JULY 5

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
1935 - Richard Levitt, countertenor soloist with the Capitol Records group The Roger Wagner Chorale (1964) is born in Los Angeles, California
1943 - Robbie Robertson, guitarist, singer, songwriter and member of the Capitol Records group The Band, is born Jaime Robert Robertson in Toronto, Canada

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1946 - Cootie Williams and His Orchestra (Williams on trumpet and vocals, Bob Merrill on trumpet and vocals, E. V. Perry, Otis Gamble, Billy Ford on trumpet, Clarence "Gene" Redd on trumpet and vibraphone, Ed Burke, Edward Johnson, Julius "Hawkshaw" Watson on trombone, Rupert Cole, Daniel Williams on alto saxophone, Chuck Clarke, Edwin Johnson on tenor saxophone, Bob Ashton on baritone saxophone, Arnold Jarvis on piano, Pee Wee Tinney on guitar, Norman Keenan on bass, and Butch Ballard on drums) record the tracks "Wrong Neighborhood", "Piney Brown's Gone", "I May Be Easy But I'm No Fool" all with vocals by Bob Merrill, the instrumental "Vibraphobia", and "Let's Do The Whole Thing Or Nothing At All" with vocals by Cootie Williams at WMCA Studios in New York City
1949 - Capitol Records artist Yogi Yorgesson (aka Harry Stewart) sings "Object Of My Affection" on "Command Performance" with Shirley Ross, Errol Garner, Arthur and Mark Stevens
1960 - Nat "King" Cole records the tracks "The Happiest Christmas Tree" with Dave Cavanaugh and His Orchestra, along with "Away In A Manger" and "Silent Night" with Ralph Carmichael and His Orchestra
1960 - Capitol Records releases the original motion picture soundtrack of "Bells Are Ringing" which stars Judy Holliday and Capitol Records artist Dean Martin
1965 - Capitol Records releases Buck Owens' single "Only You (Can Break My Heart)" with "Gonna Have Love" on the flip side
1966 - Capitol Records releases Peter & Gordon's compilation album "The Best Of Peter & Gordon" on it's The Star Line subsidiary
1975 - Pink Floyd, The Steve Miller Band, and Captain Beefheart perform at a live concert at the Knebworth Festival in Hertfordshire, England.
1983 - Harry James, trumpeter, band leader, actor and Capitol Records artist (1955-1958), dies of lymphatic cancer in Las Vegas, Nevada at age 67 just nine days after his last concert appearance held in Los Angeles, California
1992 - A bus carrying band and crew members of the Capitol Records act Helix goes off the road near Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada, and plunges down a 40 foot precipice. Two crew members were seriously injured and bassist Gray escaped with minor injuries, but guitarist and co-founding member Paul Hackman was killed at age 39
2006 - Eight days after it's scheduled release, the 30th anniversary edition of The Steve Miller Band's album "Fly Like An Eagle" still isn't in stores.

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1954 - The Bob Brookmeyer Quartet (Brookmeyer on valve trombone, John Williams on piano, Bill Anthony on bass, and Frank Isola on drums) record the tracks "Liberty Belle", "Have You Met Miss Jones", and "Traditional Blues" with Brookmeyer producing and recording engineer Rudy Van Gelder at the Van Gelder Studio in Hackensack, New Jersey for their self titled album released by Pacific Jazz Records, whose catalog is now owned by Capitol Records
2001 - Ernie K-Doe (aka Ernest Kador, Jr.), who scored a #1 in 1961 with the single "Mother-In-Law" written by Allen Toussaint with "Wanted" on the flip side for Minit Records, whose library is now owned by Capitol Records, dies at age 65 and, after a traditional jazz funeral, was interred in the 200-year-old Duval tomb in Saint Louis Cemetery #2, in New Orleans, Louisiana.

ON THIS DAY NOT IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1954 - 19 year old Elvis Presley records the track "That's All Right (Mama)" at his first session at Sam Phillips' Sun Studios in Memphis, Tennessee. The track would released as a single two weeks later on July 19, 1954 with "Blue Moon Of Kentucky" (also recorded during this two day session, along with the tracks "I Love You Because" and "Harbor Lights") on the flip side.