DECEMBER 31, 2025

HAPPY BIRTHDAYS!

1909 - Jonah Jones, trumpet player, singer, bandleader, and Capitol Records artist, is born Robert Elliott Jones in Louisville, Kentucky. 

1928 - Ross Barbour, vocalist with the Capitol Records group The Four Freshmen, is born in Columbus, Indiana.

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1944 - Tex Ritter's Capitol Records single "I’m Wastin’ My Tears On You", with "There's A New Moon Over My Shoulder" on the flipside, is #1 on the U.S. Country singles charts.

1946 - Vocalists Jack Smith and The Clark Sisters (Ann, Lillian, Peggy, and Jean Harriette Clark), with Earl Sheldon and His Orchestra (lineup unlisted) record the titles "I Tipped My Hat And Slowly Rode Away", "If This Isn't Love", and "Listen To The Green Grass Growing" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue "I Tipped My Hat And Slowly Rode Away" and "If This Isn't Love" together as a single (Capitol 364) and has yet to issue "Listen To The Green Grass Growing".

1947 - The King Cole Trio start five straight days of shows at The State theatre in Hartford, Connecticut.

1947 - The Mel Powell Sextet (Frank Beach on trumpet, Bumps Myers on tenor saxophone, Chuck Gentry on baritone saxophone, Mel Powell on piano, Red Callender on bass, and Lee Young on drums) records the titles "Cuban Pete", "Cookin' One Up", "That Old Black Magic", and, with only Powell on piano, "When A Woman Loves A Man" in Radio Recorders' studios at 932 North Western Avenue in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue "Cuban Pete" on the multi-artist compilation album "Classics In Jazz - Piano Stylists" (CCF/EBF/H-323), "Cookin' One Up" and "When A Woman Loves A Man" on the album "Mel Powell On Piano" (CC-87), and "That Old Black Magic" as a single (Capitol 15056). Mosaic Records will issue all the titles in the multi-artist compilation box set "Classic Capitol Jazz Sessions" (MQ19-170 on vinyl and MD12-170 on CD).

1947 - Vocalist Jo Stafford, with Paul Weston and His Orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the titles "Poor Wayfaring Stranger", "Barara Allen", Schubert's "Ave Maria", "Tell Me Why", and "It Was Written In The Stars" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Poor Wayfaring Stranger" and "Barbara Allen" on the album "Jo Stafford Sings American Folk Songs" (CC-75), "Ave Maria" as a single (Capitol 15291), has yet to issue "Tell Me Why", and will issue "It Was Written In The Stars" as a single (Capitol 15040).

1947 - At two sessions held this day at Radio Recorders' studios at 932 North Western Avenue in Hollywood, California, Billy May and His Orchestra (lineup unlisted), with narrator Ken Carson, record the music tracks for the parts 5, 6, 7, and 8 of the title "So Dear To My Heart" at the first session then vocalist Ken Carson, with Pinto Colvig on additional vocals, using a script adaptation by Alan Livingston and with May conducting the orchestra, records the titles "Nursery Rhymes: Part 1: Lazy Mary Will You Get Up/Good Morning Merry Sunshine/Merrily We Roll Along/Little Robin Redbreast/Here We Go 'Round The Mulberry Bush/Rain, Rain Go Away/Diddle Diddle Dumpling", "Nursery Rhymes: Part 2: Mary Had A Little Lamb/John Brown Had A Little Indian/Billy Boy/Polly Put The Kettle On/Farmer In The Dell", "Nursery Rhymes: Part 3: Hickory Dickory Dock/Three Blind Mice/Three Little Kittens/Little Bo Beep/Pop Goes The Weasel/Ride A Cock Horse", and "Nursery Rhymes: Part 4: Hey Diddle Diddle/Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star/Sing A Song Of Sixpence/Yankee Doodle" at the second session between 9:00 PM and 12:00 AM on January 1, 1948). After John Beal records vocal overdubs for all the parts of "So Dear To My Heart" on June 10, 1948, Capitol Records will issue the final mix on the album "So Dear To My Heart" (DD-109 and BD-124 on 10" 78 RPM, CDF-3000 on 7" 45 RPM) and on the album "Rusty In Orchestraville/So Dear To My Heart" (P-3068 on 12" 33 1/3 RPM) and all the parts of "Nursery Rhymes" on Carson's children's albums "Nursery Rhymes" (DBS-90/CBSF-3005) and the compilation album "Jack Smith-Walt Disney's Songs/Ken Carson-Nursery Rhymes" (H-3069), and parts 1 and 2 on Carson's children's album "Nursery Rhymes" (CAS/CASF-3128) and parts 3 and 4 on Carson's children's album "Nursery Songs" (CAS/CASF-3129).

1947 - Vocalist Eddie Kirk, with an orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the titles "Take Me Back", "How Do You Mend A Broken Heart?", "A Petal From A Faded Rose", "You Drove Me To Another's Arms (And Now I'm Happy There)", "Please Don't Cry Over Me", and just the instrumental track for "In Your Loveley Veil Of White" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "How Do You Mend A Broken Heart?" as a single (Capitol Americana 40116), "A Petal From A Faded Rose" as a single (Capitol Americana 40092), "You Drove Me To Another's Arms (And Now I'm Happy There)" as a single (Capitol 15310), and has yet to issue "Take Me Back", "Please Don't Cry Over Me", and "In Your Lovely Veil Of White".

1947 - Vocalist and guitarist Tex Ritter, with Alan "Spud" Goodale and Eugene "Smokey" Rogers also on guitar and Deuce Spriggens on bass, records the titles "The Green Grass Grew All Around", "Big Rock Candy Mountain", and "Skybird Effects" in Radio Recorders' studios at 932 North Western Avenue in Hollywood, California between 7:30 PM and 8:30 PM. Capitol Records will issue "The Green Grass Grew All Around" and "Big Rock Candy Mountain" on Ritter's self-titled album "Tex Ritter" (DC-91) and has yet to issue "Skybird Effects".

1947 - The Sunset Trio (lineup unlisted), with unlisted others, records the title "One Raindrop Doesn't Make A Shower" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the title as a single (Capitol 492).

1947 - At a split session held this day in Los Angeles, California, first guitarist Arthur Smith, with unlisted others, records the titles "Beautiful Brown Eyes" and "Train Whistle Blues" then vocalist and guitarist Larry Cassidy, with Cliffie Stone and His Orchestra (lineup unlisted) records the titles "I'll Still Be Crying Over You", "I Found Somebody New" and "The New Oklahoma Bound". Capitol Records will issue "Beautiful Brown Eyes" and "Train Whistle Blues" together as a single (Capitol 1426), "I'll Still Be Crying Over You" and "I Found Somebody New" together as a single (Capitol Americana 40099), and "The New Oklahoma Bound" as a single (Capitol 1456).

1947 - Jan Garber and His Orchestra (lineup unlisted) record the titles "Serenade" and "My Extraordinary Gal" in Los Angeles, California. After Capitol Records purchases the masters, it will issue both titles together as a single (Capitol 15043).

1947 - Vocalist Gordon MacRae, with Carlyle Hall and His Orchestra (lineup unlisted but includes string section), records the titles "Evelyn", "Matinee", and without the strings, "I Went Down To Old Virginia" and "Down The Old Ox Road" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue "Evelyn" as a single (Capitol 15091), "Matinee" as a single (Capitol 15041), "I Went Down To Virginia" as a single Capitol 15128), and "Down The Old Ox Road" as a single (Capitol 1750).

1947 - Pianist Skitch Henderson, with unlisted others, records ten unlisted titles for the Capitol Records Transcription Service in Los Angeles, California. No issuing information is listed.

1947 - During two sessions held this day in Los Angeles, California for The Capitol Records Transcription Service, Karl and Harty, with unlisted others, record 10 unlisted titles at the first session and ten more unlisted titles at the second session. No issuing information is listed.

1947 - Pianist Buddy Cole, with unlisted others, records fourteen unlisted titles for The Capitol Records Transcription Service in Los Angeles, California. No issuing information is listed.

1952 - Skeets McDonald's Capitol Records single "Don’t Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes", with "Big Family Trouble" on the flipside, is still #1 on the U.S. Country singles charts.

70 Years Ago Today In 1955 - Nelson Riddle's Capitol Records single "Lisbon Antiqua" enters the top 40 of Billboard's Pop singles chart.

1957 - Pianist Joe Bushkin, with a large orchestra (lineup unlisted but includes alto flute, alto saxophone, basson, two baritone saxophones and bass clarinets, guitar, bass, drum and bongos players) using arrangements by Kenyon Hopkins, records the titles "At Sundown", "Fools Rush In", new takes of the titles "The Lady Is A Tramp" and "Love Me Or Leave Me" and the title "Yo Go To My Head" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records has yet to issue the take of "At Sundown" recorded at this session and will issue all the other titles on Bushkin's album "Night Sounds" (EAP-1/EAP-2/T 983).

65 Years Ago Today In 1960 - Ferlin Husky's Capitol Records single "Wings of a Dove" is still #1 on Billboard's Country Singles chart.

60 Years Ago Today In 1965 - The Beatles' Capitol Records single "I Feel Fine" (with "She's A Woman" on the flipside) and Capitol Records album "Beatles '65" are both certified Gold by the R.I.A.A.

1966 - The Seekers' Capitol Records single "Georgy Girl" enters the top 40 of Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart.

1966 - The Beach Boys are in Los Angeles, California recording vocal backgrounds for various titles but end up not using them.
1968 - Glen Campbell's Capitol Records single "Wichita Lineman" is still #1 on Billboard's Country Singles chart.

1969 - Jimi Hendrix and Band of Gypsies play for the first time in public at the first of two consecutive days of gigs at the Fillmore East in New York City, New York. The last two shows performed the next day on January 1, 1970 will be recorded for a live album that will be released by Capitol Records to honor a 1965 contract that Hendrix had signed with the label.

55 Years Ago Today In 1970 - Paul McCartney files a writ in London High Court against "The Beatles and Co.", seeking the legal dissolution of the partnership, which will finally take place December 30, 1974.

50 Years Ago Today In 1975 - Tapestry (lineup unlisted) records the titles "It's Not The World That's Messed Up" and an as yet unissued take of "Greed" at Sigma Sound Studios in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania with arranger and producer Norman Harris. Capitol Records will issue "It's Not The World That's Messed Up" as a single (Capitol 4295) with the instrumental "Life Is What You Make It" (a purchased master, written and produced by John Davis) recorded sometime in 1975) on the flipside.

1981 - Dave Cavanaugh (aka "Big Dave" Cavanaugh), tenor saxophonist, bass player, and A&R producer for Capitol Records, dies in Tarzana, California at age 62.

1984 - Duran Duran's Capitol Records single "The Wild Boys" is #2 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart.

40 Years Ago Today In 1985 - Rick Nelson (radio, television, and motion picture actor, singer, songwriter, Imperial Records and Capitol Records artist), his fiancée Helen Blair, and five members of Nelson's Stone Canyon Band die after their plane crashes a mile southeast of DeKalb, Texas after a Fire in the passenger cabin forces the pilots of Nelson’s DC-3 to attempt an emergency landing in a field. The crew escaped through the cockpit windows, but none of the pasengers survived.

1994 - Capitol Records Nashville releases Garth Brooks' album "The Hits" which will go on to sell over 10 million copies and be certified Diamond by the R.I.A.A.

2001 - Charlie Louvin, former Capitol Records artist and member of The Grand Ole Opry, suffers broken ribs, a concussion, and a cracked breastbone in a car wreck.

10 Years Ago Today In 2015 - Natalie Cole, Grammy-winning singer, actress, daughter of Capitol Records artists Nat Cole and Maria Ellington Cole, and Capitol Records artist, dies at age 65 of congestive heart failure brought on by treatment for hepatitis C at Cedar Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles, California.

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1929 - Future Capitol Records artist Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians' first annual New Year's Eve broadcast from the Roosevelt Grill in New York City is heard over the CBS Radio network.

1931 - Gil Melle, saxophonist, synthesizer and drum machine player, painter, graphic artist (designed album covers for Miles Davis, Thelonius Monk, and Sonny Rollins), film score writer ("The Andromeda Strain", one of the first electronic music film scores), who at age 19 became Blue Note Records first white artist, is born Gilbert John Melle in Riverside, California.

1947 - Roy Rogers marries Dale Evans. Both would become Capitol Records solo artists as well as a Capitol Records duo.

65 Years Ago Today In 1960 - Ferrante & Teicher's United Artists Records single "Exodus" is #3 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart. The United Artists catalog is currently owned by Capitol Records' parent company Universal Music Group.

1961 - Future Capitol Records band The Beach Boys (previously performing under the names The Pendletones, Kenny and The Cadets, and Carl and The Passions) play for the first time using that name when they appear at a Ritchie Valens' Memorial Concert in Long Beach, California and earn $300.

2002 - Kevin Macmichael, guitarist and co-founder (with vocalist Nick Van Eede) of the Virgin Records America band Cutting Crew, dies of lung cancer at age 51. Their 1987 hit "(I Just) Died in Your Arms" is the label's first U.S. release and its first #1 single. Virgin Records America's catalog is now owned by Capitol Records' parent company, Universal Music Group.

ON THIS DAY NOT IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

120 Years Ago Today In 1905 - Jule Styne, pop, motion picture and Broadway composer (who wrote, with lyricists that included Sammy Cahn and Frederick Loewe, the music for the songs "I've Heard That Song Before", "I'll Walk Alone", "It's Been a Long, Long Time","Let It Snow, Let It Snow", "The Things We Did Last Summer", "Saturday Night Is the Loneliest Night In The Week", "[Kiss Me Once and Kiss Me Twice] It's Been A Long, Long Time", "Five Minutes More", "Three Coins in the Fountain" [an Academy Award Winning tune] and others, and the scores for the Broadway shows "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" [1949, lyrics by Leo Robin, which includes the songs "Diamond's Are a Girl's Best Friend" and "The Party's Over"], "Bells Are Ringing" [1956, with lyrics by Comden and Green which was turned into the 1960 movie whose soundtrack was released by Capitol Records and included Capitol Records artist Dean Martin singing "Just in Time"] as well as "Funny Girl" [1964, with lyrics by Bob Merrill] whose original Broadway cast album was also released by Capitol Records] and others) is born Julius Kerwin Stein in London, England

DECEMBER 30, 2025

HAPPY BIRTHDAYS!

1917 - Wesley Tuttle, singer, yodeler, songwriter, guitarist, bandleader, motion picture actor and voice actor, radio and television host, Western Music Association Hall of Fame inductee, and Capitol Records artist (1944-1957) is born Wesley LeRoy Tuttle in Lamar, Colorado.

1939 - Del Shannon, singer, songwriter (wrote "I Go To Pieces" for Capitol Records duo Peter & Gordon), and 1999 Rock 'N' Roll Hall Of Fame inductee, is born Charles Westover in Coppersville, Michigan.

80 Years Ago Today In 1945 - Davy Jones, singer, jockey, television and motion picture actor, with the band The Monkees and the Capitol Records group, Dolenz, Jones, Boyce, and Hart, is born David Jones in Manchester, England.

1947 - Jeff Lynne, vocalist, guitarist, songwriter, a founding member of the groups Electric Light Orchestra, and The Traveling Wilburys, member of the Capitol arecords group The Move, and a record producer (The Beatles' last single "Free As A Bird") is born in Birmingham, England.

1956 - Suzy Bogguss, singer and Capitol Records, Liberty Records, and Capitol Records Nashville artist (1986-1999), is born Susan Kay Bogguss in Aledo, Illinois.

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1946 - The King Cole Trio (Nat "King" Cole on piano and vocals, Oscar Moore on guitar, and Johnny Miller on bass) record the titles "You Don't Learn That In School", "You Be You (But Let Me Be Me)", "Can You Look Me In The Eyes (And Say We're Through) in the RKO Pathé Studios in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue "You Don't Learn That In School" as a single (Capitol 393) with "Meet Me In No Special Place" (recorded January 21, 1947) on the flipside, "You Be You (But Let Me Be Me)" in the three CD "The Complete Capitol Transcription Sessions" (5-60184-2), and "Can You Look Me In The Eyes (And Say We're Through)" as a single (Capitol 418) with "Come In Out Of The Rain" (recorded December 18, 1946) on the flipside.

1947 - During two sessions held this day in Radio Recorders' studios at 932 North Western Avenue in Hollywood, California, vocalist and guitarist Tex Ritter, with Harry Sims on fiddle, George Bamby on accordion, Andy Parker and Charles Morgan on guitar, Agapito "Pepe" Martinez on steel guitar, Paul Smith on bass, and an unlisted trumpet player, records the titles "Merry Christmas Polka", "Dallas Darlin'", "I Just Called To Say Goodbye", "Teneha, Timpson, Bobo And Blair", and "Rock And Rye" at the first session between 3:00 AM and 8:30 AM then during a split session held between 10:00 PM and 2:30 AM on December 31, 1947, first guitarist and vocalist Andy Parker and the vocal group The Plainsmen (lineup unlisted), with (listed as probably) Jack Hansen on trumpet, Max Fidler, Harold Glenn Hensley, and Cactus Soldi on fiddles, Billy Liebert on accordion, Alan "Spud" Goodale and Eugene "Smokey" Rogers on guitars, Donald Davis on steel guitar, Allen Williams on bass, and Muddy Berry on drums, record the titles "Red River Valley" and "Ridin' Down The Canyon" then vocalist Tex Ritter, with the same musicians, records the titles "Pecos Bill" and "Egg-A Bread". Capitol Records will issue "Merry Christmas Polka" as a single (Capitol 15204), "Dallas Darlin'" as a single (Capitol Americana 40090), "Teneha, Timpson, Bobo And Blair" as a single (Capitol 15375), and "Rock And Rye" as a single (Capitol 15119). "Red River Valley" as a single (Capitol 57-40231), "Ridin' Down The Canyon" as a single (Capitol Americana 40117), and "Pecos Bill" and "Egg-A-Bread" together as a single (Capitol Americana 40106). Bear Family Records will issue all the titles from the first session in Germany in the four-CD box set "Tex Ritter - High Noon" (BCD 16356).

1947 - During a split session held this day in Radio Recorders' studios at 932 North Western Avenue in Hollywood, California, first Billy May and His Orchestra (lineup unlisted), with narrator Ken Carson, record the music tracks for the title "So Dear To My Heart" in four parts then vocalist Pinto Colvig, with May and His Orchestra, records a new take of "My Mule Charlie". After John Beal records vocal overdubs for all the parts of "So Dear To My Heart" on June 10, 1948, Capitol Records will issue the final mix on the album "So Dear To My Heart" (DD-109 and BD-124 on 10" 78 RPM, CDF-3000 on 7" 45 RPM) and the album "Rusty In Orchestraville/So Dear To My Heart" (P-3068 on 12" 33 1/3 RPM) and has yet to issue the take of "My Mule Charlie" recorded at this session.

1947 - Cliffie Stone and His Barn Dance Band (lineup unlisted) record the titles "I Don't Believe Them At All", "Tennessee Baby", "Domino", and "Spanish Bells" at Radio Recorders' studios at 932 North Western Avenue in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue "I Don't Believe Them At All" and "Domino" together as a single (Capitol 15362), has yet to issue "Tennessee Baby", and will issue "Spanish Bells" as a single (Capitol Americana 40096).

1947 - During a split session held this day in Radio Recorders' Studios at 932 North Western Avenue in Hollywood, California, first clarinetist Benny Goodman and His Orchestra (lineup unlisted but includes French horn, harp, and strings players), using arrangements by Paul New, record the titles "Beyond The Sea (La Mer)" and, with vocalist Emma Lou Welch, "Darn That Dream" then The Benny Goodman Sextet (Goodman on clarinet, Red Norvo on vibraphone, an unlisted guitarist, Red Callender on bass, and Lee Young on drums) records the titles "The World Is Waiting For The Sunrise" and, also with Emma Lou Welch on vocals, "Record Ban Blues". Capitol Records will issue "Beyond The Sea (La Mer) as a single (Capitol 15030), has yet to issue "Darn That Dream", and will issue "The World Is Waiting For The Sunrise" as a single (Capitol 15069). Mosaic Records will issue "The World Is Waiting For The Sunrise" and "Record Ban Blues" in the box set "The Complete Capitol Small Group Recordings of Benny Goodman" (MQ6-148 on vinyl and MD4-148 on CD).

1947 - Vocalist Lois Butler, with the Eagle Lion Studio Orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the titles "Dreams In My Heart", "Father Goose", and "Minute Waltz" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Dreams In My Heart" and "Father Goose" together as a single (Capitol 15061) and has yet to issue "Minute Waltz". All three titles appeared in the 1948 motion picture "Mickey" in which Butler stars.

1947 - During a split session held this day in Los Angeles, California, first arranger and conductor Paul Weston and His Orchestra (lineup unlisted) record Chopin's "Etude Opus 10 #3 In E Flat Major" and "My Moonlight Madonna" then pianist with George Greeley, with Weston and his orchestra, records the Debussy's "Clair De Lune" in two parts. Capitol Records will issue "Etude Opus 10 #3 In E Flat Major" and "My Moonlight Madonna" together as a single (Capitol 15049) and both parts of "Clair De Lune" together as a single (Capitol 15153).

1947 - During a split session held this day in Los Angeles, California, first arranger and conductor Frank De Vol and His Orchestra record the titles "Instrument Factory" and "Street In Manhattan" then vocalist Margaret Whiting, with De Vol and his orchestra, records the title "Heat Wave". Capitol Records will issue "Instrument Factory" and "Street In Manhattan" on De Vol's album "Modern Originals For Concert Orchestra" (CCF/EBF/H-198) and "Heat Wave" as a single (Capitol 15209) and on Whiting's album "Margaret Whiting Sings".

1947 - The Ernie Felice Quartet (Ernie Felice on accordion and lead vocals, Dick Anderson on clarinet, Chick Parnell on bass, and Dick Fisher on guitar and backing vocals) records the titles "Oodles of Noodles And Batches Of Scratch", "I'm So Very Much In Love With You", "Street Of Dreams", "All By My Self", "Love Me Or Leave Me" and the instrumental "Shake Down The Stairs" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Oodles of Noodles And Batches Of Scratch" and "Love Me Or Leave Me" together as a single (Capitol 15228), "Street Of Dreams" and "Love Me Or Leave Me" on the group's album "Cocktail Time With The Ernie Felice Quartet" (T 192), and has yet to issue either "I'm So Very Much In Love With You" or "Shake Down The Stairs".

1947 - Vocal trio The Sunset Trio (lineup unlisted), with pianist Buddy Cole and His Orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the titles "The Caribees", "If I Only Had A Match", "A Little Imagination", and "Angel Spells Mary" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "If I Only Had A Match" as a single (Capitol 492), "A Little Imagination" as a single (Capitol 15059), and has yet to issue either "The Caribees" or "Angel Spells Mary".

1947 - Vocal group The Sportsmen (Bill Days, Max Smith, Martin Sperzel, and Gurney Bell), with Perry Botkin and His Orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the titles "Row, Row, Row", "Haunted House (The House Is Haunted)", "I Killed Myself Because Of You", "My Wife Has Gone And Left Me", and "(I Don't Want To Be) The Richest Man In The Cemetary" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Haunted House (The House Is Haunted)" as a single (Capitol 15235), "My Wife Has Gone And Left Me" as a single (Capitol 15046), "(I Don't Want To Be) The Richest Man In The Cemetary" as a single (Capitol 15120), and has yet to issue either "Row, Row, Row" or "I Killed Myself Because Of You".

1947 - Vocalists Jack Smith and The Clark Sisters (lineup unlisted), with unlisted others, record the titles "Busy Doin' Nothin'", "Takin' Miss Marry To The Ball", "I Had To Come Back", and "Whoop-Ta-Doodle-Day" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue "Busy Doin' Nothin'" as a single (Capitol 15429), "Takin' Miss Mary To The Ball" as a single (Capitol 15073), and has yet to issue either "I Had To Come Back" or "Whoop-Ta-Doodle-Day".

1947 - Pianist Buddy Cole, with unlisted others, records four unlisted titles for The Capitol Records Transcription Service in Los Angeles, California. No issuing information is listed.

1947 - Guitarist Alvino Rey, with unlisted others, records ten unlisted titles for The Capitol Records Transcription Service in Los Angeles, California. No issuing information is listed.

1952 - Vocalist Nat "King" Cole, with Nelson Riddle conducting his own arrangements to an orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the titles "When I'm Alone", "Mother Nature and Father Time", "Pretend", and "A Fool Was I" at Capitol Records' studios at 5515 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue "When I'm Alone" in England on the album "The Unreleased Nat King Cole" (EMS1279), "Mother Nature And Father Time" on Cole's album "Nat King Cole 10th Anniversary Album" (W 514), "Pretend" as a single (Capitol 1689) with "Unforgettable" (recorded August 17, 1951) on the flipside, and "A Fool I Was" as a single (Capitol 2540) with "If Love Is Good To Me" (recorded January 20, 1953) on the flipside.

70 Years Ago Today In 1955 - Nat "King" Cole (on vocals), with Nelson Riddle conducting his own arrangements to the orchestra (Pete Candoli, Harry Edison, Conrad Gozzo, Vito Mangano, and Shorty Sherock on trumpet, Francis "Joe" Howard and Paul Tanner on trombone, Juan Tizol on valve trombone, George Roberts on bass trombone, Willie Smith, Mahlon Clark, Don Raffell, William "Buck" Skalak, and Bob Lawson on saxophones, Bill Miller on piano, Herman "Tiny" Mitchell on guitar, Joe Comfort on bass, and Lee Young on drums), records the titles "Stay", "Believe", and, with additional vocals by The Four Knights (Cliff Holland and John Wallace on tenor vocals, Clarence Dixon on  baritone vocals, and Oscar Broadway on bass vocals), "That's All There Is To That" at Capitol Records' Melrose Avenue studios in Hollywood, California between 12:10 AM and 2:00 AM.
Capitol Records will issue "That's All There Is To That" as a single (Capitol F3456) with "My Dream Sonata" (recorded August 25, 1955) on the flipside and "Stay" and "Believe" on the CD "Night Lights" (5-31964-2).

70 Years Ago Today In 1955 - Patty Andrews (on vocals), with Terry Gilkyson and an orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the title "I Will Never Marry" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the title as a single (Capitol 3344) with "Daybreak Blues" (recorded September 16, 1955) on the flipside.

70 Years Ago Today In 1955 - Jane Froman (on vocals), with Glenn Osser conducting the orchestra and chorus (lineups unlisted), records the titles "One Little Candle", "Somebody Bigger Than You And I", "He", and "You'll Never Walk Alone" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Froman's album "Faith" (T 726).

1957 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records album "Just One Of Those Things" is #20 on WJJD's Top Twenty LP And EP Albums chart in Chicago, Illinois.

65 Years Ago Today In 1960 - Janie Black (on vocals), with unlisted others, records as yet unissued takes of the titles "Sweet Old Fashioned Girl", "The Dance Is Over", and "Mamma Told Me" in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records.

1966 - During two sessions held this day in New York City, New York, vocalist Al Martino, with Peter DeAngelis conducting his own arrangements to the orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the titles "All", "If You Go Away", "Something In Our Hearts", and "Close To You" at the first session and "True Love", "She'll Always Love You", "In the Arms Of Love", and "Hold Back The Dawn" at the second session. Capitol Records will issue all the titles from the both sessions, except "She'll Always Love You" on Martino's album "This Love For You" (T/ST 2654) and will issue "She'll Always Love You" on Martino's album "Daddy's Little Girl" (T/ST 2733).

1966 - Capitol Records purchases the masters for The Standells' (Larry Tamblyn on keyboards and vocals) Gary Lane and Tony Valentino on guitar, Dave Burke on electric bass, and Dick Dodd on drums) titles "Try It", "Poor Shell Of A Man", "Don't Tell Me What To Do", and "When I Was A Cowboy". Tower Records, a subsidiary of Capitol will issue "Try It" and "Poor Shell Of A Man" together as a single (Tower 310) and "Don't Tell Me What To Do", and "When I Was A Cowboy" together as a single (Tower 312).

1967 - The Beatles' Capitol Records single "Hello Goodbye", with "I Am The Walrus" on the flipside, hits #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart.

1967 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records album "The Christmas Song" is #5 on Billboard magazine's Christmas LPs chart and Cole's Capitol Records single "The Christmas Song" is #4 on the magazine's Christmas Singles chart.

1968 - Capitol Records releases Buck Owens' album "I've Got You On My Mind Again".

1972 - Paul McCartney's Apple Records single "Hi Hi Hi", with "C Moon" on the flipside, enters the top 40 of Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart.

1974 - The Beatles are legally dissolved as a group.

50 Years Ago Today In 1975 - Jerry Corbitt records an as yet unissued take of the title "Trudy" in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records.

50 Years Ago Today In 1975 - Connie Cato (on vocals), with unlisted others, records the title "Whoever Finds This, I Love You" and an as yet unissued take of the title "Crazy Love" in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue "Whoever Finds This, I Love You" on Cato's album "Whoever Finds This, I Love You" (ST-11606).

50 Years Ago Today In 1975 - Carmen Moreno records the titles "Have I Told You Lately That I Love You?", "Serrana (High Mountain Woman)", "Cold, Cold Heart", and "Sabras Que Te Quiero" in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue the first two titles together as a single (Capitol 4216) and the last two titles together as a single (Capitol 4306).

45 Years Ago Today In 1980 - Cherie Currie records an as yet unissued take of the title "Kamakazee Lover" in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records.

1996 - It is announced that Capitol Records artist Paul McCartney will be honored with a knighthood and will henceforth be known as Sir Paul McCartney.

1999 - George Harrison is stabbed four times in the chest during an attempted robbery early in the morning at his home at Henley-Upon-Thames, near London. Harrison and his wife Olivia struggle with the intruder, subdue him until the authorities arrive, and are then transported to a nearby hospital.

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1948 - Cole Porter's Broadway musical "Kiss Me, Kate" opens at The New Century Theatre in New York City. In 1949 Capitol will release an album of songs from the show recorded by Jo Stafford and Gordon MacRae and in 1959 will release a new stereo recording of the soundtrack that features Alfred Drake, Patricia Morison, Lisa Kirk, and Harold Lang, all members of the original Broadway cast.

1957 - Ricky Nelson's Imperial Records single "Stood Up", with "Waitin' In School" on the flipside, enters the top 40 of Billboard's Pop singles chart.

60 Years Ago Today In 1965 - Organist Jimmy McGriff, with Thornel Schwartz on guitar and Willie Jenkins on drums, records the title "Where It's At" at The Club in Newark, New Jersey. Originally recorded for the Veep label, Blue Note Records will license and issue the title on the 2 LP compilation album "So Blue So Funky - Heroes Of The Hammond, Volume 2" (B1-29092).

1981 - The J. Geils Band's EMI America Records album "Freeze-Frame" is certified Gold by the R.I.A.A. and will be certified Platinum on January 11, 1982. EMI America's catalog is currently distributed by Capitol Records and owned by Universal Music Group.

1981 - During two sessions held this day, David Lasley records the title "Where Is Charlie And Joannie" at the first session and "Treat Willie Good" at the second session. EMI-America, distributed by Capitol Records at the time, will issue both titles on Lasley's album "Missin' Twenty Grand" (ST-17066). Capitol Records' parent company, Universal Music Group, currently owns the EMI-America catalog.

1989 - Paula Abdul (with Wild Pair)'s Virgin Records America single "Opposites Attract" enters the top 40 of Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart.

1989 - Roxette's EMI America Records single "Dangerous", the last single released from their album "Look Sharp" and with live versions of "Surrender and "Neverending Love" also on the single, enters the top 40 of Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart where it will peak at #2.

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1928 - Bo Diddley (aka Ellas McDaniel), guitarist, singer, songwriter, motion picture actor, and 1987 Rock 'N' Roll Hall Of Fame inductee is born Otha Ellas Bates in McComb, Mississippi.

1942 - Mike Nesmith, singer, guitarist, songwriter, television and motion picture actor and producer, music video producer, winner of first Grammy for best video, and member of The Monkees, is born in Houston, Texas.

1979 - Richard Rodgers, Broadway and motion picture score composer (first with lyricist Lorenz Hart and then with lyricist Oscar Hammerstein II) and Broadway producer, dies in New York City at age 77.

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1943 - Rick Danko, rhythm guitar player with the group The Hawks and electric bass player and singer with the Capitol Records group The Band, is born in Green's Corners, outside of Simcoe, Ontario, Canada.

1944 - Patti Drew, singer with the Capitol Records group (1964) The Drew-vels (which includes her sisters Lorraine and Erma and bass vocalist Carlton Black) and a Capitol Records solo artist (1967-1971), is born in Charleston, North Carolina. Her mother, a domestic worker for Capitol Records regional promoter Maury Lathower in Evanston, Illinois, invited him to hear her daughters sing at a church function and he got the group signed to Capitol.

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1946 - The King Cole Trio's Capitol Records single "(I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons", with "The Best Man" on the flipside, is #1 on The Billboard magazine's Records Most-Played On The Air chart and is the group's first #1 Pop hit.

1947 - Vocal group The Dinning Sisters (Ginger Dinning, Jayne Bundesen, and Jean Dinning, with The Art Van Damme Quintet (Art Van Damme on accordion, Charlie Calzaretta, Jr. on vibraphone, Claude Sheiner on guitar, Lewis Skalender on bass, and Max Mariash on drums), record the titles "The Bride And Groom Polka", "Buttons And Bows", "Makin' Love Mountain Style", and "Oh! Monah" in (listed as possibly) Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "The Bride And Groom Polka" as a single (Capitol 15074), "Buttons And Bows" as a single (Capitol 15184) with "San Antonio Rose" on the flipside, "Makin' Love Mountain Style" as a single (Capitol 15173), and "Oh! Monah" as a single (Capitol 15339). "Buttons And Bows" will enter Billboard's Pop singles charts on October 22, 1948, where it will stay for 16 weeks, eventually peaking at #7.

1947 - Karl And Harty (vocalists Karl Davis and Harty Taylor), with unlisted others, record the titles "Sweetest Mother", "A Song For Mother", "Reno Bound" and "I Can't Win For Losin'" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Sweetest Mother" and "A Song For Mother" together as a single (Capitol Americana 40111) and "Reno Bound" and "I Can't Win For Losin'" together as a single (Capitol Americana 40089).

1947 - During two sessions held this day at Universal Studios in Chicago, Illinois, vocalist and pianist Nellie Lutcher and Her Rhythm (Hurley Ramey on guitar, Charles "Truck" Parham on bass, and Alvin Burroughs on drums) record the titles "He Sends Me", "My Little Boy", and "My New Papa Got To Have Everything" at the first session between 11:15 AM and 2:15 PM and the titles "Come And Get It Honey", "Little Sally Walker", "To Be Forgotten", and "Dark Town Strutter's Ball" at the second session. Capitol Records will issue "He Sends Me" as a single (Capitol 15064), "My Little Boy" as a single (Capitol 15180) and on Lutcher's album "Real Gone" (T 232), "My New Papa Got To Have Everything" as a single (Capitol 15352), "Come And Get It Honey" as a single (Capitol 15064) and on Lutcher's album "Real Gone" (T 232), "Little Sally Walker" as a single (Capitol 798), and "To Be Forgotten" as a single (Capitol 15352). Bear Family Records will issue all the titles in Germany in the five-CD box set "Nellie Lutcher And Her Rhythm" (BCD 15910).

1947 - During three sessions held this day in Los Angeles, California, guitarist Alvino Rey and His Orchestra (Dick Cathcart, Russ Granger, Frank Nelson, and Billy Young on trumpets, Tasso Harris, Roger Thorndyke, Moe Schneider, and Ed Kiefer on trombones, Buff Estes and John Gruey on alto saxophones, Al Cohn on tenor saxophone, Lee Yardum on baritone saxophone, Rocky Coluccio on piano, (p,vo) Chick Parnell on bass, and Ellis Tollin on drums) with Billy Young and Rocky Coluccio also on vocals along with Jimmy Joyce, record the titles "You And I" "Bye Bye Blues" with vocals by the vocal group The Blue Reys (Jimmy Joyce, Tom Kenny, Ralph Hall, and Blossom Dearie), "Sentimental Journey", and "When I Grow Too Old To Dream" at the first session, the titles "Love Song Of The Nile", "Sweet Leilani", "Wabash Blues", "Pagan Love Song" and Moon Of Manakoora" at the second session, and eight unlisted titles for The Capitol Records Transcription Service" at the third session. Capitol Records has yet to issue "You And I" and "When I Grow Too Old To Dream" and will issue ""Bye Bye Blues" as a single (Capitol 15104) and "Sentimental Journey", "Love Song Of The Nile", "Sweet Leilani", "Wabash Blues", "Pagan Love Song" and "Moon Of Manakoora" on Rey and the orchestra's album "Tropical Isle" (CC-141). No issuing information is listed for the eight titles recorded at the third session.

1947 - At a split session held this day in Los Angeles, California, first vocalist Johnny Mercer, with Paul Weston and His Orchestra (Zeke Zarchy on trumpet, Fred Stulce, Matty Matlock, Herbie Haymer, Len Hartman, and Eddie Miller on saxophones, Milt Raskin on piano, George Van Eps on guitar, Jack Ryan on bass, Nick Fatool on drums, and Fred Tavares on steel guitar), records the title "Sweetie Pie", the titles "Down Among The Sheltering Palms" and "Would Ya?" with additional vocals by The Pied Pipers (June Hutton, Chuck Lowry, Hal Hopper, and Clark Yocum), and title "1,000 Island Song" then vocalist Jerry Colonna, with Frank De Vol and His Orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the titles "Pass A Piece Of Pizza, Please" and "Where Do You Work-A-John?". Capitol Records will issue "Sweetie Pie" as a single (Capitol 15096), "Down Among The Sheltering Palms" as a single (Capitol 15241), "Would Ya?" as a single (Capitol 15337), "1,000 Island Song" as a single (Capitol 15028), and "Pass A Piece Of Pizza, Please" and "Where Do You Work-A-John?" together as a single (Capitol 15098).

1947 - Vocalist Tex Ritter, with Joseph "Country" Washburn leading Alan "Spud" Goodale and Luther "Red" Roundtree on guitars, Cliffie Stone on bass, and Max Terhune on calliope, records the titles "Animal Fair" and "Cactus Jack Had A Ranch" with Terhune also supplying animal sound effects, and the titles "I Was Born A Hundred Years Ago" and "Thank You" in Radio Recorders' studios at 932 North Western Avenue in Hollywood, California between 10:00 PM and 4:00 AM on December 30, 1947. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Ritter's self-titled album "Tex Ritter" (DC-91).

1947 - Trombonist Pee Wee Hunt, with unlisted others, records ten unlisted titles for The Capitol Records Transcription Service in Los Angeles, California. No issuing information is listed.

1947 - Vocalist and guitarist Roy Hogsed and The Rainbow Riders (Jimmy Kersey on rhythm guitar, Jean Dewez on accordion, and Richard "Rusty" Nitz on bass) record the titles "Fancy Little Dance", "Easy Payment Blues", "The Country Grocery Store" with vocals by Kersey, and "Okie Gal With The Blue Bonnet Eyes" at Universal Recorders in Los Angeles, California between 3:30 PM and 6:30 PM for Coast Records. Capitol Records will purchase the masters from the entire session but will only issue "Easy Payment Blues" as a single (Capitol Americana 40133).

1947 - Vocalist and guitarist T-Bone Walker, with George Orendorff on trumpet, Bumps Myers on tenor saxophone, Willard McDaniel on piano, Billy Hadnott on bass, and Oscar Lee Bradley on drums, records the titles "I Want A Little Girl", "I'm Still In Love With You", two takes of "You're My Best Poker Hand" without Orendorff on trumpet, and "West Side Baby" in Los Angeles, California for Black And White Records. Capitol Records will purchase the masters for the entire session and will issue "I Want A Little Girl", "I'm Still In Love With You", the second take of "You're My Best Poker Hand" and "West Side Baby" on the album "" (T 1958), the second take of "You're My Best Poker Hand" as a single (Capitol 57-70023), and all the titles in the three-CD set "Capitol Blues Collection: T-Bone Walker - The Complete Capitol/Black and White Recordings" (8-29379-2).

1951 - The Ernie Felice Quartet (Ernie Felice on accordion and three unidentified musicians) record the titles "Just One Of Those Things", "Cumana", another version of "Just One Of Those Things", and a remake of "Hora Staccato" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the first version of "Just One Of Those Things", "Cumana" and the take of "Hora Staccato" recorded on this date on the quartet's album "Accordion Powerhouse" (FBF-307) and the second take of "Just One Of Those Things" on the quartet's album "Cocktail Time With The Ernie Felice Quartet" (T 192).

1952 - Fletcher Henderson, bandleader, pianist, arranger, and member of the Capitol Records band Benny Goodman and His Orchestra, dies in New York City, New York at age 55.

1952 - Vocalist Cousin Herb Henson, with unlisted others, records the titles "Bouncing Heart", "Tattle-Tale Moon", "I Wish I Was That Young Again", and "Electrified Donkey" in (listed as possibly) Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Bouncing Heart" and "Tattle-Tale Moon" together as a single (Capitol 2348) and has yet to issue the other two titles.

1952 - Roger Wagner conducts The Roger Wagner Chorale with The Concert Arts Players (lineups unlisted) as they rehearse Villa-Lobos' "Nonetto For Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Saxophone, Bassoon, Harp, Celeste, Percussion And Mixed Chorus" which they will record for Capitol Records on January 6, 1953.

70 Years Ago Today In 1955 - During two session that take place at Capitol Records' Melrose Avenue studios in Hollywood, California between 10:30 PM and 2:00 AM the next day on December 30, 1955, Jean Shepard (on vocals), with J. R. "Jelly" Sanders on fiddle, Bill Woods on piano, Charles Lee "Fuzzy" Owen, Alvis "Buck" Owens, and Lewis Talley on guitars, Clarence Roy Lee on bass, and John Cuvielllo on drums, records the titles "It's Hard To Tell The Married From The Free", "Did I Turn Down A Better Deal?", "A Passing Love Affair", and "I Married You For Love" at the first session and the titles "I'll Thank You All My Life", "I Learned It All From You", "Hello, Old Broken Heart", and "Sad Singing' And Slow Ridin'" at the second session. Capitol Records will issue all the titles from the two sessions, except "I Learned It All From You", on Shepard's album "Songs Of A Love Affair" (T 728) and "I Learned It All From You" as a single (Capitol 3340) with "This Has Been Your Life" (recorded December 27, 1955) on the flipside.

70 Years Ago Today In 1955 - Nat "King" Cole (on vocals), with Nelson Riddle conducting his own arrangements to the orchestra (Pete Candoli, Harry Edison, Conrad Gozzo, Vito Mangano, and Shorty Sherock on trumpet, Francis "Joe" Howard and Paul Tanner on trombone, Juan Tizol on valve trombone, George Roberts on bass trombone, Willie Smith, Mahlon Clark, Don Raffell, William "Buck" Skalak, and Bob Lawson on saxophones, Bill Miller on piano, Herman "Tiny" Mitchell on guitar, Joe Comfort on bass, and Lee Young on drums), records the titles "Mr. Juke Box" with a mixed vocal group (5 unlisted male and female vocalists), "Dame Crazy", "I Just Found Out About Love", "I Got Love" with a mixed vocal group (5 unlisted male and female vocalists), and "My Personal Possession" with additional vocals by The Four Knights (Cliff Holland and John Wallace on tenor vocals, Clarence Dixon on baritone vocals, and Oscar Broadway on bass vocals) at Capitol Records' Melrose Avenue studios in Hollywood, California between 7:00 PM and 11:30 PM. Capitol Records will issue "Dame Crazy" and "I Just Found Out About Love" on Cole's EP "Songs From 'Strip For Action'" (EAP-1-709), "My Personal Possession" as a single (Capitol F3737) with "Send For Me" (recorded May 14, 1957) on the flipside, and the first four titles on Cole's CD "Night Lights" (5-31964-2).

70 Years Ago Today In 1955 - Violinist Nathan Milstein and pianist Arthur Balsam record Giuseppe Tartini's "Violin Sonata In G Minor, Devil's Trill" in New York City, New York for Capitol Records which has yet to issue this take. Milstein, with pianist Leon Pommers, would record a new take of the title on January 29, 1959, in New York City, New York.

1957 - During three sessions held this day in New York City, New York, the original cast of the Broadway musical "The Music Man", featuring vocalists Robert Preston, Verne Reed, Iggie Wolfington, Pert Kelton, Barbara Cook, Eddie Hodges, and The Buffalo Bills (lineup unlisted), with Herbert Greene conducting the orchestra (lineup unlisted), record the titles "Overture And Rock Island" with vocals by Verne Reed, "Shipoopi" with vocals by Iggie Wolfington, "Iowa Stubborn" with vocals by The Comany, "Wells Fargo Wagon" with vocals by Eddie Hodges, "Gary, Indiana" also with vocals by Eddie Hodges, "Sincere" with vocals by The Buffalo Bills, and "It's You" also with vocals by The Buffalo Bills at the first session, the titles "Ya Got Trouble" with vocals by Robert Preston, "Lida Rose/Will I Ever Title" with vocals by The Buffalo Bills and Barbara Cook, "Pick-A-Little, Talk-A-Little/Good Night Ladies" with vocals by The Company, "Seventy-Six Trombones" with vocals by Robert Preston, and "Finale" also with vocals by Robert Preston at the second session, and the titles "My White Knight" with vocals by Barbara Cook, "Marian The Librarian" with vocals by Robert Preston, "Piano Lesson" and "Goodnight, My Someone" with vocals by Barbara Cook, "The Sadder-But-Wiser-Girl For Me" with vocals by Robert Preston, and "Till There Was You" with vocals by Barbara Cook and Pert Kelton at the third session. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on the original cast album "The Music Man" (W/SW 990). Capitol's Broadway cast album catalog is now owned and distributed by Warner Music Group's subsidiary Warner Classics.

65 Years Ago Today In 1960 - Whittemore & Lowe (Arthur "Buck" Whittemore and Jack Lowe on piano duets), with The Gene Lowell Singers (lineup unlisted), record the titles "Love Music (From 'The Great Imposter')" and "Theme From 'Go Naked In The World'" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue the two titles together as a single (Capitol 4522).

65 Years Ago Today In 1960 - Ray Anthony (on trumpet) and His Entertainers (Bob Robinson on trombone, Bob Hardaway on tenor saxophone, Leo Anthony on baritone saxophone, a unknown pianist, Carson Smith on bass, and Nick Ceroli on drums), record "Molly Brown Overture", "Molly Brown Finale", and a remake of the title "Dolce Far Niente" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Ray Anthony's album "Swing · Dream · Dance To The Unsinkable Molly Brown" (T 1576).

65 Years Ago Today In 1960 - Stan Freberg (on vocals), with Billy May conducting his own arrangements to the orchestra (lineup unlisted), recorded the titles "The Midnight Ride Of Paul Revere" with additional vocals by Paul Frees, Jesse White, and June Foray, "The Boston Tea Party" with additional vocals by Paul Frees and Peter Leeds, and "The Thanksgiving Story" with additional vocals also by Paul Frees and Peter Leeds in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the last two titles on Freberg's album "Stan Freberg Presents The United States Of America" (W 1573) and all the titles on the CD release of the album (7-92061-2).

65 Years Ago Today In 1960 - Dakota Stanton (on vocals), with a small band (lineup unlisted), records the title "All In My Mind" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue the title as a single (Capitol 4512) with "Hey Lawdy Mama" (recorded September 16, 1960) on the flipside.

1961 - Trumpet player Ray Anthony and The Barnstormers (lineup unlisted) record the titles "Bug Stomping (Stomp That Roach)", "Shoutin' Truth", "The Big Stomp (Mop Mop Stomp)", and "Skokiaan" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Bug Stomping (Stomp That Roach)" and "The Big Stomp (Mop Mop Stomp)" together as a single (Capitol 4642) as by The Barnstormers and have yet to issue "Shoutin' Truth" and "Skokiaan".

1962 - It's a Friday night and at 9:30 PM EST Nat "King" Cole appears, along with fellow guest stars George Burns and Ginger Rogers, on NBC-TV's "The Dinah Shore Show". Cole performs "I Won't Twist", Sweet Lorraine", and "Why Don't You Do Right?" Dinah and Nat sing a collection of blues and spirituals written for them by Ticker Freeman and Earl Brown. Also, Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records album "Ramblin' Rose" is #10 on Billboard Music Week magazine's 150 Best Selling Monaural LPs chart and #11 on the magazine's 50 Best Selling Stereo LPs chart. Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records album "Dear Lonely Hearts" is #47 on Billboard Music Magazine's 50 Best Selling Stereo LPs chart and #115 on the magazine's 150 Best Selling Monaural LPs chart. Nat 'King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Dear Lonely Hearts" is #2 on Billboard Music Week magazine's Middle-Road Singles chart, #13 on the magazine's Hot 100 singles chart, #14 on its Honor Roll Of Hits chart, and #16 on its Hot R&B Singles chart. Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Ramblin' Rose" is #7 on Ilta-Sanomat's chart in Helsinki, Finland. "Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "The Christmas Song" is #19 on Billboard Music Week magazine's Middle-Road Singles chart and #65 on the magazine's Hot 100 singles chart. "Dear Lonely Hearts" is also #18 on Cash Box magazine's Top 100 Singles chart and #31 on KFWB's Fabulous Forty Survey in Los Angeles, California.

1962 - Nelson Riddle conducts his own arrangements to His Orchestra (lineup unlisted) as they record the titles "The Dickens And Fenster March", "McHale's Navy March", "Moon River", "Bubbles In The Wine", and "Lawrence Of Arabia" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles, except "Lawrence Of Arabia" which remains unissued, on Riddle and his orchestra's album "More Hit TV Themes" (T/ST 1869).

1962 - Vocal group The Lettermen (Jim Pike, Tony Butala, and Bob Engemann), with unlisted others, record the titles "Moments To Remember", "Graduation Day", "It's Dark On Observatory Hill", "The Party's Over", and "Heartache, Oh Heartache" in Los Angeles, California. After overdubs are recorded for the first four titles on January 10, 1963 by Jimmie Haskell conducting his own arrangements to an orchestra (lineup unlisted), Capitol Records will issue all the titles, except "Heartache, Oh Heartache" which remains unissued, on the group's album "College Standards" (T/ST 1829).

1962 - The Green River Boys (a "one-off" group, one of whose members is future Capitol Records solo artist Glen Campbell)' Capitol Records single "Kentucky Means Paradise", with "Truck Drivin' Man" on the flipside, enters Billboard's Country singles chart where it will peak at #20.

1962 - Nelson Riddle conducts his own arrangements to His Orchestra (lineup unlisted) as they record the titles "The Dickens And Fenster March", "McHale's Navy March", "Moon River", "Bubbles In The Wine", and "Lawrence Of Arabia" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles, except "Lawrence Of Arabia" which remains unissued, on Riddle and his orchestra's album "More Hit TV Themes" (T/ST 1869).

1962 - Vocal group The Lettermen (Jim Pike, Tony Butala, and Bob Engemann), with unlisted others, record the titles "Moments To Remember", "Graduation Day", "It's Dark On Observatory Hill", "The Party's Over", and "Heartache, Oh Heartache" in Los Angeles, California. After overdubs are recorded for the first four titles on January 10, 1963 by Jimmie Haskell conducting his own arrangements to an orchestra (lineup unlisted), Capitol Records will issue all the titles, except "Heartache, Oh Heartache" which remains unissued, on the group's album "College Standards" (T/ST 1829).

1963 - The "Good Guys" (at the time, Joe O'Brien (6-10 AM), Harry Harrison (10-1 PM), Jack Spector (1-4 PM), Dan Daniel (4-7 PM), B. Mitchel Reed (7-11 PM), Johnny Dark (overnights) Ed Baer (fill in and weekends), and Frank Stickle (fill in and weekends), on 5,000-watt radio station WMCA, become the first New York City disc jockeys to play The Beatles’ Capitol Records single "I Want to Hold Your Hand".

1964 - Buck Owens records the track "Gonna Have Love" for Capitol Records.

60 Years Ago Today In 1965 - During two sessions held today in Los Angeles, California, Tennessee Ernie Ford & The Jack Halloran Choir (on vocals, lineup unlisted), with Jack Fascinato conducting the orchestra (lineup unlisted) records the titles, "Hello, Dolly!", "L-O-V-E", and "Red Roses For A Blue Lady" at the first session and "Turn Around", "Dear Heart", and "King Of The Road" at the second session. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Ford's album "My Favorite Things" (T 2444).

60 Years Ago Today In 1965 - The Great Danes (lineup unlisted) record as yet unissued takes of the titles "It Was Easier To Hurt Her", "Let Me Take You Away From This", "King Of Fools", and "Find Yourself Another Guy" in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records.

60 Years Ago Today In 1965 - Charlie Wright, with Aurther Wright conducting his own arrangement to unlisted background vocalists and musicians, records the titles "Help Yourself", "Number One", and the as yet unissued titles "I Won't Be Your Fool Anymore" and "Two Individuals" with producers Wright, Jenkins, and Esked in (listed as possibly) Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the first two titles together as a single (Capitol 5576).

1966 - The Beatles' record the title "Penny Lane" at EMI's Abbey Road Studios in London, England with producer George Martin. Capitol Records will issue the titles as a single in the United States (Capitol 5810) with "Strawberry Fields Forever" on the flipside on February 13, 1967.

1967 - Paul Whiteman (aka "The King of Jazz"), who commissioned George Gershwin's "Rhapsody In Blue" and premiered the piece with Gershwin at the piano, bandleader (whose members included future Capitol Records artists Jack Teagarden and Red Nichols as well as vocalist and future Capitol Records co-founder Johnny Mercer), radio and television show host, motion picture actor, and a Capitol Records artist (whose first single, "I Found A New Baby" [with "The General Jumped At Dawn" on the flip side] is the label's first release), dies in Doylestown, Pennsylvania at age 77.

1967 - The Art Reynolds Singers (Thelma Houston, Alfreda James, Lillie Mae Brown, Glenna Session, Arlene Le Beef, and Art Reynolds), with unlisted others, record the titles "Impossible Dream", "He's Got The Whole World In His Hands", and "Why (Am I Treated So Bad)" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records has yet to issue "Impossible Dream" and will issue the other two titles on the group's album "The Soul Gospel Sounds Of The Art Reynolds Singers - Electrifying" (ST 2900).

1969 - Capitol Records releases Grand Funk Railroad's album "Grand Funk" (aka "The Red Album").

1971 - The final masters are created at Buck Owens' studios in Bakersfield, California for all the titles on The Buckaroos Capitol Records album "Songs Of Merle Haggard" (ST-860), for vocalist Tony Booth's titles "The Key's In The Mailbox" and "The Devil Made Me Do That" which Capitol Records will issue together as a single (Capitol 3269) and on the compilation album "Best Of Bakersfield" (SMAS-11111), and on arranger and conductor Dave Gary and The Bakersfield Brass' titles "Sally Was A Good Old Girl" and "We're Gonna Let The Good Times Roll" which Capitol will issue together as a single (Capitol 3276).

1971 - The Lettermen (vocalists Jim Pike, Tony Butala, and Gary Pike), with unlisted musicians, record the titles "I've Never Been to Spain", "Precious And Few", "It's One Of Those Nights", "Anticipation", "White Lies, Blue Eyes", and The Summer Knows" in Los Angeles, California. After overdubs are recorded for all the titles on December 30 and 31, for "I've Never Been To Spain", "It's One Of Those Nights", "Anticipation", and "White Lies, Blue Eyes" on January 6, 1972, "I've Never Been To Spain", "It's One Of Those Nights", and "White Lies, Blue Eyes" on January 7, 1972, and for "It's One Of Those Nights" on January 10, 1972, Capitol Records will issue "I've Never Been To Spain", "It's One Of Those Nights", "Anticipation", and "White Lies, Blue Eyes" on the trio's album "Lettermen" (SW-11010) and "Precious And Few" and "The Summer Knows" on their album "Spin Away" (SW-11124).

1972 - Final overdubs are recorded for The Lettermen's titles "Listen To The Music/I Believe In Music", "Baby, Don't Get Hooked On Me", "Beautiful Sunday", "Alone Again (Naturally)", "Put A Little Love In Your Heart/Black And White", "MacArthur Park", "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face", "Bridge Over Troubled Water/You've Got A Friend", and "It Never Rains In Southern California" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the final mixes of all the titles on the trio's album "'Alive' Again...Naturally" (SW-11183).

1973 - Ringo Starr's Apple Records single "You're Sixteen", a cover of Johnny Burnette's Imperial Records track, with "Devil Woman" on the flipside and distributed by Capitol Records in the United States, enters the top 40 of Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart at # 27 and will peak at #1 on January 26, 1974.

1974 - Helen Reddy's Capitol Records single "Angie Baby" is still #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart.

50 Years Ago Today In 1975 - The Lettermen (vocalists Donny Pike, Tony Butala, and Gary Pike), Vince Morton conducting his own arrangements to the orchestra (lineup unlisted) record overdubs for the titles "For The Good Times", "Loving Her Was Easier", "I Can't Help It", "The Last Thing On My Mind (If I'm Still In Love With You)", Today I Started Loving You Again", "Kiss An Angel Good Morning", "Leavin' With The First Light", "Take Me Home, Country Roads", "Before The Next Teardrop Falls", "Storms Of Troubled Times", the disco version of "The Way You Look Tonight" and the still unissued take of "Medley: Gone For Good/Missouri Melodies" in Los Angeles, California. More overdubs will be recorded January 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 13, 1976. Capitol Records will issue the final versions of the first ten songs on The Lettermen's album "Kind Of Country" (SW-11508) and the ninth and tenth titles together as a single (Capitol 4226).

1976 - The Pousette-Dart Band (lineup unlisted) record the title "Hey Grandma" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records has yet to issue the title.

1977 - During two sessions held this day in Los Angeles, California, Richard Torrence, with unlisted others, records the title "Get Into The Music" at the first session and the title "Runaround Girl" at the second session. Capitol Records will issue both titles on Torrence's album "Double Take" (SW-11699).

45 Years Ago Today In 1980 - Cherie Currie records the as yet unissued takes of "I Surrender" and "You're A Baby" in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records.

1981 - Vocalist Mel McDaniel records the titles "I Wish I Was In Nashville", "The Big Time", "Take Me To The Country", and "Maximum Living On A Minimum Wage" in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue "I Wish I Was In Nashville", "The Big Time", and "Take Me To The Country" on McDaniel's album "Take Me To The Country" (ST-12208) and "Maximum Living On A Minimum Wage" on his album "Take Me To The Country" (ST-12265).

35 Years Ago Today In 1990 - Wilson Phillips' SBK Records single "Impulsive", distributed by Capitol Records, is still #3 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart.

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1944 - Etta Jones, with Barney Bigard, record the tracks "Blow Top Blues", "Salty Papa Blues", "Evil Gal Blues" and "Long Long Journey" in Los Angeles, California for Black and White Records. Black and White's catalog is currently owned by Capitol Records.

1958 - The Chipmunks with David Saville's Liberty Records single "The Chipmunk Song" is still #1 on Billboard's Pop singles chart and Ricky Nelson's Imperial Records single "Lonesome Town" is #3. Liberty and Imperial's catalog is currently owned by Capitol Records parent company EMI Music.

1962 - Ricky Nelson's Imperial Records single "It's Up To You", with "I Need You" on the flipside, enters the top 40 of Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart and will peak at #6 on February 2, 1963.

1963 - The Beach Boys' Candix Records single "Surfin'" (their first single) debuts at #33 on Los Angeles radio station KFWB's "Fabulous Forty Survey" for this week.

60 Years Ago Today In 1965 - Trumpet player Blue Mitchell, with Junior Cook on tenor saxophone, Chick Corea on piano, Gene Taylor on bass, and Joe Chambers on drums, records rejected takes of "Bring It On Home To Me" and "Port Rico" in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey for Blue Note Records. New and approved takes of both songs will be recorded on January 6,1966.

50 Years Ago Today In 1975 - Ronnie Laws (on flute and soprano and tenor saxophones), with Donald Hepburn and Michael Hepburn on electric piano, clavinet, and synthesizer, Marion The Magician on guitar, Nathaniel Phillips on electric bass, Bruce Carter on drums and Bruce Smith on percussion, record the title "Captain Midnite" at Total Experience Studio in Los Angeles, California with engineer F. Byron Clark and producer Wayne Henderson. Blue Note Records will issue the title on Laws' album "Fever" (BN-LA628-G on vinyl and 7-89541-2 on CD).