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Jeff Beck
History of Great Britain
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| | 1944 | Birth | |
| Birth of Jeff Beck |
| 1965 | Yardbirds, The | |
| 20th Mar After being invited to replace Eric Clapton in The Yardbirds Page turns down the offer and suggested his friend Jeff Beck |
| 1966 | Composition | |
| 20th Mar Keith Moon, bass player John Paul Jones , keyboardist Nicky Hopkins , Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page record "Beck's Bolero" in London's IBC Studios |
| 1966 | Yardbirds, The | |
| Appointed Member of the Yardbirds |
| Page is again offered to join The Yardbirds and at first plays bass guitar with the group after the departure of Paul Samwell-Smith, before finally switching to twin lead guitar with Beck when Chris Dreja moves to bass |
| 1967 | Jeff Beck Group, The | |
| Jeff Beck forms a new band called The Jeff Beck Group, which features him on lead guitar, Rod Stewart on vocals, Ron Wood on bass, Nicky Hopkins on piano, and Micky Waller on drums |
| 1968 | Jeff Beck Group, The | |
| The group produces two albums, Truth in 1968 and Beck-Ola the following year, these two albums are highly acclaimed, and are considered by some to be among the precursors to heavy metal |
| 1969 | Jeff Beck Group, The | |
| Owing to friction within the band, Rod Stewart and Ron Wood leaw the group to replace Steve Marriott in the Small Faces |
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