JULY 25, 2012
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
1955 - Scott
Mathews, producer, Tiki artist, drummer, member of the Capitol Records
production and recording duo The Durocs, and who also set up Capitol
Records' first video department, is born in Sacramento, California. You can check out what Scott Mathews is currently up to at his own website.
ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1946 - Stan Kenton and His Orchestra (Buddy
Childers, Ray Wetzel, Chico Alvarez, John Anderson, and Ken Hanna on
trumpets; Kai Winding, Harry Forbes, and Miff Sines on trombone; Bart
Varsalona on bass trombone; Al Anthony and Boots Mussulli on alto
saxophone; Vido Musso and Bob Cooper on tenor saxophone; Bob Gioga on
baritone saxophone; Kenton on piano; Bob Ahern on guitar; Eddie
Safranski on bass; and Shelly Manne on drums) with vocalist June Christy
record the Pete Rugulo arranged tracks "It's A Pity To Say Goodnight"
(vocal by Christy and solo by Kenton), "Willow Weep For Me" (vocal by
Christy and solos by Kenton, Safranski and Winding), and a version of
"Fantasy" that was rejected, at Radio Recorders in Hollywood, California
with producer Lee Gillette
1961 - Capitol Records releases Buck Owens' single "Under The Influence Of Love"
1966 - Capitol Records releases Buck Owens' album "Carnegie Hall Concert"
45 Years Ago Today In 1967
- Tommy Duncan, singer, songwriter, original member of Bob Wills and
His Texas Playboys, and Capitol Records artist (1949 - Tommy Duncan and
His Western All Stars), dies at age 56 in San Diego, California of a
heart attack after finishing a performance at Imperial Beach
1989 - Capitol Records releases The Beastie Boys' album "Paul's Boutique"
2006 - Capitol Records releases original Destiny's Child member LaToya Luckett's self-titled album.
2006 - Capitol Records was supposed to release a
limited edition version of Grand Funk Railroad's compilation album
“Grand Funk Railroad: Greatest Hits” as an expanded CD/DVD set to go
with the remastered CD that was released earlier this year. I still
haven't seen it in stores.
2010 - From 11:00 AM until 5:30 PM, you
can go on a tour of The Capitol Records Tower as part of the 50th
anniversary of The Hollywood Walk Of Fame. Nori Muster has posted the original tour script from when The Tower first opened on April 6, 1956.
ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1894
- Walter Brennan, television and three-time Oscar-winning motion
picture actor, singer, and Liberty Records artist, is born Walter Andrew
Brennan in Swampscott, Massachusetts. Liberty's catalog is currently
owned by EMI Music Group, Capitol Music Group's parent company.
1946 - Future Capitol Records duo Dean Martin and
Jerry Lewis did their first show as a team when they performed at The
500 Club in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
1964 - The Beatles' United
Artists soundtrack album "A Hard Day's Night" hits #1 on Billboard's
album chart and and will stay there for 14 weeks. Capitol Records
currently owns the United Artists catalog.
1986 - Vincente Minnelli, Broadway and motion picture director, one time
husband of Capitol Records artist Judy Garland and father of Capitol
Records artist Liza Minnelli, dies in Los Angeles, California at age 83
of Alzheimer's disease and is later interred in the Forest Lawn Memorial
Park Cemetery in Glendale, California
ON THIS DAY NOT IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1965 - Dylan goes electric
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