Who wrote stairway to heaven?
Jimmy Page wrote the song. It was performed by Led Zeppelin. History The music was written by Jimmy Page “over a long period, the first part coming at Bron-Yr-Aur one night”[3]. The recording of “Stairway to Heaven” started in December 1970 at the Basing Street Studios (Island Studios, London). The song was completed by the addition of lyrics by Robert Plant during the sessions for Led Zeppelin III at Headley Grange, Hampshire, in 1971. First played live at Belfast’s Ulster Hall on March 5, 1971, “Stairway” was performed at virtually every subsequent Led Zeppelin concert up until 1980. “Stairway” was also played at Live Aid in 1985 and the 40th anniversary celebration of Atlantic Records in 1988, and by Jimmy Page as an instrumental version on his solo tours. Teasingly, the first few bars were played alone during Page and Plant tours, only to be morphed into another song. “Stairway to Heaven” is one of the biggest-selling sheet music publications in rock history. Since 1971, it has sol
