And when the Brits initially kept their distance, Led Zeppelin grabbed America from the opening chord.
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Then rock bands like Led Zeppelin or Pink Floyd or The Rolling Stones created albums.
Other longtime digital wallflowers such as Metallica and Led Zeppelin have relented in recent years.
The iconic Led Zeppelin singer still wields, somewhere in there, the Hammer Of The Gods.
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But the band that influenced groups ranging from Led Zeppelin to The Pretenders was no joke.
Mr. Behnam prefers tunes from Jay Z, A Flock of Seagulls and Led Zeppelin.
The academy has never given a Grammy to Neil Young, The Who, Led Zeppelin, or The Kinks.
Previous laureates include artists Patti Smith, Paul McCartney, Joni Mitchell and bands such as Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin.
Record producer and engineer Andy Johns, who worked with Led Zeppelin and the Rolling Stones, has died aged 62.
It was in one of these forts I first heard Led Zeppelin IV - forever known as ZOSO.
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One fan dubbed them "The Carpenters possessed by the spirit of Led Zeppelin".
Led Zeppelin did not disappoint the Denver crowd with their debut American performance.
They continued recording and touring well into the 1990s, supporting Bob Dylan and veterans of Led Zeppelin Robert Plant and Jimmy Page.
Mr. RALPH HEIBUTZKI (Author, "Unfinished Business"): It's almost like Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin decided to stick with playing the local pub.
Led Zeppelin II for me became the antithesis of the suburbs.
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The performance hall will give all three surviving Led Zeppelin members - John Paul Jones, Jimmy Page and Robert Plant - individual awards.
He engineered a number of classic albums including Led Zeppelin II, III and IV and the Stones' Exile On Main Street and Sticky Fingers.
On the BBC artist page, Led Zeppelin are described as having had an individualistic style drawn from many sources and transcending any one genre.
Led Zeppelin will be celebrated for transforming the sound of rock and roll and influencing other artists with blues-infused hits such as Stairway to Heaven.
Elsewhere residents on Gansevoort Street pumped water out of blackened basements while others blasted Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd in relative ease just blocks away.
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That evening, he switched on the radio, Led Zeppelin's "Whole Lot of Love" was blaring out and Jeff jumped into the Mississippi River for a swim.
In the sixties, British bands like Led Zeppelin and the Rolling Stones mined American blues, first copying their heroes and then creating something vivid and novel.
And tonight we honor Led Zeppelin for making us all feel young, and for showing us that some guys who are not completely youthful can still rock.
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We've got David Letterman, Natalia Makarova, Led Zeppelin -- (applause) -- each of us can remember a moment when the people on this stage touched our lives.
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But as a rock fan, and especially a huge fan of Led Zeppelin, the closing portion of the broadcast was truly the hands-down moment of the night.
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Hours upon hours spent in that fort, forgetting about everything in the outside world, just taking in the sounds, letting the aura of Led Zeppelin wash over us.
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Rock musicians, from Led Zeppelin's Robert Plant to Bono to Tori Amos to Elvis Costello, all believed that Jeff Buckley was the most gifted singer of his generation.
With bombastic, garrulous music dedicated to their holy trinity of Led Zeppelin, the Who, and Beethoven, Black and Gass may send a generation of unsuspecting teens running to Liberace.
Imagine if U.S. involvement in World War II that began at Pearl Harbor was still taking place in 1973, a long strange trip from the Andrews Sisters to Led Zeppelin.
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