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7 unusual facts about Stairway to Heaven


All that glitters is not gold

The inverse of this expression, "All that glitters is gold," is a lyric in the Led Zeppelin song, "Stairway to Heaven", the Smash Mouth song, "All Star" and the Death in Vegas song, "All That Glitters".

Bringin' On the Heartbreak

Lange said he thought the band was intending to make the song's verse "jangley" and "a kind of 'Stairway to Heaven' thing; Steve Clark likes that long wrangled guitar jangle."

Clarence Snyder

His photo of a silhouetted staircase rising inexplicably into the sky from a construction site appeared in Life magazine and was subsequently used by Frank Zappa for the cover of the album Stairway to Heaven.

Kaare Norge

He has received the most international attention for the arrangement of Led Zeppelin's Stairway to Heaven which he recorded on his 1994 CD La Guitarra.

Misato Tanaka

Stairway to Heaven (TV Fuji,BS Fuji / 2004) – Han Jung-suh / Kim Ji-soo

Tommy Funderburk

The album contains a cappella versions of classic hits from the seventies, for example "Stairway to Heaven", "I Shot the Sheriff", "What's Goin' On", and "Sir Duke".

WAXQ

"Stairway to Heaven" by Led Zeppelin has been the number one song on the countdown since its inception in 2001.


WSHP

In 1996, Big Dog 95 began stunting with Led Zeppelin's "Stairway to Heaven" and Elton John’s “Rocket Man.” A few days later, the station was relaunched as “Modern Rock 95-7, The Rocket,” featuring an Alternative rock format with the newly syndicated, and locally popular, Bob & Tom Show anchoring mornings.


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