ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1947 - Nellie Lutcher (on piano and vocals) and Her Rhythm (Ulysses Livingstone on guitar, Billy Hadnott on bass, and Lee Young on drums) records the titles "The One I Love (Belongs To Somebody Else)", "Hurry On Down", "The Lady's In Love With You", and "You Better Watch Yourself, Bub" at Radio Recorders' Studio B in Los Angeles, California between 2:00 PM and 4:45 PM. Capitol Records will issue "The One I Love (Belongs To Somebody Else)" on Lutcher's album "Nellie Lutcher & Her Rhythm" (CC-70), "Hurry On Down" and "The Lady's In Love With You" as a single (Capitol Americana 40002), and "You Better Watch Yourself, Bub" as a single (Capitol Americana 40042) with "My Mother's Eyes" (recorded April 30, 1947) on the flipside.
1947 - Margaret Whiting, with Frank De Vol and His Orchestra, records the titles "Ask Anyone Who Knows", "Old Devil Moon", "Thou Swell", and "This Can't Be Love" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Ask Anyone Who Knows" and "Old Devil Moon" together as a single (Capitol 410) and "Thou Swell" and "This Can't Be Love" on Whiting's self-titled album "Margaret Whiting" (BD-51).
Here's a version of "This Can't Be Love" with Margaret and Lou Busch
Here's a version of "This Can't Be Love" with Frank Sinatra
70 Years Ago Today In 1948 - It's a Saturday in Chicago, Illinois and for the final episode of NBC-Radio's "King Cole Trio Time", with announcer Dave Garroway and Cole back from his honeymoon, the trio (Nat "King" Cole on vocals and piano, Johnny Miller on bass, and Irving Ashby on guitar) is augmented with a special instrumental group of Chicago musicians featuring strings, French horn, oboe, clarinet, and harp as they perform "I've Only Myself To Blame" and "Nature Boy". Also, because of the AFM's musicians strike Frank Sinatra, with Jeff Alexander's chorus, record an acapella cover version of "Nature Boy" for Columbia Records to try to cash in on the success of Cole's unexpected hit version.
1952 - Kay Starr's Capitol Records single "Wheel of Fortune", with "Angry" on the flipside, is still #1 on Billboard's Pop singles charts65 Years Ago Today In 1953 - M-G-M releases the movie "Small Town Girl" starring Jane Powell, Farley Granger, and Ann Miller and featuring musical performances of "My Flaming Heart" and "I Just Love You" by Nat "King" Cole.
65 Years Ago Today In 1953 - Pianist Joe "Fingers" Carr, with vocalist Barbara Carr, vocal group The Carr-Hopps, and an orchestra (lineup unlisted) records the titles "Mexican Joe" and "Here Comes My Daddy, Now!" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both titles together as a single (Capitol 2463).
1956 - Capitol Records artist Nat "King" Cole is badly beaten up on stage by a white supremacist group, in front of a white audience, in Birmingham, Alabama
1957 - Vocalist Frank Sinatra, with Gordon Jenkins conducting his own arrangements to the orchestra (Vincent De Rosa, Arthur Frantz, and John Cave on French horns, Dent Eckles on flute, Wayne Songer on clarinet, Willie Schwartz on woodwinds, Jack Shaney on bassoon, Matty Matlock on baritone saxophone, Bill Miller on piano, Allan Reuss on guitar, Jack Ryan on bass, Nick Fatool on drums, Kathryn Julye on harp and a string section with Victor Arno, Harry Bluestone, Samuel Cytron, Kurt Dieterle, Walter Edelstein, Ben Gill, Murray Kellner, Sol Kindler, Dan Lube, Joseph Livoti, Erno Neufeld, Nicholas Pisani, Joseph Quadri, Mischa Russell, Felix Slatkin, and Marshall Sosson on violins, William Baffa, Ray Menhennick, Paul Robyn, and David Sterkin on viola, Cy Bernard and Armand Kaproff on cello), records the titles "Where Is The One?", "There's No You", "The Night We Called It A Day", "Autumn Leaves" and an alternate take of "Autumn Leaves" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California between 4:00 PM and 7:00 PM. Capitol Records will issue "Where Is The One?", "There's No You", "The Night We Called It A Day", and "Autumn Leaves" on Sinatra's album "Where Are You?" (W 855) and "Where Is The One?", "There's No You", "The Night We Called It A Day", and the alternate take of "Autumn Leaves" on the stereo version of the album (SW 855).
1958 - "St. Louis Blues", the biopic of Blues and religious song composer W.C. Handy, has its official world premiere in Saint Louis, Missouri which is also a benefit for St. Louis Variety Tent's special charity, needy children. The premiere is attended by the movie's star Nat "King" Cole and is the beginning of a cross-country personal-appearance tour by Cole to promote the film. The city's mayor, Raymond R. Tucker, declares the date "William Christopher Handy Day" in honor of the composer.
60 Years Ago Today In 1958 - Vocalist Wanda Jackson, with "Big" Al Downing on piano, Merrill Moore on piano and organ, Vernon Sandusky on lead guitar, Buck Owens on rhythm guitar, Skeets McDonald on bass, and Joe Brawley on drums, records the titels "Mean Mean Man", "Rock Your Baby", "A Date With Jerry", "Our Song", and "You've Turned To A Stranger" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California between 5:00 PM and 9:00 PM. Capitol Records will issue "Mean Mean Man" and "Our Song" together as a single (Capitol F4026), "Rock Your Baby" as a single (Capitol F4081) with "Sinful Heart" (recorded April 9, 1958) on the flipside, "A Date With Jerry" as a single (Capitol F4207) with "You're The One For Me" (recorded December 2 and 3, 1958) on the flipside, and "You've Turned To A Stranger" as a single (Capitol F4142) with "Savin' My Love" (recorded December 2, 1958) on the flipside.
60 Years Ago Today In 1958 - Vocalist Wanda Jackson, with "Big" Al Downing on piano, Merrill Moore on piano and organ, Vernon Sandusky on lead guitar, Buck Owens on rhythm guitar, Skeets McDonald on bass, and Joe Brawley on drums, records the titels "Mean Mean Man", "Rock Your Baby", "A Date With Jerry", "Our Song", and "You've Turned To A Stranger" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California between 5:00 PM and 9:00 PM. Capitol Records will issue "Mean Mean Man" and "Our Song" together as a single (Capitol F4026), "Rock Your Baby" as a single (Capitol F4081) with "Sinful Heart" (recorded April 9, 1958) on the flipside, "A Date With Jerry" as a single (Capitol F4207) with "You're The One For Me" (recorded December 2 and 3, 1958) on the flipside, and "You've Turned To A Stranger" as a single (Capitol F4142) with "Savin' My Love" (recorded December 2, 1958) on the flipside.
60 Years Ago Today In 1958 - Freddie Martin conducts His Orchestra (lineup unlisted) as they record the titles "Moon Love"< "Swedish Rhapsody", "Our Love"< "Symphonie Moderne", and "Autumn Concerto" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Martin and his orchestra's album "Concerto!" (EAP-1/2/3-1066 on 7" EPs and W/SW 1066 on 12" vinyl).
60 Years Ago Today In 1958 - During two sessions held this day in 1958 at City Auditorium in Houston, Texas, Leopold Stokowski conducts The Houston Symphony Orchestra (lineup unlisted) as the record parts of Shostakovich's "Symphony N° 11" at both sessions. After the rest of the parts are recorded on April 11 and 12, 1958, Capitol Records will issue the entire piece in the two-LP set "SHOSTAKOVICH - Symphony N° 11, Opus 103" (PBR/SPBR-8448) as by the Houston Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Leopold Stokowski.
1961 - Capitol Records releases Rose Maddox and Buck Owens' single "Mental Cruelty" with "Loose Talk" on the flipside
55 Years Ago Today In 1963 - The Journeymen (John Phillips and Scott McKenzie on vocals and guitar and Dick Weissman on guitar and banjo) record the titles "Someone To Tell My Troubles To", "All The Pretty Little Horses", "Four Strong Winds", and "Makes A Long Time Man Feel Bad" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the first three titles on the group's album "New Directions In Folk Music" (T/ST 1951) and on the CD "Capitol Collectors Series -The Journeymen" (7-98536-2). "Makes A Long Time Man Feel Bad" is still unissued.
55 Years Ago Today In 1963 - Bandleader and trumpet player Ray Anthony and His Orchestra (Lewis McCreary on trombone, Bob Hardaway on tenor saxophone, Leo Anthony on baritone saxophone, Kellie Green on piano, Don Simpson on bass, and Nick Ceroli on drums) and a vocal chorus (lineup unlisted), using arrangments by Don Simpson, record the titles "Cast Your Fate To The Wind", "Meditation", "Our Day Will Come", "Love For Sale", "Walk Right In", and "Preacher Man" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Anthony and his orchestra's album "Smash Hits Of '63" (T/ST 1917).
55 Years Ago Today In 1963 - Capitol Records purchases the masters for Jay Lewis' titles "Should I Come Back?", "Tell Us What Went Wrong", and "I Think It's Me" in Los Angeles, California and will issue "Should I Come Back?" and "Tell Us What Went Wrong" together as a single (Capitol 5095) and has yet to issue "I Think It's Me".
1964 - Capitol Records releases The Beatles' album "The Beatles' Second Album".
1964 - Capitol Records releases The Beatles' album "The Beatles' Second Album".
1967 - Merle Haggard records the track "Branded Man" which will be the title track for his 1967 Capitol Records album and released by Capitol as a single with "You Don't Have Very Far To Go (1967 version)" on the flipside
1967 - Paul McCartney visits a Beach Boys' recording session, producing the title "Vegetables".
The Sugar Shoppe (Peter Mann on vocal and guitar, Laurie Hood on vocals, Victor Garber on vocals and guitar, and Lee Harris on vocals), with The Clique (Al Casey, Al Viola, Howard Robert, Louis Morrell, and Mike Deasy on guitars, Bill Plummer on sitar, Lewis Carroll on trumpet, Lew McCreary and Louis Blackburn on trombones, Abe Most, Jim Horn, and Plas Johnson on saxophones, Al De Lory, Larry Knechtel, and Michael Rubini on pianos and keyboards, Gary Coleman on vibraphone, and percussion, Carol Kaye and Don Bagley on basses, Earl Palmer and Stan Levey on drums, Hal Blaine on drums, vibraphone, and percussion, Stella Castellucci on harp) and a string section (Alfred Lastgarten, Arnold Belnick, Harry Hyams, Henry Roth, Israel Baker, James Getzoff, Marshall Sasson, Nathan Ross, Sam Boghossian, and William Hymanson on violins and violas, and Anne Goodman, Armand Kaproff, Frederick Seykora, and Nathan Gershman on cellos) using vocal arrangments by Peter Mann and instrumental arrangements by Mort Garson, record the titles "Take Me Away", "Poor Papa", and "Papa, Won't You Let Me Go To Town With You" in Los Angeles, California with producer Al De Lory. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on the group's self-titled album "The Sugar Shoppe" (ST 2925) and "Poor Papa" also as a single (Capitol 2326) with "Privilege (From The Film 'Privilege')" (recorded April 9, 1968) on the flipside.
50 Years Ago Today In 1968 - Human Beinz (lineup unlisted) record the titles "I've Got To Keep On Pushing" and "Close Your Eyes" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both titles on the group's album "Evolutions" and "I've Got To Keep On Pushing" also as a single (Capitol 2431) with "This Little Girl Of Mine" (recorded November 19, 1968) on the flipside.
1970 - Paul McCartney announces that The Beatles have broken up
1972 - Freddie Hart's Capitol Records single "My Hang-Up Is You", with "Big Bad Wolf" on the flipside, is #1 on the U.S. Country singles charts
45 Years Ago Today In 1973 - Overdubs are recorded in Los Angeles, California for Al Martino's title "Hey Mama". Capitol Records will issue the final mix of the title as a single (Capitol 3604) with the final mix of "If I Give My Heart To You" (recorded April 3, 4, 5, 9, and 11, 1973) on the flipside and also on Martino's album "I Won't Last A Day Without You" (ST-11302).
45 Years Ago Today In 1973 - Marc Wirtz, with unlisted others, records the titles "Kings And Queens And Fairytales", "Somewhere Else", "Ecstasy Don't Come Free", "Silverlake Ripple", "Swan (Ballerina)", "American Sundae", "Honest Man", and "Hasn't It Been A Heavy Day (Pie In The Sky Lullaby)" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Wirtz's album "Hothouse Smiles" (ST-11208) and "American Sundae" also as a single (Capitol 3643) with "Nothing To Do" (recorded on an unlisted date in March 1973) on the flipside.
40 Years Ago Today In 1978 - King Of Hearts (lineup unlisted) record the titles "Stay With Me" and "Just Because" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both titles on the group's album "Close But No Guitar" (SW-11848), "Stay With Me" also as a single (Capitol 4634) with "There's Always Time" (recorded June 1, 1978) on the flipside and "Just Because" also as a single (Capitol 4683) and also with "There's Always Time" on the flipside.
40 Years Ago Today In 1979 - Vocalist Cheryl Ladd, with unlisted others, records the titles "Skinny Dippin'", "The Rose Nobody Knows", "Think It Over", and "You Turn Me Around" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Ladd's album "" (SW-11808), "Skinny Dippin'" also as a single (Capitol 4650) with "Good, Good Lovin'" (recorded April 11, 1978) on the flipside and also "Think It Over" as a single (Capitol 4599) with "Here Is A Song" (also recorded April 11, 1978) on the flipside.
20 Years Ago Today In 1998 - CEMA (the then catalog division of Capitol Records and EMI) releases Freddie Hart's compilation album "Best of Freddie Hart"2007 - Dakota Staton (aka Aliyah Rabia), singer, dancer, sister of saxophonist Fred Staton, and a Capitol Records and United Artists Records artist, dies in Manhattan, New York at age 74 after a few years of declining health.
2015 - It's a Friday evening and Peggy Hand (born Ethel M. Summers on November 4, 1932), who worked at Capitol Records' Jacksonville, Illinois pressing plant, dies in Advocate Bro-Menn Hospital in Normal, Illinois at age 82.
ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1911 - Martin Denny, bandleader, composer, pianist, and Liberty Records artist, is born in New York City, New York. Some listings have him being born on April 5, 1911. If anyone knows for sure, please leave a comment.
1957 - Future Imperial and Capitol Records artist Ricky Nelson starts his singing career on his parents' network television show "Ozzie and Harriet" when he sings the track "I'm Walkin'". That's Capitol Records artist and bandleader Ray Anthony as the bandleader in the background.
1962 - Stuart Sutcliffe, artist and original bass player for The Beatles, who had quit the band to return to art school and stay with his girlfriend Astrid Kirchherr, dies from a brain hemorrhage following a series of violent headaches in Hamburg, West Germany at age 21, the day before The Beatles were to return to Hamburg from Liverpool to start their third tour in the city.
50 Years Ago Today In 1968 - The 3 Sounds (Gene Harris on piano, Andrew Simpkins on bass, Donald Bailey on drums), with Melvin Moore, Buddy Childers, Bobby Bryant, and Freddy Hill on trumpets, Lou Blackburn, Pete Myers, and Billy Byers on trombones, Ernie Tack on bass trombones, Anthony Ortega and Frank Strozier on alto saxophones, Plas Johnson on tenor saxophone, Bill Green on baritone saxophone, Ken Watson on percussion, and Roger Hutchinson on an unlisted instrument using arrangments by Oliver Nelson, record the titles "The Look Of Love", "Georgia On My Mind", "The Grass Is Greener", and "I Remember Bird" at Liberty Studios in Los Angeles, California. Blue Note Records will issue all the titles (with "Georgia On My Mind" being listed as "Georgia") on the group's album "Coldwater Flat" (BST84285).
40 Years Ago Today In 1978 - Michael Johnson, with unlisted others, records the titles "Bluer Than Blue" and "Almost Like Being In Love" in an unlisted studio. EMI America will issue both titles on Johnson's album "The Michael Johnson Album" (SW-17002), "Bluer Than Blue" also as a single (EMI America 7100) with "This Night Won't Last Forever" (recorded January 12, 1979) on the flipside and "Almost Like Being In Love" also as a single (EMI America 8004) with "Rider In The Sky" (recorded on an unlisted date) on the flipside.
ON THIS DAY NOT IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1956 - Leo Fender is granted the patent for The Stratocaster guitar
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