JUNE 10, 2018

HAPPY BIRTHDAYS!
1922 - Judy Garland, motion picture actress, television variety show host, Capitol Records artist and mother of Capitol Records artist Liza Minnelli, whose on and off long-term affair with Capitol Records co-founder Johnny Mercer was the inspiration for Mercer writing the song "I'll Remember You", is born Francis Ethel Gumm in Grand Rapids, Minnesota. Scott Brogan's website, The Judy Room, is where you need to go to find out more about the life and works of Miss Garland.
45 Years Ago Today In 1973 - Faith Evans, singer and Capitol Records artist (2003 to present), is born Faith Rene Evans in Lakeland, Florida

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
85 Years Ago Today In 1938 - Max Thurn conducts the choir and orchestra (lineups unlisted) of The Hamburg State Opera as they record Bruckner's "Mass In E Minor, Second Movement: Gloria" in two parts, "Mass In E Minor, Third Movement: Credo" in three parts, "Mass In E Minor, First Movement: Kyrie" in two parts, "Mass In E Minor, Sixth Movement: Agnus" in two parts, "Mass In E Minor, Fourth Movement: Sanctus", and "Mass In E Minor, Fifth Movement: Benedictus" in two parts in Hamburg, Germany for Telefunken Records. After Capitol Records licenses Telefunken's catalog for release in the United States, it will issue the entire piece on the album "BRUCKNER - Mass In E Minor" (EEL-2504 on five 10" shellac discs, KEM-8004 on five 7" vinyl discs, and P-8004 on 12" vinyl).
1944 - Jo Stafford (with Paul Weston and His Orchestra)'s Capitol Records single "Long Ago (And Far Away) enters the top 10 of Billboard's Best Selling Retail Records chart at #7, Andy Russell (with orchestra conducted by Al Sack)'s Capitol Records single "Amor" enters at #8, and Ella Mae Morse (with orchestra conducted by Dick Walters)'s Capitol Records single "Milkman, Keep Those Bottles Quiet" enters at #10
1946 - Peggy Lee (with the Four Of A Kind [Dave Barbour on guitar; Buddy Cole on piano; Phil Stephens on bass; and Tom Romerosa on drums] records the titles "Wherever There's Me There's You", "All The Cats Join In", "A Nightingale Can Sing The Blues" and "Come Rain Or Come Shine" for transcription for radio with arranger Frank DeVol conducting his orchestra (Uan Rasey, Abe Benike, and Irv Shulkin on trumpet; Si Zentner and George Faye on trombone; Dick Perissi on french horn; Skeets Herfurt, Julius Kinsler, Ron Perry, Ted Romersa, and Jerry Kasper on reeds; Henry Sugar, Joe Livoti, Victor Arno, Joe Quadri on violin; Jacob Kaz and Paul Lowenkron on viola; Julius Tannenbaum, Joe Saxton, and Fred Goerner on cello; June Weiland on harp), at Radio Recorders in Los Angeles, California with engineer John Palladino.
70 Years Ago Today In 1948 - The Pomona College Glee Club (lineup unlisted) records the title "Torchbearers (Our Fair Pomona)" in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records which has yet to issue the title.
70 Years Ago Today In 1948 - John Beal records vocals at the Walt Disney Studios in Burbank, California over band tracks recorded by Billy May and His Orchestra at Radio Recorders' studios at 932 North Western Avenue in Hollywood, California on December 30, 1947 for the four parts of the title "So Dear To My Heart". Capitol Records will issue the final mixes of all the titles on the children's album "So Dear To My Heart" (DD-109 on four 10" shellac discs, BD-124 also on four 10" shellac discs, CDF-3000 on four 7" vinyl discs) and the compilation album "Rusty In Orchestraville/So Dear To My Heart" ( P-3068 on 12" vinyl).
1950 - Nat King Cole's Capitol Records single "Mona Lisa", initially the flipside of "The Greatest Inventor Of Them All" (which is unavailable on any current Capitol Records CD release, but can be found on the French company Classic Jazz's CD "Nat "King" Cole 1949-1950"), is #14 on Billboard's Best Selling Retail Records chart, Kay Starr (with orchestra conducted by Frank DeVol)'s Capitol Records single "Hoop-De-Doo" enters the chart at #16, and Joe "Fingers" Carr and His Orchestra (with vocals by The Carr-Hops)'s Capitol Records single "Sam's Song" enters the chart at #20.
65 Years Ago Today In 1953 - Trumpet player and bandleader Ray Anthony and His Orchestra (Pat Roberts, Jack Laubach, Ray Triscari, and Dale Turner on trumpet, Sy Berger, Vince Forrest, and Ken Schrudder and Dick Reynolds on trombones, Earl Bergman and Jim Schneider on clarinets and alto saxophones, Bill Usselton and Bill Slapin on tenor saxophones, Leo Anthony on baritone and alto saxophones, Eddie Ryan on piano, Danny Perri on guitar, Don Simpson on bass, Archie Freeman on drums) record the titles "Jersey Bounce" using an arrangement by Dick Reynolds and, with vocals by Marcie Miller, "I Guess It Was You All The Time" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both titles together as a single (Capitol 2532 on 10" shellac and F2532 on 7" vinyl).
65 Years Ago Today In 1953 - Violist Sascha Gorodnitzki finishes three straight days of sessions to record Brahms' "Variations And Fugue On A Theme Of Handel" and "Variations On A Theme Of Paganini, Opus 35" at Capitol Records' studios in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue the complete pieces on the album "BRAHMS - Variations On A Theme Of Paganini, Opus 35/Variations And Fugue On A Theme Of Handel" (P-8227).

1955 - Lee Gillette produces a session at Capitol Records's Melrose Avenue studios in Hollywood, California that lays down an instrumental track of "But Not For Me" for Nat "King" Cole to use on his television show, but Cole does not record vocals for a commercial release. Nat can be seen performing the song on video recordings of the show.

1955 - Jimmy Giuffre (with Jack Sheldon on trumpet, Ralph Pena on bass, and Artie Anton on drums), records the tracks ""Scintilla III" and "The Leprechaun" with Giuffre on clarinet, "Rhetoric" with Guiffre on tenor saxophone, and "Finger Snapper" with Giuffre on baritone saxophone at Capitol Records' Melrose Avenue Studios in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will release "Scintilla III" on Giuffre's album "Jimmy Giuffre: Tangents In Jazz" and the rest will be released by Mosaic Records on the 1997 box set "The Complete Capitol & Atlantic Recordings of Jimmy Giuffre"
1957 - Ferlin Husky's Capitol Records single "Gone" is tied for #10 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart with The Del Vikings single "Come Go With Me", Tommy Sand's Capitol Records single "Goin' Steady" is #26, and The Four Lad's Capitol Records single "I Just Don't Know" is #28.
60 Years Ago Today In 1958 - Vocalist Marion Colby, with Billy May conducting his own arrangements to His Orchestra (Conrad Gozzo, John Best, and Mannie Klein on trumpets, Si Zentner, Tommy Pederson, and George Roberts on trombones, Ted Nash, Wilbur Schwartz, Babe Russin, Fred Falensby, and Chuck Gentry on saxophones, Paul Smith on piano, Al Hendrickson on guitar, Ralph Pena on bass, Alvin Stoller on drums, and Larry Bunker on marimbas) and The Jud Conlon Rhythmaires (vocal chorus - lineup unlisted), records the titles "A Man Could Be A Wonderful Thing", "Living With The Blues", "He Likes It, She Likes It", and "I'm No Angel" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California between 1:00 PM and 4:00 PM. Capitol Records will issue "A Man Could Be A Wonderful Thing" and "He Likes It, She Likes It" together as a single (Capitol F4083) and "Living With The Blues" and "I'm No Angel" together as a single (Capitol F4022).
60 Years Ago Today In 1958 - Billy May conducts His Orchestra (Conrad Gozzo, Frank Beach, John Best, Uan Rasey, Pete Candoli, and Mannie Klein on trumpets, Si Zentner, Tommy Pederson, Ed Kusby, and George Roberts on trombones, Vincent De Rosa, John Cave, Jim Decker, Dick Perissi, and Art Frantz on French horns, Red Callender and Clarence Karella on tubas, Verlye Mills on harp, Paul Smith on piano, Al Hendrickson on guitar, Ralph Pena on bass, Alvin Stoller on drums, and Lou Singer and Ralph Hansell on percussionc) as they record the title "Return Of The Zombie" using an arrangment by Earle Hagen, and, using arrangements by May, the titles "Invitation", "Avenue Of Dreams" (later retitled "Brassmen's Holiday", and "Solving The Riddle" at an extended session in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California between 8:00 PM and 11:30 PM. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on the album "Billy May's Big Fat Brass" (T/ST 1043).
60 Years Ago Today In 1958 - Pianist Leonard Pennario records Schumann's "Scenes From Childhood (Kinderscenen, Opus 15)" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the title on Pennario's two-LP set "The Young SCHUMANN" (PBR/SPBR-8480)

1961 - Faron Young's Capitol Records single "Hello Walls" is #1 on the Country singles charts

55 Years Ago Today In 1963 - Trumpet player Joe Graves and The Diggers (Plas Johnson on tenor saxophone and unlisted others), using arrangements by Van Alexander, record the titles "Lollipop And Roses", "A Taste Of Honey", "Snake Charmer's Blues", and "Eternally" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Lollipop And Roses" and "A Taste Of Honey" on the group's album "The Great New Swingers" (T/ST 1977) and has yet to issue "Snake Charmer's Blues" and "Eternally". 

55 Years Ago Today In 1963 - During two sessions held this day in (listed as possibly) E.M.I.'s studios on Abbey Road in London, England, violinist Nathan Milstein, with Anatole Fistoulari conducting The Philharmonia Orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the first movement and part of the second movement of Mozart's "Concerto N° 5 In A Major ('Turkish')" at the first session and the rest of the second movement and the entire third movement at the second session. Angel Records, at the time a subsidiary of Capitol Records, will issue the entire piece on Milstein's album "MOZART - Violin Concerto N° 4 In D Major/Violin Concerto N° 5 In A Major ('Turkish')" (S-36007).

1965 - The Beatles' Capitol Records album "Beatles VI" is #1 on Billboard's Top 200 Albums chart

1965 - Carl Kress, banjoist, guitarist, bandleader, and Capitol Records artist, dies in Reno, Nevada at age 57 of a heart attack
1967 - Peggy Lee (with Toots Thielemans on guitar, and an unknown reed, bass, string and drum section) records the tracks "I Can Hear The Music", "It Might As Well Be Spring", and "Sing A Rainbow" with producer Dave Cavanaugh for her Capitol Records album "Somethin' Groovy".
50 Years Ago Today In 1968 - Brother Makes Two (lineup unlisted) records the titles "Silly Ole Me" and "Don't Abuse Me" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both titles together as a single (Capitol 2262).

50 Years Ago Today In 1968 - During two sessions held this day in Los Angeles, California, The Lettermen (vocalists Jim Pike, Tony Butala, and Bob Engemann), with unlisted others, record the titles "Caney Creek Reunion" and "Sally Leroy" at the first session then unlisted musicians record band tracks for the title "Tour D'Fourths" and overdubs for "Caney Creek Reunion" and "Sally Leroy" at the second session. After vocals are recorded for "Tour D'Fourths on June 13, 1968, and further overdubs are recorded for "Caney Creek Reunion" and "Sally Leroy" on June 14, 1968, Capitol Records will issue the final mix of "Sally Leroy" as a single (Capitol 2254) with "Playing The Piano" (recorded June 8, 1968 with overdubs recorded on June 13, 1968) on the flipside as by The Lettermen Present Tony Butala and has yet to issue either "Caney Creek Reunion" or "Tour D'Fourths". 

50 Years Ago Today In 1968 - Capitol Records registers the master it acquired from Apple Records for Billy Preston's titles "Let The Music Play" and "Through All Times" and has yet to issue "Let The Music Play" and will issue "Through All The Times" as a bonus track on the CD release of Preston's "That's The Way God Planned It" (Apple 7-97580-2).

50 Years Ago Today In 1968 - The Beach Boys (lineup unlisted) record the title "Ol' Man River" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the title as a bonus track on the two album compilation CD "Friends/20-20" (7-93697-2).

1976 - Capitol Records group Paul McCartney and Wings set a new world's record for attendance when 67,100 fans gather for an indoor concert at the Kingdome in Seattle, Washington
1977 - The Steve Miller Band's album "Book Of Dreams" is certified Platinum by the R.I.A.A.
30 Years Ago Today In 1988 - Capitol Records registers the master it acquired from E.M.I. for S-Express' title "Super Fly Guy" which it will issue as a single (Capitol 44224) with "Funky Killer" (registration date not listed) on the flipside.
1991 - Capitol Records releases Skip Ewing's album "Naturally"
15 Years Ago Today In 2003 - Capitol Records release Radiohead's album "Hail To The Thief" and The Beach Boys' compilation album "Sounds Of Summer: The Very Best Of The Beach Boys"
15 Years Ago Today In 2003 - EMI/Capitol Records releases albums in their "Classic Masters" series by Crowded House, J Geils Band, Gordon Lightfoot, Najee, and The O'Jays
2009 - Jack Nimitz, baritone saxophonist who played in the Woody Herman and Stan Kenton big bands and in the Capitol Records group Supersax as well as being a popular Hollywood studio musician, died at age 79 of complications from emphysema at his home in Studio City, California.
2009 - Barry Beckett, keyboardist with the Fame Studio house band and record producer of sessions with various artists including Capitol Records artist Bob Seger, died at age 66 of complications from a stroke at his home in Henderson, Tennessee according to his son Matthew.

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1925 - Don Costa, composer, arranger, and United Artists Records artist, is born in Boston, Massachusetts
1952 - Saxophonist Gerry Mulligan records the tracks "Get Happy", "'S Wonderful" and "Godchild" with Red Mitchell on bass on and Chico Hamilton on drums at his first session for the Pacific Jazz label, held at Phil Turetsky's home studio, in Los Angeles, California. Jimmy Bowles was supposed to be on the piano but he didn't show up for the session, so Mulligan is playing the piano during the bass solos. Universal Music Group, Capitol Music Group's parent company, currently owns the Pacific Jazz catalog and distributes it through the Blue Note label.
1957 - Rick Nelson's Imperial Records single "Teenager's Romance" is #13 on Billboard's Best Selling Retail Records chart and his Imperial Records single "I'm Walkin'" is #17, and Fats Domino's Imperial Records single "Valley Of Tears" is #22. Imperial Records' catalog is currently owned by Universal Music Group, Capitol Music Group's parent company.
1961 - Maxi Priest, Virgin Records America artist, is born Max Alfred Elliott in Lewisham, London, England. I designed and did the production for the cover of the U.S. version of his self-titled debut album with Jeff Ayeroff art directing.
55 Years Ago Today In 1963 - Sarah Vaughn (with arranger Gerald Wilson conducting Vocalist Sarah Vaughan, with Gerald Wilson conducting his own arrangements to Carmell Jones on piano, Teddy Edwards on tenor saxophone, Jack Wilson on organ, John Collins on guitar, Al McKibbon on bass, and Earl Palmer on drums, records the titles"Sermonette", "Gravy Waltz", and "Baby, Won't You Please Come Home" with producer Teddy Reig at United Recorders studios in Los Angeles, California for her Roulette Records album "Sarah Sings Soulfully" (SR 52116). Universal Music Group, Capitol Music Group's parent company, currently owns the Roulette catalog.
1964 - Jimmy Chamberlin, drummer with the Virgin Records America group Smashing Pumpkins is born
40 Years Ago Today In 1978 - United Artists Records group The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band celebrates its 20th anniversary at a performance in Rocks, Colorado