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