Since their domination in the 1970s, English band Led Zeppelin has become synonymous with the classic rock genre. In fact, the band even has an iconic song titled "Rock and Roll," off the 1971 album Led Zeppelin IV. According to Far Out magazine, the 3 minute and four second tune didn't take all that long to write and record.
The publication reported that while speaking to UnCut, Jimmy Page revealed what led to the making of "Rock and Roll" during the band's famous Headley Grange getaway. He explained that the song came about after drummer John Bonham performed some of Little Richard's 1956 song "Keep a Knockin'."
“We were recording something else when John Bonham started playing the drum intro to ‘Keep a Knockin’ by Little Richard, and I immediately started playing the riff for ‘Rock And Roll.’ Instead of laughing it off and going back to the previous song, we kept going. ‘Rock And Roll’ was written in minutes and recorded within an hour," said Page in the UnCut interview, per Far Out magazine.
Jimmy Page Shared Some Insight Into the Making of 'Led Zeppelin IV' in a 2014 Interview
Page made similar comments about the making of Led Zeppelin IV in a 2014 interview with Classic Rock Magazine. According to the 82-year-old guitarist, the songs "Rock and Roll" and "The Battle Of Evermore" "came out more or less out of thin air."
"I mean from my side of it anyway, the mandolin 'cause it was written on the mandolin. There were various things that happened like that," continued the musician.
He also shared that the band "we were routining 'Stairway to Heaven'" before the lyrics were complete. Page said, however, that once Robert Plant finished the lyrics, the band knew the song was something special.
"While we were going through it, and everyone was learning it, Robert was writing the lyrics in the same room. He was sitting down there writing in his pad. And then he eventually came to the microphone, started singing, and it was like, 'Wow, this is really, we're really on to something here 'cause his lyrics were superb on it,'" said Page in the 2014 interview.
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