FEBRUARY 22, 2010

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
65 Years Ago Today In 1945 - Johnny Mercer and Jo Stafford (with The Pied Pipers and Paul Weston and His Orchestra)'s Capitol Records single "Candy", with Mercer's "I'm Gonna See My Baby" on the flip side, enters the top 40 of the U.S. Pop singles charts
1949 - Margaret Whiting's Capitol Records single "Far Away Places", with "My Own True Love" on the flip side, is #2 on the U.S. Pop Singles chart
1949 - Jimmy Wakely's Capitol Records single "I Love You So Much It Hurts", with "I Don't Want Your Sympathy" on the flip side, is still #1 on the U.S. Country singles charts
1957 - Sonny James' Capitol Records single "Young Love", with "You're The Reason I'm In Love" on the flip side, is still #1 on the U.S. Country singles chart
1964 - The Beach Boys' Capitol Records single "Fun, Fun, Fun", with "Why Do Fools Fall In Love" on the flip side, enters the top 40 of Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart
1973 - Merle Haggard's Capitol Records single "I Wonder if They Ever Think of Me", with "I Forget You Every Day" on the flip side, is #1 on the U.S. Country singles charts
35 Years Ago Today In 1975 - John Lennon's Apple Records single "No. 9 Dream", with "What You Got!" on the flip side and distributed by Capitol Records in the United States, peaks at #9 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart
35 Years Ago Today In 1975 - Ringo Starr's Apple Records single "No No Song", with "Snookaroo" on the flip side, enters the top 40 Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart
1982 - The Beach Boys' Capitol Records single "I Get Around", with "Don't Worry Baby" on the flip side, is certified Gold by the R.I.A.A.
1989 - Dan Seals Capitol Records single "Big Wheels in the Moonlight", with "Factory Town" on the flip side, is #1 on the U.S. Country singles charts

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1936 - Ernie K-Doe, singer, songwriter and Minit Records artist (best known for the 1961 #1 track "Mother-In-Law"), is born Ernest Kador, Jr. in New Orleans, Louisiana. Minit's catalog is currently owned by EMI Music, Capitol Music Group's parent company
1964 - Classics IV's Liberty Records single "Traces" with "Everyday With You Girl" on the flip side, enters the top 40 of Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart
1964 - The Beatles' Vee-Jay Records Single "Please Please Me", 45 Years Ago Today In 1964 - "From Me To You" on the flip side enters the top 40 of Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart
45 Years Ago Today In 1965 - The Beatles start filming their second film "HELP!" ("this one's a gonna be in colour") in the Bahamas
1989 - Paula Abdul's Virgin Records America single "Straight Up", with "Cold Hearted" on the flip side, is still #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart

ON THIS DAY NOT IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1896 - Nacio Herb Brown, composer (while working for M-G-M he wrote "Broadway Melody", "You Are My Lucky Star", "Temptation", "Singing In The Rain" and many others with lyricist Arthur Freed and also composed with Richard Whiting [father of Capitol Records artist Margaret Whiting] and Capitol Records co-founder Buddy DeSylva) and music publisher (managing the sales of songs by Hoagy Carmichael, Sammy Fain and many others), is born Ignacio Herb Brown Jr. in Deming, New Mexico
1907 - Sheldon Leonard, motion picture actor ("Another Thin Man", "It’s a Wonderful Life", "To Have And Have Not", "Guys and Dolls"), radio actor (recurring role as the race track tout on "The Jack Benny Show" and various roles on "The Adventures Of The Saint"), Emmy Award-winning television director ("The Danny Thomas Show", "My Favorite Martian"), and Executive Producer ("The Danny Thomas Show", "The Andy Griffith Show", "The Dick Van Dyke Show", "I Spy" and "My World and Welcome to It"), and voice of the Warner Bros. cartoon character Dodsworth ("One of these days I'm gonna have to get me a mousetrap"), is born Sheldon Leonard Bershad in New York City, New York