JANUARY 20, 2026

HAPPY BIRTHDAYS!

1888 - Leadbelly, singer, guitarist, and Capitol Records artist, is born Huddie William Ledbetter on the Jeter Plantation near Mooringsport, Louisiana.

1922 - Ray Anthony, trumpet player, bandleader, one-time husband of actress Mamie Van Doren, and Capitol Records artist, is born Raymond Antonini in Bentleyville, Pennsylvania.

1929 - Jimmy Cobb, drummer, in Capitol Records artist Cannonball Adderly's band, as well as Nat Adderly's and the Miles Davis Quintet, is born in Washington, DC.

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

75 Years Ago Today In 1951 - During a split session held between 4:00 PM and 7:00 PM at Capitol Records' studios at 5515 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood, California with Billy May conducting his own arrangements to the orchestra (John Graas on French horn, Harry Klee, John Hacker, and Lenny Hartman on saxophones, George Greeley on piano, Allan Reuss on guitar, Meyer Rubin on bass, Ralph Hansell on drums, and a string section with Ivan Eppinoff, David Frisina, Jacques Gasselin, George Kast, Lou Raderman, and Olcott Vail and Cy Bernard and Kurt Reher on cello), first Clark Dennis (on vocals) records the titles "Tell Me You Love Me" (adapted from Leoncavallo's "Pagliacci") and "Let Me Look At You" (from the MGM picture "Mr. Imperium") then Margaret Whiting (on vocals), records the title "Faithful". Capitol Records will issue both of Clark's titles together as a single (Capitol 1400) and Whiting's title as a single (Capitol 1391) with "Lonesome Gal" (recorded January 26, 1951) on the flipside.

1953 - Ferlin Husky (aka Terry Preston), with unlisted others, records new takes of the titles "I've Got A Woman's Love" and "Watch The Company You Keep" and the title "Deceived" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "I've Got A Woman's Love" and "Watch The Company You Keep" together as a single (Capitol 2467) and "Deceived" as a single (Capitol 2814).

1953 - Vocalist Nat "King" Cole, with Nelson Riddle conducting his own arrangements to the orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the titles "The Magic Window", "That's All", "Annabelle", "If Love Is Good To Me", and "Blue Gardenia" at Capitol Records' studios at 5515 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue "The Magic Window" on Cole's compilation CD "The Extraordinary Nat 'King' Cole" (00602537862597), "That's All" as a single (Capitol 2610) with "Lover Come Back To Me" (recorded January 14, 1953) on the flipside, "Annabelle" on Cole's EP "Nat 'King' Cole" (EAP-1-696), "Lover Come Back To Me" and "Annabelle" on Cole's album "This Is Nat King Cole - Dreams Can Tell A Lie" (T/DT 870), "If Love Is Good To Me" as a single (Capitol 2540) with "A Fool I Was" (recorded December 30, 1952) on the flipside, "Blue Gardenia" as a single (Capitol 2389) with "(Didn't I Tell You So) Can't I?" (recorded January 14, 1953) on the flipside, and "If Love Is Good to Me" and "Blue Gardenia" on Cole's album "Nat King Cole Sings Ballads of The Day" (T/DT 680).

1953 - Vocalist and tipple player Timmie Rogers, with unlisted others, records the titles "Saturday Night", "Oh, Yeah!", "Nothin's Wrong With Nothin'", "Mr. Wiggle And Mrs. Woogle", and "If I Were You Baby, I'd Love Me" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Saturday Night" and "If I Were You Baby, I'd Love Me" together as a single (Capitol 2406), "Oh, Yeah!" and "Nothin's Wrong With Nothin" together as a single (Capitol 2509), and has yet to issue "Mr. Wiggle And Mrs. Woggle".

1953 - George Greeley, using music by Franz Lehar, conducts an orchestra it records the titles "Golden Days" with vocals by Gordon MacRae and Harry Stanton, "Where Is The Maid" with vocals by a male chorus (lineup unlisted), "I'm Coming At Your Call" and "In Heidelberg Fair" with vocals by Dorothy Warenskjold (aka Dorothy Kirsten), "Gaudeamus Igitur" with vocals by the male chorus, "Of Love I've Heard" with vocals by Dorothy Warenskjold, "Tell Me If Within Your Heart (Duet)" and "The Magic Of Springtime" with vocals by Gordon MacRae and Dorothy Warenskjold, "Serenade" with vocals by Gordon MacRae and the male chorus, the instrumental "Theme/Just We Two", "Thoughts Will Come" with vocals by Gordon MacRae, and "Just We Two (If They Knew)" with vocals by Dorothy Warenskjold and Gordon MacRae in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on the albums "The Student Prince" (FBF-407 two 7" EP set, H/L-407 10" LP) and "The Student Prince"/"The Merry Widow" (P/T 437 on 12" LP).

70 Years Ago Today In 1956 - Ray Anthony and His Orchestra (with Anthony, Johnny Best, Frank Beach, Ray Triscari, and Bob Fowler on trumpet, Dick Nash, Hoyt Bohannon, and Murray McEachern on trombone, Abe Most and Wilbur Schwartz on clarinet and alto saxophone, Georgie Auld and Charles Butler on tenor saxophone, Leo Anthony on baritone saxophone, Geoff Clarkson on piano, Al Hendrickson on guitar, Don Simpson on bass, Larry Bunker on drums), using arrangements by Don Simpson and George Williams, record the titles "Lullaby Of Birdland" with vocals by The Skyliners (lineup unlisted) and, with vocals by Don Durant and The Skyliners, "Cry Me A River", "It's Almost Tomorrow", and "Are You Satisfied?" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Durant and Anthony's EP album "Top Pops By Don Durant With Ray Anthony's Orchestra" (EAP-1-9131).

70 Years Ago Today In 1956 - Harry James and His Orchestra (Harry James, Nick Buono, Art De Pew, Conrad Gozzo, and Mickey Mangano on trumpet, Juan Tizol on valve trombone, Dick Nash on trombone, George Roberts on bass trombone, Herb Lorden on clarinet and alto saxophone, Willie Smith on alto saxophone, Corky Corcoran and Jeff Massingill on tenor saxophone, Tom Suthers on baritone saxophone, Larry Kinnamon on piano, Tiny Timbrell on guitar, Joe Comfort on bass, and Buddy Combine on drums) record the titles "Don' Cha Go 'Way Mad" with vocals by The Starlighters (lineup unlisted), "Crazy Rhythm", and "Strictly Instrumental" at Capitol Records' studios at 5515 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on James' album "More Harry James In Hi-Fi" (W 712).

70 Years Ago Today In 1956 - Carole Bennett (aka Carol Bergenthal), with an orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the titles "He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not", an unissued take of "Here We Are", the title "Beyond The Shadow Of A Doubt", and an unissued take of "I'll Meet You" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue "He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not" and "Beyond A Shadow Of A Doubt" together as a single (Capitol F3365).

1958 - Both The Four Preps' Capitol Records single "26 Miles (Santa Catalina)", with "It's You" on the flipside, and Frank Sinatra's Capitol Records single "Witchcraft" with "Tell Her You Love Her" on the flipside, enter the top 40 of Billboard's Pop singles chart.

1958 - Pianst and bandleader Stan Kenton and His Orchestra (Sam Noto, Jules Chaikin, Billy Catalano, Lee Katzman, and Phil Gilbert on trumpets, Bob Fitzpatrick, Archie Le Coque, Kent Larsen, Jim Amlotte, and Ken Shroyer on trombones, Vince De Rosa and Jimmy Decker on French horns, Lennie Niehaus on alto saxophones, Bill Robinson on alsto and baritone saxophones, Bill Perkins and Richie Kamuca on tenor saxophones, Steve Perlow on baritone saxophones, Red Kelly on bass, and Jerry McKenzie on drums) perform the titles "Horn Of Hermes", "My Old Flame", "I Concentrate On You", "The Big Chase", "Rendezvous At Sunset", and "Royal Blue" at The Rendezvous Ballroom in Balboa Beach, California between 7:30 PM and 11:30 PM which will be recorded by Capitol Records which has yet to issue "Horn Of Heremes" and will issue the rest of the titles on Kenton's album "Back To Balboa" (EAP-1/2/3 on 4 disc 7" EP and T 995 on 12" LP).

1958 - During two sessions held this day in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California, vocalist Stan Freberg, with Billy May conducting his own arrangments to the orchestra (Mannie Klein, John Best, and Uan Rasey on trumpets, Si Zentner and William Schaefer on trombones, Harry Klee, Wilbur Schwartz, Justin Gordon, and Fred Falensby on saxophones, Edwin "Buddy" Cole on piano, Luther Roundtree and Dick Roberts on guitar, Phil Stephens on bass, and Alvin Stoller and Frank Flynn on drums) and The Jud Conlon Rhythmaires (unlisted vocalists), records the title "Gary, Indiana" at the first session between 7:00 PM and 10:00 AM and the title "Ya Got Trouble" at the second session between 10:30 PM and 1:30 AM on January 21, 1958. Capitol Records will issue both titles together as a single (Capitol F3892).

1958 - During two sessions held this day in New York City, New York, Fred Waring And The Pennsylvanians (lineup unlisted) record the titles "A Cock-Eyed Optimist" arranged by Hawley Ades and Jack Allison and "A Wonderful Guy" arranged by Harry Simeone at the first session and the titles "Dites Moi" with vocals by Angela Marlo and arranged by Hawley Ades, "I'm Gonna Was that Man Right Outa My Hair" with vocals by Jeanne Steele and arranged by Charlie Naylor, and "My Girl Back Home" with vocals by Chuck Nelson and arranged by Hawley Ades at the second session. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Fred Waring and The Pennsylvanians' album "South Pacific" (T/ST 992).

65 Years Ago Today In  1961 - Salli Terri (on vocals), with unlisted musicians, records the title "The Wraggle-Taggle Gypsies O!", an unissued take of "O Willow Willow", and the titles "The Cuckoo" and "The Old Maid Song (I Wonder If I'll Ever Marry)" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the first, third, and fourth titles on Terri's album "I Know My Love" (P-8556).

1964 - Capitol Records releases Johnny Burnette's second single for the label "The Opposite", with "You Taught Me the Way To Love You" on the flipside. The Beatles' first album for the label, "Meet The Beatles", is also released. As part of a promotional campaign, all Capitol executives and salesmen are ordered to wear Beatle wigs for one week beginning today. Burnette's single did not chart. The Beatles' album will peak at #1 on Billboard's Pop album chart in less than a month on February 15, 1964.

1964 - The Beach Boys record the instrumental titles for their song "Pom Pom Playgirl". When the vocals are later recorded, the title will be the band's first to feature Carl Wilson on lead vocals. The final title will be delivered to Capitol on February 20, 1964, and will be included on The Beach Boys' Capitol Records album "Shut Down Vol. 2".

1967 - The West Coast Modern Folk Blues Workshop (lineup unlisted) records the yet-to-be-issued titles "Monday's Child" and "Thursday" in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records.

1967 - The Beach Boys (lineup unlisted) record a yet-to-be-issued take of the title "Heroes & Villains" in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records.

1967 - The Beatles finish recording the title "A Day In The Life" at EMI's Abbey Road studios in London, England.

1968 - Al De Lory conducts his own arrangements to the orchestra (lineup unlisted) as they record the titles "Spooky" and "Maid In Japan" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both titles together as a single (Capitol 2117) and "Spooky" on De Lory's album "Song From M*A*S*H*" (ST-477).

1968 - The Lettermen (vocalists Jim Pike, Tony Butala, and Bob Engemann), with an orchestra (lineup unlisted) using arrangments by Perry Botkin, Jr. and Dick Hazard, record the titles "Younger Than Springtime", "I Have Dreamed", "Never My Love", and "Holly" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records has yet to issue "Younger Than Springtime" and "I Have Dreames" and released "Never My Love" as a single (Capitol 2132). After overdubs are recorded on February 1, 1968, Capitol Records will issue "Holly" as a single by Jim Pike (Capitol 2203).

1969 - Capitol Records releases The Beach Boys' album "20/20"

55 Years Ago Today In  1971 - Jimmy Helms records the titles "He Gives Us All His Love" and "We Are Not Helpless" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue both the titles together as a single (Capitol 3063).

1973 - Overdubs are recorded for Merle Haggard and The Strangers' titles "Love And Honor Never Crossed Your Mind", "There's Just One Way", "Daddy Won't Be Home Again For Christmas", "Bobby Wants A Puppy For Christmas", and "The Emptiest Arms In The World" in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue the final mixes of "Love And Honor Never Crossed Your Mind" and "There's Just One Way" on Haggard's album "If We Make It Through December" (ST-11276), "Daddy Won't Be Home For Christmas" and "Bobby Wants A Puppy For Christmas" on the album "Merle Haggard's Christmas Present (Something Old, Something New)" (ST-11230), and "The Emptiest Arms In The World" as a single (Capitol 3352) and on Haggard and The Strangers' album "I Love Dixie Blues" (ST-11149).

1974 - Ringo Starr's Apple Records single (distributed by Capitol Records in the U.S.) "You're Sixteen", with "Devil Woman" on the flipside, is #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart

1978 - The Sylvers (lineup unlisted) record the titles "Don't Stop Get Off", "Instrumental #1", "Come On Down To My House", and "Hangin' Tough" in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records. No issuing information is listed.

45 Years Ago Today In  1981 - Gary O' (Kid Rainbow) (aka Gary O'Connor), with Charles Calello conducting his own arrangements to the orchestra and string section (lineups unlisted), records the titles "All The Young Heroes", "California Goodbye", and "Suzanne" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "All The Young Heroes" and "Suzanne" together as a single (Capitol 5041) and all the titles on O'Connor's album "Gary O'" (ST-12157).

1982 - Capitol Records registers the masters in Los Angeles, California for Sun's titles "Super Duper Super Star", "Be My Lady", "You And I", "I Wanna Be With You", "Slamm Dunk The Ffunk!", "We're Gonna Party Tonight", "Turn Out The Lights", and "A Love Affair. and will issue "Be My Lady" and "A Love Affair" together as a single (Capitol 5152), "I Wanna Be With You" and "Slamm Dunk The Ffunk!" together as a single (Capitol 5092), and all the titles on the band's album "Let There Be Sun" (ST-12204).

1982 - Vocalist Juice Newton, with unlisted others, records the title "Heart Of The Night" at El Dorado Studio in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records issued the title on Newton's album "Quiet Lies" (ST-12210) and an edited version as a single (Capitol 5192) with "Love Sail Away" (recorded February 17, 1982) on the flipside.

1982 - Capitol Records registers the masters in Los Angeles, California for Thomas Dolby's titles "Europa And The Pirate Twins", "Flying North", "Weightless", "Leipzig", "Windpower", Commercial Breakup", "Urges", "Airwaves", "Radio Silence", "Cloudburst At Shingle Street", and "Wreck Of The Fairchild" and will issue all the titles initially, except the yet-to-be-issued title "Wreck Of The Fairchild", on Dolby's Harvest Records album "The Golden Age Of Wireless" (ST-12203) and will include "Wreck Of The Fairchild" as part of 2009 reissue.

1982 - Vocalist George Clinton, with unlisted others, records an untitled title, and the titles "Get Dressed" and "Silly Millameter" at United Sound Systems' studio in Detroit, Michigan. Capitol Records will issue "Get Dressed" on Clinton's album "Computer Games" (ST-12246) and "Silly Millameter" as a single (Capitol B-5504) with an edited version of "Bullet Proof" (recorded January 10, 1985) on the flipside.

1983 - Prism (lineup unlisted) records the title "I Don't Want To Love You Anymore" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the title on the group's album "Beat Street" (ST-12266).

40 Years Ago Today In  1986 - Jerry Reed records an unissued take of "Every Dream I Have I Coming True Tonight" and the title "What Made Me Believe I Could Live Without You" at Young'un Sound Studio in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue "What Made Me Believe I Could Live Without You" on Reeds album "Looking At You" (ST-12492).

1988 - Capitol Records artists The Beach Boys, The Beatles, Leadbelly, and Les Paul are inducted into the Rock 'N' Roll Hall Of Fame

30 Years Ago Today In  1996 - Gerry Mulligan (born Gerald Joseph Mulligan), baritone saxophonist, pianist, clarinet player, arranger, bandleader, and Pacific Jazz, Blue Note, and Capitol Records artist, dies of complications from a knee infection at age 68 in Darien, Connecticut

1998 - EMI-Capitol Entertainment Properties releases Garth Brooks' video "Garth Live From Central Park", distributed in the United States by Orion Home Video. The video will debut at No. 1 on the Billboard Home Video chart on February 2, 1998

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1924 - Slim Whitman, singer, yodeler, guitarist, and United Artists Records artist is born Otis Dewey Whitman, Jr., in Tampa, Florida. EMI Music, Capitol Records' parent company, currently owns United Artists' catalog.

1957 - Ricky Nelson's Imperial Records album "Ricky" hits #1 on Billboard's Pop album chart.

1979 - Kenny Roger's United Artists Records album "The Gambler" is #1 on Billboard's Pop album chart. United Artists' catalog is currently owned by Capitol Records' parent company, EMI Music.

ON THIS DAY NOT IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

130 Years Ago Today In  1896 - George Burns, vaudeville, radio, motion picture (played Mr. Kite in 1978's "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" movie) and television performer (best known as part of the duo Burns and Allen with his wife Gracie Allen) is born Nathan Birnbaum in New York City, New York.

1965 - Alan Freed, radio disc jockey (called "Moon Doggy" at WJW Radio in Cleveland where he coined the phrase “Rock ’N’ Roll” before moving to WABC in New York) and motion-picture actor, dies of uremia at age 43 in Palm Springs, California.

JANUARY 19, 2026

HAPPY BIRTHDAYS!

115 Years Ago Today In 1911 - Ken Nelson, Capitol Records producer, a founding member of the Country Music Association (CMA), and 2001 Country Music Hall Of Fame inductee is born in Caledonia, Minnesota.

1919 - Rollin "Oscar" Sullivan, singer, comedian, and "Oscar" of the Capitol Records duo Lonzo and Oscar, is born in Edmonton, Kentucky.

1919 - Ray Eberle, singer, motion picture actor, bandleader, and Capitol Records artist (with Tex Beneke & His Orchestra and The Modernaires) is born in Mechanicville, New York.

1944 - Laurie London, singer in English and German, actor, Odeon and Capitol Records artist, and the first and youngest person (at age 13) to have single certified Gold by the R.I.A.A. ("He's Got The Whole World In His Hands" with "Handed Down" on the flipside, Capitol 3891), is born in London, England and would retire from singing at age 19.

1949 - Robert Palmer, singer, guitarist, EMI Manhattan solo artist, and lead singer of the Capitol Records band Power Station, is born in Batley, Yorkshire, England.

55 Years Ago Today In 1971 - John Wozniak, a guitarist, lead singer, and songwriter with the Capitol Records group Marcy Playground, is born in Saint Paul, Minnesota.

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1947 - The King Cole Trio's Capitol Records single "For Sentimental Reasons", with "The Best Man" on the flipside is still #1 on the U.S. Pop singles charts and Johnny Mercer's Capitol Records single "A Gal In Calico", with "Winter Wonderland" on the flipside, is #3.

75 Years Ago Today In 1951 - Mel Blanc's Capitol Records single "I Taut I Taw A Puddy Tat", with "Yosemite Sam" on the flipside (both titles were written by Capitol Records VP Alan Livingston), enters the top 40 of the U.S. Pop Singles charts

75 Years Ago Today In 1951 - Yogi Yorgesson (aka Harry Stewart, on vocals), with Johnny Duffy and His Scandahoovians (lineup unlisted), records a new take of the title "(I Yust Got) A Letter From Harry" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the title as a single (Capitol 1531) with "All Pooped Out" (recorded January 9, 1951) on the flipside.

75 Years Ago Today In 1951 - Buddy Cole (on organ), with unknown other musicians, records the titles "Tilin' Tilin'" and "Somebody Stole My Gal" with vocals by Lou Singer in Los Angeles, California, Capitol Records will issue both titles as a single (Capitol 1403).

1953 - Vocalist and guitarist Ramblin' Jimmie Dolan, with Billy Liebert on piano, Jimmy Bryant and Billy Strange also on guitars, Wesley "Speedy" West on steel guitar, Red Murrell on bass, and Milton "Muddy" Berry on drums, records the titles "Playin' Dominoes And Shootin' Dice", "Memories And Heartaches", "The Wheel That Does The Squeakin'", and "I Can't Run Away" in Capitol Records' studios at 5515 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood, California between 2:00 PM and 5:00 PM. Capitol Records will issue "Playin' Dominoes And Shootin' Dice" and "Memories And Heartaches" together as a single (Capitol 2367) and "The Wheel That Does The Squeakin'" and "I Can't Run Away" together as a single (Capitol 2482).

1953 - Vocalist and bandleader Mickey Katz and His Orchestra (lineup unlisted), with an unlisted female vocalist, record the titles "Why Don't You Believe Me", "Don't Let The Schmaltz Get In Your Eyes", "Trombonick Tanz", and "Mamaliege Dance" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Why Don't You Believe Me" and "Don't Let The Schmaltz Get In Your Eyes" together as a single (Capitol 2370) and on Katz's album "Mish Mosh" (T 799) and "Trombonick Tanz" and "Mamaliege Dance" on Katz's album "The Family Danced" (EBF-457 on 7" EP, H/L-457 on 10" LP).

1953 - Billy May directs His Orchestra (John Best, Pete Candoli, Conrad Gozzo, Vito "Mickey" Mangano, and George Seaburg on trumpets, Murray McEachern, Tommy Pederson, Ray Sims, and Francis "Joe" Howard on trombones, Willie Smith and Wilbur Schwartz on alto saxophones, Ted Nash and Fred Falensby on tenor saxophones, Chuck Gentry on baritone saxophone, Cliff Fishbach on piano, Al Hendrickson on guitar, Phil Stephens on bass, and Alvin Stoller on drums) as they record the titles "Gone With The Wind" using an arrangement by Bill Loose, "Good Gravy" and "Comin' Thru the Rye" with arrangments by Randy Van Horne and vocals by The Encores (lineup unlisted), and "Romance" in Capitol Records' studios at 5515 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood, California between 9:00 PM and 12:30 AM on January 20, 1953. Capitol Records will issue "Gone With The Wind" and "Romance" together as a single (Capitol 2575) and on May's album "Big Band Bash" (T 329) and "Good Gravy" as a single (Capitol 2474). Jasmine Records will issue all the titles in the two-CD set "Billy May - Studio Recordings" (JASCD 399).

1953 - George Greeley conducts the orchestra (lineup unlisted) using music by Franz Lehar as they record "Overture", "Prologue" with a male chorus (lineup unlisted), "Students' Marching Song", "And The Girl That We Love", and "Drinking Song" all with vocals by Gordon MacRae and the male chorus, "Come Boys" with vocals by Dorothy Warenskjold (aka Dorothy Kirsten), "Deep In My Heart, Dear" with vocals by Gordon MacRae and Dorothy Warenskjold (aka Dorothy Kirsten), "Finale: Dream Sequence (instrumental)/Golden Days (vocals by Gorden MacRae and the male chorus/Marching Song (vocals by Gordon MacRae and the male chorus/Come Boys (vocals by Dorothy Warenskjold aka Dorothy Kirsten)/Interlude (instrumental)/Deep In My Heart, Dear (vocals by Dorothy Warenskjold aka Dorothy Kirsten, Gordon MacRae, and the male chorus)" in Los Angeles, California. After overdubs are recorded on February 3, 1953, Capitol Records will issue all the titles on the albums "The Student Prince" (FBF-407 two 7" EP set, H/L-407 10" LP) and "The Student Prince"/"The Merry Widow" (P/T 437 on 12" LP).

70 Years Ago Today In 1956 - During a split session held at Capitol Records' Melrose Avenue Studios in Hollywood, California between 3:00 PM and 7:00 PM with producer Dave Cavanaugh conducting Big Dave's Music/Orchestra (John Anderson on trumpet, William Green on alto saxophone, Lorenzo Holden and Plas Johnson on tenor saxophone, Jewell Grant on baritone saxophone, Ernie Freeman on piano, Irving Ashby on guitar, Joe Comfort on bass, and Raymond Martinez on drums), first Anita Tucker (on vocals) records the titles "Hop, Skip And Jump", "Trying To Get You", "Shiver My Timbers", and "If You Go" then Ella Mae Morse records the title "What Good'll It Do Me?". Capitol Records will issue "Hop, Skip And Jump" as a single (Capitol 3452) with "Handcuffed Heart" (recorded September 1, 1955) on the flipside, "Trying To Get To You" and "Shiver My Timbers" together as a single (Capitol 3376), all four of Anita Tuckers titles in France on the 10" album "Slow, Smooth & Easy" (1566360) and (after an overdub is recorded on January 23, 1956) "What Good'll It Do Me?" as a single (Capitol F3688) with "Mister Memory Maker" (recorded January 11, 1957) on the flipside.

1958 - During two sessions held this day in New York City, New York, The Jonah Jones Quartet (Jonah Jones on trumpet and vocals, George Rhodes on piano, John Brown on bass, and Harold Austin on drums) record the titles "The Surrey With The Fringe On Top", "You're So Right For Me", "Till There Was You" and the beginning of "76 Trombones" at the first session and the titles "Hey There", "The Party's Over", and "Just In Time" at the second session. Capitol Records will issue all the titles, except the beginning of "76 Trombones" recorded on this date, on the quartet's album "Swingin' On Broadway" (T/ST 963).

1959 - Ray Anthony's Capitol Records single "Peter Gunn", with "Tango For Two" on the flipside, enters the top 40 of the U.S. Pop singles charts.

65 Years Ago Today In 1961 - Rose Maddox (on vocals), with "Gentleman" Jim Pierce on piano, John Calvin Maddox on guitar and harmony vocals, William Everett "Billy" Strange and Roy Ernest Nichols on guitar, Norman Daniel Hamlett on steel guitar, Allen J. Williams on bass, and Marion Z. "Pee Wee" Adams on drums, records the titles "North To Alaska", "Lonely Street", "Gotta Travel On", "Just One More Time", and "Don't Tell Me Your Troubles" at The Capitol Tower Studios in Hollywood, California between 1:30 PM and 4:30 PM. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Maddox's album "A Big Bouquet Of Roses" (T 1548).

65 Years Ago Today In 1961 - June Christy (on vocals), with Pete Rugolo conducting his own arrangements to the orchestra (Bud Shank, Ted Nash, and Paul Horn on flutes, Bob Cooper on oboe, Al Viola on guitar, Red Mitchell on bass, Gene Estes on drums and a string section with Dan Lube and Lou Raderman on violin, Stanley Harris on viola, and Edgar Lustgarten on cello), records the titles "Seven Shades Of Snow", "Winter's Got Spring Up Its Sleeve", and "The Magic Gift" at The Capitol Tower Studios in Hollywood California between 8:30 PM and 12:30 AM on January 20, 1961. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Christy's album "This Time Of Year" (T 1605).

1962 - Quinn Williams records the as yet unissued titles "Cherry Red", "Need Your Love So Bad", and "Just A Dream" in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records.

1962 - Mickey Katz and "Der Ganser Gang" (lineup unlisted) record the titles "Havah Nagila", "My Yiddische Momme", "Shalom", "Papirossen", and "The Challe Twist" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the first four titles on Katz's album "Sing Along With Mickele" (T 1744) and the last title as a single (Capitol 4712) with "Roiselle from Texas" (recorded August 23, 1955) on the flipside. Unfortunately, none of the titles are currently available on YouTube.

1962 - Lee Evans (on piano) and Orchestra (lineup unlisted) record the titles "When Did I Fall In Love?", "Something You Never Had Before", "Again", and "There Is No Greater Love" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Evans' album "Piano Plus" (T 1708) and the first title as a single (Capitol 4748) with "I Feel Pretty" (recorded December 27, 1961) on the flipside. Unfortunately, none of the titles are currently available on YouTube.

60 Years Ago Today In 1966 - The Magnificent Men (Dave Bupp on lead vocals, Buddy King on backing vocals and trumpet, Tom Pane on backing vocals and saxophone, Terry Crousare on guitar, Jim Seville on bass, Tom Hoover on organ, and Bob "Puff" Angelucci on drums, organ, and piano), with Horace Ott conducting to an unlisted string section using "IMU" arrangements and with producer Marvin Holtzman, record the titles "Peace Of Mind" and "Maybe, Maybe, Baby" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue both titles on the group's eponymous album "The Magnificient Men" (ST 2678).

60 Years Ago Today In 1966 - The Four Preps (Bruce Belland on tenor vocals, Marvin Ingram on high tenor vocals, Glen Larson on baritone vocals, and Ed Cobb bass vocals), with unlisted musicians, record the titles "Something To Remember You By" and "Annie In Her Granny" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both titles together as a single (Capitol 5609).

60 Years Ago Today In 1966 - A flute and strings overdub session with Jules Jacob on flute, and the Sid Sharp Strings (Arnold Belnick, James Getzoff, William Kurash, Leonard Malarsky, Jerome Reisler, Ralph Schaeffer, Sid Sharp, and Tibor Zelig on violin, Joe Di Fiore and Harry Hyams on viola, and Justin Di Tullio and Joseph Saxon on cello) for The Beach Boys title "Let's Go Away For Awhile" is held at Western Recorders' studios in Los Angeles, California. The recording will be added onto instrumental titles that were recorded on January 18, 1966. Capitol Records will issue the final mix of "Let's Go Away For Awhile" as the B side of a single (Capitol 5676) with the mix of "Good Vibrations", from June 18, 1966, on the flipside.

1967 - Capitol Records registers masters for The Outsiders' (bandleader Tom King on vocals and guitar, Merdin "Mert" Madsen on vocals, guitar, bass, and harmonica, and Denny Benson, Emmett "Sonny" Geraci, and William "Bill" Bruno on vocals and unlisted instruments) titles "I'll Give You Time (To Think It Over)" and "I'm Not Trying To Hurt You", which were recorded in Cleveland, Ohio on January 11, 1967, in Los Angeles, Californa and will issue both titles together as a single (Capitol 5843) and on the group's album "In" (T/ST 2636).

1967 - Elli Saint-James records the as yet unissued title "Highways" in New York City, New York for Capitol Records.

1967 - Merle Travis (on vocals and guitar, with unlisted musicians) records the titles "Farther Down The Road", "Country Joe", and "You're A Little Bit Cuter" in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue the first title as a single (Capitol 5876) with "Wildwood Flower" (recorded August 31, 1956) on the flipside and the last two titles together as a single (Capitol 5965).

1967 - The Beatles begin recording the title "A Day In The Life" at EMI's Abbey Road studios in London, England. Capitol Records will issue the finished title on the band's album "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" (MAS 2653).

1968 - Capitol Records will purchase the masters for Dick Miles' titles "Candle-Lighted World", "The Rope", and "The Last Goodbye" and will issue "Candle-Lighted World" and "The Last Goodbye" together as a single (Capitol 2113), "The Last Goodbye" on Miles' album "The Last Goodbye" (ST 2925), and has yet to issue "The Rope".

55 Years Ago Today In 1971 - George Harrison's Apple Records single "My Sweet Lord", with "Isn’t It a Pity" on the flipside, is still #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart

55 Years Ago Today In 1971 - Glen Campbell (on vocals), with unlisted musicians, records a as yet unissued take of the title "Family Of Man" in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records.

55 Years Ago Today In 1971 - Barefoot Jerry (Wayne Moss on keyboards, bass, percussion and vocals, Mac Gayden on guitar, keyboards, and vocals, John Harris on keyboards, and Kenneth Buttrey on drums) records the title "Hospitality Song" and an as yet unissued take (even after overdubs are recorded on March 11, 1971) of the title "Right Before Your Eyes" in Nashville, Tennessee. After overdubs are recorded for "Hospitality Song" on March 10, 1971, Capitol Records will issue "Hospitality Song" on the group's eponymous album "Barefoot Jerry" (ST-786).

1972 - Ferlin Husky (on vocals with unlisted musicians) records the titles "What's He Doin' In My World", "Easy Loving", the as yet unissued title "Guess I'd Better Move Along", and "Sweet Memories" in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue the first, second and last title on Husky's album "Just Plain Lonely" (ST-11069).

1978 - The Sylvers (lineup unlisted) recorded the titles "Play This One Last Record", "Stand By", and "Heaven In Your Arms" in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records. No issuing information is listed.

1982 - Donna Washington (on vocals with unlisted musicians) records the title "You Can't Hide From The Boogie" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the title on Washington's album "Just For You" (ST-12233).

1987 - The Grapes Of Wrath (Chris Hooper on drums, Tom Hooper on vocals and bass, Kevin Kane on vocals, guitar, mandolin, and piano, Ken Greer on pedal steel guitar, and John Webster on keyboards), with engineer Rick Arboit and producer Dave Ogilvie, records the title "Seems Like Fate" at an unlisted location. Capitol Records-EMI Canada, Ltd. will release the title on the band's album "Treehouse" (CDP 7 48018-2). 

1994 - Capitol Records artists The Band and John Lennon are inducted into the Rock 'N' Roll Hall Of Fame

2008 - John Stewart, singer, guitarist, songwriter, member of the Capitol Records group The Kingston Trio, and a solo artist died after suffering a stroke in San Diego, California (also the city where he was born) at age 68.

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

95 Years Ago Today In 1931, pianist and Blue Note Records artist Horace Parlan is born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

1932 - Richard Lester, television and motion picture producer and director (The Beatles' "A Hard Day's Night" and "Help!", "The Knack...And How to Get It", "Petulia", "How I Won The War", "Robin And Marian", "The Three Musketeers", its sequels, and many more), is born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

1957 - Johnny Cash makes his first network TV appearance on Capitol Records artist Jackie Gleason's CBS-TV show "The Jackie Gleason Show"

1963 - Caron Wheeler, a singer with the Virgin Records America band Soul II Soul, is born in London, England. Virgin Records is owned by Universal Music Group, Capitol Records' parent company.

1968 - Tenor saxophonist Hank Mobley, with Woody Shaw on trumpet, Lamont Johnson on piano, George Benson on guitar, Bob Cranshaw on bass, and Billy Higginson drums, records the titles "Up, Over And Out", "Lookin' East", "Goin' Out Of My Head", "Beverly", "Good Pickin's" (with Shaw also on flugelhorn), and "Reach Out, I'll Be There" in engineer Rudy Van Gelder's studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey. Blue Note Records will issue all the titles on Mobley's album "Reach Out!" (BST84288).

50 Years Ago Today In 1976 - The former members of The Beatles are offered fifty million dollars to reform by concert promoter Bill Sergent. They decline the offer. The offer becomes a parody on NBC-TV's "Saturday Night Live" when producer Lorne Michaels makes an on-air offer to The Beatles of $5000 dollars to reform on his show. The gag reappears when former member George Harrison appears on the show and is told the offer was only good if all four members appear.

1985 - Sheena Easton's EMI America Single "Sugar Walls" (written by Prince), with "Straight Talk" on the flipside, enters the top 40 of Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart. EMI America's catalog is currently owned by Universal Music Group, Capitol Records' parent company.

ON THIS DAY NOT IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1953 - Desi Arnaz, Jr., actor, drummer with the group Dino, Desi, and Billy, and singer is born via a Caesarian section on the same day the episode airs where his mother's character of Lucy Ricardo gives birth to "Little Ricky" on his parents' television show "I Love Lucy". It becomes the highest-rated television show up to that time as sixty-eight percent of all TV sets in the U.S. are tuned in to watch.

1995 - Gene MacLellan, a singer and songwriter ("Snowbird", a worldwide hit for Capitol Records artist Anne Murray), dies in Summerside, Prince Edward Island, Canada at age 54

1998 - Carl Perkins, singer, songwriter, ("Blue Suede Shoes" and three songs covered by Capitol Records group The Beatles: "Matchbox", "Honey Don't", and "Everybody's Trying To Be My Baby"), guitarist, 1985 Nashville Songwriters Hall Of Fame inductee, and 1987 Rock 'N' Roll Hall Of Fame inductee, dies from throat cancer at age 65 and is later interred in the Ridgecrest Cemetery in Jackson, Tennessee.

JANUARY 18, 2026

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

1913 - Danny Kaye, motion picture and television actor (who, among many other roles, played the role of Capitol Records artist Red Nichols in the biopic "The Five Pennies"), comedian, singer, dancer, UNICEF ambassador, and Capitol Records artist (1956-1958), is born David Daniel Kaminski in Brooklyn, New York.

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

80 Years Ago Today In 1946 - Tex Ritter's Capitol Records single "You Will Have To Pay", with "Christmas Carols By The Old Corral" on the flipside, is #1 on the U.S. Country singles charts

75 Years Ago Today In 1951 - Don Wilson records the vocal overdubs on to music titles recorded by Billy May and an orchestra on October 11, 1950, for the titles "The Flying Mouse: Part 1" and "The Flying Mouse: Part 2" using a script adaptation by Alan Livingston at Capitol Records' Melrose Avenue studios in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will release the final version of both titles on the children's album "The Flying Mouse" (CAS-3092).

75 Years Ago Today In 1951 - Composer Ferde Grofé conducts The Capitol Symphony Orchestra (lineup unlisted) as they record the titles "On The Trail", "Sunset", and parts 1 and 2 of "Cloudburst" from his "Grand Canyon Suite" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles and parts on Grofé and the orchestra's album "Grand Canyon Suite" (L-270).

75 Years Ago Today In 1951 - During a split session held at Capitol Records' Melrose Avenue studios in Hollywood, California, first Wesley "Speedy" West (on steel guitar), with Cliffie Stone and His Orchestra (Harold Glenn Hensley on fiddle, Billy Liebert on organ, Ivy "Jimmy" Bryant and Eddie Kirk on guitar, Clifford "Cliffie Stone" Snyder on bass, and Milton "Muddy" Berry on drums), records an unreleased and lost take of the title "Railroadin'" then Tex Williams and Tennessee Ernie Ford (on vocals), also with Cliffie Stone and His Orchestra (with the addition of Wesley "Speedy" West on steel guitar), records the titles "I'm A Bad Man" and "You Can Tell A Texan Every Time". Capitol Records will eventually release the "I'm A Bad Man" on the CD "Capitol Collectors Series - Tennessee Ernie Ford" (7-95291-2) and "I'm A Bad Man" and "You Can Tell A Texan Every Time" on the CD "Tennessee Ernie Ford - Masters 1949-1976" (C2-30292).

1952 - Pianist Joe "Fingers" Carr (aka Lou Busch), with vocal group The Carr-Hops and an orchestra (both with unlisted lineups) records the titles "Music Makin' Man From Texas", "Noodlin' Rag", "Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes!" and "When You're Smiling" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Music Makin' Man From Texas" and "When Your Smiling" together as a single (Capitol 1974) and "Noodlin' Rag" and "Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes!" together as a single (Capitol 2009).

1952 - Pianist Leonard Pennario records Ravel's "Scarbo (from 'Gaspard De La Nuit')" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the title on Pennario's album "RAVEL - Gaspard de la Nuit/Miroirs (Suite For Piano)" (P-8152).

70 Years Ago Today In 1956 - The Hollywood String Quartet signs a contract with Capitol Records

70 Years Ago Today In 1956 - Jack Teagarden (on trombone and vocals) with Van Alexander's Orchestra (Mannie Klein and Charlie Teagarden on trumpet, Francis "Joe" Howard and Ben Benson on trombone, Gus Bivona and Skeets Herfurt on alto saxophone, Eddie Miller on tenor saxophone, Butch Stone on baritone saxophone, Ray Sherman on piano, Phil Stephens on bass, and Nick Fatool on drums), records the titles "Beale Street Blues", "If I Could Be With You", "I'm Coming Virginia", and "Fare Thee Well To Harlem" at Capitol Records' Melrose Avenue studios in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Teagarden's album "This Is Teagarden" (T 721).

70 Years Ago Today In 1956 - Ray Anthony (on trumpet) and His Orchestra (Johnny Best, Frank Beach, Ray Triscari, and Bob Fowler on trumpet, Dick Nash, Hoyt Bohannon, and Murray McEachern on trumpet, Abe Most and Wilbur Schwartz on clarinet and alto saxophone, Georgie Auld and Charles Butler on tenor saxophone, Leo Anthony and baritone saxophone, Geoff Clarkson on piano, Al Hendrickson on guitar, Don Simpson on bass, and Larry Bunker on drums), using arrangements by Don Simpson and George Williams, records the titles "Dream Dancing", "Moonlight In Vermont", and a rejected take of the title "Poet And Peasant Overture". Capitol Records will issue the first two titles on Anthony's album "Ray Anthony Plays For Dream Dancing" (T 723).

70 Years Ago Today In 1956 - Jerry Reed (on vocals and guitar), with unlisted other musicians, records the titles "I'm A Lover, Not A Fighter", "How Can I Go On This Way?", "Mister Whiz", and "Honey Chile" in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue "I'm A Lover, Not A Fighter" and "Honey Chile" together as a single (Capitol F3381) and "Mr. Whiz" as a single (Capitol F3429) with "When I Found You" (recorded March 28, 1956) on the flipside. Bear Family Records will issue all the titles in Germany on the compilation CD "Jerry Reed - Here I Am" (BCD 16306).

1957 - Trumpet player and bandleader Louis Prima, with tenor saxophonist Sam Butera and The Witnesses (James "Litle Red" Blount Jr. on trombone, William "Willie" McCumber on piano, Jack Marshall on guitar, Amado Rodrigues on bass, and Robert "Bobby" Morris on drums), records "Equator" with vocal by Prima, Keely Smith, and Butera, "There'll Be No Next Time" with vocals by Prima, "Seven Out" with vocals by Prima, Smith, and Butera, and "Closest To The Bone" with vocals by Prima in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 Vine Street in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue "Equator" as a single (Prep F102) with "I Kiss Your Hand Madame" (recorded February 1, 1957) on the flipside and "There'll Be No Next Time" and "The Closer To The Bone" on Prima's album "The Wildest" (T 836). Bear Family Records will issue all the titles in Germany in the 8-CD box set "Louis Prima, Sam Butera & Keely Smith - Their Capitol Recordings" (BCD 15776).

1957 - Vocal duo The Nilsson Twins (Elsa Nilsson and Eileen Nilsson), with Les Baxter and His Orchestra and Chorus (lineups unlisted), records the titles "Love's A Hurting Game", "I Dance When I Walk", "The Rain On My Window", and "Lost Without Your Love" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the second and third titles together as a single (Capitol F3653) and has yet to issue the first and last titles. Unfortunately, none of the titles are currently available on YouTube.

1957 - Vocalist Gordon MacRae, with Van Alexander and His Orchestra and Chorus (lineups unlisted), records the titles "Wagon Wheel", Green Grow The Lilacs", "San Antonio Rose", and "Red River Valley" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on MacRae's album "A Cowboy's Lament" (T 834).

1958 - Capitol Records records a live concert by The Four Freshmen (Bob Flanigan on lead vocals, bass, and trombone, Don Barbour on vocals and guitar, Ross Barbour on vocals and drums, and Ken Albers on vocals, trumpet, mellophone, and bass) held at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California. The group performs "Somebody Loves Me", "In This Whole Wide World", "Malaya", "Angel Eyes", "Them There Eyes", "Grenada", "You've Got Me Cryin' Again", "Day By Day", "It's A Blue World", and "Mr. B's Blues". The recordings were rejected and never released.

1958 - The Jonah Jones Quartet (Jonah Jones on trumpet and vocals, George Rhodes on piano, John Brown on bass, and Harold Austin on drums) begin recording the title "76 Trombones" and record the title "Baubles, Bangles, And Beads" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records rejects the take of "76 Trombones", which will be re-recorded at a later session, and will issue "Baubles, Bangles, And Beads" as a single (Capitol F3893) and on the group's album "Swingin' On Broadway" (EAP-1-963 on 7" EP and T/ST 963 on 12" LP).

1958 - Vocalist Faron Young, with (listed as probably) Marvin Hughes on vibraphone, Hank "Sugarfoot" Garland on electric guitar, Floyd "Lightnin'" Chance on bass, Murray M. "Buddy" Harman, Jr. on drums, and the vocal group The Jordanaires (Hoyt H. Hawkins, Hugh T. Jarrett, Neal Matthews, Jr., and Hugh Gordon Walker), records the titles "Rosalie (Is Gonna Get Married)", "I Can't Dance", and "Once In A While" at Bradley Film & Recording Studio in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue "Rosalie (Is Gonna Get Married)" and "I Can't Dance" together as a single (Capitol F3898) and Bear Family Records will issue all the titles in the five-CD box set "Faron Young - The Classic Years" (BCD 15493).

1960 - Capitol Records releases The Louvin Brothers single "Nellie Moved To Town" with "The Stagger" on the flipside.

1962 - Vocalist Bobby Edwards, with unlisted others, records the titles "I Can Help It", "What'll I Do Without You?", "The Time Has Come", and "Walk On Back You Fool" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 Vine Street in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue "What'll I Do Without You" as a single (Capitol 4726), with "Singing The Blues" (recorded January 5, 1962) on the flipside, and has yet to issue any of the other titles.

1962 - Trombonist Russell Moore, with unlisted others, records the titles "Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gives To Me", "Buddy Bolden", and "Chantez Le Bas" in New York City, New York for Capitol Records which has yet to issue any of the titles.

1963 - The Gateway Trio (lineup unlisted) records the titles "Puttin' On The Style", "All Night Long", "Sigmund Freud", "Wide And Deep", "Foolish Questions", "A-Rovin'", "Deportee", "Vanros", "Hard Travellin'", "Southern Winds", "My Mary (Mo' Mary)", "Freedom Bus", "Dehlia Oh Dehlia", "The Dedicated Undertaker", and "Trouble The Water" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles except "Deportee", "Vanros", and "Freedom Bus", which remain unissued, on the group's album "The Mad, Mad, Mad Gateway Trio" (T/ST 1868).

1964 - The Beatles appear on Billboard's Pop singles chart for the first time with their Capitol Records single "I Want To Hold Your Hand"

60 Years Ago Today In 1966 - During their first two sessions held in New York City, New York for Capitol Records with producer Marvin Holtzman and conductor Horace Ott using "IMU" arrangements, The Magnifice=nt Men (Dave Bupp on lead vocals, Buddy King on backing vocals and trumpet, Tom Pane on backing vocals and saxophone, Terry Crousare on guitar, Jim Seville on bass, Tom Hoover on organ, and Bob "Puff" Angelucci on drums, organ, and piano) record the title "I've Got News" and an unissued take of the title "So Smooth" at the first session and another unissued take of "So Smooth", the title "All Your Loving's Gone To My Head", and an unissued take of the title "Break Down And Let It All Out" at the second session. Capitol Records will issue "I've Got News" as a single (Capitol 5732) with "Maybe, Maybe Baby" (recorded January 19, 1966) on the flipside and "All Your Loving's Gone To My Head" as a single (Capitol 5608) with "Peace Of Mind" (also recorded on January 19, 1966) on the flipside.

1967 - Capitol Records purchases the 1960 masters for Lou Rawls' titles "Water Boy", "In My Little Black Book", "Once In A Lifetime Love", "When We Get Old", "Eighty Ways", and "Just Thought You'd Like To Know" from Candix Records. No issuing information is listed.

1968 - The Lettermen (vocalists Jim Pike, Tony Butala, and Bob Engemann), with an orchestra (lineup unlisted) using arrangements by Perry Botkin, Jr. and Dick Hazard, record a new take of "By The Time I Get To Phoenix" and the titles "The Look Of Love", "Sherry Don't Go", and "Our Day Will Come" in Los Angeles, California. After overdubs are recorded for "Our Day Will Come" on January 31, 1968, for "By The Time I Get To Phoenix" and "The Look Of Love" on February 1, 1968, and for "Sherry Don't Go" on February 2, 1968, Capitol Records will issue "By The Time I Get To Phoenix", "The Look Of Love", and "Our Day Will Come" on the group's album "Goin' Out Of My Head" (ST 2865) and "Sherry Don't Go" as a single (Capitol 2132) and on the group's album "Special Request" (ST 2934).

1968 - Curley McDimple & Jimmy (lineup unlisted) record the titles "Curley McDimple" and "I've Got A Little Secret" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue both titles together as a single (Capitol 2116).

1968 - Dave Davenport, with unlisted others, records the titles "Crazy Dreams", "Right Now", and Leavin' Your World (A Better Place To Live)" in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue "Crazy Dream" and "Right Now" together as a single (Capitol 2189) and has yet to issue "Leavin' Your World (A Better Place To Live)".

1969 - The Capitol Records soundtrack to United Artists' animated feature film "Yellow Submarine" debuts on Billboard's Pop albums chart

55 Years Ago Today In 1971 - Happy & Artie Traum (Artie Traum on guitar, banjo and vocals, and Happy Traum on guitar and banjo), record the title "Handful Of Love" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue the title on the duo's album "Double-Back" (ST-799).

1972 - Joyous Noise (Lee Montgomery on vocals, Marc McClure on guitar, keyboards, and Dobro, Lance Wakely on lead guitar, Happy Smith on bass, and Dennis Dragon on drums) records the title "Rock and Roll Road Cowboys" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the title as a single (Capitol 3303) with "Harry On Sunday" (recorded January 21, 1972) on the flipside and on the group's album "Wandering Man" (ST-11018).

1973 - Vocalist Virgil Warner, with unlisted others, records the titles "Leaning On Your Love", "Frisco Depot", and "Goodbye Hangs Above Us" in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue "Leaning On Your Love" and "Goodbye Hangs Above Us" together as a single (Capitol 3574) and "Frisco Depot" as a single (Capitol 3799).

1973 - Vocalist Merle Haggard, with unlisted others, records the titles "Come On Into My Arms" and "Radiator Man From Waco" in Nashville, Tennessee. After overdubs are recorded for "Come On Into My Arms" on January 20, 1973, Capitol Records will issue both titles on Haggard and The Strangers' album "I Love Dixie Blues" (ST-11149) and "Radiator Man From Waco" as a single (Capitol 3552). with "The Emptiest Arms In The World" (recorded January 17, 1973) on the flipside.

1973 - Pink Floyd begins the last 11 of 38 days of recording titles at EMI's Abbey Road studios in London, England for their album "Dark Side Of The Moon", after taking a break, on October 27, 1972, for touring. Sessions will end on February 1, 1973 and the completed album will be distributed by Capitol Records in the United States.

1978 - The Sylvers (lineup unlisted) record the titles "Love Won't Let Me Go", "Just A Little Bit Longer", "Swept For You" and "My Time To Shine" in Los Angeles, California. No issuing information is listed.

1982 - The master for The Beatles' title "Beatles Movie Medley", which was edited together in England, is registered in Los Angeles, California. The title initially was scheduled to be released as a single (Capitol 5100) with the title "Fab Four On Film (Interview)" on the flipside but that release was canceled and "Beatles Movie Medley" would be issued as a single (Capitol 5107) with "I'm Happy Just To Dance With You" on the flipside.

1982 - During two sessions held in Los Angeles, California, vocalist and guitarist Frankie Miller, with Barry Beckett on keyboards, Pete Carr, Wayne Perkins, and Chris Spedding also on guitars, David Hood on bass, Roger Hawkins on drums, Mickey Bucins on percussion, and Ava Aldridge, Linda Brockway, and Robert Byrne on backing vocals, records the title "Standing On The Edge" at the first session and "Firing Line" at the second session. Capitol Records will issue both titles on Miller's album "Standing On The Edge" (ST-12206). 

1983 - Prism (lineup unlisted) record the titles "Blue Collar" and "State Of The Heart" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both titles on the group's album "Beat Street" (ST-12266).

1988 - Capitol Records registers the masters for all the titles on Shadowfax's album "Folksongs For A Nuclear Village" (C1-46924 on 12" vinyl and 7-46924-2 on CD).

1993 - Capitol Records releases Hoyt Axton's album "American Originals"

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1932 - Irene Kral, singer and a United Artists Records artist (whose UA album "The Band And I" has been reissued on the Capitol Jazz label by Blue Note Records), is born in Chicago, Illinois.

1944 - The Metropolitan Opera House in New York City hosts its first jazz concert, which features performances by future Capitol Records artists Benny Goodman, Jack Teagarden, and Lionel Hampton (who recorded for Capitol as part of Goodman's bands), as well as Billie Holiday (who recorded for Capitol as Lady Day in 1942), Louis Armstrong (who would record titles for Verve Records at The Capitol Tower Studios as well as perform on the soundtrack for the motion picture "High Society" which was released by Capitol), Artie Shaw, and Roy Eldridge.

1962 - The duo Shirley & Lee (vocalists Shirley Goodman & Leonard Lee) sign with Imperial Records whose catalog is currently owned by Capitol Music Group's parent company Universal Music Group. Their first recording session for the label will be held in New Orleans on February 1, 1962, where they will record the titles "The Joker", "Together We Stand", "My Last Letter" and "I'm Old Enough" with Dave Bartholomew and Wardell Quezergue on trumpets, Waldron 'Frog' Joseph on trombone, Warren Bell and Clarence Ford on tenor saxophones, Carl Bluin on baritone saxophone, James Booker on piano, Justin Adams on guitar, George French on bass, and either Robert French or Joe 'Smokey' Johnson on drums. Imperial will release the first two titles together as a single (Imperial 5818) and the last two titles together as a single (Imperial 5854). 

1969 - The Foundations' UNI single "Build Me Up Buttercup", with "New Direction" on the flipside, enters the top 40 of Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart. Capitol will later release the title as part of its soundtrack to the movie "There's Something About Mary" in 1998.

1975 - Epic Records releases future Capitol Records artist Minnie Ripperton's single "Lovin' You" with "Edge Of A Dream" on the flipside. Capitol Records currently distributes Ripperton's catalog.

1992 - Right Said Fred's Charisma Records (a division of Virgin Records America, whose catalog is now owned by EMI Music Group, Capitol Music Group's parent company) single "I'm Too Sexy", with a 7" version on one side and a Spanish version on the flipside, enters the top 40 of Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart.

30 Years Ago Today In 1996 - Future Capitol Records artist Lisa Marie Presley files for divorce from Michael Jackson

ON THIS DAY NOT IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1892 - Oliver Hardy, comedian and motion-picture actor, best known as part of the team Laurel and Hardy, is born Oliver Norvell Hardy in Harlem, Georgia

1952 - Curly Howard (born Jerome Lester Horwitz), vaudeville and motion picture actor, comedian, brother of Moe and Shemp Howard, and member of The Three Stooges dies at age 48 in San Gabriel, California. He would later be buried at Home of Peace Memorial Park in East Los Angeles in the Western Jewish Institute Section, Row 5, Grave 1.

1954 - Sydney Greenstreet, stage and motion picture actor, dies at age 74 and is later interred in Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery, in Glendale, California.

1963 - Tenor saxophonist Stanley Turrentine, with Shirley Scott on organ, Sam Jones on bass, and Clarence Johnston on drums, records the titles "Without A Song", "Never Let Me Go", "Major's Minor", and "They Can't Take That Away From Me" in engineer Rudy Van Gelder's studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey. Blue Note Records will reject the takes of "Without A Song" and "Major's Minor" and will issue "Never Let Me Go" as a single (Blue Note 45-1894) and on Turrentine's album "Never Let Me Go" (BLP4129/BST84129) and "They Can't Take That Away From Me" on the CD release of the album (7-84129).

1987 - Billy Vera & The Beaters' single "At This Moment" peaks at #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart. The single, reissued by Rhino Records after being featured on the television series "Family Ties", was originally issued in 1981 by Alfa Records, which was shuttered by its Japanese owners. Rhino licensed the title from Alfa. The single was originally released by Rhino with Vera's own composition "I Can Take Care Of Myself" on the flipside but later, according to Billy, "Rhino got word that 'Peanut Butter' was popular within the Carolinas Beach Music scene, so they repressed with that song on the flip...". Billy's still busy performing, writing, producing, and doing some really fun voiceover work.

JANUARY 17, 2026

HAPPY BIRTHDAYS!

1913 - Vido Musso, clarinetist and tenor saxophonist with Benny Goodman and His Orchestra, Gene Krupa and His Orchestra, Harry James and His Orchestra, Woody Herman and His Orchestra, Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra, and Capitol Records artist Stan Kenton and His Orchestra (1945-1947) as well as his own small groups, is born in Carini, Italy.

95 Years Ago Today In 1931 - Clifford Solomon, a tenor saxophonist with Capitol Records artist Johnny Otis as well as John Mayall, Charles Brown, Ray Charles, and others, is born in Los Angeles, California.

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

80 Years Ago Today In 1946 - Johnny Mercer's Capitol Records single "Personality", with "If I Knew Then" on the flipside, enters The Billboard magazine's "Records Most-Played On The Air" chart at #9 and its "Most-Played Juke Box Records" chart at #13.

80 Years Ago Today In 1946 - Tex Ritter (on vocals), with Wesley Tuttle on guitar and Cliffie Stone on bass, records the titles "Down In The Valley", "Billy The Kid", "O Bury Me Not On The Lone Prairie", "Ridin' Ole Paint", "De Camptown Races", "Sam Bass", "Zebra Dun", "Trail To Mexico", "Whoopee Ti Yi Yo (Get Along Little Doggies)", "Casey Jones" and "When The Work's All Done This Fall" for the Capitol Records Transcription Service at Radio Recorders' studios in Hollywood, California. The Capitol Records Transcription Service will issue the first five titles on transcription disc G-26 and the rest of the titles, except "Casey Jones" on transcription disc G-25. Bear Family Records will issue all the titles in Germany in the 4 CD box set "Tex Ritter - Have I Stayed Away Too Long?" (BCD 16239),

1947 - Merle Travis' Capitol Records single "Divorce Me C.O.D.", with "Missouri" on the flipside, is back to #1 for the thirteenth and last week on The Billboard magazine's Most-Played Juke Box Folk Records chart (the precursor to the Country Music chart) after falling to #2 on the January 10th chart.

1947 - The Pied Pipers (vocalists June Hutton, Chuck Lowry, Hal Hopper, and Clark Yocum), with Paul Weston and his Orchestra (lineup unlisted), record the titles "When Am I Gonna Kiss You Good Morning" and "Open The Door Richard" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both titles together as a single (Capitol 369).

1948 - It's a Saturday and on this afternoon's episode of "King Cole Trio Time", being broadcast from NBC's studios in New York City, New York, the guest is Herb Jefferies and the announcer is Freddie Robbins. The trio performs "Straighten Up And Fly Right", "I'll Dance At Your Wedding", "You're The Cream In My Coffee", "What'll I Do?", "When I Write My Song" with Herb Jefferies, then "I Found A New Baby" and "I Feel So Smoochie". The Armed Forces Radio Service will issue an electronic transcription disc of the episode. (King Cole Trio 31).

75 Years Ago Today In 1951 - The Hollywood String Quartet (Felix Slatkin leader and violin, Paul Shure on violin, Paul Robyn on viola, and Eleanor Aller on cello), with Kurt Reher on cello, records parts 1 and 2 of the third and fourth movements of Franz Schubert's "Quintet In C Major, Op. 163" at Capitol Records' Melrose Avenue studios in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue all the parts for the title on the Quartet's album "SCHUBERT - Quintet In C Major, Op. 163" (P-8133).

1952 - Vocalist Kay Starr is called late at night into Capitol Records' studios at 5515 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood, California to quickly record, with Harold Mooney directing the orchestra (lineup unlisted), the titles "Too Busy", "Wheel Of Fortune", and "Three Letters". Capitol Records will issue "Too Busy" on Starr's album "The Kay Starr Style" (CDN-363), will rush-release "Wheel Of Fortune" as a single (Capitol 1964) in February 1952 with "I Wanna Love You" (recorded January 15, 1957) on the flipside, and has yet to issue the take of "Three Letters" recorded this night but did release a take recorded on July 3, 1952. "Wheel Of Fortune" will become Starr's first gold record and will eventually become the #2 best-selling single of 1952.

70 Years Ago Today In 1956 - Jack Teagarden (on trombone and vocals), with Harry Geller's Orchestra (Simon "Si" Zentner, Benny Benson, and Lloyd Ulyate on trombone, George Roberts on bass trombone, Gus Bivona on alto saxophone, Eddie Miller on tenor saxophone, Ray Sherman on piano, Jack Marshall on guitar, Mike Rubin on bass, and Nick Fatool on drums), records the titles "Stars Fell On Alabama", "Old Pidgeon-Toed Joad", "My Kinda Love", and "Peg O' My Heart" at Capitol Records' studios on Melrose Avenue in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Teagarden's album "This Is Teagarden" (T 721).

70 Years Ago Today In 1956 - Frank Sinatra and Bing Crosby, with Johnny Green conducting The MGM Studio Orchestra (which included Jimmy Zito, Joe Triscari, and Uan Rasey on trumpet, Herb Taylor, Nick DiMaio, and Si Zentner on trombone, Art Shapiro on bass, and unidentified others), record the title "Well Did You Evah?" at MGM's studios in Culver City, California. Capitol Records will issue the title on the original soundtrack album for the movie "High Society" (W 750).

1957 - Clarinet player and bandleader Les Brown and His Band Of Renown (Wes Hensel, Don Smith, Mickey McMahan, Bob Styles on trumpets, Ray Sims, Roy Main, Jim Hill on trombones, Stumpy Brown on bass trombone, Matt Utal and Ralph La Polla on alto saxophones, Billy Usselton on tenor saxophone, Abe Aaron on tenor and baritone saxophones, Butch Stone on baritone saxophone and vocals, Norman Pockrandt on piano, Vernon Polk on guitar, Mel Pollan on bass, and Lloyd Morales on drums) record the titles "Sleepy Time Gal", "Johnson Rag", and "Swingin' Down The Lane" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Brown's album "Dancers' Choice" (T 812).

1957 - Pianist and bandleader Stan Kenton and His Orchestra (Ed Leddy on trumpet, Bob Fitzpatrick, Kent Larsen, John Halliburton, and Jim Amlotte on trombones, George Roberts on bass trombone, Lennie Niehaus and Charlie Mariano on alto saxophones, Bill Perkins and Richie Kamuca on tenor saxophones, Pepper Adams on baritone saxophone, Ralph Blaze on guitar, Don Bagley on bass, and Mel Lewis on drums) and The Modern Men (vocalists Bob Smart, Al Oliveri, Tony Katics, and Paul Salamunovich), record the titels "All About Ronnie", "Walk Softly", and "Sunday's Child" and "After You" without Ed Leddy on trumpet in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 Vine Street in Hollywood, California between 4:00 PM and 8:30 PM. Capitol Records will issue "All About Ronnie", "Walk Softly", and "After You" on Kenton's album "Kenton With Voices" (T 810) and plans to issue "Sunday's Child" as a single (Capitol F3766) but does not release it. Collector's Choice Records will issue all the titles on the CD "Stan Kenton - Kenton With Voices/Artistry In Voices And Brass" (CCM 354-2).

1957 - Capitol Records purchases the masters for Don Robertson's titles "Remember You Belong To Me" and a take of "I Don't Know If (You Should Climb The Highest Hill) that had vocals by Lou Dinning and will issue "Remember You Belong To Me" as a single (Capitol F3675) with a different take of "I Don't Know If (You Should Clime The Highest Hill)" which was purchased on March 5, 1957, on the flipside.

1957 - Trumpet player and bandleader Louis Prima, with tenor saxophonist Sam Butera and The Witnesses (James "Litle Red" Blount Jr. on trombone, William "Willie" McCumber on piano, Jack Marshall on guitar, Amado Rodrigues on bass, and Robert "Bobby" Morris on drums), records the medleys "When You're Smiling/The Sheik Of Araby" and, with vocals by Prima and Keely Smith, "Baby, Won't You Please Come Home" then the titles "Birth Of The Blues" with vocals by Keely Smith, "Blow, Red, Blow" with vocals by Prima, "When The Saints Go Marching In" with vocals by Prima, "Sentimental Journey" with vocals by Prima and Smith, and "Baby Won't You Please Come Home" in the Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 Vine Street in Hollywood, California between 10:00 PM and 1:00 AM on January 18, 1957. Capitol Records will issue all the titles, except "Baby, Won't You Please Come Home/Sentimental Journey" on Prima's album "The Call Of The Wildest" (T 836). Bear Family Records will issue all the titles in the 8-CD box set "Louis Prima, Sam Butera & Keely Smith - Their Capitol Recordings" (BCD 15776).

1958 - Pianist Paul Smith, with Jules Kinsler on flute, Bob Cooper on tenor saxophone, Tony Rizzi on guitar, Joe Mondragon on bass, and Shelly Manne on drums, records the titles "I've Got You Under My Skin", "Chicken Wings", "It's Alright With Me", and "All Of You" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Smith's album "Delicate Jazz" (T 1017).

1958 - Vocalist Sonny James, with guitarist Bob Bain and His Orchestra (Ray Sherman on piano, Red Callender on bass, and Raymond Martinez on drums) using arrangements by Bain, records the titles "Walk To The Dance", "Kathaleen", "Are You Mine", and "Let's Play Love" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California between 7:00 PM and 11:30 PM. Capitol Records will issue "Walk To The Dance" and "Kathaleen" together as a single (Capitol F3888) and, after vocal overdubs are recorded by Darla Darret on March 27, 1958, for "Are You Mine", will issue the final mix of that title and "Let's Play Love" together as a single (Capitol F3962).

1958 - The Jonah Jones Quartet (Jonah Jones on trumpet and vocals, George Rhodes on piano, John Brown on bass, and Harold Austin on drums) records the titles "I Could Have Danced All Night" and "Just My Luck" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue both titles on the quartet's album "Swingin' On Broadway" (EAP-2-963 on 7" EP and T/ST 963 on 12" LP).

1961 - Rose Maddox (on vocals), with "Gentleman" Jim Pierce on piano, John Calvin Maddox, William Everett "Billy" Strange, and Roy Ernest Nichols on guitars, Norman Daniel Hamlett on steel guitar, Allen J. Williams on bass, and Marion Z. "Pee Wee" Adams on drums, records the titles "Conscience, I'm Guilty", "Read My Letter Once Again", "Tall Men", and "Early In The Morning" at The Capitol Tower Studios in Hollywood, California between 1:30 PM and 4:30 PM. After overdubs are recorded for "Early In The Morning" on January 18, 1961, Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Maddox's album "A Big Bouquet Of Roses" (T 1548).

65 Years Ago Today In 1961 - Diane Maxwell, with the Hank Levine Orchestra and chorus (lineups unlisted) records the titles "Whispering Pines", "Remember Me, I'm The One Who Loves You", "Born To Be With You", and a as yet unreleased take of "Big Shot Nothing Bringer" in Los Angeles, California with producer Ken Nelson. Capitol Records will issue the first and third titles together as a single (Capitol 4541) and the second title as a single (Capitol 4571) with "Rainbows" (recorded April 26, 1961) on the flipside.

65 Years Ago Today In 1961 - Pianist Lee Evans (aka Eli Levine), with uncredited musicians in a orchestra, records a as yet unissued take of the title "Where Have You Been" and the titles "The Moon Is Yellow", "Beyond The Reef", and "Tin-Tun-Tan" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue the last three titles on Evan's album "Big Piano, Big Band, Big Sound" (T 1625).

1962 - Pianist Lee Evans, with an uncredited orchestra, records the titles "Lonely", "Legend", "If You Go", and "Malaguena" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Evans' album "Piano Plus" (T/ST 1708).

1962 - Vocalist Mac Wiseman, with Buddy Spicher and Chubby Wise on fiddles, Ray Edenton on tipple, Benny Williams on mandolin, Joe Drumwright on banjo, Joseph "Joe" Zinkan on bass, and Murrey M. "Buddy" Harman Jr. on drums, records the titles "Ballad Of The Little Pine Box", "I'll Remember Your Love In My Prayers", and "Free From The Old Chain Gang" in Bradley Film & Recording Studio at 804 16th Avenue South, Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Wiseman's album "Bluegrass Favorites" (T/ST 1800).

1963 - Vocal group The Kingston Trio (Nick Reynolds, Bob Shane, and John Stewart), with Allan Reuss on guitar, and Dean Reilly on bass, record the background title, vocal title, and overdubs for the title "Road To Freedom" and the title "Ballad Of The Quiet Fighter" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California between 12:00 PM and 3:00 PM and then from 3:30 PM and 6:30 PM. Capitol Records will issue the final mix of "Road To Freedom" and "Ballad Of The Quiet Fighter" on the trio's album "The Kingston Trio #16" (T/ST 1871).

1965 - Sonny James' Capitol Records single "You're The Only World I Know", with "Tying The Pieces Together" on the flipside, is #1 on the Country singles charts.

60 Years Ago Today In 1966 - Guitarist Laurindo Almeida, with Stanley Wilson conducting The Concert Arts Chamber Orchestra (lineup unlisted), records Johann Sebastian Bach's "Arioso From The Harpsichord Concerto In F Minor" and Silvius Leopold Weiss' "Suite In A Minor (5 movements): Prelude/Allemande/Sarabande/Gavotte/Gigue" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both titles on Almeida's album "Concerto For Guitar And Small Orchestra: VILLA-LOBOS - Concerto For Guitar And Small Orchestra/WEISS - Suite In A Minor/J.S. BACH - Arioso From The Harpsichord Concerto In F Minor" (P-8638).

1968 - The Stone Poneys (Kenny Edwards and Bob Kimmel on guitars and Linda Ronstadt on vocals) record the title "A Number And A Name" in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records which has yet to issue the title.

1968 - The Magnificent Men (lineup unlisted) record the titles "By The Time I Get To Phoenix", "Everybody's Got A Home But Me", and "So Much Love Waiting" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on the group's album "The World Of Soul" (T/ST 2846).

1968 - The Band (lineup unlisted) records overdubs for the title "The Weight" whose basic titles were recorded on January 12, 1968 and the basic titles and overdubs for the title "We Can Talk About It Now" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue the final mixes of both titles on the group's album "Music From Big Pink" (SKAO 2955).

1969 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records album "The Christmas Song" is certified Gold by the R.I.A.A.

55 Years Ago Today In 1971 - Jerry Corbitt records the title "John Deere Tractor" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the title on Corbitt's album "John Corbitt" (ST-771).

1972 - Capitol Records releases Buck Owens' single "I'll Still Be Waiting For You" with "Full Time Daddy" on the flipside. Below is a video of Buck performing the song shortly before its release on "The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour".

1972 - Bandleader Billy May conducted his own arrangements to The Time-Life Orchestra (John Audino, John Best, Pete Candoli, Uan Rasey, and Ray Triscari on trumpets, Joe Howard, Lloyd Ulyate, Lew McCreary, and Dick Nash on trombones, Skeets Herfurt, Wilbur Schwartz, Justin Gordon, Abe Most, Don Lodice, Plas Johnson, and Jack Nimitz on saxophones, Ray Sherman on piano, Jack Marshall on guitar, Morty Corb on bass, and Nick Fatool on drums) as they record the titles "I'm Here", "Royal Garden Blues", "Say It Isn't So", and "Struttin' With Some Barbecue" in the Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 Vine Street in Hollywood, California. Time-Life Records will issue all the titles in the box set "The Swing Era - Curtain Call: The Sounds of Swing" (STA/STL 352).

1972 - Joyous Noise (lineup unlisted) records the titles "Slide On The Light" and "Silver Guitar" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol will issue both titles on the group's album "Wandering Man" (ST-11018).

1973 - During two sessions held this day in Nashville, Tennessee, vocalist Merle Haggard, with The Strangers (lineup unlisted), records the titles "Love And Honor Never Crossed Your Mind", "This Is The Song We Sing", "There's Just One Way", and "Uncle Lem" at the first session and the titles "Daddy Won't Be Home For Christmas", "Bobby Wants A Puppy For Christmas", and "The Emptiest Arms In The World" at the second session. After overdubs are recorded for "Love And Honor Never Crossed Your Mind", "There's Just One Way", "Daddy Won't Be Home For Christmas", "Bobby Wants A Puppy For Christmas", and "The Emptiest Arms In The World" on January 20, 1973, Capitol Records will issue the final mixes of "Love And Honor Never Crossed Your Mind" and "There's Just One Way" as well as "Uncle Lem" on Haggard's album "If We Make It Through December" (ST-11276), "This Is The Song We Sing" on the album "It's All In The Movies" (ST-11483), the final mixes of "Daddy Won't Be Home Again For Christmas" and "Bobby Wants A Puppy For Christmas" on the album "Merle Haggard's Christmas Present (Something Old, Something New)" (ST-11230), "Bobby Want's A Puppy For Christmas" as a single (Capitol 3746) and "The Emptiest Arms In The World" as a single (Capitol 3552) and on Merle Haggard And The Strangers' album "I Love Dixie Blues" (ST-11149).

50 Years Ago Today In 1976 - Merle Haggard's Capitol Records single "Roots Of My Raising", with "The Way It Was In '51" on the flipside, enters the Country singles charts

1978 - The Sylvers (lineup unlisted) record the titles "Love Changes", "Heartbreak Dead Ahead", "Diamonds Are Rare", "Look What Love Has Done", and "Disco Jack" in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records. No issuing information is listed.

1983 - Prism (lineup unlisted) records the titles "Don't Count Me Out" and "Japanese Girls" in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records which has yet to issue either title.

1992 - Liberty Records (later renamed Capitol Records Nashville) artist Garth Brooks' first TV special airs on NBC-TV.

30 Years Ago Today In 1996 - Tower, Harvest, and Capitol Records group (The) Pink Floyd is inducted into the Rock 'N' Roll Hall Of Fame

1998 - Cliffie Stone, singer, songwriter, bandleader, radio and television variety show host, personal manager, 1989 Country Music Hall Of Fame inductee, Capitol Records A&R executive and record producer, dies of a heart attack at his Saugus, California home at age 80.

ON THIS DATE NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1918 - Elmore James, guitarist and songwriter (whose Blues songs have been covered by Capitol Records artists from The Raspberries to Bonnie Raitt) is born in Durant, Mississippi

45 Years Ago Today In 1981 - John Lennon's Geffen/Lenono Music Records single "Woman", with Yoko Ono's "Beautiful Boys" on the flipside, enters the top 40 of Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart. Capitol Records currently distributes the John Lennon and Yoko Ono catalogs.

ON THIS DAY NOT IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1880 - Mack Sennett, motion-picture director, producer, and studio owner, is born Michael Sinnott in Richmond, Quebec, Canada.

1978 - Benny Goodman returns to Carnegie Hall forty years and one day after his 1938 concert to celebrate the show's anniversary. Goodman puts together a big band, which includes George Benson on guitar, but does not recreate the first concert's playlist. A recording of the new show would be released in 1982.

1994 - The Northridge Earthquake hits the Los Angeles basin starting at 4:30:55 AM PST. Along with the unfortunate deaths that occurred, structural damage will cause the later demolition of the original Brown Derby restaurant on Vine Street and the closure of The Pacific Theater on Hollywood Boulevard.

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1942 - Bill Francis, keyboardist with the Capitol Records group Dr. Hook, is born William Francis in Mobile, Alabama.

80 Years Ago Today In 1946 - Ronnie Milsap, singer and Liberty (1993) and Capitol Records artist (1996), is born Ronnie Lee Milsap in Robbinsville, North Carolina.

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

 1945 - Pianist and bandleader Stan Kenton and His Orchestra (John Carroll, Buddy Childers, Karl George, Gene Roland, and Mel Green on trumpets, Harry Forbes, Freddie Zito, and Milt Kabak on trombones, Bart Varsalona on bass trombone, Bob Lively and Boots Mussulli on alto saxophones, Dave Madden and Stan Getz on tenor saxophones, Bob Gioga on baritone saxophone, Bob Ahern on guitar, Bob Kesterson on bass, Jim Falzone on drums) record the titles "Ooh, What I Dreamed About You" (arranged by Stan Kenton) with vocals by Gene Howard, "I Want A Grown Up Man" (arranged by Gene Rowland) with vocals by Anita O'Day, "Travelin' Man" (arranged by Roland) with vocals by Anita O'Day, and the instrumental "Around Town" (arranged by Kenton) at C.P. MacGregor's studios at 729 South Western Avenue in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue "Travelin' Man" on the multi-artist album "Jazz Classics - Collector's Items" (AD-62). Mosaic Records will issue all the titles in the box set "The Complete Capitol Studio Recordings of Stan Kenton" (MQ12-163 on 12" vinyl and MD7-163 on CD).

1947 - Cliffie Stone's Band (Clifford Snyder and unlisted musicians) records "Special Instructions For Square Dancing" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the title on Cliffie Stone's album "Cliffie Stone Square Dances" (BD-44).

1947 - Vocalist Tex Ritter, with an unidentified orchestra, records the titles "My Heart's As Cold As An Empty Jug", "I Cannot Tell A Lie", "Double Dealin' Darlin'", and "Toodle-Loo My Darlin'" at (listed as possibly) Radio Recorders' studios at 932 North Western Avenue in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue "My Heart's As Cold As An Empty Jug" as a single (Capitol 15119) with "Rock And Rye" (recorded December 30, 1957) on the flipside, "Double Dealin' Darlin" as a single (Capitol 15309) with "It's Never Too Late" (recorded September 25, 1944) on the flipside, and "Toodle-Loo My Darlin'" as a single (Capitol 40020) with "Teach Me To Forget" (recorded July 31, 1946) on the flipside. Bear Family Records will issue all the titles in the 4-CD box set "Tex Ritter - Blood On The Saddle" (BCD 16260).

1948 - It's a Friday and The King Cole Trio, along with Noble Sissle's band, opens a week of shows at The Apollo Theatre in Harlem, New York which draws standing room only crowds. The Trio close the show (because no one wanted to try and follow them) and perform such favorites as "Baby Likes To Rebop", "Save The Bones For Henry Jones", "Those Things Money Can't Buy", and "All I've Got Is Me". Also, The King Cole Trio's Capitol Records album "King Cole Trio, Volume III" is #4 on The Billboard magazine's Best-Selling Popular Record Albums chart.

1948 - Nellie Lutcher and Her Rhythm start seven straight days of shows at The Café Tia Juana in Cleveland, Ohio.

1948 - Peggy Lee's Capitol Records single "Mañana", with "All Dressed Up With A Broken Heart" on the flipside, enters The Billboard magazine's Most-Played On The Air chart at #11.

1949 - Soprano, alto, and tenor saxophonist and bandleader Charlie Barnet and His Orchestra (Dave Burns, Tony DiNardi, Johnny Howell, Doc Severinsen, and Lamar Wright Jr. on trumpets, Dick Kenney, Obie Massingill, and Kenny Martlock on trombones, Vinnie Dean and Art Raboy on alto saxophone, Kurt Bloom and Dave Matthews on tenor saxophone, Danny Bank on baritone saxophone, Claude Williamson on piano, Eddie Safranski on bass, Cliff Leeman on drums, Diego Iborra on bongos, and Carlos Vidal on congas) record the titles "Eugipelliv" and "Lonely Street" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue both titles on Barnet's album "Classics In Jazz - Charlie Barnet" (T 624).

75 Years Ago Today In 1951 - The Hollywood String Quartet (lead by Felix Slatkin on violin, Paul Shure also on violin, Paul Robyn on viola, and Eleanor Aller and Kurt Reher on cellos) records Shubert's "Quintet In C Major, Opus 163, 2nd Movement" in three parts at Capitol Records' studios at 5515 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue all the parts on the quartet's album "SCHUBERT - Quintet in C Major, Op.163" (P-8133).

75 Years Ago Today In 1951 - During two sessions held this day in Los Angeles, California for The Capitol Records Transcription Service, Ernie Felice, with unlisted others records 5 unlisted titles at each session. No issuing information is listed.

1952 - During two sessions held this day at Capitol Records' studios at 5515 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood, California between 10:00 PM and 11:30 PM, vocalist Tex Ritter, with Les Baxter's Chorus and Orchestra (Jules Kinsler on flute, Buddy Cole on piano, Artie Shapiro on bass, Milt Holland on drums, Kathryn Thompson on harp, Henry Hill, Dan Lube, Lou Raderman, Mischa Russell, Eudice Shapiro, Felix Slatkin, and Marshall Sosson on violins, Paul Robyn on viola, Eleanor Aller Slatkin on cello, and an unlisted vocal chorus led by Baxter) records the titles "As Long As The River Flows On" and "When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold Again" at the first session then Les Baxter's Chorus and Orchestra (probably the same lineup as above) records "Blue Tango" and "Please Mr. Sun". Capitol Records will issue both of Ritter's titles together as a single (Capitol 1977) and both of Baxter's titles together as a single (Capitol 1966).

1952 - During two sessions held this day in Los Angeles, California, pianist Leonard Pennario records, from Ravel's "Miroirs" (Suite For Piano), "Noctuelles (Night Moths)", "Oiseaux Tristes (Sorrowful Birds", and "La Vallée Des Cloches (Valley Of The Bells)" then, from Ravel's "Gaspard De La Nuit", "Le Gibet (The Scaffold)" then, from "Miroirs" (Suite for piano), "Une Barque Sur L'Ocean (A Boat On The Ocean)" at the first session and Ravel's "Alborada Del Graciose (The Jester Greets The Dawn)" then, from "Gaspard De La Nuit", "Odine", and a remake of "Une Barque Sur L'Ocean (A Boat On The Ocean)" at the second session. Capitol Records will issue all the titles, except the first take of "Une Barque Sur L'Ocean", on Pennario's album "RAVEL - Gaspard De La Nuit/Miroirs (Suite For Piano)" (P-8152).

1953 - Vocalist and guitarist Tex Ritter, with Margie Ann "Fiddlin' Kate" Warren on fiddle, Billy Liebert on accordion, Merle Travis and Jimmie Widener also on guitar, Robert Meadows on steel guitar, Henry Morton on bass, and Roy Harte on drums, recorded the titles "My Woman Ain't Pretty", "Buffalo Dream" in Capitol Records' studios at 5515 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood, California between 7:30 PM and 11:30 PM and from 11: 30 PM to 12:00 AM on January 17, 1953. Capitol Records will issue both titles together as a single (Capitol 2368).

70 Years Ago Today In 1956 - June Christy (on vocals), with Pete Rugolo directing his own arrangements to the orchestra (John Graas on french horn, Bud Shank on flute and alto saxophone, Bob Cooper on tenor saxophone on oboe, Bernie Mattinson on vibraphone, bells, and percussion, Ann Mason Stockton on harp, Howard Roberts on guitar, Joe Mondragon on bass, Shelly Manne on drums, and a string section with Dan Lube, Erno Neufeld, and Nick Pisani on violin, David Sterkin on viola, and Edgar Lustgarten on cello), records the titles "That's All", "'Round Midnight", "The Wind", and "Day Dream" at Capitol Records' studios at 5515 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood, California between 8:00 PM and 12:00 AM. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Christy's album "The Misty Miss Christy" (T 725).

70 Years Ago Today In 1956 - Frank Sinatra (on vocals), with Nelson Riddle conducting his own arrangements to the orchestra (Harry Edison, Conrad Gozzo, Mannie Klein, and Mickey Mangano on trumpet, Milt Bernhart and Jimmy Priddy on trombones, Juan Tizol on valve trombone, George Roberts on bass trombone, Harry Klee and Willie Schwartz on alto saxophone and clarinet, Justin Gordon and James Williamson on tenor saxophones, Mort Friedman on baritone saxophone, Bill Miller on piano, George Van Eps on guitar, Joe Comfort on bass, Irv Cottler on drums, Frank Flynn on percussion, Kathryn Julye on harp, and a string section with Victor Bay, Alex Beller, Harold Dicterow, David Frisina, Henry Hill, Paul Nero, Mischa Russell, Paul Shure, Felix Slatkin, and Marshall Sosson on violin, Alvin Dinkin, Maxine Johnson, and Milton Thomas on viola, and Cy Bernard, Ennio Bolognini, and Eleanor Slatkin on cello), records, "Makin' Whoopee", "Old Devil Moon", "Anything Goes", "Too Marvelous For Words", and "We'll Be Together Again" at radio station KHJ's studios (now the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science's Pickford Center for Motion Picture Study and the Academy Film Archive) at 1313 North Vine Street, Hollywood, California between 8:00 PM and 12:00 AM. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Sinatra's album "Songs For Swingin' Lovers" (W 653). This would mark the last time that Frank Sinatra would record in the KHJ studios.

1957 - Trumpet player and bandleader Ray Anthony and His Orchestra (Art De Pew, Jack Laubach, and Jack Holman also on trumpets, Jimmy Henderson, Lew McCreary, Jimmy Priddy on trombones, Med Flory, and Gene Merlino on alto saxophone, Bob Enevoldsen and Jeff Massingill on tenor saxophones, Leo Anthony on baritone saxophone, Geoff Clarkson on piano, Laurindo Almeida and Al Viola on guitars, Don Simpson on bass, and Bill Richmond on drums) using arrangements by Don Simpson, record the titles "Calypso Dance" and "Plymouth Rock" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both titles together as a single (Capitol F3645).

1957 - Vocal group The Five Keys (Ripley Ingram on tenor vocals, Rudy West on lead tenor vocals, Maryland Pierce and Ramon Loper on baritone vocals, and Bernie West on bass vocals), with Van Alexander and his Orchestra (lineup unlisted), record the titles "Who Do You Know In Heaven (That Made You The Angel You Are)", "It's A Groove", and "Tiger Lily" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the first and last titles on the group's album "The Five Keys On Stage!" (T 828) and "It's A Groove" as a single (Capitol F3710) with "Four Walls" (recorded January 21, 1957) on the flipside.

1957 - Pianist Marian McPartland, with Max Cohn and Arnold Eidus on violins, Isadore Zir on viola, George Ricci on cello, Margaret Ross on harp, William Britto on bass, and Jimmy Campbell on drums, records the titles "After All", "Love Walked In", and "This Is New" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on McPartland's album "With You In Mind" (T 895). None of the titles appear by themselves on YouTube but below is a video of audio taken from a Capitol promotional album where Marian introduces "Love Walked In".

1958 - Vocalist Faron Young, with (listed as possibly) Merrill Moore on piano, Buck Owens on guitar, and The Jack Halloran Singers (lineup unlisted), recorded the titles "Thank You For A Lovely Evening", "Everything I Have Is Yours", "The Nearness Of You", and "Sweet And Lovely" in Studio A of The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street, Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Faron's album "The Object Of My Affection" (EAP-1-1004 and EAP-3-1004 on 7" and T 1004 on 12").

1958 - Vocal group The Andrews Sisters (Laverne Andrews, Maxene Andrews, and Patty Andrews) with arranger Billy May conducting His Orchestra (Mannie Klein on trumpet, Simon "Si" Zentner, Murray McEachern, and William Schaefer on trombones, Wilbur Schwartz, Buddy Collette, and Bob Lawson on saxophones, Ray Sherman on piano, Bobby Gibbons on guitar, Phil Stephens on bass and tuba, Alvin Stoller and Larry Bunker on drums) records the titles "Me Too", "Show Me The Way To Go Home", "Barney Google", and "Collegiate" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California between 10:00 AM and 1:00 AM. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on the sister's album "The Andrews Sisters Sing The Dancing '20s" (T 973).

1958 - The Four Freshmen (Bob Flanigan on lead vocals, bass, and trombone, Don Barbour on vocals and guitar, Ross Barbour on vocals and drums, and Ken Albers on vocals, trumpet, mellophone, and bass), using vocal arrangements by Nelson Riddle, records the title "Indian Summer" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue the title on the group's album "The Four Freshmen In Person" (EAP-1-1008 on 7" EP and T/ST 1008 on 12" LP).

1958 Capitol Records purchases The Hollidays (vocalists Phil Ashby, Charles De Lette, Norman Brooks, Edward Saunders, and Joseph Thornton II) titles "The Wonder Of Love" and "I'm Not Ashamed" from Encino Records and will have subsidiary Prep Records issue both titles together as a single (Prep F136).

1958 - Capitol Records purchases the masters for vocalist Ed Townsend's titles "Over And Over Again" and "For Your Love", both with Gerald Wilson and His Orchestra, from Encino Records and will issue then together as a single (Capitol F3926).

1958 - Arranger Johnny Ricards conducts His Orchestra (Al Stewart, Doug Mettome, Burt Collins, Jerry Kail, and Paul Cohen on trumpets, Frank Rehak, Jim Dahl, Jimmy Cleveland, and Eddie Bert on trombone, Al Antonucci on French horn, Jay McAllister on tuba, Gene Quill on alto saxophone, Frank Socolow on tenor saxophone, Billy Slapin on baritone saxophone and piccolo, Shelly Gold on baritone saxophone, Hank Jones on piano, Whitey Mitchell on bass, Maurice Marks on drums, and Joe Venuto on percussion) as they record the titles "How Are Things In Glocca Morra?", "Je Vous Adore", "This Time", and "No Moon At All" in New York City, New York. All takes from this session were rejected and will be re-recorded at later sessions.

65 Years Ago Today In 1961 - Buck Owens (on vocals and guitar) and Rose Maddox (on vocals), with George French Jr. on piano, Donald Eugene Ulrich aka Don Rich on guitar and fiddle, Ralph Eugene Mooney on steel guitar, Allen J. Williams on bass, and Marion Z. "Pee Wee" Adams on drums, record the titles "Loose Talk", "Mental Cruelty" and as yet unissued takes of the titles "Under The Influence Of Love" and "Talk Of The Town" at the Capitol Tower Studios in Hollywood, California between 1:30 PM and 4:30 PM. Capitol Records will issue the first two titles together as a single (Capitol 4550).

1963 - Vocal group The Kingston Trio (Nick Reynolds, Bob Shane, and John Stewart), with Glen Campbell on guitar and Dean Reilly on bass, record background titles for the title "Run The Ridges", then the vocal title for the same title, then the band title for the title "Try To Remember" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 Vine Street in Hollywood, California between 3:00 PM and 6:00 PM and between 6:00 PM and 7:00 PM. Capitol Records will issue "Run The Ridges" on the trio's album "The Kingston Trio #16" (T/ST 1871) and will record a new take of "Try To Remember" on January 28, 1963.

1963 - Freddy Martin conducts His Orchestra (lineup unlisted) as they record a new take of the title "Sophisticated Lady" and the titles "Carrot Top" and "Pokie (Kid Stuff)" using arrangments by Jimmie Haskell, and the titles "Tonight We Love" and "It's Time For Love" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Sophisticated Lady" on Martin's album "In A Sentimental Mood" (T/ST 1889), "Carrot Top" and "It's Time For Love" together as a single (Capitol 4936), has yet to issue "Pokie (Kid Stuff)", and Showcase Records will issue "Tonight We Love" on the multi-artist three-disc album "Those Swingin' Days Of The Big Bands!" (SH-4405).

1963 - The Gateway Trio (lineup unlisted), with unlisted others, records the titles "red, Red Rosey Bush", "Freedom Bus Leave The Driving To Us", and "Night Herding Son" in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records which has yet to issue any of the titles.

1967 - Chris And Craig (vocalist Chris Ducey and Craig Smith), with unlisted others, record the as of yet unissued titles "Wings" and "Century Of Distance" for Capitol Records in Los Angeles, California.

1968 - Vocal group The Lettermen (Jim Pike, Tony Butala, and Bob Engemann), using arrangements by Perry Botkin, Jr. and Dick Hazard, record the titles "By The Time I Get To Phoenix", "The Way Of The Loved", and "The End Of The World" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records has yet to issue the take of "By The Time I Get To Phoenix" recorded at this session and "The Way Of Love" and, after overdubs are recorded on February 2, 1968, "The End Of The World" on the trio's album "Goin' Out Of My Head" (ST 2865).

1968 - Hears And Flowers (lineup unlisted) record the titles "Ode To A Tin Angel" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the title as a single (Capitol 2167) and on the group's album "Of Horses, Kids & Forgotten Women" (ST 2868).

1973 - Vocalist Merle Haggard and The Strangers (lineup unlisted) record the titles "Big Bad Bill (Is Sweet William Now)", "If We Make It Through December", and "I'll Break Out Tonight" in Nashville, Tennessee Capitol Records will issue "Big Bad Bill (Is Sweet William Now)" on Merle Haggard And The Strangers' album "I Love Dixie Blues" (ST-11149) and, after overdubs are recorded for "If We Make It Through December" on August 10, 1973, the final mix of that title and "I'll Break Out Tonight" on Haggard's album "If We Make It Through December" (ST-11276).

1975 - Paul McCartney and Wings arrive in New Orleans to begin sessions on their Capitol Records album "Venus and Mars" at Allen Toussaint's Sea Saint studios

50 Years Ago Today In 1976 - Final overdubs are recorded for Natalie Cole's titles "Can We Get Together Again?", "No Plans For The Future", "Mr. Melody", "Hard To Get Along (Without You)", "Good Morning Heartache", "Keep Smiling", "Touch Me", "Not Like Mine", "Sophisticated Lady (She's A Different Lady)", and "Heaven Is With Me" at an unlisted location. Capitol Records will issue the final versions of all titles on Cole's album "Natalie" (ST-11517).

1978 - Vocalist Helen Reddy, with unlisted others, records the titles "I'd Rather Be Alone" and "Rhythm Rhapsody" at Larrabee Studios in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "I'd Rather Be Alone" as a single (Capitol 4555) and on Reddy's album "We'll Sing In The Sunshine" (SW-11759) and has yet to issue "Rhythm Rhapsody".

1978 - The Sylvers (lineup unlisted) record the titles "That's Why I'm Lovin' You", "Forever Yours", and "Come Dance With Me" in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records. No issuing information is listed.

1980 - Kenny Rogers' Capitol Records album "Kenny" is certified Gold and Platinum by the R.I.A.A.

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1937 - Bob Bogle, bass guitarist and lead guitarist with the Dolton Records (a subsidiary of Liberty Records, whose catalog is currently owned by Capitol Records' parent company Universal Music Group) group The Ventures, is born Robert Lenard Bogle at his family's home near Wagoner, Oklahoma.

1938 - Future Capitol Records artist Benny Goodman, his orchestra, and his quartet, with future Capitol Records artist Martha Tilton supplying vocals, play Carnegie Hall for the first time at the venue's first Jazz and Swing concert. The performance is broadcasted by CBS Radio, transcribed, and later released on album and CD by Columbia Records. Anyone for a 12 plus minute version of "Sing, Sing, Sing (With A Swing")? Wow! It's my favorite Big Band title.

1957 - The Cavern Club opens under Matthew Street in Liverpool, England.

1972 - Ross Bagdasarian (aka David Seville), actor, songwriter, singer, record producer, creator (and voices) of the Liberty Records group The Chipmunks, dies at age 52 of a heart attack in Beverly Hills, California and is later cremated at the Chapel of the Pines Crematory in Los Angeles, California.

50 Years Ago Today In 1976 - The television variety show "Donny and Marie", starring future Capitol Records artists (as solo performers) Donny and Marie Osmond, debuts on ABC-TV

1980 - Paul McCartney is jailed in Tokyo, Japan, for possession of a half-pound of marijuana found in his luggage. He will spend ten days in jail before being thrown out of the country by the Japanese authorities, forcing the cancellation of his Japanese tour.

1988 - George Harrison's Dark Horse Records single "Got My Mind Set On You", with "Lay His Head" on the flipside and distributed by Warner Bros. Records in the United States, hits #1 on Billboard's Top 100 Singles chart setting a record for longest span between #1s (23 years and 11 months after The Beatles' "I Want To Hold Your Hand" hit #1 in February 1964). Harrison's record will be broken the same year by Capitol Records artists The Beach Boys when their Elektra Records single "Kokomo" (from the soundtrack to the motion picture "Cocktail"), with Little Richard's "Tutti Frutti" on the flipside, hits #1 on November 5, 1988 (24 years and 6 months after their Capitol Records single "I Get Around" hit #1 in May 1964).

1996 - Former Capitol Records artist Wayne Newton performs his 25,000th show in Las Vegas

ON THIS DAY NOT IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1884 - Irving Mills, agent and music publisher (including "Straighten Up And Fly Right"), is born in New York City, New York

1909 - Ethel Merman, Broadway, motion picture, and television actress and singer, is born Ethel Agnes Zimmerman in Astoria, New York

105 Years Ago Today In 1921 - Charlie Chaplin's motion picture "The Kid", co-starring Jackie Coogan (later known for his role of Uncle Fester on the ABC-TV series "The Addams Family"), opens.