Wednesday, June 21, 2006

JUNE 21

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
1921 - Actress and singer Judy Holiday is born Judith Tuvim at Manhattan's Lying-in Hospital in New York. She would appear with co-star Dean Martin on Capitol Records' original motion picture soundtrack album "Bells Are Ringing".

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1948 - Capitol Records releases Margaret Whiting's single "A Tree In The Meadow" with Whiting's vocals dubbed in Los Angeles over an instrumental track recorded by Frank DeVol in London, getting around the second Petrillo recording ban. The track would eventually hit #1 on Billboard's singles chart on August 21, 1948. "I'm Sorry, But I'm Glad" is on the flip side.
1966 - The Beatles record "She Said She Said" at Abbey Road Studios between 7 PM and 3:45 AM
1971 - Capitol Records releases Buck Owens' album "Buck Owens, Ruby"
1975 - Glen Campbell's single version of Larry Weiss' "Rhinestone Cowboy", with "Lovelight" on the flip side enters Billboard's singles chart and will hit #1 on September 6, 1975
1989 - Capitol Records releases Buck Owens & Ringo Starr's single "Act Naturally", with "The Key's In The Mailbox" on the flip side, that was recorded at Abbey Road Studios in London England with producers Jerry Crutchfield and Jim Shaw
1990 - Poison's album "Flesh And Blood" is released on Enigma Records and distributed by Capitol Records

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