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Jimmy Page's greatest achievement outside of Led Zeppelin might, in his own words, "surprise everyone" - performing at the Olympics with Leona Lewis.
Speaking to Uncut magazine, Page chose performing with the X Factor winner at the 2008 Beijing Olympics as his greatest achievement outside of his world-famous band.
"I'd be very sincere if I said that doing the Olympics with Leona Lewis was phenomenal," he said. "She's really plucky, she's superb, and she sang 'Whole Lotta Love' brilliantly. We managed to do the full length - it wasn't edited - and she sang it beautifully."
Watch Leona Lewis and Jimmy Page perform 'Whole Lotta Love' below
He continued, "It was so cool the way she approached it. For that audience, and the fact we didn't fuck it up... we're really going to do this and we're going to do it proud. That was important.
"It was a Led Zeppelin number but it took on another persona. I was proud to be able to play that riff for the handover."
Page recently confirmed that it was unlikely that Led Zeppelin will ever reform, telling NME, "I don't think it looks as though that's a possibility or on the cards, so there's not much more I can say about that... All I can say is it doesn't look likely, does it?"
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