JUNE 1

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
1921 - Trombonist, arranger, conductor and composer Nelson Riddle is born Nelson Smock Riddle, Jr. in Oradell, New Jersey. His son, Christopher Riddle (who took over running, and touring with, The Nelson Riddle Orchestra in 1986), has written a biographical article about his father for the American Music Hall of Fame. Nelson's family also has a website and Nelson's papers and memorabilia are now part of The Nelson Riddle Collection at the University of Arizona, Tucson, that is administered by Keith Pawlak.
1926 - Capitol Records comedy artist, and star of broadway, movies and television, Andy Griffith is born Andrew Samuel Griffith in Mount Airy, North Carolina

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL HISTORY
1942 - Tex Ritter signs with Capitol Records becoming the label's first Country Music artist. In 10 days, he will have his first recording session which will produce the track "Jingle Jangle Jingle".
1956 - Jane Powell, with Buddy Bregman's Orchestra, records the tracks "Mind If I Fall In Love With You", "True Love", "What Gives? What Goes?", "Till The Next Time" at The Capitol Tower Studios
1958 - The Kingston Trio's first album "The Kingston Trio", produced by Voyle Gilmore, is released and on the same day, Dave Guard's eldest daughter, Catherine, is born
1959 - The Kingston Trio's album "The Kingston Trio At Large" is released and on the same day they record the track "A Worried Man"
1963 - During a live in studio appearance at the BBC, The Beatles perform "Young Blood", "Sure To Fall (In Love With You)", "Baby It's You", and "I Got To Find My Baby"
1966 - Billy May starts recording his album "Billy May Today!" in The Capitol Tower Studios
1966 - The Beatles finish work on the track "Yellow Submarine" for their album "Revolver" at Abbey Road Studios, London, England. The track would inspire the creation of their third film for United Artists, the animated feature "Yellow Submarine"
1967 - The Beatles' album "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" is released in the U.S. I haven't heard about any plans for next year's 40th anniversary. Here's hoping that Apple and Capitol are already hard at work. Any suggestions for what would should be part of such a release?
1972 - Pink Floyd, with engineer Alan Parsons, begin work on their album "Dark Side Of The Moon"
1974 - Capitol Records' Grand Funk Railroad performs in concert in San Diego, California. The performance is filmed and released on video tape and laserdisc in Japan.
1978 - At the Whisky-A-Go-Go, The Knack perform for the first time
2004 - EMI Capitol releases "Dino: The Essential Dean Martin" that contains 30 of Martin’s hits from both his Capitol Records (1949-1961) and Reprise Records (1960-1969) catalog.

ON THIS DAY NOT IN CAPITOL HISTORY
1934 - Benny Goodman and his first permanent performing orchestra make their public peforming debut at Billy Rose's Music Hall, 1697 Broadway at W. 53rd St., New York, NY, which started out as the Hammerstein Theatre and would become CBS' Studio 50, home of "The Ed Sullivan Show" where The Beatles made their first U.S. televison appearance, and currently home to "The Late Show With David Letterman"
1938 - Superman makes his first appearance on the cover of Action Comics #1
1964 - The Joe Pass Quartet (Bill Perkins on tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone, flute; Joe Pass on guitar; John Pisano on rhythm guitar; Frank Strazzeri on piano; Jim Hughart on bass) record the tracks "I Believe In You", "It's A Wonderful World", "Hello Dolly", "Summer Night", and "The Sweetest Sound" for Pacific Jazz Records (whose catalog is now owned by Capitol Records and controlled by Blue Note) at their studios in Los Angeles