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80 Years Ago Today In 1938 - Duane Eddy, a guitarist, a Capitol Records artist (1987), and an M-G-M motion picture star, is born in Corning, New York.
1942 - Bobby Rydell, motion picture actor, singer and Capitol Records artists (after leaving Cameo Records, until 1969, when he signed with Reprise), is born Robert Ridarelli in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1960 - Roger Taylor, the drummer, and percussionist, in the Capitol Records bands Duran Duran and Arcadia, is born in Castle Bromwich, Birmingham, West Midlands, England
ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL HISTORY
1952 - Kay Starr's Capitol Records single "Wheel Of Fortune", with Harold Mooney conducting the orchestra and "Angry" on the flipside, is #1 on Billboard's Best Selling Singles chart, and Ella Mae Morse's Capitol Records single "Blacksmith Blues", with arranger Nelson Riddle conducting the orchestra and originally released as the flipside of a re-issue of Freddie Slack's "Cow Cow Boogie" and then with "Love Me Or Leave Me" on the flipside, is #3.
70 Years Ago Today In 1948 - It's a Monday and The King Cole Trio, along with other Capitol Records artists Stan Kenton, June Christy, and Spike Haskell, as well as Capitol's Minneapolis promotion man Bob Jacobs, appear for two days in Booth 1 as part of Capitol Records' exhibit at the 14th Annual Northwest Regional Convention And Exhibit in the Gold Room at The Radisson Hotel in Minneapolis, Minnesota with 16 other record distributors, jobbers, jukebox manufacturers, and related merchandise firms. A General Electric Combo record player was demoed by constantly playing The King Cole Trio's Capitol Records single "Nature Boy". The convention is sponsored by jukebox operator associations from four states - the Minnesota Amusement Games Association (MAGA), the Wisconsin Phonograph Operators' Association (WPOA), the North Dakota Music Operators' Association (NDMOA), and the South Dakota Phonograph Association (SDPA).
60 Years Ago Today In 1958 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Looking Back" is #6 on The Billboard magazine's R&B Best Sellers In Stores and Most Played R&B By Jockeys charts, #12 on the magazine's Top 100 Sides chart, #14 on the magazine's Best Selling Pop Singles In Stores chart, and #27 on Cash Box magazine's Best Selling Singles chart. "Looking Back"'s flipside "Do I Like It" is also #94 on The Billboard magazine's Top 100 Sides chart. Also, Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records album "St. Louis Blues" debuts at #18 and his album "Love Is The Thing" is #25 on The Billboard magazine's Best Selling Pop LPs chart.
60 Years Ago Today In 1958 - The Jonah Jones Quartet (Jonah Jones on trumpet and vocals, Hank Jones on piano, John Brown on bass, and Harold Austin on drums) records the titles "Just A Gigolo" and "Moten Swing" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue "Just A Gigolo" on the quartet's album "Jumpin' With Jonah" (EAP-3-1039 on 7" vinyl and T/ST 1039 on 12" vinyl) and "Moten Swing" on the album "Hit Me Again!" (T/ST 1375).
1962 - Capitol Records records a concert by Judy Garland, with Mort Lindsey conducting his own arrangements to the orchestra, at Manhattan Center in New York City New York. Judy performs the songs "Sail Away", "Something's Coming", "Why Can't I?", "Just In Time", "Do What You Do", "Get Me To The Church On Time", "The Party's Over", "Joey, Joey, Joey", "Hey Look Me Over", "Some People", and "Never Will I Marry". Capitol Records will issue all the tracks except "Why Can't I?" and "Do What You Do" on the compilation CD "Judy Live" (CDP 7-92343-2) and "Why Can't I?" on the compilation CD "Classic Judy Garland - The Capitol Years - 1955-1965" (CDP 7243-5-39282-2-3). As of yet, the incomplete recording of "Do What You Do" (Judy's hoarse voice that night only let her sing the vocals for the first verse) has not been released. There's a great first-hand account of the performance on Steve Jarret's site.
55 Years Ago Today In 1963 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records album "Nat 'King' Cole" is #2 on KTKT 990 AM's Album Sound Of The Day chart in Tucson, Arizona.
55 Years Ago Today In 1963 - During three sessions held this day in Los Angeles, California, trumpet player Jack Sheldon, with unlisted others, records the titles "There Will Never Be Another You", "Days Of Wine And Roses", "That Old Feeling" and "Freaky Friday" at the first session, the titles "On Green Dolphin Street", "What Kind Of Fool Am I?", "The More I See You", and "Merry Old England" at the second session, and the titles "Stella By Starlight", "Forgive Me Waltz", "Soft Winds", and, with Sheldon also on vocals, "Born To Lose" at the third session. Capitol Records will issue "Born To Lose" on Sheldon's album "Oooo,But It's Good!" (T/ST 1963).
55 Years Ago Today In 1963 - During three sessions held this day in Los Angeles, California, vocalist Jean Hoffman, with unlisted others, records the titles "Oh Dear, What Can The Matter Be", "Crazy He Calls Me", "Surrey With The Fringe On Top", and "Contrary Motion" at the first session, "Great Day", "Christopher Robin", and "Lass From The Low Country", and the titles "Let My People Go", "I Fall In Love Too Easily", and "Scarlet Ribbons" for Capitol Records which has yet to issue any of the titles.
55 Years Ago Today In 1963 - Vocalist Vic Damone, with Jack Parnello conducting the orchestra (lineup unlisted) performs the titles "You And The Night And The Music", "When Your Lover Has Gone", "What Kind Of Fool Am I?", "At Long Last Love", "Fascinating Rhythm", "They Can't Take That Away From Me", "The Most Beautiful Girl In The World", "Adios", "I Left My Heart In San Francisco", "A Lot Of Livin' To Do", "You're Nobody 'Til Somebody Loves You", and "On The Street Where You Live" during a live show recorded at Basin Steet East in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Damone's album "Vic Damone At Basin Street East - The Liveliest" (T/ST 1944 on 12" vinyl).
1965 - Capitol Records releases The Beach Boys single "Help Me Rhonda" with "Kiss Me Baby" on the flipside
50 Years Ago Today In 1968 - Final overdubs are recorded for Tony Bruno's titles "Little Men And Women" and "Getting Better" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the final mix of the title as a single (Capitol 2235) with "Didn't We" (recorded May 1, 1968) on the flipside and on Bruno'salbum "I'm Feeling It Now" (ST 2930) and has yet to issue "Getting Better".
1972 - Buck Owens records the track "Ain't It Amazing, Gracie" which Capitol Records will release as a single with "Good Old Days (Are Here Again)" on the flipside.45 Years Ago Today In 1973 - Overdubs are recorded in Los Angeles, California for Kay Adams titles "Ain't It Funny (How The Heart Rules The Mind)", "Reason To Feel", "I Can, I Can", and "Hearts of Stone". Capitol Records will issue the final mixes of "Ain't It Funny (How The Heart Rules The Mind)" and "Reason To Feel" together as a single (Capitol 3692) and the final mixes of "I Can, I Can" and "Hearts Of Stone" together as a single (Capitol 3624).
45 Years Ago Today In 1973 - Billy May and The Time-Life Orchestra (lineup unlisted) record the titles "Afrikaan Beat" featuring Uan Rasey on trumpet, 'I Love Paris", "The Dreamer" featuring Ray Sherman on piano, and "Walk On By" and overdubs for "I Love Paris" and "Walk On By" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California. Time-Life Records will issue all the titles as part of their "As You Remember Them" series in the three-LP set "Volume 7 - Billy May" (STL 247).
1977 - Glen Campbell's Capitol Records single "Southern Nights", with "William Tell Overture" on the flipside, is #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart
40 Years Ago Today In 1978 - Apple and Capitol Records artist Ringo Starr stars in his first TV special in the United States - an updated version of Mark Twain's "The Prince and the Pauper"
30 Years Ago Today In 1988 - During two sessions held this day in Nashville, Tennessee, vocalist Johnny Rodriguez, with unlisted others, records the titles "You Might Want To Use Me Again", "I Wanta Wake Up With You", "Someday I'm Gonna Finish Leaving You" at the first session and the titles "She Loves Austin", "Where Do I Go To Surrender", and "My Memory's Gonna Serve You Right" at the second session. Capitol Records will issue "You Might Want To Use Me Again" and "She Loves Austin" together as a single (Capitol 44245) and an edited version of "I Wanta Wake Up With You and "Someday I'm Gonna Finish Leaving You" together as a single (Capitol 44204). No issuing information is listed for "Where Do I Go To Surrender" and "My Memory's Gonna Serve You Right".
ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
60 Years Ago Today In 1958 - David Seville's Liberty Records single "Witch Doctor", with "Don't Whistle At My Baby" on the flipside, is #1 The Billboard magazine's Best Selling Pop Singles In Stores and Top 100 Sides charts for the second week. Seville (aka Ross Bagdasarian) would use the techniques from this single to create the sound of The Chimpmunks.
1980 - Dottie West's United Artists Records single "A Lesson In Leavin'", with "Love's So Easy For Two" on the flip side, becomes her first solo single to reach #1 on the U.S. Country singles chart. United Artists' catalog is currently owned by Universal Music Group, Capitol Music Group's parent company.
1981 - Sheena Easton's EMI America Records single "Morning Train (Nine To Five)", with "Calm Before The Storm" on the flipside is #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart. EMI America's catalog is currently owned by Universal Music Group, Capitol Music Group's parent company.35 Years Ago Today In 1983 - Vocalist Sheena Easton, with unlisted others, records the title "Just One Smile" in an unlisted studio. EMI America will issue the title in the United States on Easton's album "Best Kept Secret" (ST-17101).
1984 - Count Basie (born William James Basie), composer, pianist, organist, and bandleader, who recorded sessions for (among others) the RCA/Bluebird, Decca, Roulette Jazz, and Pablo labels, died of pancreatic cancer in Hollywood, Florida. Roulette's catalog is currently owned by Universal Music Group, Capitol Music Group's parent company.
1987 - Cutting Crew's Virgin Records America single "(I Just) Died In Your Arms", with "For the Longest Time" on the flipside, is #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart, becoming the group and the label's first #1 single in the United States
30 Years Ago Today In 1988 - Superblue (Don Sickler on trumpet, Roy Hargrove on trumpet and flugelhorn, Frank Lacy on trombone, Bobby Watson on alto saxophone, Bill Pierce on tenor saxophone, Mulgrew Miller on piano, Bob Hurst on bass, and Kenny Washington on drums) record the titles "Open Sesame", "Summertime", "Marvelous Marvin", "Time Off", "I Remember Clifford", "Conservation", "Once Forgotten", and "M & M" at recording engineer Rudy Van Gelder's studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey for Somethin' Else Records. Blue Note Records will issue all the titles on the group's self-titled album "Superblue" (B1-91731 on 12" vinyl and 7-91731-2 on CD).
1999 - Sinead O'Connor, a former Chrysalis Records artist, is ordained as the first woman priest in the Latin Tridentine Church, a Roman Catholic splinter group, as Mother Bernadette Mary. She will next appear as a performer on this day in 2005 when she makes a live on-stage appearance at the fifth annual Jammy Awards in New York City, New York with the group Burning Spear.
ON THIS DAY NOT IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1977 - The Studio 54 discothèque opens in New York City, New York and will close on the same date three years later in 1980.
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