LED ZEPPELIN's 'Stairway To Heaven' Tops New UK Poll
April 18, 2010, 14 years ago
According to Belfasttelegraph.co.uk, the iconic LED ZEPPELIN track 'Stairway To Heaven' has been named the UK's favourite rock song.
The song, first released in 1971, was one of three Led Zep tracks which made the top 10 in a poll by digital station Absolute Classic Rock.
THE WHO were named runners-up with 'Won't Get Fooled Again', with their track 'Baba O'Reilly' also notching up sixth position.
'Stairway To Heaven' started life when the band's Jimmy Page and Robert Plant were staying at a remote cottage in Wales, Bron-Yr-Aur, and began to write musical passages.
It became a mainstay of the band's live shows, often featuring as a finale, although famously it was never released as a single during the band's lifetime.
