... stardom. Among these many groups taking part in this new phenomenon was a band that called themselves The Yardbirds. They were formed in London in 1966. "The Yardbirds virtually wrote the book on guitar-oriented blues based rock & roll- (Abel, 1093). This band pawned three major guitar heroes "Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, and the one and only, Jimmy Page. The Yardbirds ... when rock and roll was really getting bogged down (Szatmary, 654). The album was released in 1969. In 1970 they would knock the Beatles off the top of the Melody Maker popularity chart in England and would be the top tour...

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