"Whole Lotta Love" is a song by English hard rock band Led Zeppelin. It is the opening track on the band's second album, Led Zeppelin II, and was released in the United States, several countries in Europe, and Japan as a single, as with other Led Zeppelin songs, no single was released in the United Kingdom. The US release became their first hit single, being certified Gold on 13 April 1970, having sold one million copies. It reached number one in Germany, and number four in the Netherlands.
Parts of the song were adapted from Willie Dixon's "You Need Love", recorded by Muddy Waters in 1962.(wiki)
The song has been covered by many artists and bands over the years. On this compilation i chose 10 versions of this song plus the Muddy Waters "You Need Love". Enjoy!!!
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01.Led Zeppelin- Whole Lotta Love-1969 UK
02.Muddy Waters - You Need Love-1962 US
03.C.C.S. - Whole Lotta Love-1970 UK
04.Chico Arnez - Whole Lotta Love-1972 UK
05.Dieter Zimmermann - Whole Lotta Love-1971 Germany
06.The Ventures - Whole Lotta Love-1970 US
07.Electric Food - Whole Lotta Love-1970 Germany
08.Tina Turner - Whole Lotta Love-1975 US
09.Unknown Artist – from the album The World Of Heavy Hits - Whole Lotta Love-1972 UK
10.James Taylor Quartet - Whole Lotta Love-1995 UK
11.Santana (featuring Chris Cornell)- Whole Lotta Love-2010 US
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3 comments:
Great! Thanks so much dj fanis!
It seems obvious to me where Robert Plant 'lent' his vocals for the song, listen to Steve Marriott in You Need Loving from the 1st Small Faces album on Decca (1966), especially the end part...
Small Faces song is similar, thanks brtjn.
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