OCTOBER 30, 2007

HAPPY BIRTHDAY
1912 - Lee Gillette, musician with the group The Campus Kids (which was formed by future Capitol Records producer Ken Nelson, whom Gillette would bring to Capitol in 1945), publisher, and Capitol Records A&R man and producer (for artists such as Tennessee Ernie Ford, Dean Martin, Kay Starr, Frank Sintatra and many more), is born in Indianapolis, Indiana. If anyone knows his middle name, please leave a comment
1954 - T. Graham Brown, singer and Capitol Records artist (1985-1992) is born Anthony Graham Brown in Arabi, Georgia

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1963 - Peggy Lee records the tracks "The Moment Of Truth", "That's My Style", and "A Lot Of Livin' To Do" for her Capitol Records album "In Love Again!", with Max Bennett conducting the orchestra and Dave Cavanaugh producing, at The Capitol Tower Studios in Hollywood, California
1971 - Harvest Records, with distribution in the United States by Capitol Records, releases Pink Floyd's album "Meddle"
1973 - Buck Owens and His Buckaroos record the title track for their novelty Capitol Records album "It's A Monster's Holiday" at Buck Owens Studios in Bakersfield, California. The track will be released as part of a Capitol Records single, with "Great Expectations" as the flip side on June 24, 1974 and will peak at #6 on Billboard's Country Singles chart. The album will be released in September 1974
1986 - Capitol Records releases John Lennon's compilation album of unreleased tracks and alternate takes, "Menlove Ave."
2006 - It is announced that EMI Music, which markets Dean Martin's recording catalogs, has struck a deal with the Dean Martin Trust to license his name, image and likeness and will continue to market Martin's Capitol Records and Reprise Records recording catalogs on a worldwide basis

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1965 - The dance craze "The Lurch" is introduced on today's episode of ABC-TV's dance show "Shindig" by actor Ted Cassidy, who plays lurch on ABC-TV's comedy series "The Addams Family" and the single of the song is released by Capitol Records with music by Gary Paxton and with "Wesley" on the flip side

ON THIS DAY NOT IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1938 - Orson Welles directs and stars in an adaptation of H.G. Wells' "War Of The Worlds" on CBS Radio's "The Mercury Theatre on the Air" that causes a nationwide panic.
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 "Sermonette", "Bags' Groove", "Sister Sadie", "Li'l Darlin'", "Work Song", and "Blue 'n' Boogie" at The Pacific Jazz Studios in Los Angeles, California
2002 - DJ Jam Master Jay (Jason Mizell) of the group Run DMC is shot dead by two suspects in a waiting room in his recording studio in the Jamaica section of Queens, N.Y.