NOVEMBER 6, 2007

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1947 - The King Cole Trio (Nat “King” Cole on piano and vocals, Irving Ashby on guitar, and Johnny Miller on bass) records the tracks "Confess" and "If I Had You" in New York City
1953 - Frank Sinatra, with arranger and conductor Nelson Riddle, records the tracks "Like Someone in Love", "Little Girl Blue", "The Girl Next Door", "I Get A Kick Out Of You" in Los Angeles, California for his debut Capitol Records album "Songs For Young Lovers"
1956 - Jean Shepard, with producer Ken Nelson, records the track "Under Suspicion" which will appear on her Capitol Records single, with "The Other Woman" on the flip side, and on her Capitol Records album "This Is Jean Shepard", at Music City Recording in Nashville, Tennessee
1962 - Trumpeter and vocalist Jack Sheldon and His Quartet (Joe Mondragon on bass, Shelly Manne on drums, Howard Roberts, Jack Marshall, Bob Bain, Herb Ellis, and Billy Strange on guitar) begin 3 days of sessions to record their Capitol Records album "Out!" at The Capitol Tower Studios in Hollywood, California. Other session dates are November 12 and November 16, 1962.
1971 - Sonny James' Capitol Records single "Here Comes Honey Again", with "The Only Ones We Truly Trust" on the flip side, hits #1 on Billboard's Country Singles chart, becoming the last of James' 16 consecutive #1 records
1972 - Buck Owens records the track "Streets Of Bakersfield" for Capitol Records
1976 - The Steve Miller Band's Capitol Records single "Rock'n Me", with "Shu Ba Da Du Ma Ma Ma Ma" on the flip side, hits #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart
1998 - Jazz producer Sumner "Sonny" Lester sues EMI, Capitol, and Blue Note Records, Blue Note CEO Bruce Lundvall, reissue firm Mosaic Records, and Mosaic principals Michael Cuscuna and Charlie Lourie, claiming that the labels reissued recordings allegedly held exclusively by Lester without authorization. The recordings in question include sessions by Jimmy McGriff, Junior Parker, Jeremy Steig, Chick Corea, Thad Jones & Mel Lewis, and Dizzy Gillespie.
2001 - Capitol Records releases a 2-CD compilation of music from World War II titled "Those Were Our Songs: Music of World War II"
2001 - Capitol Records releases "United We Stand," a collection of archival material including John Lennon's "Imagine," Al Green's rendition of "Amazing Grace" and Woody Guthrie performing "This Land Is Your Land." Proceeds will benefit the Red Cross.
2001 - Capitol Records releases Pink Floyd's 2 CD compilation album "Echoes: The Best Of Pink Floyd" which will be re-released in 2006
2006 - Sonny James, Capitol Records artist, is formally inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame along with George Strait and Harold Bradley at the 40th annual CMA (Country Music Association) Awards show broadcast on ABC-TV. James was also co-host, with Capitol Records artist Bobbie Gentry, of the first CMA awards show in 1967.
2006 - Capitol Records Nashville artist Keith Urban is named CMA Vocalist of the Year at the CMA Awards ceremony.

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1961 - Johnny Burnette's Liberty Records single "God, Country And My Baby", with "Honestly I Do" on the flip side, enters Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart. EMI Music, parent company of Capitol Records, currently owns the Liberty catalog.
1979 - The EMI Board recommends THORN Electrical Industries Limited's revised offer of £169m to its shareholders and a new company, THORN EMI, is formed
2001 - Collector's Choice Music reissues Bing Crosby's Capitol Records albums "That Travelin' Two-Beat" with Rosemary Clooney and "Bing Crosby Sings The Great Country Hits" on a single CD

ON THIS DAY NOT IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1854 - John Phillip Sousa, composer of Marches, conductor, and band leader, is born in Washington, D.C.