AUGUST 11, 2018

HAPPY BIRTHDAYS!
1920 - June Hutton, a singer with the Capitol Records group The Pied Pipers, a Capitol Records solo artist, and the wife of arranger and conductor Axel Stordahl, is born in Chicago, Illinois. If anyone knows her middle name, please leave a comment.
1949 - Eric Carmen, the lead singer in the Capitol Records band The Raspberries, is born Eric Howard Carmen in Cleveland, Ohio

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
75 Years Ago Today In 1943 - The King Cole Trio record the titles "Solid Potato Salad", "I Know That You Know", "Slender, Tender And Tall", "Straighten Up And Fly Right", and "Honeysuckle Rose" as electronic transcriptions at NBC Radio City's studios in Hollywood, California for the Armed Forces Radio Service which will issue all the songs on the transcription disc Personal Album 227.
1947 - The Benny Goodman Sextet (Benny Goodman on clarinet, Red Norvo on xylophone, Mel Powell on piano, Al Hendrickson on guitar, Harry Babasin on bass, and Louis Bellson on drums) record the titles "Hi 'Ya Sophia" and, with vocals by Al Hendrickson, "Baby Have You Got A Little Love To Spare" in Radio Recorders' studios at 932 North Western Avenue in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue both titles together as a single (Capitol 462).
1952 - Lee Gillette overdubs drums onto Tex Ritter's title "High Noon" which was recorded on May 14, 1957 and additional drum overdubs recorded on August 1, 1957. Capitol Records will issue the final mix of the title when it re-releases the single (Capitol 2120) with "Go On! Get Out" (recorded February 25, 1952) on the flipside.
70 Years Ago Today In 1948 - Capitol Records purchased the masters for Mark Warnow and His Orchestra's titles "Sound Off Chant", "Stars And Stripes Forever", "El Capitan", and "Hail! America" and would issue all the titles in Warnow and the orchestra's album "Sound Off" (CB-111).

1952 - Vocalist Skeets McDonald, with Harold Glenn Hensley on fiddle, Billy Liebert on piano, Ivy "Jimmy" Bryant and Billy Strange on guitar, Wesley "Speedy" West on steel guitar, Herman "Herman The Hermit" Snyder on bass, and Roy Harte on drums, records the titles "Don't Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes", and "A Losing Hand" in Capitol Records' studios at 5515 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood, California between 2:30 PM and 5:30 PM. Capitol Records will issue "Don't Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes" as a single (Capitol 2216) with "Big Family Trouble" (recorded January 14, 1952) on the flipside and "A Losing Hand" as a single (Capitol 3117) with "You're Too Late" (recorded January 11, 1955) on the flipside.

1952 - Vocalist Jane Froman, with Sid Feller and His Orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the titles "My Love, My Life", "Stay Where You Are", and "No!" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue "My Love, My Life" and "No!" together as a single (Capitol 2219) and "Stay Where You Are" as a single (Capitol 2241) with "Laughing" (recorded May 6, 1952) on the flipside.
60 Years Ago Today In 1958 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Come Closer To Me (Acercate Mas)" is #23 on WMGM's Top 40 Survey in New York City, New York.
60 Years Ago Today In 1958 - The Kingston Trio (Donald "Dave" Guard on vocals and guitar, Robert "Bob Shane" Schoen on vocals, guitar, and banjo, and Nicholas "Nick" Reynolds on vocals, guitar, and congas), with Morty Corb on bass and Jack Sperling on drums, records the titles "Gue Gue", "New York Girls", "Como Se Viene, Se Va", and "Ruby Red" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California between 12:00 PM and 3:00 PM and records overdubs for all the titles between 3:00 PM and 4:00 PM. Capitol Records will issue the final mix of "Como Se Viene, Se Va" on the trio's EP "M.T.A." (EAP-1-1119), the final mix of "Ruby Red" as a single (Capitol F4049) with "Tom Dooley" (recorded February 5, 1958) on the flipside and also on the trio's EP "Raspberries, Strawberries" (EAP-1-1182). Bear Family Records will issue the final mixes of all the titles in Germany in the ten-CD box set "The Kingston Trio - The Guard Years" (BCD 16160).
60 Years Ago Today In 1958 - Vocalist Nat "King" Cole, with Nelson Riddle conducting his own arrangements to the orchestra (Russell Brown, Dick Noel, and Tommy Pederson on trombones, Juan Tizol on valve trombone, Jerry Kasper, Harry Klee, and Ronnie Lang on reeds, Jimmy Rowles on piano, John Collins on guitar, Joe Comfort on bass, Lee Young on drums, Israel Baker, Victor Bay, Alex Beller, Dan Lube, Alfred Lustgarten, Lisa Minghetti, Erno Neufeld, Nathan Ross, and Mischa Russell on violins, Stanley Harris and Ralph Lane on violas, and Edgar Lustgarten and Eleanor Aller Slatkin on cellos), records the titles "To Whom It May Concern", "Love-Wise", "In The Heart Of Jane Doe", "My Heart's Treasure", and "You're Bringing Out The Dreamer In Me" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California between 2:00 PM and 5:15 PM. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Cole's album "To Whom It May Concern" (W/SW 1190 on 12" vinyl and 8-31773-2 on CD).
60 Years Ago Today In 1958 - Pianist John Brown records the first movement of Beethoven's "Sonata N° 23 In F Minor, Opus 57 ('Appassionata')" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the title on Browning's album "BEETHOVEN - Sonata In F Minor (Appassionata)/BACH - Chromatic Fantasy/Organ Prelude And Fugue In A Minor" (P/SP-8490).

60 Years Ago Today In 1958 - Vocalist June Christy, with Pete Rugolo conducting his own arrangements to the orchestra (Pete Candoli, Buddy Childers, Ed Leddy, and Al Porcino on trumpets, Milt Bernhart, Frank Rosolino, and Herbie Harper on trombones, Vince De Rosa and John Cave on French horns, Sam Rice on tuba, George Roberts on bass trombone, Bud Shank and Ronnie Lang on alto saxophones, Bob Cooper and Paul Horn on tenor saxophones, Chuck Gentry on baritone saxophone, Russ Freeman on piano, Howard Roberts on guitar, Red Mitchell on bass, Shelly Manne on drums, and Larry Bunker on vibraphone), records the titles "As Long As I Live", "My Shining Hour", "The One I Love Belongs To Somebody Else", and "I Wished On The Moon" 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 Christy's album "The Song Is June!" (T/ST 1114 on 12" vinyl and 8-55455-2 on CD).

60 Years Ago Today In 1958 - Vocalist Ferlin Husky, with unlisted others, records the titles "My Reason For Living", All Of The Time", and "I Will" in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue "My Reason For Living" as a single (F4123) with "Wrong" (recorded August 20, 1958) on the flipside, "All Of The Time" and "I Will" together as a single (Capitol F4046), and all the titles on Husky's album "Gone" (T/DT 1383).

1962 - The Beach Boys' debut Capitol Records single "Surfin' Safari" peaks at #14 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart. The single's flipside "409" also charted and peaks at #76.

1962 - During two sessions held this day in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California, vocalist Nat "King" Cole, with Belford Hendricks conducting the orchestra (Ray Johnson on piano, Rene Hall, Allan Reuss, and Billy Strange on guitars, Red Callender on bass, Earl Palmer on drums, Milt Holland on percussion, and a string section with Victor Arno, Elliott Fisher, James Getzoff, Alfred Lustgarten, Leonard Malarsky, Emanuel Moss, Isadore Roman, and Sidney Sharp on violins, Allan Harshman and Virginia Majewski on violas, and Justin DiTullio and William Vandenburg on cellos) and a vocal chorus (lineup unlisted), records the titles "When You're Smiling", "Wolverton Mountain", "One Has My Name, The Other Has My Heart", "Skip To My Lou", and "Sing Another Song (And We'll All Go Home)" at the first session between 11:00 AM and 2:30 PM and the titles "Your Cheatin' Heart", "Goodnight, Irene, Goodnight", "I Don't Want It That Way", "Twilight On The Trail", "and "He'll Have To Go" at the second session between 3:00 PM and 6:30 PM. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Cole's album "Ramblin' Rose" (T/ST 1793).
1964 - The Beatles record the track "Baby's In Black" at EMI Studios in London, England. It's the first session for their album "The Beatles For Sale"
1966 - John Lennon, with the rest of The Beatles in attendance, apologizes for his misinterpreted remarks regarding Christianity at a press conference held in The Astor Tower Hotel in Chicago, Illinois
1967 - Vocalist Roy Rogers and Dale Evans, with Bobby Hammack conducting the orchestra and The Bill Lee Singers (lineups unlisted), record the titles "Let There Be Peace On Earth", "A Christmas Prayer", "Decembertime", and "What Color Is Love" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on the couple's album "Christmas Is Always" (T/ST 2818).
1967 - A concert at The Ilikai Hotel in Waikiki, Hawaii by the vocal group The Four Amigos, with unlisted others, which contains performances of the titles "Something Stupid", "Oh, Marie", "More", "Moliendo Cafe", "Cast Your Fate To The Wind", "Zorba The Greek", "Malaguena Salerosa", "Day By Day", "Malaguena De Lecuona", and "Vereda Tropical" is recorded by producer Lex De Avezedo for Capitol Records which will issue the recordings on the band's album "The Amigos 'Live' At The Ilikai Hotel, Hawaii" (T/ST 2860).
1967 - Lothar And The Hand People (lineup unlisted) record the titles "Have Mercy (Mercy, Mercy, Mercy)", "Weather Man", "Today Is Yesterday's Tomorrow", and "Let the Boy Pretend" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue "Have Mercy (Mercy, Mercy, Mercy)" and "Let The Boy Pretend" together as a single (Capitol 2008). No issuing information is listed for the other two titles.
50 Years Ago Today In 1968 - Final overdubs are recorded in Los Angeles, California for Bobbie Gentry and Glen Campbell's title "Terrible Tangled Web". Capitol Records will issue the final mix of the title on the duo's album "Bobbie Gentry And Glen Campbell" (ST 2928).
1975 - Capitol Records Canada releases Brian Browne's album "Morning, Noon, & Night Time Too", Malka And Joso's album "Jewish Songs", Lee Gagnon's album "Discotheque" and The Kings Singers' album "Keep On Changing".
40 Years Ago Today In 1978 - During two sessions held this day in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records, vocalist Suzy Storm, with unlisted others records the title "Hey Baby" at the first session and the title "Hold Me Like You Never Had Me" at the second session. Capitol Records has yet to issue either title.

1982 - Rheingold (lineup unlisted) records the title "Triad Dimensions" in Germany. Harvest Records, at the time distributed by Capitol Records, releases the title on the group's 7" album "Fan Fan Fanatic" (DLP-15005).

35 Years Ago Today In 1983 - Capitol Records registers the master for K-9 Corp (Featuring Pretty C)'s title "Dog Talk" and will issue the title as a 12" single (Capitol 8562) with an instrumental version of George Clinton's title "Man's Best Friend" (recorded July 27, 1983) on the flipside.

35 Years Ago Today In 1983 - George Clinton, with unlisted others, records the title "Uh!" at United Sound Studio in Detroit, Michigan for Capitol Records which has yet to issue the title.

1987 - Capitol Records registers the masters for MSG (McAuley Schenker Group)'s titles "Gimme Your Love", "Here Today, Gone Tomorrow", "Don't Stop Me Now", "No Time For Losers", "Follow The Night", "Get Out", "Love Is Not A Game", "Time", "I Don't Want To Lose", and "Rock 'Til You're Crazy" and will issue "Don't Stop Me Now" and "Follow The Night" together as a single (Capitol 44156), "Get Out" and "Love Is Not A Game" together as a single (Capitol 44113), and "Rock 'Til You're Crazy", an edited version of "Gimme Your Love" together as a single (Capitol 44079), and all the titles on the group's debut album for the label "Perfect Timing" (CLT-46985).
30 Years Ago Today In 1988 - Capitol Records registers the masters in acquired from Polydor UK for Lloyd Cole and The Commotions' titles "Rich", "Why I Love Country Music", "Pretty Gone", "Grace", "Cut Me Down", "Brand New Friend", "Lost Weekend", "James", "Minor Character", "You Will Never Be No Good", and "Her Last Fling" and will issue all but the last two titles on group's album "Easy Pieces" (C2-91183-2), and "You Will Never Be No Good" and "Her Last Fling" in the compilation album "1984-1989" (C1-92223 on 12" vinyl and 7-92223-2 on CD).
20 Years Ago Today In 1998 - Matador Records, with distribution by Capitol Records, releases Liz Phair's third album "whitechocolatespaceegg".

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1964 - United Artists releases The Beatles' first movie "A Hard Day's Night"
1964 - Atco Records releases Tony Sheridan and The Beatles' single "Ain't She Sweet", with "Nobody's Child" on the flipside
1972 - Elvis and Priscilla Presley, parents of Capitol Records artist Lisa Marie Presley, file for divorce.
1982 - EMI America purchases the masters for Sheena Easton's titles "Weekend In Paris", "I Wouldn't Beg For Water", "Are You Man Enough", "Ice Out In The Rain", "Madness, Money And Music", "Wind Beneath My Wings", "There When I Needed You", "In The Winter", and "You Do It" and will issue all the titles on Easton's album "Madness, Money And Music" (ST-17080).
35 Year Ago Today In 1983 - EMI America licenses Rads' (aka The Radiators) titles "How Does It Feel", "Sitting In My Armchair", "Gravitational Pull", "Living On A Razor's Edge", "You", "No Tragedy", "Comin' Back For More", "Right Before My Eyes", "Don't Call Us", "Getting Closer", and "Too Much Too Soon" from EMI Australia and will issue "How Does It Feel", "You", "No Tragedy" and "Too Much Too Soon" on the group's mini-album "Scream Of The Real" (DLP 19007). No listing information is listed for the other titles in the U.S. but all the titles were included on the full LP of "Scream Of The Real" released in Australia.

ON THIS DAY NOT IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1954 - Joe Jackson, a singer and a songwriter, is born David Ian Jackson in Burton-upon-Trent, Staffordshire, England