JULY 21, 2012
HAPPY BIRTHDAYS!
90 Years Ago Today In 1922 - Kay Starr, singer and multi-million selling Capitol Records artist, is born Katherine LaVerne Starks in Dougherty, Oklahoma
1931 - Plas Johnson, tenor saxophonist, Capitol
Records solo artist and session player (on recordings by Peggy Lee, Nat
"King" Cole, Frank Sinatra, The Beach Boys, and many others), Imperial
Records session player (on recordings by Rick Nelson), and motion
picture studio session artist (best known for his solo on the soundtrack
of the title song for "The Pink Panther), is born John Johnson, Jr. in
Donaldsonville, Louisiana
ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1956 - Capitol Records releases Wynn Stewart's first
single "Waltz Of The Angels" with "Love's Gonna Happen To Me" on the
flip side. "Waltz" was recorded February 8, 1956 with producer Ken
Nelson and with session musician Lewis Talley and Joe Maphis on guitar,
Ralph Mooney on steel guitar, Pee Wee Adams on drums and Bud Dooley on
bass. The track would peak at #14 for one week on the Country Music
charts.
1956 - Capitol Records releases
Wanda Jackson's first single for the label "I Gotta Know" with "Half As
Good A Girl" on the flip side
1969 - Capitol Records releases Buck Owens' single "Tall Dark Stranger" with "Sing That Kind Of A Song" on the flip side
25 Years Ago Today In 1987
- Capitol Records releases on CD the soundtrack to The Beatles' motion
picture "Help!" with its original UK track line up versus the US album
version released in 1965 that contained instrumental tracks, which was
released on April 11, 2006 as part of the "The Beatles The Capitol
Albums Volume 2" CD box set.
ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1924
- Don Knotts, comedian, motion picture and Emmy Award-winning televsion
actor, and United Records artist (the 1961 album "An Evening With Me"),
is born Jesse Donald Knotts in Morgantown, West Virginia
1971 - John Lennon and Yoko Ono film driving and rowing
sequences for the “Jealous Guy” sequence of their “Imagine” film.
ON THIS DAY NOT IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1931 - Ted Husing is master of ceremonies for the
very first CBS-TV program, a gala show featuring singer Kate Smith,
composer George Gershwin and New York City Mayor Jimmy Walker
1956 - Johnny Cash's Sun Records single "I Walk The
Line", with "Get Rhythm" on the flip side, becomes his first #1 on the
Country Records chart and would peak at #17 on the Pop charts.
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