In the Mood for Some Plant?

This past week, Robert Plant turned 64. Yikes!!

We're all familiar with Robert Plant, lead singer for the iconic Led Zeppelin from 1968 to 1980. If nothing else, even many younger rock fans have heard or at least heard of Stairway to Heaven, one of the most memorable rockers that was never released as a single.

(If you don't know Stairway to Heaven, because like you've been under a rock, lost on a desert island, or just merely very young, check it out here. I'll wait.) 

 

Then there was his collaboration with the lovely Alison Krauss called Raising Sand released in 2007. That one was honoured with a Grammy as album of the year in 2009.

 But how about Robert Plant the solo artist?

For this classic track look back, I chose a song that we rarely hear on the radio these days. It comes from Robert's Principle of Moments 1983 solo album. In the Mood was first heard as an album cut and reached No. 4 on Billboard Magazine's Top Tracks chart. When it was released as a single in November 1983, it climbed to No. 39, peaking there on Billboard's Hot 100 chart in January 1984.

Ready for more? Ok, classic track look back bonus track time. Check out Little by Little from his 1985 album Shaken 'n' Stirred.

Some lovely English countryside in that video, if not some rather transgender creepy looking brides - not something you see everyday.

'Til next time, that's a double shot classic track look back at rock history.