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Tall Cool One (Robert Plant Song)
"Tall Cool One" is a song by English recording artist Robert Plant. The song was written by Plant and keyboardist Phil Johnstone, who also co-produced ''Now and Zen''. Former Led Zeppelin bandmate Jimmy Page plays guitar on the song. It was the second single released from his fourth solo studio album ''Now and Zen'' (1988). Background The song features guitar riff samples of Led Zeppelin songs, including " Black Dog", " Dazed and Confused", "Whole Lotta Love", " The Ocean" and "Custard Pie", as well as lyrical references to "Black Dog" and "When the Levee Breaks". '' Cash Box'' called it a "smoking, balls-out rocker with a really unusual skew." Chart performance It reached No. 87 on the UK singles chart, No. 25 on the '' Billboard'' Hot 100 and number-one on the ''Billboard'' Mainstream Rock chart. It was Plant's fourth number-one rock single. Popular culture "Tall Cool One" was also featured in a commercial for Coca-Cola Coca-Cola, or Coke, is a carbonated sof ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Plant
Robert Anthony Plant (born 20 August 1948) is an English singer and songwriter, best known as the lead singer and lyricist of the English rock band Led Zeppelin for all of its existence from 1968 until 1980, when the band broke up following the death of John Bonham, the band's drummer. Plant was inducted with the band into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1995. Plant enjoyed great success with Led Zeppelin from the late 1960s to the end of the 1970s. He developed a compelling image as the charismatic rock-and-roll front man, similar to those of contemporaries such as Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones, Roger Daltrey of the Who, Jim Morrison of the Doors, and Freddie Mercury of Queen. After Led Zeppelin dissolved in 1980, Plant continued to perform and record continuously on a variety of solo and group projects. His first well known post-Led Zeppelin project was The Honeydrippers, alongside former Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page, among others. In 1988, he released the solo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
