Robert Anthony Plant CBE is an English singer and songwriter, best known as the lead singer and lyricist of the English rock band Led Zeppelin for all of its existence from 1968 until 1980. He was inducted with the band into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1995.
In 2007, he began a collaboration with bluegrass artist Alison Krauss, releasing the album Raising Sand, which won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year in 2009 and produced the hit song “Please Read the Letter”, which won the Grammy Award for Record of the Year the same year.
In 2010, he revived the Band of Joy (which shared its name with an early band he performed in the 1960s), and in 2012 formed a new band, the Sensational Space Shifters, followed by a reunion with Alison Krauss in 2019.
In 2008, Rolling Stone editors ranked him number 15 on their list of the 100 best singers of all time. In 2011, Rolling Stone readers ranked Plant the greatest of all lead singers.
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Robert Plant Age
Robert Plant is 74 years. Robert Anthony Plant was born on 20 August 1948, in the Black Country town of West Bromwich, Staffordshire, England, to Robert C. Plant, a qualified civil engineer who worked in the Royal Air Force during the Second World War, and Annie Celia Plant, a Romani woman. He grew up in the Hayley Green area of Halesowen, Worcestershire.
Robert Plant Songs and Albums
Studio albums
- Pictures at Eleven (1982)
- The Principle of Moments (1983)
- Shaken ‘n’ Stirred (1985)
- Now and Zen (1988)
- Manic Nirvana (1990)
- Fate of Nations (1993)
- Dreamland (2002)
- Mighty ReArranger (2005)
- Band of Joy (2010)
- Lullaby and the Ceaseless Roar (2014)
- Carry Fire (2017)
Compilation albums
- Sixty Six to Timbuktu (2003)
- Nine Lives (Box Set) (2006)
- Digging Deep (2019)
- Digging Deep: Subterranea (2020)
Live albums
- Sensational Space Shifters (Live in London July ’12) (2012)
Collaborative albums
- The Honeydrippers: Volume One (1984) (with Jimmy Page and Jeff Beck)
- No Quarter: Jimmy Page and Robert Plant Unledded (1994) (live album with Jimmy Page)
- Walking into Clarksdale (1998) (with Jimmy Page)
- Raising Sand (2007) (with Alison Krauss)
- Raise the Roof (2021) (with Alison Krauss)
Robert Plant Tour
Led Zeppelin singer Robert Plant has performed solo tours since 1981.
Robert Plant Music Group
Plant enjoyed great success with Led Zeppelin from the late 1960s to the end of the 1970s.
Led Zeppelin was an English rock band formed in London in 1968. The group comprised vocalist Robert Plant, guitarist Jimmy Page, bassist/keyboardist John Paul Jones, and drummer John Bonham.
With a heavy, guitar-driven sound, they are cited as one of the progenitors of hard rock and heavy metal, although their style drew from a variety of influences, including blues and folk music.
Robert Plant Height
Robert Plant stands at 1.86 m tall.
Robert Plant Wiki
| Born | Robert Anthony Plant 20 August 1948 (age 74) West Bromwich, England |
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| Website | robertplant.com |
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