MAY 9

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL HISTORY
1961 - Jean Shepard records the tracks "How Long Does It Hurt (When A Heart Breaks)" and "I've Got To Talk To Mary" at the Bradley Film & Recording Studio in Nashville, Tennessee
1962 - The Beatles sign a contract with Parlophone Records, a subsidiary of EMI Records, Ltd.
1966 - Paul McCartney records vocal, piano and bass guitar tracks for the ballad "For No One" for The Beatles' "Revolver" album with Ringo Starr on drums. Vocals will be overdubbed on May 16 and the French horn solo by Alan Civil of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra will be overdubbed on May 19. John and George did not participate.
1969 - John Lennon and Yoko Ono's "Unfinished Music No. 2 - Life With The Lions" is released in the U.K. and will be released in the U.S. on May 26
1964 - Louis Armstrong's single "Hello Dolly" becomes #1 on Billboard's chart, knocking The Beatles out of the #1 spot for the first time in 14 weeks. Starting February 1, their singles "I Want To Hold Your Hand" held top for 7 weeks, "She Loves You" for 2 weeks and "I Want To Hold Your Hand" had held the top spot for 5 weeks.
1986 - The Smithereens sign with Capitol

THIS DAY NOT IN CAPITOL HISTORY
1949 - Billy Joel is born William Martin Joel in Levitown (near Hicksville), Long Island, New York
1949 - Columbia Records releases the Original Broadway Cast album of "South Pacific" featuring Mary Martin and Ezio Pinza
1957 - Eight years later to the day Ezio Pinza, who had an earlier career as a reknowned bass opera singer, dies in Stamford, Connecticut nine days before his sixty-fifth birthday