JANUARY 5, 2008

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
1966- Kate Schellenbach, drummer with the Capitol Records group Luscious Jackson, is born in New York City, New York

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1949 - Jo Stafford and Gordon MacRae's Capitol Records single "My Darling, My Darling" is #2 on the U.S. Pop Singles chart
1950 - Nat "King" Cole, with Nellie Lutcher, Ernie Royal, Charlie Barnet, Irving Ashy, Joe Comfort and Earl Hyde, records the tracks "Can I Come In For A Second" and "For You My Love" in Hollywood, California for Capitol Records
1957 - Sonny James' Capitol Records single "Young Love" debuts on Billboard's Pop Singles chart
1959 - Capitol Records releases The Kingston Trio's second album "The Kingston Trio From The Hungry i"
1959 - Ella Fitzgerald begins to records tracks for her Verve album "The Gerswhin Songbook" at The Capitol Tower Studios in Hollywood, California
1965 - The Beatles' Capitol Records single "I Feel Fine", with "She's A Woman" on the flip side, hold down the #1 and #2 spots on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart
1982 - Juice Newton's Capitol Records album "Juice" is certified Platinum by the R.I.A.A.
1973 - Helen Reddy's Capitol Records single "Leave Me Alone (Ruby Red Dress)", with "The Old Fashioned Way" on the flip side, hits #1 on Cashbox Magazine's top singles chart
1989 - Poison's Capitol Records single "Every Rose Has Its Thorn" is still #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart and their album "Open Up And Say...Ahh!" is certified as being Multi-Platinum x 4 by the R.I.A.A.
1992 - M.C. Hammer's Capitol records single "2 Legit 2 Quit" peaks at #5 on Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart, and his Capitol Records single "Addams Grove" peaks at #7

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1945 - The Barney Bigard Sextet record the tracks "Sweet Marijuana Brown", "Blues For Art's Sake", "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man", and "Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone" for Black & White Records in Los Angeles, California. Black & White's catalog is currently owned by EMI Music, Capitol Records' parent company
1950 - Chris Stein, guitarist, songwriter, and member of the Chrysalis Records group Blondie, is born in Brooklyn, New York. Chrysalis' catalog is currently owned by Capitol Records' parent company EMI Music.
1959 - KTLA premieres the show "Bozo The Clown" starring Vance Colvig, Jr. as Bozo. Vance is the son of Bozo's original voice on Capitol Records, Vance "Pinto" Colvig. Capitol sold all rights to the Bozo character, except the Record Readers, to Larry Harmon in 1956 after Bozo's creator, Alan Livingston, had briefly left the company. Harmon created cartoons using his voice for Bozo and license them to local television stations and train the actore who would be Bozo in their market.
1962 - Polydor Records releases Tony Sheridan and The Beat Brothers' (aka The Beatles) single (66 833) "My Bonnie", with "The Saints" on the flip side, is released in the UK. Both tracks were recorded on June 22, 1961 in Germany.
1967 - The Beatles record a 13 min 48 sec experimental sound effects track for the 'underground' theatrical production "Carnival of Lights Rave"
1981 - John Lennon's Geffen/Lenono Music single "(Just Like) Starting Over" is still #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart
1986 - Kenny Rogers' RCA single "Morning Desire", with "Crazy" on the flip side, is #1 on Billboard's Country Singles chart. The track would later be included on Rogers' Capitol Records compilation album "Through The Years: A Retrospective".

ON THIS DAY NOT IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1914 - George Reeves, motion picture ("Gone With The Wind") and television ("Superman") actor, the story of whose death was turned into the movie "Hollywoodland", is born George Keefer Brewer in Woolstock, Iowa