JULY 26, 2012
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
90 Years Ago Today In 1922 - Jim Fogleson, singer, producer, 2004 inductee to the Country Music Hall of Fame and president of Capitol Records Nashville from 1984-1989, is born in Lundale, West Virginia. The CMHF site has a good biographical article about Jim.
1940 or 1942 - Dobie Gray, singer, songwriter and Capitol Records artist
(mid 1980s), is born either Leonard Victor Ainsworth or Laurence Darrow
Brown in either Brookshire or Simonton, Texas. If anyone knows for sure
Gray's exact year of birth, name, and/or place of birth, please leave a
comment.
1949 - Roger Taylor, with the Capitol Records group Queen, is born
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) record the instrumental
tracks (arranged by Kenton) "Fantasy" (arranged by Kenton, with solos by
Kenton on piano, Safranski on bass, Musso on tenor saxophone, and
Mussulli on alto saxophone), "Concerto To End All Concertos - Part 2"
(with solos by the trombone section led by Winding, the saxophone
section led by Anthony, the trumpet trio (Childers, Wetzel, Alvarez),
Safranski on bass, and Manne on drums), and "Concerto To End All
Concertos - Part 1" (with solos by Kenton on piano, Musso on tenor
saxophone, Wetzel on trumpet, and Mussulli on alto saxophone) at Radio
Recorders in Hollywood, California with producer Lee Gillette
1950
- Armund Hug's Lousianans/New Orleans Jazzmen (George Girard on
trumpet, Santo Pecora on trombone, Bujie Centobie on clarinet, Hug on
piano, John Senac on bass, and Fred King on drums) record the tracks
"Dustin' Off The Ivory", "Sweetheart Of All My Dreams", "That Old Gang
Of Mine", "A Dixie Jam Session" (an alternated take unissued until
Mosaic records released it as part of its "Classic Capitol Jazz
Sessions" box set in 1997), and the released version of "A Dixie Jam
Session", with producer Dave Dexter, Jr., for Capitol Records at WDSU
studio in New Orleans, Louisiana
1964 - The Beatles' Capitol Records single "A Hard Day's Night" is #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart
1965
- Capitol Records simultaneously releases two albums by Buck Owens -
"Before You Go/No One But You" and "The Instrumental Hits Of Buck Owens
And His Buckaroos"
1969 - Buck Owen's Capitol Records single "Johnny B. Goode" is #1 on the U.S. Country singles charts
1989 - Capitol Records Releases the compilation CDs "Johnny Mercer" and "Frank Sinatra" as part of its Capitol Collectors Series
1998 - Garth Brook's Capitol Records Nashville single "To Make You Feel My Love" is #1 on the U.S. Country singles charts
2005
- Capitol Records Nashville artist Dierks Bentley is invited to join
the Grand Ole Opry Hall of Fame while performing in Los Angeles at the
House of Blues
ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1939
- Future Capitol Records artist sixteen year-old singer Kay Starr makes
her first recordings, “Love With A Capitol YOU” and “Baby Me”, with
Glenn Miller and His Orchestra on the Bluebird label during a two week
stint filling in for an ailing Marion Hutton (sister of future Capitol
Records artist Betty Hutton)
1943 - Mick Jagger, singer,
songwriter, motion picture actor, solo artist, and member of the Virgin
Records group The Rolling Stones, is born
ON THIS DAY NOT IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1973 - Ringo Starr starts a new music publishing company, Wobble Music Ltd.
Thursday, July 26, 2012
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