JUNE 26, 2025

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

1969 - Colin Greenwood, the bass player and a keyboardist for the Capitol Records band Radiohead, is born Colin Charles Greenwood in Oxford, England.

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1947 - The Milo Twins (vocalists and guitarists Edwin and Edward Milon), with unlisted others, record the titles "Coo-See Coo", "Pretty Mama Boogie", "Down Town Boogie", and "Brushy Mountains" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Coo-See Coo" and "Pretty Mama Boogie" together as a single (Capitol Americana 40030) and "Down Town Boogie" and "Brushy Mountains" together as a single (Capitol Americana 40049).

1948 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Nature Boy" is #3 down from #1 on Billboard's Best Selling Retail Records chart, The Pied Piper's Capitol Records single "My Happiness" is still #8, and The Sportsmen's a capella Capitol Records single "You Can't Be True, Dear" is still #11, Pee Wee Hunt and His Orchestra's Capitol Records single "Twelfth Street Rag" enters the top 20 at #14, and The Sportsmen's Capitol Records single "Toolie Oolie Doolie (The Yodel Polka)" (the flip side of "You Can't Be True, Dear") re-enters the top 20 at #20.

1952 - Wesley Tuttle overdubs vocals in Los Angeles, California for the two parts of the title "Hopalong Cassidy And The Two-Legged Wolf", using a script written by Warren Foster and adapted by Alan Livingston, over tracks by William Boyd, Andy Clyde, Randy Brooks, and a orchestra arranged and conducted by Billy May that were recorded on October 22 and December 4, 1951 and additional vocals by Rufe Davis recorded on January 2, 1952. Capitol Records will issue both parts on the children's album "Hopalong Cassidy And The Two-Legged Wolf" (CAS-3109).

1952 - Capitol Records files the masters it purchased from BBS Records for the titles "Take My Heart" and "I Never Cared" recorded by Al Martino with Monty Kelly directing the orchestra (lineup unlisted). Capitol had issued both titles together as a single (Capitol 2122) on Friday, June 6, 1952.



1952 - Vocalist Kay Starr, with Harold Mooney directing the orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the titles "Side By Side", "I Just Couldn't Take It Baby", "The Breeze", and "It's The Talk Of The Town" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Starr's album "The Kay Starr Style" (EBF-363, H-363, T 363).

1954 - Two years later to the day, vocalist Kay Starr (with orchestra conducted by Harold Mooney)'s Capitol Records single "If You Love Me (Really Love Me)" is still at #6 on Billboard's Best Selling Retail Records chart, Frank Sinatra (with Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra)'s Capitol Records single "Three Coins In The Fountain" is still #7, Nat "King" Cole (with Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra)'s Capitol Records single "Answer Me, My Love" is still #11, Frank Sinatra (with Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra)'s Capitol Records single "Young At Heart" is #11 up from #13 down from #7, Kay Starr (with orchestra conducted by Harold Mooney)'s Capitol Records single "The Man Upstairs" is #14 down from #8, and Stan Freberg's Capitol Records single "Point Of Order" is #15 up from #20.

1957 - The King Sisters (vocalists Yvonne, Luise, Marilyn & Alyce King), with Alvino Rey conducting the orchestra (lineup unlisted), record the titles "That Old Feeling", "Easy To Love", and "The Thrill Was New" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "That Old Feeling" and "Easy To Love" as a single (Capitol F3780) and have yet to issue the take of "The Thrill Was New" recorded on this date. A new take of the song was recorded on October 7, 1957 which will be released on the sister's album "Imagination" (T 919).

1958 - Frank Sinatra, with arranger Nelson Riddle conducting the studio orchestra (which includes Bill Miller on piano), records the titles "Goodbye" "It's A Lonesome Old Town", and "One For My Baby" for his Capitol Records album "Only The Lonely" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California.

1961 - Faron Young's Capitol Records single "Hello Walls" is #21 down from #19 on Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart.

1962 - The Kingston Trio (vocalists Nick Reynolds, Bob Shane, and John Stewart), with Allan Reuss on guitar, Dean Reilly on bass, and Irving Cottler on drums, record the titles "C'mon Betty Home" and "Allentown Jail" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood California from 2:00 PM and 6:00 PM. Capitol Records will issue "C'mon Betty Home" as a single (Capitol F4808) with "Old Joe Clark" (recorded March 15, 1962) on the flipside and "Allentown Jail" on the group's compilation CD "The Capitol Years" (8-28498-2).

1963 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Those Lazy-Hazy-Crazy Days Of Summer" is #23 on WMCA's Top Twenty-Five survey in New York City, New York.

1964 - Peggy Lee records the tracks "After You've Gone", "C'est Magnifique", "My Sin', and "In The Name Of Love" at The Capitol Tower