Robert Plant

This article is about a musician; for the grape variety see Plant Robert .

Robert Plant (2010)

Robert Anthony Plant , CBE (born August 20, 1948 in West Bromwich , Staffordshire ) is a British rock musician . From its founding in 1968 until its dissolution in 1980, he was lead singer of the British rock band Led Zeppelin . He also played the harmonica .

In front of Led Zeppelin

Plant came from the Black Country , a coal mining region west of Birmingham. He grew up carefree in rural Kidderminster . His father was a hydraulic engineer.

In 1966 and 1967 Plant had first recordings for the record company CBS with the band Listen. With the "Band of Joy" he has a. a. Covered songs by Jefferson Airplane , Quicksilver or Moby Grape . With Alexis Korner he took on blues standards (a joint recording is e.g. Operator on the 1972 album Bootleg Him ).

Led Zeppelin

Robert Plant 1975

Robert Plant became famous with the hard rock band Led Zeppelin (with Jimmy Page , John Paul Jones and John Bonham ), whose singer he was from the formation in 1968 until the dissolution in 1980. He wrote most of the texts and was essentially inspired by Germanic and Celtic mythology as well as by various books on this mythological subject, u. a. those of JRR Tolkien . Examples are the lyrics of Ramble On , Immigrant Song , Stairway to Heaven , Misty Mountain Hop , The Rain Song , No Quarter and especially The Battle of Evermore .

Parallel to the success of Led Zeppelin, Robert Plant became a role model for a whole generation of hard rock singers in terms of singing style as well as outfit and stage presence. Many singers tried to imitate his style, such as B. David Coverdale from Whitesnake , Bon Scott from AC / DC and David Lee Roth from Van Halen . In 2008, Rolling Stone listed Plant 15th of the 100 best singers of all time .

Solo career

Plant began an eclectic solo career in 1982. Before that, a collaboration with Jimmy Page and Chris Squire and Alan White from Yes under the name XYZ (Ex Yes Zeppelin) had failed because Plant, who joined them after a while, found the song material to be too little emotional. Some of the song ideas later appeared as bootlegs and on albums by The Firm and Yes .

In his experimental music projects, Plant always strives to stay true to his stylistic range from the time with Led Zeppelin, while at the same time taking into account new influences from the current musical trends and integrating them into his own style. To do this, he called on various musicians, such as lead guitarists Robbie Blunt and Doug Boyle , keyboardists Jezz Woodroffe and Phil Johnstone, and drummers Cozy Powell , Phil Collins and Ritchie Hayward . In this context, the project The Honeydrippers from 1984 should also be mentioned, together with Jimmy Page, formerly Led Zeppelin and Yardbirds , Jeff Beck , also Yardbirds and successful as a soloist, and Nile Rodgers ( Chic ).

With his characteristic high voice Plant sang energetic rock songs and a. Burning Down One Side , The Way I Feel and Hurting Kind , songs with an oriental touch like Slow Dancer , Wreckless Love and Too Loud as well as ballads such as B. Big Log , Ship of Fools, and Colors of a Shade . He added quotes from Led Zeppelin classics ( Whole Lotta Love , Black Dog , Custard Pie and The Ocean ) to the song Tall Cool One from the Now and Zen album using modern sampling technology .

In 1994 and 1998 Robert Plant released two albums together with Jimmy Page, No Quarter with newly recorded and arranged Led Zeppelin songs for the MTV Unplugged series and Walking into Clarksdale , which is primarily based on the folk blues tradition of the Led Zeppelin III and album ties in with the ethno-rock tradition of the album Physical Graffiti and further develops it experimentally. Examples are the songs Blue Train and Most High , for more see Page & Plant .

After working with Jimmy Page, Plant continued his solo career. The album Dreamland , recorded with new musicians, contains partially alienated reinterpretations of folk classics such as Morning Dew ( Tim Rose ), Song to the Siren ( Tim Buckley ) and Hey Joe ( Billy Roberts ) as well as a cover version of Bob Dylan's One More Cup of Coffee . Building on this music concept, Plant founded the project “The Priory of Brion” with the new band “Strange Sensation”. This is characterized by unconventional own compositions. B. Elements and sounds of ethnic music enter into a symbiosis with blues rock structures . One example is the song Shine It All Around from the album Mighty Rearranger in its two versions.

In 2007 Robert Plant met the American bluegrass musician Alison Krauss while preparing for a joint contribution to a “tribute-to- leadbelly ” concert . Together they recorded the album Raising Sand , which was released in October 2007 and won five Grammys at the 2009 Grammy Awards.

In 2009 Plant was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire .

Plant was married to Maureen Wilson from 1968 to 1983. He has four children. His first son Karac died in 1977 at the age of five of complications from a virus infection.

Plant played with his new band Sensational Space Shifters at the Bluesfest at the Royal Albert Hall; a live recording of this band's second concert from October 2012 was available for download shortly after the recording.

The new album Carry Fire was released on October 13, 2017. Carry Fire was resumed with the Sensational Space Shifters. There were also some guests in the studio, such as Chrissie Hynde , who sings the song Bluebirds Over The Mountain with Plant .

Discography

Albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1982	Pictures at Eleven	DE49 (3 weeks) DE	-	-	UK2 silver (15 weeks)UK	US5 platinum (53 weeks)US
1983	The Principle of Moments	DE51 (10 weeks) DE	-	-	UK7th gold (14 weeks)UK	US8th platinum (40 weeks)US
1985	Shaken 'n' Stirred	DE57 (1 week) DE	-	-	UK19 (4 weeks) UK	US20th gold (19 weeks)US
1988	Now and Zen	DE48 (2 weeks) DE	-	-	UK10 gold (7 weeks)UK	US6th × 3 Triple platinum (48 weeks)US
1990	Manic Nirvana	DE30 (13 weeks) DE	-	-	UK15th silver (9 weeks)UK	US13 gold (25 weeks)US
1993	Fate of Nations	DE56 (9 weeks) DE	-	CH32 (2 weeks) CH	UK6th silver (8 weeks)UK	US34 gold (24 weeks)US
1994	No Quarter - Unledded	DE18 (16 weeks) DE	AT27 (7 weeks) AT	CH16 (11 weeks) CH	UK7th gold (14 weeks)UK	US4th platinum (23 weeks)US	with Jimmy Page
1998	Walking into Clarksdale	DE13 (7 weeks) DE	AT33 (4 weeks) AT	CH31 (5 weeks) CH	UK3 silver (6 weeks)UK	US8th gold (13 weeks)US	with Jimmy Page
2002	Dreamland	DE19 (6 weeks) DE	AT69 (1 week) AT	CH74 (3 weeks) CH	UK20 (4 weeks) UK	US40 (4 weeks) US
2003	Sixty Six to Timbuktu	-	-	-	UK27 silver (3 weeks)UK	US134 (1 week) US	compilation
2005	Mighty ReArranger	DE25 (5 weeks) DE	-	CH47 (5 weeks) CH	UK4th silver (7 weeks)UK	US22 (6 weeks) US	with The Strange Sensation
2007	Raising sand	DE28 (10 weeks) DE	AT31 (3 weeks) AT	CH33 (17 weeks) CH	UK2 × 2 Double platinum (63 weeks)UK	US2 platinum (72 weeks)US	with Alison Krauss
2010	Band of Joy	DE13 (6 weeks) DE	AT21 (5 weeks) AT	CH13 (5 weeks) CH	UK3 gold (16 weeks)UK	US5 (16 weeks) US
2014	Lullaby and ... The Ceaseless Roar	DE10 (5 weeks) DE	AT11 (4 weeks) AT	CH6 (6 weeks) CH	UK2 gold (15 weeks)UK	US10 (7 weeks) US	with The Sensational Space Shifters
2017	Carry fire	DE10 (6 weeks) DE	AT13 (4 weeks) AT	CH7 (5 weeks) CH	UK3 silver (8 weeks)UK	US14 (4 weeks) US

gray hatching : no chart data available for this year

More albums

• 1983: An Authorized 90 Minute Special (2 LPs, Promo)
• 1986: The King Biscuit Flower Hour (Promo)
• 1988: Innerview: Jim Ladd Hosts Robert Plant (with Jim Ladd) (Promo)

Compilations

• 1982: The Robert Plant / Led Zeppelin Special (with Led Zeppelin ) (6 LPs)
• 1990: Ten from Forty Seven
• 1995: A Songwriting Legacy (with Jimmy Page )
• 2006: Nine Lives (box with 9 CDs + DVD)
• 2017: Greatest Hits (box with 3 CDs)

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1982	Burning Down One Side Pictures at Eleven	-	-	-	UK73 (1 week) UK	US64 (6 weeks) US
	Pledge Pin Pictures at Eleven	-	-	-	-	US74 (5 weeks) US
1983	Big Log The Principle of Moments	-	-	-	UK11 (10 weeks) UK	US20 (16 weeks) US
	In the Mood The Principle of Moments	-	-	-	UK81 (2 weeks) UK	US39 (12 weeks) US
1985	Pink and Black Shaken 'n' Stirred	-	-	-	UK95 (2 weeks) UK	-
	Little by Little Shaken 'n' Stirred	-	-	-	UK83 (2 weeks) UK	US36 (11 weeks) US
1988	Heaven Knows Now and Zen	-	-	-	UK33 (5 weeks) UK	-
	Tall Cool One Now and Zen	-	-	-	UK87 (1 week) UK	US25 (18 weeks) US
	Ship of Fools Now and Zen	-	-	-	UK76 (2 weeks) UK	US84 (4 weeks) US
1990	Hurting Kind (I've Got My Eyes on You) Manic Nirvana	-	-	-	UK45 (3 weeks) UK	US46 (10 weeks) US
	Your Ma Said You Cried in Your Sleep Last Night Manic Nirvana	-	-	-	UK90 (1 week) UK	-
1993	29 Palms Fate of Nations	DE73 (9 weeks) DE	-	-	UK21 (5 weeks) UK	-
	I Believe Fate of Nations	-	-	-	UK64 (2 weeks) UK	-
	If I Were a Carpenter Fate of Nations	-	-	-	UK63 (2 weeks) UK	-
1994	Gallows Pole No Quarter - Unledded	-	-	-	UK35 (4 weeks) UK	-	with Jimmy Page
1998	Most High No Quarter - Unledded	-	-	-	UK26 (2 weeks) UK	-	with Jimmy Page
2003	Last Time I Saw Her Dreamland	-	-	-	UK84 (1 week) UK	-
2005	Shine It All Around Mighty ReArranger	-	-	-	UK32 (3 weeks) UK	-	with The Strange Sensation

More singles

1967: Our Song / Laughin ', Cryin', Laughin ' 1967: Long Time Coming 1982: Slow Dancer 1983: The Principle of Moments (Promo) 1985: Too Loud 1985: Pink and Black 1985: Poco a poco (with Fiona ) 1988: The Way I Feel (Promo) 1990: Tie Dye on the Highway (Promo) 1990: Nirvana (Promo) 1990: SSS & Q (Promo) 1993: Calling to You 1994: Kashmir (with Jimmy Page ) 1994: Battle of Evermore (with Jimmy Page)

1995: Thank You (with Jimmy Page) 1995: Wonderful One (with Jimmy Page) 1998: Shining in the Light (with Jimmy Page) 1998: Sons of Freedom (with Jimmy Page) (Promo) 2002: Morning Dew 2002: Song to the Siren 2002: Dreamland (Promo) 2002: Darkness, Darkness (Promo) 2007: Gone, Gone, Gone (Done, Moved On) (with Alison Krauss ) 2007: Rich Woman (with Alison Krauss) 2007: Stick with Me Baby (with Alison Krauss) 2008: Raising Sand (with Alison Krauss) 2017: The May Queen

Video albums

• 1988: Mumbo Jumbo (US:gold)
• 1995: No Quarter - Unledded (with Jimmy Page) (UK:gold, US: platinum)
• 2006: Robert Plant & the Strange Sensation
• 2012: Live on Stage
• 2012: Unplugged: Live 1993
• 2012: Live from the Artists Den (with The Band of Joy)
• 2012: Welcome to Rockwell (with Razorlight , Joss Stone , Tom Jones and David Gray )

Awards for music sales

Golden record  Canada 1993: for the album Fate of Nations  Norway 2010: for the album Band of Joy Platinum record  Canada 1983: for the album Pictures at Eleven 1990: for the album Manic Nirvana 2008: for the album Raising Sand

2 × platinum record  Canada 1994: for the album No Quarter - Unledded

Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.

Country / Region	silver	gold	platinum	Sales	swell
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Canada (MC)	-	gold1	5 × platinum5	550,000	musiccanada.com
Norway (IFPI)	-	gold1	-	20,000	ifpi.no ( Memento from November 5, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
United States (RIAA)	-	5 × gold5	8 × platinum8th	9,150,000	riaa.com
United Kingdom (BPI)	7 × silver7th	6 × gold6th	2 × platinum2	1,545,000	bpi.co.uk
All in all	7 × silver7th	13 × gold13	15 × platinum15th

Awards

grammy

• 1998: for Most High , with Jimmy Page - "Best Hard Rock Performance"
• 2007: for Gone Gone Gone (Done Moved On) , with Alison Krauss - "Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals"
• 2008: for Please Read the Letter , with Alison Krauss - "Record of the Year"
• 2008: for Raising Sand , with Alison Krauss - "Album of the Year"
• 2008: for Raising Sand , with Alison Krauss - "Best Contemporary Folk / Americana Album"
• 2008: for Rich Woman , with Alison Krauss - "Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals"
• 2008: for Killing the Blues , with Alison Krauss - "Best Country Collaboration with Vocals"

literature

• Paul Rees: Robert Plant: One Life . Edel, 2015, ISBN 3-8419-0373-8 , pp. 368 .
• Neil Daniels: Robert Plant - Led Zeppelin, Jimmy Page (The Solo Years) . Hannibal Verlag, Höfen 2009, ISBN 978-3-85445-300-0 (Original edition: Robert Plant )

swell

1. ↑ Alex Gernandt: Led Zeppelin singer Robert Plant: "I had an exaggeratedly large ego" . one day on Spiegel Online , October 19, 2017, accessed on October 20, 2017.
2. ↑ BBC via Band of Joy
3. ↑ 100 Greatest Singers of All Time. Rolling Stone , December 2, 2010, accessed August 9, 2017 . 
4. ↑ The London Gazette  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , December 31, 2008 edition  
5. ^ Daily Mail online , July 11, 2009
6. ↑ Rolling Stone: Robert Plant announces new album "Carry Fire". August 18, 2017. Retrieved August 17, 2017 . 
7. ↑ ^{a b} Chart sources: Singles Albums DE UK US1 US2 US3
8. ^ The Billboard Albums by Joel Whitburn , 6th Edition, Record Research 2006, ISBN 0-89820-166-7 .

Web links

Commons : Robert Plant  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Works by Robert Plant in the catalog of the German National Library
• Robert Plant website
• Robert Plant at Allmusic (English)
• Robert Plant at Discogs (English)
• Discography at 45cat.com