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"Whole Lotta Love" is a song by the English rock band Led Zeppelin. It is the opening track on the band's second album, Led Zeppelin II, and was released as a single in 1969 in several countries; as with other Led Zeppelin songs, no single was released in the United Kingdom. In the United States, it became their first hit and was certified gold ...
"You Know My Love" Otis Rush: 1960 Gary Moore, Anson Funderburgh "You Need Love" Muddy Waters: 1962 Candye Kane, Savoy Brown, The Small Faces "You Shook Me" Muddy Waters: 1962 Willie Dixon, Jeff Beck Group, Led Zeppelin, Dread Zeppelin "You'll Be Mine" Howlin' Wolf: 1961 Stevie Ray Vaughan, Dr. Feelgood, John P. Hammond "Young Fashioned Ways ...
For the band's 1977 North American tour, it became part of a medley encore with "Whole Lotta Love", and during 1979 and 1980 it became an encore in its own right. [ 8 ] Plant's vocal melodies on the track were so high that he often had to alter the melodies during live performances that he could manage more easily.
"You Need Love" is a song with lyrics written by American blues musician Willie Dixon. The instrumentation was recorded first by slide guitarist Earl Hooker and backing musicians, then Chicago blues artist Muddy Waters overdubbed vocals, and Chess Records released it as a single in 1962.
Led Zeppelin performed "Whole Lotta Love" at every gig from June 1969 onwards. It was the closing number of their live shows between 1970 and 1973, often extended to incorporate a rock'n'roll medley towards the end of the set.
CCS are best known for their instrumental version of Led Zeppelin's 1969 track "Whole Lotta Love", which entered the UK Singles Chart in 1970, [2] and was used as the theme music for the BBC pop programme Top of the Pops ("TOTP") for most of the 1970s, and, in a remixed version, between 1998 and 2003. [1]
The Led Zeppelin hit "Whole Lotta Love has lyrics and a melody heavily influenced by the Muddy Waters hit "You Need Love" (written by Willie Dixon). Angus Young has cited Muddy as an influences and the AC/DC song "You Shook Me All Night Long" came from lyrics of his song "You Shook Me", written by Dixon and J. B. Lenoir.
It was also released as a single in Japan and as the B-side of the single "Whole Lotta Love" in the United States. This song immediately follows "Heartbreaker" on side 2 of Led Zeppelin II and radio stations have traditionally played them together in succession. [3] The song reached the charts in the US (Hot 100 No. 65) [4] and Japan (Oricon No ...