APRIL 5, 2022

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

85 Years Ago Today In 1933 - Reggie Lavong, radio disc jockey, recording artist, and Capitol Records R&B promotion executive (1969-1972) is born Reginald Jerome Nelson in Gainesville, Florida.

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1945 - Betty Hutton's Capitol Records single "Stuff Like That There" enters the top 40 of the U.S. Pop singles charts.

1948 - Capitol Records purchases the masters for Cliffie Stone and His Orchestra (lineup unlisted) titles "When My Blue Moon Turns Gold Again" and "So Long To The Red River Valley" from Gold Seal Records. After registering the masters on April 30, 1948, Capitol Records will issue "When My Blue Moon Turns Gold Again" as a single (Capitol 15108) with "Take It Any Way You Can Get It" (recorded December 3, 1947) on the flipside and "So Long To The Red River Valley" as a single (Capitol 15157) with "He's A Real Gone Oakie" (also recorded December 3, 1947) on the flipside.

1953 - At the opening performance at Carnegie Hall of a nationwide tour of "The Record Show Of 1953", headliner Nat "King" Cole is stricken with ruptured ulcers and rushed to a New York City hospital. The show tries to go on for a week without Cole but the producers decide to close it on April 12 after finding out he won't be able to return for two to four months.

1953 - Vocalist and guitarist Weldon "Big Bill" Lister, with Jerry Rivers on fiddle, Sammy Pruett and Loren Oris "Jack" Shook on guitars, Donald Helms on steel guitar, and Ernie Newton on bass, records the titles "The Human Thing To Do", "Happy Lonesome", "All Dressed Up (And Nowhere To Go)", and "Hog Calling Song" at Castle Studio in Tulane Hotel in Nashville, Tennessee for Capitol Records. Bear Family Records will issue all the titles in Germany on Lister's compilation CD "There's A Tear In My Beer" (BCD 16374).

1958 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records album "Just One Of Those Things" is #6 on The Billboard magazine's Most Played By Jockeys chart and Cole's Capitol Records single "Looking Back" debuts at #38 on The Billboard magazines' Best Selling Pop Singles In Stores chart, #56 on the magazine's Top 100 Sides chart, and #60 on Cash Box magazine's Best Selling Singles chart. Cole's single "Angel Smile" is also on The Billboard magazine's Top 100 Sides chart at #75.

60 Years Ago Today in 1962 - Wesley "Speedy" West (on steel guitar), with Billy Liebert on piano, Roy Lanham and Billy Strange on guitars, Lawrence "Red" Wooten on bass, and Earl Palmer on drums, records the titles "Speedy's Special", "Sunset At Waikiki", "Tulsa Twist" and "Slow And Easy" at The Capitol Tower Studios in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on West's album "The Incredible Steel Guitar Of Speedy West - Guitar Spectacular" (T 1835).

60 Years Ago Today In 1962 - The Pre Meds (lineup unlisted) record the yet-to-be-issued titles "Feel Good" and "Feel Better" for Capitol Records in Los Angeles, California.

60 Years Ago Today in 1962 - Eddie Beal, with unlisted others, records the yet-to-be-issued titles "So Love Me For All We Know", When I Fall In Love", "April Showers", and "Don't Let The Sun Catch You Crying" in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records.

1963 - It's a Friday night and at 10:00 PM Nat "King" Cole appears on this evening's episode of NBC-TV's "The Jack Paar Program" with fellow guests actor Peter Ustinov, stage and screen actor Robert Morse, comic actor Charles Nelson Riley, and comedian Bob Newhart. Also, Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records album "Unforgettable" is #4 on KTKT 990 AM's Album Sound Of The Day chart in Tucson, Arizona.

1964 - General Douglas MacArthur, General of the US Army in the Pacific, whose farewell speeches were released by Capitol Records, dies at age 84.

55 Years Ago Today In 1967 - Vocalist Dale Evans, with unlisted musicians, records the medleys "Ezekiel Saw The Wheel/Walk In Jerusalem", "Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen/Steal Away", and "One More River To Cross/Gonna Lay Down My Heavy Load", the title "Old Time Religion", the medley "Standin' In The Need of Prayer/Do Lord", and the title "It's Real" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Evans' album "It's Real" (T 2772).

55 Years Ago Today In 1967 - The Stone Poneys (Kenny Edwards on lead guitar and vocals, Bob Kimmel on rhythm guitar and vocals, and Linda Ronstadt on vocals) record the titles "Toys Of Time" and "Evergreen, Part 1" and the instrumental "Evergreen Part 2" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on the band's album "Evergreen, Volume 2" (T 2763) and the last two titles together as a single  (Capitol 5910).

55 Years Ago Today In 1967 - Vocalist Al Martino, with Peter DeAngeles conducting his own arrangements to the orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the titles "A Woman In Love", a remake of "Mary In The Morning" (an unissued version was recorded on March 16, 1967), "Once Upon A Time", the as yet to be issued take of the title "I'll Return To You", and "I Love You And You Love Me" in New York City, New York with producers Tom Morgan and Marvin Holtzman. After Martino records vocal overdubs for "I Love You And You Love Me" on April 6, 1947, Capitol Records will issue "Mary In The Morning" and "I Love You And You Love Me" together as a single (Capitol 5904) and all the titles except "I'll Return To You" on Martino's album "Daddy's Little Girl" (T 2733).

1968 - The Sugar Shoppe (Peter Mann on vocal and guitar, Laurie Hood on vocals, Victor Garber on vocals and guitar, and Lee Harris on vocals), with The Clique (Al Casey, Al Viola, Howard Robert, Louis Morrell, and Mike Deasy on guitars, Bill Plummer on sitar, Lewis Carroll on trumpet, Lew McCreary and Louis Blackburn on trombones, Abe Most, Jim Horn, and Plas Johnson on saxophones, Al De Lory, Larry Knechtel, and Michael Rubini on pianos and keyboards, Gary Coleman on vibraphone, and percussion, Carol Kaye and Don Bagley on basses, Earl Palmer and Stan Levey on drums, Hal Blaine on drums, vibraphone, and percussion, Stella Castellucci on harp) and a string section (Alfred Lastgarten, Arnold Belnick, Harry Hyams, Henry Roth, Israel Baker, James Getzoff, Marshall Sasson, Nathan Ross, Sam Boghossian, and William Hymanson on violins and violas, and Anne Goodman, Armand Kaproff, Frederick Seykora, and Nathan Gershman on cellos) using vocal arrangments by Peter Mann and instrumental arrangements by Mort Garson, with producer Al De Lory record the titles "The Candy Children Song" and "Papa, Won't You Let Me Go To Town With You" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both titles on the group's self-titled album "The Sugar Shoppe" (ST 2959).

1968 - Capitol Records purchases the masters for Billy Robinson & The Burners' titles  "Shucks, You Left The Fire Burning" and "I'm A Lonely Black Boy", both produced by Aki Aleong for Fortune Cookie Productions. Crazy Horse Records, at the time distributed by Capitol Records, will issue both titles together as a single (Crazy Horse 1305).

1968 - Vocalist George "Goober" Lindsey, with vocal group The Jordanaires and others (lineups unlisted), records the titles "That There's Big With Me", "Louisville", and "Good Morning Sunshine" in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Lindsey's album "Goober Sings!" (ST 2965).

1970 - The Beatles' Apple Records single "Let It Be", distributed by Capitol Records in the United States, is #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart.

1978 - Vocalist and guitarist Bob Seger and The Silver Bullet Band (lineup unlisted) recorded the titles "Still The Same" and "Feel Like A Number" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both titles together as a single (Capitol 4581) and on the group's album "Stranger In Town" (SW-11698). Other listings give this as the day Capitol Records released Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band's album "Stranger In Town" (SW-11698).

1978 - Vocalist Juice Newton, with unlisted others, records the titles "Tell Me, Baby, Goodbye", "Hey Baby", "So Many Ways", and "No Reason" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Newton's album "Well Kept Secret" (SW-11811), "Tell Me, Baby, Goodbye" as a single (Capitol 4679) with "Let's Keep It That Way" (recorded November 24, 1978) on the flipside, and "Hey Baby" as a single (Capitol 4611) with "It's Not Impossible" (recorded June 22, 1978) on the flipside.

1978 - Bert Sommer, with unlisted others, records the titles "I've Got The Song In Me" and "I Got A Woman" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both titles together as a single (Capitol 4602).

1989 - Dave Edmunds signs with Capitol Records.

2001 - OTEP has a party at the Viper Room after signing with Capitol Records.

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS

1911 - Martin Denny, a composer, arranger, pianist, and Liberty Records artist is born in New York City, New York. Some listings have him being born on April 10, 1911. If anyone knows for sure, please leave a comment.

1934 - Stan Turrentine, a tenor saxophonist and Blue Note Records artist, is born Stanley William Turrentine in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

1963 - Organist Big John Patton, with Fred Jackson and Harold Vick on tenor saxophones, Grant Green on guitar, and Ben Dixon on drums, records the titles "The Silver Meter", "Spiffy Diffy", "Gee Gee", "Along Came John", "Pig Foots", and "I'll Never Be Free" in recording engineer Rudy Van Gelder's recording studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey. Blue Note Records will issue all the titles on Patton's album "Along Came John" (BLP4130 on 12" vinyl in mono, BST84130 on 12" vinyl in stereo, and 8-31915-2 on CD), "The Silver Meter" in two parts as a single (Blue Note 45-1888), and "Along Came John" and "I'll Never Be Free" together as a single (Blue Note 45-1889).

ON THIS DAY NOT IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

2010 - Geoff Peterson, built by Grant Imahara, debuts on "The Late, Late Show With Craig Ferguson".