JULY 1, 2025

HAPPY BIRTHDAYS!

1899 - Charles Laughton, motion picture actor and director, acting teacher, husband of motion picture actress Elsa Lanchester, and a Capitol Records artist, is born in Scarborough, Yorkshire, England.

1908 - Alvino Rey, inventor of the amplified guitar at age 15, steel pedal guitarist, popularized the use of the Sonovox to make his steel guitar "talk", bandleader, husband of Louise King of the Capitol Records recording group The King Sisters, and Capitol Records artist (1946-1959) is born Alvin McBurney in Oakland, California.

80 Years Ago Today In 1945 - Debbie Harry, singer, songwriter, Playboy Club bunny, motion picture actress, singer with the Capitol Records band The Wind In The Willows, and a Chrysalis Records artist (both with the band Blondie and as a solo artist), is born in Miami, Florida and named Deborah Ann Harry three months later when she is adopted.

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1944 - Andy Russell (with orchestra conducted by Al Sack)'s Capitol Records single "Amor" is #6 up from #7 on Billboard's Best Selling Retail Records chart and Jo Stafford (with Paul Weston and His Orchestra)'s Capitol Records single "Long Ago (And Far Away)" is #10 down from #6.

1947 - Johnny Mercer, with The Pied Pipers (June Hutton, Clarke Yocum, Hal Hopper, Chuck Lowry), and Paul Weston and His Orchestra (Ray Linn, Ray Woods, Zeke Zarchy, and Don Anderson on trumpet; Allan Thompson, Bill Schaefer, Carl Loeffler, and Abe Lincoln on trombone; Herbie Haymer on tenor saxophone; Fred Stulce, Matty Matlock, Hap Lawson, and Lenny Hartman on reeds; Milt Raskin on piano; George Van Eps on guitar; Jack Ryan on bass; and Nick Fatool on drums), record the tracks "Don't Take Your Meanness Out On Me" (released by Capitol Records as part of the album "Willard Robinson's Deep River Music") and "School Days" (released by Capitol on the album "Campus Classics") in Los Angeles, California.

75 Years Ago Today In 1950 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Mona Lisa" is #2 on Billboard's Best Selling Retail Records chart, Kay Starr (with Lou Busch and His Orchestra)'s Capitol Records single "Bonaparte's Retreat" enters the chart at #17 and Les Paul's Capitol Records single "Nola" re-enters the charts at #19.

1954 - Capitol Records terminates its relationship with Lockwood Miller (who owns all the shares of Capitol Records of Canada Ltd. as well as the rights to the name since 1949) and forms Capitol Records Distributors of Canada Limited with head office in Toronto, a branch office in Montreal, and three independent distributors in the west part of the country.

1957 - Ferlin Husky's Capitol Records single "I'm Gone" is #25 down from #24 on Billboard's Best Selling Retail Records chart and Tommy Sands' Capitol Records single "Goin' Steady" is #29 down from #19.

1957 - Nat "King" Cole (with additional vocals by The McCoy Boys and the orchestra conducted and arranged by Billy May)'s single "Send For Me", with "My Personal Possession" (with additional vocals by The Four Knights and arranged by Nelson Riddle) on the flipside, enters Billboard's R&B singles chart which it will top for two weeks.

1958 - Vocalist Nat "King" Cole, with Dave Cavanaugh directing his own arrangements to the orchestra (John Anderson, Joe Newman, Wendell Culley, Thad Jones, and Gene "Snooky" Young on trumpets, Henry Coker, Benny Powell, and Al Grey on trombones, Marshall Royal and Frank Wess on alto saxophones, Frank Foster and Billy Mitchell on tenor saxophones, Charlie Fowlkes on baritone saxophone, Gerry Wiggins on piano, Freddie Green on guitar, Eddie Jones on bass, and Sonny Payne on drums), records the titles "Avalon", "Baby, Won't You Please Come Home?", "The Late, Late Show", and "Welcome To The Club" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California at an extended session between 1:30 PM and 5:30 PM. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Cole's album "Welcome To The Club" (W 1120).

1958 - During two sessions held this day in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California with producer Bill Miller, trumpet player and bandleader Harry James and His Orchestra (Nick Buono, Bob Rolfe, and Ollie Mitchell also on trumpets, Bob Edmondson and Ray Sims on trombones, Ernie Tack on bass trombone, Willie Smith and Herb Lorden on alto saxophones, Bob Poland and Sam Firmature on tenor saxophones, Ernie Small on baritone saxophone, Jack Perciful on piano, Dennis Budimir on guitar, Russ Phillips on bass, and Jackie Mills on drums) record the titles "Willow Weep for Me" and "Moten Swing" (both arranged by Ernie Wilkens), "Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans" and "You're My Thrill" (both arranged by James 'Jay' Hill), "I Want A Little Girl" (also arranged by Ernie Wilkens), and "The New Two O'Clock Jump" (arranged by Neal Hefti) at the first session and the titles "I Want A Little Girl" and "The New One O'Clock Jump" at the second session. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on James and His Orchestra's album "Harry's Choice" (T/ST 1093).

1963 - The Beatles record the titles "She Loves You" and "I'll Get You" at EMI's Abbey Road Studios in London, England with producer George Martin. Capitol Records will release the songs in the United States together as a single (Capitol 44281) and on the band's album "The Beatles Second Album".

1964 - Vocalist Peggy Lee, with Billy May conducting his orchestra (Justin Gordon, Paul Horn, Theodore Nash, and Maury Stein on reed; Conrad Gozzo, Manny Klein, and Ray Triscari on trumpet; Milt Bernhardt, Ed Kusby, and Kenny Shroyer on trombone; James Decker on french horn; John Pisano on guitar; Chuck Berghofer on bass; Lou Levy on piano; Stan Levey on drums; and Francisco Aguabella on bongos and conga), records the tracks "Talk To Me Baby" (arranged by Dave Grusin), "Make Believe" (arranger unknown), "When In Rome" (arranged by Dave Grusin), and "The Boy From Ipanema" (arranged by Billy May) with producer Dave Cavanaugh in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California for her Capitol Records album "In The Name Of Love". I wonder if she heard any of Onzy Matthews sessions being held next door, or if Onzy listened in to Lee's session?

1964 - Arranger, pianist and singer Onzy Matthews (with Bud Brisbois, Bobby Bryant, Melvin Moore, John Anderson, and Bob Rolfe on trumpet; Dave Wells on bass trumpet and trombone; Lou Blackburn, Pete Myers, and Dick Leith on trombones; Gabe Baltazar on alto saxophone; Clifford Scott on alto and tenor saxophone; Curtis Amy and Alex Nelson on tenor saxophone; Jay Migliori, baritone saxophone; Ray Crawford on guitar; Jim Crutcher on bass; and Chiz Harris on drums) records the tracks "Make Someone Happy", "I Thought About You", (all with Matthews on lead vocal with an overdubbed female chorus and unreleased until they appear on Mosaic Records 2007 3 CD set "Mosaic Select: Onzy Matthews") and "Ray-on Blues" (which will appear on Matthews' Capitol Records album "Sounds For The '60s") at The Capitol Tower Studios, in Hollywood, California.

1966 - Dick Curless and Kay Adams record their Tower Records album "A Devil Like Me Needs An Angel Like You" with produced by Buck Owens at The Capitol Tower Studios in Hollywood, California.

1967 - The Beatles' Capitol Records album "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" is #1 on Billboard's Top 200 albums chart where it will stay for 15 weeks.

1968 - Capitol Records releases The Band's debut album "Music From Big Pink" with cover art painted by Bob Dylan.

1968 - Capitol Records releases Buck Owens' album "Sweet Rosie Jones".

1968 - Tower Records, a subsidiary of Capitol Records, releases The Main Attraction's album "And Now The Main Attraction".

1969 - Capitol Records releases The Band's debut album "Music From Big Pink".

1969 - Capitol Records of Canada releases Franck Pourcel's album "The Way It Used To Be".

1976 - Natalie Cole's Capitol Records album "Natalie" is certified Gold by the R.I.A.A.

1978 - Bhaskar Menon becomes Chief Executive of EMI Music Europe and International, based in London, England, and Capitol Industries, based in the United States.

1987 - Capitol Records releases The Beatles' album "Magical Mystery Tour" on CD.

35 Years Ago Today In 1990 - M.C. Hammer's Capitol Records album "Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em" is #1 on Billboard's Top 200 albums' chart.

1997 - Capitol Records releases John Hiatt's last album for the label, "Little Head".

1997 - Capitol Records releases Radiohead's debut album, "OK Computer", in the United States.

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1957 - Rick Nelson's Imperial Records single "Teenager's Romance" is #9 down from #8 on Billboard's Best Selling Retail Records chart, Fats Domino's Imperial Records single "Valley Of Tears" is #13 up from #16, and Rick Nelson's Imperial Records single "I'm Walkin'" is #24 up from #37.

1959 - Trombonist and vocalist Jack Teagarden (with Don Goldie on trumpet and vocals; Henry Cuesta on clarinet; Don Ewell on piano; Stan Puls on bass; Ronnie Greb on drums) performs six (yes, six!) sets at The Roundtable in New York City, New York:
Set One: "I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues" (incomplete and rejected), "That's A Plenty" (unissued), "Tin Roof Blues" (unissued), "Baby, Won't You Please Come Home" (unissued), "I'm Getting Sentimental Over You/I Can't Get Started" (unissued)"South Rampart Street Parade" (released by Roulette Records on Teagarden's album "At The Roundhouse), "Mixed Emotions" (unissued), and "Jazz Me Blues" (rejected)
Set Two: "Fidgety Feet" (rejected), "Basin Street Blues" (unissued), "Big Noise From Winnetka" (released by Roulette Records on Teagarden's album "At The Roundhouse), "When" (released by Roulette Records on Teagarden's album "At The Roundhouse)
Set Three: "South Rampart Street Parade" (rejected), "Stars Fell on Alabama/When A Woman Loves A Man" (unissued), "Honeysuckle Rose" (released by Roulette Records on Teagarden's album "At The Roundhouse"), "Sweet Georgia Brown" (unissued), "Junk Man" (unissued), "Lover" (with Sol Yaged on clarinet, unissued)
Set Four: "Original Dixieland One-Step" (unissued), "St. James Infirmary (instrumental version)" (unissued), "Royal Garden Blues" (unissued), "Stardust" (released by Roulette Records on Teagarden's albums "At The Roundhouse and "The World of Jack Teagarden"), "Jada" (unissued), "When The Saints Go Marching In" (vocal by Teagarden and Goldie, rejected), "Atlanta Blues" (unissued), "(Back Home Again In) Indiana" (unissued)
Set Five: "St. James Infirmary" (vocal by Teagarden and released by Roulette Records on Teagarden's albums "At The Roundhouse and "The World of Jack Teagarden"), A Hundred Years From Today" (vocal by Teagarden, unissued), "14200 St. Louis Blues (vocal by Teagarden and released by Roulette Records on Teagarden's album "At The Roundhouse"), "Lulu's Back In Town" (rejected), and "Tap Room Blues" (rejected)
Set Six (no audience): "Ol' Man River" (with Teagarden on baritone horn, unissued), "Lulu's Back In Town" (rejected take one), "Lulu's Back In Town" (take two, unissued), "When The Saints Go Marching In" (with vocals by Teagarden and Goldie and released by Roulette Records on Teagarden's albums "At The Roundhouse and "The World of Jack Teagarden"), "Tap Room Blues" (rejected), "Big Noise From Winnetka" (rejected), "Riverboat Blues" (with vocals by Teagarden, unissued), and "I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues" (unissued). All the sessions are recorded by Roulette Records and will finally be released by Mosaic Records on the 2003 box set "The Complete Roulette Jack Teagarden Sessions".

1964 - United Artist Records announces that The Beatles' soundtrack to "A Hard Days Night" has sold 1 million copies in just 4 days.

1966 - The Beatles play three performances at Budokan Hall in Tokyo, Japan which are subsequently released on the bootleg album "Three Nights in Tokyo".

1968 - There are two conflicting reports about John Lennon and Yoko Ono for this date. The first reads that John Lennon publicly declares his love for Yoko Ono at the opening of his first art exhibition in London, England. The other states that John Lennon and Yoko Ono are hospitalized after an auto accident in Scotland. If anyone knows for sure what happened, please leave a comment.

50 Years Ago Today In 1975 - Ringo Starr divorces his wife Maureen Cox.

ON THIS DAY NOT IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1897 - Three years after the first issue of Billboard Advertising was published, the monthly publication is renamed to The Billboard.

JUNE 30, 2025

HAPPY BIRTHDAYS!

1939 - Janet H. Shifflett, machinist for fifteen years at Capitol Records and for Audiopak for seven years, is born Janet Henry in Warren County, Virginia.

1944 - Glenn Shorrock, singer with the Capitol Records group The Little River Band, is born in Rochester, England.

1949 - Andy Scott, guitarist with the Capitol Records group The Sweet, is born Andrew Scott in Wrexham, Wales, United Kingdom.

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1944 - It's a busy day for drummer Zutty Singleton as he and his Creole Band (Norman Bowden on trumpet, Shorty Haughton on trombone, Barney Bigard on clarinet, Fred Washington on piano, Bud Scott on guitar, and Ed Garland on bass) record the tracks "Oh, Didn't He Ramble" and "Crawfish Blues", and at the same session, with his trio (Singleton on drums, Bigard on clarinet, and Washington on piano), record a couple of takes of "Barney's Bounce" and "Lulu's Mood". All the tracks will be released by Capitol Records.

1947 - Freddie Slack (on piano and celeste, with Gene Englund on bass, and Dave Coleman on drums), records the tracks "Humoresquire" (with Hilmer "Tiny" Timbrell on guitar) and "Celeste Boogie" in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records, but the tracks would remain unreleased until included in the 2005 Mosaic Records 3 CD set "Mosaic Select: Freddie Slack".

1951 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Too Young" (with "That's My Girl" on the flipside) is still #1 on Billboard's Best Selling Retail Records chart, Les Paul and Mary Ford's Capitol Records single "How High The Moon" is #3 down from #2, and Les Paul and Mary Ford's Capitol Records single "Mockin' Bird Hill" is #17 down from #9, and Les Paul's Capitol Records single "Josephine" entes the top 20 at #20.

70 Years Ago Today In 1955 - Frank Sinatra, with arranger Nelson Riddle leading an unknown studio orchestra, records a take of the title "I Thought About You" written by Jimmy Van Husen with lyrics by Capitol Records co-founder Johnny Mercer 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 11:00 PM. This take will be released on the bootleg CD "From The Vaults" (Archive 2201).

1956 - Gene Vincent and The Blue Caps' Capitol Records single "Be Bop A Lula" enters the top 40 of Billboard's Best Selling Retail Records chart at #23 up from #43, Frank Sinatra (with Nelson Riddle and His  Orchestra)'s Capitol Records single "How Little We Know" enters the top 40 tied at #33 (up from #53) with Little Richard's single "Slippin' And A Sliddin'", Les Baxter and His Orchestra's Capitol Records single "Poor People Of Paris" is #37 down from #31, and Dean Martin's Capitol Records single "Standing On The Corner" is in a three way tie at #40 (down from #34) with Kay Starr's single "Second Fiddle" and Eddie Fisher (with Hugo Winterhalterr and His Orchestra)'s single "On The Street Where You Live".

65 Years Ago Today In 1960 - Arranger and tenor saxophonist Bill Holman (with Al Porcino, Ray Triscari, Conte Candoli, Lee Katzman on trumpet; Frank Rosolino and Lew McCreary on trombone; Ken Shroyer on bass trombone; Vince DeRosa and John Cave on french horn; Joe Maini and Charlie Kennedy on alto saxophone; Richie Kamuca and Bill Perkins on tenor saxophone; Jack Nimitz on baritone saxophone; Jimmy Rowles on piano; Joe Mondragon on bass; and Mel Lewis on drums) records the tracks "Speak Low", "Lush Life", "Shadrack", and "In A Sentimental Mood" at The Capitol Tower Studios in Hollywood, California for his Capitol Records album "Bill Holman - Great Big Band".

1972 - Merle Haggard's Capitol Records single "Everybody's Had the Blues Sometimes" hits #1 on the U.S. Country singles charts.

1973 - George Harrison's Apple Records single "Give Me Love (Give Me Peace On Earth)", with "Miss O'Dell" on the flipside, hits #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart for the week ending June 30, 1973, knocking Paul McCartney and Wings' Apple Records single "My Love", with "The Mess" on the flipside, out of the top spot after a four week stay, and will itself be knocked out of the following week by Billy Preston's A&M single "Will It Go Round In Circles" with Preston's version of Lennon and McCartney's "Blackbird" on the flipside.

1974 - Anne Murray's Capitol Records single "He Thinks I Still Care" is #1 on the U.S. Country singles chart.

1984 - Tina Turner's Capitol Records album "Private Dancer" enters Billboard's Top 200 albums chart.

20 Years Ago Today In 1995 - Capitol Records Nashville artist Garth Brooks buries the glass master of his LP "The Hits" beneath his star on the legendary Hollywood Walk of Fame. It was the first time something like this had been done.

2003 - An article in the Los Angeles Times states that Capitol Records pays a dime per square foot in property taxes for The Capitol Tower with an annual tax payment of $11,000. Doing the math, it works out that the total "official" square footage of The Capitol Tower is 110,000 square feet.

2009 - Harve Presnell, singer, Broadway, Television and Motion Picture actor, and Capitol Records artist (as part of the Roger Wagner Chorale and on the original Broadway cast album "The Unsinkable Molly Brown") has died of pancreatic cancer at age 74 at St. John's Health Center in Santa Monica, California.


ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1917 - Lena Horne, singer, motion picture and television actress, and United Artists Records artist (1965-1966) is born Lena Mary Calhoun Horne in Brooklyn, New York.

1931 - Andrew Hill, pianist and Blue Note Records artist, is born in Chicago, Illinois.

1953 - Pianist and vocalist Amos Milburn (with Noble Watts on tenor saxophone, Paul Williams on alto and baritone saxophone, Mickey Baker on guitar and an unknown bass player and drummer) records the tracks "Let's Have A Party", "Without Someone To Call Your Own", "One Scotch, One Bourbon, One Beer" (without Watts on saxophone), and "Sorrowful Heart" at Audio Video Studios, in New York City, New York for his Aladdin Records album "Let's Have A Party"

1956 - Fats Domino's Imperial Records single "I'm In Love Again" is still #6 on Billboard's Best Selling Retail Records chart and its flip side, "My Blue Heaven", is #22 down from #21. Imperial Records' catalogue is currently owned by Capitol Music Group's parent company, Universal Music Group.

1962 - Bobby Vee's Liberty Records single "Sharing You" is #16 up from #18 on Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart, Dion's Laurie Records single "Lovers Who Wander" is #30 down from #14, and Dinah Washington's single "Where Are You" is # 40 down from #36 up from #46. Universal Music Group, Capitol Music Group's parent company, currently owns the Laurie, Liberty, and Roulette Records catalogs.

1963 - Arranger Onzy Matthews (with Dupree Bolton on trumpet; Earl Anderza on alto saxophone; Hadley Caliman on tenor saxophone; Roosevelt Wardell on piano; Clarence Jones on bass; and Chuck Carter on drums) records the tracks "Joe And I" and "Midnite Lament" at Pacific Jazz Studios, in Los Angeles, California. The tracks will remain unreleased until they became part of the 2007 Mosaic Records 3 CD set "Mosaic Select: Onzy Matthews".

1984 - It's Rupert Perry's last day as president of EMI America Records. The next day he will become executive assistant to the chairman of EMI Music Worldwide, based in Los Angeles, California.

ON THIS DAY NOT IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1939 - Future Capitol Records artist Frank Sinatra makes his first appearance with future Capitol Records artist Harry James’ band at a show held at the Hippodrome Theatre in Baltimore, Maryland.

1956 - The Goons' first Decca Records single, "I'm Walking Backwards For Christmas", enters the UK singles charts.

1963 - Brian Epstein signs The Foremost.

2006 - "The Beatles LOVE", the latest Cirque du Soleil production which celebrates the musical legacy of The Beatles, holds it's Gala Premiere at The Mirage in Las Vegas and Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Yoko Ono and Olivia Harrison are expected to attend. This joint artistic venture marks the first time that The Beatles' company, Apple Corps Ltd., has agreed to a major theatrical partnership. Sir George Martin, The Beatles' original producer, and his son Giles Martin have been working with the entire archive of Beatles recordings to create the musical component for "LOVE". Apple Corps Ltd. will later release the show's soundtrack album through EMI Music. For more info go to issue 60 of Beatlefan online.

JUNE 29, 2025

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

1953 - Mitchell Froom, musician and record producer (notably the first three albums for Capitol Records group Crowded House), and known for his work in pop, rock, and alternative music is born in Sonoma County, California.

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1942 - It's a Monday, and Capitol Records releases its first six singles:
101. "I Found A New Baby" and "The General Jumped At Dawn" by Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra.
102. "Here You Are" by Freddie Slack and His Orchestra with David Street on vocals and "Cow-Cow Boogie" also by Freddie Slack and His Orchestra with Ella Mae Morse on vocals.
103. "Strip Polka" by Johnny Mercer with Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra and "The Air-Minded Executive" by Johnny Mercer with Freddie Slack and His Orchestra.
104. "Johnny Doughboy Found A Rose In Ireland" and "Phil The Fluter's Ball" by Dennis Day.
105. "The Angels Cried" and "I'll Remember April" by Martha Tilton with Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra.
106. "He Wears A Pair Of Silver Wings" by Connie Haines with Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra and "I'm Always Chasing Rainbows" by Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra.
The records were manufactured by three companies: Scranton Record Company in Pennsylvania and Allied Records in California, who both pressed the records out of shellac and reclaimed shellac, and Clark Phono Company in Newark, New Jersey, which due to war restrictions, used a proprietary non-shellac material.

1948 - Vocalists Pinto Colvig and Mel Blanc record "Bozo And Bugs Bunny Talk Big Business" in two parts in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both parts together as the label's first promotional record (possibly Capitol 3353 according to an ebay auction of the record held in 2016) on a 10" shellac disc. If anyone has images of the labels and/or a copy of the audio, please leave a comment.

1948 - The U.C.L.A. Glee Club (lineup unlisted) records the titles "Hail To California", "By The Old Pacific", "Team Hear Our Song" and "Hail Blue And Gold" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Hail To California" and "Team Hear Our Song" together as a single (Capitol 57-764 and 54-764) and has yet to issue either By The Old Pacific" or "Hail Blue And Gold".

75 Years Ago Today In 1950 - Mel Blanc records the titles "Yosemite Sam" and "I Taut I Taw A Puddy Tat" for the double-disc Capitol Records children's record "Bugs Bunny Sings". The two tracks will also be released as a single with a picture sleeve in 1951 and "I Taut I Taw A Puddy Tat" would peak at #9 on Billboard's singles chart and be one of the top 20 songs of the year. The song was produced by Alan Livingston. Livingston, with Billy May and Warren Foster, would also write the lyrics and May would write, arrange and conduct the music.

1951 - The Four Freshmen (Bob Flanigan on vocal, trombone, and bass; Don Barbour on vocal and guitar; Ross Barbour on vocal and drums; and Hal Kratzsch on vocal, trumpet, mellophone, and bass) record the tracks "It's A Blue World" and "Tuxedo Junction" (which will be released by Capitol Records as Capitol single #2152) as well as "Intermission Riff" (which will finally be released when it appears on 2000 Mosaic Records box set "The Complete Capitol Four Freshmen Sessions April 1950-July, 1960") with producer Voyle Gilmour at Capitol's Melrose Avenue studios in Hollywood, California.

1959 - Franck Pourcel and His French Fiddlers' Capitol Records single "Only You (Loin De Vous)" is #23 down from #12 on Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart and The Kingston Trio's Capitol Records single "M.T.A." enters the top 40 at #28 up from #49.

65 Years Ago Today In 1960 - Arranger and tenor saxophonist Bill Holman (with Al Porcino, Conte Candoli, Lee Katzman, and Ray Triscari on trumpet; Bill Perkins and Richie Kamuca on tenor saxophone; Charlie Kennedy, Joe Maini, and Richie Kamuca on alto saxophone; Frank Rosolino, Lew McGreery, and Vern Friley on trombone; Jack Nimitz on baritone saxophone; Jimmy Rowles on piano; Joe Mondragon on bass; Kenny Shroyer on bass trombone; and Mel Lewis on drums) record the tracks "Quickstep", "The Moon Is Blue", and "June Is Busting Out All Over" for his Capitol Records album "Bill Holman's Great Big Band" at The Capitol Tower Studios in Hollywood, California.

1963 - Kyu Sakamoto's Capitol Records single "Sukiyaki" (with "Anoko No Namaewa Nantenkana" on the flipside) is still #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart, Nat "King" Cole's single "Those Lazy-Hazy-Crazy Days Of Summer" is #6 up from #7, Bobby Darin's Capitol Records single "Yellow Roses" is #16 down from #11, The Beach Boys' Capitol Records single "Surfin' U.S.A." is #17 down from #16, Al Martino's Capitol Records single "I Love You Because" is #19 down from #9, and The Beach Boys' single "Shut Down" (the flipside of "Surfin' U.S.A." is #29 down from #23. Also, Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Those Lazy-Hazy-Crazy Days Of Summer" is #3 on The Billboard magazine's Middle-Road Singles chart, #9 on KDWB's Top 40 chart in Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota, #10 on KFWB's Fabulous Forty Survey in Los Angeles, California, and #38 on C-FUN's C-Funtastic Fifty chart in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records album "Ramblin' Rose" is #36, his album "Dear Lonely Hearts" #70, and his album "Where Did Everyone Go?" is #143 on The Billboard magazine's Top LPs 150 Best Sellers - Monaural chart.

1964 - Capitol Records releases Nat "King" Cole's single "Marnie" based on music from the soundtrack of the Alfred Hitchcock movie, with "More And More Of Your Amour" on the flipside.

1967 - Wanda Jackson records the track "No Place To Go But Home" with producers Ken Nelson and Kelso Herston for her Capitol Records album "Cream Of The Crop" and "You Created Me" with Nelson, Herston and George Richy producing for her Capitol Records album "Wanda Jackson Country!" at Columbia Studios in Nashville, Tennessee.

1968 - Capitol Records subsidiary Tower Records releases Pink Floyd's second album "A Saucerful Of Secrets".

1989 - Capitol Records releases Paul McCartney's "Flowers In The Dirt" album.

1999 - Capitol Records releases Grand Funk Railroad's anthology album "Thirty Years Of Funk".

2002 - Rosemary Clooney, singer, motion picture and television actress, wife of Capitol Records artist (original Broadway cast album for "Cyrano de Bergerac") Jose Ferrer, lover of arranger and Capitol Records artist Nelson Riddle, and a Capitol Records artist (on a duet album with Bing Crosby), dies at age 74 of lung cancer at her home in Beverly Hills, California. Her home, formerly the home of lyricist Ira Gershwin, has been demolished by a new owner.

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1916 - Porky Freeman, guitarist and Western Swing bandleader who gave future Capitol Records artist Merle Travis his first job after Travis moved to California, is born Quilla Hugh Freeman, in Vera Cruz, Missouri.

1943 - Little Eva, singer (best known for "The Loco-Motion", which was later covered by Capitol Records group Grand Funk Railroad and future Capitol Records artist Kyle Minogue), is born Eva Narcissus Boyd in Belhaven, North Carolina.

1959 - Martin Denny's Liberty Records single "Quiet Village" is #8 down from #6 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart, Dion and The Belmonts' Dolton Records single "A Teenager In Love" is #10 down from #8, Fats Domino's Imperial Records single "I'm Ready" is #29 down from #18. Universal Music Group, Capitol Records' parent company, currently owns the Liberty, Dolton, and Imperial Records catalogs.

1963 - The Essex's Roulette Records single "Easier Said Than Done" is #5 up from #15 on Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart, The Chiffon's Laurie Records single "One Fine Day" is #7 up from #10, Jan And Dean's Liberty Records single "Surf City is #10 up from #20, and Lou Christie's Roulette Records single "Two Faces Have I" is #26 down from #14. Roulette, Laurie, and Liberty Records' catalogs are currently owned by Capitol Music Group's parent company, Universal Music Group.

1963 - Del Shannon's cover of The Beatles' tune "From Me To You" enters Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart, becoming the first Lennon/McCartney song to appear on the U.S. charts.

1986 - Dan Seal's EMI America Records single "Everything That Glitters (Is Not Gold)", with "So Easy To Need" on the flipside, is #1 on the U.S. Country singles charts. EMI America's Country catalog is currently being distributed by Capitol Records Nashville.

ON THIS DAY NOT IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1919 - Slim Pickens, motion picture actor ("Blazing Saddles", "Dr. Strangelove...", "1941", etc.), is born Louis Bert Lindley Jr., in Kingsburg, California. Let the whoopin' and a hollerin' commence! :)

85 Years Ago Today In 1940 - Victor Records releases Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra's single "I'll Never Smile Again", It will be the band's first big hit with future Capitol Records artists Frank Sinatra and The Pied Pipers as vocalists. The track had been recorded on May 23, 1940, in New York City and will become the first #1 on Billboard's first top 10 selling chart on July 20, 1940, and would be both Sinatra and The Pied Piper's first #1 on any charts. The instrumental "Marcheta" is on the flipside.

1963 - Jack Lemmon and Shirley MacLaine, at ceremony #123, leave their footprints in cement at Grauman's Chinese Theater in Hollywood, California.

1967 - Jayne Mansfield, a singer and actress on Broadway and in motion pictures, is killed at age 34 in an auto accident on U.S. Highway 90 on her way from an engagement at a supper club in Biloxi, Mississippi to a TV interview in New Orleans, Louisiana. Also killed is Mansfield's driver and her divorce lawyer, and suffering minor injuries are three of Manfield's children including future "Law & Order S.V.U." actress Mariska Hargitay.

1983 - Sylvester Stallone, at ceremony #148, leaves his footprints in cement at Grauman's Chinese Theater in Hollywood, California

JUNE 28, 2025

HAPPY BIRTHDAYS!

1907 - Jimmy Mundy, tenor saxophonist, arranger (for both sides of Capitol Records' first released single, Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra's "I Found A New Baby" and "The General Jumped At Dawn"), and songwriter (including "Travlin' Light" with lyricist and Capitol Records co-founder Johnny Mercer), is born in Cincinnati, Ohio.

1923 - Pete Candoli, Capitol Records session trumpet player (with arrangers Billy May, Nelson Riddle, Don Costa, Gordon Jenkins, and Axel Stordahl; on albums by Frank Sinatra, Peggy Lee, Stan Kenton, and more) and husband (1960-1971) of one time Capitol Records artist Betty Hutton, is born Walter Joseph Candoli in Mishawaka, Indiana. There's a great biographic article about Candoli on the Jazz Professional website.

1926 - Mel Brooks, a drummer, comedian, Broadway playwright and producer, television and motion picture screenwriter, director, producer and actor, and a World Pacific and Capitol Records artist (with Carl Reiner on the "2000 Year Old Man" series of comedy albums), is born Melvin Kaminsky in Brooklyn, New York.

1936 - Tom Drake (aka Steven Yates), a guitarist, singer, songwriter, and founder of the Capitol Records group The Good Time Singers, is born Thomas Y. Drake in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1932 - Erich Kleiber conducts The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra (lineup unlisted) as they record Beethoven's "German Dance #12" in Berlin, Germany for Telefunken Records. Capitol Records will license the masters and issue the title on the album "SCHUBERT - Symphony #7 in C Major/BEETHOVEN - German Dance #2" (EGL-8039 on 78 rpm, KGM-8039 on 45 rpm, and P-8040 on 12" LP).

80 Years Ago Today In 1945 - Johnny Mercer and The Pied Pipers' (with Paul Weston and His Orchestra) Capitol Records single "On The Atchison, Topeka And The Sante Fe", with "Conversation While Dancing" (with Jo Stafford sharing vocals with Mercer) on the flipside, is #1 on Billboard's Best Sellers in Stores chart.

1948 - Using a script adapted by Alan Livingston, Margaret O'Brien records vocal overdubs and Pinto Colvig records sound effects for the titles "The Frog Prince" and "Beauty And The Beast" in Los Angeles, California. Music tracks will be recorded later in 1948 in Paris, France by an orchestra (lineup unlisted) using music and arrangements by Billy May. Pinto Colvig will record more sound effects and laugh effects wild tracks for both titles on February 14, 1949. Capitol Records will issue the final mix of "The Frog Prince" in the children's album "Margaret O'Brien - Favorite Fairy Tales, Volume 2: The Frog Prince and Little Red Riding Hood" (DAS-143 on 10" shellac and CASF-3025 on 7" vinyl) and the final mix of "Beauty And The Beast" on the children's album "Margaret O'Brien - Favorite Fairy Tales, Volume 3: Beauty And The Beast and The Princess And The Pea" (DAS-3028 on 10" shellac and F30070 on 7" vinyl).

75 Years Ago Today In 1950 - Jess Stacy and His Trio (Jess Stacy on piano, George Van Eps on guitar, Morty Corb on bass, and Nick Fatool on drums) records the tracks "Careless" (which went unissued until it appeared on the 1997 Mosaic box set "Classic Capitol Jazz Sessions"), "I'll Be Seeing You" (which will be released by Capitol on the album "Classics In Jazz - Piano Stylists"), as well as "Can't We Be Friends" and "Imagination" (which Capitol Records will release together as a single).

1952 - Jane Froman (with orchestra conducted by Sid Feller)'s Capitol Records single "I'll Walk Alone" is #14 up from #19, and Les Paul's Capitol Records single "Carioca" is still #18 on Billboard's Best Selling Retail Records chart.

1952 - Thirteen-year-old pianist and vocalist Frank "Sugar Chile" Robinson, with an orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the titles "Detroit Rag", "St. Louis Blues", the instrumental "Yancey Special", and, with Robinson on celeste, "Hum-Drum Boogie" in Detroit, Michigan. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Robinson's album "Boogie Woogie" (T 589).

1953 - Axel Stordahl and His Orchestra (lineup unlisted) record the titles "Imagination", "Love Letters", "That Old Feeling", and "I'm Getting Sentimental Over You" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue all the titles Stordahl and his orchestra's album "Dreamtime" (EBF-445 on two 7" vinyl discs and H-445 on a 10" vinyl disc).

1957 - The Andrews Sisters (vocalists Laverne Andrews, Maxene Andrews, and Patty Andrews), with Billy May conducting his own arrangements to the orchestra (Conrad Gozzo, Mannie Klein, and Uan Rasey on trumpet, Simon "Si" Zentner, Ed Kusby, and Murray McEachern on trombone, Arthur "Skeets" Herfurt, Wilbur Schwartz, Justin Gordon, Gene Cipriano, and Fred Falensby on saxophones, Bill Miller on piano, Allan Reuss on guitar, Joe Comfort on bass, Milt Holland and David Grupp on drums, and Kathryn Julye on harp), record the titles "I Could Write A Book", "My Romance", "Younger Than Springtime", and "With Every Breath I Take" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California between 12:00 PM and 4:00 PM. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on the sisters' album "Fresh And Fancy-Free" (T 860).

1957 - Carmen Dragon conducts The Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra (lineup unlisted) in Los Angeles, California as they rehearse for a recording session for their Capitol Records album "The Music Of Christmas" to be held the next day on June 29, 1957.

1958 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Looking Back" is #15 on Cash Box magazine's Best Selling Singles chart and #30 on KFWB's Fabulous Forty Survey in Los Angeles, California.

1958 - Vocalist Andy Griffith, with Brownie McGhee on guitar, records the titles "The Crawdad Song" and "The Preacher And The Bear" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue both titles on Griffith's album "Andy Griffith Shouts The Blues And Old Timey Songs" (T/ST 1105).

1962 - During a split session held in Los Angeles, California first vocalists Glen Campbell and Kathy Linden, with unlisted others, record the titles "Sweet Temptation" and "Never" then just Kathy Linden, with unlisted others, records the title "If You Really Love Me (Take Me Home)". Capitol Records have yet to issue either "Sweet Temptation" and "Never" and issued "If You Really Love Me (Take Me Home)" as a single (Capitol 4811) with "There'll Always Be Sadness" (recorded April 12, 1962) on the flipside.

1963 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Those Lazy, Hazy, Crazy Days Of Summer" is #24 on KLIV 1950 AM's 20/20 Sound Survey in San Jose, California.

1964 - The Beach Boys' Capitol Records single "I Get Around", with "Don't Worry Baby" on the flipside, is #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart.

60 Years Ago Today In 1965 - Red Nichols, a cornet player, bandleader and Capitol Records artist (1956-1960), dies after a sudden heart attack in his suite at the Mint Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada, where he and his band were performing. His ashes are later interred in the Forest Lawn Hollywood Hills cemetery. There's a nice biographic article by "Dr. Progresso" on the Hole In The Web site.

60 Years Ago Today In 1965 - Capitol Records releases The Beach Boys' album "Summer Days (And Summer Nights), produced by Brian Wilson. The album will enter Billboard's Hot 200 album charts on July 24, 1965 (my fifth birthday) and contains the hits "Help Me, Rhonda" and "California Girls".

60 Years Ago Today In 1965 - Capitol Records recording artists Bonnie Owens and Merle Haggard are married in Tijuana, Mexico.

1966 - Merle Haggard records the tracks "Longer You Wait", "I Can't Stand Me", and "Bottle Let Me Down" at the Capitol Tower Studios in Hollywood, California with producers Ken Nelson and Fuzzy Owen and The Strangers (Roy Nichols, Glen Campbell, Lewis Talley, and Jack Collier on guitar, James Burton on guitar/dobro, Ralph Mooney on steel guitar, Bob Morris, Bert Dodson, Jerry Ward on bass, Helen Price and James Gordon on drums, George French, Glenn D. Hardin on piano, Bonnie Owens and Billy Mize on additional vocals) for Haggard's Capitol Records album "Swinging Doors And The Bottle Let Me Down".

1966 - Jackie Gleason conducts the orchestra as they record the track "A Taste Of Honey" for Gleason's Capitol Records album "A Taste Of Brass - For Lovers Only".

1967 - The West Coast Modern Folk Blues Workshop (lineup unlisted), with producer Nick Venet, record the titles "Yellow Brick Trip", "We're Off To See The Wizard", and "Ode To Jackie, Dorothy, and Alyce" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles as by The West Coast Workshop on the album "The Wizard Of Oz And Other Trans Love Trips" (T/ST 2776).

1967 - The Beach Boys (lineup unlisted) record the title "Little Pad In Hawaii" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the title on the group's album "Smiley Smile" (ST 2891).

1967 - Vocalist Al Martino, with unlisted others, records the titles "Forgive Me, My Love", "Love Me Tender", "Darlin'", and "Can't Wait To See You Again" in New York City New York. Capitol Records will issue "Love Me Tender" on Martino's album "Mary In The Morning" (T/ST 2780) and have yet to issue the other three titles.

1967 - Vocalist Wanda Jackson, with The Party Timers (unlisted piano, guitar, rhythm guitar, steel guitar, bass, and drum players and chorus), records the titles "Who Do You Go To?", "My Baby Walked Right Out On Me", "The Half That's Mine", and "A Girl Don't Have To Drink To Have Fun" at Columbia Studio in Nashville, Tennessee with producers Ken Nelson and Kelso Herston.. Capitol Records will issue "Who Do You Go To?" and "The Half That's Mine" on Jackson's album "You'll Always Have My Love" (T/ST 2812), "My Baby Walked Right Out On Me" as a single (Capitol 2151) with "No Place To Go But Home" (recorded June 29, 1967) on the flipside, and "A Girl Don't Have To Drink To Have Fun" as a single (Capitol 2021) with "My Days Are Darker Than Your Nights" (recorded June 26, 1967) on the flipside and on Jackson's album "Cream Of The Crop" (ST 2976).

1972 - Capitol Records registers the master for vocalist Buck Owens' title "You Ain't Gonna Have Ol' Buck To Kick Around No More", which he recorded at Buck Owens Studios in Bakersfield, California, and will issue the tiels as a single (Capitol 3429) with "I Love You So Much It Hurts" (recorded in July 1972 and registered on July 24, 1972) on the flipside as well as on Owens' album "In The Palm Of Your Hand" (ST-11136).

1972 - Vocalist Merle Haggard, with unlisted others, records the titles "I Wonder Where I'll Find You Tonight" and "My Woman Keeps Lovin' Her Man" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both titles on Haggard's album "It's Not Love (But It's Not Bad)" (ST-11127).

1977 - Richard Torrance, with unlisted others, records the title "Secrets Of Your Soul" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the title on Torrance's album "Double Take" (SW-11699).

1977 - Lee Clayton, with unlisted others, records the title "Back Home In Tennessee" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the title on Clayton's album "Border Affair" (ST-11751).

1977 - Mel McDaniel, with unlisted others, records the titles "Roll Your Own" and "Plastic Girl" in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue "Roll Your Own" as a single (Capitol 4481) with "The Soul Of A Honky Tonk Woman" (recorded June 29, 1977) on the flipside and both titles on McDaniel's album "Gentle To Your Senses" (ST-11694).

40 Years Ago Today In 1985 - Mischa Spoliansky (born Dec 28, 1898 in Russia), British composer who wrote the scores for several British films including "Saint Joan" (1957) whose soundtrack was released by Capitol Records, dies of natural causes in London, England at age 86.

1988 - Poison's Capitol Records album "Open Up And Say Ahh!" is certified Gold and Platinum by the R.I.A.A.

1992 - Howard Roberts, guitarist and Capitol Records artist (1963-1969), dies in Seattle, Washington at age 62.

1993 - The first recording session for Frank Sinatra's "Duets" album is held at The Capitol Tower Studios, but slight case of laryngitis and anxiety about being isolated in a sound booth causes Sinatra not to be able to perform. But four days later, after a special platform is built amongst the musicians and a hand mike is used for his vocals, Sinatra feels at ease and records nine tracks in five hours.

1997 - Mrs. Miller (born Elva Ruby Connes), Capitol Records artist, dies at age 89 in Vista, California.

20 Years Ago Today In 2005 - Capitol Records releases Megadeth's greatest hits album "Back To The Start".

2006 - Capitol Records artist Corinne Bailey Rae appears on "The Tonight Show With Jay Leno".

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1942 - Roger Gambill, singer, member of The Kingston Trio (1973-1985) after they group left Capitol Records, is born.

1952 - Al Martino (with orchestra conducted by Monty Kelly)'s BBS Records single "Here In My Heart" is #2 down from #1 on Billboard's Best Selling Retail Records chart.

1967 - The motion picture "The Family Way", with musical score composed by Paul McCartney, premieres in the United States.

1991 - "Paul McCartney's Liverpool Oratorio" debuts at Liverpool's Anglican Cathedral. McCartney co-wrote the 90-minute work with American-born composer Carl Davis to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Liverpool's Royal Philharmonic. The piece will later be released by Capitol Recorsd on an album.

2001 - The Country Radio Broadcasters awards former Capitol Records artist Buck Owens their Career Achievement Award with Brad Paisley making the presentation.

ON THIS DAY NOT IN CAPITOL RECORDS

1902 - Richard Rodgers, Broadway and motion picture composer (first with lyricst Lorenz Hart, then with Oscar Hammerstein II, and then on his own) is born Richard Charles Rodgers in New York City, New York. Capitol Records released the original Broadway cast album for Rodgers' "No Strings". His works have also been covered by many Capitol Records artist and are the basis for two compilation CDs released by Capitol - "Isn't It Romantic: Capitol Sings Rodgers and Hart" and "Hello, Young Lovers: Capitol Sings Rogers and Hammerstein".

1937 - Sonja Henie leaves her skate prints in cement at Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, California at ceremony #38.

40 Years Ago Today In 1985 - Route 66, the 59 year-old highway of 2,200 miles of blacktop and inspiration for Bobby Troup's song "Route 66" and the television show of the same name, whose instrumental theme song was written and recorded by Capitol Records artist Nelson Riddle and released by Capitol, is decertified as a U.S. highway.

JUNE 27, 2025

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

1924 - Lloyd George (aka Ken Marvin), singer, guitarist, banjo and mandolin player, Capitol Records artist (1949 - as the first Lonzo in the Country duo Lonzo and Oscar and as a solo artist using the name Ken Marvin) and Imperial Records artist (1962 - using his own name), is born Lloyd Leslie George in Cordova, Walker County, Alabama. Peter J. Gossett runs a comprehensive site on the life of Lloyd George.

1958 - Lisa Germano, singer, songwriter, violinist, and Capitol Records artist (1994), is born in Mishawaka, Indiana.

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1942 - The July 4, 1942 issue of Billboard hits the newstands today with an article about the first 6 singles set to be released by Capitol in two days on June 29, 1942.

1942 - Bruce Johnston, Grammy award-winning songwriter, keyboardist, bass player and vocalist with The Capitol Records band The Beach Boys, born Benjamin Baldwin in Peoria, Illinois on June 24, 1944, is adopted and has his name changed to Bruce Arthur Johnston.

1947 - At a split session held in Los Angeles, California with Paul Weston and His Orchestra (lineup unlisted but includes a string section) first The Pied Pipers (vocalists June Hutton, Chuck Lowry, Hal Hopper, and Clark Yocum) record the title "The Whiffenpoof Song" then vocalist Jo Stafford records the titles "Love And The Weather" (with the addition of a fiddle and rhythm section Weston's ork is listed as Paul Weston's Mountain Boys) and "Fuedin', Fussin' And Fightin'" with The Starlighters (vocal group with an unlisted lineup). Capitol Records will issue "The Whiffenpoof Song" on the various artist compilation album "Campus Capers" (BD-58), and "Fuedin', Fussin' And Fightin'" and "Love And The Weather" together as a single (Capitol 443).

1952 - Stan Freberg records vocal overdubs for the two parts of "The Noisy Eater" in Los Angeles, California using a script adapted by Alan Livingston on to tracks recorded by Jerry Lewis with the Buddy Cole Orchestra and other unlisted vocal artists on April 3, 1952. Capitol Records will issue the final mix of both parts on Lewis' children's album "The Noisy Eater" (CAS-3120).

1952 - Pianist and vocalist Frank "Sugar Chile" Robinson, with unlisted other musicians, records the titles "Whoop, Whoop", the instrumental "Lazy Boy's Boogie", "Frustration Boogie" and "Go, Boy, Go" in Detroit, Michigan. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Robinson's album "Boogie Woogie" (T 589).

1952 - Violinsit Camille Wicks, with Sixten Ehrling conducting The Stockholm Radio Symphony Orchestra (lineup unlisted), records Sibelius' "Concerto In D Minor For Violin, Opus 47" in two parts in Stockholm, Sweden for Telefunken Records. After licensing Telefunken's catalog for release in the United States, Capitol Records will issue both parts on the album "SIBELIUS - Concerto In D Minor, Op. 47 For Violin and Orchestra".

1953 - Les Baxter and His Orchestra's Capitol Records single "April In Portugal is still #3 on Billboard's Best Selling Retail Records chart, Les Paul and Mary Ford's Capitol Records single "Vaya Con Dios" is #7 up from #10, Les Baxter and His Orchestra's Capitol Records single "Ruby" is still at #11, Kay Starr (with orchestra conducted by Harold Mooney)'s Capitol Records single "Half A Photograph" is #13 up from #15 and its flipside "Allez-Vous-En" enters the top 20 at #15, and Pee Wee Hunt and His Orchestra's Capitol Records single "Oh!" enters the chart at #20. Also, Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Pretend" is #11 on Cash Box magazine's Best Selling Singles chart and #13 on The Billboard magazine's Top Popular Records Most Played In Juke Boxes chart. Cole's single "Can't I?" is #7 on The Billboard magazine's Top R&B Records Most Played In Juke Boxes chart. His single "Return To Paradise" debuts at #9 on Billboard's Territorial Best Sellers charts for Washington, D.C./Baltimore, Maryland and Seattle, Washington. Cole's singles "I Am In Love" is #4 and "Pretend" is #6 on The Billboard magazine's R&B Territorial Best Sellers chart for New York City, New York. Also on Cash Box magazine's Best Selling Singles chart, Cole's single "My Flaming Heart" is #24, its flipside, "I Am In Love" is #43, and "Pretend"'s flipside, "Can't I" is #48.

1957 - Harpist Stella Castellucci, with unlisted others, records the titles "Dancing On The Ceiling", "Autumn In New York", "Time On My Hands", "The Boy Next Door" and "Spring Is Here" in Los Angeles, California. None of the titles recorded on this date have yet to be issued by Capitol Records. New takes of all the titles will be recorded on July 26, 1957 but Capitol Records have yet to issue any of those recordings, too.

1957 - Vocalist Ethel Ennis, with an orchestra (lineup unlisted but includes trumpet, trombone, saxophone, and rhythm section players), records the titles "Takin' A Chance On Love", "The Song Is Ended", "I Still Get A Thrill", and "That's Where I Shine" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue "Takin' A Chance On Love", "The Song Is Ended", "I Still Get A Thrill" on Ennis' album "Change Of Scenery" (T 941) and has yet to issue "That's Where I Shine".

1957 - Composer Johnny Richards conducts his own arrangements to His Orchestra (Burt Collins, Jerry Kail, Paul Cohen, and Doug Mettome on trumpets, Jimmy Cleveland, Jim Dahl, and Frank Rehak on trombones, Al Antonucci on French horn, Jay McAllister on tuba, Gene Quill on alto saxophone, Frank Socolow on tenor saxophone, Billy Slapin on baritone saxophone and piccolo,; Shelly Gold on bass saxophone, Hank Jones on piano, Chet Amsterdam on bass, Maurice Marks on drums, and Willie Rodriguez on tympani) as they record the titles "Nipigon", "The Ballad Of Tappan Zee", and "Nina Never Knew" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue "Nipigon" and "The Ballad Of Tappan Zee" on Richard's album "Wide Range" (T 885) and have yet to issue the take of "Nina Never Knew" which was rejected and re-recorded on July 8, 1957.

1957 - At the beginning of two straight days of sessions, Leopold Stokowski conducts The London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus as they record Debussy's "Nocturnes" in EMI's Abbey Road Studios' Studio N° 1 in London England. Capitol Records will issue the title on the album "DEBUSSY - Nocturnes/RAVEL - Rapsodie Espagnole" (P/SP-8520).

1961 - Peggy Lee, with arranger Quincy Jones conducting the studio orchestra (an unknown flute french horn and string sections, Dennis Budimir on guitar, Max Bennett on bass, Victor Feldman on piano and vibraphones, Stan Levey on drums, and Francisco "Cino" Ponzo on bongos and congas) records the tracks "Smile" and "I Get Along Without You Very Well" with producer Dave Cavanaugh at the last session for her Capitol Records album "If You Go" which was held in The Capitol Tower Studios in Hollywood, California.

1961 - Singer Nancy Wilson and alto saxophonist Cannonball Adderley, with Nat Adderley on cornet, Louis Hayes on drums, Sam Jones on bass and Joe Zawinul on piano, begin two days (the next being June 29, 1961) of recording sessions with producers Tom Morgan and Andy Wiswell in New York City, New York for their Capitol Records album "Nancy Wilson/Cannonball Adderley" which will be released in September 1962.

1962 - Jackie Gleason's Capitol Records albums "Music, Martinis, and Memories" and "Music for Lovers Only" are both certified Gold by the R.I.A.A. as is The Kingston Trio's Capitol Records album "String Along".

1962 - The Lettermen (vocalist Jim Pike, Tony Butala, and Bob Engemann), with unlisted musicians, record the titles "For All We Know", "Silly Boy (She Doesn't Love You)", "I Told The Stars", and "Again" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records has yet to issue "For All We Know" and will issue "Silly Boy (She Doesn't Love You)" and "I Told The Stars" together as a single (Capitol 4810), "Again" as a single (Capitol 4851) with "A Tree In The Meadow" (recorded February 15, 1962) on the flipside, and all three titles on the group's album "Jim, Tony And Bob" (T/ST 1761).

1962 - Sammy Lowe records the titles "Bye, Bye Love", "Young Love", "Keep Talkin'" and "I Hear Violins" in New York City, New York for Capitol Records which has yet to issue any of the titles.

1964 - Peter and Gordon's Capitol Records single "World Without Love" is #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart. Written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney, the song is the first written by the duo, and not performed by The Beatles, to top the chart.

1966 - Capitol Records releases Kay Starr's final album for the label "Tears And Heartaches/Old Records" which was produced by Lex De Azevedo.

1966 - Jack Gleason conducts his orchestra as they record "The Shadow Of Your Smile" for his album "How Seet It Is - For Lovers" with PeeWee Erwin on trumpet.

1966 - Capitol Records subsidiary Tower Records releases Mae West's album "Way Out West".

1967 - Vocalist Andy Russell, with unlisted musicians, records the titles "I'm Still Not Thru Missin' You", "Like Me A Little Bit Less", and "I'd Love To Rope You Off From The Rest Of The World" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "I'm Still Not Thru Missin' You" as a single (Capitol 5971) with "Lady" (recorded June 13, 1967) on the flipside and have yet to issue the rest of the titles.

1967 - Dave Cavanaugh and His Orchestra (lineup unlisted) record the titles "Release Me", "Don't Sleep In The Subway", "For Your Love", and "Love" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Cavanaugh's album "Hits On Hits" (T/ST 2834) and "Love" as a single (Capitol 4732) with "Spanish Eyes" (recorded July 31, 1967) on the flipside.

1969 - More than 22,000 people pay their respects to Judy Garland at a memorial service at Campbell's Funeral Chapel in New York. She was laid to rest at Ferncliff Cemetery in Hartsdale, New York.

1977 - Richard Torrance records the title "Your Warm Love" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the title on Torrance's album "Double Take" (SW-11699).

45 Years Ago Today In 1980 - Barney Bigard, clarinet player, Capitol Records session musician (on tracks by Capitol Records artists Zutty Singleton, Sonny Greer, Freddie Slack, Peggy Lee, and Ella Fitzgerald) and member of the group The Capitol Jazzmen, dies in Culver City, California at age 74.

1993 - Garth Brooks Liberty Records (later renamed Capitol Records Nashville) single "That Summer", with "Dixie Chicken" on the flipside, is #1 on the U.S. Country singles charts.

25 Years Ago Today In 2000 - The Kottonmouth King's second Capitol Records album, "High Society", is released

2006 - MTV proclaims today "Headly Sucks Day" as they premiere an "MTV Diary" at 7PM EDT about the Canadian band who recently signed with Capitol Records and whose debut disc for the label is due out on August 29, 2006.

2006 - Capitol Records releases a special deluxe CD single of The Beach Boy's "Good Vibrations" with 5 versions of the song and the original flip side "Let's Go Away For Awhile" to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the song's release. Check out Michael deMartin's Pet Blog for more info and a lot of fun stuff.

2006 - Capitol was also to release a 30th anniversary edition of The Steve Miller Band's album "Fly Like An Eagle" on DVD with 5.1 surround sound coming as close as currently possible to (and maybe even surpassing) the album's original quadrophonic mix, but as of 5:00 PM 06-28-06 it still hasn't shown up at the Virgin Megastore at Sunset and Crescent Heights or Tower Records in Glendale, CA.

2008 - Leonard Pennario, classical pianist, composer and Capitol, Angel and Columbia Records artist, dies of complications from Parkinson's disease at age 83 in La Jolla, California. http://www.leonardpennario.com and http://www.pennario.org are two great websites with more information on this Buffalo born child prodigy who was active until his death.

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

65 Years Ago Today In 1960 - Rick Nelson's Imperial Records single "Young Emotion" is still #18 on Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart, The Fleetwood's Dolton Records single "Runaround" (with "Truly Do" on the flip side) enters the top 40 at #29 up from #41, and Don Costa and His Orchestra's United Artists Records single "Theme From 'The Unforgiven'" (with "Streets Of Paris" on the flip side) enters at #37 up from #44. EMI Music Group, Capitol Music Group's parent company, currently owns Imperial, Dolton and United Artist Records' catalogues.

1963 - Paul McCartney drops by a recording session of Billy J. Kramer & the Dakotas, who are recording two Lennon-McCartney songs, "Bad to Me" and "I Call Your Name".

1964 - Jan and Dean's Liberty Records single "The Little Old Lady From Pasadena", with "My Mighty G.T.O" on the flipside, enters the top 40 of Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart, after being released on June 8,  1964, and will eventually peak at #3.

1981 - Kim Carnes EMI America Records album "Mistaken Identity" hits #1 on Billboard's Top 200 albums chart, knocking out REO Speedwagon's album "Hi Infidelity" which had been #1 for 14 weeks. EMI America's catalog is currently owned by Universal Music Group, Capitol Music Group's parent company.

1986 - EMI America Records releases Queensrÿche's album "Rage For Order". EMI America's catalog is currently owned by Universal Music Group, Capitol Music Group's parent company.

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140 Years Ago Today In 1885 - Chichester Bell and Charles S. Tainter apply for a patent on the gramophone, which will be granted on May 4, 1886.

1964 - The Beatles' Swan Records single "Sie Leibt Dich", with "I'll Get You" on the flipside, peaks at #97 on Billboard's singles chart.

1971 - The Filmore East in New York City is closed by promoter Bill Graham. The Beach Boys, The Allman Brothers, The J. Geils Band, and Mountain are among the acts performing on the venue's final night.

1976 - John Lennon receives his "Green Card", number A17-597-321

1989 - Tom Jones, singer, television variety show host, and motion picture actor, is awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame.

2002 - John Entwistle, bassist for the band The Who, dies in Las Vegas, Nevada of a heart attack induced by cocaine one day before the scheduled first show of the band's 2002 US tour.

JUNE 26, 2025

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

1969 - Colin Greenwood, the bass player and a keyboardist for the Capitol Records band Radiohead, is born Colin Charles Greenwood in Oxford, England.

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1947 - The Milo Twins (vocalists and guitarists Edwin and Edward Milon), with unlisted others, record the titles "Coo-See Coo", "Pretty Mama Boogie", "Down Town Boogie", and "Brushy Mountains" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Coo-See Coo" and "Pretty Mama Boogie" together as a single (Capitol Americana 40030) and "Down Town Boogie" and "Brushy Mountains" together as a single (Capitol Americana 40049).

1948 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Nature Boy" is #3 down from #1 on Billboard's Best Selling Retail Records chart, The Pied Piper's Capitol Records single "My Happiness" is still #8, and The Sportsmen's a capella Capitol Records single "You Can't Be True, Dear" is still #11, Pee Wee Hunt and His Orchestra's Capitol Records single "Twelfth Street Rag" enters the top 20 at #14, and The Sportsmen's Capitol Records single "Toolie Oolie Doolie (The Yodel Polka)" (the flip side of "You Can't Be True, Dear") re-enters the top 20 at #20.

1952 - Wesley Tuttle overdubs vocals in Los Angeles, California for the two parts of the title "Hopalong Cassidy And The Two-Legged Wolf", using a script written by Warren Foster and adapted by Alan Livingston, over tracks by William Boyd, Andy Clyde, Randy Brooks, and a orchestra arranged and conducted by Billy May that were recorded on October 22 and December 4, 1951 and additional vocals by Rufe Davis recorded on January 2, 1952. Capitol Records will issue both parts on the children's album "Hopalong Cassidy And The Two-Legged Wolf" (CAS-3109).

1952 - Capitol Records files the masters it purchased from BBS Records for the titles "Take My Heart" and "I Never Cared" recorded by Al Martino with Monty Kelly directing the orchestra (lineup unlisted). Capitol had issued both titles together as a single (Capitol 2122) on Friday, June 6, 1952.



1952 - Vocalist Kay Starr, with Harold Mooney directing the orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the titles "Side By Side", "I Just Couldn't Take It Baby", "The Breeze", and "It's The Talk Of The Town" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Starr's album "The Kay Starr Style" (EBF-363, H-363, T 363).

1954 - Two years later to the day, vocalist Kay Starr (with orchestra conducted by Harold Mooney)'s Capitol Records single "If You Love Me (Really Love Me)" is still at #6 on Billboard's Best Selling Retail Records chart, Frank Sinatra (with Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra)'s Capitol Records single "Three Coins In The Fountain" is still #7, Nat "King" Cole (with Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra)'s Capitol Records single "Answer Me, My Love" is still #11, Frank Sinatra (with Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra)'s Capitol Records single "Young At Heart" is #11 up from #13 down from #7, Kay Starr (with orchestra conducted by Harold Mooney)'s Capitol Records single "The Man Upstairs" is #14 down from #8, and Stan Freberg's Capitol Records single "Point Of Order" is #15 up from #20.

1957 - The King Sisters (vocalists Yvonne, Luise, Marilyn & Alyce King), with Alvino Rey conducting the orchestra (lineup unlisted), record the titles "That Old Feeling", "Easy To Love", and "The Thrill Was New" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "That Old Feeling" and "Easy To Love" as a single (Capitol F3780) and have yet to issue the take of "The Thrill Was New" recorded on this date. A new take of the song was recorded on October 7, 1957 which will be released on the sister's album "Imagination" (T 919).

1958 - Frank Sinatra, with arranger Nelson Riddle conducting the studio orchestra (which includes Bill Miller on piano), records the titles "Goodbye" "It's A Lonesome Old Town", and "One For My Baby" for his Capitol Records album "Only The Lonely" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California.

1961 - Faron Young's Capitol Records single "Hello Walls" is #21 down from #19 on Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart.

1962 - The Kingston Trio (vocalists Nick Reynolds, Bob Shane, and John Stewart), with Allan Reuss on guitar, Dean Reilly on bass, and Irving Cottler on drums, record the titles "C'mon Betty Home" and "Allentown Jail" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood California from 2:00 PM and 6:00 PM. Capitol Records will issue "C'mon Betty Home" as a single (Capitol F4808) with "Old Joe Clark" (recorded March 15, 1962) on the flipside and "Allentown Jail" on the group's compilation CD "The Capitol Years" (8-28498-2).

1963 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Those Lazy-Hazy-Crazy Days Of Summer" is #23 on WMCA's Top Twenty-Five survey in New York City, New York.

1964 - Peggy Lee records the tracks "After You've Gone", "C'est Magnifique", "My Sin', and "In The Name Of Love" at The Capitol Tower 

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1952 - Tim Finn, Capitol Records solo artist (1989) and member the bands Split Enz (1972-1984) and Capitol Records band Crowded House (1992), is born Brian Timothy Finn in Te Awamutu, New Zealand.

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1942 - At Capitol Records ninth session. Gordon Jenkins conducts an orchestra (lineup unlisted) as they record the titles "Comin' Through The Rye" with vocals by Martha Tilton and The Mellowaires, "At Last" with vocals by Connie Haines, "Be Careful It's My Heart", and "Always" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Comin' Through The Rye" as a single (Capitol 138) with "Moon Dreams" (recorded April 6, 1942) on the flipside, "At Last" and "Be Careful It's My Heart" together as a single (Capitol 114), and "Always" as a single (Capitol 125) with "I'm Glad There Is You" (recorded May 8, 1942) on the flipside.

1948 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Nature Boy" is #2 on The Billboard magazine's Records Most Played By Disk Jockeys chart, #3 on the magazine's Best-Selling Popular Retail Records and Most-Played Juke Box Records charts, #7 on the magazine's Most Played Juke Box Race Records chart, and #8 on the magazine's Best Selling Retail Race Records chart.

1949 - Margaret Whiting and Johnny Mercer (with Paul Weston and His Orchestra)'s Capitol Records single "Baby It's Cold Outside is #4 up from #5 on Billboard's Best Selling Retail Records chart and Mel Tormé (with orchestra conducted by Pete Rugalo)'s Capitol Records single "Again" is #8 up from #10.

75 Years Ago Today In 1950 - Woody Herman and His Orchestra (Herman on clarinet and alto saxophone; Doug Mettome, Conte Candoli, Don Ferraro, and Rolf Ericson on trumpet; Herb Randel, Bill Harris, and Jerry Dorn on trombone; Phil Urso, Buddy Wise, and Bob Graf on tenor saxophone; Marty Flax on baritone saxophone; Dave McKenna on piano; Red Mitchell on bass; and Sonny Igoe on drums) record the tracks "Music To Dance To" (arranged by Al Cohn), "The Nearness Of You" (arranged by Ralph Burns), and "Sonny Speaks" (also arranged by Al Cohn) at Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee. "The Nearness of You" and "Sonny Speaks" will be released by Capitol Records on the album "Woody Herman - Classics In Jazz' and "Music To Dance To" will be released on a single by Capitol with "Johannesburg", recorded in Chicago by the same line up on August 5, 1950.

1951 - Billy May and His Orchestra (with May conducting his own arrangements to John Best, Conrad Gozzo, Mannie Klein and Uan Rasey on trumpet, Ed Kusby, Murray McEachern, Jimmy Priddy and Si Zentner on trombone, Skeets Herfurt and Willie Schwartz on alto saxophone, Ted Nash and Fred Falensby on tenor saxophone, Chuck Gentry on baritone saxophone, Buddy Cole on piano, Barney Kessel on guitar, Joe Mondragon on bass and Alvin Stoller on drums) record the tracks "All Of Me", "My Silent Love", "If I Had You" and "Lulu's Back In Town" between 8:30PM and Midnight at Capitol Records' Melrose Avenue studios in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will release "All Of Me" as a single with "Lean Baby" (recorded on August 22, 1951) on the flipside on September 24, 1951.

1953 - Tommy Collins, at his first Capitol Records recording session, waxes the tracks "You Gotta Have A Licence", "Let Me Love You", "There Will Be No Other", and "I Love You More And More Each Day". All songs were written by Collins.

70 Years Ago Today In 1955 - Les Baxter and His Orchestra and Chorus' Capitol Records single "Unchained Melody" is still #2 on Billboard's Best Selling Retail Records chart, Nat "King" Cole's double sided Capitol Records hit "A Blossom Fell" (with Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra) and "If I May" (with The Four Knights on backing vocals and Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra) is #4 down from #3, Frank Sinatra (with Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra)'s Capitol Records single "Learnin' The Blues" is #5 up from #6, and Tennessee Ernie Ford (with Cliffie Stone's Band)'s Capitol Records single "The Ballad Of Davy Crocket" is #19 down from #16.

1964 - The Beach Boys record the tracks "The Man With All The Toys", "Santa's Beard", "Merry Christmas, Baby" (which they'll finish up on June 30, 1964), and "Christmas Day (which features Al Jardine's first lead vocal for the group and which they'll finish recording on June 27, 1964)" at Western Studios in Hollywood, California for their 1964 Capitol Records album "The Beach Boys' Christmas Album".

1966 - The Beatles' Capitol Records single "Paperback Writer", with "Rain" on the flipside, is still #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart.

1967 - The Beatles' track "All You Need is Love" is recorded during "Our World", a two hour worldwide live television broadcast, at EMI's Abbey Road Studios, in London, England.

1968 - Capitol Records releases The Beach Boys' album "Friends".

1976 – Johnny Mercer (born John Herndon Mercer), a lyricist, composer, singer, radio variety show host, and co-founder of Capitol Records and The Songwriters Hall of Fame, dies at age 66 in Los Angeles, California of complications after surgery for brain cancer, which had left him paralyzed and unable to speak for months, in a guest house at his home in Bel Air, California. His body was later cremated and his ashes buried in the family plot in Bonaventure Cemetery in Savannah, Georgia. "...and the angels sing".

1988 - Hillel Slovak, guitarist for EMI America Records band The Red Hot Chili Peppers, dies of a heroin overdose at age 26 and is later interred in Mount Sinai Memorial Park Cemetery in Hollywood Hills, California.

35 Years Ago Today In 1990 - Enigma Records releases Poison's single "Unskinny Bop" which shares the A-side with "Swamp Juice (Soul-O)", with "Valley Of The Lost Souls" on the flipside, and is distributed by Capitol Records.

1991 - Capitol Records releases Kirsty MacColl's fourth studio album "Electric Landlady" produced by her husband, Steve Lillywhite.

2006 - Capitol Records Nashville artist Keith Urban marries fellow Australian and motion picture actress, Nicole Kidman, in Sydney, Australia.

2007 - Services are held for Donna King Conkling (aka Donna King of the Capitol Records group The King Sisters) at 11 a.m. at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 14001 Burbank Blvd., Sherman Oaks, California. She passed away on Wednesday, June 20, 2007.

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

65 Years Ago Today In 1960 - Tenor Saxophonist Tina Brooks records his only solo album, "True Blue", at the Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey and released by Blue Note Records. Blue Note's catalog is owned by Universal Music Group, Capitol Music Group's parent company, and Blue Note Records is currently a division of Capitol Music Group.

2006 - Arif Mardin, record producer and arranger for artists from The Young Rascals to Nora Jones, and labels from Atlantic Records to most recently Blue Note Records dies at his home in New York City of pancreatic cancer. The Los Angeles Times ran a very good overview of Mardin's eventful life and career with comments by Bruce Lundvall, president of EMI Jazz & Classics.

ON THIS DAY NOT IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1949 - Billboard magazine retitled its Hillbilly Music Chart "Country & Western".

75 Years Ago Today In 1950 - The Korean War begins.

1966 - Dick Van Dyke leaves his footprints in cement at Graumann's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, California at ceremony #132.

1968 - Jackie Lomax records the track "Sour Milk Sea" with producer George Harrison also playing guitar at the session.

2017 - My daughter, Alys Marie Heimback-Nielsen, graduates from Williamsville East High School at a ceremony to be held at The University At Buffalo Center For The Arts on the North Campus at 5:00PM.