Capitol Records is a major United States-based record label, founded in 1942. It was acquired by EMI in 1955 and is now part of the EMI Group. Capitol Records - History. The Capitol Records company was founded by the songwriter Johnny Mercer in 1942, with the financial help of movie producer Buddy DeSylva and the business acumen of Glenn Wallichs, (1910-1971) (owner of Music City, at the time the biggest record store in Los Angeles, California). Wallichs Music City record store opened in 1940 and was locate ...

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The Capitol Records building is one of the most distinctive landmarks in Hollywood, California. The 13-story earthquake resistant tower, designed by Welton Becket, was the world's first circular office building, and is home to several recording studios. The wide curved awnings over windows on each story and the tall spike emerging from the top of the building combine to give it the appearance of a stack of vinyl 45s on a turntable. The rectangular ground floor is a separate structure, joined to the tower after it was completed. It was built in 1956 just north of the intersection of Hollywood and Vine as the c ...

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His initial assignment was to create a children's record library for the four-year old company, for which he created the legendary "Bozo the Clown" character. He wrote and produced a popular series of storytelling record-album and illustrative read-along book sets beginning with the September 1946 release of "Bozo at the Circus." His record-reader concept, which enabled children to read and follow a story in pictures while listening to it, was the first of its kind. The Bozo image was a composite design of Livingston's, derived from a variet ...

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MGM began with the number 10000 shortly before 1950. By 1960 the numbers had reached just over 12800. The label seems not to have survived to the end of the 1960s. ...

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In the 1940s, Columbia 78s used 5-digit numbers in the 30000s. The series had reached 38600 around 1950 and continued into the 1950s, passing the number 40000 in the middle of the decade. In the late 1940s, Columbia introduced 7" 33 1/3 rpm singles, which were numbered in their own series, with a prefix 1- before a low number, not exceeding 3 digits. Columbia originally resisted issuing 45 rpm singles, as that was a speed originated by c ...

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Apple Records is a British record label which was founded in 1968 (as a division of Apple Corps Ltd.) by The Beatles. Earlier Beatles albums had been released on Parlophone in England, and Capitol Records (or United Artists Records) in the US. In a new recording deal, EMI and Capitol agreed to distribute Apple Records until 1975; Apple owned the rights to records by artists they signed, while EMI retained ownership of the Beatles' records, though issuing them under the Apple label. The label became successful, surviving the breakup of the Be ...

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See also: 1963 in music, other events of 1964, 1965 in music, 1960s in music and the list of 'years in music' 1964 in music - Events. January 1 - Top of the Pops premieres on BBC television. January 3 - Footage of the Beatles performing a concert in Bournemouth, England is shown on The Jack Paar Show. January 15 - Vee Jay Records files a lawsuit against Capitol Records and Swan Records over manufacturing and distribution rights to Beatles albums. On April 9, Capitol Rec ...

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See also: 1946 in music, other events of 1947, 1948 in music and the list of 'years in music'. 1947 in music - Events. Patti Page signs with Mercury Frankie Laine earns his first, of 21, gold records Kay Starr signs with Capitol George Jones begins performing Jimmy Rogers begins recording the Weavers begin performing Enrico De Angelis leaves Quartetto Cetra. Lucia Mannucci replaces him. Ernesto Bonino embarks on his Latin American tourIncluding:

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Decca 78s were originally given 4-digit numbers, reaching 3000 about 1940. The sequence grew quickly and passed 4000 in 1941. As late as 1944, 4-digit numbers were still used, but somewhat later the series was terminated. Overlapping with this period, some Decca singles were given 5-digit numbers as early as January 1943, starting with 18500. The sequence was jumped to 23000 in 1945. By the start of the 1950s, numbers were still in the 20000s, with 45s given corresponding numbers with the prefix 9-. The series reached 24700 aro ...

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Bozo the Clown is the name of a clown whose widespread franchising in early television made him the best-known clown character in the United States. Partly as a result, the word "bozo" has become synonymous with a foolish person. It also was a common name given to hobo or tramp clowns. Bozo was created in 1946 by Alan W. Livingston, who wrote and produced a children's storytelling record-album and illustrative read-along book set, the first of its kind, titled Bozo at the Circus for Capitol Records. Pinto Colvig portrayed the char ...

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In the 1950s and early 1960s, EMI issued singles in the United Kingdom under the Columbia and HMV labels. Columbia singles generally had two letter prefixes such as DB, followed by 3- or 4-digit numbers. HMV singles in the popular genre generally had POP prefixes. For its European branches, EMI changed at the end of the sixties to a uniform numbering system. xx xxx-xxxxx. The first digits represent the country (eg 1C is Germany, 2C is France, 3C is Italy, etc). The second three digits are mostly 006, but sometime ...

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"What's a little wind and rain? Love to all." Artie Artie Kornfeld (also spelled Kornfield or Cornfeld) was born in 1942 and grew up in Bensonhurst, Queens, New York. Kornfeld was also a musician and has written about 30 hit singles, including "Dead Man's Curve". ...

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Artie Kornfeld, Artie Kornfeld - Artie Kornfeld Father of Woodstock, Artie Kornfeld - Writer Performer Producer, Artie Kornfeld - Capitol Records, Artie Kornfeld - Artie Meets John Lennon of the Beatles

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Albums 2000 Fantastic, Vol. 2 (GoodVibe Recordings) 2002 Trinity (Past, Present and Future) ( Barak/Capitol Records) 2004 Detroit Deli (A Taste of Detroit) (Capitol Records) 2005 Fantastic, Vol. 1 (official release) (Counterflow Records) 2005 Slum Village (Barak Records) Singles 2000 "Climax" (GoodVibe Recordings) 2000 "Raise It Up" b/w "Fall-N-Love" (GoodVibe Recordings) 2002 "Tainted" (featur ...

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Slum Village, Slum Village - Discography

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The first LP release from Apple Records (also the first "solo" album by a Beatle) was George Harrison's Wonderwall Music, his soundtrack recordings for the movie Wonderwall, on November 1, 1968. Shortly afterward came the Two Virgins album by John Lennon and Yoko Ono, released on November 11. (Both EMI and Capitol Records refused distribution, because John and Yoko were shown naked on the cover; the album was licensed to Track Records in the UK and Tetragrammaton Records in the US.) Two Virgins was closely followe ...

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The first musician to use multitracking was guitarist Les Paul. In 1947, Capitol Records released a record featuring Paul playing eight different parts on electric guitar. These recordings were made with wax disks; Paul would record a track onto a disk, then record himself playing another part with the first. Paul commissioned Ampex, an American audio company, to build the first eight-track tape recorder, at his expense. (This is not to be confused with an 8-track cartridge machine, which were introduced in 1965, and played in stereo. ...

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Mercury 78s were numbered with 4-digit numbers in the 5000s in the late 1940s and early 1950s. In 1952, 5-digit numbers in the 70000s were assigned. A separate series in the 8900s, subsequently changed to the 89000s, was issued consisting of jazz singles. Some jazz singles were also issued with numbers in the 11000s. 45s were given the same numbers as the 78s, with a suffixed "x45" added. ...

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Charting versions were recorded by the Les Baxter orchestra, by the Richard Hayman orchestra, by the Freddy Martin orchestra, and by Vic Damone. The Les Baxter recording was released by Capitol Records as catalog number 2374. It first reached the Billboard magazine charts on March 28, 1953 and lasted 22 weeks on the chart, peaking at #2. The Richard Hayman recording was released by Mercury Records as catalog number 70114. It first reached the Billboard magazine charts on Apri ...

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In 1960 they where signed to Dick Clarke's label Swan Records and released one more record "Twistin' USA" which made it into the Top 40, becoming their final hit single. They went on to release several more singles but where not able to to repeat their earlier successes. Dave White left the group in the early 1960s to concentrate on writing and production and composed a number of hits including "You Don't Own Me" for Leslie Gore and "Like A Baby" for Len Barry. In the late 60s they also appeared on Guyden, Mercury Records and Capitol Records where they re-rec ...

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In 1967, Gentry recorded a demo and submitted it to Capitol Records executive Kelly Gordon, who quickly signed her to a recording contract and produced her first album. A 45 rpm "single" of two of her songs—"Mississippi Delta" and "Ode to Billie Joe"—was the first issue from this first effort, and even though "Mississippi Delta" was chosen for the "A" side, radio stations were quickly enamored with the quirky tale of Billie Joe McAllister and the mystery of his fate, as hauntingly performed and recorded on the "B" side. Bobbie Gentry had ...

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