{"id":288161,"date":"2025-10-09T03:02:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-09T03:02:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/288161\/"},"modified":"2025-10-09T03:02:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T03:02:11","slug":"on-this-day-in-1971-led-zeppelin-marked-100-weeks-on-the-charts-with-their-first-no-1-album-dethroning-a-beatles-classic-not-once-but-twice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/288161\/","title":{"rendered":"On This Day in 1971, Led Zeppelin Marked 100 Weeks on the Charts With Their First No. 1 Album\u2014Dethroning a Beatles Classic (Not Once, but Twice)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Led Zeppelin II was a massive hit for the iconic band. Back in 1971, Led Zeppelin\u2019s sophomore release<\/a> marked 100 weeks on the U.K. album charts. <\/p>\n

That was just a fraction of its success, though. The LP was the band\u2019s first to hit No. 1 in both the U.S. and U.K. following its October 1969 release.<\/p>\n

In the U.S., the album stayed on the Billboard 200 for 117 weeks. Two times amid its stay on the charts, the LP knocked The Beatles\u2019 Abbey Road for the No. 1 position. The album, which has since been certified 12x Platinum, held the top spot for a total of seven weeks.<\/p>\n

Led Zeppelin II was likewise a success in the U.K., where the album spent 138 weeks on the charts. That\u2019s more than two-and-a-half years.<\/p>\n

What To Know About \u2018Led Zeppelin II\u2019<\/p>\n

Looking back, it\u2019s no surprise Led Zeppelin II had such great chart success. Jimmy Page and Robert Plant penned six of the album\u2019s nine tracks. The other three were reinterpretations of Chicago blues songs by Willie Dixon and Howlin\u2019 Wolf.<\/p>\n

As such, the LP is full of hits, including \u201cWhole Lotta Love\u201d and \u201cRamble On,\u201d the former of which peaked at No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100.<\/p>\n

Later, in 2014, the band remastered and reissued their first three albums to great acclaim. Around that time, Page spoke to Guitar World<\/a> about Led Zeppelin II, specifically the recording session for \u201cWhole Lotta Love\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cI de-tuned [the guitar] radically and just basically pulled on the strings to make an assortment of growling noises\u2014evil sounds that you\u2019re not supposed to hear on commercial radio,\u201d he said of how the middle of the track came to be. \u201cI might\u2019ve de-tuned it to a chord, but really I\u2019m just pulling on strings and making them howl!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

From there, Page teamed up with engineer Eddie Kramer for the mix.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe did all the panning and added the effects, including using Low Frequency Oscillators on the tape machine to really pull the whole thing down and lift it back up so the sound is moving in rhythm,\u201d he said. \u201cIt was something no one had ever done before in that context, let alone in the middle of a song.\u201d<\/p>\n

That alone, Page said, shows \u201chow forward thinking we were, that\u2019s how avant-garde it was, and that\u2019s how much fun we were having.\u201d<\/p>\n

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