Capitol Records
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Johnny Mercer biopic shows golden-age songwriter at his best...- not unlike Carmichael's - that delivered them nicely. The special also mentions a few things Mercer did on the side, like founding Capitol Records which for many years was known as the ultimate singer's label. Mercer died in 1976, and... In this article: TCM, Hoagy Carmichael, One for My Baby, Dream, Baby It's Cold Outside, Moon River, Come Rain or Come Shine, Blues in the Night, and That Old Black Magic |
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San Jose Mercury News | 5 hours ago
Bay Area harmonica legend Norton Buffalo dies at age 58
...winner "Minute By Minute." He also formed his own band, the Stampede, in the late '70s and recorded a pair of well-received albums for Capitol Records. In 1992, he received a Best Country Instrumental Performance Grammy nominee for "Song for...
In this article: Norton Buffalo, Roy Rogers, Steve Miller Band, Cancer, Doobie Brothers, Oakland, Platinum, Jet Airliner, and Sierra Nevada Brewing Company
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Vulture | 6 hours ago
Disaster-Porn Fetishist Roland Emmerich Fears Fatwa, Stops Short of Destroying Islamic Holy Sites in 2012
...impossibly large lizards before being blown to smithereens. And in The Day After Tomorrow, a giant twister ripped directly through the Capitol Records building in Los Angeles. Now, in 2012, Emmerich has decided that instead of just destroying...
In this article: Roland Emmerich, The Day After Tomorrow, Los Angeles, Cruller, Chicken, Buddhist, Capitalism, Waste, and The Guardian
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Las Vegas Sun | 23 hours ago
The Stinson Brothers bring music and comedy to the Hilton
...and eventually took the show on the road to places like Los Angeles, Miami, Nashville and now Las Vegas. After record deals with A&M and Capitol Records came and went, the Stinsons began perfecting their various stage show acts, whether...
In this article: Jimmy Buffett, Las Vegas, Nashville, and Kenny Chesney
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Athens Banner-Herald | 2 days ago
Marcy Playground back on the road after 10 years
...of the late 90s, not fueled by payola or commercial tie-ins, but instead staking its claim the old fashioned way: via listener requests. After Capitol Records acquired their original record label, Marcy Playground found themselves awash in a...
In this article: John Wozniak, Marcy Playground, Sex and Candy, Georgia, Daniel Powter, EMI, and Led Zeppelin
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San Francisco Chronicle | 3 days ago
Harmonica maestro Norton Buffalo dies at 58
...than I could use," Miller said. "I just had more work for him than everybody else." Mr. Buffalo's own recordings include his 1977 Capitol Records release, "Lovin' in the Valley of the Moon," an album that maintains a strong cult...
In this article: Norton Buffalo, Roy Rogers, Paradise, Steve Miller Band, Doobie Brothers, Cancer, George Kahumoku Jr., and Bonnie Raitt
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washingtonpost.com | 6 days ago
Foo Fighters mark 15 years with hits set, VH1 show
...the Nirvana camp since the suicide of frontman Kurt Cobain in 1994. Grohl assembled a real band with three musicians, signed with Capitol Records, and officially released the demo tape -- still dubbed "Foo Fighters" -- in July 1995.
In this article: Foo Fighters, Dave Grohl, Bob Dylan, VH1, Everlong, Nirvana, Foo Fighters, Mentos, and Suicide
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L.A. Times - Technology News | 6 days ago
Google may call the tune with its new music search feature
...step up and support this is a positive development." Google formally rolled out the much anticipated search tool Wednesday at the Capitol Records building in Hollywood with scheduled performances by rock groups OneRepublic and Linkin...
In this article: Google Inc., Itunes, Amazon, Lala, Coldplay, Linkin Park, OneRepublic, Revenue, and NPD Group Inc.
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Sydney Morning Herald - World | 6 days ago
Google gets its groove on with music search
...a service for finding, listening to or buying songs online. Google announced an alliance with Lala.com and MySpace-owned iLike at Capitol Records headquarters in Los Angeles that could cut down on the number of mouse clicks it takes to...
In this article: Google, Ilike, MySpace, One Republic, Ryan Tedder, Revenue, Marissa Mayer, and Dreaming Out Loud
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CNET News.com | 7 days ago
Music search is Google's newest tune
...up with News Corp.'s MySpace and streaming service Lala for the Wednesday debut of the new Google music search feature at the historic Capitol Records building in Hollywood. With the new music search, which had been internally code-named...
In this article: Google, MySpace, Ilike, CNET News, Lala, Google search, and YouTube
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Telegraph.co.uk - Obituaries | 7 days ago
Lives Remembered
...at Scepter Records. Will You Love Me Tomorrow and Soldier Boy were his first two number ones with the group. His success saw him lured away to Capitol Records in 1963, where he continued to turn out chart-toppers such as Sixteen Candles, Big...
In this article: Makarios, Ronald Reagan, The Shirelles, Australia, John Lewis, Royal Navy, Will You Love Me Tomorrow, and Soldier Boy
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Capitol Records is a major United States-based record label owned by EMI and located in Hollywood, California and New York City as part of Capitol Music Group. Capitol's parent, EMI, is one of the "big four" music companies, the others being Universal Music, Sony BMG and Warner Music. Its former headquarters building, the Capitol Tower, is a major landmark near the corner of Hollywood and Vine. Among the more famous artists who have recorded for or been marketed by Capitol Records are Selena Quintanilla, the Beatles, Frank Sinatra, Nat King Cole, The Beach Boys, Tina Turner, Richard Marx, Keith Urban, Poison, Kenny Rogers, Megadeth,Foo Fighters, Peggy Lee, Dean Martin, Judy Garland, The Band, Pink Floyd,Duran Duran, Relient K, Kylie Minogue, the Beastie Boys, Coldplay, Katy Perry, Gorillaz, Radiohead,Yellowcard,The Decemberists and Liz Phair.
- Name:
- Capitol Records
- Location:
- New York, NY
- Founder:
- Johnny Mercer
- Founding Date:
- January 01, 1942
- Parent Company:
- EMI
- Genre:
- Various
- Status:
- Active
- Website:
- http://www.capitolrecords.com/
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