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| 1948 DECEMBER 3 John, Michael Osbourne is born in Aston, Birmingham, England to John and Lillian Osbourne. He's the fourth of their eventual six children. |
| 1965 Ozzy, who left school at 15 began breaking into houses, serves two months in Winson Green Prison for burglary |
| 1967 Having had short-lived jobs in a slaughterhouse and a car horn factory, and as a bricklayer, laborer, and shop assistant, Ozzy realizes his only way out of the dead-end poverty is music and puts a Musicians Wanted notice up in a local shop. Tony Iommi, Terry 'Geezer' Butler, and Bill Ward respond and they form Polka Turk, soon retitled to Earth. Tours of the U.K. and Europe begin. |
| 1969 Band adopts a heavier sound and changes the name to Black Sabbath, from the title of a 1930 Boris Karloff movie. |
| 1970 Black Sabbath is recorded in 12 hours over two days for $900 and released on the Vertigo label in the U.K. |
| OCTOBER 1970 Paranoid is released in the U.K. and hits #1. |
| DECEMBER 1970 Black Sabbath is released in the U.S. by Warner Bros. as the band tours colleges. It is now certified platinum. |
| MARCH 1971 Paranoid hits #12 on the U.S. chart. It goes on to sell four million copies. |
| NOVEMBER 1974 Black Sabbath Vol. 4 reaches #8 on the U.K. chart, #13 in the U.S |
| FEBRUARY 1972 Fifth album Sabbath, Bloody Sabbath hits #4 in the U.K. and #11 in the U.S. It will eventually sell a million copies. |
| SEPTEMBER 1975 Sabotage is released and reaches #7 in the U.K. and #28 in the U.S. |
| APRIL 1976 Double compilation disc We Sold Our Souls For Rock 'n' Roll is released in the U.S. and hits #48 after reaching #35 in the U.K. |
| NOVEMBER1977 Ozzy quits Sabbath only to rejoin two months later |
| MAY 1978 Black Sabbath tours the U.K. with Van Halen opening |
| JANUARY 1979 Ozzy embarks on a solo career with Blizzard of Ozz, signing with Don Arden's Jet Records. |
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