JUNE 16

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
1939 - Billy "Crash" Craddock, Capitol Records artist (1978-1983) is born William Wayne Craddock in Greensboro, North Carolina

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORS HISTORY
1955 - Walt Disney Pictures releases "Lady And The Tramp", with lyrics and vocals by Peggy Lee. Capitol Records will later release a children's record based on the movie.
1957 - Dave Guard, Neck Reynolds, and Bob Shane form The Kingston Trio in Palo Alto, California
1963 - With John Stewart on vocals, The Kingston Trio records the tracks "Rider" and Stewart's "Those Who Are Wise" for their album "Sunny Side"
1967 - Wynn Stewart's single "It's Such A Pretty World Today" with "Goin' Steady" on the flip side, hits #1 on Billboard's Country singles chart and stays at top for two weeks
1967 - Lou Rawls performs at the opening day of The Monterey Pop Festival
1967 - Twiggy's first Capitol Records single "When I Think Of You" with "Over and Over" is released
1969 - The Beatles' single "The Ballad of John & Yoko" is certified Gold by the R.I.A.A.
1976 - The Beatles' album "Rock 'N' Roll Music" is certified Gold by the R.I.A.A.
2004 - Grand Royal Records releases The Beastie Boys album "To The Five Boroughs" with distribution by Capitol Records

ON THIS DAY NOT IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1916 - Comedy movie star Stan Laurel is born Arthur Stanley Jefferson in Ulverston, Cumbria, England
1939 - Drummer and band leader Chick Webb, born William Henry Webb, dies in John Hopkins Hospital, Balitmore Maryland after a major operation. The year of his birth is still not confirmed, so he may have been anywher from 30 to 37 years of age at the time of his death.
1959 - George Reeves, TV's Superman, dies of a gunshot wound to the head in his bedroom in Beverly Hills, California at age 45
1971 - Tupac Amaru Shakur is born Lesane Parish Crooks in Brooklyn, NY
1986 - CBS Records announces that former Capitol Records mailroom employee (1969), 36 year old Don Ienner, is the newest, and youngest ever, president of Columbia Records