APRIL 29

KEELY SMITH AND TRIO LIVE IN HOLLYWOOD!
They were at the Catalina Bar and Grill. Showtimes were at 8:30 and 10:30 PM. For more info, check out the Catalina's website. They also played the previous night. Any first hand accounts would be much appreciated!

HAPPY BIRTHDAYS!
1899 - Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington is born in Washington, D.C. Ellington would record "Satin Doll" for Capitol.
1931 - Lonnie Donegan was born Anthony James Donegan in Glasgow, Scotland. Bruce Eder has written a great biography for the Memorable Music Hall of Fame on the man who invented Skiffle and influenced a generation of future British rock and blues musicians.
1933 - Rod McKuen, singer, poet, actor, writer and composer of the song "Two-Ten, Six-Eighteen" recorded by Captiol recording artists The Kingston Trio, was born in Oakland, CA
1934 - Blues guitarist Otis Rush is born in Philadelphia, Mississippi and, in 1970, would sign with Capitol

ALSO ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL HISTORY
1944 - The King Cole Trio's "Straighten Up and Fly Right" hit's #1 on the "black" charts for the first of ten weeks, and would later cross over to the country and pop charts. The track came from the Trio's first session for Capitol.
1944 - "I Love You" sung by Jo Stafford, with Paul Weston and his orchestra, is #10 on the Billboard chart
1946 - Les Baxter signs with Capitol
1953 - Nelson Riddle signs a contract to conduct his first Sinatra session at Capitol to be held the next day on April 30.
1953 - The Gerry Mulligan Quartet begin a two day recording session for Pacific Jazz that will produce "Darn That Dream", "I May Be Wrong", "I'm Beginning To See The Light", "The Nearness Of You" and "Tea For Two". The quartet includes Mulligan (sax), Chet Baker (trumpet), Larry Bunker (drums), and Carson Smith (bass).
1957 - Frank Sinatra records the tracks "Lonely Town" and "Baby, Won't You Please Come Home" with arranger Gordon Jenkins
1963 - Buck Owen's album "On The Bandstand" is released by Capitol Records. The album was produced by Ken Nelson during sessions that occured between May and September 1961 in the Capitol Studios in Hollywood and featured Owen's on guitar and vocals, Don Rich (fiddle/guitar/vocal), Jay McDonalds (steel guitar), Kenny Pierce (electric bass/vocal) and Ken Presley (drums).
1974 - Wings' album "Band On The Run" enters the U.S. Top 100