Even at the dawn of the '80s, this pace – or something close to it – was still de rigueur, even for someone as big as Ozzy Osbourne ... “On the first album [Blizzard of Ozz] none of us ...

and hit albums like ‘Blizzard of Ozz’ and ‘Diary of a Madman.’ Not even Rhoads' tragic death in an airplane crash could derail Osbourne’s newfound career momentum — though Ozzy himself ...

Credit: Gary Gershoff/Getty Images ... Ozzy Osbourne. Osbourne's post-Black Sabbath career, against any and all odds, took like off a rocket upon the release of his solo debut, 1980's Blizzard of Ozz.

As Black Sabbath’s singer for their first decade, Ozzy Osbourne ... albums with Sabbath, Osbourne left the warring group for a solo career with 1980’s ‘Blizzard of Ozz,’ which picked ...