Heavy metal singer Robert John Arthur Halford was born in England on August 25, 1951. He performs as the lead vocalist for Judas Priest, a band that was established in 1969 and has won awards like the 2010 Grammy for Best Metal Performance.
He has been praised for both his distinctive leather-and-studs appearance, which has become legendary in heavy metal and his strong and versatile operatic singing technique. Fight, Two, and Halford are just a few of the side projects he has worked on.
Did Rob Halford sing with Black Sabbath?
In November 1992, at the Costa Mesa Amphitheatre in California, Halford performed with Black Sabbath for the final two shows of Ozzy Osbourne’s No More Tours tour after the band’s then-singer Ronnie James Dio famously refused to perform as an opener for the man he had originally replaced in Sabbath in 1979 and later left the band.
Few vocalists in the history of heavy metal have voices that are as influential and as recognized as Halford’s, who can seamlessly switch between a throaty growl and an ear-splitting falsetto, according to AllMusic.
