British music impresario.
Born: 4 January 1926 in Cheetham Hill, Manchester, England, UK.
Died: 21 July 2007 in Los Angeles, California, USA (aged 81).
Arden was music manager involved in the careers of of groups
Small Faces,
Electric Light Orchestra, and
Black Sabbath. He also founded and ran several labels including Jet Records, and for a time ran the Portland Recording Studios Ltd. (formerly I.B.C. Studios) in central London, UK.
He is father of
Sharon Osbourne and
David Arden, father-in-law of
Ozzy Osbourne, and grandfather of
Kelly Osbourne, Jack Osbourne (2), and Aimee Osbourne.