By Amit Sharma, MusicRadar | Of all the millions of songs that have been written since the dawn of time, only one can claim to have laid the foundations for what would become Led Zeppelin. Beck’s Bolero was recorded in 1966 as Jeff Beck’s first solo outing after the guitarist had made a name for himself as Eric Clapton’s replacement in The Yardbirds. Clocking in at just 2min 53 secs, Beck’s Bolero featured an all-star cast with Beck and Jimmy Page on guitars, Keith Moon on drums, John Paul Jones on bass and Nicky Hopkins on keyboards.
The sessions went well and the plan was for the quintet to find a singer and continue as a supergroup like Cream – who had been formed by Eric Clapton only a handful of days earlier.
This suggestion resulted in the famous quip from either Keith Moon or John Entwistle, depending on who you ask, stating that the new project would go down “like a lead zeppelin”.
However, it was not meant to be. Page and Jones would form Led Zeppelin two years later with Robert Plant and John Bonham.
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“The first heavy metal riff ever written – and I wrote it!”: How Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page created a groundbreaking song
