OCTOBER 13, 2007

HAPPY BIRTHDAYS!
1909 - Art Tatum, pianist and Capitol Records artist (1949-1952) is born Arthur Tatum, Jr. in Toledo, Ohio
1947 - Sammy Hagar, singer, guitarist, with the band Van Halen, and Capitol Records solo artist (1976-1980), is born Samuel Roy Hagar (in Monterey, California
1959 - Marie Osmond, television actress and host, singer, sister of Capitol Records artist Donny Osmond, and Capitol Records artist (1986-1990) is born Olive Marie Osmond in Ogden, Utah

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS
1945 - Tex Ritter's Capitol Records single (with much help by future Capitol Records artist Wesley Tuttle during the recording session)"You Two-Timed Me One Time Too Often", with "Green Grow The Lilacs" on the flip side, tops the U.S. country charts. Both tracks were produced by Lee Gillette at C. P. MacGregors Studios at 729 S. Western Avenue in Los Angeles, California
1947 - Ten Cats And A Mouse (Dave Barbour on trumpet; Billy May and Bobby Sherwood on trombone; Paul Weston on clarinet; Eddie Miller alto saxophone; Benny Carter on tenor saxophone; Dave Cavanaugh on baritone saxophone; Red Norvo on piano; Hal Derwin on guitar; Frank DeVol on bass; and Peggy Lee on drums) record the tracks "Ja-Da" and "Three O'Clock Jump" in Los Angeles for Capitol Records
1950 - The Four Freshman record the track “Mr. B’s Blues” for their first Capitol Records single which will be released in November 1950 with "Then I'll Be Happy" on the flip side.
1958 - Dean Martin records the tracks "Dream", "Cuddle Up A Little Closer", "Good Night Sweetheart", and "Dream a Little Dream of Me" for his Capitol Records album "Sleep Warm" with producer Lee Gillette and Frank Sinatra conducting the orchestra (Alfred Viola on guitar; Joseph G. 'Joe' Comfort on bass; Alvin A. Stoller on drums; Ken Lane and William 'Bill' Miller on piano; Elizabeth Greensporn and Edgar 'Ed' Lustgarten on cello; Kathryn Julye on harp; Alvin Dinkin and Louis Kievman on viola; Victor Arno, Harry Bluestone, Jacques Gasselin, Seymour Kramer, Carl LaMagna, Daniel 'Dan' Lube, Amerigo Marino, and Paul C. Shure on violin; Jack Cave on french horn; Herman C. Gunkler, Dale Issenhuth, Jules Jacob, Abraham E. Most, and Theodore M. 'Ted' Nash on saxphone) at The Capitol Tower Studios, in Hollywood, California
1961 - Judy Garland records the tracks "Comes Once In A Lifetime" and "Sweet Danger" for her Capitol Records album "The Garland Touch"
1965 - The Beatles record the track "Drive My Car" which will appear on the Parlophone version of their album "Rubber Soul" in the U.K. and in the U.S. on their Capitol Records album "Yesterday and Today"
1968 - John Lennon records the track "Julia" for The Beatles' self-titled Apple Records album (aka "The White Album")
1973 - Capitol Records releases Tennessee Ernie Ford's single "Smokey Taverns, Bar Room Girls" with "The Devil Ain't A Lonely Woman's Friend" on the flip side
1980 - Capitol Records releases The Beatles' compilation album "The Beatles' Ballads"
1980 - Capitol Records Canada releases Prism's compilaton album "Greatest Hits"

ON THIS DAY NOT IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1925 - Lenny Bruce, comedian, is born Leonard Alfred Schneider in Long Island, New York. A recording of one of Bruce's UK appearances was to be released in the U.K. by Zapple Records, a division of Apple Records, but the label was shut down by Allen Klein in 1969 and the record was never completed.
1974 - Ed Sullivan, (born Edward Vincent Sullivan), newpaper sportswriter and theater columnist, newsreel gossip columnist, radio and television host, dies of esophageal cancer in New York City at age 73 and is later interred in the Ferncliff Cemetery, Hartsdale, New York.