Led Zeppelin

Led Zeppelin were formed during the late 1960's . This came about after their guitarist, Jimmy Page, left a band called the Yard Birds to go onto create Led Zeppelin.

Above shows a picture taken in 1968 of the band. John Paul Jones , Jimmy Page , Robert Plant and John Bonham.

Their first two albums ,called Led Zeppelin I and Led Zeppelin II , were both released in 1969 so only just made it into the 1960's. Their music and style of dress were both very different to the Beatles. Led Zeppelin's music was influenced by the ' Blues ' and ' Folk ' style of music. Also unlike The Beatles they didn't release singles from their albums ,as they wanted the fans to enjoy the whole of the music on their records ,so if  they heard a song they liked on the radio they would have to go out and buy the album.

The first song on their first album is called ' Good Times Bad Times ' here is a link to it. This album was released in 1969 and was called ' Led Zeppelin ' and was a instant success both here and in America.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cm2-K6ttHYs

Album cover for first album.

Their second album was also released in 1969 and was their first album to become both number one in the charts in the UK and America.

Album cover for second album.

Here is a link to my dad's favourite from this album....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKVp-atyiVA


Led Zeppelin went onto release 9 studio albums in total up until John Bonham, their drummer ,unfortunately died in 1980, these were from 1969 to 1982.







Link to Led Zeppelin official Web Site ; http://www.ledzeppelin.com/