1- His father didn’t want him to be a singer , Plant’s parents were adamant about him becoming an accountant
2- Robert Plant warmed up his voice with slow Elvis songs
3- Robert Plant wrote the lyrics to “Fool In The Rain.”
4- Robert Plant received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2005 and the Polar Music Prize in 2006.
5- In 2007 Robert Plant won the Beard Liberation Front, beard of the year award for his beard
6- Robert Plant, (born 20 August 1948), is an English rock singer and songwriter
7- The song “Kashmir” was influenced by Plant’s travels in Morocco
8- “Black Dog” was named after a dog that Robert Plant used to see hanging around the recording studio.
9- Robert Plant wrote the lyrics for “Stairway to Heaven.”
10- Plant is interested in Welsh history. He donated money to the creation of a bronze statue of the Welsh prince, Owain Glyndŵr, at Pennal Church, near Machynlleth, in Wales, unveiled in September 2004.
11- Robert Plant was friends with Elvis , Elvis Presley once teased him about not owning his own plane – Elvis asked where Led Zeppelin got the jet. “We rented it from Caesar’s Palace” said Plant. “I own mine” replied Elvis.
12- Robert Plant was ranked number 3 on VH1’s list of the top 100 rock and roll vocalists.
13- He is a Seismophobic (Fear Of Earthquakes)
14- Rock Scene Magazine awarded Robert Plant the Chest O Rama award. The magazine’s readers were to decide who had the best chest in rock.
15- Robert Plant wrote the lyrics for “Misty Mountain Hop.”
16 – Robert Plant plays soccer in Kidderminster every Wednesday.
17- Robert Plant Ranked #37 on VH1’s 100 Sexiest Artists.
18- In the song “Stairway to Heaven,” he uses the phrase “stairway to heaven” three times.
19- Robert Plant once donated $10,000 to a radio station in Oregon that promised to never play “Stairway to Heaven” again.
20- While Plant was touring with Led Zeppelin in the US, his son, Karac, died from a stomach virus on June 26, 1977
21- When selecting the singer for his new band, Jimmy Page first asked British singer Terry Reid, who also later turned down Deep Purple’s offer. The second candidate was Steve Marriot from the Small Faces, but he refused as well. Only then did Jimmy Page think of Robert Plant as an option
22- Robert Plant was cited as one of the 50 great voices by National Public Radio (NPR) which listed singers who had made their mark internationally and across recorded history.
23- While he was aspiring to be a musician, Plant held several jobs, including that of a construction worker for Wimpey in Birmingham in 1967
24- John Bonham joined Led Zeppelin as a result of Plant’s recommendation.
25- Robert Plant’s first solo album was entitled, “Pictures At Eleven.” It was released in 1982.
26- Robert Plant Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (as a member of Led Zeppelin) in 1995.
27- In 2006, magazine Hit Parader named Plant the “Greatest Metal Vocalist of All Time”
28- Derivative of Plant’s feather sigil used in the Led Zeppelin IV album.
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