Capitol Records Building

Facts

• World's first circular office building.
• It is a myth that the building was designed to resemble a stack of records topped with a stylus.
• The building's southern base displays a large mural called "Hollywood Jazz," celebrating such artists as Billie Holiday and Nat King Cole.
• Studio A in this building was inaugurated on February 22, 1956 by Frank Sinatra, recording the instrumental album "Tone Poems of Color."
• The recording studio is renowned for its acoustics. Artists who have used it include Judy Garland, Nat "King" Cole, and the Beach Boys.
• The tip of the spire at night blinks out the words "Hollywood" in Morse code since it was lit in 1956.
• The Morse code message was changed once, in 1992 to "Capitol 50," to commemorate Capitol Records' 50th anniversary.
• Two music superstars have their "Walk of Fame" stars in front of the building: John Lennon and Garth Brooks.