‘Stairway To Heaven’ at 50: The song that ushered in the era of the guitar hero - The Independent

10:31pm PST - March 2nd, 2021    entertainment - Independent

Fifty years ago, Jimmy Page played his new, eight-minute opus for an underwhelmed Belfast audience. Soon, it would be one of the biggest songs in the world. Mark Beaumont looks back at the song, its origins and its legacy