JUNE 26, 2018

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
1969 - Colin Greenwood, the bass player and a keyboardist for the Capitol Records band Radiohead, is born Colin Charles Greenwood in Oxford, England

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1947 - The Milo Twins (vocalists and guitarists Edwin and Edward Milon), with unlisted others, record the titles "Coo-See Coo", "Pretty Mama Boogie", "Down Town Boogie", and "Brushy Mountains" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Coo-See Coo" and "Pretty Mama Boogie" together as a single (Capitol Americana 40030) and "Down Town Boogie" and "Brushy Mountains" together as a single (Capitol Americana 40049).
70 Years Ago Today In 1948 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Nature Boy" is #3 down from #1 on Billboard's Best Selling Retail Records chart, The Pied Piper's Capitol Records single "My Happiness" is still #8, and The Sportsmen's a capella Capitol Records single "You Can't Be True, Dear" is still #11, Pee Wee Hunt and His Orchestra's Capitol Records single "Twelfth Street Rag" enters the top 20 at #14, and The Sportsmen's Capitol Records single "Toolie Oolie Doolie (The Yodel Polka)" (the flip side of "You Can't Be True, Dear") re-enters the top 20 at #20

1952 - Wesley Tuttle overdubs vocals in Los Angeles, California for the two parts of the title "Hopalong Cassidy And The Two-Legged Wolf", using a script written by Warren Foster and adapted by Alan Livingston, over tracks by William Boyd, Andy Clyde, Randy Brooks, and a orchestra arranged and conducted by Billy May that were recorded on October 22 and December 4, 1951 and additional vocals by Rufe Davis recorded on January 2, 1952. Capitol Records will issue both parts on the children's album "Hopalong Cassidy And The Two-Legged Wolf" (CAS-3109).

1952 - Capitol Records files the masters it purchased from BBS Records for the titles "Take My Heart" and "I Never Cared" recorded by Al Martino with Monty Kelly directing the orchestra (lineup unlisted). Capitol had issued both titles together as a single (Capitol 2122) on Friday, June 6, 1952.
1952 - Vocalist Kay Starr, with Harold Mooney directing the orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the titles "Side By Side", "I Just Couldn't Take It Baby", "The Breeze", and "It's The Talk Of The Town" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Starr's album "The Kay Starr Style" (EBF-363, H-363, T 363).
1954 - Kay Starr (with orchestra conducted by Harold Mooney)'s Capitol Records single "If You Love Me (Really Love Me)" is still at #6 on Billboard's Best Selling Retail Records chart, Frank Sinatra (with Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra)'s Capitol Records single "Three Coins In The Fountain" is still #7, Nat "King" Cole (with Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra)'s Capitol Records single "Answer Me, My Love" is still #11, Frank Sinatra (with Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra)'s Capitol Records single "Young At Heart" is #11 up from #13 down from #7, Kay Starr (with orchestra conducted by Harold Mooney)'s Capitol Records single "The Man Upstairs" is #14 down from #8, and Stan Freberg's Capitol Records single "Point Of Order" is #15 up from #20
1957 - The King Sisters (vocalists Yvonne, Luise, Marilyn & Alyce King), with Alvino Rey conducting the orchestra (lineup unlisted), record the titles "That Old Feeling", "Easy To Love", and "The Thrill Was New" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "That Old Feeling" and "Easy To Love" as a single (Capitol F3780) and have yet to issue the take of "The Thrill Was New" recorded on this date. A new take of the song was recorded on October 7, 1957 which will be released on the sister's album "Imagination" (T 919).
60 Years Ago Today In 1958 - Frank Sinatra, with arranger Nelson Riddle conducting the studio orchestra (which includes Bill Miller on piano), records the titles "Goodbye" "It's A Lonesome Old Town", and "One For My Baby" for his Capitol Records album "Only The Lonely" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California.
1961 - Faron Young's Capitol Records single "Hello Walls" is #21 down from #19 on Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart
1962 - The Kingston Trio (vocalists Nick Reynolds, Bob Shane, and John Stewart), with Allan Reuss on guitar, Dean Reilly on bass, and Irving Cottler on drums, record the titles "C'mon Betty Home" and "Allentown Jail" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood California from 2:00 PM and 6:00 PM. Capitol Records will issue "C'mon Betty Home" as a single (Capitol F4808) with "Old Joe Clark" (recorded March 15, 1962) on the flipside and "Allentown Jail" on the group's compilation CD "The Capitol Years" (8-28498-2).
55 Years Ago Today In 1963 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Those Lazy-Hazy-Crazy Days Of Summer" is #23 on WMCA's Top Twenty-Five survey in New York City, New York.

1964 - Peggy Lee records the tracks "After You've Gone", "C'est Magnifique", "My Sin', and "In The Name Of Love" at The Capitol Tower Studios in Hollywood, California for her Capitol Records album "In The Name Of Love" with producer Dave Cavanaugh and Robert Bain, John Pisano, and Howard Roberts on guitars; Chuck Berghofer on bass; Lou Levy on piano; Stan Levey on drums; and Francisco Aguabella on bongos and conga drum

1966- Buck Owens' Capitol Records single "Think Of Me", with "Heart Of Glass" on the flipside, is #1 on the U.S. Country singles charts
1967 - Capitol Records releases Buck Owens' single "Your Tender Loving Care" with "What A Liar I Am" on the flipside
1967 - Capitol Records registers the masters it purchased for vocalist Bobby Austin's titles "I Don't Want To Love Again", "Evil Livin'", "I'm Not Looking For An Angel", "Toy Heart", "Feet Keep Walking", "Some Of Us Never Learn", and "One More Time Around" which were recorded in Bakersfield, California with producer Charlie "Fuzzy" Owen and unlisted others and will issue all the titles on Austin's album "Apartment N° 9" (T/ST 2773).
1967 - During two sessions held this day in Los Angeles, California, West Coast Modern Folk Blues Workshop (lineup unlisted), with conductor James E. Bond, Jr. and producer Nick Venet, record the titles "The Merry Old Land Of Oz/Ozwind" and "The Dowser And The Thaumaturgist" at the first session and "T.T.B.C. Theme #2" and "Ding Dong The Witch Is Dead/Max The Hobbit" at the second session. Capitol Records will issue all the titles as by The West Coast Workshop on the album "The Wizard Of Oz And Other Trans Love Trips" (T/ST 2776).
1967 - Vocalist Wanda Jackson, with The Party Timers (unlisted piano, guitar, rhythm guitar, steel guitar, bass, and drum players and unlisted chorus members), records the titles "My Days Are Darker Than Your Nights", "I'd Like To Help You Out", "Two Wrongs Don't Make A Right", and "Memory Maker" at Columbia Studio in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue "My Days Are Darker Than Your Nights" and "I'd Like To Help You Out" together as a single (Capitol 2021), "Two Wrongs Don't Make A Right" as a single (Capitol 2693) with "Two Separate Bar Stools" (recorded June 19, 1968) on the flipside, and "My Days Are Darker Than Your Nights", "I'd Like To Help You Out", and "Memory Maker" on Jackson's album "You'll Always Have My Love" (T/ST 2812).
1967 - Capitol Records registers the masters it purchased for Curtis Blandon's titles "I Need You", "I Won't Cry Anymore", and "Young, Dumb". Tower Records, a subsidiary of Capitol Records, will issue "I Need You" and "Young, Dumb" together as a single (Tower 357). "I Won't Cry Anymore" has yet to be issued.

50 Years Ago Today In 1968 - Ziggy Elman (born Harry Finkelman), trumpet player, bandleader, songwriter (co-wrote "And The Angels Sing" with future Capitol Records co-founder Johnny Mercer), a Capitol Records session musician (with Paul Weston and His Orchestra, Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra, and others), and solo artist, dies in Van Nuys, California at age 54

1972 - Billy May conducts The Time-Life Orchestra (lineup unlisted) as they record the titles "Laura" featuring Justin Gordon on alto saxophone, "Theme From 'Mr. Lucky'", "Thunderball", and "To Love Again" featuring Ray Sherman on piano in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California. Time-Life Records will issue all the titles as part of its "As You Remember Them" series in the 3 LP box set "Volume 2 - Billy May" (STL 242).

1987 - Capitol Records the masters for Duran Duran's title "Medley: Vertigo/Skin Trade/American Science/Notorious/El Presidente" (possibly a live recording from a concert appearance). No issuing information is listed.
30 Years Ago Today In 1988 - Tanya Tucker's Capitol Records single "If It Don't Come Easy", with "I'll Tennessee You In My Dreams" on the flipside, is #1 on the U.S. Country singles charts

1996 - Capitol Records Nashville artist Garth Brooks set an all time record at Fan Fair, in Nashville, Tennessee, when he signs autographs for twenty-three consecutive hours
2000 - Edmund E. Nielsen, manager for Capitol Records and record distributor in Hawai‘i, dies in San Antonio, Texas, at age 80
2006 - Gloria Jean Bernard, (born Gloria Jean Swanson) Capitol Records employee in Los Angeles, California before moving to Deluth, Minnesota where she worked for St. Luke Hospital, University of Minnesota, and the Bureau of Mines, dies at age 72 in Edinburg, Virginia

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
85 Years Ago Today In 1933 - The Kraft Music Hall debuts on radio with future Capitol Records artist Paul Whiteman as its first host. Whiteman's radio orchestra would give first national exposure to many future Capitol Records artists including co-founder Johnny Mercer, who replaced future Capitol Records artist Bing Crosby (who was part of The Delta Rhythm Boys), and trombonist and singer Jack Teagarden who would sing with Mercer on the show. The show would go on to have many hosts including Al Jolson and Bing Crosby, and transition to television in 1949 with hosts including Milton Berle, David King, and Perry Como.
65 Years Ago Today In 1953 - Future Capitol Records artist Jane Russell and Marilyn Monroe (who at one time was signed to Capitol Records but never recorded for the label) leave their footprints in cement at Grauman's Chinese Theater in Hollywood, California at ceremony #104
1961 - Ricky Nelson's Imperial Records single "Travelin' Man" is #5 down from #2 on Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart and it's flipside "Hello Mary Lou" is #16 up from #17, Fats Domino's Imperial Records single "It Keeps Rainin'" is #28 up from #40, and The Fleetwood's Dolton Records single "Tragedy" is #31 down from #20
1964 - The Beatles' soundtrack of "A Hard Day's Night", as well as the single "And I Love Her", with "Ringo's Theme" on the flipside, are released by United Artists Records. Capitol Records eventually buys the UA catalog and re-releases the album on Capitol.
2007 - Infinity Entertainment releases a DVD set containing 30 episodes of Larry Harmon's Bozo The Clown

ON THIS DAY NOT IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1956 - Clifford Brown, trumpet player and Blue Note Records solo artist, dies in an auto accident at age 25. Also killed in the accident is pianist Richard Powell (brother of Bud Powell), and Richard's wife.
15 Years Ago Today In 2003 - The R.I.A.A. starts to identify individual computer users who are, "illegally offering to 'share' substantial amounts of copyrighted music over peer-to-peer networks" to bring suit against them.