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Capricorn Records was an independent record label founded by Phil Walden and Frank Fenter in 1969 in Macon, ... the studio band members were drummer Johnny Sandlin, ...
Singer Jim Mangrum (AKA Jim Dandy) of Capricorn band Black Oak Arkansas performs at the 1977 6th annual Capricorn Barbecue. (Photo by Tom Hill/Getty Images) Andy Warhol and Don King at the 1976 ...
The label made several changes in partners and ended up at Mercury Records, due to the enthusiasm then-Mercury president Danny Goldberg had for the Capricorn roster, which had grown to include such diverse acts as 311, CAKE, Sonia Dada, the reconstituted Lynyrd Skynyrd and Allman Brothers Band spinoff Gov't Mule.
Wet Willie is an American southern rock band from Mobile, Alabama. Their best-known song, " Keep On Smilin' ", reached No. 10 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart in August 1974. Several other of the group's songs also appeared on the singles charts in the 1970s, which utilized their soulful brand of Southern rock .
Capricorn Records earned five gold single awards, nine platinum album awards, 17 gold albums and the credit of sparking integration within the music business. But the successes alone could not ...
Following the bankruptcy of Capricorn, the Marshall Tucker Band moved to Warner Bros. Records in 1979 for their ninth album, Running Like the Wind (the band's eighth release was a compilation album entitled Greatest Hits), and they retained Levine as the album's producer. In August 1979, the band played at Knebworth Festival in England.
In a story Dec. 3 about Mercer Music at Capricorn, The Associated Press reported erroneously that one of the co-founders of Capricorn Records was Frank Fenton. ATLANTA (AP) — The Georgia music ...
Stillwater was an American band, based in Warner Robins, Georgia, that played Southern rock and was active from 1973 to 1984. They released two albums on Capricorn Records, Stillwater (1977) (the self-titled debut contains "Mind Bender," which peaked at #46 on the Billboard Hot 100 in February 1978), [1] and I Reserve the Right (1978), before the label folded in 1979.