LED Zeppelin

1. TERRY REID PASSED ON JOINING THE GROUP. The then-19-year-old singer of Peter Jay and the Jaywalkers had just been signed by a producer who was looking to make Reid a solo artist. So he told Jimmy Page no, and suggested that he offer the gig to Robert Plant, who he said looked "like a Greek god."

Fifty years ago, Led Zeppelin was born in a London basement. In a new photo book, the band pulls back the curtain and shares stories from their legendary career.

When Led Zeppelin were working on their fourth album, the untitled album that today is commonly referred to as Led

Robert Plant and Jimmy Page - Led Zeppelin - Earls Court Arena in London in May 1975

The show must go on. 1966 10 September On This Day The Yardirds - Baltimore, MD at Baltimore Civic Center 1966 The Yardirds - Baltimore, MD at Baltimore Civic Center 1971 Led Zeppelin - Syracuse, NY at Onondaga War Memorial 1966: You can never predict what the consequences of an action might be. Whether Jeff Beck was recovering from surgery or was, as Jimmy Page perhaps hints at On This Day, playing hooky, the result was that it would not be long before our Mr. Page was sole lead guitarist…