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“The first time I played it, I had such a connection with it. I thought, ‘This is it. This is the one’”: On his 26th birthday in 1970, Jimmy Page played his beloved Les ...

On this day (9 January) in 1970, Jimmy Page celebrated his 26th birthday by performing with Led Zeppelin at London’s Royal ...
American Songwriter

On This Day in 1970, Led Zeppelin Performed Under a Different Name To Avoid Legal Threats From an Heiress

Led Zeppelin’s 1970 European Tour wasn’t the first time Frau Eva von Zeppelin took note of the British rockers boasting her grandfather’s invention’s name. When the band visited Copenhagen the ...
The Cheat Sheet

Led Zeppelin Turned Down a $250,000 Payday and It Was Totally Worth It

Led Zeppelin won over fans almost immediately with their live shows. A series of standout performances in California before the first record came out made Robert Plant realize Zeppelin might mean ...
The Cheat Sheet

6 Led Zeppelin Songs That Prove They Had a Soft Side

Led Zeppelin rose as perhaps the world’s greatest rock ‘n’ roll band in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Their mix of blues, psychedelic rock, and folk gave the world one of its first great heavy bands ...
Spin

‘Becoming Led Zeppelin’ Doc Soars into Wide Release

When filmmaker Bernard MacMahon began thinking about making a documentary about the early days of Led Zeppelin, he was warned against it. The British director recalls, “We had a couple of people ...