OCTOBER 3, 2007

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
1950 - Ronnie Laws, jazz, blues and funk saxophone and flute player, and Blue Note Records (1975-1976, 1996-1998), United Artists (1976-1980), Liberty Records (1981) and Capitol Records artist (1982-1984), is born Ronald Laws in Houston, Texas. Blue Note, United Artists and Liberty Records' catalogs are currently owned by Capitol Music Group's parent company, EMI Music Group.

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1945 - Pianist Stan Kenton and His Orchestra (Buddy Childers and Ray Wetzel on trumpet, Vido Musso and Bob Cooper on tenor saxophone, Bob Ahern on guitar, Eddie Safranski on bass, and Robert Collier on drums) record the track "Painted Rhythm", arranged by Kenton, for Capitol Records
1948 - Margaret Whiting's Capitol Records single "A Tree In The Meadow" is #1 on Billboard's Best Selling Retail Records chart
1960 - Capitol Records releases The Kingston Trio's Christmas album "The Last Month Of The Year"
1960 - "The Andy Griffith Show", featuring Capitol Records artist Andy Griffith and United Artists Records artist Don Knotts and a spinoff of "The Danny Thomas Show", debuts on CBS-TV where it will run until 1968 when Griffith leaves the series and is replaced by Ken Berry and is retitled "Mayberry R.F.D", running with that title until 1971
1963 - John Lennon and Paul McCartney overdub vocals for the track "Little Child" in Studio Three, EMI Studios, London, England.
1965 - Sonny James' Capitol Records single "Behind The Tear", with "Runnin'" on the flip side, is #1 on the U.S. Country singles chart
1966 - Capitol Records releases Merle Haggard and The Strangers' album "Swinging Doors And The Bottle Let Me Down"
1967 - Vance Debar "Pinto" Colvig, voice actor for Walt Disney Studios and the original voice of Bozo The Clown for Capitol Records, dies of lung cancer at the age of 75 in Woodland Hills, California
1977 - Capitol Record releases Bob Welch's single "Sentimental Lady", featuring vocals by his former Fleetwood Mac bandmate Christine McVie. "Hot Love, Cold World" is on the flip side of the commercial release and a mono version of "Sentimental Lady" on the flip side of the promo single.
1988 - The documentary film "Imagine", about the creation of John Lennon's album, premieres in Hollywood, California
1992 - Liberty Records (later renamed Capitol Records Nashville) releases Garth Brooks' album "The Chase"
1994 - Liberty Records (later renamed Capitol Records Nashville) releases Suzy Bogguss with Chet Atkins' album "Simpatico"
2000 - Capitol Records releases Radiohead's album "Kid A" in the United States
2001 - Capitol Records Nashville artist Keith Urban receives the Australian Recording Industry's Achievement Award
2003 - "The Concert For George" (the film of the George Harrison tribute show) opens
2006 - Capitol Records releases The Decemberists' debut album "The Crane Wife", Sean Lennon's album "Friendly Fire" as a CD/DVD 2 disc set, Pink Floyd's compilation "Echoes - The Best Of Pink Floyd" as a 2 CD set, and The Pet Shop Boys' compilation "The Pet Shop Boys - The Hits - Pop Art" as a 2 CD Set.
2006 - Angel Records releases Sarah Brightman's compilation "Diva - The Singles Collection" both as a CD and as a seperate DVD title. Angel Records is a division of Capitol Music Group and is currently owned by Capitol Music Group's parent company, EMI Music Group.

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1938 - Eddie Cochran, singer, guitarist, and Liberty Records artist, is born Edward Ray Cochran in Albert Lea, Minnesota. Liberty's catalog is currently owned by Capitol Music Group's parent company, EMI Music Group.
1952 - "The Adventures Of Ozzie & Harriet" (co-starring sons David and future Imperial and Capitol Records artist Ricky Nelson) begins a 14-year run on ABC-TV
1953 - Chet Baker records his first two vocals for Pacific Jazz, as well as playing trumpet with Russ Freeman on piano, Carson Smith on bass, and Larry Bunker on drums for the tracks "The Thrill Is Gone" and "I Fall In Love Too Easily" at Radio Recorders, Hollywood, California. His vocals and instrumental parts are recorded separately and later spliced together. Pacific Jazz's catalog is currently owned by Capitol Music Group's parent company, EMI Music Group.
1956 - Alto saxophonist, Sonny Criss, with Sonny Clark on piano, Larry Bunker on vibraphone, Buddy Clark on bass, and Lawrence Marable on drums records his last session for Imperial Records. Imperial's catalog is currently owned by Capitol Music Group's parent company, EMI Music Group.
1988 - Future Capitol Records artist Lisa Marie Presley marries her first husband, Danny Keough
2006 - Roulette Jazz, a division of Blue Note Records, releases three more titles in "The Great Jazz Vocal Collection" series: Sarah Vaughan's Roulette Records album "Sarah + 2", Chris Connors' FM Records album "Chris Connors At The Village Gate", and Joe Williams' Roulette album "A Man Ain't Supposed To Cry". All three titles are remastered versions of their original releases. The Blue Note, Roulette and FM Records catalogs are currently owned by Capitol Music Group's parent company, EMI Music Group.

ON THIS DAY NOT IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1955 - "Captain Kangaroo" premieres on CBS-TV's morning lineup running until 1984 and "The Mickey Mouse Club" begins a four year primetime run on ABC-TV
1967 - Woody Guthrie, singer, songwriter, father of Arlo Guthrie, and cousin of Capitol Records artist Jack Guthrie, dies of complications of Huntington's Chorea at Brooklyn State Hospital in New York at age 55