JUNE 5, 2025

HAPPY BIRTHDAYS!

130 Years Ago Today In 1895 - William Boyd, (aka Hopalong Cassidy) television and movie actor and Capitol Children's Records artist, is born William Lawrence Boyd in Hendrysburg, Ohio. Dinobil has created a great fan site with images and letters sent to him by Boyd and his fans as well as links to many other Hopalong Cassidy fan sites.

1947 - Tom Evans, bass player and vocalist in the Capitol Records band Badfinger, is born in Liverpool, England.

1953 - Nico McBrain, the drummer for the Capitol Records group Iron Maiden, is born Michael Henry McBain in Hackeny, London, England. McBrain keeps a tour diary on Iron Maiden's Official Website.

1996 - Troye Sivan, a singer, songwriter, actor, YouTube personality, and a Capitol Records artist, is born Troye Sivan Mellet in Johannesburg, South Africa.

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1942 - It's a Friday, and at Capitol Records' sixth session bandleader Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra (Billy Butterfield, Monty Kelly, Larry Neil, and Don Waddilove on trumpet, Skip Layton and Murray McEachern on trombone, Alvy West, Danny D'Andrea, Lenny Hartman, King Guion, and Tommy Mace on saxophones, Buddy Weed on piano, Mike Pingitore on guitar, Art Shapiro on bass, and Lou Paino on drums) record the titles "I Found A New Baby" featuring Buddy Weed on piano, "Serenade In Blue" with vocals by Martha Tilton and the addition of an uncredited string section, "The General Jumped At Dawn" using an arrangement by Jimmy Mundy, and "I've Got A Gal In Kalamazzo" with vocals by The Mellowaires (vocalists David Street and others) at Radio Recorders' studios at 932 North Western Avenue in Hollywood, California with Johnny Mercer producing.

Capitol Records released "I Found A New Baby" and "The General Jumped At Dawn" together as Capitol's first single (Capitol 101) and "Serenade In Blue" and "I've Got A Gal In Kalamazzo" together as a single (Capitol 108).

This is the last session needed for Capitol's initial release of singles to retail. Copies of the masters will be sent to Scranton Record Company in Pennsylvania and Allied Records in California, who both press the records out of shellac and reclaimed shellac, and to Clark Phono Company in Newark, New Jersey, which due to war restrictions, used a proprietary non-shellac material which had better sound quality so those records were used primarily for promotion to radio stations and reviewers. The Red Hot Jazz site has an informative page on Whiteman as well as links to audio files of the Whiteman tracks recorded this day.

1948 - Vocalists Mel Blanc and The Sportsmen (William T. Days, Maxwell H. Smith, Martin O. Sperzel, and Gurney N. Bell) overdub vocals onto a band track recorded earlier in Paris, France by an unlisted orchestra using an arrangement by Billy May for the title "Woody Woodpecker". Capitol Records will issue the final mix of the title as a single (Capitol 15145) with The Sportsmen's title "I'd Love To Live In Loveland" (recorded  December 26,1947) on the flipside.

1953 - Vocalist Betty Hutton, with Nelson Riddle conducting his own arrangements to the orchestra (lineup unlisted) records the titles "No Matter How You Say Goodbye" and "I Took The Long Way Around" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "No Matter How You Say Goodbye" as a single (Capitol 2522 on 10" shellac and F2522 on 7" vinyl) with "Goin' Steady" (recorded June 8, 1953) on the flipside and "I Took The Long Way Around" as a single (Capitol 2688 on 10" shellac and F2688 on 7" vinyl) with "Broke, Bare-foot And Starry Eyed" (recorded September 8, 1953) on the flipside.

1954 - Kay Starr (with orchestra conducted by Harold Mooney)'s Capitol Records single 'If You Love Me (Really Love Me)" is #6 on Billboard's Best Selling Retail Records chart, Frank Sinatra (with Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra)'s Capitol Records single "Young At Heart" is #7, Nat "King" Cole (with Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra)'s Capitol Records single "Answer Me, My Love" is #8, Kay Starr (with orchestra conducted by Harold Mooney)'s Capitol Records single "The Man Upstairs" is #10, and Frank Sinatra (with Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra)'s Capitol Records single "Three Coins In A Fountain" enters the top 20 at #16.

1957 - Vocalist Ella Mae Morse, with Billy May conducting his own arrangements to His Orchestra (John Best, Conrad Gozzo, and Mannie Klein on trumpet, Murray McEachern, George Roberts, and Si Zentner on trombone, Harry Klee on alto saxophone and flute, Les Robinson also on alto saxophone, Gene Cipriano and Fred Falensby on tenor saxophone, Justin Gordon on baritone saxophone, Jimmy Rowles on piano, Al Hendrickson on guitar, Joe Mondragon on bass, Alvin Stoller on drums, and David Grupp on vibraphones), records the titles "Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate The Positive", "I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter", "My Funny Valentine", and "Baby, Won't You Please Come Home" 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 Morse's album "Morse Code" (T 898).

1958 - During two sessions held this day in Los Angeles, California, trumpet player and bandleader Ray Anthony and His Orchestra (Pete Candoli, Conrad Gozzo, Jack Laubach, and Jack Holman also on trumpets, Milt Bernhart, Lew McCreary, Jimmy Priddy, and Abe Lincoln on trombones, Med Flory and Gus Bivona on clarinets and alto saxophones, Georgie Auld and Plas Johnson on tenor saxophones, Leo Anthony on baritone saxophone, Buddy Cole on piano, Bob Bain and Al Hendrickson on guitars, Don Simpson on bass, and Ray Martinez on drums) and vocal group The Skyliners(lineup unlisted), using arrangements by Don Simpson, record the titles "A Lavender Mood", "Baby But You Did", "Indubitably", "You're The One Forever", and "South Dakota" at the first session and the title "Every Dog Has His Day" at the second session. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Anthony and his orchestra's album "Anthony Plays Allen" (T/ST 1086).

1961 - Faron Young's Capitol Records single "Hello Walls" (written by Willie Nelson) is #12 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart.

1963 - Nat King' Cole's Capitol Records single "Those Lazy-Hazy-Crazy Days Of Summer" is #14 on WMCA's Top Twenty-Five chart in New York City.

1963 - During two sessions that take place in Studio A of The Capitol Tower Studios in Hollywood, California, The Howard Roberts Quartet ((Burkley Kendrix on organ, Howard Roberts on guitar, Chuck Berghofer on bass, and Earl Palmer on drums) record the titles "Watermelon Man", "Rough Ridin'", and "Dirty Old Bossa Nova" at the first session and the titles "Untitled Original #3 (Major)", "One Note Samba", and "On Green Dolphin Street" at the second session. Capitol Records will issue "Watermelon Man", "Rough Ridin'", "Dirty Old Bossa Nova", and "One Note Samba" on the quartet's album "H.R. Is A Dirty Guitar Player" (T/ST 1961) and has yet to issue "Untitled Original #3 (Major)". No issuing information is listed for "On Green Dolphin Street".

1963 - Vocalist Wanda Jackson, with Floyd Cramer or Hargus "Pig" Robbins on piano, Thomas Grady Martin on lead guitar, Harold Ray Bradley on rhythm guitar, Lloyd Green or Weldon Myrick on steel guitar, Bob Moore on bass, Murrey M. "Buddy" Harman Jr. on drums, and the vocalist The Jordanaires (lineup unlisted) with Mildred "Millie" Kirkham and Mary John as a vocal chorus, records the titles "Slippin'" with Floyd Cramer or Hargus "Pig" Robbins on organ and a string section (lineup unlisted), "Memory Mountain", "Just For You" with the addition of Charlie McCoy on harmonica, and "The Violet And The Rose" at the Columbia Studio in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue "Slippin'" and "The Violet And A Rose" on Jackson's album "Wanda Jackson Sings Country Songs" (T/ST 2438), "Slippin'" also as a single (Capitol 5072) with "Just For You" on the flipside, "Memory Moutain" as a single (Capitol 5015) with "Let Me Talk To You" (recorded November 1, 1961) on the flipside, and "The Violet And A Rose" also as a single (Capitol F5142) with "To Tell You The Truth" (recorded April 16, 1962) on the flipside.

1964 - A limited pressing of a 45 rpm single used to promote The Beatles for Hollywood radio station KFWB and Wallichs' Music City is released by Capitol Records. It has an interview on side 1 and "You Can't Do That" on the flipside. Copies of this disc have been valued for as much as $2250 with the original mailer.

1964 - Capitol Records releases The Applejacks single "Like Dreamers Do" (written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney) with "Everybody Fall Down" on the flipside.

1966 - The promotional film for The Beatles Capitol Records single "Paperback Writer" gets its first showing when it's played on CBS-TV's "The Ed Sullivan Show".

1968 - The Beatles record backing tracks for the title "Don't Pass Me By" in Studio 3 of E.M.I.'s studios on Abbey Road in London, England. After further backing tracks and Ringo Starr records vocal tracks are recorded on June 6, 1963 and further backing tracks on July 12 and July 22, 1968, Apple Records will issue the final mix on the group's self-titled "The Beatles" (aka "The White Album"), which will be distributed in the United States by Capitol Records.

1968 - Overdubs are recorded in Los Angeles, California for John Stewart and Buffy Ford's titles "July, You're A Woman", "Nebraska Widow", "Draft Age", and the take of "Cody" recorded on May 22, 1968. After additional overdubs are recorded for "July, You're A Woman" on June 6 and October 23, 1968, Capitol Records will issue the final mixes of all the titles on Stewart and Ford's album "Signals Through The Glass" (ST 2975).

1968 - During two sessions held this day in Los Angeles, California, David A. Axelrod conducts his own arrangements to an orchestra (Allen Di Rienzo, Freddie Hill, Ollie Mitchell, and Tony Terran on trumpets, Richard Leith and Lew McCreary on trombones, Vincent De Rosa, Bill Hinshaw, Arthur Maebe, and Henry Sigismonti on French horns, Gary Coleman on vibraphone, Howard Roberts and Pete Wyant on guitars, Carol Kaye on bass, Earl Palmer on drums, Gene Estes on percussion, Arnold Belnick, Nathan Ross, Myron Sandler, and Marshall Sosson on violins, Harry Hyams on viola, Harold Schneier on cello, and Ben Barrett on an unlisted instrument) as they record the titles "Mental Traveler (Haiku)" and "The Smile" at the first session and the titles "Merlin's Prophecy" and "A Dream" at the second session. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Axelrod's album "Song Of Innocence" (ST 2982).

1968 - The Staccatos (lineup unlisted and later renamed Five Man Electrical Band) record the title "You're Going To Lose That Girl" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue the title on the group's self-titled album "Five Man Electrical Band" (ST-165).

1968 - Billy Carr, with unlisted others, records the title "The Odyssey" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue the title as a single (Capitol 2238) with "It's Mad" (master purchased on an unlisted day in 1968) on the flipside.

1968 - Overdubs are recorded in Nashville, Tennessee for Tex Ritter's titles "Me And Tennesse" and, with Earl Sinks ad Billy the Kid, "The Governor And The Kid". Capitol Records will issue final mixes of both titles on Ritter's album "Tex Ritter's Wild West" (ST 2974).

1971 - John Lennon, Yoko Ono, and Frank Zappa and The Mothers Of Invention are recorded live at a performance at the Fillmore East on this night and the next, some of which will appear on the Plastic Ono Band's album "Sometime In New York City" and on Zappa's album "Fillmore East, June 1971".

1973 - Vocalist Dick Curless, with Norman "Buddy" Spicher on fiddle, Hargus "Pig" Robbins on piano, Harold Ray Bradley, Ray Edenton, and Herman "Pete" Wade on guitars, Weldon Myrick on steel guitar, Bob Moore on bass, and Murrey M. "Buddy" Harman, Jr. on drums, records the titles "Been There People", "Country Music Man", and "Lazy Bones" at the Jack Clement Studio in Nashville, Tennessee between 6:00 PM and 9:00 PM. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Curless' album "The Last Blues Song" (ST-11211).

1973 - Bobbie Roy, with unlisted others, records the titles "Back Where Love Is", "Things Are Looking Good", "A Day Full Of Sunshine", "There's More To Love", "Love Me Back Together" in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue "Things Are Lookin' Good" as a single (Capitol 3711) with "The World's Not Ready Yet" (recorded December 17, 1971) on the flipside.

1976 - Capitol Records releases Mel McDaniel's first single "Have A Dream On Me" with "Gotta Lotta Love" on the flipside.

1983 - Duran Duran's Capitol Records album "Rio" peaks at #5 on Billboard's Top 200 Albums charts.

1983 - Industry (lineup unlisted) records the title "All I Need Is You" at an unlisted studio. Capitol Records will issue the title on the group's album "Stranger To Stranger" (ST-12316).

1989 - Capitol Records releases Paul McCartney's album "Flowers In The Dirt".

1999 - Mel Tormé, singer, songwriter, drummer, motion picture and television actor, and Capitol Records artist is pronounced dead at 1:45AM at UCLA Medical Center, Westwood, California where he had been rushed after having breathing problems at his home in Beverly Hills, California.

2001 - Capitol Records releases Radiohead's fifth album "Amnesiac".

2007 - Capitol Records releases Poison's album "Poison'd".


ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1961 - Ricky Nelson's Imperial Records single "Travelin' Man" is #2 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart, Gene McDaniels' Liberty Records single "A Hundred Pounds Of Clay" is #8, The Fleetwoods' Dolton Records (distributed by Liberty Records) single "Tragedy" is #11, Ricky Nelson's Imperial Records single "Hello Mary Lou" (written by Gene Pitney and the flip side of "Travelin' Man") is #14, Ernie K-Doe's Minit Records single "Mother-In-Law" is #19, Steve Lawrence's United Artists Records single "Portrait Of My Love" is #30, and Don Costa and His Orchestra and Chorus' United Artists Records single "Never On A Sunday" is #38. Imperial, Liberty, Dolton, Minit, and United Artists Records' catalogs are currently owned by Universal Music Group, Capitol Music Group's parent company.

ON THIS DAY NOT IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1954 - The 160th and final live broadcast of "Your Show Of Shows" airs on NBC-TV.