Robert Plant is renowned as the lead vocalist of the legendary rock band Led Zeppelin.
Plant's early musical influences included blues legends like Willie Dixon and Robert Johnson, shaping his distinctive vocal style.
After Led Zeppelin disbanded, Plant launched a successful solo career, producing hits like "Big Log" and "In the Mood."
Biography
Early Life
Robert Anthony Plant was born on August 20, 1948, in West Bromwich, Staffordshire, England. He grew up in a musical household, influenced by his father, a civil engineer and Royal Air Force veteran, and his mother, a Romani woman. From a young age, Plant was captivated by rock and roll, aspiring to emulate Elvis Presley. He left school in his mid-teens to pursue a passion for blues music, inspired by legends like Willie Dixon and Robert Johnson.
Career
Plant's career took off in 1968 when he became the lead singer and lyricist for the iconic rock band Led Zeppelin. The band, known for its powerful sound and innovative style, dominated the music scene until their breakup in 1980 following the death of drummer John Bonham. Plant then embarked on a successful solo career, releasing notable albums such as "Pictures at Eleven" (1982) and "The Principle of Moments" (1983). His early solo work produced hits like "Big Log" and "In the Mood." In the mid-1990s, he reunited with Jimmy Page, leading to the release of the live album "No Quarter: Jimmy Page and Robert Plant Unledded" in 1994.
Personal Life
Plant married Maureen Wilson in 1968, and they had three children, including a son who tragically passed away in 1977. The loss deeply affected him, inspiring the song "All My Love." After their divorce in 1983, Plant continued to explore his interests, including Welsh history, and contributed to cultural projects in Wales. In 2009, he was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire for his contributions to music, further solidifying his legacy as one of rock's greatest vocalists.
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Discography
Saving Grace2025
- 1.Chevrolet2:38
- 2.As I Roved Out6:10
- 3.It’s a Beautiful Day Today3:41
- 4.Soul of a Man4:43
- 5.Ticket Taker3:40
- 6.I Never Will Marry3:35
- 7.Higher Rock3:43
- 8.Too Far From You4:57
- 9.Everybody’s Song4:17
- 10.Gospel Plough4:27
Digging Deep: Subterranea2020
- 1.Rainbow4:17
- 2.Hurting Kind4:11
- 3.Shine It All Around4:03
- 4.Ship of Fools5:01
- 5.Nothing Takes the Place of You6:01
- 6.Darkness Darkness7:10
- 7.Heaven Knows4:05
- 8.In the Mood5:23
- 9.Charlie Patton Highway (Turn It Up Part 1)4:20
- 10.New World3:29
- 11.Like I’ve Never Been Gone5:59
- 12.I Believe4:34
- 13.Dance With You Tonight4:48
- 14.Satan Your Kingdom Must Come Down4:12
- 15.Great Spirit (acoustic)3:53
- 16.Angel Dance3:50
- 17.Takamba4:06
- 18.Anniversary5:03
- 19.Wreckless Love5:16
- 20.White, Clean and Neat5:30
- 21.Silver Rider6:07
- 22.Fat Lip5:05
- 23.29 Palms4:52
- 24.Last Time I Saw Her4:41
- 25.Embrace Another Fall5:51
- 26.Too Much Alike2:32
- 27.Big Log5:05
- 28.Falling in Love Again3:36
- 29.Memory Song (Hello Hello)5:21
- 30.Promised Land4:59
Digging Deep2020
- 1.Burning Down One Side3:57
- 2.Like I’ve Never Been Gone5:56
- 3.Big Log5:06
- 4.In the Mood5:22
- 5.Too Loud4:10
- 6.Little by Little4:45
- 7.Ship of Fools5:01
- 8.Tall Cool One4:40
- 9.Hurting Kind4:11
- 10.Tie Dye on the Highway5:16
- 11.Calling to You5:48
- 12.29 Palms4:51
- 13.Song to the Siren5:52
- 14.Morning Dew4:24
- 15.Shine It All Around4:03
- 16.Tin Pan Valley3:46
Live at David Lynch’s Festival of Disruption2018
- 1.Poor Howard
- 2.Turn It Up
- 3.Black Dog
- 4.The Enchanter
- 5.Rainbow
- 6.Babe, I’m Gonna Leave You
- 7.Little Maggie
- 8.Hoochie Coochie Man / Whole Lotta Love / Mona
- 9.Going to California
Carry Fire2017
- 1.The May Queen4:14
- 2.New World…3:29
- 3.Season’s Song4:19
- 4.Dance With You Tonight4:48
- 5.Carving Up the World Again… A Wall and Not a Fence3:55
- 6.A Way With Words5:19
- 7.Carry Fire5:26
- 8.Bones of Saints3:47
- 9.Keep It Hid4:08
- 10.Bluebirds Over the Mountain4:59
- 11.Heaven Sent4:42
Lullaby and... The Ceaseless Roar2014
- 1.Little Maggie5:06
- 2.Rainbow4:18
- 3.Pocketful of Golden4:12
- 4.Embrace Another Fall5:52
- 5.Turn It Up4:05
- 6.A Stolen Kiss5:15
- 7.Somebody There4:32
- 8.Poor Howard4:13
- 9.House of Love5:07
- 10.Up on the Hollow Hill (Understanding Arthur)4:35
- 11.Arbaden (Maggie’s Babby)2:46
Live From the Artists Den2012
- 1.[introduction]
- 2.Black Dog
- 3.Angel Dance
- 4.Houses of the Holy
- 5.House of Cards
- 6.Cindy, I'll Marry You Someday
- 7.Satan Your Kingdom Must Come Down
- 8.Somewhere Trouble Don't Go
- 9.Tangerine
- 10.A Satisfied Mind
- 11.Move Up
- 12.Down to the Sea
- 13.Ramble On
- 14.Gallows Pole
- 15.In the Mood
- 16.Rock and Roll
- 17.I Bid You Goodnight
- 18.[credits]
- 19.Interview With Robert Plant
- 20.Inside the Artists Den
- 21.The Night in Pictures (Gallery)
- 22.About the Artists Den
Sensational Space Shifters2012
- 1.Fixin' to Die5:07
- 2.Tin Pan Valley6:32
- 3.444:30
- 4.Friends5:15
- 5.Spoonful6:47
- 6.Bron-Y-Aur Stomp4:56
- 7.Ohio5:48
- 8.No Bad News4:52
- 9.Standing5:07
- 10.Black Dog7:14
- 11.Somebody Knocking8:48
- 12.Witchdoctor5:55
- 13.Whole Lotta Love / Steal Away / Bury My Body8:06
- 14.Another Tribe4:32
- 15.Gallows Pole6:17
Band of Joy2010
- 1.Angel Dance3:52
- 2.House of Cards3:16
- 3.Central Two-O-Nine2:51
- 4.Silver Rider6:08
- 5.You Can't Buy My Love3:13
- 6.Falling in Love Again3:40
- 7.The Only Sound That Matters3:47
- 8.Monkey5:00
- 9.Cindy, I'll Marry You Someday3:39
- 10.Harm's Swift Way4:21
- 11.Satan Your Kingdom Must Come Down4:14
- 12.Even This Shall Pass Away4:03
Nine Lives2006
- 1.Burning Down One Side3:58
- 2.Moonlight in Samosa4:01
- 3.Pledge Pin4:03
- 4.Slow Dancer7:47
- 5.Worse Than Detroit5:59
- 6.Fat Lip5:08
- 7.Like I've Never Been Gone6:00
- 8.Mystery Title5:22
- 9.Far Post4:42
- 10.Like I've Never Been Gone (live)7:31
- 11.Other Arms4:21
- 12.In the Mood5:22
- 13.Messin' With the Mekon4:39
- 14.Wreckless Love5:17
- 15.Thru' With the Two Step5:34
- 16.Horizontal Departure4:20
- 17.Stranger Here... Than Over There4:20
- 18.Big Log5:10
- 19.In the Mood (live)7:35
- 20.Thru' With the Two Step (live)11:11
- 21.Lively Up Yourself (live)3:04
- 22.Turnaround4:55
- 23.I Get a Thrill2:42
- 24.Sea of Love3:05
- 25.I Got a Woman3:00
- 26.Young Boy Blues3:33
- 27.Rockin' at Midnight6:04
- 28.Rockin' at Midnight (live)4:14
- 29.Hip to Hoo4:53
- 30.Kallalou Kallalou4:19
- 31.Too Loud4:11
- 32.Trouble Your Money4:16
- 33.Pink and Black3:49
- 34.Little by Little4:46
- 35.Doo Doo a Do Do5:12
- 36.Easily Lead4:39
- 37.Sixes and Sevens6:09
- 38.Little by Little (remixed long version)5:13
- 39.Heaven Knows4:05
- 40.Dance on My Own4:30
- 41.Tall Cool One4:40
- 42.The Way I Feel5:42
- 43.Helen of Troy5:10
- 44.Billy's Revenge3:34
- 45.Ship of Fools5:00
- 46.Why4:14
- 47.White, Clean and Neat5:30
- 48.Walking Towards Paradise4:49
- 49.Billy's Revenge (live)6:00
- 50.Ship of Fools (live)10:35
- 51.Tall Cool One (live)5:07
- 52.Hurting Kind (I've Got My Eyes on You)4:11
- 53.Big Love4:35
- 54.S S S & Q4:38
- 55.I Cried4:54
- 56.She Said5:13
- 57.Nirvana4:30
- 58.Tie Dye on the Highway5:16
- 59.Your Ma Said You Cried in Your Sleep Last Night4:17
- 60.Anniversary5:02
- 61.Liars Dance2:34
- 62.Watching You4:26
- 63.Oompa (Watery Bint)5:47
- 64.One Love3:14
- 65.Don't Look Back3:01
- 66.Calling to You5:48
- 67.Down to the Sea4:00
- 68.Come Into My Life6:32
- 69.I Believe4:32
- 70.29 Palms4:50
- 71.Memory Song (Hello Hello)5:22
- 72.If I Were a Carpenter3:45
- 73.Promised Land4:59
- 74.The Greatest Gift6:52
- 75.Great Spirit5:27
- 76.Network News6:42
- 77.Colours of a Shade4:45
- 78.Great Spirit (acoustic mix)3:54
- 79.Rollercoaster (demo)4:01
- 80.8:051:49
- 81.Dark Moon (acoustic)4:57
- 82.Funny in My Mind (I Believe I'm Fixin' to Die)4:45
- 83.Morning Dew4:27
- 84.One More Cup of Coffee4:05
- 85.Last Time I Saw Her4:43
- 86.Song to the Siren5:54
- 87.Win My Train Fare Home (If I Ever Get Lucky)6:03
- 88.Darkness, Darkness7:11
- 89.Red Dress5:24
- 90.Hey Joe7:06
- 91.Skip's Song4:54
- 92.Dirt in a Hole4:48
- 93.Last Time I Saw Her (remix)3:24
- 94.Another Tribe3:15
- 95.Shine It All Around4:03
- 96.Freedom Fries2:52
- 97.Tin Pan Valley3:46
- 98.All the King's Horses4:19
- 99.The Enchanter5:27
- 100.Takamba4:05
- 101.Dancing in Heaven4:25
- 102.Somebody Knocking3:46
- 103.Let the Four Winds Blow4:52
- 104.Mighty Rearranger4:25
- 105.Brother Ray1:19
- 106.Red, White and Blue3:10
- 107.All the Money in the World3:12
- 108.Shine It All Around (Girls remix)7:35
- 109.Tin Pan Valley (Girls remix)6:20
- 110.The Enchanter (Unkle reconstruction)6:49
- 111.Nine Lives (Documentary)61:23
- 112.Burning Down One Side4:10
- 113.Big Log6:05
- 114.In the Mood5:33
- 115.Rockin' at Midnight4:48
- 116.Sea of Love3:09
- 117.Little by Little4:53
- 118.Pink and Black3:28
- 119.Heaven Knows4:13
- 120.Tall Cool One5:07
- 121.Ship of Fools5:00
- 122.Hurting Kind (I've Got My Eyes on You)4:09
- 123.Nirvana5:00
- 124.Tie Dye on the Highway6:11
- 125.29 Palms4:49
- 126.Calling to You4:25
- 127.If I Were a Carpenter3:47
- 128.I Believe4:44
- 129.Morning Dew3:33
- 130.Darkness, Darkness3:28
- 131.Shine It All Around4:06
Sixty Six to Timbuktu2003
- 1.Tie Dye on the Highway5:10
- 2.Upside Down4:11
- 3.Promised Land4:59
- 4.Tall Cool One4:38
- 5.Dirt in a Hole4:44
- 6.Calling to You5:50
- 7.29 Palms4:51
- 8.If I Were a Carpenter3:47
- 9.Sea of Love3:05
- 10.Darkness, Darkness5:03
- 11.Big Log5:04
- 12.Ship of Fools4:58
- 13.I Believe4:54
- 14.Little by Little4:42
- 15.Heaven Knows4:04
- 16.Song to the Siren4:06
- 17.You’d Better Run2:30
- 18.Our Song2:32
- 19.Hey Joe4:58
- 20.For What It’s Worth3:30
- 21.Operator4:36
- 22.Road to the Sun5:36
- 23.Philadelphia Baby2:14
- 24.Red for Danger3:39
- 25.Let’s Have a Party3:41
- 26.Hey Jayne5:23
- 27.Louie, Louie2:53
- 28.Naked If I Want To0:47
- 29.21 Years3:31
- 30.If It’s Really Got to Be This Way3:59
- 31.Rude World3:45
- 32.Little Hands4:19
- 33.Life Begin Again6:19
- 34.Let the Boogie Woogie Roll2:37
- 35.Win My Train Fare Home (live in Timbuktu)6:15
Best Ballads & Best Rock Songs2002
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Dreamland2002
- 1.Funny in My Mind (I Believe I’m Fixin’ to Die)4:46
- 2.Morning Dew4:26
- 3.One More Cup of Coffee4:04
- 4.Last Time I Saw Her4:41
- 5.Song to the Siren5:54
- 6.Win My Train Fare Home (If I Ever Get Lucky)6:04
- 7.Darkness, Darkness7:10
- 8.Red Dress5:24
- 9.Hey Joe7:12
- 10.Skip’s Song4:50
Priory of Brion1999
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Fate of Nations1993
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Manic Nirvana1990
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Ten From Forty Seven1990
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Now and Zen1988
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Shaken ’n’ Stirred1985
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The Principle of Moments1983
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Pictures at Eleven1982
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Saving Grace: All That Glitters...2026
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Live at Knebworth2021
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More Roar2015
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More Roar2015
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Gallery
Label
- Record label
- Atlantic Records
Achievements
- Award
- Americana Award for Duo/Group of the Year
- Award
- Commander of the Order of the British Empire
- Award
- Silver Clef Award
- Award
- Kennedy Center Honors
Groups
- Band of Joyharmonica, lead vocalscurrent
- Listencurrent
- Priory of Brioncurrent
- Robert Plant & Alison Krausseponymous, originalcurrent
- Robert Plant and the Strange Sensationcurrent
- Rockestracurrent
- Saving Gracecurrent
- Sensational Space Shifterscurrent
- The Crawling King Snakescurrent
- The Fabulous Brill Brotherscurrent
- The RD Crusaderscurrent
- Led Zeppelinlead vocals, original · 1968–1980
- The Honeydripperslead vocals, original · 1981–1985
- Jimmy Page & Robert Planteponymous, lead vocals, original · 1994–1998
Played together with
Jimmy PageLed Zeppelin · 1968–1980 · guitar, original- John BonhamLed Zeppelin · 1968–1980 · drums (drum set), original
John Paul JonesLed Zeppelin · 1968–1980 · bass guitar, keyboard, original
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Identifiers & aliases
Also known as: Plant, Robert Anthony Plant
Robert Anthony Plant is an English singer and songwriter. He was the lead singer and lyricist of the rock band Led Zeppelin from its founding in 1968 until their break-up in 1980. Since then, he has had a successful solo career, sometimes collaborating with other artists such as Alison Krauss. Regarded by many as one of the greatest singers in rock music, he is known for his raw stage performances and his powerful, wide-ranging voice.
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