Jimmy Page's greatest non-Zeppelin achievement is Leona duet
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Asked to name his greatest achievement outside of Led Zeppelin, Page picked an occasion that he said would “surprise everyone”. “I’d be very sincere if I said that doing the Olympics [Beijing, 2008] with Leona Lewis was phenomenal,” he explained. “She’s really plucky, she’s superb, and she sang ‘Whole Lotta Love’ brilliantly.
“We managed to do the full length of ‘Whole Lotta Love’ – it wasn’t edited – and she sang it beautifully. It was so cool the way she approached it. For that audience, and the fact we didn’t **** it up… we’re really going to do this and we’re going to do it proud. That was important. It was a Led Zeppelin number but it took on another persona. I was proud to be able to play that riff for the handover.”