JUNE 18, 2018

HAPPY BIRTHDAYS!
1906 - Ray Bauduc, songwriter, drummer (including sessions with Ben Pollack, Red Nichols, Jack Teagarden, Benny Goodman, Wingy Manone, Louis Prima, Glenn Miller and Bob Crosby) and bandleader of the Capitol Records group Ray Bauduc and His Bobcats, is born in New Orleans, Louisiana
1910 - Ray McKinley, drummer, singer, bandleader (took over leadership, with Jerry Gray, of Glenn Miller's Army Air Force band in 1944 after Miller was reported missing in action), and Capitol Records artist (1942), is born in Fort Worth, Texas
1926 - Bill N. Muster, Capitol Records merchandising manager (1953-1959) is born William N. Muster in Valparaiso, Illinois. Twenty four years to the day, in 1950, Muster will graduate with a BA in Journalism-Advertising, from the University of Illinois, School of Communication. His daughter, Nori J. Muster, has posted quite a bit of information about her father and Capitol Records in the 1950's on her website.
1940 - Sue Raney, a singer, a vocalist with Capitol Records group Ray Anthony and His Orchestra, and a solo Capitol Records artist is born Raelene Claire Claussen in McPherson, Kansas
1942 - Sir Paul McCartney, singer, songwriter, guitarist, bass guitarist, pianist, drummer, member of the Parlophone, Capitol Records and Apple Records band The Beatles, solo artist, and member of the Apple Records and Capitol Records band Wings, is born James Paul McCartney in Walton Hospital in Liverpool, England

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1942 - Capitol Records' first reviews in Downbeat Magazine appear with praises for "Cow Cow Boogie" and "Strip Polka" two weeks before their official release
1947 - At a split session held on this day in Los Angeles, California with Paul Weston and His Orchestra (Zeke Zarchy on trumpet;, Fred Stulce, Matty Matock, Herbie Haymer, Hap Lawson, and Lenny Hartman on reeds, Milt Raskin on piano, George Van Eps on guitar, Jack Ryan on bass, Nick Fatool drums, and a uncredited 13 piece string section) first vocalist Andy Russell records the titles "Did I Remember?" and "Goodnight, My Love" then vocalist Johnny Mercer records the title "Country Boy Blues". Capitol Records will issue "Did I Remember?" and "Goodnight My Love" on Russell's album "Andy Russell's Love Notes" (CD-68) and "Country Boy Blues" on the compilation album "Willard Robinson's Deep River Music" (CC-104).
70 Years Ago Today In 1948 - The King Cole Trio start a week of performances at the Apollo theater in Harlem, New York. Also on the bill are Buck Clayton and His Band, Morris Lane and His Terrific Combo, Howless and Bowser, and others. Also, Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Nature Boy" is still #1 on The Billboard magazine's Best-Selling Popular Retail Records, Records Most Played By Disk Jockeys, and Canada's Top Tunes charts, #2 on the magazine's Most-Played Juke Box Records chart, #3 on the magazine's Most-Played Juke Box Records chart, and #4 on the magazine's Best Selling Retail Race Records chart.
1949 - Margaret Whiting and Johnny Mercer (with Paul Weston and His Orchestra)'s Capitol Records single "Baby It's Cold Outside is #5 on Billboard's Best Selling Retail Records chart, Mel Tormé (with orchestra conducted by Pete Rugalo)'s Capitol Records single "Again" is #10, and Margaret Whiting (with Frank DeVol and His Orchestra)'s Capitol Records single "Wonderful Guy" enters the top 20 at #15
1955 - Les Baxter and His Orchestra and Chorus' Capitol Records single "Unchained Melody" is #2 on Billboard's Best Selling Retail Records chart, Nat "King" Cole's double sided Capitol Records hit "A Blossom Fell" (with Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra) and "If I May" (with The Four Knights on backing vocals and Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra) is #3, Frank Sinatra (with Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra)'s Capitol Records single "Learnin' The Blues" is #6, Tennessee Ernie Ford (with Cliffie Stone's Band)'s Capitol Records single "The Ballad Of Davy Crocket" is #16, and Nat "King" Cole (with Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra)'s Capitol Records single "Darling, Je Vous Aime Beaucoup" is #24.
55 Years Ago Today In 1963 - Nat "King Cole's "Those Lazy-Hazy-Crazy Days Of Summer" is #24 on WABC's Silver Dollar Sound Survey in New York City, New York.
1964 - With Brian Wilson producing using arrangements by Dick Reynolds, instrumental tracks for The Beach Boys songs "We Three Kings Of Orient Are", "Blue Christmas", "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town" and "White Christmas" are recorded at The Capitol Tower Studios for the album "The Beach Boys' Christmas Album". Vocals will be recorded later in June at Western Studios in Hollywood.
1965 - Peggy Lee, with Sid Feller conducting His Orchestra and producer Dave Cavanaugh, records the tracks "The Shadow Of Your Smile" and "Maybe This Summer" which will be released together by Capitol Records as a single, "They Say" which will be released on the Capitol Records album ""Then Was Then And Now Is Now", and "Stop Living In The Past" which will be released by Capitol as a single with "I Go To Sleep" (recorded on July 7, 1965) on the flip side, at The Capitol Tower Studios in Hollywood, California
1966 - The Beach Boys' Capitol Records album "Pet Sounds" enters the top 20 of Billboard's Top 200 albums chart
1966 - The Beatles' Capitol Records single "Paperback Writer", with "Rain" on the flipside, is #15 on Billboard's Hot 100 singles

50 Years Ago Today In 1968 - Vocalist Wanda Jackson, with unlisted others, records the titles "Together Again", "Hurtin's All Over", "Swinging Doors", "There Stands The Glass", and "I Betcha My Heart I Love You" at Columbia Studios in Nashville, Tennessee with producers Ken Nelson and Kelso Herston for her Capitol Records album "Cream Of The Crop" which will be released in August of 1968

1972 - Sonny James' Capitol Records single "That's Why I Love You Like I Do", with "Still Waters Run Deep" on the flipside, is #1 on the U.S. Country singles chart
1977 - The Beatles' Parlophone Records album "The Beatles At The Hollywood Bowl" is #1 in Britain according to Music World magazine which is listed as the source on Billboard magazine's Hits Of The World chart.
1991 - Capitol Records releases the 1961 album "Nat 'King" Cole Sings, George Shearing Plays", on CD for the first time
2002 - Capitol Records announces the re-release of Richard Thompson's 1991 album "Rumor and Sigh", Crowded House's 1986 album "Crowded House", Queensryche's 1990 album "Empire" and Bonnie Raitt's 1989 album "Nick Of Time" all re-mixed in 96kHz/24-bit PCM surround-sound at The Capitol Tower Studios in Hollywood using the original multi-track master tapes,
2006 - Paul McCartney turns 64 (Woo!)

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
60 Years Ago Today In 1958 - Marty Haggard, a singer, a guitarist, and the son of future Capitol Records artist Merle Haggard is born Martin Ronald Haggard in Bakersfield, California
1961 - Pianist Horace Parlan, with Booker Ervin on tenor saxophone, Grant Green on guitar, George Tucker on bass, and Al Harewood on drums, records the titles "Light Blue", "Up And Down", "The Book's Beat", two takes of "Fugee", "Lonely One" and "The Other Part Of Town" with producer Alfred Lion and recording engineer Rudy Van Gelder at Van Gelder's Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey studio. "Light Blue" and the second take of "Fugee" will be released by Blue Note Records on Parlan's album "Up And Down" and the remaining titles will finally be issued by Mosaic Records in 2000 in the box set "The Complete Blue Note Horace Parlan Sessions". Blue Note Records' catalog is currently owned by Universal Music Group, Capitol Records' parent company and is currently a division of Capitol Records
1964 - The Beatles perform live at Sydney Stadium, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
1974 - Henry Maddox, a singer with the band The Maddox Brothers and Rose and brother to Capitol Records artist Rose Maddox, dies at age 46
35 Years Ago Today In 1983 - At Blue Note Records' first recording session after being acquired by  E.M.I., composer George Russell conducts his own arrangements to The Living Time Orchestra (Mike Peipman, Chris Passin, Roy Okutani, Mark Harvey on trumpets, Peter Cirelli and Chip Kaner on trombones, Jeff Marsanskas on bass trombones, Marshall Sealy on French horn, Dave Mann and Janis Steprans on alto and soprano saxophones and flutes, George Garzone on tenor and soprano saxophones, Gary Joynes on tenor and soprano saxophones and flute, Brad Jones on baritone saxophone, bass clarinet, and flute, Marc Rossi and Bruce Barth on keyboards, Mark White on guitar, Bob Nieske on bass, Bill Urmson on electric bass, Keith Copeland on drums, Dave Hagedorn on percussion, and an African percussion ensemble made up of 5 or 6 unlisted musicians) as they record the titles "Event I: Organic Life On Earth Begins", "Event II: The Paleolithic Game", "Event III: Consciousness", "Event IV: The Survival Game", "Event V: The Human Sensing Of Unity With Great Nature", "Event VI: African Empires", "Event VII: Cartesian Man", "Event VIII: The Mega-Minimalist Age", and "Event IX: The Future?" then, with Joe Galeota on congas replacing the African percussion ensemble, the titles "So What" using an arrangment by George Russell and Tim Engels and "Time Spiral" then, with just Mark Harvey on trumpet, Chip Kaner on trombone, Janis Steprans on alto saxophone, Gary Joynes on tenor saxophone, Marc Rossi on keyboards, Mark White on guitar, Bill Urmson on electric bass, and Keith Copeland on drums and using arrangements by George Russell, the titles "Rhymes" and "War Gewesen"(dm) at Emanuel Church in Boston, Massachusettes. Blue Note Records will issue "Event I: Organic Life On Earth Begins", "Event II: The Paleolithic Game", "Event III: Consciousness", "Event IV: The Survival Game", "Event V: The Human Sensing Of Unity With Great Nature", "Event VI: African Empires", "Event VII: Cartesian Man", "Event VIII: The Mega-Minimalist Age", and "Event IX: The Future?" on George Russell and The Living Time Orchestra's album "The African Game" (BT 85103 on 12" vinyl and 7-46335-2 on CD), "So What" and "Time Spiral", "So What", "Rhymes", and "War Gewesen" on George Russell and The Living Time Orchestra's album "So What" (BT 85132 on 12" vinyl and 7-46391-2 on CD).
1989 - Richard Marx's EMI Records single "Satisfied" is #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart
1991 - Curb Records releases Merle Haggards "18 Rare Classics" using songs from Haggard's time at Capitol Records

ON THIS DAY NOT IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
70 Years Ago Today In 1938 - Chick Webb and His Orchestra's Decca single "A-Tisket, A-Tasket", with vocals by Ella Fitzgerald (which was co-written by Miss Fitzgerald, and arranged, by Van Alexander using his birth name Al Feldman), and with title "Liza" on the flipside, enters the top 10 of the U.S. Singles charts
1942 - At ceremony # 64, Red Skelton leaves his footprints in cement at Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, California