DECEMBER 10, 2016

HAPPY BIRTHDAYS!
1914 - Dorothy Lamour, motion picture actress, singer, and Capitol Records artist (in duets with fellow Capitol Records artist Bob Hope), is born Mary Leta Dorothy Slaton in New Orleans, Louisiana
1924 - Ken Albers, arranger, trumpet player, mellophone player, and bass singer with the Capitol Records group The Four Freshmen, is born in Pitman, NJ
65 Years Ago Today In 1951 - Johnny Rodriguez, singer, songwriter, television actor, and Capitol Records artist (1987-1988) is born in a four room house in Sabinal, Texas that he will share with his parents and 9 older siblings.

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1945 - Billy May conducts his own arrangements to His Orchestra (Paul Geil, Uan Rasey, and Irv Shulkin on trumpet, Lester Jenkins, Si Zentner, and Bill Shaefer on trombone, Heinie Beau and Les Robinson on alto saxophone, Harold Lawson and Harry Schuchman on tenor saxophone, Bob Poland on baritone saxophone, Buddy Cole on piano, Dave Barbour on guitar, Phil Stephens on bass, and Nick Fatool on drums) as they record the tracks "Body And Soul", "Honeysuckle Rose", "Sweet Lorraine", and "Sunset and Vine" at Radio Recorders studios in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on May's album "Join The Band" (H-237).
1945 - Margaret Whiting (on vocals), with Carl Kress conducting the orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the tracks "In Love In Vain" and "All Through The Day" at radio station WMCA's studio in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue both tracks together as a single (Capitol 240).
1947 - Pianist Mel Powell records the tracks "Anything Goes" (with Bumps Meyer on tenor saxophone, Red Calendar on bass, and Lee Young on drums), "Way Down Yonder In New Orleans" (with Jake Porter on trumpet, Meyer on tenor saxophone, Calendar on bass, and Young on drums), "You Go To My Head" (a piano solo by Powell), "You Better Not Mess With Me" (with Porter on vocals and trumpet, Meyer on tenor saxophone, Calendar on bass, and Young on drums), "If Dreams Come True" (with Jake on trumpet, Meyer on tenor saxophone, Calendar on bass, and Young on drums), "There's A Small Hotel" (with Calendar on bass and Young on drums), and "Hallelujah" (with Meyer on tenor saxophone, Calendar on bass, and Young on drums), in Los Angeles, California. All tracks released as singles by Capitol Records, except "You Better Not Mess With Me" and "If Dreams Come True" which are released as a single by Pausa Records.
1947 - Margaret O'Brien (on vocals) with Billy May and his Orchestra, including Ray Martinez on violin and Latin percussion, records the titles "Let's Fly To Mexico - Part 1", "Let's Fly To Mexico - Part 2", and "Let's Fly To Mexico - Part 3" at Radio Recorders' studio in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on O'Brien's children's album "Let's Fly To Mexico" (CC-71).
65 Years Ago Today In 1951 - The Oklahoma Ranch Hands (accordion player Ernie Felice and unlisted Square Dance musicians) record the music parts for the titles "Charlie My Boy", "If You've Got The Money, I've Got The Time", "If You Knew Susie (Like I Know Susie)", and "There'll Be Some Changes Made" in Los Angeles, California. After Paul Phillips' Square Dance calls are dubbed on the titles, Capitol Records will issue each title as a separate 78 album single: "Charlie My Boy" (DAS-4021), "If You've Got The Money, I've Got The Time" (DAS-4022), "If You Knew Susie (Like I Know Susie)" (DAS-4023), and "There'll Be Some Changes Made" (DAS-4024).
65 Years Ago Today In 1951 - Trumpet player Clyde McCoy and His Orchestra (Mannie Klein, Clayton Cash, and Uan Rasey also on trumpet, Si Zentner, Ed Kusby, and Tommy Pederson on trombone, Wilbur Schwartz on clarinet and alto saxophone, Ted Romersa on alto saxophone, Skeets Herfurt and Ted Nash on tenor saxophone, Chuck Gentry on baritone saxophone, Edwin "Buddy" Cole on piano, Vincent Terri on guitar, Phil Stephens on bass, and Alvin Stoller on drums), record the titles "Memphis Blues", "Sugar Blues", "Basin Street Blues", and "St. Louis Blues" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on the bands album "Sugar Blues" (CCN-311).
65 Years Ago Today In 1951 - Harold Byrns conducts The Harold Byrns Chamber Orchestra (lineup unlisted) as they records Edvard Grieg's "The Holberg Suite" in four parts at Capitol Records' studios at 5515 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue all the parts on the orchestra's album "ARENSKY - Variations On A Theme By Tchaikovsky/GRIEG - The Holberg Suite" (P-8158).
1955 - Jackie Gleason's Vocal Orchestra with The Voices of Artie Malvin (lineup unlisted) records the tracks "Capri In May (Je Me Sens Si Bien)" and "You're My Greatest Love (The Theme Of 'The Honeymooners')" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue both tracks together as a single (Capitol F3337).
60 Years Ago Today In 1956 - Capitol Records files the masters that it purchased for guitarist Les Paul and vocalist Mary Ford's titles "Cinco Robles" and "Ro-Ro-Robinson" and will issue both titles together as a single (Capitol F3612).
60 Years Ago Today In 1956 - During two sessions held this day between 2:00 PM and 5:00 PM in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California, pianist George Shearing records the titles "Stella By Starlight", "On The Street Where You Live", "Tenderly", and "So Would I" at the first session and "Sigh No More", "It Might As Well Be Spring", "If", and a rejected take of "My Funny Valentine" at the second session. Capitol Records will issue "Stella By Starlight", "On The Street Where You Live", "Sigh No More", "It Might As Well Be Spring", and "If" on Shearing's album "The Shearing Piano" (T 909), and add "Tenderly" and "So Would I" on the CD release of the album in Europe (5-31574-2).
60 Years Ago Today In 1956 - During two sessions that take place to day in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California, vocalist and guitarist Hank Thompson and His Brazos Valley Boys (Amos Lee Hedrick, Julian Franklin "Curly" Lewis, and Billy Peters on fiddle, Donald Charles McDaniel on piano, Merle Travis on guitar, Floyd Lester "Bobbie" White on steel guitar, Billy Briggs Stewart on bass, and Paul McGhee on drums) record the titles "You'll Be The One", "I Don't Want To Know", "Someone Can Steal Your Love From Me", and "Old Napoleon" at the first session that was scheduled to go from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM but was extended another hour to 2:00 PM and "I Was the First One" and "Rockin' In The Congo" at the second session from 2:00 PM to 6:00 PM. Capitol Records will issue "You'll Be The One", "I Don't Want To Know", "Someone Can Steal Your Love From Me", and "Old Napoleon" on the group's album "Hank" (T 826) and "I Was the First One" and "Rockin' In The Congo" on Thompson's album "Most Of All" (T 1360).
60 Years Ago Today In 1956 - Guy Lombardo conducts His Royal Canadians (lineup unlisted) as they record the titles "I Want What You Got" with vocals by Kenny Gardner and the Lombardo Trio (lineup unlisted), "I Wont Let You Out Of My Heart" with vocals by Kenny Gardner, and "Our Little Ranch House" with vocals by Kenny Gardner and The Lombardo Trio in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue "I Want What You Got" and "Our Little Ranch House" together as a single (Capitol F3682) and "I Won't Let You Out Of My Heart" as a single (Capitol F3613) with "Tears In Your Eyes" (recorded December 17, 1956) on the flipside.
60 Years Ago Today In 1956 - During two sessions held this day in Los Angeles, California, Carmen Dragon conducts pianist Emanuel Bay and The Hollywood Bowl Symphony (lineup unlisted) as they record Chopin's "Prelude In A Major, Op. 28, N° 7", "Prelude In E Minor, Op.28, N° 4", and "Nocturne In E Flat, Op. 9, N° 2" at the first session and a new take of "Nocturne In E Flat, Op. 9, N° 2", as well as "Etude In E, Op. 10, N° 3" and "Waltz In D Flat, Op. 64, N° 1 ('Miniature Waltz')" at the second session. Capitol Records will issue all the titles, except the version of "Nocturne In E Flat, Op. 9, N° 2" recorded at the first session, on the orchestra's album "Chopin By Starlight" (P-8371).
1959 - The Kingston Trio record the track "The Mountains O' Mourne", with Nick Guard doing lead vocal, for their Capitol Records album "Sold Out"
55 Years Ago Today In 1961 - The Kingston Trio (vocalists Nick Reynolds, Bob Shane, and John Stewart), with David "Buck" Wheat on bass, guitar, and leading other unlisted musicians, record German language versions of the titles "Rocky" and "Old Kentucky Land" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California between 2:00 PM and 5:00 PM. Capitol Records will issue both titles together as a single in German (Capitol Germany K 22442) and on the four CD set "The Kingston Trio - The Capitol Years" (8-28498-2)
1963 - Buck Owens' Capitol Records single "Love’s Gonna Live Here" is #1 on the Country singles charts
1965 - Sonny James (on vocals, with unlisted others) records the tracks "I Get Fooled, Don't I?" and "Love Me Like That" in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue both tracks on James' album "True Love's A Blessing" (T 2500).
1965 - David Clayton-Thomas recorded the tracks "Out Of The Sunshine", "Born With The Blues", "Take Me Back" and a unissued take of "Send Her Home" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol records purchased the masters and registered them on January 14, 1966 and released the first and third track together as a single through its subsidiary Tower Records (Tower 206) and the second track as a single (Tower 263) with "Brainwashed" (recorded on July 13, 1966) on the flipside.
50 Years Ago Today In 1966 - The Beach Boys' Capitol Records single "Good Vibrations" peaks at #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart where it will stay for one week
1967 - The Steve Miller Blues Band signs with Capitol Records for $50,000 (an unheard of amount at the time for an "unknown" band signing their first contract). Capitol will later run a trade ad with a photo of Miller asking who is this man and why did Capitol pay him so much?
1969 - Jim and Irene Croce record the as yet unissued track "Gunga Din" in New York City, New York for Capitol Records.
1970 - Wynn Stewart (on vocals), with Larry Butler on piano, Jack Eubanks, Glenn David Keener, Billy Sanford, and Lawrence Wilkerson on guitar, Lloyd Green on steel guitar, Henry Strzelecki on bass, and Murrey "Buddy" Harman Jr. on drums, records the tracks "I Can See Sunshine", "Unforgotten Man", "High Heaven", and "For The Good Times" at the Jack Clement Studio in Nashville, Tennessee between 2:00 PM and 5:30 PM. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on Stewart's album "Baby It's Yours" (ST 687).
40 Years Ago Today In 1976 - Capitol Records releases Wings' album "Wings Over America"
1980 - Future Flight (Brynwood Tanner, David Swanson, Sy Jeffries, Anthony Patler on vocals with Anthony Patler on bass, synthesizer and Moog bass, clavinet, acoustic piano, Rhodes electric piano, and rhythm guitar) record the track "24 Hour Service" at Concorde Recording Center in Los Angeles, California with producer Lamont Dosier. Capitol Records will issue the track on the group's album "Future Flight" (ST-12154).
1985 - George Clinton (on vocals, with unlisted musicians) records the track "Do Fries Go With That Shake?" at United Sound Studio in Detroit Michigan. Capitol Records will issue the track on Clinton's album "R & B Skeletons (In The Closet)" (ST-12481).
30 Years Ago Today In 1986 - A instrumental version of Da Krash's "Trapped In Phases" is mastered. No issuing information is listed but possibly released as the flipside of the vocal version (Capitol 44193).
20 Years Ago Today In 1996 - Faron Young, singer, guitarist and Capitol Records artist, dies from a self-inflicted gunshot wound that occurred the day before on December 9, 1996. Later, per his request, Young is cremated and his ashes spread over Old Hickory Lake in Tennessee.
1999 - Rick Danko, bassist and singer for the Capitol Records group The Band, dies at his home in Woodstock, New York at age 56

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1893 - Lew Brown, lyricist and part of the songwriting team of DeSylva, Brown and Henderson with Capitol Records' co-founder Buddy DeSylva, is born Louis Brownstein in Odessa, Russia
1900 - The Gramophone Company Ltd. transfers its business to a newly incorporated company, registered as The Gramophone & Typewriter Ltd. The company would later become EMI, Capitol Records' one time parent company.
1949 - Antoine "Fats" Domino records his first tracks for Imperial Records, including "The Fat Man", one of the earliest rock and roll records. Imperial's catalog is currently owned by Capitol Records' parent company, Universal Music Group.
1965 - Parlophone Records releases comedian and actor Peter Sellers' single "A Hard Day's Night" (arranged and conducted by George Martin), with "Help" on the flipside, in the U.K. (Parlophone R 4393). Sellers and Martin had worked together earlier on recordings by the cast of the BBC Radio series "The Goon Show". Capitol Records will later release the single in the United States (Capitol 5580). Sellers will later perform "A Hard Day's Night" live on television.
1968 - Al and Judi Martino are married.
35 Years Ago Today In 1981 - David Laskey records the title "Got To Find Love". EMI America Records, a division of Capitol Records, will issue the title as a single (EMI-America 8118) with "I Don't Go Shopping" (recorded May 10, 1982) on the flipside. If anyone has any additional session information, please leave a comment.
2005 - Patricia Lynn Yearwood and former Capitol Records Nashville artist Troyal Garth Brooks are married at their home near Claremore, Oklahoma. It was Brooks' second marriage and the third for Yearwood.

ON THIS DAY NOT IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1963 - Frank Sinatra, Jr., son of former Capitol Records artist Frank Sinatra, is released unharmed by his kidnappers after his father pays their $240,000 ransom demand. The kidnappers were subsequently apprehended and convicted. Later, a motion picture called "Stealing Sinatra" is made about the events.
1967 - Three days after the release of his Stax Records single "(Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay", singer Otis Redding, age 26, and The Bar-Kays (Redding's backup group who had their own hit, "Soul Finger", in June 1967) members Ronald Caldwell (keyboard player, age 19), Carl Cunningham (drummer, age 18), Phalon Jones (saxophonist, age 18), and James King (guitarist, age 18) are killed in the crash of a private plane in Lake Monona, near Madison, Wisconsin. Ben Cauley, The Bar-Kays' trumpet player, survives the crash and will briefly reform the group with James Alexander, the band's bass player (who had not been on the plane), and replacements for the other members.
25 Years Ago Today In 1991 - Alan Freed, the disc jockey credited with giving "Rock 'N' Roll" its name, is posthumously (Freed died January 20, 1965) awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame