DECEMBER 19, 2008

HAPPY BIRTHDAYS!
1915 - Edith Piaf, singer and Capitol Records artist, is born Edith Giovanna Gassion near Paris in Ménilmontant, France
1945 - John McEuen (aka "The String Wizard"), singer; songwriter; as well as banjo, fiddle, guitar, accordian, mandolin, dulcimar, piano and lap steel guitar player with the Capitol Records group The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, is born in Garden Grove, California

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
60 Years Ago Today In 1948 - Jimmy Wakely's Capitol Records single "One Has My Name (The Other Has My Heart)", with "You’re The Sweetest Rose In Texas" on the flip side, is still #1 on the U.S. Country singles charts
1949 - Capitol Records artists Les Paul and Mary Ford are married and future Capitol Records artist Steve Miller's father is their best man
1964 - The Beatles' Capitol Records single "I Feel Fine", with "She's A Woman" on the flip side, is #2 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart
1969 - The Scott Richard Case (aka SRC) finishes recording tracks for their Capitol Records album "Traveler's Tale"
20 Years Ago Today In 1988 - Poison's Capitol Records single "Every Rose Has Its Thorn", with "Look But You Can't Touch" on the flip side is now #2 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart
2001 - Capitol and Nettwerk Records artist Tara MacLean gives birth to her daughter Sophia Madrien Soleil Bell at 4:24 PM in Oakville, Ontario, Canada

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1955 - An article called "Angel At Two" in Time Magazine with today's street date talks with the label's managers about the company
1957 - Meredith Willson’s "The Music Man" opens at the Majestic Theatre in New York City starring Robert Preston, and will run for 1,375 shows. Capitol Records will later release the originial Broadway cast album for the show.
1961 - "Judgment At Nuremberg" opens in New York City with a cast that includes Capitol Records artists Judy Garland and Marlene Dietrich, as well as Spencer Tracy, Burt Lancaster, Richard Widmark, Montgomery Clift, and Maximillian Schell
1980 - Kenny Rogers' Liberty Records single "Lady" is still #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart
1980 - John Lennon's Geffen/Lenono Records single "(Just Like) Starting Over" is #3 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart

ON THIS DAY NOT IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1960 - Frank Sinatra records the tracks "Ring-A-Ding-Ding", "Let’s Fall in Love", "In The Still Of The Night", and "A Foggy Day (In London Town)" for his very own record company, Reprise Records, during his first of three straight days of sessions with arranger Johnny Mandel conducting the studio orchestra
2000 - Milt Hinton (aka "The Judge"), bass player and photographer of almost every well known Jazz artist, dies at age 90