRadar called Henley one of the greatest singing drummers of all time.
In live shows, Henley plays drums and sings simultaneously on some Eagles songs. On his solo songs and other Eagles songs, he plays electric guitar and simultaneously sings or just sings solo. Occasionally Eagles songs would get drastic rearrangements, such as "Hotel California" with four trombones.
On June 25, 2019, The New York Times Magazine listed Henley among hundreds of artists whose material was reportedly destroyed in the 2008 Universal fire.
Don Henley