Editing Jimmy Page (section)

== Career ==
=== Early 1960s: session musician ===
While still a student, Page often performed on stage at the [[Marquee Club]] with bands such as [[Cyril Davies]]' [[All-Stars (band)|All Stars]], [[Alexis Korner]]'s [[Blues Incorporated]], and fellow guitarists [[Jeff Beck]] and [[Eric Clapton]]. He 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". [[Mike Leander]] of [[Decca Records]] first offered Page regular studio work. His first session for the label was the recording "[[Diamonds (Jerry Lordan song)|Diamonds]]" by [[Jet Harris]] and [[Tony Meehan]], which went to Number 1 on the singles chart in early 1963.<ref name="Schulps" />

After brief stints with [[Carter-Lewis and the Southerners]], [[Mike Hurst (producer)|Mike Hurst]] and the Method and [[Mickey Finn (guitarist)|Mickey Finn and the Blue Men]], Page committed himself to full-time session work. As a session guitarist, he was known as 'Lil' Jim Pea' to prevent confusion with the other noted English session guitarist [[Big Jim Sullivan]]. Page was mainly called into sessions as "insurance" in instances when a replacement or second guitarist was required by the recording artist. "It was usually myself and a drummer", he explained, "though they never mention the drummer these days, just me&nbsp;... Anyone needing a guitarist either went to Big Jim [Sullivan] or myself."<ref name="Schulps" /> He stated that "In the initial stages they just said, play what you want, cos at that time I couldn't read music or anything."<ref name=DuNoyer>{{cite magazine|last=Du Noyer|first=Paul|title=Who the hell does Jimmy Page think he is?|magazine=[[Q (magazine)|Q magazine]]|date=August 1988|pages=5–7}}</ref>

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Page was the favoured session guitarist of record producer [[Shel Talmy]]. As a result, he secured session work on songs for [[the Who]] and [[the Kinks]].<ref name=tripleJ>{{cite web|last=Kingsmill|first=Richard|url=http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/music_specials/s1402502.htm|title=Led Zeppelin Triple J Music Specials|work=[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]]|date=12 July 2000|access-date=20 August 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120120174156/http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/music_specials/s1402502.htm|archive-date=20 January 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> Page is credited with playing acoustic twelve-string guitar on two tracks on the Kinks' [[The Kinks (album)|debut album]], "I'm a Lover Not a Fighter" and "I've Been Driving on Bald Mountain",<ref>Booklet of [[Kinks (album)|The Kinks]] Deluxe Edition Sanctuary Records 2011</ref> and possibly on the B-side "I Gotta Move".<ref>Booklet of the Kinks' Picture Book box set Sanctuary Records 2008</ref> He played rhythm guitar on the sessions for the Who's first single "[[I Can't Explain]]"<ref name =DuNoyer/> (although [[Pete Townshend]] was reluctant to allow Page's contribution on the final recording; Page also played lead guitar on the B-side, "[[Bald Headed Woman]]").<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thewho.com/index.php?module=discography&discography_item_id=90|title=Official Discography|publisher=The Who|date=13 September 1971|access-date=14 January 2013}}</ref> Page's studio gigs in 1964 and 1965 included [[Marianne Faithfull]]'s "[[As Tears Go By (song)|As Tears Go By]]", [[Jonathan King]]'s "[[Everyone's Gone to the Moon]]",  [[the Nashville Teens]]' "[[Tobacco Road (song)|Tobacco Road]]", [[the Rolling Stones]] "[[Heart of Stone (Rolling Stones song)|Heart of Stone]]" (along with "We're Wasting Time") (also, [[Van Morrison]] & [[Them (band)|Them]]'s "[[Baby, Please Don't Go]]", "Mystic Eyes", and "[[Here Comes the Night]]", [[Dave Berry (musician)|Dave Berry's]] "[[The Crying Game (song)|The Crying Game]]" and "My Baby Left Me", [[Brenda Lee]]'s "Is It True", [[Shirley Bassey]]'s [[Goldfinger (Shirley Bassey song)|"Goldfinger"]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ultimateclassicrock.com/jimmy-page-goldfinger-theme/|title=Jimmy Page Recalls Playing on James Bond 'Goldfinger' Theme|website=Ultimate Classic Rock|date=19 January 2021 }}</ref> and  [[Petula Clark]]'s "[[Downtown (Petula Clark song)|Downtown]]".

In 1964, Page contributed guitar to the incidental music of [[the Beatles]]' 1964 film ''[[A Hard Day's Night (film)|A Hard Day's Night]]''.{{sfn|Power|2016|p=76}}

In 1965, Page was hired by Stones manager [[Andrew Loog Oldham]] to act as house producer and [[A&R]] man for the newly formed [[Immediate Records]] label, which allowed him to play on and/or produce tracks by [[John Mayall]], [[Nico]], [[Chris Farlowe]], [[Twice as Much]] and Clapton. Also in 1965, Page produced one of [[Dana Gillespie]]'s early singles, "Thank You Boy".<ref name="Deluxe2013">{{cite book|author=Jean-Emmanuel Deluxe|title=Ye-Ye Girls of '60s French Pop|date=18 November 2013|publisher=Feral House|url={{google books|plainurl=y|id=TWwKAQAAQBAJ}}|isbn=978-1-936239-72-6|page=302}}</ref> Page also formed a brief songwriting partnership with then romantic interest [[Jackie DeShannon]]. He composed and recorded songs for the John Williams (not to be confused with the film composer [[John Williams]]) album ''The Maureeny Wishful Album'' with Big Jim Sullivan. Page worked as session musician on [[Donovan]] Leitch's ''[[Sunshine Superman (album)|Sunshine Superman]]'', on [[Engelbert Humperdinck (singer)|Engelbert Humperdinck]]'s ''[[Release Me (Eddie Miller song)#Engelbert Humperdinck version|Release Me]]'',<ref>{{cite news |last1=Simpson |first1=Dave |title='Everyone's laughing at it!' – how we made Release Me by Engelbert Humperdinck |url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2021/oct/18/how-we-made-release-me-engelbert-humperdinck-beatles-strawberry-fields-forever |work=The Guardian |date=18 October 2021}}</ref> the [[Johnny Hallyday]] albums ''Jeune homme'' and ''Je suis né dans la rue'', the [[Al Stewart]] album ''[[Love Chronicles]]'' and played guitar on five tracks of [[Joe Cocker]]'s debut album, ''[[With a Little Help from My Friends (Joe Cocker album)|With a Little Help from My Friends]]''. Over the years since 1970, Page played lead guitar on 10 [[Roy Harper (singer)|Roy Harper]] tracks, comprising 81 minutes of music.

When questioned about which songs he played on, especially ones where there exists some controversy as to what his exact role was, Page often points out that it is hard to remember exactly what he did given the enormous number of sessions he was playing at the time.<ref name="DuNoyer"/><ref name="tripleJ" /> In a radio interview, he explained that "I was doing three sessions a day, fifteen sessions a week. Sometimes I would be playing with a group, sometimes I could be doing film music, it could be a folk session&nbsp;... I was able to fit all these different roles."<ref name="NPRPage"/>

Although Page recorded with many notable musicians, many of these early tracks are only available as [[bootleg recording]]s, several of which were released by the Led Zeppelin fan club in the late 1970s. Examples include early jam sessions featuring him and guitarists [[Jeff Beck]] and [[Eric Clapton]] covering various blues themes, which were included on compilations released by [[Immediate Records]]. Several early tracks were compiled on the twin album release, ''[[Jimmy Page: Session Man]]''. He also recorded with [[Keith Richards]] on guitar and vocals in [[Olympic Sound Studios]] on 15 October 1974. Along with [[Ric Grech]] on bass and [[Bruce Rowland]] on drums, a track called "[[Scarlet (song)|Scarlet]]" was cut (the same year he played acoustic guitar on the Stones' "Through the Lonely Nights"). Page reflected later in an interview with ''Rolling Stone''{{'}}s [[Cameron Crowe]]: "I did what could possibly be the next Stones B side. It was Ric Grech, Keith and me doing a number called "Scarlet". I can't remember the drummer. It sounded very similar in style and mood to those ''[[Blonde on Blonde]]'' tracks. It was great, really good. We stayed up all night and went down to [[Basing Street Studios|Island Studios]] where Keith put some reggae guitars over one section. I just put some solos on it, but it was eight in the morning of the next day before I did that. He took the tapes to Switzerland and someone found out about them. Richards told people that it was a track from my album".<ref name="PP75" /> "Scarlet" was eventually released as a single from the reissue of the 1973 Rolling Stones album ''[[Goats Head Soup]]'' in 2020.

Page left studio work when the increasing influence of [[Stax Records]] on popular music led to the greater incorporation of brass and orchestral arrangements into recordings at the expense of guitars.<ref name="JPinterview" /> He stated that his time as a session player served as extremely good schooling:
{{blockquote|My session work was invaluable. At one point I was playing at least three sessions a day, six days a week! And I rarely ever knew in advance what I was going to be playing. But I learned things even on my worst sessions – and believe me, I played on some horrendous things. I finally called it quits after I started getting calls to do [[Elevator music|Muzak]]. I decided I couldn't live that life any more; it was getting too silly. I guess it was destiny that a week after I quit doing sessions Paul Samwell-Smith left the Yardbirds and I was able to take his place. But being a session musician was good fun in the beginning – the studio discipline was great. They'd just count the song off and you couldn't make any mistakes.<ref name="autogenerated1" />}}

=== Late 1960s: The Yardbirds ===
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In late 1964, Page was approached about the possibility of replacing Eric Clapton in the Yardbirds, but he declined out of loyalty to his friend. In February 1965, Clapton quit the Yardbirds and Page was formally offered his spot, but unwilling to give up his lucrative career as a session musician and worried about his health under touring conditions, he suggested his friend Jeff Beck.{{sfn|Power|2016|p=94}} On 16 May 1966, drummer [[Keith Moon]], bass player [[John Paul Jones (musician)|John Paul Jones]], keyboardist [[Nicky Hopkins]], Jeff Beck and Page recorded "[[Beck's Bolero]]" in London's [[IBC Studios]]. The experience gave Page an idea to form a new [[Supergroup (music)|supergroup]] featuring Beck, along with [[The Who]]'s [[John Entwistle]] on bass and Moon on drums.<ref name="Schulps" /> However, the lack of a quality vocalist and contractual problems prevented the project from getting off the ground. During this time, Moon suggested the name "Lead [[Zeppelin]]" for the first time, after Entwistle commented that the proceedings would take to the air like a lead balloon.

Within weeks, Page attended a Yardbirds concert at [[Oxford]]. After the show, he went backstage where [[Paul Samwell-Smith]] announced that he was leaving the group.<ref name="JPinterview" /> Page offered to replace Samwell-Smith, and this was accepted by the group. He initially played electric bass with the Yardbirds before finally switching to twin lead guitar with Beck when [[Chris Dreja]] moved to bass. The musical potential of the line-up was scuttled, however, by interpersonal conflicts caused by constant touring and a lack of commercial success, although they released one single, "[[Happenings Ten Years Time Ago]]". While Page and Beck played together in the Yardbirds, the trio of Page, Beck and Clapton never played in the original group at the same time. The three guitarists did appear on stage together at the [[ARMS Charity Concert]]s in 1983.

After Beck's departure, the Yardbirds remained a quartet. They recorded one album with Page on lead guitar, ''[[Little Games]]''. The album received indifferent reviews and was not a commercial success, peaking at number 80 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]]. Though their studio sound was fairly commercial at the time, the band's live performances were just the opposite, becoming heavier and more experimental. These concerts featured musical aspects that Page would later perfect with Led Zeppelin, most notably performances of "[[Dazed and Confused (Jake Holmes song)|Dazed and Confused]]".

After the departure of [[Keith Relf]] and [[Jim McCarty]] in 1968, Page reconfigured the group with a new line-up to fulfill unfinished tour dates in Scandinavia. To this end, Page recruited vocalist [[Robert Plant]] and drummer [[John Bonham]], and he was also contacted by [[John Paul Jones (musician)|John Paul Jones]], who asked to join.<ref name="Miserandino">{{cite web|url=https://thecelebritycafe.com/2000/11/led-zeppelin-2/|title=Led Zeppelin : John talks about his musical career with Led Zeppelin, before and after|first=Dominick A.|last=Miserandino|work=TheCelebrityCafe.com|date=29 November 2000|access-date=7 August 2021}}</ref> During the [[Led Zeppelin Scandinavian Tour 1968|Scandinavian tour]], the new group appeared as the New Yardbirds, but soon recalled the old joke by Keith Moon and John Entwistle. Page stuck with that name to use for his new band. Manager [[Peter Grant (music manager)|Peter Grant]] changed it to "Led Zeppelin", to avoid a mispronunciation as ''"Leed Zeppelin".''<ref name="Jimmy Page Online">{{cite web|url=http://www.jimmypageonline.com/11318/42826.html|title=Led Zeppelin Biography|publisher=Jimmy Page Online|access-date=11 September 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120508061552/http://www.jimmypageonline.com/11318/42826.html|archive-date=8 May 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>

=== 1968–1980: Led Zeppelin ===
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[[File:Led Zeppelin - Jimmy Page (1977).jpg|thumb|upright|Jimmy Page performing onstage in 1977]]
[[File:Zoso Jimmy Page Saturn sigil.svg|thumb|Jimmy Page's sigil from ''[[Led Zeppelin IV]]''.]]
Led Zeppelin are one of the best-selling music groups in the history of audio recording. Various sources estimate the group's worldwide sales at more than 200 or even 300 million albums. With 111.5 million RIAA-certified units, they are the second-best-selling band in the United States. Each of their nine studio albums reached the top 10 of the US Billboard album chart, and six reached the number-one spot.{{citation needed|date=April 2023}}

Led Zeppelin were the progenitors of heavy metal and hard rock, and their sound was largely the product of Page's input as a producer and musician.{{citation needed|date=April 2023}} The band's individualistic style drew from a wide variety of influences. They performed on multiple record-breaking concert tours, which also earned them a reputation for excess. Although they remained commercially and critically successful, in the later 1970s, the band's output and touring schedule were limited by the personal difficulties of the members.

Page explained that he had a very specific idea in mind as to what he wanted Led Zeppelin to be, from the very beginning:
{{blockquote|I had a lot of ideas from my days with the Yardbirds. The Yardbirds allowed me to improvise a lot in live performance and I started building a textbook of ideas that I eventually used in Zeppelin. In addition to those ideas, I wanted to add acoustic textures. Ultimately, I wanted Zeppelin to be a marriage of blues, hard rock and acoustic music topped with heavy choruses – a combination that had never been done before. Lots of light and shade in the music.<ref name="autogenerated1" />}}

Led Zeppelin broke up in 1980 following the death of Bonham at Page's home. Page initially refused to touch a guitar, grieving for his friend.<ref name="DuNoyer"/><ref name="uncutinterview">{{cite web|url=http://www.uncut.co.uk/features/john-paul-jones-on-jimmy-page-37701|first=David|last=Cavanagh|title=John Paul Jones on Jimmy Page|work=[[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]]|date=29 December 2008|access-date=18 February 2015}}</ref> For the rest of the 1980s, his work consisted of a series of short-term collaborations in the bands [[The Firm (rock band)|the Firm]], [[the Honeydrippers]], reunions and individual work, including film soundtracks. He also became active in philanthropic work.

===1980s===

Page made a return to the stage at a Jeff Beck show in March 1981 at the [[Hammersmith Odeon]].{{sfn|Case|2007|p=164}} Also in 1981, Page joined with [[Yes (band)|Yes]] bassist [[Chris Squire]] and drummer [[Alan White (Yes drummer)|Alan White]] to form a supergroup called [[XYZ (English band)|XYZ]] (for former Yes-Zeppelin). They rehearsed several times, but the project was shelved. Bootlegs of these sessions revealed that some of the material emerged on later projects, notably The Firm's "Fortune Hunter" and Yes songs "Mind Drive" and "Can You Imagine?". Page joined Yes on stage in 1984 at [[Westfalenhalle]] in [[Dortmund]], Germany, playing "[[I'm Down]]".

In 1982, Page collaborated with director [[Michael Winner]] to record the ''[[Death Wish II (album)|Death Wish II]]'' soundtrack. This and several subsequent Page recordings, including the ''[[Death Wish III]]'' soundtrack, were recorded and produced at his recording studio, [[Sol Studios|The Sol]] in [[Cookham]], which he had purchased from [[Gus Dudgeon]] in the early 1980s.

[[File:Jimmy Page - A.R.M.S. Concert, Oakland, Ca. 1983.jpg|thumb|left|Page performing at an [[ARMS Charity Concerts|ARMS Charity Concert]] in 1983]]

In 1983, Page appeared with the A.R.M.S. (Action Research for [[Multiple Sclerosis]]) charity series of concerts which honoured [[Small Faces]] bassist [[Ronnie Lane]], who suffered from the disease. For the first shows at the [[Royal Albert Hall]] in London, Page's set consisted of songs from the ''Death Wish II'' soundtrack (with [[Steve Winwood]] on vocals) and an instrumental version of "Stairway to Heaven". A four-city tour of the United States followed, with [[Paul Rodgers]] of [[Bad Company]] replacing Winwood. During the tour, Page and Rodgers performed "Midnight Moonlight", which would later appear on The Firm's first album. All of the shows featured an on stage jam of "[[Layla]]" that reunited Page with Beck and Clapton. According to the book ''[[Hammer of the Gods (book)|Hammer of the Gods]]'', it was reportedly around this time that Page told friends that he had just ended seven years of heroin use. On 13 December 1983, Page joined Plant on stage for one encore at the Hammersmith Odeon in London.

Page next linked up with [[Roy Harper (singer)|Roy Harper]] for the 1984 album ''[[Whatever Happened to Jugula?]]'' and occasional concerts, performing a predominantly acoustic set at folk festivals under various guises such as the MacGregors and Themselves. Also in 1984, Page recorded with Plant as the Honeydrippers the album ''[[The Honeydrippers: Volume 1]]'' and with [[John Paul Jones (musician)|John Paul Jones]] on the film soundtrack ''[[Scream for Help (album)|Scream for Help]]''.

Page subsequently collaborated with Rodgers on two albums under the name [[The Firm (rock band)|The Firm]].<ref name=Louder>{{cite news |last=Wall |first=Mick |date=February 11, 2020 |title=The story of The Firm: the band that saved Jimmy Page |url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/the-story-of-the-firm-the-band-that-saved-jimmy-page |work=Louder |location= |access-date=January 15, 2021}}</ref> The first album, released in 1985, was the self-titled ''[[The Firm (album)|The Firm]]''. Popular songs included "[[Radioactive (The Firm song)|Radioactive]]" and "Satisfaction Guaranteed". The album peaked at number 17 on the ''Billboard'' pop albums chart and went gold in the US. It was followed by ''[[Mean Business]]'' in 1986. The band toured in support of both albums, but soon split up.

Various other projects followed, such as session work for [[Graham Nash]], [[Stephen Stills]] and the Rolling Stones (on their 1986 single "[[One Hit (To the Body)]]"). In 1986, Page reunited temporarily with his former Yardbirds bandmates to play on several tracks of the [[Box of Frogs]] album ''Strange Land''.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/3534576.stm|title=Zeppelin defend Live Aid opt out|work=BBC News|date=4 August 2004|access-date=11 September 2010}}</ref> Page released a solo album entitled ''[[Outrider (album)|Outrider]]'' in 1988, which featured contributions from Plant, with Page contributing in turn to Plant's solo album ''[[Now and Zen]]'', which was released the same year. ''Outrider'' also featured singer John Miles on the album's opening track "Wasting My Time".{{citation needed|date=December 2022}}

Throughout these years, Page also reunited with the other former bandmates of Led Zeppelin to perform live on a few occasions, most notably in 1985 for the [[Live Aid]] concert with both [[Phil Collins]] and [[Tony Thompson (drummer)|Tony Thompson]] filling drum duties. However, the band members considered this performance to be sub-standard, with Page having been let down by a poorly tuned Les Paul. Page, Plant and Jones, as well as John Bonham's son [[Jason Bonham|Jason]], performed at the [[Atlantic Records 40th Anniversary]] show on 14 May 1988, closing the 12-hour show.{{sfn|Lewis|Pallett|2005|p=139}}

=== 1990s: Coverdale–Page, Page and Plant ===
In 1990, a [[Concerts at Knebworth House|Knebworth]] concert to aid the Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy Centre and the British School for Performing Arts and Technology saw Plant unexpectedly joined by Page to perform "[[Misty Mountain Hop]]", "[[Wearing and Tearing]]" and "[[Rock and Roll (Led Zeppelin song)|Rock and Roll]]". The same year, Page appeared with [[Aerosmith]] at the [[Monsters of Rock]] festival. Page also performed with the band's former members at Jason Bonham's wedding.{{Citation needed|date=July 2024}} In 1993, Page collaborated with [[David Coverdale]] (of English rock band [[Whitesnake]]) for the album ''[[Coverdale–Page]]'' and a brief tour of Japan.

In 1994, Page and Robert Plant reunited as ''[[Page and Plant]]'' for an initial performance as part of MTV's "[[MTV Unplugged|Unplugged]]" series. The 90-minute special, dubbed ''Unledded'', premiered to the highest ratings in MTV's history. 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. Following a highly successful mid-1990s tour to support ''No Quarter'', Page and Plant recorded 1998's ''[[Walking into Clarksdale]]'', featuring the Grammy Award-winning songs "[[Most High (song)|Most High]]" and "[[Please Read the Letter]]".<ref name="GRAMMY.com 2020">{{cite web|date=23 November 2020|title=Jimmy Page|url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/jimmy-page/5482|access-date=28 May 2021|website=GRAMMY.com}}</ref>

Page was heavily involved in [[remaster]]ing the Led Zeppelin catalogue. He participated in various charity concerts and charity work, particularly the ''Action for Brazil's Children Trust'' (ABC Trust), founded by his wife Jimena Gomez-Paratcha in 1998.

In the same year, Page played guitar for [[Hip hop music|rap]] singer/producer [[Puff Daddy]]'s song "[[Come with Me (Puff Daddy & Jimmy Page song)|Come with Me]]", which heavily samples Led Zeppelin's "[[Kashmir (song)|Kashmir]]" and was included in the soundtrack of ''[[Godzilla (1998 film)|Godzilla]]''. The two later performed the song on ''[[Saturday Night Live]]''.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Greene |first1=Andy |title=Flashback: Jimmy Page and Sean 'Diddy' Combs Take on 'Godzilla' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/jimmy-page-sean-combs-diddy-godzilla-842073/ |magazine=Rolling Stone}}</ref>

Following a benefit performance in the summer where [[the Black Crowes]] guested with him, Page teamed up with the band for six shows in October 1999, playing material from the Led Zeppelin catalogue and old blues and rock standards.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=f_2Hb3bIqaQC&dq=Jimmy+Page+%22Black+Crowes%22+Netaid&pg=PA52|title=SPIN|date=January 2000|publisher=SPIN Media LLC|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Gorman|first=Steve|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-HODDwAAQBAJ&dq=Jimmy+Page+%22Roseland%22+%22Black+Crowes%22+Gorman+Pete's+Plan&pg=PT261|title=Hard to Handle: The Life and Death of the Black Crowes—A Memoir|date=2019-09-24|publisher=Hachette Books|isbn=978-0-306-92201-5|language=en}}</ref> The last two concerts were recorded in Los Angeles and released as a [[double album|double live album]], ''[[Live at the Greek (Jimmy Page and The Black Crowes album)|Live at the Greek]]'' in 2000.

===2000s===
Following the release of the live album, Page and the Black Crowes continued their collaboration by joining a package tour with [[the Who]] in 2000, which Page ultimately quit before completion.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Kielty|first=Martin|title=Why Jimmy Page Abandoned Tour With Black Crowes in 2000|url=https://ultimateclassicrock.com/jimmy-page-black-crowes-tour/|access-date=2022-01-15|website=Ultimate Classic Rock|date=4 October 2019 |language=en}}</ref>

In 2001, after guesting with [[Fred Durst]] and [[Wes Scantlin]]'s performance of "[[Thank You (Led Zeppelin song)|Thank You]]" at the MTV Europe Video Music Awards, Page once again continued his collaboration with Robert Plant.<ref>{{cite web|date=11 October 2001|title=Led Zep's Page Joins Limp Bizkit's Durst And Puddle of Mudd's Scantlin On Stage|url=http://music.yahoo.com/read/news/12051457|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070616141509/http://music.yahoo.com/read/news/12051457|archive-date=16 June 2007|access-date=17 February 2007|publisher=Yahoo}}</ref> After recording a cover of "My Bucket's Got a Hole in It" for a tribute album, the duo performed at the Montreux Jazz Festival.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Archive-Jon-Wiederhorn|title=Robert Plant, Jimmy Page To Play Montreux Jazz Festival|url=https://www.mtv.com/news/1443819/robert-plant-jimmy-page-to-play-montreux-jazz-festival/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220115093028/https://www.mtv.com/news/1443819/robert-plant-jimmy-page-to-play-montreux-jazz-festival/|url-status=dead|archive-date=15 January 2022|access-date=2022-01-15|website=MTV News|language=en}}</ref>

In 2005, Page was appointed [[Officer of the Order of the British Empire]] (OBE) in recognition of his Brazilian charity work for Task Brazil and Action For Brazil's Children's Trust,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/jimmy-page-given-obe-for-charity-work-1.525912|title=Jimmy Page given OBE for charity work|access-date=6 January 2007|date=14 December 2005|work=CBC.ca Arts|publisher=CBC|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070312030202/http://www.cbc.ca/arts/story/2005/12/14/page-obe.html|archive-date=12 March 2007}}</ref> made an honorary citizen of [[Rio de Janeiro]] later that year<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4271212.stm|title=Zeppelin's Page made Rio citizen|access-date=6 January 2007|date=22 September 2006|work=BBC News|publisher=BBC}}</ref> and won a [[Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award]] with Led Zeppelin.<ref name="GRAMMY.com 2020_2">{{cite web | title=Led Zeppelin | website=GRAMMY.com | date=23 November 2020 | url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/led-zeppelin/7821 | access-date=28 May 2021}}</ref>

In November 2006, Led Zeppelin was inducted into the [[UK Music Hall of Fame]]. The television broadcasting of the event consisted of an introduction to the band by various famous admirers (including [[Roger Taylor (Queen drummer)|Roger Taylor]], [[Slash (musician)|Slash]], [[Joe Perry (musician)|Joe Perry]], [[Steven Tyler]], [[Jack White]] and [[Tony Iommi]]), an award presentation to Page and a short speech by him. After this, rock group [[Wolfmother]] played a tribute to Led Zeppelin.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/5338196.stm|title=Led Zeppelin make UK Hall of Fame|access-date=10 December 2007|date=23 May 2006|work=BBC News}}</ref>  During an interview for the BBC in connection with the induction, Page expressed plans to record new material in 2007, saying: "It's an album that I really need to get out of my system&nbsp;... there's a good album in there and it's ready to come out" and "Also there will be some Zeppelin things on the horizon."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/interviews/jimmy_page_talks_on_new_album.html|title=Jimmy Page Talks On New Album|access-date=9 January 2009|date=16 November 2006|publisher=Ultimate Guitar}}</ref>
[[File:Foo Fighters with John Paul Jones and Jimmy Page, 2008.jpg|left|thumb|233x233px|Page and Jones with Taylor Hawkins and Dave Grohl of the Foo Fighters]]
On 10 December 2007, the surviving members of Led Zeppelin, as well as [[John Bonham]]'s son, [[Jason Bonham]] played a charity concert at the [[The O2 Arena (London)|O2 Arena]] London. According to ''Guinness World Records 2009'', Led Zeppelin set the world record for the "Highest Demand for Tickets for One Music Concert" as 20&nbsp;million requests for the reunion show were rendered online.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tvnz.co.nz/entertainment-news/guinness-2010-entertainment-winners-revealed-3313600|title=Guinness 2010 entertainment winners|website=[[Television New Zealand|TVNZ]]|date=17 December 2009|access-date=5 December 2017|quote=Led Zeppelin broke the world record for the Highest Demand for Tickets for One Music Concert when 20 million requests came through for the one-time reunion show in December 2007.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110306170534/http://tvnz.co.nz/entertainment-news/guinness-2010-entertainment-winners-revealed-3313600|archive-date=6 March 2011}}</ref> On 7 June 2008, Page and John Paul Jones appeared with the [[Foo Fighters]] to close the band's concert at [[Wembley Stadium]], performing "[[Rock and Roll (Led Zeppelin song)|Rock and Roll]]" and "[[Ramble On]]".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/foo-fighters/37175|title=Led Zeppelin reunite at Foo Fighters show &#124; News|publisher=Nme.Com|date=8 June 2008|access-date=6 December 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019132953/http://www.nme.com/news/foo-fighters/37175|archive-date=19 October 2013}}</ref> On 20 June 2008, at a ceremony at [[Guildford Cathedral]], he was awarded an [[Honorary Doctorate|honorary doctorate]] from the [[University of Surrey]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Honorary graduates {{!}} University of Surrey |url=https://www.surrey.ac.uk/about/people/honorary-graduates |access-date=2022-11-24 |website=www.surrey.ac.uk}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=NME |date=2008-06-26 |title=Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page awarded honorary doctorate |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/led-zeppelin-154-1325094 |access-date=2022-11-24 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> For the [[2008 Summer Olympics]], Page, [[David Beckham]] and [[Leona Lewis]] represented Britain during the closing ceremonies on 24 August 2008. Beckham rode a double-decker bus into the stadium, and Page and Lewis performed "[[Whole Lotta Love]]".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/2303411/London-rap-troupe-fly-flag-at-Beijing-Olympics.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/2303411/London-rap-troupe-fly-flag-at-Beijing-Olympics.html |archive-date=10 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=London rap troupe fly flag at Beijing Olympics|first=Tom|last=Knight|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|date=17 June 2008|location=London|issn=0307-1235|oclc=49632006|access-date=18 February 2015}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

[[File:Jimmy Page 2008.jpg|thumb|upright|Page at the 2008 [[MOJO Awards]] in London with the Best Live Act award]]
In 2008, Page co-produced a documentary film directed by [[Davis Guggenheim]] entitled ''[[It Might Get Loud]]''. The film examines the history of the electric guitar, focusing on the careers and styles of Page, [[The Edge]] and Jack White. The film premiered on 5 September 2008 at the [[Toronto International Film Festival]].<ref name="radiomovies">{{cite web|url=http://www.itmightgetloud.com/info.html|title=It Might Get Loud|access-date=4 April 2009|date=5 September 2008|publisher=Little Film Company|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090211151824/http://itmightgetloud.com/info.html|archive-date=11 February 2009}}</ref> Page also participated in the three-part BBC documentary ''London Calling: The making of the Olympic handover ceremony'' on 4 March 2009.<ref name="autogenerated2">{{cite web|url=http://philipsheppard.com/2009/02/28/this-is-london/|title=Olympic Documentary London Calling – screens this week|access-date=4 April 2009|date=28 February 2009|work=Thi Is London|publisher=Radio Movies}}</ref> On 4 April 2009, Page inducted Jeff Beck into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.<ref name="associatedpress">{{cite web|url=http://rockhall.com/inductees/jeff-beck/|title=Jeff Beck|work=[[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]]|access-date=17 December 2012}}</ref> Page announced his 2010 solo tour while talking to [[Sky News]] on 16 December 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.sky.com/story/745836/jimmy-makes-it-celebration-day-for-fans|title=Jimmy Makes It Celebration Day For Fans|publisher=[[Sky News]]|date=16 December 2009|access-date=13 January 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130106141511/http://news.sky.com/story/745836/jimmy-makes-it-celebration-day-for-fans|archive-date=6 January 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Barnes|first=Ellen|url=http://www2.gibson.com/News-Lifestyle/News/en-us/jimmy-page-0118.aspx|title=Jimmy Page Announces Free Concert, Wins U.N. Peace Award, Plots Solo Tour|date=18 January 2010|publisher=[[Gibson Guitar Corporation|Gibson]]|access-date=13 January 2013}}</ref>

===2010s===
In January 2010, Page announced an autobiography published by [[Genesis Publications]], in a hand-crafted, limited edition of 2,150 copies.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.genesis-publications.com/book/jimmy-page/collector|title=Jimmy Page: The Photographic Autobiography|publisher=Genesis Publications|access-date=11 September 2010}}</ref> Page was honoured with a first-ever Global Peace Award by the United Nations' Pathways to Peace organisation after confirming reports that he would be among the headliners at a planned [[Show of Peace Concert]] in Beijing, on 10 October 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://in.news.yahoo.com/20/20100115/388/ten-guitarist-jimmy-page-receives-un-awa.html|title=Guitarist Jimmy Page receives UN award|publisher=Yahoo! India|date=15 January 2010|access-date=15 January 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100119013654/http://in.news.yahoo.com/20/20100115/388/ten-guitarist-jimmy-page-receives-un-awa.html|archive-date=19 January 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.contactmusic.com/news/page-lands-peace-prize_1128740|title=Page lands Peace Prize|work=[[Contact Music]]|date=15 January 2010|access-date=15 January 2013}}</ref>

On 3 June 2011, Page played with Donovan at the [[Royal Albert Hall]] in London. The concert was filmed. Page made an unannounced appearance with [[The Black Crowes]] at the [[Shepherd's Bush Empire]] in London on 13 July 2011. He also played alongside [[Roy Harper (singer)|Roy Harper]] at Harper's 70th-birthday celebratory concert, in London's [[Royal Festival Hall]] on 5 November 2011.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/live-music-reviews/8873976/Roy-Harper-Festival-Hall-review.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/live-music-reviews/8873976/Roy-Harper-Festival-Hall-review.html |archive-date=10 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Roy Harper at the Festival Hall, 2011|work=The Daily Telegraph|access-date=5 December 2017|location=London|first=Bernadette|last=McNulty|date=7 November 2011}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

[[File:Barack Obama speaks to Led Zeppelin.jpg|thumb|left|Page (right) with the other surviving members of Led Zeppelin, with U.S. President [[Barack Obama]] at the 2012 [[Kennedy Center Honors]]]]
In November 2011, British Conservative MP [[Louise Mensch]] launched a campaign to have Page [[knighted]] for his contributions to the music industry.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/entertainment/music/british-mp-lobbying-for-knighthood-for-led-zeppelin-guitarist-jimmy-page/story-e6frexl9-1226197192247|title=British MP lobbying for Knighthood for Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page|publisher=DailyTelegraph|date=16 November 2011|access-date=16 November 2011|author=Craig Dunning}}</ref> In December 2012, Page, along with Plant and Jones, received the annual [[Kennedy Center Honors]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://vimeo.com/226640440|title=Stairway to Heaven (Live at The Kennedy Center Honors)|website=Vimeo}}</ref> from President Barack Obama in a White House ceremony. The honour is the U.S.'s highest award for those who have influenced American culture through the arts.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Serpick|first=Evan|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/led-zeppelin-gets-all-star-tribute-at-kennedy-center-honors-20121203|title=Led Zeppelin Get All-Star Tribute At Kennedy Center Honors|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|date=3 December 2012|access-date=13 January 2013}}</ref> In February 2013, Plant hinted that he was open to a Led Zeppelin reunion in 2014, stating that he is not the reason for the band's dormancy, saying "Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones are quite contained in their own worlds and leave it to [him]", adding that he is "not the bad guy" and that he has "got nothing to do in 2014".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://entertainment.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/02/19/17019003-robert-plant-hints-hed-be-open-to-a-led-zeppelin-reunion|title=Robert Plant hints he'd be open to a Led Zeppelin reunion|work=NBC News Entertainment|date=19 February 2013|access-date=16 March 2013|archive-date=3 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181203055941/http://entertainment.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/02/19/17019003-robert-plant-hints-hed-be-open-to-a-led-zeppelin-reunion|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In 2013, Page (with Led Zeppelin) was awarded a Grammy Award "Best Rock Album" for ''[[Celebration Day (film)|Celebration Day]]''.<ref name="GRAMMY.com 2020" />

In May 2014, Page was awarded an honorary doctorate by the [[Berklee College of Music]] in [[Boston]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/jimmy-page-receives-honorary-doctorate-from-berklee-college-of-music-233892/|title=Jimmy Page receives honorary doctorate from Berklee College of Music|last=Coleman|first=Miriam|date=11 May 2014|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|access-date=22 September 2022}}</ref> In a spring 2014 interview with the [[BBC]] about the then forthcoming reissue of Led Zeppelin's first three albums, Page said he was confident fans would be keen on another reunion show, but Plant later replied that "the chances of it happening [were] zero." Page then told ''[[The New York Times]]'' that he was "fed up" with Plant's refusal to play, stating "I was told last year that Robert Plant said he is doing nothing in 2014, and what do the other two guys think? Well, he knows what the other guys think. Everyone would love to play more concerts for the band. He's just playing games, and I'm fed up with it, to be honest with you. I don't sing, so I can't do much about it", adding, "I definitely want to play live. Because, you know, I've still got a twinkle in my eye. I can still play. So, yeah, I'll just get myself into musical shape, just concentrating on the guitar."<ref>{{cite news|title=Remastering, Reflecting: Everything Still Turns to Gold|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/17/arts/music/jimmy-page-talks-about-his-old-band-its-legacy-and-himself.html|website=The New York Times|date=15 May 2014 |access-date=15 October 2018|last1=Rohter |first1=Larry }}</ref>

In July 2014, an ''[[NME]]'' article revealed that Plant was "slightly disappointed and baffled" by Page in ongoing Led Zeppelin dispute during which Page declared he was "fed up" with Plant delaying Led Zeppelin reunion plans. Instead, Plant offered Led Zeppelin's guitarist to write acoustically with him as he is interested in working with Page again but only in an unplugged way.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/led-zeppelin/78865|title=Robert Plant says he is 'disappointed and baffled' by Jimmy Page in ongoing Led Zeppelin dispute|date=30 July 2014 <!-- 12:09 -->|website=[[NME]]|access-date=13 October 2014}}</ref>

In September 2014, Page – who has not toured as a solo act since 1988 – announced that he would start a new band and perform material spanning his entire career. He spoke about his prospects for hitting the road, saying: "I haven't put [musicians] together yet but I'm going to do that next year [i.e. 2015]. If I went out to play, I would play material that spanned everything from my recording career right back to my very, very early days with [[The Yardbirds]]. There would certainly be some new material in there as well ...".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/jimmy-page-says-he-will-start-new-band-perform-material-spanning-his-entire-career|title=JIMMY PAGE Says He Will Start New Band, Perform Material Spanning His Entire Career|date=30 September 2014|work=blabbermouth.net|access-date=13 October 2014}}</ref>

In December 2015, Page was featured in the two-hour long [[BBC Radio 2]] programme ''Johnny Walker Meets'', in conversation with DJ [[Johnnie Walker (DJ)|Johnny Walker]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06s91g9|title=BBC Radio 2 – Johnnie Walker Meets..., Jimmy Page|website=BBC}}</ref> In October 2017, Page spoke at the [[Oxford Union]] about his career in music.<ref>{{cite web|title=Jimmy Page|url=https://www.oxford-union.org/node/1568|website=www.oxford-union.org|access-date=15 October 2018}}</ref>

=== 2020s ===
Page is among the people interviewed for the documentary film ''[[If These Walls Could Sing]]'' directed by [[Mary McCartney]] about the recording studios at [[Abbey Road Studios|Abbey Road]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.abbeyroad.com/news/if-these-walls-could-sing-premieres-at-abbey-road-3283|title= If These Walls Could Sing Premieres At Abbey Road|website=AbbeyRoad.com}}</ref>

In September 2024, Page was honoured by the [[Academy of Achievement]] at an exclusive event at the [[Embassy of the United Kingdom, Washington, D.C.|British Embassy]] in [[Washington, D.C.]] hosted by British Ambassador, [[Karen Pierce]], and the Permanent Secretary to the Treasury of United Kingdom, [[Charles Roxburgh]]. Page was honoured for over five decades of making music and for his philanthropy.<ref>{{Citeweb|url=https://www.loudersound.com/news/jimmy-page-british-embassy-washington|title=Jimmy Page honoured by British Embassy in Washington - watch video of speech|last=Lewry|first=Fraser|publisher=[[Classic Rock Magazine]]|quote=At the event, which was attended by a list of notables including US Attorney General Merrick Garland, Chief Justice of the United States John Roberts, and Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States Brett Kavanaugh, Page was honoured for "his and the band's more than five decades making brilliant British music - and his life of philanthropy."|date=25 September 2024|accessdate=25 May 2025}}</ref> Page is also a member of the [[Academy of Achievement|Golden Plate Awards Council]].<ref>{{Citeweb|url=https://achievement.org/our-history/awards-council/|title=Golden Plate Awards Council|publisher=[[Academy of Achievement]]|accessdate=25 May 2025}}</ref>