JUNE 23

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
1940 - Stuart Sutcliffe, artist and original bassist for The Beatles, is born Stuart Fergusson Victor Sutcliffe in Edinburgh, Scotland. Sarah Sutcliffe runs a very comprehensive site about Stuart.

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1951 - Nat "King" Cole's Single "Too Young", with "That's My Girl" hits #1 on Billboard's singles chart and will stay for 5 weeks
1956 - Gene Vincent and His Blue Cap's single "Be-Bop-A-Lula" enters the top 40 of Billboard's singles chart
1960 - The Kingston Trio records "The White Snows Of Winter" and "Sing We Noel" at The Capitol Tower Studios in Hollywood, California with producer Voyle Gilmore and engineer Pete Abbot for their album "The Last Month Of The Year"
1962 - The Kingston Trio perform a live concert at The Hollywood Bowl, Hollywood, California
1969 - The Beach Boys' single "Break Away" (written by Murry Wilson), with "Celebrate The News" on the flip side, is released by Capitol Records
1979 - The Knack's debut Capitol Records single "My Sharona", with "Let Me Out" on the flip side, enters Billboard's Hot 100 chart
1984 - Duran Duran's single “The Reflex“ with "New Religion" on the flip side, hits #1 on Billboard's singles chart
2000 - Singer Carnie Wilson of the SBK/Capitol Records recording group "Wilson Phillips", and daughter of Brian Wilson, marries Rob Bonfiglio
2003 - The JVC Jazz Festival New York presents "There'll Be Another Spring: A Tribute To Miss Peggy Lee" at Carnegie Hall in New York City

ON THIS DAY NOT IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1957 - Tenor saxophonist records the tracks "Mighty Moe And Joe", "News", "Bag's Groove", "Double Exposure" and "Falling In Love With Love" with Bill Hardman on trumpet, Curtis Porter (aka Shafi Hadi) on alto and tenor saxophone, Sonny Clark on piano, Paul Chambers on bass and Art Taylor on drums for Mobley's self titled Blue Note Records album. The session was produced by Alfred Lion and engineered by Rudy Van Gelder at the Van Gelder Studio in Hackensack, New Jersey