Famous Musicians Who Allegedly Stole Their Number One Hits

Led Zeppelin 

Led Zeppelin was one of the most successful bands of the 1970s and became rock legends for their incredible musical abilities, but maybe their songwriting skills weren't as impressive. Their famous hit single from 1971, "Stairway to Heaven" was allegedly plagiarized. The opening of the song is a shameless copycat of the rock band Spirit's song, "Taurus". 

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