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Adoption of Black Sabbath Name

Great Britain · Arts / Popular Music. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1969Date range
1Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1969

Tony Iommi1969

Birmingham · Arts / Popular Music

The group adopts the name Black Sabbath while performing in Birmingham.

Names involved

Tony Iommi

Provenance

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