SEPTEMBER 22, 2025

HAPPY BIRTHDAYS!

1924 - Ray Wetzel, a trumpet player with the Capitol Records group Stan Kenton and His Orchestra, is born in Parkersburg, West Virginia.

80 Years Ago Today In 1938 - Dean Reed, actor, songwriter, singer, and Capitol Records artist, is born Dean Cyril Reed in Denver, Colorado.

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1942 - Capitol Records issue Johnnie Johnston's "The Singing Sands Of Alamosa" with "Light A Candle In The Chapel" on the flipside (Capitol 118) as part of the label's eighth ever release.

1947 - The Benny Goodman Sextet (Benny Goodman on clarinet, Red Norvo on vibraphone, Mel Powell on piano, Al Hendrickson on guitar, Joe Mondragon on bass, and Tommy Romersa on drums) record the titles "The Varsity Drag" and "Gonna Get A Girl" with Al Hendrickson also on vocals at Radio Recorders' studios at 932 North Western Avenue in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue "The Varsity Drag" as a single (Capitol 15286) with "The Maids Of Cadiz" (recorded June 6, 1947) on the flipside and on Goodman's album "Session For Six" (CCF-202) and will issue "Gonna Get A Girl" as a single (Capitol 15008) with "Nagasaki" (recorded August 25, 1947) on the flipside.

1947 - Vocalist Joe Alexander, with Dave Cavanaugh's Music (Ernie Royal on trumpet, Clint Neagley on trombone, Benny Carter on alto saxophone, Dave Cavanaugh and Babe Russin on tenor saxophones, Joe Koch on baritone saxophone, Juan Panalle on piano, Jack Marshall on guitar, Harry Babasin on bass, and Lee Young on drums) and a vocal quartet (lineup unlisted), records the titles "For You", "When I Close My Eyes", "I'm A Three Time Loser (With A Two Time Gal)", and "So Long Darling" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "For You" and "I'm A Three Time Loser (With A Two Time Gal) together as a single (Capitol Americana 40055), "When I Close My Eyes" as a single (Capitol Americana 40079) with "Hold Me" (recorded June 2, 1947) on the flipside, and "So Long Darling" as a single (Capitol 15274) with "I Never Had A Chance" (recorded February 17, 1947) on the flipside.

1947 - Vocalist and guitarist Roy Hogsed and The Rainbow Riders (Jean Dewez on accordion and Richard "Rusty" Nitz on bass" record the titles "Don't Telephone, Don't Telegraph, Tell A Woman", "Short Cut Cutie Polka", "Baby Won't You Settle Down", "I Can't Get My Foot Off The Rail", "Rainbow Polka", and "Barn Dance" at Universal Recorders in Los Angeles, California between 5:30 PM and 8:30 PM Coast Records will issue "Don't Telephone, Don't Telegraph, Tell A Woman" and "I Can't Get My Foot Off The Rail" together as a single (Coast 265) and "Short Cut Cutie Polka" and Baby Won't You Settle Down" together as a single (Coast 266). Capitol Records will purchase the masters for the session from Coast Records and issue "Short Cut Cutie Polka" as a single (Capitol American 40133) with "Easy Payment Blues" (recorded December 29, 1947) and will issue "Rainbow Polka" as a single (Capitol Americana 40286) with "Rag Mop" (recorded January 19, 1950) on the flipside. Bear Family Records will issue "Baby Won't You Settle Down" in Germany on the CD "Roy Hogsed - Cocaine Blues" (BCD-16191). "Barn Dance" is unissued and its master is listed as lost.

1947 - Frank De Vol records five unlisted titles for The Capitol Records Transcription Service, probably at "The Chateau" on De Longpres near Vine Street in Hollywood, California. No issuing information is listed.

1957 - At two sessions held this day in Los Angeles, California, pianist Leonard Pennario, with Erich Leinsdorf conducting The Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra (lineup unlisted) records Rachmaninoff's "Rhapsody On A Theme Of Paganini" at the first session and Grieg's "Piano Concerto In A Minor, 2nd and 3rd movements" at the second session. Capitol Records will issue both titles on the album "GRIEG - Piano Concerto In A Minor/RACHMANINOFF - Rhapsody On A Theme Of Paganini" (P/SP-8441).

1958 - Nick Reynolds, a member of the Capitol Records group The Kingston Trio, marries comedienne Joan Harriss in between performances at the hungry-i in San Francisco, California and will honeymoon at the Royal Hawaiian in Honolulu, Hawaii while the group performs there.

1959 - Frank Sinatra and Shirley MacLaine record the track "Let's Do It" in stereo for the soundtrack to the film "Can Can" with arranger and conductor Nelson Riddle. Capitol Records will release the track as part of the original soundtrack album for the film.

1962 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records album "Ramblin' Rose" debuts at #99 on Billboard Music Week magazine's Top LPs chart and his single "Ramblin' Rose" is #1 on the magazine's Easy Listening chart, #2 on Billboard Music Week magazine's Hot 100 singles chart and on Cash Box magazine's Top 100 Singles chart, #7 on KFWB's Fabulous Forty Survey in Los Angeles, California,  debuts at #10 according to Music Maker magazine in Sydney, Australia, is #10 on KEWB 910 AM's Fabulous Forty Survey in San Francisco, California, #11 on The Billboard magazine's Hot R&B Sides chart, and #20 on C-FUN's C-Funstastic Fifty survey in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Andorhina Preta" is #10 in India according to The Voice magazine in Calcutta, India. Nat "King" Cole and The George Shearing Quintet's Capitol Records single "Let There Be Love" is #22 in Britain according to New Musical Express magazine.

1963 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "That Sunday, That Summer" is #10 on KQV's Finest "50" Tunedex in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, debuts at #36 on WKLO's Tunedex in Louisville, Kentucky, and debuts at #47 on KRLA's top 50 Tune-Dex in Los Angeles, California as a double-sided hit with its flipside "Mr. Wishing Well".

1967 - Capitol Records artist Mrs. Miller is the subject of an article in Life magazine with today's cover date.

1967 - Vocalist and guitarist Glen Campbell, with an orchestra (lineup unlisted) using arrangements by Al De Lory, records the titles "Greenside Of The Mountain", "Hold My Hand", "Backward, Turn Backward", and "I'll Be Lucky Someday" in Los Angeles, California. After overdubs are recorded for "I'll Be Lucky Someday" on October 12, 1967, Capitol Records will issue that title on Campbell's album "By The Time I Get To Phoenix" (T/ST 2851) and have yet to issue any of the other titles.

1967 - During two sessions held this day in Los Angeles, California, guitarist Howard Roberts, with Dave Grusin on organ, Victor Feldman on electric piano and percussion, Al Hendrickson and Jack Marshall also on guitar, Chuck Berghofer on bass, John Guerin on drums, Paulo Fernando de Magalhaes and Larry Bunker on percussion, and Claudio Miranda on vocals and percussion, records the titles "Yellow Days", "Can't Take My Eyes Off Of You", "Watch What Happens", and "You And I" at the first session and the titles "Triste", "Berimbau", "Walk Tall", "Ode To Billie Joe", and "Up, Up And Away" at the second session. Capitol Records will issue all the titles, except "Berimbau" which it has yet to issue, on Roberts' album "Guilty!" (ST 2824).

1967 - The Beach Boys (lineup unlisted) record the title "The Letter" at an unlisted studio for Capitol Records which has yet to issue the title.

1968 - The Beatles' Apple Records single "Hey Jude", distributed by Capitol Records in the United States, is #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart

1969 - Capitol Records releases The Band's self-titled album.

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

1979 - The Knack's Capitol Records single "My Sharona" is #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart.

45 Years Ago Today In 1980 - Jimmy Bryant, songwriter, guitarist, and Capitol Records session and recording artist who worked most often with Capitol Records artist Speedy West, dies at age 55 of lung cancer in Moultrie, Georgia.

1982 - Vocalist Tina Turner, with unlisted others, records the title "When I Was Young" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the title as a single (Capitol 5387) with a live version of "Better Be Good To Me" (recorded in September 1984) on the flipside.

1982 - René & Angela (vocalists René Moore and Angela Winbush), with unlisted others, record the title "My First Love" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the title as a single (Capitol 5272) with "Bangin' The Boogie" (recorded September 21, 1982) on the flipside and on the duo's album "Rise" (ST-12267).

1987 - Guitarist and vocalist Pat McLaughlin, with unlisted others, records the title "Wrong Number" in an unlisted studio. Capitol Records will issue the title as a single (Capitol 44138) with "You Done Me Wrong" (recorded August 27, 1987) on the flipside and on McLaughlin's self-titled album "Pat McLaughlin" (C1-48033).

35 Years Ago Today In 1990 - Wilson Phillips' SBK Records (distributed by Capitol Records in the United States) single "Release Me" is #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart.

1992 - Capitol Records releases Blind Melon's self-titled debut album although some sources give the release date as September 14, 1992.

1992 - Capitol Records Nashville releases Garth Brooks' album "The Chase".

1996 - Dorothy Lamour (born Mary Leta Dorothy Slaton), motion picture actress, singer, and Capitol Records artist, dies at her home in North Hollywood, California at age 81 and is later interred in the Forest Lawn, Hollywood Hills Cemetery in Los Angeles, California.

1997 - Capitol Records artist Hank Thompson is inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall Of Fame along with Wayne Carson and Roger Cook.

2008 - Connie Haines, singer, motion picture actress, lead female vocalist with the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra, and a Capitol Records artist who, as a featured vocalist with Gordon Jenkins and his orchestra, was part of the first 9 singles released by Capitol Records (#106—"He Wears A Pair Of Silver Wings" with "I’m Always Chasing Rainbows" on the flipside) on July 1, 1942 and later would be part of a Capitol Records gospel trio with Beryl Davis and Jane Russell with whom she attended the opening night ceremonies for The Capitol Tower, has died of myasthenia gravis at age 87 in Clearwater Beach, Florida.

Connie Haines, Beryl Davis, Johnny Grant, Jane Russell.

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1954 - Shari Belafonte, singer, motion picture and television actress, and daughter of one-time Capitol Records artist Harry Belafonte, is born in Hackensack, New Jersey.

1957 - Tenor saxophonist Sonny Rollins, with Wynton Kelly on piano, Doug Watkins on bass, and Philly Joe Jones on drums, records the titles "Tune Up", "Asiatic Raes", "The Surrey With The Fringe On Top" without Kelly on piano and Watkins on bass, "Wonderful, Wonderful", "Namely You", and "Blues For Philly Joe" in recording engineer Rudy Van Gelder's studio in Hackensack, New Jersey. Blue Note Records will issue all the titles on Rollins' album "Newk's Time" (BLP4001/BST84001).

1964 - The musical "Fiddler On The Roof" opens at Imperial Theatre on Broadway starring Zero Mostel, whose previous show "A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum"'s cast album was released on Capitol Records. The cast also features Bert Convy, formerly a member of the Capitol Records group The Cheers and later better known as a game show host.

1964 - NBC-TV premieres "The Man From U.N.C.L.E" starring Robert Vaughn and future Capitol Records artist David McCallum.

1967 - Pianist Jack Wilson, with Lee Morgan on trumpet, Garnett Brown on trombone, Jackie McLean on alto saxophone, Bob Cranshaw on bass, and Billy Higgins on drums, records the titles "Frank's Tune", "Easterly Winds", "Nirvana", "On Children", "Do It", and, without Morgan on trumpet, Brown on trombone, and McLean on alto saxophone, "A Time For Love"(dm) at recording engineer Rudy Van Gelder's studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey. Blue Note Records will issue all the titles on Wilson's album "Easterly Winds" (BST84270).

1972 - Sonny James' first single for Columbia Records after leaving Capitol Records, "When The Snow Is On The Roses" with "Love Is A Rainbow" on the flip side, is #1 on the U.S. Country singles charts.

45 Years Ago Today In 1980 - John Lennon and Yoko Ono become the first act to sign a distribution deal for their LENONO Music label with Geffen Records which will release their upcoming album "Double Fantasy".

1984 - John Waite's EMI America single "Missing You", with "For Your Love" on the flipside, is #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart.

1989 - Irving Berlin (born Israel Isidore Baline), songwriter whose compositions have been covered by many of Capitol's artists which were the source for the tribute album "Puttin' on the Ritz: Capitol Sings Irving Berlin" released on CD on August 17, 1992, dies at age 101 of a heart attack in New York City and is later interred the Woodlawn Cemetery, The Bronx, New York.

ON THIS DAY NOT IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

65 Years Ago Today In 1960 - Joan Jett, guitarist, singer, member of the band The Runaways and solo artist, is born Joan Marie Larkin in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

SEPTEMBER 21, 2025

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

1949 - Robin Clark, a singer and a Capitol Records artist (1960-1962), is born Sharon Ilo Hershiser on the campus of the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1944 - Capitol Records Distribution Company is formed.

1957 - Pianist Leonard Pennario, with Erich Leinsdorf conducting The Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra (lineup unlisted) has a rehearsal session for his upcoming Capitol Records recording session of Rachmaninoff's "Rhapsody On A Theme Of Paganini" and Grieg's "Piano Concerto In A Minor, 2nd and 3rd Movements" in Los Angeles, California.

1957 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records album "Love Is The Thing" is #12 and his album "This Is Nat 'King' Cole" is #18 on The Billboard magazine's Best Selling Pop Albums chart, his album "Love Is The Thing" is #3 on the magazine's Most Played By Jockeys chart, and Cole's single "Send For Me" is #7 on The Billboard magazine's R&B Best Sellers In Stores chart, #9 on the magazine's Most Played R&B By Jockeys chart, #17 on its Top 100 Sides chart, #20 on it's Best Sellers In Stores chart. Also on the Top 100 Sides chart, Cole's single "With You On My Mind" is #64 and his single "My Personal Possession" is #79. "Send For Me" is also #15 and Cole's single "With You On My Mind" is #32 on Cash Box Magazine's Best Selling Singles chart.
1962 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Ramblin' Rose" is #11 on KRLA's Top Thirty chart in Los Angeles, California.

1962 - Paul Weston conducts his own arrangements to His Orchestra (lineup unlisted) as they record the titles "Eyes Of Fire", "Enchanted Mountain", "The Star And The Rose", "Mi Amor", "Valley Song", and a new take of the title "Adobe" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Weston's album "The Bells Of Santa Ynez" (T/ST 1849).

1962 - The Cannonball Adderley Sextet (Nat Adderley on cornet, Julian "Cannonball" Adderley on alto saxophone, Yusef Lateef on tenor saxophone, flute, and oboe, Joe Zawinul on piano, Sam Jones on bass, and Louis Hayes on drums) at a live concert at The Jazz Workshop in San Francisco, California perform the title "Jive Samba" which is recorded by Capitol Records who will issue it on the sextet's album "The Best Of Cannonball Adderley" (SKAO 2939).

1963 - BBC-TV broadcasts the special "An Evening With Nat 'King' Cole" in the UK. Also, Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records album "Those Lazy-Hazy-Crazy Days Of Summer" is #35 on Billboard magazine's Top LPs chart and his single "That Sunday, That Summer" debuts at #19 on its Middle-Road Singles chart, is #53 on the magazine's Hot 100 singles chart, and debuts at #33 on KDWB's top 40 survey in Minneapolis/St Paul, Minnesota. Also, Cole's single "Mr. Wishing Well" is #37 on C-FUN's C-Funtastic Fifty survey in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

1964 - Capitol Records releases Peter and Gordon's single "I Don't Want to See You Again", written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney, with "I Would Buy You Presents" on the flipside.

60 Years Ago Today In 1965 - Guitarist Howard Roberts, with Dave Grusin on organ, Victor Feldman on electric piano and percussion, Al Hendrickson and Jack Marshall also on guitar, Chuck Berghofer on bass, John Guerin on drums, Paulo Fernando de Magalhaes and Larry Bunker on percussion, and Claudio Miranda on vocals and percussion, records the titles "O Barquinho (Little Boat)", "The Look Of Love", and "Wait Until Dark" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Roberts' album "Guilty!" (ST 2824).

1966 - Vocalist Al Martino, with Pete DeAngelis conducting the orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the titles "The Wheel Of Hurt", "Somewhere In The World", "Pray For Me", and "My Love Is Stronger Than My Pride" in New York City, New York with producer Tom Morgan. Capitol Records will issue "The Wheel Of Hurt" and "Somewhere In The World" together as a single (Capitol 5741), has yet to release "Pray For Me", and issued "My Love Is Stronger Than My Pride" on Martino's album "Mary In The Morning" (T 2780).

1967 - Al De Lory conducts his own arrangements to an orchestra (lineup unlisted) as they record the titles "Ode To Billie Joe" and "Sunshine Superman" in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records which has yet to issue either title.

1967 - Vocalist Bobby Austin, with producer Charlie "Fuzzy" Owen and unlisted others, records the titles "Little Boy Don't Live Here Anymore", "An Old Love Never Dies", and "My Rose-Colored World Turned Blue" in Bakersfield, California. Capitol Records will purchase the masters and issue all the titles on Austin's album "Old Love Never Dies" (ST 2915).

1967 - Koppelman & Rubin (lineup unlisted) record the titles "I'm With You Hot Biscuit" and "Where Is The Boy" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will purchase the masters but has yet to issue either title.

1969 - Buck Owens' Capitol Records single "Tall Dark Strangers", with "Sing That Kind Of A Song" on the flipside, is #1 on the U.S. Country singles charts.

1972 - Capitol Records registers the masters it purchased for vocalist Tony Booth's titles "He Don't Deserve You Anymore", "When A Man Loves A Woman (The Way That I Love You)", "Second Fiddle", "Maybe If I Close My Eyes (It'll Go Away)", "Close Up The Honky Tonks", "What A Liar I Am", "You Left Her Lonely Too Long", "Bad, Bad Dream", "I've Carried This Torch Too Long", "and "Just A Man" which were all recorded at Buck Owens' studios in Bakersfield, California and produced by Buck Owens Enterprises. Capitol Records will issue "He Don't Deserve You Anymore" and "When A Man Loves A Woman (The Way That I Love You)" on Booth's album "When A Man Loves A Woman (The Way That I Love You)" (ST-11160) and all the other titles on Booth's album "Lonesome" (ST-11126).

1972 - Billy May conducts The Time-Life Orchestra (lineup unlisted) as they record the titles "Acapulco" featuring Jack Marshall's whistling, "Miserlou", "Oh", "Portuguese Washerwomen", and "Spanish Flea" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California. After overdubs are recorded for "Portuguese Washerwomen" on September 26, 1972, Time-Life Records, as part of its "As You Remember Them" series will issue "Acapulco" in the three-disc set "Billy May - Volume 6" (STL 426) and all the other titles in the three-disc set "Billy May - Volume 3" (STL 243).

1982 - Vocalist Tina Turner, with Reggie McBride on bass, Jack Bruno on drums, Paul Warren on guitar, Jimmy Phillips on keyboards, and producer John Carter records the title "Rock 'N' Roll Widow" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the title as a single (Capitol 5354) in the United States with a live version of "What's Love Got To Do With It" (recorded in England in April 1984) on the flipside, by Interfusion in Australia on Turner's album "Private Dancer" (L 38187) which had a different track listing than all other countries, and also in the United States as an extra track on the 1997 CD issue of "Private Dancer" (8 55833 2).

1982 - René & Angela (vocalists René Moore and Angela Winbush), with unlisted others, record the title "Bangin' The Boogie" in (listed as possibly) Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the title on the duo's album "Rise" (ST-12267), as a  single (Capitol 5249) with "Keep Running" (recorded October 15, 1982) on the flipside, as a single (Capitol 5272) with "My First Love" (recorded September 22, 1982) on the flipside, and an edited version as a single (Capitol 5220) with "Secret Rendezvous" (recorded February 17, 1981) on the flipside.

30 Years Ago Today In 1995 - Blind Melon make their second and final appearance on “Late Show With David Letterman”, performing "Galaxie", exactly 1 month before lead singer Shannon Hoon dies of an overdose on October 21, 1995.

1999 - Capitol Records releases The Beach Boys' compilation albums "The Greatest Hits Vol. 1: 20 Good Vibrations" and "Greatest Hits Vol. 2 - 20 More Good Vibrations". EMI International also releases The Beach Boys' double CD compilation "Original Gold".

1999 - Capitol Records releases The Chipmunks' compilation CD "Greatest Christmas Hits" and Alvin And The Chipmunk's compilation CD "Greatest Hits - Still Squeaky After All These Years".

2003 - Dierks Bentley's debut Capitol Records Nashville single "What Was I Thinkin'", with "Whiskey Tears" included on the Enhanced CD Single, is #1 on the U.S. Country singles charts where it will stay for 2 weeks.

2003 - Jon Mattox, Albie Dunbar, and Sebastian Sheehan of the band Laughing With Lulu, master tracks for their album "In" at The Capitol Records Tower in Hollywood, California. Jon Mattox's blog has some great photos from that day inside The Tower.

2004 - Capitol Records releases Skye Sweetnam's album "Noise From The Basement".

2004 - Capitol Records Nashville releases Keith Urban's album "Be Here".

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1956 - Bassist Paul Chambers, with Donald Byrd on trumpet, John Coltrane on tenor sax, Kenny Burrell on guitar, Horace Silver on piano, and Philly Joe Jones on drums record the titles "Omicron", "Whims Of Chambers", "Nita", "We Six", "Dear Ann", "Tale Of The Fingers", and "Just For The Love" for Chambers' Blue Note Records album "Whims Of Chambers" at the Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey with recording engineer Rudy Van Gelder and producer Alfred Lion. Blue Note's catalog is currently owned by Capitol Music Group's parent company, Universal Music Group.

1974 - Walter Brennan, singer, television and three-time Oscar-winning motion picture actor, and Liberty Records artist (best remembered for the single "Old Rivers" with "The Epic Ride Of John H. Glenn" on the flip side), dies from emphysema in Oxnard, California at age 80 and is later interred in San Fernando Mission Cemetery in Los Angeles. Liberty Records catalog is currently owned by Capitol Music Group's parent company, Universal Music Group.

2004 - Angel Records, a division of Capitol Records, releases Chet Baker's compilation albums "Chet Baker Big Band", "Chet Baker Ensemble", "Chet Baker Sextet", "Chet Baker Sings and Plays", and "Chet Baker - Prince of Cool".

ON THIS DAY NOT IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1912 - Chuck Jones, animator, animation director, and animation studio owner, is born Charles Martin Jones in Spokane, Washington.

SEPTEMBER 20, 2025

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

1911 - Frank DeVol, bandleader, songwriter, television theme song and score composer, arranger, and Capitol Records artist is born Frank Denny De Vol in Moundsville, West Virginia.

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1947 - It's Saturday and time for Wildroot's "King Cole Trio Time" which is being broadcast from WOC Radio in Davenport, Iowa with Warren Bacon as MC. The Trio performs "Kate", "Wildroot Charlie", "Sweet Lorraine", "Sweet Georgia Brown", a seven-second reprise of "Wildroot Charlie", "Tangerine", "Naughty Angeline", and sign off with "Straighten Up And Fly Right". The entire show exists on acetate discs but is not currently available on either YouTube or Spotify.

1948 - Capitol Records artists Nat "King" Cole, Peggy Lee, and Mel Torme guest host for vacationing Gene Norman on his two-hour "wax-whirl" on KFWB in Hollywood, California.

1951 - Trumpeter Ray Anthony and His Orchestra (Woody Fansler, Jack Laubach, Tom Pattin, and Marty White also on trumpet, Keith Butterfield, Tom Oblak, Ken Trimble, and Dick Reynolds on trombones, Earl Bergman on alto saxophone, Jim Schneider on clarinet and alto saxophone, Bob Tricarico and Robert "Buddy" Wise on tenor saxophones, Leo Anthony on alto and baritone saxophones, Fred Savarise on piano, Al Hendrickson on guitar, Billy Cronk on bass, and Archie Freeman on drums), using arrangements by George Williams, record the titles "Wagon Wheels", "Dinah", "Sentimental Journey", and "Perdidio" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Anthony's album "House Party Hop" (T 292).

1951 - During two sessions held this day at Capitol Records' studios at 5515 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood, California, pianist Stan Kenton and His Orchestra (Maynard Ferguson, John Howell, Conte Candoli, Stu Williamson, and John Coppola on trumpets, Dick Kenney, Bill Russo, George Roberts, Harry Betts, and Bob Fitzpatrick on trombones, Stan Fletcher on tuba, Bud Shank and Art Pepper on alto saxophone, Bob Cooper and Bart Caldarell on tenor saxophone, Bob Gioga on baritone saxophone, Ralph Blaze on guitar, Don Bagley on bass, and Shelly Manne on drums), with June Christy on vocals, records the title "Street Of Dreams" and with vocalist June Christy "Easy Street", "Come Rain Or Come Shine", and "Daddy" at the first session and "Blues In Burlesque, Part 1" and, with Shelly Manne also on vocals, "Blues In Burlesque, Part 2" at the second session. Capitol Records' studios at 5515 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue "Street Of Dreams" and "Daddy" together as a single (Capitol 1823), "Easy Street" on the 4 CD set "Stan Kenton Retrospective" (7-97350-2), "Come Rain Or Come Shine" on Kenton's album "A Concert In Progressive Jazz" (T 172), and both parts of "Blues In Burlesque" together as a single (Capitol 1874).

1952 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Walkin' My Baby Back Home" is #12, "Somewhere Along The Way" is #13, "Because You're Mine" is #17, and "Faith Can Move Mountains" is #35 on Cash Box magazine's Best Selling Singles chart.

70 Years Ago Today In 1955 - Tennessee Ernie Ford records the tracks "Sixteen Tons" and "You Don't Have To Be A Baby To Cry" with Jack Fascinato conducting his own arrangements to the studio orchestra (Charlie Parlato on trumpet, George Bruns on trombone, Red Mandel on clairnet, Darol Rice on bass clarinet, Bobby Gibbons on guitar, Rolly Bundock on bass, and Roy Harte on drums) at Capitol Records' studios at 5515 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will release both titles together as a single (Capitol  3262) on October 17, 1955.

1956 - Vocalist Wanda Jackson, with J.R. "Jelly" Sanders on fiddle, Joe Maphis on lead guitar, Buck Owens and Lewis Talley on rhythm guitar, Ralph Mooney on steel guitar, Clarence "Bud" Dooley on bass, and Marion "Pee Wee" Adams on drums, records the titles "Baby Loves Him", "Honey Bop", "Silver Threads And Golden Needles" and "Hot Dog! That Made Him Mad" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California between 10:45 AM and 1:45 PM. Capitol Records will issue "Baby Loves Him", "Honey Bop", and "Hot Dog! That Mad Him Mad" on Jackson's album "Rockin' With Wanda!" (T 1384) and "Silver Threads And Golden Needles" and "Hot Dog! That Made Him Mad" together as a single (Capitol F3575).

1957 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records album "Love Is The Thing" is #1 on WMCA's Album survey and his single "With You On My Mind" is #26 and his single "Send For Me" is #36 on the station's Weekly Survey and #22 on KIOA 904 AM's weekly chart in Des Moines, Iowa.

1957 - Chilean vocalist Lucho Gatica, with Nelson Riddle conducting his own arrangements to the orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the titles "Blue Moon", "If I Love", "Once In A Dream", and "Mexicali Rose" in (listed as possibly) Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Blue Moon" and "If I Love" together as a single (Capitol F3828) and "Once In A Dream" and "Mexicali Rose" together as a single (Capitol F3932). Odeon Records in France will issue all four titles together as the 7" EP "Lucho Gatica" (SOE 3488).

1958 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records album "Cole Espanade" is #5 on KFWB's Favorite Albums chart and his single "Come Closer To Me (Acercate Mas)" is #28 on the station's Fabulous Forty Survey in Los Angeles, California and is #63 on Cash Box magazine's Best Selling Singles chart.

1958 - Roger Wagner directs The Roger Wagner Chorale (lineup unlisted) as they record the title "The Wide Missouri" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the title on Wagner and the chorale's album "Sea Chanties" (P/SP-8462).

1958 - Harpist Marcel Grandjany, with Arthur Gleghorn on flugelhorn, Hugo Raimondi on clarinet, and The Hollywood String Quartet (lineup unlisted) conducted by Felix Slatkin, records Ravel's "Introduction And Allegro" in Studio A of The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California.

1962 - Paul Weston conducts his own arrangements to the orchestra (lineup unlisted) as they record the titles "Angelus Bells", "Sunset Bells And Alabado", "Valley Song And Bells Finale", "La La La La", and "Mama What Is In The Pot Today?" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Weston's album "The Bells Of Santa Ynez" (T/ST 1849).

1962 - Vocalist Harlan Howard, with unlisted others, records the titles "From Ballads To Blues", "A Little Humor, Friends", "I Never Pass There Anymore", and "Someday Sweetheart" in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue "Someday Sweetheart" as a single (Capitol 4928) with "My Baby's His Baby Now" (recorded September 19, 1962) on the flipside.

1963 - Vocalist George Chakiris, overdubbing on to band tracks recorded in Los Angeles, California by guitarist and an orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the titles "Anema E Core" and "You're My Girl" in England. Capitol Records will issue the final mixes of both titles on Chakiris' album "You're Mine, You" (T/ST 1996).

1963 - Vocalist Clairette Clementino, with Jimmie Haskell conducting his own arrangements to the orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the titles "I Don't Care", "Bless My Soul", "Silent Partner", and "Never Love A Wandering Boy" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Bless My Soul" as a single (Capitol 5081) with "Adonis" (recorded April 12, 1963) on the flipside, "Never Love A Wandering Boy" as a single (Capitol 5276) with "He Doesn't Want Your Love Anymore" on the flipside, and has yet to issue "I Don't Care" and "Silent Partner".

1963 - Vocalist Nat "King" Cole, with Ralph Carmichael conducting the orchestra  (Reunald Jones, Clyde Raesinger, and Walt Stuart on trumpets, Vince Forchetti on trombone, John Collins on guitar, Charlie Harris on bass, Leon Petties on drums, David Arben and Jerry Wigler on violins, and unlisted contributions by Louise Davis Stuart and Corinna Manettop) and The Merry Young Souls (Bob Allen, Billie Barnum, Phyllis Battlesome, Fred Burton, Gwendlyn Crawford, Pat'ick Crotty, John Harris, Ralph Jones, Gunilla Hutton Miller, Roberta Rosser, Edith Gay Webb, and Don Wyatt), records the titles "The Rain In Spain" and (without The Merry Young Souls) "On The Street Where You Live" at The Broadwood Hotel in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Capitol Records will issue both titles on Cole's album "Nat 'King' Cole Sings 'My Fair Lady'" (W 2117).

1963 - Judy Garland sings the song "Fly Me To the Moon (In Other Words)" live for her CBS television show and a recording of the performance will appear on her Capitol Records album "Just For Openers".

1966 - David Rose conducts his own arrangements to his orchestra (lineup unlisted) as the record the titles "Theme From 'The Ten Commandments'", ""'King Of Kings' Theme", "Love Theme From 'Ben Hur'", and "Theme From 'Sodom & Gomorrah'" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Rose's album "Themes From The Bible" (T 2627).

1966 - Sandy & Sally (vocalists Sandy Griffiths and Sally Flynn from TV's "The Lawrence Welk Shows"), with unlisted musicians, record the titles "If He Would Care" and "There Comes A Tune" in Los Angeles, California with producer Alexis de Azevedo. Capitol Records will issue both titles together as a single (Capitol 5794).

1967 - Capitol Records registers the masters in Los Angeles, California that it purchased for The Evil's titles "Always Runnin' Around", and "Whatcha Gonna Do About It" (recorded in Miami, Florida with producers Gary Stites and Jim Sessody for Living Legend Productions) and will issue both titles together as a single (Capitol 2038).

1967 - Vocalist Bonnie Owens, with (listed as possibly) George French Jr. on piano, Glen Campbell and Lewis A. Talley on guitar, Roy Nichols on electric guitar, Billy Mize on open string guitar and harmony vocals, Norman D. Hamlett on steel guitar, Jerry Ward aka Howard Lowe on bass, and Roy "Eddie" Burris on drums, records the titles "Just One Time", Somewhere Between", and "Wabash Cannonball" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue "Just One Time" and "Wabash Cannonball" on Owens' album "Somewhere Between" (T/ST 2861) and "Somewhere Between" as a single (Capitol 2029) with "Don't Tell Me" (recorded September 19, 1967) on the flipside.

1967 - Vocalist and guitarist Merle Haggard and The Strangers (George French Jr. on piano, Glen Campbell and Lewis A. Talley on guitar, Roy Nichols on electric guitar, Billy Mize on open string guitar and harmony vocals, Norman D. Hamlett on steel guitar, Jerry Ward aka Howard Lowe on bass, and Roy "Eddie" Burris on drums), with vocalist Bonnie Owens on harmony vocals, record a new take of the title "Sing Me Back Home" and the titles "Where Does The Good Time Go?" and "Good Times" in the Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California between 2:00 PM and 5:00 PM. Capitol Records will issue the take of "Sing Me Home" recorded at this session as a single (Capitol 2017) with "Good Times" on the flipside and all three titles on the Haggard's album "Sing Me Back Home" (T/ST 2848).

1967 - Organist and vocalist Billy Preston, with unlisted others, records the titles "She Will Be Groovy" and "An Encouraging Word" in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records. No issuing information is listed.

1968 - H. B. Barnum conducts his own arrangements to His Orchestra (lineup unlisted) as they record the titles "It's Just A Game, Love" and "Happiness" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both titles together as a single (Capitol 2317).

1968 - Cliffie Stone's Square Dance Orchestra (lineup unlisted) records band tracks for the titles "Tiny Bubbles", "Something Stupid", "Hey Li Lee Li Lee", and "Whirlpool" in Los Angeles, California. After caller Don Stewart records vocals for all the titles on September 21, 1968, Capitol Records will issue the final mixes of all the titles on the album "Square Dance U.S.A." (ST-112).

1971 - Billy May conducts his own arrangements to The Time-Life Orchestra (John Audino, John Best, Uan Rasey, and Shorty Sherock on trumpet, Joe Howard, Lloyd Ulyate, Lew McCreary, Dave Wells, and Gil Falco on trombone, Marshall Royal, Les Robinson, Abe Most, Justin Gordon, and Nat Brown on saxophones, Ray Sherman on piano, Jack Marshall on guitar, Rollie Bundock on bass, and Nick Fatool on drums) as they record the titles "At The Jazz Band Ball (Bob Crosby Version)", "Get Happy (Benny Goodman Version)", "Satan Takes A Holiday (Tommy Dorsey Version)", and "Slow Mood (Crosby Bob Cats Version)" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California. Time-Life Records will issue all the titles in the 3LP box set "The Swing Era: Volume 12 - Encore - The Day Of The Great Entertainers: Billy May" (STA 351).

1971 - Vocalist Helen Reddy, with unlisted musicians, records the title "No Sad Song" in Los Angeles, California. After overdubs are recorded on October 13 and 15, 1971, Capitol Records will issue the title on Reddy's album "No Sad Song" (ST-857).

1972 - Capitol Records registers in Los Angeles, California vocalist Larry Garner's title "It's Too Late To Keep From Losing You" recorded at Buck Owens' studios in Bakersfield, California that it purchased from Buck Owens Enterprises and will issue the title as a single (Capitol 3467) with "Would You Settle For Roses" (registered on August 24, 1972) on the flipside.

1972 - Vocalist Helen Reddy, with Artie Butler conducting his own arrangements to the studio orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the titles "Where Is My Friend", "Where Is The Love", "And I Love You So", and "This Masquerade" in Los Angeles, California with producer Tom Catalano and recording engineer Armin Steiner. After overdubs are recorded later in the same session, Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Reddy's album "I Am Woman" (ST-11068).

1973 - Former Capitol Records artists, singer and guitarist Jim Croce (who recorded for Capitol as part of a duo with his wife Ingrid Croce), age 30, and guitarist and pianist Maury Muehleisen, age 24, are killed in a small commercial airplane when it crashes in Natchitoches, Louisiana along with Jim's road manager Dennis Rast, his booking agent Ken Cortese, the opening act comedian George Stevens, and the pilot Robert Newton Elliott.

1973 - Vocalist Red Steagall, with unlisted others, records the titles "This Just Ain't My Day", "I Came To Drown Old Thelma In Wine", "He'll Have To Go", and "The Ballad Of Billy's Lady" in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue "This Just Ain't My Day" as a single (Capitol 3797) with "Little Old Heartbreaker You" (recorded May 8, 1973) on the flipside, "The Ballad Of Billy's Lady" as a single (Capitol 3825) with "I Gave Up Good Mornin' Darlin'" (recorded December 17, 1963) on the flipside, and has yet to issue either "I Came To Drown Old Thelma In Wine" or "He'll Have To Go".

1977 - Overdubs are recorded for Natalie Cole's titles "Nothing Stronger Than Love" and "Be Thankful" at an unlisted location. After more overdubs are recorded on September 21 and 22, 1977, Capitol Records will issue both titles on Cole's album "Thankful" (SW-11708).

1977 - Tavares (lineup unlisted) records the titles "Honey, Can I", "The Ghost Of Love", "We're Both Ready For Love", and "Slow Train To Paradise" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on the group's album "Future Sound" (SW-11719).

1982 - Vocalist Tina Turner, with unlisted others, records the title "Keep Your Hands Off My Baby" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the titles as a single in Europe (1A 006-20 0317 7) with "Private Dancer" on the flipside.

1988 - Freddie Jackson's Capitol Records album "Don't Let Love Slip Away" is certified Gold by the R.I.A.A.

1988 - Poison's Capitol Records album "Open Up And Say Ahh!" is certified Multi-Platinum by the R.I.A.A. for selling 2 million copies.

1996 - Paul Weston (born Paul Wetstein, aka pianist Jonathan Edwards), arranger, conductor, composer, band leader, creator of "Mood Music", Capitol Records' first music director and musical director for many movies, radio and television shows and specials, a founder and first national president of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, a founder of Corinthian Records, Capitol Records artist, and husband of Capitol Records artist Jo Stafford, dies at age 84 in Santa Monica, California and memorial services were later held at Church Of The Good Shepherd, 505 N. Bedford Drive in Beverly Hills, California.

20 Years Ago Today In 2005 - Capitol Records Nashville announces that their recording artist Trace Adkins was released from the hospital four days after undergoing emergency surgery for an abdominal inflammatory infection.

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1948 - Future Capitol Records artists The Four Freshmen (Bob Flanigan, Don Barbour, Ross Barbour, and Hal Kratzsch) perform at their first professional booking when they appear at the "113 Club" in Fort Wayne, Indiana.

1953 - Ricci James Martin, actor and son of Capitol Records artist Dean Martin and his wife Jeanne Martin, is born.

1967 - Matthew and Gunnar Nelson, singers, songwriters, musicians, and sons of actor and Imperial Records artist Rick Nelson and actress Kristin Harmon, are born Matthew Gray Nelson and Gunnar Eric Nelson in Santa Monica, California. Both were involved in the production of their father's Capitol Records box set "Legacy".

1963 - Alto saxophonist Jackie McLean, with Grachan Moncur III on trombone, Bobby Hutcherson on vibraphone, Larry Ridley on bass, and Roy Haynes on drums, records the titles "Esoteric", "Love And Hage", an incomplete and rejected take of "Secret Love", "Kahlil The Prophet", and "Riff Raff" in recording engineer Rudy Van Gelder's studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey. Blue Note Records will issue "Esoteric", "Love And Hage", "Kahlil The Prophet", and "Riff Raff" on McLean's album "Destination...Out!" (BLP4165 on 12" vinyl in mono, BST84165 on 12" vinyl in stereo, and 8-32087-2 on CD).

1968 - Pianist Gene Harris and The 3 Sounds (Andrew Simpkins on bass and Carl Burnett on drums), with Monk Higgins conducting his own arrangements to Bob Jung on reeds, Alan Estes on vibraphone and percussion, Al Vescovo on guitar, Paul Humphrey also on drums, Miles Grayson and Dee Ervin also on percussion, Leonard Malarsky, Ralph Schaeffer, Dave Burk, Henry Felber, Ron Fulsom, and Tibor Zelig on violins, Phil Goldberg and Leonard Selic on violas, and Jerry Kessler on cello, record the titles "Elegant Soul", "Do It Right No", "Sugar Hill", "Black Gold", "African Sweets", and "Walls Of Respect" at RPM Studios in Los Angeles, California. Blue Note Records will issue all the titles on Harris and The 3 Sounds' album "Elegant Soul" (BST84301 on 12" vinyl in stereo and 5-22386-2 on CD), "Elegant Soul" also as a single (Blue Note 45-1942) with "(Sock It To Me) Harper Valley P.T.A." (recorded September 19, 1968) on the flipside, and "Sugar Hill" also as a single (Blue Note 45-1950) with "Sittin' Duck" (also recorded September 19, 1968) on the flipside.

1968 - Trumpet, soprano recorder, Jamaican thumb piano, steel drum, and bird whistle player Eddie Gale, with tenor saxophonist Russell Lyle, Juda Samuel and James "Tokio" Reid on basses, Richard Hackett and Thomas Holman on drums, lead vocalist Elaine Beener, and vocalists JoAnn Gale, Sylvia Bibbs, Barbara Dove, Evelyn Goodwin, Art Jenkins, Fulumi Prince, Norman Wright, Edward Walrond, Sondra Walston, and Mildred Weston, records the titles "The Coming of Gwili with Russell Lyle also on flute, "The Rain" with JoAnn Gale also on guitar, "A Walk With Thee", "Fulton Street", and "An Understanding" in recording engineer Rudy Van Gelder's studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey. Blue Note Records will issue all the titles on Gale's album "Ghetto Music" (BST84294).

1982 - EMI-America Records registers the masters it purchased for Sheena Easton's title "Some Of Us Will" and will issue the titles as a single (EMI-America 8142) with "I Wouldn't Beg For Water" (registered on April 11, 1982) on the flipside.

1982 - Marty Balin, with Bill Champlin, Daniel Moore, and Matthew Moore on backing vocals, Kevin McCormick on bass guitar, Rick Marotta on drums, Waddy Wachtel on guitar, William Bergman, Darrell Leonard, Greg Smith, Jerry Peterson, Jim Price, Kenneth W. Tussing, and Michael D. Slusher on horns using an arrangement by Steve Goldstein, Steve Goldstein on keyboards and synthesizer, Louis Biancaniello on synthesizer, M. L. Benoit on percussion, and producer Val Garay, records the title "Palm Of Your Hand" at Record One Studios in Los Angeles, California for EMI-America which will issue the title on Balin's album "Lucky" (ST-1708).

1987 - Dan Seals' EMI America Records 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.

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105 Years Ago Today In 1920 - Jay Ward, animator, animation director and producer, and animation studio owner, is born J Troplong Ward in Berekely, California.

1973 - The Roxy Theatre on Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles, California opens with headliner Neil Young.

SEPTEMBER 19, 2025

HAPPY BIRTHDAYS!

1933 - David McCallum, a motion picture and television actor ("The Man From U.N.C.L.E.", "The Invisible Man", "N.C.I.S.", etc.) and a Capitol Records recording artist, is born David Keith McCallum in Glasglow, Scotland.

1934 - Brian Epstein, an author, manager of his family's North End Road Music Stores (NEMS) and manager of the EMI/Capitol Records group The Beatles (1962-1967), as well as Gerry and The Pacemakers, Cilla Black, Billy J. Kramer and The Dakotas, The Fourmost, The Big Three, The Silkie, Tommy Quickly, The Cyrkle, The Remo Four, and others, is born Brian Samuel Epstein in Rodney Street, in Liverpool, England.

1941 - "Mama" Cass Elliot, motion picture actress (movie version of "H.R. Pufnstuf"), singer (both with the group The Mamas And The Papas and as a solo artist), and a Capitol Records artist (on the soundtrack to “H.R. Pufnstuf”), is born in Baltimore, Maryland.

1942 - Danny Kalb, guitarist and founder of the Capitol Records recording group (1971-1972) The Blues Project, is born in Mount Vernon, New York.

80 Years Ago Today In 1945 - Freda Payne, a singer, actress, and Invictus Records (a subsidiary of Capitol Records formed by Brian and Eddie Holland) artist, is born Freda Charcelia Payne in Detroit, Michigan. On her birthday in 1970, her single "Band Of Gold" is #1 on the U.K. Pop singles charts.

1949 - Twiggy, supermodel, motion picture actress, judge on television talent show, singer, dancer, and Capitol Records artist, is born Lesley Hornby in the London suburb of Neasden, England.

1952 - Nile Rodgers, singer, founding member of the group Chic, member of the group The Honeydrippers, record producer for Capitol Records band Duran Duran and EMI America artist David Bowie, and assisted with the production of Capitol Records band Power Station's self-titled debut album, is born in New York City, New York.

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1947 - Vocalists Jack Smith and The Clark Sisters (lineup unlisted), with Earl Gordon and His Orchestra (lineup also unlisted), record the titles "My Rancho Rio Grande", "Peggy O'Neil", "Oye Negra", "Nague", "Negro Leono" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "My Rancho Rio Grande" and "Peggy O'Neil" together as a single (Capitol 473), "Oye Negra" (Capitol 57-698) with "The Mariachi Serenade" (Recorded May 17, 1949) on the flipside, and have yet to issue either "Nague" and "Negro Leono".

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

1952 - The fall edition of "The Biggest Show Of '52", featuring Nat "King" Cole, The Stan Kenton Orchestra, and Sarah Vaughan, in addition to Stump and Stumpy, George Kirby, Teddy Hale, and the Congaroos Cole plays at The Onondaga County War Memorial Arena in Syracuse New York.

1953 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Return To Paradise" is #34 and Cole's single "A Fool I Was" is #49 on Cash Box magazine's Best Selling Singles chart.

70 Years Ago Today In 1955 - Capitol Records artist Frank Sinatra hosts a special episode of the radio show "Biography in Sound" on the life of Capitol Records artist Stan Kenton, playing several of Kenton’s records and narrating the highlights of Kenton’s career and new approaches on Jazz music.

1957 - Vocalist Gordon MacRae, with Van Alexander conducting the orchestra and chorus (lineup unlisted), records "The Lord's Prayer", "Sayonara", "IF I Forget You", "Never 'Til Now", and "Now" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue "Sayonara" and "Never 'Til Now" together as a single (Capitol F3816) and "If I Forget You" and "Now" together as a single (Capitol F3864), all four previous titles on MacRae's album "This Is Gordon MacRae" (T 1050), and have to issue "The Lord's Prayer".

1957 - The Dave Pell Octet (Don Fagerquist on trumpet, Ray Sims on trombone, Dave Pell on tenor saxophone, Ronnie Lang on baritone saxophone, Paul Smith on piano, Tony Rizzi on guitar, Roland Bundock on bass, and Jack Sperling on drums) records the titles "Nap's Dream" arranged by Mary Paich, "Time After Time" and "The Way You Look Tonight" arranged by Bill Holman, and "People In Love" and "Crescendo Date" also arranged by Marty Paich, in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on the Pell's album "I Had The Craziest Dream" (T 925).

1958 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Bend A Little My Way" is the K-Big Record Of The Week on WKBW 1520 AM in Buffalo, New York.

65 Years Ago Today In 1960 - Stan Kenton and his Orchestra record eight tracks at their first recording session with four mellophonium players (Gene Roland, Joe Burnette, Bill Horan and Tom Wirtel), playing to the charts of Johnny Richards and Gene Roland, at The Capitol Tower Studios in Hollywood, California. Some of the tracks are included on the CD of Kenton's Capitol Records album "Cuban Fire!" that was re-issued by Capitol Jazz, a division of Blue Note Records, which is a subsidiary of Capitol Records.

1962 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Ramblin' Rose" is #7 on WMCA's Top Ten survey in New York City, New York.

1962 - The Four Freshmen (Bob Flanigan on vocals, trombone, and bass, Bill Comstock on vocals and guitar, Ross Barbour on vocals, trumpet and drums, and Ken Albers on vocals, trumpet, flugelhorn, and bass) perform the titles "Route 66 (Theme)", "Poinciana", "You Came A Long Way From St. Louis", "Moon River", "Take Your Shoes Off, Baby", "Once In Love With Amy", "Wail For The Bread", "Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone", "Act III", "Santa Claus Is Flat Gonna Come To Town", "Blues In The Night", and "And So It's Over (Closing Theme)" at a concert at City College in Long Beach California which was recorded by Capitol Records who issued all the titles on the group's album "The Four Freshmen In Person, Volume 2" (T/ST 1860).

1962 - Vocalist Ernie Andrews, with The Cannonball Adderley Quintet (Nat Adderley on cornet, Julian "Cannonball" Adderley on alto saxophone, Joe Zawinul on piano, Sam Jones on bass, and Louis Hayes on drums), performs the titles "Opening-Spoken Introduction by Julian Adderley", "I'm A World Shaker", "Come On Back", "Bill Bailey", "I'm Always Drunk In San Francisco", "If You Ever Fall In Love With Me", "Since I Fell For You", "Next Time I See You", and "Ten Years Of Tears" at a show at Memory Lane in Los Angeles, California that was recorded by Capitol Records which issued "I'm A World Shaker", "If I Ever Fall In Love With You", "Since I Fell For You", "Next Time I See You", and "Ten Years Of Tears" on the album "Ernie Andrews With The Cannonball Adderley Quintet - Live Session!" (T/ST 2284), rejected the recordings of "Bill Bailey" and "I'm Always Drunk In San Francisco" and have yet to issue "Opening - Spoken Introduction By Julian Adderley" and "Come On Back".

1962 - Vocalist Harlan Howard, with unlisted others, records the titles "The Old Moon", "In This Very Same Room", "My Baby's His Baby Now", and "When You're Nothing To No One" in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue "My Baby's His Baby Now" as a single (Capitol 4928) with "Somebody's Sweetheart" (recorded September 20, 1962) and have yet to issue any of the other titles.

1966 - At the first session for The Beach Boys' album "Smile", Brian Wilson records "Our Prayer" also known as just "Prayer" that he intends to be the unlisted intro to the album but not a proper track, at Columbia Studio in Los Angeles, California.

1967 - Vocalist Bonnie Owens, with (listed as possibly) George French Jr. on piano, Glen Campbell and Lewis A. Talley on guitars, Roy Nichols on electric guitar, Billy Mize on open string guitar and harmony vocals, Norman D. Hamlett on steel guitar, Jerry Ward aka Howard Lowe on bass, and Roy "Eddie" Burris on drums, records the titles "I Let A Stranger Buy The Wine", "Number 82", and "Don't Tell Me" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue "I Let A Stranger Buy The Wine" and "Don't Tell Me" on Owens' album "Somewhere Between" (T/ST 2861), "Don't Tell Me" as a single (Capitol 2029) with "Somewhere Between" (recorded September 20, 1967) on the flipside, and "Number 82" on Bonnie Owens And The Strangers' album "Lead Me On" (ST-195).

1967 - Vocalist and guitarist Merle Haggard and The Strangers (George French Jr. on piano, Glen Campbell and Lewis A. Talley on guitars, Roy Nichols on electric guitar, Billy Mize on open string guitar and harmony vocals, Norman D. Hamlett on steel guitar, Jerry Ward aka Howard Lowe on bass, and Roy "Eddie" Burris on drums), with vocalist Bonnie Owens on harmony vocals, record the titles "Seeing Eye Dog", "Will You Visit Me On Sundays?", "and "Home Is Where A Kid Grows Up" in the Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California between 2:00 PM and 5:00 PM. Capitol Records will issue "Seeing Eye Dog" and "Home Is Where A Kid Grows Up" on the Haggard's album "Sing Me Back Home" (T/ST 2848) and "Will You Visit Me On Sundays?" on Merle Haggard And The Strangers' album "The Legend Of Bonnie And Clyde" (ST 2912).

55 Years Ago Today In 1970 on her 25th birthday, Feyda Payne's Invictus Records single "Band Of Gold" is #1 on the U.K. Pop singles charts.

1977 - Overdubs are recorded for Natalie Cole's title "Nothing Stronger Than Love" in an unlisted location. After more overdubs are recorded for the title on September 20, 21, and 22, 1977, Capitol Records will issue the title on Cole's album "Thankful" (SW-11708).

1979 - Louis Ferdinand Bush (aka Lou Busch and aka Joe "Fingers" Carr), pianist, Capitol Records and Warner Brothers Records A&R executive and producer, head of Capitol Records Transcription service, session pianist for Peggy Lee, Tennessee Ernie Ford and Jo Stafford, one-time husband of Capitol Records artist Margaret Whiting, father of Debbie Whiting, and Capitol Records recording artist under the name Joe "Fingers" Carr, is killed in an auto accident in Camarillo, California at age 69 and is later interred in the Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery and Mortuary near UCLA in Westwood, California.

1979 - John Simmons, a bass player in an early lineup of The King Cole Trio and with Capitol Records artist Illinois Jacquet's band as well as playing on Capitol Records sessions for Benny Goodman, Peggy Lee, and Sammy Davis, Jr., dies either in Orange, New York or Los Angeles, California at age 61. If anyone knows for sure which city, please leave a comment.

1982 - The Steve Miller Band's Capitol Records single "Abracadabra", with "Baby Wanna Dance" on the flipside, returns to #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 single chart.

1986 - Capitol Records releases Megadeth's album "Peace Sells".

1991 - Pink Floyd's album "Dark Side Of The Moon" is certified 12x Multi-Platinum by the R.I.A.A..

1999 - Capitol Records artist Tommy Collins is inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall Of Fame.

2006 - Capitol Records releases Chingy's album "Hoodstar".

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1962 - At her first session for Blue Note Records, vocalist Sheila Jordan with Barry Galbraith on guitar, Steve Swallow on bass, and Denzil Best on drums, recorded "Falling In Love With Love", "Am I Blue", "Dat Dere" with only Steve Swallow on bass, "If You Could See Me Now", "Baltimore Oriole" without Barry Galbraith on guitar, and "When The World Was Young" in recording engineer Rudy Van Gelder's studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey. Blue Note Records issued all the titles on Jordan's album "A Portrait of Sheila" (BLP9002/BST89002 on vinyl, 7.89002-2 on CD).

2009 - Arthur Ferrante (born Arthur Richard Ferrante), pianist and part of the United Artists recording duo Ferrante and Teicher, has died at age 88 of natural causes early this morning at his home in Longboat Key, Florida according to his manager, Scott W. Smith.

SEPTEMBER 18, 2025

HAPPY BIRTHDAYS!

1894 - Willard Robison, singer, bandleader (Willard Robison's Levee Loungers and Willard Robison & The Deep River Boys, The Deep River Orchestra), radio show host, and composer (best known for "A Cottage For Sale" with lyrics by Larry Conley) whose songs were covered by various Capitol Records artists on the album "Willard Robinson's Deep River Music", is born in Shellbina, Missouri.

1917 - June Foray, a voice actor (Rocket J. Squirrel, Natasha, Witch Hazel, and many others), actress and a Capitol Records recording artist on many children's records and comedy records with Frank Morgan, Pinto Colvig, Red Ingle (as Mrs. Jaymes F.X. Paisley), Stan Freberg and Daws Butler, is born in Springfield, Massachusetts.

1941 - Gary Lane, the bass player with the Tower Records (a subsidiary of Capitol Records) group The Standells, is born.

1953 - Carl Jackson, a vocalist, bluegrass instrumentalist, songwriter, and a Capitol Records session player and recording artist, is born in Louisville, Mississippi.

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1949 - Frank Morgan (born Francis Phillip Wupperman), Broadway, motion picture (best remembered for his five roles in the M-G-M motion picture "The Wizard Of Oz"), and radio actor, and Capitol Records artist (narrator on the Dr. Seuss children's record "Gossamer Wump"), dies in Beverly Hills, California of a heart attack during a break in shooting the M-G-M motion picture "Annie Get Your Gun" and is later buried in Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, New York.

1952 - Pianist Joe "Fingers" Carr (aka Lou Busch), with Phil Stephens on bass and John Cyr on drums, records the titles "Headin' For Home" with vocals by The Carr-Hops (lineup unlisted) and "Kitten On The Keys" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Headin' For Home" as a single (Capitol 2257) with "Rattlesnake Rag" (recorded July 14, 1952) on the flipside and "Kitten On The Keys" on Carr's album "Rough House Piano" (T 345).

1957 - Ukulele player Lyle Ritz, with Red Mitchell on bass, Gene Estes on drums, and Don Shelton on flute, begins recording sessions for his Verve Records album "How About Uke?" (MGV 2087) in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California with engineer Alan Emig.

1962 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Ramblin' Rose" is #4 on WABC's Silver Dollar Sound Survey in New York City, New York.

1962 - Vocalist Harlan Howard, with unlisted others, records the titles "Just Call Me Lonesome", "Little Darlin' #2", "Baby Rocked Her Dolly", and "Heartaches By The Number" in Nashville, Tennessee for Capitol Records which has yet to issue any of the titles.

60 Years Ago Today In 1965 - The Beatles' Capitol Records single "Help!", with "I'm Down" on the flipside, is still #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart.

1967 - Capitol Records releases The Beach Boys' album "Smiley Smile".

1967 - Marian Love, with unlisted others, records the titles "Love Put Tears In My Eyes", "Without Your Love", "No Advice", "The Right To Cry", and "Sweet Taste Of Lovin'" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Without Your Love" and "The Right To Cry" together as a single (Capitol 2032) and have yet to issue any of the other titles.

1967 - At two sessions held this day in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California, The Stranglers (listed as probably George French Jr. on piano, Glen Campbell and Lewis A. Talley on guitar, Roy Nichols on electric guitar, Billy Mize on open string guitar and harmony vocals, Norman D. Hamlett on steel guitar, Jerry Ward aka Howard Lowe on bass, and Roy "Eddie" Burris on drums) at the first session with vocalist Bonnie Owens, record the titles "I Wish I Felt This Way At Home", "Hangin' On", and "The Back Of My Hand" and at the second session, between 2:00 PM and 5:00 PM, with vocalist and guitarist Merle Haggard and Bonnie Owens on harmony vocals, record the titles "I'll Leave The Bottle On The Bar", "Sing Me Back Home", and "The Son Of Hickory Holler's Tramp". Capitol Records will issue "I Wish I Felt This Way At Home" and "Hangin' On" on Bonnie Owens ' album "Somewhere Between" (T/ST 2861), "The Back Of My Hand" on Bonnie Owens and The Strangers' album "Lead Me On" (ST-195), "I'll Leave The Bottle On the Bar" and "The Son Of Hickory Holler's Tramp" on Merle Haggard's album "Sing Me Back Home" (T/ST 2848) and has yet to issue the take of "Sing Me Back Home" recorded at this session but did issue the take recorded on September 20, 1967 as a single (Capitol 2017) with "Good Times" (also recorded September 20, 1967) on the flipside.

55 Years Ago Today In 1970 - Jimi Hendrix, guitarist and Capitol Records artist (on the 1970 live album "Band Of Gypsys"), dies in the basement flat of the Samarkand Hotel at 22 Lansdowne Crescent in London, England at age 27 after drinking wine, taking sleeping pills prescribed for his girlfriend Monika Dannemann (who was with him and called for an ambulance), then choking on his own vomit.

1972 - Billy May conducts The Time-Life Orchestra (lineup unlisted) as they record the titles "Days Of Wine And Roses", "Dream A Little Dream Of Me", "Watch What Happens", and "In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California. After overdubs are recorded for "Days Of Wine And Roses" and "In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning" on September 26, 1972 and for "Watch What Happens" on January 8, 1973, Time-Life Records, as part of its "As You Remember Them" series, will issue "Days Of Wine and Roses" and "In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning" in the three-LP box set "Billy May - Volume 3" (STL 243), "Dream Of Me" in the three-LP box set "Billy May - Volume 4" (STL 244), and "Watch What Happens" in the three-LP box set "Billy May - Volume 5" (STL 245).

1981 - Billy Squier's second Capitol Records album, "Don't Say No", is certified Platinum by the R.I.A.A.

1988 - Dan Seals' Capitol Records single "Addicted", with "Maybe I'm Missing You Now" is #1 on the U.S. Country singles charts.

1994 - Garth Brooks' Liberty Records (later to be renamed Capitol Records Nashville) album "In Pieces" debuts at #1 on Billboard's Top 200 albums and Country albums charts.

1997 - Jimmy Witherspoon, blues, R&B big band and jazz baritone singer and Capitol Records and Blue Note Records artist, dies in his sleep in Los Angeles, California at age 74.

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1793 - George Washington lays the cornerstone for the Capitol building in Washington, D.C. which was designed by Dr. William Thornton, a Scottish-trained physician living in the British West Indies. The Capitol building would later become part of Capitol Records' first logo, which will be later simplified to use just the dome and cupola.

120 Years Ago Today In 1905 - Eddie Anderson, radio, motion picture, and television actor (best remembered for the role of Rochester Van Jones on the Jack Benny radio and television shows and related movies), who introduced Capitol Records artist Nat "King" Cole to his future wife Maria Ellington, is born Edmund Lincoln Anderson in Oakland, California.

85 Years Ago Today In 1940 - Frankie Avalon, singer, motion picture actor, and United Artists Records artist (soundtrack of "Muscle Beach Party"), is born Francis Thomas Avallone in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

1942 - Future Capitol Records artist Tennessee Ernie Ford married Betty Jean Heminger.

1961 - Bobby Vee's Liberty Records single "Take Good Care Of My Baby", with "Bashful Bob" on the flipside, is still #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart. The song would later be covered and recorded by The Beatles. Liberty Records catalog is currently owned by Capitol Records' parent company, Universal Music Group.

1964 - "The Addams Family" debuts on ABC-TV. The character Lurch, played by Ted Cassidy, will release a single with a picture sleeve on Capitol Records called "The Lurch".

1967 - Organist Larry Young, with Hank White on flugelhorn, Tyrone Washington and Herbert Morgan on tenor saxophones, Eddie Wright on guitar, Eddie Gladden on drums, and Stacey Edwards on congas, records the titles "Evening" without Eddie Wright on guitar, "Majestic Soul", "Means Happiness" again without Wright on guitar, "Major Affair" and "Tender Feelings" again without Wright on guitar and also Stacey Edwards on congas, and "Wild Is The Wind" with vocalist Althea Young" without Hank White on flugelhorn, and Edwards on congas, in Rudy Van Gelder's studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey. Blue Note Records will issue all the titles on Young's album "Contrasts" (BST84266).

973 - Ringo Starr buys John Lennon and Yoko Ono's Tittenhurst Park manor and immediately makes the in-house studio, re-christened Startling Studios, available for use by other recording artists.

1988 - Bobby McFerrin's EMI Manhattan single "Don't Worry Be Happy" (Edit), with "Simple Pleasures" on the flipside, is #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart.

ON THIS DAY NOT IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1927 - After The Colombia Phonographic Company invests heavily in United Independent Broadcasters, the network is renamed The Columbia Phonographic Broadcasting System and debuts the new name when it broadcasts the opera "The King’s Henchman" performed by the Howard Barlow Orchestra from flagship station WOR in Newark, New Jersey, and fifteen affiliates. 26-year old William S. Paley will be appointed the president in 1928 and will shorten the name to the Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS).

1943 - Decca Records agrees to pay royalties into an American Federation Of Musicians fund for all records the label will release, thus ending the union-led ban on instrumental recordings for the label. Capitol Records will settle less than a month later on October 8, 1943, but Columbia and RCA/Victor Records will hold out until November 1944, giving Capitol an exclusive on many new recordings that will help make it into one of the top four labels in the United States.