MAY 5, 2008

HAPPY BIRTHDAYS!
1911 - Pete Daily, cornet player, band leader, and Capitol Records artist, is born in Portland, Indiana
75 Years Ago Today In 1933 - Bobby Austin, Capitol Records solo artist, songwriter and bassist for Wynn Stewart, Buck Owens and Tommy Collins, is born in Wenatchee, Washington. The first song that Austin wrote, co-written with with Johnny Paycheck, was Tammy Wynette's first recording, "Apartment #9". The track would be named Song Of The Year by the Academy of Country Music. Jason Odd wrote a great biographical article for the Traditional Country Hall of Fame website.

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1942 - Bobby Sherwood and His Orchestra record the tracks "The Elk's Parade" and "I Don't Know Why" which will be released together by Capitol Records as single #107
1945 - John Mercer, Jo Stafford, The Pied Pipers with Paul Weston and His Orchestra's Capitol Records single "Candy" is #2 on Billboard's Best Selling Retail Records chart and The Pied Pipers with Paul Weston and His Orchestra's Capitol Records single "Dream" debuts at #6
1951 - Les Paul and Mary Ford's Capitol Records single "How High The Moon" is still #1 on Billboard's Best Selling Retail Records chart, Nat "King" Cole with Les Baxter and His Orchestra's Capitol Records Single "Too Young" is #4, and Paul and Ford's Capitol Records single "Mockin'bird Hill" is #5
1956 - Les Baxter and His Orchestra's Capitol Records single "Poor People Of Paris" is #3 on Billboard's Best Selling Retail Records chart, Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra's Capitol Records single "Lisbon Antigua" is tied for #5 with The Platters featuring Tony Williams' single "The Magic Touch", and Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Too Young To Go Steady" is tied for #35 with The Dick Hyman Trio's single "Theme From 'Three Penny Opera'"
1957 - Ferlin Husky's Capitol Records single "Gone" is still #1 on the U.S. Country singles charts
50 Years Ago Today In 1958 - Laurie London's Capitol Records single "He's Got The Whole World In His Hands" is #4 on Billboard's Best Selling Records chart, Dean Martin with Gus Levene and His Orchestra & Chorus' Capitol Records single "Return To Me" is #9, Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Looking Back" is #12, and The Four Prep's Capitol Records single "Twenty-Six Miles" is #33
50 Years Ago Today In 1958 - Capitol Records releases The Kingston Trio's single "Scarlet Ribbons", with "Three Jolly Coachmen" on the flip side
1965 - Buck Owens & His Buckaroos finish recording sessions at The Capitol Towers Studios for their album "Instrumental Hits". The sessions were produced by Ken Nelson. Besides Owens on guitar and electric guitar, the sessions featured Don Rich (acoustic & electric guitars, fiddle), Tom Brumley (steel guitar), Doyle Holly (bass), Willie Cantu (drums), along with Jelly Sanders (guitar, fiddle), Ralph Mooney, Jimmy Seals, Red Simpson (guitar), Jay McDonald (pedal steel guitar), George French, Jr. (piano), Bobby Austin, Kenny Pierce, Bob Morris (electric bass), Wayne "Moose" Stone, Mel King, Ken Presley (drums).
1969 - Capitol Records releases The Beatles' Apple Records single "Get Back", with "Don't Let Me Down" on the flip side, in the United States
1969 - Capitol Records releases Buck Owens' single "Johnny B. Goode"
35 Years Ago Today In 1973 - Harvest Records, a subsidiary of Capitol Records, releases Pink Floyd's single "Money", with "Any Colour You Like" on the flip side, in the United States
1975 - Capitol Records releases Tennessee Ernie Ford and Glen Campbell's album "Ernie Sings and Glen Picks"
1992 - Capitol Records releases Radiohead's first commercial EP, "Drill", which contains the tracks "Prove Yourself", "Stupid Car", "You", and "Thinking About You"
10 Years Ago Today In 1998 - Capitol releases Garth Brooks first boxed set "Limited Series" (only 2 million sets released worldwide). The collection will include Brooks' first six multi-platinum studio releases as well as a new bonus track on each CD, for a total of 66 cuts and over three hours of music. The package also includes a new photo booklet commemorating Brooks' career to date. Also released is Brooks’ single "To Make You Feel My Love" featured on the soundtrack for the feature film "Hope Floats"
10 Years Ago Today In 1998 - Capitol Records releases The Jesus Lizard's album "Blue" is released
1999 - Radiohead's "Meeting People Is Easy" becomes Capitol Records's first simultaneous DVD and Home Video release
1999 - Capitol Records Nashville artist Garth Brooks is named artist of the decade at the 34th annual Academy of Country Music Awards

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
65 Years Today In 1943 - Michael Palin, comedian, television and motion picture actor, and member of the Virgin Records America group Monty Python, is born Michael Edward Palin in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England
50 Years Ago Today In 1958 - David Seville's Liberty Records single "Witch Doctor" is still #1 on Billboard's Best Selling Retail Records chart, Rick Nelson's Imperial Records single "My Bucket's Got A Hole In It" is #22 and its flip side, "Believe What You Say" is #24
50 Years Ago Today In 1958 - Imperial Records releases The Burnette Brothers' single "Warm Love" with "My Honey" on the flip side which will be their only single release for the label
1960 - The Quarry Men become The Silver Beetles
1962 - Rick Nelson's Imperial Records single "Young World" is #11 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart, Jay and The American's United Artists single "She Cried" is #13, Walter Brennan's Liberty Records single "Old Rivers" is #15
1991 - Roxette's EMI America single "Joyride" is #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart
2006 - EMI entered preliminary talks to buy Warner Music Group which would later reject EMI's offer

ON THIS DAY NOT IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1891 - Carnegie Hall offically opens with a concert conducted by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
1900 - The Billboard, a magazine for the music and entertainment industries, begins weekly publication after six years as a monthly
1961 - Alan Shepard becomes the first American to go into space
40 Years Ago Today In 1968 - Ed Sullivan presents a tribute on CBS-TV to Irving Berlin on his 80th birthday