JUNE 11

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
1940 - Joey Dee, actor and singer with Roulette Records artists Joey Dee and The Starlighters (not to be confused with The Starlighters who recorded for Capitol in the 1940's), is born Joseph DiNicola in Passaic, New Jersey. Capitol Records/EMI now owns the Roulette Records catalog. Nick & Renee DiNicola have put together a great site for Joey who still tours as Joey Dee and The Starlighters.

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL HISTORY
1942 - Tex Ritter records the tracks "(I Got Spurs That) Jingle Jangle Jingle" and "Goodbye My Little Cherokee" at has his first Capitol Records recording session (location unknown, but since Capitol was using C. P. MacGregor Studios for other artists at the time, they were probably recorded there). The tracks will be released as the A and B sides respectively of Capitol's tenth 78 rpm single in August 1942.
1946 - Peggy Lee is back at Radio Recorders in Los Angeles, California with The Four Of A Kind (Dave Barbour on guitar; Buddy Cole on piano, organ and celeste; Phil Stephens on bass; and Tom Romersa on drums) to record for radio transcription the tracks "The Best Man", "If You Were The Only Boy", "Love Doesn't Grow On Trees", "I Guess I'll Get The Papers And Go Home" and "My Sugar Is So Refined"
1956 - Bing Crosby with Buddy Bregman's Orchestra record the album "Bing Sings Whilst Bregman Swings" in The Capitol Tower studios.
1980 – Paul McCartney & Wings' single "Silly Love Songs" certified Gold by the R.I.A.A.
1985 - Neil Finn, with Nick Seymour, drummer Paul Hester, and Craig Hooper of The Reels, give peformance in Melbourne as The Mullanes (Mullane is Neil's middle name). When the group, minus Seymour, relocate to Los Angeles, the change the name of the band to Crowded House (named after their living conditions in L.A.).
1996 - Capitol Records released the 2 CD compilation album "Dean Martin - The Capitol Years" with 40 tracks including previously unreleased material and studio chatter.
2006 - According to a news item on their website, Queensryche was arrested at the Amsterdam airport for smuggling illegal firearms