MAY 12

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
1950 - Capitol Records artist (1980 -1993) and guitarist Billy Squier is born in Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts, and recently was touring as part of Ringo Starr & His All Starr Band

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL HISTORY
1949 - On NBC's radio show, The Martin and Lewis Show, Dean and Jerry are at Capitol Records to record a new tune and get tips on how to sing folk songs from guest Burl Ives
1954 - 20th Century Fox releases the movie "Three Coins In A Fountain" with Frank Sinatra singing the title song over the opening credits
1960 – Frank Sinatra and Elvis Presley sing each other's hits on Sinatra's "Timex Spectacular" television special. Elvis sings "Witchcraft," and Frank sings "Love Me Tender."
1963 - The Beatles lip sync "From Me To You" and "I Saw Her Standing There" at a taping for TV show "Thank Your Lucky Stars." that wil air May 18
1968 - John Lennon and Paul McCartney hold the first board meeting of Apple Corps in a Chinese junk sailing around New York's Statue of Liberty.
1979 - The Motels sign with Capitol Records
1986 - Glass Tiger's single "Don't Forget Me (When I'm Gone)" with Bryan Adams lending vocals for the duet, with "Ancient Evenings" and "Large Hole" on the flip side, hits #1 on the Candian charts. The single was released on Capitol in Canada and Manhattan Records in the U.S where it would peak at #2 on the U.S. Billboard chart and go on to win the 1986 Juno Award in Canada for "Single Of The Year".
1997 - Paul McCartney's album "Flaming Pie" is released in the U.K. and will be released May 27 in the U.S.

ON THIS DAY NOT IN CAPITOL HISTORY
1928 - Songwriter Burt Bacharach is born Burt Freeman Bacharach Kansas City, Missouri
1942 - Singer and leader of Kilburn and the High Roads and The Blockheads, Ian Dury, is born in Upminster Essex, England
1942 - Singer and musician Billy Swan is born in Cape Giradeau, Missouri and currently resides in Sherman Oaks, CA,
1948 - Singer, songwriter, musician and Virgin Records artist Steve Winwood, also a member of the bands Spenser Davis Group, Traffic, Blind Faith and Ginger Bakers' Army, is born Stephen Lawrence Winwood in Great Barr, Birmingham, England
1965 – The Rolling Stones begin the initial recordings of "Satisfaction" at Chess Studios in Chicago.
1971 - Tor Johnson, professional wrestler as well as an actor in many of Ed Wood's films dies at age 67 in San Fernando California of a heart attach and is buried in Eternal Valley Memorial Park, Newhall, California, USA, in the Whispering Pines section, #177 E.
1971 – Mick Jagger marries Bianca Perez Morena de Macias in St. Tropez, France with the rest of the Rolling Stones, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, and others as guests.