NOVEMBER 4, 2007

HAPPY BIRTHDAYS!
1940 - Delbert McClinton, singer, harmonica player, gave John Lennon harmonica lessons, dueted with Bonnie Raitt on her Capitol Records album "Luck Of The Draw", and a Capitol Records artist (1980-1981), is born in Lubbock, Texas
1986 - Alexz Johnson, motion picture and television actress, songwriter, singer and Capitol Records artist, is born Alexzandra Spencer Johnson in New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1964 - Capitol Records releases Buck Owens And His Buckaroos' album "I Don't Care", the third album that Owens released in 1964
1966 - Brian Wilson records the first demo of the song "Heroes And Villans", singing vocals over his own piano playing, at Western Studios in Los Angeles, California, with co-writer Van Dyke Parks supplying animal sounds
1989 - Sandy Brooks called Garth, prior to a show in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. She told him to come home immediately and straighten out their marriage, or she was leaving. Garth did not finish the show.
1997 - Capitol Records releases The Beach Boys' box set "The Pet Sounds Sessions"
1997 - Grand Royal Records and Capitol Records release the three disc live album "Tibetan Freedom Concert"
1998 - Capitol Records and broadcast.com announce that they are joining forces to create a new co-branded Capitol Records/broadcast.com music channel. The new channel will be hosted on the broadcast.com Web site and will showcase free audio and video programming from Capitol Records and its family of labels.
2004 - Merle Haggard records tracks for an upcoming Capitol Records album at The Capitol Tower Studios in Hollywood, California

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1955 - M-G-M releases the motion picture "The Tender Trap" starring Capitol Records artist Frank Sinatra. Capitol will later release Sinatra's recording of the title track.
1963 - The Beatles appear at the Royal Command Performance Variety Show held in Prince of Wales Theatre, London, England, performing before the Queen Mother, Princess Margaret and Lord Snowdon. Before beginning "Twist and Shout," John Lennon asks the audience "Will the people in the cheaper seats clap their hands? And the rest of you, if you'll just rattle your jewelry.".