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| 1944 | Birth |  |
| 9th Jan Hounslow Birth of James Patrick "Jimmy" Page
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| 1962 | Crusaders, The | |
| The Crusaders give Jimmy Page his first taste of touring life and an appearance on a single, "The Road to Love"
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| 1963 | Decca Records | |
| Jimmy Pages' first session for Decca is recording "Diamonds" by Jet Harris & Tony Meehan which goes to Number 1 on the singles chart
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| Mike Leander signs up Jimmy Page as a session musician for Decca Records
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| 1965 | Composition | |
| Jimmy Page's first solo recording is a single for Fontana Records, "She Just Satisfies"
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| 1965 | Immediate Records | |
| Page is hired by Rolling Stones manager Andrew Loog Oldham to act as a producer for the newly formed Immediate Records label, which also allowed him to play on tracks by John Mayall, Nico, and Eric Clapton
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| 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
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| 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
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| 1966 | Yardbirds, The | |
| London 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
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| 1968 | Led Zeppelin | |
| During the Scandinavian tour the new group appears as "The New Yardbirds", but Peter Grant, the band's eventual manager, later modified the name to "Led Zeppelin"
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| Page joins Robert Plant, John Bonham and John Paul Jones to form Led Zeppelin
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| Recruits vocalist Robert Plant and drummer John Bonham, and was contacted by John Paul Jones who asked to join, to which Page agreed
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| The musical potential of the Yardbirds is scuttled by personality differences caused by touring and a lack of commercial success, Keith Relf and Jim McCarty depart & the group become Led Zeppelin
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| 1968 | Yardbirds, The | |
| During the Scandinavian tour the new group appears as "The New Yardbirds", but Peter Grant, the band's eventual manager, later modified the name to "Led Zeppelin"
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| The musical potential of the Yardbirds is scuttled by personality differences caused by touring and a lack of commercial success, Keith Relf and Jim McCarty depart & the group become Led Zeppelin
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| 1970 | Composition | |
| His solo in the famous epic "Stairway to Heaven" has been voted by readers of various guitar magazines, including Guitar World and Total Guitar as the greatest guitar solo of all time
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| 1973 | Led Zeppelin | |
| A pair of 50,000-seat shows in Tampa breaks the record for the largest paying audience to see a single band, which was formerly held by The Beatles for the legendary 1965 Shea stadium concert
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| 1980 | Led Zeppelin | |
| After Led Zeppelin break up Page attempts to form a supergroup with ex-Yes members to be called XYZ however it comes to nothing
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| 1980 | XYZ | |
| After Led Zeppelin break up Page attempts to form a supergroup with ex-Yes members to be called XYZ however it comes to nothing
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| 1982 | Death | |
| Commissioned by director Michael Winner to record the soundtrack to the film Death Wish II
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| 1983 | ARMS Charity | |
| Jimmy Page makes a successful return to the stage with the ARMS Charity series of concerts in 1983 which honoured Small Faces bass player Ronnie Lane
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| 1984 | Firm, The | |
| Jimmy Page & Paul Rogers create The Firm
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| 1984 | Honeydrippers, The | |
| Page records with Robert Plant in the guise of The Honeydrippers
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| 1985 | Live Aid | |
| The surviving members of Led Zeppelin re-unite for Live Aid (with Phil Collins and Tony Thompson on drums)
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| 1986 | Composition | |
| Page reunites temporarily with his Yardbirds bandmates to play on several tracks of the Box of Frogs album Strange Land
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| 1994 | MTV | |
| MTV UnLedded special showcases the album No Quarter, a compilation featuring restyled Led Zeppelin songs
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| 1995 | Rock and Roll Hall of Fame | |
| Led Zeppelin are inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
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| 1998 | Action for Brazil's Children Trust | |
| Page is involved in various charity concerts and charity work particularly the Action for Brazil's Children Trust (ABC Trust), founded by his wife Jimena Gomez-Paratcha
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| 2005 | OBE | |
| Awarded the Order of the British Empire in recognition of his Brazilian charity work
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