AUGUST 24, 2018

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1942 - Capitol Records issues "The Thrill Is Gone" with "Mr. Five By Five" on the flipside (Capitol 115) by Freddie Slack and His Orchestra with vocals by Ella Mae Morse on both titles and additional vocals by Johnny Mercer on "Mr. Five By Five" as part of the label's fifth ever release.
70 Years Ago Today In 1948 - During two sessions held this day in Los Angeles, California, vocalist Foy Willing and His Riders Of The Purple Sage (lineup unlisted) record the titles "Brush Those Tears From Your Eyes" and "You Will Never Have My Love Anymore" at the first session and the title "Rose Of Ol' Pawnee" at the second session. Capitol Records will issue "Brush Those Tears From Your Eyes" and "Rose Of Ol' Pawnee" together as a single (Capitol 15290) and "You Will Never Have My Love Anymore" as a single with "Your Tears Came Too Late" (recorded February 22, 1949) on the flipside.
65 Years Ago Today In 1953 - During two sessions held this day at Capitol Records' studios at 5515 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood, California, vocalist and pianist Nat "King" Cole, with Nelson Riddle conducting his own arrangements to the orchestra and a chorus of singers (lineups unlisted) records the titles "Why?", "Darling Je Vous Aime Beaucoup", and an as yet to be issued take of "Little Fingers" at the first session then, with the addition of John Collins on guitar and Charlie Harris on bass, records the titles "For A Moment Of Your Love", "I Envy", a new take of "Sleeping Beauty", and Cole's third version of "The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas To You)". The sessions were recorded with producer by Lee Gillette and were Hi-Fi mono recordings done on an Ampex 200 tube recorder using Ampex tape. Capitol Records will initially issue "Why?" as a single (Capitol 2687) with "Answer Me, My Love" (recorded on December 3, 1953) on the flipside, "Darling Je Vous Aime Beaucoup" as a single (Capitol 3027) with "The Sand And The Sea" (recorded on December 20, 1954) on the flipside, "For A Moment Of Your Love" as a bonus track on the CD version of Cole's album "Ballads Of The Day" (7-99776-2), "Sleeping Beauty" on the EP version of Cole's album "10th Anniversary" (EAP-2-514), and this version of "The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas To You)" as a single (Capitol 2955) with "(All I Want For Christmas Is) My Two Front Teeth" (recorded on August 2, 1949) on the flipside.
1957 - Leopold Stokowski conducts his symphony orchestra (lineup unlisted) as they record parts of Schoenberg's "Verlärte Nacht (Transfigured Night)" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the parts on Stokowski's album "SCHOENBERG - Transfigured Night/LOEFFLER - A Pagan Poem" (P/SP-8433).
1957 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Send For Me" is #3 on The Billboard magazine's Most Played R&B By Jockeys chart, #4 on the magazine's R&B Best Sellers In Stores chart, #7 on the magazine's Best Sellers In Stores chart, #11 on the magazine's Top 100 Sides chart, and #12 on the magazine's Most Played By Jockeys chart. The single's flipside, "My Personal Possession" with The Four Knights, is #84 also on The Billboard magazine's Top 100 Sides chart. Also, Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records album "Love Is The Thing" is #4 on The Billboard magazine's Best Selling Pop Albums chart.
1964 - Capitol Records releases The Beatles' single "Matchbox" with "Slow Down" on the flipside and The Beatles' Capitol Records album "Something New" is certified Gold by the R.I.A.A.
50 Years Ago Today In 1968 - Jack Pleis conducts his own arrangements to The Sounds Of Our Time (lineup unlisted) as they record the titles "The Sounds Of Silence", "Hey Jude", "To Wait For Love (Is To Waste Your Life Away)", "Light My Fire", and "Harper Valley P.T.A." in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on the group's album "Hey Jude" (ST-117).
1972 - Capitol Records registers the masters it purchased from Buck Owens Enterprises for Larry Garner's title "Would You Settle For Roses" which it will issue as a single (Capitol 2467) with "It's Too Late To Keep From Losing You" (registered September 20, 1972) on the flipside.
45 Years Ago Today In 1973 - Capitol Records registers the masters it purchased for Freddie Hart and The Heartbeats' titles "I've Got My Hands Full", "Just Outside The Church", "Beautiful Temptation", "That's Not Like Me", "Too Many Teardrops", "Come And Get Her", "I Sing For Joy", "When You Wake (And Start Loving Me)", and "Heartline Express" and will issue all the titles on Hart's album "If You Can't Feel It (It Ain't There)" (ST-11252).
45 Years Ago Today In 1973 - Skylark (lineup unlisted) records the title "The Love Affair Is Over" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the title on the group's album "2" (ST-11256).
45 Years Ago Today In 1973 - Vocalist Stoney Edwards, with unlisted others, records the titles Hag Sang Me Along", "Stoney's Yodel #2 (Leavin' Blues)", and "Back In Your Arms Again" in Nashville, Tennessee for Capitol Records which, even after overdubs are recorded for "Hag Sang Me Along" on September 4, 1973, has yet to issue the final mixes of any of the titles.
1977 - Sun (lineup unlisted), using arrangements by Beau Fleming and Byron Byrd, record the titles "Love Carolina", "Long Drawn Out Thang", "I Had A Choice", and "You're The One" at Cyberteknic's studios in Dayton, Ohio. Capitol Records will issue "I Had A Choice" as a single (Capitol 4538) with an edited version of "Dance (What You Wanna Do)" (recorded August 23, 1977) on the flipside and "Long Drawn Out Thang", "I Had A Choice", and "You're The One" on the group's album "Sunburn" (ST-11723). No issuing information is listed for "Love Carolina".
1977 - Vocalist Natalie Cole, with unlisted others, records the title "Keeping A Light" in Los Angeles, California. After overdubs are recorded on September 6, 19, and 21, 1977, Capitol Records will issue the title on Cole's album "Thankful" (SW-11708).
40 Years Ago Today In 1978 - Louis Prima, composer, trumpeter, bandleader, and Capitol Records recording artist, dies in New Orleans at age 77 after being in a coma since 1976 as a result of brain surgery to remove a tumor.
40 Years Ago Today In 1978 - Vocalist Minnie Riperton, records the titles "Return To Forever" (with Jeremey Lubbock conducting Oscar Castro Neves on acoustic guitar, Claudio Sloan on cymbal, David Duke, Richard Perrissi, and Vince DeRosa on horns, Steve Forman on percussion, Victor Feldman on piano, and featuring Jerry Vinci on the violin solo) and "It Never Existed Before" (with Jeremey Lubbock playing electric piano and conducting Oscar Castro Neves on acoustic guitar, David Hungate on bass, Claudio Sloan on drums, Mitch Holder on electric guitar, Buddy Collette, Jerome Richardson, Sheridan Stokes, and Bill Green on flutes, and featuring Hubert Laws on the flute solo, Flute, and Steve Forman on percussion) at A&M Studios on La Brea Avenue in Hollywood, California with Riperton co-producing with Henry Lewy and Dick Rudolph. Capitol Records will issue both titles on Riperton's album "Minnie" (SO-11936).
1982 - Capitol Records registers the masters for guitarist Earl Klugh and keyboardist Bob James (recorded with Gary King on electric bass, Harvey Mason on drums, and Leonard "Doc" Gibb, Jr. and Sammy Figueroa on percussion) titles "Where I Wander", "The Falcon", "Whiplash", "Sandstorm" Ingenue", and "Wes" which were recorded at Minor Studios in White Plains, New York in February 1982 and will issue all the titles on the duo's album "Two Of A Kind" (SMAS-12244).
35 Years Ago Today In 1983 - During two sessions held in Los Angeles, California, T-Connection (lineup unlisted) records the titles "Right Place, Wrong Time" at the first session and the titles "What Do You Say" at the second session. Capitol Records will issue "Right Place, Wrong Time" on the group's album "Take It To The Limit" (ST-12333). No issuing information is listed for "What Do You Say".
1987 - Capitol Records releases The Beatles album "The Beatles" (aka "The White Album") and the soundtrack to the United Artists animated movie "Yellow Submarine" on CD for the first time in the United States as part of a simultaneous worldwide release
30 Years Ago Today In 1988 - Nat Stuckey, radio personality, bandleader of The Louisiana Hayriders, and composer (co-wrote, with Buck Owens and Don Rich, Owens' #1 country song "Waitin' In Your Welfare Line", released by Capitol Records, which will be #1 for seven weeks), dies in Nashville, Tennessee at age 55.
1999 - Capitol Records Jazz, a division of Blue Note Records, which is owned by Capitol Records, releases the compilation album "Trumpet Blues: The Best Of Harry James"
2004 - Capitol Records Canada releases Don Yute's album "Boobilious"
2010 - Capitol Records releases Katy Perry's album "Teenage Dreams" in the United States.

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1924 - Francis Barraud, painter of the "His Master's Voice" pictures, the corporate logo for His Master's Voice and EMI, dies.
60 Years Ago Today In 1958 - Trumpet player Dizzy Reece, with Donald Byrd also on trumpet, Tubby Hayes on tenor saxophone, Terry Shannon on piano, Lloyd Thompson on bass, and Art Taylor on drums, records the titles "Blues In Trinity" and "Colour Blind" without Byrd on trumpet, "Just A Penny", "Round About Midnight" without Reece and Byrd on trumpets, "I Had The Craziest Dream" without Byrd on trumpet and Hayes on tenor saxophone, "Eboo", "Close Up", and "Shepherd's Serenade" at Decca Studios in London, England with producer Tony Hall. Because of restrictive British musicians' union regulations,the credits to this album listed the recording location as Paris. Blue Note Records will issue "Blues In Trinity", "Colour Blind", "Round About Midnight", and "Close Up" on Reece's album "Blues In Trinity" (BLP4006 on mono 12" vinyl) and all the titles on the CD release of the album (8-32093-2).

ON THIS DAY NOT IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1962 - Producer Phil Spector records a "wall of sound" version of "Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah" with Darlene Wright (aka Darlene Love) doing lead vocals, Bobby Sheen, Fanita James, and Gloria Jones doing backup vocals, and session musicians The Wrecking Crew (Billy Strange on electric guitar,  John Anderson on acoustic guitar, Jimmy Bond on upright bass, Wallick Dean on Fender bass, Carol Kaye on Danelectro bass, Al De Lory and Nino Tempo on pianos, Steve Douglas on tenor saxophone, Jay Migliori on baritone saxophone, Hal Blaine on drums, and Frank Capp on percussion) using an arrangement by Jack Nitzsche, in Gold Star Studios at 6252 Santa Monica Boulevard in Hollywood, California with engineer Larry Levine. When the track is released by Spector's Phillies label, it will be credited to Bob B. Soxx and the Blue Jeans. Wright, James, and Jones were formerly Capitol Records singing group (1957-1958 and formerly known as The Dreamers until Capitol exec Tom Fransend renamed the group) The Blossoms.