NOVEMBER 22, 2014

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
70 Years Ago Today In 1944 - During a split session held this day in Los Angeles, California first Johnny Mercer (on vocals) and The Pied Pipers (vocalists), with Paul Weston and His Orchestra (Don Anderson, John Martell, and Nate Kazebier on trumpet; Allan Thompson and Burt Johnson on trombone; Fred Stulce, Doc Rando, Matty Matlock, Don Lodice, and Harry Schuchman on saxophones; Stan Wrightsman on piano; Nappy Lamare on guitar; Jack Ryan on bass; Nick Fatool on drums; and six unlisted violinists) record the track "Camptown Races" and then Jo Stafford (on vocals), with Paul Weston and His Orchestra (probably same lineup), records the (as of 2005) unissued track "Rockin' Chair" (with The Pied Pipers on background vocals), the track "Alone Together" and the (as of 2005) unissued track "Believe Me If All Those Enduring Young Charms". Capitol Records will issue Mercer's track as a single (Capitol 217) with "Surprise Party" on the flip side and "Alone Together" on Stafford's album "Jo Stafford With Paul Weston And His Orchestra" (BD-23).
1945 - The Paul Weston Orchestra's Capitol Records single "It Might As Well Be Spring" with vocals by Margaret Whiting whose track "How Deep Is The Ocean" is on the flip side with Paul Weston and His Orchestra backing her, peaks at #6 on the top singles charts
1946 - The King Cole Trio's Capitol Records single "(I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons" (recorded August 22, 1946), with "The Best Man" (recorded August 19, 1946) on the flip side, enters the pop singles charts and will become the group's first #1 on December 28, 1946.
1946 - Peggy Lee (on vocals), with Dave Barbour (on guitar and directing) and His Orchestra (unknown trombonist and [listed as possibly]: Heinie Beau on clarinet and alto saxophone; Dave Cavanaugh on tenor saxophone; Chuck Gentry on baritone saxophone; Tommy Linehan on piano; Bill Davis on bass; and Nick Fatool on drums) record the tracks "It's Lovin' Time" and "Everything's Movin' Too Fast" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both tracks together as a single (Capitol 343).
1947- Gordon MacRae (on vocals), with Carlyle Hall and His Orchestra (lineup unlisted) records the tracks "That Feathery Feelin'", "Do You Ever Think Of Me", "Steppin' Out With My Baby", and "Hankerin'" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue the first track as a single (Capitol 15041) with "Matinee" on the flip side, the second track as a single (Capitol 15304) with "Ramona" on the flip side, the third track as a single (Capitol 15091) with "Evelyn" on the flip side, and the last track as a single (Capitol 15128) with "I Went Down To Virginia" on the flip side.
1948 - During two sessions held this day in Los Angeles, California Dean Martin records vocal overdubs over instrumental tracks recorded earlier in 1948 in Europe by unlisted musicians for "Once In Love With Amy" at the first session and "Tarra-Ta-Larra-Ta-Lar" at the second session. Capitol Records will issue the final versions of the tracks together as a single (Capitol 15329).
65 Years Ago Today In 1949 - Merle Travis (on vocals and guitar, with: Shelby "Tex" Atchison on fiddle; Billy Liebert on piano; and John Alan "Dick" Reinhart on bass) records the tracks "I Got A Mean Old Woman", "Start Even", "I'm Pickin' Up The Pieces of My Heart", and "Petticoat Fever" at Capitol Records' Melrose Avenue studios in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue the first two tracks together as a single (Capitol 965) and the last two tracks together as a single (Capitol Americana 40272).
65 Years Ago Today In 1949 - William Boyd (as Hopalong Cassidy, reading), Randy Brooks, and Andy Clyde (both on vocals) record vocal tracks using a script by Alan Livingston for the tracks "Hopalong Cassidy And The Singing Bandit: Side 1 (Pages 1 to 4)", "Hopalong Cassidy And The Singing Bandit: Side 2 (Pages 5 to 9)", "Hopalong Cassidy And The Singing Bandit: Side 3 (Pages 10 to 13)", "Hopalong Cassidy And The Singing Bandit: Side 4 (Pages 14 to 17)" at Capitol Records' Melrose Avenue studios in Hollywood, California. After instrumental overdubs are recorded on November 25, 1949 Capitol Records will issue the final versions of the tracks on the children's album "Hopalong Cassidy And The Singing Bandit" (CBX-3058).
65 Years Ago Today In 1949 - The Starlighters (vocalists Vince Degen, Tony Paris, Pauline Byrns, Jerry Duane, and Howard Hudson) record vocal tracks, over instrumental tracks that had been recorded by Serge Dupre and unlisted musicians in Paris, France sometime in November 1948, for unlisted tracks for The Capitol Records Transcription Service. If anyone knows what was recorded and if it has ever been issued, please leave a comment.
1952 - Johnny Standley's Capitol Records double sided single "It's In The Book" (Part 1 on top and Part 2 on the flip side), hits #1 on Billboard's singles chart. The track was originally released on Magnolia Records, a Hollywood-based label owned by bandleader Horace Heidt who, with his orchestra, also appears on the track. Capitol Records picked up the single from Heidt who also sold the label the masters to the track. Thanks to Mel for the additional information!
1953 - The Louvin Brothers (Charlie Louvin on vocals and guitar, Ira Louvin on vocals and mandolin, with Chet Atkins on electric guitar, and [listed as probably] Eddie Hill on guitar and Floyd T. "Lightnin'" Chance on bass) record the tracks "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot", "Nearer My God To Thee", "Make Him A Soldier" and "I Can't Say No" at Castle Studio in The Tulane Hotel in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue the first and third tracks together on the brothers' album "The Family Who Prays" (T 1061) and the second and the last tracks on the brothers' album "Nearer My God To Thee" (T 825).
60 Years Ago Today In 1954 - Vicki Young (on vocals), with Van Alexander and His Orchestra (lineup unlisted) and a vocal group (lineup also unlisted) record the tracks "Hearts Of Stone" and "Tweedle Dee" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both tracks together as a single (Capitol 3008).
60 Years Ago Today In 1954 - Danny Capri (on vocals), with Gus Levene conducting the orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the tracks "Desirable, "Don't Make A Liar Out Of Me", "I Do, I Do", and "Angelica" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the first and third tracks together as a single (Capitol 3054) and the second and last tracks together as a single (Capitol 3111).
60 Years Ago Today In 1954 - Billy May and His Orchestra (Conrad Gozzo, John Best, Mannie Klein, and Uan Rasey on trumpet; Murray McEachern, Si Zentner, Tommy Pederson, and Ed Kusby on trombone; John Graas on French horn; Clarence Karella on tuba; Skeets Herfurt and Willie Schwartz on alto saxophone; Ted Nash and Fred Falensby on tenor saxophone; Chuck Gentry on baritone saxophone; Jules Kinsler on flute; Arthur Fleming on bassoon; Jules Jacob on oboe; J.A. Krechter on clarinet; Paul Smith on piano; Al Hendrickson on guitar; Joe Mondragon on bass; Alvin Stoller on drums; Lou Singer on percussion; and Ann Mason Stockton on harp) record the (as of 2005) unissued track "Soon" and the track "Just One Of Those Things" at Capitol Records' Melrose Avenue studios in Hollywood, California between 9:00pm and 12:00am. Capitol Records will issue "Just One Of Those Things" on May's album "Sorta-May" (T 562)
1955 - During two sessions held this day at Capitol Records' Melrose Avenue studios in Hollywood, California an overdub is recorded for Tennessee Ernie Ford's track "Have You Seen Her" at the first session and then Tennessee Ernie Ford (on vocals) with Jack Fascinato and His Orchestra (lineup unlisted) record the tracks "Nine Pound Hammer", "Trouble In Mind", "That's All", and "John Henry" at the second session. Capitol Records will issue the final version of "Have You Seen Her" as a single (Capitol 3553) with "First Born" on the flip side, the first, second and last tracks from the second session on Ford's album "This Lusty Land" (T 700) and "That's All" as a single (Capitol 3343) with "Bright Lights And Blonde-Haired Women" on the flip side.
1957 - The Andrews Sisters (Patty, Maxene, and Laverne Andrews) with Bob Thompson and His Orchestra (lineup unlisted) record the tracks "Alone Again", "One Mistake", and "Melancholy Moon" at The Capitol Tower Studios in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will release the last two tracks together as a single (Capitol F3869) and all the tracks on the CD "Capitol Collectors Series - The Andrews Sisters" (7-94078-2).
1957 - Nat "King" Cole (on vocals), with Nelson Riddle conducting his own arrangements to the orchestra (Plas Johnson on tenor saxophone; Jimmy Rowles on piano; Bob Bain and John Collins on guitar; Charles Harris on bass; and Lee Young on drums), records the tracks "It's None Of My Affair", "Angel Smile", two takes of "Nothin' In The World" with a vocal quartet (lineup unlisted and rhythm overdubbed on the second take, and "Toys For Tots" (for the Marine Corps) at the Capitol Tower Studios in Hollywood, California between 2:00 PM and 6:00 PM. Capitol Records will issue the second track as a single (Capitol F3860) with "Back In My Arms" on the flipside, the first take of "Nothin' In The World" as a single (Capitol F4004) with "(Come Closer To Me) Acertate Mas" on the flipside, the second take of "Nothin' In The World" on Cole's album "Sincerely" (SU 2680) and the last track on the CD "Cole, Christmas & Kids" (7-94685-2).
1957 - During two sessions held this day in Los Angeles, California Les Baxter and His Orchestra (with Baxter conducting his own arrangements to unlisted musicians) record the tracks "Winds Of Sirius", "The City", "The Commuter", and "The Other Side Of The Moon" at the first session and "The Lady Is Blue", "Mr. Robot", "Earth Light", and "Saturday Night On Saturn" at the second session. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on Baxter's album "Space Escapade" (T 968).
1958 - The Jonah Jones Quartet (Jonah Jones on trumpet and vocals, Teddy Brannon on piano, John Brown on bass, and George Foster on drums) records the tracks "Chloie" and "Judy" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue both tracks on Jones' album "I Dig Chicks!" (T 1193).
1958 - The Roger Wagner Chorale and The Capitol Symphony Orchestra (with unlisted lineups and Wagner conducting both) record Schubert's "Serenade", Weatherly's "Danny Boy", Brahms' "Lullaby", and Dvorak's "Songs My Mother Taught Me" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on the groups' album "Reflections" (P-8491) as part of the label's Promenade series of Classical Music albums.
1960 - Overdubs are recorded for The DeCastro Sisters ((Babette, Cherie, and Olga DeCastro)' tracks "I'm In Love" and "When The Saints Go Marching In" in Los Angeles, California. After additional overdubs for both tracks are recorded January 11, 1961 Capitol Records will issue the tracks on the sisters' album "A Rockin' Beat" (T 1501).
1960 - Tennessee Ernie Ford (on vocals), with Jack Fascinato conducting the orchestra (lineup unlisted) records the tracks "I Gotta Have My Baby Back", "(I'm Sending Your Big) Bouquet Of Roses", "Cold, Cold Heart", "I Love You So Much It Hurts Me", and "Half As Much" at The Capitol Tower Studios in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on Ford's album "Tennessee Ernie Ford Looks At Love" (T 1542).
1961 - Nat "King" Cole (on vocals), with Billy May and His Orchestra (with May conducting his own arrangements to: Reunald Jones, Conrad Gozzo, John Best, and Vito "Mickey" Mangano on trumpet; Ed Kusby, Tommy Pederson, Tom Shepard, and William Schaefer on trombone; Red Callender on tuba; Harry Klee on alto saxophone; Plas Johnson, Buddy Collette, and Ted Nash on tenor saxophone; Chuck Gentry on baritone saxophone; Jimmy Rowles on piano; John Collins on guitar; Charlie Harris on bass; Lee Young on drums; Emil Richards on vibraphone and percussion; and on strings: Isadore Roman, David Frisina, Marshall Sosson, Gerald Vinci, Victor Arno, Emanuel Moss, Joseph Livoti, Rickey Marino, and Jacques Gasselin on violin; Allan Harshman, Alvin Dinkin, Virginia Majewski, and Gareth Nuttycombe on viola; Joseph DiTullio, David Pratt, William Vandenburg, and Hyman Gold on cello; and Kathryn Julye on harp), records the tracks "The Rules Of The Road", "Warm And Willing", "Bidin' My Time", and "Moon Love" (with Cole on organ). Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on Cole's album "Let's Face The Music" (W 2008).
1961 - Ted Straeter and His Society Dance Orchestra (lineup unlisted) record the tracks "Sail Away", "Later Than Spring", "Go Slow, Johnny", and "Why Do The Wrong People Travel?" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on the group's album "Sail Away" (T 1666).
1961 - The Joe Harriott Quintet (Shake Keane on trumpet; Joe Harriott on alto saxophone; Pat Smythe on piano; Coleridge Goode on bass; Phil Seamen on drums; and Frank Holder on conga and bongo drums) records the tracks "Tonal", "Pictures", "Idioms", and "Compound" in London, England for EMI/Columbia. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks in The United States Of America on the quintet's album "Abstract" (T 10351).
1963 - Ruth Welcome (on zither) records the tracks "Jalouise", "The Cabby", "April In Portugal", and "Oh My Papa" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on Welcome's album "Continental Zither" (T 2472). I wonder what happened at that session when the news of the shootings in Dallas were announced.
1966 - Lottie Jones records the (as of 2005) unissued tracks "Don't Come A-Knockin'" and "Time For Love" and the tracks "I'll Drown In My Own Tears" and "You Are My Sunshine" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the last two tracks together as a single (Capitol 5856).
1966 - Overdubs are recorded for Matt Monro's track "The Lady Smiles" and the (as of 2005) unissued track ""Lover's Caravan" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue "The Lady Smiles" as a single (Capitol 5823) with "Wednesday's Child" on the flip side.
1967 - Six Penny Opera (lineup unlisted) records the track "Tick Tock" in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records. There is no issuing information listed, so if anyone knows who was in the group and if the track has ever been issued, please leave a comment.
1967 - George Van Eps (on guitar, with unlisted musicians) records the tracks "Kisses", "Come Rain Or Come Shine", "Libra Rhapsody", the (as of 2005) unissued track "Lullaby For Scott", and the track "The Very Thought Of You" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the other four tracks on Van Eps' album "7 String" (ST 2783).
1967 - Johnny and Jonie Mosby (on vocals, with unlisted musicians) record the track "Lately" (without Johnny Mosby), the (as of 2005) unissued track "Look Out Your Window", and the tracks "Hello There Stranger" and "A Line Of Broken Hearts" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the other three tracks on the duo's album "Make A Left & Right" (ST 2903).
1968 - Capitol Records registers the masters it purchased (but as of 2005 has yet to issue) for Sam Kapu's tracks "He Ono La", "Mama's Hapai Again", "Secret", "The Girl I Love", "Bini Bini", A Day In the Life Of A Fool", "Mokihana", "Nu Hao Hao", "Legend Of Lei Hua", "Cherish", "Mom" and "Let Me Tell You" which were listed as probably recorded in Hawaii.
1968 - David Ingles records the tracks "The Unspoken Language Of The Universe", "Fate" and "Good Morning, Mr. Sun" in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue the last two tracks together as a single (Capitol 2435). No issuing information is listed for the first track, so if anyone knows if it has ever been issued, please leave a comment.
45 Years Ago Today In 1969 - Merle Haggard's Capitol Records single "Okie from Muskogee", with "If I Had Left It Up To You" is #4 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart.
1970 - Capitol Records registers the masters it purchased for Roland Eaton's tracks "Danger Zone", "Carter's Hill", "Hippie From The Hills", and "Papa's Wagon" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records has (as of 2005) yet to issue the first and last tracks and will issue the second and third tracks together as a single (Capitol 3054).
1970 - Capitol Records registers the masters for Merle Haggard and The Carter Family tracks "Introduction (by Reverend Jimmy Whitlock)/We'll Understand And Say Well Done (by the congregation)", "Medley: Take My Hand, Precious Lord/Jesus Hold My Hand", "Precious Memories", "History Of Big Creek Baptist Church" (by Reverend Jimmy Whitlock), "Turn Your Radio On" (vocals by Bonnie Owens), "If We Never Meet Again", "Closing Prayer/Just As I Am (by congregation" which were all recorded at Big Creek Baptist Church in Millington, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on the 2 LP album "Land Of Many Churches" (SWBO-803) as by Merle Haggard With The Carter Family.
1971 - Tennessee Ernie Ford (on vocals), with Jack Fascinato conducting his own arrangements to the orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the tracks "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down", "West Texas Highway", and "Take Me Home, Country Roads" in Los Angeles, California. After overdubs are recorded on December 2, 8, 9 and 10, 1971 Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on Fords' album "Mr. Words & Music" (ST-11001).
1971 - Stu Phillips directs The Hollyridge Strings (lineup of string players unlisted) as the record the unissued take of the track "Imagine" and the tracks "It's Too Late", "Theme From 'Love Story'", "We've Only Just Begun", and "If" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the last four tracks on the group's album "Hits Of The '70s" (ST-883).
1971 - During two sessions held this day in Los Angeles, California Al Martino (on vocals), with Peter DeAngelis conducting his own arrangements to the orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the tracks "The Summer Knows", "Come Run With Me", and "It's Impossible" at the first session and "Loving Her Was Easier", "A Time For Us", "A Song Of Joy" (based on a theme by Beethoven), and "More Than Ever Now" at the second session. After overdubs are recorded for all the tracks from the first session on the same day and on November 23, 1971 and overdubs are recorded for all the tracks from the second session on November 24, 1971 Capitol Records will issue all the tracks from the first session and the first two tracks and the last track from the second session on Martino's album "Summer of '42" (ST-793), and will issue the track "Song Of Joy" on Martino's album "To The Door Of The Sun" (ST-11366).
1971 - A short version of The Band's track "When I Paint My Masterpiece" is edited together in Los Angeles, California which Capitol Records will issue as a single (Capitol 3249) with "Where Do We Go From Here".
1971 - Quicksilver Messenger Service (lineup unlisted) record the unissued and listed as destroyed track "I Made A Ring" in Los Angeles, California. If anyone knows why the track was destroyed, please leave a comment.
1971 - Overdubs are recorded for Sonny James' track "Only Love Can Break A Heart" in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue the final version of the track as a single (Capitol 3232) with "He Has Walked This Way Before" on the flip side.
1971 - During two sessions held this day in Nashville, Tennessee Roy Rogers (on vocals, with unlisted musicians) records the (as of 2005) unissued track "That's What I Get (For Fallin' In Love)", and the tracks "Home Made Heaven", "Love Rides A Big White Horse", and "These Are The Good Old Days" at the first session and the track "Send Me The Pillow You Dream On", the (as of 2005) unissued track "Without Sunshine", the track "I'll Try A Little Sadness On For Size", and the (as of 2005) unissued track "Build Me A Song" at the second session. Capitol Records will issue the first two tracks from the first session together as a single (Capitol 3338) and will issue the last track from the first session and the first and third tracks from the second session on Rogers' album "Take A Little Love" (ST-11020).
1972 - Overdubs are recorded for Nancy Wilson's tracks "I Was Telling Him About You", "I Heard You Singing Your Song", "We Can Make It Baby", and "Can I" in Los Angeles, California. After a final session of overdubs are recorded on January 10, 1973 Capitol Records will issue the final versions of both tracks on Wilson's album "I Know I Love Him" (ST-11131).
1972 - The Elephant (lineup unlisted) record the track "Sailing" in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records. There is no issuing information listed, so if anyone knows who was in the group and if the track has ever been issued, please leave a comment.
40 Years Ago Today In 1974 - Andy Kim records the (as of 2005) unissued tracks "Someday", "Road To Mexico", and "Write A Song (An Ephemery)" in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records.
1977 - Mel McDaniel records the tracks "They'll Never Take Her Love From Me" and "The Devil's Daughter" in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue the first track on McDaniel's album "The Farm" (ST-11779). There is no issuing information listed for "The Devil's Daughter" so if anyone knows if it has ever been issued, please leave a comment.
1978 - Michael Clark records the track "Love Lies" in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue the track as a single (Capitol 4691) with "Oklahoma Wind" on the flip side.
35 Years Ago Today In 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 (as of 2005) unissued tracks "Endless Feeling" and "Lady Luck" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both tracks on Squier's album "The Tale Of The Tape" (ST-12062).
1985 - Dobie Gray (on vocals, with unlisted musicians) records the tracks "A Night In The Life Of A Country Boy", "Keep What We Had Going", and "Gonna Be A Long Night" in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on Gray's album "From Where I Stand" (ST-12489).

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1963 - Parlophone Records releases The Beatles' second album "With The Beatles"
1980 - Kenny Rogers' Liberty Records single "Lady", with "Sweet Music Man" on the flip side, is #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart. The Liberty Records name was revived after the original's catalog was sold to Capitol's parent company EMI and the new label would later become Capitol Records Nashville.
1986 - Terry Choate and Sam Bush record overdubs for Jay Booker's tracks "Calico Dresses" and "Mary Mandolin" at Castle Studio in Brentwood, Tennessee for EMI America. No issuing information is listed, so if anyone knows if either track has ever been issued, please leave a comment. EMI America's catalog is currently owned by Capitol Music's parent company, EMI Music.
2001 - Norman Granz, organizer of the "Jazz At The Philharmonic" concerts in Los Angeles, founder of the Clef, Norgram, Down Home, Verve and the Pablo Records labels, and record producer who used The Capitol Tower Studios to record tracks for many of his label's artists, dies in Geneva, Switzerland of cancer at age 83

ON THIS DAY NOT IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
115 Years Ago Today In 1899 - Hoagy Carmichael, songwriter ("Stardust", "Lazybones", "Two Sleepy People", "Skylark", "Georgia on My Mind", "Ole Buttermilk Sky", "Rockin’ Chair", "(Up A) Lazy River", "One Morning in May", "The Nearness of You", "Lamplighter’s Serenade", "How Little We Know", "Memphis in June", "In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening", "New Orleans" and many more), piano player, band leader, and attorney, is born Hoagland Howard Carmichael born in Bloomington, Indiana
1943 - Lorenz Hart (aka Larry Hart), lyricist ("Blue Moon", "The Lady Is A Tramp", "Manhattan", "Mountain Greenery", "My Funny Valentine" and many more), for Broadway and motion picture musicals (primarily with composer Richard Rodgers), dies at age 48 of pneumonia from exposure, five days after the opening of a revival of his and Rodgers' musical "A Connecticut Yankee", in New York City and is later buried in Mount Zion Cemetery in Queens County, New York
1963 - United States President John Fitzgerald Kennedy and Texas' Governor John Connally are shot during a motorcade in Dallas, Texas. President Kennedy will die at age 46 of his wounds shortly after being rushed with the Governor to Parkland Memorial Hospital. Later that night, First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy watches as Vice President Lyndon Baines Johnson is sworn in as the thirty-sixth President of the United States of America on board Air Force One, which also carries the body of slain President Kennedy in its hold, during its flight back to Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland.
1963 - Aldous Huxley, author, lecturer and screen writer, dies in Los Angeles, California at age 69 of an overdose of L.S.D. that his second wife, Laura Archera, gives him, at his request, to end his suffering from pain caused by cancer.

NOVEMBER 21, 2014

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
1933 - Jean Shepard, singer and Capitol Records artist, is born Ollie Imogene Shepard in Paul's Valley, Oklahoma

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1945 - During a split session held this day at Radio Recorders' studios in Hollywood, California first Jo Stafford (on vocals), with Paul Weston and His Orchestra (listed as probably the same as was used for the following Mercer track), records the track "You May Not Love Me" and the (as of 2005) unissued track "Have I Ever Told You?" and then Johnny Mercer (on vocals), with Paul Weston and His Orchestra (Bruce Hudson, Charles Griffard, and Ray Woods on trumpet; Allan Thompson, Bill Schaefer, and Elmer Smithers on trombone; Fred Stulce, Hap Lawson, Matty Matlock, Art Quenzer, and Harry Schuchman saxophone; Charles LaVere on piano; George Van Eps on guitar; Jack Ryan on bass and Nick Fatool on drums) records "By The River St. Marie". Capitol Records will issue "You May Not Love Me" as a single (Capitol 238) with "I Didn't Mean A Word I Said" on the flip side. Mosaic Records will issue "By The River St. Marie" on the 3 CD set "Mosaic Select: Johnny Mercer" (MS-028).
1946 - Clark Dennis (on vocals), with Paul Weston and His Orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the tracks "Peg O' My Heart" and "Bless You" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both tracks together as a single (Capitol 346).
1947 - Capitol Records releases Peggy Lee's single "Golden Earrings", with "I'll Dance At Your Wedding" on the flipside. It will go on to be a top 10 record in 1948.
1947 - During three sessions held this day at Radio Recorders' studios in Hollywood, California Merle Travis (on vocals and guitar, with Virginia "Ginny" Cushman on trumpet, Shelby "Tex" Atchison on fiddle, Billy Liebert on accordion, Vic Davis on piano, Eddie Kirk on rhythm guitar, Phil F. Marx Jr. on steel guitar, and Jack Rogers on bass) records the tracks "Dapper Dan", "When My Baby Double Talks To Me", "I'm Pickin' Up The Pieces Of My Heart" and "Information Please" at the first session, the tracks "Any Old Time", "Kentucky Means Paradise", "Leave My Honey Bee Alone", and "I'm A Natural Born Gamblin' Man" at the second session, and "Get Along Blues", "A Too Fast Past", "Crazy Boogie", and "You Better Try Another Man" at the third session. Capitol Records will issue the "Dapper Dan" as a single (Capitol 15317) with "What A Shame" on the flip side, "When My Baby Double Talks To Me" as a single (Capitol Americana 40100) with "Kentucky Means Paradise" on the flip side, "Information Please" as a single (Capitol Americana 40072) with "The Devil To Pay" on the flip side, "Leave My Honey Bee Alone" as a single (Capitol 15212) with "'T' For Texas" on the flip side, "I'm A Natural Born Gamblin' Man" as a single (Capitol 15143) with "Crazy Boogie" on the flip side, and "Get Along Blues" as a single (Capitol Americana 57-40171) with "That's All" on the flip side. Bear Family Records will issue all the tracks on Travis' 5 CD box set "Guitar Rags And A Too Fast Past" (BCD 15637) in Germany.
1947 - Jo Stafford (on vocals), with Paul Weston and His Orchestra (lineup unlisted and includes strings), records the tracks "Black Is the Color Of My True Love's Hair", "These Will Be The Best Years Of Our Lives", "Once And For Always", and "Roses Of Picardy" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the first track on Stafford's album "Jo Stafford Sings American Folk Songs" (CC-75), the second track as a single (Capitol 15336) with "Funny Little Money Man" on the flipside, the third track as a single (Capitol 15424) with "Why Can't You Behave?" on the flipside, and the last track as a single (Capitol 15084) with "Better Luck Next Time" on the flipside.
1947 - Joe Lutcher (on alto saxophone) and His Band (Karl George on trumpet, Bill Ellis on tenor saxophone, Leon Beck on baritone saxophone, L.H. Morrow on piano, Bill Cooper on bass, and Booker Hart on drums) record the tracks "Sauterne Special", "Hit The Block (vocals by Bill Cooper), "I Knew You When" (vocals by Joe Lutcher), and "No Name Boogie (vocals by Bill Cooper) in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the first track as a single (Capitol 15361) with "Lucy Lindy Boogie" on the flip side, the second and last tracks together as a single (Capitol Americana 40101), and the third track as a single (Capitol 57-70053) with "Watch It Gate" on the flip side.
65 Years Ago Today In 1949 - Dizzy Gillespie (on trumpet) and His Orchestra (Don Slaughter, Elmon Wright, and Willie Cook on trumpet; Matthew Gee, Sam Hurt, and Charles Greenlee on trombone; Jimmy Heath and John Coltrane on alto saxophone; Jessie Powell and Paul Gonsalves on tenor saxophone; Al Gibson on baritone saxophone; John Acea on piano; John Collins on guitar; Al McKibbon on bass; and Specs Wright on drums) record the tracks "Say When", "Tally Ho", "You Stole My Wife, Your Horse Thief" (vocals by Gillespie), and "I Can't Remember (vocals by Tiny Irvin) in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue the first and third tracks together as a single (Capitol 797) and the second and last tracks together as a single (Capitol 839).
1951 - Claude Gordon and His Orchestra (lineup unlisted) records the tracks "Red River Valley", "Put Your Dreams Away (For Another Day)", "The Bluebird", "My Devotion", and "I Cried For You" in Los Angeles, California. The Capitol Records Transcription Service will issue the first, second and fourth tracks on the transcription disc B-%21 and the third and last tracks on the transcription disc B-522.
1952 - Yma Sumac records vocal overdubs on top of orchestral tracks recorded by Alexander Borisoff and His Orchestra (lineup unlisted) for the title "Llulla Mak'ta (Andean Don Juan)". Capitol Records will issue the final version of the track on Yma Sumac and Moises Vivanco's album "Inca Taqui" (FBF-423).
1955 - Capitol Records artist Jean Shepard joins the Grand Ole Opry on her 22nd birthday
1955 - Joe "Fingers" Carr (aka Joe Busch, on piano, with unlisted musicians) records the tracks "Let Me Call You Sweetheart", "Take Me Out To The Ball Game", "By The Light Of The Silvery Moon", "Shine On Harvest Moon", and "I Love You Truly in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on Carr's album "Joe "Fingers" Carr Plays Parlor Piano" (T 698).
1955 - Billy May and His Orchestra (Dick Cathcart on trumpet; Elmer "Moe" Schneider on trombone; Matty Matlock on clarinet; Eddie Miller on tenor saxophone; with Conrad Gozzo, Mannie Klein, Vito "Mickey" Mangano, and 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 Wilbur Schwartz on alto saxophone, flute, and clarinet; Ted Nash on tenor saxophone, clarinet, and flute, Jules Jacob on tenor saxophone, oboe and English horn; Chuck Gentry on baritone saxophone, bass clarinet, and bass saxophone); Paul Smith on piano, celeste, and calliope; Al Hendrickson on guitar and banjo; Joe Mondragon on bass; Alvin Stoller on drums; Lou Singer on percussion; and Ann Mason Stockton on hharp) record the tracks "Five Foot Two, Eyes Of Blue", "Panama", and "Sorta Blues" 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 - Sascha Gorodnitzki (on piano) records unlisted titles that are (as of 2005) unissued in New York City, New York for Capitol Records.
1956 - Al Martino (on vocals), with Les Baxter's orchestra and chorus (lineup unlisted), records the tracks "I'm Sorry", "Never Doubt Me", "Half Loved" and "I'm A Funny Guy" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the first and last track together as a single (Capitol F3605) and (as of 2005) the second and third tracks have yet to be issued.
1956 - The Roger Wagner Chorale (with Wagner directing unlisted singers and orchestra players) records a rejected take of Malotte's "The Lord's Prayer" and the traditional track "Elli Elli" (featuring Cantor Allen Michelson) in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Elli Elli" on the chorale's album "The House of The Lord" (FAP-2-8365).
1957 - Louis Prima (on trumpet), with Sam Butera (on tenor saxophone) and The Witnesses (Lou Sineaux on trombone; William "Willie" McCumber on piano; Bobby Roberts on guitar; Tony Liuzza on bass; and Harvey Lang on drums), record the tracks "Natural Guy" with vocals by Keely Smith and "Beep! Beep!" with vocals by Louis Prima at The Capitol Tower Studios in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue the second track as a single (Capitol F3856) with "Buona Sera" on the flip side. Bear Family Records will issue both tracks in the 8 CD box set "Louie Prima, Keely Smith, Sam Butera: The Capitol Recordings" (BCD 15776) in Germany. Both titles will be included as bonus tracks of the digital version of Prima's album "Call Of The Wildest" on iTunes, Amazon, and Spotify.
1958 - The Kingston Trio (Donald "Dave" Guard on vocals and guitar; Robert "Bob Shane" Schoen on vocals and guitar; Nicholas "Nick" Reynolds on vocals, guitar, and drums) records the tracks "Sally (Don't You Grieve)" and "Raspberries, Strawberries" in Denver, Colorado. Capitol Records will issue both tracks together as a single (Capitol F4114).
1958 - During two sessions held this day in Los Angeles, California, Jackie Davis (on organ, with: 5 unlisted trombonists which may have included Bob Fitzpatrick, Joe Howard, Ed Kusby, Nick DiMaio, Dick Nash, George Roberts, Lester Robinson, Frank Rosolino, and Ken Shroyer who are all listed as having played on the album; Vince De Rosa on French horn; Irving Ashby on guitar; Joe Comfort on bass; Milt Holland on drums; and Weedee Morris on bongos) records the tracks "Yours Is My Heart Alone", "This Can't Be Love", and "When I'm With You" at the first session and "Falling In Love With Love" and "Frenesi" at the second session. Capitol Records will issue all three tracks from the first session on Davis' album "" (T 1180) and "Frenesi" as a single (Capitol F4158) with "Gonna Get A Girl" on the flip side. As of 2005, "Falling In Love With Love" has yet to be issued.
1958 - Jerry Southern (on vocals), with Billy May conducting his own arrangements to the orchestra (Vincent De Rosa, John Cave, Arthur Frantz, and Richard Perissi on French horn; Wilbur Schwartz, Ted Nash, Victor Garber, Fred Falensby, and Jules Jacob on saxophones; Paul Smith on piano; Ed Gilbert on bass and tuba; Alvin Stoller on drums; Verlye Mills on harp; and on strings: Ben Gill, Murray Kellner, Dan Lube, Erno Neufeld, Lou Raderman, Paul Shure, Felix Slatkin, and Marshall Sosson on vocals; Alvin Dinkin, Virginia Majewski, Alex Neiman, and Paul Robyn on viola; Armand Kaproff, Ray Kramer, Edgar Lustgarten, and Eleanor Slatkin on cello), records the tracks "I Concentrate On You", "Get Out Of Town", "Which?", and "After You" at The Capitol Tower Studios in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on Southern's album "Jeri Southern Meets Cole Porter" (T 1173).
1960 - Overdubs are recorded for The DeCastro Sisters' tracks "Undecided" and "I'll Always Be In Love" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the final version of the tracks on the sisters' album "A Rockin' Beat" (T 1501).
1960 - Tennessee Ernie Ford (on vocals), with Jack Fascinato conducting the orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the tracks "Jealous Heart", "I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Now", "I Really Don't Want To Know", 'Molly Darling", "Don't Rob Another Man's Castle", "I Can't Help It (If I'm Still In Love With You)", and "Take Me In Your Arms And Hold Me" at The Capitol Tower Studios in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on Ford's album "Tennessee Ernie Ford Looks At Love" (T 1542).
1961 - Nat "King" Cole (on vocals), with Billy May and His Orchestra (with May conducting his own arrangements to: Reunald Jones, Conrad Gozzo, John Best, and Uan Rasey on trumpet; Ed Kusby, Milt Bernhart, William Schaefer, and Lloyd Ulyate on trombone; Red Callender on tuba; Willie Schwartz and Harry Klee on alto saxophone; Plas Johnson and Buddy Collette on tenor saxophone; Chuck Gentry on baritone saxophone; Jimmy Rowles on piano; John Collins on guitar; Charlie Harris on bass; and Lee Young on drums; Emil Richards on vibraphone and percussion; Isadore Roman, Israel Baker, Emanuel Moss, Emil Briano, Irving Klase, Ambrose Russo, and Rickey Marino on violins; and Verlye Mills on harp), records the tracks "Cold, Cold Heart" (with Cole on organ), "Let's Face The Music And Dance" (with Cole on organ), "Something Makes Me Want To Dance With You", and "I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Right Myself A Letter" at The Capitol Tower Studios in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on Cole's album "Let's Face The Music" (W 2008).
1961 - Pete Candoli (on trumpet) and Gloria Wood (on vocals, with: ) record the track "Hey, Bellboy" (with Larry Bunker on bell), and the (as of 2005) unissued tracks "I'm Gone", and "(Get Your Kicks On) Route 66" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Hey, Bellboy" on the CD "Ultra Lounge, Volume 8 - Cocktail Capers" (8-37596-2).
1962 - Capitol Records purchases the masters for vocalist Barbara Dane's tracks "Nobody Knows The Way I Feel", "Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child", "Trouble Man", "This Little Light Of Mine", "S.F. Weather Blues", "Mean Old Southern", "Pinch Packa", "Pallet On Your Floor", "Hurry Up, Sundown", "If You Lose Your Money", "Lover Man", "Walkin' Blues", "Goin' Home Blues", "Oh Freedom", "Ain't Gonna Study War No More", "I'm On My Way", "Don't You Wish You Had Little Girls", "Muleskinner Blues", "Last Mile Blues", "Backwater Blues", and "Easy Living". As of 2005, the label has yet to issue any of them.
1963 - During two sessions held this day in Los Angeles, California The Good Time Singers (vocalists Tom Drake, Craig Smith, Mike Storm, Lee Montgomery, Dave Jackson, Dave Ratkin, Doug Brookins, Maggie Basseley, Marilyn Miller, and Alexandra Hutton) record the tracks "Turn Around", "Goin' Away From Here", "Last Night I Had The Strangest Dream/Power And Glory", and the (as of 2005) unissued track "Peace Corp. Marching Song" at the first session and the (as of 2005) two unissued tracks "Bury Me Beneath The Willow" and "Run Come See" and the track "Freedom Calling" at the second session in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the first four tracks from the first session and the last track from the second session on the group's eponymous album "The Good Time Singers" (T 2041).
1963 - Ruth Welcome (on zither) records the tracks "Come Back To Sorrento", "Scusami", "Until Then", and "The Happy Wanderer" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on Welcome's album "Continental Zither" (T 2472).
50 Years Ago Today In 1964 - The Beach Boys' Capitol Records single "Dance, Dance, Dance", with "The Warmth Of The Sun" on the flipside, enters the top 40 of Billboard and Cash Box Magazines' singles charts.
1966 - Sam and The Iridescents (lineup unlisted, but online sources say it was a 5 member r&b group) record the tracks "Punish Me", "Without My Sugar", and "While The City Sleeps" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the last two tracks together as a single (Capitol 5834). No issuing information is listed for the first track, so if anyone knows who was in the group and/or if "Punish Me" has ever been issued, please leave a comment.
1966 - Tex Ritter (on vocals, with orchestra and chorus with unlisted lineups) records the tracks "Just Beyond The Moon" and "Greedy Old Dog" in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue both tracks together as a single (Capitol 5839).
1967 - The Knack (lineup unlisted, not the '70s group) record the track "Freedom Now" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the track on the group's last (4 of 4) singles for the label (Capitol 2075) with "Lady In The Window" on the flipside.
1967 - Merle Haggard (on vocals and guitar, with: George French Jr. on piano; Glen Campbell and Lewis A. Talley on guitar; Roy Nichols on electric guitar; Billy Mize on open string guitar and harmony vocals; Norman D. Hamlett on steel guitar; Jerry Ward [aka Howard Lowe] on bass; Roy "Eddie" Burris on drums; and Bonnie Owens on harmony vocals) records the tracks "My Past Is Present", "Mom And Dad's Waltz", "My Ramona", and "Because You Can't Be Mine" at The Capitol Tower Studios in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue the first two tracks on Haggard's album "Sing Me Back Home" (T 2848) and the last two tracks on the album "The Legend Of Bonnie And Clyde" (ST 2912) as by Merle Haggard and The Strangers.
1967 - George Van Eps (on guitar, with unlisted musicians) records the tracks "Glad To Be Unhappy", "Stop, Look And Listen", "Prelude To A Kiss", "Blues Serenade", and "Serenata" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on Van Eps' album "7 String" (ST 2783).
1967 - Billy and The Essentials (lineup unlisted) record the tracks "Mary Elizabeth" and "So Is Our Song" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will purchase the masters but, as of 2005, has yet to issue either track.
1967 - Six Penny Opera (lineup unlisted) records the (as of 2005) unissued tracks "What's My Baby", "Chance To Fly", and "In The Midnight Hour" in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records.
1967 - Human Beinz (lineup unlisted) records the tracks "Flower Grave" and "Foxy Lady" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the tracks on the group's album "Nobody But Me" (ST 2906).
1968 - Harry Middlebrooks records the tracks "Let Me Love You", "My, My Mama", "Solitary Man" and "Shenandoah" in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records. No issuing information is listed, so if anyone knows if any of the tracks have been issued, please leave a comment.
1968 - Tennessee Ernie Ford (on vocals), with Jack Fascinato conducting his own arrangements to the orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the tracks "Moonlight In Vermont", "My Funny Valentine", "Little Green Apples", and "I'll Never Smile Again" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on Ford's album "Songs I Like To Sing" (ST-127).
1968 - Kansas (lineup unlisted, not the group from the '70s) record the (as of 2005) unissued track "I Don't Wanna Discuss It" in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records.
1968 - During two sessions held this day in Los Angeles, California The Beach Boys (lineup unlisted) record the track "Do It Again" at the first session and "Our Prayer" at the second session. Capitol Records will issue both tracks on the group's album "20/20" (SKAO-133).
1968 - Diane Hogans records the tracks "Love Is All Around" and "How Does It Feel" and the (as of 2005) unlisted tracks "Toy Balloon" and "The Pain's The Same" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue the first two tracks together as a single (Capitol 2478).
1968 - Sonny James (on vocals, with unlisted musicians) records the track "Only The Lonely (Know The Way I Feel)" and the (as of 2005) unissued track "Everything Begins And Ends With You" in Nashville, Tennessee. After an overdub is recorded on December 3, 1968 Capitol Records will issue the first track as a single (Capitol 2370) with "The Journey" on the flip side.
45 Years Ago Today In 1969 - The Sweet Things (lineup unlisted) record the tracks "Shelter" and "Children" in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records. There is no issuing information for either track listed, so if anyone knows who was in the group or if either of the tracks have ever been issued, please leave a comment.
45 Years Ago Today In 1969 - Jack Wild (on vocals, with unlisted musicians) records the tracks "Picture Of You", "Some Beautiful", and the (as of 2005) unissued track "Living On A Living Island" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the first two tracks together as a single (Capitol 2742) and on Wild's album "The Jack Wild Album" (SKAO-545).
45 Years Ago Today In 1969 - Buddy Alan records the tracks "Big Mama's Medicine Show", "I Would Do Anything For You", and "Georgia Boy" in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on Alan's album "Wild, Free & 21" (ST-411).
1970 - Badfinger's Apple Records single "No Matter What", with "Carry On Till Tomorrow" on the flip side and released by Capitol Records in the United States, enters the top 40 of Billboard's Hot 100 Singles Chart.
1971 - Quicksilver Messenger Service (lineup unlisted) record the unissued and listed as destroyed track "Jam" in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records. If anyone knows why the recording was destroyed, please leave a comment.
1972 - Overdubs are recorded for Nancy Wilson's tracks "I Know I Love Him", "Are We Losing Touch", and "(Don't Forget) The Laughter And The Tears" in Los Angeles, California. After more overdubs are recorded on January 9 and 10, 1973 Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on Wilson's album "I Know I Love Him" (ST-11131).
1977 - Mel McDaniel records the tracks "Oklahoma Wind" and "It's About Time" in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue both tracks on McDaniel's album "The Farm" (ST-11779).
1978 - Freddie Hart (on vocals, with unlisted musicians) records the tracks "The Only Woman In The World", "Wasn't It Easy, Baby?", "Look-A Here", "Give A Little You To Me", "My Lady Loves", "My Lady", "Hangin' On By A Heartstring", "Guilty", and "More Than A Bedroom Thing" at Max Works Studio in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on Hart's album "My Lady" (ST-11911).
35 Years Ago Today In 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 track "Music's All Right" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the track on Squier's album "The Tale Of The Tape" (ST-12062).
35 Years Ago Today In 1979 - René & Angela (René Moore and Angela Winbush on vocals) record the (as of 2005) unissued track "Touch Me When I'm Dancing" for Capitol Records.
1980 - Billy Squier (on guitar and vocals, with: Allan St. John on keyboards; Gary Sharaf on guitar; Mark Clark on bass and vocals; and Bobby Chouinard on drums) records the track "Nobody Knows" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the tracks on Squier's album "Don't Say No" (ST-12146).
1980 - The Muscle Shoals Sound Rhythm Section (lineup unlisted) records the (as of 2005) unissued track "Instrumental #1" for Capitol Records in Muscle Shoals, Alabama.
1986 - Les Brown and His Band of Renown (Don Smith, Darrel Gardner, Fred Koyen, and Don Rader on trumpets and flugelhorns; Mat Utal on alto saxophone; Rusty Higgins and Greg Huckins on alto and soprano saxophones; Lou Ciotti on tenor saxophone; Butch Stone on baritone saxophone and bass clarinet; Jack Redmond, Andy Martin, and Bob Payne on trombones; Stumpy Brown on bass trombone; Mundell Lowe on guitar; Eric Doney on piano; Tom Hill on bass; and Jack Sperling on drums) have the first of two sessions in Studio A at The Capitol Tower Studios (the next is on December 8, 1986) for their Ryko Distribution album "Digital Swing" with producer Ralph Jungheim and engineer Charlie Paakkari
1986 - Jerry Colonna (born Gerardo Luigi Colonna), comedian, television, radio and motion picture actor, voice over artist, trombone player, and Capitol Records artist (1945-1952), dies at age 82 of kidney failure at The Motion Picture and Television Hospital in Woodland Hill, California and is later buried at San Fernando Mission Cemetery in Mission Hills, California
1987 - Poison's Capitol Records single "I Won't Forget You", with "Blame It On You" on the flipside, peaks at #13 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart.
1990 - Richard Thompson record's the track "Harry's Theme" for Capitol Records. There is no location or issuing information listed, so if anyone knows if the track has ever been issued and/or where it was recorded, please leave a comment.
1995 - Jim Eanes, (aka "Smilin'" Jim Eanes, and born Homer Robert Eanes, Jr.) singer, songwriter, banjo player, guitarist, bandleader (The Shenandoah Valley Boys), radio disc jockey, and Capitol Records solo artist (1949, best known for the track "Baby Blue Eyes") dies at age 71 of congestive heart failure in Virginia
1995 - Capitol Records releases The Beatle's 60-track Apple Records compilation "The Beatles Anthology I" in the United States. The collection includes the previously unreleased track "Free As A Bird" and, according to a later statement by Capitol, will sell 450,000 units on its first day of release.
1995 - Capitol Records Nashville releases Garth Brooks' album "Fresh Horses"

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
80 Years Ago Today In 1934 - Future Capitol Records artist Ella Fitzgerald makes her stage debut at an amateur contest at the Apollo Theater in Harlem, New York
1952 - Future Capitol Records artist Judy Garland gives birth to future Capitol Records artist Liza Minnelli's half-sister, Lorna Luft
1960 - Johnny Burnette's Liberty Records single "You're Sixteen", with "I Beg Your Pardon" on the flip side enters Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart. Liberty's catalog is currently owned by Capitol Music Group's parent company, EMI Music Group.
1963 - Lee Morgan on trumpet, Grachan Moncur III on trombone, Jackie McLean on alto saxophone, Bobby Hutcherson on vibraphone, Bob Cranshaw on bass, and Anthony Williams on drums record "Monk In Wonderland", "The Coaster", "Evolution", and "Air Raid" at Rudy Van Gelder's studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on November 21, 1963. Blue Note Records will release all the songs together as the album "Evolution" (BLP4153).
1983 - Great White (lineup unlisted) records the tracks "Out Of The Night", "Stick It", "Substitute", "Bad Boys", and "On Your Knees" at an unlisted location. EMI America will issue all the tracks on the band's eponymous album "Great White" (E2-48953). EMI America's catalog is currently owned by Capitol Music's parent company EMI Music.
30 Years Ago Today In 1984 - During two recording sessions that take place on this date for EMI America, Michael Murphey records the track "Innocent Hearts" at the first session and "Dance The Blues Away" at the second session. No recording location or issuing information is listed. If anyone knows where the recording took place and if the track has ever been issued, please leave a comment.

ON THIS DAY NOT IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
110 Years Ago Today In 1904 - Coleman Hawkins, tenor saxophonist and band leader, is born in St. Joseph, Missouri
1912 - Eleanor Powell, dancer and film actress, is born
1931 - Universal Pictures releases "Frankenstein"
80 Years Ago Today In 1934 - Cole Porter’s "Anything Goes" opens at the Alvin Theatre in New York City
1945 - Robert Benchley, author, columnist, magazine editor, charter member of the Algonquin Round Table, script writer, motion picture actor and grandfather of author Peter Benchley, dies at age 56
1955 - The Fulton Theatre in New York City is renamed the Helen Hayes Theatre to honor the actress.

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

HAPPY BIRTHDAYS!
1925 - June Christy (aka Sharon Leslie), singer and Capitol Records artist as a vocalist with Stan Kenton and His Orchestra and as a solo artist, is born Shirley Luster in Springfield, Illinois
1926 - Kaye Ballard, Broadway (in Capitol Records co-founder Johnny Mercer's 1952 show "Top Banana" with Phil Silvers), motion picture, and television actress, singer, comedienne and Capitol Records artist, is born Catherine Gloria Balotta in Cleveland, Ohio
1940 - Tony Butala, child motion picture actor, and singer with the groups The Mitchell Boys' Choir, The Fourmost, The Rhythm Boys, and a founding member of the Capitol Records group The Lettermen, is born Anthony Francis Butala in Sharon, Pennsylvania. He is also the uncle of actress Jenna Elfman (born Jenna Butala), founder of The Vocal Group Hall of Fame which is located in his hometown of Sharon, and a Napa Valley vineyard owner.
1962 - Steve Alexander, clinician of Zildjian, television and film composer, and drummer with a variety of bands including Brother Beyond, the Capitol Records group Duran Duran (1995-2000), and with Jeff Beck, is born in Wales, England.
1965 - Michael Diamond, singer and songwriter for the Grand Royal/Capitol Records group The Beastie Boys, is born Michael Louis Diamond in New York City, NY,
1975 - Dierks Bentley, singer and Capitol Records Nashville artist, is born in Phoenix, Arizona

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1936 - Peter Anders on tenor vocals, Carla Spletter on soprano vocals, Hans-Heinz Nissen on baritone vocals, with N. Schultze conducting the chorus and orchestra (lineups both unlisted) of The German Opera House, Berlin, record Millocker's "The Begger Student (Excerpts): Part 1" and "The Begger Student (Excerpts): Part 2" in Berlin, Germany. Capitol Records will purchase the masters and issue them on the album "MILLOCKER" (89-80130).
1945 - Frank DeVol and His Orchestra (with DeVol conducting his own arrangements to unlisted musicians) record the tracks "Silver Moon", "Shadow Waltz", and "Three O'Clock In The Morning" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the first track on the album "Waltzing On Air" (BD-53) as by The Frank DeVol Orchestra and the last two tracks on the album "Concert Of Waltzes" (BD-31) as by Frank Devol's Orchestra.
1947 - Wesley Tuttle (on vocals, with ) records the tracks "Please Write To Me Harva Lee", "Go And Cry Yourself To Sleep", "I'm Writing A Letter To Heaven", "Mom Understands", "There's A Star Spangled Rainbow", and "Your Picture Of Love" at Radio Recorders' studios in Hollywood, California. Capitol records will issie the second and fifth tracks together as a single (Capitol Americana 40073), the third track as a single (Capitol Americana 40104) with "Who Do You Spend Your Dreams With?" on the flip side, and the fouth track as a single (Capitol Americana 40121) with "You Can't Fool My Broken Heart" on the flip side. Bear Family Records will issue all the tracks on Tuttle's 4 CD box set "Detour" (BCD 16416) in Germany.
1947 - Peggy Lee (on vocals), with Dave Barbour (on guitar) and His Orchestra (which includes Benny Carter on alto saxophone; Herbie Haymer on tenor saxophone; Red Norvo on vibraphone; Buddy Cole on piano; and unlisted bass and drums players), records the tracks "Them There Eyes", "Baby, Don't Be Mad At Me", "Everybody Loves Somebody", and "Foolin' Nobody But Me" in Los Angeles, California with producer Lee Gillette. Capitol Records will issue the first track on Lee's album "Rendezvous With Peggy Lee" (CC-72), the second track as a single (Capitol 15090) with "Caramba! It's The Samba" on the flipside, the third track as a single (Capitol 15151) with "Don't Smoke In Bed" on the flipside, and the last track on the CD "Rare Gems And Hidden Treasures" (5-27564-2).
1947 - During two sessions held this day in Los Angeles, California Crown Prince Waterford (aka Charles "Crown Prince" Waterford, on vocals), with Maxwell Davis on tenor saxophone, Pete Johnson on piano, Tiny Webb on guitar, Shifty Henry on bass, and Jess Price on drums, records the tracks "Move Your Hand Baby" (without Davis on tenor saxophone and without Tiny Webb on guitar), "L.A. Blues" (without Tiny Webb on guitar), "Coal Black Baby", and "Weeping Willow Blues" (without Maxwell Davis on tenor saxophone) at the first session and "Strange Woman Blues", "P.I. Blues", "Crown Prince Blues", and "Leaping Boogie" (with only Jesse Prince on piano and Pete Johnson on drums) at the second session. Capitol Records will issue "Move Your Hand Baby" and "Weeping Willow Blues" together as a single (Capitol Americana 40074), "L.A. Blues" and "Strange Woman's Boogie" together as a single (Capitol Americana 40132), "Coal Black Baby" and "Crown Prince Blues" together as a single (Capitol Americana 40103), and "P.I. Blues" and "Leaping Boogie" together as a single (Capitol Americana 40137).
1947 - Hal Derwin and Frank DeVol record nine unlisted tracks for The Capitol Records transcription service in Los Angeles, California. If anyone knows what was recorded, please leave a comment.
1947 - Frank DeVol records eight unlisted tracks for The Capitol Records transcription service in Los Angeles, California. If anyone knows what was recorded, please leave a comment.
1950 - The Starlighters (lineup unlisted) record five unlisted tracks in Los Angeles, California. If anyone knows what was recorded, please leave a comment.
1950 - During two sessions held this day in Los Angeles, California Frank DeVol records four unlisted tracks at the first session and eight unlisted tracks at the second session. If anyone knows what was recorded, please leave a comment.
1951 - During a split session held this day in New York City, New York first Lindy Doherty (on vocals), with Sid Feller and His Orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the tracks "With No One To Love Tonight", "Sweet Temptation", "Salt Water Tears", and "My Heart Stood Still" then Bob Sands (on vocals), with Sid Feller and His Orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the tracks "Love Me Now" and "I Am Music". Capitol Records will issue the first two of Doherty's tracks together as a single (Capitol 1928), his third track as a single (Capitol 1949) with "What's The Use" on the flip side, and both of Sands' tracks together as a single (Capitol 1980). Doherty's track "My Heart Stood Still" (as of 2005) is still unissued.
1952 - During two sessions held this day at Capitol's Recording Studio at 5515 Melrose Avenue, in Hollywood, California Dean Martin (on vocals), with Dick Stabile and His Orchestra (Louis Brown on piano; Vince Terri on guita; Norman Seelig on bass; Ray Toland on drums; Helen Bliss on harp; and on strings: John Augustine, Victor Bay, John Peter DeVoogt, Nick Pisani, Joseph Quadri, and Mischa Russell on violn; Louis Kievman and Reuben Marcus on viola; Armand Kaproff and Elias Friede on cello at the first session), records the tracks "Just One More Chance", "I'm Yours" (arranged by Gus Levene), "With My Eyes Wide Open I'm Dreaming", "There's My Lover", and "A Girl Named Mary And A Boy Named Bill" at the first session between 5:00 PM and 8:00 PM and records the tracks (with the lineup of the orchestra changed to include Conrad Gozzo, Joe Dolny, and James Rosselli on trumpet; Ray Heath, Ed Kusby, and Paul Tanner on trombone; Jules Jacob, Bob Lawson, Ted Nash, and Ed Rosa on saxophones; Louis Brown on piano; Vince Terri on guitar; Morty Corb on bass; and Ray Toland on drums) "Louise", "Who's Your Little Who-Zis!", "I Feel Like A Feather In The Breeze", and "I Feel A Song Comin' On" at the second session between 9:30 PM and 12:30 AM on November 21, 1952, with producer Lee Gillette. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks, except "There's My Lover" on Martin's first album for the label, "Dean Martin Sings" (H-401) and will "There's My Lover as a single (Capitol 2378) with "Little Did We Know", which was recorded on June 12, 1952, on the flipside.
1953 - Jackie Gleason and His Orchestra (with Ray Bloch conducting the orchestra featuring Bobby Hackett on trumpet and other listed musicians) record the tracks "Tangerine", "Jo Anne", "Rosanne", and "If You Were The Only Girl In The World" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue the first three tracks on Gleason's album "Music To Remember Her" (W-570). Collectors Choice Music will issue all the tracks on the CD version "Music To Remember Her" (CCM 193-2).
1956 - Frank Sinatra (on vocals), with Nelson Riddle conducting his own arrangements to the orchestra (Harry Edison, Conrad Gozzo, Mickey Mangano, and Shorty Sherock on trumpet; George Arus, Ed Kusby, and Dick Noel on trombone; George Roberts on bass trombone; Harry Klee and Willie Schwartz on alto saxophone; James Briggs and Ted Nash on tenor saxophone; Joe Koch 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 Bay, Alex Beller, Erno Neufeld, Lou Raderman, Nathan Ross, Mischa Russell, Paul Shure, Felix Slatkin, Marshall Sosson, and Gerald Vinci on violin; Alvin Dinkin, Maxine Johnson, and David Sterkin on viola; Cy Bernard, Edgar Lustgarten, and Eleanor Slatkin on cello), records the tracks "At Long Last Love", "I Guess I'll Have To Change My Plan", "I Wish I Were In Love Again", and "Nice Work If You Can Get It" in Studio A at The Capitol Tower Studios in Hollywood, California with producer Voyle Gilmore between 8:30pm and 11:30pm. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on Sinatra's album "Swingin' Affair!" (W 803).
1956 - Rudolf Firkusny (on piano) records the (as of 2005) unissued track of Smetana's "Czech Dances" for Capitol Records.
1957 - During a split session held this day between 1:30 PM and 4:30 PM at The Capitol Tower Studios in Los Angeles, California first Nat "King" Cole, with Nelson Riddle conducting his own arrangements to the orchestra (John Towner Williams on piano; Bob Bain on guitar; Ed Gilbert on bass; Alvin Stoller on drums; and on strings: Victor Arno, Israel Baker, Victor Bay, Alex Beller, Dave Frisina, Jacques Gasselin, Ben Gill, Henry Hill, Dan Lube, Alfred Lustgarten, Paul Nero, Erno Neufeld, Nick Pisani, Mischa Russell, Eudice Shapiro, and Gerald Vinci on violin; Stanley Harris,Lou Kievman, Ralph Lane, Sandy Schonbach, Barbara Simmons, and David Sterkin on viola; Naoum Benditzky, Victor Gottlieb, Irving Lipschultz, Edgar Lustgarten, George Neikrug, and Eleanor Aller Slatkin on cello; and Kathryn Julye on harp) records the track "How Did I Change?" and then Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra (listed as a similar line up to above) record the tracks "Easter Isle", "The Call Of Tahiti", and "Out Of The Night". Capitol Records will issue "How Did I Change" in England on the album "The Unreleased Nat King Cole" (EMS1279) and all of Riddle's tracks on the album "Sea Of Dreams" (T 915).
1957 - Ray Anthony (on trumpet) and His Orchestra (Al Porcino, Conrad Gozzo, and Gene Duermeyer on trumpet; Hoyt Bohannon, Lew McCreary, Jimmy Priddy, and Joe Howard on trombone; Med Flory, and Wilbur Schwartz on clarinet and alto saxophone; Jules Jacob and Jeff Massingill on tenor saxophone; Teddy Lee on baritone saxophone; Geoff Clarkson on piano; Al Viola on guitar; Don Simpson on bass; Eddie Grady on drums; and Lou Singer on percussion), using arrangements by Don Simpson, record the tracks "There's A Small Hotel", "Along The Santa Fe Trail", "Venezuela", "Home", "Blue Hawaii" and the (as of 2005) unissued version of the track "Dream While You Dance" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on the album "More Dream Dancing" (T 1252).
1958 - The Jonah Jones Quartet (Jonah Jones on trumpet and vocals, Teddy Brannon on piano, John Brown on bass, and George Foster on drums) records the track "Mandy Make Up Your Mind" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue the track on Jones' album "I Dig Chicks!" (T 1193).
1958 - Ferlin Husky (on vocals, with unlisted musicians) records the tracks "I'll Always Return", "Still Water", "Detour", "Home In San Antone", and "Sioux City Sue" at Bradley Film and Recording Studio in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records, after overdubs are recorded for "I'll Always Return" on March 13, 1959, will issue all the tracks on Husky's album "Ferlin's Favorites" (T 1280).
55 Years Ago Today In 1959 - Faron Young's Capitol Records single "Country Girl", with "I Hear You Talkin'" on the flip side, hits #4 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart
55 Years Ago Today In 1959 - Joel Grey (on vocals, with unlisted musicians) records the tracks "Papa, Play For Me", "Schluf, Yingele, Schluf", "Oil'n Prepetchok", "Der Rebbe Allmelech", and "Artza Allnu" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on Grey's album "Songs My Father Taught Me" (W 1373).
55 Years Ago Today In 1959 - Laurindo Almeida (on piano) records a new take of Chopin's "Valse Opus 69, N°1" and Bach's "Our Father Who Art In Heaven (From 'Clavierubung' Part 3)" and "Duetto III (From 'Clavierubung' Part 3)" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the first two tracks on Almeida's album "The Spanish Guitars Of Laurindo Almeida" (P-8521) and has (as of 2005) yet to issue the take recorded at this session for the last track.
1960 - Jack Scott (on vocals) and The Chantones (unlisted vocalists), with unlisted musicians, records the tracks "Found A Woman" and "Is There Something ON Your Mind?" at Bell Sound Studio in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue the second track on the album "Burning Bridges" (ST 2035). Bear Family Records will issue both tracks in the 5 CD box set "Classic Scott" (BCD 15534).
1961 - Nat "King" Cole (on vocals) with Billy May and His Orchestra (with May conducting his own arrangements to: Reunald Jones, Conrad Gozzo, John Best, and Frank Beach on trumpet; Murray McEachern, Tom Shepard, William Schaefer, and Lloyd Ulyate on trombone; Red Callender on tuba; Willie Schwartz and Gene Cipriano on alto saxophone; Plas Johnson and Ted Nash on tenor saxophone; Chuck Gentry on baritone saxophone; Jimmy Rowles on piano; John Collins on guitar; Charlie Harris on bass; Lee Young on drums; Emil Richards on vibraphone and percucssion; and Verlye Mills on harp) records the tracks "Ebony Rhapsody", "Day In, Day Out", "Too Little, Too Late", and "When My Sugar Walks Down The Street" at The Capitol Tower Studios in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on Cole's album "Let's Face The Music" (W 2008).
1961 - Ralph Carmichael and His Orchestra (with Carmichael conducting his own arrangements to unlisted musicians) record the tracks "What A Friend We Have In Jesus", "Just A Closer Walk With Thee", "The Old Rugged Cross", "His Amazing Grace", and "The Love Of God" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on Carmichael's album "Hymns At Sunset" (T 1746).
1961 - During three sessions held this day in New York City, New York the original Broadway cast of "Kwamina" (Isa Arnal, Joseph Attles, Ethel Ayler, Terry Carter, Scott Gibson, Robert Guillaume, Victoria Harrison, Lillian Hayman, Lee Hooper, Sally Ann Howes, Mary Louise Jones, Rosalie Maxwell, Brock Peters, Helen Phillips, Mike Quashie, Charles Queenan, Mal Scott, George Tipton, and Gordon Watkins), with additional cast members (Joseph Crawford, Doreese Du Quen, Wanza King, James Lowe, John Miles, Clark Morgan, Rawn Sperman, and Arthur Wright) and Colin Romoff directing the orchestra (lineup unlisted) using music and lyrics by Richard Adler, record the tracks "The Cocoa Bean Song" (vocals by Robert Guillaume, Scott Gibson, Gordon Watkins, and Company), "Welcome Home" (vocals by Scott Gibson, Mal Scott, Lee Hooper, Mike Quashie, and Company), "The Sun Is Beginning To Crow" (vocals by Company), "Nothing More To Look Forward To" (vocals by Robert Guillaume and Ethel Ayler), and "Seven Sheep, Four Red Shirts And A Bottle Of Gin (vocals by Joseph Attles, Scott Gibson, Charles Queenan, George Tipton, and Company) at the first session, "One Wife" (vocals by Lillian Hayman, Rosalie Maxwell, Isa Arnal, Victoria Harrison, Lee Hooper, Mary Louise Jones, and Helen Phillips), "Something Big" (vocals by Company), "What's Wrong With Me?" (vocals by Sally Ann Howes), "What Happened To Me Tonight?" (vocals by Sally Ann Howes), and "A Man Can Have No Choice" (vocals by Brock Peters) at the second session, and "Another Time, Another Place" (vocals by Sally Ann Howes), "Ordinary People" (vocals by Sally Ann Howes and Terry Carter), "Did You Hear That?" (vocals by Sally Ann Howes and Terry Carter), and "You're As English As" (vocals by Sally Ann Howes) at the last session. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on the original Broadway cast album "Kwamina" (W 1645).
1962 - Kay Starr (on vocals), with Jimmie Haskell conducting the orchestra (lineup unlisted), records two takes of the track "Bossa Nova Casanova" in Los Angles, California. The first take (as of 2005) remains unissued. Capitol Records will issue the second take as a single (Capitol 4894) with "Swingin' At The Hungry 'i'" on the flip side.
1962 - George Chakiris (on vocals, with unlisted musicians) records the tracks "My Coloring Book" and the (as of 2005) unissued track "Beloved, My Beloved" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue "My Coloring Book" as a single (Capitol 4892) with "I've Got Your Number" on the flipside.
1963 - The Kingston Trio (vocalists Nick Reynolds, Bob Shane, and John Stewart with John Steuber on guitar and Dean Reilly on bass), record the tracks "The Deportee", "Four Strong Winds", "Turn Around" at Coast Recorders in San Francisco. Capitol Records will issue the first and last tracks together on the group's album "Time To Think" (T 2011) and the second track on the 4 compilation CD set "The Kingston Trio - The Capitol Years" (8-28498-2).
1963 - The Good Time Singers (vocalists Tom Drake, Craig Smith, Mike Storm, Lee Montgomery, Dave Jackson, Dave Ratkin, Doug Brookins, Maggie Basseley, Marilyn Miller, and Alexandra Hutton) record the tracks "Tall Growin' Corn", "Eloise", "Sing Along With Me", and "Rock Island Line" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on the group's eponymous album "The Good Time Singers" (T 2043).
50 Years Ago Today In 1964 - Al Martino (on vocals), with Peter DeAngelis and His Orchestra (lineup unlisted) records the tracks "My Heart Would Know", "Less Than Tomorrow", and "Somebody Else Is Taking My Place" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the first and last tracks together on Martino's album "Somebody Else" (T 2312) and the second track on Martino's album "We Could" (SXA 2200).
1965 - The Voice Of Hope (large chorale of unlisted singers) record the tracks "Peace Be Still", "Oh, To Be Kept By Jesus", "Faith Is The Substance", "Mine For The Asking" (unissued as of 2005), "Only What You For Christ Will Last", an unnamed track, "Walk On By Faith", "Lord, I Need You", "Jesus All Around Me", "Love Open Doors For Me", "Jesus Lifted Me", "Is It Well With My Soul", and "My Soul Waits" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the rest of the tracks on the group's album "Walk On By Faith" (T 2480).
1967 - Sonny James' Capitol Records single "It’s The Little Things", with "Don't Cut Timber On a Windy Day" on the flip side, hits #4 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart.
1967 - Joe South (on vocals and guitar, with unlisted musicians) records the tracks "Birds Of A Feather" and "It Got Away" in (listed as possibly) Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will purchase the masters and issue both tracks together as a single (Capitol 2060).
1967 - Glen Campbell (on vocals), with Al DeLory conducting his own arrangements to the orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the tracks "Within In Memory" and the (as of 2005) unissued take of the tracks "They'll Never Take Her Love From Me" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the tracks on Campbell's album "A New Place In The Sun" (ST 2907).
1967 - Bonnie Owens (on vocals, with unlisted musicians) records the tracks "Yes, I Love You Only" (this take is rejected an re-recorded at a later date) and "Tonight I'll Throw A Party" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Tonight I'll Throw A Party" on the album "Lead Me On" (ST-195) as by Bonnie Owens And The Strangers.
1967 - George Van Eps (on guitar, with unlisted musicians) records the tracks "Moonglow" (unissued as of 2005), "Baubles, Bangles And Beads", "Satin Doll" and "Sophisticated Lady" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the last three tracks on Van Eps' album "7 String" (ST 2783).
1968 - Overdubs are recorded for The Beach Boys' tracks "Never Learn Not To Love" and "All I Want To Do" in Los Angeles, California. Capiitol Records will issue the final versions of the tracks on the group's album "20/20" (SKAO-133).
1968 - Bobby Engemann (on vocals), with Lex DeAzevedo and Tommy Oliver conducting their own arrangement), records the tracks "Blue On Blue", "Stormy", and "A World Without Love" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on Engemann's album "My Own Thing" (ST-221).
1968 - The Guitars Unlimited (orchestra with unlisted lineup), directed by Jack Marshall, record the tracks "A Happening", "The Sea Is Shining", "Esposa No Aqui", and "Cuando Sali De Cuba (The Wind Will Change Tomorrow)" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol records will issue the first, third and last tracks on the group's album "Tender Is The Night" (ST-173).
1968 - Human Beinz (lineup unlisted) record the (as of 2005) unissued track "Hold On Baby" in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records.
1968 - Linda Ronstadt (on vocals), with The Stone Poneys (lineup unlisted), records the track "The Dolphins" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the track on Ronstadt's album "Hand Sown...Home Grown" (ST-208).
1968 - Sonny James (on vocals with unlisted musicians) records the tracks "Out Of This World", "That's Why I Love You Like I Do", and "Amazing Love" in Nashville, Tennessee. After overdub sessions are held on March 20, 24, 25, and December 13, 1969, Capitol Records will issue the first track on James' album "Only The Lonely" (ST-193), the second track on James' album "That's Why I Love You Like I Do" (ST-11067), and the last track on James' album "It's Just A Matter Of Time" (ST-432).
1968 - Jean Shepard (on vocals with unlisted musicians) records the tracks "Dandy Sang Bass", "His Love Takes Care Of Me", "I'll Fly Away", and "Just A Closer Walk With Thee" in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on Shepard's album "I'll Fly Away" (ST-171).
1968 - Capitol Records registers the masters it purchased for Tuesday Love's tracks "Certain Kind Of Lover" and "I Don't Want To Cry" but, as of 2005, has yet to issue either track. If anyone knows anything about Tuesday Love, please leave a comment.
45 Years Ago Today In 1969 - William Marshall records two takes of the track "Tell God" in Los Angeles, California. There is no issuing information listed for either track, so if anyone knows if they've ever been issued, please leave a comment.
45 Years Ago Today In 1969 - Patti Drew (on vocals, with unlisted musicians) records the track "Hundreds And Thousands Of Years" in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records. There is no issuing information listed for the track, so if anyone knows if its ever been issued, please leave a comment.
1971 - During two sessions held this day in Los Angeles, California, Quicksilver Messenger Service (lineup unlisted) records the track "(Going Through The) Changes" at the first session and the (as of 2005) unissued tracks "Stormy Water" and "Everyday" at the second session. Capitol Records will issue "(Going Through The) Changes" on the group's album "Comin' Thru" (SMAS-11002).
1971 - The Raspberries (Eric Carmen and Wally Bryson on vocals and guitar; Dave Smalley on electric bass; and [listed as possibly] Jim Bonfanti on drums) record the track "Get It Movin'" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the track on the group's album "Go All The Way" (SK-11036).
1972 - Capitol Records registers the masters it purchased for The Pree Sisters (lineup unlisted) tracks "Part Time Lover, Full Time Fool" and the (as of 2005) unissued tracks "Sweetest Thing Since Sugar" and "I'm Not Made For Love" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the first track as a single (Capitol 3567) with "You've Got To Use What You've Got" on the flip side.
1972 - Capitol Records registers the masters it purchased for Kay Adams' tracks "Step Aside Girl", "Second Hand Sugar Spoon and the (as of 2005) unissued tracks "You Better Not Do That" and "Let George Do It" and the same day overdubs are recorded for the track "Step Aside Girl" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the final version of the track and "Second Hand Sugar Spoon" together as a single (Capitol 3551).
1972 - The Band (Garth Hudson and Richard Manuel on keyboards and vocals, Jaime Robbie Robertson on guitar and vocals, Rick Danko on bass and vocals, and Levon Helm on drums and vocals) begin four days (November 20, 21, 22, and 24) of recording sessions on unlisted and unissued tracks at Bearsville Recording Studios in Bearsville, New York for Capitol Records.
1972 - Billy May and The Time-Life Orchestra (lineup unlisted) record the tracks "Cracklin' Rosie", "Delicado", "Girl Talk", Goldfinger" and "Misty" at The Capitol Tower Studios in Hollywood, California. Time Life will issue the first track on the album "As You Remember Them: Great Instrumentals, Volume 6" (STL 246), the second and third tracks on the album "As You Remember Them: Great Instrumentals, Volume 4" (STL 244), the fourth track on the album "As You Remember Them: Great Instrumentals, Volume 7" (STL 247) and the last track on the album "As You Remember Them: Great Instrumentals, Volume 5" (STL 245).
1972 - Stu Phillips (on vocals, with unlisted musicians) records the tracks "Restless Woman", "Keeper Of My Heart", "I Shouldn't Have Stayed Too Long", and "If Loving You Means Anything" in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue the first and last tracks together as a single (Capitol 3575). As of 2005, the second and third tracks are unissued.
1973 - Red Simpson (on vocals, with unlisted musicians) records the tracks "Blackboard Of My Heart", "Honky Tonk Ladies' Lover Man", "Squirmin'", and "Yip-Yip" in Los Angeles, California with producer Gene Breeden. Capitol Records will issue "Honky Tonk Ladies' Lover Man" and "Yip-Yip" together as a single (Capitol 3872). The other tracks (as of 2005) are still unissued.
40 Years Ago Today In 1974 - Freddie Hart (on vocals, with unlisted musicians) records the track "Hang In There Girl" at Buck Owens Studios in Bakersfield, California. Capitol Records will purchase the masters from Buck Owens Productions on January 10, 1974 and issue the track on Hart's album "Hang In There Girl" (ST-11296).
40 Years Ago Today In 1974 - The final mix is created for Buck Owens' track "Weekend Daddy" at Buck Owens Studios in Bakersfield, California. Capitol Records will purchase the master for the track and register it on December 4, 1974 and will issue it and the track "41st Street Lonely Hearts' Club together as a single (Capitol 4043).
1976 - Maze (Frankie Beverly on lead vocals and rhythm guitar, Sam Porter on keyboards, Wayne Thomas on lead guitar, Robin Duke on bass, Joe Provost on drums, McKinley "Bugs" Williams on percussion and vocals, Ronald "Roane" Lowry on congas and vocals) records the tracks "Time Is On My Side", "Happy Feelin's", "Color Blind", "Lady Of Magic", "While I'm Alone", "You", and "Look At California" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on the band's album "Maze, Featuring Frankie Beverly" (ST-11607).
1978 - During two sessions held this day in Los Angeles, California The Original Texas Playboys (unlisted lineup), directed by Leon McAuliffe, record the tracks "Big Beaver", "Blues So Bad", "Walkin' On New Grass", "We Played The Game Too Long", "It's My Life", and "Silver Bells (That Ring In The Night)" at the first session and ""That's My Home", "I'm Satisfied With You", "Heaven, Hell Or Houston", "Westphalia Waltz", "Jelly Bean Rag", and "Blue Bonnet Rag" at the second session. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks, except "Westphalia Waltz" and "Jelly Bean Rag" which (as of 2005) remain unissued, on the group's eponymous album "The Original Texas Playboys" (ST-11917).
1978 - Domenic Troiano records the tracks "It's You" and "We All Need Love" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the tracks on Troiano's album "Fret Fever" (ST-11932).
35 Years Ago Today In 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 track "Young Girls" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the track on Squier's album "The Tale Of The Tape" (ST-12062).
35 Years Ago Today In 1979 - Nancy Wilson (on vocals, with unlisted musicians) records the (as of 2005) unissued track "Sweet Talkin'" in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records.
35 Years Ago Today In 1979 - Gene Watson records the tracks "We Robbed Trains", "I've Been Down Some Roads", and "Down And Out This Way Again" in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on Watson's album "No One Will Ever Know" (ST-12102).
35 Years Ago Today In 1979 - Billy "Crash" Craddock (on vocals, with unlisted musicians) records the tracks "Making Plans" and "Aint' No Easy Way To Lose" in Woodland Sound Studio in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue the first track on Craddock's album "'Crash' Craddocck" (ST-12129) and the last track on Craddock's album "Changes" (ST-12054).
1980 - Donna Washington (on vocals) with the orchestra (unlisted musicians) playing arrangements by Benjamin Wright, records the tracks "Going For The Glow" and "S'cuse Me While I Fall In Love" in Los Angeles, California.
1980 - Billy Squier (on guitar and vocals, with: Allan St. John on keyboards; Gary Sharaf on guitar; Mark Clark on bass and vocals; and Bobby Chouinard on drums) records the track "You Know What I Like" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the tracks on Squier's album "Don't Say No" (ST-12146).
1991 - Garth Brook's Liberty Records single "Shameless", with "The Thunder Rolls" on the flip side, hits #4 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart. Liberty Records is later renamed Capitol Records Nashville.
1997 - Robert Palmer (born Robert Franklin Palmer Jr.), journalist, writer, musicologist, clarinetist, saxophonist, blues record producer, and member of the Capitol Records band Insect Trust (1968), dies of liver disease in New York City, New York at age 52
2000 - Capitol Records Nashville releases a version of Garth Brooks' track "Wild Horses", with new vocals by Brooks, solely to Country Radio to celebrate the 10-year anniversary of the release of Brooks' Liberty Records album "No Fences", and its re-release, on CD, on the Capitol Records Nashville label
2001 - Capitol Records releases The Rat Pack(Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, and Sammy Davis, Jr.)'s live album "The Rat Pack Live at the Sands" which was originally was going to be released by Rhino (who had completed packaging for the CD) a recording of one of Martin's shows held in The Sands's Copa Room on September 7, 1963. I did the final photo restoration and packaging files for the CD and cassette versions of the album as released by Capitol.
2002 - Arturo Sandoval starts two days of sessions in Studio A at The Capitol Tower Studio in Hollywood, California. There are a lot of great shots of how the studio was set up on Royer Labs' website.
10 Years Ago Today In 2004 - Chingy records the track “Balla Baby” for Capitol Records, and a full length interview for Sessions @ AOL, at the Henson Recording Studio in Hollywood, California

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1976 - George Harrison becomes the first of the former Beatles to appear on an episode of NBC-TV's "Saturday Night Live", where he'll perform "Homeward Bound" and "Here Comes The Sun" with Paul Simon' Also aired are promo videos of George's "Crackerbox Palace" and "This Song". Harrison is told on camera by the show's producer, Loren Michaels, that the $5000 dollars he offered on an earlier episode, was only if all four of The Beatles appeared. This is Harrison's last live performance until Oct 21 1985.
30 Years Ago Today In 1984 - Michael Murphey records the tracks "Fiddlin' Man" and "Rollin' Nowhere" for EMI America. There is no issuing information listed, so if anyone know where the tracks were recorded and if either has ever been issued, please leave a comment. EMI America's catalog is currently owned by Capitol Music's parent company, EMI Music.
2001 - Angel Records (now EMI Classics) releases Sarah Brightman's album "Classics". EMI Classics, currently headed by Bruce Lundvall, is a subsidiary of Blue Note Records which is a subsidiary of Capitol Records.
2002 - Angel Records (now EMI Classics) releases Anoushka Shankar's (daughter of Ravi Shankar) album "Live at Carnegie Hall"

ON THIS DAY NOT IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
55 Years Ago Today In 1959 - WABC disc jockey Alan Freed is replaced mid-record, while he was on the air, by Fred Robbins, due to the allegation that Freed took "payola". The next day Freed will refuse "on principle" to sign a statement that he never received money or gifts for playing and promoting records.

NOVEMBER 19, 2014

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
80 Years Ago Today In 1934 - Dave Guard, songwriter and vocalist with the Capitol Records groups The Kingston Trio (1956-1961) and Dave Guard's Whiskeyhill Singers (1961-1963), is born Donald David Guard in Honolulu, Hawaii
1952 - Tim Weston, guitarist, music producer, and son of Capitol Records artists Jo Stafford and Paul Weston, is born in Beverly Hills, California.

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1937 - Django Reinhardt (on guitar, with Bill Coleman on trumpet; Frank "Big Boy" Goudie on tenor saxophone; Christian Wagner on clarinet and alto saxophone; Emil Stern on piano; Lucien Simoens on bass; and Jerry Mengo on drums) records the tracks "Big Boy Blues" (with Frank "Big Boy" Goudie on clarinet) and "Swing Guitars" in Paris, France. Capitol Records purchase the masters and will issue the tracks on the album "The Best Of Django Reinhardt" (TBO 10226).
1937 - The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra (lineup unlisted), conducted by Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt, record Von Suppe's "Poet And Peasant Overture, Part 1", "Poet And Peasant Overture, Part 2", "Boccaccio Overture, Part 1" and "Boccaccio Overture, Part 2" in Berlin, Germany. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on the orchestra's album "Von SUPPE Overtures" (P-8108) as part of the Promenade series of classical music albums.
1943 - Stan Kenton (on piano) and His Orchestra (Ray Borden, John Carroll, Buddy Childers, Karl George, and Dick Morse on trumpet; Harry Forbes and George Faye on trombone; Bart Varsalona on bass trombone; Eddie Meyers and Art Pepper on alto saxophone; Red Dorris on vocals and tenor saxophone; Maurice Beeson on tenor saxophone; Bob Gioga on baritone saxophone; Bob Ahern on guitar; Clyde Singleton on bass; and Joe Vernon on drums) record two takes of the track "Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me" (both with vocals by Red Dorris and arranged by Frank Comstock), two takes of the track "Eager Beaver" (both arranged by Stan Kenton), two takes of "Harlem Folk Dance" (arranged by Frank Comstock), and "Artistry in Rhythm" (also arranged by Kenton, which will become Kenton's theme song) at C.P. MacGregor Studios in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the first take of "Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me" as a single (Capitol 15197) with "Just A-Sittin' And A-Rockin'" on the flip side, the second take of "Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me" as a single (Capitol 145) with the first take of "Harlem Folk Dance" on the flip side, the second take of "Harlem Folk Dance" as a single (Capitol 15912) with the first take of "Eager Beaver" on the flip side, and "Artistry In Rhythm" as a single (Capitol 159) initially with the second take of "Eager Beaver" on the flip side and in later pressings with the first take of "Eager Beaver" on the flip side.
1947 - Peggy Lee (on vocals), with Dave Barbour and His Orchestra (unlisted musicians making up a large orchestra with string section) using arrangements by Billy May, records the tracks "Why Don't You Do Right (Get Me Some Money Too)", "'Deed I Do", and "Hold Me" in Los Angeles, California with producer by Lee Gillette. Capitol Records will issue the first two tracks on Lee's album "Rendezvous With Peggy Lee" (CC-72) and "Hold Me" as a single (Capitol 15298) with "I Wanna Go Where You Go (Then I'll Be Happy)" on the flipside.
1947 - Pinto Colvig (on vocals) and cast (lineup unlisted), using music by Billy May and scripts by Alan Livingston, record the tracks "Bozo Under The Sea, Part 3", "Bozo Under The Sea, Part 4", and "Honkety Hank" at Radio Records' studios in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue the first two tracks on the children's album "Bozo Under The Sea" (DBX-99) and the last track on the children's album "Bozo Sings" (CAS-3126).
1947 - Johnny Mercer (on vocals) and The Pied Pipers (vocalists June Hutton, Chuck Lowry, Hal Hopper, and Clark Yocum), with Paul Weston and His Orchestra (lineup unlisted), record the track "The First Baseball Game", the (as of 2005) unlisted track "Five'll Get You Ten", and "Goofus" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the first track as a single (Capitol 15096) with "Sweetie Pie" on the flipside, and the last track as a single (Capitol 15051) with "Hills Of California" on the flipside.
1947 - During two sessions held this day in Los Angeles, California for The Capitol Records Transcription Service Buddy Cole records eleven unlisted tracks at the first session and and ten unlisted tracks at the second session. If anyone knows what was recorded at these sessions, please leave a comment.
65 Years Ago Today In 1949 - "Happy" Jack Smith records vocal overdubs using a script by Alan Livingston for the track "The Schnitzel Band" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the final version of the track as a children's record single (Capitol 30132) with "Bulgy The Bass" on the flip side.
65 Years Ago Today In 1949 - Clark Dennis (on vocals) with Buddy Cole directing the orchestra (lineup unlisted) records the tracks "When You Come To The End Of A Perfect Day" and "The Lord's Prayer" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both tracks together as a single (Capitol 796).
1951 - Dean Martin (on vocals), with Dick Stabile and His Orchestra (Virgil Evans on trumpet, Vince De Rosa on French horn, Jack Davis Eiken, Bob Lawson, Ed Rosa, and Joseph Stabile on saxophones, Louis Brown on piano, Jack Rose and Vince Terri on guitar, Norman Seelig on bass, Ray Toland on drums and a string section with John Augustine, Victor Bay, Emil Briano, John Peter DeVoogt, Nick Pisani, and Gerald Vinci on violin, Alan Harshman, Armand Kaproff, and Louis Kievman on viola), records the tracks "Until" (also released as "Until You Love Someone"), "Oh Boy! (Oh Boy! Oh Boy! Oh Boy!)", "Come Back To Sorrento (Toma A Surriento)", and "Never Before" at Capitol Records' Melrose Avenue Studios in Hollywood, California between 6:00 PM and 9:30 PM. Capitol Records will issue the first track as a single (Capitol 1938) with "My Heart Has Found A Home Now" on the flip side, the second track as a single (Capitol 1921) with "As You Are" on the flip side, the third track as a single (Capitol 2140) with "Oh Marie" on the flip side, and the last track as a single (Capitol 1901) with "Sailor's Polka" on the flip side.
1952 - During two sessions held this day in Los Angeles, California The Roger Wagner Chorale with The Concert Arts Players (lineups for both unlisted), conducted by Roger Wagner, record Villa-Lobos' "Quatuor For Flute, Harp, Celesta And Alto Saxophone With Women's Voices, Part 1" at the first session and "Quatuor For Flute, Harp, Celesta And Alto Saxophone With Women's Voices, Part 2" at the second session. Capitol Records will issue both tracks on the groups' album "VILLA-LOBOS (The Roger Wagner Chorale): Nonetto For Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Saxophone, Bassoon, Harp, Celeste, Percussion And Mixed Chorus / Quatuor For Flute, Harp, Celesta And Alto Saxophone And As With Women's Voices" (P-8191).
1953 - During a split session held this day in Los Angeles, California first Daws Butler (on vocals, with Dave Cavanaugh conducting unlisted musicians), records overdubs for the tracks "Peppy Possum: Part 1" and "Peppy Possum: Part 2", then Daws Bugler and June Foray record vocal overdubs for Tom Conway's tracks "Rob Roy, The Highland Rouge: Part 1" and "Rob Roy, The Highland Rogue: Part 2". Capitol Records will issue the final version of Butler's tracks together as a children's album "Peppy Possum" (CAS-3189) and the final versions of Conway's tracks as a children's album "Rob Roy, The Highland Rogue" (CAS-3198).
1953 - Billy May and His Orchestra (with May directing his own arrangements to: ) records the tracks "Huguette Waltz (from 'The Vagabond King')" and "Desert Song", and "Vilia (from 'The Merry Widow')" at Capitol Records' Melrose Avenue studios in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on May's album "Billy May's Naughty Operetta" (T 487).
1953 - Maria Kurenko (on vocals), with Vsevolod Pastukhoff (on piano), records the (as of 2005) unissued take of Mussorgsky's "At The Nursery" for Capitol Records in New York City, New York.
1955 - Madam Agi Jambor (on piano) records tracks for Bach's "Concerto In The Italian Style" and "Prelude And Fugue In A Minor" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue both tracks on Jambor's album "BACH Program" (P-8348).
1956 - Capitol Records purchases the masters from EMI International for Voices Of The Atolls (unlisted vocalists) and The Zizou Bar Trio (unlisted musicians) tracks "Pinoi (Tahitian Love Call)", "Te Inu Nei (Tahitian Drinking Song)", "Fare Niau (My Native Hut)", "Tautira Mutu E (My Little Island In Tautira)", "Tiare Hinano (Flower Of Hinano)", "Paina Te Matai (Song Of The Wind)", "Ua Rere (Song Of Victory)", "Otohetohe (The Song Of The Fishermen)", "Tarevereva (Crest Of The Wave)", "Karapara (Who Will Dance With Me?)", "Titiriri (The Lily)", and "Haapeu Mai Na (Tahitian Love Song)" which it will release on the group's album "South Seas Honeymoon" (T 10080).
1956 - Rudolf Firkusny (on piano) records the (as of 2005) unissued track of Smetana's "Czech Dances" for Capitol Records in Los Angeles, California.
1956 - Laurindo Almedia (on guitar) records Albeniz's "Tango In D" and "Malaguean" and Turina's "Sevillana" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on Almeida's album "Vistas D'España: ALBENNIZ/TURINA" (P-8367).
1957 - The Jud Collin Singers (vocal group with unlisted lineup) records overdubs for the tracks "The Girl Most Likely (Main Title)"(instrumental) in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the final version of the track on the original RKO motion picture soundtrack for "The Girl Most Likely" (W 930).
1957 - Tommy Sands (on vocals), with Lionel Newman conducting the orchestra (lineup includes unlisted trumpet, tenor saxophones, piano, lead guitar, rhythm guitar, and drums and string players and a vocal chorus with unlisted singers), records the tracks "I'm Gonna Walk And Talk With The Lord", "Who Baby", "A Bundle Of Dreams", "Just A Little Bit More", "People In Love", "Crazy 'Cause I Love You", "Your Daddy Wants To Do Right", "That's All I Want From You", "Soda-Pop Hop", "Would I Love You", "Rock Of Ages", and "Sing Boy Sing" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on the motion picture soundtrack to "Sing Boy Sing" (T 929).
1957 - Jackie Gleason and His Orchestra (lineup unlisted) record the (as of 2005) unissued tracks "Take The 'A' Train", "Three Little Words", "What's New?", and "September Song" in New York City, New York.
1958 - Bob Bain (directing an orchestra with unlisted musicians) records the tracks "Amour" and the (as of 2005) unissued track "Tico Tico". Capitol Records will issue "Amour" on Bain's album "Latin Love" (T 1201).
1958 - The Jonah Jones Quartet (Jonah Jones on trumpet and vocals, Teddy Brannon on piano, John Brown on bass, and George Foster on drums) records the tracks "Louise" and "Blue Lou" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue both tracks on Jones' album "I Dig Chicks!" (T 1193).
1958 - Jean Shepard and Ferlin Husky (on vocals, with: Floyd Cramer on piano; [listed as either] Walter "Hank" "Sugarfoot" Garland or Thomas Grady Martin on lead guitar; Ray Edenton on rhythm guitar; listed as probably Walter Haynes on steel guitar; Roy M. "Junior" Huskey Jr. on bass; and Murrey M. "Buddy" Harman Jr. on drums) record the tracks "Heartaches, Teardrops And Sorrow", "I Didn't Mean To Make You Cry", and "Sweetheart, Don't Come Back" at Bradley Film and Recording Studio in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue the first and last track together as a single (Capitol F4279). Bear Family Records will issue all the tracks on Shepard's 5 CD boxset "The Melody Ranch Girl" (BCD 15905) in Germany.
1958 - Ferlin Husky (on vocals, with unlisted musicians) records the tracks "Till You Come Back Again", "Deep Water", "So Used To Livin' You", and "Blue Eyes Cryin' In The Rain" at Bradley Film and Recording Studio in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on Husky's album "Ferlin's Favorites" (T 1280).
1958 - Jean Shepard (on vocals, with unlisted musicians) records the tracks "It's No Secret", "Where No One Stands Alone", and "Life's Railway To Heaven" in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on Shepard's album "I'll Fly Away" (ST-171).
55 Years Ago Today In 1959 - Anna Maria Alberghetti (on vocals), with Nelson Riddle conducting his own arrangements to the orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the tracks "Non Dimenticar (Don't Forget)", "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes", "Anema E Core (With All My Heart And Soul)", and "Porgy" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on Alberghetti's album "Warm And Willing" (T 1379).
55 Years Ago Today In 1959 - Tak Shindo (conducting his own and Bill Holman's arrangements to: Pete Candoli and Conte Candoli on trumpet; Bud Shank on alto saxophone and flute; Ted Nash on tenor saxophone; Kazue Kudo on samisen and koto; and Shelly Manne on drums) records the tracks "I'm Beginning To See The Light", "No Place To Go", "Brass And Bamboo", "Love Is A Many-Splendored Thing", "Flamingo", "Skylark" and "Bali Ha'i" in Los Angeles, California. After overdubs are recorded for the last four tracks on November 23, 1959 Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on Shindo's album "Brass And Bamboo" (T 1345).
1960 - During two sessions held this day in Los Angeles, California The Christian Brothers (lineup unlisted) record the tracks "His Hand In Mine", "Victory Is Jesus", "Open Your Heart", "Circuit Ridin' Preacher", the (as of 2005) unissued track "I'm Feelin' Mighty Fine", and the tracks "I'll Tell It Lord", and "I'm Bound For The Kingdom" at the first session and "Old Time Religion", "I Bowed On My Knees And Cried Holy", "Keys To The Kingdom", "Someone To Care", "All Of This And Heaven Too", and "Hevenly Love" at the second session. Capitol Records will issue all of the tracks, except "I'm Feelin' Mighty Fine" on the brothers' eponymous album "The Christian Brothers" (ST 1558).
1962 - Capitol Records releases The Beach Boys' single "Ten Little Indians" with "County Fair" on the flipside. Both tracks were written by Brian Wilson and Gary Usher and produced by Nik Venet.
1962 - George Chakiris (on vocals, with unlisted musicians) records the track "I've Got Your Number (Little Me)" and the (as of 2005) unissued tracks "Wait A Little Longer", "If This Should Be A Dream", "I'll Always Be In Love With You" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue "I've Got Your Number (Little Me)" as a single (Capitol 4892) with "My Coloring Book" on the flip side.
1963 - The Kingston Trio (Nick Reynolds, Bob Shane, and John Stewart on vocals, with John Steuber on guitar and Dean Reilly on bass) record the tracks "Ann", "Hobo's Lullaby", and "Last Night I Had The Strangest Dream", at Coast Recorders in San Francisco. Capitol Records will issue the last two tracks together on the trio's last studio album for the label "A Time To Think" (T 2011). "Ann" will be issued on The Kingston Trio's 10 CD box set "The Stewart Years" (BCD 16161) in 1995.
1963 - Ruth Welcome (on zither) records the tracks for Richard Strauss' "Waltz (from 'Der Rosenkavalier')", Beethoven's "Für Elise", Drigo's "Serenade", Dvorak's "Songs My Mother Taught Me", and "Offenbach's "Barcarolle (from 'The Tales of Hoffman')" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on Welcome's album "The Concert Zither" (P-8602).
50 Years Ago Today In 1964 - Al Martino (on vocals, with unlisted musicians) records the tracks "No Other Arms, No Other Life", "My Darling, I Love You", "With All My Heart", "Pardon Me" and "I Don't Want To See Tomorrow" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the first, third and fourth tracks on Martino's album "Somebody Else" (ST 2312) and the second and last tracks on Martino's album "We Could" (ST 2200).
50 Years Ago Today In 1964 - The Hollyridge Strings (lineup unlisted), with Stewart "Stu" Phillips conducting his own arrangements, record the tracks "Kiss Me Quick", "Are You Lonesome Tonight", "Return To Sender", and "Ask Me" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on the group's album "Hit Songs Of Elvis Presley" (T 2221).
1966 - The Beach Boys (lineup unlisted) record the (as of 2005) unissued track "The Elements (Fire)" in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records.
1968 - Overdubs are recorded for The Beach Boys' tracks "Time To Get Alone" and "Cotton Fields (The Cotton Song)" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the final versions of the tracks on the group's album "20/20" (SKAO-133).
1968 - Gary Crosby (on vocals) records the (as of 2005) unissued track "Gotta Travel On" and the tracks "Green, Green Grass Of Home", "You Win Again", and "Mental Journey" in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records. There is no issuing information listed for the last three tracks, so if anyone knows if any of them have been issued, please leave a comment.
1968 - Bob Engemann (on vocals), with Lex De Azevedo and Tommy Oliver conducting their own arrangements to the orchestra (lineup unlisted) records the tracks "Be My Little Baby Bumble Bee" and "And I Love Her" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both tracks on Engemann's album "My Own Thing" (ST-221).
1968 - Pure (lineup unlisted) records the track "That's The Bag I'm In" in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records. There is no issuing information listed for the track, so if anyone knows who was in the group and/or if the track has ever been issued, please leave a comment.
1968 - Human Beinz (lineup unlisted) record the track "This Little Girl Of Mine" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the track as a single (Capitol 2431) with "I've Got To Keep On Pushin'" on the flip side.
1968 - Quicksilver Messenger Service (David Freiberg on bass, viola, and vocals; John Cipollina on guitar; Greg Elmore on drums; and Gary Duncan on guitar and vocals) record the track "Calvary" live at Golden State Recorders in San Francisco, California. The track will be included on the band's Capitol Records album "Happy Trails".
1968 - Wild tracks of "church bells" are recorded for "Zorba" in New York City, New York. No other information is listed.
1970 - Bill Rice records the (as of 2005) unissued track "Wake Up World" and the tracks "Travelin' Minstrel Man", and "T.G.I.F. (Thank Goodness, It's Forever)" in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue the second track as a single (Capitol 3049) with "Special" on the flip side and the third track as a single (Capitol 3156) with "Honky Tonk Stardust Cowboy" on the flip side.
1970 - During two sessions held this day at Jack Clement Studio in Nashville, Tennessee Dick Curless (on vocals, with ) records the tracks "Rocky Top", "Juke Box Man", "Watermelon Man" and "Weary, Lonesome Road Blues" at the first session and "Coastline Charlie", "Waiting For A Train" and "Homing Pigeon" at the second session. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks, except "Juke Box Man" on Curless' album "Doggin' It" (ST-689) and will issue "Juke Box Man" as a single (Capitol 3034) with "Please Buy My Flowers" on the flip side.
1971 - During two session held this day in Los Angeles, California Merle Haggard (on vocals) and The Strangers (lineup unlisted) record the tracks "They're Tearin' The Labor Camps Down", "Bill Woods From Bakersfield", and "Old Doc Brown" at the first session and new take of the track "A Shoulder To Cry On" and the tracks "The Funeral" and "Bring It On Down To My House, Honey" at the second session. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks, except "A Shoulder To Cry On" on the group's album "Let Me Tell You About A Song" (ST-882) and will issue "A Shoulder To Cry On" as a single (Capitol 3376) with "I'm A Light Boy" on the flip side.
1971 - Stoney Edwards (on vocals, with unlisted musicians) records the tracks "Why Dont You Go Home (Where You Belong)", "All She Made Of Me", and "You Can't Call Yourself Country" in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on Edwards' eponymous album "Stoney Edwards" (ST-11090).
1971 - Roy Rogers (on vocals, with unlisted musicians) records the (as of 2005) unissued tracks "Good To Be Home Again" and "Sunday Kind Of Love" and the tracks "Pass It On" and "Leavin' The Leavin' Up To You" in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue the last two tracks on Rogers' album "Take A Little Love" (ST-11020).
1973 - Capitol Records releases Tennessee Ernie Ford's single "Sweet Child Of Sunshine" (Capitol 3783) with "She Picked Up The Pieces" on the flip side.
1975 - Dolenz, Jones, Boyce and Hart (Micky Dolenz, Davy Jones, Tommy Boyce, and Bobby Hart) record the tracks "You Didn't Feel That Way Last Night (Don't You Remember)", "Right Now", "Sweet Heart Attack", "I Can't Be Anybody But Me", "I Love You (And I'm Glad that I Said It)", "It Always Hurts Most In The Morning", and "Savin' My Love For You" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks, except "I Can't Be Anybody But Me", on the group's eponymous album "Dolenz,Jones,Boyce & Hart" (ST-11513). There is no issuing information listed for "I Can't Be Anybody But Me", so if anyone knows if the track has ever been issued, please leave a comment.
1975 - The tracks "The Man Who Would Be King" and "The Sikandergul theme (The ballad of East and West)" are recorded in New York City, New York by unlisted musicians for the soundtrack album for the motion picture "The Man Who Would Be King". There is no issuing information listed for either track, so if anyone knows who played on the tracks and/or if either track has ever been issued, please leave a comment.
1975 - Freddie Hart (on vocals) and The Heartbeats (lineup unlisted) records the tracks "Divorce Is Hell To Pay", "What's Left On My Mind", "Your Place Or Mine" and "I Had No Place To Go" in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue the first three tracks on Hart's album "People Put To Music" (ST-11504) and the last track on his album "That Look In Her Eyes" (ST-11568).
1977 - Bob Welch's Capitol Records single "Sentimental Lady", with "Hot Love, Cold World" on the flipside, enters the top 40 of Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart where it will peak at #8 on January 7, 1978 and stay for two weeks. Thanks to Brent Popham for getting me the correct name for the flipside.
35 Years Ago Today In 1979 - Sammy Hagar (on vocals and guitar, with Alan Fitzgerald on keyboards, Gary Pihi on guitar, Bill Church on bass, and Denny Carmassi on drums) records the tracks "Red", "Rock 'N' Roll Weekend", "Make It Last", "Reckless", "Turn Up The Music", "I've Done Everything For You", "Young Girl Blues", "Bad Motor Scooter", and "Someone Out There" in San Francisco, California. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks, except "Somewhere Out There" on Hagar's album "Sammy Hagar "Live" - All Night Long" (SMAS-11812) and will issue "Somewhere Out There" as a single (Capitol 4596) with "I've Done Everything For You" on the flip side.
35 Years Ago Today In 1979 - Nancy Wilson (on vocals), with Larry Farrow producing the session for Piano Man Productions and conducting his own arrangements to the orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the tracks "I'm Coming Home", "Not Afraid To Love", "Bows" and the (as of 2005) unissued track "I'm the One Who Loves You, Baby" live at CBA Recording Studio in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the first three tracks on Wilson's album "Take My Love" (ST-12055) in 1980.
35 Years Ago Today In 1979 - During two sessions held this day in Los Angeles, California 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 track "Rich Kid" at the first session and "The Big Beat" at the second session. Capitol Records will issue both tracks on Squier's album "The Tale Of The Tape" (ST-12062).
35 Years Ago Today In 1979 - Rene & Angela (Rene Moore and Angela Winbush) record the tracks "Everything We Do" and "Free And Easy" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both tracks on the duo's album "Rise" (ST-12267).
35 Years Ago Today In 1979 - During two sessions held this day in Nashville, Tennessee Don Schlitz records the track "Smilin' Boy" at the first session and "Walkin' The Walk" at the second session. Capitol Records will issue both tracks on Schlitz's album "Dreamers Matinee" (ST-12086).
1980 - Blue Magic (lineup unlisted) records the tracks "Who Could Ever Leave You" and "The Oscar" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both tracks on the group's album "Welcome Back" (ST-12143) in 1981.
1983 - Duran Duran's Capitol Records single "Union Of The Snake", with "Secret Oktober" on the flip side, enters the top 40 of Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart at #30.
30 Years Ago Today In 1984 - Alcatrazz (listed as probably Graham Bonnet on vocals; Jimmy Waldo on keyboards and vocals; Steven Vai on guitar and vocals; Gary Shea on bass; and Jon Uvena on drumbs, percussion and vocals) records the track "Painted Lover" at Cherokee Studios in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the track on the band's album "Disturbing The Peace" (ST-12385).
1995 - Capitol Records releases The Beatles' Apple Records compilation album "Anthology 1" in the United States, and arranges for a satellite broadcast of the album's first single, "Free As a Bird", to radio stations that allows radio airplay to begin almost immediately. Also, ABC-TV network in the United States airs the first of three two hour "Anthology" specials.
2002 - EMI Records releases Robbie Williams album "Swing When You're Winning" which was recorded in The Capitol Tower Studios
2002 - Capitol Records releases, posthumously, George Harrison's last studio album, "Brainwashed"
10 Years Ago Today In 2004 - Craig Nicholls, lead singer of the Capitol Records group The Vines, reveals that he has Asperger Syndrome, a neurobiologcal disorder that causes autistic-like episodes and severe communication difficulties

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1952 - Capitol Records artist Faron Young is inducted into the United States Army
1976 - George Harrison and Paul Simon videotape a performance for NBC-TV's "Saturday Night Live", including a duet of "Homeward Bound", as well as "Here Comes The Sun", "Bye Bye Love", "Rock Island Line" and a few seconds each of "Yesterday", "Bridge Over Troubled Water", and "Don't Let Me Wait Too Long"
1986 - During two sessions held this day for EMI America (the first at Castle Studio in Brentwood Tennessee between 4:00 PM and 7:00 PM and the second at Castle Studio in Franklin, Tennessee between 8:00 PM and 12:00 PM) Brent Rowan, Lynn Barry Burton, Terry McMillan, and Jerry Kroon record overdubs for Jay Booker's tracks "Calico Dresses", "Sunday In The South", and "Love Is Legal" at the first session and Brent Rowan records overdubs for Booker's tracks "The Mule Won't Move", "Hot Red Sweater", "Boyhood Memories", and "Brand New Outlaw" at the second session. There is no issuing information listed for the tracks, so if anyone knows if any of the tracks have been issued, please leave a comment. EMI America's catalog is currently owned by Capitol Music's parent company EMI Music.
1997 - The United States premiere of Sir Paul McCartney's "Standing Stone" is played in Carnegie Hall by St. Luke's Orchestra under the baton of Laurence Foster.