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Led Zepplin: The Rock Band For The Ages

    Led Zeppelin was one of the giants of the 1970s in hard rock.
They were also one of the greatest success stories that ever played
hard rock music. The group was one the more popular hard rock groups
that performed in the seventies, and even had some hits in the 1960s.

    The members of the group are Jimmy Page, born on April 9, 1944,
Robert Plant, born on August 24, 1948, John Paul Jones, born on
January 3, 1946, and John Bonham born on May 31, 1948.   Jimmy Page
played guitar, Robert Plant was the vocalist, John Paul Jones played
bass guitar and the keyboard, and John Bonham beat the drums. The
group had the complete set up for a band right off the start. They
produced their first record in thirty hours to complete their deal
with the old Yardbirds. They toured Scandinavia for awhile also to
complete their obligations to the Yardbirds.

    When they first came to the United States they supported Vanilla
Fudge. They also played in clubs to start their American popularity.
After they played in the clubs they got their first headlining tour
and toured again that. They were playing their fifth tour by the March
of 1970. Led Zeppelin the record was released by the Atlantic Records
in 1969. Shortly after the record was released it was number eight and
stayed in the top twenty for six weeks. When the Led Zeppelin II was
released, it was Atlantic Records fastest selling album at 100,000
copies a week. They broke their own record in 1975 when Physical
Graffiti that sold 500 copies an hour. All of their albums have gone
platinum.

    They were the first group to heavily tour the United States and
sporadically tour the rest of the world. This occurred because there
was a lack of interest in them Britain. Their success was due to their
manager Peter Grant. Peter was able to keep the group moving from
place to place and kept the people interested in them. Peter thought
that they would work every other...