The Eagles Rock and Roll Tennis Festival was a charitable benefit with the proceeds going to cancer research. It was held at the L.A. Tennis Club, but the Eagles did not actually attend. They were busy in Miami recording the Hotel California album at Criteria Studios. The Eagles Rock and Roll Tennis Festival, which was proposed by a lawyer to the Eagles, raised more than $20,000 for L.A.’s Concern Foundation for Cancer Research.”
“Then there was Ronstadt, who looked like she was on foreign turf. She and partner Minnie Riperton lost dismally to Helen Reddy and Olivia Newton-John, as the referee admonished, ‘Girls, you don’t rotate, this isn’t volleyball’.“
Press and Sun-Bulletin (Binghamton, NY) – Oct. 17, 1976
Even though this was advertised as the First Annual Tennis Festival, there was no evidence found that the Eagles Rock and Roll Tennis Festival took place again after 1976.
Minnie Riperton
Minnie Riperton
Helen Reddy
Minnie Riperton and Linda Ronstadt
Linda Ronstadt
Minnie Riperton and Linda Ronstadt
Linda Ronstadt
Linda Ronstadt
Linda Ronstadt
Helen Reddy and Olivia Newton-John behind Linda
Olivia Newton-John, Helen Reddy, Minnie Riperton, and Linda Ronstadt
Micky Dolenz, Olivia Newton-John, Keith Moon, and Mark Volman
Micky Dolenz, Olivia Newton-John, Keith Moon, and Mark Volman
Mickey Dolenz, Olivia Newton-John, Keith Moon, and Mark Volman
Arthur Ashe, Mickey Dolenz, Keith Moon, and Mark Volman
Tim Weisberg
Jim Seals of Seals and Crofts
Keith Moon and Rick Nelson
Rick Nelson
LA Times (Los Angeles, CA) – Sept. 28, 1976
Sun News (Myrtle Beach, SC) – Nov. 22, 1976