BABE, I’M GONNA LEAVE YOU
“Babe I’m Gonna Leave You” is a folk song written by Anne Bredon (then known as Anne Johannsen) in the late 1950s. It was recorded by Joan Baez (credited and became widely popular as “traditional”) and released on her 1962 album Joan Baez in Concert, Part 1; and by the English rock band Led Zeppelin, who included it on their 1969 debut album Led Zeppelin. (More from Wikipedia)
The Jewish Business News post mentioned above also notes that Led Zeppelin’s case regarding Spirit’s claim that the opening chords for “Stairway to Heaven” were lifted from their 1968 instrumental song “Taurus”, is harmed by past copyright troubles: “[Led Zeppelin was] forced to emend credits for ‘Whole Lotta Love’ and ‘Babe, I’m Gonna Leave You’ as well as settling a suit over ‘Dazed and Confused’.” Not only that, I have written in the past about “How Many More Times” on Led Zeppelin, where the band had to show a writing credit for Howlin’ Wolf, who had written “How Many More Years” previously.
(November 2014)
