Robert Plant

Robert Anthony Plant (born 20 August 1948, West Bromwich, Staffordshire, England) is a rock singer most famous for being the lead singer of one of the most influential rock bands of all time — Led Zeppe

Robert Anthony Plant (born 20 August 1948, West Bromwich, Staffordshire, England) is a rock singer most famous for being the lead singer of one of the most influential rock bands of all time — Led Zeppelin. He is known for his powerful style with a wide vocal range that embodied folk/blues passion at its finest.

Plant started his career singing in a variety of bands including Band of Joy. His early efforts met with no commercial success, but word quickly spread about the "young guy with the powerful voice". Guitarist Jimmy Page was in search of a lead singer for his new band and met Plant after being turned down by his first choice, Terry Reid,who referred him to a show at a nightclub where Plant was singing in a band which included drummer John Bonham. Plant and Page immediately hit it off with a shared musical passion and after Plant joined the band, they began their powerful writing collaboration with reworkings of earlier blues songs. Plant brought along friend John Bonham, and along with Jimmy Page friend John Paul Jones, Led Zeppelin was formed in 1968. Their self-titled debut album hit the charts in 1969 and is widely credited as a catalyst for the heavy metal genre.