FEBRUARY 10, 2010

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
1939 - Roberta Flack, music teacher, singer, and Capitol Records artist (1983), is born in Asheville, North Carolina

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
65 Years Ago Today In 1945 - Johnny Mercer's Capitol Records single "Accentuate the Positive", with "There's A Fellow Waiting In P'Keepsie" on the flip side is #2 on the U.S. Pop singles charts
1967 - The Beatles record tracks for their song "A Day In The Life"
1968 - The Beatles close their American fan club and business office, Beatles U.S.A, fire their American PR people, and sever all business ties in the country, turning everything over to their own Apple Corps in London.
1973 - Anne Murray's Capitol Records single "Danny's Song", with "Drown Me" on the flip side, enters the top 40 of Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1937 Don Wilson, rhythm guitarist with the Dolton Records (distributed by Liberty Records) group The Ventures, is born in Tacoma, Washington
55 Years Ago Today In 1955 - Capitol Records artist Faron Young's movie, "Hired Guns" has its world premiere