OCTOBER 27, 2007

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
1927 - Lee Greenwood, vocalist, keyboardist, banjo player, bass player, guitarist, saxophonist, and Capitol Records artist (1990-1993), is born in Southgate, California
1958 - Simon LeBon, lyricist and singer with the Capitol Records band Duran Duran, is born Simon John Charles Le Bon in in Bushey, Hertfordshire, England

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1947 - Nappy Lamare's Levee Loungers (John Best on trumpet, Lou McGarity on trombone, Matty Matlock on clarinet, Doc Rando on alto saxophone, Eddie Miller on tenor saxophone, Marvin Ash on piano, Nappy Lamare on guitar, Artie Shapiro on bass, and Ray Bauduc on drums), record the tracks "South Rampart Street Parade", "Come Back Sweet Papa" (arranged by Matty Matlock), "Here Comes Your Pappy" (with vocal by Nappy Lamare), and "Mama Inez (Ay Mama Ines)" (with vocal Nappy Lamare), in Los Angeles, California which will be released as two singles by Capitol Records
1953 - Capitol Records artist Frank Sinatra separates from his second wife, actress Ava Gardner, whom he'll divorce in 1957
1962 - Capitol Records artist Sonny James joins The Grand Old Opry
1979 - Jimmie Skinner, singer, songwriter, guitarist, radio show host, music store owner, and Capitol Records artist (1950-1953), dies from a heart attack in Hendersonville, Kentucky at age 70
1998 - Capitol Records releases Linda McCartney's posthumous compilation album "Wide Prarie" that was compiled by Paul McCartney
1999 - Frank Denny De Vol, composer of television and movie themes ("My Three Sons", "Brady Bunch"), arranger (Nat "King" Cole's "Nature Boy"), conductor, band leader, and Capitol Records artist, dies at age 88 of congestive heart failure in a nursing home in Lafayette, California. A memorial service was held later at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Hollywood Hills, California.
2006 - Eddy Medora (born Edward Stephen Medora), saxophone player, singer, songwriter, and lead guitarist with the Tower Records group The Sunrays, dies of a heart attack or following a brief respiratory illness, at the age of 60 in Los Angeles, California. Murray Wilson, father of Brian, Dennis and Carl Wilson of the Beach Boys, produced and managed the Sunrays after his sons fired him. Capitol Records created the Tower label to release Sunrays recordings. If anyone knows Eddy's birthday (sometime in November 1945) please leave a comment.

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1984 - Former Capitol Records artist Rick Springfield marries recording studio receptionist Barbara Porter