<P> Frey was reluctant to release "Best of My Love" as a single and held off its release for some time . The release of the Eagles' "Best of My Love" as a single has been attributed to the track's airplay at WKMI - AM in Kalamazoo MI, where radio dj Jim Higgs - also station music & program director - began playing the track off its parent album On the Border soon after that album's release in the spring of 1974, favoring "Best of My Love" over the official single releases "Already Gone" and "James Dean". Advised by Higgs of the strong positive response of WKMI's listeners to "Best of My Love", Asylum Records gave the track a limited single release of 1000 copies available only in the Kalamazoo area, with reaction to this test - release securing the full release of "Best of My Love" as a single on November 5, 1974 . </P> <P> However, when the single was finally released, Asylum Records had truncated the song so that it would be more radio - friendly, but had done so without the band's knowledge or approval . It caused considerable anger in the band, and Henley demanded that the single be pulled from stores . The song however would become the most successful of their singles released so far, giving the band their first number 1 single . When the song was judged to have sold a million copies, the Eagles' manager, Irving Azoff, sent to Asylum Records a gold record with a piece cut out, mounted on a plaque with a caption that said "The Golden Hacksaw Award". </P> <Ul> <Li> Don Henley--lead vocals, brushed drums </Li> <Li> Glenn Frey--double - tracked 12 - string acoustic guitar, background vocals </Li> <Li> Bernie Leadon--pedal steel guitar, background vocals </Li> <Li> Randy Meisner--bass, background vocals </Li> </Ul> <Li> Don Henley--lead vocals, brushed drums </Li>

Who sang best of my love by the eagles