APRIL 20 - ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL'S HISTORY
1908 - Lionel Hampton, vibes player with Benny Goodman and as a solo artist, is born in Louisville, KY.
1922 - Frank "Hylo" Brown, Jr., vocalist for Bradley Kincaid and his own bluegrass band The Timberliners, is born. Getting his nickname "Hylo" from his wide vocal range, Brown woulld go to be lead singer for Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs and was inducted into the Grand Ol' Opry, the Kentucky Hall of Fame and is the 52nd member of the SPBGMA's Preservation Hall of Greats.
1948 - Craig Frost, Grand Funk Railroad keyboardist, is born in Flint, Michigan.
1952 - Pee Wee Hunt's "Oh!" becomes a million seller.
1953 - Miles Davis recorded the alternate take of "Enigma" at WOR Studios in NYC. Besides Miles on trumpet, also at the session were Art Blakey (Drums), Jimmy Heath (tenor saxophone), J.J. Johnson (trombone), Percy Heath (double bass), Gil Coggins (piano). The session was produced by Alfred Lion and Doug Hawkins was the recording engineer.
1960 - The Kingston Trio record "Bad Man's Blunder" which is the last single to feature the line up of Dave Guard, Nick Reynold and Bob Shane. This was the first time Dave Guard recorded playing the first 12 string guitar made by Gibson, which was custom built for him. It's also the day Guard's son Tommy was born.
1960 - Pianist Horace Parlan records 7 tracks, including the title song for his "Us Three" Blue Note album at Rudy Van Gelder's Englewood Cliffs, NJ studio along with George Tucker on bass and Al Harewood on drums.
1969 - The last original episode of The Beatles' King Features Syndicate cartoon show aired on ABC. Paul Frees voiced John and George and Lance Percival did Ringo and Paul.