Led Zeppelin's Stairway to Heaven owes its success to cigarettes

Band biographer claims that DJs only played the now classic song because it was the 'perfect length' for a cigarette breakWas the secret to Stairway to Heaven's success the fact that it gave DJs the chance to nip out for a cigarette? That's the theory of Led Zeppelin biographer Charles R Cross, who claims that 100 radio presenters "literally ... swore" that they aired the now classic tune because it was the "perfect length" for a cigarette break."The song became successful by accident," Cross to...

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10:03 on November 16 2009

Led Zeppelin's Stairway to Heaven owes its success to cigarettes

Guardian Music — Band biographer claims that DJs only played the now classic song because it was the 'perfect length' for a cigarette breakWas the secret to Stairway to Heaven's success t... more info

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15:22 on November 16 2009

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