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He was easily the most popular member of the band: the outspoken guy, the guy with the blond hair, the frontman, the lead singer of Led Zeppelin.

Known for his powerful style and wide vocal range, Robert Plant embodied folk and blues passion to the fullest.
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Growing up in the area west of Birmingham, Robert plant as a young boy attended King Edward VI Grammar School in Stourbridge.

His father who was hopeful that someday Robert would pursue an accounting career never saw that day, because Robert, instead, took the path to becoming a musician.

Robert Plant's early influences were mainly rooted in blues. Traditional blues artists such as Robert Johnson and Sonny Boy Williamson were among his favorites.

Robert Plant's life took a big change in 1968 when he met guitarist Jimmy Page who was in search of a lead singer for his new band.

Robert Plant brought his childhood friend John Bonham as drummer. Now with John Paul Jones, who was already working with Jimmy Page in the studio, Led Zeppelin was complete.

Probably the most influential rock singer in his time, Robert Plant's voice reached the four corners of the Earth. His unmistakable high-pitched primeval wail inspired a countless number of painfully inferior imitators.

But nobody, and nobody can sing like Robert Plant.