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English guitarist (born )

For the Scottish footballer, see Jimmy Page (footballer).

James Patrick PageOBE (born 9 January ) is an English musician and producer who achieved international success as the guitarist and founder of the rock band Led Zeppelin.

Prolific in creating guitar riffs, Page's style involves various alternative guitar tunings and melodic solos, coupled with aggressive, distorted guitar tones. It is also characterized by his folk and eastern-influenced acoustic work.

He is notable for occasionally playing his guitar with a cello bow to create a droning sound texture to the music.

Page began his career as a studio session musician in London and, by the mids, alongside Big Jim Sullivan, was one of the most sought-after session guitarists in Britain.

He was a member of the Yardbirds from to When the Yardbirds broke up, he founded Led Zeppelin, which was active from to Following the death of Led Zeppelin drummer John Bonham, he participated in a numb