SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
1944 - Roger Waters, singer, songwriter, and bass player with the Capitol Records group Pink Floyd, is born George Roger Waters in Great Bookham, Surrey near Dorking, England

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
65 Years Ago Today In 1952 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Walkin' My Baby Back Home" is tied at #8 with Johnnie Ray's Columbia Records version and Cole's single "Somewhere Along The Way" is #13 on Cash Box magazine's Best Selling Singles chart.
55 Years Ago Today In 1962 - Ralph Carmichael conducts his own arrangements to The Ralph Carmichael Orchestra (Robert Miller on organ, Alan Reuss and Bobby Gibbons on guitars, Red Callender and Hy Lesnick on basses, Frank Carlson on drums) and Choir (vocalists Evangeline Carmichael, Loulie Jean Norman, Jacqueline Allen, Peggy Clark, Sally Sweetland, Jackie Ward, Charles Schrouder, Donald Shelton, William Cole, and Hal Derwin) as they record "Mama Sang A Song" with Stan Kenton doing narration vocals and "Whispering Hope" with Kenton on piano in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue both titles together as a single (Capitol F4847).
55 Years Ago Today In 1962 - The Beach Boys (Mike Love and Brian Wilson on vocals, Carl Wilson on lead guitar and vocals, David Marks on guitar and vocals, Dennis Wilson on drums and vocals) record the titles "Summertime Blues" with Mike Love and Brian Wilson on lead vocals, "Land Ahoy" with Mike Love on lead vocals, and "Little Girl (You're My Miss America)" with Dennis Wilson on lead vocals in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue "Summertime Blues" and "Little Girl (You're My Miss America)" on the band's album "Surfin' Safari" (T/DT 1808) and Land Ahoy on the group's complilation album "Beach Boys Rarities" (ST-12293).
55 Years Ago Today In 1962 - Jimmie Haskell conducts his own arrangements to an orchestra (lineup unlisted) as they record the titles "Love Theme From Phaedra", "The Pigeon That Took Rome", "The Sweetest Sounds", and "Look No Further Bossa Nova" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Love Them From Phaedra" and "The Pigeon That Took Rome" together as a single (Capitol 4857) and have yet to issue "The Sweetest Sounds" and "Look No Further Bossa Nova".
55 Years Ago Today In 1962 - Bobby Edwards, with unlisted others, records the titles "The Way I Am", "I Fell And Broke My Heart", and "Remember Who Brought You Here" in (listed as possibly) Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue "The Way I Am" and "Remember Who Brought You Here" together as a single (Capitol 4874). Bear Family Records will issue "I Fell And Broke My Heart" in Germany on the compilation CD "The Drugstore's Rockin', Volume 4" (BCD 16678).

1963 - Brian Epstein signs a management contract with Priscilla White, Ringo Starr's mother's hairdresser and cloakroom girl at The Cavern. She changes her name to Cilla Black. Her recordings with producer George Martin on the Parlophone label in the U.K. will later be released by Capitol Records in the United States.

50 Years Ago Today In 1967 - The Beatles (George Harrison on lead guitar and lead vocals, John Lennon on rhythm guitar and vocals, Paul McCartney on bass guitar and vocals, and Ringo Starr on drums and vocals) record the title "Blue Jay Way" at Abbey Road Studios in London, England with producer George Martin. Capitol Records will issue the title in the United States on the soundtrack album to the television movie "Magical Mystery Tour" 

50 Years Ago Today In 1967 - Overdubs and remixes are done for Jean Shepard's title "An Old Bridge" in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue the title as a single (Capitol 2073) with "My New Darlin'" (recorded June 7, 1967) on the flipside.
45 Years Ago Today In 1972 - Brush Arbor (lineup unlisted) record the titles "Proud Mary", "Denver Woman" and "Brush Arbor" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Proud Mary" and "Denver Woman" together as a single (Capitol 3468) and on the group's self-titled album "Brush Arbor" (ST-11158) and have yet to issue "Brush Arbor.

45 Years Ago Today In 1972 - The Raspberries (Eric Carmen and Wally Bryson on vocals and guitar, Dave Smalley on electric bass, and Jim Bonfanti on drums) record the titles "Nobody Knows", "Every Way I Can" and "I Wanna Be With You" at The Record Plant studios in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on the group's album "Fresh" (ST-11123).

1975 - Glen Campbell's Capitol Records single "Rhinestone Cowboy", with "Lovelight" on the flipside, hits #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart
40 Years Ago Today In 1977 - Overdubs are recorded for Natalie Cole's titles "I Can't Stay Away" and "Keeping A Light" in Los Angeles, California. After more overdubs are recorded for "I Can't Stay Away" on September 7, 20, 21, and 22, 1977 and for "Keeping A Light" on September 19 and 21, 1977, Capitol Records will issue both titles on Cole's album "Thankful" (SW-11708).
35 Years Ago Today In 1982 - Vocalist Rick Nelson, with unlisted others, records the title "Don't Say No" in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records which has yet to issue the title.

2005 - Capitol Records Nashville releases Ryan Shupe & The Rubber Band's debut album “Dream Big”

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1899 - Billy Rose, lyricist (best-known for "Me And My Shadow" as well as "Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavor On The Bedpost Overnight" [with Marty Bloom], "I Found a Million Dollar Baby" [with Mort Dixon], and "It's Only a Paper Moon" [with E. Y. Harburg]), Broadway and Aquacade producer, theatre and nightclub owner, and one-time husband of Capitol Records artist Fanny Brice, is born William Samuel Rosenberg in New York City, New York
70 Years Ago Today In 1947 - "King Cole Trio Time" is broadcast from Jerry Jones' Rainbow Rendezvous in Salt Lake City, Utah where The King Cole Trio play listener's requests for the entire show.

1968 - Drummer Elvin Jones, with Joe Farrell on tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone and flute and Jimmy Garrison on bass, records the tracks "What Is This?", "In The Truth", "Ascendant", "Sometimes Joie", "Yesterdays", and "We'll Be Together Again", that will appear on his Blue Note Records album "The Ultimate Elvin Jones", with producer Duke Pearson and recording engineer Rudy Van Gelder at the Van Gelder Studio in Englewood, New Jersey. EMI Music Group, Capitol Music Group's parent company, currently owns the Blue Note catalog.

1969 - Sid Krofft's "H.R. Pufnstuf" premieres on NBC-TV with the first of only 17 episodes, although a feature length movie will be released later by Universal. Capitol Records will release a soundtrack album for the show as well as a solo album in 1969 for it's only non-masked actor Jack Wild.
1974 - Virgin Records releases Robert Wyatt's single "I'm A Believer", with "Memories" on the flipside, both of which which were produced by Pink Floyd's Nick Mason. Capitol Records currently owns Virgin Records' catalog.
1985 - The sale of Northern Songs (the holder of almost all of the Lennon/McCartney copyrights) to Michael Jackson is finalized
2005 - Virgin Records, a subsidiary of Capitol Records, releases The Rolling Stones album "A Bigger Bang"

ON THIS DAY NOT IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1904 - "Slapsie" Maxie Rosenbloom, boxer (Light Heavyweight Championship of the World in 1932), motion picture actor, and night club owner (Slapsie Maxie's, with locations in San Francisco and at what is now The New Beverly Cinema on Beverly Boulevard in Los Angeles, California, which is within 2 blocks of The Institute Of The American Musical on Detroit Street) is born in Harlem, New York City, New York
1984 - Ginger Rogers is in Buffalo, New York (close to my childhood home town of Eggertsville) for a homecoming at Shea’s Theatre where she had played 55 years earlier. Shea's has recently been refurbished with better seating, more back stage working space, loading docks and and state-of-the-art dressing rooms. This former part of the Paramount Theatres chain gives very knowledgeable tours of the theatre and the backstage area (although the backstage tour is limited if a show is currently engaged in the theatre).