AUGUST 24
ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1953 - Nat "King" Cole records "The Christmas Song" for the third time. This verion was recorded at Capitol Records' Studios on Melrose Avenue and was produced by Lee Gillette with arranger Nelson Riddle conducting the orchestra. This was a HiFi Mono recording done on Ampex Tape and recorded on an Ampex 200 tube recorder.
1964 - Capitol Records releases The Beatles' single "Matchbox" with "Slow Down" on the flip side
1964 - The Beatles' Capitol Records album "Something New" is certified Gold by the R.I.A.A.
1978 - Louis Prima, composer, trumpeter, bandleader, and Capitol Records recording artist, dies in New Orleans at age 77 after being in a coma since 1976 as a result of brain surgery to remove a tumor
1987 - Capitol Records releases The Beatles albums "The Beatles" (aka "The White Album") and the soundtrack to the United Artists animated movie "Yellow Submarine" on CD for the first time in the United States as part of a simultaneous world wide release
1988 - Nat Stuckey, radio personality, band leader of The Louisiana Hayriders, and composer (co-wrote, with Buck Owens and Don Rich, Owens' #1 country song "Waitin' In Your Welfare Line", released by Capitol Records, which stayed #1 for seven weeks), dies in Nashville, Tennessee at age 55
1999 - Capitol Records Jazz, a division of Blue Note Records, which is owned by Capitol Records, releases the compilation album "Trumpet Blues: The Best Of Harry James"
2004 - Capitol Records Canada releases Don Yute's album "Boobilious"
ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1924 - Francis Barraud, painter of the "His Master's Voice" pictures, the corporate logo for His Master's Voice and EMI, dies
ON THIS DAY NOT IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1962 - Producer Phil Spector records a "wall of sound" version "Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah" with Bobby Sheen doing the lead vocal with former Capitol Records singing group (1957-1958 and formerly known as The Dreamers until Capitol exec Tom Fransend renamed the group)The Blossoms (Darlene Wright [soon to be renamed Darlene Love], Fanita James, and Gloria Jones) doing backup vocals. When the track is released it will be credited to Bob B. Soxx and the Blue Jeans.
1 comment:
Mark, ever since I was a little kid of 9 or 10 in the late 1940s I have been passionately interested in the Capitol label. For some reason the label itself fascinated me, but apart from that most of my favorite artists seemed to appear on that label.
Since the internet days I have been able to get a lot of info that would have been difficult to get before, e. g. complete numerical lists of both 78s and LPs, general info from Nori's site etc., and it was a wonderful surprise today to find your blog (quite by chance while I was looking for info on the late great Maynard Ferguson).
So who were some of my favorite artists? Diana Lynn, Nat, Sinatra, Jerry Lewis, Dean, Mickey Katz, Freberg, Ray Anthony, Billy May, Pennario, Mel Torme, Mel Blanc, Miles Davis, Tatum.... I could go on and on.
As a side comment, I wish someone would reissue all the sides recorded by Diana Lynn - one of the great although unnoticed talents of her time.
I congratulate you on the exhaustive work you have done on your blog and assure you that I will from now be following it with great interest.
I wish you all the best.
- Mel
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