JULY 31, 2017

HAPPY BIRTHDAYS!
1946 - Bob Welch, singer, guitarist, member of the bands Fleetwood Mac, Paris, Touch and Avenue M as well as being a Capitol Records solo artist, is born Robert Welch in Los Angeles, California

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
75 Years Ago Today In 1942 - Capitol Records' sixteenth ever recording session is held at C. P. MacGregor Studios at 729 South Western Avenue in Los Angeles, California. Pianist Freddie Slack and His Orchestra (Clyde Hurley, Emanuel "Mannie" Klein, and George Wendt on trumpet, William Anthens and Ed Kusby on trombone, Al Harding, Joe Knechtel, and Henry Evans on reeds, Louis Gonzales on guitar, Fred Whiting on bass, and John Cyr on drums) record the titles "That Old Black Magic" with vocals by Margaret Whiting, "Old Rob Roy" with vocals by Ella Mae Morse, "Hit The Road To Dreamland" with vocals by Margaret Whiting, Johnny Mercer, and the vocal group The Mellowaires (lineup unlisted), and "Get On Board, Little Chillun" again with vocals by Ella Mae Morse and The Mellowaieres between 9:00 AM and 12:30 PM. Later that day Slack and His Orchestra (with the addition of Don Anderson and Bert Harry and minus George Wendt on trumpet, minus Henry Evans on reeds, and the addition of Hubert "Bumps" Meyers on tenor saxophone) are back at C. P. MacGregor studios and record the titles "Waitin' For The Evenin' Mail", "The Wreck Of The Old 97", and "I Lost My Sugar In Salt Lake City" all with vocals by Johnny Mercer, and "Mr. Anthony Blues" with vocals by Johnny Mercer, Ella Mae Morse, and Freddie Slack. This will be Capitol's last recording session until October 15, 1943 due to the AFM recording strike which starts the next day on August 1, 1942. Capitol Records will issue "That Old Black Magic" and "Hit The Road To Dreamland" together as a single (Capitol 126), "Old Rob Roy" and "Get On Board, Little Chillun" together as a single (Capitol 133), "Waitin' For The Evenin' Mail" as a single (Capitol 137) with "That Old Music Master" (recorded June 12, 1942) on the flipside, and "The Wreck Of The Old 97" and "I Lost My Sugar In Salt Lake City" together as a single (Capitol 122). Mosaic Select will issue all the titles in the 3 CD box set "Freddie Slack" (MS-018).
70 Years Ago Today In 1947 - Vocalists Freddie Stewart and The Dream Lady (identity unlisted), with Paul Weston and His Orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the titles "I'll Be There" and "Back In Your Own Backyard" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both titles together as a single (Capitol 459).
65 Years Ago Today In 1952 - Vocalist Nat "King" Cole, with Nelson Riddle conducting his own arrangements to the orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the titles "Sweet William", "Because Your Mine", "Sleeping Beauty", and "I'm Never Satisfied" at Capitol Records' studios at 5515 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue "Sweet William" and "Sleeping Beauty" on a promo record (4303) and "Because You're Mine" and "I'm Never Satisfied" together as a single (Capitol 2212).
65 Years Ago Today In 1952 - Vocalist June Christy, with Pete Rugolo directing his own arrangements to the orchestra (Mannie Klein, Ollie Mitchell, Carlton McBeath, and Pete Candoli on trumpet, Francis Howard, Ed Kusby, Paul Tanner, and Si Zentner on trombone, Bob Cooper and Maxwell Davis on tenor saxophone, Bob Lawson on baritone saxophone, Buddy Cole on piano, John Collins on guitar, Charles Harris on bass, Lee Young and Alvin Stoller on drums and percussion, Jack Costanzo on congas, Mischa Russell, Victor Bay, Alex Beller, Walter Edelstein, Henry Hill, Harry Bluestone, Erno Neufeld, and Jacques Gasselin on violin,
Stanley Harris and David Sterkin on cello, and Ann Mason Stockton on harp), records the titels "Some Folks Do And Some Folks Don't" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the title as a single (Capitol 2199) with "Bie Mir Bist Du Schoen" (recorded June 30, 1952) on the flipside.
60 Years Ago Today In 1957 - Vocalist Nat "King" Cole, with Billy May conducting his own arrangements to His Orchestra (Leonard Mach, Vito Mangano, Pete Candoli, and Harry "Sweets" Edison on trumpet, William Schaefer, Murray McEachern, and Lloyd Ulyate on trombones, George Roberts on bass trombone, Red Callender on tuba, Willie Smith and Willie Schwartz on alto saxophones, Buddy Collette and Jules Jacob on tenor saxophones, Fred Falensby on baritone saxophone, Jimmy Rowles on piano, John Collins on guitar, Charlie Harris on bass, Lee Young on drums, Frank Flynn on percussion, and Helen Bliss Hutchison on harp), records the titles "Just One Of Those Things", "I Should Care", "The Party's Over" and a remake of the title "Just For The Fun Of It" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California between 1:25PM and 5:15 PM. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Cole's album "Just One Of Those Things" (W/SW 903).
60 Years Ago Today In 1957 - Vocalist Dakota Staton and pianist George Shearing, with Jean "Toots" Thielemans on guitar, Al McKibbon on bass, and Percy Brice on drums and using arrangements by Shearing, record the titles "Confessin' The Blues", an instrumental version of "The Late, Late Show", and "I'd Love To Make Love To You" in New York City, New York between 12:00 PM and 3:30PM. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on the album "The George Shearing Quintet With Dakota Staton - In The Night" (T/DT 1003).
60 Years Ago Today In 1957 - Jerry Shard directs an orchestra and chorus (lineups unlisted) as they record the titles "Trombone Rock", "You're The Most", "Fantail", and "Put Your Little Foot" in New York City, New York for Capitol Records which has yet to issue any of the titles.
60 Years Ago Today In 1957 - Don Carroll, with unlisted others, records the titles "At Your Front Door" and "The Gods Were Angry With Me" in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue both titles together as a single (Capitol F3838).
55 Years Ago Today In 1962 - Vocalist Bobby Darin, with Walter Rain conducting his own arrangements to the orchestra (lineup unlisted), records a remake of the title "The Sermon Of Samson" and the titles "Work Song", "Why Don't You Swing Down", and "Long Time Man" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "The Sermon Of Samson", "Work Song" and "Why Don't You Swing Down" on Darin's album "Earthy!" (T/ST 1826) and have yet to issue the take of "Long Time Man" recorded at this session.
50 Years Ago Today In 1967 - Dave Cavanaugh and His Orchestra (lineup unlisted) record the titles "There Goes My Everything", "The World We Know", "Can't Take My Eyes Off Of You", "Spanish Eyes", and "The Happening" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Cavanaugh's album "Hits On Hits" (T/ST 2834).
50 Years Ago Today In 1967 - Vocalist Ray Pennington, with unlisted others, records the titles "Big Operator", "Who's Gonna Walk The Dog", "Everything Except Our Love (Seems To Be Alright)", and "You Be My Woman (I'll Be Your Man)" and overdubs for the titles "Someday You'll Fall Back To Me" and "You Turned the Lights On" in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue "Who's Gonna Walk The Dog" and "You Turned The Lights On" together as a single (Capitol 2006), "Someday You'll Fall Back To Me" as a single (Capitol 2118) with "Hush Hush Sweet Charlotte" (recorded January 23, 1968) on the flipside, and has yet to issue "Big Operator, "Everything Except Our Love (Seems To Be Alright)", and "You Be My Woman (I'll Be Your Man)".
1968 - The Beatles, with orchestral accompaniment, record the released master track for their song "Hey Jude" using the eight-track recording machine at Trident Studios in London, England.
45 Years Ago Today In 1972 - Alto saxophonist Julian "Cannonball" Adderley, with Nat Adderley on cornet, George Duke on piano, Walter Booker on bass, Roy McCurdy on drums, Airto Moreira on percussion and vocals, King Errison Mayuto Correa, and Octavio on percussion, and vocalists Flora Purim and Olga James, records the titles, "The Happy People", "Maria Tres Filhos", "Ela", and, with David T. Walker and Chuck Rainey on electric basses and without Mayuto Correa and Octavio on percussion, "Savior" in Studio A in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Cannonball Adderley's album "The Happy People" (ST-11121).
1976 - Natalie Cole, singer and Capitol Records artist, marries Marvin Yancy, songwriter and producer
1990 - Capitol Records Nashville calls the R.I.A.A. to request that Garth Brooks' self-titled debut album be certified Gold
1994 - Ramblin' Jimmie Dolan, singer, guitarist and Capitol Records artist (1949-1955) dies at age 78
2004 - Capitol Records releases the compilation CD "Cocktails With Cole Porter"

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1946 - Gary Lewis, singer, drummer, band leader of Liberty Records recording artists Gary Lewis and The Playboys, and son of future Capitol Records artist Jerry Lewis, is born Gary Harold Lee Lewis in Los Angeles, California. Liberty Records catalog is currently owned by Universal Music Group, Capitol Music Group's parent company.
1995 - Pink Floyd's 2-CD live album "P*U*L*S*E", released by EMI in the U.K. and Columbia in the U.S. is certified Gold, Platinum, and Double Platinum by the R.I.A.A.

ON THIS DAY NOT IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1931 - "The Shadow", the mystery-adventure series based on the pulp magazine stories, makes its radio debut
1951 - Ray Charles marries his first wife, Eileen Williams. After having one child, they will divorce in 1952.
65 Years Ago Today In 1952 - Peggy Lee records the track "San Souci" with Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra for Decca Records
1965 - J. K. Rowling, author of the Harry Potter series, is born Joanne Kathleen Rowling in the General Hospital at Chipping Sodbury, near her parents' home in Yate, Gloucestershire, England
50 Years Ago Today In 1967 - Judy Garland's variety revue titled, "Judy Garland; At Home at the Palace" opens on Broadway at the Palace Theatre. Joining her onstage to perform were her children, Lorna and Joey Luft. The show ran for 32 performances.
1971 - The first lunar rover is driven on the surface of the moon by astronauts as part of the Apollo 15 mission