Serbian heavy metal band Kraljevski Apartman recorded a cover version with Serbian lyrics entitled Slike on their 2000 album Izgubljen u vremenu.The song was covered by the Spanish folk metal group Mägo de Oz in a translated version as 'Dama Negra'.In 1972 Italian singer Caterina Caselli covered the song in her album Caterina Caselli 1972, with title L'uomo del Paradiso Italian translation has been made by Claudio Daiano and Ettore Carrera.

The song was translated into Finnish and covered by another Finnish band Lemon in 1972 as 'Nainen tummissa'.Finnish folk metal band Ensiferum covered the song.Covered by Jack Frost on the band's 1999 album Glow Dying Sun.Acts who have covered 'Lady in Black' include the Gregorian chant project Gregorian on their 2006 album Masters of Chant Chapter V.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. 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. BackgroundĪ 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. In 1981 the song was re-released as a single in Germany and in Netherlands and the b-side was ' Easy Livin''. The most famous was 'Simon the Bullit Freak' but ' Bird of Prey' has also been the b-side for the song. There were many b-sides for this song as a single. It is often praised, by fans and critics alike, as Hensley's most poetic work. It tells the story of a man wandering through war-torn darkness and encountering a goddess-like entity who consoles him.

It is the fourth track of their 1971 album Salisbury. ' Lady in Black' is a song by the rock band Uriah Heep.

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