NOVEMBER 15, 2012

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
1923 - Juanita Marie Corbett Peters (aka "Sister" Peters), mother, grandmother, great-grandmother of sixteen, and a Capitol Records employee at its lacquer disc (used to make masters for vinyl albums) manufacturing facility in Winchester, Virginia (which was in operation from 1974-1986), is born in Hancock, Maryland.

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1944 - Joe Sullivan (on piano) records the tracks "Just Squeeze Me", two takes of "I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good", "Memories Of You", and "Deep Purple" at Radio Recorders' studios in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks except the second take of "I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good" on Sullivan's EP "Classics In Jazz - Joe Sullivan" (EAP-1-636 and EAP-2-636). Mosaic Records will issue all the tracks on the CD box set "Classic Capitol Jazz Sessions" (MD12-170).
1944 - During a three way split session held this day in Los Angeles, California first The Pied Pipers (vocalists June Hutton, Chuck Lowry, Hal Hopper, and Clark Yocum), with Paul Weston and His Orchestra (lineup unlisted), record the track "Tabby The Cat", then Johnny Mercer and Jo Stafford (on vocals), with The Pied Pipers (same lineup as above) and Paul Weston and His Orchestra (lineup still unlisted), records a rejected take of the track "Candy", and finally Jo Stafford, with Paul Weston and His Orchestra (still with unlisted lineup), records the tracks "Carry Me Back To Old Virginny" and the (as of 2005) unissued take of "Georgia On My Mind". Capitol Records will issue The Pied Piper's track "Tabby The Cat" as a single (Capitol 185) with "Dream" on the flip side and "Carry Me Back To Old Virginny" on Stafford's eponymous album "Jo Stafford With Paul Weston And His Orchestra" (BD-23).
1944 - Uncle Henry (aka Henry Warren, on vocals) and His Kentucky Mountaineers (including vocalist Wava Adams Warren, Casey Jones on fiddle, Grandpappy Nerit, Billy Foy and Sally on reed organ) records the tracks "Don't Go Out Tonight, My Darling" (with Grandpappy Nerit), "Fire On The Mountain/The Fun's All Over Now" (with Casey Jones on fiddle), "I Just Don't Care Anymore" (with Billy Foy), and "Precious Memories" (with Sally [no last name listed] on reed organ) in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on the group's eponymous album "Uncle Henry's Mountaineers" (AD-136).
1945 - Peggy Lee's Capitol Records single "Waitin' For The Train To Come In", with "I'm Glad I Waited For You" on the flip side (both recorded at the same session on July 3, 1945 and released on October 30, 1945), debuts on the U.S. singles charts
1945 - The King Sisters record five tracks for The Capitol Records Transcription Service in Los Angeles, California. The names of the tracks are not listed, so if anyone knows what was recorded and if the tracks were issued, please leave a comment.
1946 - Merle Travis' Capitol Records single "Divorce Me C.O.D.", with "Missouri" on the flip side, hits #4 on the U.S. singles chart
65 Years Ago Today In 1947 - Dick Shannon's Society Septet (lineup unlisted) records the tracks "For Me And My Gal", Moonlight And Roses" and the (as of 2005) unissued tracks "Shine On Harvest Moon" and "Mary Lou" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the first two tracks together as a single (Capitol 15116).
1948 - Capitol Records purchases the masters for Smokey Rogers (on vocals and guitar, with unlisted musicians)' tracks "A Little Bird Told Me" and "Baby Me, Baby" (listed as recorded in late 1947 in Los Angeles, California) and will release the two tracks together as a single (Capitol 15326).
1948 - During a session held for The Capitol Records Transcription service in Los Angeles The Starlighters (vocalists Vince Degen, Tony Paris, Pauline Byrns, Jerry Duane, and Howard Hudson) records vocal overdubs over instrumental tracks "Far Away Places" and "The Money" which were recorded earlier in Mexico. The Capitol Records Transcription service will issue the first track on the transcription disc A-85 and the last track on on the transcription disc (A-86).
1949 - Chuy Reyes and His Orchestra (lineup unlisted) record the track "The Glow Worm", "Rumba De Fleur (from "The Waltz Of The Flowers')", "Lost Love" (vocals by Ramon Noval), and "Variations In D Minor" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the first, third, and fourth tracks on Reyes' album "Piano Brilliante" (H-196) and the second track on the Reyes' album "Arthur Murray Favorites: Rhumbas" (T 259).
1949 - During a three way session held this day at Capitol Records' Melrose Avenue Studio in Hollywood, California first Marvin Ash's Mason-Dixon Music records the tracks "Pearl House Rag" and "Sweethearts On Parade", then Nappy Lamare and His Levee Loungers record the tracks "How Come You Do Me Like You Do?" and "Washington And Lee Swing", and finally Zutty Singleton And His Creole Band record the track "Hot Time In The Old Town Tonight". The players on all five tracks include: Andy Secrest on trumpet; Irvin Verrett on trombone; Eddie Miller on tenor saxophone; Marvin Ash on piano; Nappy Lamare on guitar, banjo and vocals; Country Washburne on bass and tuba; and Zutty Singleton on drums. Capitol Records will issue the first two tracks together as a single (Capitol 855), the third and fourth tracks together as a single (Capitol 884), and the last track as a single (Capitol 930) with "Oh Didn't He Ramble" on the flip side.
1949 - The promotional record "Season's Greetings From Capitol 1949", which includes the tracks "Part 1: Jingle Bells/Rigoletto" (using excerpts from recordings by Mel Blanc and The Starlighters) and "Part 2: Blues/Jingle Bells" ( using excerpts from recordings by Big Red Alton, Marvin Ash, Nappy Lamare, Zutty Singleton, and Country Washburn), is put together at Capitol Records' Melrose Avenue studios in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue the tracks on a picture disc which it will mail out as a year-end promotional item.
1951 - Leon Chappel (on vocals and guitar, with [listed as possibly] either Robert Hugh Rutland [aka Georgia Slim] or Elmer Leon "Lonnie" Hall on fiddle, and [listed as also possibly] Paul Franklin Blunt on piano, and unlisted rhythm guitar an bass players), records thet racks "Automatic Mama", "Lowdown Blues", "Booger Blues" and "Just A Blue Eyed Blonde" in [listed as possibly] either Dallas, Texas or radio station KWKH in Shreveport, Louisiana. Capitol Records will issue the first two tracks together as a single (Capitol 2167), the third track as a single (Capitol 1954) with "You're A Lovin' Woman" on the flip side. There is no issuing information listed for "Just A Blue Eyed Blonde", so if anyone knows if the track has ever been issued, please leave a comment.
60 Years Ago Today In 1952 - Mel Blanc will record vocal overdubs on instrumental tracks recorded by Dave Cavanaugh conducting an orchestra with an unlisted lineup on October 30, 1952, using a script written by Ted Pierce and Warren Foster and adapted by Alan Livingston, for the tracks "Sylvester and Hippety Hopper: Part 1" and "Sylvester and Hippety Hopper: Part 2" at Capitol Records' Melrose Avenue studios in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue that tracks together as a children's record album (CAS-3148) with a picture sleeve.
1953 - The Spiritualaires (vocal group with unlisted lineup) records the tracks "I'll Meet You By The River", "Every Day Will Be Sunday", "Seek Ye The Lord", and "He Will Surely Make It Right" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Recors will issue the first two tracks together as a single (Capitol 2714) and the last two tracks together as a single (Capitol 2837).
1954 - During a split session held in Los Angeles, California first The Bombers (vocal group with unlisted lineup), with Les Baxter and His Orchestra (lineup unlisted) record the tracks "Earth Angel" (featurin Pat Laird on vocals) and "Happy Baby" then Les Baxter and His Orchestra (lineup unlisted), with The Bombers (vocal group with unlisted lineup) record the tracks "I Ain't Mad At You (featuring Bill Thompson on vocals) and the (as of 2005) unissued track "Mi Muchacha" (also featuring Thompson on vocals) Capitol Records will issue the first two tracks together as a single (Capitol 3002) and "I Ain't Mad At You" as a single (Capitol 3040) with "Blue Mirage" on the flip side.
1954 - Roy Acuff (on vocals) and His Smoky Mountain Boys (Howard "Howdy" Forrester on fiddle; James "Jimmy" Riddle on harmonica; Lonnie "Pap" Wilson and Jess Esterhasy on guitar; Beecher "Bashful Brother Oswald" Kirby on Dobro resonator guitar and harmony vocals); and [listed as possibly] Joseph Zinkan on bass) record the tracks "The Great Judgement Morning", "The Wreck On The Highway", "The Precious Jewel", and "Night Train To Memphis" at (listed as possibly) Castle Studio in The Tulane Hotel in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue all that tracks on Acuff's album "Songs Of The Smoky Mountains" (T 617).
1955 - Nat "King" Cole (on vocals), with Nelson Riddle conducting his own arrangement to the orchestra and chorus, records the track "Take Me Back To Toyland" at Capitol Records' Melrose Avenue studios in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will first issue the track as a single (Capitol 3305) with "I'm Gonna Laugh You Out Of My Life" on the flip side in 1955 and then will issue the track in 1956 as a single (Capitol F3560) with "Mrs. Santa Claus" on the flip side.
1955 - Helen Forrest (on vocals), with Dave Cavanaugh and His Orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the tracks "Out Of This World", "All The Things You Are", and using arrangements by Billy May the tracks "I Don't Want To Walk Without You", and "Taking A Chance On Love" at Capitol Records' Melrose Avenue studios in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on Forrest's album "Voice Of The Name Bands" (T 704).
1955 - Billy May and His Orchestra (with May using his own arrangements while directing: Dick Cathcart on trumpet; Moe Schneider on trombone; Matty Matlock on clarinet; Eddie Miller on tenor saxophone; with [listed as probably]: John Best, Conrad Gozzo, Mannie Klein, Uan Rasey on trumpet; Ed Kusby, Murray McEachern, Tommy Pederson, and Si Zentner on trombone; Vince De Rosa on French horn; Clarence Karella on tuba; Skeets Herfurt and Willie Schwartz on alto saxophone; Ted Nash and Jules Jacob on tenor saxophone; Chuck Gentry on baritone saxophone; Paul Smith on piano; Al Hendrickson on guitar; Joe Mondragon on bass; Alvin Stoller on drums; Lou Singer on percusssion; and Ann Mason Stockton on harp) record the tracks "Down Home Rag" and "The Sheik Of Araby" at Capitol Records' Melrose Avenue studios in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on May's album "Sorta-Dixie!" (T 677).
1955 - Dean Martin (on vocals) with Dick Stabile and His Orchestra (Virgil Evans, Conrad Gozzo, Maurice Harris, and Anthony Terran on trumpet; Francis "Joe" Howard on trombone; Emmett Callen, Ed Rosa, and Joseph Stabile on saxophones; Louis Brown on piano; Jack Marshall on guitar; Norman Seelig on bass; John Cyr and Ray Toland on drums; and on strings: Leonard Atkins, Emil Briano, Sam Caplan, John Peter De Voogt, Dan Lube, Carl LaMagna, Nick Pisani, Joseph Quadri, and Gerald Vinci on violin) records the tracks "When You Pretend", "You Look So Familiar" and "Innamorata (Sweetheart)" at Capitol Records' Melrose Avenue studios in Hollywood, California between 2:00pm and 5:00pm. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on the soundtrack EP "Artists And Models" (EAP-1-702).
1956 - Danny Kaye (on vocals) records the tracks "Love Me Do" and "Clu Clu Bella" with Van Alexander Orchestra and chorus (both lineups unlisted) and the (as of 2005) unissued tracks "You Gotta Love Everybody" and "Josephine" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the first two tracks together as a single (Capitol F3603).
1956 - Dean Martin (on vocals), with Gus Levene directing the orchestra (Conrad Gozzo, Vito "Mickey" Mangano, and Cecil Read on trombone; Francis "Joe" Howard, Murray McEachern, and Tommy "Pullman" Pederson on trombone; Morris Bercov, Chuck Gentry, Ted Nash, and Wilbur Schwartz on woodwinds; Geoffrey Clarkson on piano; Jack Marshall on guitar; Joe Comfort on bass; Frankie Carlson on drums; and on strings: Israel Baker, Erno Neufeld, Nick Pisani, Felix Slatkin, Marshall Sosson, and Gerald Vinci on violin; Alvin Dinkin and Louis Kievman on viola; and Kurt Reher on cello), records the tracks "I Never Had A Chance", "It Looks Like Love", "Let's Be Friendly", and "Just Kiss Me" at The Capitol Tower Studios in Hollywood California between 2:00pm and 5:00pm. Capitol Records will issue the first track as a single (Capitol F3718) with "I Can't Give You Anything But Love" on the flip side, the second two tracks on the soundtrack EP "Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis - Hollywood or Bust" (EAP-1-806) and the last track as a single (Capitol F3604) with "I Know I Can't Forget" on the flip side.
1956 - During his first session for his next Capitol Records album Frank Sinatra (on vocals), with producer Voyle Gilmore and Nelson Riddle conducting his own arrangements to the orchestra (Harry Edison, Conrad Gozzo, Vito "Mickey" Mangano, Shorty Sherock on trumpet; George Arus, Ed Kusby, and Dick Noel on trombone; George Roberts on bass trombone; Jack Dumont and Dominic Mumolo on alto saxophone; Don Raffell and Buck Skalak on tenor saxophone; Bob Lawson on baritone saxophone; Bill Miller on piano; Nick Bonney on guitar; Joe Comfort on bass; Alvin Stoller on drums; Kathryn Julye on harp; and on strings: Victor Arno, Alex Beller, Kurt Dieterle, Walter Edelstein, Henry Hill, Alex Murray, Erno Neufeld, Lou Raderman, Nathan Ross, and Eudice Shapiro on violin; Alvin Dinkin, Maxine Johnson, and Louis Kievman on viola; James Arkatov, Ennio Bolognini, and Eleanor Slatkin on cello), records the tracks "I Got Plenty O' Nuttin", "I Won't Dance", and re-records the track "Stars Fell On Alabama" at The Capitol Tower Studios in Hollywood, California between 9:30pm and 12:30am. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on Sinatra's album "A Swingin' Affair" (W 803).
1956 - The Hollywood Bowl Orchestra (lineup unlisted), conducted by Felix Slatkin, record Shubert's "Quartet N° 14 In D Minor ('Death Of The Maiden'), Second Movement" in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records. As of 2005 the version of the track recorded this day is unissued.
55 Years Ago Today In 1957 - Mamie Van Doren (aka Mrs. Ray Anthony), with Warren Barker and His Orchestra (lineup unlisted) records the track "Something To Dream About" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the track as a single (Capitol F3863) with "I Fell In Love" on the flipside.
1961 - Roy Clark (on vocals and guitar, with unlisted musicians) records the tracks "Over The Waves", "Chicken Wire", "Drifter's Polka" and "Golden Slippers" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on Clark's album "The Lighting Fingers Of Roy Clark" (T 1780).
1961 - Dinah Shore (on vocals) with Dick Reynolds conducting his own arrangments to the orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the tracks "Laughing On The Outside", "The Gypsy", "Blues In The Night", and "Chantez, Chantez" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on Shore's album "The Fabulous Hits Of Dinah Shore" (T 1704).
50 Years Ago Today In 1962 - Gordon MacRae, Dorothy Kirsten, Earle Wilkie, Richard Robinson, and William Felber on vocals, with The Roger Wagner Chorale and Orchestra (both lineups unlisted) conducted by Van Alexander, record the tracks "'The Desert Song': Then You Will Know" (vocals by Gordon MacRae and Dorothy Kirsten), "'The Desert Song': Finale (vocals by all)", "'The Student Prince'" Finale", and "'The Student Prince': Arrival At Heidelberg/In Heidelberg/In Heidelberg Fair" in Los Angeles, California. CApitol Records will issue the first two tracks on the album ""The Desert Song" (W 1842) and the last two tracks on the album "The Student Prince" (W 1841).
50 Years Ago Today In 1962 - Jack Sheldon (on trumpet and vocal, with Howard Roberts, Bob Bain, and Jack Marshall on guitar; Joe Mondragon on bass; and Shelly Manne on drums) records the tracks "What Was Your Name In The States?" and the (as of 2005) unissued tracks "Samantha" and "Adelita" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the first track on Sheldon's album "Oh!" (T 1851).
1963 - Frank Gazis records the tracks "Never On Sunday", "Czardas", "Autumn Leaves", "Beyond The Reef", and "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the last four tracks on Gazis' eponymous album "Frank Gazis" (T 2206). There is no issuing information listed for "Never On A Sunday", so if anyone knows if the track was ever issued, please leave a comment.
1963 - During a live show at The Crescendo Club in Hollywood, California Wayne Newton (on vocals), with an orchestra (lineup unlisted) using arrangements by Tommy Amato, performs the tracks "Swanee", "I Wish You Love", "What Kind Of Fool Am I?", "Mack The Knife", "Who Can I Count On?", "Danke Schoen", "Danny Boy", "Bill Bailey (Won't You Please Come Home)", "Waiting For The Robert E. Lee", "When The Saints Go Marching In", and "You're Nobody 'Til Somebody Loves You". Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on Newton's album "Wayne Newton In Person! Recorded On Stage At The Crescendo In Hollywood" (T 2029).
1963 - Bily Taylor, with Oliver Nelson's Orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the tracks "I Believe In You" and "Easy Walker" in New York City, New York. Tower Records, a subsidiary of Capitol Records, will issue both tracks on Taylor's album "Right Here,Right Now!" (ST 2039).
1965 - The Shacklefords (lineup unlisted) record the tracks "The City Never Sleeps", "Muddy, Muddy River", "Ain't It, Babe?", and "The Leaves" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on the group's album "The Shacklefords Sing" (T 2450).
1965 - Ferlin Husky and His Hush Puppies (unlisted lineup) records the track "Even If It's True" and "Stand Beside Me" in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue the first track as a single (Capitol 3165) with "Open Up The Book (And Take A Look)" on the flip side and the second track as a single (Capitol 5679) with "I Hear Little Rock Calling" on the flip side.
1966 - Lou Rawls (on vocals, with Tommy Strode on piano; Cal Green on guitar; Jimmy Bond on bass; and Earl Palmer on drums), using arrangements by H.B. Barnum, records the tracks "The Life That I Lead", "Yesterday", "Trouble Down Here Below", and "You're Gonna Hear From Me" at The Capitol Tower Studios in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on Rawls' album "Carryin' On" (T 2632).
1966 - Bonnie Owens (on vocals, with unlisted musicians) records the tracks "Gone Crazy", "The Best Part Of Me", and "All Of Me Belongs To You" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Gone Crazy" on Owens' album "Somewhere Between" (T 2861) and the last two tracks on Owens' album "All Of Me" (T 2660).
1966 - The Shags (lineup unlisted) record the (as of 2005) unissued tracks "Trains Run In Every Direction" and "Rat Race" in New York City, New York.
1966 - Jean Shepard (on vocals, with unlisted musicians) records the tracks "Be Nice To Everybody", "Goodnight Me", and "Born A Woman" in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue the first and last tracks on Shepard's album "Your Forevers" (ST 2765) and the second track on her album "Heart, We Did All We Could" (Capitol 2690).
1966 - Dick Curless (on vocals, with: James Burton, Tommy Collins, and Gene Moles on guitar; Raymond "Buzz Evans" Bissaillon on steel guitar; Bob Morris on bass; and James "Jimmy" Phillips on drums) records the tracks "How Do I Say Goodbye", "I Didn't Know Love Was The Way", "House Of Memories", and "All Of Me Belongs To You" at The Capitol Tower Studios in Hollywood, California between 8:00 PM and Midnight. Tower Records, a subdivision of Capitol Records, will issue the first track on Curless' album "Ramblin' Country" (ST 5089) and the last three tracks on Curless' album "All Of Me Belongs To You/House Of Memories" (ST 5066).
45 Years Ago Today In 1967 - Johnny and Jonie Mosby (on vocals, with unlisted musicians) record the tracks "Gates Of Gladness", "Lovin' On Borrowed Time", "Two Dollar Honeymoon Boom", and "Seein' Is Believin'" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the first and third tracks on the duo's album "Make A Left & Right" (ST 2903) and (as of 2005) has yet to issue the second and last tracks.
45 Years Ago Today In 1967 - Leeta Mbulu (on vocals), with H.B. Barnum conducting his own arrangements to the orchestra (Tony Terran and Freddie Hill on trumpet, Bill Green on saxophone and piccolo, Jim Horn and Plas Johnson on saxophones, Don Randi on piano and organ, Neil Levang, Les Buie on guitar, Arthur Wright probably on bass, John Guerin on drums and tamborine, Frank Guerrero on vibraphone, tympani, and percussion, Gene Estes on tympani, vibraphone, and percussion, and Joe Clayton on bongos and congas), records the tracks "Pula Yetla", "My Son", "Zola (Mira)", and "Where Does It Lead" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on Mbulu's eponymous album "Letta Mbulu" (ST 2874).
45 Years Ago Today In 1967 - Tony Sandler and Ralph Young (on vocals), with Billy May directing his own arrangements to the orchestra (Ray Triscari, Pete Candoli, John Audino, and Jimmy Zito on trumpet; Milt Bernhart, Vernon Friley, and Phillip Teele on trombone; Harry Klee on alto saxophone, clarinet and flute; Justin Gordon on tenor saxophone, clarinet, and piccolo; Bob Hardaway on tenor saxophone and bass clarinet; and Chuck Gentry on bass saxophone and bass clarinet), record overdubs for their tracks "Angel Eyes", "Spanish Eyes", "It's All Right With Me", "Harmonize", "For Want Of A Smile", "Seven Lonely Days", "The Land Of Dreams", and "Cotton Fields (The Cotton Song)" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the final versions of the tracks on the duo's album "Sunshine Days" (T 2854).
1968 - Final overdubs are recorded for T.R. Murcy's tracks "Happy" and "Time And The Rain" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the final versions of both tracks together as a single.
1968 - Hardwater (lineup unlisted) record the tracks "I'm Not Talkin'" and "Plead Me" in Los Angeles, California. No issuing information is listed so if anyone knows if either track has been issued, please leave a comment.
1968 - During two sessions held this day in Los Angeles, California overdubs are recorded for The Beach Boys' track "I Can Hear Music" at the first session and then The Beach Boys (lineup unlisted) record the (as of 2005) unissued track "Mona-Kani". Capitol Records will issue the final version of "I Can Hear Music" as a single (Capitol 2432) with "All I Want To Do" on the flip side.
1969 - The Fourth Way (lineup unlisted) record the tracks "Blues On My Mind" and "Farewell Goodbye" at New Orleans House in Berkeley, California. Harvest Records, distributed by Capitol Records, will issue both tracks on the group's album "The Sun And Moon Have Gone Together" (SKAO-423).
1971 - Badfinger (lineup unlisted) records the tracks "Day After Day" and "Money" at an unlisted studio. Apple Records, distributed by Capitol Records in the United States, will issue both tracks together as a single (Capitol 1841).
40 Years Ago Today In 1972 - Nancy Wilson (on vocals, with unlisted musicians) records the tracks "I Was Telling Him About You", the (as of 2005) unissued instrumental (rhythm only) track "Walk On In", and "I Heard You Singing Your Song" in Los Angeles, California. After overdubs are recorded Capitol Records will issue the first and last tracks together on Wilson's album "I Know I Love Him" (ST-11131).
40 Years Ago Today In 1972 - Peter Duchin records the tracks "I Can See Clearly Now", "Summer Breeze", "Been To Canaan", and "St. Thomas" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on Duchin's album "Child Of Mine" (ST-11146).
40 Years Ago Today In 1972 - Charlie Louvin (on vocals, with unlisted musicians) records the tracks "Roses And The Rain", "Bottom Of The Fifth", and "Funny Man" in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue the first two tracks together as a single (Capitol 3528) and the last track as a single (Capitol 3607) with "Harvest Time" on the flipside.
1979 - Billy Squier (on guitar and vocals, with David Sancious and Richard T. Bear on keyboards; Bruce Kulick on guitar; Bucky Ballard on bass; Bobby Chouinard on drums; and Ernest Carter on percussion) records the tracks "You Should Be High Love" and "Who's Your Boyfriend Now?" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both tracks on Squier's album "The Tale Of The Tape" (ST-12062).
1979 - During two sessions held this day in Los Angeles, California Charles Veal Jr., records the tracks "This Must Be Magic", "Live Your Life And Let Live", and "How Does It Feel" at the first session and "We Can" and "Pleases Don't Take It To Heart" at the second session. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks, except the last track, on Veal's album "Only The Best" (ST-12095). There is no issuing information listed for "Please Don't Take It To Heart", so if anyone knows if the track has ever been issued, please leave a comment.
1979 - René & Angela (René Moore and Angela Winbush) record the track "I Don't Know (Where Love Comes From)" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the track on the duo's eponymous album "René & Angela" (ST-12077).
30 Years Ago Today In 1982 - Strange Advance (lineup unlisted) records the tracks "One Chance In A Million", "Automatic Sighs", and "Watermusic" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on the group's album "Worlds Away" (ST-12232).
30 Years Ago Today In 1982 - T-Connection (lineup unlisted) records the track "Time Is Short" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the track on the group's album "The Game Of Life" (ST-12264).
40 Years Ago Today In 1982 - The Tubes (lineup unlisted) record the (as of 2005) unissued track "How To Be Sexy" in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records.
1986 - Duran Duran's Capitol Records single "Notorious" debuts on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart
1988 - The Beastie Boys sign with Capitol Records
1988 - Capitol Records releases "The Beatles Box Set" on CD and vinyl, containing all the band's UK albums along with the two "Past Masters" albums containing the single releases, in a black wooden box with a rollup door
1990 - Richard Thompson records the track "Put Your Trust In Me" at an unlisted location for Capitol Records. No issuing information is listed, so if anyone knows if the track has ever been issued, please leave a comment.
1994 - Capitol Records releases Frank Sinatra's album "Duets II"
1994 - Capitol Records Nashville releases John Berry's album "Things Are Not The Same"
15 Years Ago Today In 1997 - Onzy D. Matthews, arranger, composer, pianist and Capitol Records artist (1964) is found dead in his East Dallas apartment of hypertensive and arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease at age 67. His funeral is held Monday, November 24 1997 at Cedar Crest Place Funeral Home in Dallas, followed by his burial at Lincoln Memorial Park.
1998 - Jim Sands (born James Robert Sands), singer, tenor soloist with Capitol Records band Fred Waring and His Pennsylvanians for many years, as well as a solo artist for Allegro Records, dies in New York City at age 76.
2000 - Capitol Records announces that it has purchased The Gogerty Buiding, which is next to The Capitol Tower on the South West corner of Vine Street and Yucca. Initally, it was announced that the building would be refurbished as a museum to house memorabilia from Capitol recording artists such as the Beatles, Frank Sinatra and Nat King Cole, etc. The historical facade of the building is kept mostly intact but the complete interior is demolished by KPFF, including its famous white staircase from the lobby to the second floor, and rebuilt.The building is not currently a museum, it houses more of EMI's offices and was part of the $50 million sale of The Capitol Tower by the EMI Group to New York-based commercial property firm Argent Ventures. The exterior was changed to include large windows that house everchanging photos of the artists that have current releases on Capitol Records. There is now an courtyard/amphitheatre where there was once a side parking lot that the annual employees' family Christmas party was held in for years.
2003 - "Speedy" West (born Wesley Webb West), steel guitarist, session musician (for Cliffie Stone, Tennessee Ernie Ford, Jean Shepard, Ferlin Husky, Sheb Wooley, Bing Crosby, The Andrew Sisters, Ella Mae Morse, Spike Jones, and many others), inductee into the Steel Guitarist Hall Of Fame, and Capitol Records artist (both as a solo artist from 1950-1962, and as a duo from 1951-1956 with fellow Capitol Records artist and guitarist Jimmy Bryant), dies at 12:23 P.M. in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma at age 79 after a long illness which came after a stroke in 2001 left him unable to play but, with his vast memory of Country Music still intact, still able to host and speak at various music conventions and events.
2004 - Capitol Records releases The Beatles box set "The Capitol Albums, Volume 1" containing the mono and stereo versions of the first four Beatles albums that Capitol released in the U.S.
2005 - Glen Campbell, singer, guitarist, television host, and Capitol Records artist, is formerly inducted into the Country Music Association's Country Music Hall Of Fame at "The 39th Annual CMA Awards" show held at Madison Square Garden in New York City, and televised by the CBS-TV network.

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1951 - Mezz Mezzrow (on clarinet) and His Band (Lee Collins on trumpet, Mowgli Jospin on trombone, Guy Lafitte on tenor saxophone and clarinet, André Persiany on piano, and Zutty Singleton on drums) record the tracks "If I Could Be With You" and "Struttin' With Some Barbecue" in Paris, France for the Vogue label which will license the tracks to Blue Note Records who'll release them on the album "Mezz Mezzrow And His Band Featuring Lee Collins And Zutty Singleton" (Blue Note BLP7023).
1975 - Columbia Records releases Pink Floyd's single "Have A Cigar" with "Welcome To The Machine" on the flip side in the U.S. Pink Floyd's entire catalog is currently distributed by Capitol Records in the United States.
1980 - Blondie's Chrysalis Records single "The Tide Is High" with "Suzy & Jeffery" on the flip side, enters Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart at #81. EMI Music, Capitol Records' parent company, currently owns the Chrysalis catalog.
1980 - John Lennon and Yoko Ono's Lenono/Geffen Records album "Double Fantasy" is released. Capitol Records currently distributes the entire Lennon/Ono catalog and has reissued the album on the Capitol label.
1996 - Pat Martino (on guitar), with Charlie Hunter (also on guitar) and Scott Amendola (on drums), records the track "Too High" at The Complex in Los Angeles, California. Blue Note Records will issue the track on Martino's album "All Sides Now" (Blue Note CD 8-37627-2)

ON THIS DAY NOT IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1926 - The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) is founded