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Led Zeppelin was accused of stealing music for ‘Stairway to Heaven’. Listen and compare the instrumentals from the two songs.
(LOS ANGELES) A Los Angeles jury deliberated for about five hours before deciding the band did not steal its most famous licks from another band.
The case centered on claims that Led Zeppelin copied key note patterns in the first two minutes of their hit from a song by the 1960s psychedelic band, Spirit. That song, “Taurus,” is an instrumental ballad released four years prior to “Stairway to Heaven.” The suit was filed for partial song writing credit and compensation by the estate of a deceased Spirit musician, Randy Craig Wolfe.
