of the homonymous 2002 horror movie) by the Italian progressive rock band Abiogenesi.
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Ken Hensley – acoustic guitar, lead and backing vocals, mellotron, piano.The song was subsequently rerecorded for two of their greatest hits albums: Totally Driven (2001) and Celebration – Forty Years of Rock (2009). For this achievement Uriah Heep got the "Golden Lion" award, the German equivalent of a Grammy or Brit Award. It spent nine weeks in the German Top 20 during 1977, peaking at number 5 and a further seven weeks in the Top 20 during 1978, maintaining the number 5 peak position. The 1977 re-release, in particular, became a major hit. While the song was never released as a single in the United Kingdom and United States, it made it into the German singles charts three times during the seventies.
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It achieved great success in Germany and Russia. "Lady in Black" has been performed in the form of rock ballads (and not having the traditional verse-chorus), and has become one of the most popular concert numbers of Uriah Heep. Producer Gerry Bron proposed Hensley record the lead vocals, which he did. I saw her through my hotel room window, but we never met!" Īccording to Ken Hensley, he sang the lead vocals because David Byron did not like the song and refused to record it during the Salisbury sessions. Later in an interview Hensley said, though: ".And the girl that inspired it will never know. The result of this meeting, and - some kind of insight - was the song "Lady in Black": a philosophical parable that tells us that evil cannot be overcome by evil itself. A brief comment on the cover of the original vinyl release commented that for Ken Hensley inspiration was a real case: a surprise visit of a rural vicar's daughter at a moment when he was in a very depressed state.