FEBRUARY 14, 2014

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
120 Years Ago Today In 1894 - Jack Benny, comedian, vaudeville performer, radio, motion picture, and television actor and host and Capitol Records artist, is born Benjamin Kubelsky in Waukegan, Illinois

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1945 - Ella Mae Morse (on vocals), with Billy May and his Orchestra (Donald Anderson, Charles Griffard, Paul Earl Geil, and Joe Yukl on trumpet, Carl Loeffler, James LeRoy Skiles, Elmer Smithers, and Joe Mikl on trombone, Henry "Heinie" Beau on alto and baritone saxophones, Les Robinson on alto saxophone, Richard Clark, Herbie Haymer, and Harry Schuchman on tenor saxophone, Edwin LeMar "Buddy" Cole on piano, Dave Barbour on guitar, Phil Stephens on bass, and Raymond Thomas Hagan on drums), records the tracks "Ya' Betcha", "Captain Kidd", and "Jumpin' Jack" at C.P. MacGregor's studios in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the first 2 tracks together as a single (Capitol 193) and the last track on the 2 CD compilation set "Capitol Blues Collection: Cool Cats & Hip Chicks - Jumpin' Like Mad" (8-52051-2).
1947 - The Dinning Sisters (vocalists Ginger Dinning, Jayne Bundesen, and Jean Dinning), with The Art Van Damme Quintet (Art Van Damme on accordion with unidentified vibraphonist, bass player, and drummer) record the tracks "If I Had My Life To Live Over", "My Adobe Hacienda", and "Santa Catalina" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the first two tracks together as a single (Capitol 389) and Collector's Choice will issue all the tracks on the CD "The Dinning Sisters Sing Their Tremendous Hits" (CCM045-2).
1947 - Pappy "Gube" Weaver records the tracks "Somebody Said", "The Straight And Narrow Way", Creul Hearted Gal", and "The Great Judgment Day" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the first track as a single (Capitol Americana 40035) with "As Long As I Live" on the flip side, the second track as a single (Capitol Americana 40010) with "I'm Dying A Sinner's Death" on the flip side, and the last two tracks together as a single (Capitol 392).
1947 - Betty Hutton (on vocals) & The Four Hits (unidentified vocalists), with Joe Lilley conducting the orchestra (which includes unlisted brass, reeds, piano, guitar, bass, drums and strings musicians), record the tracks "Rumble, Rumble, Rumble" and "Poppa Don't Preach At Me" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both tracks together as a single (Capitol 380).
65 Years Ago Today In 1949 - Joseph "Country" Washburne (on vocals with an unidentified Western band) records the tracks "Open Up Your Heart", "Money, Marble And Chalk", "Crowderville Jail", and "I Was Trying To Be" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the first two tracks together as a single (Capitol 15413) and the last two tracks together as a single (Capitol 57-40210).
65 Years Ago Today In 1949 - Pinto Colvig records wild tracks of sound effects and laugh effects for Margaret O'Brien children's albums "Margaret O'Brien Favorite Fairy Tales, Volume 1" and "Margaret O'Brien Favorite Fairy Tales, Volume 2", Frank Morgan's children's album "Gossamer Wump" and Bozo The Clown's children's album "The Laughing Hyena Song" at Radio Recorders' studios in Hollywood, California.
65 Years Ago Today In 1949 - Margaret Whiting's Capitol Records single "Far Away Places" (with "My Own True Love" on the flip side) is #4 on the U.S. Pop Singles chart and Jimmy Wakely's Capitol Records single "I Love You So Much It Hurts" (with "I Don't Want Your Sympathy" on the flip side) is #1 on the U.S. Country singles charts
1951 - Helen O'Connell (on vocals), with Harold Mooney directing the orchestra (unlisted musicians), records the tracks "he Didn't Ask me", "Im' Getting Sentimental Over You", "Green Eyes", and "Body and Soul" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the first two tracks together as a single (Capitol 1459), the third track as a single (Capitol 1759) with "When You're Near Me" on the flip side, and the last track as a single (Capitol 2137) with "Zing A Little Zong!" on the flip side.
1952 - Ben Light (on piano and vibraphone with unlisted organ, guitar, bass, and drums players) records the tracks "Tea For Two", "Siboney", "Perfidia", and "After You've Gone" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the first three tracks on Light's album "Juke Box Favorites" (T 330) and the last track on Light's album "Rhythm Rendezvous" (T 361).
1956 - During 2 sessions held this day in Los Angeles, California, The George Shearing Quintet (Johnny Rae on vibraphone, George Shearing on piano, Jean "Toots" Thielemans on guitar, Al McKibbon on bass, Armando Peraza on congas, Tony Martinez on Latin percussion, and Chico Guerrero on timbales) records the tracks "Yours", "Perfidia", and the as of yet unissued takes of the tracks "Canto Karabali" and "Mi Musica Es Para Ti (My Music Is For You)" at the first session between 1:00 PM and 4:00 PM and the tracks "Watch Your Step", "Strange Enchantment", "Mambo With Me", and "Poodle Mambo" at the second session between 8:00 PM and 11:00 PM. Capitol Records will issu the first two tracks from the first session and all the tracks from the second session on the group's album "Latin Escapade" (T 737).
1956 - Ray Anthony (on trumpet) and His Orchestra (John Best, Conrad Gozzo, Art DePew, and John Dolny on trumpet, Tommy Pederson, Jimmy Priddy, Ray Sims, and Ken Trimble on trombone, Med Flory and Gene Merlino on clarinet and alto saxophone, Georgie Auld and Irv Roth on tenor saxophones, Leo Anthony on baritone saxophone, Corky Hale on piano and harp, Nick Bonney on guitar, Don Simpson on bass, and Irv Kluger on drums), using and arrangement by Don Simpson, George Williams, and Dick Reynolds, records Gershwin's "An American In Paris" in Los Angeles, California, Capitol Records will issue the track on Anthony's album "Concert" (T 406).
1957 - Ann Leonardo (on vocals as "Martha Lou Harp"*), with The Earl Sheldon Orchestra and Chorus (members unidentified), records the tracks "Straws In The Wind", "Traveling Stranger", "One Is A Lonely Number", and "I'm No Stranger To The Blues" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue the first two tracks together as a single (Capitol F3677) and Prep Records (a subsidiary of Capitol Records) will issue the last two tracks together as a single (Prep F103).
1957 - Sonny James' Capitol Records single "Young Love", with "You're the Reason I'm in Love" on the flip side, is #1 on the U.S. Country singles charts
1958 - Tennessee Ernie Ford (on vocals), with Harold Geller conducting the orchestra and chorus (all members unidentified), records the tracks "His Eye On The Sparrow", "Beautiful Isle Of Somewhere", Jesus Savior, Pilot Me", and "Whispering Hope" at The Capitol Tower Studios in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on Ford's album "Nearer The Cross" (T 1005)
1960 - Glen Gray leads The Casa Loma Orchestra (listed as similar to Shorty Sherock, Pete Candoli, Uan Rasey, and Mannie Klein on trumpet, Milt Bernhart, Joe Howard, Tommy Pederson, and Si Zentner on trombone, George Roberts on bass trombone, Gus Bivona on clarinet and alto saxophone, Skeets Herfurt on alto saxophone, Plas Johnson and Babe Russin on tenor saxophone, Chuck Gentry on baritone saxophone, Ray Sherman on piano, George Van Eps on guitar, Mike Rubin on bass, Nick Fatool on drums) as they record the tracks "Dixie", "Cajun Shout", "Carolina In The Morning" and the as yeat unissued take of the track "Stars And Stripes Forever". Capitol Records will issue the first tree tracks on the band's album "Swingin' Southern Style" (T 1400).
1961 - Rita Faye (on autoharp) records the tracks "Where No One Stands Alone", "It Is No Secret", "The Three Bells (Jimmy Brown Song)", and "Beyond The Sunset" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on Faye's album "Rita Faye's Autoharp" (T1606).
1961 - Paul Weston conducts his own arrangement to his orchestra (linuep unlisted) as they record the tracks "The Anniversary Song", "I Love You Truly","Let Me Call You Sweetheart", and "No Other Love" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on Weston's album "" (T1563). Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on Weston's album "Music For My Love" (T 1563).
1961 - Jackie Gleason directs his Orchestra (unlisted musicians) as the record the tracks "The Kiss", "The Wine", and "How Sweet It Is" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on Gleason's 2 LP set ""Jackie Gleason's Lover's Portfolio" (WBO 1619).
1961 - Pianists Arthur "Buck" Whittemore and Jack Lowe (aka Whittemore and Lowe), with Glenn Osser directing The Concert Arts Orchestra and Chorus (members unlisted for both), record the tracks "The Song From Moulin Rouge", "Hi-Lili, Hi-Lo (From 'Lili')", "Ruby (from 'Ruby Gentry'), and "Love Letters" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on the duo's album "Immortal Music From The Movies" (T 1599).
1962 - Jack Marshall and His Orchestra (a large orchestra of unidentified musicians directed by Marshall), record the tracks "New Orleans", "Take Good Care Of My Baby", "The Wild One", and "Be-Bop-A-Lula" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on Marshall's album "Tuff Jack" (T 1727).
1962 - The Four Cal-Quettes (members unidentified) record the tracks "Again" and "I'll Never Come Back" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both tracks together as a single (Capitol 4725).
1962 - Wanda Jackson (on vocals, with Harold Ray Bradley on guitar, Bob Moore on bass, and other unknown musicians, including a strings section) and chorus (unidentified vocalists) record the tracks "Between The Window And The Phone" (arranged by Bill McElhiney), "If I Cried Every Time You Hurt Me", "I Misunderstood" (arranged by Bill McElhiney), and "Let My Love Walk In" at Bradley Film and Recording Studio in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue the first and third tracks together as a single (Capitol F4785) and the second and fourth tracks together as a single (Capitol F4723).
1962 - Eddie Vinson (on alto saxophone and vocals), with The Cannonball Adderley Quintet (Nat Adderley on cornet, Julian "Cannonball" Adderley on alto saxophone, Joe Zawinul on piano, Sam Jones on vibraphones, and Louis Hayes on drums), records the track "Just A Dream" at Bell Sound Studios in New York City, New York for Riverside Records. Capitol Records will lease the track and issue it on the album "Julian Cannonball Adderley With Friends" (SWBO-812).
1963 - Buck Owens (on vocals), with Don Rich & The Buckaroos (members unlisted), records the tracks "Saw Mill", "Sweethearts In Heaven", "Sally Was A Good Old Girl", and "Release Me" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on Owens' album "On The Bandstand" (T 1879).
1963 - Bobby Darin (on vocals, with unlisted musicians) records the as yet unissued tracks "Somebody Stole My Gal" and "I Cried For You" in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records.
50 Years Ago Today In 1964 - Johnny Burnette (on vocals), with Gus Levene directing the orchestra (Gene Garf on piano, Ervan "Bud" Coleman and Bill Pitman on guitar, Stephen LaFever on bass, Earl Palmer Jr. on drums, Emil Richards on mallets and percussion and a string section with Leonard Atkins, Elliott Fisher, Sol Klein, Carl LaMagna, Wilbert Nuttycombe, andy Jerry Reisler on violin, Nathan Gershman, Kurt Reher, Karl Rossner, Joseph Saxon, and Frederick Seykora on cello), records the tracks "Aunt Marie", "Two Feet In Front Of Me", "If I Were An Artist", and "And Her Name Is Scarlet" at The Capitol Tower Studios in Hollywood, California between 8:00 PM and 11:00 PM. Rockstar Records will issue all the tracks in England on Burnette's album "That's The Way I Feel" (RSRCD 006) and Bear Family Records will issue all the tracks in Germany on the CD box set "Johnny Burnette - The Complete Recordings" (BCD 16438).
50 Years Ago Today In 1964 - Mac Wiseman (on vocals and guitar, with Marion Worth on vocals, Charlie McCoy on harmonica, Ray Edenton on guitar, Lew "Chilree" Houston on Dobro, Donnie Bryant on banjo, Roy M. "Huskey" Jr. on bass, and Murrey M. "Buddy" Harman Jr. on drums) records the tracks "Katie Waits For Me", "Sweet Summers Gone Away", "Brush It Off", and "They're All Goin' Home But One" at Columbia Recording Studio in Nashville, Tennessee. Bear Family Records will issue all the tracks in Germany on the 6 CD set "Mac Wiseman - 'Tis Sweet To Be Remembered" (BCD 15976).
1966 - Buck Owens (on vocals, with Don Rich on fiddle and other unlisted musicians) records the tracks "You Made A Mondy Out Of Me", "Congratulations, You're Absolutely Right", "You, You, Only You", an unissued take of "Where Does The Good Times Go" and the track "Goodbye, Good Luck, God Bless You" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the first track on Owens' album "Your Tender Loving Care" (T 2760) and the second, third and fifth tracks on Owens' album "Open Up Your Heart" (T 2640).
1966 - David McCallum directs the orchestra (unlisted musicians) as it records the tracks "Uptight", "Batman Theme", "The Shadow Of Your Smile" and "Michelle" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on McCallum's album "A Bit More Of Me" (T 2498).
1966 - The Beach Boys (Mike Love, Brian Wilson, Carl Wilson, Dennis Wilson, and Al Jardine on vocals, with a band track featuring Glen Campbell on guitar and Hal Blaine on percussion) record the track "I Just Wasn't Made For These Times" at Gold Star Studio in Hollywood, California. After further overdubs are recorded on March 10, 1966 at Western Recorders, Capitol Records will issue the track on the band's album "Pet Sounds" (T 2458).
1967 - Lou Rawls (on vocals), with H.B. Barnum conducting his own arrangements to the orchestra (Freddie Hill and Tony Terran on trumpet, Teddy Edwards on tenor saxophone, Jim Horn on alto and baritone saxophone, Gerald Wiggins on piano, Barney Kessel on guitar, Jimmy Bond on bass, and Earl Palmer on drums), records the tracks "The Twelfth Of Never", "Why (Do I Love You So?)", I Just Want To Make Love To You", and "It's Jus An Uphill Climb To The Bottom" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on Rawls' album "Too Much!" (T 2713).
1967 - Capitol Records assigned master numbers to the masters it purchased of Patti Drew's (on vocals with Carlton Black on bass vocals and unlisted musicians) tracks "Tell Him", "Turn Away From Me" and the as yet unissued track "When I Go Home". All three tracks are listed as possibly being recorded in Chicago, Illinois sometime in 1967. Capitol Records will issue the first two tracks together as a single (Capitol 5861).
1968 - Hearts And Flowers record the tracks "She Sang Hymns Out Of Tune", "Legend Of Ol' Tenbrooks", and "Two Little Boys" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on the band's album "Of Horses, Kids & Forgotten Women" (T 2868).
45 Years Ago Today In 1969 - Bobbie Gentry (on vocals, with unlisted musicians) records an as of yet unissued take of "Cotton Candy Sandman" in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records.
45 Years Ago Today In 1969 - The Beach Boys record overdubs on to the as yet unreleased take of the track "I Got To Know The Woman" (recorded February 13, 1969) in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records.
45 Years Ago Today In 1969 - During two sessions held this day in Nashville, Tennessee, John Stewart (on vocals and guitar, with collectively Hargus "Pig" Robbins, Jerry Smith, and Beegie Cruser on piano, Charlie McCoy on harmonica, Fred Carter and Kelso Herston on guitar, Lloyd Green on steel guitar, Norbert Putnam on bass, Murray M. "Buddy" Harman Jr. and Kenneth Buttrey on drums (dm), Bergen White directing a string section of unlisted musicians, and Mary John Wilkin on vocals) , records the track " The Priates Of Stone County Road" at the first session and "July, You're A Woman (continuation)", "Mother Country", and "You Can't Look Back" at the second session. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on Stewart's album "California Bloodlines" (ST-203).
45 Years Ago Today In 1969 - Paul McCartney and John Lennon finish recording the track "The Ballad Of John And Yoko" at EMI's Abbey Road Studios in London, England. It will be the first track released as a single by The Beatles not to feature George Harrison and Ringo Starr.
1970 - During three sessions held this day somewhere possibly in the Los Angeles, California area, Merle Haggard (on vocals) and The Strangers (unlisted musicians) record the tracks "I Take A Lot Of Pride In What I Am", "Corrine, Corrina", "Every Fool Has A Rainbow", "T.B. Blues", "When Did Right Become Wrong", and "Philadelphia Lawyer" (with additional vocals by Bonnie Owens) at the first session and "Stealin' Corn" (by just The Strangers), and with Merle Haggard and Bonnie Owens on vocals "Harold's Super Service", a medley of "Devil Woman/I'm Movin' On/Folsom Prison Blues/Jackson/Orange Blossom Special/Love's Gonna Live Here", "Today I Started Loving You Again", Oakie From Muskogee", and "The Fightin' Side Of Me" at the second session which was recorded at a live performance, and Merle Haggard did a vocal overdub for "Theme- Hammin' It Up" at the third session. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on Haggard's album "The Fightin' Side Of Me" (ST-451).
1972 - Buck Owens' Capitol Records single "I've Got A Tiger By The Tail", with "Cryin' Time" on the flip side, is #1 on Billboard's Country singles chart seven years after it was released
1972 - Apple and Capitol Records artists John Lennon and Yoko Ono begin their week-long stint as guest hosts on "The Mike Douglas Show", a syndicated U.S. variety television series
1972 - According to Capitol's master file, Jodi Mathis records the track "God Is Love" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the track as a single (Capitol 3292) with "Young Power" (recorded December 7, 1971) on the flip side.
1972 - Joseph Horowitz and His Orchestra (unlisted musician) record the tracks "Theme From 'The Search For The Nile'" and "Caribbean Charisma" at an unlisted location. Capitol Records will issue both tracks together as a single (Capitol 3284).
1973 - Al Martino (on vocals, with unlisted musicians) records the tracks "Carolyn", "Heaven Is My Woman's Love", and "Eleven Roses" in Nashville, Tennessee. After overdubs for all the titles are recorded in Nashville Tennessee on February 27, 1973 Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on Martino's album "Country Style" (ST-11184).
1975 - During three sessions held this day in Los Angeles, California Nancy Wilson (on vocals), with Gene Page conducting his own arrangements to the orchestra (musicians unlisted), records the tracks "This Time Last Summer", "Come Get To This", "He Called Me Baby" at the first session, "All My Love Comes Down" and "Dont' Let Me Be Lonely Tonight" at the second session, and "Like A Circle Never Stops", "Boogeyin' All The Way", "Houdini Of The Midnight Hour", "If I Ever Lose This Heaven", and "Happy Tears" at the third session. After overdub sessions are held on March 22, 26, 27, April 3, 7, 18, 19, 22, 23, 24, 25, and 26, 1975 Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on Miss Wilson's album "Come Get To This" (ST-11386).
1977 - Emil Richards overdubs vibraphone and percussion on to Helen Reddy's tracks "If It's Magic", "One More Night", and "Long Distance Love" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the final versions of all the tracks on Reddy's album "Ear Candy" (SO-11640).
1977 - The Section (which includes Danny Kortchmar on guitar, with David Crosby and James Taylor on vocals) records the track "Nevermore" in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records. There is no listing for a release of the track.
1977 - Chuck Crane records the tracks "Every Day" and "Oh Dancer" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the original versions of these tracks on Crane's album "Crane" (ST-11742) and edited versions of both tracks together as a single.
1978 - Raul De Souza records the as yet unissued track "Jazz Jam" at Paramount Studios in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records.
1978 - Pam Rose records the tracks "Whirlwind", "Love It Away", "Two's A Party", and "Living My Life For You" possibly in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records. There is no release information for any of these tracks.
1978 - Mel McDaniel records the tracks "Dim The Lights (And Pour The Wine)" and "Misty Morning Memories" 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 last track.
1980 - Eduardo "Eddie" Del Barrio records the track "Pretty Polly" and the as yet unissued take of "New B.G." in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the first track on Del Barrio's album "Edu" ST-12084. (Session #22621) LA,February 14,1980
1980 - Natalie Cole (on vocals), with Gene Barge directing the orchestra (musicians unlisted), records the tracks "(I've Seen) Paradise" and "Don't Look Back" at Scott/Sunstorm Studios in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issub both tracks on Cole's album "Don't Look Back" (ST-12079).
1980 - Jay Ferguson records the track "You Should Have Known Better Than That", an unissued take of the track "When You're Gone", and the track My Baby's Eyes" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the first and third tracks on Ferguson's album "Terms And Conditions" (ST-12083).
1980 - Le Roux records the tracks "Mystery" and "It Could Be The Fever" listed as possibly in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both tracks on Le Roux's album "Up" (ST-12092).
1980 - The Motels, featuring Martha Davis on vocals, records the track "People, Places And Things" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the track on the group's album "Careful" (ST-12070).
1983 - At two session held this day in Los Angeles, California, Moses Tyson records the tracks "Do You Want My Love" and "Thank You" at the first session and "If You Want Me To Stay" at the second session. Capitol Records will issue the first and second track together as a single (Capito 5227) and the first and third tracks on Tyson's album "Moses Tyson" (ST-12255).
1983 - The Motels, featuring Martha Davis on vocals, records the track "Killing Time" in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records.
1985 - Paul Laurence Jones III (aka Paul Laurence, on vocals and synthesizer), with Ira Segal on guitar and Timmy Allen on electric bass, records the track "Havent You Heard?" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the track on Laurence's album "Haven't You Heard?" (ST-12407).
1986 - Barbara Fairchild (on vocals, with unlisted musicians) records the as yet unissued take of the track "Loving You Out Of My Mind" and the tracks "All My Cloudy Days Are Gone", "Too Much Love", and "Just Out Riding Around" at Jack's Tracks Studio in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will release the second track as a single (Capitol 5607) with "You Burned Me So Bad" on the flip side, the third track as a single (Capitol 5688) with "Bluebird" on the flip side, and the last track as a single (Capitol 5582) also with "You Burned Me So Bad" on the flip side.
1991 - Poison's Capitol Records album "Flesh & Blood" is certified Triple Platinum by the R.I.A.A.
5 Years Ago Today in 2009 - Louis Bellson (born born Luigi Paulino Alfredo Francesco Antonio Balassoni), drummer with Duke Ellington and His Orchestra, the Capitol Records groups The Benny Goodman Sextet and Ray Anthony and His Orchestra, and at Capitol Records sessions for Helen O'Connell, Frank DeVol, Nat "King Cole, Ella Fitzgerald, the tribute album "Giants Of Jazz" for the movie "A Song Is Born and the 1969 All Star White House Tribute to Duke Ellington which was issued by Blue Note Records, leader of the Louis Bellson "Just Jazz" All Stars, and husband of actress, singer and Capitol Records artist (on the original Broadway cast album for "St. Louis Woman") Pearl Bailey until her death in 1990, has died at age 84 of complications of Parkinson's disease at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California.
2011 - George Shearing, pianist, songwriter, arranger and Capitol Records artist, died of congestive heart failure at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City, New York at age 91. I was fortunate enough to see him in concert twice. Once opening for Carol Lawrence and Robert Goulet at Melody Fair in Tonawanda, New York and with The Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra in Buffalo, New York.

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1950 - Roger Fisher, founding guitarist (1976-1979) of the future Capitol Records group Heart, is born in Seattle, Washington
1965 - Gary Lewis And The Playboys' Liberty Records single "This Diamond Ring", with "Tijuana Wedding" on the flip side, is #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart
1972 - Horace Silver (on electric piano and vocals with Cecil Bridgewater on trumpet and flugelhorn, Harold Vick on tenor saxophone, Richie Resnicoff on guitar, Bob Cranshaw on electric bass, Mickey Roker on drums, and Salome Bey, Andy Bey, and Gail Nelson on vocals), records the tracks "Summary" (vocals by Horace Silver, Andy Bey, Salome Bey and Gail Nelson, without Richie Resnicoff on guitar), "The Merger Of The Minds" (vocals by Horace Silver, Andy Bey, Salome Bey and Gail Nelson), "My Soul Is My Computer" (vocals by Salome Bey, without Richie Resnicoff on guitar), "Horn Of Life" (without Richie Resnicoff on guitar), and "All" (vocals by Horace Silver, Andy Bey, and Gail Nelson, without Cecil Bridgewater on trumpet and Harold Vick on tenor saxophone) in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey. Blue Note will issue all the tracks on Silver's album "The United States Of Mind Phase 3: All" (BST84420).

ON THIS DAY NOT IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1945 - Bill Nowlin, one of the founders of Rounder Records, is born in Boston, Massachusetts
15 Years Ago Today in 1999 - Doug Weston, owner of The Troubadour, Los Angeles' prime talent showcase during the '60s and '70s, dies in a local hospital after a bout of pneumonia at age 72