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Led Zeppelin

The Led Zeppelin tune "Stairway to Heaven" is one of rock music's most famous songs, and the band itself ranks up there near The Beatles and The Rolling Stones in rock 'n' roll fame. The band…

Led Zeppelin Biography

Led Zeppelinrock group Although critics panned them as “derivative,” Led Zeppelin became one of the most successful rock bands during the 1970s. Known as one of the best live-performance…

Led Zeppelin

(Encyclopedia) Led Zeppelin, English pop music group formed in 1968 by guitarist Jimmy Page (1944–), singer Robert Plant (1948–), bassist John Paul Jones (1946–), and drummer John “Bonzo” Bonham (…

theremin

(Encyclopedia) thereminthereminthĕrˈəmən [key], one of the earliest electronic musical instruments, invented (1920) in the Soviet Union and named for its creator, Leon Theremin. A forerunner of the…

Jimmy Page Biography

Jimmy Page musicianBorn: 1/9/1944Birthplace: Heston, England Page started his music career in London, recording and rising to prominence while still in his teens. He then formed The Yardbirds…

Robert Plant

Robert Plant is a singer who became a rock 'n' roll legend as the front man for the band Led Zeppelin. He grew up in west central England and, influenced by American blues, began singing for rhythm…

Robert Plant Biography

Robert Plant musician, singer, song writerBorn: 8/20/1948Birthplace: West Bromwich, Staffordshire, England Robert Plant's voice helped establish Led Zeppelin as one of rock's legendary bands…

Jimmy Page

Jimmy Page was a studio session guitarist before joining the U.K. rock band The Yardbirds in 1965. In late 1968 Page joined Robert Plant, John Bonham and John Paul Jones to form Led Zeppelin. Their…

Tanaquil Le Clercq Biography

Tanaquil Le ClercqballerinaBorn: 10/2/1929Birthplace: Paris French-born, willowy ballerina who frequently and gracefully performed the works of Jerome Robbins and George Balanchine, to whom…