JULY 14, 2010

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
1933 - Del Reeves, singer, radio and television show host, and Capitol (1957-1958) and United Artists (1965-1978) Records artists, is born Franklin Delano Reeves in Sparta, North Carolina

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1942 - Capitol Records gets its first review in Down Beat Magazine of the label's first released singles
65 Years Ago Today In 1945 - Johnny Mercer and The Pied Pipers (with Paul Weston and His Orchestra)' Capitol Records single "On The Atchison, Topeka, and The Santa Fe" is #2 up from #4 on Billboard's Best Selling Retail Records chart
1949 - Woody Herman and His Orchestra (with Herman on clarinet and alto saxophone, Stan Fishelson, Al Porcino, Ernie Royal, Charlie Walp, and Shorty Rogers on trumpet; Bill Harris, Earl Swope, and Ollie Wilson on trombone; Bart Varsalona on bass trombone; Sam Marowitz (on alto saxophone: Gene Ammons, Buddy Savitt, and Jimmy Giuffre on tenor saxophone; Serge Chaloff on baritone saxophone: Terry Gibbs on vibraphone; Lou Levy on piano; Joe Mondragon on bass; Shelly Manne on drums; and Mary Ann McCall on vocals) record the tracks "Detour Ahead" (with McCall on vocals and arranged by Jimmy Giuffre), "Jamaica Rhumba" (also with McCall on vocals and arranged by Shorty Rodgers), and the instrumental "Not Really The Blues" (arranged by Johnny Mandel) in Hollywood, California. "Detour Ahead" and "Not Really The Blues" will be released by Capitol Records together as a single (#837). Capitol Records will release "Jamaica Rhumba" as a single with "Tenderly" (arranged by Neal Hefti and recorded on July 20, 1949) on the flip side.
60 Years Ago Today In 1950 - Tennesse Ernie Ford, with The Starlighters on backing vocals, records the track "It's The Talk Of The Town* (which Capitol Records will finally release on the 1994 album "Masters 1949-1976") and "Bright Lights And Blonde-Haired Women" which will be released by Capitol on May 2, 1960 as part of the album "Sixteen Tons"
1951 - Nat "King" Cole (with orchestra conducted by Les Baxter)'s Capitol Records single "Too Young" is still #1 on Billboard's Best Selling Retail Records chart, Les Paul and Mary Ford's Capitol Records single "How High The Moon" is #4 down from #3, and Les Paul's Capitol Records single "Josephine" is still #16
1956 - Gene Vincent and The Blue Caps' Capitol Records single "Be Bop A Lula" is #12 up from #23 on Billboard's Best Selling Retail Records chart, Joe "Fingers' Carr (with orchestra)'s Capitol Records single "Portuguese Washerwoman" is #27 up from #40, The Four Freshmen's Capitol Records single "Graduation Day" is #30 down from #27, and Tex Ritter's Capitol Records single "The Wayward Wind" is #32 up from #37
1957 - At 7 PM on a Sunday, CBS Radio Network broadcasts the first episode of "The Stan Freberg Show" as a summer replacement for Jack Benny featuring the voices of Daws Butler, June Foray, Peter Leeds, and Freberg himself. Capitol Records will later release a "best of" album of the show. Joe Bevilcqua has put up a Daws Butler tribute site that has a great article about the show.
1958 - The Four Freshmen (Bob Flanigan on vocal, trombone and bass; Don Barbour on vocal and guitar; Ross Barbour on vocal and drums; and Ken Albers on vocal, trumpet, mellophone, and bass) record the tracks "There Is No Greater Love", "Out Of Nowhere", and "In The Still Of The Night" with Al Viola on guitar, Geoff Clarkson on piano, Red Mitchell on bass, Shelly Manne on drums, and arranger Dick Reynolds conducting a string section at The Capitol Tower Studios in Hollywood, California for their Capitol Records album "Voices In Love"
1958 - Stan Kenton and His Orchestra begin two straight days of sessions at The Capitol Tower Studios in Hollywood, California where the tracks "Opus In Pastels", "Machito" and "Artistry In Rhythm" will be recorded and eventually released by Capitol Records as bonus tracks on the 1992 CD "Kenton In Hi-Fi"
1958 - Dean Martin (with Dick Stabile and His Orchestra)'s Capitol Records single "Return To Me"is #14 down from #8 on Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart, Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Looking Back" is tied for #18 down from #13 with The Four Prep's Capitol Records single "Big Man" down from #15, The Johnny Otis Show's Capitol Records single "Willie And The Hand Jive" is tied for #21 up from #27 with The Platter's single "Twilight Time", and Ed Townsend's Capitol Records single "For Your Love" is still #31
1964 - The Beatles record the tracks "Long Tall Sally", "Things We Said Today", "A Hard Day's Night", "And I Love Her", "I Should Have Known Better", "If I Fell", and "You Can't Do That' for BBC' Radio's "Top Gear" show in Studio 2 at Broadcasting House in London, England from 7:00-11:00pm. "The Things We Said Today" and a spoken track called "Have A Banana!" , recorded at the same time, will later be released by Apple Records on the 1994 CD complilation "Live At The BBC" which Capitol Records will distribute in the United States
1966 - The Beatles' single "Paperback Writer" with "Rain" on the flip side, is certified Gold by The R.I.A.A.
35 Years Ago Today In 1975 - Zutty Singleton (born Arthur James Singleton), drummer and Capitol Records solo and session artist, dies at age 77 in New York, New York
1992 - Capitol Records releases Megadeth's album "Countdown To Extinction" which will eventually sell over 2 million copies and be certified Double Platinum by the R.I.A.A.
1997 - An article in Jet Magazine reports that EMI Group has closed EMI Records America and Enclave Records. Enclave was folded into Virgin Records and EMI Records America remaining acts and some staff were split between Virgin and Capitol Records.
1998 - Capitol Records and Grand Royal Records release The Beastie Boys album "Hello Nasty"
1999 - Gar Samuelson, original drummer (1984-1986) with Capitol Records band Megadeth, July 14, dies at the age of 41 due to "undiagnosed liver complications" at his home in Orange City, Florida

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1912 - Woody Guthrie, singer, songwriter, guitarist, cousin of Capitol Records artist Jack Guthrie, and father of singer, songwriter, guitarist, and motion picture actor Arlo Guthrie, is born Woodrow Wilson Guthrie in Okemah, Oklahoma
1928 - Nancy Olson, motion picture actress (including "Sunset Boulevard", "The Absent-Minded Professor", "Snowball Express" and "Flubber" among many others) and current wife of former Capitol Records vice-president, president and Chairman of Capitol Records and creator of Bozo The Clown Alan Livingston, is born Nancy Ann Olson in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
1942 - Glenn Miller and His Orchestra record the track "Caribbean Clipper" using an arrangement by band member, trumpet player, and future Capitol Records artist Billy May
1956 - Trumpetist Thad Jones (with Billy Mitchell on tenor saxophone, Barry Harris on piano, Percy Heath on bass, and Max Roach on drums), records the tracks "Thedia Blue Note", "April In Paris" (both of which appear on Jones' Blue Note Records album "The Magnificent Thad Jones"), "I've Got A Crush On You (without Mitchell on tenor saxophone which will appear on Jones' Blue Note album "The Magnificent Thad Jones Volume 3"), "Billie Doo", "If I Love Again" and "Someone Had Told Me (without Mitchell on tenor saxophone) with producer Alfred Lion and recording engineer Rudy Van Gelder at Van Gelder's studio in Hackensack, New Jersey. The last three tracks also appear on Jones' Blue Notes album The Magnificent Thad Jones". Blue Note Records' catalog is currently owned by EMI Music Group, Capitol Music Group's parent company.
1956 - Fats Domino's Imperial Records single "I'm In Love Again" is #5 up from #6 on Billboard's Best Selling Retail Records chart and Domino's Imperial Records single "My Blue Heaven" is tied for #28 up from #31 with Frankie Lymon and The Teenagers' single "I Want You To Be My Girl". Imperial Records' catalog is currently owned by EMI Music Group, Capitol Music Group's parent company.
1957 - Bassist Paul Chambers (with Kenny Burrell on guitar, Hank Jones on piano, and Art Taylor on drums) records the tracks "Yesterdays", "You’d Be So Nice To Come Home To", "Chasin’ The Bird", "Dear Old Stockholm", "The Theme", and "Confessin’ (I’m Confessin’ That I Love You)", for his Blue Note Records album "Bass On Top", and "Chamber Mates", which was finally released by Mosaic Records on its "Mosaic Select: Paul Chambers" box set, with producer Alfred Lion and recording engineer Rudy Van Gelder at The Van Gelder Studio in Hackensack, New Jersey. Blue Note Records' catalog is currently owned by EMI Music Group, Capitol Music Group's parent company.
1957 - Capitol Records artist Stan Freberg debuts a weekly evening comedy program on the CBS Radio network. The show only lasted a short time and Capitol Records would release an album of highlights from the show.
1958 - Rick Nelson's Imperial Records single "Poor Little Fool" is #4 up from #18 on Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart, David Seville's Liberty Records single "Witch Doctor" is #16 down from #10, Dion and The Belmonts' Laurie Records single "I Wonder Why" is tied for #32 down from #25 with Eydie Gormé (with Don Costa and His Orchestra and Chorus)'s single "You Need Hands", and David Seville's Liberty Records single "The Bird On My Head" is in a four way tie for #40 up from #63 with Link Wray and His Ray Men's single "Rumble, and Don Gibson's single "Blue, Blue Day". Imperial, Liberty, and Laurie Records' catalogs are currently owned by EMI Music Group, Capitol Music Group's parent company.
50 Years Ago Today In 1960 - Pianist Horace Parlan (with Tommy Turrentine on trumpet, Stanley Turrentine on tenor saxophone, George Tucker on bass, and Al Harewood on drums) records the two takes of the track "Rastus" (the first appearing on Parlan's Blue Note Records album "Speakin' My Piece" and the second released on the Blue Note [Japan] Toshiba EMI album "Rare Tracks - The Other Side Of Blue Note 4000 Series" in Japan), "Borderline", "Speakin' My Piece", and "Oh, So Blue" (all released on Parlan's Blue Note Records album "Speakin' My Piece"), an alternate version of "Oh, So Blue" (which remained unreleased until it appeared on Mosaic Records' 2000 box set "The Complete Blue Note Horace Parlan Sessions"), as well as "Up In Cynthia's Room" and "Wadin'" (which also appeared on Parlan's Blue Note Records album "Speakin' My Piece") with producer Alfred Lion and recording engineer Rudy Van Gelder at Van Gelder studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey. Blue Note Records' catalog is currently owned by EMI Music Group, Capitol Music Group's parent company.
1962 - Bobby Vee's Liberty Records single "Sharing You" is #30 down from #15 on Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart. Liberty Records' catalog is currently owned by EMI Music Group, Capitol Music Group's parent company.
1964 - Brian Epstein, manager of The Beatles, resigns his directorship with I. Epstein & Sons (Liverpool) Limited.
45 Years Ago Today In 1965 - Trumpet player Blue Mitchell (with Junior Cook on tenor saxophone, Chick Corea on piano, Gene Taylor on bass, and Al Foster on drums) records the tracks "Samba De Stacy", "Hi Heel Sneakers", "Alone, Alone, Alone", "Perception", "March On Selma" and "One Shirt" for his Blue Note Records album "Down With It" with producer Alfred Lion and recording engineer Rudy Van Gelder at Van Gelder's studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey. Blue Note Records' catalog is currently owned by EMI Music Group, Capitol Music Group's parent company.
45 Years Ago Today In 1965 - Spencer Williams, jazz pianist, singer and composer, including "Basin Street Blues" and Capitol Records' first single's A side "I Found A New Baby" which was recorded by Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra, dies in Flushing, New York at age 75
1967 - Blue Note Records releases Lee Morgan's album "The Procrastinator". Blue Note Records' catalog is currently owned by EMI Music Group, Capitol Music Group's parent company.
1998 - Blue Note Records releases the 2 CD set by the Gerry Mulligan Quartet "The Original Quartet With Chet Baker" which contains all 42 tracks they recorded for Pacific Jazz Records. Pacific Jazz's catalog is currently owned by EMI Music Group, Capitol Music Group's parent company.
1998 - Blue Note Records also releases Pat Martino and Joyus Lake's CD "Stone Blue".Blue Note Records' catalog is currently owned by EMI Music Group, Capitol Music Group's parent company.
2001 - The last original Bozo The Clown episode, titled "Bozo: 40 Years of Fun!", airs on WGN as a prime-time special

ON THIS DAY NOT IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
100 Years Ago Today In 1910 - Bill Hanna, animator, director, producer and co-founder of Hanna-Barbera Studios with his partner Joseph Barbera, is born William Denby Hanna in Melrose, New Mexico