MAY 13

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
1953 - Tom Cochrane, lead singer of the Canadian band Red Rider and solo artist on Capitol Records and EMI Records, is born in Lynn Lake, Manitoba, Canada

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL HISTORY
1907 - Madame (later Dame) Nellie Melba lays the foundation stone for the Power House at the Hayes factory site of The Gramaphone and Typewriter Ltd., a company that would later become EMI.
1954 - Frank Sinatra records the tracks "Half As Lovely (Twice As Nice)" "It Worries Me", and "The Gal That Got Away" with Nelson Riddle providing the arrangements
1966 - Time Magazine runs an article about Capitol Records artist Mrs. Elva Miller and her upcoming appearance on the Ed Sullivan show (May 14, 1966)
1970 - The Beatles' film "Let It Be" is released
1988 - Chet Baker, trumpetist and whose face is part of the mural on the side of The Capitol Tower, dies in Amsterdam, Holland
1988 - Backstage at Pink Floyd's concert in Werchter was a life size bulb 'man' standing between two white pillars (a plastic fern plant on each). There were electric cables running up one leg, which was used only to brighten up the dressing-room areas.

ON THIS DAY NOT IN CAPITOL HISTORY
1913 - Pianist, arranger and composer Gil Evans, is born Ian Ernest Gilmore Green (or Gilmore Ian Rodrigo Green) in Toronto, Canada. He would later take his stepfather's last name. Along with his own recordings and arranging for other bands, Evans would provide the arrangements for the Miles Davis Nonet for the tracks "Moondreams" and "Boplicity" used in the "Birth Of The Cool" sessions.
1943 - Motown singer Mary Wells is born Mary Esther Wells in Detroit, Michigan
1975 - Country swing legend Bob Willis dies of pneumonia in his Fort Worth, Texas home