JANUARY 10

HAPPY BIRTHDAY
1925 - Max Roach, percussionist, drummer, composer, teacher, co-founder of Debut Records with Charles Mingus, and Capitol Records artist (with Miles Davis' Nonet on some of the "Birth Of The Cool" sessions), is born Maxwell Lemuel Roach in New Land, North Carolina
1927 - Gisele MacKenzie, singer, violinist, radio, television, and musical theatre performer, and Capitol Records artist (1953-1960), is born Gisèle Marie-Louise Marguerite LaFlèche in Winipeg, Manitoba, Canada
1927 - John Raitt, singer, Broadway and motion picture actor, Capitol Records artist (1957) and father of Capitol Records artist Bonnie Raitt, is born in Santa Ana, California
1943 - Jim Croce, singer, songwriter, guitarist, and Capitol Records artist as part of a duo with his wife Ingrid, is born James Joseph Croce in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1949 - Capitol Records opens its own recording studios at 5515 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, California in the former KHJ Radio studios. The site is currently home to the studios of television station KCAL, Channel 9.
1956 - Frank Sinatra, with arranger Nelson Riddle conducting the orchestra, records the tracks "Pennies From Heaven", "How About You?", "We'll Be Together Again", and "You're Getting To Be A Habit With Me" at Capitol Records' Melrose Avenue studios in Hollywood, California for his Capitol Records album "Songs For Swingin' Lovers"
1966 - Capitol Records releases Peter and Gordon's single "Woman" with "Wrong From The Start" on the flip side
1988 - Dan Seals' Capitol Records single "One Friend", with "Bop" on the flip side, is #1 on Billboard's Country Singles chart
1993 - Garth Brooks' Liberty Records single "Somewhere Other Than The Night", with "Mr. Right" on the flip side, is #1 on Billboard's Country Singles chart. Liberty Records is know known as Capitol Records Nashville.
2007 - The United States Post Offices issues a commerative stamp featuring a portrait of one-time Capitol Records artist Ella Fitzgerald.

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1944 - Frank Sinatra, Jr., singer, band leader, and son of future Capitol Records artist Frank Sinatra and his wife Nancy, is born Franklin Wayne Sinatra in Jersey City, New Jersey
1947 - Johnny Mercer (with The Pied Pipers and Wingy Manone on additional vocals, and Paul Weston and His Orchestra) records the track "Tuscaloosa Bus" and (with just The Pied Pipers on additional vocals and Weston and His Orchestra) the tracks "Avalon" and "I Do Do Do Like You" in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records
1953 - Pat Benatar, singer and Chrysalis Records artist is born Patricia Andrzejewski in Brooklyn, New York. Chrysalis' catalog is currently owned by Capitol Records' parent company, EMI Music.

ON THIS DAY NOT IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1904 - Ray Bolger, singer, dancer, Broadway, motion picture, and television actor, is born Raymond Wallace Bulcão in Dorchester, Massachusetts
1949 - The Radio Corporation of America (aka RCA, whose logo in the United States is "His Master's Voice", Capitol Records' parent company EMI's corporate logo in the rest of the world) announces that it has developed a seven-inch vinyl record to be played at 45 rpm and will be the first record company to release its artists' tracks using the format. Capitol Records will join them quickly, becoming the first record company to release its artists' tracks (including full albums) in the 33, 45, and 78 rpm formats.
1982 - Ronnie Milsap's RCA single "I Wouldn't Have Missed It For The World", with "It Happens Every Time" is #1 on Billboard's Country Singles chart. The track was remastered and released in 2000 on Milsap's Virgin Records 2 CD compilation "40 #1 Hits". Virgin Records is a subsidiary of Capitol Records.