This Day in Metal: December 2nd, 2012 LED ZEPPELIN received the Kennedy Center Honors in the United States. Watch HEART cover “Stairway To Heaven”

This Day in Metal: December 2nd, 2012 LED ZEPPELIN received the Kennedy Center Honors in the United States. Watch HEART cover “Stairway To Heaven”

On This Day in Metal December 2nd 2012, Led Zeppelin received the Kennedy Center Honors from President Barack Obama.

It's an award bestowed upon those considered to have contributed greatly to American culture, with other recipients including Ella Fitzgerald, Leonard Bernstein, Frank Sinatra, Ray Charles, Sammy Davis Jr., Dizzy Gillespie, Johnny Cash, Carole King and Joni Mitchell. In a world where awards are handed out like lollipops, The Kennedy Center Honors are a big deal.

Every December, the awards climax with a gala event at the Kennedy Center Opera House in Washington, D.C., and in 2012 the show included an emotional performance of Stairway To Heaven by Heart's Ann and Nancy Wilson, with Jason Bonham on drums.

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