John Michael Osbourne Biography

Historical biography and chronological timeline for John Michael Osbourne, based on 5 World History Database records associated with Great Britain.

5 records1967–19705 events1 places

Chronological biography

1967

Rare Breed1967

Arts / Popular Music · Singer · Birmingham

Osbourne sings with Rare Breed alongside Geezer Butler before Black Sabbath develops.

1968

Polka Tulk Blues Band1968

Arts / Popular Music · Singer · Birmingham

Osbourne joins Iommi, Butler and Ward in the Birmingham group Polka Tulk Blues Band.

Polka Tulk Vocals1968

Arts / Popular Music · Member of Black Sabbath · Birmingham

Osbourne becomes the vocalist for the heavy blues group Polka Tulk.

1969

Black Sabbath Vocalist1969

Arts / Popular Music · Member of Black Sabbath · Birmingham

Osbourne becomes vocalist as Earth adopts the name Black Sabbath.

1970

Black Sabbath Debut Album13 February 1970

Arts / Popular Music · Member of Black Sabbath · Birmingham

Osbourne sings on Black Sabbath's debut album, released during the band's Birmingham breakthrough.

Titles and roles

Member of Black Sabbath · Singer

Record provenance

This biography is assembled from World History Database records filtered by country and personal-name fields. Exact duplicate display records are removed. The database is an index rather than a complete narrative biography; formal research should verify entries against relevant primary or specialist sources.