Stairway To Heaven

On this day in 1971 "Stairway to Heaven" the song was first played live at Belfast's Ulster Hall; it was performed at every Led Zeppelin concert thereafter, usually as part of a final encore from 1975 to 1980. "Stairway to Heaven" was also played at Live Aid in 1985 and the fortieth anniversary celebration of Atlantic Records in 1988, and by Jimmy Page as an instrumental version on his solo tours. "Stairway to Heaven" is one of the biggest-selling sheet music publications in rock history. Since 1971, "Stairway to Heaven" has sold more than 1.2 million copies.

"Stairway to Heaven" the famous and influential song by British rock group Led Zeppelin is one of the most requested songs on U.S. FM radio stations. "Stairway to Heaven"is on Led Zeppelin's fourth album, and was never released officially as a single.

I can't tell you how many times I played this album in college. I went to bed almost every night listening to Led Zeppelin my freshman year.