MAY 23, 2012
HAPPY BIRTHDAYS!
1910 - Scatman
Crothers, singer, drummer, guitarist, bandleader, dancer, motion picture
and television actor, cartoon voice actor, and Capitol Records
(1948-1949) and Aladdin Records (1951-1953) artist, is born Benjamin
Sherman Crothers in Terre Haute, Indiana
1920 - Helen O’Connell,
singer, motion picture actress, dancer, vocalist with Jimmy Dorsey and
His Orchestra, television personality, wife of Capitol Records artist
and bandleader Frank DeVol, and a Capitol Records artist, is born in
Lima, Ohio
1928 - Rosemary Clooney,
singer, motion picture actress, and Capitol Records (on the 1965 album
"That Travelin' Two Beat" with Bing Crosby) and United Artists Records
(1976-1977) artist, is born in Maysville, Kentucky
1959 - Bill
Vorn, synthesizer player and founding member of the Capitol Records band
Rational Youth, is born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
45 Years Ago Today In 1967 - Phil
Selway, drummer for the Capitol Records band Radiohead, is born Philip
James Selway in Abingdon, Oxfordshire, England
1980 - Heather
Peggs, Capitol Records A&R executive (2004-2009),
founder and president of HELL YA! Records, is born in Wexford,
Pennsylvania
ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
65 Years Ago Today In 1947
- Wingy Manone and His Orchestra (Manone on trumpet; Charlie Griffard,
Zeke Zarchy, and Ray Linn on trumpet; Bill Schaefer, Allan Thompson, and
Carl Loeffler on trombone; Heinie Beau on clarinet; Fred Stulce and
Leonard Hartman on alto saxophone; Herbie Haymer and Ted Nash on tenor
saxophone; Moe Weschsler on piano; George Van Eps on guitar; Jack Ryan
on bass; and Nick Fatool on drums) record the track "Box Car Blues",
with Manone sharing vocals with Johnny Mercer, in Los Angeles,
California which will be released as a single by Capitol Records with
"Hello Baby" on the flip side. At the same session, The Pied Pipers,
with Paul Weston conducting the same musicians (except for Wingy
Manone), record the tracks "Just Plain Love" and "The Riddle Song" which
Capitol Records will release together as a single.
60 Years Ago Today In 1952 - Louis
Bellson Just Jazz All Stars (Clark Terry on trumpet; Juan Tizol on valve
trombone; John Graas on french horn; Willie Smith on alto saxophone;
Wardell Gray on tenor saxophone; Harry Carney on baritone saxophone;
Billy Strayhorn on piano; Wendell Marshall on bass; Louis Bellson on
drums) record the tracks "The Jeep Is Jumpin'", "Passion Flower", and
"Johnny Come Lately" (all three arranged by Strayhorn), "Sticks" and
"Punkin'" (both arranged by Shorty Rogers), "Eyes" (arranged by Buddy
Baker)", Rainbow" (arranged by Tizol), and "Shadows" (also arranged by
Baker) in Los Angeles, California. All the tracks will be released on a
10" album by Capitol Records as part of it's "Classics in Jazz" series.
1953
- Les Baxter and His Orchestra's Capitol Records single "April in
Portugal" is #2 on Billboard's Best Selling Retail Singles chart, Nat
"King" Cole (with Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra)'s single "Pretend"
is #9, Jane Froman (with Orchestra conducted by Sid Feller)'s Capitol
Records single "I Believe" is #11, and Les Baxter and His Orchestra's
Capitol Records single "Ruby (theme from the movie Ruby Gantry)" enters
the chart at #20
1960 - The Four Prep's Capitol Records single "Got A Girl" is #24 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart
1964 – Capitol Records releases The Beach Boys' single “I Get Around” with “Don’t Worry Baby” on the flip side
1965
- The Beach Boys' Capitol Records single "Help Me Rhonda", with "Do You
Wanna Dance?" on the flip side, hits #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles
chart
45 Years Ago Today In 1967 - Buck Owens's Capitol Records single "Sam's Place" is #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart
45 Years Ago Today In 1967
- The Pink Floyd records Syd Barrett's "See Emily Play" at Sound
Techniques Studios in England. The track will later be released in the
United States on Tower Records, a subsidiary of Capitol Records.
1970
- Paul McCartney's Apple Records album "McCartney", distributed by
Capitol Records in the United States, reaches #1 on Billboard's Top 200
Albums chart
1994 - The Beastie Boys' Grand Royal and Capitol
Records album "Ill Communication" is released and will become their
second #1 album and second album to be certified triple platinum
1996 - Capitol Records Nashville releases Suzy
Bogguss' first single for the newly renamed label, "Give Me Some Wheels"
with "Far And Away" on the flip side
ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1883
- Douglas Fairbanks, Sr., motion picture actor and co-founder of United
Artist Pictures which would go on to create United Artists Records, is
born Douglas Elton Ulman in Denver, Colorado
1960 - Rick Nelson's
Imperial Records single "Young Emotions" is #16 on Billboard's Hot 100
Singles chart and Dion and The Belmont's Laurie Records single "When You
Wish Upon A Star" is #30. EMI Music Group, Capitol Music Group's parent
company, currently owns the Imperial and Laurie Records catalogs.
1969 - Jimmy McHugh (born James McHugh),
composer ("I Can't Give You Anything But Love", "On The Sunny Side Of
The Street", "I'm In The Mood For Love", etc.) and pianist, dies in
Beverly Hills, California at age 74. Capitol Records released a CD
compilation of various Capitol Records artists covering McHugh's songs
as part of it's "Capitol Sings" series.
1971
- The Rolling Stones' single "Brown Sugar", with a cover of Chuck
Berry's "Let It Rock" on the flip side, hits #1 on Billboard's Hot 100
Singles chart. The Rolling Stones' catalog is now released by Virgin
Records, a subsidiary of Capitol Music Group's parent company EMI Music
Group
1983 - Pink Floyd's Columbia Records album "The Final Cut"
is certified Gold by the R.I.A.A. Pink Floyd's entire catalog is now
distributed by Capitol Records in the United States
2006 - The complete "Bugaloos" is released on DVD.
The Bugaloos with their Barris Custom buggy at the back entrance of The Capitol Tower. Photo courtesy of Bill Ung
Rhino
Video releases a 3 DVD set with all 17 original episodes of the series,
as well as some great extras. In 1970 Capitol Records released The
Bugaloos only album and sponsored a promotional tour of in-store and
personal appearances to support it. Bill Ung has a wondeful and massive tribute website to The Bugaloos and I've contributed some photos from the personal appearances in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and Dallas, Texas, to it.
ON THIS DAY NOT IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1910 - Artie Shaw, clarinet player and bandleader, is born Arthur Jacob Arshawsky in New York City, New York
1944 - Tiki Fulwood, drummer for the bands Parliament and Funkadelic, is born Ramon Fulwood in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1968 - John Lennon and George Harrison open Apple Tailoring (Civil And Theatrical) at 161 King's Road, London, England
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