Birth of Ozzy Osbourne

Ozzy Osbourne was born on 3 December 1948 in Marston Green. An English singer and songwriter, Osbourne was the lead vocalist of Black Sabbath, the Birmingham band that helped to create heavy metal in the late 1960s and early 1970s, with songs such as Paranoid, Iron Man and War Pigs. Known as the Prince of Darkness, he was dismissed from the band in 1979 and began a solo career with albums including Blizzard of Ozz, which featured the guitarist Randy Rhoads. He became a household name through his reality series The Osbournes and helped to found the Ozzfest festival. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with Black Sabbath.

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