3 January 2026

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Bassist and keyboardist JOHN PAUL JONES who formed legendary rock band
Led Zeppelin back in 1968, along with guitarist Jimmy Page, was born named
John Richard Baldwin on 3 January 1946 in Kent, Engeland.

Happy 80 to a musical architect, whose contributions
to Led Zep‘s work and success was instrumental.

When the band called it a day in 1980 following the death of drummer John Bonham started to work with countless other artists such as Queens Of The Stone Age‘s frontman Josh Homme, Peter Gabriel, Foo Fighter Dave Grohl, Lenny Kravitz, Cinderella, The Mission,
La Fura dels Baus, the Harp Consort, Brian Eno, Seasick Steve, and the Butthole Surfers.