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Whole Lotta Love by Led Zeppelin

Artist Biography For Led Zeppelin

Led Zeppelin Was An English Rock Band Formed In London In 1968. The Group Comprised Vocalist Robert Plant Guitarist Jimmy Page Bassist And Keyboardist John Paul Jones And Drummer John Bonham. With A Heavy Guitar-Driven Sound They Are Cited As One Of The Progenitors Of Hard Rock And Heavy Metal Although Their Style Drew From A Variety Of Influences Including Blues And Folk Music. Led Zeppelin Have Been Credited As Significantly Impacting The Nature Of The Music Industry Particularly In The Development Of Album-Oriented Rock AOR And Stadium Rock. Originally Named The New Yardbirds Led Zeppelin Signed A Deal With Atlantic Records That Gave Them Considerable Artistic Freedom. Initially Unpopular With Critics They Achieved Significant Commercial Success With Eight Studio Albums Over Ten Years. Their 1969 Debut Led Zeppelin Was A Top-Ten Album In Several Countries And Featured Such Tracks As "Good Times Bad Times" "Dazed And Confused" And "Communication Breakdown". Led Zeppelin II 1969 Was Their First Number-One Album And Yielded "Ramble On" And "Whole Lotta Love". In 1970 They Released Led Zeppelin III Which Featured "Immigrant Song". Their Untitled Fourth Album Commonly Known As Led Zeppelin IV 1971 Is One Of The Best-Selling Albums In History With 37 Million Copies Sold. The Album Includes "Black Dog" "Rock And Roll" And "Stairway To Heaven" With The Latter Being Among The Most Popular And Influential Works In Rock History. Houses Of The Holy 1973 Yielded "The Ocean" "Over The Hills And Far Away" And "The Rain Song". Physical Graffiti 1975 A Double Album Featured "Trampled Under Foot" And "Kashmir". Page Wrote Most Of Led Zeppelin's Music Particularly Early In Their Career While Plant Wrote Most Of The Lyrics. Jones's Keyboard-Based Compositions Later Became Central To Their Music Which Featured Increasing Experimentation. The Latter Half Of Their Career Saw A Series Of Record-Breaking Tours That Earned The Group A Reputation For Excess And Debauchery. Although They Remained Commercially And Critically Successful Their Touring And Output Which Included Presence 1976 And In Through The Out Door 1979 Grew Limited And The Group Disbanded Following Bonham's Death In 1980. Since Then The Surviving Former Members Have Sporadically Collaborated And Participated In One-Off Reunions. The Most Successful Of These Was The 2007 Ahmet Ertegun Tribute Concert In London With Bonham's Son Jason Bonham On Drums. Led Zeppelin Are One Of The Best-Selling Music Artists Of All Time Their Total Record Sales Are Estimated To Be Between 200 And 300 Million Units Worldwide. They Achieved Eight Consecutive UK Number-One Albums And Six Number-One Albums On The US Billboard 200 With Five Of Their Albums Certified Diamond In The US. Rolling Stone Magazine Described Them As "the Heaviest Band Of All Time" "the Biggest Band Of The Seventies" And "unquestionably One Of The Most Enduring Bands In Rock History". They Were Inducted Into The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame In 1995 The Museum's Biography Of The Band States That They Were "as Influential" During The 1970s As The Beatles Were During The 1960s. Albums
Led Zeppelin 1969 Led Zeppelin II 1969 Led Zeppelin III 1970 Led Zeppelin IV 1971 Houses Of The Holy 1973 Physical Graffiti 1975 Presence 1976 In Through The Out Door 1979 Coda 1982

Frogtoon Music - Song Info: Whole Lotta Love

"Whole Lotta Love" Is A Song By English Rock Band Led Zeppelin. It Is Featured As The Opening Track On The Band's Second Album Led Zeppelin II And Was Released In The US And Japan As A Single. The US Release Became Their First Hit Single It Was Certified Gold On 13 April 1970 When It Sold One Million Copies. As With Other Led Zeppelin Songs No Single Was Released In The UK But Singles Were Released In Germany Where It Reached Number One The Netherlands Where It Reached Number Four Belgium And France. In 2004 The Song Was Ranked Number 75 On Rolling Stone Magazine's List Of The 500 Greatest Songs Of All Time And In March 2005 Q Magazine Placed "Whole Lotta Love" At Number Three In Its List Of The 100 Greatest Guitar Tracks. It Was Placed 11 On A Similar List By Rolling Stone. In 2009 It Was Named The Third Greatest Hard Rock Song Of All Time By VH1. The Guitar Solo Is Ranked Number 38. On Guitar World's "100 Greatest Guitar Solos". "Whole Lotta Love" Was Recorded At Various Studios In New York And Los Angeles During The Band's Second Concert Tour Of The United States And Assembled By Jimmy Page At Olympic Studios In London. Already Part Of Their Live Repertoire It Saw Its First Official Release On The LP Led Zeppelin II On 22 October 1969 Atlantic LP #8236 . The Song Has Been Widely Covered By Many Artists. It Was Famous In The United Kingdom For Having Been The Theme Music For The Long-Running Television Programme Top Of The Pops During The 1970s And 1980s. It Also Featured In The Closing Ceremony Of The 2008 Olympic Games In Beijing On 24 August 2008 In A Rewritten Version With Jimmy Page On Guitar And Leona Lewis Providing The Vocals. Both Lewis And The Organizers Requested That Some Of The Lyrics Be Changed Notably "I'm Gonna Give You Every Inch Of My Love". Lewis Felt That The Line Made Little Sense Coming From A Female Singer.

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Frogtoon Music Album Info: The Complete Bbc Radio Sessions

BBC Sessions Is A Compilation Album Featuring Studio Sessions And A Live Concert Recorded By English Rock Group Led Zeppelin For The BBC. It Was Released On 11 November 1997 By Atlantic Records. This Was The First Release Of New Led Zeppelin Material In Seven Years. Disc One Consists Of Material From Four Different 1969 BBC Sessions. Disc Two Contains Most Of The 1 April 1971 Concert From The Paris Theatre In London. Disc Three Was Only Included In A Limited Run Of Album Releases And Features Rare Interviews From 1969 1976/1977 And 1990. Countless Bootlegs Of These Recordings Circulated For Years Before The Official Release. This Release Was Widely Welcomed By Led Zeppelin Fans As It Was The First Live Release Since The Song Remains The Same In 1976. Others Have Criticized The Decision To Edit Some Of The Songs And Drop Others That Were Recorded For The BBC. Most Notable Are One Session From 1969 Which Included The Unreleased Song "Sunshine Woman" And About Seven Minutes Of The "Whole Lotta Love" Medley From 1971. The Album Was Re-Released In September 2016 With Further BBC Recordings Including The "Sunshine Woman" Session.