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Stairway to Heaven

Robert Plant of Led Zeppelin performing "Stairway to Heaven" live onstage at Erals Court, 1975 in London.

Did Led Zeppelin rip off the opening to ‘Stairway?’

Music

The opening chord progression in Stairway to Heaven is one of the most famous in rock music. But representatives of a 1960s US band called Spirit say that Robert Plant and Jimmy Page got the idea from them. A federal judge in Los Angeles says a jury should decide.

Graduating student Sebastian Fernandez performs a Led Zeppelin song at the Berklee College of Music Commencement Concert in Boston.

Berklee grad gets a chance to play ‘Stairway to Heaven’ in front of Jimmy Page, and nails it

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