{"id":28708,"date":"2024-02-07T18:03:51","date_gmt":"2024-02-07T18:03:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/on-this-day-february-7-1970-led-zeppelin-lands-first-uk-1-with-led-zeppelin-ii\/"},"modified":"2024-02-07T18:03:51","modified_gmt":"2024-02-07T18:03:51","slug":"on-this-day-february-7-1970-led-zeppelin-lands-first-uk-1-with-led-zeppelin-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/on-this-day-february-7-1970-led-zeppelin-lands-first-uk-1-with-led-zeppelin-ii\/","title":{"rendered":"On This Day, February 7, 1970: Led Zeppelin lands first UK #1 with &#8216;Led Zeppelin II&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/syndication.abcaudio.com\/files\/2024-02-07\/ABCAudio_ThisDayInHistory_v03_ag.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/figure>\n<p>On This Day, February 7, 1970\u2026<\/p>\n<p><strong>Led Zeppelin<\/strong>\u00a0scored their first U.K. #1 with their second studio album,\u00a0<em>Led Zeppelin II<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The album, produced by guitarist\u00a0<strong>Jimmy Page<\/strong>, featured such Zeppelin classics as \u201cWhole Lotta Love,\u201d \u201cThank You\u201d and \u201cRamble On.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The album spent one week in the top spot, but remained in the Top 10 for 54 weeks and in the Top 100 for 129 weeks. In the U.S. it also hit #1, spending seven weeks on top.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em>Led Zeppelin II<\/em>\u00a0went on to be certified 12-times Platinum, and has been ranked on several critics lists of the best albums of all time.<\/p>\n<p>In 2014 the album was reissued, with the deluxe and super deluxe edition coming with\u00a0bonus material, including\u00a0alternative takes, backing tracks and a previously unreleased instrumental track, &#8220;La La.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2024, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On This Day, February 7, 1970\u2026 Led Zeppelin\u00a0scored their first U.K. #1 with their second studio album,\u00a0Led Zeppelin II. The album, produced by guitarist\u00a0Jimmy Page, featured such Zeppelin classics as \u201cWhole Lotta Love,\u201d \u201cThank You\u201d and \u201cRamble On.\u201d The album spent one week in the top spot, but remained in<span class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/on-this-day-february-7-1970-led-zeppelin-lands-first-uk-1-with-led-zeppelin-ii\/\">Read More &rarr;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42,43,4],"tags":[7,134,317,114,315,316,142,106],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28708"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28708"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28708\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28708"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28708"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28708"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}