OCTOBER 2

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
1929 - Howard Roberts, music teacher, guitar and speaker designer, motion picture and television soundtrack session guitarist, and Capitol Records artist and band leader, is born Howard Mancel Roberts in Phoenix, Arizona
1948 - Chris LeDoux, singer, songwriter, guitarist, Liberty Records and Capitol Records Nashville artist, is born in Biloxi, Mississippi
1956 - Freddie Jackson, singer, songwriter, and Capitol Records artist (1985-1993) is born Frederick Anthony Jackson in Harlem, New York City, New York

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1956 - The Andrew Sisters record the track "Bei Mir Bist Du Schon (Means You're Grand)" for Capitol Records at The Capitol Records Tower in Hollywood, California with an orchestra conducted by Vic Schoen
1967 - Capitol Records Canada, as part of its 6000 series, releases the mono and stereo versions of Pink Floyd's album "Pipers At The Gates Of Dawn". Tower Records, a division of Capitol Records, will release the album in the United Stateson October 21, 1967
1979 - The Odyssey Theatre Ensemble, with John Stewart giving a brief narrative, begins a two day recording session of a live performance of the theatrical arrangement of the original trial transcripts of "The Chicago Conspiracy Trial" in Studio A at The Capitol Tower Studios in Hollywood, California with producer Nik Venet which Capitol Records will release as a two album set in early 1980.
1982 - Duran Duran's Capitol Records EP "Carnival", containing remixes of some of the songs from the original release of the band's album "Rio" released on the Harvest label in the United States, becomes the first EP to enter Billboard's album chart, where it will appear for one week at #98
1990 - Capitol Records releases Megadeth's album "Rust In Peace"
1991 - Tanya Tucker, Capitol Records Nashville artist, gives birth to her son Beau Grayson Tucker

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1935 - Bob Kelly, singer, guitarist, and songwriter ("Git It" and “Somebody Help Me" were covered by Capitol Records artist Gene Vincent), is born Robert Kelly in Fort Worth, Texas
1941 - Future Capitol Records artist Dean Martin marries his first wife Elizabeth (Betty) Anne McDonald who will become mother of their children Stephen (Craig), born June 29, 1942; Claudia, born March 16, 1944; Barbara (Gail), born April 11, 1945; and Deana (Dina), born August 19, 1948
1945 - Don MacLean, singer, songwriter and United Artists Records artist, is born in New Rochelle, New York. United Artists' catalog is currently owned by Capitol Records.

ON THIS DAY NOT IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1951 - Sting, singer, songwriter, member of the band The Police, solo artist and motion picture producer with his wife Trudie Styler, is born Gordon Matthew Sumner in Wallsend, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England
1962 - Dimension Records, a division of Alton Records, releases The Cookies' single "Chains", with "Stranger In My Arms" on the flip side, written by Gerry Goffin and Carole King. The Beatles will add the song to their set and will record a version which will be released March 23 and April 26, 1963 on the, respectively, mono and stereo versions of their Parlophone album "Please Please Me" in the U.K., on November 1, 1963 on their Parlophone EP "No. 1" in the U.K., on January 6, 1964 and February 10, 1964 on both versions of their Vee-Jay album "Introducing The Beatles" in the United States, and on March 22, 1965 on their Capitol Records album "The Early Beatles" in the United States.