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