MARCH 23, 2022

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

1951 - Patrice Holloway, a singer, Capitol Records and Motown Records solo artist, backing session singer, member of the Capitol Records group Josie And The Pussycats (and provided the singing voice of the character Valarie for the first season of the cartoon show), and younger sister of Motown Records artist Brenda Holloway, is born Patrice Yvonne Holloway in Los Angeles, California.

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1944 - Stan Kenton and His Orchestra's Capitol Records single "Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me", with "Harlem Folk Dance" on the flipside, enters the top 40 of the U.S. Pop singles charts.

1946 - Johnny Mercer's Capitol Records single "Personality", with "If I Knew Then" on the flipside, is #2 on the U.S. Pop singles chart.

1948 - Capitol Records artists Stan Kenton and His Orchestra and The King Cole Trio start a week-long stay at Radio City Theater in Minneapolis, Minnesota, working a 50-50 split from the first dollar.

1950 - Billy May and His Orchestra, with May conducting his own arrangements to Uan Rasey, Rubin "Zeke" Zarchy, Irv Shulkin, and William Guy on trumpet, Ed Kusby, James Priddy, Si Zentner, and James Skiles on trombone, Arthur "Skeets" Herfurt, Jules Kinsler, Donald Lazenby, Fred Falensby, and Arthur Fleming on saxophones, Edwin "Buddy" Cole on piano, J.H. Washburne on bass, and John Cyr on drums,  record the titles "Minor March (Bottom Of The Cage)", "Circus Waltz" (with the scripts for both written by Alan Livingston), and the instrumental tracks for "Francis (The Talking Mule)" and "A Mule Is A Fool" at Capitol Records' studios at 5515 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood, California on March 23, 1950 between 9:00 PM and 12:00 AM on March 24, 1950. The vocals for the last two titles will be overdubbed by Chill Wills and The Starlighters on March 27, 1950. Capitol Records will issue the first two songs together on the children's album "Bozo's Circus Band" (DC-253) and the last two songs together on this children's album (CAS-3071).

1951 - Les Paul and Mary Ford's Capitol Records single "How High The Moon", with "The Walkin' and Whistlin' Blues" on the flipside, enters the top 40 of the U.S. Pop singles charts.

1953 - Vocalist Ella Mae Morse, with Nelson Riddle conducting his own arrangements to His Orchestra (Conrad Gozzo on trumpet, Murray McEachern on trombone, Harry Klee on alto saxophone and flute, Ted Nashon tenor saxophone, Joe Koch on baritone saxophone, Joe Rushton on bass saxophone, Jimmy Rowles on piano, Bob Bain on guitar, Morty Corb on bass, Frankie Carlson on drums, Lou Singer on xylophone, and a string section with Victor Bay, Mischa Russell, Felix Slatkin, and Marshall Sosson on violins, Stanley Harris and Paul Robyn on violas, and Eleanor Slatkin on cello), records the titles "Big Mamou", "T'aint What You Do (It's The Way That Cha Do It)", "Carioca", and "Is It Any Wonder" at Capitol Records' studios at 5515 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood, California between 3:00 PM and 6:00 PM. Capitol Records will issue "Big Mamou" and "Is It Any Wonder" together as a single (Capitol 2441), "Big Mamou" on the multi-artist compilation album "Today's Top Hits, Volume 9" (EBF-9114 on two-disc 7" EP and H-9114 on 10" LP), "T'aint What You Do (It's The Way That Cha Do It)" as a single (Capitol 2658) with "It Ain't Necessarily So" (recorded June 19, 1953) on the flipside. Bear Family Records will issue all the titles on Morse's five-CD compilation set "Barrelhouse, Boogie And The Blues" (BCD 16117).

1953 - Van Alexander conducts his own arrangements to his orchestra (lineup unlisted) as the record the instrumental tracks for the titles "Woody Woodpecker And The Lost Monkey: Part 1", "Woody Woodpecker And The Lost Monkey: Part 2", "Mickey Mouse's Birthday Party: Part 1", and "Mickey Mouse's Birthday Party: Part 2" in Los Angeles, California. After Mel Blanc records the vocal tracks for both parts of "Woody Woodpecker And The Lost Monkey" on April 3, 1953, and Stan Freberg, June Foray, and Pinto Colvig record the vocal tracks for both parts of "Mickey Mouse's Birthday Party" on April 8, 1953, Capitol Records will issue the final mixes of both parts of "Woody Woodpecker And The Lost Monkey" together on the children's album ""Woody Woodpecker And The Lost Monkey" (CAS-3161) and the final mixes of both parts of "Mickey Mouse's Birthday Party" together on the Record Reader children's album "Mickey Mouse's Birthday Party" (DBX-3165).

1953 - During three sessions held this day in Los Angeles, California, Felix Slatkin conducts The Concert Arts Orchestra (lineup unlisted), with Victor Aller on piano, as they record parts one and two of Hindemith's "The Four Temperaments" at the first session, parts three and five at the second session, and part four at the third session. Capitol Records will issue all the parts on the album "HINDEMITH - The Four Temperaments" (L-8228) as by The Concert Arts Orchestra.

1953 - The Louvin Brothers (Charlie Louvin on vocals and guitar and Ira Louvin on vocals and mandolin), with Chet Atkins on electric guitar, and (listed as probably) Eddie Hill on guitar, and Floyd T. "Lightnin'" Chance on bass, record the titles "I Love God's Way Of Living", "Born Again", "Preach The Gospel", and "From Mother's Arms To Korea" at Castle Studio in the Tulane Hotel in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue "I Love God's Way Of Living" and "Preach The Gospel" together as a single (Capitol 2612) and "Born Again" and "From Mother's Arms To Korea" together as a single (Capitol 2510).

1956 - Les Baxter's "Poor People of Paris", with "Theme From Helen Of Troy" on the flipside, is still #1 on the U.S. Pop Singles charts.

1963 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records album "Where Did Everyone Go?" is #4 on KTKT 990 AM's Album Sound Of The Day chart in Tucson, Arizona, Cole's Capitol Records album "Dear Lonely Hearts" is #43 on Billboard magazine's Top LPs - 50 Best Sellers - Stereo chart and #74 on Billboard magazine's Top LPs - 150 Best Sellers - Monaural chart. Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "All Over The World" is #18 on Billboard magazine's Middle-Road Singles chart, #50 on the magazine's Hot 100 chart, and #53 on Cash Box magazine's Top 100 Singles chart. Also, Cole's Capitol Records single "Skip To My Lou" debuts at #8 in Sweden according to Billboard magazine's Hits Of The World charts.

1964 - Chet Baker signs a contract with Capitol Records.

55 Years Ago Today In 1967 - Pete "Boss Of The Blues" Johnson, a pianist, bandleader of the Blue Note Records group The Pete Johnson Blues Trio, and a member of the Capitol Records group The Capitol Jazzmen dies in the Edward J. Meyer Memorial Hospital (now the Erie County Medical Center) at 462 Grider Street in Buffalo, New York (where he had lived since 1950) at age 62, two days before his 63rd birthday, after years of heart problems, of complications after suffering a stroke at his home on Sunday, March 20, 1967. Earlier in the year, on January 15, 1967, he came out of a nine-year retirement to perform in Carnegie Hall as part of the "From Spirituals To Swing - 1967" concert. He will later be buried in Section CC of Forest Lawn cemetery in Buffalo, New York.

1968 - The Beatles' Apple Records single "Lady Madonna", with "The Inner Light" on the flipside and distributed by Capitol Records in the United States, enters the top 40 of Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart.

1969 - Merle Haggard records the title "Jesus, Take A Hold" for Capitol Records.

1969 - Buck Owen's Capitol Records single "Who's Gonna Mow Your Grass", the flipside of "There's Gotta Be Some Changes Made" hits #1 on the U.S. Pop Singles chart.

1970 - The Chairmen Of The Board's Invictus Records (a subsidiary of Capitol Records run by Holland and Dozier) single "Give Me Just a Little More Time", with "Since the Days of Pigtails (and Fairy Tales)" on the flipside, is #4 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart.

1971 - Vocalist and guitarist Buck Owens and The Buckaroos (lineup unlisted), record the titles "Ruby (Are You Mad)", "Heartbreak Mountain", and "Uncle Pen" in Bakersfield, California. Capitol Records will issue the first two titles together as a single (Capitol 3096) and all three titles on Owens' album "Ruby" (ST-795).

1974 - Ringo Starr's Apple Records single "Oh My My", distributed by Capitol Records in the United States and with "Step Lightly" on the flipside, enters the top 40 of Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart.

1978 - Saxophonist Gary Bartz, with unlisted others, records the title "Who Loves You Baby" in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records which has yet to issue the title.

1978 - Vocalist Natalie Cole, with Linda Williams conducting the orchestra (lineup unlisted) using arrangements by Gene Barge, performs the titles "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds", "Mona Lisa", "Be Thankful", "Just Can't Stay Away", "Cry Baby", Our Love", and "Annie Mae" at a concert held at the Latin Casino in Cherry Hill, New Jersey that is recorded by Capitol Records which will issue "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds" as a single (Capitol 4623) with "Lovers" (recorded March 24, 1978) on the flipside and, with "Be Thankful", "Cry Baby", and "Our Love" on the two-LP set "Natalie Live!" (SKBL-11709), an edited version of "Lucy In The Sky with Diamonds" as a single (Capitol 6273) with an edited version of "Stand By Me" (recorded October 11, 1978) on the flipside, and has yet to issue "Mona Lisa", "Just Can't Stay Away", and "Annie Mae".

1983 - Russel Smith, with unlisted others, records the title "Where Did We Go Right" in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue the title as a single (Capitol 5293) with "Hesitation" (recorded March 3, 1983) on the flipside.

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1958 - Trombonist Bennie Green, with Charlie Rouse on tenor saxophone, Joe Knight on piano, George Tucker on bass, and Louis Hayes on drums, records the titles "I Love You", "Melba's Mood", "Just Friends", "Green Street", "Bennie Blows The Blues", and "You're Mine" at recording engineer Rudy Van Gelder's studio in Hackensack, New Jersey. Blue Note Records will issue "I Love You" and "You're Mine You" together as a single (Blue Note 45-1706), "Melba's Mood" and "Just Friends" together as a single (Blue Note 45-1707), and all the titles on Green's album "Back On The Scene" (BLP1587/BST81587).