MAY 22

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
Buddy Alan, singer, songwriter, guitarist, Capitol Records artist (1968-1976), son of Buck and Bonnie Owens and step-son of Merle Haggard, is born Alvis Alan Owens in Mesa, Arizona

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1965 - The Beatles' single "Ticket to Ride", with "Yes, It Is" on the flip side, hits #1 on Billboard's singles chart
1972 - The Raspberries' second single from their self-titled debut album, "Go All The Way" with "With You In My Life" on the flip side, is released and will eventually peak at #5 on Billboard's singles chart
1976 - Paul McCartney & Wings' single "Silly Love Songs", with "Cook Of The House" on the flip side, hits #1 on Billboard's singles chart
1977 - Hampton Hawes, pianist and member of many jazz bands including Stan Kenton's All Stars, Shorty Rogers and his Giants, Teddy Edwards' Septet, The Bud Shank - Bill Perkins Quintet, as well as leader of his own trio, quartet, quintet, septet, and nonet, Hampton Hawes dies of a stroke at age 48 in Los Angeles, California. The Jazz Discography Project has a great discography of Hawes' work.
1977 - In Reading, Pennsylvania for a scheduled performance with his orchestra, the 65 year-old bandleader, Stan Kenton, is found at 8 p.m., unconscious, lying on the floor of the Abraham Lincoln Motor Inn. He underwent neurosurgery for a skull fracture with a blood clot on the brain.
1983 - Duran Duran's album "Rio" peaks at #2 in the U.K.
2001 - Capitol Records releases The Beach Boys' 2 CD, 58 track, album "Hawthorne, CA — Birthplace of a Musical Legacy"

ON THIS DAY NOT IN CAPITOL HISTORY
1942 - Calvin "Thang" Simon, vocalist for the bands The Parliments, Parliament and Funkadelic, and a member of the Rock 'n Roll Hall of Fame, is born in Beckley, West Virginia
1950 - Lyricist Bernie Taupin is born in Lincolnshire, England