SEPTEMBER 1, 2018

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
1900 - Don Wilson, a radio and television announcer, a radio, Broadway, motion picture, and television actor, and a narrator of many of Capitol Records' children's albums between 1947 and 1954, is born in Lincoln, Nebraska.
1999 - Jadagrace, singer, dancer, actress, granddaughter of Motown founder Barry Gordy, and a Capitol Records artist, is born Jadagrace Michiko Gordy-Nash in Beverly Hills, California.

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1942 - Tenor vocalist Giuseppe Nessi, baritone vocalists Mariano Stabile and Afro Poli, and bass vocalist Luciano Donaggio, with Alberto Erede conducting the La Scala Orchestra (lineup unlisted), record Verdi's "Prima Di Tutto (From 'Falstaff' - Act 2, Scene 1) in two parts in Milan, Italy for Telefunken Records. Capitol Records will license Telefunken's catalog for release in the United States and issue both parts on the album "VERDI - Falstaff (Excerpts)" (ECL-8073).
1949 - Capitol Records artist Dean Martin marries his second wife, Jeanne Biegger, a former Orange Bowl Queen
1949 - Sally Martin (on vocals, with Julia Mae Smith on trumpet, Hilton "Nappy" Lamare on guitar, Leonard Bibb on bass, and Zutty Singleton on drums) records the tracks "In My Heart", "The Little Wooden Church (On The Hill), "Jesus Is The Only One" and "He's All I Need" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will later release the first and last tracks together as a single (Capitol 848) and the second and third tracks together as a single (Capitol 57-70048).
1952 - Robert Sands, Gordon MacRae, Lucille Norman, and Thurl Ravenscroft (on vocals), with an orchestra conducted by George Greeley, record the tracks "Act I - Prologue" (vocals by Robert Sands and an unlisted male chorus), "Why Did We Marry Soldiers?" (vocals by an unlisted girl chorus), "Romance" (vocals by Lucille Norman), Then You'll Know (vocals by Gordon MacRae and Lucille Norman), "Chiding Bit, Part 1" (vocals by Gordon MacRae and Lucille Norman), "Act 2 - Let Love Come" (vocals by Thurl Ravenscroft), "One Flower" (vocals by Robert Sands), "Interlude/One Alone (vocals by Gordon MacRae), and "Sabre Bright (Sabre Song)" (vocals by Lucille Norman) between 7:00 PM and 11:00 PM in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on "Selections from The Desert Song" (Capitol FBF-351).
65 Years Ago Today In 1953 - Mel Blanc records the vocal tracks for the titles "Happy Hippety Hopper" (Parts 1 and 2), "Pied Piper Pussy Cat" (Parts 1 and 2), and "Yes Das Ist Ein Christmas Tree" using a script written by Ted Pierce and Warren Foster in Los Angeles, California over band tracks recorded by Van Alexander conducting his own arrangements to an orchestra that were recorded on August 31, 1953. After additional band tracks are recorded by Van Alexander conducting his own arrangements to the orchestra for "Happy Hippety Hopper" and "Pied Piper Pussy Cat" on September 10, 1953, Capitol Records will issue the final mixes of "Happy Hippety Hopper" eight years later in the compilation album "Bugs Bunny And His Friends" (Capitol J-3257), "Pied Piper Pussy Cat" as a children's single album (Capitol CAS-3188), and "Yes Das Ist Ein Christmas Tree" as a children's record single with "I Tant Wait Till Quithmuth (Day)" (recorded October 9, 1951) on the flipside (CAS-3191).
65 Years Ago Today In 1953 - Soprano vocalist Dorothy Warenskjold, with George Greeley conducting the orchestra (lineup unlisted) records Dvorak's "Gypsy Songs, Opus 55: N° 1", "Gypsy Songs, Opus 55: N° 2", "Gypsy Songs, Opus 55: N° 3: Silent The Woods", "Gypsy Songs, Opus 55: N° 4: Songs My Mother Taught Me", and "Gypsy Songs, Opus 55: N° 7" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Warenskjold's album "GRIEG/DVORAK Songs" (P-8247) and "Gypsy Songs, Opus 55: N° 3: Silent The Woods" and "Gypsy Songs, Opus 55: N° 4: Songs My Mother Taught Me" on the album "DVORAK/GRIEG Songs" (FAP-8250).
1954 - During two sessions held this day at Capitol Records' studios at 5515 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood, California with producer Dave Dexter, Jr., Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra (Cat Anderson, Willie Cook, Ray Nance, Clark Terry, and Gerald Wilson on trumpet; Quentin Jackson and Britt Woodman on trombone; John Sanders on valve trombone; Russell Procope on alto saxophone and clarinet; Rick Henderson on alto saxophone; Paul Gonsalves on tenor saxophone; Jimmy Hamilton on clarinet and tenor saxophone; Harry Carney on baritone saxophone and baritone clarinet; Duke Ellington  on piano; Wendell Marshall on bass; Dave Black on drums; and Ralph Collier on conga) record the titles "Smile" and "Echo Tango" at the first session and "If I Give My Heart To You", "Chile Bowl", and "Bakiff" at the second session.
1955 - Judy Garland records the tracks "Happiness Is a Thing Called Joe" and "While We're Young" (with choral introduction of "This Is The Time Of The Evening" by Roger Edens and Leonard Gershe), with an orchestra conducted by Jack Cathcart, at Capitol Records' studios at 5515 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood, California.
60 Years Ago Today In 1958 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Come Closer To Me (Acercate Mas)" is #33 on WMGM's Top 40 Survey in New York City, New York.
1959 - Frank Sinatra, Maurice Chevalier and chorus record the track "Montmart" with arranger and conductor Nelson Riddle in Studio A in The Capitol Tower Studios
1960 - Frank Sinatra records the tracks "Sentimental Baby", "Ol' MacDonald Had A Farm", and "Blue Moon" in Studio A at The Capitol Tower Studios in Hollywood, California with arranger Nelson Riddle conducting the orchestra (Buddy Collette, Chuck Gentry, William Green, Plas Johnson, and Willie Schwartz on reeds; Carroll Lewis, Vito “Mickey” Mangano, George Seaberg, and Clarence “Shorty” Sherock on trumpet; George Arus, Gil Martin, Tommy Pederson, and Thomas Shepard on trombone; Victor Bay, Alex Beller, Kurt Dieterle, Jacques Gasselin, Louis Kaufman, Murray Kellner, Joseph Livoti, Mischa Russell, Gerald Vinci, and William Weiss on violin; Alvin Dinkin and Stanley Harris on viola; Ossip Giskin, Armand Kaproff, and Eleanor Slatkin on cello; Bill Miller on piano; Joe Comfort on bass; Irv Cottler on drums; Al Viola on guitar; Emil Richards on percussion; and Kathryn Julye on harp) and producer Dave Cavanaugh.
55 Years Ago Today In 1963 - Vocalist Matt Monro, with Johnnie Spence conducting the orchestra (lineup unlisted but includes 4 tubas and possibly piano, guitar, bass, drums, percussion, strings, harp and a Russian string instrument players) records the title "From Russia With Love" in EMI's studios on Abbey Road in London, England. Capitol Records will issue the title as part of its "Gentlemen Of Song" series on the CD "Volume 18 Spotlight On...Matt Monro" (7-80181-2).
1967 - The Lettermen (vocalists Jim Pike, Tony Butala, and Bob Engemann), with unlisted others, record the titles "Windy", "Medley: Goin' Out Of My Head/Can't Take My Eyes Off Of Her", "James Bond Bit", and "I Believe/The Lettermen Bows" in Los Angeles, California. After overdubs for all the titles are recorded on September 13, 1967, Capitol Records will issue "Windy", "Medley: Goin' Out Of My Head/Can't Take My Eyes Off Of Her", and "I Believe/The Lettermen Bows" on the group's album "The Lettermen!! And "Live"!" (T/ST 2758), "Medley: Goin' Out Of My Head/Can't Take My Eyes Off Of Her" and "I Believe/The Lettermen Bows" together as a single (Capitol 2054), and have yet to issue "James Bond Bit".
1967 - This Side Up (lineup unlisted) records the titles "Book A Trip" and "In" in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue both titles together as a single (Capitol 2129).
1982 - Pages (lineup unlisted) records the title "Stop Action" in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records which has yet to issue the title.
1982 - Vocalist and guitarist Bob Seger and The Silver Bullet Band (lineup unlisted) record the title "Love's The Last To Know" in (listed as possibly) Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records. No issuing information is listed.
1984 - Tina Turner's Capitol Records single “What’s Love Got To Do With It?", with "Rock 'N' Roll Widow" on the flipside, hits #1 on Billboard magazine's Hot 100 Singles chart
1986 - Capitol Records releases The Beach Boys' single "California Dreamin'" with "Lady Liberty" on the flipside
1990 - Poison's Enigma Records single distributed by Capitol Records single "Unskinny Bop", with "Swamp Juice" on the flipside, peaks at #3 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart

ON THIS DAY NOT IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1887 - Emile Berliner files a patent for the lateral-cut, flat disc gramophone