JULY 8

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1950 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Mona Lisa", with "The Greatest Inventor Of Them All" (I still haven't been able to get my hands on a copy of this song on CD yet) now on the flip side, hits #1 on the singles chart. The song was written by Ray Evans and Jay Livingston for the Paramount Pictures movie "Captain Carey USA" (which I also haven't been able to find on DVD), starring Alan Ladd.
1957 - Composer and arranger Johnny Richards continues recording tracks in New York City for his Capitol Records album "Wide Range" with Burt Collins, Jerry Kail, Paul Cohen, and Doug Mettome, on trumpets; Jimmy Cleveland, Jim Dahl, and Frank Rehak, on trombones; Al Antonucci on french horn; Jay McAllister on tuba; Gene Quill on alto saxophone; Frank Socolow on tenor saxophone; Billy Slapin on baritone saxophone and piccolo; Shelly Gold on bass saxophone; Hank Jones on piano; Chet Amsterdam on bass; Maurice Marks on drums; and Willie Rodriguez on tympani
1958 - The Capitol Records original motion picture soundtrack for "Oklahoma!" is the first album certified Gold by the R.I.A.A. At this time, the R.I.A.A. awards a Gold album for $1 million in sales based on the manufacturer's wholesale price and one million copies sold. In 1975 the requirement for number of copies sold is reduced to 500,000 with $1 million in sales.
1964 - Buck Owens records the track "Dont Let Her Know"
1966 - The Beatles' Capitol Records album "Yesterday And Today" is certified Gold by the R.I.A.A.
2002 - The Vines' first Capitol Records album "Highly Evolved" is released. The video for the album's first single, "Get Free", is directed by Roman Coppola.
2003 - Capitol Records releases the original motion picture soundtrack for "How To Deal" which includes tracks from Capitol Records artists Syke Sweetnam and Liz Phair

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1935 - EMI (Ireland) is formed