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1944
 Birth Page, James Patrick "Jimmy"
1962
 Crusaders, The
1963
 Decca Records
1965
 Composition Page
 Immediate Records
 Led Zeppelin
 Yardbirds, The
1966
 Composition Beck
 Yardbirds, The
1968
 Led Zeppelin
 Yardbirds, The
1970
 Composition Led Zeppelin
1973
 Led Zeppelin
1980
 Led Zeppelin
 XYZ
1982
 Death Wish II
1983
 ARMS Charity
1984
 Firm, The
 Honeydrippers, The
1985
 Live Aid
1986
 Composition Yardbirds, The
1994
 MTV Unplugged
1995
 Rock and Roll Hall Fame
1998
 Action for Brazil's Children Trust
2005
 Order the British Empire
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James Patrick "Jimmy" Page
History of Great Britain

1998
Action for Brazil's Children Trust
      Page is involved in various charity concerts and charity work particularly the Action for Brazil 's Children Trust (ABC Trust), founded by his wife Jimena Gomez-Paratcha
1983
ARMS Charity
      Jimmy Page makes a successful return to the stage with the ARMS Charity series of concerts in 1983 which honoured Small Faces bass player Ronnie Lane
1944
Birth of Page, James Patrick "Jimmy"
   9th Jan Hounslow   Birth of James Patrick "Jimmy" Page
1966
Composition of Beck
   20th Mar   Keith Moon, bass player John Paul Jones , keyboardist Nicky Hopkins , Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page record "Beck's Bolero" in London's IBC Studios
1970
Composition of Led Zeppelin
      His solo in the famous epic "Stairway to Heaven" has been voted by readers of various guitar magazines, including Guitar World and Total Guitar as the greatest guitar solo of all time
1965
Composition of Page
      Jimmy Page's first solo recording is a single for Fontana Records, "She Just Satisfies"
1986
Composition of Yardbirds, The
      Page reunites temporarily with his Yardbirds bandmates to play on several tracks of the Box of Frogs album Strange Land
1962
Crusaders, The
      The Crusaders give Jimmy Page his first taste of touring life and an appearance on a single, "The Road to Love"
1982
Death Wish II
      Commissioned by director Michael Winner to record the soundtrack to the film Death Wish II
1963
Decca Records
      Jimmy Pages' first session for Decca is recording "Diamonds" by Jet Harris & Tony Meehan which goes to Number 1 on the singles chart
      Mike Leander signs up Jimmy Page as a session musician for Decca Records
1984
Firm, The
      Jimmy Page & Paul Rogers create The Firm
1984
Honeydrippers, The
      Page records with Robert Plant in the guise of The Honeydrippers
1965
Immediate Records
      Page is hired by Rolling Stones manager Andrew Loog Oldham to act as a producer for the newly formed Immediate Records label, which also allowed him to play on tracks by John Mayall, Nico, and Eric Clapton
1968
Led Zeppelin
      During the Scandinavian tour the new group appears as "The New Yardbirds ", but Peter Grant, the band's eventual manager, later modified the name to "Led Zeppelin"
      Page joins Robert Plant, John Bonham and John Paul Jones to form Led Zeppelin
      Recruits vocalist Robert Plant and drummer John Bonham, and was contacted by John Paul Jones who asked to join, to which Page agreed
      The musical potential of the Yardbirds is scuttled by personality differences caused by touring and a lack of commercial success, Keith Relf and Jim McCarty depart & the group become Led Zeppelin
1973
Led Zeppelin
      A pair of 50,000-seat shows in Tampa breaks the record for the largest paying audience to see a single band, which was formerly held by The Beatles for the legendary 1965 Shea stadium concert
1980
Led Zeppelin
      After Led Zeppelin break up Page attempts to form a supergroup with ex-Yes members to be called XYZ however it comes to nothing
1985
Live Aid
      The surviving members of Led Zeppelin re-unite for Live Aid (with Phil Collins and Tony Thompson on drums)
1994
MTV Unplugged
      MTV UnLedded special showcases the album No Quarter, a compilation featuring restyled Led Zeppelin songs
2005
Order of the British Empire
      Awarded the Order of the British   Empire in recognition of his Brazil ian charity work
1995
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
      Led Zeppelin are inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
1980
XYZ
      After Led Zeppelin break up Page attempts to form a supergroup with ex-Yes members to be called XYZ however it comes to nothing
1965
Yardbirds, The
   20th Mar   After being invited to replace Eric Clapton in The Yardbirds Page turns down the offer and suggested his friend Jeff Beck
1966
Yardbirds, The
    London   Page is again offered to join The Yardbirds and at first plays bass guitar with the group after the departure of Paul Samwell-Smith, before finally switching to twin lead guitar with Beck when Chris Dreja moves to bass
1968
Yardbirds, The
      During the Scandinavian tour the new group appears as "The New Yardbirds ", but Peter Grant, the band's eventual manager, later modified the name to "Led Zeppelin"
      The musical potential of the Yardbirds is scuttled by personality differences caused by touring and a lack of commercial success, Keith Relf and Jim McCarty depart & the group become Led Zeppelin

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