OCTOBER 29, 2007

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
1945 - Melba Moore, motion picture and television actress, singer and EMI America Records (1982) and Capitol Records (1982-1986) artist, is born Beatrice Melba Hill in New York City, New York. Thanks to Ron Richardson, her manager, for the hint about her first name.

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1951 - Time magazine runs an article in its issue with today's date about the success of Les Paul and Mary Ford's new sound on Capitol Records
1962 - Capitol Records releases The Beach Boys' debut album "Surfin' Safari"
1963 - Bing Crosby begins three straight days of sessions with Bill Justis and his Orchestra to record 12 tracks for his Capitol Records album "The Great Country Hits"
1965 - The Beatles finish recording the track "We Can Work It Out" for their soundtrack album "Help!" at EMI's studios on Abbey Road in London, England
1973 - Apple Records releases John Lennon's single "Mind Games" with "Meat City" on the flip side. The single is distibuted in the United States by Capitol Records.
1987 - Woody Herman (born Woodrow Charles Herman), band leader, clarinetist, alto and soprano saxophonist, singer, Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award winner, and Capitol Records artist, dies of cardiac arrest at age 74
1996 - Apple Records releases The Beatles compilation "Anthology 3" which is distributed by Capitol Records in the United States
1996 - Capitol Records releases George Clinton's compilation album "Greatest Funkin' Hits"
1996 - Capitol Records releases Martin Denny's 2 cd compilation album "The Exotic Moods Of Martin Denny" as part of it's Ultra-Lounge series
2003 - Steve O'Rourke, manager of Capitol Records group Pink Floyd since 1968, dies in England of a stroke at age 63

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1951 - Future Capitol Records artist Frank Sinatra divorces his first wife, the former Nancy Barbato
1963 - The Joe Pass Quartet (Joe Pass on guitar, Les McCann on piano, Paul Chambers on bass, and Paul Humphrey on drums) records the tracks "Back At The Chicken Shack", "Sack O' Woe", "Groove Yard", "Groove Yard (alternate take)", and "Sonnymoon For Two", and "Shiny Stockings" at The Pacific Jazz Studios in Los Angeles, California
1992 - Fred R. Maddox, vocalist, bass player, founder of the group The Maddox Brothers & Rose, and brother of Capitol Records artist Rose Maddox, dies at age 73