MAY 16

HAPPY 40TH ANNIVERSARY
1966 - The Beach Boys' album "Pet Sounds" is released

HAPPY 30TH ANNIVERSARY
1976 - Paul McCartney and Wings' single "Silly Love Songs", with "Cook Of The House" on the flip side, is #1 on Billboard's Singles Chart

HAPPY BIRTHDAY
1913 - Bandleader, clarinetist, and Capitol Records artist (1948 -1955) Woody Herman is born Woodrow Charles Herman in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
1949 - Bill "Sputnik" Spooner, guitarist for The Tubes and The Grateful Dead, is born William Spooner in Arizona

ALSO ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1946 - The King Cole Trio start a 13 week stint as a summer replacement for Bing Crosby's radio show "The Kraft Music Hall"
1964 - The Beatles' "P.S. I Love You", the flip side of the "Love Me Do" single released on Tollie Records in the U.S., enters Billboard's top 40 and the single "I Want To Hold Your Hand", with "This Boy" on the flip side, re-enters the chart for 1 week after leaving the chart on April 17 after a 20 week run.
1966 - The last session is held for The Beatles' track "Taxman"
1967 - Twiggy's first Capitol Records single "When I Think Of You", with "Over And Over" on the flip side, is released
1969 - Chuck Barris' Capitol Records single "Too Rich", with "I Know A Child" on the flip side, is released
1990 - One time Capitol artist Sammy Davis, Jr. dies of throat cancer at his home in Beverly Hills, California at age 64

ON THIS DAY NOT IN CAPITOL HISTORY
1929 - The first Academy Awards ceremony is held at a banquet in the Blossom Room at The Roosevelt Hotel on Hollywood Boulevard