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Jake Holmes

Dazed and Confused

1967 · via Led Zeppelin

Jake Holmes wrote “Dazed and Confused” and put out the earliest release of it on file, in 1967. Jimmy Page is on the credit through Led Zeppelin’s 1969 version. Also recorded by Led Zeppelin (released 1969), The Yardbirds (released 1998) and Nirvana (released 1992), among 24 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

Jake Holmes – Dazed and Confused
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Jimmy Page shares the credit on that one with Jake Holmes, and Holmes had it on tape first. Play his version, then the Zeppelin one, and listen for what survived the trip.

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Credited writer: Jake Holmes.

Jimmy Page is on the credit through Led Zeppelin’s 1969 version.

Earliest release on file: this one, 1967.

Other recordings on file · first release year

24 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

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Before Led Zeppelin ever played "Dazed and Confused," someone else recorded it first. Who cut that original and shares the writing credit with Jimmy Page?Jake Holmes
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