MARCH 18, 2008

HAPPY BIRTHDAYS!
1911 - Smiley Burnette, singer, motion picture actor and Capitol Records artist, is born Lester Alvin Burnette in Summum, Illinois
1950 - John Hartman, drummer with the Capitol Records group The Doobie Brothers, is born in Falls Church, Virginia

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1949 - Margaret Whiting and Johnny Mercer (with Paul Weston and His Orchestra) record the track "Baby, It's Cold Outside" which will be released as a single by Capitol Records with "I Never Heard You Say" on the flip side
1956 - Les Baxter's Capitol Records single "The Poor People Of Paris", with "Theme from Helen of Troy" on the flip side, is #1 on the U.S. Pop singles charts
1961 - Jo Stafford records the track "Black Is The Color", using an arrangement by her husband Paul Weston who also conducts the studio orchestra, for her 1962 Capitol Records album "Jo Stafford Sings American Folk Songs"
1965 - Buck Owens' Capitol Records single "I've Got A Tiger By The Tail", with "Cryin' Time" on the flip side, is #1 on the U.S. Country singles charts
1967 - The Beatles' Capitol Records single "Penny Lane", with "Strawberry Fields Forever, hits #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart
40 Years Ago Today In 1968 - Capitol Records releases The Beatles' Apple Records single "Lady Madonna", with "The Inner Light" on the flip side, in the United States
40 Years Ago Today In 1968 - Capitol Records releases Steve Miller's debut single "Sitting In Circles" with "Roll With It" on the flip side
1971 - Buck Owens records the track "I'll Still Be Waiting For You" for Capitol Records

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1959 - Capitol Records parent company EMI announces that it has now stopped all production of 78 rpm discs in the U.K.
2001 - John Phillips, singer, songwriter, founding member of the group The Mamas & the Papas, father of motion picture and television actress Mackenzie Phillips and singer, television actress and founding member of the SKG Records group Wilson Phillips Chynna Phillips, dies of heart failure in Los Angeles, California at age 65

ON THIS DAY NOT IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1872 - Anna Held, actress, singer, one-time wife of Broadway producer Florence Ziegfeld, is born Helene Anna Held in Warsaw, Poland. The Institute of the American Musical in Los Angeles, California has a large collection of Held memorabilia, costumes and props, that was donated by her family.
1886 - Edward Everett Horton, motion picture actor and television cartoon voice actor, is born in Brooklyn, New York