JANUARY 30, 2022

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

1934 - Tammy Grimes, Broadway, motion picture, television, and radio actress, singer, and Capitol Records artist (1960 - Original Cast Album for "The Unsinkable Molly Brown"), is born in Lynn, Massachusetts. If anyone knows her middle name, please leave a comment.

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

75 Years Ago Today In 1947 - Vocalist Cliffie Stone, with Frank De Vol and His Orchestra (lineup unlisted), record the titles "Tiger Rag", "My Pretty Girl", and "Pretty Baby" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Tiger Rag" and "My Pretty Baby" together as a single (Capitol 378) and "Pretty Baby" as a single (Capitol 15316) with "After You've Gone" (recorded November 26, 1946) on the flipside. Unfortunately, none of the titles are currently available on YouTube.

75 Years Ago Today In 1947 - Clarinetist Benny Goodman and His Orchestra (Nate Kazebier, George Wendt, Rubin "Zeke" Zarchy, and Joe Triscari on trumpet, Red Ballard, Lou McGarity, and Bill Schaefer on trombone, Skeets Herfurt and Heinie Beau on alto saxophone, Babe Russin and Jack Chaney on tenor saxophone, Chuck Gentry on baritone saxophone, Jess Stacy on piano, Allan Reuss on guitar, Larry Breen on bass, and Sammy Weiss on drums), with vocalist Johnny Mercer, record the title "Moon Faced, Starry Eyed" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the title as a single (Capitol 376), with "It Takes Time" (recorded January 28, 1947) on the flipside.

1951 - During two sessions held today, probably in "The Chateau" studio on De Longpre Avenue between Vine Street and Ivar Avenue in Hollywood, California, for The Capitol Records Transcription Service, The Mellowmen Quartet record six unlisted titles at the first session and Hal Derwin records five unlisted titles. There is no record if The Capitol Records Transcription Service issued any of the titles but it did register master #s. If anyone knows what was recorded that day, please leave a comment.

70 Years Ago Today In 1952 - Vocalist Jeanne Gayle, with Buddy Baker conducting the orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the titles "I Almost Lost My Mind", "All Night Long", "A Bundle Of Southern Sunshine", and "Rhumba Boogie" at Capitol Records' studios at 5515 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue "All Night Long" and "A Bundle Of Southern Sunshine" together as a single (Capitol 1985) and have yet to issue either "I Almost Lost My Mind" or "Rhumba Boogie".

70 Years Ago Today In 1952 - Vocalist and guitarist Gene O'Quin, with Harold Glenn Hensley on fiddle, Billy Liebert on piano, Jimmy Bryant and Billy Strange on guitar, Wesley "Speedy" West on steel guitar, Cliffie Stone on bass, and Roy Harte on drums, records the titles "Come Around To Me", "I'll Never Be The Same", "You're Gonna Be Sorry", and "Mobilin' Baby Of Mine" in Capitol Records' studios at 5515 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood, California between 2:30 PM and 5:30 PM. Capitol Records will issue "Come Around To Me" as a single (Capitol 2050) with "You Better Change Your Ways" (recorded June 11, 1951) on the flipside, "I'll Never Be The Same" and "Mobilin' Baby Of Mine" together as a single (Capitol 2075), and "You're Gonna Be Sorry" as a single (Capitol 2210) with "My Tennessee Talkin' Doll" (recorded July 21, 1952) on the flipside. Unfortunately, "You're Gonna Be Sorry" is not currently available on YouTube.

70 Years Ago Today In 1952 - Trumpeter and bandleader Clyde McCoy and His Orchestra (Mannie Klein, Clayton Cash, and Uan Rasey also on trumpet, Si Zentner, Tommy Pederson, and Ed Kusby on trombone, Wilbur Schwartz on clarinet and alto saxophone, Ted Romersa on alto saxophone, Skeets Herfurt and Ted Nash on tenor saxophone, Chuck Gentry on baritone saxophone, Edwin "Buddy" Cole on piano, Vincent Terri on guitar, Phil Stephens on bass, Alvin Stoller on drums, and an unlisted tubular bells player) record the titles "Hell's Bells", "Always Late (With Your Kisses)", "Freight Train Boogie", and "Doll Dance" at Capitol Records' studios at 5515 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue "Hell's Bells" and "Always Late (With Your Kisses)" together as a single (Capitol 1986) and have yet to issue either "Freight Train Boogie" or "Doll Dance".

70 Years Ago Today In 1952 - Vocalist and guitarist Wesley Tuttle, with Harold Glenn Hensley on fiddle, Paul Sells on organ, Eddie Kirk, Jimmy Wakely, and Don Weston on guitar, Wesley "Speedy" West on steel guitar, and Cliffie Stone on bass, using arrangements by Paul Sells, records the titles "Call Of The Mountains", "They Locked God Outside The Iron Curtain", and "Gathering Home" in Capitol Records' studios at 5515 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood, California between 8:00 PM and 11:00 PM. Capitol Records will issue "Call Of The Mountains" and "They Locked God Outside The Iron Gate" together as a single (Capitol 1992) and "Gathering Home" as a single (Capitol 2271) with "Known Only To Him" (recorded September 12, 1952) on the flipside.

70 Years Ago Today In 1952 - The Hollywood String Quartet (with leader Felix Slatkin and Paul Shure on violins, Paul Robyn on viola, and Eleanor Aller on cello), record Brahms' "Quartet N° 2 In A Minor, Op. 51, N° 2: 3rd Movement, Part  2", "Quartet N° 2 In A Minor, Op. 51, N° 2: 4th Movement, Part 1", and "Quartet N° 2 In A Minor, Op. 51, N° 2: 4th Movement, Part 2" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the parts on the quartet's album "BRAHMS - Quartet N° 2 In A Minor, Op. 51, N° 2" (P-8163). Unfortunately, none of the titles are currently available on YouTube.

1953 - Trombonist and bandleader Pee Wee Hunt and His Orchestra (five unlisted musicians), records the titles "Mama's Gone, Goodbye", "Oh!", "San", and "Red Hot Mama" in Kansas City, Kansas. Capitol Records will issue "Mama's Gone, Goodbye" as a single (Capitol 2647), "Oh!" and "San" together as a single (Capitol 2442) which will go on to sell over a million copies and peak at #3 on The Billboard magazine's Best Selling Singles and Most Played In Juke Boxes charts for the week ending September 12, 1953, #4 on the magazines Most Played By Jockeys for the week ending September 5, 1953, and rank in 1953 on the magazine's year-end Top Popular Records chart as #11 according to retail sales and jukebox plays and #13 according to disc jockey plays, "Red Hot Mama" on Hunt's album "Dixieland Detour" (EAP-3-312 on 7" EP and T 312 on 12" LP), and "Mama's Gone, Goodbye" and "Oh!" on Hunt's album "Swingin' Around" (T 492).

1953 - During two sessions held this day at Capitol Records' studios at 5515 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood, California, pianist and bandleader Stan Kenton and His Orchestra (Buddy Childers, Maynard Ferguson, Conte Candoli, Don Dennis, and Ruben McFall on trumpets, Bob Burgess, Frank Rosolino, Bill Russo, and Keith Moon on trombones, George Roberts on bass trombones, Lee Konitz and Vinnie Dean on alto saxophones, Bill Holman and Richie Kamuca on tenor saxophones, Bob Gioga on baritone saxophone, Sal Salvador on guitar, Don Bagley on bass, and Stan Levey on drums) record the title "Shadow Waltz" and practices the title "Baa-Too-Kee" at the first session between 12:00 PM and 3:00 PM and the titles "Baa-Too-Kee" and "Begin The Beguine" with the addition of Laurindo Almeida, Nestor Amaral, Raphael Lemos, and Aluiso Ferreira on Latin American percussion, and "Fascinating Rhythm" at the second session between 3:30 PM and 6:30 PM. Capitol Records will issue "Shadow Waltz" as a single (Capitol 2447), "Baa-Too-Kee" as a single (Capitol 3345), "Begin The Beguine" as a single (Capitol 2446), "Fascinating Rhythm" as a single (Capitol 2449), "Shadow Waltz", "Begine The Beguine", and "Fascinating Rhythm" on Kenton's album "Sketches On Standards" (EBF-426 on 7" EP, H-426 on 10" LP, and T 426 on 12" LP), and "Baa-Too-Kee" in the box set "The Kenton Era" (EOX-569 on fifteen 7" discs and WDX-569 on four 12" discs).

1953 - Vocalist and guitarist Merle Travis, with unlisted others, records the titles "Saturday Night Shuffle" and "The Waltz You Saved For Me" in Capitol Records' studios at 5515 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, California. Travis will record new takes of both titles on December 28, 1954, which Capitol Records will issue instead of the takes recorded on this date. Bear Family Records will issue the takes of both titles recorded at this session in Germany in the five-CD box set "Merle Travis - Guitar Rags And A Too Far Past" (BCD 15637).

1956 - It's a busy day at Capitol Records' studios at 5515 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood, California. Between 10:30 AM and 1:30 PM Wynn Stewart (on vocals and guitar), with J.R. "Jelly" Sanders on fiddle, Lewis Talley on guitar, Ralph Eugene Mooney on steel guitar, Enos "Skeets" McDonald on bass, and Marion "Pee Wee" Adams on drums, records the titles "It's Not The Moon That Makes The Difference", "You Took Her Off My Hands", "Why Do I Love You So?", and "That Just Kills Me". Capitol Records will issue "You Took Her Off My Hands" and "That Just Kills Me" together as a single (Capitol F33596), and "Why Do I Love You So?" as a single (Capitol F3408) with "The Waltz Of The Angels" (recorded on February 8, 1956) on the flipside. Bear Family Records will issue all the titles in Germany in the ten CD box set "Wynn Stewart - Wishful Thinking" (BCD 15886). Between 8:00 PM and 11:30 PM, vocalist June Christy, with Pete Rugolo conducting his own arrangements to the orchestra (Milt Bernhart and Frank Rosolino on trombone, George Roberts on bass trombone, John Graas on French horn, Bud Shank on flute and alto saxophone, Bob Cooper on tenor saxophone and oboe, Bernie Mattinson on vibraphone, percussion and bells, Corky Hale on harp, Claude Williamson on piano, Howard Roberts on guitar, Joe Mondragon on bass, Shelly Manne on drums, and a string section with Dan Lube, Erno Neufeld, and Nick Pisani on violin, David Sterkin on viola, and Edgar Lustgarten on cello), records the titles "For All We Know", "There's No You", "Maybe You'll Be There" and "This Year's Kisses". Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Christy's album "The Misty Miss Christy" (T 725). Between 8:30 PM and 12:00 AM, Billy May directs his own arrangements to his orchestra (John Best, Conrad Gozzo, Mannie Klein, and Uan Rasey on trumpet, Lloyd Ulyate, Ed Kusby, Murray McEachern, and Francis Howard on trombone, Skeets Herfurt and Wilbur Schwartz on alto saxophone, Ted Nash and Fred Falensby on tenor saxophone, Chuck Gentry on baritone saxophone, Paul Smith on piano, Al Hendrickson on guitar, Phil Stephens on bass, Alvin Stoller on drums) and Jud Conlon's Rhythmaires (vocalists Jud Conlon, Loulie Jean Norman, Gloria Wood, Charles Parlato, Mack McLean, and Robert Wacker) as they record the titles "Main Title From 'The Man With The Golden Arm'", "Nightmare Theme", and "Our Melody (The Phonograph Song)". Capitol Records will issue "Main Title From 'The Man With The Golden Arm'" and "Our Melody (The Phonograph Song)" together as a single (Capitol 3372) and "Nightmare Theme" as a single (Capitol 3486) with "The Beat" (recorded June 7, 1956) on the flipside.

65 Years Ago Today In 1957 - Vocalist Dean Martin, with Gus Levene conducting his own arrangments to the orchestra (Dick Cathcart on trumpet, Elmer "Moe" Schneider on trombone, Julian "Matty" Matlock on clarinet, Eddie Miller on tenor saxophone, Chuck Gentry on baritone saxophone, Edwin "Buddy" Cole on piano, Alvino Rey and Vincent Terri on guitar, Joe Comfort on bass, and Nick Fatool on drums) and a mixed vocal chorus (lineup unlisted), records the titles "Maybe", "Once In A While", "I Don't Know Why (I Just Do)", "The Object Of My Affection", "Only Forever", and "You've Got Me Crying Again" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California between 2:15 PM and 6:45 PM. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Martin's album "Pretty Baby" (T 849).

65 Years Ago Today In 1957 - Conductor Billy May and His Orchestra (John Best and Mannie Klein on trumpet, Si Zentner on trombone, Vincent De Rosa and Arthur Frantz on French horn, Clarence Karella on tuba, Skeets Herfurt, Harry Klee, Jules Jacob, Fred Falensby, and Lloyd Hildebrand on saxophones, Edwin "Buddy" Cole on piano, Meyer Rubin on bass, Lou Singer on drums, and a string section with Harry Bluestone, Felix Slatkin, Paul Shure, and Marshall Sosson on violin, and Alvin Dinkin and Paul Robyn on viola) record the titles "Tubby The Tuba, Part 1" and "Tubby The Tuba, Part 2" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California between 7:00 PM and 10:00 PM. These were recorded as background tracks for an unreleased new version of the children's record.

65 Years Ago Today In 1957 - During two sessions held this day in New York City, New York, conductor Fred Waring, and The Pennsylvanians (lineup unlisted), record the titles "Beyond The Blue Horizon" using an arrangement by Roy Ringwald and Ray Harrington with vocals by Gordon Goodman, "The Unconstant Lover" using an arrangement by Livingston Gearhart with vocals again by Gordon Goodman, "Hit The Road To Dreamland" using an arrangement by Harry Simeone, and "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes" using an arrangement by Roy Ringwald at the first session and "Hora Staccato" using an arrangement by Harry Simeone and Eric Siday with vocals by Patti Beems, "In The Still Of The Night" using an arrangement by Roy Ringwald and vocals again by Patti Beems, and "You'll Never Walk Alone", also arranged by Roy Ringwald at the second session. Capitol Records will issue "The Unconstant Lover", "Hit The Road To Dreamland", "Hora Staccato", "In the Still Of The Night", and "You'll Never Walk Alone" on the group's album "All Through The Night" (T 936) and have yet to issue either "Beyond The Blue Horizon" or the take of "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes" recorded at the first session.

1958 - Vocalist Nat "King" Cole, with Nelson Riddle conducting his own arrangements to the orchestra (featuring Harry Edison on trumpet with the rest of the lineup unlisted but includes brass, reeds, strings, and rhythm instruments players), records the titles "Morning Star", "Overture (Introducing 'Love Theme' And 'Hesitating Blues')", "Stay", and "St. Louis Blues" in Capitol Records' studios in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on the album "Nat 'King' Cole Sings Songs From 'St. Louis Blues'" (EAP-1/2-993 on 7" EP and W/SW 993 on 12" LP).

1961 - The Four Freshmen (vocalists Bob Flanigan, Bill Comstock, Ross Barbour, and Ken Albers), with Dick Reynolds conducting the orchestra (lineup unlisted), record the titles "Imagination", "(I'll Be With You) In Apple Blossom Time", "Love Is A Many-Splendored Thing", and "Green Fields" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on ghe group's album "Stars In Your Eyes" (T 1682).

1961 - Capitol Records releases The Kingston Trio's album "Make Way"

60 Years Ago Today In 1962 - The Catch Club (vocalists Doug Reznick, Ted Rusoff, and Larry Pack) records the titles "Amo Amas", "Sir Walter", "A Street Intrigue", "Strange News", "'Tis Amaryllis Walkin'", "Young Collin", "Hodge Told Sue", "Jack, Thou 'Rt A Toper", "When Celia Was Learning", "I'll Tell Mother", "Jerusalem", "Tom The Tailor", "Fairy Queen Opera", and "The Knight Of Malta" live in The Ash Grove (now the Improv) at 8162 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles, except "Young Collin", "When Celia Was Learning", and "Tom The Tailor (which have yet to be released) on the group's album "I'll Tell My Mother" (T 1726). Unfortunately, only "Sir Walter Scott", "Hodge Told Sue", "I'll Tell My Mother" and "The Fairy Queen Opera" are currently separately available on YouTube but the entire album is available in two parts.

60 Years Ago Today In 1962 - Newark, New Jersey's WNJR radio disc jockey George Hudson and His Orchestra (King Curtis on tenor saxophone and unlisted trumpet, baritone saxophone, organ, piano, guitar, electric bass, drum players, male vocalists, and female background vocalists) conducted by Teacho Wiltshire, record the titles "Gonna Twist Along Without You Now", "Shimmy Shimmy Walk" with the addition of an unlisted harmonica player, "Bronx Stomp" with the addition of an unlisted Tympani player, and "Do The Limbo" without the baritone saxophone, organ, and drum players and with the addition of conga and bongo drum players in New York City, New York with producers Manny Kellem and Andy Wiswell. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Hudson's album "George Hudson Presents Dance Time" (T/ST 1697) and "Bronx Stomp" as a single (Capitol 4717) with "I'm Popeye The Sailor Man" (recorded January 29, 1962) on the flipside.

1963 - Nat "King" Cole signs his last contract with Capitol Records.

1963 - Vocalist Jody Miller, with unlisted others, records the titles "Last Night A Little Girl Grew Up", "The Garden Of My Heart", "Railroad Boy", "Butterfly", "Lonely Am I", "On The Other Side Of The Mountain", and "Wednesday's Child" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Miller's album "Wednesday's Child Is Full Of Woe" (T/ST 1913).

1963 - Vocalist Ferlin Husky, with unlisted others, records the titles "The Face Of A Clown", "Love Looks Good On You", and "Who's Next" in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Husky's album "By Request" (T/ST 2101).

1963 - During two sessions held this day in (listed as possibly) Nashville, Tennessee, Earl Taylor, with unlisted others, records the titles "Uncle Pen", "Cabin Home On The Hill", "Little Maggie", "I've Lived A Lot In My Time", "We Live In Two Different Worlds", and "Jesse James" at the first session and the titles "Sweetheart You Done Me Wrong", "Earl's Breakdown", "Foggy Mountain Chimes", "Bury Me Beneath The Willow", "Pan Handle Country", and "Shuckin' The Corn" at the second session. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Taylor's album "Blue Grass Taylor-Made" (T/ST 2090).

1964 - Capitol Records releases The Beatles' single "Please Please Me" with "From Me To You" on the flipside.

55 Years Ago Today In 1967 - The Beatles begin two straight days of shooting for a promo film for their Parlophone single "Strawberry Fields Forever" in Sevenoaks, Kent, England. The single will be released in the United States by Capitol Records and the footage would appear in "The Beatles Anthology" distributed by Capitol Video in 1995 that also includes home movies from the set of the shoot.

1968 - Sidewalk Skipper Band (Brian Ballestrieri on Hammond organ, Joe Ballestrieri on bass, Dave McDowell on guitar and vocals, Rick Novac on 12-string guitar, and Tom Jukem on drums) records the titles "It's Been So Long" and "Cynthia In The Garden" in Los Angeles, California. No issuing information is listed for "It's Been So Long". Capitol Records will issue "Cynthia In The Garden" as a single (Capitol 2127) with "Strawberry Tuesday" (recorded February 1, 1968) on the flipside.

1968 - Vocalist and guitarist Merle Haggard and The Strangers (George French, Jr. on piano, Glen Campbell on guitar, Billy Mize also on guitar and harmony vocals, Roy Nichols on electric guitar, Lewis Talley also on guitar, Norman D. Hamlett on steel guitar, Jerry Ward aka Howard Lowe on bass, and Roy "Eddie" Burris on drums), with Bonnie Owens also on harmony vocals, record the titles "The Train Never Stops", "I Started Loving You Again", and "You've Still Got A Place In My Heart" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California between 1:00 PM and 4:00 PM. Capitol Records will issue "The Train Never Stops" and "You've Still Got A Place In My Heart" on Haggard and The Strangers' album "The Legend Of Bonnie And Clyde" (ST 2912), and rejected the take of "I Started Loving You Again" recorded at this session which has since been lost. A new take of the title will be recorded at a later session.

1968 - Wynn Stewart records vocal and guitar overdubs for his title "All Of A Sudden" which was recorded on December 12, 1968. Capitol Records will issue the final mix of the title on Wynn Stewart and The Tourists' album "Let The Whole World Sing It With Me" (ST-214).

1969 - The Beatles, with Billy Preston on keyboards, give their last public performance, an impromptu concert on the roof of Apple Records' offices at 3 Savile Row, London, England, after the roof was shored up to hold the weight. The performance was filmed until it was stopped after 42 minutes by the police. The footage will later appear in the documentary "Let It Be" and recordings of the songs performed, "Get Back" (three takes), "Don't Let Me Down" (two takes), "I've Got A Feeling" (two takes), "One After 909", and "I Dig A Pony", would later appear on the "Let It Be" Apple Records soundtrack, released by Capitol Records in the United States. The band also performed a version of "God Save The Queen" that was not recorded.

1973 - Overdubs are recorded for The Lettermen's titles "Something To Believe In", "Summer Song", "Eastward", and "Easy Evil" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records has yet to issue the final mix of "Something To Believe In" and will issue all the final mix of "Eastward" as a single (Capitol 4005) and with "Easy Evil" on the group's album "Now And Forever" (SW-11319).

1978 - Mink DeVille (lineup unlisted) records the titles "Guardian Angel", "Desperate Days", and "Easy Slider" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on the group's album "Return To Magenta" (STW-11780) and "Easy Slider" and an edited version of "Guardian Angel" together as a single (Capitol 4607).

1981 - The Tubes record the titles "A Matter Of Pride" and "Attack Of The 50 Foot Woman" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both titles on the band's album "The Completion Backward Principle" (SOO-12151).

25 Years Ago Today In 1997 - Tower Mastering duplicates a very limited quantity of a 3-song cassette sampler of alternate takes of Paul McCartney's songs "The World Tonight", "Young Boy", and "Somedays" to promote his Capitol Records album "Flaming Pie".

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1958 - Future Capitol Records artist Merle Haggard was found guilty on a burglary charge in California

1981 - Vocalist Kim Carnes, with unlisted other vocalists and musicians, records the title "Break The Rules Tonight (Out Of School)". EMI America will release the title as a single (EMI America 8087) with "Draw Of The Cards" on the flipside and on Carnes' album "Mistaken Identity" (SO-17052).

ON THIS DAY NOT IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1933 - The first of 2,956 radio episodes of "The Lone Ranger" airs on WXYZ in Detroit, Michigan. The show's writer, Fran Striker (who also created The Green Hornet and Sgt. Preston of the Yukon) was born in Buffalo, New York. My dad loved this show as a kid. He even saved his Lone Ranger badge. When nostalgia for Old Time Radio was really at a peak in the early '70s, many programs were released on LP which he collected and played for me and my siblings and we just loved them. It really started my love for the great shows from the golden age of radio.