AUGUST 18, 2018

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
1939 - Molly Bee, singer ("Tennesse Tango", "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus", etc.), radio and television performer, who was 13 when she signed with Capitol Records, is born Molly Beechwood in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. If anyone knows her middle name, please leave a comment.

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1946 - Margaret O'Brien, with Marissa O'Brien and Harold Peary, records wild tracks for a yet to be issued take of the title "Let's Go To Mexico" in Los Angeles, California.
1947 - Cliffie Stone and His Barn Dance Band (lineup unlisted) record the titles "Red, White And Blue", "B-One Baby", "Don't Do It Darlin'", and "Watch It, Neighbor" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Red, White And Blue" and "Watch It, Neighbor" together as a single (Capitol Americana 40064) and "B-One Baby" and "Don't Do It Darlin'" together as a single (Capitol Americana 40041).
1952 - Vocalist Mickey Katz and His Orchestra (lineup unlisted) record the titles "Patcha-Me (Botch-A-Me)", "Shleppin' My Baby Back Home (Walkin' My Baby Back Home)", "Mendel's Song", and "Grandma's Dreidel" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Patcha-Me (Botch-A-Me)" and "Shleppin' My Baby Back Home (Walkin' My Baby Back Home)"  together as a single (Capitol 2229) and "Mendel's Song" and "Grandma's Dreidel" on Katz's album "Mickey Katz Plays Music For Weddings, Bar Mitzvahs & Brisses" (T 1021).
65 Years Ago Today In 1953 - Nat "King" Cole, with Nelson Riddle conducting his own arrangements to an uncredited orchestra, records the titles "The Little Boy Santa Claus Forgot", an unissued take of "You're Wrong, All Wrong", and "Mrs. Santa Claus" at Capitol Records' Melrose Avenue studios in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue "The Little Boy Santa Claus Forgot" and "Mrs. Claus" together as a single (Capitol 2616), and after editing and re-titling "Mrs. Claus" to "Mr. & Mrs. Claus" will issue it on Cole's album "The Christmas Song" (T 9026). Also, Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "I Am In Love" is #32, his single "Return To Paradise" is #34, and his single "Pretend" is #43 on Cash Box magazine's Best Selling Singles chart.
60 Years Ago Today In 1958 - Nat "King" Cole (on vocals), with Nelson Riddle conducting his own arrangements to the orchestra (Hunt Burdick and Dick Perissi on French horn, ohn Hacker on bassoon,  Jimmy Rowles on piano, John Collins on guitar, Jack Rose on mandolin, Joe Comfort on bass, Lee Young on drums, and a string section with Victor Bay, Alex Beller, Lou Klass, Alfred Lustgarten, Lisa Minghetti, Erno Neufeld, Nathan Ross, Paul Shure, and Felix Slatkin on violin, Alvin Dinkin, Stanley Harris, Ralph Lane, and David Sterkin on viola, and Kurt Reher and Eleanor Aller Slatkin on cello), records (with an unidentifed harp and vocal chorus) the titles "Give Me Your Love", "Cu Cu RRu Cu Cu Paloma", and "Non Dimenticar (Don't Forget)", then (with an unidentifed female chorus) records the titles "Bend A Little My Way", then (again with an unidentifed harp player and vocal chorus) the title "This Morning It Was Summer", and then the title "A Thousand Thoughts Of You" at The Capitol Tower Studios in Hollywood, California at an extended session between 12:00 PM and 4:30 PM. Capitol Records will issue "Give Me Your Love" as a single (Capitol F4125) with "Madrid" (recorded July 2, 1958) on the flipside, "Cu Cu RRu Cu Cu Paloma" on Cole's EP "Midnight Flyer" (EAP-1-1317), "Non Dimenticar (Don't Forget)" and "Bend A Little My Way" together as a single (Capitol F4056), and "This Morning It Was Summer" and "A Thousand Thoughts Of You" on Cole's album "To Whom It May Concern" (W 1990). After a rhythm track was overdubbed on "Bend A Little My Way", Capitol would issue that version on Cole's album "Beautiful Ballads" (T 2820). Also, Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Come Closer To Me (Acercate Mas)" is #24 on WMGM's Top 40 Survey in New York City, New York.
60 Years Ago Today In 1958 - Pianist Leonard Pennario records Johannes Brahms' "Rhapsody In G Minor Opus 79 N° 2", Franz Liszt's "Un Sospiro (Etude In D Flat)", Domineco Scarlatti's "Sonata For Piano In E Major, L. 23", and Edward MacDowell's "To A Wild Rose (Opus 51)" and "To A Water Lily (Opus 51) (From 'Woodland Sketches')" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Pennario's album "Piano Portraits" (P/SP-8541).
55 Years Ago Today In 1963 - In Watseka, Illinois (on a bill with Ray Price), Capitol Records recording artists The Louvin Brothers perform for the last time together. Both Ira and Charles would go on to record for Capitol as solo artists.
1964 - Nat "King" Cole overdubs vocals on to previously recorded band tracks by Ralph Carmichael conducting an uncredited orchestra for the titles "Je Ne Repartirai Pas (L-O-V-E French Version)", "Amor (L-O-V-E Spanish Version)", "L-O-V-E (Italian Version)", "L-O-V-E (German Version)", "L-O-V-E (Japanese Version)", and "Muetterlein (Answer Me - German Version)" in Las Vegas, Nevada between 2:00 PM and 6:00 PM. Capitol Records will issue "Je Ne Repartirai Pas (L-O-V-E French Version)" in France on Cole's EP "Nat King Cole" (Capitol EAP-1-20633), "Amor (L-O-V-E Spanish Version)" as a single (Capitol 5333) with "Tu Eres Tan Amable (Autumn Leaves Spanish Version)" (recorded August 27, 1964) on the flipside, "L-O-V-E (Italian Version)" as a single (Capitol 5331) with "Tu Sei Cosi Amabile (Autumn Leaves Italian Version)" (also recorded on August 27, 1964) on the flipside, "L-O-V-E (German Version)" and "Muetterlein (Answer Me - German Version)" together as a single (Capitol 5332), and "L-O-V-E (Japanese Version)" as a single (Capitol 5330) with "Kareha (Autumn Leaves - Japanese Version)" (also recorded on August 27, 1964) on the flipside.
1967 - Eddie Downs, with unlisted others, records the titles "I Couldn't See You For My Tears", "Helplessly, Hopelessly In Love With You", "An Occasional Wife", and "Funny Man" in Los Angeles, California. After overdubs are recorded for all the titles on August 31, 1967, Capitol Records will issue "I Couldn't See You For My Tears" and "An Occasional Wife" together as a single (Capitol 2049) and "Helplessly, Hopelessly In Love With You" and "Funny Man" together as a single (Capitol 2199).
1967 - Harry Middlebrooks, Bull Justis conducting an orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the titles "If I'm A Fool For Loving You", "Funny How Time Slips Away", "and "Love Can Move Mountains" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Middlebrooks album "Funny How Time Slips Away" (T/ST 2850).
1967 - The Geezinslaw Brothers (vocalists Sam Allred and Raymond Dewayne Smith), with unlisted others, record the titles "I Couldn't Spell YUUK", "Chubby (Please Take Your Love To Town)", and "We Split The Blanket" in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on the duo's album "Chubby" (ST 2885), "I Couldn't Spell YUUK" and "We Split The Blanket" together as a single (Capitol 2086), and "Chubby (Please Take Your Love To Town) as a single (Capitol 2002) with "Tender-Hearted Me" (recorded April 5, 1967) on the flipside.
1971 - Al De Lory, conducting his arrangement to the orchestra, records "Jesus Christo" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will later release the track as a single (Capitol 3196).
1971 - Joyous Noise (Lee Montgomery on vocals, Lance Wakely on guitar and vocals, Marc McClure on guitar, keyboards, percussion, and vocals, Dennis Dragon on drums, and Happy Smith on bass), with Ricardo Rincorn on congas and percussion, the Joyous Noise Chorus (lineup unlisted) on vocals, and producer John Palladino, record the title "If People Could Just Get Along". Capitol Records will issue the title on the group's self-titled album "Joyous Noise" (SMAS-844).
1976 - Richard Torrance records the tracks "Circle Of Confusion" and "Moonlight Trippin'" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will release both tracks on Torrance's album "Bareback" (SW-11610).
40 Years Ago Today In 1978 - Peabo Bryson's Capitol Records album "Reaching For The Sky" is certified Gold by the R.I.A.A.
1979 - The Knack's Capitol Records debut single "My Sharona", with "Let Me Out" on the flipside, hits #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart
1986 - Vocalist Freddie Jackson, with Jenny Peters on backing vocals, James McKinney on keyboards, Mike "Dino" Campbell on guitar, Timmy Allen on bass, engineers Rowe Shamir and Ron Banks, and producer Gene McFadden, records the title "Janay". Capitol Records will issue the title on Jackson's album "Just Like The First Time" (ST-12495).
1987 - Chapter 8 (lineup unlisted) records the titles "Give Me A Chance", "Forever", "So In Love", and "Long Time To Love" at an unlisted location. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on the group's album "Forever" (7-46947-1 on vinyl and 7-467947-2 on CD)
1987 - Suave (lineup unlisted) record the title "Band Of The Heart" at an unlisted location for Capitol Records. No issuing information is listed.
1990 - Poison's Capitol Records album "Flesh & Blood" peaks at #2 on Billboard's album chart
2010 - Kenny Edwards, guitarist, singer, songwriter and founding member of Capitol Records group The Stone Poneys, dies at age 64 of complications of the blood disorder thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP), and prostate cancer at a hospital near his home in Santa Barbara, California. Read more at The Los Angeles Times.

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1945 - Sarah Dash, a singer with the group Labelle and a solo EMI Manhattan recording artist (1988-1989), is born in Trenton, New Jersey. EMI Manhattan's catalog is currently owned by Capitol Records' parent company Universal Music Group. If anyone knows Ms. Dash's middle name, please leave a comment.
1957 - Tenor saxophonist Hank Mobley, with Kenny Dorham on trumpet, Sonny Clark on piano, Jimmy Rowser on bass, and Art Taylor on drums, records the tracks "My Reverie", "Curtain Call", "On The Bright Side", "The Mobe", "Don't Get Too Hip", and "Deep In A Dream (without Dorham on trumpet), for Blue Note Records with producer Al Lion and recording engineer Rudy Van Gelder at the Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey. Blue Note sold its catalog to Liberty Records, which was acquired by United Artists Records, which was bought by EMI which was bought by Universal Music Group and is currently under the leadership of its president Don Was.55 Years Ago Today In 1962 - Ringo Starr makes his on stage debut as The Beatles drummer when they perform at The Cavern Club in Liverpool, England

ON THIS DAY NOT IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1920 - Shelley Winters, a motion picture and television actress, is born Shirley Schrift in St. Louis, Missouri. Winters appeared in the movie "Pete's Dragon" whose soundtrack was released by Capitol Records. If anyone knows her middle name, please leave a comment.
1969 - The Woodstock Music and Art Fair ends mid-morning