FEBRUARY 19, 2025

HAPPY BIRTHDAYS!

1936 - Bob Engemann, singer with the Capitol Records group The Lettermen, is born in Highland Park, Michigan.

65 Years Ago Today In 1960 - Mike Lookinland, actor (best known as Bobby Brady in "The Brady Bunch"), singer, and Capitol Records artist (1974), is born Michael Paul Lookinland in Mount Pleasant, Utah.

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1938 - Igor Stravinsky conducts The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra (lineup unlisted) as they record parts of Stravinsky's "The Card Game (Jeu De Cartes)", which they will finish recording at another session on February 21, 1938, in Berlin, Germany for Telefunken Records. Capitol Records will license Telefunken's catalog for release in the United States and will issue the complete piece (which includes "The First Deal" in two parts, "The Second Deal" in two parts, and "The Third Deal" in two parts) on the album "STRAVINSKY - The Card Game (Jeu De Cartes)" (L-8028).

1943 - Nat "King" Cole reports to the Army and is turned down.

1947 - The Benny Goodman Quintet (Benny Goodman on clarinet, Ernie Felice on accordion, Jess Stacy on piano, Harry Babasin on bass, and Tommy Romersa on drums) record the titles "I Know That You Know" featuring Ernie Felice on accordion and Harry Babasin on bass and "I Can't Get Started" then Benny Goodman (still on clarinet), with pianist Nadia Reisenberg,  record Weber's "Grand Duo Concertante For Piano Forte & Clarinet" in two parts at Radio Recorders' studios on 932 North Western Avenue in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue "I Know That You Know" on the multi-artist compilation album "Campus Capers" (BD-58), "I Can't Get Started" on Goodman's album "Easy Does It!" (H-295), and have yet to issue either part of "Grand Duo Concertante For Piano Forte & Clarinet". Unfortunately, the version of "I Know That You Know" recorded at this session is not yet available on YouTube.

1947 - Pianist Buddy Cole, with rhythm accompaniment (lineup unlisted), records the titles "The Moon Was Yellow", "Cheek To Cheek", and "S'posin'" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "The Moon Was Yellow" and "Cheek To Cheek" on Cole's album "Keys To Romance" (H-175) and has yet to issue the take of "S'posin'" recorded at this session.

1948 - It's a Thursday and The King Cole Trio appears at The Oriental Theatre in Chicago, Illinois with Yvonne DeCarlo, Jack Leonard, and Carl Sands and His Orchestra. The trio performs "Ballerina", "What'll I Do?", "Save The Bones For Henry Jones", "Baby I Need You", and finishes up with "Those Things Money Can't Buy".

1951 - Jan Garber and His Orchestra (lineup unlisted), record the title "The Hot Canary" with vocals by Paul Nero,  "Dreamy Melody", "Swingin' Down The Lane" with vocals by Roy Cordell and The Ewing Sisters (lineup unlisted), and "That's How Our Love Will Grow" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records has yet to issue the take of "Dreamy Melody" recorded at this session and will issue "The Hot Canary" and "That's How Our Love Will Grow" together as a single (Capitol 1430) and "Swingin' Down The Lane" as a single (Capitol 1905) with "The Tavern Song" (recorded October 12, 1951) on the flipside.

1951 - Trumpet player Ray Anthony and His Orchestra Ray Anthony(tp,arr-1) (Woody Fansler, Jack Laubach, Tom Pattin, and Marty White also on trumpets, Keith Butterfield, Tom Oblak, Bob Quatsoe, and Dick Reynolds on trombones, Earl Bergman and Steve Cole on clarinets and alto saxophones, Cliff Hoff and Robert "Buddy" Wise on tenor saxophones, Leo Anthony on alto saxophone and baritone saxophone, Fred Savarese on piano, Danny Gregus on guitar, Frank Szosteck on bass, and Howie Mann on drums) record the titles "Vilia" using an arrangement by Ray Anthony, "My Prayer" and "Eleanor" with vocals by Tommy Mercer and "Saddle Shoe Shuffle" using an arrangement by George Williams in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue "Villa" as a single (Capitol 1556) with "Melancholy Rhapsody" (recorded November 3, 1950) on the flipside, "My Prayer" and "Eleanor" together as a single (Capitol 1438), and "Saddle Shoe Shuffle on Anthony's album "Arthur Murray Favorites: Fox Trots" (T 258).

1952 - Vocalist and guitarist Leon Payne, with Harold Glenn Hensley on fiddle, Lionel Lester Taylor on piano, Jimmy Bryant on guitar, Wesley "Speedy" West on steel guitar, and Cliffie Stone on bass), records the titles "Poke Salad Green", "Weeping Willow", "Wouldn't It Be Wonderful", and "Mailman" in Capitol Records' studios at 5515 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue "Poke Salad Green" and "Weeping Willow" together as a single (Capitol 2055), Wouldn't It Be Wonderful" as a single (Capitol 2454) with "I Need Your Love" (recorded October 8, 1951) on the flipside, and "Mailman" as a single (Capitol 2295) with "Lyin' To My Heart" (also recorded October 8, 1951) on the flipside. Unfortunately, "Wouldn't It Be Wonderful" isn't currently available on YouTube.

1952 - Rhythm guitarist and harmony vocalist Floyd "Ole" Rasmussen and His Nebraska Cornhuskers (Kenny Cannan on trombone, John "Woody" Applewhite and Marvin "Rocky" Stone on fiddles, Edward Austin Strode on piano, Jerry Carter on accordion, Earl Finley, Jr. on electric guitar, William "Billy" Tonneson on steel guitar, Virgil "Lee" Stone on bass, and Joe Muto on drums) record the titles "Did The Man In The Moon Come From Texas?" with vocals by Teddy Wilds, the instrumentals "Duke's C Jam Blues" and "New Star Rag", and "Tuxedo Junction" with vocals by Virgil "Lee" Stone at Capitol Records studios at 5515 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood, California between 8:00 PM and 11:00 PM. Capitol Records will issue "Did The Man In The Moon Come From Texas?" and "Duke's C Jam Blues" together as a single (Capitol 2015), "New Star Rag" as a single (Capitol 2093), and "Tuxedo Junction" as a single (Capitol 2379). Unfortunately, only "Did The Man In The Moon Come From Texas?" is the only title from this session available on YouTube.

1952 - Capitol Records artist Tex Ritter records the title "High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me)" (lyrics by Ned Washington and music by Dimitri Tiomkin) to be used under the opening credits for the Stanley Kramer Productions/United Artists film "High Noon" with Merle Travis and Ernest Varner on guitars under the direction of Tiomkin. Ritter will record a studio version for Capitol Records on May 14, 1952 which the label will issue as a single (Capitol 2120). The version recorded on February 19, 1952 will win an Academy Award for Best Song at The 25th Academy Awards ceremony held at the RKO Pantages Theater on March 19, 1953.

1953 - Capitol Records files the masters it purchased for Les Paul and Mary Ford's titles "I'm Sittin' On Top Of The World" (with vocals by Mary Ford) and "Sleep" and will issue them together as a single (Capitol 2400).

1954 - Hank Thompson's Capitol Records single "Wake Up, Irene", with "Go Cry Your Heart Out" on the flipside, is #1 on the U.S. Country singles charts.

1956 - Nelson Riddle's Capitol Records single "Lisbon Antigua", with "Robin Hood" on the flipside, is #1 on the U.S. Pop singles charts.

1957 - Trumpet player Ray Anthony and His Orchestra (Art De Pew, Jack Laubach, and Jack Holman also on trumpet, Jimmy Henderson, Lew McCreary, and Jimmy Priddy on trombone, Med Flory on clarinet and alto saxophone, Gene Merlino also on alto saxophone, Bob Enevoldsen and Jeff Massingill on tenor saxophone, Leo Anthony on baritone saxophone, Geoff Clarkson on piano, Al Viola on guitar, Don Simpson on bass, and Bill Richmond on drums), using arrangements by Don Simpson, record the titles "This Could Be The Night" with vocals by Gener Merlino and the instrumental titles "The Incredible Shrinking Man" and "Sleepy Lagoon" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "This Could Be The Night" and "The Incredible Shrinking Man" together as a single (Capitol F3676) and "Sleepy Lagoon" on Anthony's album "Ray Anthony Plays For Star Dancing" (T 831).

1958 - Vocalist Bobby & Jim (lineup unlisted), with Johnny Otis and His Orchestra (lineup also unlisted), record new takes of the titles "Carry My Books" and "A Lover Can't Tell" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the new takes together as a single (Capitol F3969).

1958 - Vocalist Andy Griffith, with Dick Reynolds and His Orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the titles "Thank Heaven For Little Girls", "Andy's Lament", "Midnight Special", and "(She's) Bad, Bad Business" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Thank Heaven For Little Girls" and "Andy's Lament" together as a single, "Midnight Special" and "(She's) Bad, Bad Business" together as a single (Capitol F4052), all the titles except "Midnight Special" on Griffith's album "This Here" (T 1215) and "Midnight Special" on the album "Andy Griffith Shouts The Blues And Old Timey Songs" (T/ST 1105).

1958 - Leopold Stokowski conducts a string orchestra (lineup unlisted) as they record Tchaikovsky's "Andante Cantabile (From 'Quartet N° 1 In D Major, Opus 11')" and Turina's "La Oracion Del Torero" at the Riverside Plaza Hotel in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue both titles in the album "The String Orchestra" (P/SP-8458).

1962 - Trombonist Pee Wee Hunt and His Orchestra (lineup unlisted) record the titles "Sunrise In Siberia", "12th Street Twist", and "Whistling Ping Pong Game" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue "Sunrise In Siberia" and "12th Street Twist" together as a single (Capitol 4727) and has yet to issue "Whistling Ping Pong Game". Unfortunately, neither of the first two titles are currently available on YouTube.

1962 - Rubin Williams, with Sammy Lowe conducting his own arrangements to the band and backing vocalists (lineups unlisted), records the titles "Blow Out The Sun" and "A Burning Memory" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue both titles together as a single (Capitol 4769). Unfortunately, "A Burning Memory" is not currently available on YouTube.

1963 - Nat "King Cole, with The Four Coins, begins the first of three performance dates in Tokyo, Japan.

1963 -  Vocalist Marian Montgomery, with (collectively) Joe Newman on trumpet, Sam Taylor on tenor saxophone, Dick Hyman on piano and organ, Kenny Burrell and Chuck Wayne on guitars, Milt Hinton or Joe Benjamin on bass, Osie Johnson on drums, Joe Venuto and Phil Kraus on vibraphones and xylophones, and Willie Rodriguez on percussion, records the titles "'Deed I Do", "The Exciting Mr. Fitch", and "Good Morning Heartache" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Montgomery's album "Marian Montgomery Swings For Winners And Losers" (T/ST 1884).

1963 - The Nashville Singers (lineup unlisted), with unlisted others, records the titles "The Long Black Veil" and "The Bottom Of The Glass" in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue both titles together as a single (Capitol 5017).

60 Years Ago Today In 1965 - The Beatles record the title "You're Going To Lose That Girl" during a three-hour-long session at EMI's Abbey Road Studios in London, England.

1968 - Vocalist Buddy Fo, with unlisted others, records the titles "And I Love Her", "That's Life", and "On A Clear Day You Can See Forever" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Fo's album "Buddy Fo's New Hawaii" (ST 2879). Unfortunately, none of the titles are currently available on YouTube.

1968 - During two sessions held this day in Los Angeles, California, The Band (Garth Hudson on piano, organ, and vocals, Richard Manuel on piano, organ, guitar, bass, and vocals, Jaime Robbie Robertson on guitar and vocals, Rick Danko on bass and vocals, and Levon Helm on drums and vocals) record the title "Lonesome Suzie" as well as overdubs at the first session and another take and overdubs for the same title at the second session. Capitol Records will issue the final mix of the take from the first session on the CD "Music From The Big Pink Remastered" (5-25390-2) and the final mix of the take from the second session on the group's album "Music From Big Pink" (SKAO 2955) as also on the CD "Music From The Big Pink Remastered".

55 Years Ago Today In 1970 - Sonny James' Capitol Records single "It’s Just a Matter of Time", with "This World Of Ours" on the flipside, is #1 on the U.S. Country singles charts.

1972 - Badfinger's Apple Records album "Straight Up", distributed by Capitol Records in the United States, enters the Pop album charts.

1977 - Capitol Records artist Natalie Cole wins the Best R&B Female Vocal Performance Grammy for her title "Sophisticated Lady (She's A Different Lady)".

1977 - Wings' Capitol Records single "Maybe I'm Amazed", with "Soily" on the flipside, enters the top 40 of Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart.

1981 - George Harrison is ordered to pay ABKCO Music the sum of $587,000 for "subconscious plagiarism" of the Chiffon's "He's So Fine" for his Apple Records single "My Sweet Lord" which was distributed by Capitol Records in the United States.

1982 - Vocalist Amy Holland, with unlisted others and producer Michael McDonald, records the titles "You And I", "I Hang On Your Every Word", and "Not Enough" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "You And I" and "I Hang On Your Every Word" on Holland's album "On Your Every Word" (ST-12178) and has yet to issue "Not Enough".

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1952 - Seventeen-year-old Vincent Eugene Craddock (aka future Capitol Records artist Gene Vincent) enters the US Navy.

1963 - The Jazz Crusaders (Wayne Henderson on trombone and euphonium, Wilton Felder on tenor saxophone, Joe Sample on piano, Bobby Haynes on bass, and Stix Hooper on drums) record the titles "Turkish Black", "Lonely Horn", and "Boopie" at the Pacific Jazz Studio in Los Angeles, California for Pacific Jazz Records. After EMI acquires Pacific Jazz's catalog, Blue Note Records will issue "Turkish Black" and "Lonely Horn" in the album "Tough Talk" (BN-LA170-G2) and "Boopie" in the album "The Young Rabbits" (BN-LA530-H2).

1963 - Trumpetist Howard McGhee, with Phil Porter on organ, Larry Ridley on bass, and Dave Bailey on drums, records the titles "Blue Bell", "Lonely Town", "Satin Doll", "Fly Me To The Moon", "Secret Love", and "Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out" at the Regent Sound Studios in New York City, New York for United Artists Records which will release all the titles on McGhee's album "Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out" (UAJS 14028). After EMI acquires United Artists' catalog, Blue Note Records will issue all the titles in Japan in the CD release of the album (TOCJ-6302).

ON THIS DAY NOT IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1878 - The phonograph is patented by Thomas Edison who, after making a sketch of the device, paid his assistant $18 to make it.

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

HAPPY BIRTHDAYS!

1933 - Yoko Ono, artist, singer, songwriter, wife and partner of Apple, Capitol, and Geffen Records artist John Lennon, mother of Capitol Records artist Sean Lennon, and solo Apple, Geffen, and Capitol Records artist, is born in Toyko, Japan.

1952 - Juice Newton, singer, guitarist, songwriter, and Capitol Records artist, is born Judith Kaye Newton at the Lakehurst Naval Base, Lakehurst, New Jersey.

1953 - Derek Pellicci, the percussionist and drummer with the group Mississippi and the Capitol Records group Little River Band, is born in London, England. 

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1948 - Vocalist Benjamin "Scat Man" Crothers, with Riff Charles and his Friends (includes Vic Dickenson on trombone, Riff Charles on piano, and unlisted guitar, bass, and drums players), records the titles "Riff's Blues", "The Thing", "Mabel The Lush", and "Dead Man's Blues" in Radio Recorders' studios at 931 North Western Avenue in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue "Riff's Blues" and "Mabel The Lush" together as a single (Capitol 15220) and "The Thing" and "Dead Man's Blues" together as a single (Capitol 15076).

1951 - Tennessee Ernie Ford's Capitol Records single "Shotgun Boogie", with "I Ain't Gonna Let It Happen No More" on the flipside, returns to the #1 spot on the U.S. Country singles chart.

1952 - Jan Garber and His Orchestra (lineup unlisted) record the titles "Who's Excited?", "My Intuition", "Love, Where Are You Now?", and "If You See Stars In My Eyes" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Who's Excited?" as a single (Capitol 2033) with "Two Little Kisses" (recorded March 14, 1952), "My Intuition" and "Love, Where Are You Now?" together as a single (Capitol 2012), and "If You See Stars In My Eyes" as a single (Capitol 2312) with "Poopsie Woopsie" (recorded September 10, 1952) on the flipside.

1952 - Ferlin Husky (as "Terry Preston"), with unlisted others, records the titles "I'm Missin' Lots Of Lovin'", "Words", "Counting My Heartaches", and "Don't Believe A Word They Say" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "I'm Missin' Lots Of Lovin'" and "Words" together as a single (Capitol 2024), "Counting My Heartaches" as a single (Capitol 2105), and has yet to issue "Don't Believe A Word They Say".

1952 - Vocalist Peggy Lee, with Sid Feller conducting the orchestra (lineup unlisted but includes trumpet, piano, guitar, bass, and drums players), records the titles "Goin' On A Hayride", "Ev'rytime", "Let's Call It A Day", "Baby, Come Home", "Whee Baby", and "Louisville Lou" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue "Goin' On A Hayride" and "Ev'rytime" together as a single (Capitol 2025), "Let's Call It A Day", "Whee Baby", and "Louisville Lou" on Lee's album "All Aglow Again" (T 1366), and "Baby Come Home" on the compilation CD "Peggy Lee - Rare Gems And Hidden Treasures" (5-27564-2).

1953 - Bandleader and bassist Cliffie Stone and His Orchestra (lineup unlisted) record the titles "Pretend", "The Last Roundup", and "The One Rose (That's Left In My Heart)" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Pretend" and "The Last Roundup" together as a single (Capitol 2407) and "The One Rose (That's Left In My Heart)" as a single (Capitol 2620) with "Steel Guitar Rag" (recorded September 9, 1953) on the flipside.

1956 - Les Baxter's Capitol Records single "The Poor People Of Paris", with "Theme from 'Helen of Troy'" on the flipside, enters the top 40 of Billboard's Pop singles chart.

1956 - Pianist Madam Agi Jambor, records Johann Sebastian Bach's "Toccata In D Minor", "Toccata In G Minor", "Toccata In G Major", and "Toccata In E Minor" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Jambor's two-LP album "BACH-Toccatas/Fantasias" (PBR-8354).

1957 - Vocalist and pianist Merrill Moore, with Jimmy Bryant on electric guitar, Roy Lanham on rhythm guitar, Wesley "Speedy" West on steel guitar, Red Wooten on bass, and Roy Harte on drums, records the titles "Buttermilk Baby", "Nursery Rhyme Blues", "Barrel House Bessie", and "Tuck Me To Sleep In My Old 'Tucky Home" in Studio A of The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records wil issue "Buttermilk Baby" and "Nursery Rhyme Blues" together as a single (Capitol F3788) and "Barrel House Bessie" and "Tuck Me To Sleep In My Old 'Tucky Home" together as a single (Capitol F3721).

1957 - Vocalist Robert Mitchum, with pianist Jimmy Rowles also conducting the orchestra (Tony Terran on trumpet, Morris Bercov on tenor saxophone and flute, Jack Marshall on guitar and banjo, Joe Comfort on bass, Eddie Aparicio, Frank Carlson, Frank Guerrero, and Ralph Hansell on drums and percussion, and Carlos Mejia on bongos and percussion) and unlisted background singers, records the titles "Jean And Dinah", "What Is This Generation Coming To?", and "Mama, Looka Boo Boo (Shut Your Mouth, Go Away)" at the Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California at a session that was scheduled to go from 8:00 PM to 11:00 PM but was extended and went to 1:00 AM on February 19, 1957. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Mitchum's album "Calypso - Is Like So..." (T 853).

1958 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Angel Smile" is #37 on WDGY's Official Top Forty Survey in Minneapolis/St. Paul, Missouri.

1958 - Nat "King" Cole overdubs a piano track on the title "Tu Mi Delirio (You're My Obsession)" and vocals tracks on the titles "El Bodegurero" (Grocer's Cha Cha)" and two takes of "Come To The Mardi Gras" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California, over instrumental tracks by Armando Romeu, Jr. And His Orchestra and backing vocal tracks by The Rivero Four (lineup unlisted) at the Panart Studio in Havana, Cuba in 1957. Capitol Records will issue "Tu Mi Delirio (You Are My Obsession)" and "El Bodeguerao (Grocer's Cha Cha) on Cole's album "Cole Español" (W 1031) and the first take of "Come To The Mardi Gras" in England on the album "The Unreleased Nat King Cole" (EMS 1279). Bear Family Records will issue all the titles and takes in Germany in the eleven-CD box set "Nat 'King' Cole - Stardust (The Complete Capitol Recordings 1955-1959)" (BCD 16342).

1958 - Tenor saxophonist George Auld, with an orchestra and vocal group The Jud Conlon Rhythmaires (lineups unlisted), records the titles "The Nearness Of You", "Take Me", and "Love Me Or Leave Me" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Love Me Or Leave Me" on Colin's album "Sax Gone Latin" (EAP-1-1045 on a single 7" 45 RPM EP) and all the titles on the 12" 33 1/3 RPM release of the album (T 1045).

1961 - Van Alexander conducts his own arrangements to his orchestra (featuring Milt Bernhart and Dick Kenney on trombone, Plas Johnson and Babe Russin on tenor saxophone, and unlisted others) as they record an unissued take of the title "Black And Tan Fantasy", the title "Say It Isn't So", a as yet unissued take of the title "Pick Yourself Up", and the title "In A Mellow Tone" at The Capitol Tower Studios in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue "Say It Isn't So" and "In A Mellow Tone" on Alexander's album "Swing! Staged For Stereo" (STAC 1635).

1961 - Vocalist Matt Monro, with Johnnie Spence conducting his own arrangement to the orchestra (4 trumpets, 4 trombones, possibly. Johnny Scott on flute and saxophone, and unlisted piano, guitar, bass, drums, percussion, and harp players) records the titles "My Kind Of Girl" at EMI Studios in London, England. Capitol Records will issue the title on the compilation CD "Spotlight On...,Volume 18 - Matt Monro" (8-29394-2).

1963 - Nat "King Cole, with The Four Coins, arrives in Japan to begin two weeks of performances around the country after finishing their tour of Australia. Here's a photo of Cole being presented flowers in Japan.

1963 - Vocalist Marian Montgomery, with (collectively) Joe Newman on trumpet, Sam Taylor on tenor saxophone, Dick Hyman on piano and organ, Kenny Burrell and Chuck Wayne on guitars, Milt Hinton or Joe Benjamin on bass, Osie Johnson on drums, Joe Venuto and Phil Kraus on vibraphones and xylophones, and Willie Rodriguez on percussion, records the titles "Wee Baby Blues", "Can't Help It", "Roll 'Em Pete", and a new take of "All By Myself" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Montgomery's album "Marian Montgomery Swings For Winners And Losers" (T/ST 1884).

1963 - The Ross Sisters (lineup unlisted), with unlisted others, record the titles "I Ain't Never", "You Still Want Her", and "A Fallen Angel" in (listed as possibly) Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records has yet to issue "I Ain't Never" and will issue "You Still Want Her" and "A Fallen Angel" together as a single (Capitol 4953).

60 Years Ago Today In 1965 - The Beatles record tracks for their songs "You've Got To Hide Your Love Away" and "Tell Me What You See" at EMI's Abbey Road Studios in London, England.

1967 - Vocalist Nancy Wilson, with Billy May conducting his own arrangements to the orchestra (Pete Candoli, John Audino, Ray Triscari, and Bud Brisbois on trumpet, Vernon Friley, Lew McCreary, Dick Noel, and William Schaefer on trombone, Arthur "Skeets" Herfurt, Abe Most, Justin Gordon, Plas Johnson, and Jack Nimitz on saxophones, Don Trenner on piano, Mike Melvoin on organ, John Collins on guitar, Charles Williams on bass, and Earl Palmer on drums, Latin percussion, and bells), records the titles "That's Life", "If He Walked Into My Life", "Born Free", and "Just For Now" in The Capitol Tower studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California between 3:00 PM and 6:00 PM. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Wilson's album "Just For Now" (T/ST 2712).

1968 - David Gilmour joins Pink Floyd as the replacement for founding member and guitarist Syd Barrett.

1968 - At two sessions held this day in Los Angeles, California, Buddy Fo, with unlisted others, records the titles "Goin' Out Of My Head", "Crazy About You", "Hawaii", and "I Can't Take My Eyes Off Of You" at the first session and the titles "Come Back To Me", "Watch What Happens", "Sadie The South Sea Lady", and "Hawaiian Wedding Song" at the second session. Capitol Records has yet to issue "I Can't Take My Eyes Off Of You" and "Hawaiian Wedding Song" and will issue all of the rest of the titles on Fo's album "Buddy Fo's New Hawaii" (ST 2879).

1972 - Vocalist Roy Rogers, with unlisted others, records the titles "Lay Some Happiness On Me", "I'll Sing A 'Sing-A-Long' Love Song", "It's Not The Things That You Do", and "Talkin' About Love" in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue "Lay Some Happiness On Me" and "Talkin' About Love" on Rogers' album "Take A Little Love" (ST-11020) and have yet to issue  "I'll Sing A 'Sing-A-Long' Love Song" and "It's Not The Things That You Do".

1974 - Apple Records (with Capitol Records handling U.S. distribution) releases Ringo Starr's single "Oh My My", with "Step Lightly" on the flipside.

1977 - White Horse (lineup unlisted) records the title "Through Thick And Thin" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the title on the group's self-titled album "White Horse" (ST-11687).

1981 - Charles Veal records the title "This Girl's Got A Hold On Me" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the title on Veal's album "Believe It!" (ST-12174).

1982 - America (vocalists and guitarists Gerry Beckley and Lee "Dewey" Bunnell), with unlisted others, record the title "Desperate Love" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue the title on the group's album "View From The Ground" (ST-12209).

1982 - The Motels (Martha Davis on lead vocals and guitar, Guy Perry on guitar and backing vocals, Michael Goodroe on bass, Steve Goldstein on keyboards, Marty Jourard on keyboards and saxophone, Brian Glascock and Craig Krampf on drums and percussion, and M.L. Benoit on percussion) record the title "He Hit Me (And It Felt Just Like A Kiss)" at Record One studios in Los Angeles, California with producer Val Garay. Capitol Records will release the title on the band's album "All Four One" (ST-12177).

1982 - On her 30th birthday, vocalist Juice Newton, with unlisted others, records the title "Ever True" at Sound Castle Studio in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the title as a single (Capitol 5120) and on Newton's album "Quiet Lies" (ST-12210).

1986 - Alcatrazz (Graham Bonnet on vocals, Jimmy Waldo on keyboards and vocals, Steven Vai on guitar and vocals, Gary Shea on bass, and Jon Uvena on drums, percussion and vocals) record the titles "That Ain't Nothin'" at American Recording Studios in Woodland Hills, California. Capitol Records will issue the title on the band's album "Dangerous Games" (ST-12477).

1986 - Vocalists Marie Osmond and Paul Davis, with unlisted others, record the title "You're Still New to Me" in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue the title as a single (Capitol 5663) with "New Love" (recorded February 26, 1986) on the flipside and on Osmond's album "I Only Wanted You" (ST-12516).

2001 - Keith Urban's Capitol Records Nashville single "But For The Grace Of God" hits #1 on Billboard's Country Singles chart.

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1967 - Johnny Rivers' Imperial Records single "Baby I Need Your Lovin'", with "Gettin' Ready For Tomorrow" on the flipside, enters the top 40 of Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart.

1983 - Trumpetist Chet Baker and tenor saxophonist Stan Getz, with Jum McNeely on piano, George Mraz on bass, and Victor Lewis on drums perform the title "Stella By Starlight" at a concert given in Stockholm, Sweden that was recorded by Sonet Records and released by it in England on the album "Line For Lyons" (SNTF 899)as by Stan Getz and Chet Baker. Blue Note Records will license the title and release it in the United States on the CD "The Definitive Chet Baker" (5-40039-2).

1993 - Pianist Don Pullen and The African-Brazilian Connection (Carlos Ward on flute and alto saxophone, Nilson Matta on bass, Guilherme Franco on tumba, berimbau, and percussion, and Mor Thiam on jembe, tabula, rainsticks, and wind chimes) record the titles "The Third House On The Right", "Paraty", "El Matador", "George, We Harldy Knew Ya", "Aseeko! (Get Up And Dance!)" with vocals by Mor Thiam, "Anastasia/Pyramid", and "Variation On 'Ode To Life'" in Sorcerer Sound's studio in New York City, New York at a session that will end on February 19, 1993. Blue Note Records will issue all the titles on the CD album "Ode To Life" (7-89233-2) as by Don Pullen & The African-Brazilian Connection.

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

HAPPY BIRTHDAYS!

1923 - Buddy DeFranco, clarinet player, bandleader, and Capitol Records artist (as part of The Metronome All Stars in 1947 and as a bandleader of his own orchestra and sextet in 1949), is born Boniface Ferdinand Leonard DeFranco in Camden, New Jersey.

Possibly 1971? - Walter Gross, former Senior Director, Digital Strategy - EMI Music North America at EMI is born in Brooklyn, New York.

1972 - Taylor Hawkins, drummer for the Capitol Records group Foo Fighters, is born Oliver Taylor Hawkins in Laguna Beach, California.

1984 - Farrah King, singer and founding member of the Capitol Records group Cherish, is born in Maywood, Illinois

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1943 - Guitarist Django Reinhardt and Et Le Quintette Du Hot Club De France (The Quintet Of The Hot Club Of France) (Gérard Lévêque and André Lluis on clarinets, Eugène Vées on rhythm guitar, Jean Storne on bass, and Gaston Léonard on drums) record the titles "Douce Ambiance", "Cavalerie", and "Oui Si Tu Me Dis Oui" in Paris, France for the Swing label. Capitol Records will license all the titles and issue them on the album "Django Reinhardt & The Hot Club Of France" (T 10361).

1946 - During a split session held at Capitol Records' studios in New York City, New York, first Johnny Mercer, with Paul Weston and His Orchestra (lineup unlisted) records a rejected take of the title "Li'l Angie Is A Natural Man" then Margaret Whiting, with Paul Weston conducting his own arrangements to the orchestra, records the title "Come Rain Or Come Shine". Capitol Records will issue "Come Rain Or Come Shine" as a single (Capitol 247) with "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man Of Mine" (recorded January 12, 1956) on the flipside.

1953 - During two sessions held this day in New York City, New York, vocalist Julius La Rosa, with unlisted others, records the titles "Anywhere I Wander" and "This Is Heaven" at the first session and the titles "Let's Make Up Before We Say Goodnight" and "My Lady Loves To Dance" at the second session for Capitol Records which will issue "Anywhere I Wander" and "This Is Heaven" in England as a singe (CL13892) and "Let's Make Up Before We Say Goodnight" and "My Lady Loves To Dance" in England as a single (CL13941). Cadence Records will issue all the titles in the United States.

1953 - Vocalist Ferlin Husky and His Hush Puppies (lineup unlisted) record the titles "Hank's Song", "Get Me Off The Fence", "I'll Never Have You", and "I'll Always Speak Well Of You" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Hank's Song" on the multi-artist compilation album "The Country's Best" (EAP-2-1179 on 7" EP and T 1179 on 12" LP) and with "I'll Never Have You" as a single (Capitol 2397). Pickwick Records will issue all the titles on Husky's album "Green, Green Grass Of Home" (JS-6086).

1953 - At two sessions held this day in Los Angeles, California, pianist George Greeley, with unlisted others, records a new take of "Dancing On The Ceiling" at the first session and the titles "How Deep Is The Ocean" and "These Foolish Things" at the second session. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Greeley's album "Piano Demitasse" (EBF-438 on a two-disc 7" EP and H-438 on a 10" LP).

1956 - Jackie Gleason conducts His Orchestra (lineup unlisted) as they record the titles "I Can't Give You Anything But Love", "Japanese Sandman", "and "I Cover The Waterfront" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Gleason's 2 LP set "Jackie Gleason's Lover's Portfolio" (WBO 1619).

1956 - Trombonist Pee Wee Hunt, with unlisted others, records new takes of the titles "Surrender" and "Lonely Man" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue both titles in France on Hunt's EP "Pee Wee Hunt" (EAP-1-20163).

1956 - Pianist Leonard Pennario, with Felix Slatkin conducting The Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra (lineup unlisted) record the title "Rhapsody In Blue" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the title on Pennario's album "GERSHWIN - Rhapsody In Blue/An American In Paris" (P 8343).

1956 - Pianist Madam Agi Jambor records Johann Sebastian Bach's "Toccata In D Major", "Toccata In F Sharp Minor", and "Toccata In C Minor" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Jambor's 2LP album "BACH-Toccatas/Fantasias" (PBR-8354).

1957 - Vocalist Joe Alexander, with Dave Cavanaugh conducting an orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the titles "I'll String Along With You", "I Never Had A Chance", "If I Could Make The World Stand Still", and "A Thousand Times A Day" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "I'll String Along" and "A Thousand Times A Day" together as a single (Capitol 407), "I Never Had A Chance" as a single (Capitol 15274) with "So Long Darling" (recorded September 22, 1947) on the flipside, and "If I Could Make The World Stand Still" as a single (Capitol Blues 57-70054) with "Lost" (recorded December 19, 1946) on the flipside. Unfortunately, none of the titles are currently available on YouTube.

1958 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records album "Just One Of Those Things" is #17 on WJJD's Top Twenty LP And EP Albums chart in Chicago, Illinois and Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Angel Smile" is #20 on CHUM's CHUM Hit Parade in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

1958 - Nat "King" Cole records vocal overdubs for the title "Maria Elena" and, with the vocal group The Facundo Rivero Four (lineup unlisted), the titles "Lisbon Antigua (English Version)" and "Come Closer To Me (Acercate Mas) (English Version)" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California over instrumental tracks recorded in 1957 by Armando Romeu Jr. And His Orchestra at The Panart Studio in Havana, Cuba. Capitol Records will issue the final mix of "Maria Elena" on Cole's Capitol Records EP "Cole Español" (EAP-1-1031) and the final mix of "Acercate Mas (Come Closer To Me) (English Version)" as a single (Capitol F4004) with "Nothin' In The World" (recorded November 22, 1957) on the flipside and on Cole's single-disc 7" EP "Non Dimenticar" (EAP-1-1138). Bear Family Records will issue all the titles in Germany in the box set "Nat 'King' Cole - Stardust (The Complete Capitol Recordings 1955-1959)" (BCD 16342).

1958 - An orchestra (lineup unlisted) record selections from the soundtrack of the film "Merry Andrew", with words and music by Saul Chaplin and Johnny Mercer, in Los Angeles, California with "The Pipes Of Pan" featuring vocals by Danny Kaye and an unidentified boys choir, "Chin-Up Stout Fellow" featuring vocals by Danny Kaye, Robert Coote, and Rex Evans, "Everything Is Ticketty-Poo" featuring vocals by Danny Kaye and the boys choir, "You Can't Always Have What You Want" featuring vocals by Danny Kaye, Pier Angeli, and the boys choir, "The Square Of The Hypotenuse" featuring vocals by Danny Kaye and the boys choir, and "Salud (Buona Fortuna)" featuring vocals by Danny Kaye, Salvatore Baccaloni, Pier Angeli, and the boys choir. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on the soundtrack album "'Merry Andrew' Plus: Music Of The Big Top Circus Band" (T 1016).

1963 - Vocalist Marian Montgomery, with (collectively) Joe Newman on trumpet, Sam Taylor on tenor saxophone, Dick Hyman on piano and organ, Kenny Burrell and Chuck Wayne on guitars, Milt Hinton or Joe Benjamin on bass, Osie Johnson on drums, Joe Venuto and Phil Kraus on vibraphones and xylophones, and Willie Rodriguez on percussion, records the titles "Breezin' Along With The Breeze", "When Sunny Gets Blue", and "All By Myself" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue "Breezin' Along With The Breeze" and "When Sunny Gets Blue" on Montgomery's album "Marian Montgomery Swings For Winners And Losers" (T/ST 1884), "When Sunny Gets Blue" as a single (Capitol 4978) with "Roll 'Em Pete" (recorded February 18, 1963) on the flipside, and has yet to issue the take of "All By Myself" recorded at this session. Montgomery will record a new take of "All By Myself" also on February 18, 1963, and that version will also be issued on her album "Marian Montgomery Swings For Winners And Losers".

60 Years Ago Today In 1965 - The Beatles record the ts "The Night Before" in the afternoon and then at 11 pm they record "You Like Me Too Much" at EMI's Abbey Road Studios in London, England.

1966 - Brian Wilson, at the first session of nineteen full sessions (and many other hours of separate recordings) held between today and September 21, 1966, records tracks for The Beach Boys' title "Good Vibrations" at Gold Star Studios at 6252 Santa Monica Boulevard in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue the final version as a single (Capitol 5676), with "Let's Go Away For Awhile" (recorded January 18 and 19, 1966) on the flipside, on October 10, 1966.

1967 - Smiley Burnette (born Lester Alvin Burnette), singer, songwriter, motion picture, radio, and television actor, comedian, and Capitol Records artist, dies at age 55 of leukemia in Encino, California and is later interred at Forest Lawn Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles, California.

1967 - Capitol Records releases The Beatles' single "Strawberry Fields Forever" with "Penny Lane" on the flipside in the United States and the group begins four straight days of sessions at Abbey Road Studios in London, England to record the title "Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite" which Capitol Records will issue in the United States on the group's album "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" (MAS/SMAS 2653).

1972 - Billy May conducts his own arrangements to The Time-Life Orchestra (John Audino, John Best, Pete Candoli, Uan Rasey, and Joe Graves on trumpet, Joe Howard, Lloyd Ulyate, Lew McCreary, and Dick Nash on trombone, Les Robinson, Wilbur Schwartz, Justin Gordon, Abe Most, Plas Johnson, and Chuck Gentry on saxophones, Ray Sherman on piano, Jack Marshall on guitar, Morty Corb on bass, and Nick Fatool on drums) as the record the titles "Flatbush Flanagan", "I Know That You Know", "I Surrender Dear", and "Carpice XXIV Paganini" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California. Time-Life Records will issue all the titles as part of the "Swing Era Series" in the three-LP box set "Volume 14 - One More Time - Swing Lives!: Billy May" (STA/STL 353).

1972 - Capitol Records creates a short version edit of Joyous Noise's "Rock & Roll Cowboy" edited from master 78007 in Los Angeles, California. No issuing information is listed.

1972 - Skylark (lineup unlisted) records the title "The Writing's On The Wall" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the title as a single (Capitol 3511) with "I'm In Love Again" (recorded March 10, 1972) and on the group's self-titled album "Skylark" (ST-11048).

1978 - John "Moon" Martin, with unlisted others, records the titles "Cool Down", "Night Thoughts", and "Bad Case Of Lovin' You" in Los Angeles, California. No issuing information is listed for "Cool Down". Capitol Records will issue "Night Thoughts" and "Bad Case Of Lovin' You" on Martin's album "Shots From A Cold Nightmare" (SW 11787).

1978 - Brian Cadd, with unlisted others, records the titles "Ol' 55" and "Skating On Thin Ice" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both titles on Cadd's album "Yesterday Dreams" (SW-11681).

1981 - Rene & Angela (vocalists Rene Moore and Angela Winbush), with unlisted others, record the as yet unissued title "Eyes On You" and "Secret Rendezvous" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Secret Rendezvous" as a single (Capitol 5220) with "Bangin' The Boogie" (recorded September 21, 1982).

1981 - Vocalist Lisa Dal Bello, with unlisted others, records the title "Just Like You" in Los Angles, California. Capitol Records will issue the title on Dal Bello's album "Drastic Measures" (ST-12140).

1982 - Vocalist Juice Newton, with unlisted others, records the titles "Love Sail Away (Here Comes Another Heartache)" and "Adios Mi Corazon" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both titles on Newton's album "Quiet Lies" (ST-12210).

1983 - Project Future (lineup unlisted) record the titles "Ray-Gun-Omics" and "Arcade Love" in an unlisted studio for Capitol Records. No issuing information is listed.

40 Years Ago Today In 1985 - Mel McDaniel's Capitol Records single "Baby's Got Her Blue Jeans On", with "The Gunfighter's Song" on the flipside, is #1 on the U.S. Country singles charts.

1988 - Capitol Records registers the masters for Climie Fisher's titles "Love Changes (Everything)", "Rise To The Occasion", "I Won't Bleed For You", "Room To Move", "Precious Moments", "This Is For Me", "Never Let A Chance Go By", "Bite The Hand That Feeds", "Break The Silence", "Keeping The Mystery Alive", and "Never Close To Show" and will issue all of the titles, except "Never Close To Show" on the group's album "Everything" (C1-90514 on 12" vinyl and 7-48338-2 on CD), "Love Changes (Everything)" and "Never Close To Show" together as a single (Capitol 44137), and "Rise To The Occasion" in two parts as a single (Capitol 44197).

1999 - The Beatles' Capitol Records single "Lady Madonna", with "Inner Light" on the flipside, and their Apple Records single "The Long And Winding Road", with "For You Blue" on the flipside, which was distributed by Capitol Records in the United States, are certified Platinum by the R.I.A.A.

15 Years Ago Today In 2010 - Kathryn Grayson, singer, motion picture actress and wife of Capitol Records artist and motion picture actor Johnnie Johnston, died at age 88 of natural causes at her home in Los Angeles, California.

2013 - Mindy McCready, singer and Capitol Records Nashville (2002) artist is found dead at age 37 on the porch of her home in Heber Springs, Arkansas of an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound.

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1962 - The Beach Boys' first single "Surfin'" on Candix Records enters Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart.

ON THIS DAY NOT IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1941 - Singer, songwriter, and instrumentalist Gene Pitney is born in Hartford, Connecticut.

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1914 - Jimmy Wakely, a singer, guitarist, and a Capitol Records artist, is born James Clarence Wakely in Mineola, Arkansas.

1918 - Patty Andrews, a singer, and a member of the Capitol Records group The Andrews Sisters, is born Patricia Marie Andrews in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

1961 - Andy Taylor, the lead guitarist of the Capitol Records groups Duran Duran and The Power Station, is born in Dolver-Hampton, England.

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1946 - Capitol Records artist Jack Guthrie debuts as a guest on "Purina's Grand Ole Opry" radio show..

1949 - Gordon MacRae records the title "Were Thine That Special Face", then he and Jo Stafford record the title "Wunderbar", and finally Jo records the title "Why Can't You Behave" in Los Angeles, California with Paul Weston and His Orchestra and members of an unlisted string section and vocal chorus. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on the album "Kiss Me Kate" (CD-144).

1949 - Frank De Vol, with unlisted others, records four unlisted titles for The Capitol Records Transcription Service in Los Angeles,, California. No issuing information is listed.

75 Years AgobToday In 1950 - Les Baxter directs unlisted members of an orchestra in Los Angeles, California, recording the instrumental titles for "Monkeys (Monos)", "Dance Of TheWinds (Wayra)", "High Andes (Ataypora!)" and "Earthquake (Tumpa)". The next day vocal overdubs by Yma Sumac will be recorded the next day. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Sumac's album "Voice Of The Xtabay" (CD-244).

1953 - Vicky Young, with Dave Cavanaugh and His Orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the titles "I'll Stop Loving You", "I'm Wonderin'", "Let Me Hear You Say (I Love You)", "I Love You So Much" and "Goodbye, Charlie, Goodbye" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records has yet to issue "I'll Stop Loving You" and will issue "I'm Wonderin'" and "Goodbye, Charlie, Goodbye" together as a single (Capitol 2395) and "Let Me Hear You Say (I Love You)" and "I Love You So Much" together as a single (Capitol 2478).

1954 - The Four Freshmen (Bob Flanigan on vocals, bass and trombone; Don Barbour on vocals and guitar; Ross Barbour on vocals and drums and Ken Errair on vocals, trumpet, mellophone, and bass) record the titles "After You" and "Mood Indigo" at Capitol's Melrose Avenue studios in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will release the titles on the album "Voices In Modern" (H-522).

1954 - The Ever Ready Singers (vocalists Chris Tyler, Isiah Robertson, James Knight, Leroy Fontenot, and Sam Campbell) record the titles "One Day When I Was Walking" "I'm A Pilgrim And A Stranger, "Two Wings" and "This Heart Of Mine" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the first two titles together as a single (Capitol 2763) and the last two titles together as a single (Capitol 2867).

70 Years AgobToday In 1955 - Frank Sinatra, with Nelson Riddle conducting his own arrangements to the orchestra (Harry Edison on trumpet; Mahlon Clark, Skeets Herfurt, Champ Webb, Babe Russin and Ted Nash on saxophones and woodwinds; Bill Miller on piano; Paul Smith on celeste; George Van Eps on guitar; Phil Stephens on bass; Alvin Stoller on drums; Kathryn Julye on harp and Harry Bluestone, Mischa Russell, Paul Shure, Felix Slatkin on violins; Alvin Dinkin and Eleanor Slatkin on viola), records 4 takes of the title "What Is This Thing Called Love?" and the titles "Ill Wind", "I See Your Face Before Me" and "Mood Indigo" at radio station KHJ's studios (now the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science's Pickford Center for Motion Picture Study and the Academy Film Archive) at 1313 North Vine Street, Hollywood, California between 8:00 PM and 11:30 PM. Capitol Records will issue the last take of "What Is This Thing Called Love" and the last three titles on Sinatra's album "In The Wee Small Hours" (W 581).

1956 - The Roger Wagner Chorale (unlisted singers directed by Roger Wagner with uncredited musicians) records the titles "Spain: Baile De Gaita", "England: Greensleeves" featuring Frank Alpers on vocals, and "Spain: Ayer Te He Visto" featuring Harve Presnell on vocals in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on the chorale's 2 LP set "Folk Songs of the Old World" (PBR-8345).

1959 - Murray McEachern (on trombone), and unlisted others, record the (as of 2005) unissued titles "Lover Come Back To Me" and "Amor" and an overdub for previously recorded (and still unissued) "Satin Doll" in Los Angeles, California.

1959 - Jack Marshall (on guitar and zither), using his own arrangements, and His Music (Don Fagerquist, Mannie Klein and Uan Rasey on trumpet; Milt Bernhart on trombone; Bob Enevoldsen on valve trombone; Justin Gordon and George Smith on saxophones; Milt Raskin on piano; Barney Kessel on guitar; Joe Mondragon and Mike Rubin on bass; Shelly Manne on drums and Larry Bunker, Milt Holland and Lou Singer on percussion) record the titles "Should I", "A Hot Sombrero" (listed as "Mexican Hat Dance" in the files), "Mimi" (with George Roberts on bass trombone) and "Whistlin' Blues" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Marshll's album "Soundsville! - Swinging Sketches By Jack Marshall And His Music" (T 1194).

1959 - The Kingston Trio (Dave Guard on vocals, banjo and guitar, Nick Reynolds on vocals and guitar, Robert "Bob Shane" Schoen on vocals and guitar) with Morris "Buck" Wheat on bass, record the titles "Blow Ye Winds", "M.T.A.", Getaway John", and "Remember The Alamo" at Capitol Records' studios in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on the group's album "The Kingston Trio At Large" (T 1199).

1959 - Kenyon Hopkins conducts his to own arrangements to his Orchestra (unlisted musicians) as they record "Serenade In Blue", "Serenade (From 'The Student Prince')", and "Serenade For A Wealthy Widow" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Hopkins' album "Swingin' Serenades" (T 1236).

65 Years AgobToday In 1960 - Glen Gray leads The Casa Loma Orchestra (listed as similar to Shorty Sherock, Pete Candoli, Uan Rasey and Mannie Klein on trumpet; Milt Bernhart, Joe Howard, Tommy Pederson and Si Zentner on trombone; George Roberts on bass trombone; Gus Bivona on clarinet and alto saxophone; Skeets Herfurt on alto saxophone; Plas Johnson and Babe Russin on tenor saxophone; Chuck Gentry on baritone saxophone; Ray Sherman on piano; George Van Eps on guitar; Mike Rubin on bass and Nick Fatool on drums) as they record a retake of "Stars And Stripes Forever" and the titles "Panama", "Cotton Belt Cannonball", "That's A Plenty" and Riverboat Shuffle" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol will issue all the titles on the album "Swingin' Southern Style" (T 1400).

65 Years AgobToday In 1960 - Evalyn Tyner (on piano with unlisted musicians) records the titles "The Sound Of Music", "The Very Next Man", "Do You Ever Dream Of Vienna?", and "Staying Young" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Tyner's album "On & Off Broadway" (T 1431).

1961 - Rita Faye (on autoharp) records and does overdubs for the titles "Are Ye Able?" and "Showers Of Blessing" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both titles on the album "Rita Faye's Autoharp" (T 1606).

1961 - During two sessions held this day in New York City, New York, Jackie Gleason and His Orchestra (lineup unlisted) record the titles "Garden In The Rain", "There'll Be Some Changes Made", and "I May Be Wrong" at the first session and the medley "Someday I'll Find You/I Can't Get Started/I Remember It Well/I'll Follow My Secret Heart/If I Didn't Care/I See Your Face Before Me/Allez-Vous-En/Lovely To Look At/The Touch Of Your Hand/What Is There To Say" at the second session. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Gleason's album "Jackie Gleason's Lover's Portfolio" (WBO 1619).

1963 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records album "Dear Lonely Hearts" is #31 on Billboard magazine's Top LPs - 50 Best Sellers - Stereo chart.

1963 - At a concert at The Civic Auditorium in Santa Monica, California that was recorded by Capitol Records, the George Shearing Quintet (Gary Burton on vibraphone, George Shearing on piano, John Gray on guitar, Bill Yancey on bass, and Vernel Fournier on drums) performed "Walkin'", Look No Further", "Love Is Just Around The Corner", "Bel Aire", "Lee's Blues", "My Reverie", "Love For Sale", "African Inspiration" (with the addition of Armando Peraza on congas), "There With You", and "Moanin'". Capitol Records will issue the titles "Walkin'", Love Is Just Around The Corner", "Bel Aire" and "There With You" on the album "George Shearing - Jazz Concert" (T 1992). Mosaic Records will issue all the titles on the album "The Complete Capitol Live Recordings of George Shearing Quintet" (CD MD5-157).

1963 - Vocalist Marian Montgomery, with, collectively, Joe Newman on trumpet, Sam Taylor on tenor saxophone, Dick Hyman on piano and organ, Kenny Burrell and Chuck Wayne on guitars, Milt Hinton or Joe Benjamin on basses, Osie Johnson on drums, Joe Venuto and Phil Kraus on vibraphones and xylophones, and Willie Rodriguez on percussion, records the titles "My Buddy", "When Your Lover Has Gone", and "Confessin' The Blues" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Montgomery's album "Marian Montgomery Swings For Winners And Losers" (T 1884).

60 Years AgobToday In 1965 - The Four Freshmen (Bob Flanigan on vocals trombone and bass; Bill Comstock on vocals and guitar; Ross Barbour on vocals, trumpet and drums and Ken Albers on vocals, trumpet, flugelhorn and bass), with Gary Paxton conducting his arrangements to unlisted orchestra members, record the titles "When I Stop Loving You" and "Nights Are Long" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both titles together as a single (Capitol 5401).

60 Years AgobToday In 1965 - The Beatles (George Harrison on lead guitar and vocals, John Lennon on rhythm guitar and vocals, Paul McCartney on bass guitar and vocals, and Ringo Starr on drums and vocals) record tracks for their title "Yes It Is" at EMI's Abbey Road Studios in London, England. Capitol Records will issue the title as a single (Capitol 5407) with "Ticket To Ride" on the flipside.

60 Years AgobToday In 1965 - Charlie Louvin (on vocals, with unlisted musicians) records the titles "Live Begins At Love", "That's What Your Leaving's Done To Me", "I Don't Have Any Place To Go", and "I Gave My Love A Cherry" in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Louvin's album "The Many Moods Of Charlie Louvin" (T 2437).

1966 - David McCallum, directing unlisted musicians, records the titles "Isn't It Wonderful?", "Far Away Blue", an as yet unissued take of "British Grenadier", "The Edge" and "Final" in Los Angeles, California with producer David Axelrod. Capitol Records will issue all the titles except "British Grenadier" on the album "Music - A Bit More Of Me" (T 2498).

1966 - Glen Campbell (on vocals), with unlisted musicians), records the title "Together Again" and the (as of 2005) unissued title "I'm The One" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Together Again" on Campbell's album "Burning Bridges" (T 2679).

1967 - Lou Rawls (on vocals), with H. B. Barnum conducting his own arrangements to the orchestra (Freddie Hill and Tony Terran on trumpet; Teddy Edwards on tenor saxophone; Jim Horn on alto saxophone and baritone saxophone; Gerald Wiggins on piano; Barney Kessel on guitar; Jimmy Bond on bass and Earl Palmer on drums), records the titles "You're Always On My Mind", "Dead End Street - Song", "Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye", "I'll Take Time", and "Dead End Street - Monologue" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Rawls' album "Too Much!" (T 2713).

1967 - The Beatles record titles for their song "Good Morning Good Morning" at EMI's Abbey Road Studios in London, England.

1968 - Vocalist Grace Markay, with unlisted others, records the titles "Sally Go 'Round The Roses", "Distraction", and "Sonny Boy" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Sally Go 'Round The Roses" and "Sonny Boy" together as a single (Capitol 2161) and has yet to issue "Distraction".

1968 - The Band (Garth Hudson on piano, organ, and vocals, Richard Manuel on piano, organ, bass, and vocals, Jaime Robbie Robertson on guitar and vocals, Rick Danko on bass and vocals, and Levon Helm on drums and vocals) record the title "Waiting" and overdubs for the title in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records which has yet to issue the title.

55 Years Ago Today In 1970 - Vocalist Wanda Jackson, with Hargus "Pig" Robbins on piano, Harold Ray Bradley, Ray Edenton, and Billy Sanford on guitar, Mike Post on rhythm guitar, Pete Drake on steel guitar, Roy M. "Junior" Huskey Jr. on bass, Murrey M. "Buddy" Harman Jr. on drums, and The Jordanaires (vocal chorus of Hoyt H. Hawkins, Neal Matthews Jr., Hugh Gordon Stoker, and Raymond C. Walker), records the titles "Let Trouble Be You", "The Man You Could Have Been", and "Stop The World" at Jack Clement Studio in Nashville, Tennessee between 6:00 PM and 9:00 PM. Capitol Records will issue "Let Trouble Be You" and "Stop The World" on Jackson's album "Woman Lives For Love" (ST-554) and "The Man You Could Have Been" as a single (Capitol 3218) with "I Already Know" on the flipside.

1971 - The Lettermen (vocalists Jim Pike, Tony Butala, and Gary Pike, with unlisted musicians) record final overdubs for the titles "Yes, I'm Ready" and "Don't Make Me Over" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the final version of both titles on the group's album "Feelings" (SW-781).

1971 - Roy Rogers (on vocals, with unlisted musicians) records the as yet unissued take of the title "Follow The Lamb" and the titles "Take Your Time" and "Spotted Dog Named Sam" in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue the last two titles on Rogers' album "Man From Duck Run" (ST-785).

1971 - Tennessee Ernie Ford (on vocals) with Mike Deasy conducting the orchestra (unlisted musicians), records the titles "Happy Songs Of Love" and "Don't Life Pass You By" and overdubs for both titles in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both titles together as a single (Capitol 3079).

1972 - During two sessions held this day in Los Angeles, California, The Steve Miller Band (Steve Miller on guitar, Gerald Johnson on bass, Ben Sidran and Dick Thompson on keyboards, and Gary Mallaber and Jim Keltner on drums), with producer Ben Sidran, records a new take of the title "Enter Maurice" then the title "Journey From Eden" at the first session and the title "Guitar Blue" at the second session. Capitol Records will issue "Journey From Eden" on the band's album "Recall The Beginning...A Journey From Eden" (SMAS-11022). There is no release listing for the new take of  "Enter Maurice" or for "Guitar Blue".

1976 - Bjorn Skifs records the titles "Firefly" and "You Better Run" in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records. There is no release information for either title.

1976 - Tom Snow, with Jeff Porcaro, David Paich, Wilton Felder, Fred Tackett, Elliot Randall, Waddy Wachtel, Milt Holland, Stevie Nicks, Valerie Carter, Tom Jans, Bill Scwhartz, records the title "Hurry Boy" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the title on Snow's eponymous album "Tom Snow" (ST-11545).

1977 - During two sessions held this day in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records, The Section (lineup unlisted) records the title "Spider-Man" at the first session and the title "Rainbows" at the second session for Capitol Records. No issuing information is listed.

1978 - Mink DeVille (lineup unlisted) records the title "Young Boy Blues" in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records. No issuing information is listed.

1978 - During two sessions held this day in Los Angeles, California, Brian Cadd records the titles "Hangin' By A Thread" and "Yesterday Dreams" at the first session and the titles "Next Time I See You" and "Pale Fire" at the second session. Capitol Records has yet to issue "Hangin' By A Thread" and will issue "Yesterday Dreams", "Next Time I See You", and "Pale Fire" on Cadd's album "Yesterday Dreams" (SW-11681).

1979 - Lee Dresser records the titles "Love Me Tonight (Let's Love Tonight)", "Someone Who Loved You Just Like Me", and an unissued take of the title "Just Be You" in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue the first two titles together as a single (Capitol 4798).

1982 - Missing Persons (Chuck Wild on keyboards and synthesizer, Warren Cuccurullo on guitar and vocals, Patrick O'Hearn on bass and synthesizer, Terry Bozzio on drums, guitar, synthesizer, and vocals, and Dale Bozzio on vocals) records the title "Words" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the title as a single (Capitol 5127), with "Hello, I Love You" (recorded on February 15, 1982) on the flipside, and on the band's album "Spring Session M" (ST-12228).

1982 - The Motels, featuring Martha Davis on vocals, record the title "Change My Mind" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will release the title as a single (Capitol 5114), with "Only The Lonely" (recorded June 5, 1981) on the flipside, and on the band's album "All Four One" (ST-12177).

1984 - Zappacosta records the title "Spread Myself Too Thin". Capitol Records will issue the title on the group's album "Zappacosta" (ST-12296).

35 Years Ago Today In 1990 - Pink Floyd's album "The Dark Side Of The Moon" is certified both Platinum and 11x Multi-Platinum by the R.I.A.A.

2006 - Sid Feller, a trumpet and piano player, record producer, composer, conductor, and arranger (East Coast in-house arranger for Capitol Records from 1951 to 1955 and freelance through possibly 1969 and for ABC Records from 1955 to 1965), dies at age 89 in Beechwood, Ohio.

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1977 - Vocalist and trumpet player Chet Baker, with Gene Bertoncini on acoustic guitar, Kenny Barron on piano, Paul Desmond on alto saxophone, Ron Carter on bass, Tony Williams on drums, producer Don Sebesky, engineer Neal Ceppos, and assistant engineer Kathy Dennis, records the titles "If You Could See Me Now" and "Oh, You Crazy Moon" at Sound Ideas Studios in New York City, New York. After being digitally mastered at Van Gelder Recording Studio in 1989, A&M Records will issue both titles on Baker's CD "The Best Thing For You" (CD 0832). Blue Note Records will license both titles and issue them on the compilation CD "The Definitive Chet Baker" (5-40039-2).

1983 - EMI America will purchase the masters for Jules Shear's titles "Whispering Your Name", "Standing Still", All Through The Night", "I Need It", "The Longest Drink", "Never Fall", "I Know, I Know", "She's In Love Again", "Love Will Come Again", and "Marriage Made In Heaven" and will issue all the titles on Shear's self-titled album "Jules Shear" (ST-17092), "Whispering Your Name" and "The Longest Drink" together as a single (EMI-America 8163), "Whispering Your Name" and "I Need It" together as a single (EMI-America MLP-19009), "I Know, I Know" as a single (EMI-America 8199) with an edited version of the Michael Stanley Band's title "Love Hurts" (recorded April 28, 1982) on the flipside and with "Love Will Come Again" as a single (EMI-America MLP-19009).

1983 - Michael Murphey, with unlisted others, records the title "Radio Land" at an unlisted studio for Liberty Records. EMI will purchase Liberty's library and EMI America will issue the title on Murphey's compilation album "Best Of Michael Martin Murphey" (ST-17143).

25 Years Ago Today In 1997 - The Spice Girls' Virgin Records single "Wannabe" is #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart.

FEBRUARY 15, 2025

HAPPY BIRTHDAYS!

120 Years Ago Today In 1905 - Harold Arlen, composer (Oscar-winning songwriter: Somewhere Over the Rainbow "Stormy Weather" and "It’s Only a Paper Moon" with Ted Koehler, "That Old Black Magic" with Ira Gershwin and Johnny Mercer, "Somewhere Over The Rainbow" with "Yip" Harburg for which they won the 1939 Academy Award for Song Of The Year, the score for the 1946 Broadway musical "St. Louis Woman" with Johnny Mercer (which was the first Original Broadway Cast album released by Capitol Records), and many more), singer, and Capitol Records artist (1955 album "Harold Arlen and His Songs"), is born Hyman Arluck in Buffalo, New York.

1941 - Brian Holland, composer (best known as part of the teams Holland, Dosier, and Holland and Dosier/Holland), solo recording artist, record producer, and co-founder of Invictus Records which was distributed by Capitol Records, is born in Detroit, Michigan.

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1947 - The King Cole Trio's "(I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons", with "The Best Man" on the flipside, is still #1 on the U.S. Pop Singles chart.

1951 - During two sessions held this day at Capitol Records' studios at 5515 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood, California, vocalist Ernest "Red" Ingle and The Natural Seven (John LaMonte on trombone, Paul Sells on accordion, Ivy "Jimmy" Bryant on guitar and fiddle, Eddie Kirk on guitar, Wesley "Speedy" West on steel guitar, Frederick "Hank" Wayland on bass, and Milton "Muddy" Berry on drums) record the title "Run, Little Eva" with vocalist Mimi Laurie at the first session between 2:00 PM and 5:00 PM and the titles "People Are Funny" and "Let Me In" at the second session between 5:30 PM and 8:30 PM. Capitol Records will issue "Let Me In" as a single (Capitol 1431) with "Chew Tobacco Rag" (recorded February 5, 1951) on the flipside and "People Are Funny" as a single (Capitol 1599) with "Pool" (recorded March 31, 1950) on the flipside. Bear Family Records will issue all the titles in Germany on the CD compilation "Tim-Tay-Shun" (BCD 16115).

1952 - Billy May conducts his own arrangements to His Orchestra (John Best, Conrad Gozzo, Mannie Klein, and Uan Rasey on trumpets, Ed Kusby, Murray McEachern, James Priddy, and Si Zentner on trombones, Les Robinson and Wilbur Schwartz on alto saxophones, Ted Nash and Fred Falensby on tenor saxophones, Bob Dawes on baritone saxophone, Buddy Cole on piano, Barney Kessel on guitar, Don Whitaker on bass, and Remo Belli on drums), records the titles "You're Driving Me Crazy", "Perfidia", "Diane", and "Tenderly" in Capitol Records' studios at 5515 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood, California between 9:00 PM and 12:00 AM on February 16, 1952. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on May's album "Big Band Bash" (CCN-329).

1956 - Trumpet player Ray Anthony and His Orchestra (John Best, Conrad Gozzo, Art DePew, and John Dolny also on trumpets, Tommy Pederson, Jimmy Priddy, Ray Sims, and Ken Trimble on trombones, Med Flory and Gene Merlino on clarinets and alto saxophones, Georgie Auld and Irv Roth on tenor saxophones, Leo Anthony on baritone saxophone, Corky Hale on piano and harp, Nick Bonney on guitar, Don Simpson on bass, and Irv Kluger on drums), using an arrangement by Don Simpson, George Williams, and Dick Reynolds, record a new take of the title "Rhapsody In Blue" (a rejected take was recorded on February 13, 1956) in Los Angles, California. Capitol Records will issue the title on Anthony's album "Concert" (T 406).

1956 - Les Baxter conducts his arrangements to his orchestra (lineup unlisted) as they record the titles "Carnival", "Taboo", "Temptation", and "Sway (Quien Sera)" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Baxter's album "Caribbean Moonlight" (T 733).

1957 - The Concert Arts Orchestra (lineup unlisted) conducted by Leopold Stokowski, records Jean Sibelius' "Finlandia" and Johann Strauss, Jr.'s "On The Beautiful Blue Danube (Blue Danube Waltz)" in the Riverside Plaza Hotel, in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue both titles on the album "Leopold Stokowski Conducting His Symphony Orchestra - Landmarks Of A Distinguished Career (BACH/DEBUSSY/STRAUSS/SIBELIUS)" (P/SP-8399). Unfortunately, neither title is currently available on YouTube.

1958 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records album "Love Is The Thing" is #24 on The Billboard magazine's Best Selling Pop LPs chart. Cole's album "Just One Of Those Things" is #6 on The Billboard magazine's Most Played By Jockeys album chart. Also, Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Angel Smile" is #28 on Cash Box magazine's Best Selling Singles chart and #39 on The Billboard magazine's Best Selling Singles chart and #43 on the magazine's Top 100 Sides chart.

1962 - Vocalist Vic Damone, with Sid Feller conducting the orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the titles "No Strings" and "Once Upon A Time" with an unlisted vocal group, and the titles "My Heart Will Tell You So" and "Come With Me" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "No Strings" and "Once Upon A Time" together as a single (Capitol 4718), "My Heart Will Tell You So" as a single (Capitol 4756), and has yet to issue "Come With Me". Unfortunately, neither "No Strings" nor "My Heart Will Tell You So" are currently available on YouTube.

1962 - During two sessions held this day in Los Angeles, California, vocal group The Lettermen (Jim Pike, Tony Butala, and Bob Engemann), with unlisted others, records the titles "A Tree In The Meadow", "How Is Julie", "Lover's Beach", "Polka Dots And Moonbeams" and "Jeannie Malone" at the first session and "Summer's Come And Gone", "Michael", and "Hearts Were Young" at the second session. Capitol Records will issue "A Tree In The Meadow", Summer's Come And Gone", and "Michael" on the group's album "Jim, Tony And Bob" (T/ST 1761), "How Is Julie?", "Lover's Beach", and "Polka Dots And Moonbeams" on the group's album "Once Upon A Time" (T/ST 1711), and have yet to issue "Jeannie Malone" and "Hearts Were Young". Unfortunately, neither "Summer's Come And Gone" nor "Michael" is currently available on YouTube.

1962 - The Manhattans (lineup unlisted) record the titles "Sing All Day" and "La La La" in New York City, New York with producer Andy Wiswell. Capitol Records will issue both titles together as a single (Capitol 4730). Unfortunately, neither title is currently available on YouTube.

1963 - At a concert recorded by Capitol Records in the Civic Auditorium in Santa Monica, California, The George Shearing Quintet (George Shearing on piano, Gary Burton on vibraphone, John Gray on guitar, Bill Yancey on bass, and Vernel Fournier on drums) performs the titles "Maramor Mambo", "Mambo Serenade", "All Through The Night", "I'd Be Wonderful For You", "Mam'selle", "Yours Is My Heart Alone", "I Wished On The Moon", "Evermore", "Walkin'", "Look No Further", "Love Is Just Around The Corner", "The Sweetest Sounds", "I Cover The Waterfront" with only Shearing on piano, "Love Walked In" with only Shearing, Yancey, and Fournier, "Bel Aire", and "Lee's Blues". Capitol Records will issue "Mambo Serenade", "All Through The Night", "Yours In My Heart Alone", and "I Wished On The Moon" on the quintet's album "Latin Rendezvous" (T/ST 2326) and "I Cover The Waterfront", "Love Walked In", and "Lee's Blues" on the album "Jazz Concert" (T/ST 1992) as by George Shearing, Mosaic Records will issue "The Sweetest Sounds", "I Cover The Waterfront", and "Love Walked In" in the five-CD box set "The Complete Capitol Live Recordings of George Shearing Quintet" (MQ7-157 on vinyl and MD5-157 on CD). The other titles recorded that night have yet to be issued but were performed and recorded again at another concert at the Civic Auditorium the next night on February 16, 1963, and those versions will also be issued on the album "Jazz Concert".

1964 - The Beatles' Capitol Records album "Meet The Beatles" is #1 on the U.S. album charts.

1964 - Al Martino's Capitol Records single "I Love You More And More Every Day", with "I'm Living In Heaven With You" on the flipside, enters the top 40 of Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart.

60 Years Ago Today In 1965 - Nat "King" Cole (born Nathaniel Adams Coles), pianist, singer, motion picture actor, television variety show host, member of the Capitol Records group The King Cole Trio, husband of Capitol Records artist Maria Ellington, father of Capitol Records artist Natalie Cole, and a Capitol Records solo artist, dies of lung cancer at 5:30 AM at age 45 in St. John's Hospital in Santa Monica, California and is later buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California.

60 Years Ago Today In 1965 - Capitol Records releases The Beatles' single "Eight Days A Week" with "I Don't Want To Spoil The Party" on the flipside.

60 Years Ago Today In 1965 - After John Lennon passes his driving test in Weybridge, England, The Beatles record the titles "Ticket To Ride", "I Need You", and "Another Girl" at EMI's Abbey Road Studios in London, England. In the United States, Capitol Records will issue "Ticket To Ride" as a single (Capitol 5407) with "Yes It Is" on the flipside, and "I Need You" and "Another Girl" on the group's soundtrack album "Help!" (MAS/SMAS-2386).

1966 - Vocalist Andy Russell, with unlisted others, records the titles "Longin'" and "Enamorado" in Los Angeles, California. After overdubs are recorded for both titles on February 18, 1966, and for "Longin'" on March 3, 1966, Capitol Records will issue both titles together as a single (Capitol 5626).

1967 - Capitol Records sponsors deejay Mike Rapchak's 90-minute tribute to Nat "King" Cole which features recordings, a discussion of the late artist, and taped interviews with Vic Damone, Andre Previn, Jerry Vale, Margaret Whiting, and Oscar Peterson, that is broadcast on Chicago, Illinois radio station WLS-FM. If anyone has a copy of this show, please leave a comment.

1967 - Vocalist Lou Rawls, with H. B. Barnum conducting his own arrangements to the orchestra (Freddie Hill and Tony Terran on trumpets, Teddy Edwards on tenor saxophone, Jim Horn on alto and baritone saxophone, Gerald Wiggins on piano, Barney Kessel on guitar, Jimmy Bond on bass, and Earl Palmer on drums), records the titles "Righteous Woman - Monologue", "You're Takin' My Bag", "Yes, It Hurts - Doesn't It", and "I Want A Little Girl" in Los Angeles, California with producer David Axlerod. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Rawls' album "Too Much!" (T/ST 2713) and "Yes It Hurts - Doesn't It" as a single (Capitol 5869) with "Dead End Street - Monologue" (recorded February 16, 1967) on the flipside. Unfortunately, neither Righteous Woman - Monologue", "You're Takin' My Bag", nor "I Want A Little Girl" are currently available on YouTube.

1967 - Capitol Records purchases the masters for The Standells' title "Riot On Sunset Strip", The Mugwumps' title "Sunset Sally", The Sidewalk Sounds' title "The Sunset Theme", Debra Travis' title "Old Country", "Chocolate Watch Band's title "Don't Need Your Lovin'", Mom's Boys' title "Children Of The Night", The Sidewalk Sounds' title "Make The Music Pretty", The Standell's title "Get Away From Here", Drew's title "Like My Baby", and Chocolate Watch Band's title "Sitting There Standing" from Sidewalk Productions. Tower Records, a subsidiary of Capitol Records, will issue all the titles on the soundtrack to the motion picture "Riot On Sunset Strip" (T/DT 5065).

1967 - Capitol Records registers the masters it purchased for Dana Rollin's titles "My Yellow Bird Can't Sing", "The Man I Love", "Tap Your Feet", and "Blue". Tower Records, a subsidiary of Capitol Records, will issue "My Yellow Bird Can't Sing" and "The Man I Love" together as a single (Tower 316), and "Tap Your Feet" and "Blue" have yet to be issued. Unfortunately, neither title is available on YouTube.

1968, The Band (Garth Hudson on piano, organ, and vocals, Richard Manuel on piano, organ, guitar, bass, and vocals, Jaime Robbie Robertson on guitar, and vocals, Rick Danko on bass and vocals, and Levon Helm on drums and vocals, record the title "Caledonia Mission", as well as an overdub for the title, in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the title on the group's album "Music From Big Pink" (SKAO 2955).

1968 - Elli St. James (aka Ellen Janov) records the titles "Oriol" and "Vagabond" in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records. No issuing information is listed.

1971 - Capitol Records releases Buck Owens' album "Bridge Over Troubled Waters".

1972 - Capitol Records registers the masters it purchased for vocalist Red Simpson's titles "Country Western Truck Drivin' Singer", "You're The First", "Truckin' On Down The Road", and "Ole Ben" and will issue all the titles on Simpson's album "The Very Real Red Simpson" (ST-11093). Unfortunately, neither "Truckin' On Down The Road" nor "Ole Ben" are currently available on YouTube.

1973 - During two sessions held this day in Nashville, Tennessee, vocalist Al Martino, with unlisted others, records the titles "I'd Fight The World", "Sweet Memories", and "I Fall To Pieces" at the first session and the titles "I Have Lived" and "Crazy Arms" at the second session. After overdubs are recorded on February 27, 1973, for "I'd Fight The World" and "Sweet Memories" and on February 28, 1973, for "I Fall To Pieces", "I Have Lived", and "Crazy Arms", Capitol Records will issue the final mix of "Crazy Arms" on Martino's album "Country Style" (ST-11184) and have yet to issue any of the other titles.

50 Years Ago Today In 1975 - Capitol Records rush releases John Lennon's "Rock and Roll" album after a version called "Roots" was marketed on late-night television. "Roots" was put together by music publisher Morris Levy from the "oldies" sessions Lennon was court-ordered to record as payment for a line ("Here come old flat-top, he come groovin' up slowly") from a Chuck Berry song, to which Levy owned the copyright, that Lennon used in the Beatles' title "Come Together".

50 Years Ago Today In 1975 - Linda Ronstadt's Capitol Records single "You're No Good", with "I Can't Help It" on the flipside, is still #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart.

50 Years Ago Today In 1975 - Linda Ronstadt's Capitol Records album "Heart Like a Wheel" hits #1 on Billboard's Top 200 Albums chart.

1977 - George Harrison's Apple Records album "The Best Of George Harrison", distributed by Capitol Records in the United States (ST-11578), is certified Gold by the R.I.A.A.

1977 - The Section (Danny Kortchmar on guitar, Leland Sklar on bass, Craig Doerge on keyboards, Russ Kunkel on drums, and Steve Forman on percussion) records the title "L.A. Changes" at either United Western Studios or Sunset Sound Studios in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records. Capitol Records will issue the title on the group's album "Fork It Over".

1977 - Chuck Crane records the titles "Over And Over" and "Whatever Happened To That Rock & Roll" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both titles on Crane's album "Crane" (ST-11742).

1982 - Missing Persons (Chuck Wild on keyboards and synthesizers, Warren Cuccurullo on guitar, and vocals, Patrick O'Hearn on bass and synthesizers, Terry Bozzio on drums, guitar, synthesizers, and vocals, and Dale Bozzio on vocals) records the titles "Destination Unknown", "I Like Boys", "Mental Hopscotch", and "Hello, I Love You" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Destination Unknown", "I Like Boys", and "Mental Hopscotch" on the group's self-titled 7" EP album "Missing Persons" (DLP-15001), "Destination Unknown" on the group's album "Spring Session M" (ST-12228) and as a single (Capitol 5161), "Mental Hopscotch" as a single (Capitol 5212) and "Hello, I Love You" as a single (Capitol 5127).

1982 - Beau Williams records the titles "Another Place And Time" and "You Know Something I Don't Know" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both titles on Williams' self-titled album "Beau Williams" (ST-12213).

1982 - Vocalist Juice Newton, with unlisted others, records the title "I'm Gonna Be Strong" at Sound Castle Studio in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will release the title on Newton's album "Quiet Lies" (ST-12210).

1982 - Capitol Records registers the masters it purchased for vocalist L.J. Reynolds titles "Say You Will", "Special Effects", "You And Me", "Let Me Satisfy You", and Fast Action" which were recorded in Detroit, Michigan. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Reynolds' album "Travelin'" (ST-12223).

1986 - Tanya Tucker's Capitol Records single "One Love At A Time", with "Fool Fool Heart" on the flipside, enters the Billboard Country Singles chart.

2001 - George Harrison participates in his first-ever online chat, via Yahoo! Chat and MSN Live, to help promote the release of the re-issue of his album "All Things Must Pass". Harrison was in the ninth-floor conference room of The Capitol Tower in Hollywood, California and I was in the art department on the fifth floor trying to participate in the chat. Security was tight and management asked that staff not go to the ninth floor to watch, but there was just a kind of happiness and thrill that was felt by most just knowing he was there. The chat was flooded with participants (many of whom just made quick comments and didn't ask questions) and lasted about an hour.

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1954 - Chet Baker (on trumpet and vocals), with Russ Freeman on piano, Carson Smith on bass, and Bob Neel on drums, records the titles "But Not For Me", "I Get Along Without You Very Well" (with Freeman also on celeste), "My Funny Valentine", and "I Fall In Love To Easily" for Pacific Jazz Records at Capitol Records' studios on Melrose Avenue in Hollywood, California. Pacific Jazz issued all the songs on Baker's album "Chet Baker Sings" (PJLP-11). Capitol Records' parent organization, currently owns Pacific Jazz's catalog.

65 Years Ago Today In 1960 - Mikey Craig, bass player with the Virgin Records group Culture Club, is born in Hammersmith, London, England.

1963 - The Horace Parlan Sextet (Johnny Coles on trumpet, Booker Ervin on tenor saxophone, Horace Parlan on piano, Grant Green on guitar, Butch Warren on bass, and Billy Higgins on drums) records the titles "Happy Frame Of Mind", "A Tune For Richard", "Home Is Africa", "Dexi", "Back From The Gig", "and "Kucheza Blues" without Green on guitar at recording engineer Rudy Van Gelder's stuido in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey. Blue Note Records will initially release the titles on the album "Back From The Gig" (BN-LA488-H2) as by Booker Ervin and would release them in 1986 as by The Horace Parlan Sextet on the album "Happy Frame Of Mind" (BST84134).

1968 - Trumpetist Lee Morgan, with Bennie Maupin on tenor saxophone, John Hicks on piano, George Benson on guitar, Reggie Workman on bass, and Billy Higgins on drums, records the titles "Haeschen", "Avoctja One", "Durem", "Dee Lawd", "Taru, What's Wrong With You" (aka "What's Wrong?", and "Get Yourself Together" at recording engineer Rudy Van Gelder's studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey. Blue Note Records will issue all the titles on Morgan's album "Taru" (LT-1031).

1977 - Glen Matlock, the bass player for the Virgin Records group The Sex Pistols, is fired and replaced by Sid Vicious who has a better look but has as much talent playing the bass as Stuart Sutcliffe did.

ON THIS DAY NOT IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1932 - George Burns and Gracie Allen debuted as regulars on future Capitol Records artist Guy Lombardo's CBS Radio show "The Guy Lombardo Show".

1966 - The ABC-TV series "Batman" debuted.