AUGUST 2, 2018

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
1937- Garth Hudson, instrumentalist (Lowrey organ, piano, keyboards, saxophones, accordion, horns) with the Capitol Records artists The Band, is born Eric Garth Hudson in Windsor, Ontario

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
75 Years Ago Today In 1943 - The King Cole Trio perform on episode 36 of "Jubilee" at NBC Radio City's studios in Hollywood, California with Ernie "Bubbles" Whitman as MC along with other artists including the Lucky Millender Orchestra, Rosetta Tharpe, Mabel Scott, and Trevor Bacon. The show is recorded as an electronic transcription for the Armed Forces Radio Service.
1946 - Stan Kenton and His Orchestra (Buddy Childers, Ray Wetzel, Chico Alvarez, John Anderson, and Ken Hanna on trumpets; Kai Winding, Harry Forbes, and Miff Sines on trombone; Bart Varsalona on bass trombone; Al Anthony and Boots Mussulli on alto saxophone; Vido Musso and Bob Cooper on tenor saxophone; Bob Gioga on baritone saxophone; Kenton on piano; Bob Ahern on guitar; Eddie Safranski on bass; and Shelly Manne on drums), with vocalist June Christy, record the tracks "Collaboration" arranged by Pete Rugolo, with solos by Kenton, Safranski, Winding and Alvarez; "Don't Want That Man Around" arranged by Rugolo with vocals by Christy and solos by Kenton, Safranski, and Alvarez; and two versions of "Opus In Pastels" arranged by Kenton using the saxophones and rhythm sections only at Radio Recorders studios in Los Angeles, California with producer Lee Gillette.
70 Years Ago Today In 1948 - Capitol Records registers in Los Angeles, California the masters it purchased for Artie Wayne's titles "Little Mr. Future President" and "(I Offer You The Moon) Senorita" and will issue "Little Mr. President" as a single (Capitol 15219) with another purchased master, "Sleepy Baby", (registered on August 10, 1948) on the flipside. "(I Offer You The Moon) Senorita" has yet to be issued.
60 Years Ago Today In 1958 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Come Closer To Me (Acercate Mas)" is #35 and the single's flipside, "Nothing In The World", is #62 on Cash Box magazine's Best Selling Singles chart. "Come Closer To Me (Acercate Mas)" is also #25 on KFWB's Fabulous Forty Survey in Los Angeles, California.
60 Years Ago Today In 1958 - The Jonah Jones Quartet (Jonah Jones on trumpet and vocals, Teddy Brannon on piano, John Brown on bass, and George Foster on drums) record the titles "I'm In The Market For You" and "From The Inside" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue both titles in the group's album "Jonah Jumps Again" (T/ST 1115).
60 Years Ago Today In 1958 - Vocalist Donna Hightower, with Joe Wilder on trumpet, Ben Webster on tenor saxophone, Hank Jones on piano, Mundell Lowe on guitar, George Duvivier on bass, and Don Lamond on drums, records the titles "Maybe You'll Be There", "Too Young", "Because Of You", and "Trouble In Mind" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Hightower's album "Take One!" (T 1133).

1960 - Judy Garland records the tracks "Lucky Day", "Stormy Weather", "Chicago", and "Do It Again" in stereo for the first time at EMI Studios in London England with producer Norman Newell and conductor Norrie Paramour. The recordings would eventually be released in 1972 on the Capitol Records Club album "Judy In London".

55 Years Ago Today In 1963 - Nat "King" Cole was rehearsing for an appearance on episode 6 of "The Judy Garland Show" which would have also featured comedian Jack Carter as a guest when CBS executives declared that they weren't happy with the first 5 episodes, fired producer George Schlatter, the show's writers and choreographer, and cancelled this episode which would have been the first time Cole worked with Garland. The two would never have another opportunity to work together as Cole was bitter about being dropped and refused an invitation to appear on a later episode. Also, Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records album "Those Lazy-Hazy-Crazy Days Of Summer" is #2 on KTKT 990 AM's Album Sound Of The Day chart in Tucson, Arizona.

1967 - Vocalist Al Martino, with unlisted others, records the titles "I Dream Of You", "Unchained Melody", "Love Letters In The Sand", "More Than The Eyes Can See" and "With Your Love" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue "I Dream Of You", "Unchained Melody", and "Love Letters In The Sand" on Martino's album "Mary In The Morning" (T/ST 2780), "More Than The Eyes Can See" on Martino's album "This Is Al Martino" (T/ST 2843), and has yet to issue "With Your Love".
55 Years Ago Today In 1963 - Vocalist Cindy Malone, with unlisted others, records the titles "Every Beat Of My Heart", "Big Things Are Happening", and "Break My Heart, Break" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Every Beat Of My Heart" and "Big Things Are Happening" together as a single (Capitol 5036). No issuing information is listed for "Break My Heart, Break".
50 Years Ago Today In 1968 - Final overdubs are recorded for Bobbie Gentry and Glen Campbell's titles "My Elusive Dreams", "Gentle On My Mind", "Heart To Heart Talk", and "Less Of Me". Capitol Records will issue the final mixes of all the titles on the album "Bobbie Gentry and Glen Campbell" (ST 2928).
40 Years Ago Today In 1979 - During three sessions held this day in Los Angeles, California, The Neville Brothers (Charles Neville on horns, percussion, and vocals, Gerald Tillman on organ, Arthur Neville, Jr. on keyboards and vocals, Jimmie Ballero and Tony Berg on guitars, Casey Kelly on guitar and harmonica, Eugene Synegal on bass, Newton Mossop, Jr. on drums, Aaron Neville on percussion and vocals, and Cyrille Neville on congas and vocals) record the title "Dancin' Jones" at the first session, the title "If It Takes All Night" at the second session, and the titles "I'll Take My Chances", "Breakaway", "Arianne", and "You Make It Come So Easy" at the third session. Capitol Records will issue all the titles, except "You Make It Come So Easy", on the group's self-titled album "The Neville Brothers" (ST-11865) and "If It Takes All Night" also as a single (Capitol 4688) with "Speed Of Light" (recorded July 31, 1978) on the flipside. No issuing information is listed for "You Make It Come So Easy".
40 Years Ago Today In 1978 - Kenny Dale, with unlisted others, records the titles "Wrong Side Of Laredo", "Every Other Word Is You", and "Mama's Roses" in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue "Every Other Word Is You" as a single (Capitol 4704) with "Rainbow Man" (recorded sometime in 1979) on the flipside and has yet to issue the other two titles.
1986 - Enigma Records (which had both a joint venture deal and a distribution deal with Capitol Records) releases Poison's debut album "Look What The Cat Dragged In". Capitol would buy Enigma in 1989 and currently EMI Music Group, Capitol Music Group's parent company owns Enigma's catalog.
1999 - Chris Gaines' (aka Garth Brooks) video for his Capitol Records single "Lost In You" premieres on VH1

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
120 Years Ago Today In 1898 - Fred Gainsberg, The Gramophone Company (later to become EMI)'s first recording engineer, has his first recording session in London at Gramophone & Typewriter's basement studio on Maiden Lane in Convent Garden, London, England where he records a track sung by Syria Lamonte, an opera singer from Australia who was working at Rules Restaurant which is also (and still) located on Maiden Lane. Miss Lamont, according to Gainsberg in a 1949 interview with Brian Rust, had "a large voice" as well as a high enough pitch to overcome the surface noise on the early recording medium. He would later record her again in the same studio on October 3, 1898, when they recorded the track "When A Merry Maiden Marries" from Gilbert & Sullivan's operetta "The Gondoliers" which will become the earliest known surviving disc of a Gilbert & Sullivan selection.
1957 - The Stan Getz Quartet (Stan Getz on tenor saxophone, Lou Levy on piano, Leroy Vinnegar on bass, and Stan Levey on drums) record the tracks "Where or When", "Woody 'N You", "Smiles", "Three Little Words", "But Beautiful", "All God's Chillun Got Rhythm", "Time After Time Verve", and "This Can't Be Love" for their Verve Records album "Award Winner" at The Capitol Tower Studios in Hollywood, California
1957 - The Gerry Mulligan/Paul Desmond Quartet (Gerry Mulligan on baritone saxophone, Paul Desmond on alto saxophone, Joe Benjamin on acoustic bass, and Dave Bailey on drums) are in The Capitol Tower Studios to record the tracks "Body And Soul", "Blues In Time", "Wintersong" for their Verve Records album "Blues In Time" produced by Norman Granz
1960 - Ella Fitzgerald is back in The Capitol Tower Studios to record the tracks "Get Happy", "Ding Dong! The Witch Is Dead", "Sing My Heart", "Let's Take A Walk Around The Block (Alternate Take)", and "Sing My Heart (Alternate Take)" with arrangements by Billy May who also conducts the orchestra which includes Ted Nash on alto saxophone, Paul Smith on piano, John Collins or possibly Al Hendrickson on guitar, Joe Mondragon on bass, and Alvin Stoller on drums.
1961 - Guitarist and vocalist Joao Gilberto, with Antonia Carlos Jobim conducting his own arrangement to unlisted trumpets, flutes, bass, drums, percussion, and string players, records the title "O Barquinho" at an unlisted studio in Brazil for EMI Odeon (Brazil). Odeon Records, a subidiary of Blue Note Records, will issue the title in Japan on the CD "João Gilberto ‎– The Legendary João Gilberto : The Original Bossa Nova Recordings (1958-1961)" (TOCP-7874).
Joao Gilberto(g,vo) with Orchestra arr. & cond. by Antonio Carlos Jobim.
55 Years Ago Today In 1963 - Organist John Patton, with George Braith on soprano saxophone, Grant Green on guitar, and Ben Dixon on drums, records the titles "Hot Sauce", "Bermuda Clay House", "Chunky Chicks", "Dem Dirty Blues", "Country Girl", "Untitled Patton Tune", "Davene", and "Kinda Slick" at Rudy Van Gelder's studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey. Blue Note records rejected the recordings of "Chunky Chicks", "Untitled Patton Tune", "Davene", and "Kinda Slick" and would issue "Hot Sauce", "Bermuda Clay House", "Dem Dirty Blues", and "Country Girl" on Patton's album "Blue John" (BST84153 on 12" vinyl and 7-84143-2 on CD.
35 Years Ago Today In 1983 - Kim Carnes, with unlisted others, records the title "Invisible Hands" for EMI-America which will issue the title on Carnes' album "Cafe Racers" (SO-17106) and an edited version as a single (EMI America 8181) with "I'll Be Here Where the Heart Is" (recorded February 23, 1983) on the flipside.
35 Years Ago Today In 1983 - Lane Brody, with unlisted others, records the titles "Alibis" and "One Heart Away" for EMI America which will issue both titles together as a single (EMI America 8218).