JULY 1

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
1908 - Alvino Rey, inventor of the amplified guitar at age 15, steel pedal guitarist, popularized the use of the Sonovox to make his steel guitar "talk", band leader, husband of Louise King of the Capitol Records recording group The King Sisters, and Capitol Records artist (1946-1959)is born Alvin McBurney in Oakland, California

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1942 - Capitol Records releases it's first nine 78rpm shellac singles:
101. A Side “I Found A New Baby” - Paul Whiteman and his Orchestra (with Buddy Weed on piano) with “The General Jumped At Dawn” - Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra on the B Side
102. A Side “Cow-Cow Boogie” - Freddie Slack and His Orchestra with vocal by Ella Mae Morse with “Here You Are” - Freddie Slack and his Orchestra on the B Side
103. A Side “Strip-Polka” - vocal by Johnny Mercer with “The Air-Minded Executive” - vocal Johnny Mercer on the B Side
104. A Side “Johnny Doughboy Found A Rose In Ireland” - vocal Dennis Day with “Phil, The Fluters Ball” - vocal Dennis Day on the B Side
105. A Side “The Angels Cried” - vocal Martha Tilton and The Mellowaires with “I’ll Remember April” - vocal Martha Tilton with Gordon Jenkins and his Orchestra on the B Side
106. A Side “He Wears A Pair Of Silver Wings” - vocal Connie Haines with “I'm Always Chasing Rainbows” - Gordon Jenkins and his Orchestra on the B Side
107. A Side “Elk’s Parade” - Bobby Sherwood and his Orchestra with “I Don’t Know Why” - Bobby Sherwood and his Orchestra on the B Side
108. A Side “Serenade In Blue” - vocal Martha Tilton with Paul Whiteman and his Orchestra with “I’ve Got A Gal In Kalamazoo” - Paul Whiteman and his Orchestra - vocal The Mellowaires on the B Side
109. A Side “Windmill Under The Stars” - Johnnie Johnston with “Conchita Lopez” - Johnnie Johnston on the B Side
All nine releases are listed in a July 11, 1942 Billboard Magazine ad placed by Modern Music Sales Company.
1954 - Capitol Records in America terminates its relationship with Lockwood Miller, owner of all shares of Capitol Records of Canada Ltd. and rights to the name since 1949, and forms Capitol Records Distributors of Canada Limited with head office in Toronto, branch office in Montreal and three independent distributors in the west
1957 - Nat "King" Cole with vocals by The McCoy Boys' single "Send For Me", with orchestra conducted and arranged by Billy May, and with "My Personal Possession" ( recorded with The Four Knights) with arrangement by Nelson Riddle on the flip side, enters Billboard's R&B singles chart which it will top for two weeks.
1963 - The Beatles record the track "She Loves You" at Abbey Road Studios in London, England with producer George Martin
1964 - United Artist Records announces that The Beatles' soundtrack to "A Hard Days Night" has sold 1 million copies in just 4 days
1966 - Dick Curless and Kay Adams record their album "A Devil Like Me Needs An Angel Like You" with produced by Buck Owens at The Capitol Tower Studios
1968 - Capitol Records released Buck Owens' album "Sweet Rosie Jones"
1968 - Tower Records, a subsidiary of Capitol Records, releases The Main Attraction's album "And Now The Main Attraction"
1969 - Capitol Records of Canada releases "Franck Pourcel's album "The Way It Used To Be"
1976 - Natalie Cole's Capitol Records album "Natalie" is certified Gold by the R.I.A.A.
1978 - Bhaskar Menon becomes Chief Executive of EMI Music Europe and International in London and Capitol Industries in America
1987 - Capitol Records releases The Beatles' album "Magical Mystery Tour" on CD
1997 - Capitol Records releases John Hiatt's album "Little Head", his last for Capitol
1997 - Capitol Records releases Radiohead's debut album "OK Computer" in the U.S.