JUNE 2O

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
1942 - Brian Wilson, composer, singer, musician, producer and member of Capitol Records band The Beach Boys, is born Brian Douglas Wilson at 3:45am at Centinela Hospital in Inglewood, California
1945 - Singer and Capitol Records recording artist (1969-1991) Anne Murray is born Morna Anne Murray in Springhill, Nova Scotia
1960 - John Taylor, solo artist and bass player for the Capitol Records bands Duran Duran and Power Station and Maverick Records band Neurotic Outsiders, is born Nigel John Taylor in Solihull, Warwickshire, England

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1948 - Producer, actress and daughter of Frank Sinatra, Tina Sinatra is born Christine Diane Sinatra in Los Angeles, California
1961 - EMI Records moves from Blyth Road and now operates from EMI House, 20 Manchester Square, London W1.
1965 - Heading home after finishing a show in Kansas City, Missouri, Capitol Records recording artist (solo and in a duo with his brother Charlie as the Louvin Brothers) Ira Louvin (born Lonnie Ira Loudermilk) and his fourth wife, Anne Young, are killed when the car they were riding in was hit head on by a drunk driver in Williamsburg, Missouri
1966 - Capitol Records officially releases The Beatles' album "Yesterday And Today" in the U.S. with the "trunk" cover art. Some copies, because of the rush to release, have the new art pasted over the original "butcher" cover art. Let the steaming begin! :)
1976 - After recording for the label for 27 years and 2 months, Capitol Records releases Tennessee Ernie Ford's last single, "I Been To Georgia On A Fast Train", with "Baby's Home" on the flip side
1994 - Members of the Capitol Records band The Smithereens hold an online conference with fans on Compuserve
2005 - Capitol Records Nashville recording artist Dierks Bently performs “Come A Little Closer” on ABC-TV's "Good Morning America"
2005 - Capitol Records Nashville recording artist Trace Adkins voices the role of the Cowboy on The Disney Channels' CGI cartoon series "Higglytown Heroes"
2005 - An article in Billboard magazine reports that Capitol Records Nashville CFO Tom Becci has been promoted to COO for the label, where he’ll oversee Capitol Records Nashville's financial operations as well as overall label operations
2006 - Capitol Records releases in the U.S. the debut self-titled album of Leeds, UK singer, songwriter and musician Corrine Bailey Rae

ON THIS DAY NOT IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1844 - Tom Dula, on whose life and death the song "Tom Dooley" is based, is born Thomas C. Dula in Reedy Branch, Wilkes County, North Carolina
1948 - Ed Sullivan's CBS television series "The Toast Of The Town" debuts with guests Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis, who will sign with Capitol Records in exactly two months on August 20, 1948
1960 - WGN-TV Chicago's "Bozo" show debuts as a live half-hour program weekdays at noon, starring Bob Bell as Bozo (Chicago's Bozo until 1984) who performs comedy sketches and introduces cartoons