MARCH 7, 2025

HAPPY BIRTHDAYS!

1917 - Lee Young, a drummer who worked with the Capitol Records group The King Cole Trio, bandleader of the Lee Young Band, a music producer, and the brother of saxophonist Lester Young, is born Leonidas Raymond Young in New Orleans, Louisiana.

1919 - Pappy "Gube" Beaver, singer, radio performer, and Capitol Records artist, is born Parlin Kenneth Beaver in Newport, Tennessee.

1943 - Leon Frank Sylvers III, singer, songwriter, music producer, and member of the Capitol Records group The Sylvers, is born in Memphis, Tennessee.

1947 - Donna Loren, singer, actress, and Capitol Records artist is born in Boston, Massachusetts.

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1947 - Margaret Whiting's Capitol Records single "Guilty", with "Oh! But I Do" on the flipside, enters the top 40 of the U.S. Pop singles charts.

1947 - The Benny Goodman Quartet (Benny Goodman on clarinet, Tommy Todd on piano, Harry Babasin on bass, and Tommy Romersa on drums), record the titles "The Lonesome Road" and, with the addition of Ernie Felice on accordion, "Fine And Dandy" at Radio Recorders' studios at 932 North Western Avenue in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue both titles together as a single (Capitol 394) and on Goodman's album "The Goodman Touch" (H-441).

1953 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Pretend" is #6 on The Billboard magazine's Best Selling Singles, Most Played in Juke Boxes, and Most Played By Jockeys charts and #10 on Cash Box magazine's Best Selling Singles chart.

1956 - Frank Sinatra conducts a orchestra (Mannie Klein, Conrad Gozzo, and Uan Rasey on trumpets, Si Zentner and Ed Kusby on trombones, George Roberts on bass trombone, James Decker, Vincent De Rosa, John Cave, and Hyman Markowitz on French horns, Arthur Gleghorn and Harry Klee on flutes, Mitchell Lurie and Sal Franzella on clarinets, Bert Gassman and Harry Schuchman on oboes, Fred Moritz and John Hacker on bassoons, Bill Miller on piano, George Boujie on tuba, Sam Goldman and Eddie Gilbert on basses, Lou Singer and David Grupp on drums and percussion, Kathryn Julye on harp and a string section with Victor Arno, Victor Bay, Alex Beller, David Frisina, Jacques Gasselin, Ben Gill, Murray Kellner, Paul Nero, Erno Neufeld, Lou Raderman, Nathan Ross, Mischa Russell, Eudice Shapiro, Paul Shure, Felix Slatkin, and Marshall Sosson on violins, Alvin Dinkin, Maxine Johnson, Louis Kievman, Virginia Majewski, Paul Robyn, and Abraham Weiss on violas, Cy Bernard, Victor Gottlieb, Ray Kramer, Edgar Lustgarten, Kurt Reher, and Joseph Saxon on cellos) as they record the instrumental  titles "Yellow" arranged and composed by Jeff Alexander, "Green" arranged and composed by Gordon Jenkins, and "Gray" and "Blue" composed by Alec Wilder in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 Vine Street in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on the album "Frank Sinatra Conducts Tone Poems Of Color" (W 735).

1957 - Vocalist Joan Anthony (aka Mamie Van Doren), with Les Baxter and His Orchestra (lineup unlisted but including Eddie Cochran on guitar) and a male chorus (lineup also unlisted), records the titles "Salamander", "Rollin' Stone", "Oo Ba La Baby", and "Go, Go, Calypso" in Los Angeles, California. Prep Records, a subsidiary of Capitol Records, will issue "Salamander" and "Go, Go, Calypso" together as the label's first single (Prep F100) and all the titles on the EP "Mamie Van Doren Sings Selections From The Warner Bros. Production 'Untamed Youth'" (M 1-1).

1957 - Vocalist Kelly Smith, with Nelson Riddle conducting his own arrangements to the orchestra (Murray McEachern, Tommy "Pullman" Pederson, George Roberts, and Juan Tizol on trombones, Ray Sherman on piano, Bob Bain and Vincent Terri on guitars, Rollie Bundock on bass, Frank Flynn and Roy Harte on drums, Victor Bay, Harry Bluestone, Erno Neufeld, Mischa Russell, Paul Shure, and Marshall Sosson on violins, Alvin Dinkin and David Sterkin on violas, and Cy Bernard and Ennio Bolognini on cellos) records the titles "Young And In Love", "You'll Never Know", "Good Behavior", and "You Better Go Now" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California between 11:00 PM and 2:30 AM on March 8, 1957. Capitol Records will issue "Young And In Love" and "You Better Go Now" together as a single (Capitol F3698) and "You'll Never Know" and "Good Behavior" together as a single (Capitol F3740). Unfortunately, "You'll Never Know" and "Good Behavior" are not currently available on YouTube.

1957 - Leopold Stokowski conducts The Houston Symphony Orchestra (lineup unlisted) as they record Gliere's "Symphony N° 3 In B Minor, Opus 42" in the Music Hall in Houston, Texas. Capitol Records will issue the title on the album "GLIERE - Symphony N° 3 In D Minor" (P/SP-8402).

1958 - Glen Gray leads The Casa Loma Orchestra (Shorty Sherock, Conrad Gozzo, Mannie Klein, and Pete Candoli on trumpets,  Walt Benson, Joe Howard, and Si Zentner on trombones, Murray McEachern also on trombone and alto saxophone, Skeets Herfurt also on alto saxophone, Gus Bivona on clarinet and also on alto saxophone, Babe Russin and Jules Jacob on tenor saxophones, Chuck Gentry on baritone saxophone, Ray Sherman on piano, Jack Marshall on guitar, Mike Rubin on bass, and Nick Fatool on drums), using arrangements by Gene Gifford and Larry Wagner, as they record the titles "A String Of Pearls" in the style of Glenn Miller, "Tenderly" in the style of Randy Brooks, "Snowfall" in the style of Claude Thornhill, and "Contrasts" in the style of Jimmy Dorsey in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on the album "Sounds Of The Great Bands" as by Glen Gray And The Casa Loma Orchestra (W/SW 1022).

1958 - Guy Lombardo conducts His Royal Canadians (lineup unlisted) as they record the titles "Medley #6: Reaching For The Moon/It's A Lovely Day Today/Maybe It's Because/I'm Putting All My Eggs In One Basket/Be Careful It's My Heart", "Medley #7: You Keep Coming Back Like A Song/I Want To Go Back To Michigan/The Best Thing For You/Play A Simple Melody/Let's Face The Music And Dance", and "Medley #8: The Night Is Filled With Music/Isn't This A Lovely Day/You'd Be Surprised/God Bless America" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on the album "Berlin By Lombardo" (T/DT 1019) as by Guy Lombardo And His Royal Canadians.

1958 - Erich Leinsdorf conducts The Concert Arts Symphony Orchestra (lineup unlisted) as they record Smetana's "The Moldau" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the title on the orchestra's album "Portraits In Sound" (P/SP-8446).

1961 - Buck Owens records the title "Heartaches By The Number" for Capitol Records.

1962 - Vocalist Gordon MacRae, with unlisted others, records the titles "Nobody Told Me", and "The Sweetest Sounds" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both titles together as a single (Capitol 4736).

1962 - Jack Marshall directs His Orchestra (lineup unlisted) as they record the titles "Night Train", "Baby Took Good Care Of Me", "Sing, Sing, Sing", "Tuff Jack", and "Peter Gunn" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Sing, Sing, Sing" and "Tuff Jack" together as a single as by Tuff Jack and all the titles on Marshall's album "Tuff Jack" (T/ST 1727).

1962 - Vocalist Nat "King" Cole, with Ralph Carmichael conducting the orchestra which includes Reunald Jones on trumpet, John Collins on guitar, Charlie Harris on bass, Lee Young (on his 45th birthday) on drums, and a vocal chorus (lineup unlisted), records the titles "Tres Palabras (Without You)", "Piel Canela", and "Solamente Una Vez (You Belong To My Heart)" in Mexico City, Mexico. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Cole's album "More Cole Español" (W/SW 1749).

1963 - Vocalist and guitarist Merle Travis, with unlisted others, records the titles "Bloody Brethitt County", "Dear Old Halifax", "The Miner's Wife", and "Here's To The Operator, Boys" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Travis' album "Songs Of The Coal Mines" (T/ST 1956).

1963 - The Beach Boys (Brian Wilson on lead vocals, Mike Love on vocals, Carl Wilson and David Marks on guitars and vocals, and Dennis Wilson on drums and vocals) record the title "The Baker Man" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue the title on the CD "The Beach Boys - Surfin' Safari & Surfin' U.S.A" (7-93691-2).

60 Years Ago Today In 1965 - The Beatles' Capitol Records single "Eight Days A Week", with "I Don't Want To Spoil The Party" on the flipside, is #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart.

1966 - Freddie Hubbard signs a contract with Capitol Records.

1966 - Capitol Records releases Brian Wilson's single "Caroline, No" with the instrumental "Summer Means New Love" on the flipside. It is Wilson's only solo release while part of The Beach Boys.

1967 - The Howard Roberts Quartet (Howard Roberts on guitar with unlisted others) records the titles "Music To Watch Girls By", "If She Walked Into My Life", "Sing No Blues", and "Winchester Cathedral" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on the group's album "Jaunty Jolly" (T/ST 2716).

1967 - Vocalist Ferlin Husky, with unlisted others, records the titles "Peace In The Valley", "Just A Closer Walk With Thee", and "I'll Fly Away" in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Husky's album "Where No One Stands Alone" (ST 2913).

1968 - During two sessions held on this day in Nashville, Tennessee, vocalist Dick Miles, with unlisted others, records the titles "My Baby's Gone", "Jenny's First Night Away From Home", and "Thank You For Loving Me" at the first session and the titles "The Troubles My Little Boy Had", "My Last Two Tens", "Long Back Limousine", and "Cap'n" at the second session. Capitol Record will issue "Thank You For Loving Me" and "Cap'n" together as a single (Capitol 2225) and all the titles on Miles' album "The Last Goodbye" (ST 2925).

55 Years Ago Today In 1970 - Badfinger's Apple Records single "Come And Get It", with "Rock Of All Ages" on the flipside and distributed by Capitol Records in the United States, enters the top 40 of the U.S. Pop singles chart.

55 Years Ago Today In 1970 - John Ono Lennon's Apple Records single "Instant Karma (We All Shine On)", with Yoko Ono Lennon's "Who Has Seen The Wind" on the flipside and distributed by Capitol Records in the United States, enters the top 40 of the U.S. Pop singles chart.

1972 - Vocalist Nancy Wilson records vocals over band tracks that were recorded in February 1972 for the titles "(Goin' Thru Them) Changes", "Moments", "Here It Comes", and "All By Myself" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Wilson's album "I've Never Been To Me" (ST-11659).

1972 - Buck Owens records the title "Made In Japan" at Buck Owens Studios in Bakersfield, California. Capitol Records will issue the title as a single (Capitol 3314) with "Black Texas Dirt" on the flipside.

1973 - Helen Reddy's Capitol Records single "I Am Woman", with "More Than You Could Take" on the flipside, is certified Gold by the R.I.A.A.

1973 - Vocalist and guitarist Glen Campbell, with unlisted others, records overdubs for his titles "You're The One", "I Take It On Home", "I Want To Be With You Always", and "Faded, Jaded Cowboy Star" in Los Angeles, California. After more overdubs are recorded on March 13, 1973 for "I Take It On Home" and "I Want to Be With You Always" and on March 18, 1973 for "You're The One", Capitol Records will issue the final mixes of "You're The One" and "I Want To Be With You Always" on Campbell's album "I Knew Jesus (Before He Was A Star)" (SW-11185) and has yet to issue "Faded, Jaded Cowboy Star".

1976 - Merle Haggard's Capitol Records single "The Roots Of My Raising", with "The Way It Was in '51" on the flipside, is #1 on Billboard's Country Singles chart.

1978 - Gene Watson, with unlisted others, records the titles "I Wonder How It Is In Colorado", "Mama Sold Roses", and "Take Off Them Shoes" in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue "Mama Sold Roses" as a single (Capitol 4723) with "Pick The Woldwood Flower" (recorded March 1, 1978) on the flipside and all the titles on Watson's album "Reflections" (ST-11805).

1978 - Don Schlitz, with unlisted others, records the titles "The Gambler" and "You Can't Take It With You" in (listed as possibly) Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will purchase the masters to both titles and issue them together as a single (Capitol 4576).

1992 - Richard Marx's Capitol Records single "Hazard", with "Big Boy Now" on the flipside, enters the top 40 of Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart.

1992 - During two sessions held this day at Le Gonks West studio in Los Angeles, California, vocalist Rachelle Ferrell, with unlisted others, records the title "Waiting" at the first session and the title "Too Late" at the second session. Capitol Records will issue "Waiting" on Ferrell's self-titled CD "Rachelle Ferrell" (7-93769-2) and have yet to issue "Too Late".

1994 - Pink Floyd's album "Dark Side Of The Moon" is certified 13x Multi-Platinum by the R.I.A.A.

1999 - Marv Ingram (aka Marv Ingraham and born Marvin Inabnett), commodities broker and high tenor singer with the Capitol Records group The Four Preps, dies of a heart attack at age 60. If anyone knows what day he was born, please leave a comment.

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1939 - Future Capitol Records artists Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians record the title "Auld Lang Syne" for Decca Records. They will re-record the title for Capitol Records in Hi-Fi, which will later be voted by Lombardo's fans to be the superior version of the tune..

1946 - Peter Wolf, one-time husband of actress Faye Dunaway (1974-1979), lead singer with The EMI America Records group The J. Geils Band, and solo artist, is born Peter Blankfield in the Bronx, New York City, New York.

1963 - Tenor saxophonist Hank Mobley, with Donald Byrd on trumpet, Herbie Hancock on piano, Butch Warren on bass, and Philly Joe Jones on drums, records the titles "Old World, New Imports", "Up A Step", "The Feelin's Good", "East Of The Village", "Yes Indeed", and "The Good Life" at recording engineer Rudy Van Gelder's studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey. Blue Note Records will issue "Old World, New Imports" and "Up A Step" on Mobley's album "No Room For Squares" (BLP4149/BST84149), "The Feelin's Good" on Mobley's album "Straight No Filter" (BST84435) in 1968, "East Of The Village" and "The Good Life" on Mobley's album "The Turnaround" (BLP4186/BST84186), and all the titles on the CD release of "Straight No Filter" (7-84435-2).

1987 - Future Capitol Records and Grand Royal Records group The Beastie Boys' first album, "Licensed To Ill" (released by Def Jam and distributed by Columbia Records), is #1 on Billboard's Top 200 Albums chart.

ON THIS DAY NOT IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1917 - The first Jazz record is released in the United States when Victor Records starts shipping Original Dixieland 'Jass' Band's single "Dixieland Jass Band One-Step".

 MARCH 6, 2025

HAPPY BIRTHDAYS!

1916 - "Red" Callender, a bandleader (trio and sextette), string bass and tuba player, motion picture actor (1958's "St. Louis Blues" which starred Capitol Records artist Nat "King" Cole), a Black & White Records and Hollywood Records artist, and Capitol Records artist and session musician who worked with Judy Garland, Nat "King" Cole and Art Tatum, is born George Sylvester Callender in Haynesville, Virginia.

1946 - Dave Gilmour, CBE, a guitarist with the groups Joker's Wild, Flowers, Bullitt, and lead guitarist and vocalist with the Harvest, Columbia, and Capitol Records group Pink Floyd, is born David Jon Gilmour in Cambridge, England.

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1947 - Narrator Don Wilson, using a script adapted by Alan Livingston, records vocal overdubs onto music recorded by Billy May and an orchestra on February 27, 1947 of the titles "Bongo, The Circus Bear" and "Little Hiawatha" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Bongo, The Circus Bear" as a children's album (CAS-3132) and "Little Hiawatha" as a children's album (CAS-3136) and both on the album ""Little Toot" & Other Walt Disney Favorites" (J-3256). Unfortunately, neither title is currently available on YouTube.

1948 - It's a Saturday in Chicago, Illinois and vocalist Clark Dennis is the guest on this episode of "King Cole Trio Time" on NBC-Radio with the master of ceremonies Dave Garroway. The trio opens the show with "Straighten Up And Fly Right", then go on to perform "Sunday", a Wildroot Cream Oil commercial, "Wildroot Charlie", "Laroo, Laroo, Lily Bolero", "I May Be Wrong", "What'll I Do?", and "I've Got A Feeling I'm Falling" then Dennis Clark sings "Peg O'My Heart" and the trio return to perform "You're The Cream In My Coffee", "Body And Soul" and then close the show with a reprise of "Straighten Up And Fly Right. The Armed Forces Radio Service will issue the entire show on an electronic transcription disc (King Cole Trio 41).

1949 - Jimmy Wakely's Capitol Records single "I Love You So Much It Hurts", with "I Don't Want Your Sympathy" on the flipside, returns to the #1 spot on the U.S. Country singles charts.

1951 - George Greely directs The Voices Of Walter Schumann (an uncredited chorus), with instrumental accompaniment (lineup unlisted), as they record the titles "Summertime" "Holiday For Strings", "I'm Always Chasing Rainbows", and "Goin' Home" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on the group's album "Dream" (T 297).

1951 - Vocalist Nat "King" Cole, with Irving Ashby on guitar, Joe Comfort on bass, and an unidentified drummer, record the titles "The Day Isn't Long Enough", "Little Child" with the Joe Lipman Strings (lineup unlisted), "A Robin And A Rainbow And A Red, Red, Rose" with Jack Costanzo on bongos, and The Joe Lipman Strings, "The Lighthouse In The Sky" with Jack Costanzo on bongos and The Ray Charles Singers (lineup unlisted), and "Pigtail And Freckles" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue "Little Child" as a single (Capitol 1468) with "Red Sails In The Sunset" (recorded February 12, 1951) on the flipside. Music For Pleasure will issue the first title in England on the CD "Nat King Cole" (CDDL-1305) and Mosaic Records will issue the last three titles in the box set "The Complete Capitol Recordings Of The Nat King Cole Trio" (MR27-138 on vinyl and MD18-138 on CD).

1952 - Vocalist Tennessee Ernie Ford, with Cliffie Stone's Orchestra (Billy Liebert on piano, Jimmy Bryant on electric guitar, Eddie Kirk on guitar, Wesley "Speedy" West on steel guitar, Cliffie Stone on bass, Roy Harte on drums), records the titles "Everybody's Got A Girl But Me", "Fatback Louisiana, U.S.A.", and, with the addition of Paul Mason Howard on zither, "Snowshoe Thompson" in Capitol Records' studios at 5515 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue "Everybody's Got A Girl But Me" as a single (Capitol 2042) with "Put Your Arms Around Me" (recorded October 10, 1949) on the flipside, and "Fatback Louisiana, U.S.A." and "Snowshoe Thompson" together as a single (Capitol 2066).

1952 - Jimmy Lee and Johnny Mathis (vocalist and guitarist Jimmy Lee Fautheree and harmony vocalist Johnny Mathis), with probably Tommy Jackson on fiddle, an unlisted pianist, Chet Atkins on rhythm guitar, Robert Foster on steel guitar, and Bob Moore on bass, record the titles "Warm, Warm Kisses" without Mathis on harmony vocals, "Open For Trade", "Suspense" without Mathis on harmony vocals, and "Don't Forget To Remember" at Castle Studio in the Tulane Hotel in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue "Warm, Warm Kisses" and "Suspense" together as a single (Capitol 2051), and "Open For Trade" and "Don't Forget To Remember" together as a single (Capitol 3012).

1953 - Capitol Records masters the titles "Stockholders Record, Side 1" and "Stockholders Record, Side 2" in Los Angeles, California which it will issue as a promotional record (PRO 126/PRO 127).

1956 - Capitol Records files the masters it bought for guitarist Les Paul and guitarist and vocalist Mary Ford's titles "Say The Words I Love To Hear" and "Send Me Some Money" and will issue both titles together as a single (Capitol 3389).

1956 - Vocalist Gordon MacRae, with The Van Alexander Orchestra and Chorus (lineups unlisted), records the titles "Who Are We?", "I've Grown Accustomed To Her Face", and "Obey" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the first two titles together as a single (Capitol 3384) and "Obey" as a single (Capitol 3519) with "Without Love" (recorded July 12, 1956) on the flipside.

1956 - Vocalist Don Robertson, with unlisted others, records the titles "The Happy Whistler" and, with vocalist Lou Dinning, "You're Free To Go" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both titles together as a single (Capitol 3391).

1956 - Cornetist Red Nichols and His Augmented Pennies (Lloyd Ulyate, Murray McEachern, and Simon (Si) Zentner on trombones, Vince De Rosa on French horn, Wayne Songer on clarinet and alto saxophone, Jules Jacob on oboe and bassoon, Morris Bercov on reeds, Julie Kinsler on flute, Felix Slatkin, Paul Shure, Misha Russell, Eudice Shapiro, Jacques Gasselin, Marshall Sosson, Murray Kellner, Erno Neufeld, and Leonard Atkins on violins, Paul Robyn and Alvin Dinkin on viola, Raphael Kramer and Cy Bernard on cello, Nat Farber on piano, Tony Rizzi on guitar, Meyer Rubin on bass, and Irv Cottler and Lou Singer on drums), using arrangements by Heinie Beau, record the titles "Speak Easy", "Indiana", "The Beautiful Girls Of Berlin" and "Cool Tango" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the first and third titles together as a single (Capitol 3398), the second and last titles together as a single (Capitol 3464), and all the titles on Nichols' album "In Love With Red" (T 999).

1957 - Vocalist Stan Freberg, with Laurindo Almeida and Vince Terri on guitar, Peter Leeds and The Jud Conlon Rhythmaires (lineup unlisted) on additional vocals, and Billy May's Music (Billy May conducting his own arrangements to the orchestra which included Mannie Klein [as "Nariz Grande] on trumpet, Tony Reyes on bass, and Milt Holland and Chico Guerrero on drums, records the title "Banana Boat (Day-O)" and new version of the title "Tele-Vee-Shun" (which Freberg originally recorded on January 9, 1952) in Los Angeles, California. After overdubs are recorded for "Tele-Vee-Shun" on March 24, 1957, Capitol Records will issue both titles together as a single (Capitol F3687).

1957 - Vocalist Judy Garland, with Gordon Jenkins conducting the orchestra and vocal choir (both lineups are unlisted) records the titles "I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues", "Happy New Year", "Among My Souvenirs", and "Just A Memory" at Capitol Records' studios at 5515 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Garland's album "Alone" (T/DT 835).

1958 - Glen Gray leads The Casa Loma Orchestra (Shorty Sherock, Conrad Gozzo, Mannie Klein, and Pete Candoli on trumpets,  Walt Benson, Joe Howard, and Si Zentner on trombones, Murray McEachern also on trombone and alto saxophone, Skeets Herfurt also on alto saxophone, Gus Bivona on clarinet and also on alto saxophone, Babe Russin and Jules Jacob on tenor saxophones, Chuck Gentry on baritone saxophone, Ray Sherman on piano, Jack Marshall on guitar, Mike Rubin on bass, and Nick Fatool on drums), using arrangements by Gene Gifford and Larry Wagner, as they record the titles "Flying Home" in the style of Lionel Hampton, "Cherokee" in the style of Charlie Barnet, "One O'Clock Jump" in the style of Count Basie, and "The Prisoner's Song" in the style of Bunny Berigan in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles, except the take of "The Prisoner's Song" recorded at this session which a new take will be recorded on September 18, 1958, on Glen Gray And The Casa Loma Orchestra's album "Sounds Of The Great Bands" (W/SW 1022).

1958 - Guy Lombardo conducts His Royal Canadians (lineup unlisted) as they record the titles "Medley #4: Remember/Mandy/What'll I Do/Crinoline Days/Marie" and "Medley #5: Easter Parade/Nobody Knows/The Girl That I Marry/I Love A Piano/When I Lost You" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue both titles on the album "Berlin By Guy Lombardo And His Royal Canadians" (T/DT 1019).

1961 - Vocalist and guitarist Buck Owens, with unlisted others, records the titles "I Don't Believe I'll Fall In Love Today", "Pick Me Up On Your Way Down", "Let's Agree To Disagree", "The Keeper Of The Key", "Lyin' Again", and "Heartaches For A Dime" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Owen's album "Buck Owens Sings Harlan Howard" (T 1482).

1961 - Vocalist Genie Pace, with unlisted others, records the titles "I Should Care", "Somebody Else Is Taking My Place", and "I'm Confessin'" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue the second title as a single (Capitol 4552) with "La Pachanga" (recorded March 11, 1961) on the flipside. No issuing information is listed for the other two titles.

1962 - Vocalist Frank Sinatra, with Skip Martin conducting his own arrangements to the orchestra (Uan Rasey, Conrad Gozzo, Shorty Sherock, Mickey Mangano on trumpets, Tommy Pederson, Joe Howard, Ed Kusby, and William Schaefer on trombones, Willie Schwartz and Harry Klee on alto saxophones and flutes, Justin Gordon on flute, clarinet, and tenor saxophone, Jules Jacob on clarinet, tenor saxophone, and oboe, Chuck Gentry on bassoon and bass clarinet, Bill Miller on piano, Al Viola on guitar, Ralph Pena on bass, Irving Cottler on drums, Emil Richards on percussion and tympani, Verlye Mills on harp, Victor Arno, Israel Baker, Jacques Gasselin, James Getzoff, Anatol Kaminsky, Amerigo Marino, Erno Neufeld, Nathan Ross, Paul Shure, Felix Slatkin, Marshall Sosson, and Gerald Vinci on violins, and Justin DiTullio, Ray Kramer, Edgar Lustgarten, and Eleanor Slatkin on cellos), records his last title for Capitol Records, "I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues", in United Recording Studios at 6050 Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue the title as a single (Capitol 4677) with "The Moon Was Yellow" (recorded December 29, 1958) on the flipside, on the album "Sinatra Sings.. Of Love And Things!" (W/SW 1729), and as a bonus track on the CD version of Sinatra's 1961 album "Come Swing With Me" (7-94520-2). At the same session, the title "The Boys Night Out" and an instrumental backing track for the title "Cathy" are recorded for Sinatra's new label, Reprise Records with Billy May taking over as conductor. Unfortunately, "Cathy" is not available on YouTube.

1962 - Vocalist Nat "King" Cole, with Ralph Carmichael conducting the orchestra which included Reunald Jones on trumpet, John Collins on guitar, Charlie Harris on bass, Lee Young on drums, unlisted other musicians, and a vocal chorus (lineup unlisted), records the titles "La Feria De Las Flores", "Guadalajara", and "La Golondrina (The Swallow)" in Mexico City, Mexico with producer Lee Gillette. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Cole's album "More Cole Español" (W/SW 1749).

1963 - Vocalist and guitarist Merle Travis, with unlisted others, records the titles "Black Gold", "Paw Walked Behind Us With A Carbide Lamp", "Pay Day Come Too Slow", and "Preacher Lane" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Travis' album "Songs Of The Coal Mines" (T/ST 1956).

1963 - Jimmie Haskell conducts his own arrangements to His Orchestra (lineup unlisted) as they record the titles "The James Bond Theme", "Bye Bye Birdie", and "Mexican Cat" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "The James Bond Theme" and "Bye Bye Birdie" together as a single (Capitol 4954) and on the album "From Russia With Love" (T/ST 2075) as by Jimmy Haskell And His Orchestra and will issue "Mexican Cat" as a single (Capitol 5221) with "Seventh Dawn Theme" (recorded May 26, 1964) on the flipside.

1966 - Instrumental tracks are recorded for The Beach Boys' title "I'm Waiting For The Day" and then later that day some vocal tracks are overdubbed at Western Recorders studios in Los Angeles, California. After final vocal overdubs are recorded on March 10, 1966, Capitol Records will issue the final mix of the title on the group's album "Pet Sounds" (T 2458).

1967 - The Cannonball Adderley Quintet (Nat Adderley on cornet, Julian "Cannonball" Adderley on alto saxophone, Joe Zawinul on piano, Victor Gaskin on bass, and Roy McCurdy on drums) records the titles "Introduction", "Why Am I Treated So Bad?", "I'm On My Way", and "Mini Mama" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on the group's album "Why Am I Treated So Bad?" (T/ST 2617).

1967 - Teddy Vann and His Orchestra (lineup unlisted) record the title "Theme From 'Colored Man'" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the titles as a single (Capitol 5878).

1968 - During three sessions held between 2:00 PM and 5:30 PM at The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California with The Strangers (George French, Jr. on piano, Billy Mize also on guitar and on harmony vocals, Roy Nichols on electric guitar, Lewis Talley on guitar, Norman D. Hamlett on steel guitar, Jerry Ward aka Howard Lowe on bass, and Roy "Eddie" Burris on drums) first vocalist and guitarist Merle Haggard, with Bonnie Owens on harmony vocals, records overdubs for the title "The Sunny Side Of My Life", which was recorded on February 2, 1968, at the first session, then vocalist Bonnie Owens records the titles "How Can Our Cheatin' Be Wrong?", "When Billy Comes Home To Arkansas", and "I'll Look You Over" at the second session, then vocalist and guitarist Merle Haggard records the title "Run 'Em Off" at the third session. Capitol Records will issue the final mix of "The Sunny Side Of My Life" on Merle Haggard's album "Mama Tried" (ST 2972), after overdubs are recorded for "How Can Our Cheatin' Be Wrong?" and "I'll Look You Over" on March 22, 1968, will issue "How Can Our Cheatin' Be Wrong?" as a single (Capitol 2210) with "Yes, I Love You Only" (recorded February 2, 1968) on the flipside and with "I'll Look You Over" on the album "Lead Me On" (ST-195) as by Bonnie Owens And The Strangers, has yet to issue "When Billy Comes Home To Arkansas", and will issue "Run 'Em Off" also on Merle Haggard's album "Mama Tried".

1968 - During two sessions held this day in New York City, New York, The Stone Poneys (Kenny Edwards and Bob Kimmel on guitars and Linda Ronstadt on vocals) record the title "Aren't You The One" at the first session and the title "Stoney End" at the second session. After overdubs are recorded for both titles at the same sessions, Capitol Records will issue "Aren't You The One" on the group's album "Linda Ronstadt, Stone Poneys & Friends, Volume III" (ST 2863) and has yet to issue "Stoney End".

1968 - Ken "Thumbs" Carllile, with unlisted others, records the titles "Meditation", "Work Song", "That Joker's Nice", and "High Noon" in Nashville, Tennessee for Capitol Records which has yet to issue any of the titles.

1971 - George Harrison's Apple Records single, distributed in the U.S. by Capitol Records, "What Is Life", with "Apple Scruffs" on the flipside, enters the top 40 of Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart.

1972 - Bloodrock (Steve Hill on keyboards and vocals, Nick Taylor on guitar and vocals, Lee Pickens on guitar, Ed Grundy on bass and vocals, Rick Cobb on drums and percussion, and Jim Rutledge on vocals) start two straight days of sessions recordings the titles "Lucky In The Morning" and "Good Luck (In Trying To Find A Woman)" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Lucky In The Morning" in the two-LP set "Bloodrock Live" (SVBB-11038).

1972 - Billy May conducts his own arrangements to The Time-Life Orchestra (John Audino, John Best, Pete Candoli, Uan Rasey, and Ray Triscari on trumpet, Joe Howard, Gil Falco, Dick Nash, and Lew McCreary on trombone, Les Robinson, Wilbur Schwartz, Justin Gordon, Abe Most, Plas Johnson, and Jack Nimitz on saxophones, Ray Sherman on piano, Jack Marshall on guitar, Morty Corb on bass, and Nick Fatool on drums) as they record the titles, "Blue Serge", "Bojangles", "A Sunday Kind Of Love" with vocals by Eileen Wilson, and "You Do Something With Me" with Ray Sherman also on celeste in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California. Time-Life Records will issue all the titles as part of its "Swing Era" series in the 3 album set "Volume 14 - One More Time - Swing Lives!: Billy May" (STA/STL 353).

1972 - Skylark (lineup unlisted) records the titles "The Rain Barrell" and "Wingless Bird" in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records. No issuing information is listed. 1986 - Vocalist Sawyer Brown, with unlisted others, records the titles "Night Rockin'", "The House Won't Rock", and "Moonlight Magic" in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue the first two titles on Brown's album "Out Goin' Cattin'" (ST-12517). No issuing information is listed for the last title.

1973 - Capitol Records purchases the masters for vocalist Mike Deasy's titles "Letters To My Head", "Humpty Dumpty", "I Am I Am I Am", "Little Water", "If You Pick Her Too Hard", "Flutter By Butterfly", and "Stagger Lee" which it will issue on Deasy's album "Letters To My Mind" (ST-11170).

1973 - Johnny Deco, with unlisted others, records the titles "Crazy World, Part 1" and "Crazy World Ain't It, Part 2" in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records. No issuing information is listed for either title.

1973 - Johnny Cunningham, with unlisted others, records the titles "California Oldtime Song", "California Lady", "Over And Over Again", and "Sincerely" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "California Old Time Song" as a single (Capitol 3786) with "Blue Jeans, Ice Cream & Saturday Shows" (recorded April 17, 1972) on the flipside, has yet to issue "California Lady", and "Over And Over Again" as a single (Capitol 3686) with "Wonder What I'm Doin' In Tennessee" (recorded December 21, 1971) on the flipside. No issuing information is listed for "Sincerely".

1978 - Navarro (lineup unlisted) records the title "It's About Time" at an unlisted studio. Capitol Records will issue the title on the group's album "Straight To The Heart" (SW-11784).

2007 - Capitol Records releases Reliant K's album "Five Score and Seven Years Ago".

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1968 - Pianist Herbie Hancock, with Thad Jones on flugelhorn, Peter Phillips on bass trombone, Jerry Dodgion on alto flute, Ron Carter on bass, and Mickey Roker on drums, records three takes of the title "Riot" and the titles "Speak Like A Child", and, with only Hancock, Phillips, and Roker, "First Trip" at recording engineer Rudy Van Gelder's studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey. Blue Note Records will the last take of "Riot", "Speak Like A Child", and "First Trip" on Hancock's album "Speak Like A Child" (BLP4279/BST84279) and all the titles and takes on the CD release of the album (4-95569-2).

1982 - The J. Geils Band's EMI America Records single "Freeze-Frame", with "Flamethrower" on the flipside, enters the top 40 of Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart. EMI America's catalog is currently owned by Capitol Music Group's parent company Universal Music Group.

MARCH 5, 2022

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

1928 - Lou Levy, a pianist with Woody Herman and His Thundering Herd and the Capitol Records band Supersax, as well as a session pianist for Capitol Records artists Frank Sinatra, Peggy Lee (and also a music director for her), Nancy Wilson, and Anita O’Day, is born Lewis A. Levy in Chicago, Illinois.

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1947 - Clarinetist Benny Goodman, with unlisted others, records "Duo Concertante Opus 48: 1st Movement" in two parts and "Duo Concertante Opus 48: 2nd Movement" in two parts in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records which has yet to issue either of the titles.

1948 - Peggy Lee's Capitol Records single "Mañana (Is Good Enough For Me)", with "All Dressed Up In A Broken Heart" on the flipside, is #1 on The Billboard magazine's Best-Selling Popular Retail Records chart for the week ending March 5, 1948.

1951 - Paul Neighbors and His Orchestra (lineup unlisted) record the titles "Here Comes My Ball And Chain", "And I Was Kissing You", "Happiness" and "There She Was" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the first and third titles together as a single (Capitol 1461) and the second and last titles together as a single (Capitol 1537).

1952 - Billy May conducts arrangements of his own music to the orchestra (John Best and Conrad Gozzo on trumpets, Francis "Joe" Howard and James Priddy on trombones, John Graas on French horn, Jules Kinsler, Gordon Green, Nicholas Dann, and Fred Falensby on saxophones, Paul Smith on piano, Al Hendrickson on guitar, Meyer Rubin on bass, Lou Singer on drums, Kathryn Thompson on harp, Ivan Eppinoff, Harry Bluestone, and Mischa Russell on violins, David Sterkin on viola, and Cy Bernard on cello) as they record the music tracks entitled "Robin Hood And His Merrie Men" at Capitol Records' studios at 5515 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood, California. After vocal tracks are overdubbed in four parts during sessions held on March 17 and April 16, 1952 by Nestor Paiva, Alan Reed, Ben Wright, June Foray, Jimmy McDonald, and Harry Stanton (aka Geoffrey Keen), using a script adapted by Alan Livingston, Capitol Records will issue all the parts on the children's album "Walt Disney's Story Of Robin Hood" (DBX-3138).

1952 - Trumpet player and bandleader Clyde McCoy and His Orchestra (Mannie Klein, Clayton Cash, and Uan Rasey on trumpets, Si Zentner, Ed Kusby, and Tommy Pederson on trombones, Wilbur Schwartz on clarinet and alto saxophone, Ted Romersa on alto saxophone, Skeets Herfurt and Babe Russin on tenor saxophones, Chuck Gentry on baritone saxophone, Edwin "Buddy" Cole on piano, Vincent Terri on guitar, Phil Stephens on bass, and Alvin Stoller on drums) with Nelson Riddle directing his own arrangements, records the titles "I Love To Hear A Choo Choo Train" with vocals by Liz Tilton, "The Music Goes 'Round And Around" and "Mr. Wah-Wah" with a vocal trio (lineup unlisted), "To Be Loved By You" with vocals by Liz Tilton, and "Baia" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "I Love To Hear A Choo Choo Train" and "To Be Loved By You" together as a single (Capitol 2045) as by Liz Tilton, "The Music Goes 'Round And Around" and "Mr. Wah-Wah" together as a single (Capitol 2321), and have yet to issue "Baia". Unfortunately, only "To Be Loved By You" is currently available on YouTube.

1953 - Daws Butler signs a contract with Capitol Records.

1953 - Vocalist Thomas "T. Tommy" Cutrer, with an orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the titles "All The Way", "I'm Just As Rich As You", "Just A Kiss Away", and "Baby, You're The Only One" in (listed as possibly) Shreveport, Louisiana. Capitol Records will issue "All The Way" on the multi-artist compilation album "Church In The Wildwood" (EAP-1-1113 on three-disc 45 RPM EP and T 1113 on 12" 33 1/3 LP).

70 Years Ago Today In 1955 - Jerry Reed signs a contract with Capitol Records.

70 Years Ago Today In 1955 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Darling Je Vous Aime Beaucoup", with "The Sand And The Sea" on the flipside, enters the top 40 of the U.S. Pop singles chart.

1956 - At the first comedy session to be held in The Capitol Tower Studios, Stan Freberg, with Billy May directing Billy May's Music (Justin Gordon on saxophone, Paul Smith on piano, Phil Stephens on bass, Lou Singer on drums, and Ann Stockton on harp), records the titles "The Quest For Bridey Hammerschlaugen" with additional vocals by June Foray and "The Great Pretender" with the vocal group The Toads (lineup unlisted). Capitol Records will issue both titles together as a single (Capitol 3396).

1957 - Vocal group The Merry Macs (Ted McMichael, Judd McMichael, Richard Baldwin, and Marjorie Garland), with Frank De Vol and his Orchestra (lineup unlisted), record the titles "Ho Sa Bonnie", "There's Honey On The Moon Tonight", "On The Bumpy Road To Love", and "By-U, By-O" in Los Angeles, California. After overdubs are recorded on March 14, 1957 for "On The Bumpy Road To Love" and on April 1, 1957 for "By-U, By-O", Capitol Records will issue all the titles on the group's album "The Very Merry Macs" (T 850). Unfortunately, only "By-U, By-O" is currently available on YouTube.

1957 - Vocalist Tommy Sands, with unlisted others, records the titles "My Love Song" and "Ring-A-Ding-Ding" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both titles together as a single (Capitol F3690).

1957 - Capitol Records purchases the masters for orchestra director Don Robertson's title "I Don't Know If I'll Ever Love Again" with vocals by Lou Dinning which it will release as a single (Capitol F3675) with "Remember You Belong To Me" (recorded January 17, 1957) on the flipside. Unfortunately, neither title is available on YouTube.

1957 - Vocalist Trudy Richards, with Owen B. Massingill directing the orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the titles "I Want A Big Butter And Egg Man", "Hangin' Around", "Wishbone" and "Down Home Rag" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue "I Want A Big Butter And Man" as a single (Capitol F3729) with "Weaker Than Wise" (recorded September 21, 1956) on the flipside, "Hangin' Around" and "Wishbone" together as a single (Capitol F3694), and has yet to issue "Down Home Rag". Unfortunately, only "Wishbone" is available on YouTube.

1958 - During two sessions held this day in Los Angeles, California, Glen Gray leads The Casa Loma Orchestra (Shorty Sherock, Conrad Gozzo, Mannie Klein, and Pete Candoli on trumpets,  Walt Benson, Joe Howard, and Si Zentner on trombones, Murray McEachern also on trombone and alto saxophone, Skeets Herfurt also on alto saxophone, Gus Bivona on clarinet and also on alto saxophone, Babe Russin and Jules Jacob on tenor saxophones, Chuck Gentry on baritone saxophone, Ray Sherman on piano, Jack Marshall on guitar, Mike Rubin on bass, and Nick Fatool on drums), using arrangements Gene Gifford and Larry Wagner, records the titles "Take The 'A' Train" in the style of Duke Ellington, "Song Of India" in the style of Tommy Dorsey, and "Woodchopper's Ball" in the style of Woody Herman at the first session and the titles "Begin The Beguine" in the style of Artie Shaw, "South Rampart Street Parade" in the style of Bob Crosby, and "The Elk's Parade" in the style of Bobby Sherwood and the second session. Capitol Records will issue all the titles, except "South Rampart Street Parade" on Glen Gray And The Casa Loma Orchestra's album "Sounds Of The Great Bands" (W/SW 1022) and "South Rampart Street Parade" on Glen Gray And The Casa Loma Orchestra's album "Sounds Of Great Bands, Volume 2" (T/ST 1067).

1958 - Pianist Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra (lineup unlisted), with chorus and Latin accompaniment (lineups also unlisted), records the titles "Baubles, Bangles And Beads", "For Want Of A Star", "Never Let Me Go", "Dream Dust", "Time Was", and "Something To Dream About" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Gordon Jenkins And His Chorus' album "Dream Dust" (T 1023).

1958 - Guy Lombardo conducts His Royal Canadians (lineup unlisted) as they record the titles "Medley #1: A Pretty Girl Is Like A Melody/All By Myself/How Deep Is The Ocean/Always/The Song Is Ended", "Medley #2: Soft Lights And Sweet Music/Lazy/They Say It's Wonderful/Lady Of The Evening/Blue Skies", and "Medley #3: White Christmas/Say It Isn't So/All Alone/Russian Lullaby/Say It With Music" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on the albums "Berlin By Guy Lombardo And His Royal Canadians" (T/DT 1019) and in the four-LP set "Guy Lombardo - The Lombardo Years" (TDL/STDL 2181).

1958 - Erich Leinsdorf conducts The Concert Arts Symphony Orchestra (lineup unlisted) as they record Rimsky-Korsakov's "The Russian Easter Overture" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the title on the orchestra's album "Portraits In Sound" (P/SP-8446).

1962 - Pianist Cy Coleman, with unidentified bass and drums players and vocalists, records the titles "Here I'll Stay", "Tell Hope", "The Gentleman Is A Dope", "Lost In Loveliness", and "Lonely Town" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Coleman's album "Broadway Pianorama" (T/ST 1740). Unfortunately, separate videos for each title are not currently available on YouTube, but the entire album is available as a single video.

1962 - During two sessions held this day in Los Angeles, California, Capitol Records remasters and overdubs drums on vocalist Jack Guthrie's titles "Oklahoma Hills", "Dallas Darling", "You Laughed And I Cried", "Shame On You" "The Answer To 'Moonlight And Skies'", and "Ida Red" at the first session and on "Oakie Boogie", "I'm Branding My Darlin' With My Heart", "Careless Darling", "When The Cactus Is In Bloom", "Chained To A Memory", and "The Colorado Blues" at the second session and will issue all the titles on the album "Jack Guthrie" (T/ST 2456). Unfortunately, none of the titles from these sessions are currently available on YouTube.

1963 - Vocalist and guitarist Merle Travis, with unlisted others, records the titles "The Browder Explosion", "The Harlan County Boys", "Miner's Strawberries", and "The Courtship Of Second Cousin Claude" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Travis' album "Songs Of The Coal Mines" (T/ST 1956).

1963 - The Honeys (vocalists Diane Rovell, Marilyn Rovell, and Ginger Blake), with Leon Russell on piano, Glen Campbell and Billy Strange on guitars, and Hal Blaine on drums), record the titles "Shoot The Curl" and "Surfin' Down The River" with additional vocals by Brian Wilson and Skip Taylor in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both titles together as a single (F4952).

1963 - The Escorts (lineup unlisted) record the titles "Dream Boy", "I Miss You So", "Enchanted Frog", and "Look Homeward Angel" in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records which has yet to issue any of the titles.

1963 - The Beatles (George Harrison on lead guitar and vocals, John Lennon on rhythm guitar and vocals, Paul McCartney on bass guitar and vocals, and Ringo Starr on drums and vocals) record the titles "Thank You Girl" and "From Me To You" in EMI's Abbey Road Studios in London, England. Capitol Records will issue "Thank You Girl" as a single (Capitol 6064) with "Do You Want To Know A Secret" (recorded February 11, 1963) on the flipside, "From Me To You" as a single (Capitol 6063) with "Please Please Me" (recorded November 26, 1962) on the flipside, and both titles on the album "The Beatles' Second Album" (T/ST 2080).

1966 - The Beatles' Capitol Records single "Nowhere Man", with "What Goes On" on the flipside, enters the top 40 of the U.S. Pop singles charts.

1967 - Buck Owen's Capitol Records single "Where Does The Good Times Go", with "The Way That I Love You" on the flipside, returns to the #1 slot on the U.S. Country singles chart.

1968 - Capitol Records registers the masters it purchased for Maxine Brown's titles "In The Midnight Hour" and "Soul Serenade", The Ramsey Lewis Trio's titles "Salute To Ray Charles", "Hang On Sloopy", and "Goin' Out Of My Head" and Lou Rawls' titles "On Broadway", "Love Is A Hurting Thing", "They Don't Give Medals", and "Tobacco Road" and will issue all the titles on the album "Lou Rawls/Maxine Brown/Ramsey Lewis - Central Park Music Festival" (ST 2933).

1968 - Capitol Records registers the master it purchased from Hot Biscuit Records for Libby Titus' title "I'll Be Your Baby Tonight" but has yet to issue the title.

1968 - At two sessions held this day in New York City, New York, The Stone Poneys (Kenny Edwards and Bob Kimmel on guitars and Linda Ronstadt on vocals) records the title "Let's Get Together" at the first session and the title "Some Of Shelly's Blues" at the second session. After overdubs are recorded at the same sessions, Capitol Records will issue "Let's Get Together" on the album "Linda Ronstadt, Stone Poneys & Friends, Volume III" (ST 2863) and "Some Of Shelly's Blues" as a single (Capitol 2195) with "Hobo (Morning Glory)" (recorded November 30, 1967) on the flipside and on the two-LP multi-artist compilation "Super Oldies, Volume 4" (STBB-149). 

1968 - During two sessions held this day in Nashville, Tennessee, Ken "Thumbs" Carllile, with unlisted others, records the titles "Gentle On My Mind", "Boss-A-Minuet", "Truckin'", and "Rollin'" at the first session and the titles "By The Time I Get To Phoenix", "It's A Good Day", "Green Fields", and "Nine Pound Hammer" at the second session for Capitol Records which, even after overdubs are recorded for "Gentle On My Mind" and "By The Time I Get To Phoenix" on May 3, 1968, has yet to issue any of the titles.

1969 - The Beach Boys (Carl Wilson on bass, Alan Jardine on guitar, Brian Wilson on piano, Bruce Johnston on organ, and Dennis Wilson on drums) record the titles "Sail Plane Song" (aka "Glide Plane Song", which will finally be retitled "Loop-De-Loop Flip Flop"), and "Flying In An Airplane" at Brian Wilson's home studio near Los Angeles, California. Even after overdubs are recorded on March 6 and 7, 1969, Capitol Records has yet to issue either title

1971 - Capitol Records releases Goose Creek Symphony's album "Welcome To Goose Creek" which was recorded during the summer of 1970 at Audio Recorders, Phoenix, Arizona.

1972 - Freddie Hart's Capitol Records single "My Hang-Up Is You", with "Big Bad Wolf" on the flipside is #1 on the U.S. Country singles chart.

1972 - During two sessions held this day in Amigo Studios in North Hollywood, California, America (Gerry Beckley and Lee "Dewey" Bunnell on vocals and guitars), with unlisted others, record the title "Never Be Lonely" at the first session and the title "Love On The Vine" at the second session. Capitol Records will issue both titles on the group's album "View From The Ground" (ST-12209).

1973 - Capitol Records releases Buck Owens' single "Ain't It Amazing, Gracie" with "The Good Old Days" on the flipside.

1973 - Billy May and The Time-Life Orchestra (lineup unlisted) record the titles "Shangri-La", "Sweet Caroline", "'S Wonderful", "Theme From 'Summer Of '42'", and "Warsaw Concerto" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California for Time-Life Records which, after overdubs are recorded at the same session for "Sweet Caroline" will issue, as part of its "As You Remember Them" series, "Shangri-La" on the three-LP set "Volume 7 - Billy May", the final mix of "Sweet Caroline" on the three-LP set "Volume 8 - Billy May", and "'S Wonderful", "Theme From 'Summer Of '42'", and "Warsaw Concerto" on the three-LP set "Volume 6 - Billy May".

1976 - Bill Cosby signs a contract with Capitol Records.

1977 - Glen Campbell's Capitol Records single "Southern Nights", with "The William Tell Overture" on the flipside, enters the U.S. Country singles chart.

1987 - Boogie Boys (rappers Boogie Knight and Romeo J.D. with scratches by D.J. Dynamite, and synthesizers programmed by Mac Quayle and Steve Rimland) record the title "Rise Up" at Unique Recording's studio in New York City, New York with producer Ted Currier. Capitol Records will issue the title on the group's album "The Boogie Boys - Romeo-Knight" (C1-46917 on vinyl and C2-46917).

1992 - Vocalist, keyboardist, organist, strings player, and horn player Rachelle Ferrell, with Freddie Washington on bass, Paulinho Da Costa on drums, Paul Jackson, Jr. on guitar, and producer Michael J. Powell on tambourine, records the title "I Know You Love Me". Capitol Records will issue the title on Ferrell's self-titled CD "Rachell Ferrell" (7-93769-2).

1996 - Capitol Records releases The Beatles' Apple Records single "Real Love", with "Baby's In Black" on the flipside, in the United States.

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1963 - Vocalist Sarah Vaughan, with Marty Manning conducting his own arrangements to the orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the title "Once Upon A Summertime" in New York City, New York for Roulette Records. After EMI acquires the Roulette catalog, Blue Note Records will issue the title on the CD "Sarah Vaughan" (8-23517-2) as part of its Jazz Profile series.

ON THIS DAY NOT IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1982 - John Belushi, actor, singer, and record collector, dies of a drug overdose in Bungalow 3 at The Chateau Marmont Hotel on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood, California at age 33.

MARCH 4, 2025

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

1932 - "Big Daddy" Roth, an artist, cartoonist, illustrator, pinstriper and custom car designer and builder, creator of the hot-rod icon Rat Fink and other characters, and founder and leader of the Capitol Records group (1963-1964) Mr. Gasser And The Weirdos, is born Edward Roth in Beverly Hills, California.

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1947 - Trumpet player Geechie Smith and His Orchestra (George Washington on trombone, Joe Lutcher and Jimmy Washington on alto saxophones, Freddie Simon on tenor saxophone, Leon Beck on baritone saxophone, George Salisbury on piano, Louis Speiginer on guitar, Herman Washington on bass, and Walter Murden on drums) record the titles "What's The Matter With The Stove?", "The Frog Song", "Wild, Mild And Mellow", and "And I Wants To Thank You" in Los Angeles, California (if anyone knows where, please leave a reply). Capitol Records will issue "What's The Matter With The Stove?" and "The Frog Song" together as a single (Capitol 399) and "Wild, Mild And Mellow" and "And I Wants To Thank You" together as a single (Capitol Americana 40029).

1947 - The Louis Castellucci Military Band (lineup unlisted) record the titles "Washington Post March", "Semper Fidelis (Parts 1 & 2)", "French National Defile March", "Stars And Stripes Forever (Parts 1 & 2)", "El Capitan", "Parade Of The Wooden Soldiers", "Lights Out", and "Anchors Aweigh" at Radio Recorders' studio at 932 North Western Avenue in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on the band's album "Here Comes The Band" (EBF-150).

1947 - Harmonica player Sonny Terry, with Henry "Stick" McGhee on guitar and Warren "Baby" Dodds on drums, records the titles "Whoopin' The Blues", "Leaving Blues" with vocals by Terry,  "Riff And Harmonica Jump", and "All Alone Blues" also with vocals by Terry in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue "Whoopin' The Blues" and "All Alone Blues" together as a single (Capitol Americana 40003), "Leavin' Blues" as a single (Capitol 44043), "Riff And Harmonica Jump" as a single (Capitol 40061), and all the titles as part of its Capitol Blues Collection series on the CD "Sonny Terry - Whoopin' the Blues: The Capitol Recordings" (8-29372-2).

1952 - Clarinetist Pete Dailey and His Chicagoans (Rolly Furnas on trombone, William Sousa Martinez also on clarinet, Skippy Anderson on piano, Len Esterdahl on banjo and guitar, Phil Stephens on bass and tuba, and Hugh Allison on drums) record the titles "The Wearin' Of The Green", "Asleep In The Deep", "North", and "China Boy" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "The Wearin' Of The Green" on Dailey's album "Pete Daily's Dixieland Band" (T 183) and the rest of the titles as part of its "Classics In Jazz" series on the album "Dixie By Daily" (T 385).

70 Years Ago Today In 1955 - Andy Griffith signs with Capitol Records.

1957 - Pianist Stan Kenton and His Orchestra (Bob Fitzpatrick, Kent Larsen, John Halliburton, Jim Amlotte, and Karl De Karske on trombones, Lennie Niehaus and Charlie Mariano on alto saxophones, Bill Perkins and Richie Kamuca on tenor saxophones, Pepper Adams on baritone saxophone, Ralph Blaze on guitar, Red Mitchell on bass, Mel Lewis on drums, and Ramon Rivera on bongos), with vocals by Ann Richards and The Modern Men (lineup unlisted), record the titles "Lullaby Of The Leaves", "Dancing In The Dark", "Sophisticated Lady", and "Orchids In The Moonlight" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue "Lullaby Of The Leaves", "Dancing In The Dark", and "Sophisticated Lady" on Kenton's album "Kenton With Voices" (T 810) and scheduled "Orchids In The Moonlight" to be issued as a single (F3766) but didn't release it. Collectors' Choice Music issued all the titles on the CD "Stan Kenton - Kenton With Voices/Artistry In Voices And Brass" (CCM 354-2).

1957 - Vocalist Tommy Sands, with unlisted others, records the titles "Tell Me Oh Darling" and "Can't Change My Love" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Can't Change My Love" on a compilation album of various artists, "Teen Age Rock!" (T 1009), and has yet to issue "Tell Me Oh Darling".

1957 - Guitarist Laurindo Almeida records Villa-Lobos' "Gavotta-Choro", and his own compositions "Crepusculo Em Copacabana" and "Serenata" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Almeida's album "Impressoes Do Brasil (Impressions Of Brazil)" (P-8381).

1958 - During two sessions held this day in Los Angeles, California, The George Shearing Quintet (Emil Richards on vibraphone, George Shearing on piano, Jean "Toots" Thielemans on guitar, John Neves or James Bond on bass, and Ray Mosca on drums) records the titles "I've Got You Under My Skin", "Speak Low", "Wonder Struck", and "Mambo Caribe" at the first session and the titles "Rondo", Sand In My Heart", and "Mambo #2" at the second session. Capitol Records will issue "Wonder Struck", "Mambo Caribe", "Rondo", "Sand In My Shoes", and "Mambo #2" on the quintet's album "Latin Lace" (T/ST 1082) and have yet to issue "I've Got You Under My Skin" and "Speak Low".

1958 - Banjo player Paul Martin, with unlisted others, records the titles "When Buddah Smiles", "All By Myself", "Lover", and "When You Wore A Tulip" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Martin's album "Paul Martin Dancing Rhythm - Banjomania" (T 1024).

1958 - The Kingston Trio (Donald "Dave" Guard on vocals, banjo, and guitar, Robert "Bob Shane" Schoen on vocals, guitar, and banjo, and Nicholas "Nick" Reynolds on vocals and guitar), with Edward Duran also on guitar, John Arthur Derning on bass, and Roy Scrapiaglia on drums records the titles "Sally (Don't You Grieve)" and "Blue Tattoo" for Capitol Records at an extended session at the John Wolfe Studio in San Francisco, California between 12:00 PM and 4:00 PM. Capitol Records has not issued either title. Folk Era Records will issue "Blue Tattoo" in 1985 on the album "Rediscover The Kingston Trio" (FE2001) and Bear Family Records will issue both titles in Germany in the ten-CD box set "The Kingston Trio - The Guard Years" (BCD 16160).

1962 - Stan Wolowic and The Polka Chips (lineup unlisted) record the titles "Lisa", "Faded Roses Waltz", "Baseball Polka", "Vas Iss Dass Here?", and "The Little Hat Tarantella" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Vas Iss Das Here?" and "The Little Hat Tarantella" together as a single (Capitol 4821) and all the titles on the group's album "They All Dance The Polka" (T 1766).

1963 - Capitol Records releases The Beach Boys' Capitol Records single "Surfin' USA" (Capitol F4932) with "Shut Down" on the flipside.

1963 - Vocalist Vic Damone, with Jimmie Haskell conducting his own arrangements to the orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the titles "You're Just Another Pretty Face", "One Hand, One Heart", and "Call Me Irresponsible" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "You're Just Another Pretty Face" and "One Hand, One Heart" together as a single (Capitol 4947) and "Call Me Irresponsible" as a promo (PB 2272/73). EMI Solo will issue "Call Me Irresponsible" in England on Damone's compilation CD "Vic Damone - On The Street Where You Live" (CDSL-8277).

1967 - The Beatles' Capitol Records single "Penny Lane" enters the top 40 of Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart.

1967 - Merle Haggard's Capitol Records single "The Fugitive" is #1 on the U.S. Country singles chart.

1967 - Vocalist Matt Monro, with Billy May conducting the orchestra (Pete Candoli, Ray Triscari,  Jimmy Zito, and Uan Rasey on trumpets, Milt Bernhart, Dick Noel, Lew McCreary, and Phillip Teele on trombones, Harry Klee, Ted Nash, Justin Gordon,  Plas Johnson, and Jack Nimitz on saxophones, Arnold Ross on piano, Mike Melvoin on organ, Bob Bain on guitar, Chuck Berghofer on bass, Stan Levey on drums, and Milt Holland and Victor Feldman on percussion), records the titles "In The Arms Of Love" using an arrangement by Sid Feller, "Georgy Girl" using an arrangement by Billy May, "Moment To Moment" using an arrangement by Sid Feller, and "A Man And A Woman" using an arrangement by Billy May in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California between 3:00 PM and 6:00 PM. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Monro's album "Invitation To The Movies" (W/SW 2730).

1968 - Overdubs are recorded for The Beach Boys' title "Little Bird" in Los Angeles, California. After more overdubs are recorded on March 5, 1968, Capitol Records will issue the final mix of the title as a single (Capitol 2160) with "Friends" (recorded March 15 and 19, 1968) on the flipside and on the band's album "Friends" (ST 2895).

1968 - Vocalist Tony Bruno, with unlisted others, records the titles "Little Men & Women", "I'm Feeling It Now", and "Look At Me" in Los Angeles, California. After overdubs are recorded for both titles on March 18, 1968, for "I'm Feeling It Now" and "Look At Me" on March 20, 1968, for "I'm Feeling It Now" on March 21, 1968, for "I'm Feeling It Now" and "Look At Me" on March 24, 1968, and for "Little Men & Women" on April 26, 1968, Capitol Records will issue the final mixes of "Little Men & Women" and "I'm Feeling It Now" together as a single (Capitol 2235), "Little Men & Women" on Bruno's album "I'm Feeling It Now" (ST 2930), and has yet to issue "Look At Me".

1977 - The Section (Danny Kortchmar on guitar, with unlisted others) records the titles "Bad Shoes" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the title as a single (Capitol 4482) and on the group's album "Fork It Over" (ST-11656).

1977 - Navarro (lineup unlisted) records the titles "Trying For The Sun" and "What It Is" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both titles on group's album "Listen" (ST-11670).

1983 - Dayton (lineup unlisted) records the title "Fast Lane" in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue the title as a single (F5306) with "Out Tonight" (recorded June 7, 1983) on the flipside and on the group's album "Feel The Music" (ST-12297).

1986 - Richard Manuel, singer with the Capitol Records group The Band, commits suicide at age 42 by hanging himself in Winter Park, Florida.

1989 - Poison's Capitol Records single "Your Mama Don't Dance" enters the top 40 of Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart.

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1943 - The King Cole Trio's Decca Records single "That Ain't Right" is #9 on The Billboard magazine's Harlem Hit Parade chart.

ON THIS DAY NOT IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1877 - Emile Berliner invents the carbon microphone in Washington, D.C.

1981 - E.Y. ‘Yip’ Harburg, lyricist ("Over the Rainbow" from the M-G-M motion picture "The Wizard of Oz", "It’s Only a Paper Moon", and many others), dies in an auto accident in Hollywood, CA at the age of 82.

MARCH 3, 2022

HAPPY BIRTHDAYS!

1906 - Barney Bigard, songwriter and clarinet player with Duke Ellington and His Orchestra, The Barney Bigard Sextet with future Capitol Records artist Les Baxter, and in the Capitol Records bands Freddie Slack and His Orchestra, Zutty Singleton's Creole Band, Zutty Singleton's Trio, The Capitol Jazzmen, and Sonny Greer and The Duke's Men, is born in New Orleans, Louisiana.

1944 - Jance Garfat, the bass player and a singer with the Capitol Records group Dr. Hook, is born Robert Jance Garfat in California. If anyone knows where in California, please leave a comment.

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1947 - Vocalist June Christy, with Frank De Vol conducting his own arrangements to His Orchestra (Ray Linn on trumpet, Juan Tizol on valve trombone, Richard Perissi, Vincent DeRosa, Evan Vail, Vincent De Robertis on French horns, Arthur "Skeets" Herfurt, Jerome Kasper, Jules Kinsler, Ronald Pirozzi, and Ernest "Ted" Romersa on reeds, Edwin "Buddy" Cole on piano, Al Hendrickson on guitar, Eddie Safranski on bass, Shelly Manne on drums, and Felix Slatkin, Joseph Quadri, Marshall Sosson, and Joachim Chassman on violins), records the titles "I Let You Go Out Of My Heart", "If I Should Lose You", and "Day Dream" at Radio Recorders' studios at 932 North Western Avenue in Hollywood, California between 2:00 PM and 5:30 PM. Capitol Records will issue "If I Should Lose You" as a single (Capitol 436) with "Skip Rope" (recorded March 31, 1947) on the flipside. Capitol Jazz, a subsidiary of Blue Note Records, will issue all the titles on the CD "Day Dream" (8-32083-2).

1947 - Edwin "Buddy" Cole, with unlisted others, records five unlisted titles for The Capitol Records Transcription Service at "The Chateau" on De Longpre Avenue in Hollywood, California.

1952 - Vocalist Stan Freberg, with Billy May conducting his own arrangements to His Orchestra (Uan Rasey on trumpet, Si Zentner on trombone, Wilbur Schwartz on clarinet, Edwin "Buddy" Cole on piano, Vincent Terri on guitar, Phil Stephens on bass, and Lou Singer on drums) and a vocal chorus (lineup unlisted), records the titles "Try" (a parody of Johnnie Ray's "Cry") with Edwin "Buddy" Cole on celeste, "Abe Snake For President", and "Pass The Udder Udder" at Capitol Records' studios at 5515 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood, California between 8:30 PM and 11:30 PM. Capitol Records will issue "Try" and "Pass The Udder Udder" together as a single (Capitol 2029) and "Abe Snake For President" as a single (Capitol 2125) with "Ba-ba-ball And Chain" (Recorded May 16, 1952) on the flipside.

1952 - During two sessions held this day in Bamberg, Germany, Joseph Keilberth conducts The Bamberg Symphony Orchestra (lineup unlisted) as they record Smetana's "The Moldau" and "From Bohemia's Meadows And Forests" at the first session and Beethoven's "Leonore III Overture, Opus 72" in two parts and "Coriolan Overture, Opus 62" in two parts at the second session. Capitol Records will issue "The Moldau" and "From Bohemia's Meadows And Forests" on Keilberth and the orchestra's album "SMETANA - From Bohemia's Meadows And Forests/The Moldau" (L-8166) and both parts of both "Leonore III Overture, Opus 72" and "Coriolan Overture, Opus 62" on Keilberth and the orchestra's album "BEETHOVEN - Overtures: Leonore Overture N° 3, Op.72/ Coriolan Overture, Op.62/Egmont Overture, Op.84" (P-8164). Capitol Telefunken's catalog is now controlled by Warner Classics, a subsidiary of Warner Music Group. Unfortunately, "From Bohemia's Meadows And Forests" is not currently available on YouTube.

1953 - John Dennis Farnon and His Pastel Reeds (lineup unlisted) record the titles "The Nearness Of You", "Azure", "Careless", "Imagination", "That Is You", and "Two Sleepy People" in Los Angeles, California for The Capitol Records Transcription Service which will issue all the titles on transcription disc B-561.

1956 - During two sessions held this day in New York City, New York, vocalist Johnny Mercer, with Carl Kress and His Orchestra (although the label credits Paul Weston and His Orchestra), records the titles "Any Place I Hang My Hat Is Home" and "Li'l Angie Is A Natural Man" at the first session and, with Bobby Sherwood directing Carl Kress and His Orchestra (probably the Bobby Sherwood Orchestra of Bobby Sherwood, Tony Catana, Dick Fultz, Jack Gable, and Johnny Martell on trumpets, Wes Cope, Don Kelly, Bob Leeman, and Skip Layton on trombones, Joe McCarney and Herb Lorden on alto saxophones, Dave Cavanaugh and Marty Glaser on tenor saxophones, Merle Bredwell on baritone saxophone, Hollis Bulger (or Hollis Sulser?) on piano, Basil Hutchinson on guitar, Bart Edwards on bass, and Keith Williams on drums), records the title "It's A Good Day" at the second session. Capitol Records will issue the first two titles together as a single (Capitol 254). International Association of Jazz Record Collectors will issue "It's A Good Day" on the LP "Out Of Sherwood's Forest" (IAJRC 35). Mosaic Select will issue all the titles on the 3 CD set "Johnny Mercer" (MS-028).

1956 - Trumpet player Ray Anthony and His Orchestra (Conrad Gozzo, John Audino, Art DePew, and John Dolny on trumpets, Tommy Pederson, Jimmy Priddy, Ray Sims, and Ken Trimble on trombones, Med Flory and Gene Merlino on clarinets and alto saxophones, Georgie Auld and Irv Roth on tenor saxophones, Leo Anthony on baritone saxophones, Buddy Cole on piano, Nick Bonney on guitar, Don Simpson on bass, and Alvin Stoller on drums), using arrangements by Don Simpson, record the titles "Swingin' At The Tower", "Flying Home", and "Night Train" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 Vine Street in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Anthony's album "Jam Session At The Tower" (T 749).

1957 - Organist Milt Buckner, with unlisted bass and drums players, records the titles "Untitled Buckner Ballad", "Thinking The Blues", "Farewell To Arms", and an unknown title in New York City, New York for Capitol Records which has yet to issue any of the titles.

1958 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records album "Just One Of Those Things" is #17 on WJJD's Top Twenty LP and EP Albums chart.

1958 - Tenor saxophonist George Auld, with an orchestra and The Jud Conlon Rhythmaires (lineups unlisted), records the titles "You Do Something To Me", "All Or Nothing At All", "Baby Won't You Please Come Home", and "Dream A Little Dream Of Me" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Auld's album "Sax Gone Latin" (T 1045).

1958 - Vocalist Frank Sinatra, with Billy May conducting his own arrangements to the orchestra (Conrad Gozzo, Frank Beach, John Best, and Harry Edison on trumpets, Tommy Pederson, Ed Kusby, William Schaefer, Dick Noel on trombones, Willie Smith and Arthur "Skeets" Herfurt on alto saxophone, Babe Russin and Fred Falensby on tenor saxophones, Joe Koch on baritone saxophone, Bill Miller on piano, Al Hendrickson on guitar, Joe Mondragon on bass, and Alvin Stoller on drums), records the titles "Nothing In Common" and "How Are Ya' Fixed For Love?" with vocalist Keely Smith, then the titles "Same Old Song And Dance" and "Here Goes" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vines Street in Hollywood, California between 9:30 PM and 12:30 AM on March 4, 1958. Capitol Records will issue "Nothing In Common" and "How Are You Fixed For Love?" together as a single (Capitol F3952), Same Old Song And Dance" as a single (Capitol F4003) and on the compilation album "Forever Frank" (T/DT 2602), "Here Goes" in the five-LP box set "Frank Sinatra - The Capitol Years" and in the three-CD box set "The Box Set/The Sinatra Collection" (7-94317-2), and "Nothing In Common", "How Are You Fixed For Love?", and "Same Old Song And Dance" on the CD release of Sinatra's album "Come Dance With Me!" (7-48468-2).

1958 - Erich Leinsdorf conducts The Concert Arts Symphony Orchestra (lineup unlisted) as they record Chabrier's "España" and Dukas' "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both titles in the orchestra's album "Portraits In Sound" (P/SP-8446).

1959 - Betty Comden and Adolph Green sign with Capitol Records.

1966 - Buck Owens' Capitol Records single "Waitin' In Your Welfare Line", with "In The Palm Of Your Hand" on the flipside, is still #1 on the U.S. Country singles charts.

1967 - Vocalist Matt Monro, with unlisted others, records the titles "Alfie", "A Time For Love", "Theme From 'The Sand Pebbles' (And We Were Lovers)", and "I Will Wait For You" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Monro's album "Invitation To The Movies" (W/SW 2730).

1968 - Quicksilver Messenger Service (lineup unlisted) record the title "Dino's Song" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the title as a single (Capitol 2194) with "" (recorded ) on the flipside and on the group's self-titled album "Quicksilver Messenger Service" (ST 2904).

1972 - Vocalist Merle Haggard and The Strangers (lineup unlisted) record the titles "Gamblin' Polka Dot Blues", "Moanin' The Blues", and "Don't Let The Deal Go Down" at the Buck Owens Studio in Bakersfield, California. After overdubs are recorded for "Gamblin' Polka Dot Blues" on April 25, 1972, Capitol Records will issue the title on Haggard and The Strangers' album "I Love Dixie Blues" (ST-11149), will issue "Moanin' The Blues" as a single (Capitol 4636) and on Haggard's album "A Working Man Can't Get Nowhere Today" (ST-11693), and has yet to issue "Don't Let The Deal Go Down".

1977 - The Section (Danny Kortchmar on guitar and unlisted others) records the instrumental title "Magnetic Lady" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the title on the group's album "Fork It Over" (ST-11656).

1977 - Navarro (lineup unlisted) records the title "Caught In The Door" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the title on the group's album "Listen" (ST-11670).

1977 - Suzie & The Red Stripes (lineup unlisted) record the titles "Seaside Woman" and "B-Side To Seaside" for Capitol Records. No issuing information is listed.

1982 - During two sessions held this day at Amigo Studios in North Hollywood, California, America (Gerry Beckley and Lee "Dewey" Bunnell on vocals and guitars with unlisted others), records the title "Sometimes Lovers" at the first session and the titles "Your Girl" at the second session. Capitol Records will issue "Sometimes Lovers" as a single (Capitol 5236) and both titles on the group's album "View From The Ground" (ST-12209).

1983 - The final masters are done for Brass Construction's titles "We Can Work It Out", "Walkin' The Line", "Physical Attraction", "Easy", "Breakdown", "I Do Love You (L-O-V-E-U)", "No Communication" and "It's A Shame", which were all arranged by Randy Miller, in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles, except "Walkin' The Line" on the group's album "Conversations" (ST-12268), "We Can Work It Out" and "Easy" together as a single (Capitol 5252). EMI will issue "Walkin' The Line" on the compilation CD "Brass Construction's Funky Feeling" (8-57180-2) as part of its Heart Of Soul series of CD releases.

1983 - Russell Smith, with unlisted others, records the titles "Hesitation" and "Haunted House" in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue "Hesitation" as a single with "Where Did We Go Right" (recorded March 23, 1983) on the flipside and has yet to issue "Haunted House.

1987 - Danny Kaye, radio, television, motion picture and Broadway actor, singer, dancer, comedian, and Capitol Records artist, dies in Los Angeles, California at the age of 74.

1989 - J. J. Johnson signs with Capitol Records.

1997 - One day before her 88th birthday, Dame Agi Jambor, pianist, Capitol Records artist (1955-1957), and one-time wife of Capitol Records artist and actor Claude Raines (1959-1960), dies of cancer at Gilchrist Center of Greater Baltimore Medical Center in Towson, Maryland at age 87.

2008 - Hurricane Smith (born Norman Smith), RAF glider pilot, singer, songwriter, drummer, trumpet, trombone, piano, bass, and vibes player, EMI recording engineer (for The Beatles recording sessions from 1962 through those for the group's "Rubber Soul" album in 1965 as well as for sessions with Gerry and the Pacemakers, The Swinging Blue Jeans, Billy J Kramer, Helen Shapiro, and Manfred Mann) and producer (The Pink Floyd, Barclay James Harvest, and The Pretty Things) and EMI and Capitol Records artist (best remembered for the title "Oh, Babe, What Would You Say?"), and author (his autobiography "John Lennon Called Me Normal"), has died of cancer at age 85 in East Sussex, England. A video of him performing "Who Was It?" (written by Gilbert O' Sullivan) is on YouTube . Seth Swirsky interviewed Norman at his home in March, 2006, for his upcoming movie (Fall, 2008) called "A Year In The Life" and a clip from the interview is also on YouTube.

ON THIS DAY NOT IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1923 - The first issue of Time magazine is published with today's date on the cover.

1966 - Tone Loc, singer, motion picture and television actor and voice artist, and Delicious Vinyl solo artist is born. I designed the packaging and ads for Loc's second Delicious Vinyl album "Loc'ed After Dark" including the LP Sleeve, Cassette, CD, and CD 6x12 long box, as well as the packaging for the first single including the 12" sleeve and cassette single o-card and a double-truck ad that appeared in Billboard magazine. For a while, his sister was the receptionist at the label.

MARCH 2, 2022

HAPPY BIRTHDAYS!

125vYears Ago Today In 1900 - Kurt Weill, composer (best known for "Mack The Knife" ["Mackie der Messer"] from the musical "Three Penny Opera" ["Drei Pfennig Opera"] and "Die Dreigroschenoper", both written with Berthold Brecht) is born in Dessau, Germany.

1904 - Dr. Seuss, an artist and Pulitzer Prize-winning author ("The Cat in the Hat", "The Grinch Who Stole Christmas", "Green Eggs and Ham", and many others) is born Theodor Seuss Geisel in Springfield, Massachusetts. Capitol Records would release Seuss' "Gerald McBoing-Boing" in 1950 as a children's record with The Great Gildersleeve (Harold Peary) narrating the story. The story would later be the first cartoon released by UPA.

70 Years Ago Today In 1955 - Dale Bozzio, a singer with Frank Zappa and the Capitol Records group Missing Persons, is born Dale Frances Consalvi in Boston, Massachusetts.

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1953 - William Boyd (as "Hopalong Cassidy") records vocal and narration overdubs at Capitol Records' studios at 5515 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood, California on to orchestral tracks recorded Dave Cavanaugh conducting his own orchestra (lineup unlisted) on January 13, 1953, for parts 1 and 2 of the title "Hopalong Cassidy And The Mail Train Robbery". Capitol Records will issue both parts in the children's record album "Hopalong Cassidy And The Mail Train Robbery" (CAS-3164).

1957 - During two sessions held this day in New York City, New York, vocalist Dakota Staton, with Van Alexander conducting his own arrangements to the orchestra (Jonah Jones on trumpet, Hank Jones on piano, and unlisted musicians on vibraphone, guitar, bass, and drums) records the titles "Trust In Me" (with the addition of an unlisted flute player), "Summertime", "The Late, Late Show" and "Ain't No Use" at the first session and the titles "A Foggy Day", "Give Me The Simple Life", "Broadway", "As Long As I Live", and "Moonray" at the second session. Capitol Records will issue all the titles, except "As Long As I Live" which has yet to be issued, on Staton's album "The Late, Late Show" (T 876).

1957 - During two sessions held this day in Studio A in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California, The Hollywood String Quartet (Felix Slatkin on violin, Paul C. Shure on violin, Eleanor Aller on cello, and Alvin Dinkin on viola), conducted by Felix Slatkin, records Beethoven's "Quartet N°12 In E Flat Major, Opus 127, 2nd Movement, Part 1" at the first session and "Quartet N°12 In E Flat Major, Opus 127, 2nd Movement, Part 2" at the second session. Capitol Records will issue both titles on the quartet's album "BEETHOVEN - Quartet N°12 In E Flat Major, Opus 127" (P-8443).

1958 - Guitarist Alvino Rey conducts His Orchestra (lineup unlisted) as they record the titles "Little White Lies", "Isn't It Romantic", "I Didn't Know About You", and "A Swingin' Fling (Nails)" in Los Angeles, California. After overdubs are recorded for all the titles on May 7, 1958, Capitol Records will issue all the titles on the album "Swingin' Fling!" (T 1085) as by Alvino Rey and His Orchestra.

1963 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records album "Ramblin' Rose" is #34 on Billboard magazine's Top LPs - 50 Best Sellers - Stereo chart and #46 on the magazine's Top LPs - 150 Best Sellers - Monaural LPs chart. Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Nothing Goes Up (Without Coming Down)" debuts at #90 and its flipside, "All Over The World", debuts at #92 on Billboard magazine's Hot 100 singles chart.

1963 - Capitol Records registers in Los Angeles, California the masters it purchased for Alfred Apaka's titles "Beyond The Reef", "Lovely Hula Hands", "The Hukilau song", "Aka Falls", "Mapuana", "Now Is The Hour (Haere Ra)", "Sweet Leilani", "Hawaiian Wedding Song", "My Isle Of Golden Dreams", "Hapa Haole Hula Girl", "To You Sweetheart, Aloha", and "Aloha Oe (Hawaiian Farewell) and will issue them all on the album "Webley Edwards Presents Alfred Apaka" (T/DT 2088).

1966 - During two sessions held this day in Nashville, Tennessee, vocalist Sonny James, with unlisted others, records the titles "There's No Way To Get There From Here" and "Red Mud" at the first session and the titles "I Let Her Down Somewhere" and "A Tree Of Birds" at the second session. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on James' album "Need You" (T 2703).

1966 - Vocalist and guitarist Merle Haggard, with George French, Jr. on piano, Phil Baugh on guitar, Billy Mize on guitar and harmony vocals, Lewis Ley on rhythm guitar, Ralph Mooney on steel guitar, Jerry Ward on bass, Helen "Peaches" Price on drums, and Bonnie Owens on harmony vocals, records the titles "I Threw Away The Rose", "I'm A Lonesome Fugitive", and "Loneliness Is Eating Me Alive" at the Columbia Recording Studio in Nashville, Tennessee for Capitol Records. Bear Family Records will issue all the titles in Germany in the 5 CD box set "Merle Haggard - Untamed Hawk" (BCD 15744). Haggard will remake "I Threw Away The Rose" on June 2, 1966, "I'm A Lonesome Fugitive" on August 1, 1966, and "Loneliness Is Eating Me Alive" on August 3, 1966, and Capitol Records those versions.

1966 - Vocalist and guitarist Roy Clark, with unlisted others, records the titles "Frankie and Johnny", "A Worried Mind", "Turkey In The Straw", and "South" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Clark's album "Stringin' Along" (T 2535).

1966 - Trumpet player Ray Anthony and His Orchestra (lineup unlisted) record the titles "The Ballad Of The Green Berets", "Merci, Cherie", "Goodbye, My Love (Il Silenzio)", and a still unissued take of the title "Only You My Love" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the first three titles on Anthony's album "Hit Songs To Remember" (T 2530).

1968 - Hardwater (lineup unlisted) records the title "Monday" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the title on the group's self-titled album "Hardwater" (ST 2954).

1968 - Vocalist Matt Monro, with Johnnie Spence conducting his own arrangements to the orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the titles "One Day Soon", "Yours Alone (Ce Soir Ou Jamais)", and "The Music Played (Was Ich Dir Sagen Will)" at EMI's Abbey Road Studios in London, England. Capitol Records will issue in England "One Day Soon" and "Yours Alone (Ce Soir Ou Jamais)" together as a single (45CL15541) and, in the United States, "Yours Alone (Ce Soir Ou Jamais)" and "The Music Played (Was Ich Dir Sagen Will)" together as a single (Capitol 2207) and "The Music Played (Was Ich Dir Sagen Will)" on the compilation album "The Best Of Matt Monro" (SKAO-152).

1969 - Sonny James' Capitol Records single "Only The Lonely", with "The Journey" on the flipside, hits #1 on the U.S. Country singles chart.

1971 - Vocalist Helen Reddy, with unlisted others, records the titles "Don't Make Promises" and "L.A. Breakdown (And Take Me In)" in Los Angeles, California. After overdubs are recorded for "Don't Make Promises" on March 17 and 27, 1971, and for "L.A. Breakdown (And Take Me In)" on March 3, 27, and 30, 1971, Capitol Records will issue both titles on Reddy's album "I Don't Know How To Love Him" (ST-762).

1971 - During two sessions held this day at Cleveland Recording Company in Cleveland, Ohio, Grand Funk Railroad (Mark Farner on keyboards, guitar, and vocals, Mel Schacher on bass, and Don Brewer on drums and vocals) records the title "Feelin' Alright" at the first session and the title "Gimme Shelter" at the second session. Capitol Records will issue "Feelin' Alright" as a single (Capitol 3095) with "I Want Freedom" (recorded March 9, 1971) on the flipside, "Gimme Shelter" as a single (Capitol 3160) with "I Can Feel Him In The Morning" (also recorded on March 9, 1971) on the flipside, and both titles on the CD "Collectors Series - Grand Funk Railroad" (7-90608-2).

1972 - Grand Funk Railroad records the title "Upsetter" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the title as a single (Capitol 3316) with "No Lies" (recorded September 21, 1971) on the flipside.

1972 - Capitol Records registers the masters it purchased for Murray Roman's titles "One And One-Half To Life, Side 1" and "One And One-Half To Life, Side 2" but has yet to issue them.

1973 - Overdubs are recorded in Los Angeles, California for Tennessee Ernie Ford's titles "Farther Down The River (Where The Fishin's Good", "Sweet Child Of Sunshine", and "Colorado Country Morning". After additional overdubs are recorded on March 13, 1973 for "Farther Down The River (Where The Fishin's Good)", Capitol Records will issue the final mixes of all the titles on Ford's album "Country Morning" (ST-11205).

1973 - Vocalist Glen Campbell, with an orchestra (lineup unlisted) using arrangements by Dennis McCarthy, records the titles "Amazing Grace", "Sold American", "I Want To Be With You Always", "Don't Hide Your Love", and "Faded, Jaded Cowboy Star" in Los Angeles, California. After overdubs are recorded for "I Want To Be With You Always" and "Faded, Jaded Cowboy Star" on March 7, 1973, "Amazing Grace", "Sold American", and "I Want To Be With You Always" on March 13, 1973, "Amazing Grace" on March 14, 1973, and "Sold American" on March 18, 1973, Capitol Records will issue the final mixes of "Amazing Grace", "Sold American", and "I Want To Be With You Always" on Campbell's album "I Knew Jesus (Before He Was A Star)" (SW-11185) and has yet to issue either "Don't Hide Your Love" or "Faded, Jaded Cowboy Star".

1976 - Vocalist and guitarist Bob Seger, with unlisted others, records the titles "Sunspot Baby", "Come To Poppa", and "Main Street" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Seger's album "Night Moves" (SW-11557).

1977 - Helen Reddy (on vocals), with Kim Fowley directing the orchestra (unlisted musicians), records the titles "Laissez Les Bons Temps Rouler" and "Aquarius Miracle" Los Angeles, California. After overdubs are recorded on March 14, 1972 at Brother Studio for "Aquarius Miracle' with Joseph A. Chemay on guitar, Nigel Olsson on drums, and Jon Joyce on vocals, Capitol Records will issue both titles on Reddy's album "Ear Candy" (SO-11640).

1977 - The Section (which includes Danny Kortchmar on guitar, Craig Doerge on keyboards, Leland Sklar on bass, and Russ Kunkel on drums) records the title "Moon Over Fontana" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the title on the group's album "Fork It Over" (ST-11656).

1977 - Navarro (Michael Wooten on drums, Rob Galloway on bass, Mark Hallman on guitar, keyboards, harmonica, lead, and background vocals, Robert McEntee on guitar, keyboards, and piano, Ben Carnes and James Tuttle on guitar, Carole King on piano and harmony vocals, David Muse on keyboards, Miguel Rivera on percussion, Richard Hardy on saxophone) records the titles "Laying My Life Down", "Newborn Highway", and "Listen" with producer Norm Kinney in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on the band's album "Listen" (ST-11670).

1978 - Jimmy Miller, with unlisted others, records two versions of the title "Hoops", one with vocals and one a straight instrumental, in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both versions together as a single (Capitol 4558).

1978 - Crimson Tide (lineup unlisted) records the title "Love Stop" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the title as a single (Capitol 4632) with "Funky Side Of Town" (recorded March 17, 1978) on the flipside and on the group's self-titled album "Crimson Tide" (SW-11806).

1978 - Pam Rose, with unlisted others, records the titles "Dancin' Man", "Sleepless Nights", "Bring It On Home To Me", and "Keep Me Warm" in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records. No issuing information is listed.

1982 - America (Gerry Beckley and Lee "Dewey" Bunnell on vocals and guitar with Carl Wilson on backing vocals) records the title "Inspector Mills" at Amigo Studios in North Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue the title as a single (Capitol 5177) with "Right Before Your Eyes" on the flipside.

1983 - Russell Smith, with unlisted others, records the title "The Boys Next Door" in Nashville, Tennessee for Capitol Records. No issuing information is listed.

1986 - Walk The West (Paul Kirby on lead vocals and guitar, Will Goleman on lead guitar, John Goleman on bass guitar, and Richard Ice on drums) record the title "Living At Night" with producers Jozef Nuyens and Winny Nuyens for Castle Productions, Inc. in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue the title on the group's eponymous album "Walk The West" (ST-12494).

ON THIS DAY NOT IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1983 - The compact disc is launched for home audio by its co-developers Sony and Philips. In seven months I'll design my first CD package (including the 6x12 long box) for Paul Simon's Warner Bros. album "Hearts And Bones" under the art direction of Jeri McManus (later Jeri Heiden after she married fellow designer John Heiden). The three-color posterization on the back of the box was my idea.