AUGUST 18, 2012
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
1939 - Molly Bee,
singer ("Tennesse Tango", "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus"), radio and
television performer, who was 13 when she signed with Capitol Records,
is born Molly Beechwood in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. If any one knows her
middle name, please leave a comment.
ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1963 - In Watseka, Illinois (on a bill with Ray Price), Capitol
Records recording artists The Louvin Brothers perform for the last time
together. Both Ira and Charles would go on to record for Capitol as solo
artists.
1971 - Al De Lory, conducting his
arrangement to the orchestra, records "Jesus Christo" in Los Angeles,
California. Capitol Records will later release the track as a single
(Capitol 3196).
1976 Richard Torrance records the
tracks "Circle Of Confusion" and "Moonlight Trippin'" in Los Angeles,
California. Capitol Records will release both tracks on Torrance's album
"Bareback" (SW-11610).
1978- Peabo Bryson's Capitol Records album "Reaching For The Sky" is certified Gold by the R.I.A.A.
1979 - The Knack's Capitol Records debut single "My Sharona",
with "Let Me Out" on the flip side, hits #1 on Billboard's Hot 100
Singles chart
1990 - Poison's Capitol Records album "Flesh & Blood" peaks at #2 on Billboard's album chart
2010 - Kenny Edwards, guitarist, singer, songwriter and founding member of Capitol Records group The Stone Poneys, dies at age 64 of complications of a blood
disorder thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP), and prostate cancer
at a hospital near his home in Santa Barbara, California. Read more at The Los Angeles Times.
ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1945 - Sarah Dash, singer with the group Labelle and a solo EMI Manhattan recording artist(1988-1989), is born in Trenton, New Jersey. EMI Manhattan's catalog is currently owned by Capitol Records. If anyone knows her middle name, please leave a comment. 55 Years Ago On This Day In 1957 - Tenor saxophonist Hank Mobley, with Kenny Dorham on trumpet, Sonny Clark on piano, Jimmy Rowser on bass, and Art Taylor on drums, records the tracks "My Reverie", "Curtain Call", "On The Bright Side", "The Mobe", "Don't Get Too Hip", and "Deep In A Dream (without Dorham on trumpet), for Blue Note Records with producer Al Lion and recording engineer Rudy Van Gelder at the Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey. Blue Note sold its catalog to Liberty Records, which was acquired by United Artists Records, which was bought by EMI and currently Capitol Records, under Bruce Lundvall leadership in New York City, controls the Blue Note catalog.
ON THIS DAY NOT IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1920 - Shelley Winters, actress, is born Shirley Schrift in St. Louis, Missouri. Winters appeared in the movie "Pete's Dragon" whose soundtrack was released by Capitol Records. If anyone knows her middle name, please leave a comment. 50 Years Ago On This Day In 1962 - Ringo Starr makes his on stage debut as The Beatles drummer when they perform at The Cavern Club in Liverpool, England
1969 - The Woodstock Music and Art Fair ends mid-morning
ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1945 - Sarah Dash, singer with the group Labelle and a solo EMI Manhattan recording artist(1988-1989), is born in Trenton, New Jersey. EMI Manhattan's catalog is currently owned by Capitol Records. If anyone knows her middle name, please leave a comment. 55 Years Ago On This Day In 1957 - Tenor saxophonist Hank Mobley, with Kenny Dorham on trumpet, Sonny Clark on piano, Jimmy Rowser on bass, and Art Taylor on drums, records the tracks "My Reverie", "Curtain Call", "On The Bright Side", "The Mobe", "Don't Get Too Hip", and "Deep In A Dream (without Dorham on trumpet), for Blue Note Records with producer Al Lion and recording engineer Rudy Van Gelder at the Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey. Blue Note sold its catalog to Liberty Records, which was acquired by United Artists Records, which was bought by EMI and currently Capitol Records, under Bruce Lundvall leadership in New York City, controls the Blue Note catalog.
ON THIS DAY NOT IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1920 - Shelley Winters, actress, is born Shirley Schrift in St. Louis, Missouri. Winters appeared in the movie "Pete's Dragon" whose soundtrack was released by Capitol Records. If anyone knows her middle name, please leave a comment. 50 Years Ago On This Day In 1962 - Ringo Starr makes his on stage debut as The Beatles drummer when they perform at The Cavern Club in Liverpool, England
1969 - The Woodstock Music and Art Fair ends mid-morning
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