JULY 7, 2018

HAPPY BIRTHDAYS!
1917 - John Sullivan, comedian, singer, radio performer, and the second "Lonzo" (after Lloyd George left the team in 1950) in the Capitol Records duo Lonzo & Oscar, is born in Edmonton, Kentucky
1924 - Mary Ford, singer, guitarist, and a Capitol Records artist as part of a duo with her husband Les Paul is born Iris Colleen Summers in Pasadena, California
1927 - Charlie Louvin, a guitarist, singer and a Capitol Records artist both solo and as part of the duo The Louvin Brothers with his brother Ira, is born Charlie Elzer Loudermilk in either Section or Henegar, Alabama. If anyone has a definitive birthplace, please leave a comment.
1940 - Ringo Starr, singer, drummer, motion picture actor, animated feature voice actor, member of the groups Rory Storm and The Hurricanes, the Parlophone, Capitol, and Apple Records group The Beatles, and a solo artist on Apple Records is born Richard Parken in Liverpool, England. He later becomes Richard Starkey, Jr. after his divorced mother marries Richard Starkey. If anyone knows Richard's middle name, please leave a comment.

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1945 - Johnny Mercer's Capitol Records single "On The Atchison, Topeka and The Santa Fe" enters Billboard's Best Selling Retail Records charts at #4. The track will eventually peak at #1 and be on the charts for sixteen weeks
1951 - Nat "King" Cole (with orchestra conducted by Les Baxter using an arrangement by Nelson Riddle)'s Capitol Records single "Too Young" is #1 on The Billboard magazine's Records Most Played By Disk Jockeys, Best Selling Pop Singles, and Most Played Juke Box Records charts, Les Paul and Mary Ford's Capitol Records single "How High The Moon" is still #3, and Les Paul's Capitol Records single  "Josephine" is #16 up from #20 on the Best Selling Pop Singles chart
1956 - Gene Vincent and The Blue Cap's Capitol Records single "Be Bop A Lula" is still #23 on Billboard's Best Selling Retail Records chart, The Four Freshman's Capitol Records single "Graduation Day" is #27 up from #48, Dean Martin (with Dick Stabile and His Orchestra)'s Capitol Records single "Standing On The Corner" is #29 up from #40, Frank Sinatra (with Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra)'s Capitol Records single "How Little We Know" is #35 down from #33, Tex Ritter's Capitol Records single "The Wayward Wind" is #37 up from #47, and Joe "Fingers" Carr's Capitol Records single "Portuguese Washerwoman" is tied for #40 up from #55 with Tommy Leonetti's single "Free"
60 Years Ago Today In 1958 - Capitol Records releases Jean Shepard's single "He's My Baby" with "Secret Of Life" on the flipside
60 Years Ago Today In 1958 - Dean Martin (with Dick Stabile and His Orchestra)'s Capitol Records single "Return To Me" is tied for #8 down from #6 with Jimmie Rodgers' single "Secretly" on Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart, Nat "King'  Cole's Capitol Records single "Looking Back" is #13 up from #18, The Four Prep's Capitol Records single "Big Man" is #15 down from #10, The Johnny Otis Show's Capitol Records single "Willie And The Hand Jive" is #27 up from #33, and Ed Townsend's Capitol Records single "For Your Love" is tied for #31 down from #29 with Link Wray and His Ray Men's single "Rumble". Also, Nat "King' Cole's Capitol Records single "Looking Back" is #31 on WMGM's Top 40 Survey in New York City, New York.
1960 - Nat "King" Cole records the tracks "I Saw Three Ships" and "A Cradle In Bethlehem", with Ralph Carmichael and His Orchestra
55 Years Ago Today In 1963 - Buck Owens' Capitol Records single "Act Naturally" returns to #1 on the U.S. Country singles charts and Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Those Lazy-Hazy-Crazy Days Of Summer" is #14 on WDRC 1360 AM's "The Big D" Swinging 60 Survey in Hartford, Connecticut and #41 on KRLA's Tune-Dex in Los Angeles, California.
1964 - Arranger and pianist Onzy Matthews (with Harry "Sweets" Edison, Ollie Mitchell,Melvin Moore, John Anderson, and Bob Rolfe on trumpets; Dave Wells on bass trumpet and trombone; Lou Blackburn, Pete Myers, and Dick Leith on trombone; Gabe Baltazar on alto saxophone; Clifford Scott on alto saxophone and tenor saxophone; Curtis Amy and Alex Nelson on tenor saxophone; Jay Migliori on baritone saxophone; Ray Crawford on guitar; Jim Crutcher on bass; and Chiz Harris on drums) records the tracks "Moon River", "Down In My Soul" (which will be rejected), and "You'll Know The First Time" for his Capitol Records album "Sounds For The '60s!" with producer Lee Gillette and recording engineer Hugh Davies at The Capitol Tower Studios in Hollywood, California.
1965 - Peggy Lee, with Sid Feller and His Orchestra, records the tracks "Free Spirits", "Seventh Son", and "I Go To Sleep" with producer Dave Cavanaugh at The Capitol Tower Studios in Hollywood, California for her Capitol Records album "Then Was Then And Now Is Now!"
1967 - Vocalist Bonnie Owens, with unlisted others, records the titles "If You Really Want Me To I'll Go", "Everything That's Fastened Down Is Comin' Loose", and "I'd Be More Of A Woman" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue "Everything That's Fastened Is Comin' Loose" and "I'd Be More Of A Woman" together as a single (Capitol 5977) and all three titles on her album "Somewhere Between" (ST 2861).1969 - Apple Records releases Plastic Ono Band's single "Give Peace A Chance", with "Remember Love" on the flipside, with Capitol Records handling manufacturing and distribution in the United States
45 Years Ago Today In 1973 - Apple Records releases Wings' single "Live And Let Die" (the title song for the motion picture) with "I Lie Around" on the flipside. Capitol Records will handle distribution in the United States.
1975 - Capitol Records releases Natalie Cole's album "Inseparable"
1977 - Chuck Crane, with unlisted others, records the titles "Can't Run Away" and "Lady In Love" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both titles on Crane's album "Crane" (ST-11742).
1977 - Lee Clayton, with unlisted others, records the titles "Like A Diamond" and "Silver Stallion" in (listed as possibly) Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both titles on Clayton's album "Border Affair" (ST-11751).
1977 - Bill Amesbury, with unlisted others, records the titles "You Belong To Me", "Smile", "I Could Make You Happy", and "Music, Music" in (listed as possibly) Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records. No issuing information is listed.
1982 - Capitol Records creates the final masters for Bow Wow Wow's titles "C30, C60, C90 Go", "Louis Quatorze", "Gold He Said", "The Mile High Club", "Fools Rush In", "Radio G String", "Uomo Sex Al Apache", "W-O-R-K", "Sexy Eiffel Towers", "I Want My Baby On Mars", "Sun, Sea And Piracy", and "Giant Sized Baby Thing" for their album "Twelve Original Recordings" (SK-12234) which will be released in the United States on Capitol's subsidiary Harvest Records.
1985 - Duran Duran's Capitol Records single "A View To A Kill" (title song for the motion picture), with "A View To A Kill (That Fatal Kiss)" on the flipside, is #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart
1987 - Vocalist Don Williams, with unlisted others, records the titles "Come From The Heart" and "Easy Touch" at Sound Emporium Studio in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue both titles on Williams' album "Traces" (CLT-48034 on vinyl, 7-48034-2 on CD).
2001 - Fred Neil, songwriter ("Candy Man", "Everybody's Talkin'"), singer and Capitol Records recording artist (1966-1971), dies of skin cancer at age 65 at his home in Summerland Key, in Monroe County, Key West, Florida
2006 - Syd Barrett, (born Roger Keith Barrett), singer, songwriter, guitarist, founder of the Tower, Harvest, Columbia and Capitol Records group The Pink Floyd, and a solo artist, dies in his home in Cambridge, England at age 60 due to complications from diabetes

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1930 - Hank Mobley, composer, tenor saxophonist, member of the Blue Note Records group The Jazz Messengers and a solo Blue Note Records artist, is born Henry Mobley in Eastman, Georgia
1944 - A flying bomb hit's EMI's Hayes factory in England near a surface shelter, killing 37 employees and injuring an additional 56 employees who were either in the shelter or caught in the open.
1954 - The Bob Brookmeyer Quartet (Brookmeyer on valve trombone, John Williams on piano, Red Mitchell on bass, and Frank Isola on drums) record the tracks "Isn’t It Romantic", "Doe Eyes", "Red Devil", "Body And Soul", and "Last Chance" with Brookmeyer producing with recording engineer Rudy Van Gelder at the Van Gelder Studio in Hackensack, New Jersey for their self-titled Pacific Jazz album whose catalog is currently owned by Capitol Records
1956 - Fats Domino's Imperial Records single "I'm In Love Again" is still #6 on Billboard's Best Selling Retail Records chart and Domino's Imperial Records single "My Blue Heaven" is in a 3 way tie for #31 down from #33 with Otis Williams' single "Ivory Tower" and Eddie Fisher (with Hugo Winterhalter and His Orchestra)'s single "On The Street Where You Live"
60 Years Ago Today In 1958 - David Saville's Liberty Records single "Witch Doctor" is #10 down from #4 on Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart, Rick Nelson's Imperial Records single "Poor Little Fool" enters the chart at #18 in a tie with The Kalin Twins' single "When?", and Dion and The Belmonts' Laurie Records single "I Wonder Why" is tied for #25 down from #22 with Johnny Cash's single "Guess Things Happen That Way". Universal Music Group, the parent company of Capitol Music Group, currently owns the Liberty, Imperial and Laurie Records catalogs.
1962 - Dinah Washington, with arranger Don Costa leading the studio orchestra, records the tracks "Fly Me To The Moon" (which will appear on her Roulette Records album "In Love"), "Wouldn't Know What To Do" (which Roulette will release as a single), "No Hard Feelings" (which will appear on her Roulette Records album "Back To The Blues"), and "1 Me And The One I Love" ( (which will also appear on her Roulette Records album "In Love") with producer Henry Glover and recording engineer Eddie Smith at Bell Sound in New York City. Universal Music Group, Capitol Music Group's parent company, currently owns Roulette Records catalog.
1962 - Bobby Vee's Liberty Records single "Sharing You" is #15 up from #16 on Billboard's Hot 100 single chart and Dinah Washington's Roulette Records single "Where Are You" is still #40. Universal Music Group, Capitol Music Group's parent company, currently owns the Liberty and Roulette Records catalogs.
2002 - Dorle Jarmel Soria, record producer, opera supporter, author, journalist, reviewer, as well as co-founder of Cetra-Soria Records and founding co-director (1953-1957) of Angel Records in the U.S. with her husband Dario Soria, dies at age 101 at her home in Manhattan, New York

ON THIS DAY NOT IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1971 - Ub Iwerks (born Ubbe Ert Iwwerks), artist, cartoon animator who hand drew the first Mickey Mouse cartoon "Plane Crazy" for Walt Disney by himself in two weeks, director and studio owner, dies of a heart attack at age 70 in Burbank, California