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"Stairway to Heaven" is a song by the English rock band Led Zeppelin, released on 8 November 1971 on the band's untitled fourth studio album (commonly known as Led Zeppelin IV), by Atlantic Records. Composed by the band's guitarist Jimmy Page with lyrics written by lead singer Robert Plant , it is widely regarded as one of the greatest rock ...
"Stairway to Heaven" is a song written by Neil Sedaka and Howard Greenfield. It was released as a 45 rpm single and appeared on Sedaka's 1960 album Neil Sedaka Sings Little Devil and His Other Hits .
Mendocino is the second album [6] by country rock group The Sir Douglas Quintet, released in April 1969 on Smash Records.The release of the album was expedited as the result of the success of the title song, which peaked at No. 27 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart during a fifteen-week stay in early 1969.
In addition to "She's About a Mover," the band is known for its songs "The Rains Came" (1966), "Mendocino" (1968), "It Didn't Even Bring Me Down" (1969), and "Dynamite Woman" (1969). "Mendocino" was released in December 1968 and reached No. 27 in the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 by early 1969, spending 15 weeks in the chart .
It appeared on the later album Physical Graffiti, and in the films Almost Famous and The Song Remains the Same. [citation needed] On 16 June 2016, Page testified under oath, due to the legal proceedings regarding the rights to the song, that he wrote the acoustic guitar intro to "Stairway to Heaven" at Headley Grange, and not at Bron-Yr-Aur. [7]
"You Mean Everything to Me" and "Run Samson Run" were released together on a 45 rpm record; with both songs charting, the record gave Sedaka a rare double A-side. The other five songs had also seen 45 rpm single releases as follows: "The Girl For Me" was a non-charting A-side from 1959. "I Must Be Dreaming" was the B-side of "Little Devil" in 1961.
The song reached #9 on the U.S. country singles charts. [1] The song featured a guitar pattern at the opening which put a number of critics and fans in mind of the Led Zeppelin classic "Stairway to Heaven". (Parton, who has stated a number of times that she is a longtime Led Zeppelin fan, eventually covered "Stairway" in 2002.)
The single's UK release featured comedian Tony Hancock on its front cover. [5] The different cover art for the international single release is a still from the 1946 film A Matter of Life and Death [6] (also titled in the US Stairway to Heaven [7]) created by Powell and Pressburger, [citation needed] permitted for use by Rank Film Distributors.