Greatest Black Sabbath Singers
John Michael "Ozzy" Osbourne was born on December 3, 1948. He is also known as ''The Prince of Darkness''. Ozzy is an English singer, songwriter, and television personality. He rose to prominence in the early 1970s as the lead vocalist of the band Black Sabbath. Osbourne was fired from Black Sabbath in 1979 and has since had a successful solo career, releasing 11 studio albums. Mr. Osbourne is part of what Black Sabbath is today- while Dio is a better singer, sure, better range, and a better solo career, Ozzy is the best for Black Sabbath- and his voice influenced the sound of traditional doom metal.
Um. Ĺike ozzy is the man from sabbath and that's all there is to it OK. I think his voice is better than dios. I've heard it all from both. They each got their style
That's what makes for rock. Dio was superb with his singing but until you've been really blitzed and have listened to oz from way back you don't really know what your even talking about. Ian Gillan also is fantastic. Nobody I know said they thought deep purple music was lavender.
The other singers were some what good but the music doesn't sound the same without Ozzy. His voice blends so well with the music! It's why Black Sabbath is what it is today! Everyone else tried but Ozzy surpassed them by far!
Osbourne known as the "Prince of Darkness" Osbourne is also known as the "Godfather of Heavy Metal" Osbourne's eerie vocals, early records such as their debut album Black Sabbath and Paranoid sold huge numbers.
Ronnie James Dio (born Ronald James Padavona; July 10, 1942 – May 16, 2010) was an American heavy metal singer, songwriter and musician. He fronted and/or founded numerous groups including Elf, Rainbow, Black Sabbath, Dio and Heaven & Hell. He is credited with popularizing the "metal horns" hand gesture in metal culture and is known for his medieval themed lyrics. Dio possessed a powerful versatile vocal range capable of singing both hard rock and lighter ballads; according to Rainbow/Deep Purple guitarist Ritchie Blackmore upon hearing him sing, "I felt shivers down my spine." Dio sold over 47 million albums throughout his career.
He died from stomach cancer in 2010 at the age of 67. As I previously stated, Dio is also a close contestant- while he does not have Ozzy's icon status in Sabbath history, he does have an immense impact, and he influenced heavy and power metal after him. Granted, some may say this was more from his other bands , but that is simply a perspective.
Dio is not only the best singer in BS, he was the best singer in Hard rock and heavy metal history. Some compare Dio with Rob Halford. Come on! Halford is great but can't sing Hard rock songs like Dio did in Rainbow. Dio's voice can match hard rock classics like Stargazer, Gates of babaylon, Catch the rainbow, man on the silver mountain, etc while he can sing darkest Black Sabbath heavy metal songs. And Ozzy? He is not in Dio's league!
Dio's voice was the rarest mix of tone amd power. Please don't compare the two. Ozzy was great at what he did, but not even in the room as being that quality of a singer. Also remember, without Dio, you may not have heard from Black Sabbath again in a meaningful way. We saw what happened when Dio left, I didn't hear good music or singing from them until Dio came back for Dehumanizer. Album Heavaen and Hell helped redefine them.
Why, again, is Ozzy, who can't even sing nowadays and was never a really good singer, and who can't even speak a full sentence, higher than Dio? He sang extremely powerfully until he died, and had way better albums than Ozzy did. Were not ranking these on solo careers are we?
Born again is the most underrated Black Sabbath album. Ozzy is not even on the same planet as far as talent goes compared to Dio and Ian. He blows live and throwing buckets of water and being well liked doesn't make you a great singer. He was a great frontman but a mediocre singer.
No one compares to Gillan. He can sing Ozzy's material and Dios.
Dio sucks, Gillan is the best ever!
His name is Ian Gillan
Tony is definitely the best singer Black Sabbath has had. His performance in Headless Cross was incredible, and he should have gained more popularity.
This band has had good singers but Black Sabbath band with him means Black Sabbath band. in the world of rock singers he has the most powerful voice.
Live shows were great with him because he could sing all other's songs with ease. He never became hoarse like that Dio feller would
I will say the albums he is on aren't the best, but do think he's a slightly better singer.
Robert John Arthur "Rob" Halford is an English singer and songwriter, who is best known as the lead vocalist for the Grammy Award-winning heavy metal band Judas Priest and famed for his powerful wide ranging operatic voice. The greatest vocalist in history, but not the best Black Sabbath singer!
Glenn Hughes is an English rock bassist and vocalist, best known as a member of Deep Purple and the rock pioneers Trapeze, and his solo career. Hughes was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Deep Purple. He is acclaimed for his wide vocal range. Glenn is an all time badass musician the world has ever had the pleasure of experiencing.
Ronnie and Ray were on another level. Tony, Ian and Glenn were on the next. Everyone else was cut rate
If it wasn't for the aids he would have made a great career.
William Thomas "Bill" Ward is an English musician and visual artist, best known as the original drummer for the British heavy metal band Black Sabbath. Soulful and real. Underrated as a Black Sabbath singer. Possibly overshadowed by his awesome drumming.
Sir Thomas Jones Woodward is a Welsh singer known by his stage name Tom Jones. He became one of the most popular vocalists to emerge from the mid-1960s. Who would've known that a country singer would do so well for Black Sabbath?
Wasn't in the band. Why is even listed?
Eric Singer is an American hard rock and heavy metal drummer, best known as a member of Kiss, portraying The Catman originally played by Peter Criss. The best Black Sabbath vocalist by far!
Well, his last name IS Singer.
He isn't even a black sabbath singer, god whoever put Eric here must be an idiot