OCTOBER 25, 2007

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
1927 - Barbara Cook, Broadway musical performer and cabaret singer, who made her recording debut on the Capitol Records soundtrack to the Broadway musical "Flahooley", is born Barbara Nell in Atlanta, Georgia. If anyone knows her middle name, please leave a comment.
1941 - Helen Reddy, singer, television and motion picture actress, and Capitol Records artist (1970-1980), is born in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. If anyone knows the exact year of her birth and her middle name, please leave a comment

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
65 Years Ago Today In 1943 - Benny Carter (on alto saxophone) and His Orchestra (Claude Dunson, Vernon "Jake" Porter, Teddy Buckner and Freddie Webster on trumpet; Shorty Haughton, J.J. Johnson, and Alton Moore on trombone; Porter Kilbert also on alto saxophone; Willard Brown on alto and baritone saxophone; Eugene "Gene" Porter and Hubert "Bumps" Myers on tenor saxophone; Humphrey "Teddy" Brannon on piano; Ulysses Livingston on guitar; Dillon "Curley" Russell on bass; and Oscar Bradley on drums) record the tracks "Poinciana" (arranged by Frank Comstock), "Just A Baby's Prayer At Twilight" (arranged by Frank Comstock with vocals by Sarah Churchill), two takes of "Hurry, Hurry" (also arranged by Frank Comstock with vocals by Sarah Churchill, the first take is the main take and the second take the alternate take), and the instrumental track "Love For Sale" (arranged by Benny Carter) in San Francisco, California. Capitol Records issues the first and third tracks together as a single (Capitol 144), the second track as a single (Capitol 165) with "I'm Lost" on the flip side, "Love For Sale" on the compilation album "The History Of Jazz, Volume 4 - This Modern Age" (CE-19), and the alternate version of "Hurry, Hurry" is added to an updated version of the album (W 2140).
1944 - Jack Guthrie (on vocals with Billy Hughes on fiddle; "Porky" Freeman on lead guitar; Red Murrell on rhytm guitar; and Cliffie Stone on bass), at his second Capitol Records session, records "I'm Building A Stairway To Heaven", "Welcome Home Stranger", four more songs, Jimmie Rodgers' "When the Cactus Is in Bloom" which highlights Guthrie's yodeling ability, "Answer To 'Moonlight And Skies'", and "Dallas Darlin'" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records issues the first track as a single (Capitol Americana 40012) with "This Troubled Mind O’ Mine" on the flip side, the second track as a single (Capitol Americana 57-40222) with "Colorado Blues" on the flip side.
1944 - At a split session held this day in Los Angeles, California Matt Dennis (on vocals) with Paul Weston and His Orchestra (linuep unlisted) records the (as of 2005) unissued tracks "Things Aren't Just The Same" and "(You'd Never Now) The Old Place Now" and Jerry Colonna (on vocals) with Paul Weston and His Orchestra (lineup still unlisted) records the (as of 2005) unissued track "Your Father's Mustache".
1946 - Skitch Henderson and His Orchestra (lineup unlisted) record the tracks "And So To Bed" (vocals by Eileen Wilson), "It's The Same Old Dream" (vocals by Eileen Wilson), "A Garden In The Rain" (vocals by Eileen Wilson), and "Stringin' Along" (vocals Ray Kellog) in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records issues the first and third tracks together as a single (Capitol 331) and, as of 2005, has yet to issue the second and last tracks.
1946 - Matt Dennis (on vocals), with Paul Weston and His Orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the tracks "So Would I", "I Believe", and "At Sundown" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records issues the first and last track together as a single (Capitol 329) but (as of 2005) has yet to issue "I Believe".
1947 - At two sessions held this day at Radio Recorders in Hollywood, California, Jack Guthrie (on vocals) and His Okalahomans (Billy Hughes on fiddle; "Porky" Freeman on lead guitar; Lewis Jack Rivers on rhythm guitar; and Cliffie Stone on bass. This lineup is also listed as "with Cliffie Stone and His Orchestra" in later reissues) finish recording the tracks "No Need To Knock Upon My Door", "Shut That Gate", "Colorado Blues", and "Out Of Sight, Out Of Mind" at the first session and records the tracks "San Antonio Rose", "I Still Love You As I Did Yesterday", "Ida Red", "For Oklahoma I'm Yearning", and "I Told You Once" at the second session. Capitol Records issues "No Need To Knock Upon My Door" as a single (Capitol Americana 57-40131) with "Look Out For The Crossing" on the flip side, "Colorado Blues" (Capitol Americana 57-40222) with "Welcome Home, Stranger" on the flip side, and Ida Red will be issued as a single Capitol Americana 57-40075) with "Next To The Soil" on the flip side. Capitol Records, after drum overdubs are added to both tracks, will issue "Colorado Blues" and "Ida Red" on Guthrie's eponymous album "Jack Guthrie" (T 2456). Bear Family Records will issue all the tracks recorded at both sessions on Guthrie's CD "When The World Has Turned You Down" (BCD 15580).
1974 - John Lennon ends sessions at the Record Plant East in New York City for tracks for his Apple Records album "Rock And Roll" that will be distributed by Capitol Records in the United States
1980 - Virgil Keel Fox, classical organist and Capitol Records artist (contracted to record six albums in 1960) dies of cancer at age 68 in Palm Beach, Florida, where there will later be a funeral at his home, Casa Lagomar. Another funeral will be held on November 9, 1980 at the Crystal Cathedral in Garden Grove, California. Fox will be buried at Pioneer Cemetery in Dover, Bureau County, Illinois
1994 - Capitol Records releases Bob Seger's compilation album "Greatest Hits"
2000 - Garth Brooks announces that he'll retire after releasing his next album
2005 - Capitol Records Nashville releases Merle Haggard's album "Chicago Wind"