HEART - STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN

STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN

HEART

SONGWRITERS: JIMMY PAGE & ROBERT PLANT.

WHERE: LED ZEPPELIN- KENNEDY CENTER HONORS HD

COUNTRY: U. S. A.

ALBUM: LITTLE QUEEN

LABEL: PORTRAIT RECORDS

GENRE: HARD ROCK

YEAR: 1977

Little Queen is the second studio album by American rock band Heart. It was released on May 14, 1977, by Portrait Records. The album was recorded and mixed at Kaye-Smith Studios in Seattle, Washington, from February to April 1977. On June 29, 2004, a remastered version of Little Queen was released by Epic Records and Legacy Recordings with two bonus tracks.

Heart is an American rock band formed in 1970 in Seattle, Washington by Steve Fossen (bass guitar), Roger Fisher (guitar), David Belzer (keyboards), and Jeff Johnson (drums). It evolved from an existing band, White Heart. Since 1973 the vocalists for Heart have been the sisters Ann Wilson (lead vocals, flute, guitar) (born June 19, 1950) and Nancy Wilson (vocals, guitar, mandolin) (born March 16, 1954). Over Heart's history, it has had three primary lineups.

Heart first found success when its members moved to Canada, in part to avoid the draft, then later in the United States, and ultimately worldwide. Heart rose to fame in the mid-1970s with music influenced by hard rock and heavy metal, as well as folk music. The band's popularity declined in the early 1980s, but they launched a successful comeback in 1985 which continued into the 1990s, releasing numerous hard-rock songs and ballads. Heart disbanded in 1998, then resumed performing in 2002. In the summer of 2019, Heart ended their 2016 acrimonious break-up by launching their "Love Alive" tour.

To date, Heart has sold over 35 million records worldwide, including over 22.5 million in album sales in the U.S. They have had top 10 albums on the Billboard 200 in the 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, and 2010s. Heart was ranked number 57 on VH1's "100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock". In 2006, Ann Wilson was listed as one of the "Top Heavy Metal Vocalists of All Time" by Hit Parader magazine. In 2013, Heart was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. 

There's a lady who's sure

All that glitters is gold

And she's buying a stairway to heaven

When she gets there, she knows

If the stores are all closed

With a word she can get what she came for

And she's buying a stairway to heaven

There's a sign on the wall

But she wants to be sure

'Cause you know, sometimes words have two meanings

In the tree by the brook

There's a songbird who sings

Sometimes all of our thoughts are misgiven

It makes me wonder

It makes me wonder

There's a feeling I get when I look to the West

And my spirit is crying for leaving

In my thoughts I have seen rings of smoke through the trees

And the voices of those who stand looking

It makes me wonder

It really makes me wonder

And it's whispered that soon

If we all call the tune

Then the piper will lead us to reason

And a new day will dawn

For those who stand long

And the forests will echo with laughter

If there's a bustle in your hedgerow

Don't be alarmed now

It's just a Spring clean for the May queen

Yes, there are two paths you can go by

But in the long run

There's still time to change the road you're on

And it makes me wonder

Your head is humming, and it won't go

In case you don't know

The piper's calling you to join him

Dear lady, can you hear the wind blow

And did you know

Your stairway lies on the whispering wind

And as we wind on down the road

Our shadows taller than our souls

There walks a lady we all know

Who shines white light and wants to show?

How everything still turns to gold

And if you listen very hard

The tune will come to you, at last

When all are one and one is all, yeah

To be a rock and not to roll

And she's buying a stairway to heaven.