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This blog contains information, that I gather daily, about the history of Capitol Records, related labels, The Capitol Records Tower, and other pop culture events and anniversaries. Please contact me if you have any corrections, comments and/or facts you'd like to share. To see some great photos of the opening of The Capitol Tower and to get a quick overview of Capitol's early history check out the archive for April 2006.

Wednesday, January 31, 2007

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JANUARY 31 HAPPY BIRTHDAY! 1892 - Eddie Cantor, Vaudeville, Broadway, motion picture, radio and television actor, singer, songwriter, and Ca...
Tuesday, January 30, 2007

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JANUARY 30 HAPPY BIRTHDAY! 1934 - Tammy Grimes, Broadway, motion picture, television and radio actress, singer, and Capitol Records artist (...
Monday, January 29, 2007

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JANUARY 29 ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY 1946 - Cootie Williams and His Orchestra (Williams and Bob Merrill on trumpet and vocals; ...
Sunday, January 28, 2007

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JANUARY 28 ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY 1948 - Peggy Lee's Capitol Records single "Golden Earrings", with "I...
Saturday, January 27, 2007

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JANUARY 27 HAPPY BIRTHDAY 1895 - Buddy DeSylva, songwriter (alone and as part of the writing and publishing partnership DeSylva, Brown and H...
Friday, January 26, 2007

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JANUARY 26 2007 - EMI Group chairman Eric Nicoli has announced the merger of Capitol Records and Virgin Records into a new company called Ca...
Thursday, January 25, 2007

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JANUARY 25 HAPPY BIRTHDAY! 1924 - Speedy West, pedal steel guitarist and Capitol Records artist(1949-1962), is born Wesley Webb West in Spri...
Wednesday, January 24, 2007

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JANUARY 24 HAPPY BIRTHDAY! 1936 - Jack Scott, singer, guitarist, and Capitol Records artist (1961-1964), is born Giovanni Dominico Scafone J...
Tuesday, January 23, 2007

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JANUARY 23 HAPPY BIRTHDAY! 1925 - Marty Paich, pianist, composer, arranger (with and/or for Peggy Lee, Shorty Rogers’ Giants, Dorothy Dandri...
Monday, January 22, 2007

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JANUARY 22 ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY 1946 - Cootie Williams and His Orchestra record the tracks "Jumping To Conclusions (p...
Sunday, January 21, 2007

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JANUARY 21 ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY 1949 - Buddy Cole, Tennessee Ernie Ford, and The King Sisters sign with Capitol Records an...
Saturday, January 20, 2007

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JANUARY 20 HAPPY BIRTHDAY! 1888 - Leadbelly, singer, guitarist, and Capitol Records artist, is born Huddy Ledbetter on a plantation near Moo...
Friday, January 19, 2007

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JANUARY 19 HAPPY BIRTHDAY! 1911 - Ken Nelson, Capitol Records producer, founding member of the Country Music Association (CMA), and 2001 Cou...
Thursday, January 18, 2007

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JANUARY 18 HAPPY BIRTHDAY! 1913 - Danny Kaye, motion picture and television actor (played the role of Capitol Records artist Red Nichols in ...
Wednesday, January 17, 2007

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JANUARY 17 HAPPY BIRTHDAY! 1913 - Vido Musso, clarinetist and tenor saxophonist with Benny Goodman and His Orchestra, Gene Krupa and His Orc...
Tuesday, January 16, 2007

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JANUARY 16 HAPPY BIRTHDAY! 1942 - Bill Francis, keyboardist with the Capitol Records group Dr. Hook, is born William Francis in Mobile, Alab...
Monday, January 15, 2007

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JANUARY 15 HAPPY BIRTHDAY! 1920 - Yvonne King, singer and member of the Capitol Records group The King Sisters, is born Cornelia Yvonne Drig...
Sunday, January 14, 2007

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JANUARY 14 HAPPY BIRTHDAY! 1917 - Billy Butterfield, trumpeter, fluglehorn player, cornetist, band leader, and Capitol Records artist, is bo...
Saturday, January 13, 2007

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JANUARY 13 HAPPY BIRTHDAY! 1962 - Trace Adkins, singer, songwriter, and Capitol Records Nashville artist, is born Tracy Darrell Adkins in Sa...
Friday, January 12, 2007

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JANUARY 12 HAPPY BIRTHDAY! 1904 - Mississippi Fred McDowell, singer, guitarist and Capitol Records artist (1969 - the album "I Do Not P...
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