The band was sued in 1985, and courts ruled in favor of Dixon. Whole Lotta Love – Based off of a 1962 Muddy Waters song called “You Need Love,” written once again by the great Willie Dixon. Scoreboard : Original – 3, Covered with credit – 2, Ripped off – 4ġ. How Many More Times – A medley piece comprised of sections that are either inspired by or direct replicas of Howlin’ Wolf’s “How Many More Years,” Albert King’s “The Hunter,” abd Jeff Beck’s “Beck’s Bolero.” The original credited just Zeppelin, but this has since been amended to include Howlin’ Wolf’s name. I Can’t Quit You Baby – A classic Willie Dixon blues tune, properly credited to Dixon.ĩ. Communication Breakdown – Another Zeppelin original!Ĩ. The Jansch version, which has lyrics, can be heard below:ħ. Black Mountain Side – A Page instrumental, inspired by Bert Jansch’s “Down By Blackwaterside.” The song was taught to Page by Al Stewart, who worked with both Page and Jansch. Your Time Is Gonna Come – An actual Zeppelin original!Ħ. Jimmy Page took the title, changed the melody and the lyrics just enough to avoid a lawsuit, and the rest was history. Dazed and Confused – Wholly identified with Zeppelin, “Dazed and Confused” was actually the title of a song on an album by singer/songwriter Jake Holmes. Once more, John Paul Jones played organ on both tracks. Dixon was a huge influence on Jimmy Page, however, this track was recorded just a few months earlier by Page’s former Yardbirds bandmate, Jeff Beck, on his 1968 album Truth. You Shook Me – A song written for Muddy Waters by Willie Dixon, credited as such. Since 1990, the song has been credited as “Bredon/Page & Plant”ģ. Page.” Decades later, Bredon was made aware of the Zeppelin song, and won a large back-payment of royalties. Since Baez credited the song as traditional, Zeppelin put “Trad arr. Babe I’m Gonna Leave You – A song written by folk singer Anne Bredon, which was popularized by Joan Baez. Good Times Bad Times – This is an all-Zepp original, with the main driving riff written by bassist/multi-instrumentalist John Paul Jones.Ģ. Since Led Zeppelin’s later material was largely original, as their influences shifted along the way, we’ll take a look at the band’s first four albums and see just how plagiarized they actually were.ġ. While blues music does have a rich legacy of artists covering other artists, to the point that the original author of a song is incredibly diluted, Zeppelin has indeed ran into some controversy by taking writing credits where they do not belong. It seems that whenever we post an article about Led Zeppelin, music fans are quick to point out the band’s history of ripping off old blues musicians without properly crediting them.
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