OCTOBER 1, 2025

HAPPY BIRTHDAYS!

110 Years Ago Today In 1915 - Skeets McDonald, songwriter, singer, and Capitol Records artist (1951-1958), is born Enos William McDonald in Greenway, Arkansas.

1929 - Bonnie Owens, a singer, Capitol Records artist with The Strangers, and former wife of Capitol Records artists Buck Owens and Merle Haggard, is born Bonnie Campbell in in Blanchard, Oklahoma. Thanks to Eileen for the update!

90 Years Ago Today In 1935 - Ann Richards, singer, wife of Capitol Records artist Stan Kenton, vocalist with Charlie Barnet and His Orchestra, George Redman and His Orchestra, and the Capitol Records group Stan Kenton and His Orchestra (1955), and a solo Capitol Records artist, is born in San Diego, California.

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1947 - Jerry Colonna and His San Fernando Valley Pals (aka Frank de Vol and His Orchestra [lineup unlisted]) record the titles "Honkey Little Donkey" and "Riding The Old Donner Trail" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both together titles as a single (Capitol Americana 40060).

1947 - Hal Derwin, the vocal group The King Sisters, and Frank De Vol record five unlisted titles for The Capitol Records Transcription Service probably at "The Chateau" on De Longpre near Vine Street in Hollywood, California. No issuing information is listed.

1948 - Margaret Whiting's Capitol Records single "A Tree In The Meadow", with "I'm Sorry, But I'm Glad" on the flipside, hits #1 on The Billboard magazine's Best-Selling Popular Retail Records and Records Most Played By Disc Jockeys Singles charts.

1948 - Vocalist Margaret Whiting\ and The Crew Chiefs (an unlisted vocal chorus) overdub vocals for the title "Far Away Places" in Los Angeles, California on to a band track by Frank De Vol and his Orchestra that was recorded somewhere in Mexico sometime in September 1948. Capitol Records will release the final mix of the title as a single (Capitol 15278) with "My Own True Love" (recorded December 9, 1947) on the flipside.

1948 - Jack Smith and The Clark Sisters (lineup unlisted) overdub vocals in Los Angeles, California for the titles "Cuanto La Gusta" and "The Corn Belt Symphony" on to band tracks recorded by an unlisted orchestra. Capitol Records will issue the final mixes of both titles together as a single (Capitol 15280).

1948 - The Striders (aka The 4 Striders, actually three brothers: tenor Eugene Strider, baritone Charles Strider, and bass James Strider, along with tenor Ernest Griffin) record the as yet unissued title "Feather Your Nest", the titles "Pleasin' You (As Long As I Live)", "Somebody Stole My Rose Colored Glasses", and the as yet unissued titles "I'm A Hesitatin' Fool", "Die From A Broken Heart" and "Drop That Other Shoe" at their second (and last) Capitol Records recording session. The second and third titles will be released by Capitol as a single (Capitol 15306) in November.1948. Marv Goldberg has a great article on the history of this group on his website.

1949 - Margaret Whiting and Jimmy Wakely's Capitol Records single "Slippin' Around" is #5 on Billboard's Best Selling Retail Records chart, up from #9 the week before, and Jo Stafford and Gordon MacRae with Paul Weston and His Orchestra's Capitol Records single "Whispering Hope" is #7 down from #6.

1951 - Renzo Cesana (as "The Continental") records vocals and narration with Eddie Baxter on organ for the titles "You Go To My Head" and "A Handful Of Stars", the as yet unissued take of the title "Take Me In Your Arms", and the titles "It Can't Be Wrong", "(All Of A Sudden) My Heart Sings", and "Roses And Champagne" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "You Go To My Head" and "(All Of A Sudden) My Heart Sings" together as a single (Capitol 1844), "A Handful Of Stars" and "It Can't Be Wrong" together as a single (Capitol 1877) and "Roses And Champagne" on the compilation album "Camp" (Capitol T 2474).

1951 - Ray Anthony and His Orchestra (Ray Anthony, Woody Fansler, Jack Laubach, Conrad Gozzo, and Marty White on trumpet, Keith Butterfield, Tom Oblak, Ken Trimble, and Dick Reynolds on trombone, Earl Bergman and Jim Schneider on clarinet and alto saxophone, Ted Nash and Robert "Buddy" Wise on tenor saxophone, Leo Anthony on alto and baritone saxophone, Fred Savarise on piano, Al Hendrickson on guitar, Billy Cronk on bass, and Archie Freeman on drums), using arrangements by George Williams, record the tracks "At Last" and "I Hear A Rhapsody" with vocals by Tommy Mercer and The Anthony Choir (lineup unlisted), "My Concerto" with vocals by Tommy Mercer, and "Brother Fats" with vocals by Georgia Craig in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the first track as a single (Capitol 1678) with "As Time Goes By" (recorded on April 15, 1952) on the flipside, the second track as a single (Capitol 1973) with "For Dancers Only" (recorded January 3, 1952) on the flipside, the third track as a single (Capitol 1835) with "I'll Remember April" (recorded June 30, 1951) on the flipside, and the last track as a single (Capitol 1857) with "I Remember Harlem" (recorded September 27, 1957) on the flipside.

1952 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Somewhere Along The Way" is #15, his single "Because Your Mine" is #21, his single "Ruby And The Pearl debuts at #25 and it's flipside, "Faith Can Move Mountains", debuts at #26 all on The Billboard magazine's Best Selling Pop Singles chart. "Faith Can Move Mountains" is also #4 on the magazine's The Disk Jockeys Pick chart. "Somewhere Along The Way" is also #10 on the magazine's Records Most Played By Disk Jockeys chart and # 19 on its Most Played Juke Box Records chart.

1952 - George Greeley conducts the orchestra (lineup unlisted) as they record the titles "Overture" with vocals by Robert Sands and a male chorus (lineup unlisted), the titles "Riff Song" with vocals by Gordon MacRae and the male chorus, "French Marching Song" with vocals by Lucille Norman and a girls chorus (lineup unlisted) and the male chorus, "Chiding Bit, Part 2" and "Why Waste Time" both with vocals by Gordon MacRae, Lucille Norman, and the girls chorus, "The Desert Song" with vocals by Gordon MacRae, and "Duet/Sabre Song, Part 1", "Sabre Song, Part 2", and "Finale" all with vocals by Gordon MacRae and Lucille Norman in Los Angeles, California between 7:00 PM and 10:00 PM. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on the album "'Desert Song' (Selections)" (FBF-351).

70 Years Ago Today In 1955 - Les Baxter and His Orchestra with vocals by The Notables' Capitol Records single "Wake The Town And Tell All The People" with "I'll Never Stop Loving You" on the flip side, is #14 on Billboard's Best Selling Popular Retail Records chart, down from #13 the previous week and The Cheers with Les Baxter and His Orchestra and Chorus' Capitol Records' single "Black Denim Trousers" with "Some Night In Alaska" on the flipside is #18 up from #23 the previous week.

1956 - Capitol Records releases Tennessee Ernie Ford's single "First Born", which was recorded June 4, 1956, with "Have You Seen Her?" on the flipside.

1957 - It's a Tuesday, and tonight's episode of NBC-TV's "The Nat 'King' Cole Show" was taped live at The Sands Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada and features an appearance by Tony Bennett. Here's the script.

1957 - Freddy Martin conducts His Orchestra (lineup unlisted) as they record Greig's "Piano Concerto In A Minor", Addinsell's "Warsaw Concerto", "Cumana", and "Blue Champagne" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Martin's album "Freddy Martin In Hi-Fi" (W 900).

1957 - Vocalist Frank Sinatra, with Billy May conducting his own arrangements to His Orchestra (Mannie Klein, Conrad Gozzo, Shorty Sherock, and Pete Candoli on trumpets, Si Zentner, Murray McEachern, Tommy Pederson, and Francis "Joe" Howard on trombones, Skeets Herfurt and Buddy Collette on alto saxophone, Ted Nash and Jules Jacob on tenor saxophone, Fred Falensby on baritone saxophone, Frank Flynn on vibraphone, Bill Miller on piano, Al Hendrickson on guitar, Joe Mondragon on bass, Country Washburne on tuba, Alvin
Stoller on drums, and Verlye Mills on harp), records the titles "On The Road To Mandalay", "Let's Get Away From It All", and "Isle Of Capri" in Studio A in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California between 8:30 PM and 11:30 PM. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Sinatra's album "Come Fly With Me" (W/SW 920).

1957 - During two sessions held this day in New York City, New York, Fred Waring conducts The Pennsylvanians (lineup unlisted) as they record the titles "Dear hearts And Gentle People" using an arrangement by Hawley Ades, "Comin' Thro' The Rye" with an arrangement by Harry Simeone and vocals by Patti Beems, and "Tennessee Waltz" also arranged by Ades and with vocals by Gordon Goodman at the first session and the titles "The Inch Worm" arranged by Simeone and "If I Had My Way" arranged by Ades. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on the album "Fred Waring And The Pennsylvanians - All Through The Night" (T/ST 936).

1957 - Lyle Ritz finishes recording tracks for his album "How About Uke?" at The Capitol Tower Studios in Hollywood, California.

1959 - Dakota Staton, with producer Dave Cavanaugh and an orchestra conducted by Sid Feller, records the track "September in the Rain" for her 1960 Capitol Records album "More Than Most".

1962 - Capitol Records releases The Beach Boys' first album "Surfin' Safari".

1962 - Capitol Records releases Buck Owens' album "Your For Me".

1962 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Ramblin' Rose" is #24 on WHK 1420 AM's Official Fabulous 50 Tunedex in Cleveland, Ohio.

1962 - Vocalist Lou Rawls, with Onzy Matthews directing his own arrangements to the orchestra (Bob Bryant, Bud Brisbois, Bob Rolfe, and George Graham on trumpets, Lou Blackburn, Les Robertson, Horace Tapscott, and Charles Wilson on trombones, Bob Knight on bass trombone, Alexander Nelson on alto saxophone, Curtis Amy on soprano and tenor saxophone, Jay Migliori and Lou Ciotti on tenor saxophones, Jack Nimitz on baritone saxophone, Richard "Groove" Holmes on organ, Gene Edwards on guitar, Jim Crutcher on bass, and Leroy Henderson on drums), records the titles "Everyday I Have The Blues", "How Long, How Long Blues", "St. James Infirmary", and "I'd Rather Drink Muddy Water" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Rawls' album "Black And Blue" (T/ST 1824).

1967 - Capitol Records registers the masters it purchased for Pink Floyd's titles "Apples And Oranges" and "Paint Box" and 18th Century Concepts' titles "Think Drink Theme" and "18th Century Bean" in Los Angeles, California. No issuing information for any of the titles is listed.

1969 - The Beatles' Apple Records album "Abbey Road" is released and distributed in the United States by Capitol Records.

1971 - John Lennon's third solo Apple Records album "Imagine", distributed in the United States by Capitol Records, is certified Gold by the R.I.A.A.

1972 - Capitol Records edits The Band's title "Don't Do It" and creates a "short version" of the title "(I Don't Want To) Hang Up My Rock And Roll Shoes" from recordings of a concert that took place on June 30, 1972 and will issue the edited version of "Don't Do It" as a single (Capitol 6246) with "Ain't Got No Home" (a remixed version of the title recorded between June 4 and June 8, 1973) on the flipside. No issuing information is listed for "(I Don't Want To) Hang Up My Rock And Roll Shoes (Short Version)".

1973 - "Texas" Bill Strength, singer, guitarist, inductee to the Country Music Disc Jockey Hall of Fame, and a Capitol Records artist (1953-1956) dies of injuries after an auto accident in August 1973 left him paralyzed from the waist down and later sent him into a coma at age 45.

20 Years Ago Today In 2005 - Capitol Records Nashville artist Dierks Bentley becomes the youngest current member of The Grand Ole Opry.

20 Years Ago Today In 2005 - Paul Pena, singer and Capitol Records artist (1972), dies at age 55 in his San Francisco, California apartment of complications from diabetes and pancreatitis.

2008 - Nick Reynolds (born Nicholas Wells Reynolds), singer, songwriter, guitarist and founding member of the Capitol Records group The Kingston Trio, dies at age 75 in San Diego, California when his family chooses to have his life support turned off after his being hospitalized for weeks with acute respiratory disease and a variety of other illnesses.

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1936 - "Dr." George Butler, drummer in the bands Eggs Over Easy and Kilburn & The High Roads, producer for Blue Note (for artists Noel Pointer, Bobbi Humphrey, Donald Byrd, Ronnie Laws and others) and Columbia Records (for artists Harry Connick, Jr., Branford Marsalis, Wynton Marsalis, Terence Blanchard, and Marlon Jordan), is born in Autaugaville, Alabama.

70 Years Ago Today In 1955 - Future Capitol Records artist Jackie Gleason's CBS-TV series "The Honeymooners" premieres.

70 Years Ago Today In 1955 - Fats Dominio's Imperial Records single "Ain't That A Shame" is still #1 on Billboard's Best Selling Retail Records chart.

1958 - Martin Cooper, the saxophonist with the Virgin Records group Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark, is born in Liverpool, England. I adapted the original U.K packaging of the group's albums for release in the United States by Virgin Records America.

1959 - Youssou N'dour, singer and Earthworks Records artist, is born in Dakar, Senegal, Africa. I adapted the original U.K packaging of N'dour's "Immigrés" and "The Lion" albums for release in the United States by Virgin Records America and designed promotional materials for the single "The Truth".

1964 - The Beatles' United Artists motion picture "A Hard Day's Night" premieres in Prague, Czechoslovakia, becoming the first Western pop culture film to be seen behind the Iron Curtain.

1964 - Vee-Jay Records releases the compilation album "The Beatles vs THE FOUR SEASONS".

1964 - Souvenir Press releases Brian Epstein (manager of The Beatles)' book "A Cellar Full of Noise".

1967 - Trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie, with Ray Nance on violin, Pepper Adams on baritone saxophone, Chick Corea on piano, and Richard Davis on bass, performs the titles, with Elvin Jones on drums, "Birks' Works" and "Lullaby Of The Leaves", with Mel Lewis on drums, the titles "Lover Come Back To Me"  and "Blues For Max", and with Lewis still on drums and with Garnett Brown on trombone and without Ray Nance on violin, the titles "Tour De Force, "On The Trail", and "Sweet Georgia Brown" during a show at The Village Vanguard in New York City, New York that was recorded. Blue Note Records will issue all the titles unedited on the two CD set "Dizzy Gillespie - Live At The Village Vanguard" (7-80507-2).

1967 - Trumpeter Marvin Stamm, with Garnett Brown on trombone, Joe Farrell on tenor saxophone, Chick Corea on piano, Richard Davis on bass, and Elvin Jones on drums, performs the titles "13 Avenue B", "Stella By Starlight", and "Bachafillen" during a show at the Village Vanguard in New York City, New York. Blue Note Records will issue all the titles unedited on the CD "Jazz For A Sunday Afternoon - Live From The Village Vanguard" (7-89280-2).1971 - Former Capitol Records artist Gene Vincent records an interview and the tracks "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On" and "Distant Drums" at BBC's Maida Vale studios in London, England for Radio One with Richard Cole and The Kansas Hook Band. This will be his last recording session before his death on October 12, 1971.

1988 - Bobby McFerrin's EMI Manhattan single "Don't Worry Be Happy" is still #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart.

ON THIS DAY NOT IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1928 - According to Walt Disney in a 1933 article in the magazine Film Pictorial, today is Mickey Mouse's birthday and the anniversary of the first public showing of his first cartoon – the silent short "Plane Crazy". The entire cartoon was animated by Ub Iwerks and inked in Walt's garage on Lyric Avenue in a makeshift studio where Walt and Roy Disney's wives (Lillian and Edna), along with Walt's sister-in-law (Hazel Sewell), inked and painted Ub's artwork onto cels.

90 Years Ago Today In 1935 - Future Capitol Records artist Judy Garland's first M-G-M contract officially starts at $100.00 per week (equal to about $1300 today).

SEPTEMBER 30, 2025

HAPPY BIRTHDAYS!

1922 - Oscar Pettiford, a double bass and cello player, composer, member of Capitol Records group Woody Herman and His Orchestra, Thad Jones' Blue Note Records group, and Jimmy Guiffre's Atlantic Records group, as well as a player on recordings with Charlie Barnet, Dizzy Gillespie, Duke Ellington, and Stan Getz, and "discoverer" of Capitol Records artist Cannonball Adderley, is born in Okmulgee, Oklahoma.

85 Years Ago Today In 1940 - Dewey Martin, a singer, drummer, with the Tower Records band Sir Raleigh and The Coupons, on a demo for Capitol for the band The Dillards, drummer with the band The Herd which will become Buffalo Springfield, is born Walter Milton Dewayne Midkiff in Chesterville, Ontario, Canada.

1953- Deborah Allen, a singer, songwriter, keyboardist, and Capitol Records artist, is born Deborah Lynn Thurmond in Memphis, Tennessee.

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1946 - Trumpeter Billy Butterfield and His Orchestra (Archie Johnstone, Jack Stametz, and Bobby Peck also on trumpet, Marshall Hawk, Earl Mahan, and Sam Moore on trombone, Earl Pearson on alto saxophone, Bill Stegmeyer on clarinet and alto saxophone, Bill Cervantes and Bob Levine on tenor saxophone, Norman Elvin on baritone saxophone, Mickey Crane on piano, Dave Reiser on guitar, George Ryan on bass, and Pete Vuolo on drums) record a new and as yet unissued take of the title "You Can't Keep A Good Dreamer Down", a new take of "Jalousie", and "Oh, How Am I To Know (Along With Me)" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Jalousie" as a single (Capitol 335) with "Steamroller" (recorded August 26, 1946) on the flipside and "Oh, How Am I To Know (Along With Me)" as a single (Capitol 815) with "More Than You Know" (recorded April 29, 1946) on the flipside.

1947 - Vocalist and guitarist Larry Cassidy, with bassist Cliffie Stone and His Orchestra (lineup unlisted but includes fiddle and steel guitar players), records the titles "That Wild And Wicked Look In Your Eye", "Save The Alcohol", "Baby I Can't Use You Like You Are", and "Do Not Disturb" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "That Wild And Wicked Look In Your Eye" and "Save The Alcohol" together as a single (Capitol Americana 40058), "Baby I Can't Use You Like You Are" as a single (Capitol 57-40154) with "Weary Lonesome Me" (recorded April 24, 1947) on the flipside and "Do Not Disturb" as a single (Capitol 1456) with "The New Oklahoma Bound" (recorded December 31, 1947) on the flipside.

1948 - Either The King Cole Trio opens at The Palomar, 713 Burrard Street at Alberni, in Vancouver, Canada or The King Cole Trio performs ""Little Girl" on "The Chesterfield Supper Club" being broadcast from NBC Studio City in Hollywood, California with new Thursday night host Peggy Lee. If anyone knows which event happened, please leave a message.

1952 - Vocalist Jean Shepard, with Billy Liebert on piano, Ivy "Jimmy" Bryant and Billy Strange on guitar, Wesley "Speedy" West on steel guitar, Clifford Snyder (aka Cliffie Stone) on bass, and Roy Harte on drums, records the titles "Twice The Lovin' (In Half The Time)", "Cryin' Steel Guitar", "Keep It A Secret", and "Nobody Else Can Love You Like I Do" in Capitol Records' studios at 5515 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood, California between 2:45 PM and 6:15 PM. Capitol Records will issue "Twice The Lovin' (In Half The Time)" and "Cryin' Steel Guitar" together as a single (Capitol 2358). Bear Family Records will issue all the titles in Germany in the five-CD box set "Jean Shepard - The Melody Ranch Girl" (BCD 15905) and the four-CD box set "Speedy West & Jimmy Bryant - Flamin' Guitars" (BCD 15956).

1952 - The Louvin Brothers (Charlie Louvin on vocals and guitar, and Ira Louvin on vocals and mandolin, with Tommy Jackson on fiddle, Chet Atkins on electric guitar, and probably Eddie Hill on guitar and Floyd T. "Lightnin'" Chance on bass, record the titles "Broad-Minded", "The Family Who Prays Together (Shall Never Part)", "I Know What You're Talking About", and "Let's Travel, Travel On" in Castle Studio at the Tulane Hotel in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue "Broad Minded" and "I Know What You're Talking About" together as a single (Capitol 2381) and "The Family That Prays Together (Shall Never Part)" and "Let Us Travel, Travel On" together as a single (Capitol 2296).

1957 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Send For Me" returns to WMGM's Top 40 Survey in New York City, New York at #38 and Cole's single "With You On My Mind" returns to the survey at #39.

1957 - Freddie Martin conducts His Orchestra (lineup unlisted) as they record the titles "Bye Lo Bye Lullaby", "Sabre Dance Boogie", "Intermezzo (A Love Story)" and "Rimsky-Karsakov - Bumble Boogie" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Martin's album "Freddy Martin In Hi-Fi" (W 900).

1957 - Wesley "Speedy" West on steel guitar and Elmer Schmidt on piano record the titles "Song Of The Islands", "Hawaiian War Chant", "My Tane", and "On The Beach At Waikiki" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California between 1:30 PM and 4:30 PM. After overdubs are recorded by the vocal group Sam Koki and The Seven Sea Serenaders (lineup unlisted) featuring Sylvia Zara for the title "Song Of The Islands" on October 11, 1957 between 1:30 PM and 4:30 PM also in The Capitol Tower Studios, Capitol Records will issue all the titles on the album "Speedy West With The Seven Seas Serenaders - West Of Hawaii" (T 956).

1957 - Capitol Records files the masters it purchased for vocalist and guitarist Mary Ford and guitarist Les Paul's titles "A Pair Of Fools" and "Fire" and will issue both titles together as a single (Capitol F3825).

1957 - Fred Waring conducts The Pennsylvanians (lineup unlisted) as they record the titles "Autumn Leaves" using an arrangement by Leo Arnaud and, with vocalist Leonard Kranendonk and using an arrangement by Roy Ringwald, "Drink To Me Only With Thine Eyes" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue both titles on the album "Fred Waring And The Pennsylvanians - All Through The Night" (T/ST 936).

1958 - Vocalist Frank Sinatra, with Billy May conducting his own arrangements to the orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the titles "Just In Time", "The Song Is You", and "It All Depends On You" which will be remain unreleased until they are included as a bonus tracks in 1987 on the CD version of his Capitol Records album "Come Dance With Me!".

1958 - Vocalist Nat "King" Cole, with The Gordon Jenkins Orchestra and The First Church of Deliverance Choir (lineups unlisted), records the titles "I Couldn't Hear Nobody Pray", "I Want To Be Ready", "Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen", "In The Sweet By And By", "Sweet Hour Of Prayer", "Oh Mary, Don't You Weep", and "I Found The Answer" in The First Church of Deliverance, 4315 S. Wabash Avenue, Chicago, Illinois. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Cole's album "Everytime I Feel The Spirit" (W 1249).

1968 - Capitol Records releases Buck Owens' single "I've Got You On My Mind Again" with "That's All Right With Me" on the flipside.

1977 - Mary Ford (born Iris Colleen Hatfield), singer, motion picture actress, guitarist, television variety show co-host ("The Les Paul and Mary Ford at Home Show"), one-time wife of Capitol Records artist Les Paul, and half of the Capitol Records duo Les Paul and Mary Ford, dies at age 53 in Arcadia, California of cancer after spending 54 days in a diabetic coma and is later buried at Forest Lawn-Covina Hills in Covina, California.

1977 - Vocalist Suzanne Stevens, with Artie Butler conducting his own arrangements to the orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the titles "Goodbye Yesterday's Heartaches", "He's Sweet, He's Somebody", and "I'll Come Along" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Stevens' album "The Stardust Lady" (ST-11717).

1977 - The Pousette-Dart Band (lineup unlisted) record the title "Night Time" in Los Angeles, California. No issuing information is listed.

1977 - Bob Seger and The Silver Bullet Band (lineup unlisted) record the title "Old Time Rock & Roll" at 1000 Alabama Avenue in Sheffield, Alabama. Capitol Records will issue the title as a single (Capitol 4702) with "Sunspot Baby" (recorded March 2, 1976) on the flipside and on the album "Stranger In Town" (SW-11698).

1982 - T-Connection (lineup unlisted) record the title "Love Odyssey (Love Shines Forever)" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the title as a single (Capitol 5230) with "I've Got News For You" (recorded September 24, 1982) on the flipside and on the group's album "The Game Of Life" (ST-12264).

35 Years Ago Today In 1990 - Garth Brooks' Liberty Records (later renamed Capitol Records Nashville) single "Friends In Low Places", on the flip side of "Dance", is #1 on the U.S. Country singles charts.

1993 - Apple and Capitol Records artist George Harrison makes guest appearances on "The Simpsons" along with David Crosby.

2003 - Capitol Records releases Bonnie Raitt's compilation album "The Best of Bonnie Raitt".

2004 - Capitol Records releases The Smashing Pumpkins' album "I Might Be Wrong-Live Recordings".

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

70 Years Ago Today In 1955 - James Dean, stage, television and motion picture actor, is killed in a head-on collision while driving his Porsche Spyder at 75 miles an hour at the intersection of routes 46 and 41, near Cholame, California. Capitol Records will later release a soundtrack album for the documentary film "The James Dean Story.

1987 - Virgin Records artist Roy Orbison records the television special "Roy Orbison and Friends, A Black and White Night" for Cinemax at The Coconut Grove in The Ambassador Hotel. I was working at Virgin at the time and was in the audience in the back of the room. Also in the audience were singer Billy Idol (who was in total awe of Roy) and actor Patrick Swayze (who, by the end of the show was feeling no pain). The Ambassador was torn down in 2006 to make room for a new school. After the show I met Roy and he was nice enough to sign a CD I brought of his early recordings. The next morning Los Angeles was hit by the biggest earthquake (5.6 on the Richter scale) and aftershocks since the '70s. I was at home when the first one hit and at Virgin's offices for a large aftershock that had the staircases swaying. I later designed the packaging for Virgin's promotional version of the video. Virgin Records is currently owned by Capitol Music Group's parent company, Universal Music Group. The Ambassador Hotel was demolished by its new owner, The Los Angeles Unified School District, in 2006 to make way for a new school. The Coconut Grove building is also no longer standing. It was originally promised to be turned into the new school's auditorium after the floor had been tilted for seating, but an examination determined that the concrete in 66 percent of the structure didn't meet current standards for surviving a large earthquake and the LAUSD board got its way and it was demolished to make way for a new auditorium. An article in the Los Angeles Times said that one bright note was that the original sign for the Coconut Grove was found when the glass entryway that was a later addition to the building was demolished.

1988 - John Lennon's star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame is unveiled in front of The Capitol Records Tower with Yoko Ono in attendance.

35 Years Ago Today In 1990 - Maxi Priest's Charisma Records (a subsidiary of Virgin Records, distributed at the time in the United State by Atlantic Records) single "Close To You", with "I Know Love" on the flipside, is #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart. The single was released by 10 Records (another Virgin Records subsidiary) in the United Kingdom. 10 Records' and Charisma Records' catalogs are currently owned by Capitol Music Group's parent company, Universal Music Group.

1991 - Former Capitol Records artist, Broadway and motion picture actress Liza Minnelli receives a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame.

ON THIS DAY NOT IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1452 - Johann Guttenberg begins experiments with presses, type, ink and paper in order to publish a German language version of The Bible, the first book in Europe that will be printed using movable type.

90 Years Ago Today In 1935 - George and Ira Gershwin's opera "Porgy And Bess" premieres at The Colonial Theatre in Boston, Massachusetts.

75 Years Ago Today In 1950 - Billboard Magazine renames its Hillbilly singles chart to become the "Country & Western" chart.

55 Years Ago Today In 1960 - At the end of the last episode of the NBC-TV series "The Howdy Doody Show" the normally silent character Clarabell The Clown says "Good-bye" to the audience.

SEPTEMBER 29, 2025

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

1922 - Ella Lucille Dinning aka Lou Dinning, a singer and part of the Capitol Records group The Dinning Sisters (with her sisters Ginger and Jean), is born in Grant County, Oklahoma. Her brother, Mark Dinning, had his own hit with the single "Teen Angel" which was written by their sister Jean.

95 Years Ago Today In 1930 - Billy Strange, guitarist, session musician, member of The Wrecking Crew, songwriter, arranger, conductor, and a Capitol and Tower Records artist, is born William Everett Strange in Long Beach, California.

1938 - Tommy Boyce, a music producer, songwriter (most notably with partner Bobby Hart), member of the Capitol Records band Dolenz, Jones, Boyce & Hart, and a solo artist for the label is born Sidney Thomas Boyce in Charlottesville, Virginia.

1948 - Mark Farner, a guitarist and the lead vocalist for the Capitol Records band Grand Funk Railroad is born in Flint, Michigan.

1968 - Brad Smith, the bass and flute player for the Capitol Records band Blind Melon is born in West Point, Mississippi.

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1942 - Vocalist Erna Slack, with Wolfgang Wallishauser conducting The Silcher Double Quartet (lineup unlisted), records "Jubilate (Silcher)" in (listed as possibly) Berlin, Germany for Telefunken Records. Capitol Records will license Telefunken's catalog for distribution in the United States and issues this title on the album "Erna Sack - The European Nightingale" (ECL-2500).

80 Years Ago Today In 1945 - Capitol Records artist Jimmy Wakely debuts on The Grand Ole Opry.

1948 - The Mel Powell Septet (Clyde Hurley on trumpet, Lou McGarity on trombone, Gus Bivona on clarinet, Don Lodice on tenor saxophone, Mel Powell on piano, Tiny Berman on bass, and Frank Carlson on drums) records the title "Muskrat Ramble" in Los Angles, California for Capitol Records which will issue the title on the soundtrack album for the Samuel Goldwyn film "A Song Is Born" which was sold to benefit the Damon Runyon Memorial Cancer Fund.

1952 - Jan Garber conducts His Orchestra (lineup unlisted) as they record the titles "Why Must I", "My Favorite Song" with vocals by Roy Cordell and a vocal trio (lineup also unlisted), "Things I Might Have Been" with just Cordell on vocals, and "Everytime My Heart Beats" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "My Favorite Song" and "Things I Might Have Been" together as a single (Capitol 2264) and have yet to issue the other two titles.

1952 - The Four Freshmen (Bob Flanigan on vocals, bass, and trombone, Don Barbour on vocals and guitar, Ross Barbour on vocals and drums, and Hal Kratzsch on vocals, trumpet, mellophone, and bass) record the titles "Stormy Weather" and "The Day Isn't Long Enough" at Universal Studios in Chicago, Illinois. Capitol Records will issue both titles together as a single (Capitol 2286).

1952 - Vocalist Jess Willard, with Shelby "Tex" Atchison on fiddle, Larry Williams on piano, Jimmie Widener on guitar, Bill Woods on steel guitar, George Tracy on bass, and John Cuviello on drums, and a vocal chorus (lineup unlisted) record the titles "Drinkin' At The Bar" with the addition of a vocal chorus (lineup unlisted), "'Til The Day I Die", "Saturday Night For Love", and "Dry Me A Bottle Of Beer" in Capitol Records' studios at 5515 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood, California between 3:00 PM and 6:00 PM. Capitol Records will issue "Drinkin' At The Bar" and "'Til The Day I Die" together as a single (Capitol 2455) and "Saturday Night For Love" and "Dry Me A Bottle Of Beer" together as a single (Capitol 2313).

1956 - Tex Ritter records the tracks "America Our Land", "This Land Is Your Land", and "Remember The Alamo" in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will later issue the tracks on Ritter's album "Sweet Land Of Liberty" (T 2743).

1956 - During two sessions held this day in Los Angeles, California Victor Aller (on piano) and The Concert Arts Orchestra (lineup unlisted), conducted by Felix Slatkin, record Dohnanyi's "Variations On A Nursery Tune, Part 1" at the first session and "Variations On A Nursery Tune, Part 2" at the second session. Capitol Records will issue the tracks on the orchestra's album "BRITTEN - The Young Person's Guide To The Orchestra/DOHNANYI - Variations On A Nursery Tune" (P-8373).

1957 - During two sessions held this day in Los Angeles, California, Walter "Pee Wee" Hunt on trombone, Lou Busch (as Joe "Fingers" Carr) on piano, and an orchestra (lineup unlisted) record the titles "Louisville Lou", "The Sheik Of Araby", "I Love My Baby", "That Certain Party", and "Hula Lou" at the first session and a new take of "Hula Lou", and the titles "Rose Of Rio Grande", "Kitty", "Always Fall In Love", and a new take of "That Certain Party" at the second session. Capitol Records will issue "Louisville Lou", "The Sheik Of Araby", "I Love My Baby", the second take of "That Certain Party", the second take of "Hula Lou", and "The Rose Of Rio Grande" on the album "" (Capitol T 935), "Kitty" and "Always Fall In Love" together as a single (Capitol F3831), and have yet to issue the first takes of "That Certain Party" and "Hula Lou".

1958 - Vocalist Nat "King" Cole, with The Gordon Jenkins Orchestra and The First Church of Deliverance Choir (lineups unlisted), records the titles "Ain't Gonna Study War No More", "Everytime I Feel The Spirit", "Standin' In The Need Of Prayer", "Go Down Moses" and "Steal Away" in The First Church of Deliverance, 4315 S. Wabash Avenue, Chicago, Illinois. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Cole's album "Everytime I Feel The Spirit" (W 1249).

1961 - Jeanne Black (on vocals) with unlisted others, records the tracks "Heartbreak U.S.A.", "His Own Little Island", "Guessin' Again" and the as yet unissued track "Keep It Secret" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the first two tracks together as a single (Capitol 4654) and the third track as a single (Capitol 4685) with "A Letter To Anya" (recorded December 18, 1961) on the flip side.

1961 - Joe Bushkin (on piano), with unlisted others, records the as yet unissued tracks "Soliloquy", "Hallelujah", and "One For My Baby" for Capitol Records in New York City, New York.

1964 - The Beatles record the track "I Don't Want To Spoil The Party" at Abbey Road Studios in London, England. Capitol Records will issue the track on the group's album "Beatles VI" (Capitol T 2358).

1962 - Guitarist Laurindo Almeida and The Bossa Nova All Stars (Don Fagerquist on trumpet, Justin Gordon on flute, Bob Cooper on tenor saxophone, Jimmy Rowles on organ, Howard Roberts and Al Viola also on guitars, Max Bennett on bass, Shelly Manne on drums, and Milt Holland and Chico Guerrero on percussion) record the titles "Theme From 'Route 66'" and "Teach Me Tonight" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue both titles on the group's album "Viva Bossa Nova!" (T/ST 1759).

1963 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "That Sunday, That Summer" is #7 on KQV's Finest "50" Tunedex in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, #34 on WKLO's Tunedex in Louisville, Kentucky, and #40 on KRLA's Tune-Dex chart in Los Angeles, California. The single's flipside "Mr. Wishing Well" is also #40 on KRLA's Tune-Dex.
1969 - Capitol Records releases Buck Owens' album "Tall Dark Stranger".

1971 - Quicksilver Messenger Service record the title "Song For Frisco" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will later issue the title on the band's album "Quicksilver" (Capitol SW-819).

1973 - Grand Funk's single "We're An American Band", with "Creepin'" on the flipside, is still #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart.

1977 - During two sessions held this day in Los Angeles, California, Tavares (lineup unlisted) records the title "Feel So Good" at the first session and the title "All I Need Is You" at the second session. Capitol Records will issue both titles on the group's album "Future Sound" (SW-11719) and "Feel So Good" as a single (Capitol 4583) with "Timber" (recorded September 24, 1977) on the flipside.

1977 - Pousette-Dart Band (lineup unlisted) record the title "Small Town Talk" in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records. No issuing information is listed.

1979 - The Knack's Capitol Records single "My Sharona", with "Let Me Out" on the flipside, is still #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart.

1982 - Vocalist Eloise Laws, with unlisted others, records the titles "Love Ain't Easy", "I Got You Covered", "I've Loved You Somewhere Before", "If I Had My Way", "While The City Sleeps", "I've Got The Rhythm, You've Got The Blues", "I Did It For Your Love", "If You Don't Love Me By Now", and "Weekend" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Laws' album "All In Time" (ST-12252).

1982 - Mel McDaniel, with unlisted others, records the titles "Tied Together" and "Graveyard Shift" in Nashville, Tennessee for Capitol Records. No issuing information is listed.

1986 - During two sessions held this day, Suzy Bogguss with leader Sonny Garrish and Larry Paxton, Jerry Kroon, Brent Rowan, and Mitch Humphries, records the tracks "A Little Common Kindness", "I Don't Want To Set The Word On Fire", and "What About Her Heart" at the first session between 10 AM and 1 PM and, after Robert Ogdin replaces Mitch Humphries, records the the tracks "It Must Be You", "It Just So Happened", "Hopeless Romantic", and "Don't Talk To Me" at the second session between 2 PM and 5PM at Music City Music Hall in Nashville, Tennessee. After Overdubs are recorded at Woodland Studios in Nashville, Tennessee on September 30 and October 10, 1986 Capitol Records will issue "I Don't Want To Set The World On Fire" and "Hopeless Romantic" together as a single (Capitol 5669). The other tracks are, so far, unreleased.

1986 - Ann Wilson (on vocals), with unlisted others, records "The Best Man In The World" for "The Golden Child" motion picture soundtrack. Capitol Records will issue the track as a single (Capitol 5654) with an instrumental version of the song on the flipside.

2003 - Wesley Tuttle, singer, yodeler (yodeled in Disney's "Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs"), actor, guitarist and the second country artist signed to Capitol Records (1944-1957), dies in Sylmar, California of heart failure at age 85.

2006 - The Los Angeles Times reports that E.M.I. is selling The Capitol Tower and adjoining buildings and property to an East Coast developer for $50 million dollars (cheap!) and that Capitol Records and The Capitol Tower Studios will become tenants of the building "for many years". The article also stated that the south-east parking lot will probably be developed into a multi-purpose building with housing, offices, and shops. So far no renderings of the new building or any idea on how much it will block the view of The Tower when driving by on Hollywood Boulevard or north on Vine Street.

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1956 - Future Capitol Records artist Rose Maddox joins The Grand Ole Opry.

1963 - "The Judy Garland Show" premieres on CBS-TV with former Capitol Records artist Mel Tormé as musical advisor and arranger for the series. Capitol would eventually be one of the many companies to release live tracks from the show on various compilation albums.

1984 - Teddy Reig, A&R man and record producer for Roulette Records artists Count Basie, Jack Teagarden, Randy Weston, Thad Jones, and Sara Vaughn, dies in Teaneck, New Jersey at age 65. Roulette's catalog is currently owned by Capitol Music Group's parent company, EMI Music Group.

1987 - Dan Seal's EMI America single "Three Time Loser", with "On The Front Line" on the flipside, is #1 on the U.S. Country singles chart. EMI America's catalog is currently owned by Capitol Music Group's parent company, Universal Music Group.

1987 - EMI America Records releases The Red Hot Chili Peppers' album "The Uplift Mofo Party Plan".

1992 - EMI America Records releases The Red Hot Chili Pepper's compilation album and video "What Hits!?".

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1907 - Gene Autry, actor, singer, baseball team owner, and namesake of one of the best museums in Southern California, is born Orvon Gene Autry in Tioga, Texas.

90 Years Ago Today In 1935 - Jerry Lee Lewis, pianist, singer and Sun Records recording artist, is born in Ferriday, Louisiana.

1957 - Vocalists Eddie Roll, Grover Dale, and The Jets (lineup unlisted) record the title "Gee, Officer Krupke" at Columbia Records' studio on 30th Street in New York City, New York. Columbia will issue the title on the original cast album of "West Side Story"..

55 Years Ago Today In 1970 - Edward Everett Horton, singer, dancer, Vaudeville, Broadway, and motion picture actor, and cartoon voice artist, dies of cancer in Encino, California at age 84.

SEPTEMBER 28, 2025

HAPPY BIRTHDAYS!

95 Years Ago Today In1930 - Tommy Collins, a songwriter, singer, Nashville Songwriters Hall Of Fame inductee, and a Capitol Records artist (1953-1957 and 1963-1964) is born Leonard Raymond Sipes at a farm just outside of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The Rockabilly Hall Of Fame website has a great biography page on Tommy. 

1946 - Helen Shapiro, a singer, actress, and Columbia Records and P.Y.E. (U.K.) and Capitol Records and Tower Records (a U.S. subsidiary of Capitol Records) artist, is born at Bethnal Green Hospital in the East End district of Bethnal Green, London. 

1952 - Andy Ward, the drummer with the Capitol Records group Marillion (1983), is born in London, England.

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1942 - Capitol Records issues Ray McKinley and His Orchestra's "Manhattan Serenade" with vocals by Imogene Lynn and the instrumental "Without A Song" on the flipside (Capitol 117) as part of the label's seventh ever release.

1957 - Walter "Pee Wee" Hunt on trombone and Lou Busch (as Joe "Fingers" Carr) on piano, with an orchestra (lineup unlisted), record the titles "Tuck Me To Sleep In My Old 'Tucky Home", "Five Foot Two, Eyes Of Blue", "The One I Love Belongs To Somebody Else", and a new take of "Jealous" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on the album "Joe "Fingers" Carr - Class Of '25" (T 935).

1957 - Nat "King' Cole's Capitol Records single "Send For Me" is #26, his single "With You On My Mind" is #47, and his single "My Personal Possession is #83 on The Billboard magazine's Top 100 Sides chart. "Send For Me" is also #20 on Cash Box magazine's Best Selling Singles chart and #24 on The Billboard magazines Best Sellers In Stores chart. Col'es single "With You On My Mind" is #22 also on Cash Box magazine's Best Selling Singles chart. Cole's Capitol Reords album "Love Is The Thing" is #13 on The Billboard magazine's Best Selling Pop LPs chart and its EP version is #7 on the magazine's Top EPs chart. Cole's EP "Around The World" is also #4 on the magazine's Top EPs chart.

1959 - Stan Kenton, his orchestra, June Christy, and The Four Freshmen begin a five-week road tour with a concert at Murray State College in Kentucky. Their October 10 concert at Purdue University in Lafayette, Indiana, performed in front of more than twelve thousand people in a pouring rainstorm, will be recorded and released as the Capitol Records album "Road Show".

1959 - The Kingston Trio records John Stewart's "Green Grasses" which will be initially released as the flipside of their Capitol Records single "Coo Coo-U".

1962 - Capitol Records artist Judy Garland files for divorce from her husband and manager Sid Luft, father of her daughter Lorna and son Joseph.

1962 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Ramblin' Rose" is #8 on KRLA's Top Thirty survey in Los Angeles, California.

1962 - Pianist Stan Kenton and His Orchestra (Dalton Smith, Marvin Stamm, Bob Behrendt, Keith LaMotte, and Gary Slavo on trumpets, Bob Fitzpatrick, Bud Parker, Tom Ringo, and Jim Amlotte on trombone, Dave Wheeler on bass trombone and tuba, Ray Starling, Dwight Carver, Joe Burnett and Lou Gasca on mellophones, Gabe Baltazar on alto saxophone, Don Menza and Ray Florian on tenor saxophones, Allan Beutler on baritone saxophone, Joel Kaye on bass saxophone, Bucky Calabrese on bass, Dee Barton on drums, and Steve Dweck on percussion) record the titles "Aperçu" and, with vocals by Jean Turner, the titles "Let Your Love Walk In" and "How Do I Look In Blue?" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California between 12:30 PM and 4:00 PM. Capitol Records will issue "Aperçu" on Kenton's album "Adventures In Time" (T/ST 1844) and "Let Your Love Walk In" and "How Do I Look In Blue?" together as a single (Capitol 4964).

1963 - The Beach Boys' "Little Deuce Coupe", the flipside of their Capitol Records' single "Surfer Girl", peaks at #15 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart.

1966 - The Leaves (lineup unlisted) record the tracks "Lemon Princess" and "Officer Shayne" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both tracks on the group's album "All The Good That's Happening" (Capitol T 2638).

1966 - Lou Rawls (on vocals), with H.B. Barnum conducting his own arrangements to the orchestra (Freddie Hill and Tony Terran on trumpet, Jackie Kelso, Jim Horn, and Jay Migliori on saxophones, Tommy Strode on piano, Tommy Tedesco and Arthur Wright on guitar, Jimmy Bond on bass, and John Gueri on drums), records the tracks "A Woman Who's A Woman" and "You Can Bring Me All Your Heartaches" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both tracks together as a single (Capitol 5790).

1967 - Sonny James' Capitol Records single "It's The Little Things", with "Don't Cut Timber On A Windy Day" on the flipside, is #1 on the U.S. Country singles chart.

1968 - The Beatles' Apple Records single "Hey Jude", with "Revolution" on the flipside, hits #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart where it will stay for nine weeks.

1972 - Capitol Records registers the masters it purchased from Buck Owens Enterprises for Suan Raye's titles "Cryin' Time", "I've Got You On My Mind Again", "Would You Settle For Roses", "Sunshine Feelin'", "I Can't Stop Loving You", "I'll Love You Forever And Ever", Everybody Needs Somebody", and "The Greatest Gift Of All" and Homer Joy's titles "Streets Of Bakersfield" and "Make Me Glad I Came" all of which were recorded in the Buck Owens Studios in Bakersfield, California. Capitol Records will issue all of Raye's titles on the album "Love Sure Feels Good In My Heart" (ST-11135) and both of Joy's titles together as a single (Capitol 3476).

1974 - Andy Kim's Capitol Records single "Rock Me Gently", with "Rock Me Gently Part II" on the flipside, is still #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart.

1977 - Pousette-Dart Band (lineup unlisted) record the title "Yesterday Is Not Today" in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records. No issuing information is listed.

1982 - T-Connection (lineup unlisted) records the title "Say That You Love Me" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the title on the group's album "The Game Of Life" (ST-12264).

1988 - Capitol Records releases Buck Owens' single "Hot Dog", with "Second Fiddle" on the flipside.

1991 - Garth Brooks' Capitol Nashville album "Ropin' The Wind" becomes the first album to ever enter both of Billboard's Top 200 Albums and Top Country Albums charts at #1 at the same time.

1991 - Miles Davis, trumpet player and Capitol Records (1949-1950) and Blue Note Records (1952-1954) artist, dies after a stroke in Santa Monica, California at age 65.

1999 - Capitol Records releases Garth Brooks' album "Garth Brooks In... The Life of Chris Gaines".

2004 - Capitol Records releases Duran Duran's album "Astronaut" on CD and a limited double vinyl version. Capitol Records also releases Everclear's compilation album "Ten Years Gone - The Best Of Everclear 1994-2004", and the compilation CD "Ultimate Christmas Cocktails" as part of its Ultra-Lounge series.

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1902 - Ed Sullivan, newspaper sportswriter and theater columnist, gossip columnist on radio and newsreels, and radio and television variety show host (CBS' "Toast Of The Town" which will become "The Ed Sullivan Show" and showcases many Capitol Records artists, and played an important part in kicking of Beatlemania in the U.S.), is born Edward Vincent Sullivan in Manhattan, New York.

1963 - Murray The K becomes the first disc jockey in the United States to spin a track by The Beatles when he plays their Swan Records single "She Loves You", which has "I'll Get You" on the flipside, on his daily record review contest on radio station WINS in New York City, New York. The single came in third out of the five played.

2004 - Nonesuch Records releases a newly recorded version of Brian Wilson's album "Smile", which had been started 38 years earlier as a Beach Boys' album for Capitol Records and shelved a year after recording started.

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1909 - Al Capp, the cartoonist who created the strip "Li'l Abner" (which was later adapted into a musical with lyrics by Capitol Records' co-founder Johnny Mercer) and also invented the holiday Sadie Hawkins Day, is born Alfred Gerald Caplin in New Haven, Connecticut.

1964 - Nacio Herb Brown (born Ignacio Herb Brown), Broadway and Hollywood composer ("Singin' In The Rain", "Lucky Star", "Broadway Melody", etc. with lyricist Alan Freed) and 1970 inductee into the Songwriters Hall of Fame, dies in San Francisco, California at age 68.

SEPTEMBER 27, 2025

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!

1933 - Glenn and Dorothy Wallichs are married. Glenn will go on to found Hollywood's first music superstore – Wallichs' Music City ("Sunset and Vine") – and co-found Capitol Records, where he will also serve as vice-president, president and chairman of the board. After Glenn's death in 1971 Dorothy, who would die on December 19, 2002, will go on to quietly do charitable works including contributing funds to the University of Redlands in California to build, and then refurbish, The Glenn Wallichs Theatre.

The Wallichs Family: Mrs. Dorothy Wallichs, Glenn Wallichs, their daughters Linda and Susan, and Glenn's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Wallichs at a luncheon honoring Glenn on the groundbreaking of The Capitol Tower on September 27, 1954. It was also Glenn and Dorothy's 21st wedding anniversary.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

90 Years Ago Today In 1927 - Bud Powell, composer, pianist, member of the Capitol Records band Cootie Williams and His Orchestra and a solo Blue Note Records artist, is born Earl Powell in New York City, New York.

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1947 - Vocalist and guitarist Tex Williams and His Western Caravan (Cactus Soldi and Harry Simms on fiddles, Ossie Godson on piano, Pedro De Paul on accordion, Jimmy Bryant on electric guitar, Smokey Rogers on guitar and banjo, Spike Featherstone on harmonica, Deuce Spriggens on bass, and Muddy Berry on drums), record the title "Never Trust A Woman" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the title as a single (Capitol Americana 40054) with "(Then You'll Know) What It Means To Be Blue" (recorded September 8, 1947) on the flipside.

1952 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Walkin' My Baby Back Home" is tied at #10 with Johnnie Ray's Columbia Records release of the same song, his single "Somewhere Along The Way" is #13,  his single "Because Your Mine" is tied at #17 with Mario Lanza's RCA Victor release of the same song, and his single "Faith Can Move Mountains is tied at #26 with Johnnie Ray's Columbia Records release of the same song on Cash Box magazines Best Selling Singles chart.

1954 - Ground breaking occurs for the world's first round office building – The Capitol Tower – when Capitol Records' president Glenn Wallichs uses a bulldozer instead of a traditional shovel to start construction. The ceremony is emceed by Don Wilson with many Capitol Records artists and executives attending as well as local politicians. Later that day, Capitol Records president Glenn Wallichs is roasted by local Los Angeles radio disc jockeys at a lunch hosted by The Los Angeles Ad Club, with emcee Dean Martin. Both events are recorded and pressed as the souvenir two record 10" 33 RPM album called "Glenn Wallichs' Day" which is given to employees and others. Wallichs and his wife Dorothy will then continue to celebrate their 21st wedding anniversary.

1957 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records album is "Love Is The Thing" is #1 on WMCA's Albums chart and Cole's single "With You On My Mind" is #27 on the stations's Weekly Survey in New York City, New York.

1957 - Trombonist Walter "Pee Wee" Hunt and pianist Lou Busch (as Joe "Fingers" Carr), with an orchestra (lineup unlisted), record the titles "Jealous", "Minnie The Mermaid", "and "Yes Sir, That's My Baby" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Minnie The Mermaid" and "Yes Sir, That's My Baby" on the album "Joe "Fingers" Carr - Class Of '25" (T 935) and have yet to issue the take of "Jealous" recorded at this session but will issue a take of the title recorded on September 28, 1957 also on the album.

1962 - During two sessions held this day in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California, guitarist Laurindo Almeida and The Bossa Nova All Stars Don Fagerquist on trumpet, Justin Gordon on flute, Bob Cooper on tenor saxophone, Jimmy Rowles on organ, Howard Roberts and Al Viola on guitars, Max Bennett on bass, Shelly Manne on drums, and Milt Holland and Chico Guerrero on percussion) record the titles "One Note Samba", "Ramblin' Rose", and "Maria" at the first session and the titles "Petite Fleur", "Lollipops And Roses", and "Lazy River" at the second session. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on the album "Viva Bossa Nova!" (T/ST 1759).

1962 - Vocalist and tenor saxophonist Sam Butera and The Witnesses (Morgan Thomas on trumpet, Lou Sineaux on trombone, John Nagy on piano, Allan Seltzer on guitar, Roland "Rolly Dee" Diorio on bass, and James Vincent Faraci on drums) record the titles "I Feel Good All Over" and "Later, Baby, Later" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both titles together as a single (Capitol 4862).

1962 - Vocalists Carl Reiner and Mel Brooks record the title "2000 And Two Year Old Man" with producer Nick Venet in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California before a live audience. Capitol Records will issue the title on the album "Carl Reiner And Mel Brooks At The Cannes Film Festival" (T 1815) and on the album "Best Of The 2000 Year Old Man" (ST 2981).

1962 - Pianist Stan Kenton and His Orchestra (Dalton Smith, Marvin Stamm, Bob Behrendt, Keith LaMotte, and Gary Slavo on trumpets, Bob Fitzpatrick, Bud Parker, and Tom Ringo on trombones, Jim Amlotte on bass trombone, Dave Wheeler on bass trombone and tuba, Ray Starling, Dwight Carver,Joe Burnett, and Lou Gasca on mellophones, Gabe Baltazar on alto saxophone, Don Menza and Ray Florian on tenor saxophones, Allan Beutler on baritone saxophone, Joel Kaye on bass saxophone, Bucky Calabrese on bass, Dee Barton on drums, and Steve Dweck on percussion) record the titles "Septuor From Antares" and "Artemis And Apollo" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street In Hollywood, California between 10:30 AM and 1:30 PM. Capitol Records will issue both titles on Kenton's album "Adventures In Time" (Capitol T/ST 1844).

1962 - Vocalist Faron Young, with Floyd Cramer on piano, Thomas "Grady" Martin on electric guitar, Harold Ray Bradley on rhythm guitar and tic tac guitar, Ray Edenton on rhythm guitar, Floyd "Lightnin' Chance or Bob Moore on bass, and Murrey M. "Buddy" Harman Jr. on drums) and The Anita Kerr Singers (vocal chorus with unlisted lineup), records the titles "Safely In Love Again" and "Down By The River" at the Columbia Recording Studio in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue both titles together as a single (Capitol F4868), "Safely In Love Again" on Young's album "Falling In Love" (T/DT 2307) and "Down By The River" on Young's album "The All-Time Great Hits Of Faron Young" (T/DT 1876).

1964 - Capitol Records group The Beach Boys make their first appearance on "The Ed Sullivan Show".

60 Years Ago Today In 1965 - Stan Kenton begins three straight days of sessions, recording tracks for his Capitol Records album "Stan Kenton Conducts The Los Angeles Neophonic Orchestra", at The Capitol Tower Studios in Hollywood, California.

1966 - Soupy Sales records the titles "Use Your Noggin'", "The Backwards Alphabet", and the as yet unissued take of the title "You Came A Long Way From St. Louis" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the first two titles together as a single (Capitol 5766).

1967 - Gordon Waller, of Capitol Records group Peter and Gordon, records the title "So Long Dad" by Randy Newmann, but the track is never released.

1967 - During two sessions held this day in Los Angeles, California, Earle Hagen conducts His Orchestra (lineup unlisted) as they record the titles "To Florence With Love", "The Golden Age", "The Voice In The Wind", and "Domingo" at the first session and the titles "The Islands In The Sea", "There's No Escape", "Sophia", and "The International Set" at the second session. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Hagen's album "I Spy" (T/ST 2839).

1973 - Tennessee Ernie Ford records the titles "Bits And Pieces Of Life", which will be released as the flipside of Ford's Capitol Records single "Come On Down" on June 24, 1974, and "Smokey Taverns, Bar Room Girls", which will have the title "The Devil Ain't A Lonely Woman's Friend" as its flipside when it's released as a single on October 13, 1975.

1973 - Grand Funk's Capitol Records single "We're An American Band", a version of which Capitol has pressed on gold-colored vinyl, is still #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart.

1977 - Tavares (lineup unlisted) records the title "Ready For Love" in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records. No issuing information is listed.

1977 - Pousette-Dart Band (lineup unlisted) record the title "Louisanna" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the title on the group's album "Pousette-Dart Band 3" (SW-11781).

1979 - Jimmy McCulloch, lead guitarist with the Capitol Records band Wings as well as a member of the bands Thunderclap Newman and Stone The Crows, dies in London, England at age 26 of a heart failure due to overuse of heroin, morphine, alcohol and marijuana.

1982 - T-Connection (lineup unlisted) record the titles "Superstar" and "The Game Of Life" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both titles on the band's album "The Game Of Life" (ST-12264).

1982 - Capitol Records registers the masters for Earl Klugh's titles "Back In Central Park", "(If You Want To) Be My Love", "Low Ride", "Just Like Yesterday", "If You're Still In Love With Me", "I Never Thought I'd Leave You", "Christina", and "Night Drive" and will issue all the titles on Klugh's album "Low Ride" (ST-12253).

30 Years Ago Today In 1995 - Rosemary Clooney begins four straight days of sessions, recording tracks for her album "Dedicated To Nelson", at The Capitol Tower Studios in Hollywood, California.

20 Years Ago Today In 2005 - Capitol Records releases: Blind Melon's compilation album "Tones Of Home: The Best Of Blind Melon" on CD and their concert film "Live At The Metro" on DVD; The Band's "A Musical History", a box set covering The Band's recording career from 1963 to 1976, with 37 previously unreleased tracks; and the Christmas compilation "Christmas Cocktails Part Three" as part of its Ultra-Lounge series.

15 Years Ago Today In 2010 - Buddy Morrow (born Muni Zudekoff on February 8, 1919 in New Haven, Connecticut), trombonist, bandleader of The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra for over 30 years (last playing with the band three days earlier on September 24, 2010 in Ormond Beach, Florida) and Capitol Records session artist for recordings by Nat "King" Cole, Mel Tormé (including a duet with Tormé and Peggy Lee), Jackie Gleason and Arte Shaw, dies at his home in Maitland, Florida at age 91.

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1954 - NBC-TV broadcasts the nationwide debut of "Tonight!" (later renamed "The Tonight Show"), hosted by future Capitol Records artist Steve Allen. It is also Allen's new wife's (they married on July 31, 1954), motion picture and television actress Jayne Meadows, birthday. She was born Jayne Meadows Cotter in Wuchang, China in 1920.

1961 - Liberty Records releases Johnny Burnette's single "God, Country and My Baby" with "Honestly I Do" on the flipside. Capitol Records currently owns Liberty's catalog.

1963 - Parlophone Records, a subsidiary of EMI, releases Cillia Black's first single, "Love of the Loved", in the United Kingdom. Capitol Records will later distribute Black's releases in the United States.

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140 Years Ago Today In 1885 - Joseph McCarthy, lyricist (best known for the Broadway musicals "Irene", "Kid Boots", and "Rio Rita" as well as the songs "You Made Me Love You", "I'm Always Chasing Rainbows", "In My Sweet Little Alice Blue Gown", and "Rio Rita"), is born in Somerville, Massachusettes.

1898 - Vincent Youmans, musician, composer ("Hit The Deck", "Great Day!", "No, No Nanette" {w/Otto Harbach and Oscar Hammerstein II}, "I Know That You Know (w/Harbach}, "More Than You Know", "Rise ’n’ Shine", "Flying Down To Rio", "The Carioca" and many more), and Songwriters’ Hall of Fame inductee, is born in New York City, New York.

1936 - Don Cornelius, television show creator (best known for the syndicated show "Soul Train" which he hosted from 1971-1994 and still produces), is born in Chicago, Illinois.

1938 - It's a Tuesday and trombonist Glenn Miller and His Orchestra (Al Mastren and Paul Tanner also on trombones, Johnny Austin, Louis Mucci, and Bob Price on trumpets, Hal McIntyre on alto saxophone, Stanley Aronson on alto and baritone saxophones, Wilbur Schwartz on clarinet and alto saxophone, Tex Beneke on tenor saxophone, Bill Stegmeyer on alto and tenor saxophones, Chummy MacGregor on piano, Rowland Bundock on bass, and Bob Spangler on drums) record the titles "My Reverie" using an arrangement by Glenn Miller and vocals by Ray Eberle, "By The River Of Minnetonka (Indian Love Call): Part 1" and "By The River Of Minnetonka (Indian Love Call): Part 2" both arranged by Glenn Miller with chant vocal by The Orchestra and Tex Beneke also on clarinet, and "King Porter Stomp" at Victor Studios in New York City, New York from 2:00 PM to 4:15 PM. Bluebird Records, a subsidary of RCA Victor, will issue "My Reverie" and "King Porter Stomp" together as a single (7853-A and 7853-B) and both parts of "By The River Of Minnetonka (Indian Love Call) together as a single (7780-A and 7780-B).

 1942 - Four years to the day after their first recording session for Bluebird Records, Glenn Miller and His Orchestra give their final civilian performance before Miller enters the U.S. Army at the Central Theater in Passaic County, New Jersey.

1947 - Meat Loaf, actor and singer, is born Marvin Lee Aday in Dallas, Texas.

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1967 - Shannon Hoon, lead singer and harmonica, kazoo and acoustic guitar player with the Capitol Records band Blind Melon, is born Richard Shannon Hoon in Lafayette, Indiana.

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1947 - Vocalist Jo Stafford, with Paul Weston and His Orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the title "The Gentleman Is A Dope" and, with the addition of the vocal group The Starlighters (lineup unlisted), "Sugar (That Sugar Baby Of Mine" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "The Gentleman Is A Dope" as a single (Capitol 15007) with "Serenade Of The Bells" (recorded September 25, 1947) on the flipside and on Stafford's album "Starring Jo Stafford" (T 435) and "Sugar (That Sugar Baby Of Mine)" on the CD "Spotlight On..., Volume 21 - Jo Stafford" (8-29391-2).

1947 - Vocalist Jerry Colonna, Sara Berner, and Billy Bletcher, using music by Billy May and a script written by Ted Pierce and Warren Foster, records the titles "Here Comes Colonna's Trolley: Part 1" and "Here Comes Colonna's Trolley: Part 2" in Radio Recorders' studios at 932 North Western Avenue in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue both titles together on the children's album "Here Comes Colonna's Trolley" (DAS-60).

1948 - Capitol Records remasters The King Cole Trio's title "Kee-Mo, Ky-Mo (The Magic Song)" to remove the spoken intro and will release the edited version as a single (Capitol 15240) with the instrumental "Rex Rhumba (Rhumba A La King)" (recorded April 17, 1946) on the flipside.

1952 - Vocalist Redd Harper (aka Mr. Texas), with an orchestra and chorus (lineups unlisted), records the titles "My God Is Real", "Closer Lord To Thee", "My Testimony Song", and "Lord Keep Your Hand On Me" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "My God Is Real" as a single (Capitol 2262) with "Our Thanks To Thee" (recorded September 5, 1952) on the flipside, "Closer Lord To Thee" as a single (Capitol 2547) with "Lord Build Me A Cabin (In The Corner Of Gloryland)" (also recorded September 5, 1952) on the flipside, and "My Testimony Song" and "Lord Keep Your Hand On Me" together as a single (Capitol 2360).

1952 - Pianist Ben Light, with unlisted organ, guitar, bass, and drums players, records the titles "I'll Get By (As Long As I Have You)", "Lady Of Spain", "Whispering", and "Do You Ever Think Of Me" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "I'll Get By (As Long As I Have You)", "Do You Ever Think Of Me" together as a single (Capitol 2340) and "Lady Of Spain" and "Whispering" together as a single (Capitol 2288), and all the titles on Light's album "Speed Of Light!" (T 670).

1952 - Vocalist Mel Tormé, with Al Pellegrini directing the chorus and orchestra (lineups unlisted), records the titles "Anywhere I Wander", "Shenandoah Valley", and "Casually" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue "I Wander" and "Casually" together as a single (Capitol 2263). Ranwood Records will issue "Anywhere I Wander" and "Shenandoah Valley" together on the CD "Standards by Mel Tormé" (8270-2) in 1997.

1953 - Nat "King" Cole, Ralph Marterie, and Louis Jordan join forces to start a series of one-nighter concerts on an eight-week tour which will end November 22. Also, Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Return To Paradise" is #36 and his single "A Fool Was I" is #43 on Cash Box magazine's Best Selling Singles chart.

70 Years Ago Today In 1955 - Capitol Records releases Judy Garland's debut album for the label, "Miss Show Business".

1956 - Gordon Jenkins conducts his own arrangements to the orchestra (lineup unlisted) and The Ralph Brewster Singers (lineup also unlisted) as they record the titles "To Each His Own", "I Kiss Your Hand Madam", "My Reverie" and "Cherie, I Love You" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra's album "Night Dreams" (T 781).

1957 - Additional recording and/or remastering is done for Billy May and His Orchestra's title "Swingin' Drums" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the final mix of "Swingin' Drums" on the EP "Swingin' Drums: Billy May/Earl Palmer" (EAP-1-1026).

1957 - During two sessions held this day in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California from 10:00 AM to 1:30 PM and from 3:00 PM to 6:00 PM, vocalist and guitarist Hank Thompson and His Brazos Valley Boys (Dubert Ray Dobson on trumpet, Billy Armstrong, Harold Glenn Hensley, and Billy Peters on fiddle, Vic Davis on piano, Floyd Lester "Bobbie" White on steel guitar, Billy Briggs Stewart on bass, and Paul McGhee on drums), record the titles "Beaumont Rag", "Summit Ridge Drive", "Woodchoppers' Ball", and "Bartender's Polka". The second session is a split session where steel guitarist Bob White (aka Floyd Lester "Bobbie" White), with unlisted others, records the titles "Beautiful Ohio" and "I'll Take You Home Again, Kathleen" also between 3:00 PM and 6:00 PM. Capitol Records will issue "Beaumont Rag", "Summit Ridge Drive", "Woodchoppers' Ball", and "Bartender's Polka" on Thompson's album "Dance Ranch" (T 975) and has yet to issue either of White's titles.

1957 - Pianist Dame Agi Jambor records Handel's "The Harmonious Blacksmith", Brahms' "Waltz In A Flat", Mozart's "Rondo Alla Turca (From Sonata N° 9 In A Major)", Mendelssohn's "Spring Song (Song Without Words N° 30 In A Major, Opus 62, N° 6)" and "Spinning Song (Song Without Words N° 34 In C Major, Opus 67, N° 4)", Schumann's "Traumerei (From 'Kinderscenen')", and Chopin's "Prelude N° 7 In A Major, Opus 28, N° 7" and "Minute Waltz (Waltz N° 6 In D Flat Major, Opus 64, N° 1)" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Jambor's album "Introduction To The Piano" (PAO-8422).

1958 - Pianist Leonard Pennario, with Miklos Rozsa conducting The Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra (lineup unlisted), recorded Rozsa's "Spellbound Concerto", Christian Sinding's "A Rustle Of Spring", and Ludwig Van Beethoven's "Pathetique Sonata (Adagio Movement)" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Pennario and the orchestra's album "Rhapsody Under The Stars" (P/SP-8494).

1961 - Lonnie Sattin (on vocals), with Ray Ellis conducting an uncredited orchestra and chorus, records the title "I Remember You Love", the as yet unissued take of the title "Don't Have To Tell Nobody", and the titles "(You're) The First One To Find The Rainbow" and "I Think I Go, I Think I Stay" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue "I Remember You Love" and "(You're) The First One To Find The Rainbow" together as a single (Capitol F374) and "I Think I Go, I Think I Stay" as a single (Capitol F3632) with "Walk Along With Kings" on the flipside.

1961 - Buck Owens and His Buckaroos (lineup unlisted) record the titles "Down On The Corner Of Love", "The House Down The Block", "Fool Me Again". "You're For Me", and "Blues For Life" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will release "You're For Me" as a single on November 5, 1962, with "House Down The Block" on the flipside (Capitol 4872) and all the titles on Owens' album "You're For Me" (Capitol T 1777).

1961 - Joe Bushkin, on piano with unlisted others, records the as yet unissued titles "Make Someone Happy", "You're Just In Love", "I've Got A Crush On You", and "Stompin' At The Savoy" for Capitol Records in New York City, New York.

1961 - During two sessions held this day in Los Angeles, California, Arch Oboler records the title "Dentist-Patient/Lights Out/Western/Railroad Track-Drunk/Housewife" at the first session and at the second he records the titles "Chicken Heart/Dachau/Baby & Dog/Laughing Man/Medieval Execution/Inside out" and "Baby In Frypen". There is no listing for any release.

1962 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Ramblin' Rose" is #6 on WMCA's Top Twenty-Five chart in New York City, New York.

1962 - The Kingston Trio (vocalists Nick Reynolds, Bob Shane, and John Stewart), with Dean Reilly on bass, record the title "The First Time (Ever I Saw Your Face)" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California between 3:00 PM and 6:00 PM and then, after a break, between 7:00 PM and 10:00 PM. Capitol Records will issue the title on the trio's album "New Frontier' (T/ST 1809). Ten years later Roberta Flack would cover the song.

1962 - During two sessions held this day in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California, pianist Stan Kenton and His Orchestra (Dalton Smith, Marvin Stamm, Bob Behrendt, Keith LaMotte, and Gary Slavo on trumpets, Bob Fitzpatrick, Bud Parker, and Tom Ringo on trombones, Jim Amlotte on bass trombone, Dave Wheeler on bass trombone and tuba, Ray Starling, Dwight Carver,Joe Burnett, and Lou Gasca on mellophones, Gabe Baltazar on alto saxophone, Don Menza and Ray Florian on tenor saxophones, Allan Beutler on baritone saxophone, Joel Kaye on bass saxophone, Bucky Calabrese on bass, Dee Barton on drums, and Steve Dweck on percussion), using arrangements by Johnny Ricards, record the titles "March To Polaris" and the beginning of "Artemis" at the first session between 10:30 AM and 1:30 PM and the conclusion of "Artemis" and the title "3x3x2x2x2=72" at the second session between 2:00 PM and 5:00 PM. Capitol Records will issue all three titles on Kenton's album "Adventures In Time" (T/ST 1844).

1962 - Guitarist Laurindo Almeida and The Bossa Nova All Stars (Don Fagerquist on trumpet, Justin Gordon on flute, Bob Cooper on tenor saxophone, Jimmy Rowles on organ, Howard Roberts and Al Viola on guitars, Max Bennett on bass, Shelly Manne on drums, and Milt Holland and Chico Guerrero on percussion) record the titles "Mr. Lucky", "'Naked City' Theme", and "Moon River" 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 "Viva Bossa Nova!" (T/ST 1759).

1962 - Len Weinrib, with unlisted others, records the title "Swami" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the title as a single (Capitol 4877) with "Love Express" (recorded October 16, 1962) on the flipside.

1962 - Bobby Austin, with unlisted others, records the titles "I've Got A Heartache I Can't Hold", "Heartache, Heartache Go Away", "One More Time Around", and "Put Me Out Of My Misery" in (listed as possibly) Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue "I've Got A Heartache I Can't Hold" and "Put Me Out Of My Misery" together as a single (Capitol 4883) and "Heartache, Heartache Go Away" and "One More Time Around" together as a single (Capitol 4931).

1963 - Banjo player Walter Hensley, with unlisted other musicians and vocalists) records the titles "The World Is Waiting For The Sunrise", "The Old Spinning Wheel", "When You're Smiling (The Whole World Smiles With You)", and "Kickin' Mule" in (listed as possibly) Nashville, Tennessee. After "Kickin' Mule is either edited or a new take is recorded on September 28, 1964, Capitol Records will issue the final mixes of all the titles on Hensley's self-titled album "Walter Hensley" (T/ST 2149) and "The World Is Waiting For The Sunrise" and "Kickin' Mule" also together as a single (Capitol 5297).

60 Years Ago Today In 1965 - Buck Owens' Capitol Records single "Only You (Can Break My Heart)", with "Gonna Have Love" on the flipside, is #1 on the U.S. Country singles chart.

1966 - Dobie Gray, a singer and a songwriter, signs with Capitol Records.

1967 - Harry Middlebrooks, with Bill Justis conducting an orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the titles "Laura (What's He Got That I Ain't Got?)", "Turn Around, Look At Me", "Endlessly", and "I Love You So Much It Hurts" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Middlebrooks' album "Funny How Time Slips Away" (T/ST 2850).

1967 - Earle Hagen conducts His Orchestra (lineup unlisted) as they record the titles "I Spy", "Over The Wall", "Rots Of Ruck", and "Montezuma's Revenge" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Hagen's album "I Spy" (T/ST 2839).

1967 - The Beach Boys (lineup unlisted) record the title "Wild Honey" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the title as a single (Capitol 2028) with "Wind Chimes" (recorded July 10, 1967) on the flipside and on the group's album "Wild Honey" (T/ST 2859).

1967 - Vocalist Jean Shepard, with unlisted others, records the titles "Beautiful Lies", "You're Telling Me Sweet Lies Again", "Don't Fall In Love With A Married Man", and "Take Possession" in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Shepard's album "Best By Request" (ST-441).

1969 - The Beatles' last recorded studio album "Abbey Road" is released by Apple Records and distributed by Capitol Records in the United States.

55 Years Ago Today In 1970 - Glen Campbell's Capitol Records single "It's Only Make Believe", with "Pave Your Way Into Tomorrow" on the flipside, enters the U.S. Country singles charts where it will peak at #3.

1972 - Capitol Records registers the master it purchased for Susan Raye's title "Love Sure Feels Good In My Heart", recorded in Bakersfield, California at Buck Owens Studios, from Buck Owens Enterprises and will issue the title as a single (Capitol 3499) with "I've Got You On My Mind Again" (registered on September 28, 1972) and on Raye's album "Love Sure Feels Good In My Heart" (ST-11135).

1972 - Overdubs are recorded for Billy May and The Time-Life Orchestra's titles "Spanish Eyes (Moon Over Naples)", "Unchained Melody", "I Say A Little Prayer", "The Knack", "Tonight", "Days Of Wine And Roses", "In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning", and "Portuguese Washerwomen", which were all recorded in The Capitol Tower Studios, in an unlisted studio. Time-Life Records will issue the final mixes of "Spanish Eyes (Moon Over Naples)", "Unchained Melody", "I Say A Little Prayer", "Tonight", "Days Of Wine And Roses", "In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning", and "Portuguese Washerwomen" as part of its "As You Remember Them" series on the three-disc set "Billy May - Volume 3" (STL 243) and "The Knack" on the three-disc set "Billy May - Volume 5" (STL 245).

1974 - Apple Records releases John Lennon's album "Walls And Bridges" with Capitol Records handling distribution in the United States.

1993 - Garth Brooks' Liberty Records (later renamed Capitol Records Nashville) single "Ain't Goin' Down (Till The Sun Comes Up)" with "Kickin' And Screamin'" on the flipside, is #1 on the U.S. Country singles charts.

30 Years Ago Today In 1995 - Capitol Records releases Jill Sobule's title "Supermodel", from the original motion picture soundtrack album for the film "Clueless" (also released by the label), as a 7" jukebox 45rpm single with The Smoking Pope's track "Need You Around" (also on the soundtrack album) as the flipside

30 Years Ago Today In 1995 - Capitol Records Nashville releases John Berry's album "O Holy Night".

30 Years Ago Today In 1995 - Capitol Records releases The Kingston Trio's compilation CD set "The Capitol Years".

1997 - A memorial service is held for one time Capitol Records artist Jimmy Witherspoon at the True Vine Baptist Church in Inglewood, California.

25 Years Ago Today In 2000 - Capitol Records releases the Frank Sinatra box set, "Frank Sinatra - Concepts", which contains all 16 of Sinatra's Capitol Concepts albums digitally remastered and replaces the previous, limited-run, wooden "Concepts" box.

2003 - Robert Palmer (born Robert Allen Palmer), lead singer of the Capitol Records group Power Station, dies in Paris, France of a heart attack at the age of 54. He is later interred at the cemetery in the city where he resided at the time, Lugano, Switzerland.

2004 - Keith Urban's Capitol Records Nashville single "Days Go By" is #1 on the U.S. Country singles charts, becoming his fifth #1.

2006 - Sean Lennon appears on "The Late Show with David Letterman" to promote his new album "Friendly Fire" whose release has been delayed to October 3 from it's original September 26 date.

2006 - Capitol Records releases: Saosin's self-titled album as a standard CD and as a CD and DVD set that includes videos of songs on the album; the soundtrack to the motion picture "The U.S. VS John Lennon"; Peggy Lee's compilation album "Christmas With Peggy Lee"; and re-releases George Harrison's "Living In A Material World" as a digitally remastered CD and as a CD and DVD set that includes a live performance of "Give Me Love" as well as a rare photos that play to other songs.

2006 - Capitol Jazz re-releases, as part of its "The Great Jazz Vocal Collection", Dinah Shore and Andre Previn's Capitol Records album "Dinah Sings Previn Plays", June Christy's Capitol Records album "The Intimate Miss Christy", Sue Raney's Capitol Records album "All By Myself", Irene Kral and Herb Pomeroy's United Artists album "The Band And I", and Julie London's Liberty Records album "Around Midnight". Capitol Jazz is a Blue Note label, which is currently a subsidiary of Capitol Records. The Liberty and United Artists catalogs are currently owned by Capitol Records.

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1928 - Julie London, a singer, motion picture and television actress, wife first to actor and television producer Jack Webb and then to actor, record producer, composer and pianist Bobby Troupe, and a Liberty Records artist, is born Julie Peck in Santa Rosa, California.

1947 - The Tadd Dameron Sextet (Fats Navarro on trumpet, Ernie Henry on alto saxophone, Charlie Rouse on tenor saxophone, Tadd Dameron on piano, Nelson Boyd on bass, and Shadow Wilson on drums), using arrangements by Dameron, record the three takes of the title "The Chase", two takes of the title "The Squirrel", five takes of the title "Our Delight" and three takes of the title "Dameronia" at radio station WOR's studios in New York City, New York. Blue Note Records will issue the third take of "The Chase" and the third take of "Dameronia" together as a single (Blue Note 541), the second take of "The Squirrel" and the fifth take of "Our Delight" together as a single (Blue Note 540), and the first and third takes of "The Chase", the first and second takes of "The Squirrel", the first and fifth takes of "Our Delight", and the first and third takes of "Dameronia" on the compilation album "The Fabulous Fats Navarro, Volume 1" (BLP1531).

1956 - Fats Domino's Imperial Records single "Blueberry Hill" enters Billboard's Best Selling Retail Records chart where it will eventually reach # 4. Imperial's catalog is currently owned by Capitol Music Group's parent company, Universal Music Group.

1969 - Drummer Elvin Jones, with Joe Farrell on tenor saxophone, flute and English horn, George Coleman on tenor saxophone, Pepper Adams on baritone saxophone, Wilbur Little on bass, and Candido Camero on congas, records the tracks "Mr. Jones", "Yes" without Camero, "Agappe Love", "Whew" without Adams and Camero, and "Agenda", at the Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, with producer Francis Wolff and recording engineer Rudy Van Gelder. The tracks would appear on Jones' Blue Note Records albums "Mr. Jones" and "Polycurrents". Blue Notes catalog is currently owned by Capitol Records.

2006 - EMI Classics releases Paul McCartney's fourth classical album "Ecce Cor Meum".

ON THIS DAY NOT IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1887 - Emile Berliner, a German immigrant living in Washington, D.C., patents a disk recording device that makes mass production of phonograph records feasible. He will later license the patent in the U.K. to The Gramophone Corporation which would become EMI. They would in turn license the use of their logo "His Master's Voice" to Berliner to use in the United States. Berliner's company would later become RCA.

1898 - George Gershwin, composer, is born Jacob Gershowitz in Brooklyn, New York.

1962 - "The Beverly Hillbillies" debuts on CBS-TV and will air 274 episodes over 9 seasons. It is also series co-star (Ellie Mae Clampett) Donna Douglas' 29th birthday. Douglas has also had a role on an episode of "The Twilight Zone" and co-stars with Elvis Presley in the motion picture "Frankie And Johnny".

1964 - "Gilligan's Island" debuts on CBS-TV and will air 98 episodes over 3 seasons.

50 Years Ago Today In 1975 - "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" has its premiere in the United States at the United Artists Westwood theatre in Los Angeles, California.