The True Story Behind Led Zeppelin's Song, Tangerine

Jimmy Page was born in the London suburb of Heston on January 9, 1944 (via Achievement). Everything changed when he was 8 years old and he found an abandoned acoustic guitar in a house that his family moved into. As you can probably guess, Page went on to learn the guitar and perform in a few bands, but he's most known for his time with Led Zeppelin. However, Page reportedly first wrote one of Led Zeppelin's popular songs, "Tangerine," during his time with The Yardbirds, which led him into trouble down the road (via Songfacts).

It was the last Zeppelin song that Page wrote without help from Robert Plant, the only song on the album "Led Zeppelin III" that Plant didn't write the lyrics for, and it features Page playing a pedal steel guitar. With that in mind, it's curious to think Page didn't actually write the song with his own band. 

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