SEPTMEBER 26

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
1967 - Shannon Hoon, lead singer and harmonica, kazoo and acoustic guitar player with the Capitol Records band Blind Melon, is born Richard Shannon Hoon in Lafayette, Indiana

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1955 - Capitol Records releases Judy Garland's first Capitol Records album, "Miss Show Business"
1962 - The Kingston Trio record the track "The First Time (Ever I Saw Your Face)" for their Capitol Records album "New Frontier". Ten years later Roberta Flack would cover the song.
1966 - Singer and songwriter Dobie Gray signs with Capitol Records
1969 - The Beatles' last recorded studio album "Abbey Road" is released by Apple Records and distributed by Capitol Records in the United States
1974 - Apple Records releases John Lennon's album "Walls And Bridges" with Capitol Records handling distribution in the United States
1995 - Capitol Records releases Jill Sobule's track "Supermodel", from the soundtrack album released by Capitol for the movie "Clueless", as a 7" jukebox 45rpm single with The Smoking Pope's track "Need You Around", which was also on the soundtrack album, as the flip side
1995 - Capitol Records releases The Kingston Trio compilation "The Capitol Years"
1997 - A memorial service is held for one time Capitol Records artist Jimmy Witherspoon at the True Vine Baptist Church1437 in Inglewood, California
2000 - Capitol Records releases the Frank Sinatra box set, "Frank Sinatra - Concepts" which contains all 16 of Sinatra's Capitol Concepts albums digitally remastered and replaces the previous, limited-run, wooden "Concepts" box
2006 - Sean Lennon appears on "The Late Show with David Letterman" to promote his new album "Friendly Fire" whose release has been delayed to October 3 from it's original September 26 date
2006 - Capitol Records releases: Saosin's self-titled album as a standard CD and as a CD and DVD set that includes videos of songs on the album; the soundtrack to the motion picture "The U.S. VS John Lennon"; Peggy Lee's compilation album "Christmas With Peggy Lee"; and re-releases George Harrison's "Living In A Material World" as a digitally remasterd CD and as a CD and DVD set that includes a live performance of "Give Me Love" as well as a rare photos that play to other songs
2006 - Capitol Jazz re-releases, as part of its "The Great Jazz Vocal Collection", Dinah Shore and Andre Previn's Capitol Records album "Dinah Sings Previn Plays", June Christy's Capitol Records album "The Intimate Miss Christy", Sue Raney's Capitol Records album "All By Myself", Irene Kral and Herb Pomeroy's United Artists album "The Band And I", and Julie London's Liberty Records album "Around Midnight". Capitol Jazz is a Blue Note label, which is currently a subsidiary of Capitol Records. The Liberty and United Artists catalogs are currently owned by Capitol Records.

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1928 - Julie London, singer, actress, wife of actor and television producer Jack Webb and later actor, record producer, composer and pianist Bobby Troupe, and Liberty Records artist, is born Julie Peck in Santa Rosa, California
1969 - Drummer Elvin Jones, with Joe Farrell on tenor saxophone, flute and english horn, George Coleman on tenor saxophone, Pepper Adams on baritone saxophone, Wilbur Little on bass, and Candido Camero on congas, records the tracks "Mr. Jones", "Yes" without Camero, "Agappe Love", "Whew" without Adams and Camero, and "Agenda", at the Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, with producer Francis Wolff and recording engineer Rudy Van Gelder. The tracks would appear on Jones' Blue Note Records albums "Mr. Jones" and "Polycurrents". Blue Notes catalog is currently owned by Capitol Records
1972 - Ras Kass, singer, rapper and Priority Records artist, is born in Los Angeles, California. Priority Records is currently owned by Capitol Records.
2006 - EMI Classics releases Paul McCartney's fourth classical album "Ecce Cor Meum"

ON THIS DAY NOT IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1898 - Composer George Gershwin is born Jacob Gershowitz in Brooklyn, New York