John Cale was born in Ammanford, Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK on March 9th of 1942.

He’s a musician, songwriter, singer, and producer who was among the founding members of the legendary 1960s rock band The Velvet Underground.

He left the band after their first two albums: 1967′s The Velvet Underground and Nico and 1968′s White Light/White Heat.

Cale had co-songwriting credits on “Sunday Morning,” “The Black Angel’s Death Song,” “European Son,” “The Gift,” “Here She Comes Now,” and “Sister Ray.”

The Velvet Underground & Nico is considered by many music critics to be among the greatest albums of all time. It was ranked #13 all time in Rolling Stone magazine’s list of the 500 greatest albums of all time (from 2003.) It’s ranked as the 4th greatest album of all time by the members of the RateYourMusic.com website.

Cale gets much credit as the primary producer and as the man behind the musical arrangements and experimental sound of the album.

Cale has released about 30 solo albums over the past 40 years and he has worked with artists such as Brian Eno, The Stooges, Nick Drake, and John Cage.

His three most highly reviewed solo albums on the RateYourMusic.com website are 1973′s Paris 1919, 1974′s Fear, and 1992′s Fragments of a Rainy Season.

His most recent studio albums are 2003′s HoboSapiens and 2005′s blackAcetate.

“Paris 1919″ Live

“Cable Hogue” Live