NOVEMBER 18

HAPPY BIRTHDAY
1909 - Johnny Mercer, songwriter, singer, Broadway musical and radio performer, and co-founder of Capitol Records, is born John Herndon Mercer in Savannah, Georgia

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1968 - Capitol Records releases Merle Haggard & The Stranger's album "Sing Me Back Home"
1968 - Glen Campbell's Capitol Records album "Wichita Lineman" is certified Gold by the R.I.A.A.
1971 - "Little Junior" Parker (born Herman Parker), songwriter, harmonica player, band leader, and Capitol Records artist(1969), dies of a brain tumor in Chicago, Illinois
1974 - The Beach Boys record the track "Child Of Winter (Christmas Song) at Brother Studio in Santa Monica, California
1988 - Poison's Capitol Records album "Open Up And Say Ahh!" is certified triple platinum by the R.I.A.A.
2003 - Apple Records releases The Beatles album "Let It Be... Naked"

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1959 - The musical "Little Mary Sunshine" premieres Off-Broadway at the Orpheum Theatre on Second Avenue in New York City. Capitol Records will release the cast album, it's first for an Off-Broadway show.