MAY 17

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL HISTORY
1932 - Blue Note artist (1959-1967) and alto saxophonist Jackie McLean is born John Lenwood McLean in New York City
1947 - Roy Rogers marries Dale Evans and both would become Capitol Records recording artists as a duo and as solo artists
1953 - The original Broadway cast album of Cole Porters "Can-Can" is recorded to be released on Capitol Records
1971 - Paul McCartney's second solo album "Ram" is released
1976 - Dr. Hook's single "Only Sixteen", with "Let Me Be Your Lover" on the flip side, is certified Gold by the R.I.A.A.

ON THIS DAY NOT IN CAPITOL HISTORY
1846 - The saxophone is patented by Antoine Joseph Sax
1962 - Tracy Bryn, member of the band Voice Of The Beehive and daughter of Bruce Belland of the Capitol Records band The Four Preps, is born in Encino, California
1963 - Joan Baez and Bob Dylan perform at The Newport Jazz Festival
2002 - Sharon Sheely, songwriter ("Poor Little Fool", "Something Else, "Hurry Up", etc.) and fiancee of Eddie Cochran, dies of complications following a cerebral hemorrhage in Los Angeles at age 62. Sheely was also injured in the same London taxi cab crash that killed Cochran and injured Gene Vincent.