FEBRUARY 11, 2018

HAPPY BIRTHDAY
1935 - Gene Vincent, singer, songwriter, guitarist, and a Capitol Records artist is born Eugene Vincent Craddock in Norfolk, Virginia

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1947 - During two sessions held this day at "The Chateau" on DeLongpre in Hollywood, California for The Capitol Records Transcription Service, guitarist Alvino Rey records an unlisted number of unlisted titles at the first session then Skitch Henerson records four unlisted titles at the second session.
1952 - Pianist Ray Turner, with Phil Stevens on bass and Nick Fatool on drums, records the titles "Nola", "Greenwich Witch", and "Pianoflage" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Turner's album "Kitten On The Keys" (H-306).
65 Years Ago Today In 1953 - During two session held this day at Capitol Records' studios at 5515 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood, California, pianst and bandleader Stan Kenton and His Orchestra (Buddy Childers, Maynard Ferguson, Conte Candoli, Don Dennis, Ruben McFall, and Pete Candoli on trumpets, Bob Burgess, Frank Rosolino, Bill Russo, and Keith Moon on trombones, George Roberts on bass trombone, Lee Konitz and Vinnie Dean on alto saxophone, Bill Holman and Richie Kamuca on tenor saxophones, Bob Gioga on baritone saxophone, Sal Salvador on guitar, Don Bagley on bass, and Stan Levey on drums) record the title "A Trumpet" at the first session between 4:45 PM and 7:45 PM and, with the addition of Chris Connors on vocals the titles "And The Bull Walked Around, Olé" with Harry De Almeida on tambourine and "Jeepers Creepers" at the second session between 8:45 PM and 11:45 PM. Capitol Records will issue "A Trumpet" on Kenton's album "This Modern World" (KCF-460 on 10" 78 RPM, EBF-460 on 7" 45 RPM EP, H-460 on 10" 33 1/3 RPM LP, and L-460 in 12" 33 1/3 RPM LP), and "And The Bull Walked Around, Olé" and "Jeepers Creepers" together as a single (Capitol 2388).
65 Years Ago Today In 1953 - William Steinberg conducts The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra (lineup unlisted) as they record Johann Strauss, Jr's "Acceleration Waltz, Opus 234", "Adele Waltz", "Emperor Waltz", "Campagne Polka Opus 211", "Perpetuum Mobile Opus 257", "Thunder And Lightning Polka", "Tritsch-Tratsch Polka", and "Annen Polka" at the Syria Mosque in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on the album "Johann STRAUSS - Polkas/Waltzes" (P-8222), "Acceleration Waltz, Opus 234" and "Adele Waltz Opus 424" on a 7" EP "Johann STRAUSS Jr. - Waltzes" (Capitol FAP-8239), and "Campagne Polka Opus 211", "Perpetuum Mobile Opus 257", "Thunder And Lightning Polka", and "Annen Polka" on the 7" EP "Johann STRAUSS Jr. - Polka" (FAP-8240).
1954 - Frank Sinatra (with Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra)'s Capitol Records single "Young At Heart", with "Take A Chance" on the flipside, enters the top 40 of the U.S. Pop singles charts
1956 - During two sessions held at the Samuel Goldwyn Studios at 1401 North Formosa Avenue in Hollywood, California, pianist Stan Kenton and His Orchestra (Ed Leddy, Maynard Ferguson, Sam Noto, Pete Candoli, and Don Paladino on trumpets, Bob Fitzpatrick, Milt Bernhart, Carl Fontana, and Kent Larsen on trombones, Don Kelly on bass trombone, Lennie Niehaus and Skeets Herfurt on alto saxophones, Bill Perkins on alto and tenor saxophones, Vido Musso and Spencer Sinatra on tenor saxophones, Jack Nimitz on baritone saxophone, Ralph Blaze on guitar, Don Bagley on bass, and Mel Lewis on drums) record the titles "Painted Rhythm" and "Artistry In Boogie" at the first session between 11:10 AM and 2:10 PM and the titles "Southern Scandal", two takes of "Minor Riff", "Collaboration", and start a take "Intermission Riff" (which will be recorded in it's entirety at a session the next day on February 12, 1956) at the second session between 2:50 PM and 5:50 PM. Capitol Records will issue all the titles, except the alternate take of "Minor Riff" on Kenton's album "Kenton In Hi-Fi" (W 724) and all the takes except the first take of "Minor Riff" on Kenton's album "Kenton In Stereo" (SW 724), and all the titles and takes on the CD version of "Kenton In Hi-Fi" (7-98451-2).
1957 - Vocalists Beryl Davis, Connie Haines, and Jane Russell, with an unidentified male chorus and Van Alexander conducting the orchestra (lineup unlisted), record the titles "There", "Yes Indeed", "Amen", and "It Is No Secret (What Love Can Do)" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on the trio's album "The Magic Of Believing" (T 822).
60 Years Ago Today In 1958 - During two shows given this day in the Casbah Theatre at The Sahara Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada which are recorded by Capitol Records, trumpetist, vocalist and bandleader Louis Prima and vocalist Keely Smith, with tenor saxophonist and vocalist Sam Butera and The Witnesses (Lou Sineaux on trombone, William "Willie" McCumber on piano, Bobby Roberts on guitar, Tony Liuzza on bass, and Harvey Lang on drums) perform the titles "Medley "Embraceable You/I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good", "Greenback Dollar Bill" with vocals by Sam Butera, "Medley" Tiger Rag/Just Because", "Medley: Should I?/I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me" at the first show and the titles "Love Of My Life (O Sole Mio)", "Judy", "White Cliffs Of Dover", "Too Marvelous For Words", "Medley: Them There Eyes/Honeysuckle Rose", and "Holiday For Strings" at the second show. Capitol Records will issue "Medley "Embraceable You/I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good", "Greenback Dollar Bill", "Medley: Tiger Rag/Just Because", and "Holiday For Strings" on the 7" EP "Prima Style" (EAP-2-1010), "Medley: Should I?/I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me" and "White Cliffs Of Dover" on the 7" EP "Prima Style" (EAP-3-1010), "Love Of My Life (O Sole Mio)", "Too Marvelous For Words", and "Medley: Them There Eyes/Honeysuckle Rose" on the 7" EP "Prima Style" (EAP-1-1010), and all the titles, except "Judy" on the 12" LP "Prima Style" (T 1010) as by Louis Prima and Keely Smith.
60 Years Ago Today In 1958 - Vocal group The King Sisters (Yvonne, Luise, Marilyn, and Alyce King), with Alvino Rey conducting the orchestra (lineup unlisted), record the titles "76 Trombones", "Unbelievable", "Girls Were Made", and "One O'Clock Jump" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "76 Trombones" on the sisters' album "" (T/DT 2352), with "Unbelievable" as a single (Capitol F3933), and has yet to issue "Girls Were Made" and "One O'Clock Jump".
60 Years Ago Today In 1958 - Vocal group The Five Keys (Rudy West on lead vocals, Ripley Ingram on tenor vocals, Maryland Pierce and Ramon Loper on baritone vocals, and Bernie West on bass vocals) with Dave Cavanaugh conducting the orchestra (lineup unlisted), record the titles "Emily Please", "One Great Love", "Really-O-Truly-O", and "You're For Me" at Capitol Records' studios in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue "Emily Please" and "You're For Me" together as a single (Capitol F3948) and "One Great Love" and "Really-O-Truely-O" together as a single (Capitol 4092).
60 Years Ago Today In 1958 - Jack Teagarden overdubs trombone and vocals in New York City, New York onto instrumental tracks recorded by Sid Feller conducting his own arrangements to His Orchestra (Ray Beckenstein, Sal Amato, Walt Levinsky, Gerald Sanfino, Harold Feldman, Leon Cohen, and Art Beck on reeds, Moe Wechsler on piano, Al Casamenti on guitar, Jack Lesberg on bass, Jimmie Crawford on drums, and Joe Venuto on vibraphones) for the titles "While We're Young", "Alone Together". and "Autumn Serenade". Capitol Records will issue the final mixes of all the titles on Teagarden's album "Shades of Night" (T/ST 1143).
60 Years Ago Today In 1958 - Leopold Stokowski conducts His Symphony Orchestra (lineup unlisted) as they record Bach's "Shepherd's Song (From Christmas Oratorio), BWV. 248" and "Sarabande (From Violin Partita In B Minor), BWV. 1002" at the Riverside Plaza Hotel in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue both titles on Stokowski's album "J.S. BACH" (P/SP-8489).
55 Years Ago Today In 1963 - Bandleader Billy May conducts his own arrangements to His Orchestra (John Audino, Don Fagerquist, Uan Rasey, and Bud Brisbois on trumpets, Lew McCreary on bass trumpet, Ed Kusby, Milt Bernhart, Tommy Shepard, and William Schaefer on trombones, Paul Horn on flute and alto saxophone, Justin Gordon on tenor saxophone and piccolo, Chuck Gentry on baritone saxophone, Ray Sherman on piano, Joe Gibbons on guitar, Ralph Pena on bass, and Alvin Stoller on drums) as they record the titles "Filet Of Soul" (Uh! Oh! (Nutty Squirrels)", "Miles Behind", and "Children Of The Night" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California between 9:30 PM and 12:30 AM on February 12, 1963. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on May's album "Bill's Bag" (T/ST 1888).
55 Years Ago Today In 1963 - Vocalist and rhythm guitarist Tommy Collins, with J. R. "Jelly" Sanders on fiddle, Alvis "Buck" Owens and Don Rich on lead guitars, Otis "Joe" Maphis also on rhythm guitar, and Ken Presley on drums, records the titles "Take Me Back To the Good Old Days", "Oh What A Dream", "Let Her Go", and "When Did Right Become Wrong?" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California between 5:30 PM and 9:00 PM. Capitol Records will issue "Take Me Back To The Good Old Days" and "When Did Right Become Wrong?" together as a single (Capitol 4962). Tower Records (a subsidiary of Capitol Records) will issue "Take Me Back To The Good Old Days" and a different mix of "Oh What A Dream" together as a single (Tower 213), "Take Me Back To The Good Old Days", the different mix of "Oh What A Dream", and "Let Her Go" on Collins' album "Let's Live A Little" (T/DT 5021)with the final new mix of the title. An overdub by a vocal chorus is recorded for "Take Me Back To The Good Old Days" on March 11, 1963. Bear Family Records will issue all the titles and versions in Germany in the five-CD box set "Leonard" (BCD 15577).
55 Years Ago Today In 1963 - The Beach Boys (Mike Love on lead vocals, Brian Wilson on vocals, Carl Wilson on lead guitar, and vocals, David Marks on guitar and vocals, and Dennis Wilson on drums) record the instrumental titles "Let's Go Trippin'". "Honky Tonk", "Misirlou", and the title "Noble Surfer" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on the group's album "Surfin' U.S.A." (T/ST 1890).
55 Years Ago Today In 1963 - The Beatles (George Harrison on lead guitar and vocals, John Lennon on rhythm guitar and vocals, Paul McCartney on bass guitar and vocals, and Ringo Starr on drums and vocals), with producer George Martin, record the titles "I Want to Hold Your Hand", "I Saw Her Standing There", "Misery", "Anna", "Chains", "Boys", "Baby It's You", "Do You Want To Know A Secret", "A Taste of Honey, "There's A Place", and two takes "Twist And Shout" in Studio 2 at EMI's Abbey Road Studios in London, England during a thirteen hour recording session from 10:00 AM to 11:00 PM. Though two takes were attempted on "Twist And Shout", John Lennon's voice wasn't as strong on the second due to his fighting a cold and sore throat all day and the first take left him hoarse and his throat painful for a while. In England, Parlophone Records will issue all the titles on the group's first album "Please, Please Me" in England. In the United States, Capitol Records will issue "I Want to Hold Your Hand" and "I Saw Her Standing There" together as a single (Capitol 5112) and on the group's first U.S. album, "Meet The Beatles" (T/ST 2047) and the rest of the titles except the second take of "Twist And Shout", which remains unissued, on their U. S. album "Early Beatles" (T/ST 2309).
1964 - The Beatles play their first US concert when they perform at Washington Colosseum in Washington, D.C.
1965 - Ringo Starr marries his first wife, Maureen Cox, in London's Caxton Hall Register Office, with manager Brian Epstein as best man
1966 - The female vocal group The Thrills (Dianne Carol Linton aka Donna Lynton on lead vocals and sisters Sandra Dortch, Beverly Dortch, and Delores Dortch on harmony vocals), with Bert Keyes conducting his own arrangements to the orchestra (lineup unlisted but containing players on trumpet, trombone, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone, piano, guitar, electric bass, xylophone, and drums), record the titles "Here's A Heart", "What Can Go Wrong", "No One", and "Bring It On Home To Me" in New York City, New York with producer Marvin Holtzman. Capitol Records will issue "Here's A Heart" and "Bring It On Home To Me" together as a single (Capitol 5719) and "What Can Go Wrong" and "No One" together as a single (Capitol 5631).
50 Years Ago Today In 1968 - The Beatles (George Harrison on lead guitar and vocals, John Lennon on rhythm guitar and vocals, Paul McCartney on bass guitar and vocals, and Ringo Starr on drums and vocals), with producer George Martin, record the title "Hey Bulldog" at EMI's Abbey Road Studios in London, England for Apple Records. Capitol Records will issue the title in the United States on the group's soundtrack album "Yellow Submarine" (SW-153).
1971 - Capitol Records releases Buck Owens' single "Bridge Over Troubled Waters" with "I'm Goin' Home" on the flipside
40 Years Ago Today In 1978 - Natalie Cole's Capitol Records single "Our Love" enters the top 40 of Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart
35 Years Ago Today In 1983 - During two sessions held this day at Audio Media Recorders in Nashville, Tennessee, vocalist Anne Murray, with unlisted others, records the titles "Bring All Your Heartaches To Me" and "Too Late To Stop Loving You Now" at the first session and the title "A Little Good News" at the second session. Capitol Records has yet to issue "Bring All Your Heartaches To Me" and "Too Late To Stop Loving You Now" and will issue "A Little Good News" as a single (Capitol 5264) with "I'm Not Afraid Anymore" (recorded July 7, 1983) on the flipside and on Murray's album "A Little Good News" (ST-12301).
1987 - James Reyne records the titles "Stealing Bases" and "Burning Wood". Capitol Records will issue "Burning Wood" on Reyne's self-titled CD "James Reyne" (7-48982-2) and has yet to issue "Stealing Bases".
1992 - Justis David Mustaine, son of Dave Mustaine of the Capitol Records group Megadeth and his wife Pam, is born in Burbank, California
1999 - 400 copies of Steve Wariner's Capitol Records Nashville CD single, "Two Teardrops", ship on time to radio stations because Capitol Records Nashville's promotion team, after tornadoes earlier in the week forced the company's normal CD manufacturing plant in Jacksonville, Illinois to shut down production, persuaded two manufacturing plants to press the single while promotions staff volunteers address and stuff envelopes

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1847 - Thomas Alva Edison, inventor of the lightbulb, the phonograph, the motion picture camera, and 1,090 other patented items, is born in Milan, Ohio
1957 - Organist Jimmy Smith, with Donald Byrd on trumpet, Lou Donaldson on alto saxophone, Hank Mobley on tenor saxophone, Eddie McFadden on guitar, and Art Blakey on drums, records the titles "Falling In Love With Love", "First Night Blues" without the horn section, "Funk's Oats", "Zing! Went The Strings Of My Heart" also without the horn section, "Groovy Date", and "I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart" at Manhattan Towers in New York City, New York. Blue Note Records will issue "Falling In Love With Love" and "Funk's Oats" on the album "A Date with Jimmy Smith, Volume 1" (BLP1547), "Zing! Went The Strings Of My Heart" and "First Night Blues" on the LP "The Sounds of Jimmy Smith" (BLP1556), and "Groovy Date" and "I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart" on the album "A Date with Jimmy Smith, Volume 2" (BLP1548). Mosaic Records will issue all the titles in the box set "The Complete February 1957 Jimmy Smith Blue Note Sessions" (MQ5-154 on vinyl and MD3-154 on CD).
1970 - Peter Sellers and Ringo Starr's film "The Magic Christian", featuring music by Badfinger, premieres in New York City, New York
35 Years Ago Today In 1983 - EMI America purchase the masters for David Bowie's titles "Modern Love", "China Girl", ", "Let's Dance", "Without You", "Ricochet", "Criminal World", "Cat People (Putting Out Fire)", and "Shake It" and will issue all the titles on Bowie's album "Let's Dance" (SJ-17093) as well as issuing "China Girl" and a long version of "Shake It" as a single (EMI-America 7809), "Let's Dance" and "Cat People (Putting Out Fire)" together as a single (EMI-America 7805), an edited version of "Let's Dance" and "Cat People (Putting Out Fire)" together as a single (EMI-America 8158), "Without You" and "Criminal World" together as a single (EMI-America 8190), the album version of "Shake It" and an edited version of "China Girl" together as a single (EMI-America 8165), and an edited version of "Modern Love" and a live version of "Modern Love" (purchased on August 15, 1983) together as singles (EMI-America 8177 and EMI-America 7811).