JULY 14

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1942 - Capitol Records' first released singles are reviewed in Down Beat Magazine
1957 - At 7 PM on a Sunday, CBS Radio Network broadcasts the first episode of "The Stan Freberg Show" as a summer replacement for Jack Benny featuring the voices of Daws Butler, June Foray, Peter Leeds, and Freberg himself. Capitol Records will later release a "best of" album of the show. Joe Bevilcqua has put up a Daws Butler tribute site that has a great article about the show.
1966 - The Beatles' single "Paperback Writer" is certified Gold by The R.I.A.A.
1975 - Arthur James "Zutty" Singleton, New Orleans born Jazz drummer and Capitol Records solo and session artist, dies at age 77 in New York, New York
1992 - Capitol Records releases Megadeth's album "Countdown To Extinction" which will eventually sell over 2 million copies and be certified Double Platinum by the R.I.A.A.
1997 - An article in Jet Magazine reports that EMI Group has closed EMI Records America and Enclave Records. Enclave was folded into Virgin Records and EMI Records America remaining acts and some staff were split between Virgin and Capitol Records.
1998 - Capitol Records and Grand Royal Records release The Beastie Boys album "Hello Nasty"
1999 - Gar Samuelson, original drummer (1984-1986) with Capitol Records band Megadeth, July 14, dies at the age of 41 due to "undiagnosed liver complications" at his home in Orange City, Florida

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1942 - Glenn Miller and His Orchestra record the track "Caribbean Clipper" using an arrangement by band member, trumpet player, and future Capitol Records artist Billy May
1957 - Bassist Paul Chambers (with Kenny Burrell on guitar, Hank Jones on piano, and Art Taylor on drums) records the tracks "Yesterdays", "You’d Be So Nice To Come Home To", "Chasin’ The Bird", "Dear Old Stockholm", "The Theme", and "Confessin’ (I’m Confessin’ That I Love You)", for his Blue Note Records album "Bass On Top", and "Chamber Mates", which was finally released by Mosaic Records on its "Mosaic Select: Paul Chambers" box set, with producer Alfred Lion and recording engineer Rudy Van Gelder at The Van Gelder Studio in Hackensack, New Jersey. Capitol Records currently owns the Blue Note Records catalog.
1965 - Spencer Williams, jazz pianist, singer and composer, including "Basin Street Blues" and Capitol Records' first single's A side "I Found A New Baby" which was recorded by Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra, dies in Flushing, New York at age 75
1998 - Blue Note Records releases the 2 CD set by the Gerry Mulligan Quartet "The Original Quartet With Chet Baker" which contains all 42 tracks they recorded for Pacific Jazz Records. Capitol Records currently owns the Pacific Jazz catalog.
2001 - The last original Bozo The Clown episode, titled "Bozo: 40 Years of Fun!", airs on WGN as a prime-time special