NOVEMBER 19, 2007

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
1934 - Dave Guard, songwriter and vocalist with the Capitol Records groups The Kingston Trio (1956-1961) and Dave Guard's Whiskeyhill Singers (1961-1963), is born Donald David Guard in Honolulu, Hawaii

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1943 - Stan Kenton and His Orchestra (Ray Borden, John Carroll, Buddy Childers, Karl George, and Dick Morse on trumpet; Harry Forbes and George Faye on trombone; Bart Varsalona on bass trombone; Eddie Meyers and Art Pepper on alto saxophone; Red Dorris on vocals and tenor saxophone; Maurice Beeson on tenor saxophone; Bob Gioga on baritone saxophone; Kenton on piano; Bob Ahern on guitar; Clyde Singleton on bass; and Joe Vernon on drums) record the tracks "Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me" (with vocals by Red Dorris), with "Harlem Folk Dance", both of which will be released together by Capitol Records as a single (#149), as well as "Artistry in Rhythm" (which will become Kenton's theme song) and "Eager Beaver", both of which will also be released together as a single (#159), at C.P. MacGregor Studios in Los Angeles, California
1947 - Peggy Lee records the tracks "Why Don't You Do Right" (with an arrangement by Billy May), "'Deed I Do", and "Hold Me" with Dave Barbour and His Orchestra and a string section at a session for Capitol Records in Los Angeles, California produced by Lee Gillette
1962 - Capitol Records releases The Beach Boys' single "Ten Little Indians" with "County Fair" on the flip side. Both tracks were written by Brian Wilson and Gary Usher and produced by Nik Venet.
1963 - The Kingston Trio record the tracks "Hobo's Lullaby" and "Last Night I Had The Strangest Dream", which will appear on their last Capitol Records studio album "A Time To Think", and a studio version of the track "Ann", which would finally be released on the complilation album "The Capitol Years" released by Capitol Records in 1995
1968 - Quicksilver Messenger Service (David Freiberg on bass, viola, and vocals; John Cipollina on guitar; Greg Elmore on drums; and Gary Duncan on guitar and vocals) record the track "Calvary" live at Golden State Recorders in San Francisco, California. The track will be included on the band's Capitol Records album "Happy Trails"
1973 - Capitol Records releases Tennessee Ernie Ford's single "Sweet Child Of Sunshine" with "She Picked Up The Pieces" on the flip side
1977 - Bob Welch's Capitol Records single "Sentimental Lady", with "Hot Love, Cold World" on the flip side, enters the top 40 of Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart where it will peak at #8 on January 7, 1978 and stay for two weeks. Thanks to Brent Popham for getting me the correct name for the flip side.
1983 - Duran Duran's Capitol Records single "Union Of The Snake", with "Secret Oktober" on the flip side, enters the top 40 of Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart at #30.
1995 - Capitol Records releases The Beatles' Apple Records compilation album "Anthology 1" in the United States, and arranges for a satellite broadcast of the album's first single, "Free As a Bird", to radio stations that allows radio airplay to begin almost immediately. Also, ABC-TV network in the United States airs the first of three two hour "Anthology" specials.
2002 - EMI Records releases Robbie Williams album "Swing When You're Winning" which was recorded in The Capitol Tower Studios
2002 - Capitol Records releases, posthumously, George Harrison's last studio album, "Brainwashed"
2004 - Craig Nicholls, lead singer of the Capitol Records group The Vines, reveals that he has Asperger Syndrome, a neurobiologcal disorder that causes autistic-like episodes and severe communication difficulties

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1952 - Capitol Records artist Faron Young is inducted into the United States Army
1976 - George Harrison and Paul Simon videotape a performance for NBC-TV's "Saturday Night Live", including a duet of "Homeward Bound", as well as "Here Comes The Sun", "Bye Bye Love", "Rock Island Line" and a few seconds each of "Yesterday", "Bridge Over Troubled Water", and "Don't Let Me Wait Too Long"
1997 - The United States premiere of Sir Paul McCartney's "Standing Stone" is played in Carnegie Hall by St. Luke's Orchestra under the baton of Laurence Foster.