AUGUST 25, 2018

HAPPY BIRTHDAYS!
110 Years Ago Today In 1908 - Ray John Heindorf, composer, conductor (conducted the orchestra for the Capitol Records soundtrack album "Streetcar Named Desire" in 1951), orchestrator, and Capitol Records recording artist (the single, "Four Deuces" with "Streetcar" on the flipside, is Heindorf's first record released under his own name), is born in Haverstraw, New York
1946 - Steve Buckley, marketing and sales agent for United Artists (1977-1978) and Capitol Records (1978-1984) at the Washington, D.C. branch before becoming Regional Promotions Manager in Miami and then A&R manager for Black Music at The Capitol Tower in Hollywood, is born Steve T. Buckley III in Little Rock, Arkansas and is currently married to Hazel Payne, former member of Capitol Records recording group A Taste Of Honey

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
80 Years Ago Today In 1938 - Fritz Heitmann at the Berlin Dom organ, records Bach's "Toccata And Fuge In D Minor" in two parts and "Passacaglia And Fuge In C Minor" in three parts in Berlin, Germany for the Telefunken label. After Capitol Records licenses Telefunken's catalog for release in the United States, it will issue all the titles on Heitmann's album "BACH" (L-8105).

1947 - The Benny Goodman Sextet (Benny Goodman on clarinet, Red Norvo on vibraphone, Mel Powell on piano, Al Hendrickson on guitar, Art Shapiro on bass, and Louis Bellson on drums) record the title "Nagasaki" at Radio Recorders' studios at 932 North Western Avenue in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue the title as a single (Capitol 15008) with "Gonna Get A Girl" (recorded September 22, 1947) on the flipside and on Goodman's album "Session For Six" (CCF-202).

1947 - Vocalist Jimmy Wakely, with Cliffie Stone and His Orchestra (lineup unlisted), records with titles "Your Bouquet Of Roses", "When Your Hair Has Turned To Silver" with additional vocals by The Sunshine Girls (Jean Anderson, Edna Leeper, and Marilyn Tuttle), "Where The Moon Plays Peek-A-Boo", "Sweethearts On Parade", and "Roll Along, Kentucky Moon" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Your Bouquet Of Roses" as a single (Capitol Americana 40107) with "Milk Cow Blues" (recorded sometime in September 1947) on the flipside, "Where The Moon Plays Peek-A-Boo" and "Sweethearts On Parade" together as a single (Capitol Americana 40059), and has yet to issue either "When Your Hair Has Turned To Silver" or "Roll Along, Kentucky Moon".
70 Years Ago Today In 1948 - Capitol Records purchased the masters for Scat Man Crother's titles "Have You Got The Gumption" and "I'm Just Lookin'" and will issue "Have You Got The Gumption" as a single (Capitol 15431) with "Do Something" (recorded January 10, 1949) on the flipside and "Just Lookin'" as a single (Capitol 57-70062) with "I'm The Only Man" (also recorded January 10, 1949) on the flipsdide.
1950 - Nat "King" Cole And His Trio, with arranger Pete Rugolo conducting the orchestra, (unknown except for Shelly Manne on drums), and the vocal group The Judd Conlin Rhythmaires (Conlin, Mac McLean, Charlie Parletto, Loulie Jean Norman & Gloria Wood) record the tracks "Make Believe Land" and "Get To Gettin'" (with Jack Costanzo on bongos} as well as the tracks "Little Christmas Tree" (with additional vocals by The Singing Pussycats) and "Frosty The Snowman" (with additional vocals by The Singing Pussycats), and "Song of Delilah" with Dave Barbour conducting the orchestra at Capitol Records' (formerly radio station KHJ's) studios at 5515 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood, California.
1952 - During a split session held this day in Los Angeles, California with Nelson Riddle and Dick Stabile conducting the orchestra and chorus (lineups unlisted), first vocalist Jimmy Wakely records the titles "Pale Moon", "I Went To Your Wedding", "Rainbow At Midnight", and "When It's Harvest Time, Sweet Angeline" then vocalist Georgia Carr records the title "The Whisp'ring Serenade (Avril Au Portugal). Capitol Records will issue "Pale Moon" and "I Went To Your Wedding" together as a single (Capitol 2221), "Rainbow At Midnight" and "When It's Harvest Time, Sweet Angeline" together as a single, and "The Whisp'ring Serenade (Avril Au Portugal)" as a single (Capitol 2223) with "The Sun Forgot To Shine This Morning" (recorded June 2, 1952) on the flipside.
1952 - Les Baxter directs His Orchestra and Chorus (lineups unlisted) as they record the titles "Takes Two To Tango" with vocals by Jeanne Gayle, "Indian Summer" with vocals by Sue Allen, "Dance Of The Flutes", and "Flute Salad" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Takes Two To Tango" as a single (Capitol 2222) as by Jeanne Gayle with Les Baxter and His Orchestra with "Butterflies" (recorded August 4, 1952) on the flipside, "Indian Summer" as a single (Capitol 2225) with "Quiet Village" (recorded May 17, 1951) on the flipside, "Dance Of The Flutes" as a single (Capitol 2405) with "No More Goodbyes" (recorded January 26, 1953) on the flipside, and "Flute Salad" as a single (Capitol 2274) with "Yours (Quiereme Mucho)" (recorded October 14, 1952) on the flipside.
65 Years Ago Today In 1953 - Vocalist Vicki Young, with Dave Cavanaugh conducting the orchestra (lineup unlisted), recorded the titles "Pink Shampoo", "When You Love A Fella", and "It All Depends On You" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Pink Shampoo" and "When You Love A Fella" together as a single (Capitol 2615 on 10" shellac and F2615 on 7" vinyl).

65 Years Ago Today In 1953 - Vocalist Redd Harper, with unlisted others, records the titles "Matthew, Mark, Luke And John", "What Would I Do Without Jesus", "Jesus Cares", and "Are You Willing" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Matthew, Mark, Luke And John" and "What Would I Do Without Jesus" together as a single (Capitol 2656 on 10" shellac and F2656 on 7" vinyl) and "Jesus Cares" and "Are You Willing" together as a single (Capitol 2779 on 10" shellac and F2779 on 7" vinyl).

60 Years Ago Today In 1958 - Peggy Lee's Capitol Records single "Fever", with "You Don't Know" on the flipside, peaks at #8 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart.

60 Years Ago Today In 1958 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Come Closer To Me (Acercate Mas)" is #27 on Cash Box magazine's Best Selling Singles chart.
60 Years Ago Today In 1958 - Guitarist Laurindo Almeida records Granados' "Danse Triste Opus 37, N°10 (Danza espanola N°10)" and "Andaluza On Playera" and "Gnattali's "Danza Brasileria" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Almeida's album "Danzas!" (P/SP-8467).

60 Years Ago Today In 1958 - During a show held between 2:00 AM and 5:00 AM in the main room of the Sahara Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada that is recorded by Capitol Records, vocalist, trumpet player and bandleader Louis Prima, with tenor saxophone player Sam Butera & The Witnesses (Lou Sineaux on trombone, William "Willie" McCumber on piano, Bobby Roberts on guitar, Tony Liuzza on bass, and Paul Ferrara on drums), performs the titles "If You Were The Only Girl", "Bourbon Street Blues", "Sing, Sing, Sing", "That Old Black Magic", "Judy", "Felica No Capicia", "That's My Home", "Moonglow", "Gotta See Baby Tonight", "Fee Fie Foo", and "The Music Goes 'Round And Around". Capitol Records will issue "If You Were The Only Girl", "Bourbon Street Blues", "Sing, Sing, Sing", "Judy", "Felica No Capicia", "That's My Home", "Moonglow", "Gotta See Baby Tonight", and "Fee Fie Foo" on Prima's album "Strictly Prima!" (T 1132), "That Old Black Magic" as a single (Capitol F4063) with Keely Smith's title "You Are My Love" (recorded April 14, 1958) on the flipside and on the compilation album "The Hits Of Louis & Keely" (T 1531), and "The Music Goes 'Round And Around" on the compilation CD "Capitol Collectors Series - Louis Prima" (7-94072-2).

1962 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Ramblin' Rose" is #8 on Billboard Music Week magazine's Easy Listening chart, #12 on WLS's Silver Dollar Survey in Chicago, Illinois, #22 on Billboard Music Week magazine's Hot 100 chart, and #35 on C-FUN's C-FUNtastic Fifty survey in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Also, Nat "King" Cole and The George Shearing Quintet's Capitol Records single "Let There Be Love" is #11 on New Musical Express magazine's Top 30 in Britain chart.
55 Years Ago Today In 1963 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "That Sunday, That Summer" is the 11th song on KQV's Future Favorites chart in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
1966 - Vocalist Bunny Shivel, with unlisted others, records the titles "You'll Never Find A Love Like Mine", "Spellbound" and "The Slide" at the Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Avenue South, Nashville, Tennessee with producer Marvin Hughes. Capitol Records will issue "You'll Never Find A Love Like Mine" and "The Slide " together as a single (Capitol 5765). "Spellbound" has yet to be released.
1967 - Pat Levely, with unlisted others, records the titles "Big Chief Pain In The Neck", "I'm Leaving One Step At A Time", "You'll Never Know What Lonesome Is", and "Take The Long Way Home" in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue "You'll Never Know What Lonesome Is" and "Take The Long Way Home" together as a single (Capitol 2040) and have yet to issue either "Big Chief Pain In The Neck" or "I'm Leaving One Step At A Time".

1969 - Capitol Records releases Grand Funk Railroad's debut album "On Time"

1977 - At three sessions held this day in (listed as possibly) Los Angeles, California, The Sylvers (lineup unlisted) record the titles "New Horizon", "Lovin' Me Back", "Another Day To Love", "You Bring Sunshine (Back Into My Life)", "Star Fire", and "You Must Be The One" at the first session, the titles "Take A Hand" at the second session, and the title "Any Way You Want Me" at the third session. Capitol Records will issue all the titles except for "You Must Be The One", which it has yet to issue, on the group's album "New Horizons" (ST-11705)

1977 - Sun (lineup unlisted), using arrangements by Beau Ray Fleming and Byron Bird, record the titles "Introduction: You Are My Sunshine/Sun Is Here" and "We Sang A Song" at Cyberteknic Studios in Dayton, Ohio. Capitol Records will issue "Introduction: You Are My Sunshine/Sun Is Here" on the group's album "Sunburn" (ST-11723) and an edited version of "Sun Is Here" as a single (Capitol 4587) with an edited instrumental version of "Long Drawn Out Thang" (recorded August 24, 1977) on the flipside. No issuing information is listed for "We Sang A Song".

1979 - The Knack's Capitol Records single "My Sharona" is still #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart

1979 - Stan Kenton, a pianist, bandleader, and a Capitol Records artist dies at age 67 of complications of a stroke, at Midway Hospital in Hollywood, California which he had entered on August 17, 1979, after the stroke
1982 - Red Rider (T. Cochrane as "Red Rider" on guitar and vocals, Steve Sexton on keyboards, Jeff Jones on bass and vocals, and Rob Baker on drums) record the title "Sights On You" in (listed as possibly) Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the title as a single (Capitol 5211) with "Human Race" (recorded on April 8, 1982) on the flipside and on the group's album "Neruda" (ST-12226).
1982 - Capitol Records registers the masters for vocalist Peabo Bryson's titles "Give Me Your Love", "Go For It", "Words", "Don't Play With Fire", "Remember When (We Were So Much In Love)", "Turn It On", "We Don't Have To Talk (About Love)", and "Let Me Be The One You Need", which were all recorded earlier in 1982 at Web IV Studio in Atlanta, Georgia, and will issue all the titles on Bryson's album "Don't Play With Fire" (ST-12241).
1982 - Capitol Records registers the masters for vocalist Melba Moore's titles "Underlove", "Love's Comin At Ya", "Mind Up Tonight", "Knack For Me", and "How's Love Been Treating You", which were all recorded earlier in 1982 at Celestial Sound Studio in New York City, New York, and "Don't Go Away", "I Can't Help My Self", and "The Other Side Of The Rainbow", which were recorded earlier in 1982 at Nineteen Studio in Glastonbury, Connecticut, and will issue all the titles on Moore's album "The Other Side Of The Rainbow" (ST-12243).
1982 - Prism (lineup unlisted) records the title "I'm Not Over Here" in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records which has yet to issue the title.
1982 - Vocalist and guitarist Bob Seger and The Silver Bullet Band (lineup unlisted) record the title "Roll Me Away" in (listed as possibly) Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the title as a single (Capitol 5235) with "Boomtown Blues" (recorded October 5, 1981) on the flipside and on Seger's album "The Distance" ST-12254).
35 Years Ago Today In 1983 - T-Connection (lineup unlisted) record the title "Take Your Time" in an unlisted studio in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records. No issuing information is listed.

1992 - Capitol Records Nashville releases Garth Brooks' album "Beyond The Season"

1999 - Boots Faye (born Grace Eloise Tartsch), singer and Capitol Records recording artist, dies at age 75, three days before her 76th birthday

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
65 Years Ago Today In 1953 - Soprano saxophonist Sidney Bechet and The Blue Note Jazzmen (Jonah Jones on trumpet, Jimmy Archey on trombone, Buddy Weed on piano, Walter Page on bass, and Johnny Blowers on drums) record the titles "All Of Me", "I'm A Ding Dong Daddy (From Dumas)", two takes of "Black And Blue", "Shine", two takes of "Rose Of The Rio Grande", and "Sweet Georgia Brown" at Audio Video Studios in New York City, New York. Blue Note Records will issue "All Of Me", "I'm A Ding Dong Daddy (From Dumas)", the second take of "Black And Blue", "Shine", the second take of "Rose Of The Rio Grande", and "Sweet Georgia Brown" on the album "Dixie By The Fabulous Sidney Bechet" (BLP7026). Mosaic Records will issue all the titles and takes in the box set "The Complete Blue Note Recordings Of Sidney Bechet" (MR6-110 on six 12" vinyl discs and MD4-110 on four CDS).
1982 - Marty Balin, with unlisted others, records the title "What Do The People Like" in an unlisted location for EMI-America Records. No issuing information is listed.
1982 - Project Future (lineup unlisted) records the title "E-3" for EMI-America Records in a unlisted location. No issuing information is listed.

ON THIS DAY NOT IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1930 - Sean Connery, motion picture actor, is born Thomas Sean Connery in Edinburgh, Scotland
1957 - Kid Ory starts two straight days of sessions to record tracks that will appear on his albums "Song Of The Wanderer" and "Dance With Kid Ory Or Just Listen"