LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-AUGUST 20, 2019-
HAPPY 71ST BIRTHDAY ROBERT PLANT. PLANT WILL ALWAYS BE KNOWN AS
ONE OF THE GREATEST ROCK N ROLL FRONTMEN OF ALL TIME AS THE LEAD SINGER OF LED ZEPPELIN. FROM 1968 UNTIL THE DISBANDMENT OF THE GROUP IN 1980 WITH THE DEATH OF JOHN BONHAM, LED ZEPPELIN WERE ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL AND INFLUENTIAL ROCK BANDS IN HISTORY.
WITH LED ZEPPELIN PLANT IS THE EIGHTH BEST SELLING ARTIST OF ALL TIME WITH TOTAL ALBUM SALES AND DOWNLOADS
TOTALING OVER 200,459,000 COPIES.LED ZEPPELIN WAS SO SUCCESSFUL THAT THEY ACCOUNTED FOR ONE QUARTER OF ATLANTIC RECORDS PROFITS
KNOWN FOR HIS POWERFUL VOCAL RANGE
PLANT HAS NOW BEEN CRANKING IT OUT FOR OVER 50 YEARS, THE LAST 38 AS A SOLO ARTIST.
HE HAS WON 7 GRAMMY AWARDS , READERS OF HIT PARADER MAGAZINE VOTED PLANT THE GREATEST METAL SINGER OF ALL TIME, ROLLING STONE LISTED HIM AT 15 ON THEIR LIST OF THE TOP 100 SINGERS OF ALL TIME, AND
THE READERS OF THE MAGAZINE “CHEST-O-RAMA” DECIDED PLANT HAD THE BEST CHEST IN ROCK AND ROLL.
PLANT COMMENTED:
“I’m really greatly honoured although it’s hard for me to be eloquent on the subject of my chest.”
HERE’S SOLO ROBERT PLANT FROM THE ALBUM “ THE PRINCIPLE OF MOMENTS”.
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