led zeppelin wrote stairway to heaven in 1967.
led zeppelin wrote stairway to heaven in 1967.
when did led zeppelin write stairway to heaven?
1967
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"stairway to heaven" is a song by the english rock band led zeppelin, released in late 1971. it was composed by guitarist jimmy page and vocalist robert plant for the band's untitled fourth studio album (often called "led zeppelin iv"). it is often referred to as one of the greatest rock songs of all time.
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in writing led zeppelin's "stairway to heaven", jimmy page may have been reworking california's guitar riff from "taurus", an instrumental song from the first spirit album. led zeppelin was on the same bill as spirit on two american music festival dates in 1969. in the liner notes for the 1996 reissue of spirit's first album, california stated: "people always ask me why 'stairway to heaven' sounds exactly like 'taurus,' which was released two years earlier. i know led zeppelin also played 'fresh garbage' in their live set. they opened up for us on their first american tour". the fact that "fresh garbage" was a track from the same album that includes the song "taurus" further fueled the belief that led zeppelin was at least aware of the song. in 2014, a copyright infringement and injunction lawsuit against the reissue of "led zeppelin iv" started with the lawyer saying, "the idea behind this is to make sure that randy california is given a writing credit on stairway to heaven." in led zeppelin's january 1969 appearance at the fiillmore west, jimmy page breaks into an instrumental jam which clearly includes the spirit song "fresh garbage."
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