JANUARY 1, 2008

HAPPY BIRTHDAYS!
1916 - Ramblin' Jimmie Dolan, singer, guitarist, and Capitol Records artist (1949-1955), is born Lee Roy Petit in Gardenia, California
1958 - Lisa Germano, singer, songwriter, violinst and Capitol Records artist (1994), is born in Mishawaka, Indiana

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1948 - Sol "Tex" Williams signs with Capitol Records
1948 - The American Federation of Musicians Union, in a dispute with the recording industry, starts its second recording ban in four years
1966 - The Beach Boys' Capitol Records single "Barbara Ann", with "Girl Don't Tell Me" on the flip side, enters Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart
1970 - Jimi Hendrix and Band of Gypsies, play for the first time in public, finish two days of gigs at the Fillmore East in New York City, New York. The last two shows will be recorded for a live album that will be released by Capitol Records to honor a 1965 contract that Hendrix had signed with the label.
1973 - Future Capitol Records band Klaatu (John Woloschuk, Dee Long, and Terry Draper) begins when they step into a studio in Toronto, Ontario, Canada for the first time together to record their first album
1981 - Capitol Records band Klaatu disbands

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1956 - Future Capitol Records group The Four Preps (Bruce Belland, Ed Cobb, Marv Ingraham [aka Marv Ingram and born Marvin Inabnett], and Glen Larson - all Hollywood High students) is formed in Hollywood, California
1959 - Johnny Cash gives a concert at San Quentin Prison. Future Capitol Records artist Merle Haggard is one of the inmates present at the show.
1962 - The Beatles audition (unsuccessfully) for Decca Records in London.
1963 - Future Capitol Records artist Dick Dale & The Del-Tone's Deltone Records singles "Miserlou" (with "Eight Till Midnight" on the flip side) was #1 on both radio stations KRLA and KFWB in Los Angeles, Californai and his single "Peppermint Man" is #5 on both charts and it's flip side "Surf Beat" is also on KRLA's chart
1971 - Capitol Record's parent company, Electric & Musical Industries, changes its name to EMI Ltd.
1997 - Townes Van Zandt, singer, guitarist, and Poppy Records artist dies of a heart attack at age 52. United Artists Records acquired Poppy's masters, then EMI Music, Capitol Records' parent company, acquired United Artists' catalog

ON THIS DAY NOT IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1916 - Marvin Camras, electrical engineer who perfected Magnetic Tape, is born in Chicago, Illinois. Capitol Records is the first major label to record masters to tape.