Prince of Darkness and forefather of heavy metal Ozzy Osbourne died this week aged 76 –just three weeks after his final performance with his band Black Sabbath
Music by Ozzy Osbourne and his band Black Sabbath has surged back into the charts following the legendary rock star’s death earlier this week.
Their signature tune Paranoid – which reached number four when it was first released back in 1970 – has returned to the Top 40 for the first time in nearly 45 years, the Official Charts Company said.
Now at number 32, it’s one of six Black Sabbath and Ozzy releases inside this week’s wider top 200. Black Sabbath’s The Ultimate Collection had a massive return to album chart, climbing 129 places to number 22.
Sabbath’s 1970 album Paranoid is currently at number 52, Ozzy’s 2014 hits collection Memoirs Of A Madman is at 60. His Prince Of Darkness album is at 71. While Sabbath’s Mob Rules is at number 107.
Ozzy died on Tuesday, July 22, aged 76, “surrounded by love” less than three weeks after his farewell concert with Black Sabbath. A joint statement from his beloved wife of 43 years, Sharon Osbourne, and four of his children shared more details.
The late musician was dad to his three kids with Sharon – Aimee, 41, Kelly, 40, and 39-year-old Jack – plus his older kids Elliot, Jessica and Louis from his marriage to first wife Thelma Riley. Louis was also named in the family’s statement.
It said: “It is with more sadness than mere words can convey that we have to report that our beloved Ozzy Osbourne has passed away this morning. He was with his family and surrounded by love. We ask everyone to respect our family privacy at this time. Sharon, Jack, Kelly, Aimee and Louis.”
Two days after his death, daughter Kelly shared lyrics from the Black Sabbath song ‘Changes,’ which she duetted on with her famous dad in 2003. Though Black Sabbath originally released the song in 1972.
The song was a No. 1 hit in the UK, and they became just the second father-daughter pair to ever top the charts, after Frank and Nancy Sinatra in 1967. Taking to Instagram to give a heartbreaking update, she wrote “I feel unhappy I am so sad. I lost the best friend I ever had.”
Heartbroken fans have since been leaving tributes outside Ozzy’s Buckinghamshire home, with flowers and loving message laid outside the gates. Half-drunk pints and bottles of beer have also been left alongside candles as mourners toast the rock icon on Birmingham’s Black Sabbath bridge.
Sharing what Ozzy’s last moments were like, a source told People: “Ozzy’s final days were spent in England, surrounded by family, music and in the place he called home. He was in peace.”
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