JULY 22, 2012
HAPPY BIRTHDAYS!
95 Years Ago Today In 1917 - Lou
McGarity, trombonist, with Capitol Records group Benny Goodman and His
Orchestra (1946) and session musician, is born in Athens, Georgia
1924
- Margaret Whiting, singer, daughter of composer Richard Whiting, niece
of vaudeville and Broadway performer Margaret Young, goddaughter of
singer and actress Sophie Tucker, former wife of Capitol Records
executive Lou Busch (aka Capitol Records artist Joe "Fingers" Carr),
motion picture, television, and Broadway actress, president of The
Johnny Mercer Foundation, and a Capitol Records artist, is born in
Detroit, Michigan
1940 - George Clinton, singer, bandleader, and Capitol Records artist (1982-1989), is born in Kannapolis, North Carolina
ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1945
- Johnny Mercer's Capitol Records single "On The Atchison, Topeka, And
The Santa Fe" is #1 on Billboard's Best Selling Retail Records chart
1955 - Yma Sumac, 5 octave singer and Capitol Records artist, becomes a citizen of the United States
1963 - Capitol Records releases The Beach Boys' single "Surfer Girl"
1963 - Capitol Records releases The Kingston Trio's album "Sunny Side"
1971 - John Lennon and Yoko Ono direct and star in the documentary film "Imagine"
1990 - Capitol Records releases a promo only CD of Buck Owens' song "Forever Yours"
2001 - Bob Ferguson, songwriter (best known for
Ferlin Husky's Capitol Records track "Wings of A Dove") and record
producer, dies in Jackson, Mississippi at age age 73
2003 - Capitol Records releases Jane's Addiction's album "Stray" which had the working title "Hypersonic"
2003
- Capitol Records releases Yellowcard's debut album "Ocean Avenue" as
an enhanced CD that includes a video entitled "The Making of "Ocean
Avenue" and a previously unreleased video of the song "Powder"
2005 - Capitol Records Nashville artists Ryan Shupe and the RubberBand make their Grand Ole Opry debut
ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1960
- Alto saxophonist Lou Donaldson (with Horace Parlan on piano, George
Tucker on bass, Al Harewood on drums and Ray Barretto on congas) records
the tracks "The Squirrel", "Si Si Safronia", "Dog Walk", "Exactly Like
You", "Avalon", "Midnight Sun" (the only track without Barretto on
congas), and "Candy" with producer Alfred Lion and recording engineer
Rudy Van Gelder. The tracks would not be released for 20 years until
they appeared on the Blue Note Records album "Midnight Sun" which was
released in 1980.
1963 - VeeJay Records releases The Beatles' first U.S. album - "Introducing The Beatles"
2005
- Eugene Record, singer, founding member of the "Chi-Lites", songwriter
("Have You Seen Her" which MC Hammer covered on his Capitol Records
album "Please Hammer, Don't Hurt 'Em"), dies of cancer at age 64
ON THIS DAY NOT IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
80
Years Ago Today In 1932
- Florence Ziegfeld, Broadway producer and at the time husband to
motion picture actress Billie Burke, dies at age 65 and is later buried
at Kensico Cemetary, Valhalla, West Chester County, New York
Sunday, July 22, 2012
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