MARCH 6, 2016

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
100 Years Ago Today In 1916 - "Red" Callender, band leader (trio and sextette), string bass and tuba player, motion picture actor (1958's "St. Louis Blues" which starred Capitol Records artist Nat "King" Cole), a Black & White Records and Hollywood Records artist, and Capitol Records artist and session musician who worked with Judy Garland, Nat "King" Cole and Art Tatum, is born George Sylvester Callender in Haynesville, Virginia
70 Years Ago Today In 1946 - Dave Gilmour, CBE, guitarist with the groups Joker's Wild, Flowers, Bullitt, and lead guitarist and vocalist with the Harvest, Columbia, and Capitol Records group Pink Floyd, is born David Jon Gilmour in Cambridge, England

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1949 - Jimmy Wakely's Capitol Records single "I Love You So Much It Hurts", with "I Don't Want Your Sympathy" on the flip side, returns to the #1 spot on the U.S. Country singles charts
65 Years Ago Today In 1951 - George Greely directs The Voices Of Walter Schumann (a uncredited chorus), with instrumental accompaniment (lineup unlisted), as they record the titles "Summertime" "Holiday For Strings", "I'm Always Chasing Rainbows", and "Goin' Home" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on the group's album "Dream" (T 297).
65 Years Ago Today In 1951 - Vocalist Nat "King" Cole, with Irving Ashby on guitar, Joe Comfort on bass, and a unidentified drummer, record the titles "The Day Isn't Long Enough", "Little Child" with the Joe Lipman Strings (lineup unlisted), "A Robin And A Rainbow And A Red, Red, Rose" with Jack Costanzo on bongos, and The Joe Lipman Strings, "The Lighthouse In The Sky" with Jack Costanzo on bongos and The Ray Charles Singers (lineup unlisted), and "Pigtail And Freckles" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue "Little Child" as a single (Capitol 1468) with "Red Sails In The Sunset" (recorded February 12, 1951) on the flipside. Music For Pleasure will issue the first track in England on the CD "Nat King Cole" (CDDL-1305) and Mosaic Records will issue the last three titles in the box set "The Complete Capitol Recordings Of The Nat King Cole Trio" (MR27-138 on vinyl and MD18-138 on CD).
60 Years Ago Today In 1956 - Capitol Records files the masters it bought for guitarist Les Paul and guitarist and vocalist Mary Ford's titles "Say The Words I Love To Hear" and "Send Me Some Money" and will issue both titles together as a single (Capitol 3389).
60 Years Ago Today In 1956 - Vocalist Gordon MacRae, with The Van Alexander Orchestra and Chorus (lineups unlisted), records the titles "Who Are We?", "I've Grown Accustomed To Her Face", and "Obey" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the first two titles together as a single (Capitol 3384) and "Obey" as a single (Capitol 3519) with "Without Love" (recorded July 12, 1956) on the flipside.
60 Years Ago Today In 1956 - Vocalist Don Robertson, with unlisted others, records the titles "The Happy Whistler" and, with vocalist Lou Dinning, "You're Free To Go" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both titles together as a single (Capitol 3391).
60 Years Ago Today In 1956 - Cornetist Red Nichols and His Augmented Pennies (Lloyd Ulyate, Murray McEachern, and Simon (Si) Zentner on trombones, Vince De Rosa on French horn, Wayne Songer on clarinet and alto saxophone, Jules Jacob on oboe and basson, Morris Bercov on reeds, Julie Kinsler on flute, Felix Slatkin, Paul Shure, Misha Russell, Eudice Shapiro, Jacques Gasselin, Marshall Sosson, Murray Kellner, Erno Neufeld, and Leonard Atkins on violins, Paul Robyn and Alvin Dinkin on viola, Raphael Kramer and Cy Bernard on cello, Nat Farber on piano, Tony Rizzi on guitar, Meyer Rubin on bass, and Irv Cottler and Lou Singer on drums), using arrangements by Heinie Beau, record the titles "Speak Easy", "Indiana", "The Beautiful Girls Of Berlin" and "Cool Tango" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the first and third titles together as a single (Capitol 3398), the second and last titles together as a single (Capitol 3464), and all the titles on Nichols' album "In Love With Red" (T 999).
55 Years Ago Today In 1961 - Vocalist and guitarist Buck Owens, with unlisted others, records the titles "I Don't Believe I'll Fall In Love Today", "Pick Me Up On Your Way Down", "Let's Agree To Disagree", "The Keeper Of The Key", "Lyin' Again", and "Heartaches For A Dime" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Owen's album "Buck Owens Sings Harlan Howard" (T 1482).
55 Years Ago Today In 1961 - Vocalist Genie Pace, with unlisted others, records the titles "I Should Care", "Somebody Else Is Taking My Place", and "I'm Confessin'" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue the second title as a single (Capitol 4552) with "La Pachanga" (recorded March 11, 1961) on the flipside. No issuing information is listed for the other two titles.
1962 - Frank Sinatra, with Skip Martin conducting his own arrangements to the orchestra (Uan Rasey, Conrad Gozzo, Shorty Sherock, Mickey Mangano on trumpet, Tommy Pederson, Joe Howard, Ed Kusby, and William Schaefer on trombone, Willie Schwartz and Harry Klee on alto saxophone and flute, Justin Gordon on flute, clarinet, and tenor saxophone, Jules Jacob on clarinet, tenor saxophone, and oboe, Chuck Gentry on bassoon and bass clarinet, Bill Miller on piano, Al Viola on guitar, Ralph Pena on bass, Irving Cottler on drums, Emil Richards on percussion and tympani, Verlye Mills on harp and a string section with Victor Arno, Israel Baker, Jacques Gasselin, James Getzoff, Anatol Kaminsky, Amerigo Marino, Erno Neufeld, Nathan Ross, Paul Shure, Felix Slatkin, Marshall Sosson, and Gerald Vinci on violin, Justin DiTullio, Ray Kramer, Edgar Lustgarten, and Eleanor Slatkin on cello), records his last track for Capitol Records, "I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues", at United Recording Studios in Los Angeles, California. The track will later be included as a bonus track on the CD version of Sinatra's 1961 album "Come Swing With Me". Other tracks for Sinatra's new label, Reprise Records, were also recorded at the same session.
50 Years Ago Today In 1966 - Instrumental tracks are recorded for The Beach Boys' title "I'm Waiting For The Day" and then later that day some vocal tracks are overdubbed at Western Recorders studios in Los Angeles, California. After final vocal overdubs are recorded on March 10, 1966, Capitol Records will issue the final mix of the title on the group's album "Pet Sounds" (T 2458).
45 Years Ago Today In 1971 - George Harrison's Apple Records single, distributed in the U.S. by Capitol Records, "What Is Life", with "Apple Scruffs" on the flipside, enters the top 40 of Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart
30 Years Ago Today In 1986 - Vocalist Sawyer Brown, with unlisted others, records the titles "Night Rockin'", "The House Won't Rock", and "Moonlight Magic" in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue the first two titles on Brown's album "Out Goin' Cattin'" (ST-12517). No issuing information is listed for the last title.
2007 - Capitol Records releases Reliant K's album "Five Score and Seven Years Ago"

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1982 - The J. Geils Band's EMI America Records single "Freeze-Frame", with "Flamethrower" on the flipside, enters the top 40 of Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart. EMI America's catalog is currently owned by Capitol Music Group's parent company Universal Music Group