HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
1912 - Gurney Bell, member of the Capitol Records group The Sportsmen Quartet, is born in Los Angeles, California.
ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1944 - Paul Weston conducts his own arrangements to the Hollywood Studio Orchestra (lineup unlisted) as the record the titles "Londonderry Air", "None But The Lonely Heart", and "Valse Triste" in Los Angles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on the album "Music By Candlelight" (BD-46).
1946 - Jimmy Wakely (on vocals), with Cliffie Stone and his Orchestra (lineup unlisted) records the tracks "Somebody's Rose", "Everyone Knew It But Me", "Here Today And Gone Tomorrow", and "Are You Ashamed?" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the first two tracks together as a single, the third track as a single (Capitol 40040) with "I Can't Keep The Tears Out Of My Eyes" on the flipside, and the last track as a single (Capitol 40125) with "For The Sake Of The Days Gone By" on the flipside.
1949 - Lou Busch (as Joe "Fingers" Carr) and an unlisted drummer record the titles "Two Dollar Rag", "Kitten On The Keys", "Kimono Kapers", and "That Ever Lovin' Rag" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on the album "Honky Tonk Piano" (T 188).
65 Years Ago Today In 1950 - The Four Freshmen (Bob Flanigan on vocals, bass, and trombone, Don Barbour on vocals and guitar, Ross Barbour on vocals and drums, and Hal Kratzsch on vocals, trumpet, mellophone, and bass), record a new but rejected take of "Dry Bones", the titles "Now You Know" and "(Ain't Seen) Nothin' Like You", a remake of the title "Pick Up Your Tears (And Go Home)" and a rejected take of "After You've Gone" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Now You Know" and "Pick Up Your Tears (And Go Home) together as a single (Capitol 1377). Mosaic Records will issue "Now You Know", "(Ain't Seen) Nothin' Like You", and "Pick Up Your Tears (And Go Home)" in the CD box set "The Complete Capitol Four Freshmen Fifties Sessions" (MD9-203).
65 Years Ago Today In 1950 - The Jordanaires (vocalists Warren M. Matthews, Robert T. Hubbard, Culley R. Holt, Robert L. Maney), with an uncredited instrumental trio, record the titles "One Day", "My Journey To The Sky", "Something Within", and "David And Goliath" in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue "One Day" and "Something Within" together as a single (Capitol 1407) and "My Journey To The Sky" and "David And Goliath" together as a single (Capitol 1363).
1951 - Jane Froman (on vocals), with George Greely conducting his own arrangements to the orchestra (which includes unlisted musicians playing brass, horns, piano, guitar, bass, drums, strings) and an unlisted vocal group, records the tracks "Opening/It's A Good Day", "Blue Moon", "An American Medley, Part 1", an unissued take of "An American Medley, Part 2", and "Get Happy" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks except this take of "An American Medley, Part 2" on Froman's album "With A Song In My Heart" (DDN-309).
1953 - Pianist Leonard Pennario, with Vladimir Golschmann conducting The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra (lineup unlisted), records Bela Bartok's "Piano Concerto N° 3" at Kiel Auditorium in St. Louis, Missouri. Capitol Records will issue the title on Pennario's album "PROKOFIEV - Piano Concerto N°3/ BARTOK - Piano Concerto N°3" (P-8253).
60 Years Ago Today In 1955 - Tennessee Ernie Ford (on vocals), with Jack Fascinato conducting his own arrangements to the orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the titles "Chicken Row", "Dark As A Dungeon", "I Gave My Love A Cherry", and "Gaily The Troubadour" at Capitol Records' Melrose Avenue studios in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Ford's album "This Lusty Land" (T 700).
60 Years Ago Today In 1955 - During two sessions held today at the Riverside Plaza Hotel in New York City, New York Benny Goodman and His Orchestra (Doc Severinsen, Bernie Glow, Jimmy Maxwell, and John Durante on trumpet, Urbie Green and Lou McGarity on trombone, Benny Goodman on clarinet, Hymie Schertzer and Milt Yaner on alto saxophone, Boomie Richman, and Peanuts Hucko on tenor saxophone, Sol Schlinger on baritone saxophone, Moe Wechsler on piano, Al Caiola on guitar, George Duvivier on bass, and Don Lamond on drums), record a as yet unissued take of "King Porter Stomp", then the titles "It's Been So Long", "Don't Be That Way", a 42 second version of "Let's Dance (Theme)", "Sometimes I'm Happy", and, with vocals by Benny Goodman, "Goody Goody" at the first session. Then The Benny Goodman Quintet (Benny Goodman on clarinet, Lionel Hampton on vibraphone, Mel Powell on piano, George Duvivier on bass, and Bobby Donaldson on drums) record the titles "Avalon", "Moonglow", "Alicia's Blues", "Memories Of You", "China Boy", "Seven Come Eleven", and "I Got Rhythm" at the second session. Capitol Records will issue "It's Been So Long", "Don't Be That Way", and "Let's Dance (Theme)", "Avalon", "Moonglow", "Memories Of You", and "China Boy" on the album "Benny Goodman Plays Selections Featured in 'The Benny Goodman Story'" (S 706) and all the titles, except "I Got Rhythm" on the CD release of the album (8-33569-2). Mosaic Records will issue all the titles from the second session in the box set "The Complete Capitol Small Group Recordings of Benny Goodman 1944-1955" (LP MQ6-148, CD MD4-148).
60 Years Ago Today In 1955 - Ferlin Husky (on vocals) and His Hush Puppies (lineup unlisted) record the titles "Useless", "Never Have, Never Will", "Waiting", and "Honky Tonkin' Party Girl" in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue "Useless", "Never Have, Never Will", and "Honky Tonkin' Party Girl" on Husky's album "Songs Of The Heart And Home" (T 718) and "Waiting" as single (Capitol F3522) with "Nothing Looks As Good As You" (recorded December 17, 1955) on the flipside.
1956 - Joe Carson (on vocals), with J.R. "Jelly" Sanders on fiddle, Tommy Allsup, Otis "Joe" Maphis, and Alvis "Buck" Owens on guitar, Ralph Eugene Mooney on steel guitar, Clarence "Bud" Dooley on bass, and Marion "Pee Wee" Adams on drums, records the tracks "Crazy Dream", "Take Me In Your Arms", "Love Transfusion", and "Passion And Pride" at The Capitol Tower Studios in Hollywood California between 10:00 AM and 1:30 PM. Capitol Records will issue the first two tracks together as a single (Capitol F3760) and the last two tracks together as a single (Capitol F3645).
1956 - Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians (with Lombardo conducting to unlisted musicians) record the tracks "Taking A Chance On Love" (featuring Kenny Gardner on vocals), "I'll Be Seeing You" (featuring Bill Flannigan on vocals), "Begin The Beguine", and "Just One Of Those Things" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on the band's album "Decade On Broadway" (T 916).
1958 - Capitol Records group The Kingston Trio finish an extended appearance at La Fiesta, in Juarez, Mexico that started on November 24, 1958. Their performances of the tracks "Bay Of Mexico", "Across The Wide Missouri", "Scotch And Soda", and "Pay Me My Money Down" on this day are recorded in stereo by Capitol Records but go unreleased until they appear on the Bear Family Records box set "The Kingston Trio: The Guard Years".
50 Years Ago Today In 1965 - Jean Shepard (on vocals with unlisted musicians), records the titles "It's The Wine That's Talkin'", "You'd Still Find A Way To Cheat On Me", and "If Teardrops Were Silver" in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue the first and third titles on Shepard's album "Heart, We Did All We Could" (T 2690) and the second title on Shepard's album "Many Happy Hangovers" (T 2547).
1961 - During two sessions held at The Capitol Tower Studios in Hollywood, California, Stan Kenton and His Orchestra (Kenton on Piano, Dalton Smith, Marvin Stamm, Bob Rolfe, Bob Behrendt, and Norman Baltazar on trumpet, Bob Fitzpatrick, Dee Barton, and Bud Parker on trombone, Jim Amlotte and Dave Wheeler on trombone and tuba, Ray Starling, Gene Roland, Dwight Carver, Keith LaMotte, and Carl Saunders on mellophone, Gabe Baltazar on alto saxophone, Sam Donahue, Buddy Arnold, and Paul Renzi on tenor saxophone, Joel Kaye and Allan Beutler on baritone saxophone, Pat Senatore on bass, and Jerry McKenzie on drums) record the tracks "Formula SK-32", "Waltz Of The Prophets" (without Roland), and "Aphrodisia" at the first session between 1:00 PM and 4:00 PM and (with Gene Roland switching to soprano saxophone) "Turtle Talk", "Misty" and a remake of "Almost Like Being In Love" at the second session between 5:00 PM and 8:00 PM. Capitol Records will issue the first and third tracks on the band's album "Adventures In Blues" (T 1985) the second track as a single (Capitol F4707) with "Magic Moment" on the flip side, and the forth and fifth tracks on the band's album "Adventures In Jazz" (T1796). Creative World will issue the last track on the band's album "Adventures in Standards" (ST-1025).
1966 - Stan Kenton and His Orchestra (with Kenton on piano, Gary Barone, Bud Brisbois, Dalton Smith, Ronnie Ossa, and Jimmy Salko on trumpet, Monty Budwig on bass, Ray Price on drums, Frank Carlson, Emil Richards, and Chino Valdes on Latin percussion, record the tracks "It Was A Very Good Year", "Yesterday", "Michelle", and "Spanish Eyes" at The Capitol Tower Studios in Hollywood, California between 7:30 PM and 10:30 PM. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on the band's album "Stan Kenton Plays For Today" (T 2655).
1966 - The Outsiders (leader Tom King on vocals and guitar, Merdin "Mert" Madsen on vocals, guitar, bass and harmonica, vocalists Denny Benson, Emmett "Sonny" Geraci, and William "Bill" Bruno, and unlisted other musicians) record the as yet unissued tracks "Misty Lane" , "What About Me, Girl?", and "Don't Ask Me Love" in Cleveland, Ohio for Capitol Records.
1966 - The Lost (which includes Willie Alexander on electric piano, drums, percussion and vocals and Walter Powers on bass) record the as yet unissued tracks "Mystic Magic Oceans", "Money In The Pocket" and "Kaleidoscope" in New York City, New York for Capitol Records.
1966 - Ruben Wright records the track "I'll Be There" and the as yet unissued track "Love Is Gone" in New York City, New York with producer Marvin Holtzman. Capitol Records will issue "I'll Be There" as a single (Capitol 5835) with "You've Done Me Wrong" (recorded on December 7, 1966) on the flip side.
1967 - Sonny James' Capitol Records single "It’s the Little Things", with "Don't Cut Lumber On A Windy Day" on the flip side, is #1 on Billboard's Country Singles chart
45 Years Ago Today In 1970 - John Ono Lennon's Apple Records single "Instant Karma! (We All Shine On)", with Yoko Ono Lennon (with The Plastic Ono Band)'s "Who Has Seen The Wind?" on the flipside and distributed by Capitol Records in the United States, is certified Gold by the R.I.A.A.
45 Years Ago Today In 1970 - George Harrison's Apple Records single "My Sweet Lord", with "Isn't It A Pity" on the flipside and distributed by Capitol Records in the United States, is certified Gold by the R.I.A.A. I designed a special 45 sleeve for release to college radio when the track was used to promote the re-release of Harrison's "All Things Must Pass" album on CD in 2001.
45 Years Ago Today In 1970 - Jerry Corbitt on vocals and guitar, with unlisted others, records the title "Georgia" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the title on Corbitt's self-titled album "Jerry Corbitt" (ST-711).
1971 - Trini Lopez (on vocals), with an orchestra of unlisted musicians using arrangements by Larry Muhoberac, records the tracks "Montana Ruby (Ruby Mountain)", "Sol De Mi Vida (Bring Back My Sunshine)", and "Mammy Blue (Mi Mami Blue)" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on Lopez's album "Viva Trini Lopez" (SK-11009).
1971 - Wanda Jackson (on vocals with David Paul Briggs on piano, Bill Walker on keyboards, John Darnall and Jerry Shook on guitar, Mike Post on rhythm guitar, Weldon Myrick on steel guitar, John Williams on bass, William Harriss on drums, Richard Farrell Morris on percussion, tamborine, and vibraphone, and the vocal chorus of Dorothy Ann "Dottie" Dillard, Louis Dean Nunley, Jeannie Walker, and William Guilford Wright) records the tracks "My Testimony", "The King Is Coming" and "He's The Man" at Jack Clement Studio in Nashville, Tennessee between 6:00 PM and 9:00 PM. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on Jackson's album "Praise The Lord" (ST-11023).
30 Years Ago Today In 1985 - Paul McCartney and Wings Capitol Records single "Spies Like Us", with "My Carnival" on the flipside, enters the top 40 of Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart
1991 - Hammer's Capitol Records single "Addams Groove", with the LP version on one side and the instrumental version on the flip side, enters the top 40 of Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart
1992 - On the same day he files for bankruptcy, Capitol Records artist Merle Haggard becomes the father of a son, Binion Louis Haggard.
1994 – Bob Seger and The Silver Bullet Band's Capitol Records Compilation album "Greatest Hits" is certified Platinum by the R.I.A.A.
ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1958 - Alto Saxophonist Lou Donaldson (with Herman Foster on piano, Peck Morrison on bass, Jimmy Wormsworth on drums, and Ray Barretto on congas) records the tracks "Walkin' By The River", "Green Eyes", "Light", a false start and then a complete take of "Hog Maw", "Jump Up", "Mary Ann", "Day Dreams", two takes of "Stella By Starlight", and an alternate take of "Mary Ann" for his Blue Note Records album "Lightfoot" with producer Alfred Lion and recording engineer Rudy Van Gelder at Van Gelder's studio in Hackensack, New Jersey. The Blue Note catalog is currently owned by EMI Music, Capitol Records' parent company and Blue Note Records is currently a division of Capitol Records, Inc.
1961 - Tadd Dameron (playing his own arrangements on piano with Donald Byrd on trumpet, Curtis Fuller on trombone, Julius Watkins on French horn, Sam Rivers on tenor saxophone, Cecil Payne on baritone saxophone, Paul Chambers on bass, and Philly Joe Jones on drums), records the tracks "The Elder Speaks", "Bevan Beeps", "Lament For The Living", and "Aloof Spoof" in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey. Blue Note Records will issue all the tracks as part of its Connoisseur Series on the compilation CD "The Lost Sessions" (5-21484-2).
1963 - Dinah Washington (born Ruth Lee Jones), singer on the Verve and Roulette Records labels, dies from an accidental overdose of prescription sleeping medication ingested on an empty stomach in Detroit, Michigan at age 39. The Roulette catalog is currently owned by EMI Music, Capitol Records' parent company and released by Blue Note Records.
1966 - Booker Ervin (on tenor saxohone, with Charles Tolliver on trumpet, John Hicks on piano, Red Mitchell on bass and Lennie McBrowne on drums) records the tracks "Boo's Blues", "You're My Everything", and "Shiny Stockings" at the Pacific Jazz Studios in Los Angeles, California. After Blue Note buys Pacific Jazz's catalog, it will reissue the tracks as part of its Connoisser Series on Ervin's CD "Structurally Sound" (5-27545-2).
1971 - During two sessions held at A&R Studios in New York City, New York with Wade Marcus conducting his own compostions, Grant Green (on guitar, with Marvin Stamm and Burt Collins on trumpet and fluglehorn, Harold Vick on alto and tenor saxophone, Romeo Penque on fluglehorn and alto saxophone, Richard Tee on piano and organ, Cornell Dupree also on guitar, Gordon Edwards on electric bass, Bernard Purdie on drums, George Devens on vibraphone, tympani, timbales, and percussion, Warren Smith on tympani, Ralph McDonald on congas and bongos, Eugene Bianco on harp, Charles McCracken and Seymour Barab on cello, and Julian Barber and Harry Zaratzian on viola, record the tracks "Father's Lament" at the afternoon session and (with Alan Shulman replacing McCracken on cello) "Battle Scene" (aka "The Battle, Parts 1 and 2") at the night session. Blue Note Records will issue both tracks on the soundtrack album for "The Final Comedown" (BN 45-1983).
1972 - "Born to Boogie", a documentary about Marc Bolan directed by Ringo Starr, premieres in London, England
35 Years Ago Today In 1980 - At Yoko Ono's request, a ten-minute worldwide silent vigil is held at 2:00 PM EST for John Lennon, who had been shot down just six days earlier. Over 100,000 observe the vigil in New York's Central Park, while 30,000 observe it in Liverpool.
1981 - David Lasley records the tracks "Take The Money And Run", "Never Say", "Room Mate", and "If I Had My Wish Tonight" at an unlisted location. EMI America will issue all the tracks on Lasley's album "Missin' Twenty Grand" (EMI-Am. ST-17066).
1999 - EMI releases Glen Campbell's compilation album "Capitol Years: 1965-1977" in the U.K.
1999 - Paul McCartney performs at the rebuilt Cavern Club in Liverpool, England for 150 fans who had won a raffle including the first selected, an 18 year old John Ono Lennon (he'd had his name legally changed). The last time McCartney had played at the original Cavern Club was on August 3, 1963 as a member of The Beatles
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