JUNE 11, 2026

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

1952 - Donnie Van Zant, vocalist, guitarist and founder of the Capitol Records (single "Teacher Teacher" and on the soundtrack album for the motion picture "Teacher") and Charisma Records (a subsidiary of Virgin Records) group 38 Special and with his brother Johnny Van Zant in the group The Van Zants, is born Donald Newton Van Zant in Jacksonville, Florida.

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1942 - At Capitol Records' seventh session, it is the first session for vocalist Tex Ritter and His Texans (Charles Linville on fiddle, Paul Sells on accordion, Johnny Bond on guitar, Frankie Marvin on steel guitar, Clifford Snyder aka "Cliffie Stone" on bass) as they record the titles "Jingle, Jangle, Jingle" with additional vocals by Johnny Bond, "Someone" featuring Frankie Marvin on steel guitar, "Goodbye, My Little Cherokee", and "I've Done The Best I Could" once again featuring, Frankie Marvin on steel guitar in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Jingle, Jangle, Jingle" and "Goodbye, My Little Cherokee" together as a single (Capitol 110) and "Someone" and "I've Done The Best I Could" together as a single (Capitol 132).

80 Years Ago Today In 1946 - Peggy Lee is back at Radio Recorders' studios at 932 North Western Avenue in Hollywood, California with The Four Of A Kind (Dave Barbour on guitar, Buddy Cole on piano, organ and celeste, Phil Stephens on bass, and Tom Romersa on drums) to record for radio transcription the titles "The Best Man", "If You Were The Only Boy", "Love Doesn't Grow On Trees", "I Guess I'll Get The Papers And Go Home" and "My Sugar Is So Refined".

1947 - Vocalist Johnny Mercer, Luanna Patten, Bobby Discroll, Walt Disney as Mickey Mouse, Clarence Nash as Donald Duck, Pinto Colvig as Goofy, Martha Tilton as The Singing Harp, and Billy Gilbert as Willie The Giant, using as script adapted by Alan Livingston and with Billy May directing his own arrangements to his orchestra (Origene LaFreniere, John Best,and Uan Rasey on trumpets, Hoyt Bohannon and Homer Menge on trombones, Nicholas Dann, Haskell Issenhuth, Gordon Green, Arthur Fleming, and Joseph Krechter on saxophones, Edwin "Buddy" Cole on piano, Artie Shapiro on bass, John Cyr on drums, Irma Louise Clow on harp, and a string section with Harry Bluestone, Peter Ellis, Nick Pisani, Mischa Russell, Felix Slatkin, and Marshall Sosson on violin, David Sterkin and Maurice Pearlmutter on viola, and Cy Bernard on cello), record parts 4, 5, and 6 of "Mickey and The Beanstalk" at Radio Recorders' studios at 932 North Western Avenue in Hollywood, California between 2:00 PM and 6:00 PM. Capitol Records will issue all the parts on the children's album "Mickey And The Beanstalk" (Capitol CCX-67). The entire album is available in two parts. Here's part 1. Here's part 2.

1947 - Julia Lee (on piano and vocals) and Her Boy Friends (Ernie Royal on trumpet, Dave Cavanaugh on tenor saxophone, Jack Marshall on guitar, Harry Babasin on bass, and Sam "Baby" Lovett on drums) record the titles "There Goes My Heart", "Snatch And Grab It", and "If You Hadn't Gone Away (I Wouldn't Be Where I Am)" and then Julia (alone on vocals and piano) records the title "Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out" with producer Dave Dexter, Jr. at Radio Recorders' studios at 932 North Western Avenue in Hollywood, California between 8:30 PM and 11:30 PM. Capitol Records will issue the first and last titles together as a single (Capitol 1009), the second title as a single (Capitol Americana 40028) with "I Was Wrong" (recorded June 18, 1947) on the flipside, and the third title as a single (Capitol 1798) with "Scream In The Night" (recorded on July 22, 1950) on the flipside.

1948 - The King Cole Trio's Capitol Records single "Nature Boy" is still #1 on Billboard's Best Selling Popular Retail Records and Records Most Played By Disk Jockeys charts, hits #1 on the magazine's Canada's Top Tunes chart, is #2 on the magazine's Most-Played Juke Box Records chart, is #4 on the magazine's Most-Played Juke Box Race Records chart, and is #5 on the magazine's Best Selling Retail Race Records chart . Also, The King Cole Trio's Capitol Records single "Put 'Em In A Box" is #3 on The Billboard magazine's Record Possibilities - The Disk Jockeys Pick chart and #8 on the magazine's Record Possibilities - The Operators Pick chart.

1948 - Final mastering is done for Les Paul's title "Caravan" whose master was purchased on December 21, 1947. Capitol Records will issue the title on Paul's album "The New Sound" (CCN-226 in 10" shellac LP, EBF-226 in 7" vinyl EP, H-226 in 10" vinyl LP, and T-266 on 12" vinyl LP).

1949 - Margaret Whiting and Johnny Mercer (with Paul Whiting and His Orchestra)'s Capitol Records single "Baby, It's Cold Outside" is #6 on Billboard's Best Selling Retail Records chart, Mel Tormé (with orchestra conducted by Pete Rugolo)'s Capitol Records single "Again" is #9, and Jo Stafford and Gordon MacRae (with Paul Weston and His Orchestra)'s Capitol Records single "'A' You're Adorable" is #16.

1952 - At a split session held in Los Angeles, California first Les Baxter conducts his own arrangements to His Orchestra (lineup unlisted) as they record the titles "Auf Wiederseh'n, Sweetheart" and "Padam...Padam" (with an uncredited chorus) then Helen O'Connell, with The Les Baxter Orchestra and Chorus, records the titles "One, For The Wonder (Of Your Kisses)" and "Long Ago Last Night". Capitol Records will issue the first two titles together as a single (Capitol 2143) and the last two titles as a single (Capitol 2149).

1955 - Les Baxter and His Orchestra's Capitol Records single "Unchained Melody" is #2 on Billboard's Best Selling Retail Records chart, Nat "King" Cole's double sided Capitol Records hit "A Blossom Fell" (with Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra) and "If I May" (with The Four Knights on backing vocals and Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra) is #4, Frank Sinatra (with Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra)'s Capitol Records single "Learnin' The Blues" is #9, Tennessee Ernie Ford (with Cliffie Stone's Band)'s Capitol Records single "The Ballad Of Davy Crocket" is #11, and Nat "King" Cole (with Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra)'s Capitol Records single "Darling, Je Vous Aime Beaucoup" is #22.

70 Years Ago Today In 1956 - Bing Crosby, with Buddy Bregman's Orchestra, records the album "Bing Sings Whilst Bregman Swings" in The Capitol Tower Studios in Hollywood, California.

1958 - The Jack Marshall Sextette (Harry Klee on flute, bass flute, and recorder, Milt Raskin on piano and cymbals, Edgar Lustgarten on cello, (cello) Jack Marshall on guitar and lute, Red Mitchell on bass, and Shelly Manne on drums), using arrangements by Jack Marshall, record the titles "Invitation", "Star Eyes", "S'posin'", and "It Might As Well Be Spring" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on the group's album "18th Century Jazz" (T 1108).

1958 - Pianist Leonard Pennario records Schumann's "Sonata In F Sharp Minor, Opus 11, First Movement" in Los Angles, California. Capitol Records will issue the title in Pennario's two-LP set "The Young SCHUMANN" (PBR-SPBR-8480).

1963 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Those Lazy-Hazy-Crazy Days Of Summer" is #14 on WABC's Silver Dollar Sound Survey in New York City, New York.

1963 - Vocalist Tex Ritter with Ralph Carmichael conducting the orchestra (lineup unlisted) records the titles "The Gods Were Angry With Me", "La Cucaracha", and "The Will" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "The Gods Were Angry With Me" and "The Will" together as a single (Capitol 5004) and has yet to issue "La Cucaracha".

1963 - Male vocal group The Legends (lineup unlisted) record the titles "Run To The Movies", "Summertime Blues", "Memphis", "Lucille", "Peggy Sue", and "Fancy Nancy" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Run To The Movies" and "Summertime Blues" together as a single (Capitol 5014) and has yet to issue any of the other titles.

1963 - Guela Gill, with unlisted others, records the titles "Bon Soir Dame", "Tamoura", "Love That Wants", and "They Call The Wind Maria" in New York City, New York for Capitol Records which has yet to issue any of the titles.

1963 - Vocalist Nancy Wilson, with Jimmy Jones conducting his own arrangements to the orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the titles "Moon River", "When Did You Leave Heaven?", "My Shining Hour", and " Wild Is The Wind" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Miss Wilson's album "Hollywood My Way" (T/ST 1934).

60 Years Ago Today In 1966 - Capitol Records releases The Beatles' single "Paperback Writer" with "Rain" on the flipside. Rain would be the first popular single to use tape run backwards as part of the song. "Paperback Writer will peak at #1 and "Rain" at #23 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart 

1968 - Cliffie Stone, with unlisted others, records the titles "Little Girl", "(My Friends Are Gonna Be) Strangers", "The Unicorn", and "Hello California" in "Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Little Girl" as a single (Capitol 2270) with a version of the title recorded by Cliffie Stone's Square Dance Orchestra featuring caller Don Stewart on June 19, 1968 on the flipside, "The Unicorn" as a single (Capitol 2243) also with a version of the title recorded by Cliffie Stone's Square Dance Orchestra featuring caller Don Stewart on June 19, 1968 on the flipside, and has yet to issue (My Friends Are Gonna Be) Strangers" and "Hello California".

1968 - Dallas Frazier, with unlisted others, records the titles "I Hope I Like Mexico Blues", "Sittin' On A River Bank", and "Even The Loser Likes To Dream" in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue "I Hope I Like Mexico Blues" as a single (Capitol 2257) with "I Just Thought I Loved Her (Till I Lost You)" (recorded February 1, 1968) on the flipside and has yet to issue the other titles.

1973 - Vocalist Al Martino, with unlisted others, records the titles "Where Forever Begins", "The Greatest Song I Ever Heard", and "Daddy Loves You Honey" in Los Angeles, California. After overdubs are recorded for all the titles on June 12 and 13, 1973, for "Where Forever Begins" also on June 14 and July 6, 1973, and for "The Greatest Song I Ever Heard" and "Daddy Loves You Honey" also on June 29, 1973, Capitol Records will issue the final mixes of all the titles on Martino's album "I Won't Last A Day Without You" (ST-11302) and "Daddy Loves You Honey" also as a single (Capitol 3918) with "More Than Ever Now" (recorded November 22, 1971) on the flipside.

1973 - Billy May and The Time-Life Orchestra (lineup unlisted) record the titles "A Beautiful Friendship" featuring Ray Sherman on piano, "The Good Life", and "Voce E Eu (You And I)" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California. After overdubs are recorded on the same date for "A Beautiful Friendship" and "The Good Life", Time-Life Records will issue all the titles in the three-LP set "Volume 8 - Billy May" (STL 248) as part of its "As You Remember Them" series.

1980 – Paul McCartney & Wings' Apple Records single "Silly Love Songs", distributed by Capitol Records in the United States, certified Gold by the R.I.A.A.

1985 - Anne Murray's Capitol Records album "Heart Over Mind" is certified Gold by the R.I.A.A.

1985 - Neil Finn, with Nick Seymour, drummer Paul Hester, and Craig Hooper of The Reels, give their first performance as The Mullanes (Mullane is Neil's middle name) in Melbourne, Australia. When the group, minus Seymour, relocate to Los Angeles, they change the name of the band to Crowded House (named after their living conditions in L.A.).

30 Years Ago Today In 1996 - Capitol Records released the two-CD compilation album "Dean Martin - The Capitol Years" with 40 tracks including previously unreleased material and studio chatter.

20 Years Ago Today In 2006 - According to a news item on their website, Capitol Records group Queensryche is arrested at the Amsterdam airport for smuggling illegal firearms.


ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1940 - Joey Dee, actor and lead singer of the Roulette Records group Joey Dee and The Starlighters (best known for the single "Peppermint Twist" and not to be confused with The Starlighters who recorded for Capitol in the 1940's), is born Joseph DiNicola in Passaic, New Jersey. Nick & Renee DiNicola have put together a great site for Joey who still tours as Joey Dee and The Starlighters. Roulette Records' catalog is currently owned by Universal Music Group, Capitol Music Group's parent company.

1958 - Liberty Records releases Eddie Cochran's single "Summertime Blues" (F55144) with "Love Again" on the flipside. Liberty Records' catalog is currently owned by Universal Music Group, Capitol Music Group's parent company.

1963 - Alto saxophonist Sonny Stitt, with Thad Jones on trumpet, Chick Corea on piano, Larry Gales on bass, Willie Bobo on timbales, Carlos "Patato" Valdes on congas, and Osvaldo "Chihuahua" Martinez on percussion, records the title "Ritmo Bobo" in New York, City, New York for Roost Records. Roost Records will be bought by Roulette Records which will be bought by E.M.I., then Blue Note Records will issue the title on the multi-artist compilation CD "Latino Blue" (5-21688-2).

ON THIS DAY NOT IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

85 Years Ago Today In 1941 - At ceremony #57, Barbara Stanwick and Robert Taylor leave their hand and footprints at Graumann's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, California.

JUNE 10, 2026

HAPPY BIRTHDAYS!

1922 - Judy Garland, motion picture actress, television variety show host, Capitol Records artist and mother of Capitol Records artist Liza Minnelli, whose on and off long-term affair with Capitol Records co-founder Johnny Mercer was the inspiration for Mercer writing the song "I'll Remember You", is born Francis Ethel Gumm in Grand Rapids, Minnesota. Scott Brogan's website, The Judy Room, is where you need to go to find out more about the life and works of Miss Garland.

1973 - Faith Evans, singer and Capitol Records artist (2003 to present), is born Faith Rene Evans in Lakeland, Florida.

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1938 - Max Thurn conducts the choir and orchestra (lineups unlisted) of The Hamburg State Opera as they record Bruckner's "Mass In E Minor, Second Movement: Gloria" in two parts, "Mass In E Minor, Third Movement: Credo" in three parts, "Mass In E Minor, First Movement: Kyrie" in two parts, "Mass In E Minor, Sixth Movement: Agnus" in two parts, "Mass In E Minor, Fourth Movement: Sanctus", and "Mass In E Minor, Fifth Movement: Benedictus" in two parts in Hamburg, Germany for Telefunken Records. After Capitol Records licenses Telefunken's catalog for release in the United States, it will issue the entire piece on the album "BRUCKNER - Mass In E Minor" (EEL-2504 on five 10" shellac discs, KEM-8004 on five 7" vinyl discs, and P-8004 on 12" vinyl).

1944 - Jo Stafford (with Paul Weston and His Orchestra)'s Capitol Records single "Long Ago (And Far Away) enters the top 10 of Billboard's Best Selling Retail Records chart at #7, Andy Russell (with orchestra conducted by Al Sack)'s Capitol Records single "Amor" enters at #8, and Ella Mae Morse (with orchestra conducted by Dick Walters)'s Capitol Records single "Milkman, Keep Those Bottles Quiet" enters at #10.

80 Years Ago Today In 1946 - Peggy Lee (with the Four Of A Kind [Dave Barbour on guitar; Buddy Cole on piano; Phil Stephens on bass; and Tom Romerosa on drums] records the titles "Wherever There's Me There's You", "All The Cats Join In", "A Nightingale Can Sing The Blues" and "Come Rain Or Come Shine" for transcription for radio with arranger Frank DeVol conducting his orchestra (Uan Rasey, Abe Benike, and Irv Shulkin on trumpet; Si Zentner and George Faye on trombone; Dick Perissi on french horn; Skeets Herfurt, Julius Kinsler, Ron Perry, Ted Romersa, and Jerry Kasper on reeds; Henry Sugar, Joe Livoti, Victor Arno, Joe Quadri on violin; Jacob Kaz and Paul Lowenkron on viola; Julius Tannenbaum, Joe Saxton, and Fred Goerner on cello; June Weiland on harp), at Radio Recorders in Los Angeles, California with engineer John Palladino.

1948 - The Pomona College Glee Club (lineup unlisted) records the title "Torchbearers (Our Fair Pomona)" in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records which has yet to issue the title.

1948 - John Beal records vocals at the Walt Disney Studios in Burbank, California over band tracks recorded by Billy May and His Orchestra at Radio Recorders' studios at 932 North Western Avenue in Hollywood, California on December 30, 1947 for the four parts of the title "So Dear To My Heart". Capitol Records will issue the final mixes of all the titles on the children's album "So Dear To My Heart" (DD-109 on four 10" shellac discs, BD-124 also on four 10" shellac discs, CDF-3000 on four 7" vinyl discs) and the compilation album "Rusty In Orchestraville/So Dear To My Heart" ( P-3068 on 12" vinyl).

1950 - Nat King Cole's Capitol Records single "Mona Lisa", initially the flipside of "The Greatest Inventor Of Them All" (which is unavailable on any current Capitol Records CD release, but can be found on the French company Classic Jazz's CD "Nat "King" Cole 1949-1950"), is #14 on Billboard's Best Selling Retail Records chart, Kay Starr (with orchestra conducted by Frank DeVol)'s Capitol Records single "Hoop-De-Doo" enters the chart at #16, and Joe "Fingers" Carr and His Orchestra (with vocals by The Carr-Hops)'s Capitol Records single "Sam's Song" enters the chart at #20.

1953 - Trumpet player and bandleader Ray Anthony and His Orchestra (Pat Roberts, Jack Laubach, Ray Triscari, and Dale Turner on trumpet, Sy Berger, Vince Forrest, and Ken Schrudder and Dick Reynolds on trombones, Earl Bergman and Jim Schneider on clarinets and alto saxophones, Bill Usselton and Bill Slapin on tenor saxophones, Leo Anthony on baritone and alto saxophones, Eddie Ryan on piano, Danny Perri on guitar, Don Simpson on bass, Archie Freeman on drums) record the titles "Jersey Bounce" using an arrangement by Dick Reynolds and, with vocals by Marcie Miller, "I Guess It Was You All The Time" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both titles together as a single (Capitol 2532 on 10" shellac and F2532 on 7" vinyl).

1953 - Violist Sascha Gorodnitzki finishes three straight days of sessions to record Brahms' "Variations And Fugue On A Theme Of Handel" and "Variations On A Theme Of Paganini, Opus 35" at Capitol Records' studios in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue the complete pieces on the album "BRAHMS - Variations On A Theme Of Paganini, Opus 35/Variations And Fugue On A Theme Of Handel" (P-8227).

1955 - Lee Gillette produces a session at Capitol Records's Melrose Avenue studios in Hollywood, California that lays down an instrumental track of "But Not For Me" for Nat "King" Cole to use on his television show, but Cole does not record vocals for a commercial release. Nat can be seen performing the song on video recordings of the show.

70 Years Ago Today In 1955 - Jimmy Giuffre (with Jack Sheldon on trumpet, Ralph Pena on bass, and Artie Anton on drums), records the tracks ""Scintilla III" and "The Leprechaun" with Giuffre on clarinet, "Rhetoric" with Guiffre on tenor saxophone, and "Finger Snapper" with Giuffre on baritone saxophone at Capitol Records' Melrose Avenue Studios in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will release "Scintilla III" on Giuffre's album "Jimmy Giuffre: Tangents In Jazz" and the rest will be released by Mosaic Records on the 1997 box set "The Complete Capitol & Atlantic Recordings of Jimmy Giuffre".

1957 - Ferlin Husky's Capitol Records single "Gone" is tied for #10 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart with The Del Vikings single "Come Go With Me", Tommy Sand's Capitol Records single "Goin' Steady" is #26, and The Four Lad's Capitol Records single "I Just Don't Know" is #28.

1958 - Vocalist Marion Colby, with Billy May conducting his own arrangements to His Orchestra (Conrad Gozzo, John Best, and Mannie Klein on trumpets, Si Zentner, Tommy Pederson, and George Roberts on trombones, Ted Nash, Wilbur Schwartz, Babe Russin, Fred Falensby, and Chuck Gentry on saxophones, Paul Smith on piano, Al Hendrickson on guitar, Ralph Pena on bass, Alvin Stoller on drums, and Larry Bunker on marimbas) and The Jud Conlon Rhythmaires (vocal chorus - lineup unlisted), records the titles "A Man Could Be A Wonderful Thing", "Living With The Blues", "He Likes It, She Likes It", and "I'm No Angel" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California between 1:00 PM and 4:00 PM. Capitol Records will issue "A Man Could Be A Wonderful Thing" and "He Likes It, She Likes It" together as a single (Capitol F4083) and "Living With The Blues" and "I'm No Angel" together as a single (Capitol F4022).

1958 - Billy May conducts His Orchestra (Conrad Gozzo, Frank Beach, John Best, Uan Rasey, Pete Candoli, and Mannie Klein on trumpets, Si Zentner, Tommy Pederson, Ed Kusby, and George Roberts on trombones, Vincent De Rosa, John Cave, Jim Decker, Dick Perissi, and Art Frantz on French horns, Red Callender and Clarence Karella on tubas, Verlye Mills on harp, Paul Smith on piano, Al Hendrickson on guitar, Ralph Pena on bass, Alvin Stoller on drums, and Lou Singer and Ralph Hansell on percussionc) as they record the title "Return Of The Zombie" using an arrangment by Earle Hagen, and, using arrangements by May, the titles "Invitation", "Avenue Of Dreams" (later retitled "Brassmen's Holiday", and "Solving The Riddle" at an extended session in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California between 8:00 PM and 11:30 PM. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on the album "Billy May's Big Fat Brass" (T/ST 1043).

1958 - Pianist Leonard Pennario records Schumann's "Scenes From Childhood (Kinderscenen, Opus 15)" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the title on Pennario's two-LP set "The Young SCHUMANN" (PBR/SPBR-8480).

65 Years Ago Today In 1961 - Faron Young's Capitol Records single "Hello Walls" is #1 on the Country singles charts.

1963 - Trumpet player Joe Graves and The Diggers (Plas Johnson on tenor saxophone and unlisted others), using arrangements by Van Alexander, record the titles "Lollipop And Roses", "A Taste Of Honey", "Snake Charmer's Blues", and "Eternally" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Lollipop And Roses" and "A Taste Of Honey" on the group's album "The Great New Swingers" (T/ST 1977) and has yet to issue "Snake Charmer's Blues" and "Eternally".

1963 - During two sessions held this day in (listed as possibly) E.M.I.'s studios on Abbey Road in London, England, violinist Nathan Milstein, with Anatole Fistoulari conducting The Philharmonia Orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the first movement and part of the second movement of Mozart's "Concerto N° 5 In A Major ('Turkish')" at the first session and the rest of the second movement and the entire third movement at the second session. Angel Records, at the time a subsidiary of Capitol Records, will issue the entire piece on Milstein's album "MOZART - Violin Concerto N° 4 In D Major/Violin Concerto N° 5 In A Major ('Turkish')" (S-36007).

1965 - The Beatles' Capitol Records album "Beatles VI" is #1 on Billboard's Top 200 Albums chart.

1965 - Carl Kress, banjoist, guitarist, bandleader, and Capitol Records artist, dies in Reno, Nevada at age 57 of a heart attack.

1967 - Peggy Lee (with Toots Thielemans on guitar, and an unknown reed, bass, string and drum section) records the tracks "I Can Hear The Music", "It Might As Well Be Spring", and "Sing A Rainbow" with producer Dave Cavanaugh for her Capitol Records album "Somethin' Groovy".

1968 - Brother Makes Two (lineup unlisted) records the titles "Silly Ole Me" and "Don't Abuse Me" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both titles together as a single (Capitol 2262).

1968 - During two sessions held this day in Los Angeles, California, The Lettermen (vocalists Jim Pike, Tony Butala, and Bob Engemann), with unlisted others, record the titles "Caney Creek Reunion" and "Sally Leroy" at the first session then unlisted musicians record band tracks for the title "Tour D'Fourths" and overdubs for "Caney Creek Reunion" and "Sally Leroy" at the second session. After vocals are recorded for "Tour D'Fourths on June 13, 1968, and further overdubs are recorded for "Caney Creek Reunion" and "Sally Leroy" on June 14, 1968, Capitol Records will issue the final mix of "Sally Leroy" as a single (Capitol 2254) with "Playing The Piano" (recorded June 8, 1968 with overdubs recorded on June 13, 1968) on the flipside as by The Lettermen Present Tony Butala and has yet to issue either "Caney Creek Reunion" or "Tour D'Fourths".

1968 - Capitol Records registers the master it acquired from Apple Records for Billy Preston's titles "Let The Music Play" and "Through All Times" and has yet to issue "Let The Music Play" and will issue "Through All The Times" as a bonus track on the CD release of Preston's "That's The Way God Planned It" (Apple 7-97580-2).

1968 - The Beach Boys (lineup unlisted) record the title "Ol' Man River" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the title as a bonus track on the two album compilation CD "Friends/20-20" (7-93697-2).

50 Years Ago Today In 1976 - Capitol Records group Paul McCartney and Wings set a new world's record for attendance when 67,100 fans gather for an indoor concert at the Kingdome in Seattle, Washington.

1977 - The Steve Miller Band's album "Book Of Dreams" is certified Platinum by the R.I.A.A.

1988 - Capitol Records registers the master it acquired from E.M.I. for S-Express' title "Super Fly Guy" which it will issue as a single (Capitol 44224) with "Funky Killer" (registration date not listed) on the flipside.

35 Years Ago Today In 1991 - Capitol Records releases Skip Ewing's album "Naturally".

2003 - Capitol Records release Radiohead's album "Hail To The Thief" and The Beach Boys' compilation album "Sounds Of Summer: The Very Best Of The Beach Boys".

2003 - EMI/Capitol Records releases albums in their "Classic Masters" series by Crowded House, J Geils Band, Gordon Lightfoot, Najee, and The O'Jays.

2009 - Jack Nimitz, baritone saxophonist who played in the Woody Herman and Stan Kenton big bands and in the Capitol Records group Supersax as well as being a popular Hollywood studio musician, died at age 79 of complications from emphysema at his home in Studio City, California.

2009 - Barry Beckett, keyboardist with the Fame Studio house band and record producer of sessions with various artists including Capitol Records artist Bob Seger, died at age 66 of complications from a stroke at his home in Henderson, Tennessee according to his son Matthew.


ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1925 - Don Costa, composer, arranger, A & R director, and ABC, United Artists, and Columbia Records artist is born in Boston, Massachusetts.

1952 - Saxophonist Gerry Mulligan records the tracks "Get Happy", "'S Wonderful" and "Godchild" with Red Mitchell on bass on and Chico Hamilton on drums at his first session for the Pacific Jazz label, held at Phil Turetsky's home studio, in Los Angeles, California. Jimmy Bowles was supposed to be on the piano but he didn't show up for the session, so Mulligan is playing the piano during the bass solos. Universal Music Group, Capitol Music Group's parent company, currently owns the Pacific Jazz catalog and distributes it through the Blue Note label.

1957 - Rick Nelson's Imperial Records single "Teenager's Romance" is #13 on Billboard's Best Selling Retail Records chart and his Imperial Records single "I'm Walkin'" is #17, and Fats Domino's Imperial Records single "Valley Of Tears" is #22. Imperial Records' catalog is currently owned by Universal Music Group, Capitol Music Group's parent company.

65 Years Ago Today In 1961 - Maxi Priest, Virgin Records America artist, is born Max Alfred Elliott in Lewisham, London, England. I designed and did the production for the cover of the U.S. version of his self-titled debut album with Jeff Ayeroff art directing.

1963 - Sarah Vaughn (with arranger Gerald Wilson conducting Vocalist Sarah Vaughan, with Gerald Wilson conducting his own arrangements to Carmell Jones on piano, Teddy Edwards on tenor saxophone, Jack Wilson on organ, John Collins on guitar, Al McKibbon on bass, and Earl Palmer on drums, records the titles"Sermonette", "Gravy Waltz", and "Baby, Won't You Please Come Home" with producer Teddy Reig at United Recorders studios in Los Angeles, California for her Roulette Records album "Sarah Sings Soulfully" (SR 52116). Universal Music Group, Capitol Music Group's parent company, currently owns the Roulette catalog.

1964 - Jimmy Chamberlin, drummer with the Virgin Records America group Smashing Pumpkins is born.

1978 - United Artists Records group The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band celebrates its 20th anniversary at a performance in Rocks, Colorado.

JUNE 9, 2026

HAPPY BIRTHDAYS!

135 Years Ago Today In 1891 - Cole Porter, lyricist and composer, is born Cole Albert Porter in Peru, Indiana. Capitol Records will release the original Broadway cast album to Porter's musical "Can-Can" as well as the  soundtrack when it was turned into a movie. Capitol also released the soundtrack to Porter's "High Society" and the single from that album, "True Love", would earn Bing Crosby and Grace Kelly a gold record (Crosby's last).

1900 - Fred Waring, bandleader, choir master, motion picture and radio performer, television variety show host, inventor (the Waring blender), and leader of the Capitol Records group Fred Waring and The Pennsylvanians, is born Fredrick Malcolm Waring in Tyrone, Pennsylvania.

1915 - Les Paul, Capitol Records recording legend, guitarist, producer, early innovator of multi-track recording and the modern electric guitar as well as the designer of the echo chambers under the Capitol Records Tower is born Lester William Polsfuss in Waukesha, Wisconsin.

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1945 - Johnnie Johnston (with orchestra conducted by Paul Baron)'s Capitol Records single "Laura" is #5 on Billboard's Best Selling Retail Records chart and The Pied Pipers (with Paul Weston and His Orchestra)'s Capitol Records single "Dream" is #6.

1948 - The King Cole Trio appear on the bill for "Show For Sydenham (Hospital)" at Central Needle Trades High School at 225 West 24th Street, New York City, New York. Also appearing are Symphony Sid's and Ray Carroll's Be-Bop Concert From The Royal Roost which included Thelonius Monk, Charlie Parker, Rose Murphy, Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Joey Adams, Timmie Rogers, Thelma Carpenter, Garland Wilson, The Jimmie Lunceford Band, Tadd Dameron, Allan Eager, Miles Davis, Kai Winding, Billy Banks, Max Roach, Curley Russell, Milt Jackson, Leonard Gasking, Denzil Best, Kenny Hagood, The Nicholas Brothers, and The Three Palmers. Tickets were only available on the night of the performance.

1950 - Capitol Records releases Joe "Fingers" Carr's single "Sam's Song" and Kay Starr's single "Bonaparte's Retreat".

75 Years Ago Today In 1951 - Les Paul and Mary Ford's Capitol Records single "How High The Moon" is still #1 on Billboard's Best Selling Retail Records chart, Nat "King" Cole (with orchestra conducted by Les Baxter to a Nelson Riddle arrangement)'s Capitol Records single "Too Young" is #2, and Les Paul and Mary Ford's Capitol Records single "Mockin'bird Hill" is #10.

1952 - Hank Thompson's Capitol Records single "The Wild Side Of Life", with "Crying In The Deep Blue Sea" on the flipside, is #1 on the U.S. Country singles chart.

1953 - Vocalist Skeets McDonald, with Joe Maphis on fiddle, Billy Liebert on piano, Douglas Briley, Jimmy Bryant, and Billy Strange on guitars, Joyce "Red" Murrell on bass, and Roy Harte on drums, records the titles "Walking On Teardrops", "It's Your Life", "Baby I'm Countin'", and "Look Who's Crying Now" in Capitol Records' studios at 5515 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood, California between 2:15 PM and 5:15 PM. Capitol Records will issue "Walking On Teardrops" and "Look Who's Crying Now" together as a single (Capitol 2696 on 10" shellac and F2696 on 7" vinyl) and "It's Your Life" and "Baby I'm Countin'" together as a single (Capitol 2523 on 10" shellac and F2523 on 7" vinyl).

1953 - Violinist Sascha Gordonitzki records parts of Brahms' "Variations And Fugue On A Theme Of Handel" and "Variations On A Theme Of Paganini, Opus 35" at Capitol Records' studios in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue the complete pieces on the album "BRAHMS - Variations On A Theme Of Paganini, Opus 35/Variations And Fugue On A Theme Of Handel" (P-8227).

70 Years Ago Today In 1956 - Les Baxter and His Orchestra's Capitol Records single "Poor People Of Paris" is #13 on Billboard's Best Selling Retail Records chart, Dean Martin's Capitol Records single "Standing On The Corner" is #30, Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra's Capitol Records single "Lisbon Antigua" is #35, and The Four Freshmen's Capitol Records single "Graduation Day" enters the top 40 at #38.

1958 - Dean Martin's Capitol Records single "Return To Me" is #4 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart, The Four Prep's Capitol Records single "Big Man" is #7, Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Looking Back" is #9, Laurie London's Capitol Records single "He's Got The Whole World In His Hands" is #14, and Ed Townsend's Capitol Records single "For Your Love" is #20. Also, Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Looking Back" is #22 on WMGM's Top 40 Survey in New York City, New York.

1958 - Tenor saxophonist and vocalist Sam Butera and The Witnesses (Lou Sineaux on trombone, William "Willie" McCumber on piano, Bobby Roberts on guitar, Tony Liuzza on bass, and Paul Ferrara on drums) record the titles "Bim-Bam", "Handle With Care", "Dig That Crazy Chick", and "A Twinkle In Your Eye" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California between 6:00 PM and 9:00 PM. Capitol Records will issue "Bim-Bam" and "A Twinkle In Your Eye" together as a single (Capitol F4014) and "Handle With Care" as a single (Capitol F4119) with "French Poodle" (recorded as part of a Keely Smith and Louis Prima session with Butera on vocals on October 6, 1958) on the flipside. Bear Family Records will issue all the titles in Germany in the eight-CD box set "Louis Prima, Sam Butera & Keely Smith - Their Capitol Recordings" (BCD 15776).

1958 - The Jack Marshall Sextette (Harry Klee on flute, bass flute, and recorder, Milt Raskin on piano and cymbals, Edgar Lustgarten on cello, Jack Marshall on guitar and lute, Red Mitchell on bass, and Shelly Manne on drums), using arrangements by Jack Marshall, record a new take of the title "I Didn't Know What Time It Was" and the titles "Jeepers Creepers" and "My Heart Belongs To Daddy" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on the sextette's album "18th Century Jazz" (T 1108).

1958 - Vocalist Nat "King" Cole, with Dave Cavanaugh directing the orchestra (Mannie Klein, Rudy Loera, Henry Miranda, and Al Rojo on trumpets, Rene Touzet on piano, John Collins, Lorenzo Felix, Charles Gonzales, Fred Hernandez, and Joe Nieto on guitars, Joe Comfort on bass, Lee Young on drums, and Chico Guerrero, Joe Guerrero, Armando Mesa, and Carlos Vidal on percussion), records the titles "El Bodeguero", "Chachito", and "Noce De Ronda" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California between 2:30 PM and 5:30 PM. "El Bodeguero" and "Noce De Ronda" were made using band tracks by Armando Romeu, Jr. Orchestra recorded in late 1957 at Panart Studio in Havana, Cuba. Capitol Records will issue the "Chachito" and "Noce De Ronda" on Cole's album "Cole Español" (EAP-1-1031 and EAP-3-1031 respectively on 7" EPs and both titles on W/DW/ST/SM 1031 on 12" vinyl) and "El Bodeguero" for streaming as part of the album on Spotify. 

1958 - Cliffie Stone (listed as possibly on vocals), with Billy Liebert and His Orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the titles "Beer Barrel Polka", "Mexican Shuffle", "Billy Boy Schottische", and "Charleston" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Stone's album "Party's On Me" (T 1080).

1958 - Trumpet player and bandleader Harry James and His Orchestra (Nick Buono, Bob Rolfe, and Ollie Mitchell also on trumpets, Bob Edmondson and Ray Sims on trombones, Ernie Tack on bass trombone, Willie Smith and Herb Lorden on alto saxophones, Bob Poland and Sam Firmature on tenor saxophones, Ernie Small on baritone saxophone, Jack Perciful on piano, Dennis Budimir on guitar, Russ Phillips on bass, and Jackie Mills on drums), record the titles "Blues For Sale" and "Just For Fun" using arrangements by Ernie Wilkins in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California with producer Bill Miller. Capitol Records will issue both titles on James and the orchestra's album "Harry's Choice" (EAP-2-1093 on 7" EP and T/ST 1093 on 12" LP). Mosaic Records will also issue both titles in the 1999 seven-CD box set "The Complete Capitol Recordings Of The Gene Krupa And Harry James Orchestras" (MD7-192).

1960 - Judy Garland, with an orchestra conducted by Jack Marshall, records the tracks "Down With Love",  "Puttin' On The Ritz" and "Who Cares (As Long As You Care For Me)" for her album "Judy/That's Entertainment".

1963 - Buck Owen's Capitol Records single "Act Naturally", with "Over And Over Again" on the flipside, is #1 on the U.S. Country singles charts and Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Those Lazy-Hazy-Crazy Days Of Summer" is #34 on KRLA's Tune-Dex chart in Los Angeles.

1963 - Capitol Records purchases the masters to Wayne Newton's titles "Volare (Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu)", "But Not For Me", "You Made Me Love You", "I've Got The World On A String", "Bye Bye Blackbird", "Toot, Toot, Tootsie! (Good-bye)", "They Can't Take That Away From Me", "I Cried For You", "Ol' Man Mose", "Days Of Wine And Roses", and "I'll Remember April" and will issue all the titles on Newton's album "Danke Schoen" (T/ST 1973).

1965 - The Beach Boys' Capitol Records single "Help Me Rhonda" is #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart.

1967 - Peggy Lee, with Ralph Charmichael directing the orchestra (Toots Thielemans on guitar and whistling, and unlisted reeds, bass, string and drum players) and producer Dave Cavanugh, records the titles "Something Stupid", "Two For The Road", "Makin' Whoopee" with Thielemans also on harmonica, and "(Our) Love Is Here To Stay" at The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California. After overdubs are recorded on June 28 and 29, 1967, Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Lee's album "Somethin' Groovy" (T/ST 2781).

1973 - Brush Arbor (lineup unlisted) record the titles "Song To Mary Anne", "What's Your Mama's Name", "Home Again", and "I'm Not The Same Anymore" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Song To Mary Anne", "What's Your Mama's Name", and "Home Again" on the group's album "N° 2" (ST-11209), "Song To Mary Anne" also as a single (Capitol 3733) with "Now That It's All Over" (recorded April 28, 1973) on the flipside, and has yet to issue "I'm Not The Same Anymore".

1975 - Capitol Records Canada releases Sylvia Tyson's album "Woman's World".

1980 - Capitol Records releases The Motel's second album, "Careful".

1980 - Capitol Records recording artists Klaatu, whose members' identities had been kept from the public since their 1976 debut album, are finally announced to be John Woloschuk (vocals, keyboards, rhythm and bass guitar), Dee Long (vocals, lead guitarist, synthesizers), and Terry Draper (vocals, drums, percussion, keyboards, rhythm guitar). All three are natives of Toronto, Canada, Earth (not 4 lads from Liverpool, as a few had hoped, or anywhere else in the universe).

1983 - Vocalist Ellen Shipley, with unlisted others, records the title "Fugitive Kind" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the title on Shipley's album "Call Of The Wild" (ST-12289).

1990 - Wilson Phillips' SBK Records (at the time a division of Capitol Records) single "Hold On" is #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart.

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1953 - The Lou Donaldson-Clifford Brown Quintet (Clifford Brown on trumpet, Lou Donaldson on alto saxophone, Elmo Hope on piano, Percy Heath on bass, and Philly Joe Jones on drums) record the titles "Bellarosa", two takes of "Carvin' The Rock", two takes of "Cookin'", "Brownie Speaks", "De-Dah", "You Go To My Head", and another take of "Carving The Rock" in radio station WOR's studios in New York City, New York. Blue Note Records will issue "Bellarosa", the second take of "Carvin' The Rock", "the second take of "Cookin', "Brownie Speaks", "De-Dah", and "You Go To My Head" on the Donaldson and Brown's album "New Faces – New Sounds" (BLP5030), the first and third takes of "Carvin' The Rock", and the first take of "Cookin'" on Brown's compilation album "Alternate Takes" (BST84428), "Bellarosa" and the second take of "Cookin'" also as a single (Blue Note 1623), the second take of "Carvin' The Rock" and "De-Dah" also as a single (Blue Note 1624), "Brownie Speaks" and "You Go To My Head" also together as a single (Blue Note 16220), and all the titles and takes on the CD release of Brown's compilation album "Memorial Album" (7-81526-2).

70 Years Ago Today In 1956 - Fats Domino's Imperial Records single "I'm In Love Again" is #12 on Billboard's Best Selling Retail Records chart and Domino's Imperial Records single "My Blue Heaven" is #31. Universal Music Group, Capitol Music Group's parent company, currently owns Imperial Records' catalog.

1957 - Capitol Records artist Frank Sinatra, with Nelson Riddle's Orchestra, gives a concert in Seattle, Washington that is recorded and finally released in 1999 on the album "Sinatra '57" by the Artanis (spell it backwards) Entertainment Group.

1958 - David Seville's Liberty Records single "Witch Doctor" is #3 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart, Dion and The Belmont's Laurie Records single "I Wonder Why" is #33, and Fats Domino's Imperial Records single "Sick And Tired" is tied for #40 with Kathy Linden's single "Billy". Liberty, Laurie and Imperial Records' catalogs are currently owned by Universal Music Group, Capitol Music Group's parent company.

1962 - Dion's Laurie Records single "Lovers Who Wander" is #3 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart, Jay and The American's United Artists Records single "She Cried" is #16, Walter Brennan's Liberty Records single "She Cried" is #17, Bobby Vee's Liberty Records single "Sharing You" is #31, and Dick and DeeDee's Liberty Records single "Tell Me" is #40. Laurie, United Artists, and Liberty Record's catalogs are currently owned by Universal Music Group, Capitol Music Group's parent company.

1968 - Bobby Goldsboro's United Artists Records single "Honey" is #1 on the U.S. Country singles chart. United Artists' catalog is currently owned by Universal Music Group, Capitol Music Group's parent company.

35 Years Ago Today In 1991 - Paula Abdul's Virgin Records America single "Rush Rush" is #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart. Virgin Records is a division of Capitol Music Group.

2004 - Barbara Whiting Smith, radio, movie and television actress, daughter of composer Richard Whiting, and sister of Capitol Records artist Margaret Whiting dies of cancer at age 73 in Pontiac, Michigan and is buried at Greenwood Cemetery, Birmingham, Michigan.


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1934 - Donald Duck makes his debut in the Silly Symphonies cartoon "The Wise Little Hen".

1957 - Alto saxophonist Lou Donaldson (with Herman Foster on piano, Peck Morrison on bass, Dave Bailey on drums, and Ray Barretto on congas) records the tracks "Herman's Mambo", "Peck Time" a mono and a stereo version of ""There'll Never Be Another You", "Groove Junction", "Dorothy", "Grits And Gravy" and ""I Won't Cry Anymore" for his Blue Note Records album "Swing And Soul". The session was produced by Alfred Lion with recording engineer Rudy Van Gelder at Van Gleder's studio at his home in Hackensack, New Jersey. Blue Note's catalog is currently owned by Universal Music Group, Capitol Music Group's parent company.

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HAPPY BIRTHDAYS!

1918 - Robert Preston, Broadway and motion picture actor, and Capitol Records artist (original Broadway cast album "The Music Man") is born Robert Preston Meservey in Newton, Massachusetts.

90 Years Ago Today In 1936 - Odessa Harris who, with producers Earl Wainwright and Bill Wyler, recorded the tracks "You're What I Need" and "Since I Fell For You", "The Color Of His Love Is Blue" and "Driving Wheels", which were released in 1967 as two singles for the Uptown Records label (a subsidiary of Tower Records, itself a subsidiary of Capitol Records), is born in West Helena, Arkansas.

90 Years Ago Today In 1936 - James Darrin, motion picture and television actor and singer, who would record his first album, "Album No. 1", for ColPix Records in Studio A of The Capitol Tower Studios in 1959 and return 42 years later in 2001 to record his album "Because Of You" for Concord Jazz Records, is born James William Ercolani in Philadelphia Pennsylvania.

1953 - Jeff Rich, drummer with the Capitol Records group Status Quo is born.

1962 - Nick Rhodes, the keyboardist for the Capitol Records bands Duran Duran and Arcadia as well as The Devils, is born Nicholas James Bates in Moseley, West Midlands, England.

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95 Years Ago Today In 1931 - Future Capitol Records co-founder Johnny Mercer marries Ginger Meehan (born Elizabeth Meltzer), in New York City. Ginger would suggest the name Capitol Records over dinner at Chasen's restaurant in Beverly Hills after the company couldn't retain the rights to the name Liberty Records.

80 Years Ago Today In 1946 - The King Cole Trio’s recording of “(Get Your Kicks On) Route 66” enters the U.S. R&B charts, where it will peak at #3 

80 Years Ago Today In 1946 - Andy Russell's Capitol Records single "Laughing On The Outside (Crying On The Inside)" is #5 on Billboard's Best Selling Retail Records chart and Alvino Ray and His Orchestra (with vocals by Rocky Coluccio)'s Capitol Records single "Cement Mixer (Put-Ti Put-Ti) is #9.

1953 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Pretend" is #4 on Britain's Top 5 Singles chart.

1953 - Vocalist Betty Hutton, with Nelson Riddle conducting his own arrangments to the orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the titles "Goin' Steady" and "Wanderin' Eyes" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Goin' Steady" as a single (Capitol 2522) with "No Matter How You Say Goodbye" (recorded June 5, 1953) on the flipside and has yet to issue "Wanderin' Eyes".

1953 - Vocalist and guitarist Hank Thompson and His Brazos Valley Boys (Amos Lee Hedrick and Robert "Bob" White on fiddles, Gilbert "Gil" Baca on piano, Billy Gray and Merle Travis also on guitars, Wayma "Pee Wee" Whitewing on steel guitar, Billy Briggs Stewart on bass, and Paul McGhee on drums) record the titles "Go Cry Your Heart Out", "Wake Up Irene", "A Fooler And A Faker", and "Breakin' The Rules" in Capitol Records' studios at 5515 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood, California between 3:30 PM and 6:30 PM, with producer Ken Nelson. Capitol Records will issue "Go Cry Your Heart Out" and "Wake Up Irene" together as a single (Capitol 2646 on 10" shellac and F2646 on 7" vinyl) and "A Fooler And A Faker" and "Breakin' The Rules" together as a single (Capitol 2758 on 10" shellac and F2758 on 7" vinyl).

1953 - Guitarist and vocalist Freddie Segrest (as Freddie Hart"), with Amos Lee Hedrick on fiddle, Gil Baca on piano, Billy Gray also on guitar, Wayma "Pee Wee" Whitewing on steel guitar, and Billy Briggs Stewart on bass, records the titles "Butterfly Love", "My Heart Is A Playground", "Whole Hog Or None", and "Secret Kisses" in Capitol Records' studios at 5515 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood, California from 10:30 PM to 1:30 AM on June 9, 1953, with producer Ken Nelson. Capitol Records will issue "Butterfly Love" and "My Heart Is A Playground" together as a single (Capitol 2524 on 10" shellac and F2524 on 7" vinyl) and "Whole Hog Or None" and "Secret Kisses" together a single (Capitol 2588 on 10" shellac and F2588 on 7" vinyl.

1953 - Violinist Sascha Gorodnitzki begins three straight days of sessions at Capitol Records' studios in New York City, New York to record Brahms' "Variations And Fugue On A them Of Handel" and "Variations On A Theme Of Paganini, Opus 35". Capitol Records will issue both titles on Gorodnitzki's album "BRAHMS - Variations On A Theme Of Paganini, Opus 35/Variations And Fugue On A Theme Of Handel" (P-8227).

1955 - Faron Young's Capitol Records single "Live Fast Love Hard Die Young", with "Forgive Me Dear" on the flipside, becomes Young's first #1 on the U.S. Country singles charts.

1959 - Franck Pourcell and His French Fiddlers' Capitol Records single "Only You (Loin De Vous)" is # 9 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart.

1960 - John Stewart, member of the Capitol Records group The Kingston Trio marries Julie Koehler, whom he met in high school.

1963 - Kyu Sakamoto's Capitol Records single "Sukiyaki" is #2 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart, Al Martino's Capitol Records single "I Love You Because" is #4, Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Those Lazy-Hazy-Crazy Days Of Summer" is #9, The Beach Boys' Capitol Records single "Surfin' U.S.A." is #10, Bobby Darin's Capitol Records single "Yellow Roses" is #11, The Kingston Trio's Capitol Records single "Reverend Mr. Black" is #26, and The Beach Boys' Capitol Records single "Shut Down' (the flip side of "Surfin' U.S.A.") is #32.
Also, Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Those Lazy-Hazy-Crazy Days Of Summer" is #4 on Billboard magazine's Middle-Road Singles chart, #24 on KFWB's Fabulous Forty Survey in Los Angeles, California, and #35 on C-Fun's C-Funtastic Fifty chart in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Also, Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records album "Ramblin' Rose" is #43 on Billboard magazine's Top LPs - 150 Best Sellers - Monaural chart.

1967 - Wynn Stewart's Capitol Records single "It's Such A Pretty World Today", with "Ol' What's Her Name" on the flipside, is #1 on the U.S. Country singles charts.

1967 - Vocalist Al Martino, with Peter De Angelis conducting his own arrangement to unlisted musicians, records the titles "Making Memories", "Red Is Red", "Can't Take My Eyes Off  You", "Now (Before Another Day Goes By)", and "Release Me" in New York City, New York with producers Tom Morgan and Marvin Holtzman. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Martino's album "Mary In The Morning" (T/ST 2780).

1968 - During two sessions held this day in Los Angeles, California, The Lettermen (vocalists Jim Pike, Tony Butala, and Bob Engemann), with unlisted others, record the titles "Leavin' Again" and "Playin' Piano" at the first session and the titles "Under The Sea" and "Here To Stay" at the second session. After overdubs are recorded for "Leavin' Again", "Under The Sea", and Here To Stay" also on June 8, 1968 and for all the titles on June 13, 1968, Capitol Records will issue the final mix of "Playing The Piano" as a single (Capitol 2254) with "Sally Leroy" (recorded June 10, 1968) on the flipside as by The Lettermen Present Tony Butala and has yet to issue any of the other titles which were listed as by Tony butala in the Capitol file on unissued masters.

1969 - Sonny James' Capitol Records single "Running Bear", with "Midnight Mood" on the flipside, is #1 on the U.S. Country singles charts.

1973 - Overdubs are recorded in Los Angeles, California for Glen Campbell's titles "A Beautiful Love Song" and "Bring Back My Yesterday", then Campbell, on vocals with unlisted others, records the titles "Wedding Bells", "Cold, Cold Heart", and "Take These Chains From My Heart". Capitol Records will issue the final mixes of "A Beautiful Love Song" and "Bring Back My Yesterday" together as a single (Capitol 3669), "A Beautiful Love Song" also on Campbell's album "Houston (I'm Comin' To See You)" (SW-11293) and "Wedding Bells", "Cold, Cold Heart", and "Take These Chains From My Heart" on Campbell's album "I Remember Hank Williams" (SW=11253).

1974 - Paul McCartney & Wings' album "Band On The Run" hits #1 on Billboard's Top 200 Albums chart.

1975 - Linda Ronstadt's Capitol Records single "When Will I Be Loved", with "It Doesn't Matter Anymore" on the flipside, is #1 on the U.S. Country singles charts.

1983 - Vocalist Juice Newton, with an orchestra (lineup unlisted) using arrangements by Charles Calello, records the title "Keeping Me On My Toes" at the Conway Recording Studio in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the title on Newton's album "Dirty Looks" (ST-12294).

1988 - Vocalist Anne Murray, with unlisted others, records the titles "Slow All Night" and "I'm Losing Your Love" at the Nightingale Studio in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue "Slow All Night" as a single (Capitol 44219) with "Flying On Your Own" (recorded January 29, 1988) on the flipside. No issuing information is listed for "I'm Losing Your Love".

1999 - Capitol Records releases the album "Mrs. Miller: Wild, Cool & Swingin'" as part of their UltraLounge Series.

2005 - Capitol Records group The Shout Out Louds make their late night television debut on "The Late Show with David Letterman".

2005 - Nick Ulleseit, Jonathan Gelber, Jayinee Basu, Dan Kent and Taylor Baxley, Los Gatos, California students, flew to Los Angeles for the day to visit Capitol Records, getting tips about how to make themselves more marketable and successful, and a got a chance to promote their own music.

2007 - Nellie Lutcher, arranger, songwriter, pianist, singer, bandleader (Nellie Lutcher and Her Rhythm), sister of Capitol Records artist Joe Lutcher, and a Capitol Records artist who was signed to the label in 1947 by Dave Dexter, Jr. after hearing her on a live benefit show (which she was booked to play by deejay Frank Bull) on Los Angeles radio station KFWB, dies at age 94 of complications of old age in a nursing home in Los Angeles, California. There will be a memorial service on Tuesday, June 19, at 11:00 AM at Founder's Church of Religious Science, 3281 W. 6th Street, in Los Angeles, California. I attended and it turned out to be an open casket service. Her family and friends filled the lower chapel and listened to remembrances and recordings of her music. She was laid to rest in an ivory white coffin with golden brass fittings.


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1940 - Nancy Sinatra, singer, motion picture actress, and daughter of future Capitol Records artist Frank Sinatra, is born Nancy Sandra Sinatra, Jr. in Jersey City, New Jersey.

1959 - Martin Denny's Liberty Records single "Quiet Village" is #5 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart, Dion and The Belmont's Laurie Records single "A Teenager In Love" is #6, and Fats Domino's Imperial Records single "I'm Ready" is #16. Universal Music Group, Capitol Music Group's parent company, currently owns Liberty, Laurie, and Imperial Records' catalogs.

1963 - Lou Christie's Roulette Records single "Two Faces Have I" is #6 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart and The Chiffons' Laurie Records single "One Fine Day" is #36. Universal Music Group, Capitol Music Group's parent company, currently owns Roulette and Laurie Records' catalogs.

1968 - Paul McCartney was the best man at his brother Michael's wedding to hair stylist Angela Fishwick, held at St. Bridget's Parish Church in Carrog, Merioneth, North Wales (the same church where Paul and Mike's father Jim married his second wife in 1966). The other Beatles sent congratulatory telegrams (George and Ringo visited folksinger Joan Baez at her home in Carmel, California). The reception was held at Jim McCartney's home in Gayton, Cheshire, and featured a family sing-song, led by Paul at the piano.

1969 - Brian Jones, a founding member and a guitarist in the future Virgin Records group The Rolling Stones, is fired from the band by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards.

1977 - Kanye West is born Kanye Omari West in Atlanta, Georgia and, in 2002, was this close to being signed to Capitol Records.

40 Years Ago Today In 1981 - Duran Duran's self-titled first album is released by Parlophone Records in the UK.

1993 - Jim Tunnell, with Bob Belden, record the title "Kiss" at an unlisted studio. Blue Note Records will issue the title in Europe on the multi-artist compilation CD "Blue Note Plays Prince" (8-63827-2).

1998 - Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr appear together in public for the first time since 1969 at a memorial service for Linda McCartney, which is also attended by, among others, Sting, Pete Townshend and Sir Elton John, at a private service at St. Martins-in-the-Fields church in London, England.

2004 - Publisher Bill Lowery, who started Lowery Music Company (eventually becoming Lowery Music Group) because of a suggestion by Capitol A&R VP Ken Nelson and who's first million seller was "Be-Bop-A-Lula", dies of cancer at age 79 in Atlanta, Georgia.

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1867 - Frank Lloyd Wright, architect and founder of the Taliesin School of Architecture, is born in Richland Center, Wisconsin.

1912 - Carl Laemmle incorporates Universal Pictures.

85 Years Ago aToday In 1941 - Clarence "Fuzzy" Haskins, a vocalist for the bands The Parliaments and Funkadelic, is born in Elkhorn, West Virginia.

JUNE 7, 2026

HAPPY BIRTHDAYS!

120 Years Ago Today In 1906 - Glen Gray, an alto saxophone player, bandleader, and Capitol Records artist as Glen Gray and The Casa Loma Orchestra is born Glen Gray Knoblauch in Roanoke, Illinois.

1917 - Dean Martin, a singer, motion picture actor, radio and television variety show co-host and host, Capitol Records artist, first as part of the team Martin and Lewis with Jerry Lewis and then as a solo act, and a Reprise Records artist is born Dino Paul Crocetti at 319 South Sixth Street, Steubenville, Ohio at 11:55 PM.

1924 - Dolores Gray, a Broadway and motion picture actress and singer, and a Capitol Records artist (the 1959 album "Warm Brandy") is born in Chicago, Illinois.

1934 - Wynn Stewart, a Capitol Records artist (1956-1958 and 1965-1972) and a major influence on the "Bakersfield Sound" of Buck Owens and Merle Haggard, is born Winford Lindsey Stewart in Morrisville, Missouri.

1967 - Dave Navarro, an author, television game show host, Capitol Records solo artist, and guitarist in the bands Jane's Addiction, Deconstruction, The Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Panic Channel, and Camp Freddy, is born David Michael Navarro in Santa Monica, California. I worked on the art and design of the CD packaging and promotional materials for his album "Trust No One".

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

80 Years Ago Today In 1946 - Stan Kenton and His Orchestra (same lineup as at session on June 4, 1946) record, for transcription at Radio Recorders in Hollywood, California, the tracks: "Who's Got A Tent For Rent" with vocal and trumpet solo by Ray Wetzel; "I Got The Sun In The Morning" with vocal by June Christy and solos by Stan Kenton (piano), Eddie Safranski (bass), and Vido Musso (tenor saxophone); "Peg O' My Heart" with solos by Kenton, Safranski, Musso, Chico Alvarez (trumpet), Kai Winding (trombone), and Al Anthony (alto saxophone); "Come Rain Or Come Shine" with vocal by Christy and solos by Kenton and Safranski; "They Say It's Wonderful" with vocal by Gene Howard and solo by Musso; "I Don't Know Why, I Just Do" with vocal by Howard and solos by Kenton and Anthony; "He's Funny That Way" with vocal by Christy; "Lover" with solos by Kenton, Safranski, Musso and Winding.

1952 - Al Martino (with orchestra conducted by Monty Kelly)'s Capitol Records single "Here In My Heart" is #2 on Billboard's Best Selling Retail Records chart, Kay Starr (with orchestra conducted by Harold Mooney)'s Capitol Records single "Wheel Of Fortune" is #8, Ella Mae Morse (with Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra)'s Capitol Records single "Blacksmith Blues" is #18, Jane Froman (with orchestra conducted by Sid Feller)'s Capitol Records single "I'll Walk Alone" is #17, and Les Paul's Capitol Records single "Carioca" is #18.

1955 - Woody Herman and His Orchestra (with the same line up as the sessions on June 6, 1955 but without Glow and Travis on trumpet) records the tracks "You're Here My Love" (arranged by Ralph Burns), "The Girl Upstairs" (arranged by George Williams), "House Of Bamboo" (arranged by Burns), "Buttercup" (probably arranged by Nat Pierce), "Sentimental Journey" (arranged by Nat Pierce), "Skinned Again" (arranged by Williams), and "Where Or When (arranged by Bill Holman with Ted Sommer on bells, an unknown harpist, and an unidentified vocal chorus), in New York City. "You're Here My Love", "House Of Bamboo", and "Skinned Again" appeared on Capitol Record singles, "Sentimental Journey" and "Where And When" appeared on the Capitol Records album "Road Band!", and "The Girl Upstairs" on the Capitol Records album "The Hits Of Woody Herman". "Buttercup" which went unissued until it appeared on Mosaic Records' 2000 box set "The Complete Capitol Recordings of Woody Herman".

1955 - Jimmy Giuffre, clarinet, tenor saxophone and baritone saxophone player, with Jack Sheldon on trumpet, Ralph Pena on bass, and Artie Anton on drums, records the tracks "Finger Snapper" (with Giuffre on baritone saxophone), "Scintilla I" (with Giuffre on baritone saxophone), "Rhetoric" (with Giuffre on tenor saxophone), "Lazy Tones" (with Giuffre on clarinet), and "Scintilla IV" (with Giuffre on baritone saxophone) in Capitol Records' Melrose Avenue studios in Hollywood, California for the album "Jimmy Giuffre: Tangents In Jazz". The takes of "Finger Snapper" and "Rhetoric" were rejected by Capitol and were re-recorded on June 10, 1955. The first takes were finally released by Mosaic Records in 1997 in the box set "The Complete Capitol & Atlantic Recordings of Jimmy Giuffre".

1958 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Looking Back" is #5 on The Billboard magazines R&B Best Sellers In Stores and Most Played R&B By Jockeys charts, "Looking Back" and its flipside, "Do I Like It?" are #6 on the magazine's Best Selling Pop Singles In Stores chart, "Looking Back" is #6 on the magazine's Top 100 Sides chart, #15 on Cash Box magazine's Best Selling Singles chart, #18 on The Billboard magazine's Most Played By Jockeys chart, and #25 on KFWB's Fabulous Forty Survey in Los Angeles, California.

1963 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Those Lazy-Hazy-Crazy Days Of Summer" is #17 on WLS 890 AM's Silver Dollar Survey in Chicago, Illinois.

1963 - During two sessions held this day in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California, The Kingston Trio (vocalists Nick Reynolds, Bob Shane, and John Stewart), with Glen Campbell on banjo and high harmony vocals and unlisted others, record the title "Jackson", instrumental backing for the title "Desert Pete" as a version of "Desert Pete" with vocals between 3:00 PM and 7:30 PM during the extended first session and the titles "Two-Ten, Six-Eighteen" and the instrumental backing for the title "Blowin' In The Wind" at thesecond session between 9:00 PM and 12:00 AM on June 8, 1963. After vocal overdubs and overdubs of Jack Marshall on guitar and Dean Reilly on bass are recorded on June 17, 1968 from 3:00 PM  to 7:30 PM and from 9:00 PM to 12:00 AM on June 18, 1963 for "Desert Pete", Capitol Records will issue "Jackson", the final mix of "Desert Pete", and "Two-Ten, Six-Eighteen" on the group's album "Sunny Side!" (T/ST 1935) and "Desert Pete" also as a single (Capitol F5005) with "Ballad Of The Thresher" (recorded June 17, 1963) on the flipside. Bear Family Records will issue all the titles and takes in Germany in the 10-CD box set "The Kingston Trio - The Stewart Years" (BCD 16161).

1963 - Bobby Valenti, with unlisted others, records the titles "Little Miss Teardrop", "One More Chance", and "Lovers Hymn" in New York City, New York for Capitol Records which has yet to issue any of the titles.

1965 - Judy Holliday, a singer and an actress who appears on Capitol Record's soundtrack of "Bells Are Ringing" with Dean Martin dies of breast cancer at age 43 at 5:00 AM at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City. Two days later a funeral service is held at the Frank E. Campbell Funeral Chapel in New York City, NY. Algernon Black of the Ethical Cultural Society delivers the eulogy. Among the mourners Gerry Mulligan, Yetta Cohn, David Oppenheim, Sydney Chaplin, Betty Comden, Adolph Green, Jule Styne, Abe Burrows and Howard Teichmann. After the service, Judy will be laid to rest at Westchester Hills Cemetery in Hastings-on-Hudson, NY with a private service conducted at the gravesite in Hebrew.

1968 - String overdubs are recorded by unlisted musicians in Los Angeles, California for John Stewart and Buffy Ford's title "Santa Barbara". Capitol Records will issue the final mix of the title on the duo's album "Signals Through The Glass" (ST 2975).

1968 - Overdubs are recorded for The Beach Boys' title "Do It Again" in Los Angeles, California. After further overdubs are recorded on June 12, 1968, Capitol Records will issue the final mix of the title as a single (Capitol 2239) with "Wake The World" (recorded March 28, 1968) on the flipside and also on the the group's albums "Stack O' Tracks" (DKAO 2893) and the two-LP set "The Beach Boys - Made In U.S.A." (STBK-12396). The single will go to #1 in the U.K.

1968 - Norma Tanega, with unlisted others, records the titles "Autophont" and "Snowbird" in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records which has yet to issue either title.

1968 - Vocalist John Stewart, with unlisted others, records the title "Pirates" in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records which has yet to issue the title.

1968 - The Beach Boys, lineup unlisted, record the title "Untitled #1" in Los Angeles, California. After it is possibly renamed "Old Folks At Home", Capitol Records will issue the title as a bonus track on the double album CD "Friends/20-20" (7-93697-2).

1969 - Apple and Capitol Records artists John Lennon and Yoko Ono appear on David Frost's TV show.

1970 - The Beatles' last #1 single as a band "The Long And Winding Road", with "For You Blue" on the flipside, hits #1 on Billboards' Hot 100 Singles chart.

1973 - Vocalist Al Martino, with unlisted others, records the titles "Here's To The Next Time", "Living Together", and "I Didn't Mean To Love You" in Los Angeles, California. After overdubs are recorded for "Here's To The Next Time" on June 12, 13, 18, and 29, 1973 and July 18, 1973, for "Living Together" on June 12, 13, 18, and 29, 1973, and for "I Didn't Mean To Love You" on June 12, 13, 1973 and July 6, 1973, Capitol Records will issue the final mixes of all the titles on Martino's album "I Won't Last A Day Without You" (ST-11302).

1973 - Capitol Records purchases the masters for Buddy Alan's titles "Summer Afternoons" and "Maybe Things Would Be Better That Way", which were recorded at the Buck Owens Studios in Bakersfield, California from Buck Owens Enterprises and will issue both titles together as a single (Capitol 3680).

1973 - Overdubs are recorded in Los Angeles, California for Glen Campbell's titles "A Beautiful Love Song", "Bring Back My Yesterday", "I Can't Help It If I'm Still In Love With You" and "Half As Much". Also Glen Campbell, with unlisted others records the titles "Your Cheating Heart", "I'm So Lonesome I Could Die", "You Win Again", and "I Could Never Be Ashamed Of You" in Los Angeles, California. After further overdubs are recorded for "A Beautiful Love Song", "Bring Back My Yesterday", and "Mansion On the Hill" on June 8, 1973, Capitol Records will issue the final mixes of all the titles on Campbell's album "I Remember Hank Williams" (SW-11253).

1973 - Vocalist Stoney Edwards, with unlisted others, records the titles "One More Hill to Climb", "Talk About A Good Woman", "I'm Not That Good At Goodbye", "Hank And Lefty Raised My Country Soul", and "Honey (Stoney's Yodel) in Nashville, Tennessee. After overdubs are recorded on June 18, 1974 for "Talk About A Woman" and "I'm Not That Good At Goodbye", Capitol Records will issue the final mix of "Talk About A Woman" as a single (Capitol 3949) with "Our Garden Of Love" (recorded July 12, 1971) on the flipside, "Hank And Lefty Raised My Country Soul" as a single (Capitol 3671) with "A Few Of The Reasons" (recorded January 7, 1971) on the flipside, "Honey (Stoney's Yodel)" as a single (Capitol 3878) with "I Will Never Get Over You" (recorded March 6, 1974) on the flipside, and has yet to issue either "One More Hill To Climb" and "I'm Not That Good At Goodbye".

1973 - Vocalist Virgil Warner, with unlisted others, records the titles "Letting Go", "It Takes Time", "Your Steppin' Stone", and "I'm Not Goin' Hungry" in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue "Your Steppin' Stone" and "I'm Not Goin' Hungry" together as a single (Capitol 3685) and has yet to issue "Letting Go" and "It Takes Time".

50 Years Ago Today In 1976 - Capitol Records releases The Beatles' compilation album "Rock 'n' Roll Music" in the U.S.

50 Years Ago Today In 1976 - Bobby Hackett (born Robert Leo Hackett), coronet, trumpet and guitar player, member of Benny Goodman and His Orchestra (played at the 1938 Carnegie Hall concert), and Glenn Miller and His Orchestra (initially as a guitarist while his lip was healing, then on short solos such as on "String Of Pearls"), band leader, a Capitol Records solo artist, and on Jackie Gleason's Capitol Records albums, dies in Chatham, Massachusetts of a heart attack at age 61.

1982 - Capitol Records rushes Duran Duran's single "Hungry Like A Wolf" to radio stations, and MTV puts the video for the title into heavy rotation.

1983 - Dayton (lineup unlisted) records the titles "It Must Be Love", "Promise Me", "Caught In The Middle", "Eyes", "Lookin' Up", "Somebody New", and "Out Tonight" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "It Must Be Love", "Promise Me", "Caught In The Middle", "Eyes", "Lookin' Up", and "Out Tonight" on the group's album "Feel The Music" (ST-12297) and "It Must Be Love" also as a single (Capitol 5269) with "Conversation" (recorded for United Artists on an unlisted date) on the flipside, "Promise Me" also a single (Capitol 5375) with "Fast Lane" (recorded March 4, 1973) on the flipside, and "Out Tonight" also a single (Capitol 5306) also with "Fast Lane" on the flipside.

1983 - Vocalist Ellen Shipley, with unlisted others, records the title "Any Heart'll Do" in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records which has yet to issue the title.

1988 - Vocalist Anne Murray, with unlisted others, records the title "Take It From my Heart" at Nightingale Studio in Nashville, Tennessee for Capitol Records. No issuing information is listed.

1993 - Liberty Records (later renamed Capitol Records Nashville) releases John Berry's album "John Berry".

1997 - The second Tibetian Freedom concerts, a two-day event held at Downing Stadium on Randall's Island, New York City, features Capitol Records artists The Foo Fighters, The Beastie Boys, and Radiohead along with many others.

2005 - Released today by Capitol Records in the U.S. are Coldplay's album "X&Y" (which will go on to sell 737,294 copies its first week becoming the biggest 1st week for any album of new material in Capitol Records' history), Les Paul with Mary Ford's album "The Best Of The Capitol Masters - 90th Birthday Edition", a reissue of june christy's 1959 album "ballads for night people" (the type on the cover of the album is all lower case, at least 25 years before k. d. lang got the idea), and a reissue of Bob Seger's 1972 album "Smokin' O.P.'s"


ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1963 - During a split session held this day in recording engineer Rudy Van Gelder's studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, first alto saxophonist Lou Donaldson, with Irvin Stokes on trumpet, John Patton on organ, Grant Green on guitar, and Ben Dixon on drums, records the titles "Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White", "Soul' Meetin'", "Hipty Hop", "My Melancholy Baby", "When I Fall In Love" without Stokes on trumpet, and "People Will Say We're In Love" then guitarist Grant Green, with John Patton on organ and Ben Dixon on drums, records the title "Blues For Lou". Blue Note Records rejects the takes of "When I Fall In Love" and "People Will Say We're In Love", will issue "Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White", "Soul' Meetin'", "Hipty Hop", and "My Melancholy Baby" in 1999 on Donaldson's CD "Man With A Horn" (5-21436-2), and will issue "Blues For Lou" in 1999 on Green's CD "Blues For Lou" (5-21438-2).

1973 - At a session that will go into the early morning hours of June 8, 1983, flute player and vocalist Bobbi Humphrey, with Jerry Peters on piano and electric piano, Fonce Mizell on clavinet, trumpet and vocals, Fred Perren on synthesizer and vocals, David T. Walker and John Rowin on guitars, Chuck Rainey and Ron Brown on electric basses, Harvey Mason on drums, Stephanie Spruill on percussion, King Errison on congas and background vocals, and Larry Mizell also on vocals and using arrangements by Larry Mizell, records the titles "Chicago, Damn", "Jasper Country Man", and "Baby's Gone" at The Sound Factory studios in New York City New York. Blue Note Records will issue all the titles on Humphrey's album "Blacks And Blues" (BN-LA142 on 12" LP and 4-98542-2 on CD).

2005 - Simon Waronker, violinist, orchestra contractor, and, in 1955, founder of Liberty Records (I guess the NYC store had closed since Capitol had wanted to use the name in 1942) and the basis for one of The Chipmunks' names, dies at his home in Beverly Hill, California at age 90. EM.I. will purchase Liberty's catalog and Capitol Records and EMI America Records will reissue titles from it.

ON THIS DAY NOT IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1937 - Jean Harlow, an actress, and an M-G-M star, dies of kidney disease at age 26 at 11:37 AM in Good Samaritan Hospital at 1225 Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles, California.

1940 - Singer Tom Jones is born Thomas Jones Woodward in Pontypridd, Mid-Glamorgan, Wales.

1944 - Judy Garland files for divorce from David Rose.

1958 - Prince, a musician, composer, and a recording artist for multiple record companies including Warner Bros. and EMI America, is born Prince Rogers Nelson in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

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1973 - Lisa Brokop, Capitol Records Nashville/Liberty Records artist (1992-1996), is born Lisa Ann Brokop in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada.

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL HISTORY

1942 - Future Capitol Records artist Yma Sumac marries bandleader and composer Moisés Vivanco in Lima, Peru.

1952 - It's a Friday and after getting approval from BBS Records from whom they bought the masters, Capitol Records releases Al Martino's single "Take My Heart" (Capitol 2122) with "I Never Cared" on the flipside. The original deal between the two labels was that Capitol would put off releasing the record until June 16 so as not to hurt sales of Martino's BBS single "Here In My Heart" but with the release on Monday, June 2 by Columbia Records of Toni Arden's version of the song, a deal was reached so that Capitol could release the song early.

1953 - Les Baxter and His Orchestra's Capitol Records single "April In Portugal" is #2 on Billboard's Best Selling Retail Records chart, Nat "King" Cole (with Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra)'s Capitol Records single "Pretend" is 10, Les Baxter and His Orchestra's Capitol Records single "Ruby" (the flip side of "April In Portugal" is #15, Jane Froman (with orchestra conducted by Sid Feller)'s Capitol Records single "I Believe" is #16, and Kay Starr (with orchestra conducted by Harold Mooney)'s Capitol Records single "Half A Photograph" (with "Allez-Vous-En" on the flipside) enters the top 20 at #18. Also, Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Pretend" (with Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra) is #7 on The Billboard magazine's Most Played In Juke Boxes chart, #8 on Cash Box magazine's Best Selling Singles chart, and #16 on The Billboard magazine's Most Played By Jockeys chart. Cole's single "My Flaming Heart" is #19, its flipside, "I Am In Love" is #37, and Cole's single "Can't I" (with Billy May and His Orchestra) is #42 also on Cash Box magazine's Best Selling Singles chart.

1953 - Vocalist and guitarist Wesley Tuttle and vocalist Marilyn Tuttle, with Margie Ann "Fiddlin' Kate" Warren on fiddle, Johnny Bond, Otis "Joe" Maphis, and Rose Lee Maphis on guitar, Dick Stubbs on steel guitar, and Clarence "Bud" Dooley on bass, record the titles "I Wonder Where You Are Tonight", "Vaya Con Dios (May God Be With You)", and "Don't You Remember?" in Capitol Records' studios at 5515 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue "I Wonder Where You Are Tonight" and "Vaya Con Dios (May God Be With You)" together as a single (Capitol 2514 on 10" shellac and F2514 on 7" vinyl), and "Don't You Remember?" also as a single (Capitol 2577 on 10" shellac and F2577 on 7" vinyl) with "Wonderful Waltz" (recorded July 1, 1953) on the flipside.

1955 - Over two sessions on the same day, Woody Herman and His Orchestra (Dick Collins, Bernie Glow, Jerry Kail, Gerry LaFurn, Reuben McFall, and Charlie Walp on trumpet; on Cy Touff on bass trumpet, Dick Kenney, Keith Moon on trombone; Woody Herman on clarinet, alto saxophone and vocals; Richie Kamuca, Dick Hafer, and Art Pirie on tenor saxophone; Jack Nimitz on baritone saxophone; Nat Pierce on piano; Billy Bauer on guitar; John Beal on bass; and Chuck Flores on drums) record the tracks "Opus De Funk" (arranged by Nat Pierce), "Cool Cat On A Hot Tin Roof" (arranged by Ralph Burns), "Pimlico" (arranged by Burns) during the first session with Glow on trumpet, then Travis replaces Glow for the second session when the band records the tracks "Captain Ahab" (arranged by Manny Albam), "I Remember Duke" (arranged by Burns); "Skinned" (arranged by George Williams), and "Love Is A Many Splendored Thing" (arranged by Burns), in New York City, New York for their Capitol Records album "Road Band!"

1955 - Jimmy Giuffre (on clarinet on the first track and tenor saxophone on the second and third, with Jack Sheldon on trumpet, Ralph Pena on bass, and Artie Anton on drums for all three tracks) records the tracks "Chirpin' Time", "Scintilla II", and "This Is My Beloved" at Capitol Records' Melrose Avenue studios. "Chirpin' Time" will be included on Giuffre's Capitol Records album "Jimmy Giuffre: Tangents In Jazz" and the other two will be released on Mosaic Records' 1997 compilation box set "The Complete Capitol & Atlantic Recordings of Jimmy Giuffre".

1958 - Trumpet player and bandleader Ray Anthony and His Orchestra (Pete Candoli, Conrad Gozzo, and Gene Duermeyer also on trumpets, Frank Lane, Lew McCreary, and Tommy Pederson on trombones, Skeets Herfurt and Ronnie Lang on clarinets and alto saxophones, Bob Hardaway and Plas Johnson on tenor saxophones, Med Flory on baritone saxophones, John Bannister on piano, Bobby Gibbons on guitar, Don Simpson on bass, and Alvin Stoller on drums), with the vocal group The Skyliners (lineup unlisted) and using arrangements by Don Simpson, record the titles "Still Wind", "Why Should We Wonder?", "The World Belongs To Me", "Raindrops And Moonbeams", and "You Are Gone" in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Recors which has yet to issue any of the titles. Anthony's own label, Aero Space Records, will issue "Still Wind", "Why Should We Wonder?", "The World Belongs To Me", and "Raindrops And Moonbeams" on the album "Ray Anthony" (RA 1002).

1960 - Capitol Records releases Kay Starr's album "Movin' On Broadway" which was produced by Dave Cavanaugh with arrangements by Van Alexander who also conducts the orchestra.

1962 - The Beatles, with Pete Best on drums, have their first recording session in Abbey Road Studios at 3 Abbey Road, St John's Wood, London as a test for Parlophone Records. The session take place in Studio 2 from 7:00 to 10:00 PM. The Beatles first run through a number of songs, and then record four titles for producer George Martin with his assistant Norman "Hurricane" Smith running the session with balance engineer Ron Richards and tape operators Chris Neal and Ken Townsend: "Besame Mucho", "Love Me Do", "P.S. I Love You", and "Ask Me Why". Only the recordings of "Besame Mucho" and "Love Me Do" survive and will eventually be released on the compilation album "Anthology 1".

1963 - Vocalist Bobby Darin, with unlisted others and singing in German, records the titles "Schatten Auf Den Wegen (18 Yellow Roses)" and "Rote Rosen For Cindy (You're The Reason I'm Living)" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both titles in Germany together as a single (K22451).

1963 - During two sessions held this day in E.M.I.'s Abbey Road studios in London, England, violist Nathan Milstein, with Anatole Fistoulari conducting The Philharmonia Orchestra (lineup unlisted), records Mozart's "Concerto N° 4 In D Major, 3rd movement" at the first session and Chausson's "Poème For Violin And Orchestra" at the second session. Angel Records, at the time a subsidiary of Capitol Records, issued "Concerto N° 4 In D Major, 3rd Movement" on the album "MOZART - Violin Concerto N° 4 In D Major/Violin Concerto N° 5 In A Major ('Turkish')" (S-36007) and "Poème For Violin And Orchestra" on the album "SAINT-SAENS - Concerto N° 3 In B Minor/CHAUSSON - Poeme For Violin & Orchestra" (S-36005).

1964 - Capitol Records original Broadway cast album "Funny Girl" is #2 on Billboard's Top 200 Albums chart and The Beatles' Capitol Records album "Meet The Beatles" slips to #4 after 5 weeks at #1.

60 Years Ago Today In 1966 - Capitol Records Canada releases The Hollies' album "Look Through Any Window", The Swinging Blue Jeans' album "Don't Make Me Over", The Newman Centre Troubadors' album "The Canticle Of The Gift" on the Rainbow label, The Dave Clark Five's album "At The Scene", The Merrymen (featuring Emile Straker)'s album "Caribeat With The Merrymen", Cliff Richard's album "Blue Turns To Grey", and Manfred Mann's album "Mann Made".

60 Years Ago Today In 1966 - Tower Records (a subsidiary of Capitol Records) releases Dick Curless' album "Travelin' Man" and Dick Curless and Kay Adams' album "A Devil Like Me".

1968 - Overdubs are recorded in Los Angeles, California for John Stewart and Buffy Ford's titles "July, You're A Woman", "Dark Prarie", "Holly On My Mind", and "Mucky Truckee River". After additional overdubs are recorded for "July, You're A Woman" on October 23, 1968, Capitol Records will issue the final mixes of all the titles on the duo's album "Signals Through The Glass" (ST 2975).

1968 - The Beach Boys (lineup unlisted) record the title "Do It Again" in an unlisted studio. After overdubs are recorded in Los Angeles, California on June 7 and 12, 1968, Capitol Records will issue the final mix of the titles as a single (Capitol 2239) with "Wake The World" (recorded March 28, 1968) on the flipside and also on the the group's albums "Stack O' Tracks" (DKAO 2893) and the two-LP set "The Beach Boys - Made In U.S.A." (STBK-12396). The single will go to #1 in the U.K.

1968 - Artie Shaw directs a big band which includes Bernie Privin and Mel Davis on trumpet, Buddy Morrow on trombone, Walt Levinsky on clarinet, Toots Mondello on alto saxophone, Al Klink and Billy Slapin on tenor saxophones, Bernie Leighton on piano, and Don Lamond on drums as they record the titles "Lover Come Back To Me", "Copenhagen", and "Traffic Jam" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on the album "Artie Shaw Recreates His Great '38 Band" (ST 2992).

1968 - The Jades (lineup unlisted) record the titles "Ain't It Funny What Love Can Do", "Movin' On", and "Baby I Need Your Love" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue "Ain't It Funny What Love Can Do" and "Baby I Need Your Love" together as a single (Capitol 2281). No issuing information is listed for "Movin' On".

1968 - Capitol Records purchases the masters for Carnival Connection's title "Alfred Applebee's Awful Dream" in New York City, New York and will issue the title as a single (Capitol 2244) with "Poster Man" (recorded May 21, 1968) on the flipside.

1973 - Vocalist Glen Campbell, with unlisted others, records the titles "Mansion On The Hill", "I Can't Help It (If I'm Still In Love With You)", and "Half As Much" in Los Angeles, California. After overdubs are recorded on June 7, 1968 for "I Can't Help It (If I'm Still In Love With You)" and "Half As Much" and on June 8, 1973 for "Mansion On The Hill", Capitol Records will issue the final mixes of all the titles on Campbell's album "I Remember Hank Williams" (SW-11253).

1973 - Vocalist Dick Curless, with Johnny Gimble 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 titless "Swingin' Preacher", Country Soul", and Get On Board My Wagon" during an extended session the Jack Clement Studio in Nashville, Tennessee between 2:00 PM and 5:30 PM. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Curless' album "The Last Blues Song" ST-11211) and also "Swingin' Preacher" and "Get On Board My Wagon" together as a single (Capitol 3818).

50 Years Ago Today In 1976 - Wings' Apple Records single "Silly Love Songs", released by Capitol Records in the United States, returns to #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart.

1983 - Industry (lineup unlisted) records the title "Living Alone Too Long" at an unlisted studio. Capitol Records will issue the title on the group's album "Stranger To Stranger" (ST-12316).

1983 - Vocalist Anne Murray, with unlisted others, records the title "The More We Try" at Eastern Sound Studio in Toronto, Canada. Capitol Records will issue the title as a single (Capitol 5305) with an edited version of "Heart Stealer" (recorded July 14, 1983) on the flipside and also on Murray's album "A Little Good News" (ST-12301).

35 Years Ago Today In 1991 - Stan Getz (born Stanley Gayetzky), tenor saxophone player, bandleader, member of the Capitol Records bands Woody Herman and His Orchestra and The Metronome All Stars, and who as a solo artist on the Verve label would record in Capitol's Studios on Melrose Avenue and in The Capitol Tower until 1957, dies at age 64 of liver cancer in Malibu, California.

2000 - Capitol Records releases Nancy Wilson's two-CD compilation "Anthology".

2000 - The first three volumes of Capitol Records' "From The Vaults" series, "Birth Of A Label", "Capitol Jumps" and "Vine Street Divas" are released. The series is compiled and produced by Billy Vera, who also wrote the series' extensive and informative liner notes. The look of the series' packaging is based on samples of packaging and advertisements from Capitol's early days that I pulled from my collection when I was working as a full-time freelancer in Capitol's art department.

2003 - Roger G. Hall, promoter for Capitol Records subsidiary Angel Records (1956-1959), manager of the Philadelphia Orchestra (1959-1963) and head of artists and repertoire for RCA's classical-music label, Red Seal (1963-1970), dies at age 79 from complications of Parkinson's disease at his home in Wynnewood, Pennsylvania.

20 Years Ago Today In 2006 - Capitol Records releases "The Very Best Of Lou Rawls: You'll Never Find Another" with liner notes by Billy Vera that'll tear your heart out.

20 Years Ago Today In 2006 - Capitol Records releases Sound Team's first full-length album "Movie Monster".

20 Years Ago Today In 2006 - Billy Preston, a singer, keyboardist for both The Beatles and The Rolling Stones, and a solo Apple Records artist dies in Shea Scottsdale Hospital in Scottsdale, Arizona at age 59 from complications of an acute respiratory arrest, due to improper treatment for pericarditis, that put him into a coma on November 21, 2005.

2007 - I got my copy of Johnny Mercer's 3 CD compilation "Mosaic Selects johnny mercer" that I had pre-ordered. It has a great note from Margaret Whiting and superb liner notes written by Billy Vera. There was a bit of confusion when I went to play disc 1 using iTunes as it gave the track listing for disc 3 and some unhappy reviewers comments next to each track. Playing the disc, the tracks that played were the ones listed for disc 1 on the packaging. I emailed Blue Note to let them know about the problem which they wrote back that they would look into it.


ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1939 - Gary U.S. Bonds, a singer and an E.M.I. artist, is born Gary Anderson in Jacksonville, Florida.

1960 - Rick Nelson's Imperial Records single "Young Emotions" is #14 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart.

1963 - Singer Sarah Vaughn (with Carmell Jones on trumpet, Teddy Edwards on tenor saxophone, Jack Wilson on organ, John Collins on guitar, Al McKibbon on bass, and Earl Palmer drums) records the tracks "What Kind Of Fool Am I" and "The Good Life" (without Jones and Edwards) with producer Teddy Reig at United Recorders in Los Angeles, California for her Roulette Records album "Sarah Sings Soulfully". Universal Music Group, Capitol Music Group's parent company, currently owns Roulette's catalog.

1972 - Jethro Tull's Chrysalis Records album "Thick As A Brick" is #1 on Billboard's Top 200 Albums chart. Chrysalis' U.S. catalog is currently owned by Universal Music Group, Capitol Music Group's parent company.

1973 - Vocalist Marlena Shaw, with Derek Smith on clavichord, electric piano, and piano, Cornell Dupree, Carl Lynch, Hugh McCracken, and Gene Bertoncini on guitars, Wilbur Bascomb on electric bass, Ron Carter on bass, Grady Tate, Herbie Lovelle, and Charles Collins on drums, Gene Bianco on harp, George Jenkins and George Devens on percusssion, Arthur Jenkins on congas, and unlised strings and horns players, records the title "Prelude" at A & R Studios in New York City, New York. Blue Note Records will splice "Prelude" and "I Know I Love Him" (recorded May 31, 1973) together and release the final mix on Shaw's album "From The Depths Of My Soul" (BN-LA143-F).

1973 - Flute player and vocalist Bobbi Humphrey, with Jerry Peters on piano and electric piano, Fonce Mizell on clavinet, trumpet and vocals, Fred Perren on synthesizer and vocals, David T. Walker  on guitar, Chuck Rainey on electric bass, Harvey Mason on drums, Stephanie Spruill on percussion, and Chuck Davis and Larry Mizell also on vocals, records the titles, "Harlem River Drive", "Just A Love Child", and "Blacks And Blues" at The Sound Factory studios in Los Angeles, California. Blue Note Records will issue all the titles on Humphrey's album "Blacks And Blues" (BN-LA-142-G on 12" vinyl and 4-98542-2 on CD).

50 Years Ago Today In 1976 - Crystal Gayle's United Artists Records single "I'll Get Over You", with "High Time" on the flipside, is #1 on the U.S. Country singles charts.

1978 - Soprano and tenor saxophonist and vocalist Ronnie Laws, with Barnaby Finch on electric piano, Melvin Robinson and Roland Bautista on guitars, Bobby Vega on electric bass, Raymond Pounds on drums, Andrew Acosta on percussion, and Sylvia St.James and Debra Thomas on background vocals, record the title "Love Is Here" at the Indigo Ranch studio in Los Angeles, California for United Artists Records. After E.M.I acquires United Artists' catalog, Capitol Records will issue the title on Laws' album "Classic Masters" (ST-12375 on 12" vinyl and 7-46585 on CD). Blue Note Records will also issue the title on the CD "The Best Of Ronnie Laws" (7-98289-2).

1983 - EMI America purchases the masters for Spys' titles "Rescue Me", "Midnight Fantasy", "Behind Enemy Lines", "Sheep Don't Talk Back", "Reaction", "Heartache", "Race Against Time", "Younger Days", and "Can't Stop Us Now" and will issue all the titles on the group's album "Behind Enemy Lines" (ST-17098) and also "Midnight Fantasy" and "Race Against Time" together as a single (EMI America 8176).

20 Years Ago Today In 2006 - Rhino Records releases Frank Sinatra, Jr.'s first album in a decade, "That Face!" (recorded in The Capitol Tower Studios). Rhino didn't put their logo on this package, instead, they used the Reprise ":r" logo. The album was recorded in The Capitol Tower Studios, features arrangements by Billy May, Nelson Riddle and Torrie Zito, and features Frank Sr.'s longtime pianist Bill Miller, who will go on tour with Frank Jr. starting in July in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

ON THIS DAY NOT IN CAPITOL HISTORY

1944 - D-Day occurs on the beaches and coast of Normandy, France.

1968 - Robert Francis "Bobby" Kennedy dies at Good Samaritan Hospital in Los Angeles, California of the three gunshot wounds he sustained in a pantry a little after midnight the day before while leaving the ballroom of The Ambassador Hotel after winning the California Democratic primary. Rosemary Clooney, a friend and a supporter of Kennedy, was performing at the hotel and suffers a nervous breakdown after hearing the news.

55 Years Ago Today In 1971 - The last episode of "The Ed Sullivan Show" is broadcast on CBS. The episode is a repeat (the last original episode aired on March 28, 1971) of the episode that aired on February 7, 1971 that featured Melanie singing "Look What They've Done to My Song, Ma," "Ruby Tuesday" and "Alexander Beetle"; Joanna Simon (mezzo-soprano) singing "My Heart at Thy Sweet Voice"; impressionist David Frye; Danny Davis & the Nashville Brass; singers Tony Sandler & Ralph Young; comedian Norman Wisdom; sleight-of-hand artist Vic Perry; comedian Tony Fane and comedian Lennie Schultz. The next week the show is replaced by Sunday Night Movies which, after 35 years, will itself end at the end of CBS' 2005-2006 season.