OCTOBER 5, 2007

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
1907 - Mrs. Miller, singer and Capitol Records artist, is born Elva Ruby Connes in Joplin, Missouri
1943 - Steve Miller (no relation to the above Mrs. Miller), guitarist, singer, founder of The Steve Miller Band, and Capitol Records artist (1967-Present), is born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. If anyone know his middle name, please leave a comment.

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1961 - Don Barbour, member of the Capitol Records recording group The Four Freshman, dies in an auto accident in Los Angeles, California at age 34, where he's working on tracks for his only solo album. The next year, Capitol Records will release the album titled "The Solo Voice of Don Barbour"
1970 - Capitol Records releases Buck Owens & His Buckaroos' single "I Wouldn't Live In New York City (If The Gave Me The Whole Dang Town)" with "No Milk & Honey In Baltimore"
1974 - Accordianist, musician, musical stylist, composer, arranger, bandleader, innovator, and Capitol Records artist (1949-?, 24 singles) Johnny Pecon, with his Polka band, makes his last public appearance at a show held at Slovenian National Home in Cleveland, Ohio. Four months later, on February 23, 1975, Pecon would succumb to cancer.
1977 - Webley Edwards, radio reporter for CBS, host of "Hawaii Calls" radio show for 37 years, and the producer and compiler of the "Hawaii Calls" series of albums released by Capitol Records which featured artists like Alfred Apaka, George Kainapau, Haleloke, and Simeon & Andy Bright, dies in Honolulu, Hawaii at age 74
1994 - Capitol Records artist Merle Haggard is inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in Nashville, Tennessee
1999 - Chrysalis and EMI/Capitol Records Catalog division release Pat Benatar's 3 CD compilation "Synchronistic Wanderings - Recorded Anthology 1979-1999". Chrysalis' catalog is currently owned by EMI Records, Ltd.
2006 - Capitol Records artist Glen Campbell performs live on stage at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tennesse at the 81st Listener Appreciation Concert for WSM Radio

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1962 - Parlophone Records releases The Beatles' first single "Love Me Do" with "P.S. I Love You" on the flip side in the U.K.
2001 - Rhino handmade releases "Josie and the Pussycats: Stop Look and Listen: The Capitol Recordings" on CD as a limited edition of 5000 pressings.

ON THIS DAY NOT IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1925 - At 7:00 PM, the future home of "The Grand Ole Opry", radio station WSM in Nashville, Tennesse is born, when Edwin Craig spoke the following words into the microphone; "This is WSM, 'We Shield Millions.' The National Life and Accident Insurance Company."