The year is 1969 and new band “Led Zeppelin” is touring the United States opening for Vanilla Fudge, amplifying a new unforeseen sound that will one day bring the new band five diamond albums selling more than 10 million copies per album. The band was originally called The New Yardbirds with the late band The Yardbirds as its ancestor. The New Yardbirds consisted of members: Robert Plant, John Bonham, John Paul Jones, and Jimmy Page. The band adopted a new name in 1969 shortly after completely forming in 1968. That new name was Led Zeppelin. In the beginning, the name Led Zeppelin was spelled “Leed” Zeppelin, however the bands lead guitar player, Jimmy Page, thought that “those damn Americans will think its pronounced Lead (Leed) Zeppelin.” …show more content…
Some say that Stairway to Heaven is the most famous song in rock and roll history. However, the song never charted because it was never released as a single to the public. Stairway to Heaven was created by the band to replace their song “Dazed and Confused” as the centerpiece of their concerts. “Stairway” was planned for almost a year and was recorded lasting an incredible eight minutes and three seconds. This song was at one time one of the most played songs on American radio. There have been accusations that when the song is played backwards that it contains satanic messages. However, Robert Plant was extremely upset when he heard these rumors and assured that the rumors were not true. Robert stated that he cherished his lyrics far too much for people to make money defaming them. Many other famous songs came from this album including “Black Dog”, “Going to California”, and “Rock and Roll”. Led Zeppelin released nine official albums: Led Zeppelin (1969), Led Zeppelin II (1969), Led Zeppelin III (1970), Led Zeppelin IV (Untitled) (1971), Houses of the Holy (1973), Physical Graffiti (1975), Presence (1976), In Through The Out Door (1979), and Coda (1982). The band also has three official live albums from 1976, 1997, and 2003. When the album Physical Graffiti was released all of the other previous albums reentered the charts. In 1975 Led Zeppelin became the first band to have six albums on the charts at