Jimmy Page Biography

Jimmy Page is an English musician, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer. He achieved huge international success as the guitarist and founder of the rock band “Led Zeppelin“. He began his career as a studio session musician in London and, by the mid-1960s, alongside Big Jim Sullivan, was one of the most sought-after session guitarists in Britain. He was a member of the Yardbirds from 1966 to 1968. When the Yardbirds broke up, he founded Led Zeppelin, which was active from 1968 to 1980.

Following the death of Led Zeppelin drummer John Bonham, he participated in a number of musical groups throughout the 1980s and 1990s, more specifically XYZ, the Firm, the Honeydrippers, Coverdale–Page, and Page and Plant. He is widely considered to be one of the greatest and most influential guitarists of all time. Rolling Stone magazine has described Page as “the pontiff of power riffing” and ranked him number three in their 2015 list of the “100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time”, behind Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton. In 2010, he was ranked number two in Gibson’s list of “Top 50 Guitarists of All Time” and, in 2007, number four on Classic Rock’s “100 Wildest Guitar Heroes”. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame twice: once as a member of the Yardbirds (1992) and once as a member of Led Zeppelin (1995).

What is Jimmy Page Known For?

• Jimmy Page is known for creating guitar riffs and his varied style involves various alternative guitar tunings, technical, and melodic solos coupled with aggressive, distorted guitar tones as well as his folk and eastern-influenced acoustic work.
• He is also noted for occasionally playing his guitar with a cello bow to create a droning sound texture to the music. 

Who are Jimmy Page’s Parents?

Jimmy Page was born on 9th January 1944 in Heston, Middlesex, England. His born name is James Patrick Page. He is the son of James Patrick Page (Personnel manager at a plastic-coatings plan) (father) and Patricia Elizabeth Gaffikin (Doctor’s secretary) (mother). He is an only child born to his parents. In 1952, they moved to Feltham and then to Miles Road, Epsom in Surrey. He belongs to British nationality and his ethnicity is mixed (Irish, English, and Welsh). He attended institutions like Epsom County Pound Lane Primary School and Ewell County Secondary School. He also took a few guitar lessons in Kingston.

Jimmy Page Music Career

• Initially, Jimmy was spotted one night by John Gibb of Brian Howard & the Silhouettes, who asked him to help record some singles for Columbia Graphophone Company, including “The Worrying Kind”.
• His first session for the label was the recording “Diamonds” by Jet Harris and Tony Meehan, which went to Number 1 on the singles chart in early 1963.
• He is credited with playing acoustic twelve-string guitar on two tracks on the Kinks’ debut album, “I’m a Lover Not a Fighter” and “I’ve Been Driving on Bald Mountain”, and possibly on the B-side “I Gotta Move”.
• His studio gigs in 1964 and 1965 included Marianne Faithfull’s “As Tears Go By”, Jonathan King’s “Everyone’s Gone to the Moon”, the Nashville Teens’ “Tobacco Road”, the Rolling Stones’ “Heart of Stone”, Van Morrison & Them’s “Baby, Please Don’t Go”, “Mystic Eyes”, and “Here Comes the Night”, Dave Berry’s “The Crying Game” and “My Baby Left Me”, Brenda Lee’s “Is It True”, Shirley Bassey’s “Goldfinger”, and Petula Clark’s “Downtown”.
• In 1965, he was hired by Stones manager Andrew Loog Oldham to act as house producer and A&R man for the newly formed Immediate Records label. In the same year, he produced one of Dana Gillespie’s early singles, “Thank You Boy”. 
• In the mid-1960s, he joined the blues-influenced rock band “Yardbirds”. Later, the band was disbanded in 1968.

• Next, he reconfigured the band in 1968 with a new line-up that included himself, vocalist Robert Plant, drummer John Bonham, and multi-instrumentalist John Paul Jones. The new band was called “Led Zeppelin.”
• The band released their debut album “Led Zeppelin” in 1969 which featured a fusion of blues and rock music, and became a commercial success. The album includes Good Times Bad Times, Dazed and Confused, and Communication Breakdown.
• The album was followed by “Led Zeppelin II” (1969), “Led Zeppelin III” (1970), and “Led Zeppelin IV” (1971). The band then went on to become one of the best-selling bands in the United States. They released a total of nine studio albums, all of which reached the top 10 of the US Billboard album chart, with six of them reaching the No.1 spot.
• Tragedy struck when the band’s drummer John Bonham died in 1980. The band disbanded, and Page was inconsolable after the loss of his dear friend. For a long time, he refused to touch the guitar.
• During the 1980s, he collaborated with bands like “The Firm” and “The Honeydrippers”. 
• He also reunited with former bandmates of “Led Zeppelin” to perform live on a few occasions.
• During the 1990s, he was deeply involved in remastering the “Led Zeppelin” catalog. 
• In 1994, Page and Robert Plant reunited as “Page and Plant” for an initial performance as part of MTV’s “Unplugged” series. 
• In October of the same year, the session was released as the live album No Quarter: Jimmy Page and Robert Plant Unledded, and on DVD as No Quarter Unledded in 2004.
• Page and Plant recorded 1998’s Walking into Clarksdale, featuring the Grammy Award-winning songs “Most High” and “Please Read the Letter”.
• In November 2006, Led Zeppelin was inducted into the UK Music Hall of Fame.
• For the 2008 Summer Olympics, Page, David Beckham, and Leona Lewis represented Britain during the closing ceremonies on 24 August 2008. 
• In 2008, Page co-produced a documentary film directed by Davis Guggenheim entitled It Might Get Loud. 
• He also participated in the three-part BBC documentary London Calling: The making of the Olympic handover ceremony on 4 March 2009.
• On 4 April 2009, he inducted Jeff Beck into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
• On 3 June 2011, Page played with Donovan at the Royal Albert Hall in London and was featured in the two-hour-long BBC Radio 2 show “Johnny Walker Meets.” 
• In October 2017, Page spoke at the Oxford Union about his career in music.

Jimmy Page Awards and Achievements

• Won Kennedy Center Honors
• Won NME Award for Best Guitarist, and Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance
• Won NME Award for Rock ‘n Roll Soul Award and Kerrang! Hall of Fame Award
• Won Kerrang! Icon Award

How much is Jimmy Page’s Net Worth?

Jimmy Page is a musician by profession whose net worth is estimated to have $200 Million as of 2022. He still has almost 20 million dollars every year as royalties from his songwriting. He was part of legendary bands like Yardbird and Led Zeppelin during his career work. But as a part of those bands, he has earned only 30 million dollars throughout the life cycle of those bands. He was a much more successful songwriter than he was a guitarist. He was again inducted into the Hall of Fame as part of Led Zeppelin in 1995. He has been considered the top 10 guitarists of all time.

He is a rock and roll legend. As part of Led Zeppelin, he has sold over 200 million albums. As part of Yardbirds, he has sold over 80 million albums. He bought a massive property inside London that was assumed to cost almost 10 million dollars in 1987. Right now, it is considered to be worth more than 50 million dollars. He is living a lavish lifestyle at present. He currently resides in Sonning, Berkshire in Deanery Garden, a house also designed by Edwin Lutyens for Edward Hudson.

Who is Jimmy Page’s Girlfriend?

Jimmy Page was a married man but he is currently dating his beautiful girlfriend, Scarlett Sabet since August 2014. Scarlett is an actress and poet by profession. The couple is living a happy life at present. His sexual orientation is straight and he is not gay. 

Previously, he was in a relationship with his partner Charlotte Martin. They were together from 1970 to around 1983. They had a daughter named Scarlet Page together who was born in 1971. He then had a relationship with Lori Mattix. He married Patricia Ecker from the year 1986 to 1995. They have a son named James Patrick Page who was born in April 1988. After that, he married Jimena Gomez-Paratcha. They have two children Zofia Jade (1997) and Ashen Josan (1999). He adopted her oldest daughter Jana. But they divorced in 2008. Then, he dated Avayanda from 2013 to 2015.

How tall is Jimmy Page?

Jimmy Page is a handsome man with a standing height of 5 feet 11 inches and his body weight consist of 75 kg. He has white hair color and black color eyes. His body type is average. Overall, he has got a healthy body with a charming smile on his lips attracting a lot of people towards him.