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Robert Plant

English musician and lead vocalist of Led Zeppelin

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Robert Plant is an English musician best known as the lead vocalist of Led Zeppelin, one of the most influential rock bands in history. He matters because his distinctive voice and stage presence helped define the sound and cultural impact of rock music from the 1960s onward.

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Born: 1948-08-20
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Acting · West Bromwich, West Midlands, UK

An English musician, singer and songwriter. Best known as the lead vocalist and lyricist of the rock band Led Zeppelin, he has also had a successful solo career spanning more than 40 years and possessing a powerful wide vocal range (particularly using his trademark high-pitched vocals). Plant is regarded as one of the greatest singers in the history of rock and roll, and he has influenced…

Known for

Becoming Led Zeppelin — Self2025
BP Fallon: Rock'n'Roll Wizard — Self2025
It's Never Over, Jeff Buckley — Self (archive footage)2025
Dread Zeppelin: A Song of Hope — Self (Archive)2024
Squaring the Circle (The Story of Hipgnosis) — Self2023
Rock this Town — Self (archive footage)2022
Robert Plant & Alison Krauss at Glastonbury — Himself2022
What Drives Us — Self (archive footage)2021

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Robert Anthony Plant (born 20 August 1948) is an English singer and songwriter. He was the lead singer and lyricist of the rock band Led Zeppelin from its founding in 1968 until their break-up in 1980. Since then, he has had a successful solo career, sometimes collaborating with other artists such as Alison Krauss. Regarded by many as one of the greatest singers in rock music, he is known for his flamboyant persona, raw stage performances and his powerful, wide-ranging voice.

Plant was born and raised in the West Midlands area of England, and after leaving grammar school, he briefly trained as a chartered accountant before leaving home at 16 years old to concentrate on singing with a series of local blues bands, including Band of Joy with drummer John Bonham. In 1968, he was invited by manager Peter Grant and guitarist Jimmy Page to join the Yardbirds, which Grant and Page were attempting to keep going after some of its members had left. The new version of the Yardbirds, with Plant, changed their name to Led Zeppelin, and from the late 1960s until their disbandment in 1980, had international success.