Fifty-four years ago today, February 21, 1972, Led Zeppelin released “Rock and Roll / Four Sticks” as a 7-inch single in the United States. While “Rock and Roll” quickly became a staple of the band’s ...

Flanked between “Misty Mountain Hop” and “Going to California,” “Four Sticks” was a harder deliverance that moves in a trance-like state between 5/4 and 6/8. The song was difficult to record and ...