Rock and metal history, a day like today August 7

1951: Pete Way of UFO is born in Enfield, North London.Way is also known as a founding member of Waysted and Fastway. He has also notably played with Michael Schenker Group and Ozzy Osbourne.

1958: Bruce Dickinson (lead vocalist for Iron Maiden) is born in Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England.....songwriter, musician, airline pilot, author, and broadcaster. He is best known for his work as the lead singer of the heavy metal band Iron Maiden since 1981, and is renowned for his wide-ranging operatic vocal style and energetic stage presence.

Dickinson began his career in music fronting small pub bands in the 1970s while attending school in Sheffield and university in London. In 1979, he joined British new wave heavy metal band Samson, with whom he gained some popularity under the stage name "Bruce Bruce" and performed on two studio records. He left Samson in 1981 to join Iron Maiden, replacing Paul Di'Anno, and debuted on their 1982 album The Number of the Beast. During his first tenure in the band, they issued a series of US and UK platinum and gold albums in the 1980s.

Dickinson quit Iron Maiden in 1993 (being replaced by Blaze Bayley) to pursue his solo career, which saw him experiment with a wide variety of heavy metal and rock styles. He rejoined the band in 1999, along with guitarist Adrian Smith, with whom he has released five subsequent studio albums. Since his return to Iron Maiden, he issued one further solo record in 2005, Tyranny of Souls. His younger cousin, Rob Dickinson, is the former lead singer of British alternative rock band Catherine Wheel, while his son, Austin, fronted the metalcore band Rise to Remain.

Outside his career in music, Dickinson is well known for his wide variety of other pursuits. Most notably, he undertook a career as a commercial pilot for Astraeus Airlines, which led to a number of media-reported ventures such as captaining Iron Maiden's converted charter aeroplane, Ed Force One, during their world tours

1960: Jacquie O'Sullivan of Bananarama is born in Hendon, London, England.

1969: The Beatles record "The End."

A Question of Balance

1970: Moody Blues released A Question of Balance

1971: Frank Zappa's "Just Another Band from L.A." is released. It's the last Zappa album to include former Turtles Howard Kaylan and Mark Volman. The two would leave to record on their own as Flo and Eddie.

1979: Led Zeppelin make their last live performance in the UK.

Born Again

1983: Born Again is released, the eleventh studio album by English heavy metal band Black Sabbath. It is the first and only album the group recorded with lead vocalist Ian Gillan,

1990: On this day in rock history, Jon Bon Jovi went solo with Blaze of Glory, the 1990 soundtrack to the movie Young Guns II. Its title track went to No. 1, and the singer made a brief cameo in the film.

-Extreme released Pornograffiti, which featured the blockbusters, "More Than Words" and "Hole Hearted."

2002: Yes were given a day in their honor in the city of Philadelphia.