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Jimmy Page

Man
Birth09/01/1944
Age82 years
NationalityUnited Kingdom

Biography

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James Patrick Page (born 9 January 1944) is an English musician and producer who achieved international success as the guitarist and founder of the rock band Led Zeppelin.

Page began his career as a studio session musician in London and, by the mid-1960s, was a notable session guitarist in Britain. He was a member of the Yardbirds from 1966 to 1968. When the Yardbirds broke up, he founded Led Zeppelin, which was active from 1968 to 1980.

Following the death of Led Zeppelin drummer John Bonham in 1980, Page played with XYZ, the Firm, the Honeydrippers, Coverdale–Page, and Page and Plant. Page performed with many artists, both live and in studio recordings, and in a 2007 Led Zeppelin reunion that was released as the 2012 concert film Celebration Day. Along with the Edge and Jack White, he participated in the 2008 documentary It Might Get Loud.

Page is considered to be one of the greatest and most influential guitarists of all time. Rolling Stone magazine has described Page as “the pontiff of power riffing” and ranked him No. 3 on its 2015 list of the “100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time”, behind Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton, and No. 3 again in 2023 behind Chuck Berry and Jimi Hendrix. In 2010, Page was ranked No. 2 on Gibson's list of “Top 50 Guitarists of All Time” and, in 2007, No. 4 on Classic Rock's “100 Wildest Guitar Heroes”. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame twice: once as a member of the Yardbirds (1992) and once as a member of Led Zeppelin (1995).

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1Discography

Media
ArtistTitleYearFormatClassificationGem, favourite, must-listen
Album cover: Jimmy Page – Walking Into ClarksdaleJimmy PageWalking Into Clarksdale© & ℗1998

CD Album, Repress, Stereo

Rock / Classic Rock

17Songs

SongYearRecords
Battle Of Evermore2004
Blue Train1998
Burning Up1998
Gallows Pole2002
Heart In Your Hand1998
House Of Love1998
Miles Road1996
Most High1998
Please Read The Letter1998
Shining In The Light1998
Sons Of Freedom1998
Stroll On1992
Tribute To Elmore1996
Upon A Golden Horse1998
Walking Into Clarksdale1998
When I Was A Child1998
When The World Was Young1998