Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page turns the page on another milestone birthday as he turns 80 this Tuesday.
Born in the suburbs of London on January 9th, 1944, he first made his mark as a session musician, playing on recordings in the '60s by The Kinks, The Who, The Rolling Stones, Van Morrison and Them, and many, many others.
In 1964, he was asked to replace Eric Clapton in The Yardbirds, but declined and suggested Jeff Beck. He eventually joined the band in 1966, playing bass, before moving to guitar along with Beck, and then taking over when Beck left in late 1966.
The band eventually splintered in 1968 and that led to Page forming Zeppelin with John Paul Jones, Robert Plant and John Bonham.
Since Zeppelin's demise in 1980, Page has released a few albums; formed The Firm with Paul Rodgers; did the Coverdale-Page album with David Coverdale; reunited with Robert Plant for Page and Plant; reunited with Zeppelin on a handful of occasions, with their 2007 show being their last; and since then he's devoted himself to re-releasing the band's catalog; producing a documentary on the band, for which he's trying to get a distributor; and publicly feuding with his neighbor, Robbie Williams, over renovations the British singer was making to his London home.
Page did his last public performance in November when he paid tribute to the late Link Wray at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony