MARCH 4, 2009

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1955 - Andy Griffith signs with Capitol
45 Years Ago Today In 1964 - The Beach Boys' Capitol Records single "Surfin' USA" is released
1967 - The Beatles' Capitol Records single "Penny Lane" enters the top 40 of Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart
1967 - Merle Haggard's Capitol Records single "The Fugitive" is #1 on the U.S. Country singles chart
1986 - Richard Manuel, singer with the Capitol Records group The Band, commits suicide at age 42 by hanging himself in Winter Park, Florida
20 Years Ago Today In 1989 - Poison's Capitol Records single "Your Mama Don't Dance" enters the top 40 of Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart

ON THIS DAY NOT IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1877 - Emile Berliner invents the flat disc gramophone (as opposed to the cylinder) which could easily be mass produced.
1981 - E.Y. ‘Yip’ Harburg, lyricist ("Over the Rainbow" from the M-G-M motion picture "The Wizard of Oz", "It’s Only a Paper Moon", and many others), dies in an auto accident in Hollywood, CA at the age of 82