Stairway to Heaven (Led Zeppelin Tribute): Heart's Ann and Nancy Wilson - 2012 Kennedy Center Honors 

If you are a Led Zeppelin fan and this doesn't make you tear up, you have no heart!

This song and performance was my wife's favourite. She has now taken that stairway. Rest in peace my love XX 💕

This womans voice knows no bounds. She was 62 here.

If this isn't played at my funeral I'm not going.

John looking down on his boy playing the drums

This is music guys.... for real!

Robert Plant is in tears because this song reminds him of his closest friend, John Bonham...his son Jason Bonham is just awesome on drums...but that choir just nails this tune.. in my opinion, this is greatest cover in history....just beautiful....Ann and Nancy..thank you....

It must take balls of steel to play THAT solo in front of the legend who wrote it. Bravo Shane Fontayne. Absolutely nailed it. And the cheeky wink Jason gave Ann after the crescendo! Goosebumps!

I would NOT want to be that guitar player! Imagine the pressure!

Somewhere in Heaven John is telling everyone how proud he is of his son.

Wow she nailed it 100% and we know the fans are super protective over this song ..

Best wishes to Ann on beating her cancer diagnosis. She and Nancy are a national treasure and true queens of rock and roll.

I'm not crying, i just have something in both of my eyes...

@ 1:10: A little boy has mustered all his courage and snuck onto his Dad's drum set because he wants to show him what he can do. @5:40: Did you hear me, Daddy ? Beautiful.

Robert Plant is completely overwhelmed throughout. The way Bonham lifts his eyes briefly to the heavens as Wilson sing the last words.... THIS IS SO BEAUTIFUL.

The greatest honor is having your music repeated by other artists as a tribute

Robert Plant thinking about his best friend John Bonham while Bonham's son Jason plays the drums. Wow. Emotional. Heart performs an incredible tribute version. Way to to Anne and Nancy. Love. Love. Love.

Gets me in the feels every time I watch this. The tears in Robert Plant's eyes speak volumes.

Kudos to whoever came up with the arrangement and the idea of adding this choir!

When Led Zeppelin launched their label 'Swan Song' they were sent a tape by Heart who were unsigned and unknown at the time, they declined to sign them. Heart went on to worldwide recognition. There is triumph in this wonderful performance...

Sheldon Cooper's guitar solo 😱

they broke his heart and made him cry tears of joy and all those rock n roll memories

Honestly I don’t think there has ever been a cover of a song done so perfectly before. And it be universally loved by so many fans of the original shows how incredible it was. Robert Plant looked amazed and Jimmy Page looked almost overwhelmed by it. Pure excellence.

There are not too many musicians who get Led Zeppelin's full attention like Ann & Nancy Wilson. Legends all.

No question, the greatest rock band of all time.

This is one of the greatest spectacular performances of all time. It must be something not only to be honoured for your work as musicians but to see your work done in spectacular fashion. I actually like this version more than the original.

I'm crying listening to this beautiful song. My late older brother loved Led Zeppelin. I know why.

Ann wilson is the perfect choice to cover this song.

THE 'EPIC' PIPES OF ANN WILSON!!!!! A VOICE FROM THE GODS!!!!!!!!

chills when the choir showed up

Jimmy Page shaking his head and screaming,Robert Plant crying,well done from the Wilsons and the Band...

The look on Robert, Jimmy and JP’s faces during Ann and Nancy’s performance says it all….To have Jason on drums just topped it off. ❤❤

Sorry but this isnt music, this is fuc*ing MAGIC

Plant admitted in interview that upon hearing this version made him reappreciate the song as he had grown so tired of it. He was proud seeing jason. You can see here how close to tears he is. He was johns best mate

The music arranger is an absolute genius.

due to Ann´s rock background... I believe only she could sing this.... marvelous....unbelievable....

Let it out Robert, its okay to cry

This has got everything: Bruce Dern on horns, son of the drummer shredding, and the guy from Big Bang Theory on Lead Guitar..

I saw Led Zeppelin do this in Sydney Australia back in the day, this performance is as memorable as that.......

Imagine you play this song in front of Led Zeppelin! And get standing Ovationen!!!❤️✔️

That guy on the guitar.....to play like that in front of Jimmy.....you have a balls of steel.....I would shit myself

Who's got that petition that only Ann, Nancy (& Heart) are the only ones allowed to cover LedZep from now on?

Legend playing tribute to fellow legends..

at the old age of 66, every TIME I see that guitar player fall in I get goose bumps! DAMN he's a FINE THING!!!!

5:04 that's the face of a man who knows that he has changed the world in a positive manner and his legacy. Such a beautiful thing to see.

I can't think of another band that would make LED ZEPPELIN themselves tear up to this song.... WELL DONE

Nancy reflected on the experience of performing for ZEPPELIN members in a new interview with Guy "Favazz" Favazza and John Ulett of the St. Louis, Missouri radio station KSHE 95. She said (hear audio below): "That was so interesting to do that. We were honored to do that, to honor them, and it was a surprise to them. "When you go to do the Kennedy Center Honors show, everybody says, 'Don't tell anybody that you're here. Hide out until the moment that you actually walk onto the stage and do the performance for the person that's being honored.' Of course, the night before, we saw John Paul Jones at the restaurant at the hotel. He was just, like, 'What are you doing here?' I'm, like, 'Oh, nothing. I think we've got a show or something.' "Anyway, it was just one of those moments where we had to take a really deep breath before we walked out there," Nancy continued. "And we didn't even know what just happened until a couple of weeks later when we actually got to watch the show - the edited broadcast of the show. And we saw what happened then. It was, like, 'Oh my god!' That was such a moment. And also the other thing about it was that Jason Bonham, who's the son of their original drummer, John Bonham, was the drummer. And [Jason] grew up around those guys when they were young LED ZEPPELIN. So I'm sure that was part of their emotional reaction - was to see young Jason Bonham with a bowler hat that John Bonham used to wear all the time; he was notorious with his bowler hat. So all of those things combined, I think, led to them feeling emotional with that performance. "It was really one of those life moments that you're never gonna forget," she added. "Just like, 'Okay, I was part of that, and that was really cool.' [Laughs]" Asked if any of the LED ZEPPELIN members said anything to HEART about their performance after the event, Nancy said: "They did. There was a big sort of a dinner thing afterward, and each one of them came around to our table. And John Paul Jones was just, like, 'That was awesome.' And then Robert Plant said, 'You know what? I've come to hate that song so much, 'Stairway To Heaven', because everyone just murders it. But you guys did great.' And then Jimmy Page walks up, and he goes, 'Okay, you played that really perfect.' And I said, 'No, you can't tell me that.' 'Cause he's Jimmy Page - 'cause he's one of my best guitar idols of all time. I was, like, 'Okay, I can die now.' I'm a superfan."

my word! Ann!!! you still got those pipes. long live heart!! Goodjob

It just doesn't get any better or emotional than this. The quick glimpses of the audience's reactions are priceless. Including Michelle and Barack Obama.

This is exactly why Ann and Nancy Wilson are legends in their own right. Fantastic 🙏❣️

Listening to Zeppelin always takes me somewhere else... It's like time travelling.

Two years ago I was an administrator at an assisted living home that specializes in care for victims of Alzheimer's Disease. I had a resident who, although he was only in his late 50s, was suffering from the effects of the disease and was for the most part non-verbal. I found the Heart rendition of Stairway to Heaven entirely by accident and showed him a brief bit of the concert on my computer. His face immediately changed to a slight smile so I arranged to display it on a large screen TV where he could get the full concert experience. He and I would sit and watch it over and over. I left there about a year ago but am still in touch with the facility. My friend lost his battle with Alzeheimer's a couple of months ago. Watching it now brings a tear to my eye for the beauty of the concert and the memory of my resident's reaction to a moment from his past.

Who else teared up? HAHA! beautifully done :)

Try not to cry try not to cry try not to cry try not cry ....... cry a lot 😥❤️

Robert holding back the tears, amazing tribute!!

God i love Robert Plant . He is still a baby boy

My God that was absolutely the best ever!

Major shoutout to the guitarist, playing the solo of one of the most prolific songs of all time for Jimmy Page and the other gents from Zeppelin, not to mention Jason Bonham playing with him on the kit... Probably one of the most spiritual moments of that guy's life

This performance will be hard to top.

Ann Wilson's the only female singer I know who could go toe to toe with "Stairway to Heaven" and pull it off.

What a tribute!! They are obviously huge fans to put in this much work. Jimmy Page and Robert Plant enjoying a bit of immortality. A must learn for every guitar player.

Perfection knows no boundaries. She is still a powerhouse so many years later. Absolutely brilliant cover of an absolute classic, perhaps even THE classic of all time.

If this doesn't make you cry you're not even human

watched this 400x. Have turned this on to my family and friends.awsome performance.

just epic...... Next hall of of fame entry............. Heart!

Great Music, great Band, great Centurie. never come back.

05:42 Right in the feels.

This is perfection..

Simply amazing😢

I'm watching in 2022 and I think Ann made this song more beautiful . I wish I had been there. Awesome.

Great rendition of the original Stairway to Heaven... I think with Bohams son Jason playing drums Robert Plant and Jimmy Page might have been thinking about John and the old times they had together... The both had tears in their eyes...

02:38 is when you know somethings extraordinary is about to happen here. 04:15 is when you realize you're witnessing a world-class tribute to one of the few classic rock bands worthy of such homage.

Has to be one of the greatest tributes ... ever. I get goosebumps when the choir comes in and the tempo picks up. In-effing-credible!!!

For them to hear what everyone else has been hearing all these years must have been an amazing experience I don't wonder they had a tear it's the best tribute version I've ever seen.

Never gotten goosebumps to such an extent before

The best cover of this song EVER! Ann's voice is so strong and perfect for this song. What can I say about Nancy...she is a rockstar on the guitar! No wonder Led Zeppelin was in tears. No one could have done this like Ann and Nancy Wilson.

Tickets at Led Zeppelin's first performance were only $4.00 loved to be transported back in time to that 1st performance. 👍😎🎤🎸🎶🎵🎧

I can’t get over how amazing this song is!!!

When an orchestra & choir are assisting in singing one of your own songs to you, that's the moment when you truly know that you are pretty hot shit.

wow. fucking wow.

I've watched this 12000 times 😢😢😢 so emotional

The first time I listened to this song was when I was in my 7th Std. This still moves me, tears me apart. Led Zep is Truly A Legendary Band.

Only Ann could do this. Amazing.

Robert Plant was touched by this performamce, you can see the emotion pouring out of him.

“Yes, there are two paths you can go by, but in the long run there’s still time to change the road you’re on.” ― Stairway to Heaven, Led Zeppelin

Since 1982 I already big fan of Zeppelin, now I'm 53 still love this band...

Robert Plant's eyes, enough said.

You know that you're the greatest rock band ever when you're a 4 man band, and it takes a hundred singers and musicians to replicate your most famous song.

Fantastic version,very heart rending ,beautiful,and fantastic led zeppelin there aswell. I could burst, it was so beautiful.❤

How the f%#k can there be 4.3k thumbs down? Who are these people? Can they not see the joy on the faces of John, Robert and Jimmy? They bloody loved it and tracked down Ann and Nancy Wilson after that performance and told them.

heart kills it with stairway, sooo damn good

At 5:44 Jason seems to be looking at his father John in heaven, this is a very emotional moment. Though he surely will miss his father, it must just feel great to be the son of Rock's greatest Drummer ever. RIP Bonzo.

Robert Plant visibly moved to tears, and no wonder. What a fabulous tribute by the brilliant Wilson sisters and the backing band.

Wow wat a singer and she nailed it to perfection. Led zeppelin is one of the greatest bands around.

I have watched this so many times over the last 6 years and I still get goosebumps and teary eyed at how amazing of a performance this is. What a beautiful and masterful rendition.

Fabulous tribute...blew everyone there away! Love Heart...the best thing to come out of Canada 👏...the drummer here is Jason Bonham who's the son of the Zep's original and late drummer John Bonham. Made it even more special for the already very emotional remaining band members 💟

My dad just passed April 19th 2018 he was 60 yrs young and died in a fatal car crash and he loved Ann and Nancy Wilson he would say nothing gets better than them singing one of his favorite bands led zeppelin's song stairway to heaven well dad you finally made it to your stairway to heaven I love you and I know your at peace love always cori ❤❤❤

Goddesses playing the song of the Gods.

I'm blown away... I have no words! I am in heaven ! What a version of one of the best songs in music history! ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

I bet that guy was like "I hope I don't fuck this solo up in front of Jimmy Page."