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STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN – Gilligan’s Island Lyrics

June 4, 2014 – 5:18 pm

STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN by British rockers Led Zeppelin has dominated the Top 1000 Rock Songs for decades. One Tampa Bay DJ expressed his disdain for this rock tombstone by playing it for 24 hours straight, only to have fans request for him to annually repeat his effort. The radio station KZOK still lists the song […]

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Led Zeppelin Rips Off Spongehead

June 4, 2014 – 10:33 am

Jimmy Page has been sued by the estate of Randy California for copy infringement on Spirit’s song TAURUS. The opening guitar bars are similar to that of Led Zeppelin’s STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN. Zep’s guitarist adamantly claimed the originality of his fingerings, even though Led Zeppelin’s first album was plagued by plagiarism. DAZED AND CONFUSED was […]

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STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN SUCKS

January 10, 2011 – 9:03 pm

In 1990 a radio station in St. Petersburg decided to play STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN for 24 hours to kick-off their all-Zeppelin format. A New Mexico station repeated the feat in 1991. For the longest time STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN was the #1 rock song of all time an scored #3 as recently as 2000 in the […]

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