OCTOBER 7, 2007

HAPPY BIRTHDAYS!
1926 - Diana Lynn, child prodigy pianist, radio (appeared on Johnny Mercer's Music Shop), motion picture (Paramount's "Star Spangled Rhythm" and the two "My Friend Irma" movies with Martin and Lewis as well as "Bedtime For Bonzo" and many others), and television actress, and Capitol Records artist (1952 - two classical piano albums with Paul Weston and His Orchestra), is born Dolores (aka Dolly) Loehr in Los Angeles, California. Many thanks to Mel for the information about Diana.
1927 - Al Martino, singer, first American to top the U.K pop charts, and Capitol Records artist, is born Alfred Cini in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. If anyone knows his middle name, please leave a comment.
1968 - Thom Yorke, singer, songwriter, member of the Capitol Records band Radiohead, and Capitol Records solo artist, is born Thomas Edward Yorke in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, England

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1940 - This date has been given on some sites as the birthday of Capitol Records band Quicksilver Messenger Service singer and songwriter Dino Valenti (aka Jesse Oris (or Orris) Farrow, born Chester William Powers, Jr., but in fact he was born August 7, 1943 in New York City
1947 - Tex Williams' Capitol Records Americana single "Smoke, Smoke, Smoke (That Cigarette)", with "Roundup Polka" on the flip side, hits #1 on the U.S. charts
1949 - Peggy Lee, with an unlisted studio orchestra conducted by Pete Rugolo, records the tracks "Save Your Sorrows For Tomorrow", "Sunshine Cake", "Run For The Roundhouse, Nellie" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Save Your Sorrows For Tomorrow" as a single (Capitol 810) with "Sugar" on the flip side, "Sunshine Cake" as a single (Capitol 849) with "Goodbye John" on the flip side, and "Run For The Roundhouse, Nellie" as a single (Capitol 57-769) with "A Man Wrote A Song" on the flip side.
1963 - Capitol Records releases The Beach Boys' album "Little Deuce Coupe"
1966 - Brian and Carl Wilson of the Capitol Records group The Beach Boys, along with session musicians Hal Blaine, Diane Rovell, James Bond Jr., Charles Britz, Frank Cap, Carol Kaye, and William Pitman, record tracks for the song "Child Is Father Of The Man" for The Beach Boys' "Smile" album
1968 - Capitol Records releases the soundtrack album to the motion picture "Romeo And Juliet" which, along with original score composed and conducted by Nino Rota, contains dialogue highlights
1978 - Capitol Records artist Merle Haggard marries Leona Williams
1981 - Capitol Records Canada releases Klaatu's fifth album "Magentalane"
1997 - Capitol Records releases Everclear's album "So Much for the Afterglow"
2000 - Capitol Records Nashville artist Chris LeDoux undergoes successful liver transplant surgery in Omaha, Nebraska
2006 - Capitol Records band OK Go! begins a U.S. headlining tour with a special free show at Ann Arbor's Pontiac Garage Stage before the University of Michigan vs. Michigan State football game

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1952 - "The Buick Circus Hour", broadcast live from New York on NBC-TV, premieres. The show features Delores Gray, singer, Broadway and Hollywood actress, and future Capitol Records artist, as a co-star
1975 - The United States Court of Appeals overturns the Immigration and Naturalization Service's order to deport John Lennon
1988 - The documentary film "John & Yoko-A Love Story" is theatrically released in the United States

ON THIS DAY NOT IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1911 - Singer, trumpeter and bandleader Vaughn Monroe is born Vaughn Wilton Monroe in Akron, Ohio