Led Zeppelin discography and fact sheet

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LED ZEPPELIN FOUNDED....

By Jimmy Page... July of 1968... in England

After everyone except Jimmy quit the innovative Yardbirds in 1968 he found himself scrambling to sign up new band members to fulfill the Yardbirds booked concert dates. Having done that, the revived group called themselves the New Yardbirds first and then changed the name to Led Zeppelin.

ORIGINAL GROUP MEMBERS 1968

Band Member	Noise Maker
Jimmy page	Guitar
Robert Plant	Vocals
John Paul Jones	Bass, keyboards
John Bonham	Drums

CURRENT (OR FINAL) GROUP MEMBERS

The original group members remained together until the alcohol related death of John Bonham on September 25, 1980. They claimed they couldn't go on together without the support of their friend and drummer. Led Zeppelin disbanded in December 1980.

CURRENT STATUS

Following the breakup, the remaining members of Led Zeppelin all began and continue to pursue solo careers, reuniting periodically for promotional recordings, reunion and charity performances.

John Paul Jones returned to music production and arrangement and eventually released a well received debut album titled Zooma in 1999.

Jimmy Page kept busy recording the soundtrack for Death Wish II, compiling the Coda outtakes collection in 1982 and remastering the band's catalog for release of the 1990 box set Led Zeppelin. The 10 disc boxset of The Complete Studio Recordings followed 3 years later. Page toured briefly with the Black Crowes.

Robert Plant began a solo career with the Pictures at Eleven album. In 1995 Page and Plant began a world tour that resulted in a new recording, Walking Into Clarksdale.

MOST RECENT ALBUM(S)

Year	Album
1997	BBC Sessions (Live compilation)
1999	Early Days The Best Of Led Zeppelin Vol 1 (compilation)
2000	Latter Days The Best Of Led Zeppelin Vol 2 (compilation)
2002	Early Days and Latter Days Vol 1 and 2 (compilation)
2003	How The West Was Won (live)

LED ZEPPELIN DISCOGRAPHY
TOP 10 ALBUMS (NOT INCL COMPILATIONS)

#1 Led Zeppelin II - Pop Album - 1969
#1 Led Zeppelin III - Pop Album - 1970
#1 Houses Of The Holy - Pop Album - 1973
#1 Physical Graffiti - Pop Album - 1975
#1 Presence - Pop Album - 1976
#1 In Through The Out Door - Pop Album - 1979
#1 How The West Was Won (live) - Billboard 200 - 2003
#2 Led Zeppelin IV (untitled) - Pop Album - 1971
#2 The Song Remains The Same (live soundtrack) - Pop Album - 1976

LED ZEPPELIN DISCOGRAPHY
TOP 10 SINGLES

Led Zeppelin refused to release many popular songs from their albums as singles resulting in a very weak list of top 10 songs. For a more accurate listing of the band's popular tracks scroll down to the ones that made the list of the Top 500 Rock And Roll Songs, (located on this Led Zeppelin discography page).

#4 Whole Lotta Love - Pop Singles - 1970
#4 Darlene - Mainstream Rock Tracks - 1982
#4 Baby Come On Home - Mainstream Rock Tracks - 1993
#7 Traveling riverside Blues - Mainstream Rock Tracks - 1990

ALBUMS SOLD

Determining accurate and reliable U.S. sales is difficult. Determining foreign sales is almost impossible, not to mention the huge amount of bootlegging in many countries of the world. Album sales reported here are based on the Recording Industry Association of America's (RIAA) Latest data.

Led Zeppelin has sold more than 106 Million Albums in the US

AWARDS

Grammy Awards - The Grammy's are the only peer-presented award to honor artistic achievement, technical proficiency and overall excellence in the recording industry, without regard to album sales or chart position.

Sorry fans - no Grammys for Led Zeppelin

ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME

Led Zeppelin was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame at the tenth annual induction dinner January 12, 1995. Steven Tyler and Joe Perry of Aerosmith were their presenters.

Inductees: John “Bonzo” Bonham (drums; born May 31, 1948, died September 25, 1980), John Paul Jones (bass, keyboards; born January 3, 1946), Jimmy Page (guitar; born January 9, 1944), Robert Plant (vocals; born August 20, 1948)

LED ZEPPELIN DISCOGRAPHY LIST POSITIONS

Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time

Position	Album
#29	Led Zeppelin (I))
#66	Led Zeppelin IV
#70	Physical Graffiti
#75	Led Zeppelin II
#149	Houses Of The Holy

About.com Ultimate Album list (Not Ranked)

Led Zeppelin I

Led Zeppelin II

Led Zeppelin III

Led Zeppelin IV

Houses Of The Holy

Physical Graffiti

About.com Top 500 Rock And Roll songs

Position	Song
#1	Stairway To Heaven
#11	Rock And Roll
#22	Kashmir
#31	Whole Lotta Love
#41	Black Dog
#56	Communication Breakdown
#72	Thank You
#116	Going To California
#157	Immigrant Song
#191	Heartbreaker/Living Loving Maid
#200	Ramble On
#251	Trampled Under Foot
#283	Over The Hills And Far Away
#310	Misty Mountain Hop
#337	Fool In The Rain
#399	Good Times Bad Times
#430	Dy'er Ma'ker
#445	All Of My Love

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