Poison is an American glam metal band formed in 1983 in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania. The most successful incarnation of the band consists of lead singer and rhythm guitarist Bret Michaels, drummer Rikki Rockett, lead guitarist and backing vocalist C.C. DeVille, and bassist Bobby Dall. The band achieved huge commercial success in the mid-1980s through the mid-1990s and has sold 30 million records in the United States and over 65 million albums worldwide.
Keith Lionel Urban is an Australian and American singer, guitarist, and songwriter known for his work in country music. Recognised with four Grammy Awards, Urban also received fifteen Academy of Country Music Awards, including the Jim Reeves International Award, thirteen CMA Awards, and six ARIA Music Awards. Urban wrote and performed the song "For You" from the film Act of Valor, which earned him nominations at both the 70th Golden Globe Awards and at the 18th Critics' Choice Awards in the respective Best Original Song categories.
Rodney Scott Carrington is an American stand-up comedian, actor, country music artist and songwriter. He has released six major-label studio albums and a greatest hits package, on Mercury Records and Capitol Records. His comedy act typically combines stand-up comedy and original songs. Most of his songs are performed in a neotraditional country style, with Carrington handling lead vocals and guitar. Carrington has also starred in the ABC sitcom Rodney and in the 2008 film Beer for My Horses.
Wings Greatest is a 1978 compilation album by the British–American rock band Wings. It was the band's last release through Capitol in the US. The album is notable as being the first official retrospective release from Paul McCartney's post-Beatles career.
"Sweet Leilani" is a song featured in the 1937 film, Waikiki Wedding. It won the Academy Award for Best Original Song, and Bing Crosby's record became one of the biggest hits of 1937.
Ruff Rhymes: Greatest Hits Collection is a greatest hits album by West Coast hip hop artist King Tee. It was released by Capitol Records in 1998, three years after King Tee's last album. It contains tracks from each of King Tee's first three albums, all of which were released by Capitol Records. It contains no tracks from Tee's fourth album, IV Life, which was released on MCA Records. King Tee was dropped by Capitol before this album's release so he had no say in which tracks would be put on it. Only three tracks on this compilation, "Bass", "Ya Better Bring a Gun", and "Can This Be Real?", are not on any of King Tee's other albums. The compilation's name is a reference to King Tee's most successful charting song, "Ruff Rhyme ".
Greatest Hits: 1985–1995, released in Europe as simply Greatest Hits, is a compilation album by the American rock band Heart. This compilation is a companion to the 1998 Epic Records release Greatest Hits (1976–1983) and collects the band's studio hits from the Capitol Records years on a single disc, including the semi-rarities of the Ann Wilson and Cheap Trick singer Robin Zander duet "Surrender to Me" and the previously unreleased studio cover version of John Farnham's "You're the Voice".
Greatest Hits is a compilation album by Pat Benatar, released in June 2005 by Capitol Records. The album contains 20 digitally remastered tracks from Benatar's first seven studio albums, including the studio recording "Love Is a Battlefield" from the 1983 live album Live from Earth. The compilation peaked at No. 47, lasting 15 weeks on the Billboard 200 album chart.
Greatest Hits is Linda Ronstadt's first major compilation album, released at the end of 1976 for the holiday shopping season. It includes material from both her Capitol Records and Asylum Records output, and goes back to 1967 for The Stone Poneys' hit "Different Drum."
"Sing a Sad Song" is a song written by Wynn Stewart. It was recorded notably by Merle Haggard in 1963, whose version became his first major hit. It was later recorded by Stewart himself. In 1976, Stewart's own version became a major hit as well.
Greatest Hits is a compilation album of recordings by the band Blondie released by EMI/Capitol Records in 2002.
Greatest Hits/Every Mile a Memory 2003–2008 is the first compilation album by American country music singer Dierks Bentley. It was released May 6, 2008 via Capitol Records Nashville. His fourth album from that label, the album includes his ten singles from his first three studio albums: his 2003 self-titled debut, 2005's Modern Day Drifter, and 2006's Long Trip Alone. Two newly-recorded songs were also added to this compilation; those were "Sweet and Wild" and "With the Band". The CD even includes live recordings of the album cuts "So So Long" and "Wish It Would Break" as well as live renditions of his singles "Come a Little Closer", "Lot of Leavin' Left to Do", and "Free and Easy ".
American country artist Jean Shepard released twenty-five studio albums, fifteen compilation albums, one live album, seventy-one singles, two charting B-sides, and appeared on nine albums. Signing in 1952 with Capitol Records, her second single "A Dear John Letter" became a breakthrough hit. It topped the Billboard Hot Country Songs for six weeks and reached the Billboard Hot 100's fourth position. Shepard's solo career became successful in 1955 with the release several singles, including the top-five hits "A Satisfied Mind" and "Beautiful Lies". Shepard's debut studio album Songs of a Love Affair (1956) was the first country music "concept album" to be issued. She was commercially unsuccessful until a major comeback in 1964 with the top-five hit "Second Fiddle " and the studio album Lighthearted and Blue. The latter was her first to reach the Top Country Albums list. A series of hit singles continued for Shepard, such as "Many Happy Hangovers to You", "I'll Take the Dog", "If Teardrops Were Silver", and "Then He Touched Me". Accompanying albums reached the major positions on the country albums chart, including Many Happy Hangovers, Heart, We Did All That We Could, and Best by Request.
Linda Ronstadt, Stone Poneys and Friends, Vol. III is the third and final studio album by The Stone Poneys, released on April 29, 1968. Singer Linda Ronstadt would release her first solo album the following year.
The Definitive Greatest Hits: 'Til the Last Shot's Fired is the twelfth album, and the third compilation album from American country music artist Trace Adkins. It was released on October 12, 2010, through Capitol Nashville. The album includes all of his Top 40 hits for the label except "I'm Gonna Love You Anyway", as well as the non-singles "Dangerous Man" and "'Til the Last Shot's Fired". These cuts were previously found on the albums Dangerous Man and X, respectively.
Greatest Hits is a compilation album by American country music artist Tanya Tucker. It was released by Capitol Records in July 1989, containing the new song, "My Arms Stay Open All Night," and most of the singles from the albums Girls Like Me, Love Me Like You Used To and Strong Enough to Bend. The album peaked at number 20 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart and was certified Gold by the RIAA.
The albums discography of Wanda Jackson, an American recording artist, consists of 44 studio albums, 37 compilation albums, four live albums, one video album, two box sets and has appeared on 26 albums. In 1954 at age sixteen, Jackson signed with Decca Records as a country music artist. The label did not issue a record until the 1962 compilation Lovin' Country Style, six years after Jackson left Decca. She signed with Capitol Records in 1956, and her self-titled debut studio album was released three years later. Although Jackson had recently been identifying herself as a rock-and-roll performer, the album consisted of country music recordings. However, it did contain Jackson's future rock-and-roll hit "Let's Have a Party", which was a hit in 1960, reaching the Top 40 on the Billboard Pop chart. The success of her rock-and-roll recordings led to the release of two more rock-and-roll studio LPs: Rockin' with Wanda (1960) and There's a Party Goin' On (1961). Additionally, Capitol issued two "split" studio albums which contained rock and roll on one side and country music on the other.
All-Time Greatest Hits is a compilation album by Australian-American pop singer Helen Reddy that was released in 1991 by EMI-Capitol Special Markets and reissued by various labels with different covers on multiple occasions since.
Icon is a greatest hits album by Megadeth, released in 2013 by Capitol Records. It is part of the Icon album series by Universal Music Enterprises, which absorbed Capitol in 2013.
The albums discography of American country artist Barbara Mandrell contains 25 solo studio albums, two collaborative studio albums, 20 compilation albums, one live album and six other album appearances. In 1971, Mandrell's debut studio record was released on Columbia Records titled Treat Him Right. It was her first disc to chart on America's Billboard country albums chart, reaching number 44. In 1972, she collaborated with David Houston on the album A Perfect Match. Mandrell's third studio album The Midnight Oil (1973) was her first to reach the top ten of the country albums chart, climbing to number six. In 1976, she moved to ABC Records and released three more studio projects that reached the top 40 of the Billboard country LP's survey.
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