SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

HAPPY LABOR DAY!

HAPPY BIRTHDAYS!
100 Years Ago Today In 1918 - Gerald Wilson, a trumpet player, bandleader, arranger, and a Black and White Records, Capitol Records and Pacific Jazz artist, is born Gerald Stanley Wilson in Shelby, Mississippi.

1946 - Greg Elmore, the drummer with the band The Brogues and Capitol Records band Quicksilver Messenger Service,, is born at the Coronado Naval Air Station, near San Diego, California

1946 - Gary Duncan, a guitarist and vocalist with the band The Brogues and Capitol Records band Quicksilver Messenger Service, is born Gary Grubb in San Diego, California

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1942 - Mezzo-soprano vocalist Vittoria Palombini, tenor vocalist Giuseppe Nessi, baritone vocalist Mariano Stabile, and bass vocalist Luciano Donaggio, with Alberto Erede conducting the La Scala Orchestra (lineup unlisted), record Verdi's "Quand 'Ero Paggio (from 'Falstaff' - Act 2, Scene 2)" in two parts in Milan, Italy for Telefunken Records. Capitol Records will license Telefunken's catalog for distribution in the United States and will issue both parts on the album "VERDI - Falstaff (Excerpts)" (ECL-8073).
1951 - Nat "King" Cole (on vocals), with Billy May conducting his own arrangements to the orchestra (Mannie Klein, Conrad Gozzo, Ray Linn, and John Best on trumpet, Ed Kusby, Tommy Pederson, Murray McEachern, and James Priddy on trombone, Skeets Herfurt and Wilbur Schwartz on alto saxophone, Ted Nash and Fred Falensby on tenor saxophone, Chuck Gentry on baritone saxophone, Jimmy Rowles on piano, Barney Kessel on guitar, Phil Stephens on bass, Alvin Stoller on drums, and Jack Costanzo on percussion), records the titles "Walkin' My Baby Back Home", "What Does It Take", "Walkin'", and "I'm Hurtin'" at Capitol Records' studios at 5515 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood, California between 5:30 PM and 9:00 PM. Capitol Records will release "Walkin' My Baby Back Home" as a single (Capitol 2130) with "Funny! (Not Much)" (recorded January 11, 1952) on the flipside, "What Does It Take To Make You Laugh?" as a single (Capitol 2069) with "Somewhere Along The Way" (recorded January 19, 1952) on the flipside, and "Walkin'" and "I'm Hurtin'" together as a single (Capitol 1863).
1952 - Vocalist Bob Eberly, with Harold Mooney and His Orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the titles "Forget Me Not", "Rosie", "Everything I Have Is Yours", and "Don't Believe A Word They Say" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Forget Me Not" and "Everything I Have Is Yours" together as a single (Capitol 2273) and "Rosie" and "Don't Believe A Word They Say" together as a single (Capitol 2333).
60 Years Ago Today In 1957 - During two sessions held this day in Los Angeles, California, pianist Leonard Pennario, with Erich Leinsdorf conducting The Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra (lineup unlisted), records Tchaikovsky's "Piano Concerto N° 1 In B Flat Minor, Opus 23" at the first session and Grieg's "Piano Concerto In A Minor, Opus 16, 1st Movement (Allegro Molto Moderato)" at the second session. Capitol Records will issue "Piano Concerto N° 1 In B Flat Minor, Opus 23" on the album "TCHAIKOVSKY - Piano Concerto N° 1 In B Flat Minor, Opus 23" (PAO/SPAO-8417) and "Piano Concerto N° 1 In B Flat Minor, Opus 23" on the album "GRIEG - Piano Concerto In A Minor/RACHMANINOFF - Rhapsody On A Theme Of Paganini" (P/SP-8441).

1957 - During two sessions held this day in New York City, New York, Guy Lombardo conducts His Royal Canadians (lineup unlisted) as the record the title "Medley #1, Part 3: I Surrender Dear/Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea/Does Your Heart Beat For Me?/Moonglow/All My Love" at the first session and the title "Medley #1, Part 4: Girl Of My Dreams/Blue Tango/I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me/It Must Be True/Auld Lang Syne" at the second session. Capitol Records will issue both titles on the band's album "The Sweetest Medleys This Side Of Heaven" (T/DT 1947).

1962 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Ramblin' Rose" is #2 on WABC's Silver Dollar Sound Survey in New York City.

1962 - Vocalist Bobby Darin, with Billy May conducting his own arrangements to the orchestra (Conrad Gozzo, Uan Rasey, Clarence "Shorty" Sherock, and Mannie Klein on trumpets, Ed Kusby, Murray McEachern, Lew McCreary, and Bob Knight on trombones, Skeets Herfurt, Ted Nash, Plas Johnson, Jules Jacob, and Chuck Gentry on saxophones, Ray Sherman on piano, Al Hendrickson on guitar, Joe Comfort on bass, Irving Cottler on drums, Emil Richards on percussion, and a string section with Harry Bluestone, Jacques Gasselin, Ben Gill, Murray Kellner, Carl LaMagna, Emanuel Moss, Mischa Russell, Paul Shure, Felix Slatkin, Marshall Sosson, Gerald Vinci, and William Weiss on violins), records the titles "I'm Beginning To See The Light", "A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square", "Alabamy Bound", and "I'm Sitting On Top Of The World" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California between 4:00 PM and 7:30 PM. Capitol Records will issue "I'm Beginning To See The Light" and "A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square" on Darin's album "Oh! Look At Me Now" (T/ST 1791) and all the titles as part of its Great Gentlemen Of Song series on the CD "Spotlight On..., Volume 5 - Bobby Darin" (8-28512-2).
1965 - The Beatles' Capitol Records single "Help!", with "I Should Have Known Better" on the flipside, hits #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart and will stay for three weeks

1966 - Mrs. Elva Miller records the titles "Somewhere My Love (Lara's theme from "Doctor Zhivago"), "Second Hand Rose", "The Girl From Ipanema" and the yet to be issued take of the title "Till There Was You" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records would release the first three titles on Mrs. Miller's album "Will Success Spoil Mrs. Miller?" (Capitol T/ST 2579).
1966 - Maria Cole records "The Music That Makes Me Dance", "He Touched Me", "Violets For Your Furs", and "I Think I Fell In Love Today" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol will issue all the tracks on Cole's album "Love Is A Special Feeling" (Capitol T/ST 2612).
1976 - Al Martino records the titles "There's Nothing Greater Than Our Love", "Dream Of Me", and "If There's No Such Thing As A Miracle" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will release all the titles on Martino's album "Sing My Love Songs" (Capitol ST-11572).
1982 - Vocalist Rick Nelson, with unlisted others, records the title "Gone" in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records which has yet to issue the title.
1992 - Carl Butler, a singer, guitarist, member of the duo Carl and Pearl with his wife Pearl Dee Butler, and Capitol solo artist (1951-1953), dies of a massive heart attack in Franklin, Tennessee at age 68

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1905 - Meade Lux Lewis, a pianist, composer, and one of Blue Note Records' first recorded artists, is born in Chicago, Illinois.
70 Years Ago Today In 1948 - The titles "Move", "Why Do I Love You?", and "Godchild" are broadcast live with Miles Davis on trumpet, Kenny Hagood on vocals, Lee Konitz on alto saxophone, Gerry Mulligan on baritone saxophone, Mike Zwerin on trombone, Junior Collins on French horn, Bill Barber on tuba, John Lewis on piano, Al McKibbon on bass, and Max Roach on drums at the Royal Roost in New York City as part of the Symphony Sid radio program. Transcribed recordings of the tracks will be included on the 1998 Blue Notes Records CD release "The Complete Birth Of The Cool"
1962 - The Beatles, with Ringo Starr on drums, record the tracks "Love Me Do", "P.S. I Love You", "One After 909", and ""How Do You Do It", at their first recording session for Parlophone Records with producer George Martin
1964 - Tenor saxophonist Stanley Turrentine, with Lee Morgan on trumpet, McCoy Tyner on piano, Bob Cranshaw on bass, Elvin Jones on drums and Ray Barretto on congas, records the tracks "Shirley", "Wahoo" (aka "Stanley's Blues"), "Tacos", "Can By Me Love" (without Barretto on congas), and "My Girl Is Just Enough Woman For Me" (without Morgan on trumpet and Barretto on congas) with producer Alfred Lion and recording engineer Rudy Van Gelder at The Van Gelder Studio in Englewood, New Jersey. The tracks would be released by Blue Note in 1980 on the album "Mr. Natural". Universal Music Group currently owns the Blue Note Records catalog.
1990 - EMI Records America releases Queensrÿche's album "Empire". The album will peak at #3 in the United States and be certified triple Platinum by the R.I.A.A. Universal Music Group currently owns the EMI America catalog.