OCTOBER 9, 2008

HAPPY BIRTHDAYS!
1940 - John Lennon, singer, songwriter, poet, musician, and Capitol Records artist with the group The Beatles and as a solo artist, is born John Winston Lennon during a Nazi air raid in Oxford Street Maternity Hospital, Liverpool, England. Fans usually gather every year in front of The Capitol Tower by Lennon's star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame to celebrate.
1944 - Peter Tosh, singer, songwriter, guitarist, and Capitol Records artist, is born Hubert Winston McIntosh in Grange Hill (Church Lincoln District), Jamaica
1975 - Sean Lennon, singer, songwriter, and Capitol Records artist, is born by c-section, weighing 8 pounds and ten ounces, in New York City on his father's 35th birthday.

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
65 Years Ago Today In 1943 - Capitol Records agrees to pay royalties into an American Federation Of Musicians fund for all records released, thus ending the union-led ban on instrumental recordings for the label. Decca Records had settled with the union on September 18, 1943, but the other two major labels, Columbia and RCA/Victor will hold out for more than a year until November 1944, giving Capitol an exclusive on many new recordings that will help make it into one of the top four labels in the United States.
1944 - Leon and Al Dixon record the tracks "The Great Roundup", "Last Night I Lay On The Praire", the instrumental "Red River Blues", and "Way Down Yonder In New Orleans" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records, as of 2005, has yet to issue the tracks.
1944 - Andy Russell, with Paul Weston and His Orchestra (unlisted session musicians), records the tracks "Always", "Live Is Just Around The Corner", "The Very Thought Of You", and "I'll See You In My Dreams" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "I'll See You In My Dreams" on Russell's first album for the label "Andy Russell Favorites" (BD-13) and "Always" on the CD "Spotlight On..., Vol. 10 - Andy Russell"(8-28534-2). Capitol Records has, of 2005, not issued the middle two tracks.
1945 - The Pied Pipers (June Hutton, Chuck Lowry, Hal Hopper, and Clark Yocum) with Billy May ghost conducting his own arragnements to Paul Weston's Orchestra (Charles Griffard, Bruce Hudson, Ray Woods, and Mannie Klein on trumpet; William Schaefer, Allan Thompson, and Carl Loeffler on trombone; Fred Stulce, Julian "Matty" Matlock, Harold Lawson, Lenny Hartman, and Harry Schuchman on saxophone; Charles La Vere on piano; George Van Eps on guitar; John Ryan on bass; and Nick Fatool on drums) record the tracks "In The Middle Of May", "Aren't You Glad You're You", and "Embraceable You" at Radio Recorders' studios in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue the first two tracks together as a single (Capitol 225) and rejects "Embraceable You".
1946 - Margaret Whiting, with Jerry Gray and His Orchestra (unlisted session musicians), records the tracks "Guilty" (which was written by her father, Richard A. Whiting and Harry Akst), "Oh But I Do", and "My Future Just Passed" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the first two tracks as a single (Capitol 324 which will peak at #4 on Billboard's Pop singles charts) and "My Future Just Passed" as a single (Capitol 438) with a re-recording of "You Do" on the flip side.
1947 - Billy Butterfield and His Orchestra (Butterfield, Andy Ferretti, Jimmy Maxwell, Bobby Peck, and Jack Stametz on trumpet; Will Bradley, Keith Butterfield, and Ken Schrudder on trombone; Hymie Schertzer and John Signorelli on alto saxophone; Jimmy Hudgins on tenor saxophone; Norman Elvin on baritone saxophone; Mickey Crane on piano; Danny Perri on guitar; Sam Bruno on bass; and Cozy Cole on drums) record the tracks "I Can't Get Started", a re-recording of "Bugle Call Rag", "Narcissus" and "Malaguena" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue the last three tracks on Butterfield's album "Stardusting" (H-201) but, as of 2005, has yet to issue the take of "I Can't Get Started" recorded on this day.
1947 - Alvino Rey and His Orchestra (Dick Cathcart, Russ Granger, and Frank Nelson on trumpet; Billy Young on trumpet and vocals; Tasso Harris, Roger Thorndyke, Moe Schneider, and Ed Kiefer on trombone; Buff Estes, John Gruey on alto saxophone; Herbie Steward and Zoot Sims on tenor saxophones; Lee Yardum on baritone saxophone; Rocky Coluccio on piano and vocals; Rey on guitar; Chick Parnell on bass; and Don Lamond on drums) record the tracks "If You Knew Suzie) with vocals by The Blue Reys (Jimmy Joyce, Tom Kenny, Ralph Hall, and Blossom Dearie), "Johnson Rag", and "Patches" with vocals by Jimmy Joyce and the rest of The Blue Reys in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the last two tracks as a single (Capitol 437) and, as of 2005, has yet to issue "If You Knew Suzie".
1947 - The Pied Pipers (June Hutton, Chuck Lowry, Hal Hopper, and Clark Yocum) with Paul Weston and His Orchestra (unlisted session musicians) record the tracks "Smiles", "Alice Blue Gown", and "Poor Butterfly" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records issues "Smiles" as a single (Capitol 15103) with "Judaline" on the flip side, and the last two tracks on the group's album "Harvest Moon" (CC-103).
1951 - Leon Payne (on vocals and guitar with Harold Glenn Hensley on fiddle; Billy Liebert on piano; Duane Dutoit on guitar; Wesley "Speedy" West on steel guitar; and Cliffie Stone on bass) record the tracks "He Is The Light Of The World" with Myrtie "Mutt" Payne on vocals, "Jesus Paid The Price", "Gentle Hands", and "Golden Harvest" in Captiol Records' Melrose Avenue studios in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue "He Is The Light Of The World" and "Gentle Hands" together as a single (Capitol 1872) and the other two tracks together as a single (Capitol 2155).
1951 - Mel Blanc, with Buddy Cole directing an unlisted session orchestra, records the tracks "I Tant Wait Till Quithmuth (Day)", "Christmas Chopsticks", and "Honey" at Capitol Records' Melrose Avenue studios in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records issues the first two tracks together as a single (Capitol 1853) and, as of 2005, has yet to issue "Honey".
1952 - Martha Carson and The Gospel Singers (members unlisted), with an unidentified orchestra, record the tracks "I Feel It In My Soul", "Inspiration From Above", "Ask, You Shall Receive", and "There's A Higher Power (There's A Richer Power)" in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue the first and third tracks together as a single (Capitol 2477) and the second and last track together as a single (Capitol 2342).
1952 - The Amber Sisters (aka The Amburgey Sisters: Irene Amburgey (Martha Carson), Opal (Amburgey) Holmes (aka Jean Chapel), and Bertha Woodruff), with instrumental accompaniment by unlisted musicians, record the tracks "I've Waited Too Long", "Cherokee Eyes", "Useless", and "One More Time" in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue the first and last track together as a single (Capitol 2394) and the middle two tracks together as a single (Capitol 2358).
1954 - During two sessions held on this day in New York City, New York, The Sal Salvador Quartet (Eddie Costa on piano and vibraphone; Salvador on guitar; Jim Gannon on bass; and Jimmy Campbell on drums) records the tracks "Wheels", "Nothing To Do", "Autumn In New York", and Boo Boo Be Doop" during the first session and "Down Home", "Violets For Your Furs", "Sal-utations" and "Now See Here, Man" (aka "Toot #2) during the second session. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on the group's eponymous album album "The Sal Salvador Quartet" (H-6505) as part of the "Kenton Presents Jazz" series.
1955 - Bob Manning, with an unlisted session orchestra conducted by Monty Kelly, records the tracks "Nobody Knows", "Begger Or King", "The Day We Fell In Love", and "Those Maybe Baby Blues" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue the middle two tracks together as a single (Capitol F3286) but, as of 2005, has not issued the other two tracks.
1956 - The Andrews Sisters (Patty, Maxene & Laverne Andrews) with Vic Schoen conducting an unlisted session orchestra, record the tracks "Shoo Shoo Baby", "Well All Right (Tonight's The Night), "Begin The Beguine", and "Beat Me Daddy, Eight To The Bar" at The Capitol Tower Studios in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue the first three tracks on the group's album "The Andrews Sisters In Hi-Fi" (W 790) but, as of 2005, has yet to issue this take of "Beat Me Daddy, Eight To The Bar".
1956 - Speedy West (on steel guitar) and Jimmy Bryant (on guitar) record together, as a team for Capitol Records, for the last time when they record "Rolling Sky", "The Night Rider", "Hillcrest (Opus III)", and two takes of "China Boy" at The Capitol Tower Studios in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue the first two tracks together as a single (Capitol 3635). The other tracks will be released by The Bear Family in Germany on the 4 cd box set "Flamin' Guitars" (BCD 15956).
1957 - Jackie Gleason and His Orchestra (unlisted session musicians) record the tracks "Let's Face The Music And Dance", "Dream A Little Dream Of Me", "Love Letters", "I Don't Want To Cry Anymore", "My Silent Love", and "Careless" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on Gleason's album "The Torch With The Blue Flame" (W 961).
1957 - Janice Harper, with Earl Sheldon Orchestra (unlisted musicians) and Chorus (members also unlisted), records the tracks "The Moonlit Sea", "That's Why I Was Born", "In Time", and "Come On Home, All's Forgiven" in New York City, New York. Prep Records, a subsidiary of Capitol Records will issue the first two tracks together as a single (F123) and the last two tracks together as a single (F135)
1957 - Saxophone overdubs are recorded for Johnny Otis and His Orchestra's tracks "Livin' In Misery" and "Shake It, Lucy Baby" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the tracks on Otis' album "The Johnny Otis Show" (T 940).
1957 - Stan Kenton and His Orchestra (Ed Leddy, Billy Catalano, Lee Katzman, Sam Noto, and Phil Gilbert on trumpet; Jim Amlotte, Kent Larsen, Archie Le Coque, Don Reed, and Ken Shroyer on trombone; Lennie Niehaus on alto saxophone; Steve Perlow on alto and baritone saxophone; Wayne Dunstan and Bill Perkins on tenor saxphone; Bill Robinson on baritone saxophone; Kenton on piano; Red Kelly on bass; and Jerry McKenzie on drums), finishing up three nights of live performances at the Rendezvous Ballroom in Balboa, California, record the tacks "High On A Windy Hill", "This Is No Laughing Matter", "Flamenco" (with castanets overdubbed later), and "Opus In Chartreuse". Capitol Records will issue the first two tracks on Kenton's album "Rendezvous with Kenton" (T 932) but, as 2005, has yet to release "Flamenco" and rejected "Opus In Chartreuse".
1957 - The Four Preps () with Joe Memphis and His Orchestra (unlisted session musicians) using arrangements by Lincoln Mayorga who directs the session, records the tracks "26 Miles (Santa Catalina)", "Someday (You'll Want Me To Want You)", Foolish Promises", and "Somewhere Along The Line" at The Capitol Tower Studios in Hollywood California. Capitol Records will issue "26 Miles (Santa Catalina)" as a single (Capitol F3845) with "It's You" on the flip side but, as 2005, have not issued the rest of the tracks from this session.
50 Years Ago Today In 1958 - The Earth Boys (Jack Marshall and Paul Frees) record the tracks "Space Girl" and "Barbara Ann" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the tracks together as a single (F4607).
50 Years Ago Today In 1958 - Ray Anthony and His Orchestra (unlisted session musicians) record the tracks "Swan Lake", Please Hurry Home", "Havana Moon", "Pavane", "My Song", and "To The Evening Star" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records, as of 2005, has yet to issue any of the tracks from this session.
50 Years Today In 1958 - Larry Hovis (later best remembered for his role as Sgt. Andrew Carter on CBS-TV's series "Hogan's Heroes") with Jack Marshall's Music (unlisted session musicians) records the tracks "Then I'll Be Tired Of You", "As Long As I Live", "My Heart Belongs Only To You", and "I Want To Fall In Love" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on Hovis' album "My Heart Belongs To Only You" (T 1218).
50 Years Ago Today In 1958 - Paul Weston and His Orchestra (unlisted session musicians that include brass, reed and strings players), with Weston conducting his own arrangements, records the tracks "La Vie En Rose", "Autumn Leaves", "There Will Never Be Another You", "My Moonlight Madonna" and "No Other Love" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will release the first two tracks on Weston's album "Music For The Fireside" (T 1192), the last two tracks on Weston's album "Music For Memories" (T 1222), and "There Will Never Be Another You" on Weston's album "Music For Romancing" (T 1223).
50 Years Ago Today In 1958 - Buck Owens (on guitar and vocals with Rollie Weber on guitar and background vocals, Ralph Mooney on pedal steel guitar, Jelly Sanders and Don Rich on fiddle, George French, Jr. on piano, Allen Williams on bass, and Pee Wee Adams on drums) records the tracks "Walk The Floor", "My Everlasting Love", "Second Fiddle" and "I'll Take A Chance On Loving You" with producer Ken Nelson at The Capitol Tower Studios in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on Owens' album "Under Your Spell Again" (T1489) and "Second Fiddle" and "My Everlasting Love" together as a single (Capitol F4712) which will peak at #24 on the country charts.
50 Years Ago Today In 1958 - Janice Harper, with Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra (members unlisted), records the tracks "I Was Hoping You'd Ask Me", "Let There Be Love", "I'm Making Love To You", and "I Need You" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue the first and third tracks together as a single (F4087) and the second and fourth tracks together as a single (F4131).
1959 - Bill May and His Orchestra (Pete Candoli, Al Rojo, and Henry Miranda on trumpet; Harry Klee, Ted Nash, Justin Gordon, and George Poole on woodwinds: Eddie Cano on piano; Al Hendrickson on guitar; Ralph Pena on bass; Carlos Mejia, Manuel Lopez, Edward Aparicio, Ray Rivera, and Frank Flynn on percussion), with May conducting his own arrangements, record the tracks "The Poor People Of Paris Cha Cha", "Goodbye Cha Cha", "Flyin' Home Cha Cha", "Tuxedo Junction Cha Cha", "Leap Frog Cha Cha", "Snowfall Cha Cha", and "I Remember Shearing Cha Cha" at The Capitol Tower Studios in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on May's album "Cha Cha!" (T 1329).
1959 - Jackie Davis (on organ with an unlisted guitarist and drummer) records the tracks "The Right Kind Of Love", "Neighbors", "Without A Song", "Footloose And Fancy Free" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records, as of 2005, has yet to issue any of the tracks recorded at this session.
1961 - Square dance calls overdubs (by an unlisted vocalist) are recorded in Los Angeles, California for Cliffie Stone's tracks "Eight Of January/Arkansas Traveler", "Devil's Dream/Bill Cheatum" (both original tracks recorded at the first of two sessions in Los Angeles, California on July 27, 1959), "Irish Washerwoman/Pop Goes The Weasel" (original track recorded at the second session held on July 27, 1959), "Sally Goodin/Cumberlin' Gap", "Old Joe Clark/Bilin Cabbage Down", "Rickett's Hornpipe/Durong's Hornpipe", and "Ragtime Annie/Martha Campbell" (original tracks recorded at the first of two sessions on July 28, 1958), and "Soldier's Joy/Mississippi Sawyer" and "Golden Slippers/Blackberry Blossoms" (original tracks recorded at the second of two sessions in Los Angeles, California on July 28, 1958). Capitol Records issued the original version of the tracks on Stone's album "Square Dance Promenade" (T 1286) and issued the new composite tracks on Stone's album "It's Fun To Square Dance" (T 1685).
1962 - During two sessions held this day in New York City, New York, Fred Waring and The Pennsylvanians (with Waring conducting unlisted musicians) record the tracks "One God" (arranged by Roy Ringwald), "I Believe" (arranged by Hawley Ades with Leonard Kranendonk on vocals), "Bless This House" (arranged by Roy Ringwald with Leonard Kranendonk on vocals), and "No Man Is An Island" (arranged by Roy Ringwald) at the first session and "The Lord's Prayer" (arranged by Stuart Churchill and Roy Ringwald with Leonard Kranendonk on vocals), "Let Us All Sing Auld Lang Syne" (arranged by Roy Ringwald), and "O Brother Man" (arranged by Roy Ringwald and Hawley Ades) at the second session. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks, except "Let Us All Sing Auld Lang Syne" on Waring's album "This I Believe" (T 2054). Capitol Records will issue "Let Us All Sing Auld Lang Syne" on Waring's album "Alma Mater Memories" (T 1949).
1962 - Capitol Records purchases the masters for Barbara Dane's tracks "Ain't Gonna Be Treated This Way", "Ain't Nobody Gonna Get None Of My Jelly Roll", "Boll Weevil", "Dink's Blues", "Don't You Wish You Had A Man Like Mine", "Georgia", "Good Love", "Take This Hammer", "I'm So Glad My Mamma Don't Know Where I'm At", "Mighty Ramblin' Blues", "Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out", "Pennies From Heaven", "Rag Doll", "Saturday Night Blues", "Streetwalker's Blues", "Sugar Hill", "This Is So Nice", "Troubled Woman Blues", and "Who's Sorry Now?" recorded with unlisted session musicians but, as of 2005, has yet to issue any of the tracks.
1962 - Edits are made to Joe Maphis and Rose Lee's track "Maple On The Hill" (rigianlly recorded in Los Angeles, California on January 11, 1962) in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the edited track as a single (F5077) with "Whiskey Is The Devil In Liquid Form" on the flip side.
1962 - Glen Gray And The Casa Loma Orchestra (Shorty Sherock, Conrad Gozzo, Mannie Klein, Joe Graves on trumpet; Milt Bernhart, Joe Howard, and Eddie Kusby on trombone; George Roberts on bass trombone; Abe Most on clarinet and alto saxophone; Skeets Herfurt on alto saxophone; Plas Johnson and Justin Gordon on tenor saxophone; Chuck Gentry on baritone saxophone; Ray Sherman on piano; Jack Marshall on guitar; Mike
Rubin on bass; and Nick Fatool on drums) record the tracks "I'm Gettin' Sentimental Over You (Tommy Dorsey)", "I Can't Get Started (Bunny Berigan)", "Blue Flame (Woody Herman)", and "Quaker City Jazz (Jan Savitt)" (using the arrangement styles of the bands in parenthesis in the track titles) in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the tracks on the band's album "Sounds Of The Big Bands,Vol.6: Themes Of The Great Bands" (T 1812).
1962 - Don Deal, with unlisted session musicians, records the tracks "How Do You Lie To A Heart?", "Leaving Town", and "Ain't Gonna Try Anymore" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the first and last track together as a single (Capitol 4901) but, as of 2005, has yet to issue "Leaving Town"
45 Years Ago Today In 1963 - Nancy Wilson, with Gerald Wilson using his own arrangements to conduct a session orchestra (Jack Wilson on piano and celeste; Joe Pass and guitar; Jimmy Bond on bass; Kenny Dennis on drums and strings,including George Poole and Edgar Lustgarten on cello; and others (listed as probably being Felix Slatkin, Eleanor Slatkin, Gerald Vinci, Israel Baker, Jacques Gasselin, Thelma Breach, Bonnie Douglas, Marshall Sosson, Lou Raderman, Paul Shure, and James Getzoff on violns) Virginia Majewski, Paul Robyn, Alvin Dinkin, and Stan Harris on viola; and Ann Goodman on cello. If anyone knows for sure what the string lineup was, please leave a comment), records the tracks "The Very Thought Of You", "Someone To Watch Over Me", "Please Send Me Someone to Love", "Never Let Me Go", and "What Are You Doin' New Year's Eve?" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the first four tracks on Wilson's album "T 2012" and "What Are You Doin' New Year's Eve?" as a single (Capitol 5084) with "That's All I Want For Christmas" on the flip side.
45 Years Ago Today In 1963 - During two session held this day in Los Angeles, California, Frank Hamilton, will record instrumental versions of The Kingston Trio titles "Blowin' On The Wind" and "500 Miles' at the first session and "When The Saints Go Marching In", "One More Town" and "Pullin' Away" at the second session. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on Hamilton's album "Sing A Song With The Kingston Trio (Instrumentals Played By Frank Hamilton)" (KAO 2005).
1964 - Kay Stevens records the tracks "When It Looks Like Rain", "Someone Must Have Hurt You A Lot", "Don't Talk To Me", and "You" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Someone Must Have Hurt You A Lot" and "Don't Talk To Me" together as a single (Capitol 5316) but, as of 2005, have yet to issue the remaining two tracks from this session.
1964 - The Beach Boys (Mike Love, Brian Wilson, Carl Wilson, Dennis Wilson, and Al Jardine on vocals), with unlisted session musicians, re-records the track "Dance, Dance, Dance" and an alternate version of "Dance, Dance, Dance" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the first track as a single (Capitol 5306) with "The Warmth Of The Sun" on the flip side and the second track on the double CD "Today/Summer Days and Summer Nights" (7093694-2).
1964 - Billy Taylor, with unlisted session musicians, records the tracks "From The Top Of The Hill", "Body And Soul" and "On Green Dolphin Street" in New York City, New York. As of 2005 Capitol Records has not issued any of the tracks.
1964 - In a split session in New York City, New York, Teddy Greene and Jill Harris, with unlisted session musicians, record the tracks "The Cherry Song" with Greene on vocals, "Your Really Didn't Mean It" with Harris on vocals, and "Begger Or King" with Greene on vocals in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue Harris' track "You Really Didn't Mean It" as a single (Capitol 5363) with her track "His Kiss" on the flip side.
1964 - During two sessions held this day in Nashville, Tennessee, Ferlin Husky, with unlisted session musicians, records the tracks "Flowers Speak Louder Than Words" and "True, True Loving" at the first session and "When It's My Turn Again" at the second session. Capitol Records will issue both tracks on Husky's album "True Lovin'" (T 2305).
1964 - Michael Haslam records the tracks "Gotta Get A Hold Of Myself" and "The Dream" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records has, of 2005, yet to issue either track.
1965 - Wanda Jackson records the tracks "Morgen, Ja Morgen" and "Ik Hou Van Jou" (originally titled "Ich Schau Hinunter In's Tal [My Gal Sal]) in Amsterdam, Holland. Capitol Records will issue both tracks in the Netherlands together as a single (HFC 1053).
1966 - Capitol Records purchases masters for Willie Harvey's recordings of "Hitch-Hike Back To Georgia", "Happy", "Walkin'", and "Don't Make Me Cry" and will release the first and third track together as a single (Capitol 5281) and, as of 2005, have yet to issue the other two tracks.
1967 - Fred Neil, with unlisted session musicians, records the tracks "Look Over Yonder" and "Rosie... Prettiest Train" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both tracks on Neil's album "Fred Neil Sessions" (ST 2862)
40 Years Ago Today In 1968 - Buck Owens' Buckaroos (featuring Don Rich and Doyle Holly but other musicians unlisted) record the tracks "Keep On Your Keepin' On", "Bad Luck And Bad Weather", "Anywhere U.S.A.", and "Tim-Buck-Too" at Buck Owens Studios in Bakersfield, California. Capitol will issue all the tracks on the group's album "Anywhere U.S.A." (ST-194).
40 Years Ago Today In 1968 - Wynn Stewart and The Tourists (Stewart on vocals and guitar with Earl Ball Jr. on piano; Bobby Gene George on rhythm guitar; Dale Emerson Noe and Clarence White on guitar; Ralph Eugene Mooney on steel guitar; Bob Morris and Lawrence "Red" Wooten on guitar and bass; Helen "Peaches" Price-Johnson on drums) record the tracks "Wishful Thinking", "The Keeper Of The Key" and "I Was Just Walking Out The Door" at The Capitol Tower Studios in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue the tracks on the group's album "Let The Whole World Sing It With Me" (ST-214).
40 Years Ago Today In 1968 - Linda Ronstadt and The Stone Poneys record overdubs for the tracks "Silver Threads And Golden Needles", "Break My Mind", "It's About Time", and "It Won't Be Easy" in Los Angeles, California. Captiol Records will issue the completed "Silver Threads And Golden Needles" on Ronstadt's 2 LP album album "Linda Ronstadt - A Retrospective" (SKBB-11629), "Break My Mind" and "It's About Time" on Ronstadt's album "Hand Sown...Home Grown" (ST-208), and, as of 2005, have yet to issue "It Won't Be Easy".
1969 - Bobby Austin, using Earl Ball's arrangements with an unlisted session orchestra, records the tracks "For Your Love", "(Leaning On) Your Everlasting Love", and "Scatter Your Seeds To The Wind" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the first two tracks together as a single (Capitol 2681) and "Scatter Your Seeds To The Wind" as a single (Capitol 2851) with "Little Boy Don't Live Here Anymore" on the flip side.
1972 - Helen Reddy, with unlisted session musicians, records the tracks "I Didn't Mean To Love You", "What Would They Say", and "Peaceful" along with overdubs in Los Angeles, California. Capitol will issue all the tracks on Reddy's album "I Am Woman" (ST-11068).
1974 - Supersax (Med Flory and Joe Lopes on alto saxophone; Warne Marsh and Jay Migliori on tenor saxophone; Jack Nimitz on baritone saxophone; Lou Levy on piano; Buddy Clark on bass; and Jack Hanna on drums) records the track "All The Things You Are" (with Conte Candoli on trumpet) and "Ornithology" (with Frank Rosolino on trombone and 18 unlisted string players) in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both tracks on the group's album "Supersax Plays Bird With Strings" (ST-11371).
1980 - Mystic Merlin (lineup unlisted) records the track "Get It For Yourself" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol will issue the track on the group's album "Sixty Thrills A Minute" (SKAO-12137).
1987 - Lorelei records the track "Sacrifice For Love". If anyone has any further information about this session, please leave a comment.
1989 - Capitol Records artists Hank Thompson and Cliffie Stone (also a Capitol Records A&R executive and producer) are inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame
2001 - Capitol Records Nashville releases Garth Brooks' single "Wrapped Up In You" delivered digitally to country radio stations at 8:30 AM. Originally set to be released on September 17, but postponed due to the events of September 11, 2001. Brooks also gives a press conference and Q&A session at 8:30 AM at the Country Music Hall of Fame in Nashville, Tennessee
2001 - Capitol Records Nashville releases Trace Adkin's album "Chrome"
2004 - Keith Urban's Capitol Records Nashville single "Days Go By", with "These Are The Days" on the flip side, tops Billboard's Country Singles chart where it will stay for four weeks

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1957 - Bob Luman records "Whenever Your Ready" for Imperial Records. After EMI buys Imperial's catalog, Capitol Records will issue the track on the compilation album "The Rockabilly Influence: 1950-1960 - Let's Have A Party" (SQ-12455).
35 Years Ago Today In 1973 - Elvis Presley, father of Capitol Records artist Lisa Marie Presley, divorces her mother, Priscilla Beaulieu Presley
1985 - EMI America purchases the masters for Robin Gibbs' recordings of "Like A Fool", "Possession", "Toys", "Heartbeat In Exile", "Someone To Believe In", "Gone With The Wind", "Remedy", "These Walls Have Eyes", "You Don't Say Us Anymore", and "Do You Love Her?" and will issue "Like A Fool" and "Possession" together as a single (EMI America 8291) and "Toys" and "Do You Love Her?" together as a single (EMI America 8304) but there is no listing to confirm if any of the other tracks have been issued.
2001 - BGO (Beat Goes On) Records releases a remastered version of The Tubes' last Capitol Records album "Love Bomb" on CD.