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05/03/1971 'Stairway to Heaven' by Led Zeppelin is first played live

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1971 Stairway to Heaven

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Stairway to Heaven (2nd ever live performance)

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Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven Live

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Jimmy Page: How Stairway to Heaven was written - BBC News

"Stairway to Heaven" is a song by the English rock band Led Zeppelin, released in late 1971. The inaugural public performance of the song took place at Belfast's Ulster Hall in March 1971. Bassist John Paul Jones recalls that the crowd was unimpressed: "They were all bored to tears waiting to hear something they knew."