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Rock and Metal History, a day like today March 9

1940: John Cale, singer-songwriter of Velvet Underground and later a producer who has worked with Patti Smith and Squeeze, among others, was born in Garnet, Wales.

1944: Trevor Burton (real nameTrevor Ireson), founding member and guitarist of the Move, was born in Aston, Birmingham, England.

1945: Guitarist Robin Trower is born in London.

1964: The Beatles concluded the filming of train scenes (they traveled a total of 2,500 miles in six days) for the upcoming movie A Hard Day's Night.

1968: Bob Dylan had the top album in the U.K. with John Wesley Harding.

1968: Johnny Kelly was born.He is an American musician, best known as the former drummer of gothic metal band Type O Negative. He is the current drummer for the bands Silvertomb, A Pale Horse Named Death, Kill Devil Hill, Danzig,and Quiet Riot.

1970: Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young released the single "Woodstock".

1970: Shannon Leto was born in Bossier City, Louisiana. He is an American musician and songwriter best known as the drummer of rock band Thirty Seconds to Mars. He co-founded the group in 1998 in Los Angeles, California, with his younger brother Jared.

1970: After changing their name from Earth, Black Sabbath made their live debut at the Roundhouse in London.

1985: Mick Jagger released his solo single “Just Another Night.” It was a number 12 hit in the US and number 32 on the UK charts.

1987: U2 released the album The Joshua Tree and the single "With Or Without You".

1991: The Clash rose to #1 in the U.K. with their song that they first released in 1982--"Should I Stay Or Should I Go". The song picked up new popularity due to a television advertisement.

1995: Radiohead kicked off a 13 date UK tour to promote — 1995 – Radiohead kicked off a 13 date UK tour to promote their new album ‘The Bends’.