APRIL 7, 2012
HAPPY BIRTHDAYS!
1915 - Billie
Holiday, singer and Capitol Records artist (the track "Trav'lin'
Light", with Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra, using the name Lady Day),
is born Eleanora Fagan in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1920 - Ravi
Shankar, composer, sitar player, Capitol ("Concert For Bangladesh") and
Angel Records artist, and father of Angel Records artist Anoushka
Shankar and Blue Note Records artist Nora Jones, is born Bharat Ratna
Ravi Shankar in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India
1951 - Janis Ian, singer, songwriter, and Capitol Records artist is
born Janis Eddy Fink in New York City, New York
60 Years Ago Today
In 1952 - Bruce Gary, percussionist and drummer with the Capitol Records group The Knack, is born in Burbank, California
ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1954
- Kay Starr's Capitol Records single "The Man Upstairs", with Harold
Mooney conducting the orchestra and "If You Love Me" on the flip side,
enters the top 40 of the U.S. Pop singles chart
1958 - Capitol Records releases Buck Owens' single "Sweet Thing" with "I Only Know That I Love You" on the flip side
1958
- Dean Martin's Capitol Records single "Return To Me", with
"Forgetting You" on the flip side, enters the top 40 of the U.S. Pop
singles chart
1991 - Liberty Records (later
renamed Capitol Records Nashville) artist Garth Brooks wins American
Country Music awards for Entertainer of the Year, Male Vocalist, Album
of the Year (for "No Fences,") Single "Friends in Low Places," Song,
and Video of the Year "The Dance"
10 Years Ago Today In 2002 - Chris Cagle's Capitol
Records Nashville single "I Breathe In I Breathe Out", with "Country By
The Grace of God" on the flip side, is #1 on the U.S. Country singles
charts
ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1938
- Freddie Hubbard, trumpet player, sideman, bandleader, and Blue Note
Records artist, is born Frederick Dewayne Hubbard in Indianapolis,
Indiana. Blue Note's catalog is currently owned by Capitol Music Group's
parent company EMI Music Group
1943 - Mick Abrahams, guitarist,
founder of the Chrysalis Records group Jethro Tull, and a solo artist,
is born in Luton, Bedfordshire, England. Chrysalis' catalog is
currently owned by Capitol Music Group's parent company EMI Music Group
1949
- The Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein musical "South Pacific"
opens at the Majestic Theatre in New York City. Capitol Records will
later release an album of cover versions of the hit songs from the
musical featuring Gordon MacRae and Jo Stafford
1958 - Ricky
Nelson's Imperial Records single "Believe What You Say", with "My
Bucket's Got A Hole In It" on the flip side, enters the top 40 of the
U.S. Pop singles chart. Imperial's catalog is currently owned by
Capitol Music Group's parent company EMI Music Group
1959 - The
Fleetwoods' Dolphin Records (later renamed Dolton Records) single "Come
Softly To Me", with "I Care So Much" on the flip side, is #1 on the
U.S. Pop singles chart. Dolton Records was distributed and later bought
by Liberty Records. Liberty Records catalog is currently owned by EMI
Music Group, Capitol Music Group's parent company.
1968 - Bobby
Goldsboro's United Artists Records single "Honey", with "Danny" on the
flip side, is #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart. United Artists'
catalog is currently owned by EMI Music Group, Capitol Music Group's
parent company.
1975 - Victoria Adams (aka Victoria Beckham, aka
Posh Spice), with the Virgin Records group Spice Girls, wife of
European football player David Beckham, is born Victoria Caroline Adams
in Hetfordshire, England
1990 - "Hold On", Wilson Phillips'
SBK single "Hold On", distributed by Capitol Records with "Over And
Over" on the flip side, enters the top 40 of Billboard's Hot 100 Single
chart
Saturday, April 07, 2012
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