OCTOBER 31, 2007

HAPPY BIRTHDAYS!
1902 - Julia Lee, pianist, singer and Capitol Records artist (1946-1952) signed to the label by Dave Dexter, Jr. who would produce her sessions for Capitol, is born in in Boonville, Missouri
1912 - Dale Evans, actress, singer, and Capitol Records artist (1962-1967, both as a duo with her husband, Roy Rogers, and as a solo artist), is born Frances Octavia Smith in Uvalde, Texas
1966 - Adam Horovitz, singer, rapper, musician, record producer, and songwriter with the Grand Royal/Capitol Records band The Beastie Boys, is born Adam Keefe Horovitz in South Orange, New Jersey
1970 - Roger Stevens, guitarist and pianist with the Capitol Records band Blind Melon is born in West Point, Mississippi

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1960 - The Louvin Brothers (Ira on vocals, mandolin and accoustic guitar, Charlie on vocals and guitar, Jimmy Capps on lead guitar, Ray Edenton on guitar, Junior Huskey on bass, Paul Ackerman on drums, Grandpa Jones on banjo, Hank Sugarfoot Garland, bass and guitar, Floyd Cramer on piano (probably), and Owen Bradley on vibrophone) with record the tracks "I Love You Best Of All", "Scared Of The Blues" and others for Capitol Records. If anyone knows what additional tracks were recorded, please leave a comment.
1960 - Capitol Records releases Judy Garland's album "Judy That's Entertainment!"
1969 - Apple Records releases The Beatles' single "Something" with "Come Together" on the flip side. The single is distributed by Capitol Records in the United States
1973 - Apple Records releases John Lennon's album "Mind Games" and his single "Mind Games" with "Meat City" on the flip side. Both were distributed by Capitol Records in the United States.
1993 - Bob Atcher (born James Robert Owen Atcher), motion picture actor, violinist, guitarist, member of WLS' "National Barn Dance Show", mayor of Schaumberg, Illinois (1959-1979) and Capitol Records artist (1950-1951), dies at age 79 in Prospect, Kentucky, a suburb of Louisville
1994 - Capitol Records releases Megadeth's album "Youthanasia"

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1959 - Alto Saxophonist Lou Donaldson (with Blue Mitchell on trumpet, Horace Parlan on piano, Laymon Jackson on bass, Dave Bailey on drums, and Ray Barretto on congas) records the tracks "Mack The Knife", "Be My Love" (without Mitchell on trumpet), "Crosstown Shuffle", "Tangerine", "Lou's Blues", "Time On My Hands", "The Nearness Of You" (without Barretto on congas), and "It's Only A Paper Moon" with producer Alfred Lion and recording engineer Rudy Van Gelder for Blue Note Records. All the tracks, except "Time On My Hands" and "It's Only A Paper Moon", appear on the Blue Note album "The Time Is Right". The other two tracks would eventually be released on Mosaic Records' box set "The Complete Blue Note Lou Donaldson Sessions". Blue Note's catalog was sold to Liberty Records in 1967. Liberty Records was sold to Transamerica Corporation in 1968 who combined it with the other label they owned, United Artists Records. In 1978 the United Artists labels were sold to Artie Mogull and Jerry Rubenstein who used money borrowed from EMI for the purchase. In February 1979 EMI foreclosed on them and EMI Music has owned the labels since that time (whew!).

ON THIS DAY NOT IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1926 - Harry Houdini, stage and motion picture magician, dies of peritonitis from a ruptured appendix at 1:26 p.m at Grace Hospital in Detroit, Michigan at age 52. There is still no sign of communication from him.
1943 - The Hollywood Canteen celebrates its first birthday at a party hosted by Bettie Davis and John Garfield with actors and servicemen and women celebrating at the venue at 1451 Cahuenga Boulevard, off Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood, California