robert plant

Robert Plant performing at the Green Man Festival (2007) Background information Birth name Robert Anthony Plant Born 20 August 1948 (1948-08-20) (age 60)

West Bromwich,

Staffordshire, England Genre(s) hard rock, heavy metal, blues-rock, folk rock, world music Occupation(s) Singer-songwriter, Musician Instrument(s) Vocals, Harmonica, Tambourine, Guitar Years active 1966–present Label(s) Atlantic, Swan Song, Es Paranza, Mercury, Universal Associated acts Band of Joy, Led Zeppelin, Rockestra, The Honeydrippers, Page and Plant, Strange Sensation, Alison Krauss Website http://www.robertplant.com/

Robert Anthony Plant CBE (born 20 August 1948), is an English rock singer and songwriter, famous for his membership in the English rock band Led Zeppelin as the lead vocalist, as well as for his successful solo career. He recently released an album with well known American bluegrass singer, Alison Krauss and won Grammys for Record of the Year and Album of the Year for his efforts. Contents [hide] 1 Life and career 1.1 Early career 1.2 Led Zeppelin 1.2.1 Early years 1.2.2 Later years 1.2.3 Lyrics 1.2.4 Stage persona 1.3 Solo career 1.4 With Alison Krauss 1.5 Led Zeppelin-related projects and reunion rumours 2 Legacy 3 Solo Discography 4 References 5 External links //

Life and career

Early career

Plant was born in West Bromwich, then Staffordshire, in West Midlands, to parents Robert C. and Annie C. (Cain) Plant, but grew up in Halesowen, formerly Worcestershire, now part of the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley. He left King Edward's School in Stourbridge in his mid-teens and developed a strong passion for the blues, mainly through his admiration for Elvis Presley, Willie Dixon, Robert Johnson and early rendition of songs in this genre. He abandoned training as a chartered accountant after only two weeks to attend college in an effort to gain more GCE passes and to become part of the Midlands blues scene.[1][2] "I left home at 16", he said "and I started my real education musically, moving from group to group, furthering my knowledge of the blues and of other music which had weight and was worth listening to."[3]

Plant's early blues influences included artists such as Robert Johnson, Bukka White, Skip James, Jerry Miller and Sleepy John Estes. Plant did various jobs while pursuing his music career, one of which was working for the major British construction company Wimpey in Birmingham in 1967 laying tarmac on roads. He also worked at Woolworths in Halesowen town for a short period of time. He cut three obscure singles on CBS Records[4] and sang with a variety of bands, including The Crawling King Snakes, which brought him into contact with drummer John Bonham. They both went on to play in the Band of Joy, merging blues with newer psychedelic trends. Though his early career met with no commercial success, word quickly spread about the "young man with the powerful voice".

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