APRIL 28

"LET'S HAVE A PARTY!" - WANDA JACKSON LIVE!
Jackson, the Queen of Rock 'n' Roll and a Capitol Records artist from 1956 to 1973, was on stage at 7:00 pm in the Jensen Concert Hall at the Stephens Performing Arts Center at the Idaho State University in Pocatello. Any first hand accounts would be appreciated!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
1926 - Hey you "School House Rock!" fans, 80 years ago this day, vocalist/pianist/songwriter, Blossom Dearie was born in East Durham, NY. She recorded one album for Capitol in 1964, "May I Come In?", which is currently available on Blue Note records.

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL HISTORY
1949 - Smiley Burnette signs with Capitol
1957 - Gene Vincent receives a gold record from Capitol during a show in Chicago for sales of over 2 million of "Be-Bop-A-Lula". The single would go on to sell over 9 million copies.
1958 - Gil Evans signs with Capitol
1965 - The Beatles receive the Grammy for "Best Vocal Performance by a Group" for "A Hard Day's Night
1973 - Pink Floyd's album "Dark Side Of The Moon" hits #1. It'll be #1 for only 1 week, but it will stay on Billboards Top 200 album chart for 741 weeks.
1985 - Sleepy Willis, who worked with Dick Curless on the Capitol album "The Soul of Dick Curless" and later would be Curless' lead guitarist, agent and manager, was inducted into the Maine Country Music Hall of Fame