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110 Years Ago Today In 1915 - Pete Rugolo, bandleader, songwriter, arranger (for Capitol Records artists Stan Kenton, Frank Sinatra, June Christy, Nat "King" Cole, Harry Belafonte, and many others), music director of Capitol Records from 1949-1957, and motion picture and television score composer, is born in San Piero, Sicily.
1918 - Eddie Safranski, bandleader and bass player with Capitol Records group Stan Kenton and His Orchestra, is born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
1948 - Barbara Mandrell, singer and Capitol Records artist (1986), is born Barbara Ann Mandrell in Houston, Texas.
1954 - Steve Wariner, singer, songwriter, guitarist, member of The Grand Ole Opry, and Capitol Records Nashville artist (1998), is born in Noblesville, Indiana.
ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
60 Years Ago Today In 1965 - The Beatles' Capitol Records single "Day Tripper" enters the top 40 of Billboard Hot 100 Singles chart at #28 and will peak at #5 on January 22, 1966. It's flipside, "We Can Work It Out" is #11 and will peak at #1 on January 8, 1966.
55 Years Ago Today In 1970 - George Harrison's Apple Records single "My Sweet Lord", with "Isn't It A Pity" on the flipside and distributed by Capitol Records in the United States, is #2 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart.
1982 - Capitol Records releases Bob Seger and The Silver Bullet Band's album "The Distance" on cassette.
1986 - Duran Duran's Capitol Records single "Notorious", with "Winter Marches On" on the flipside, is #3 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart.
30 Years Ago Today In 1995 - Dean Martin, singer, motion picture actor, television variety show host, Capitol Records solo artist and part of the group The Rat Pack, dies at 3:00 AM of acute respiratory failure at age 78 in Beverly Hills, California.
2009 - Vic Chesnutt, singer, songwriter, guitarist and Hot Texas, Capitol (1996), Polygram, Backburner, spinART, and New West Records artist, dies from an overdose of muscle relaxants that had left him in a coma in an Athens, Georgia hospital.
10 Years Ago Today In 2015 - Laura Gibson, daughter of Capitol Records executive Alan Livingston, died of brain cancer in Tucson, Arizona.
ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1944 - Henry Vestine (aka "The Sunflower"), guitarist with The Beans, The Mothers Of Invention and the Liberty Records group Canned Heat (1965-early 1969, 1971), is born in Tacoma Park, Maryland. Liberty's catalog is currently owned by Capitol Records' parent company Universal Music Group.
1978 - Kenny Rogers' United Artists Records single "The Gambler", with "Momma's Waiting" on the flipside, is #1 on Billboard's Country Singles chart. United Artists' catalog is currently owned by Capitol Records' parent company Universal Music Group.
1994 - Anita Baker, with Ian Frasier conducting the orchestra (lineup unlisted) using an arrangement by Billy Byers, records "The Christmas Song" at former President Bill Clinton's Christmas Concert in New York City, New York. Blue Note Records will lease the track from Special Olympics International, Inc. and issue it on the compilation CD album "Jazz To The World" (8-32127-2).
1918 - Eddie Safranski, bandleader and bass player with Capitol Records group Stan Kenton and His Orchestra, is born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
1948 - Barbara Mandrell, singer and Capitol Records artist (1986), is born Barbara Ann Mandrell in Houston, Texas.
1954 - Steve Wariner, singer, songwriter, guitarist, member of The Grand Ole Opry, and Capitol Records Nashville artist (1998), is born in Noblesville, Indiana.
ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
60 Years Ago Today In 1965 - The Beatles' Capitol Records single "Day Tripper" enters the top 40 of Billboard Hot 100 Singles chart at #28 and will peak at #5 on January 22, 1966. It's flipside, "We Can Work It Out" is #11 and will peak at #1 on January 8, 1966.
55 Years Ago Today In 1970 - George Harrison's Apple Records single "My Sweet Lord", with "Isn't It A Pity" on the flipside and distributed by Capitol Records in the United States, is #2 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart.
1982 - Capitol Records releases Bob Seger and The Silver Bullet Band's album "The Distance" on cassette.
1986 - Duran Duran's Capitol Records single "Notorious", with "Winter Marches On" on the flipside, is #3 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart.
30 Years Ago Today In 1995 - Dean Martin, singer, motion picture actor, television variety show host, Capitol Records solo artist and part of the group The Rat Pack, dies at 3:00 AM of acute respiratory failure at age 78 in Beverly Hills, California.
2000- I created this piece of art for Capitol Records website hollywoodandvine.com
10 Years Ago Today In 2015 - Laura Gibson, daughter of Capitol Records executive Alan Livingston, died of brain cancer in Tucson, Arizona.
ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1944 - Henry Vestine (aka "The Sunflower"), guitarist with The Beans, The Mothers Of Invention and the Liberty Records group Canned Heat (1965-early 1969, 1971), is born in Tacoma Park, Maryland. Liberty's catalog is currently owned by Capitol Records' parent company Universal Music Group.
1978 - Kenny Rogers' United Artists Records single "The Gambler", with "Momma's Waiting" on the flipside, is #1 on Billboard's Country Singles chart. United Artists' catalog is currently owned by Capitol Records' parent company Universal Music Group.
1994 - Anita Baker, with Ian Frasier conducting the orchestra (lineup unlisted) using an arrangement by Billy Byers, records "The Christmas Song" at former President Bill Clinton's Christmas Concert in New York City, New York. Blue Note Records will lease the track from Special Olympics International, Inc. and issue it on the compilation CD album "Jazz To The World" (8-32127-2).
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