SEPTEMBER 30, 2018

HAPPY BIRTHDAYS!
1922 - Oscar Pettiford, a double bass and cello player, composer, member of Capitol Records group Woody Herman and His Orchestra, Thad Jones' Blue Note Records group, and Jimmy Guiffre's Atlantic Records group, as well as a player on recordings with Charlie Barnet, Dizzy Gillespie, Duke Ellington, and Stan Getz, and "discoverer" of Capitol Records artist Cannonball Adderley, is born in Okmulgee, Oklahoma
1940 - Dewey Martin, a singer, drummer, with the Tower Records band Sir Raleigh and The Coupons, on a demo for Capitol for the band The Dillards, drummer with the band The Herd which will become Buffalo Springfield, is born Walter Milton Dewayne Midkiff in Chesterville, Ontario, Canada
65 Years Ago Today In 1953- Deborah Allen, a singer, songwriter, keyboardist, and Capitol Records artist, is born Deborah Lynn Thurmond in Memphis, Tennessee

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1946 - Trumpeter Billy Butterfield and His Orchestra (Archie Johnstone, Jack Stametz, and Bobby Peck also on trumpet, Marshall Hawk, Earl Mahan, and Sam Moore on trombone, Earl Pearson on alto saxophone, Bill Stegmeyer on clarinet and alto saxophone, Bill Cervantes and Bob Levine on tenor saxophone, Norman Elvin on baritone saxophone, Mickey Crane on piano, Dave Reiser on guitar, George Ryan on bass, and Pete Vuolo on drums) record a new and as yet unissued take of the title "You Can't Keep A Good Dreamer Down", a new take of "Jalousie", and "Oh, How Am I To Know (Along With Me)" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Jalousie" as a single (Capitol 335) with "Steamroller" (recorded August 26, 1946) on the flipside and "Oh, How Am I To Know (Along With Me)" as a single (Capitol 815) with "More Than You Know" (recorded April 29, 1946) on the flipside.
1947 - Vocalist and guitarist Larry Cassidy, with bassist Cliffie Stone and His Orchestra (lineup unlisted but includes fiddle and steel guitar players), records the titles "That Wild And Wicked Look In Your Eye", "Save The Alcohol", "Baby I Can't Use You Like You Are", and "Do Not Disturb" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "That Wild And Wicked Look In Your Eye" and "Save The Alcohol" together as a single (Capitol Americana 40058), "Baby I Can't Use You Like You Are" as a single (Capitol 57-40154) with "Weary Lonesome Me" (recorded April 24, 1947) on the flipside and "Do Not Disturb" as a single (Capitol 1456) with "The New Oklahoma Bound" (recorded December 31, 1947) on the flipside.
70 Years Ago Today In 1948 - Either The King Cole Trio opens at The Palomar, 713 Burrard Street at Alberni, in Vancouver, Canada or The King Cole Trio performs ""Little Girl" on "The Chesterfield Supper Club" being broadcast from NBC Studio City in Hollywood, California with new Thursday night host Peggy Lee. If anyone knows which event happened, please leave a message.
1952 - Vocalist Jean Shepard, with Billy Liebert on piano, Ivy "Jimmy" Bryant and Billy Strange on guitar, Wesley "Speedy" West on steel guitar, Clifford Snyder (aka Cliffie Stone) on bass, and Roy Harte on drums, records the titles "Twice The Lovin' (In Half The Time)", "Cryin' Steel Guitar", "Keep It A Secret", and "Nobody Else Can Love You Like I Do" in Capitol Records' studios at 5515 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood, California between 2:45 PM and 6:15 PM. Capitol Records will issue "Twice The Lovin' (In Half The Time)" and "Cryin' Steel Guitar" together as a single (Capitol 2358). Bear Family Records will issue all the titles in Germany in the five-CD box set "Jean Shepard - The Melody Ranch Girl" (BCD 15905) and the four-CD box set "Speedy West & Jimmy Bryant - Flamin' Guitars" (BCD 15956).
1952 - The Louvin Brothers (Charlie Louvin on vocals and guitar, and Ira Louvin on vocals and mandolin, with Tommy Jackson on fiddle, Chet Atkins on electric guitar, and probably Eddie Hill on guitar and Floyd T. "Lightnin'" Chance on bass, record the titles "Broad-Minded", "The Family Who Prays Together (Shall Never Part)", "I Know What You're Talking About", and "Let's Travel, Travel On" in Castle Studio at the Tulane Hotel in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue "Broad Minded" and "I Know What You're Talking About" together as a single (Capitol 2381) and "The Family That Prays Together (Shall Never Part)" and "Let Us Travel, Travel On" together as a single (Capitol 2296).
1957 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Send For Me" returns to WMGM's Top 40 Survey in New York City, New York at #38 and Cole's single "With You On My Mind" returns to the survey at #39.
1957 - Freddie Martin conducts His Orchestra (lineup unlisted) as they record the titles "Bye Lo Bye Lullaby", "Sabre Dance Boogie", "Intermezzo (A Love Story)" and "Rimsky-Karsakov - Bumble Boogie" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Martin's album "Freddy Martin In Hi-Fi" (W 900).
1957 - Wesley "Speedy" West on steel guitar and Elmer Schmidt on piano record the titles "Song Of The Islands", "Hawaiian War Chant", "My Tane", and "On The Beach At Waikiki" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California between 1:30 PM and 4:30 PM. After overdubs are recorded by the vocal group Sam Koki and The Seven Sea Serenaders (lineup unlisted) featuring Sylvia Zara for the title "Song Of The Islands" on October 11, 1957 between 1:30 PM and 4:30 PM also in The Capitol Tower Studios, Capitol Records will issue all the titles on the album "Speedy West With The Seven Seas Serenaders - West Of Hawaii" (T 956).
1957 - Capitol Records files the masters it purchased for vocalist and guitarist Mary Ford and guitarist Les Paul's titles "A Pair Of Fools" and "Fire" and will issue both titles together as a single (Capitol F3825).
1957 - Fred Waring conducts The Pennsylvanians (lineup unlisted) as they record the titles "Autumn Leaves" using an arrangement by Leo Arnaud and, with vocalist Leonard Kranendonk and using an arrangement by Roy Ringwald, "Drink To Me Only With Thine Eyes" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue both titles on the album "Fred Waring And The Pennsylvanians - All Through The Night" (T/ST 936).
60 Years Ago Today In 1958 - Vocalist Frank Sinatra, with Billy May conducting his own arrangements to the orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the titles "Just In Time", "The Song Is You", and "It All Depends On You" which will be remain unreleased until they are included as a bonus tracks in 1987 on the CD version of his Capitol Records album "Come Dance With Me!".
60 Years Ago Today In 1958 - Vocalist Nat "King" Cole, with The Gordon Jenkins Orchestra and The First Church of Deliverance Choir (lineups unlisted), records the titles "I Couldn't Hear Nobody Pray", "I Want To Be Ready", "Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen", "In The Sweet By And By", "Sweet Hour Of Prayer", "Oh Mary, Don't You Weep", and "I Found The Answer" in The First Church of Deliverance, 4315 S. Wabash Avenue, Chicago, Illinois. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Cole's album "Everytime I Feel The Spirit" (W 1249).
50 Years Ago Today In 1968 - Capitol Records releases Buck Owens' single "I've Got You On My Mind Again" with "That's All Right With Me" on the flipside
1977 - Mary Ford (born Iris Colleen Hatfield), singer, motion picture actress, guitarist, television variety show co-host ("The Les Paul and Mary Ford at Home Show"), one-time wife of Capitol Records artist Les Paul, and half of the Capitol Records duo Les Paul and Mary Ford, dies at age 53 in Arcadia, California of cancer after spending 54 days in a diabetic coma and is later buried at Forest Lawn-Covina Hills in Covina, California
1977 - Vocalist Suzanne Stevens, with Artie Butler conducting his own arrangements to the orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the titles "Goodbye Yesterday's Heartaches", "He's Sweet, He's Somebody", and "I'll Come Along" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Stevens' album "The Stardust Lady" (ST-11717).
1977 - The Pousette-Dart Band (lineup unlisted) record the title "Night Time" in Los Angeles, California. No issuing information is listed.

1977 - Bob Seger and The Silver Bullet Band (lineup unlisted) record the title "Old Time Rock & Roll" at 1000 Alabama Avenue in Sheffield, Alabama. Capitol Records will issue the title as a single (Capitol 4702) with "Sunspot Baby" (recorded March 2, 1976) on the flipside and on the album "Stranger In Town" (SW-11698).
1982 - T-Connection (lineup unlisted) record the title "Love Odyssey (Love Shines Forever)" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the title as a single (Capitol 5230) with "I've Got News For You" (recorded September 24, 1982) on the flipside and on the group's album "The Game Of Life" (ST-12264).
1990 - Garth Brooks' Liberty Records (later renamed Capitol Records Nashville) single "Friends In Low Places", on the flip side of "Dance", is #1 on the U.S. Country singles charts
25 Years Ago Today In 1993 - Apple and Capitol Records artist George Harrison makes guest appearances on "The Simpsons" along with David Crosby.

15 Years Ago Today In 2003 - Capitol Records releases Bonnie Raitt's compilation album "The Best of Bonnie Raitt"

2004 - Capitol Records releases The Smashing Pumpkins' album "I Might Be Wrong-Live Recordings"

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1955 - James Dean, stage, television and motion picture actor, is killed in a head-on collision while driving his Porsche Spyder at 75 miles an hour at the intersection of routes 46 and 41, near Cholame, California. Capitol Records will later release a soundtrack album for the documentary film "The James Dean Story.
1987 - Virgin Records artist Roy Orbison records the television special "Roy Orbison and Friends, A Black and White Night" for Cinemax at The Coconut Grove in The Ambassador Hotel. I was working at Virgin at the time and was in the audience in the back of the room. Also in the audience were singer Billy Idol (who was in total awe of Roy) and actor Patrick Swayze (who, by the end of the show was feeling no pain). The Ambassador was torn down in 2006 to make room for a new school. After the show I met Roy and he was nice enough to sign a CD I brought of his early recordings. The next morning Los Angeles was hit by the biggest earthquake (5.6 on the Richter scale) and aftershocks since the '70s. I was at home when the first one hit and at Virgin's offices for a large aftershock that had the staircases swaying. I later designed the packaging for Virgin's promotional version of the video. Virgin Records is currently owned by Capitol Music Group's parent company, Universal Music Group. The Ambassador Hotel was demolished by its new owner, The Los Angeles Unified School District, in 2006 to make way for a new school. The Coconut Grove building is also no longer standing. It was originally promised to be turned into the new school's auditorium after the floor had been tilted for seating, but an examination determined that the concrete in 66 percent of the structure didn't meet current standards for surviving a large earthquake and the LAUSD board got its way and it was demolished to make way for a new auditorium. An article in the Los Angeles Times said that one bright note was that the original sign for the Coconut Grove was found when the glass entryway that was a later addition to the building was demolished.
30 Years Ago Today In 1988 - John Lennon's star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame is unveiled in front of The Capitol Records Tower with Yoko Ono in attendance.
1990 - Maxi Priest's Charisma Records (a subsidiary of Virgin Records, distributed at the time in the United State by Atlantic Records) single "Close To You", with "I Know Love" on the flipside, is #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart. The single was released by 10 Records (another Virgin Records subsidiary) in the United Kingdom. 10 Records' and Charisma Records' catalogs are currently owned by Capitol Music Group's parent company, Universal Music Group.
1991 - Former Capitol Records artist, Broadway and motion picture actress Liza Minnelli receives a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame

ON THIS DAY NOT IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1452 - Johann Guttenberg begins experiments with presses, type, ink and paper in order to publish a German language version of The Bible, the first book in Europe that will be printed using movable type.
1935 - George and Ira Gershwin's opera "Porgy And Bess" premieres at The Colonial Theatre in Boston, Massachusetts
1950 - Billboard Magazine renames its Hillbilly singles chart to become the "Country & Western" chart
1960 - At the end of the last episode of the NBC-TV series "The Howdy Doody Show" the normally silent character Clarabell The Clown says "Good-bye" to the audience.

SEPTEMBER 29, 2018

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
1922 - Louise Dinning aka Lou Dinning, a singer and part of the Capitol Records group The Dinning Sisters (with her sisters Ginger and Jean), is born in Grant County, Oklahoma. Her brother, Mark Dinning, had his own hit with the single "Teen Angel" which was written by their sister Jean.
1930 - Billy Strange, guitarist, session musician, member of The Wrecking Crew, songwriter, arranger, conductor, and Capitol Records artist, is born William Everett Strange in Long Beach, California.
80 Years Ago Today In 1938 - Tommy Boyce, a music producer, songwriter (most notably with partner Bobby Hart) and member of the Capitol Records band Dolenz, Jones, Boyce & Hart is born Sidney Thomas Boyce in Charlottesville, Virginia
70 Years Ago Today In 1948 - Mark Farner, a guitarist and the lead vocalist for the Capitol Records band Grand Funk Railroad is born in Flint, Michigan
50 Years Ago Today In 1968 - Brad Smith, the bass and flute player for the Capitol Records band Blind Melon is born in West Point, Mississippi

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1942 - Vocalist Erna Slack, with Wolfgang Wallishauser conducting The Silcher Double Quartet (lineup unlisted), records "Jubilate (Silcher)" in (listed as possibly) Berlin, Germany for Telefunken Records. Capitol Records will license Telefunken's catalog for distribution in the United States and issues this title on the album "Erna Sack - The European Nightingale" (ECL-2500).
1945 - Capitol Records artist Jimmy Wakely debuts on The Grand Ole Opry
70 Years Ago Today In 1948 - The Mel Powell Septet (Clyde Hurley on trumpet, Lou McGarity on trombone, Gus Bivona on clarinet, Don Lodice on tenor saxophone, Mel Powell on piano, Tiny Berman on bass, and Frank Carlson on drums) records the title "Muskrat Ramble" in Los Angles, California for Capitol Records which will issue the title on the soundtrack album for the Samuel Goldwyn film "A Song Is Born" which was sold to benefit the Damon Runyon Memorial Cancer Fund
1952 - Jan Garber conducts His Orchestra (lineup unlisted) as they record the titles "Why Must I", "My Favorite Song" with vocals by Roy Cordell and a vocal trio (lineup also unlisted), "Things I Might Have Been" with just Cordell on vocals, and "Everytime My Heart Beats" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "My Favorite Song" and "Things I Might Have Been" together as a single (Capitol 2264) and have yet to issue the other two titles.
1952 - The Four Freshmen (Bob Flanigan on vocals, bass, and trombone, Don Barbour on vocals and guitar, Ross Barbour on vocals and drums, and Hal Kratzsch on vocals, trumpet, mellophone, and bass) record the titles "Stormy Weather" and "The Day Isn't Long Enough" at Universal Studios in Chicago, Illinois. Capitol Records will issue both titles together as a single (Capitol 2286).
1952 - Vocalist Jess Willard, with Shelby "Tex" Atchison on fiddle, Larry Williams on piano, Jimmie Widener on guitar, Bill Woods on steel guitar, George Tracy on bass, and John Cuviello on drums, and a vocal chorus (lineup unlisted) record the titles "Drinkin' At The Bar" with the addition of a vocal chorus (lineup unlisted), "'Til The Day I Die", "Saturday Night For Love", and "Dry Me A Bottle Of Beer" in Capitol Records' studios at 5515 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood, California between 3:00 PM and 6:00 PM. Capitol Records will issue "Drinkin' At The Bar" and "'Til The Day I Die" together as a single (Capitol 2455) and "Saturday Night For Love" and "Dry Me A Bottle Of Beer" together as a single (Capitol 2313).

1956 - Tex Ritter records the tracks "America Our Land", "This Land Is Your Land", and "Remember The Alamo" in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will later issue the tracks on Ritter's album "Sweet Land Of Liberty" (T 2743).

1956 - During two sessions held this day in Los Angeles, California Victor Aller (on piano) and The Concert Arts Orchestra (lineup unlisted), conducted by Felix Slatkin, record Dohnanyi's "Variations On A Nursery Tune, Part 1" at the first session and "Variations On A Nursery Tune, Part 2" at the second session. Capitol Records will issue the tracks on the orchestra's album "BRITTEN - The Young Person's Guide To The Orchestra/DOHNANYI - Variations On A Nursery Tune" (P-8373).
1957 - During two sessions held this day in Los Angeles, California, Walter "Pee Wee" Hunt on trombone, Lou Busch (as Joe "Fingers" Carr) on piano, and an orchestra (lineup unlisted) record the titles "Louisville Lou", "The Sheik Of Araby", "I Love My Baby", "That Certain Party", and "Hula Lou" at the first session and a new take of "Hula Lou", and the titles "Rose Of Rio Grande", "Kitty", "Always Fall In Love", and a new take of "That Certain Party" at the second session. Capitol Records will issue "Louisville Lou", "The Sheik Of Araby", "I Love My Baby", the second take of "That Certain Party", the second take of "Hula Lou", and "The Rose Of Rio Grande" on the album "" (Capitol T 935), "Kitty" and "Always Fall In Love" together as a single (Capitol F3831), and have yet to issue the first takes of "That Certain Party" and "Hula Lou".
60 Years Ago Today In 1958 - Vocalist Nat "King" Cole, with The Gordon Jenkins Orchestra and The First Church of Deliverance Choir (lineups unlisted), records the titles "Ain't Gonna Study War No More", "Everytime I Feel The Spirit", "Standin' In The Need Of Prayer", "Go Down Moses" and "Steal Away" in The First Church of Deliverance, 4315 S. Wabash Avenue, Chicago, Illinois. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Cole's album "Everytime I Feel The Spirit" (W 1249).

1961 - Jeanne Black (on vocals) with unlisted others, records the tracks "Heartbreak U.S.A.", "His Own Little Island", "Guessin' Again" and the as yet unissued track "Keep It Secret" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the first two tracks together as a single (Capitol 4654) and the third track as a single (Capitol 4685) with "A Letter To Anya" (recorded December 18, 1961) on the flip side.

1961 - Joe Bushkin (on piano), with unlisted others, records the as yet unissued tracks "Soliloquy", "Hallelujah", and "One For My Baby" for Capitol Records in New York City, New York.
1964 - The Beatles record the track "I Don't Want To Spoil The Party" at Abbey Road Studios in London, England. Capitol Records will issue the track on the group's album "Beatles VI" (Capitol T 2358).
1962 - Guitarist Laurindo Almeida and The Bossa Nova All Stars (Don Fagerquist on trumpet, Justin Gordon on flute, Bob Cooper on tenor saxophone, Jimmy Rowles on organ, Howard Roberts and Al Viola also on guitars, Max Bennett on bass, Shelly Manne on drums, and Milt Holland and Chico Guerrero on percussion) record the titles "Theme From 'Route 66'" and "Teach Me Tonight" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue both titles on the group's album "Viva Bossa Nova!" (T/ST 1759).
55 Years Ago Today In 1963 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "That Sunday, That Summer" is #7 on KQV's Finest "50" Tunedex in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, #34 on WKLO's Tunedex in Louisville, Kentucky, and #40 on KRLA's Tune-Dex chart in Los Angeles, California. The single's flipside "Mr. Wishing Well" is also #40 on KRLA's Tune-Dex.
1969 - Capitol Records releases Buck Owens' album "Tall Dark Stranger"
1971 - Quicksilver Messenger Service recorded the track "Song For Frisco" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will later issue the track on the band's album "Quicksilver" (Capitol SW-819).
45 Years Ago Today In 1973 - Grand Funk's Capitol Records single "We're An American Band", with "Creepin'" on the flipside, is still #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart
1977 - During two sessions held this day in Los Angeles, California, Tavares (lineup unlisted) records the title "Feel So Good" at the first session and the title "All I Need Is You" at the second session. Capitol Records will issue both titles on the group's album "Future Sound" (SW-11719) and "Feel So Good" as a single (Capitol 4583) with "Timber" (recorded September 24, 1977) on the flipside.
1977 - Pousette-Dart Band (lineup unlisted) record the title "Small Town Talk" in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records. No issuing information is listed.
1979 - The Knack's Capitol Records single "My Sharona", with "Let Me Out" on the flipside, is still #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart
1982 - Vocalist Eloise Laws, with unlisted others, records the titles "Love Ain't Easy", "I Got You Covered", "I've Loved You Somewhere Before", "If I Had My Way", "While The City Sleeps", "I've Got The Rhythm, You've Got The Blues", "I Did It For Your Love", "If You Don't Love Me By Now", and "Weekend" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Laws' album "All In Time" (ST-12252).
1982 - Mel McDaniel, with unlisted others, records the titles "Tied Together" and "Graveyard Shift" in Nashville, Tennessee for Capitol Records. No issuing information is listed.
1986 - During two sessions held this day, Suzy Bogguss with leader Sonny Garrish and Larry Paxton, Jerry Kroon, Brent Rowan, and Mitch Humphries, records the tracks "A Little Common Kindness", "I Don't Want To Set The Word On Fire", and "What About Her Heart" at the first session between 10 AM and 1 PM and, after Robert Ogdin replaces Mitch Humphries, records the the tracks "It Must Be You", "It Just So Happened", "Hopeless Romantic", and "Don't Talk To Me" at the second session between 2 PM and 5PM at Music City Music Hall in Nashville, Tennessee. After Overdubs are recorded at Woodland Studios in Nashville, Tennessee on September 30 and October 10, 1986 Capitol Records will issue "I Don't Want To Set The World On Fire" and "Hopeless Romantic" together as a single (Capitol 5669). The other tracks are, so far, unreleased.
1986 - Ann Wilson (on vocals), with unlisted others, records "The Best Man In The World" for "The Golden Child" motion picture soundtrack. Capitol Records will issue the track as a single (Capitol 5654) with an instrumental version of the song on the flipside.
15 Years Ago Today In 2003 - Wesley Tuttle, singer, yodeler (yodeled in Disney's "Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs"), actor, guitarist and the second country artist signed to Capitol Records (1944-1957), dies in Sylmar, California of heart failure at age 85
2006 - The Los Angeles Times reports that E.M.I. is selling The Capitol Tower and adjoining buildings and property to an East Coast developer for $50 million dollars (cheap!) and that Capitol Records and The Capitol Tower Studios will become tenants of the building "for many years". The article also stated that the south-east parking lot will probably be developed into a multi-purpose building with housing, offices, and shops. So far no renderings of the new building or any idea on how much it will block the view of The Tower when driving by on Hollywood Boulevard or north on Vine Street.

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1956 - Future Capitol Records artist Rose Maddox joins The Grand Ole Opry
50 Years Ago Today In 1963 - "The Judy Garland Show" premieres on CBS-TV with former Capitol Records artist Mel Tormé as musical advisor and arranger for the series. Capitol would eventually be one of the many companies to release live tracks from the show on various compilation albums.
1984 - Teddy Reig, A&R man and record producer for Roulette Records artists Count Basie, Jack Teagarden, Randy Weston, Thad Jones, and Sara Vaughn, dies in Teaneck, New Jersey at age 65. Roulette's catalog is currently owned by Capitol Music Group's parent company, EMI Music Group.
1987 - Dan Seal's EMI America single "Three Time Loser", with "On The Front Line" on the flipside, is #1 on the U.S. Country singles chart. EMI America's catalog is currently owned by Capitol Music Group's parent company, Universal Music Group.
1987 - EMI America Records releases The Red Hot Chili Peppers' album "The Uplift Mofo Party Plan".
1992 - EMI America Records releases The Red Hot Chili Pepper's compilation album and video "What Hits!?".

ON THIS DAY NOT IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1907 - Gene Autry, actor, singer, baseball team owner, and namesake of one of the best museums in Southern California, is born Orvon Gene Autry in Tioga, Texas.
1935 - Jerry Lee Lewis, pianist, singer and Sun Records recording artist, is born in Ferriday, Louisiana
1957 - Vocalists Eddie Roll, Grover Dale, and The Jets (lineup unlisted) record the title "Gee, Officer Krupke" at Columbia Records' studio on 30th Street in New York City, New York. Columbia will issue the title on the original cast album of "West Side Story".
1970 - Edward Everett Horton, singer, dancer, Vaudeville, Broadway, and motion picture actor, and cartoon voice artist, dies of cancer in Encino, California at age 84

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

HAPPY BIRTHDAYS!
1930 - Tommy Collins, a songwriter, singer, Nashville Songwriters Hall Of Fame inductee, and a Capitol Records artist (1953-1957 and 1963-1964) is born Leonard Raymond Sipes at a farm just outside of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The Rockabilly Hall Of Fame website has a great biography page on Tommy.
1946 - Helen Shapiro, a singer, actress, and Columbia Records and P.Y.E. (U.K.) and Capitol Records and Tower Records (a U.S. subsidiary of Capitol Records) artist, is born at Bethnal Green Hospital in the East End district of Bethnal Green, London.
1952 - Andy Ward, the drummer with the Capitol Records group Marillion (1983), is born in London, England

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1942 - Capitol Records issues Ray McKinley and His Orchestra's "Manhattan Serenade" with vocals by Imogene Lynn and the instrumental "Without A Song" on the flipside (Capitol 117) as part of the label's seventh ever release.
1957 - Walter "Pee Wee" Hunt on trombone and Lou Busch (as Joe "Fingers" Carr) on piano, with an orchestra (lineup unlisted), record the titles "Tuck Me To Sleep In My Old 'Tucky Home", "Five Foot Two, Eyes Of Blue", "The One I Love Belongs To Somebody Else", and a new take of "Jealous" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on the album "Joe "Fingers" Carr - Class Of '25" (T 935).
1957 - Nat "King' Cole's Capitol Records single "Send For Me" is #26, his single "With You On My Mind" is #47, and his single "My Personal Possession is #83 on The Billboard magazine's Top 100 Sides chart. "Send For Me" is also #20 on Cash Box magazine's Best Selling Singles chart and #24 on The Billboard magazines Best Sellers In Stores chart. Col'es single "With You On My Mind" is #22 also on Cash Box magazine's Best Selling Singles chart. Cole's Capitol Reords album "Love Is The Thing" is #13 on The Billboard magazine's Best Selling Pop LPs chart and its EP version is #7 on the magazine's Top EPs chart. Cole's EP "Around The World" is also #4 on the magazine's Top EPs chart.
1959 - Stan Kenton, his orchestra, June Christy, and The Four Freshmen begin a five-week road tour with a concert at Murray State College in Kentucky. Their October 10 concert at Purdue University in Lafayette, Indiana, performed in front of more than twelve thousand people in a pouring rainstorm, will be recorded and released as the Capitol Records album "Road Show".
1959 - The Kingston Trio records John Stewart's "Green Grasses" which will be initially released as the flipside of their Capitol Records single "Coo Coo-U"
1962 - Capitol Records artist Judy Garland files for divorce from her husband and manager Sid Luft, father of her daughter Lorna and son Joseph
1962 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Ramblin' Rose" is #8 on KRLA's Top Thirty survey in Los Angeles, California.
1962 - Pianist Stan Kenton and His Orchestra (Dalton Smith, Marvin Stamm, Bob Behrendt, Keith LaMotte, and Gary Slavo on trumpets, Bob Fitzpatrick, Bud Parker, Tom Ringo, and Jim Amlotte on trombone, Dave Wheeler on bass trombone and tuba, Ray Starling, Dwight Carver, Joe Burnett and Lou Gasca on mellophones, Gabe Baltazar on alto saxophone, Don Menza and Ray Florian on tenor saxophones, Allan Beutler on baritone saxophone, Joel Kaye on bass saxophone, Bucky Calabrese on bass, Dee Barton on drums, and Steve Dweck on percussion) record the titles "Aperçu" and, with vocals by Jean Turner, the titles "Let Your Love Walk In" and "How Do I Look In Blue?" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California between 12:30 PM and 4:00 PM. Capitol Records will issue "Aperçu" on Kenton's album "Adventures In Time" (T/ST 1844) and "Let Your Love Walk In" and "How Do I Look In Blue?" together as a single (Capitol 4964).
55 Years Ago Today In 1963 - The Beach Boys' "Little Deuce Coupe", the flipside of their Capitol Records' single "Surfer Girl", peaks at #15 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart
1966 - The Leaves (lineup unlisted) record the tracks "Lemon Princess" and "Officer Shayne" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both tracks on the group's album "All The Good That's Happening" (Capitol T 2638).
1966 - Lou Rawls (on vocals), with H.B. Barnum conducting his own arrangements to the orchestra (Freddie Hill and Tony Terran on trumpet, Jackie Kelso, Jim Horn, and Jay Migliori on saxophones, Tommy Strode on piano, Tommy Tedesco and Arthur Wright on guitar, Jimmy Bond on bass, and John Gueri on drums), records the tracks "A Woman Who's A Woman" and "You Can Bring Me All Your Heartaches" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both tracks together as a single (Capitol 5790).
1967 - Sonny James' Capitol Records single "It's The Little Things", with "Don't Cut Timber On A Windy Day" on the flipside, is #1 on the U.S. Country singles chart
1968 - The Beatles' Apple Records single "Hey Jude", with "Revolution" on the flipside, hits #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart where it will stay for nine weeks
1972 - Capitol Records registers the masters it purchased from Buck Owens Enterprises for Suan Raye's titles "Cryin' Time", "I've Got You On My Mind Again", "Would You Settle For Roses", "Sunshine Feelin'", "I Can't Stop Loving You", "I'll Love You Forever And Ever", Everybody Needs Somebody", and "The Greatest Gift Of All" and Homer Joy's titles "Streets Of Bakersfield" and "Make Me Glad I Came" all of which were recorded in the Buck Owens Studios in Bakersfield, California. Capitol Records will issue all of Raye's titles on the album "Love Sure Feels Good In My Heart" (ST-11135) and both of Joy's titles together as a single (Capitol 3476).
1974 - Andy Kim's Capitol Records single "Rock Me Gently", with "Rock Me Gently Part II" on the flipside, is still #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart
1977 - Pousette-Dart Band (lineup unlisted) record the title "Yesterday Is Not Today" in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records. No issuing information is listed.
1982 - T-Connection (lineup unlisted) records the title "Say That You Love Me" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the title on the group's album "The Game Of Life" (ST-12264).
30 Years Ago Today In 1988 - Capitol Records releases Buck Owens' single "Hot Dog", with "Second Fiddle" on the flipside
1991 - Garth Brooks' Capitol Nashville album "Ropin' The Wind" becomes the first album to ever enter both of Billboard's Top 200 Albums and Top Country Albums charts at #1 at the same time
1991 - Miles Davis, trumpet player and Capitol Records (1949-1950) and Blue Note Records (1952-1954) artist, dies after a stroke in Santa Monica, California at age 65
1999 - Capitol Records releases Garth Brooks' album "Garth Brooks In... The Life of Chris Gaines"
2004 - Capitol Records releases Duran Duran's album "Astronaut" on CD and a limited double vinyl version. Capitol Records also releases Everclear's compilation album "Ten Years Gone - The Best Of Everclear 1994-2004", and the compilation CD "Ultimate Christmas Cocktails" as part of its Ultra-Lounge series

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1902 - Ed Sullivan, newspaper sportswriter and theater columnist, gossip columnist on radio and newsreels, and radio and television variety show host (CBS' "Toast Of The Town" which will become "The Ed Sullivan Show" and showcases many Capitol Records artists, and played an important part in kicking of Beatlemania in the U.S.), is born Edward Vincent Sullivan in Manhattan, New York
55 Years Ago Today In 1963 - Murray The K becomes the first disc jockey in the United States to spin a track by The Beatles when he plays their Swan Records single "She Loves You", which has "I'll Get You" on the flipside, on his daily record review contest on radio station WINS in New York City, New York. The single came in third out of the five played.
2004 - Nonesuch Records releases a newly recorded version of Brian Wilson's album "Smile", which had been started 38 years earlier as a Beach Boys' album for Capitol Records and shelved a year after recording started.

ON THIS DAY NOT IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1909 - Al Capp, the cartoonist who created the strip "Li'l Abner" (which was later adapted into a musical with lyrics by Capitol Records' co-founder Johnny Mercer) and also invented the holiday Sadie Hawkins Day, is born Alfred Gerald Caplin in New Haven, Connecticut
1964 - Nacio Herb Brown (born Ignacio Herb Brown), Broadway and Hollywood composer ("Singin' In The Rain", "Lucky Star", "Broadway Melody", etc. with lyricist Alan Freed) and 1970 inductee into the Songwriters Hall of Fame, dies in San Francisco, California at age 68

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
1967 - Shannon Hoon, lead singer and harmonica, kazoo and acoustic guitar player with the Capitol Records band Blind Melon, is born Richard Shannon Hoon in Lafayette, Indiana

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1947 - Vocalist Jo Stafford, with Paul Weston and His Orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the title "The Gentleman Is A Dope" and, with the addition of the vocal group The Starlighters (lineup unlisted), "Sugar (That Sugar Baby Of Mine" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "The Gentleman Is A Dope" as a single (Capitol 15007) with "Serenade Of The Bells" (recorded September 25, 1947) on the flipside and on Stafford's album "Starring Jo Stafford" (T 435) and "Sugar (That Sugar Baby Of Mine)" on the CD "Spotlight On..., Volume 21 - Jo Stafford" (8-29391-2).
1947 - Vocalist Jerry Colonna, Sara Berner, and Billy Bletcher, using music by Billy May and a script written by Ted Pierce and Warren Foster, records the titles "Here Comes Colonna's Trolley: Part 1" and "Here Comes Colonna's Trolley: Part 2" in Radio Recorders' studios at 932 North Western Avenue in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue both titles together on the children's album "Here Comes Colonna's Trolley" (DAS-60).
70 Years Ago Today In 1948 - Capitol Records remasters The King Cole Trio's title "Kee-Mo, Ky-Mo (The Magic Song)" to remove the spoken intro and will release the edited version as a single (Capitol 15240) with the instrumental "Rex Rhumba (Rhumba A La King)" (recorded April 17, 1946) on the flipside.
1952 - Vocalist Redd Harper (aka Mr. Texas), with an orchestra and chorus (lineups unlisted), records the titles "My God Is Real", "Closer Lord To Thee", "My Testimony Song", and "Lord Keep Your Hand On Me" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "My God Is Real" as a single (Capitol 2262) with "Our Thanks To Thee" (recorded September 5, 1952) on the flipside, "Closer Lord To Thee" as a single (Capitol 2547) with "Lord Build Me A Cabin (In The Corner Of Gloryland)" (also recorded September 5, 1952) on the flipside, and "My Testimony Song" and "Lord Keep Your Hand On Me" together as a single (Capitol 2360).
1952 - Pianist Ben Light, with unlisted organ, guitar, bass, and drums players, records the titles "I'll Get By (As Long As I Have You)", "Lady Of Spain", "Whispering", and "Do You Ever Think Of Me" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "I'll Get By (As Long As I Have You)", "Do You Ever Think Of Me" together as a single (Capitol 2340) and "Lady Of Spain" and "Whispering" together as a single (Capitol 2288), and all the titles on Light's album "Speed Of Light!" (T 670).
1952 - Vocalist Mel Tormé, with Al Pellegrini directing the chorus and orchestra (lineups unlisted), records the titles "Anywhere I Wander", "Shenandoah Valley", and "Casually" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue "I Wander" and "Casually" together as a single (Capitol 2263). Ranwood Records will issue "Anywhere I Wander" and "Shenandoah Valley" together on the CD "Standards by Mel Tormé" (8270-2) in 1997.
65 Years Ago Today In 1953 - Nat "King" Cole, Ralph Marterie, and Louis Jordan join forces to start a series of one-nighter concerts on an eight-week tour which will end November 22. Also, Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Return To Paradise" is #36 and his single "A Fool Was I" is #43 on Cash Box magazine's Best Selling Singles chart.
1955 - Capitol Records releases Judy Garland's debut album for the label, "Miss Show Business"
1956 - Gordon Jenkins conducts his own arrangements to the orchestra (lineup unlisted) and The Ralph Brewster Singers (lineup also unlisted) as they record the titles "To Each His Own", "I Kiss Your Hand Madam", "My Reverie" and "Cherie, I Love You" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra's album "Night Dreams" (T 781).
1957 - Additional recording and/or remastering is done for Billy May and His Orchestra's title "Swingin' Drums" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the final mix of "Swingin' Drums" on the EP "Swingin' Drums: Billy May/Earl Palmer" (EAP-1-1026).
1957 - During two sessions held this day in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California from 10:00 AM to 1:30 PM and from 3:00 PM to 6:00 PM, vocalist and guitarist Hank Thompson and His Brazos Valley Boys (Dubert Ray Dobson on trumpet, Billy Armstrong, Harold Glenn Hensley, and Billy Peters on fiddle, Vic Davis on piano, Floyd Lester "Bobbie" White on steel guitar, Billy Briggs Stewart on bass, and Paul McGhee on drums), record the titles "Beaumont Rag", "Summit Ridge Drive", "Woodchoppers' Ball", and "Bartender's Polka". The second session is a split session where steel guitarist Bob White (aka Floyd Lester "Bobbie" White), with unlisted others, records the titles "Beautiful Ohio" and "I'll Take You Home Again, Kathleen" also between 3:00 PM and 6:00 PM. Capitol Records will issue "Beaumont Rag", "Summit Ridge Drive", "Woodchoppers' Ball", and "Bartender's Polka" on Thompson's album "Dance Ranch" (T 975) and has yet to issue either of White's titles.
1957 - Pianist Dame Agi Jambor records Handel's "The Harmonious Blacksmith", Brahms' "Waltz In A Flat", Mozart's "Rondo Alla Turca (From Sonata N° 9 In A Major)", Mendelssohn's "Spring Song (Song Without Words N° 30 In A Major, Opus 62, N° 6)" and "Spinning Song (Song Without Words N° 34 In C Major, Opus 67, N° 4)", Schumann's "Traumerei (From 'Kinderscenen')", and Chopin's "Prelude N° 7 In A Major, Opus 28, N° 7" and "Minute Waltz (Waltz N° 6 In D Flat Major, Opus 64, N° 1)" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Jambor's album "Introduction To The Piano" (PAO-8422).
60 Years Ago Today In 1958 - Pianist Leonard Pennario, with Miklos Rozsa conducting The Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra (lineup unlisted), recorded Rozsa's "Spellbound Concerto", Christian Sinding's "A Rustle Of Spring", and Ludwig Van Beethoven's "Pathetique Sonata (Adagio Movement)" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Pennario and the orchestra's album "Rhapsody Under The Stars" (P/SP-8494).
1961 - Lonnie Sattin (on vocals), with Ray Ellis conducting an uncredited orchestra and chorus, records the title "I Remember You Love", the as yet unissued take of the title "Don't Have To Tell Nobody", and the titles "(You're) The First One To Find The Rainbow" and "I Think I Go, I Think I Stay" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue "I Remember You Love" and "(You're) The First One To Find The Rainbow" together as a single (Capitol F374) and "I Think I Go, I Think I Stay" as a single (Capitol F3632) with "Walk Along With Kings" on the flipside.
1961 - Buck Owens and His Buckaroos (lineup unlisted) record the titles "Down On The Corner Of Love", "The House Down The Block", "Fool Me Again". "You're For Me", and "Blues For Life" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will release "You're For Me" as a single on November 5, 1962, with "House Down The Block" on the flipside (Capitol 4872) and all the titles on Owens' album "You're For Me" (Capitol T 1777).
1961 - Joe Bushkin, on piano with unlisted others, records the as yet unissued titles "Make Someone Happy", "You're Just In Love", "I've Got A Crush On You", and "Stompin' At The Savoy" for Capitol Records in New York City, New York.
1961 - During two sessions held this day in Los Angeles, California, Arch Oboler records the title "Dentist-Patient/Lights Out/Western/Railroad Track-Drunk/Housewife" at the first session and at the second he records the titles "Chicken Heart/Dachau/Baby & Dog/Laughing Man/Medieval Execution/Inside out" and "Baby In Frypen". There is no listing for any release.
1962 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Ramblin' Rose" is #6 on WMCA's Top Twenty-Five chart in New York City, New York
1962 - The Kingston Trio (vocalists Nick Reynolds, Bob Shane, and John Stewart), with Dean Reilly on bass, record the title "The First Time (Ever I Saw Your Face)" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California between 3:00 PM and 6:00 PM and then, after a break, between 7:00 PM and 10:00 PM. Capitol Records will issue the title on the trio's album "New Frontier' (T/ST 1809). Ten years later Roberta Flack would cover the song.
1962 - During two sessions held this day in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California, pianist Stan Kenton and His Orchestra (Dalton Smith, Marvin Stamm, Bob Behrendt, Keith LaMotte, and Gary Slavo on trumpets, Bob Fitzpatrick, Bud Parker, and Tom Ringo on trombones, Jim Amlotte on bass trombone, Dave Wheeler on bass trombone and tuba, Ray Starling, Dwight Carver,Joe Burnett, and Lou Gasca on mellophones, Gabe Baltazar on alto saxophone, Don Menza and Ray Florian on tenor saxophones, Allan Beutler on baritone saxophone, Joel Kaye on bass saxophone, Bucky Calabrese on bass, Dee Barton on drums, and Steve Dweck on percussion), using arrangements by Johnny Ricards, record the titles "March To Polaris" and the beginning of "Artemis" at the first session between 10:30 AM and 1:30 PM and the conclusion of "Artemis" and the title "3x3x2x2x2=72" at the second session between 2:00 PM and 5:00 PM. Capitol Records will issue all three titles on Kenton's album "Adventures In Time" (T/ST 1844).
1962 - Guitarist Laurindo Almeida and The Bossa Nova All Stars (Don Fagerquist on trumpet, Justin Gordon on flute, Bob Cooper on tenor saxophone, Jimmy Rowles on organ, Howard Roberts and Al Viola on guitars, Max Bennett on bass, Shelly Manne on drums, and Milt Holland and Chico Guerrero on percussion) record the titles "Mr. Lucky", "'Naked City' Theme", and "Moon River" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on the group's album "Viva Bossa Nova!" (T/ST 1759).
1962 - Len Weinrib, with unlisted others, records the title "Swami" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the title as a single (Capitol 4877) with "Love Express" (recorded October 16, 1962) on the flipside.
1962 - Bobby Austin, with unlisted others, records the titles "I've Got A Heartache I Can't Hold", "Heartache, Heartache Go Away", "One More Time Around", and "Put Me Out Of My Misery" in (listed as possibly) Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue "I've Got A Heartache I Can't Hold" and "Put Me Out Of My Misery" together as a single (Capitol 4883) and "Heartache, Heartache Go Away" and "One More Time Around" together as a single (Capitol 4931).
55 Years Ago Today In 1963 - Banjo player Walter Hensley, with unlisted other musicians and vocalists) records the titles "The World Is Waiting For The Sunrise", "The Old Spinning Wheel", "When You're Smiling (The Whole World Smiles With You)", and "Kickin' Mule" in (listed as possibly) Nashville, Tennessee. After "Kickin' Mule is either edited or a new take is recorded on September 28, 1964, Capitol Records will issue the final mixes of all the titles on Hensley's self-titled album "Walter Hensley" (T/ST 2149) and "The World Is Waiting For The Sunrise" and "Kickin' Mule" also together as a single (Capitol 5297).
1965 - Buck Owens' Capitol Records single "Only You (Can Break My Heart)", with "Gonna Have Love" on the flipside, is #1 on the U.S. Country singles chart
1966 - Dobie Gray, a singer and a songwriter, signs with Capitol Records
1967 - Harry Middlebrooks, with Bill Justis conducting an orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the titles "Laura (What's He Got That I Ain't Got?)", "Turn Around, Look At Me", "Endlessly", and "I Love You So Much It Hurts" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Middlebrooks' album "Funny How Time Slips Away" (T/ST 2850).
1967 - Earle Hagen conducts His Orchestra (lineup unlisted) as they record the titles "I Spy", "Over The Wall", "Rots Of Ruck", and "Montezuma's Revenge" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Hagen's album "I Spy" (T/ST 2839).
1967 - The Beach Boys (lineup unlisted) record the title "Wild Honey" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the title as a single (Capitol 2028) with "Wind Chimes" (recorded July 10, 1967) on the flipside and on the group's album "Wild Honey" (T/ST 2859).
1967 - Vocalist Jean Shepard, with unlisted others, records the titles "Beautiful Lies", "You're Telling Me Sweet Lies Again", "Don't Fall In Love With A Married Man", and "Take Possession" in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Shepard's album "Best By Request" (ST-441).

1969 - The Beatles' last recorded studio album "Abbey Road" is released by Apple Records and distributed by Capitol Records in the United States

1970 - Glen Campbell's Capitol Records single "It's Only Make Believe", with "Pave Your Way Into Tomorrow" on the flipside, enters the U.S. Country singles charts where it will peak at #3
1972 - Capitol Records registers the master it purchased for Susan Raye's title "Love Sure Feels Good In My Heart", recorded in Bakersfield, California at Buck Owens Studios, from Buck Owens Enterprises and will issue the title as a single (Capitol 3499) with "I've Got You On My Mind Again" (registered on September 28, 1972) and on Raye's album "Love Sure Feels Good In My Heart" (ST-11135).
1972 - Overdubs are recorded for Billy May and The Time-Life Orchestra's titles "Spanish Eyes (Moon Over Naples)", "Unchained Melody", "I Say A Little Prayer", "The Knack", "Tonight", "Days Of Wine And Roses", "In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning", and "Portuguese Washerwomen", which were all recorded in The Capitol Tower Studios, in an unlisted studio. Time-Life Records will issue the final mixes of "Spanish Eyes (Moon Over Naples)", "Unchained Melody", "I Say A Little Prayer", "Tonight", "Days Of Wine And Roses", "In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning", and "Portuguese Washerwomen" as part of its "As You Remember Them" series on the three-disc set "Billy May - Volume 3" (STL 243) and "The Knack" on the three-disc set "Billy May - Volume 5" (STL 245).
1974 - Apple Records releases John Lennon's album "Walls And Bridges" with Capitol Records handling distribution in the United States
25 Years Ago Today In 1993 - Garth Brooks' Liberty Records (later renamed Capitol Records Nashville) single "Ain't Goin' Down (Till The Sun Comes Up)" with "Kickin' And Screamin'" on the flipside, is #1 on the U.S. Country singles charts
1995 - Capitol Records releases Jill Sobule's track "Supermodel", from the original motion picture soundtrack album for the film "Clueless" (also released by the label), as a 7" jukebox 45rpm single with The Smoking Pope's track "Need You Around" (also on the soundtrack album) as the flip side
1995 - Capitol Records Nashville releases John Berry's album "O Holy Night"
1995 - Capitol Records releases The Kingston Trio's compilation CD set "The Capitol Years"
1997 - A memorial service is held for one time Capitol Records artist Jimmy Witherspoon at the True Vine Baptist Church in Inglewood, California
2000 - Capitol Records releases the Frank Sinatra box set, "Frank Sinatra - Concepts", which contains all 16 of Sinatra's Capitol Concepts albums digitally remastered and replaces the previous, limited-run, wooden "Concepts" box
15 Years Ago Today In 2003 - Robert Palmer (born Robert Allen Palmer), lead singer of the Capitol Records group Power Station, dies in Paris, France of a heart attack at the age of 54. He is later interred at the cemetery in the city where he resided at the time, Lugano, Switzerland.
2004 - Keith Urban's Capitol Records Nashville single "Days Go By" is #1 on the U.S. Country singles charts, becoming his fifth #1
2006 - Sean Lennon appears on "The Late Show with David Letterman" to promote his new album "Friendly Fire" whose release has been delayed to October 3 from it's original September 26 date
2006 - Capitol Records releases: Saosin's self-titled album as a standard CD and as a CD and DVD set that includes videos of songs on the album; the soundtrack to the motion picture "The U.S. VS John Lennon"; Peggy Lee's compilation album "Christmas With Peggy Lee"; and re-releases George Harrison's "Living In A Material World" as a digitally remastered CD and as a CD and DVD set that includes a live performance of "Give Me Love" as well as a rare photos that play to other songs
2006 - Capitol Jazz re-releases, as part of its "The Great Jazz Vocal Collection", Dinah Shore and Andre Previn's Capitol Records album "Dinah Sings Previn Plays", June Christy's Capitol Records album "The Intimate Miss Christy", Sue Raney's Capitol Records album "All By Myself", Irene Kral and Herb Pomeroy's United Artists album "The Band And I", and Julie London's Liberty Records album "Around Midnight". Capitol Jazz is a Blue Note label, which is currently a subsidiary of Capitol Records. The Liberty and United Artists catalogs are currently owned by Capitol Records.

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
90 Years Ago Today In 1928 - Julie London, a singer, motion picture and television actress, wife first to actor and television producer Jack Webb and then to actor, record producer, composer and pianist Bobby Troupe, and a Liberty Records artist, is born Julie Peck in Santa Rosa, California.
1947 - The Tadd Dameron Sextet (Fats Navarro on trumpet, Ernie Henry on alto saxophone, Charlie Rouse on tenor saxophone, Tadd Dameron on piano, Nelson Boyd on bass, and Shadow Wilson on drums), using arrangements by Dameron, record the three takes of the title "The Chase", two takes of the title "The Squirrel", five takes of the title "Our Delight" and three takes of the title "Dameronia" at radio station WOR's studios in New York City, New York. Blue Note Records will issue the third take of "The Chase" and the third take of "Dameronia" together as a single (Blue Note 541), the second take of "The Squirrel" and the fifth take of "Our Delight" together as a single (Blue Note 540), and the first and third takes of "The Chase", the first and second takes of "The Squirrel", the first and fifth takes of "Our Delight", and the first and third takes of "Dameronia" on the compilation album "The Fabulous Fats Navarro, Volume 1" (BLP1531).
1956 - Fats Domino's Imperial Records single "Blueberry Hill" enters Billboard's Best Selling Retail Records chart where it will eventually reach # 4. Imperial's catalog is currently owned by Capitol Music Group's parent company, EMI Music Group.
1969 - Drummer Elvin Jones, with Joe Farrell on tenor saxophone, flute and English horn, George Coleman on tenor saxophone, Pepper Adams on baritone saxophone, Wilbur Little on bass, and Candido Camero on congas, records the tracks "Mr. Jones", "Yes" without Camero, "Agappe Love", "Whew" without Adams and Camero, and "Agenda", at the Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, with producer Francis Wolff and recording engineer Rudy Van Gelder. The tracks would appear on Jones' Blue Note Records albums "Mr. Jones" and "Polycurrents". Blue Notes catalog is currently owned by Capitol Records
2006 - EMI Classics releases Paul McCartney's fourth classical album "Ecce Cor Meum"

ON THIS DAY NOT IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1887 - Emile Berliner, a German immigrant living in Washington, D.C., patents a disk recording device that makes mass production of phonograph records feasible. He will later license the patent in the U.K. to The Gramophone Corporation which would become EMI. They would in turn license the use of their logo "His Master's Voice" to Berliner to use in the United States. Berliner's company would later become RCA.
120 Years Ago Today In 1898 - George Gershwin, composer, is born Jacob Gershowitz in Brooklyn, New York
1962 - "The Beverly Hillbillies" debuts on CBS-TV and will air 274 episodes over 9 seasons. It is also series co-star (Ellie Mae Clampett) Donna Douglas' 29th birthday. Douglas has also had a role on an episode of "The Twilight Zone" and co-stars with Elvis Presley in the motion picture "Frankie And Johnny".
1964 - "Gilligan's Island" debuts on CBS-TV and will air 98 episodes over 3 seasons.

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
1940 - Wade Flemons, a solo VeeJay Records artist and founding member, musician, and vocalist in the Capitol Records group The Salty Peppers which later became Earth, Wind, and Fire, is born in Coffeyville, Kansas
45 Years Ago Today In 1973 - Ras Kass, rapper and Priority Records solo artist and part of the group The HRSMN, is born John Austin IV in Carson, California. Priority Records is a division of Capitol Records.
1974 - Daniel Kessler, guitarist and backing vocalist in the Capitol Records/EMI band Interpol, is born Daniel Alexander Kessler in London, England.

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1946 - On the last night of a four-night stand at The Circle Room in the Hotel La Salle in Milwaukee, Wisconsin that is broadcast on WEMP, The King Cole Trio (arranger Nat "King" Cole on piano and vocals, Oscar Moore on guitar, and Johnny Miller on bass) performs an instrumental version of "Sweet Georgia Brown" as well as songs "Sweet Lorraine", "Oh, But I Do" (with the entire band on vocals), "My Sugar Is So Refined" and "Closing Theme (F.S.T.)". Capitol Records will release transcriptions of the all the titles on the CD "Nat King Cole Trio - Live At The Circle Room" (Capitol 5-21859-2).
1947 - Pianist Stan Kenton and His Orchestra (Buddy Childers, Ray Wetzel, Al Porcino, Chico Alvarez, and Ken Hanna on trumpets, Milt Bernhart, Eddie Bert, Harry Betts, and Harry Forbes on trombones, Bart Varsalona on bass trombone, George Weidler and Frank Pappalardo on alto saxophones, Bob Cooper and Warner Weidler on tenor saxophone, Bob Gioga on baritone saxophone, Laurindo Almeida on guitar, Eddie Safranski on bass, Shelly Manne on drums, and Jack Costanzo on bongos) record the titles "Curiosity" with vocals by June Christy, "Theme To The West", and, with Rene Touzet on maracas, "Abstraction" and "Fugue For Rhythm Section" at Radio Recorders' studios at 932 North Western Avenue in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue "Curiosity" and "Theme To The West" together as a single (Capitol 15005), "Theme To The West" on Kenton's album "Stan Kenton Milestones" (T 190), "Abstraction" on Kenton's album "Stan Kenton Encores" (CC-113), and "Fuge For Rhythm Section" on Kenton's album "A Concert In Progressive Jazz" (CD-79)
1947 - At a split session in Los Angeles, California with Paul Weston and His Orchestra (lineup unlisted), first vocalist Andy Russell and a choir (lineup also unlisted) record the titles "The First Noel (La Primera Navidad)" and "Silent Night (Noche De Paz)" then vocalist Jo Stafford records the title "Serenade of The Bells". Capitol Records will issue "The First Noel (La Primera Navidad)" and "Silent Night (Noche De Paz)" together as a single (Capitol 15013) and "Serenade Of The Bells" as a single (Capitol 15007) with "The Gentleman Is A Dope" (recorded September 26, 1947) on the flipside and on the album "Starring Jo Stafford" (T 435).
1951 - In a split session held on this day in Los Angeles, California first Jimmy Wakely (on vocals) and his Cowboy Band (lineup unlisted) record the titles "Keep A Light In Your Window Tonight" and "Won't You Ride In My Little Red Wagon" then Jimmy Wakely and Lucille "Lou" Dinning (both on vocals) with Don Robertson's Music (lineup also unlisted) record the titles "Each Step Of The Way" and "Just A Little More Waiting". Capitol Records will issue "Keep A Light In Your Window Tonight" and "Won't You Ride In My Little Red Wagon" together as a single (Capitol 1880), "Each Step Of The Way" as a single (Capitol 1838) with "Gonna Walk With My Lord" on the flipside, and "Just A Little More Waiting" as a single (Capitol 1936) with "Missing In Action" on the flipside.
65 Years Ago Today In 1953 - Vocalists Jerry Lewis, June Foray and Billy Bletcher, with the Van Alexander Orchestra (lineup unlisted) record the titles "The Nagger, Part 1" and "The Nagger, Part 2" using a script written by Warren Foster and adapted by Alan Livingston at Capitol's Melrose Avenue Studios in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue both titles together on the children's records album "The Nagger" (Capitol CAS-3190).
1955 - Gordon Jenkins conducts his own arrangements to an orchestra and The Ralph Brewster Singers (lineups unlisted) as they record the tracks "Drifting And Dreaming", "My Silent Love", "Allah's Holiday", and "Does Your Heart Beat For Me?" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra's album "Night Dreams" (Capitol T 781).
1957 - Morris Stolloff and Nelson Riddle conduct Riddle's arrangements to The Columbia Studio Orchestra (collectively: Mannie Klein, Pete Candoli, Harry Edison, Shirley Goedike, Shorty Sherock, Manny Stevens, and George Wendt on trumpets, Milt Bernhart,  Ed Kusby,Randall Miller, George Smith, Murray McEachern, Tommy Pederson, and Marshall Cram on trombones, George Roberts on bass trombone, James Decker and Arthur Frantz on French horns, Charles Butler, Henry Evans, Harry Klee, Harry Schuchman, Robert Swanson, and Archie Wade Jr. on woodwinds, George Greeley, Bob Van Eps, and Bill Miller on pianos, Laurindo Almeida, Bob Bain, Jack Marshall, Allan Reuss, and Howard Roberts on guitar, Sam Goldman, Manny Stein, and Joe Comfort on basses, Alvin Stoller on drums, Vladimir Drucker, David Grupp, Johnny Williams, Milt Holland, and James Fernandes on percussion, Lauretta McFarland on harp, and a string section with Julian Brodetsky, Robert Gomberg, Robert Gross, Sascha Jacobsen, Lou Kaye, Daniel Karpilowsky, Nathan Ross, Marshall Sosson, William Weiss, Joe Stepansky, Laura Griffig, and Elliot Fisher on violins, Harry Blumberg, Dorothy Colton, Paul Robyn, Myron Sandler, Sanford Schonbach, Milton Thomas, and Abraham Weiss on viola, James Arkatov, Naoum Benditsky, Cy Bernard, Justin DiTullio, Armand Kaproff, and David Pratt on cello) as it records the titles "Overture", then "That Terrific Rainbow" and "Do It The Hard Way" with vocals by Trudy Erwin (for Kim Novak), "I Didn't Know What Time It Was" with vocals by Frank Sinatra, "Great Big Town", then "Zip" and "Bewitched" with vocals by Jo Ann Greer (for Rita Hayworth), "Plant You Now, Dig You Later", "My Funny Valentine" with vocals by Trudy Erwin", "You Mustn't Kick Around", "Strip Number", "What Do I Care For A Dame" with a vocal chorus (Trudy Stabile, Jo Ann Greer, Barbara Nichols, Dean Myles, Herman Belmonte, Hank Henry, Bobby Sherwood, Elli Kent, Betty Ditti, Betty Allan, Jacqueline Allen, Stewart Bair, Burton Dole, Cleone Duncan, Robert Ebright,John Gustavson, Bex Nelson, Robert Hamlin, Jimmy Joyce, Ray Linn Jr., Gil Mershon, Betty Noyes, Doreen Tryden, and Marie Vernon) in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street In Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on the original soundtrack album to the film "Pal Joey" (W/DW 912).
1957 - During two sessions held this day in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California between 7:00 PM and 11:00 AM, vocalist and guitarist Hank Thompson, with Billy Armstrong, Harold Glenn Hensley, and Billy Peters on fiddles, Vic Davis on piano, Otis "Joe" Maphis on guitar, Floyd Lester "Bobbie" White on steel guitar, Billy Briggs Stewart on bass, and Paul McGhee on drums, records the titles "I Wouldn't Miss It For The World", "Klishame Klingo", "Li'l Liza Jane", and "If I'm Not Too Late" at the first session and "Just An Old Flame" and "How Do You Hold A Memory?" at the second session. After Bob Bain records guitar overdubs for "Li'l Liza Jane" in The Capitol Tower Studios between 7:00 PM and 11:00 PM on October 14, 1957 and for "Klishame Klingo" , "If I'm Not Too Late", and "How Do You Hold A Memory?" in The Capitol Tower Studios betwen 7:00PM and 11:00 PM on October 16, 1957, Capitol Records will issue "I Wouldn't Miss It For The World" and "Klishame Klingo" on Thompson's album "Dance Ranch" (T 975), "Li'l Liza Jane" and "How Do You Hold A Memory?" together as a single (Capitol F3950) and "If I'm Not Too Late" and "Just An Old Flame" together as a single (Capitol F3850).
1961 - Vocalist Vic Damone, with Jack Marshall conducting his own arrangements to an orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the titles "'Tender Is The Night' Theme", "Something You Never Had Before", "Stella By Starlight", and "Linger Awhile" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol will issue "'Tender Is The Night' Theme" and "Something You Never Had Before" together as a single (Capitol F4645) and has yet to issue these takes of "Stella By Starlight", and "Linger Awhile".
1962 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Ramblin' Rose" is #10 on WABC 770 AM's Silver Dollar Sound Survey in New York City, New York.
1962 - The Kingston Trio (vocalists Nick Reynolds, Bob Shane, and John Stewart), with Dean Reilly on bass, records the titles "Long Black Veil", "Greenback Dollar", and "Dogie's Lament" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California between 3:00 PM and 6:00 PM and resume after a break from 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on the Trio's album "New Frontier" (T/ST 1809).
1962 - Pianist Stan Kenton and His Orchestra (Dalton Smith, Marvin Stamm, Bob Behrendt, Keith LaMotte, and Gary Slavo on trumpets, Bob Fitzpatrick, Bud Parker, Tom Ringo, and Jim Amlotte on trombones, Dave Wheeler on bass trombone and tuba, Ray Starling, Dwight Carver,Joe Burnett, and Lou Gasca on mellophones, Gabe Baltazar on alto saxophone, Don Menza and Ray Florian on tenor saxophones, Allan Beutler on baritone saxophone, Joel Kaye on bass saxophone, Bucky Calabrese on bass, Dee Barton on drums, and Steve Dweck on percussion), with vocalist Jean Turner, record a new take of the title "Quintile" at The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California between 12:00 PM and 3:00 PM. Capitol Records will issue this take on Kenton's album "Adventures In Time" (T/ST 1844).
1962 - Vocalist Bobby Darin, with Jimmie Haskell conducting his own arrangements to the orchestra (lineup unlisted) records the titles "You're The Reason I'm Living", "If You Were The Only Girl In The World", "Now You're Gone", and "I Wonder" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records has yet to issue any of the takes of the titles recorded at this session. Collectors' Choice Music will issue "I Wonder" on the CD "" (CCM 079-2). Darin will record new takes of "You're The Reason I'm Living", "If You Were The Only Girl In The World", and "Now You're Gone" on December 3, 1962. Capitol Records will issue the retakes of "You're The Reason I'm Living" and "Now You're Gone" together as a single (Capitol 4897) and on Darin's album "You're The Reason I'm Living" (T/ST 1866) and have yet to issue the retake of "If You Were The Only Girl In The World".
1962 - Capitol Records purchases the masters for vocalist Eddie Dean's titles "Run, Jimmy, Run", "Stop Me (If You've Heard This One Before", "Don't Take Advantage Of Me", and "She Doesn't Know I'm Alive" and will issue "Run, Jimmy, Run" and "She Doesn't Know I'm Alive" together as a single (Capitol 4900) and have yet to issue the other two titles.
1962 - Vocalist Jan Howard, with unlisted others, records the titles "See One Broken Heart", "If He Could See Me Now", "There Should Be Toys", and "A Dime A Dozen" in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue "See One Broken Heart" as a single (Capitol 4869) with "Lookin' Back" (recorded April 25, 1962) on the flipside and "A Dime A Dozen" as a single (Capitol 4987) with "I Can't Stop Crying" (recorded January 14, 1963) on the flipside. Tower Records, a subsidiary of Capitol Records will issue "If He Could See Me Now" on Howard's album "The Real Me" (DT 5119). "There Should Be Toys" has yet to be issued by either company.
1967 - Capitol Records artist Donna Loren appears on the NBC-TV series "The Monkees" in the episode "Everywhere A Shiek, Shiek".
50 Years Ago Today In 1967 - Capitol Records releases Buck Owens' single "It Takes People Like You" with "You Left Her Lonely Too Long" on the flipside
1967 - Stuff Smith (born Hezekiah Leroy Gordon Smith), swing and jazz violinist who performed on the titles "Sometimes I'm Happy", "I Know That You Know", "When I Get Too Old To Dream", and "Two Loves Have I" on Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records album "After Midnight", dies in Munich, Germany at age 58 and is later buried at Klakring Cemetery in Jutland, Denmark.
1967 - Harry Middlebrooks, with Bill Justis conducting the orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the titles "Turn The World Around", "Leave Your Memory Behind", "You're The Reason I'm Living", and "The End Of The World" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Middlebrook's album "Funny How Time Slips Away" (T/ST 2850).
1967 - During two sessions held this day in Nashville, Tennessee, vocalist Jean Shepard, with unlisted others, records the titles "Under Suspicion", "I Learned It All From You", "You're Calling Me Sweetheart Again", and "Why Did You Wait?" at the first session and the titles "I'd Rather Die Young (Than Grow Old Without You)", "A Satisfied Mind", "I Love You Because", and "The Other Woman" at the second session. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Shepard's album "Best By Request" (ST-441).
1967 - The Beatles (George Harrison on lead guitar and vocals, John Lennon on rhythm guitar and vocals, Paul McCartney on bass guitar and vocals, and Ringo Starr on drums and vocals) record the title "The Fool On The Hill" in E.M.I's studios on Abbey Road in London, England. Capitol Records will issue the title in the United States on the soundtrack album to the group's television movie "Magical Mystery Tour" (MAL/SMAL-2835).
1972 - Billy May conducts The Time-Life Orchestra (lineup unlisted) as it records the title "Guantanamera", "Stranger On The Shore" featuring Justin Gordon on clarinet, "Blue Star", "'Till", and "A Walk In The Black Forest" featuring Ray Sherman on piano in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California. Time-Life Records, as part of its "As You Remember Them" series, will issue "Guantanamera" and "A Walk In The Black Forest" in the three-disc set "Billy May - Volume 5" (STL-245) and "Stranger On The Shore" and "'Till" in the three-disc set "Billy May - Volume 4" (STL-244).

1974 - Andy Kim's Capitol Records single "Rock Me Gently", with "Rock Me Gently Part II" on the flipside, is still #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart

1976 - Capitol Records releases Mel McDaniel's second single "I Thank God She Isn't Mine" with "I'll Keep On Lovin' You" on the flipside
1976 - Capitol Records group Wings raises $50,000 when it plays a benefit concert for the restoration of water-damaged art treasures in St. Mark's Square in Venice, Italy.
1982 - The Steve Miller Band's Capitol Records single "Abracadabra" is still #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart and the band (Steve Miller on keyboards, guitar, and vocals, Byron Allred on keyboards, Norton Buffalo on harmonica and vocals, John Massaro also on guitar, Kenny Lee Lewis on electric bass, Gerald Johnson on bass, and Gary Mallaber on drums) performs the titles "Gangster Of Love", "Rock 'N Me", "Living In The U.S.A.", "Fly Like An Eagle", "Jungle Love", "The Joker", "Mercury Blues", "Take The Money And Run", "Abracadabra", and "Buffalo's Serenade" at a concert at Pine Knob Music Theatre in Clarkston, Michigan that was recorded by Capitol Records. After Capitol registers the masters on February 2, 1983, it will issue all the titles except "Buffalo's Serenade" on the group's album "Steve Miller Live!" (ST-12263) and will issue "Living In The U.S.A." and "Buffalo's Serenade" together as a single (Capitol 5223).
1997 - Capitol Records releases Everclear's album "So Much For The Afterglow"
2001 - Capitol Records releases Dave Koz & Friends' album "A Smooth Jazz Christmas"
2002 - Capitol Records releases a 24 bit digitally remastered CD of Bob Seger and The Silver Bullet Band's "Stanger In Town" album
2002 - Masanori Sasaji & L. A. Allstars start the first of two straight days of recording sessions for their album "Afro Blue" in front of a live audience, using the combined space of Studio A and B at The Capitol Tower Studios in Hollywood, California by opening the retractable walls
2005 - Keith Urban's Capitol Records Nashville album "Golden Road" is certified triple platinum by the R.I.A.A.
2007 - Capitol Records releases Hurt's album "Vol. II".

2011 - It's a Sunday and Paul Kirby, the lead singer, guitarist, and harmonica player in the Capitol Records group Walk The West and son of Capitol Records session guitarist Dave Kirby, dies of cardiac arrest at his Middle Tennessee home at age 48.

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1957 - Roulette release Frankie Lymon's first solo single, "My Girl". Roulette's catalog is currently owned by Capitol Music Group's parent company, Universal Music Group.
55 Years Ago Today In 1963 - The Jazz Crusaders (Wayne Henderson on trombone, Wilton Felder on tenor saxophone, Joe Sample on piano, Bobby Haynes on bass, and Stix Hooper on drums) record the tracks "Mr. Sandman", "Some Samba", and with Joe Sample on electric piano, "Stix March" for their Pacific Jazz album "Heat Wave" at the Pacific Jazz Studios in Los Angeles, California with producer and recording engineer Richard Bock on to four track masters. Pacific Jazz's library is currently owned by Capitol Records and re-issued by Blue Note Records.
1965 - ABC-TV debuts the King Features Syndicate cartoon series "The Beatles"
1969 - With its final acquisition of Northern Songs and Lenmac Enterprises Ltd., which is started on May 5, 1969, Associated Television (ATV) gains control of almost all of the Lennon-McCartney song catalog
1977 - Kenny Rogers' United Artists single "Daytime Friends", with "We Don't Make Love Anymore" on the flipside, is #1 on the U.S. Country singles charts. United Artists' catalog is currently owned by Capitol Music Group's parent company, Universal Music Group.
1990 - Dave Grohl, former drummer of the Washington, D.C. band Scream and future guitarist of the Capitol Records band Foo Fighters, joins the band Nirvana
1991 - Saffron Sahara, daughter of Simon LeBon (best known as the lead singer of the Capitol Records group Duran Duran) and his wife Yasmin Parvenah, is born
2001 - Virgin Records releases two singles, "Dig In," by Lenny Kravitz and "God Gave Me Everything" by Mick Jagger to digital retailers via Liquid Audio. They will be the first downloadable singles that The National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS) will agree to accept for Grammy consideration.
2001 - EMI America, a division of Capitol Records, releases Poison's compilation album "Poison – Rock Champions"

ON THIS DAY NOT IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1639 - The first printing press in the English colonies in North America begins operation at The Cambridge Press in New England
1690 - "Publick Occurrences", the first newspaper published in America, is printed by Richard Pierce and edited by Benjamin Harris in Boston in the English colony of Massachusettes. Only one issue will be published before the English authorities suppress it.
1904 - My grandmother, Marie "Pama" Nielsen, was born Marie Thomsen in Sommersted, Denmark.
1951 - Mark Hamill, television, motion picture and stage actor, cartoon voice actor, and silver age comic book collector, is born Mark Richard Hamill in Oakland, California

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

HAPPY BIRTHDAYS!
105 Years Ago Today In 1913 - Herb Jeffries, a motion picture actor and a singer who recorded the album "Nat 'King' Cole Songbook" and had one session for Capitol Records on January 7, 1948, is born Umberto Alexander Valentino in Detroit, Michigan.
95 Years Ago Today In 1923 - Fats Navarro, trumpet player, bandleader, and Capitol (as a member of Illinois Jacquet and His Orchestra and The Benny Goodman Sextet) and Blue Note Records (solo and part of The Tadd Dameron Sextet) artist, is born Theodore Navarro in Key West, Florida. Dr. Stuart A. Varden has a wonderful site on the life of Fats with a pretty detailed sessionography.
1924 - Sheila MacRae, singer, motion picture and television actress (best known as the third Alice Kramden on "The Honeymooners" segment of "The Jackie Gleason Show", wife of Capitol Records artist Gordon MacRae, and a Capitol Records artist as part of a duo with her husband, is born Sheila Margaret Stephens in London, England. Gordon and Sheila were at the opening night festivities for The Capitol Tower.
1936 - Jim Henson, puppeteer, television and motion picture producer, and creator of The Muppets (an adaptation of their movie "Muppets Treasure Island" was released by Angel Records, a subsidiary of Capitol Records in 1996), is born James Maury Henson in Greenville, Mississippi.
1941 - Linda McCartney, photographer, singer, keyboard player, first wife of Paul McCartney, member of the Capitol Records group Wings, author, animal rights protector, vegetarian food manufacturer and, posthumously, a Capitol Records solo artist, is born Linda Louise Eastman in Scarsdale, New York

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1946 - Vocalists James (Jim) Baskett, Johnny Mercer, and The Pied Pipers, with Billy May conducting his own arrangements to his Orchestra (Uan Rasey on trumpet, Ed Kusby, Elmer Smithers, Carl Loeffler, and Arthur Frantz on trombone Nicholas Dann, J.A. Krechter, George Smith, Herman Berardinelli, and Arthur Fleming on saxophones, Ray Turner on piano, Phil Stephens on bass, Ralph Hansell on percussion, Kathryn Thompson on harp, and a string section with Harry Bluestone, Ivan Eppinoff, Howard Halbert, Nicholas Pisani, Mischa Russell, Felix Slatkin, Marshall Sosson, and Olcott Vail on violin, Stanley Spiegelman and David Sterkin on viola, Cy Bernard and Fred Goerner on cello), and using a script adaptation by Alan Livingston, record the titles "Running Away, Part 2" and "Br'er Rabbit And The Tar Baby, Part 2" at Radio Recorders' studios at 932 North Western Avenue in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will release both titles as part of the children's album "Tales Of Uncle Remus" (Capitol CC-40).
1947 - Pianist Stan Kenton and His Orchestra (Buddy Childers, Ray Wetzel, Al Porcino, Chico Alvarez, and Ken Hanna on trumpets, Milt Bernhart, Eddie Bert, Harry Betts, and Harry Forbes on trombones, Bart Varsalona on bass trombone, George Weidler and Frank Pappalardo on alto saxophones, Bob Cooper and Warner Weidler on tenor saxophone, Bob Gioga on baritone saxophone, Laurindo Almeida on guitar, Eddie Safranski on bass, Shelly Manne on drums, and Jack Costanzo on bongos) record the titles "Elegy For Alto", "Soothe Me" with vocals by June Christy, and "Chorale For Brass, Piano And Bongo" at Radio Recorders studios at 932 North Western Avenue in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue "Elegy For Alto" on Kenton's album "A Concert In Progressive Jazz" (CD-79), "Soothe Me" as a single (Capitol 15031) with "Lover" (recorded March 31, 1947) on the flipside, and "Chorale For Brass, Piano And Bongo" on Kenton's album "Stan Kenton Encores" (CC-113).
1947 - At a split session held in Los Angeles, California, first vocalist Andy Russell, with Paul Weston and His Orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the titles "Muchachita" and "Love For Love" then vocalist Peggy Lee, with guitarist Dave Barbour and His Orchestra (unlisted flute, rhythm, finger cymbals, and string players), records a new take of the title "Golden Earring" using an arrangement by Heinie Beau. Capitol Records will issue "Muchachita" and "Love For Love" as a single (Capitol 15006) and "Golden Earrings" as a single (Capitol 15009) with "I'll Dance At Your Wedding" (recorded September 23, 1947) on the flipside and on Lee's album "My Best To You" (CCF-204).
70 Years Ago Today In 1948 - The King Cole Trio perform a one-nighter in Santa Barbara, California. Also, The King Cole Trio's Capitol Records children's album "King Cole For Kids" is #7 on The Billboard magazine's Best-Selling Children's Records chart and their Capitol Records single "Lillette" is #7 on the magazine's Record Possibilities - The Retailers Pick chart.

1951 - Jan Garber and His Orchestra featuring Roy Cordell and The Dinning Sisters (Ginger, Delores and Jean Dinning) on vocals, record the titles "Painting Clouds With Sunshine", "Heartbreak Hill" (with vocals by The Dinning Sisters), "We're In The Money (Gold Digger's Song)", "Chances Are" (vocals by Roy Cordell), and "Jazz Pizzicato" (vocals by Roy Cordell) in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the first and third titles together as a single (Capitol 1852), "Heartbreak Hill" as a single (Capitol 1858) with "No! No! No! Not That!" (recorded on October 12, 1951) on the flipside, and the last two tracks together as a single (Capitol 1827).

1951 - Bob Crosby and His Orchestra (with Bob leading Charlie Teagarden, Zeke Zarchy, and Ray Linn on trumpet, Murray McEachern, Ted Vesely, and Elmer Schneider on trombone, Matty Matlock on clarinet and alto saxophone), Willie Schwartz on alto saxophone, Eddie Miller on tenor saxophone, John Rotella on tenor and baritone saxophone, Stan Wrightsman on piano, Nappy Lamare on guitar, Phil Stephens on bass, and Nick Fatool on drums) record the titles "I Never Was Loved By Anyone Else" and "Sans Souci" (both with vocal by Gisele MacKenzie), and "Crying Shame" (with vocals by Bob Crosby and Jeanne Gayle) in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the first two tracks together as a single (Capitol 1826) and the last track as a single (Capitol 1894) with "Savoy Blues" (recorded October 3, 1951).
1952 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Somewhere Along The Way" is #10 on The Billboard magazine's Records Most Played By Disk Jockeys chart, #12 on the magazine's Best Selling Pop Singles chart, and #20 on its Most Played Juke Box Records chart. Also, Cole's single "Because You're Mine" is #17 on the magazines Best Selling Singles chart and #29 on its Records Most Played By Disk Jockeys chart.
1952 - Vocalist Molly Bee (aka Molly Beachboard), with Van Alexander and His Orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the titles "Honky Tonk Mountain", "Tennessee Tango", "The Kids Who Pay", and "List'nin' To The Green Grass Grow" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Honky Tonk Mountain" as a single (Capitol 2339) with "Nobody's Lonesome But Me" (recorded October 27, 1952) on the flipside, "Tennessee Tango" and "The Kids Who Pay" together as a single (Capitol 2258), and have yet to issue "List'nin' To The Green Grass Grow".
1956 - The Andrews Sisters (vocalists Laverne Andrews, Maxene Andrews, and Patty Andrews) with The Robert Mitchell Boys Choir (8 unidentified children) and The Lynn Murray Orchestra (with unlisted musicians) record the as yet unissued take of the title "Hosanna, Hosanna" and the titles "A Child's Christmas Song" and "Silver Bells" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the last two tracks together as a single (Capitol F3583).
1956 - Nat "King" Cole on piano and vocals), with Stuff Smith on violin, John Collins on guitar, Alvino Rey on steel guitar, Charlie Harris on bass, and Lee Young on drums, records the titles "Sometimes I'm Happy", "I Know That You Know", "When I Grow Too Old To Dream", and "Two Loves Have I" at The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California between 2:00 PM and 7:00 PM. EMI and Capitol will release all the titles together for the first time on the English pressing of Cole's album "After Midnight" (EMS1103).
1956 - At two sessions held this day in New York City, New York for Capitol Records Benny Goodman and His Orchestra record the as yet unissued titles "'Warm Up' Derivations For Clarinet And Band" and "'Rag' Derivations For Clarinet And Band" at the first session and "'Ride Out' Derivations For Clarinet And Band" and "'Contrapuntal Blue' Derivations For Clarinet And Band" at the second session.
1956 - Laurindo Almeida on guitar, with Ray Turner on piano, records Gnattali's "Concertino For Guitar And Piano, Movements 1 and 2" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will release the title on Almeida's album "Impressoes Do Brasil (Impressions Of Brazil)" (Capitol P-8381).
60 Years Ago Today In 1957 - It's Tuesday night at 7:30 PM and Gogi Grant, dance trio The Dunhills, The Copa Girls, and The Jerry Graff Singers appear on "The Nat 'King' Cole Show" on NBC-TV. Here's a link to the script.
1957 - At two sessions held this day in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California, vocalist and guitarist Hank Thompson and His Brazos Valley Boys (Billy Armstrong, Harold Glenn Hensley, and Billy Peters on fiddles, Vic Davis on piano, Bob Bain on guitar, Floyd Lester "Bobbie" White on steel guitar, Billy Briggs Stewart on bass, and Paul McGhee on drums) record the titles "Bubbles In My Beer", "Headin' Down The Wrong Highway", "Drivin' Nails In My Coffin", and "Lawdy What A Guy" at the first session between 10:00 AM and 1:30 PM and the titles "After All The Things I've Done" and "Make Room In Your Heart (For A Memory)" at the second session between 2:30 PM and 6:00 PM. After Bob Bain records guitar overdubs on October 14, 1957, between 7:00 PM and 11:00 PM for "After All The Things I've Done", Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Thompson And His Brazos Valley Boys' album "Dance Ranch" (T 975).
1957 - Billy May conducts his own arrangements to His Orchestra (Pete Candoli, Conrad Gozzo, Vito Mangano, and Uan Rasey on trumpets, Si Zentner, Murray McEachern, Tommy Pederson, and George Roberts on trombones, Skeets Herfurt and Wilbur Schwartz on alto saxophones, Ted Nash and Fred Falensby on tenor saxophones, Chuck Gentry on baritone saxophone, Al Hendrickson on guitar, Joe Mondragon on bass, and Alvin Stoller on drums) as they record the titles "Brushed Off" and "Swingin' Drums" using arrangements by May, and, with the addition of drummers Irving Cottler and Stan Levey, the title "Tri-Fi Drums" using an arrangement by Bill Holman in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California between 9:00 PM and 1:30 AM on September 25, 1957. After additional recording or remastering is done on September 26, 1957 for "Swingin' Drums" Capitol Records will issue "Brushed Off" and "Tri-Fi Drums" on the multi-artist compilation album "Hi-Fi Drums" (T 926) and "Swingin' Drums" on the EP "Swingin' Drums: Billy May/Earl Palmer" (EAP-1-1026).
1957 - Pianist Agi Jambor records Beethoven's "Für Elise" and "Minuet In G", Debussy's "Clair De Lune", Beethoven's "Moonlight Sonata, 1st Movement", and Rachmaninoff's "Prelude In C Sharp Minor" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Jambor's album "Introduction To The Piano" (PAO-8422).
1961 - Capitol Records releases Buck Owens' single "Under The Influence Of Love" with "Bad Bad Dream" on the flipside. Other references list this single as being released on July 24, 1961. If anyone knows for sure which date is accurate, please leave a comment.
1962 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Ramblin' Rose" is #10 on WCOL 1230 AM's Music Meter survey in Columbus, Ohio.
1962 - Capitol Records releases The Kingston Trio's single "One More Town" (Capitol 4842) with "She Was Too Good To Me" on the flip side. On the same day, The Kingston Trio (vocalists Nick Reynolds, Bob Shane, and John Stewart), with Dean Reilly on bass and (b) Allen Newton Fo on percussion, record the titles "My Lord What A Mornin'", "The New Frontier", "Poor Ellen Smith", "Honey, Are You Mad At Your Man?", and "Green Grasses" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California between 3:00 PM and 6:00 PM and, after a break, between 7:00 PM and 10:00 PM. Capitol Records will issue all the titles except "Green Grasses" on the group's album "New Frontier" (T/ST 1809). Bear Family Records will issue all the titles in Germany in the ten-CD box set "The Kingston Trio - The Stewart Years" (BCD 16161).
1962 - Pianist Stan Kenton and His Orchestra (Dalton Smith, Marvin Stamm, Bob Behrendt, Keith LaMotte, and Gary Slavo on trumpets, Bob Fitzpatrick, Bud Parker, Tom Ringo, and Jim Amlotte on trombones, Dave Wheeler on bass trombone and tuba, Ray Starling, Dwight Carver,Joe Burnett, and Lou Gasca on mellophones, Gabe Baltazar on alto saxophone, Don Menza and Ray Florian on tenor saxophones, Allan Beutler on baritone saxophone, Joel Kaye on bass saxophone, Bucky Calabrese on bass, Dee Barton on drums, and Steve Dweck on percussion), with vocalist Jean Turner, record the titles "Commencement" and "Quintile" at The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California between 1:00 PM and 4:00 PM. Jean Turner(vo). Capitol Records will issue "Commencement" on Kenton's album "Adventures In Time" (T/ST 1844) and rejected the take of "Quintile" recorded at this session. A new take will be recorded on September 25, 1962, and also issued on Kenton's album "Adventures In Time".
1962 - Vocalist Tommy Hunter, with unlisted others, records the titles "Penny Wishes", "The Poor Little Bullfrog", and "Jeannie's Last Kiss" in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue "Penny Wishes" and "The Poor Little Bullfrog" together as a single (Capitol 4890) and have yet to issue "Jeannie's Last Kiss".
1962 - Vocalist and guitarist Mac Wiseman, with Cecil Brower on fiddle, Ray Edenton on guitar, Buck Trent on banjo, Joe Zinkan on bass, Murrey M. "Buddy" Harman Jr. on drums, and a vocal chorus (Hoyt H. Hawkins, Neal Matthews Jr., Hugh Gordon Stoker, Raymond C. Walker, and Millie Kirkham), records the titles "'Tis Sweet To Be Remembered" with the addition of Mother Maybelle Carter and Hugh Gordon Stoker on harmony vocals, "Wild Fire", and "I Like Good Bluegrass Music" at Columbia Recording Studio in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue "'Tis Sweet to Be Remembered" as a single (Capitol 5116) with "The Scene Of The Crime" (recorded April 12, 1953) on the flipside and "Wild Fire" and "I Like Good Bluegrass Music" together as a single (Capitol 4899).
1966 - Billboard magazine, in an article with today's street date, reports that The Beatles' Capitol Records single "Paperback Writer", with "Eleanor Rigby" on the flipside, has sold 1.2 million copies in just 4 weeks and has become the band's 21st gold single, setting a record for the most gold records earned by any act in R.I.A.A. history to that date
1966 - The Knack records the titles "I'm Aware", "No Show Today", and "Merry-Go-Round" in Los Angeles, California.
50 Years Ago Today In 1968 - The Beatles' Apple Records single "Hey Jude", distributed by Capitol Records in the United States, is #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart
1969 - Before it's release, Capitol Records sends out new artwork to manufactures for the back cover of The Beatles' album "Abbey Road" which adds the song "Her Majesty" after "The End" in the track listing after many covers had been printed (and used) without listing the song. Both versions are shipped, with the revised version being rarer.
1971 - Helen Reddy records the title "I Think It's Going To Rain Today" in Los Angles, California. Capitol Records will issue the title on Reddy's album "No Sad Song" (Capitol ST-857).
45 Years Ago Today In 1973 - Capitol Records releases Tennessee Ernie Ford's album "Ernie Ford Sings About Jesus" (Capitol Capitol ST-11232).
45 Years Ago Today In 1973 - Vocalist Al Martino, with unlisted musicans using arrangements by Ernie Freeman, records the titles "Mary Go Lightly" and "She" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both titles together as a single (Capitol 3763), "Mary Go Lightly" also as a single (Capitol 3771) with "Daddy Let's Play" (recorded September 5, 1973) on the flipside, as a single (Capitol 3987) with "To The Door Of The Sun (Alle Porte Del Sole)" (recorded on October 22, 1974), and on Martino's album "To The Door Of The Sun" (ST-11366) and will issue "She" also as a single (Capitol 3910) but released it as by Pat La Rocca with La Rocca's title "Then Came You" on the flipside.
1976 - The Pousette-Dart Band records the titles "May You Dance" and "Listen To The Spirit" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both titles on the band's album "Amnesia" (Capitol SW-11608).
1977 - Tavares (lineup unlisted) record the title "Timber" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the title as a single (Capitol 4583) with "Feel So Good" (recorded September 29, 1977) on the flipside and on the group's album "Future Sound" (SW-11719).
1982 - During two sessions held this day in Los Angeles, California, T-Connection (lineup unlisted) record the titles "I've Got News For You" at the first session and "Tonight's The Night" at the second session. Capitol Records will issue "I've Got News For You" as a single (Capitol 5230) with "Love Odyssey (Love Shines Forever)" (recorded September 30, 1982) on the flipside, "Tonight's The Night" as a single (Capitol 5205) with "Superstar" (recorded September 27, 1982) on the flipside, and both titles on the group's album "The Game Of Life" (ST-12264).
1990 - Capitol Records releases Megadeth's album "Rust In Peace"
1991 - Liberty/SBK Records, a division of Capitol Records, releases Billy Dean's album "Billy Dean". It will go on to be certified Gold by the R.I.A.A. and have 2 singles that peaked at #4 on the U.S. Country charts in 1991, "You Don't Count the Cost" and "Only the Wind", and two that charted in 1992,  "Billy the Kid" which peaked also at #4, and "If There Hadn't Been You" which peaked at #3.
1991 - Capitol Records releases Barbara Mandrell's last studio album for the label "Key's In The Mailbox".
1991 - Theodor Seuss Geisel (aka Dr. Seuss), cartoonist and writer, whose children's stories "Gerald McBoing Boing" and "Gossamer Wump" were released as double-sided singles with original artwork paper sleeves by Capitol Records, dies at age 87 in La Jolla, California following several years of illness
20 Years Ago Today In 1998 - Capitol Records releases Less Than Jake's album "Hello Rockview"
15 Years Ago Today In 2002 - Tuckertime Records releases Tanya Tucker's album "Tanya" with distribution by Capitol Records Nashville
2002 - Capitol Records releases the compilation album "Judy Garland: The Capitol Years 1955-1965" on CD
2002 - Capitol Records Nashville releases John Berry's compilation album "Certified Hits"
15 Years Ago Today In 2003 - Matthew Jay, Capitol Records artist, dies at age 24 after falling seven stories from his apartment in Nottingham, England
2007 - Rob Sweitzer and Mark Padgett of the Capitol Records group Mae quit the band. They would return in 2010 and resumed playing with the band on June 19, 2010, when Mae played a show in Singapore.

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1915 - Mary Jane Gumm (aka Janie, aka Susie or Suzy), a member of the singing group The Gumm Sisters, sister of future Capitol Records artist Judy Garland and aunt to future Capitol Records artist Liza Minnelli, is born. If anyone knows where (possibly Grand Rapids, Minnesota), please leave a comment.
1942 - Gerry Marsden, the lead singer with the Parlophone Records group Gerry and The Pacemakers (the second group managed by The Beatles' manager Brian Epstein), is born in (Toxteth) Liverpool, England. Parlophone is distributed by Capitol Music Group's parent company EMI Music Group in the United Kingdom.
1955 - Fats Domino's Imperial Records single "Ain't That A Shame" is #1 on Billboard's Best Selling Singles chart
1955 - "The Ford Star Jubilee" 90-minute variety show premieres on CBS-TV with Judy Garland, on her first television special, re-creating much of her popular stage show. Two days later, on September 26, 1955, Capitol Records releases Garland's album "Miss Show Business" which contains studio versions of many of the songs she performed on the special.
1962 - Vocalist Dodo Greene, with Ike Quebec and Eddie Chamblee on tenor saxophone, Edwin Swanston on organ, Grant Green on guitar, Wendell Marshall on bass, Jual Curtis on drums, and Dionne Warwick and an unlisted player on tambourines, records the titles "You Don't Know Me", "Nothing Like True Love", "Jazz In My Soul", "Not One Tear", "I Hear", and "Time After Time" in recording engineer Rudy Van Gelder's studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey. Blue Note Records will issue "You Don't Know Me", "Not One Tear", "I Hear" and "Time After Time" as part of its Connoisseur Series on the CD "Dodo Greene - My Hour Of Need" (8-52442-2) and rejected "Nothing Like True Love" and "Jazz In My Soul".
55 Years Ago Today In 1963 - The Jazz Crusaders (Wayne Henderson on trombone, Wilton Felder on tenor saxophone, Joe Sample on piano, Bobby Haynes on bass, and Stix Hooper on drums) record the tracks "On Broadway Pacific", "Free Sample", "Sassy", "You Are Sometimes Only Rain", and "Moon River" for their Pacific Jazz album "Heat Wave" at the Pacific Jazz Studios in Los Angeles, California with producer and recording engineer Richard Bock on to four track masters. Pacific Jazz's library is currently owned by Capitol Records and re-issued by Blue Note Records.
1964 - "The Munsters" premieres on CBS-TV. Tower Records (a subsidiary of Capitol Records) group The Standells will make a guest appearance on an episode performing two songs.
1977 - "The Love Boat" premieres on ABC-TV starring Gavin MacLeod, stepfather of Capitol Records' one-time VP of Creative Services Tommy Steele. Not knowing this the first time it happened while I was working freelance in-house at Capitol, I was wondering why Captain Stubing was sitting on the couch in Tommy's office.
1987 - Pianist Michel Petrucciani, with Gary Peacock on bass and Roy Haynes on drums, records the titles "She Did It Again", "One For Us" with the addition of John Abercrombie on guitar, "One For Us", "Sahara", "13th", and "Mr. K.J." at Clinton Studios in New York City, New York. Blue Note Records will issue all the titles on Peturcciani's album "Michel Plays Petrucciani" (B1-48679).
30 Years Ago Today In 1988 - Bobby McFerrin's EMI Manhattan single "Don't Worry Be Happy", the first a cappella record to top Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart, is still #1