JANUARY 4, 2020

HAPPY BIRTHDAYS!
1896 - Everett Dirksen, U.S. Senator (Republican, from Illinois), Grammy winner for Best Documentary Recording, and Capitol Records artist (1966-1968), is born Everett McKinley Dirksen in Pekin, Tazewell County, Illinois
1934 - Bobby Jones, bass player for the Capitol Records group Gene Vincent and The Blue Caps, is born in Greenville, South Carolina.
1966 - Deana Carter, singer, songwriter, guitarist, and Capitol Records Nashville artist (1996-2002), is born Deana Kay Carter in Nashville, Tennessee

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
75 Years Ago Today In 1945 - Johnny Mercer, The Pied Pipers with June Hutton and Paul Weston and His Orchestra's Capitol Records single (180) "Ac-cent-tchu-ate The Positive" (recorded October 4, 1944), with "There's A Fellow Waiting in P'Keepsie" on the flipside, enters Billboard's Pop singles chart where it will stay for 13 weeks and eventually peak at #2
70 Years Ago Today In 1950 - Nellie Lutcher (on piano and vocals, with Stanley Morgan on guitar, Benny Booker on bass, Lee Young [as "Earl Hyde"] on drums) records the tracks "That's A Plenty", "Baby What's Your Alibi?", and "I'll Never Get Tired" at Radio Recorders' studios in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue the first and last track together as a single (Capitol 878) and the second track on the CD "The Best Of Nellie Lutcher" (8-35039-2).
70 Years Ago Today In 1950 - At a split session held this day in Los Angeles, California first Gordon MacRae (on vocals) and The Starlighters (vocalists Vince Degen, Tony Paris, Pauline Byrns, Jerry Duane, and Howard Hudson), with Paul Weston and His Orchestra (lineup unlisted) record the tracks "Half A Heart Is All You Left Me" and "Poison Ivy" and then The Starlighters record the tracks "Rag Mop" and "It's Not Bad". Capitol Records will issue MacRae's track together as a single (Capitol 842) and The Starlighters' tracks together as a single (Capitol 844).
70 Years Ago Today In 1950 - Clark Dennis records five unlisted tracks for The Capitol Records Transcription Service in Los Angeles, California. If anyone knows what was recorded at the session, please leave a comment.
1951 - At a split session held this day in Los Angeles, California first Gordon MacRae (on vocals) and The Ewing Sisters (vocalists Jeanne Ewing and Jolaine Ewing), with Frank DeVol and His Orchestra (vocalists Jeanne Ewing and Jolaine Ewing) record the tracks "Love Means Love" and "Wait For Me" and then The Ewing Sisters, with Frank DeVol and His Orchestra (lineup still unlisted) record the tracks "You've Been So Good To Me, Daddy" and the (as of 2005) unissued track "My Baby Just Cares For Me". Capitol Records will issue MacRae's tracks together as a single (Capitol 1374) and "You've Been So Good To Me, Daddy" as a single (Capitol 1421) with "Fiddle Faddle" on the flipside.
1951 - The Roger Wagner Chorale (with Wagner conducting unlisted singers) records Palestrina's "Missa Papae Marcelli (Pope Marcelus Maso): Credo, Part 1", "Missa Papae Marcelli (Pope Marcelus Maso): Credo, Part 2", "Missa Papae Marcelli (Pope Marcelus Maso): Gloria, Part 1", "Missa Papae Marcelli (Pope Marcelus Maso): Gloria, Part 2", "Missa Papae Marcelli (Pope Marcelus Maso): Agnus Dei, Part 1", and "Missa Papae Marcelli (Pope Marcelus Maso): Agnus Dei, Part 2" at Capitol Records' Melrose Avenue studios in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on the chorale's album "PALESTRINA - Missa Papae Marcelli" (P-8126).
1952 - The Four Knights (vocalists Gene Alford, Oscar Broadway, Clarence Dixon, and John Wallace), with an orchestra of unlisted musicians, record an unissued take of the track "Easy Street" and the tracks "Walkin' In The Sunshine", "Lies", and "The Doll With The Sawdust Heart" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the second track as a single (Capitol 1971) with "There Are Two Sides To Ev'ry Heartache" on the flip side, the third track as a single (Capitol 2234) with "One Way Kisses" on the flip side, and the last track as a single (Capitol 1998) with "The More I Go Out With Someone Else" on the flip side.
1955 - The Hutton Sisters (Betty and Marion Hutton) finish recording the tracks "Ko Ko Mo (I Love You So)" and "Heart Throb" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both tracks together as a single (Capitol 3031).
1955 - The Rangers Quartet (vocalists Vernon Hyles, Arnold Hyles, Jean Moss, and Glenn Sessions) records the tracks "The Carpenter's Son", "Heavenly Cannonball", "Gloryland Boogie", and "Sing, Brother, Sing" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the first two tracks together as a single (Capitol 3035) and the last two tracks together as a single (Capitol 3142).
1956 - Dean Martin's Capitol Records single "Memories Are Made Of This", with "Change Of Heart" on the flipside, is #1 on The Billboard magazine's "Best Sellers In Stores", "Most Played By Jockeys", and "The Top 100" charts and #2 on the magazine's "Most Played In Juke Boxes" chart.
1956 - During two sessions held this day at Capitol Records' Melrose Avenue studios in Hollywood, California Hank Thompson (on vocals and guitar) and His Brazos Valley Boys (Dubert Ray Dobson on trumpet; Keith Coleman, Amos Lee Hedrick, Julian Franklin "Curly" Lewis, and Robert "Bob" White on fiddle; Donald Charles McDaniel on piano; Merle Travis on guitar; Billy Briggs Stewart on bass; and Paul McGhee on drums at the first session and without Dobson on trumpet at the second session), record the tracks "It Makes No Difference Now", "Anybody's Girl", "Taking My Chances", "I'm Not Mad, Just Hurt", and "The Blackboard Of My Heart" at the first session between 9:00 AM and 12:00 PM and "Across The Alley From The Alamo", "Weeping Willow", and "Prosperity Special" at the second session between 3:00 PM and 6:00 PM. Capitol Records will issue "It Makes No Difference Now" and "Taking My Chances" together as a single (Capitol 3536), "Anybody's Girl" as a single (Capitol F4182) with "Total Strangers" on the flipside, "I'm Not Mad, Just Hurt" and "The Blackboard Of My Heart" together as a single (Capitol 3347), "Across The Alley From The Alamo" and "Prosperity Special" on the group's EP "Hank" (EAP 3-826), and "Weeping Willow" as a single (Capitol 3440) with "You Can Give Me Back My Heart" on the flipside as by Hank Thompson with Merle Travis.
1956 - Nat "King" Cole (on vocals), with Nelson Riddle conducting his own arrangements to the orchestra (Paul Tanner on trombone; Juan Tizol on valve trombone; George Roberts on bass trombone; Sinclair Lott and Dick Perissi on French horn; Emmett Callen, Vic Garber, and Justin Gordon on saxophones; Bill Miller on piano; Herman "Tiny" Mitchell on guitar; Joe Comfort on bass; Lee Young on drums; Bernie Mattinson on percussion; and on strings: Victor Bay, Alex Beller, Walt Edelstein, Dave Frisina, Ben Gill, George Kast, Paul Nero, and Erno Neufeld on violin; Stanley Harris, Michel Perriere, and Milt Thomas on viola; Cy Bernard, Armand Kaproff, and Eleanor Slatkin on cello; and Kathryn Julye on harp), records the tracks "Night Lights", "The Shadows" (with an male chorus of unlisted singers), "To The Ends Of The Earth" (with an male chorus of unlisted singers and featuring Juan Tizol on trombone), "I Promise You" (with an male chorus of unlisted singers and featuring Juan Tizol on trombone), "The Way I Love You", and "Never Let Me Go (From The Film 'Scarlet Hour')" at Capitol Records' Melrose Avenue studios in Hollywood, California between 1:30 PM and 6:00 PM. Capitol Records will issue the first and third tracks together as a single (Capitol 3551), the second and fourth tracks together as a promotional single (Capitol Promo 4304), the fifth track as a promotional singe (Capitol Promo 4303) with "Sweet William" on the flipside, and the last track as a single (Capitol 3390) with "Too Young To Go Steady" on the flipside.
1956 - Ray Anthony (on trumpet) and His Orchestra (Johnny Best, Frank Beach, Ray Triscari, and Bob Fowler also on trumpet; Dick Nash, Hoyt Bohannon, and Murray McEachern on trombone; Abe Most and Wilbur Schwartz on clarinet and alto saxophone; Georgie Auld and Charles Butler on tenor saxophone; Leo Anthony on baritone saxophone; Geoff Clarkson on piano; Al Hendrickson on guitar and vocals; Don Simpson on bass: and Larry Bunker on drums) record the tracks "Madeira" (arranged by Don Simpson), "Show Me The Way To Go Home" (arranged by Don Simpson with The Anthony Choir [lineup unlisted] on vocals), "Song Of The Volga Boatmen" (arranged by Billy May), and "Little Brown Jug" (arranged by Don Simpson) in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Maderia" and "Show Me The Way To Go Home" together as a single (Capitol F3335) and "Song Of The Volga Boatmen" and "Little Brown Jug" together on Anthony's album "I Remember Glenn Miller" (T 476).
1956 - The Jodimars (Joey D'Ambrosia on tenor saxophone, Bob Simpson on piano, Charles Hess on guitar, Marshall Lytle on bass and vocals, Jim Buffington on drums, and Dick Richards on vocals) record the track "Boom, Boom, My Bayou Baby" and "So Lonely" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue "Boom, Boom, My Bayou Baby" as a single (Capitol F3360) with "Dancin' The Bop" on the flipside. Rockstar Records will issue "So Lonely" on the Jodimars' CD compilation "Let's All Rock Together" (RSRCD 007) in the UK in 1994.
1957 - Capitol Records registers the masters it purchased on December 20, 1956 for Don Robertson (on piano, with unlisted musicians)'s titles "Rock Away" and "Fantasy" and will issue both tracks together as a single (Capitol F3625).
1958 - Glen Gray and The Casa Loma Orchestra (lineup unlisted) records the tracks "Gary, Indiana", "It's You", and "Marian The Librarian" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on the compilation album "Dance To 'The Music Man'" (T 9666).
1958 - Conductor Freddy Martin and His Orchestra (lineup unlisted) and The Martin Men (unlisted vocalists) record the titles "Goodnight My Someone", "Wells Fargo Wagon", and "Will I Ever Tell You" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on the compilation album "Dance To 'The Music Man'" (T 9666).
1958 - The Immaculate Trio (lineup unlisted) records Schubert's "Trio N° 2 In E Flat Major, Opus 100, 1st movement" at The Capitol Tower Studios in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue the track on the trio's album "Trio N° 2 In E Flat Major, Opus 100" (P-8442).
1959 - During two sessions held this day in Los Angeles, California Tommy Sands (on vocals), with The Raiders (Scotty Turner on lead guitar; Eddie Edwards on rhythm guitar; Leon Bagwell on bass; and Hal Blaine on drums), records the track "One Day Later" and the (as of 2005) unissued tracks "Perfect Love" and "Listen Closely" at the first session and no details are listed for the second session. Bear Family Records will issue "One Day Later" on the Sands' CD "The Worryin' Kind" (BCD 15643) in Germany.
60 Years Ago Today In 1960 - During two sessions held this day in Los Angeles, California Dinah Shore (on vocals), with The Red Norvo Quintet (Dick Cathcart, Shorty Sherock, and Mannie Klein on trumpet; Jerry Dodgion on flute and alto saxophone; Red Norvo on vibraphone; Bill Miller on piano and celeste; Jimmy Wyble on guitar; John Mosher on bass; and John Markham on drums), records the tracks "Lover Come Back To Me" and "Lucky In Love" at the first session and the tracks "It's All Right With Me", "Who?" and the rejected take of "Prelude To A Kiss" at the second session. Capitol Records will issue the rest of the tracks on Shore's album "Dinah Sings Some Blues With Red Norvo" (T 1354).
60 Years Ago Today In 1960 - Paul Weston and His Orchestra (with Weston conducting his own arrangements to: Don Fagerquist on trumpet; Justin Gordon and Babe Russin on tenor saxophone; Paul Smith on piano and [listed as possibly] George Van Eps on guitar; Joe Comfort on bass; Nick Fatool on drums and with unlisted strings musicians and male chorus singers) record the tracks "I Love You", "Blue Moon", "Dream" and "I'll See You In My Dreams" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on Weston's album "The Sweet And The Swingin'" (T 1361).
60 Years Ago Today In 1960 - Capitol Records releases Kenny Hopkins and His Orchestra's album "Ridin' The Rails" (T 1302).
60 Years Ago Today In 1960 - Jack Scott (on vocals), with The Chantones () record vocal overdubs on instrumental tracks recorded in December 1959 for the tracks "Your Cheatin' Heart" and "I Could Never Be Ashamed Of You" at Bell Sound Studio B in New York City, New York for Capitol Records. Bear Family Records will issue both tracks in Scott's 5 CD box set "Classic Scott" (BCD 15534).
1961 - Alicia Adams (on vocals) records overdubs on to the master of her track "Love Bandit" that Capitol Records purchased and overdubs for the (as of 2005) unissued track "One Of Three" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the final version of "Love Bandit" as a single (Capitol 4545) with "Oom-Dooby-Doom" (recorded December 27, 1960) on the flipside.
1961 - The Jonah Jones Quartet (Jonah Jones on trumpet; Teddy Brannon on piano; John Brown on bass; and George Foster on drums) record the tracks "Together Wherever We Go", "Put On A Happy Face", and an (as of 2005) unissued take of the track "The Sound Of Music" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue the first two titles on Jones' album "Broadway Swings Again" (T 1641).
1961 - Guy Lombardo and His Orchestra (with Lombardo conducting unlisted musicians) record the track "Tin Roof Blues", "76 Trombones", "Coquette", and "Basin Street Blues" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on Lombardo's album "Guy Lombardo's Royal Canadians Go Dixie" (T 1648).
1961 - Darren McCall (on vocals, with Marvin H. Hughes on piano; Walter "Hank" "Sugarfoot" Garland on guitar; unlisted rhythm guitar and bass players; Murrey M. "Buddy" Harman Jr. on drums and The Anita Kerr Singers [lineup unlisted] on vocal chorus) records the tracks "My Kind Of Lovin'", "My Girl", and "Beyond Imagination" at Bradley Film and Recording Studio in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue the first and third tracks together as a single (Capitol 4543). Bear Family Records will issue all the tracks in McCalls's 5 CD box set "The Real McCall" (BCD 15846).
1962 - The Black Sisters (aka vocalists Jeanne and Janie Black), with unlisted musicians, record the titles "Five Minutes On The Hour" and "A Long, Long Weekend", the (as of 2005) unissued titles "How Many Teardrops In A Heartache", and the titles "Crying Away My Time" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the first and last tracks together as a single (Capitol 4713) and the second track as a single (Capitol 4795) with "My Baby's Gone" on the flipside.
1962 - Faron Young (on vocals, with Marvin Hughes on organ; Thomas "Grady" Martin and Harold Ray Bradley on electric guitar; Ray Edenton on guitar; Floyd "Lightnin'" Chance or Bob L. Moore on bass; Murrey M. "Buddy" Harman Jr. on drums; and The Jordanaires [Hoyt H. Hawkins, Hugh Jarrett, Neal Matthews Jr., and Hugh Gordon Stoker] on vocal chorus) records the tracks "I Let It Slip Away" and "Three Days" at Bradley Film and Recording Studio in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue both tracks together as a single (Capitol F4696).
1963 - Vocalist Jo Stafford, with Paul Weston conducting an orchestra of unlisted musicians, records the titles "The Trolley Song", "Georgia On My Mind", "Come Rain Or Come Shine", and "The Gentleman Is a Dope" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Stafford's album "The Hits Of Jo Stafford" (T 1921).
1963 - Vocalist Peggy Lee, with Dick Hazard conducting the orchestra (Manny Klein on trumpet and listed as probably Justin Gordon on flute, Mike Melvoin on piano, John Pisano or Al Hendrickson on guitar, Max Bennett on bass, Stan Levey on drums & other unlisted musicians), records the titles "The Alley Cat Song", "There Ain't No Sweet Man That's Worth The Salt Of My Tears", and "I Left My Heart In San Francisco" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California between 3:30 PM and 6:30 PM. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Lee's album "I'm A Woman" (T 1857).
1963 - Vocalist Bobby Darin, with Jimmie Haskell conducting his own arrangements to the orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the titles "My Melancholy Baby", "I Cried For You", and "You're Nobody Till Somebody Loves You" in Los Angeles, California. Collectors' Choice Music will issue  "My Melancholy Baby" and "You're Nobody Till Somebody Loves You" on Darin's CD "The Unreleased Capitol Sides" (CCM 079-2). "I Cried For You" has yet to be issued.
1964 - George Shearing (on piano), with Milton Raskin conducting the orchestra (lineup unlisted but includes woodwinds and strings musicians) using arrangements by Shearing, records the track "None But The Lonely Heart", the (as of 2005) unissued track "Country Gardens", and "Chopin Prelude N° 20" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the first and last tracks on Shearing's album "Old Gold And Ivory" (T 2048).
1964 - The Super Stocks (lineup unlisted) record the tracks "'T' Roadster", "Trophy Run", and "Wheel Stands" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on the group's album "Thunder Road" (T 2060).
55 Years Ago Today In 1965 - The Daisies (lineup unlisted) record the track "Put Your Arms Around Me, Honey" in (listed as possibly) Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the track as a single (Capitol 5667) with "Cold Wave" on the flipside.
1967 - The Beatles record the track "Penny Lane"
1967 - Buck Owens (on vocals) and His Buckaroos (with Don Rich on fiddle and other unlisted musicians) record the tracks "You'll Never Miss The Water (Till The Well Runs Dry)" (vocals by Don Rich and Wayne Wilson), "Something To Remember You By" (vocals by Wayne Wilson), "The Happy-Go-Lucky Guitar" and "Turnwater Breakdown" at Buck Owens Studios in Bakersfield, California. Capitol Records will purchase the masters and issue all the titles on the group's "America's Most Wanted Band" (T 2722).
1968 - Vocalist and guitarist Wynn Stewart and The Tourists (Robert Jim Pierce on piano; Tommy Collins and Clarence White on guitar; Ralph Eugene Mooney on steel guitar; Bob Morris on bass; and Helen "Peaches" Price-Johnson on drums) record the titles "One More Memory", "My Own Little World", "Built-In Love", "This Cold War", and "It's Too Much Like Lonesome" in Los Angeles, California between 6:00 PM and 9:00 PM. Capitol Records will issue all the titles except "My Own Little World" on Stewart's album "Something Pretty" (ST 2921) and will issue "My Own Little World" on the group's album "In Love" (ST-113).
1968 - Six Penny Opera (lineup unlisted but may include Chuck McCabe on guitar) records the titles "Love Is On The Way" and "Show Somebody The Way" in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records which has yet to issue either title.
1968 - The Stone Poneys (Kenny Edwards and Bob Kimmel on guitar and Linda Ronstadt on vocals) record the title "Carnival Bear" in Los Angeles, California. After overdubs are recorded on January 15, 1968, Capitol Records will issue the title as a single (Capitol 2110) with "Up To My Neck In High Muddy Water" on the flipside as by Linda Ronstadt and The Stone Poneys.
1968 - The Buckaroos (lineup unlisted), with Doyle Holly (on vocals), record the titles "You Bring Out The Best In Me" (vocals by Don Rich), "I'm Coming Back Home To Stay" (vocals by Don Rich), "The Waltz Of The Roses" (with Tom Brumley on steel guitar), and "Pedal Patter" (with Tom Brumley on steel guitar) in Bakersfield, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on the album "A Night On The Town" (ST 2902) as by Buck Owens and The Buckaroos.
1969 - Sounds Of Our Time (lineup unlisted) record the tracks "Cast Your Fat To the Wind", "Somewhere, My Love (Lara's Theme From 'Doctor Zhivago')", "Scarborough Fair", "If You Go Away", and "Wichita Lineman" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on the group's album "Galveston" (ST-182).
1969 - The Beach Boys (lineup unlisted) record the track "San Miguel" in Los Angeles, California. After additional overdubs are recorded on January 13, 22, 24 and 27, 1969, February 5, 1969, and July 9, 1969 Capitol Records will issue the track on the group's 5 CD set "Good Vibrations - 30 Years Of The Beach Boys" (7-81294-2)
50 Years Ago Today In 1970 - The Beatles start recording the track "Let It Be" in London, England.
1971 - Capitol Records registers the masters it purchased from Double L Productions for The Sunshine Express (lineup unlisted)' tracks "Oh How Happy", "Woman With A Smile", and "Nobody But You" but (as of 2005) has yet to issue any of the tracks.
1971 - Happy and Artie Traum (Artie Traum on guitar, banjo and vocals and Happy Traum on guitar and banjo) record the title "Trails Of Jonathan" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue the title on the duo's self titled album "Happy And Artie Traum" (ST-586).
1971 - Capitol Records registers the masters for John Lennon and Plastic Ono Band's title "Mother" and Yoko Ono and Plastic Ono Band's title "Why". Apple Records will issue both titles together as a single (Apple 1827) which Capitol Records will distribute in The United States Of America.
1972 - During two sessions held this day in Los Angeles The Steve Miller Band (lineup unlisted) record the tracks "Nothing Lasts", "The Sun Is Going Down", "High On You Mama", "Welcome" and "Enter Maurice" at the first session and "(Dance A Light) Fandango" at the second session. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on the band's album "Recall The Beginning...A Journey From Eden" (SMAS-11022).
1973 - Vocalist Tennessee Ernie Ford, with an orchestra of unlisted musicians using arrangements by Larry Muhoberac, records the titles "Good Old Time Religion Thing", "I'd Like To Be" (with duet vocals by Andra Willis), and "You've Still Got Love All Over You" in Los Angeles, California. After overdubs are recorded on January 15, 1973, Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Ford's album "Country Morning" (ST-11205).
1973 - Capitol Records registers the masters it purchased from Buck Owens Productions for David Frizzell's tracks "Get Out Of Town Before Sundown" and "Last Night Was The First Night" which were recorded in Bakersfield, California and will issue both tracks together as a single (Capitol 3537).
1977 - Sun (lineup unlisted) records the tracks "Light Me Up", "Boogie Bopper", "We're So Hot", "Conscience", "Time Is Passing", "Just A Minute Of Your Time", "Organ Grinder", and "She Lives Alone" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on the group's album "Sun-Power" (ST-11609).
1977 - Tavares (lineup unlisted) records the tracks "The Going Ups And The Coming Downs" and "Goodnight My Love" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both tracks on the group's album "Love Storm" (STAO-11628).
1978 - Mink DeVille (guitarist and vocalist Willie DeVille and other unlisted musicians) records the title "Steady Drivin' Man" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the title on the band's album "Return To Magenta" (SW-11780).
1989 - Capitol Records releases Buck Owens' single "A-11" with "Sweethearts In Heaven" on the flipside
1991 - Capitol Records artist Merle Haggard wins the American Music Awards' "Award of Merit"
2001 - Les Brown, bandleader and Capitol Records artist, dies at age 88 in Pacific Palisades, California and is later interred in the Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery in Los Angeles, California.

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1918 - Norman "Buddy" Baker, composer, musical director (for over 200 Walt Disney TV shows and movies), trombone and euphonium player, and arranger (Capitol Records artist Stan Kenton and His Orchestra's "And Her Tears Flowed Like Wine" as well as for the Eddie Cantor, Bob Hope and Jack Benny radio shows) is born in Springfield, Missouri.
85 Years Ago Today In 1935 - Future Capitol Records artist Bob Hope is heard for the first time on national radio as part of "The Intimate Review", sponsored by Bromo Seltzer, which also features future Capitol Records artist Jane Froman as well as James Melton and The Al Goodman Orchestra. The show will last for 14 weeks.
1955 - Capitol Records artist Tennessee Ernie Ford's first daytime TV variety show airs
1957 - Fats Dominio records "I'm Walkin'" for Imperial Records in New Orleans. Imperial's catalog is currently owned by Capitol Records' parent company, Universal Music Group.
1976 - Mal Evans, longtime roadie and bodyguard for the Parlophone, Apple and Capitol Records group The Beatles, is shot and killed by police in Los Angeles, who apparently mistake his air gun for a real gun
1979 - The Star Club in Hamburg, Germany, reopens to the public due to renewed interest in The Beatles. Working at the club had been an important part of the band's early history, but none of the band's former members attend the reopening.
1980 - Kwick (lineup unlisted) records the track "Serious Business" at an unlisted studio. EMI America will issue the track as a single (EMI America 8048) with "Can't Help Myself" on the flip side. EMI America's catalog is currently owned by Capitol Music's parent company, Universal Music Group.
1984 - EMI America registers the masters it purchased for Jason & The Scorchers (lineup unlisted)' tracks "Absolutely Sweet Marie", "Help, There's A Fire", "I Can't Help Myself", "Hot Nights In Georgia", "Pray For Me Mama (I'm A Gypsy Now)", "Harvest Moon" and "Both Sides Of The Line" and will issue all the tracks on the group's mini-album "Fervor" (SQ-19008). EMI America's catalog is currently owned by Capitol Music's parent company, Universal Music Group.
1984 - Talk Talk (lineup unlisted) records the tracks "Dum Dum Girl", "Such A Shame", "Renee", "Tomorrow Started", "The Last Time", "Call In The Night Boys", "Does Caroline Know", and "It's You" in England for EMI Records. EMI America will issue all the tracks on the group's album "It's My Life" (ST-17113) in the United States. EMI America's catalog is currently owned by Capitol Music's parent company, Universal Music Group.
1993 - Capitol Records releases Tisha Campbell's album "Tisha".
1997 - Pianist Jacky Terrasson and vocalist Cassandra Wilson, with Lonnie Plaxico on bass, record the titles "Come Rain Or Come Shine", "Little Boy Lost", "My Ship", and "It Might As Well Be Spring" at Clinton Studios in New York City, New York with producer Bob Belden. Blue Note Records will issue "Come Rain Or Come Shine" in Australia on the compilation CD "Funk + Latin + Jazz = Blue Note" (4-98320-2, "Little Boy Lost" and "My Ship" on Terrasson and Wilson's CD album "Rendezvous" (8-55484-2), and rejected the take "It Might As Well Be Spring" which will be re-recorded on January 5, 1992.
1998 - The Ron Carter Trio (Ron Carter on bass, Kenny Barron on piano, and Lewis Nash on drums) records the titles "So What", "You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To", "It's About Time", "My Foolish Heart", "Hi-Fly", "3 More Days", "Eddie's Theme", and "The Third Plane" at the Avatar Studios in New York City, New York for the Japanese label Somethin' Else Records. Blue Note Records will issue all the titles in the United States on the CD "So What" (4-94976-2).
2011 - Gerry Rafferty, singer, songwriter and member of the recording groups The Humblebums and Stealers Wheel and a solo artist on United Artists and Liberty Records, died today at his home in England at age 63. United Artists and Liberty Records' catalogs are currently owned by Capitol Records parent company Universal Music Group.

ON THIS DAY NOT IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
115 Years Ago Today In 1905 - Sterling Holloway, Broadway musical singer and performer (The 1925 "Garrick Gaieties" where he introduced Rodgers and Hart's "I'll Take Manhattan" and the 1926 "Garrick Gaieties" were he introduced their "Mountain Greenery"), motion picture actor (Thunder and Lightning, Super Seal, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, A Walk in the Sun, Death Valley, Twilight on the Rio Grande, The Merry Widow, International House, Willy, The Life of Riley, The Baileys of Balboa, and more); character voice actor for Walt Disney (Winnie the Pooh in the "Winnie The Pooh" shorts, The Cheshire Cat in "Alice In Wonderland", The Stork in "Dumbo", Kaa in "The Jungle Book", and more) is born in Cedartown, Georgia
1936 - The Billboard magazine publishes its first pop music chart based on national sales. At #1 is big band violinist Joe Venuti and His Orchestra (with vocal refrains by Ruth Lee)'s Columbia single (3104D) "Stop Look And Listen" with "Yankee Doodle Never Went To Town" on the flipside, both of which were recorded October 28, 1935.