American Songwriter

On This Day in 1979, Led Zeppelin Went No. 1 in the UK with the Final Album Recorded Before John Bonham’s Death

On this day (September 8) in 1979, Led Zeppelin topped the UK Albums Chart with In Through the Out Door. It spent two weeks at No. 1 in the band’s home country. The LP also went to the top of the ...
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The Albums That Kept ‘Led Zeppelin IV’ out of Billboard’s No. 1 Spot

'Led Zeppelin IV" sold over 20 million copies in America but never hit No. 1 on the US. charts. These 2 albums kept it out of Billboard's top spot. Yet Zep’s masterpiece fourth album never did ...
American Songwriter

On This Day in 1979, Led Zeppelin Scored Their Fourth Consecutive No. 1 with Their Most Experimental Album

The members of Led Zeppelin felt they needed to do something different with In Through the Out Door. They hadn’t released an album since Presence (1976), and the music world was changing quickly. The ...
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Led Zeppelin’s legendary 60s album delivered their first US Billboard No. 1 and changed rock forever

1970s rock still boasts thousands of fans worldwide, and with good reason. The decade was a renaissance for a variety of rock subgenres, from folk to psychedelic to hard rock. One band that dabbled in ...
Ultimate Classic Rock

Led Zeppelin Discography

Led Zeppelin's discography has come to encapsulate the '70s, in the same way the Beatles' recorded output loomed as a monolithic presence in the previous decade. The successive musical era was defined ...