American Songwriter

Behind the Well-Traveled Led Zeppelin Song, “Ramble On”

You may not have noticed it the first one- or two-thousand times you listened to the song—and we wouldn’t blame you (Jimmy Page’s acoustic is stirring and Robert Plant’s vocals are electrifying), but ...
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Led Zeppelin’s 1969 Rock Anthem Took Major Inspiration from The Lord of the Rings

Dyah (pronounced Dee-yah) is a Senior Author at Collider, responsible for both writing and transcription duties. She joined the website in 2022 as a Resource Writer before stepping into her current ...
American Songwriter

On This Day in 1971, Led Zeppelin Marked 100 Weeks on the Charts With Their First No. 1 Album—Dethroning a Beatles Classic (Not Once, but Twice)

Led Zeppelin's sophomore album found great success in both the U.S. and U.K., spending more than 100 weeks on both markets' charts.
The New York Times

Lucky Find at Auction Identifies Man on Cover of ‘Led Zeppelin IV’

It’s not a painting. It’s a picture of a Victorian artisan taken in the English countryside in 1892. By Claire Moses Reporting from London On Nov. 8, 1971, Led Zeppelin released its iconic fourth ...