JANUARY 6, 2010

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
1946 - Syd Barrett, songwriter, singer, founding member of the Tower Records (a subsidiary of Capitol Records) group The Pink Floyd, and a solo artist, is born Roger Keith Barrett in Cambridge, England

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1946 - Margaret O'Brien (on narration vocals, with unlisted musicians) records the (as of 2005) unissued takes of the tracks "Goldilocks And The Three Bears: Part 1", "Goldilocks And The Three Bears: Part 2", "Goldilocks And The Three Bears: Part 3", and "Goldilocks And The Three Bears: Part 4" in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records.
60 Years Ago Today In 1950 - Tennessee Ernie Ford's Capitol Records single "Mule Train" is #1 on the U.S. Country singles charts
60 Years Ago Today In 1950 - During a split session held this day at Capitol Records' Melrose Avenue studios in Hollywood, California between 5:30pm and 8:30pm first Eddie Kirk (on vocals, with [listed as probably] Harold Glenn Hensley on fiddle, Billy Liebert on accordion, Wesley "Speedy" West on steel guitar, and Allen Williams on bass) records the tracks "A Year Of City Livin'" and "Away Out On The Mountain" and then Tex Ritter (on vocals), with Eddie Kirk (on guitar) and orchestra (listed as definitely Harold Glenn Hensley on fiddle, Billy Liebert on accordion, Wesley "Speedy" West on steel guitar, and Allen Williams on bass), records the track "The Eyes Of Texas Are Upon You". Capitol Records will issue both of Kirk's tracks together as a single (Capitol Americana 40285). Bear Family Records will issue Ritter's track in the 4 CD box set "High Noon" (BCD 16356) in Germany.
60 Years Ago Today In 1950 - Capitol Records registers the masters it purchased for Woody Herman (on clarinet, with Conte Candoli on trumpet, Bill Harris on trombone, Milt Jackson on vibraphone, Ralph Burns on piano, Dave Barbour on guitar, Red Mitchell on bass, Shelly Manne on drums, and an unlisted conga player)'s tracks "Tasty" (with Woody Herman on vocals) and "The Old Pail" which were recorded sometime during December 1949 in Havana, Cuba. Mosaic Records will issue both tracks in Herman's box set "The Complete Capîtol Recordings Of Woody Herman" (MD6-196).
1953 - Terry Preston (aka Ferlin Husky, on vocals, with unlisted musicians), records the (as of 2005) unissued takes of the tracks "I've Got A Woman's Love" and "Watch The Company You Keep" and the track "My Foolish Heart (Belongs To You)" in Los Angeles, Californiia. Capitol Records will issue the last track as a single (Capitol 2391) with "Undesired" on the flip side.
1953 - Joe "Fingers" Carr (aka Lou Busch, on piano), with orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the track "Hors D'oeuvre", the (as of 2005) unissued track "Ti-Pi-Tin", and the tracks "Doo Wacky Rag" and "Aloha Oe" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the first track on Carr's album "Rough House Piano" (T 345) and the last two tracks together as a single (Capitol 2359).
1953 - Billy May and His Orchestra (with May directing: Tony Facciuto, John Coppola, Jack Laubach, Andrew Peele, and Bob McKenzie on trumpet; Karl De Karske, Bob Raesinger, Bob Robinson, and Dick Nash on trombone; Willie Smith and Dick Clay on alto saxophone; Bob Hardaway and Ted Nash on tenor saxophone; Jack Agee on baritone saxophone; Cliff Fishbach on piano; Ray Pohlman on guitar; Paul Sarmento on bass; and Nick Fatool on drums) records the tracks "You And The Night And The Music", "Cheek To Cheek", and "Bacchanalia" at Capitol Records' Melrose Avenue studios in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on May's album "Bacchanalia!" (H-374).
1953 - Frances Faye (on vocals), with Dave Cavanaugh's Music (lineup unlisted), records the tracks "A Fool In Love", "Sometimes I'm Happy", "There's A Bell That Rings In My Heart", and "I Was Wrong About You" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the first and third tracks together as a single (Capitol 2390) and the second and last tracks together as a single (Capitol 2472).
1953 - The Roger Wagner Chorale with The Concert Arts Players (lineups for both unlisted), conducted by Roger Wagner, record Villa-Lobos' "Nonetto For Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Saxophone, Bassooon, Harp, Celesta, Percussion, And Mixed Chorus, Part 1" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the track on the chorale's album "VILLA-LOBOS: Nonetto For Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Saxophone, Bassooon, Harp, Celesta, Percussion, And Mixed Chorus / Quatuor For Flute, Harp, Celesta And As With Women's Voices" (P-8191).
1954 - Skeets McDonald (on vocals, with ) records the tracks "Remember You're Mine", "Your Love Is Like A Faucet", "You Talk About Me, I'll Talk About You", and "I Love You, I Love You, I Love You" at Capitol Records' Melrose Avenue studios in Hollywood, California between 2:00pm and 5:00pm. Capitol Records will issue the first track as a single (Capitol 2774) with "I Love You Mama Mia" on the flip side and the second track as a single (Capitol 2885) with "But I Do" on the flip side. Bear Family Records will issue all the tracks in the 5 CD box set "Don't Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes" (BCD 15397) in Germany.
1954 - Jimmy Bryant and Speedy West (aka Ivy "Jimmy" Bryant on electric guitar and Wesley "Speedy" West on steel guitar, with Billy Liebert on piano, Billy Strange on guitar, Al Williams on bass, and Roy Harte on drums), record the tracks "Blue Bonnet Rag", "Hop, Skip And Jump", "Country Capers", and "Low Man On A Totem Pole" at Capitol Records' Melrose Avenue studios in Hollywood, California between 8:00pm and 11:00pm. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on the duo's album "2 Guitars Country Style" (H-520).
1954 - Mickey Katz (on vocals) and His Orchestra (lineup unlisted) records the tracks "That's Morris (That's Amore)", "Paisach In Portugal (April In Portugal)", and "Ces Tzi Bon (C'est Si Bon)" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the first and last tracks together as a single (Capitol 2731) and the second track as a single (Capitol 2795) with "The Family Danced" on the flip side.
55 Years Ago Today In 1955 - Johnny Dankworth (on alto saxophone) and His Orchestra (Derrick Abbott, Bill Metcalf, Dougie Roberts, and Jimmy Venn on trumpet; Maurice Pratt, Keith Christie, Bill Geldard, and Danny Elwood on trombone; Maurice Owen and Dougie Robinson also on alto saxophone; Rex Morris and Don Rashley on tenor saxophone; Alex Leslie on baritone saxophone; Derek Smith on piano; Bill Sutcliffe on bass; and Allan Ganley on drums) record the track "Singin' In The Rain" in Paris, France. Capitol Records will purchase the master and issue the track as a single (Capitol 3079) with "Waterloo Walk" on the flip side.
1956 - During two sessions held this day at Capitol Records' Melrose Avenue studios in Hollywood, California Hank Thompson (on vocals and guitar) and His Brazos Valley Boys (Keith Coleman, Amos Lee Hedrick, Julian Franklin "Curly" Lewis, and Robert "Bob" White on fiddle; Donald Charles McDaniel on piano; Merle Travis on guitar; Billy Briggs Stewart on bass; and Paul McGhee on drums) record the tracks "I'll Be Your Sweetheart For A Day", "Under The Double Eagle", "Don't Flirt With Me", "Standing On The Outside", "My Front Door Is Open" and "Swing Wide Your Gate Of Love" at the first session which is extended half an hour and goes from 9:00am and 12:30pm and then the tracks "Humpty Dumpty Heart", "Whoa Sailor, "Your Cheatin' On Me", "The Grass Looks Greener" and "You Remembered Me" at the second session which is extended an hour and goes between 3:00pm and 7:00pm. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks, except "Under The Double Eagle" on Thompson's album "Thompson's All Time Hits" (T 729) and will issue "Under The Double Eagle" as a single (Capitol 3781) with "Tears Are Only Rain" on the flip side.
1956 - During two sessions held this day in Los Angeles, California Louis Armstrong (on trumpet) and Bing Crosby (on vocals), with Johnny Green conducting The MGM Studio Orchestra (lineup unlisted), record the track "Little One" at the first session, Bing Crosby (on vocals), with Johnny Green conducting The MGM Studio Orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the track "I Love You, Samantha" and then Johnny Green, conducting The MGM Studio Orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the track "Overture" at the second session. Capitol Records will issue the track on the soundtrack album for the motion picture "High Society" (W 750).
1956 - Jane Froman (on vocals), with Glenn Osser conducting an orchestra and chorus (lineups for both unlisted), records the tracks "Suddenly There's A Valley", "It Takes Time", "I Found A Friend", and "The Lord's Prayer" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on Froman's album "Faith" (T 726).
1956 - Victor Aller (on piano) and members of The Hollywood String Quartet (Felix Slatkin on violin and directing Alvin Dinkin on viola, and Eleanor Aller Slatkin on cello) record Brahms' "Quartet N° 3 In C Minor For Piano And Strings, Opus 60, 1st Movement" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the track on Aller's album "BRAHMS - Quartet N° 3 In C Minor For Piano And Strings, Opus 60" (P-8379).
1958 - Johnny Otis (on vocals and leading the band) and His Orchestra (with unlisted saxophone, piano, guitar, bass and drummer players) record the tracks "The Light Still Shines In My Window" (vocals by Marie Adam), "Well, Well, Well" (vocals by Mel Williams), "You Just Kissed Me Goodbye" (vocals by Mel Williams), and the (as of 2005) unissued track "Lonesome Train" (vocals by Johnny Otis) in Los Angeles, California. After vocal overdubs by Mel Williams are recorded on January 8, 1958 Capitol Records will issue the middle two track together as a single (Capitol F3889) and the first track as a single in Europe (CL14837) with "All I Want Is Your Love" (vocals by Marie Adams) on the flip side.
1958 - Ken Errair Quartet (with Ken Errair and three unlisted singers on vocals), with Dick Reynolds and His Orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the tracks "How's About Tomorrow Night" and "How About Me" and the (as of 2005) unissued tracks "True Confession" and "So Help Me" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the first two tracks together as a single (Capitol F3890).
1958 - Ferlin Husky (on vocals), with Bob Bain directing the orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the tracks "The Kingdom Of Love", "Don't Walk Away", "This Wide, Wide World" and "Terrific Together" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the first and last tracks together as a single (Capitol F3943) and the second and third tracks together on Husky's EP "Country Music Holiday (Music From The Film)" (EAP-1-921).
1958 - Joe Bushkin (on piano), with a large orchestra (lineup unlisted but includes alto-flute, alto saxophone; bassoon, two baritone saxophone/bass clarinet, guitar, bass, drums and bongo musicians) using arrangements by Kenyon Hopkins, records the tracks "A Foggy Day", "They Can't Take That Away From Me", "While We're Young" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on Bushkin's album "Night Sounds" (T 983).
1958 - Pee Wee Hunt (on trombone, with unlisted musicians) records the track "Seventy-Six Trombones", "The Sadder-But-Wiser Girl", and "Sincere" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on the compilation album "Dance To 'The Music Man'" (T 966).
1958 - Ken McDonald records the tracks "One Love Alone", "The Picture", "Tender, Young And Lovely", and "Little Lost Angel" in New York City, New York with producer Johnny Brown. Capitol Records will purchase the masters and Prep Records, a subsidiary of Capitol Records will issue the first two tracks together as a single (Prep F128) and will sell back the masters for the last two tracks to producer Johnny Brown.
1958 - The Immaculate Trio (lineup unlisted) records a new take of parts of Schubert's "Trio N° 2 In E Flat Major, Opus 100, 1st movement" in Studio A at The Capitol Tower Studios in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue the track on the trio's album "Trio N° 2 In E Flat Major, Opus 100" (P-8442).
1960 - Pete Balboa and The Nassau Palms Orchestra (lineup unlisted) record the tracks "Everybody Loves A Lover", "Le Secret", "La Paloma", "That's Amore", "Artistry In Rhythm" and "Marie" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on the group's album "Let's Dance The Merengue" (T 1349).
50 Years Ago Today In 1960 - Wanda Jackson (on vocals, with Gordon Terry on fiddle, James Pruett on piano, William Everett "Billy" Strange on guitar who also is the leader of the band, Buddy Emmons on steel guitar, Allen Williams on bass, and Marion "Pee Wee" Adams on drums) records the tracks "In The Middle Of A Heartache", "Please Call Today", "My Destiny", and "The Wrong Kind Of Girl" at The Capitol Tower Studios in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue the second and third tracks together as a single (Capitol F4354) and the last track in Europe on Jackson's 2LP set "Her Greatest Country Hits" (5C134-53025/26). Bear Family Records will issue all the tracks in Jackson's 4 CD box set "Right Or Wrong" (BCD 15629) in Germany.
1961 - The Jonah Jones Quartet (Jonah Jones on trumpet, Teddy Brannon on piano, John Brown on bass, and George Foster on drums) records new takes of the tracks "Get Me To The Church On Time" and "The Sound Of Music", and the track "Make Someone Happy" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on Jones' album "Broadway Swings Again" (T 1641).
1961 - Guy Lombardo (conducting his own arrangements) and His Royal Canadians (lineup unlisted) record the tracks "Muskrat Ramble", "Down Home Rag", and "A Little Bit Of Dixieland" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on the band's album "Guy Lombardo's Royal Canadians Go Dixie" (T 1648).
1962 - Lou Rawls (on vocals, with unlisted musicians) records the tracks "The Wedding Bride 'La Nova'", and "The Biggest Lover In Town" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both tracks together as a single (Capitol 4695).
1964 - Buck Owens (on vocals) and His Buckaroos (lineup unlisted) record the tracks "Louisiana Man", "Abilene", "A Maiden's Prayer", and "Bud's Bounce" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the first, second and last tracks on Owens' album "I Don't Care" (T 2186) and the third track on Owens' album "I've Got A Tiger By The Tail" (T 2283).
1964 - Roy Clark (on vocals, with unlisted musicians) records the tracks "If You'll Pardon Me", "I'm Forgetting Now", "Afraid Of The Dark", and "Old Lovers Made Bad Friends" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on Clark's album "Roy Clark Sings Lonesome Love Ballads" (T 2452).
1964 - Junior Mance (on piano) and His Orchestra (Pete Candoli, Don Fagerquist, Mannie Klein, Al Porcino or John Audino on trumpet; Vern Friley, Milt Bernhart, and Lew McCreary on trombone; George Roberts on bass trombone; Joe Comfort on bass; and Shelly Manne on drums), with Bob Bain and Dave Cavanaugh conducting their own arrangements, record the tracks "September Song", "But Beautiful", "Sweet Talkin' Hannah", and "Jubilation" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on Mance's album "Get Ready, Set, Jump!!!" (T 2092).
1964 - Jerry Cole and His Spacemen (lineup unlisted) record the tracks "T Roadster Rock (Hot Rod Dance Party)", "Mr. Wobble Wheels", "Dancing Mags", and "Night Drag" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on Cole's album "Hot Rod Dance Party" (T 2061).
45 Years Ago Today In 1965 - Ben Light (born Benjamin Bertram Leight), pianist and Capitol Records artist (1950-1954), dies at age 72 in Hollywood, California. Rex Strother has an online biography page for Light.
45 Years Ago Today In 1965 - H.B. Barnum (conducting his own arrangements) and His Orchestra (lineup unlisted) record the tracks "The Way You Do The Things You Do", "My Guy", and "Baby Love" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on Barnum's album "The Detroit Sound" (T 2289).
1966 - The Beatles' Capitol Records single "Day Tripper", with "We Can Work It Out" on the flip side, is certified Gold by the R.I.A.A.
1966 - Capitol Records registers the masters for Hawaii Calls (unlisted musicians)' tracks "Hawaii Tattoo" and "Quiet Village" which were recorded in Hawaii and it will issue both tracks on Webley Edwards' album "Hawaii Calls Today" (T 2449).
1968 - The Human Beinz's Capitol Records single "Nobody But Me", with "Sueno" on the flip side, enters the top 40 of Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart where it will peak at #8.
1968 - The Lettermen's Capitol Records single "Goin' Out Of My Head" with "Can't Take My Eye Off Of You" on the flip side, enters the top 40 of Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart.
1969 - John Andrews Tartaglia records the tracks "Light My Fire", "America" and "Goodnight" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on Tartaglia's album "Tartaglian Theorem" (ST-166).
40 Years Ago Today In 1970 - During two sessions held this day in Los Angeles, California overdubs are recorded for Linda Ronstadt's track "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?" at the first session then Linda Rondstadt (on vocals, with [listed as probably] ) records a new take of the track "Are My Thoughts With You?" at the second sessions. After additional overdubs are recorded on January 7 and 14, 1970 Capitol Records will issue the final version of "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?" as a single (Capitol 2767) with "Lovesick Blues" on the flip side and the final version of "Are My Thoughts With You?" on Ronstadt's album "Silk Purse" (ST-407).
40 Years Ago Today In 1970 - Edits are made to Lou Rawls' recordings of "All God's Children Got Soul" and "You've Made Me So Very Happy" in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records but the edited tracks (as of 2005) are unissued.
40 Years Ago Today In 1970 - Bob Duncan records the tracks "Love Looks So Good On You", "Mine On My Wind", "Messin' Up My Mind" and "Changing Colors" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Messin' Up My Mind" as a single (Capitol 2818) with "Stone Man" on the flip side. No issuing information is listed for the other tracks, so if anyone knows if the tracks have ever been issued, please leave a comment.
1971 - Stoney Edwards (on vocals, with unlisted musicians) records the tracks "You Stayed Long Enough (To Make Me Love Love)", "I Bought The Shoes That Just Walked Out On Me", "The Cute Little Waitress" and the (as of 2005) unissued track "Dixie Boy" in Los Angeles, California. After overdubs are recorded for all the tracks on January 11, 1971 Capitol Records will issue the first three tracks on Edwards' album "Country Singer" (ST-741).
1972 - Overdubs are recorded for The Lettermen's tracks "Medley: Don't Leave Me/Without Her", "I'm Only Sleeping", "Oh My Love", "Touch Me", "An Old Fashioned Love Song", "Day After Day", "That's Enough For Me", "I've Never Been To Spain", "It's One Of Those Nights", "Anticipation", and "White Lies, Blue Eyes" in Los Angeles, California. After final overdubs are recorded on January 7, 1972 Capitol Records will issue the first track on the group's album "Spin Away" (SW-11124) and the rest of the tracks on the group's album "Lettermen" (SW-11010).
1972 - The Steve Miller Band (lineup unlisted) records the tracks "Love's Riddle" and "Journey To Eden" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the first track as a single (Capitol 3344) with "Fandango" and the last track on the group's 2 LP set "Steve Miller Band Anthology" (SVBB-11114).
1974 - The Steve Miller Band's Capitol Records single "The Joker", with "Something To Believe In" on the flip side, is #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart
1974 - Merel Haggard's Capitol Records single "If We Make It Through December" is #1 on Billboard's Top Country Singles chart.
35 Years Ago Today In 1975 - Byron MacGregor records the track "Thank You America", the (as of 2005) unissued track "Happy Birthday Neighbor", and the track "Eulogy To A Dog" in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue the first and last track together as a single (Capitol 4034).
1976 - Overdubs are recorded for The Lettermen's tracks "I Can't Help It" and the (as of 2005) unissued track "Medley: Gone For Good/Missouri Melodies" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the first track on the group's album "Kind Of Country" (SW-11508).
1976 - During two sessions held this day at The Record Plant in Los Angeles, California Nancy Wilson (on vocals), with an orchestra (lineup unlisted) using arrangements by Dave Grusin, records the tracks "Love Has Smiled On Us", "Now", and "I Don't Want A Sometimes Man" at the first session and the tracks "From You To Me To You", "Stay Tuned", and the (as of 2005) unissued track "Seeing You" at the second session. After overdubs are recorded on January 22 and 26 and February 2 and 6, 1976 Capitol Records will issue all the tracks except "Seeing You" on Wilson's album "This Mother's Daughter" (ST-11518).
1976 - Natalie Cole (on vocals, with ) records the tracks "Mr. Melody", "Hard To Get Along (Without You)", and "Good Morning Heartache" in Chicago, Illinois. After overdubs are recorded for all the tracks on January 15 and 16, 1976 and in March 1976 Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on Cole's album "Natalie" (ST-11517).
1978 - Mink DeVille records the track "Just One Kiss" in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records. There is no issuing information listed, so if anyone knows if the track has ever been issued, please leave a comment.
1978 - Asleep At The Wheel (lineup unlisted) records the track "Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the track on the group's album "Collision Course" (SW-11726).
1981 - Muscle Shoals Sound Rhythm Section (lineup unlisted) records the (as of 2005) unissued track "Instrumental #9" in Muscle Shoals, Alabama for Capitol Records.
1981 - René & Angela (aka René Moore and Angela Winbush) record the tracks "Love's Alright" and "Just Friends" in (listed as possibly) Los Angeles, California. Capitol Recods will issue both tracks on the duo's album "Wall To Wall" (ST-12161).
1982 - Frankie Miller records the track "It's All Coming Down Tonight" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the track on Miller's album "Standing On The Edge" (ST-12206).
1986 - John Taylor records the tracks "I Do What I Do To Have You (Theme For '9 1/2 Weeks')", and instrumental version of "I Do What I Do To Have You", and the instrumental track "Jazz" at an unlisted location. Capitol Records will issue the first and last tracks together as a single (Capitol 5551). There is no issuing information listed for the second track, so if anyone knows it was ever issued, please leave a comment. Capitol Records will create two edits of the first track, the first will be issued as "I Do What I Do To Have You (Film Mix)" on a 12" maxi-single (Capitol V-15223) on the same side with "I Do What I Do To Have You (Single Mix)" and with "I Do What I Do To Have You (The Final Mix)" on the flip side. There is no issuing information listed for the second edit.
1986 - Capitol Records registers the masters it purchased for Steve Miller Band's tracks "I Want To Make The World Turn Around", "Behind The Barn", "Ain't That Lovin' You Baby", "Maelstrom", "In The Summertime", "Dust My Blues", "My Babe", "Big Boss Man, "Slow Down", "I Wanna Be Loved" and an extended version of "I Wanna Be Loved". Capitol Records will issue the first, second, fourth, fifth, eighth, ninth, and eleventh tracks on the band's album "" (PJ-12445) and the eleventh and last track together as a single (Capitol 5704). There is no issuing information listed for the third, sixth, seventh and tenth tracks, so if anyone knows if they were ever issued, please leave a comment.
1986 - T. Graham Brown records the tracks "Later Train" and "Rock It, Billy" in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue the second track on the Brown's album "I Tell It Like It Used To Be" (ST-12387) and will issue the first track on the CD version of the album (7-46901-2).
1993 - Dizzie Gillespie, trumpet player, songwriter, band leader, one of the founders of Bebop, and a Capitol Records artist, dies in Englewood, New Jersey of cancer at age 75
2002 - Bobby Austin, guitarist, session musician for Capitol Records artist Buck Owens and a Capitol Records solo artist (1962-1964 and 1969-1972), dies in Camas, Washington at age 69
2006 - Lou Rawls, singer and Capitol Records and Blue Note Records artist, dies of cancer at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California at age 72
2008 - Ken Nelson, singer in the vocal trio The Campus Kids (which also included future Capitol Records A&R man and producer Lee Gillette, who got Ken his job at Capitol), radio announcer, arranger, and Capitol Records talent scout, A&R man and record producer (including "Be Bop A Lula" and many songs by Capitol Records country artists including Buck Owens, Hank Thompson, Ferlin Husky, Jean Shepard, Tommy Collins, Wynn Stewart, Wanda Jackson, Merle Haggard, Roy Clark, Jerry Reed, Rose Maddox, Faron Young, and others) who joined the label in 1946 and retired 30 years later, one of the major influencers of "The Bakersfield Sound", and co-founder of the Nashville-based Country Music Association, has died at age 96 of natural causes at his home in Somis, California. In early 2007 Ken spent $40,000 to self-publish his memoir, "My First 90 Years Plus Three". At his request, no services are planned.

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1939 - Blue Note Records is started when Alfred Lion records Meade Lux Lewis and Albert Ammons at a session funded with start-up capitol by writer Max Margulis, at 2:00 PM in New York City (listed as probably at WMGM Studios) where he records 4 solos by each and 2 duets with both men playing on the same piano. Blue Note Records is currently a division of Capitol Records, Incorporated.
1953 - Peggy Lee, who at the time was a Decca Records artist (1952-1956 before resigning to Capitol) marries Brad Dexter
1964 - Vee-Jay Records releases the first version of The Beatles' album "Introducing... The Beatles" with a second version being released on February 10, 1964
1991 - Garth Brooks' Liberty Records single "Unanswered Prayers" is #1 on Billboard's Top Country Singles chart. Liberty Records is now known as Capitol Records Nashville.
1998 - William "Owen" Bradley, pianist, organist, trombonist, arranger, bandleader, record producer (from Patsy Cline to k. d. lang) and recording studio owner (whose Nashville, Tennesseee studios were used by Capitol Records producer Ken Nelson to record a number of Capitol Records artists including Gene Vincent, who recorded "Be-Bop-A-Lula" at Bradley's studio), and 1974 Country Music Hall of Fame inductee, dies at age 82 in Westmoreland, Tennessee

ON THIS DAY NOT IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1973 - "Schoolhouse Rock", a series of short animated educational films that would play between Saturday Morning cartoons, premieres on ABC-TV. Capitol Records released an album called "Multiplication Rock", the success of which led to ABC ordering the animated series. Check out LE's Schoolhouse Rock Site for a lot of great information about the creation of this series which still plays on ABC-TV.

JANUARY 5, 2010

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
1966- Kate Schellenbach, drummer with the Capitol Records group Luscious Jackson, is born in New York City, New York

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
75 Years Ago Today In 1935 - Erna Sack (on vocals), with The Chorus and Orchestra Of The German Opera House Of Berlin (lineups unlisted) conducted by Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt, records "Parla-Waltz" in Berlin, Germany. Capitol Records will purchase the master and issue the track on Sack's album "The European Nightingale" (ECL-2500).
1944 - Billy Butterfield (on trumpet and His Orchestra (Chris Griffin and Andy Ferretti also on trumpet; Will Bradley and Ward Silloway on trombone; Matty Matlock on clarinet and alto saxophone; Bill Stegmeyer on alto saxophone; Eddie Miller and Arthur Rollini on tenor saxophone; Ernie Caceres on baritone saxophone; Johnny Guarnieri on piano; Carl Kress on guitar; Bob Haggart on bass; and Nick Fatool on drums) record the (as of 2005) unissued tracks "If I Could Be With You" (vocals by Liza Morrow) and "Bidin' My Time" (vocals by Liza Morrow) and the tracks "Somebody Loves Me" (vocals by Tommy Talyor) and "Maybe" (vocals by Tommy Taylor) in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue the last two tracks on Buttefield's album "Gershwin Presented By Billy Butterfield, His Trumpet And His Orchestra" (BD-10).
1949 - Jo Stafford and Gordon MacRae's Capitol Records single "My Darling, My Darling" is #2 on the U.S. Pop Singles chart.
1949 - During a split session held this day in Los Angeles, California Clark Dennis (on vocals), with Paul Weston and His Orchestra (lineup unlisted) records the tracks "Molly O'Reilly" and "The Rose Of Tralee" and then Jo Stafford, with Paul Weston and His Orchestra (lineup still unlisted) records the track "I Wonder As I Wander". Capitol Records will issue both of Dennis' tracks together as a single (Capitol 15374) and Stafford's track as a single (Capitol 57-90037 as part of the labels Holiday Series) with "Gesu Bambino" on the flip side.
60 Years Ago Today In 1950 - Nat "King" Cole (on vocals and piano) and Nellie Lutcher (on vocals), with Ernie Royal on trumpet, Charlie Barnet on alto saxophone, Irving Ashby on guitar, Joe Comfort on bass, and Earl Hyde (aka Lee Young) on drums, record the tracks "For You My Love" and "Can I Come In For A Second" at Capitol Records' Melrose Avenue studios in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue both tracks together as a single (Capitol 847).
60 Years Ago Today In 1950 - Buddy Cole records five unlisted tracks for The Capitol Records Transcription Service in Los Angeles, California. If anyone knows what was recorded, please leave a comment.
1951 - Mel Tormé (on vocals), with Pete Rugolo and His Orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the tracks "Around the World", "The Side Walk Shufflers", "A Lonesome Cup Of Coffee" and "Sailin' Away On The Henry Clay" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the first two tracks together as a single (Capitol 1383), the second track on the CD "Mel Torme - Biography/A Musical Anthology" (4-94749-2), and the last track as a single (Capitol 1402) with "You're Getting To Be A Habit With Me" on the flip side.
1953 - During a split session held at Capitol Records' Melrose Avenue studios in Hollywood, California first Van Alexander conducts the orchestra (lineup unlisted) as they record instrumental tracks for "Never Smile At A Crocodile" and "Following The Leader" and then Stan Freberg (on vocals), with Van Alexander conducting the orchestra (lineup still unlisted) using music by Dave Cavanaugh, records the tracks "Dinky Pinky, Part 1" and "Dinky Pinky, Part 2". After Jerry Lewis records vocal overdubs on January 28, 1953 Capitol Records will issue the first two tracks together on Lewis' eponymous children's album "Jerry Lewis" (CASF-3163) and the last two tracks on Freberg's children's album "Dinky Pinky" (CASF-3162).
1953 - Gordon MacRae (on vocals), with Frank DeVol and His Orchestra (lineup unlisted but including brass, reeds, piano, guitar, bass, drums and strings players), records the tracks "Congratulations To Someone", "How Do You Speak To An Angel", "High On A Windy Hill", and "I Don't Want To Walk Without You" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the first two tracks together as a single (Capitol 2352), the third track as a single (Capitol 2672) with "Soothe My Lonely Heart" on the flip side, and the last track as a single (Capitol 2603) with "I Still Dream Of You" on the flip side.
1953 - A rehearsal by The Roger Wagner Chorale, with The Concert Arts Players (with Wagner conducting both unlisted lineups of musicians) of Villa-Lobos' "Nonetto For Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Saxophone, Bassooon, Harp, Celesta, Percussion, And Mixed Chorus" is recorded (but as of 2005 unissued) in Los Angeles, California. The group will start recording the piece in earnest on January 6, 1953.
1954 - During a split session held this day in Los Angeles, California first Margaret Whiting (on vocals), with Nelson Riddle conducting his own arrangements to the orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the tracks "It's Nice To Have You Home" and "I Speak To The Stars" and then Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra (lineup still unlisted) records an (as of 2005) unissued take of the track "The Argentine Fire Brigade". Capitol Records will issue both of Whiting's tracks together as a single (Capitol 2717).
1954 - Billy Strange (on vocals, with unlisted musicians) records the track "Am I Seeing Things", the (as of 2005) unissued track "If That's The Fashion", the tracks "The Devil In Me" and "I'll Never Change My Mind About You", and the (as of 2005) unissued track "Just To Have A Good Time" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the first and third tracks together as a single (Capitol 2797) and the fourth track as a single (Capitol 3021) with "Let Me In There, Baby" on the flip side.
1956 - Tennessee Ernie Ford (on vocals, with Charlie Parlato on trumpet; Red Mandel on piccolo and clarinet; Darol Rice on bass clarinet; Jack Fascinato on piano; Bobby Gibbons on guitar; Rolly Bundock on bass; and Roy Harte on drums), using arrangements by Jack Fascinato, records the tracks "Rovin' Gambler", "The Last Letter", and "Who Will Shoe Your Pretty Little Foot?" at Capitol Records' Melrose Avenue studio in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on Ford's album "This Lusty Land" (T 700).
1957 - Sonny James' Capitol Records single "Young Love" debuts on Billboard's Pop Singles chart.
1958 - Nathan Milstein (on violin, with Arthur Balsam on piano) records portions of Beethoven's "Sonata N° 9 In A Major, Opus 47 For Violin And Piano ('Kreutzer')" at Capitol Records' Studio A in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue the complete piece on Milstein's album "BEETHOVEN - Kreutzer Sonata/Sonata In G Major" (PAO-8430).
1959 - Tommy Sands (on vocals), with The Sharks (Scotty Turner on lead guitar; Eddie Edwards on rhythm guitar; Leon Bagwell on bass; and Hal Blaine on drums), records the tracks "Is It Ever Gonna Happen", "I Ain't Gettin' Rid Of You", and the (as of 2005) unissued track "Lost Island" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the first two tracks together as a single (Capitol F4160).
1959 - Gordon MacRae (on vocals), with Van Alexander and His Orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the tracks "It Might As Well Be Spring", "Summer In Your Eyes", "When It's Springtime In The Rockies", and "June In January" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on MacRae's album "The Seasons of Love" (T 1146).
1959 - Capitol Records releases The Kingston Trio's second album "The Kingston Trio From The Hungry i"
1959 - Ella Fitzgerald begins to records tracks for her Verve album "The Gerswhin Songbook" at The Capitol Tower Studios in Hollywood, California.
50 Years Ago Today In 1960 - Dinah Shore (on vocals), with The Red Norvo Quintet (Dick Cathcart on trumpet; Jerry Dodgion on flute and alto saxophone; Red Norvo on vibraphone; Bill Miller on piano and celeste; Jimmy Wyble on guitar; John Mosher on bass; and John Markham on drums), records the track "It's Funny To Everyone But Me", a new (but as of 2005 unissued) take of the track "Prelude To A Kiss", and the track "I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the first and last track on Shore and Norvo's album "Dinah Sings The Blues With Red" (T 1354).
1961 - Clu Gulagher records the tracks "Billy's Love Song" and "Chiquita Mia" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both tracks together as a single (Capitol 4524).
1961 - Stan Freberg (on vocals), with Billy May conducting his own arrangement to the orchestra (lineup unlisted) and The Jud Conlon Singers (lineup also unlisted), records the track "The Battle Of Yorktown/Finale" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the track on Freberg's album "Stan Freberg Presents The United States Of America" (W 1573).
1961 - The Goodtime Washboard Three (Peter Arnott, John Bratton, Wayne Pope on vocals, bass vocals, washboard and vocals, and banjo - but who performed on what instrument or did vocals is not listed) record the (as of 2005) unissued tracks "Magnolia", "Rufus,Rastus Johnson Brown", "O By Jingo", "Coney Island", "Peoria", "Red Riding Hood", "Fox", "Robinson Crusoe", "John B. Sails", "Hello My Baby And Goodbye My Coney Island", "Alabamy Bound", "Lindberg", and "Red Riding Hood" for Capitol Records.
1961 - Guy Lombardo (conducting his own arrangements) and His Royal Canadians (lineup unlisted) record the tracks "I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate", "Wang Wang Blues", "Wabash Blues", That's A Plenty", and "Way Down Yonder In New Orleans" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on Lombardo's album "Guy Lombardo's Royal Canadians Go Dixie" (T 1648).
1961 - The Jonah Jones Quartet (Jonah Jones on trumpet, Teddy Brannon on piano, John Brown on bass, and George Foster on drums) record the tracks "Tall Hope", "'Til Tomorrow" and the (as of 2005) unissued track "They're Gonna Talk" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue the first two tracks on Jones' album "Broadway Swings Again" (T 1641).
1962 - Jo Stafford and Gordon MacRae (on vocals), with Paul Weston conducting the orchestra (lineup unlisted), record the tracks "A Perfect Day", "The Old Rugged Cross", "Rock Of Ages", and "In The Garden" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on the duo's album "Whispering Hope" (T 1696).
1963 - Peggy Lee (on vocals), with Dick Hazard conducting his own arrangements to the Orchestra (Mannie Klein on trumpet; Dave Wells on trombone; Paul Horn on reeds; Mike Melvoin on piano; John Pisano and Al Hendrickson on guitar; Max Bennett on bass; Stan Levey on drums and Francisco Aguabella on percussion), records the tracks "Come Rain Or Come Shine" and "Mack The Knife" in Los Angeles, California between 3:30pm and 6:30pm. Capitol Records will issue both tracks on Lee's album "I'm A Woman" (T 1857).
1963 - The Lettermen (vocalists Jim Pike, Tony Butala, and Bob Engemann, with unlisted musicians) record the tracks "No Other Love" and "Heartache, Oh Heartache" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both tracks together as a single (Capitol 4914).
1963 - The Beach Boys (Mike Love on saxophone and lead vocals; Brian Wilson on piano and vocals; Carl Wilson on lead guitar and vocals; David Marks on guitar and vocals; and Dennis Wilson on drums and vocals) record the tracks "Shut Down" and "Surfin' U.S.A." in Los Angeles, California. After Capitol Records purchases the masters on January 31, 1963 it will issue both tracks together as a single (Capitol F4932).
45 Years Ago Today In 1965 - The Beatles' Capitol Records single "I Feel Fine", with "She's A Woman" on the flip side, hold down the #1 and #2 spots on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart
45 Years Ago Today In 1965 - Daws Butler (on vocals) and Dave Barry (on narration vocals) record the tracks "A Dog's Best Friend" and "H-H-Him" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both tracks together as a single (Capitol 5361).
1966 - The Lettermen (vocalists Jim Pike, Tony Butala, and Bob Engemann, with unlisted musicians) record the tracks "You'll Be Needing Me", "Run To My Lovin' Arms" and "Since I'm Alone" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the first two tracks together as a single (Capitol 5583) and the first and last track on the group's album "A New Song For Young Love" (T 2496).
1967 - The Beach Boys (lineup unlisted) record an (as of 2005) unissued take of the track "Heroes And Villans" in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records.
1967 - Buck Owens (on vocals) and His Buckaroos (lineup unlisted), with Don Rich on fiddle and vocals and Wayne Wilson (on vocals), record the tracks "The Neosho Waltz" and "Steel Guitar Polka" and then, with Owens on vocals, Don Rich on guitar, and Tom Brumley on steel guitar, the tracks "A Happy Son Of A Gun", "Seven Come Eleven" and "Out Of My Mind" (with Don Rich on vocals) at Buck Owens Studio in Bakersfield, California. Capitol Records will purchase the masters and issue all the tracks on the album "America's Most Wanted Band" (T 2722).
1967 - Buddy Alan records the tracks "Sam's Place", a (as of 2005) unissued take of "When I Turn 21" and the track "Falling For You" in Bakersfield, California. Capitol Records will purchase the masters but there is no issuing information for the other two tracks. If anyone knows if the tracks have ever been issued, please leave a comment.
1968 - Wynn Stewart (on vocals and guitar, with Robert Jim Pierce on piano; Tommy Collins and Clarence White on guitar; Ralph Eugene Mooney on steel guitar; Bobby Austin on bass; and Helen "Peaches" Price-Johnson on drums) records the tracks "Your Stepping Stone, "Man, Man, Mr. Sandman", "An Arm's Length From You", and "Why Didn't I Write That Song" at The Capitol Tower Studios in Hollywood, California. After Stewart records vocal and guitar overdubs on February 7 and 10, 1968 in Nashville, Tennessee Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on Stewart's album "Something Pretty" (ST 2921).
1968 - During two sessions held this day in Los Angeles, California The Stone Poneys (Kenny Edwards and Bob Kimmel on guitar and Linda Ronstadt on vocals) record fragments for the track "Golden Song Trilogy" (aka "Golden Song", "Merry-Go-Round" and "Love Is A Child") at the first session and the (as of 2005) unissued track "Tell Me" at the second session. Capitol Records will issue the final version of "Golden Song Trilogy" on the Linda Ronstadt and The Stone Poney's album "Linda Ronstadt, Stone Poneys & Friends, Volume III" (ST 2863).
1968 - According to producer Ken Nelson's files The Buckaroos (lineup unlisted), with Doyle Holly (on vocals), record the tracks "Down On The Bayou" (with Don Rich on fiddle), "Pretty Girl (Pretty Girl Hoedown)" (with Don Rich on fiddle), "Sad Is The Lonely" (with Don Rich on electric guitar), and "Rattle Traps" (with unlisted drums and guitar players) in Bakersfield, California although Capitol's master file gives the date of the session as January 3, 1968). Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on the album "A Night On The Town" (ST 2902) as by Buck Owens and The Buckaroos.
40 Years Ago Today In 1970 - Linda Ronstadt (on vocals, with [listed as probably] Elliot Mazer on keyboards and possibly synthesizer, Adam Mitchell on guitar, Norbert Putnam on bass, and Kenneth Buttrey on drums), records an (as of 2005) unissued take of the track "Are My Thoughts With You?" and the track "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow" in Los Angeles, California. After overdubs are recorded on January 6, 7, and 14, 1970 Capitol Records will issue the last track as a single (Capitol 2767) "Lovesick Blues" on the flip side and on Ronstadt's album "Silk Purse" (ST-407).
40 Years Ago Today In 1970 - Duane Dee records the track "Ramblin' Man", the (as of 2005) unissued track "Missing You", and the track "Listen, They're Playing My Song" in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue the first and last track together as a single (Capitol 2760).
1971 - During two sessions held this day in Nashville, Tennessee Billie Jo Spears (on vocals, with unlisted musicians) records the tracks "It Could'a Been Me", "Break Away", and the (as of 2005) unissued track "One More Time" at the first session and the tracks "What A Love I Have In You", "Souvenirs And California Mem'ries" and the (as of 2005) unissued track "Dallas" at the second session. Capitol Records will issue the first two tracks together as a single (Capitol 3055). and the fourth and fifth tracks together as a single (Capitol 3258).
1972 - Quicksilver Messenger Service (lineup unlisted) record the unissued and destroyed track "Jesus On My Mind" in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records.
1973 - Helen Reddy's Capitol Records single "Leave Me Alone (Ruby Red Dress)", with "The Old Fashioned Way" on the flip side, hits #1 on Cashbox Magazine's top singles chart.
1973 - During two sessions held this day in Los Angeles, overdubs are recorded for Tennessee Ernie Ford's tracks "Thanks For The Mem'ries", "Farther Down The River (Where The Fishin's Good)", and "Baby" at the first session and then Tennessee Ernie Ford (on vocals), with an orchestra of unlisted musicians using arrangements by Larry Muhoberac, records the tracks "Colorodo Country Morning", "Daddy Usta Say", and "Printer's Alley Stars" at the second session. After further overdubs are recorded January 15, March 2 and 13, 1973 Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on Ford's album "Country Morning" (ST-11205).
1976 - Overdubs are recorded for The Lettermen's tracks "For The Good Times", "I Can't Help It", "Today I Started Loving You Again", "Leavin' With The First Light", "Before The Next Teardrop Falls", "Storms Of Troubled Times", "The Way You Look Tonight", and the (as of 2005) unissued track "Medley: Gone For Good/Missouri Melodies" in Los Angeles, California. After additional overdubs are recorded on January 6, 8, 9, and 13, 1976 Capitol Records will issue the rest of the tracks except "The Way You Look Tonight" on the group's album "Kind Of Country" (SW-11508) and will issue "The Way You Look Tonight" as a single (Capitol 4226) with "Storms Of Troubled Times" on the flip side.
1976 - Overdubs are recorded for Glen Campbell's track "Lay Me Down (Roll Me Out To Sea)" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the final version of the track on Campbell's album "Bloodline" (SW-11516).
1976 - Natalie Cole (on vocals), with Gene Barge directing the musicians (Tennyson Stephens and Marvin Yancey on keyboards; Cash McCall on guitar; Joseph Scott on bass; Quinton Joseph on drums, and unlisted musicians on brass), records the tracks "Keep Smiling", "Touch Me", Not Like Mine", "Sophisticated Lady (She's A Different Lady)" and "Heaven Is With Me" in Chicago, Illinois. After overdubs are recorded on January 15 and 16 and in March 1976 Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on Cole's album "Natalie" (ST-11517).
1977 - Tavares (lineup unlisted) records the track "Fool Of The Years" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the track as a single (Capitol 4398) with "Whodunit" on the flip side and on the group's album "Love Storm" (STAO-11628).
1978 - Mink DeVille records the track "I Broke That Promise" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the track on DeVille's album "Return To Magenta" (SW-11780).
1981 - René And Angela (aka René Moore and Angela Winbush) record the tracks "Wall To Wall" and "Come My Way" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both tracks on the duo's album "Wall To Wall" (ST-12161).
1981 - Muscle Shoals Sound Rhythm Section (lineup unlisted) record the (as of 2005) unissued track "Instrumental #8" in Muscle Shoals, Alabama for Capitol Records.
1982 - Frankie Miller records the track "Zap Zap" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the track on Miller's album "Standing On The Edge" (ST-12206).
1982 - Juice Newton's Capitol Records album "Juice" is certified Platinum by the R.I.A.A.
1989 - Poison's Capitol Records single "Every Rose Has Its Thorn" is still #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart and their album "Open Up And Say...Ahh!" is certified as being Multi-Platinum x 4 by the R.I.A.A.
1992 - M.C. Hammer's Capitol records single "2 Legit 2 Quit" peaks at #5 on Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart, and his Capitol Records single "Addams Grove" peaks at #7

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
65 Years Ago Today In 1945 - The Barney Bigard Sextet record the tracks "Sweet Marijuana Brown", "Blues For Art's Sake", "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man", and "Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone" for Black & White Records in Los Angeles, California. Black & White's catalog is currently owned by EMI Music, Capitol Records' parent company
60 Years Ago Today In 1950 - Chris Stein, guitarist, songwriter, and member of the Chrysalis Records group Blondie, is born in Brooklyn, New York. Chrysalis' catalog is currently owned by Capitol Records' parent company EMI Music.
1959 - KTLA premieres the show "Bozo The Clown" starring Vance Colvig, Jr. as Bozo. Vance is the son of Bozo's original voice on Capitol Records, Vance "Pinto" Colvig. Capitol sold all rights to the Bozo character, except the Record Readers, to Larry Harmon in 1956 after Bozo's creator, Alan Livingston, had briefly left the company. Harmon created cartoons using his voice for Bozo and license them to local television stations and train the actore who would be Bozo in their market.
1962 - Polydor Records releases Tony Sheridan and The Beat Brothers' (aka The Beatles) single (66 833) "My Bonnie", with "The Saints" on the flip side, is released in the UK. Both tracks were recorded on June 22, 1961 in Germany.
1967 - The Beatles record a 13 min 48 sec experimental sound effects track for the 'underground' theatrical production "Carnival of Lights Rave"
1981 - John Lennon's Geffen/Lenono Music single "(Just Like) Starting Over" is still #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart
1986 - Kenny Rogers' RCA single "Morning Desire", with "Crazy" on the flip side, is #1 on Billboard's Country Singles chart. The track would later be included on Rogers' Capitol Records compilation album "Through The Years: A Retrospective".
1989 - Tanya Tucker (on vocals, with unlisted musicians) records the track "The Thunder Rolls" in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue the track on Tucker's 4 CD set "Tanya: The Collection" (C2-28822).
1989 - Ashford and Simpson record the instrumental track "Cookies And Cake" at an unlisted studio. Capitol Records will issue the track on the duo's single (Capitol 44404) with a version of "Cookies And Cake" on the flip side.

ON THIS DAY NOT IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1914 - George Reeves, motion picture ("Gone With The Wind") and television ("Superman") actor, the story of whose death was turned into the movie "Hollywoodland", is born George Keefer Brewer in Woolstock, Iowa

JANUARY 4, 2010

HAPPY BIRTHDAYS!
1896 - Everett Dirksen, U.S. Senator (Republican, from Illinois), Grammy winner for Best Documentary Recording, and Capitol Records artist (1966-1968), is born Everett McKinley Dirkesen in Pekin, Tazewell County, Illinois
1966 - Deana Carter, singer, songwriter, guitarist, and Capitol Records Nashville artist (1996-2002), is born Deana Kay Carter in Nashville, Tennessee

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
65 Years Ago Today In 1945 - Johnny Mercer, The Pied Pipers with June Hutton and Paul Weston and His Orchestra's Capitol Records single (180) "Ac-cent-tchu-ate The Positive" (recorded October 4, 1944), with "There's A Fellow Waiting in P'Keepsie" on the flip side, enters Billboard's Pop singles chart where it will stay for 13 weeks and eventually peak at #2
60 Years Ago Today In 1950 - Nellie Lutcher (on piano and vocals, with Stanley Morgan on guitar, Benny Booker on bass, Lee Young [as "Earl Hyde"] on drums) records the tracks "That's A Plenty", "Baby What's Your Alibi?", and "I'll Never Get Tired" at Radio Recorders' studios in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue the first and last track together as a single (Capitol 878) and the second track on the CD "The Best Of Nellie Lutcher" (8-35039-2).
60 Years Ago Today In 1950 - At a split session held this day in Los Angeles, California first Gordon MacRae (on vocals) and The Starlighters (vocalists Vince Degen, Tony Paris, Pauline Byrns, Jerry Duane, and Howard Hudson), with Paul Weston and His Orchestra (lineup unlisted) record the tracks "Half A Heart Is All You Left Me" and "Poison Ivy" and then The Starlighters record the tracks "Rag Mop" and "It's Not Bad". Capitol Records will issue MacRae's track together as a single (Capitol 842) and The Starlighters' tracks together as a single (Capitol 844).
60 Years Ago Today In 1950 - Clark Dennis records five unlisted tracks for The Capitol Records Transcription Service in Los Angeles, California. If anyone knows what was recorded at the session, please leave a comment.
1951 - At a split session held this day in Los Angeles, California first Gordon MacRae (on vocals) and The Ewing Sisters (unlisted vocalists), with Frank DeVol and His Orchestra (lineup unlisted) record the tracks "Love Means Love" and "Wait For Me" and then The Ewing Sisters, with Frank DeVol and His Orchestra (lineup still unlisted) record the tracks "You've Been So Good To Me, Daddy" and the (as of 2005) unissued track "My Baby Just Cares For Me". Capitol Records will issue MacRae's tracks together as a single (Capitol 1374) and "You've Been So Good To Me, Daddy" as a single (Capitol 1421) with "Fiddle Faddle" on the flip side.
1951 - The Roger Wagner Chorale (with Wagner conducting unlisted singers) records Palestrina's "Missa Papae Marcelli (Pope Marcelus Maso): Credo, Part 1", "Missa Papae Marcelli (Pope Marcelus Maso): Credo, Part 2", "Missa Papae Marcelli (Pope Marcelus Maso): Gloria, Part 1", "Missa Papae Marcelli (Pope Marcelus Maso): Gloria, Part 2", "Missa Papae Marcelli (Pope Marcelus Maso): Agnus Dei, Part 1", and "Missa Papae Marcelli (Pope Marcelus Maso): Agnus Dei, Part 2" at Capitol Records' Melrose Avenue studios in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on the chorale's album "PALESTRINA - Missa Papae Marcelli" (P-8126).
1952 - The Four Knights (vocalists Gene Alford, Oscar Broadway, Clarence Dixon, and John Wallace), with an orchestra of unlisted musicians, record an unissued take of the track "Easy Street" and the tracks "Walkin' In The Sunshine", "Lies", and "The Doll With The Sawdust Heart" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the second track as a single (Capitol 1971) with "There Are Two Sides To Ev'ry Heartache" on the flip side, the third track as a single (Capitol 2234) with "One Way Kisses" on the flip side, and the last track as a single (Capitol 1998) with "The More I Go Out With Someone Else" on the flip side.
55 Years Ago Today In 1955 - The Hutton Sisters (Betty and Marion Hutton) finish recording the tracks "Ko Ko Mo (I Love You So)" and "Heart Throb" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both tracks together as a single (Capitol 3031).
55 Years Ago Today In 1955 - The Rangers Quartet (vocalists Vernon Hyles, Arnold Hyles, Jean Moss, and Glenn Sessions) records the tracks "The Carpenter's Son", "Heavenly Cannonball", "Gloryland Boogie", and "Sing, Brother, Sing" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the first two tracks together as a single (Capitol 3035) and the last two tracks together as a single (Capitol 3142).
1956 - Dean Martin's Capitol Records single "Memories Are Made Of This", with "Change Of Heart" on the flip side, is #1 on Billboard's Pop singles chart.
1956 - During two sessions held this day at Capitol Records' Melrose Avenue studios in Hollywood, California Hank Thompson (on vocals and guitar) and His Brazos Valley Boys (Dubert Ray Dobson on trumpet; Keith Coleman, Amos Lee Hedrick, Julian Franklin "Curly" Lewis, and Robert "Bob" White on fiddle; Donald Charles McDaniel on piano; Merle Travis on guitar; Billy Briggs Stewart on bass; and Paul McGhee on drums at the first session and without Dobson on trumpet at the second session), record the tracks "It Makes No Difference Now", "Anybody's Girl", "Taking My Chances", "I'm Not Mad, Just Hurt", and "The Blackboard Of My Heart" at the first session between 9:00am and 12:00pm and "Across The Alley From The Alamo", "Weeping Willow", and "Prosperity Special" at the second session between 3:00pm and 6:00pm. Capitol Records will issue "It Makes No Difference Now" and "Taking My Chances" together as a single (Capitol 3536), "Anybody's Girl" as a single (Capitol F4182) with "Total Strangers" on the flip side, "I'm Not Mad, Just Hurt" and "The Blackboard Of My Heart" together as a single (Capitol 3347), "Across The Alley From The Alamo" and "Prosperity Special" on the group's EP "Hank" (EAP 3-826), and "Weeping Willow" as a single (Capitol 3440) with "You Can Give Me Back My Heart" on the flip side as by Hank Thompson with Merle Travis.
1956 - Nat "King" Cole (on vocals), with Nelson Riddle conducting his own arrangements to the orchestra (Paul Tanner on trombone; Juan Tizol on valve trombone; George Roberts on bass trombone; Sinclair Lott and Dick Perissi on French horn; Emmett Callen, Vic Garber, and Justin Gordon on saxophones; Bill Miller on piano; Herman "Tiny" Mitchell on guitar; Joe Comfort on bass; Lee Young on drums; Bernie Mattinson on percussion; and on strings: Victor Bay, Alex Beller, Walt Edelstein, Dave Frisina, Ben Gill, George Kast, Paul Nero, and Erno Neufeld on violin; Stanley Harris, Michel Perriere, and Milt Thomas on viola; Cy Bernard, Armand Kaproff, and Eleanor Slatkin on cello; and Kathryn Julye on harp), records the tracks "Night Lights", "The Shadows" (with an male chorus of unlisted singers), "To The Ends Of The Earth" (with an male chorus of unlisted singers and featuring Juan Tizol on trombone), "I Promise You" (with an male chorus of unlisted singers and featuring Juan Tizol on trombone), "The Way I Love You", and "Never Let Me Go (From The Film 'Scarlet Hour')" at Capitol Records' Melrose Avenue studios in Hollywood, California between 1:30pm and 6:00pm. Capitol Records will issue the first and third tracks together as a single (Capitol 3551), the second and fourth tracks together as a promotional single (Capitol Promo 4304), the fifth track as a promotional singe (Capitol Promo 4303) with "Sweet William" on the flip side, and the last track as a single (Capitol 3390) with "Too Young To Go Steady" on the flip side.
1956 - Ray Anthony (on trumpet) and His Orchestra (Johnny Best, Frank Beach, Ray Triscari, and Bob Fowler also 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 saxphone; Leo Anthony on baritone saxophone; Geoff Clarkson on piano; Al Hendrickson on guitar and vocals; Don Simpson on bass: and Larry Bunker on drums) record the tracks "Madeira" (arranged by Don Simpson), "Show Me The Way To Go Home" (arranged by Don Simpson with The Anthony Choir [lineup unlisted] on vocals), "Song Of The Volga Boatman" (arranged by Billy May), and "Little Brown Jug" (arranged by Don Simpson) in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the first two tracks together as a single (Capitol F3335) and the last two tracks together on Anthony's album "I Remember Glenn Miller" (T 476).
1956 - The Jodimars (Joey D'Ambrosia on tenor saxophone; Bob Simpson on piano; Charles Hess on guitar; Marshall Lytle on bass and vocals; Jim Buffington on drums; and Dick Richards on vocals) record the track "Boom, Boom, My Bayou Baby" and (as of 2005) an unissued take of the track "So Lonely" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue the first track as a single (Capitol F3360) with "Dancin' The Bop" on the flip side.
1957 - Capitol Records registers the masters it purchased on December 20, 1956 for Don Robertson (on piano, with unlisted musicians)'s tracks "Rock Away" and "Fantasy" and will issue both tracks together as a single (Capitol F3625).
1958 - Glen Gray and The Casa Loma Orchestra (lineup unlisted) records the tracks "Gary, Indiana", "It's You", and "Marian The Librarian" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on the compilation album "Dance To 'The Music Man'" (T 9666).
1958 - Freddy Martin and His Orchestra (with Martin conducting unlisted musicians and featuring The Martin Men, lineup also unlisted, on vocals) record the tracks "Goodnight My Someone", "Wells Fargo Wagon", and "Will I Ever Tell You" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on the compilation album "Dance To 'The Music Man'" (T 9666).
1958 - The Immaculate Trio (lineup unlisted) records Schubert's "Trio N° 2 In E Flat Major, Opus 100, 1st movement" at The Capitol Tower Studios in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue the track on the trio's album "Trio N° 2 In E Flat Major, Opus 100" (P-8442).
1959 - During two sessions held this day in Los Angeles, California Tommy Sands (on vocals), with The Raiders (Scotty Turner on lead guitar; Eddie Edwards on rhythm guitar; Leon Bagwell on bass; and Hal Blaine on drums), records the track "One Day Later" and the (as of 2005) unissued tracks "Perfect Love" and "Listen Closely" at the first session and no details are listed for the second session. Bear Family Records will issue "One Day Later" on the Sands' CD "The Worryin' Kind" (BCD 15643) in Germany.
40 Years Ago Today In 1960 - During two sessions held this day in Los Angeles, California Dinah Shore (on vocals), with The Red Norvo Quintet (Dick Cathcart, Shorty Sherock, and Mannie Klein on trumpet; Jerry Dodgion on flute and alto saxophone; Red Norvo on vibraphone; Bill Miller on piano and celeste; Jimmy Wyble on guitar; John Mosher on bass; and John Markham on drums), records the tracks "Lover Come Back To Me" and "Lucky In Love" at the first session and the tracks "It's All Right With Me", "Who?" and the rejected take of "Prelude To A Kiss" at the second session. Capitol Records will issue the rest of the tracks on Shore's album "Dinah Sings Some Blues With Red Norvo" (T 1354).
40 Years Ago Today In 1960 - Paul Weston and His Orchestra (with Weston conducting his own arrangements to: Don Fagerquist on trumpet; Justin Gordon and Babe Russin on tenor saxophone; Paul Smith on piano and [listed as possibly] George Van Eps on guitar; Joe Comfort on bass; Nick Fatool on drums and with unlisted strings musicians and male chorus singers) record the tracks "I Love You", "Blue Moon", "Dream" and "I'll See You In My Dreams" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on Weston's album "The Sweet And The Swingin'" (T 1361).
40 Years Ago Today In 1960 - Capitol Records releases Kenny Hopkins and His Orchestra's album "Ridin' The Rails" (T 1302).
40 Years Ago Today In 1960 - Jack Scott (on vocals), with The Chantones () record vocal overdubss on instrumental tracks recorded in December 1959 for the tracks "Your Cheatin' Heart" and "I Could Never Be Ashamed Of You" at Bell Sound Studio B in New York City, New York for Capitol Records. Bear Family Records will issue both tracks in Scott's 5 CD box set "Classic Scott" (BCD 15534).
1961 - Alicia Adams (on vocals) records overdubs on to the master of her track "Love Bandit" that Capitol Records purchased and overdubs for the (as of 2005) unissued track "One Of Three" in Los Angeles, California. There is no issuing information for "Love Bandit", so if anyone knows if the track has ever been issued, please leave a comment.
1961 - The Jonah Jones Quartet (Jonah Jones on trumpet; Teddy Brannon on piano; John Brown on bass; and George Foster on drums) record the tracks "Together Wherever We Go", "Put On A Happy Face", and an (as of 2005) unissued take of the track "The Sound Of Music" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue the remaining tracks on Jones' album "Broadway Swings Again" (T 1641).
1961 - Guy Lombardo and His Orchestra (with Lombardo conducting unlisted musicians) record the track "Tin Roof Blues", "76 Trombones", "Coquette", and "Basin Street Blues" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on Lombardo's album "Guy Lombardo's Royal Canadians Go Dixie" (T 1648).
1961 - Darren McCall (on vocals, with Marvin H. Hughes on piano; Walter "Hank" "Sugarfoot" Garland on guitar; unlisted rhythm guitar and bass players; Murrey M. "Buddy" Harman Jr. on drums and The Anita Kerr Singers [lineup unlisted] on vocal chorus) records the tracks "My Kind Of Lovin'", "My Girl", and "Beyond Imagination" at Bradley Film and Recording Studio in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue the first and third tracks together as a single (Capitol 4543). Bear Family Records will issue all the tracks in McCalls's 5 CD box set "The Real McCall" (BCD 15846).
1962 - The Black Sisters (aka Jeanne and Janie Black, on vocals), with unlisted musicians, record the tracks "Five Minutes On The Hour" and "A Long, Long Weekend", the (as of 2005) unissued track "How Many Teardrops In A Heartache", and the track "Crying Away My Time" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the first and last tracks together as a single (Capitol 4713) and the second track as a single (Capitol 4795) with "My Baby's Gone" on the flip side.
1962 - Faron Young (on vocals, with Marvin Hughes on organ; Thomas "Grady" Martin and Harold Ray Bradley on electric guitar; Ray Edenton on guitar; Floyd "Lightnin'" Chance or Bob L. Moore on bass; Murrey M. "Buddy" Harman Jr. on drums; and The Jordanaires [Hoyt H. Hawkins, Hugh Jarrett, Neal Matthews Jr., and Hugh Gordon Stoker] on vocal chorus) records the tracks "I Let It Slip Away" and "Three Days" at Bradley Film and Recording Studio in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue both tracks together as a single (Capitol F4696).
1963 - Jo Stafford (on vocals), with Paul Weston conducting an orchestra of unlisted musicians, records the tracks "The Trolley Song", "Georgia On My Mind", "Come Rain Or Come Shine", and "The Gentleman Is a Dope" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on Stafford's album "The Hits Of Jo Stafford" (T 1921).
1963 - Peggy Lee (on vocals), with Dick Hazard conducting the orchestra (), record the tracks "The Alley Cat Song", "There Ain't No Sweet Man That's Worth The Salt Of My Tears", and "I Left My Heart In San Francisco" at The Capitol Tower Studios in Hollywood, California between 3:30pm and 6:30pm. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on Lee's album "I'm A Woman" (T 1857).
1963 - Bobby Darin (on vocals), with Jimmie Haskell conducting his own arrangements to an orchestra of unlisted musicians, records the track "My Melancholy Baby", the (as of 2005) unissued track "I Cried For You", and the track "You're Nobody Till Somebody Loves You" in Los Angeles, California. Collectors' Choice Music will issue the first and last track on Darin's CD "The Unreleased Capitol Sides" (CCM 079-2).
1964 - George Shearing (on piano), with Milton Raskin conducting the orchestra (lineup unlisted but includes woodwinds and strings musicians) using arrangements by Shearing, records the track "None But The Lonely Heart", the (as of 2005) unissued track "Country Gardens", and "Chopin Prelude N° 20" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the first and last tracks on Shearing's album "Old Gold And Ivory" (T 2048).
1964 - The Super Stocks (lineup unlisted) record the tracks "'T' Roadster", "Trophy Run", and "Wheel Stands" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on the group's album "Thunder Road" (T 2060).
45 Years Ago Today In 1965 - The Daisies (lineup unlisted) record the track "Put Your Arms Around Me, Honey" in (listed as possibly) Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the track as a single (Capitol 5667) with "Cold Wave" on the flip side.
1967 - The Beatles record the track "Penny Lane"
1967 - Buck Owens (on vocals) and His Buckaroos (with Don Rich on fiddle and other unlisted musicians) record the tracks "You'll Never Miss The Water (Till The Well Runs Dry)" (vocals by Don Rich and Wayne Wilson), "Something To Remember You By" (vocals by Wayne Wilson), "The Happy-Go-Lucky Guitar" and "Turnwater Breakdown" at Buck Owens Studios in Bakersfield, California. Capitol Records will purchase the masters and issue all the titles on the group's "America's Most Wanted Band" (T 2722).
1968 - Wynn Stewart (on vocals and guitar) and The Tourists (Robert Jim Pierce on piano; Tommy Collins and Clarence White on guitar; Ralph Eugene Mooney on steel guitar; Bob Morris on bass; and Helen "Peaches" Price-Johnson on drums) record the tracks "One More Memory", "My Own Little World", "Built-In Love", "This Cold War", and "It's Too Much Like Lonesome" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks except "My Own Little World" on Stewart's album "Something Pretty" (ST 2921) and will issue "My Own Little World" on the group's album "In Love" (ST-113).
1968 - Six Penny Opera (lineup unlisted but may include Chuck McCabe on guitar) records the (as of 2005) unissued tracks "Love Is On The Way" and "Show Somebody The Way" in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records.
1968 - The Stone Poneys (Kenny Edwards and Bob Kimmel on guitar and Linda Ronstadt on vocals) record the track "Carnival Bear" in Los Angeles, California. After overdubs are recorded on January 15, 1968 Capitol Records will issue the track as a single (Capitol 2110) with "Up To My Neck In High Muddy Water" on the flip side as by Linda Ronstadt and The Stone Poneys.
1968 - The Buckaroos (lineup unlisted), with Doyle Holly (on vocals), record the tracks "You Bring Out The Best In Me" (vocals by Don Rich), "I'm Coming Back Home To Stay" (vocals by Don Rich), "The Waltz Of The Roses" (with Tom Brumley on steel guitar), and "Pedal Patter" (with Tom Brumley on steel guitar) in Bakersfield, California. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on the album "A Night On The Town" (ST 2902) as by Buck Owens and The Buckaroos.
1969 - Sounds Of Our Time (lineup unlisted) record the tracks "Cast Your Fat To the Wind", "Somewhere, My Love (Lara's Theme From 'Doctor Zhivago')", "Scarborough Fair", "If You Go Away", and "Wichita Lineman" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on the group's album "Galveston" (ST-182).
1969 - The Beach Boys (lineup unlisted) record the track "San Miguel" in Los Angeles, California. After additional overdubs are recorded on January 13, 22, 24 and 27, 1969, February 5, 1969, and July 9, 1969 Capitol Records will issue the track on the group's 5 CD set "Good Vibrations - 30 Years Of The Beach Boys" (7-81294-2)
40 Years Ago Today In 1970 - The Beatles start recording the track "Let It Be" in London, England.
1971 - Capitol Records registers the masters it purchased from Double L Productions for The Sunshine Express (lineup unlisted)' tracks "Oh How Happy", "Woman With A Smile", and "Nobody But You" but (as of 2005) has yet to issue any of the tracks.
1971 - Happy and Artie Traum (Artie Traum on guitar, banjo and vocals and Happy Traum on guitar and banjo) record the track "Trails Of Jonathan" in New York City, New York for Capitol Records. There is no issuing information listed for the track, so if anyone knows if it has ever been issued, please leave a comment.
1971 - Yoko Ono records the tracks "Mother" and "Why" in (listed as possibly) London, England. Apple Records will issue both tracks together as a single (Apple 1827) which Capitol Records will distribute in The United States Of America.
1972 - During two sessions held this day in Los Angeles The Steve Miller Band (lineup unlisted) record the tracks "Nothing Lasts", "The Sun Is Going Down", "High On You Mama", Welcome" and "Enter Maurice" at the first session and "(Dance A Light) Fandango" at the second session. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on the band's album "Recall The Beginning...A Journey From Eden" (SMAS-11022).
1973 - Tennessee Ernie Ford, with an orchestra of unlisted musicians using arrangements by Larry Muhoberac, records the track "Good Old Time Religion Thing", "I'd Like To Be" (with duet vocals by Andra Willis), and "You've Still Got Love all Over You" in Los Angeles, California. After overdubs are recorded on January 15, 1973 Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on Ford's album "Country Morning" (ST-11205).
1973 - Capitol Records registers the masters it purchased from Buck Owens Productions for David Frizzell's tracks "Get Out Of Town Before Sundown" and "Last Night Was The First Night" which were recorded in Bakersfield, California and will issue both tracks together as a single (Capitol 3537).
1977 - Sun (lineup unlisted) records the tracks "Light Me Up", "Boogie Bopper", "We're So Hot", "Conscience", "Time Is Passing", "Just A Minute Of Your Time", "Organ Grinder", and "She Lives Alone" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on the group's album "Sun-Power" (ST-11609).
1977 - Tavares (lineup unlisted) records the tracks "The Going Ups And The Coming Downs" and "Goodnight My Love" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both tracks on the group's album "Love Storm" (STAO-11628).
1978 - Mink DeVille records the track "Steady Drivin' Man" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the track on DeVille's album "Return To Magenta" (SW-11780).
1989 - Capitol Records releases Buck Owens' single "A-11" with "Sweethearts In Heaven" on the flip side
1991 - Capitol Records artist Merle Haggard wins the American Music Awards' "Award of Merit"
2001 - Les Brown, bandleader and Capitol Records artist, dies at age 88 in Pacific Palisades, California and is later interred in the Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery in Los Angeles, California.

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1918 - Norman "Buddy" Baker, composer, musical director (for over 200 Walt Disney TV shows and movies), trombone and euphonium player, and arranger (Capitol Records artist Stan Kenton and His Orchestra's "And Her Tears Flowed Like Wine" as well as for the Eddie Cantor, Bob Hope and Jack Benny radio shows) is born
75 Years Ago Today In 1935 - Future Capitol Records artist Bob Hope is heard for the first time on national radio as part of "The Intimate Review", sponsored by Bromo Seltzer, which also features future Capitol Records artist Jane Froman as well as James Melton and The Al Goodman Orchestra. The show will last for 14 weeks.
55 Years Ago Today In 1955 - Capitol Records artist Tennessee Ernie Ford's first daytime TV variety show airs
1957 - Fats Dominio records "I'm Walkin'" for Imperial Records in New Orleans. Imperial's catalog is currently owned by Capitol Records' parent company, EMI Music.
1976 - Mal Evans, longtime roadie and bodyguard for the Parlophone, Apple and Capitol Records group The Beatles, is shot and killed by police in Los Angeles, who apparently mistake his air gun for a real gun
1979 - The Star Club in Hamburg, Germany, reopens to the public due to renewed interest in The Beatles. Working at the club had been an important part of the band's early history, but none of the band's former members attend the reopening.
30 Years Ago Today In 1980 - Kwick (lineup unlisted) records the track "Serious Business" at an unlisted studio. EMI America will issue the track as a single (EMI America 8048) with "Can't Help Myself" on the flip side. EMI America's catalog is currently owned by Capitol Music's parent company, EMI Music.
1984 - EMI America registers the masters it purchased for Jason & The Scorchers (lineup unlisted)' tracks "Absolutely Sweet Marie", "Help, There's A Fire", "I Can't Help Myself", "Hot Nights In Georgia", "Pray For Me Mama (I'm A Gypsy Now)", "Harvest Moon" and "Both Sides Of The Line" and will issue all the tracks on the group's mini album "Fervor" (SQ-19008). EMI America's catalog is currently owned by Capitol Music's parent company, EMI Music.
1984 - Talk Talk (lineup unlisted) records the tracks "Dum Dum Girl", "Such A Shame", "Renee", "Tomorrow Started", "The Last Time", "Call In The Night Boys", "Does Caroline Know", and "It's You" in England for EMI Records. EMI America will issue all the tracks on the group's album "It's My Life" (ST-17113) in the United States. EMI America's catalog is currently owned by Capitol Music's parent company, EMI Music.

ON THIS DAY NOT IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
105 Years Ago Today In 1905 - Sterling Holloway, Broadway musical singer and performer (The 1925 "Garrick Gaieties" where he introduced Rodgers and Harts "I'll Take Manhattan" and the 1926 "Garrick Gaieties" were he introduced their "Mountain Greenery"), motion picture actor (Thunder and Lightning, Super Seal, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, A Walk in the Sun, Death Valley, Twilight on the Rio Grande, The Merry Widow, International House, Willy, The Life of Riley, The Baileys of Balboa, and more); character voice actor for Walt Disney (Winnie the Pooh in the "Winnie The Pooh" shorts, The Cheshire Cat in "Alice In Wonderland", The Stork in "Dumbo", Kaa in "The Jungle Book", and more) is born in Cedartown, Georgia
1936 - Billboard Magazine publishes its first pop music chart based on national sales. At #1 is big band violinist Joe Venuti and His Orchestra's Columbia single (3104D) "Stop! Look! And Listen!" with "Yankee Doodle Never Went To Town" on the flip side, both of which were recorded October 28, 1935.

JANUARY 3, 2010

HAPPY BIRTHDAYS!
1918 - Maxene Andrews, singer with the Capitol Records group (1956-1959) The Andrews Sisters, is born Maxene Angelyn Andrews in Minneapolis, Minnesota
1926 - Sir George Martin CBE, pianist, music arranger and scorer, head of A&R and record producer for EMI subsidiary Parlophone Records (most assoicatied with The Goons and The Beatles), is born George Martin in Highbury, London, England. If anyone knows Sir George's middle name, or if he has or hasn't one, please leave a comment.
1941 - Van Dyke Parks, pianist, arranger, record producer, lyricist, worked with Brian Wilson on The Beach Boys' unreleased "Smile" album and other projects, is born in Hattiesburg, Michigan

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1942 - During two sessions held this day in Berlin, Germany Erna Sack (on vocals), with The German Opera House Orchestra of Berlin (lineup unlisted) conducted by Willy Czernik, records Donizetti's "Mad Scene From 'Lucia Di Lammermoor': Part 1" and "Mad Scene From 'Lucia Di Lammermoor': Part 2", Puccini's "They Call Me 'Mimi' (from 'La Boheme'), and Donizetti's "Recitative And Aria (From 'Linda Di Chamounix')" at the first session and Josef Strauss' "Village Swallow From Austria at the second session. Capitol Records will purchase the masters and issue the first two tracks on Sack's album "Operatic Arias (DONIZETTI/von FLOTOW)" (P-8119) the third and fourth tracks together as a single (8-80110) and the last track on Sack's album "The European Nightingale" (ECL-2500).
1946 - Jo Stafford's Capitol Records single "Symphony", with "Day By Day" on the flip side, debuts on the U.S. Pop singles charts
1947 - During a split session held in Los Angeles, California first Matt Dennis (on vocals), with Paul Weston and His Orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the tracks "Roses In The Rain" and "Linda" and then Margaret Whiting (on vocals) with Paul Weston and His Orchestra (lineup unlisted but includes flute and strings musicians) records the track "April Showers". Capitol Records will issue both of Dennis' tracks together as a single (Capitol 362) and Whiting's track on the album "Somebody Loves Me - The Music Of Buddy De Sylva" (CD-49).
60 Years Ago Today In 1950 - Paul Weston and His Orchestra (lineup unlisted), with a chorus of unlisted singers, record the instrumental backing tracks for the tracks "Part 1: Wanting You", "Part 2: Marianne", "Part 3: One Kiss", "Part 1: Love Me Tonight" and "Part 2: Only A Rose" in Los Angeles, California. On January 24 and 26, 1950 Gordon MacRae and Lucille Norman will record vocal overdubs in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the final versions of all the tracks on the album "New Moon" (CC-217).
60 Years Ago Today In 1950 - The Jubalaires (vocalists Willie Johnson, Ted Brooks, George McFadden, and John Jennings), with The Lou Busch Trio (Busch on piano and two other unlisted musicians), record the tracks "A Dream Is A Wish Your Heart Makes" and "The Old Piano Roll Blues" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both tracks together as a single (Capitol 845).
60 Years Ago Today In 1950 - Tennessee Ernie Ford (on vocals), with Cliff Snyder (aka Cliffie Stone, on bass) and His Orchestra (Billy Liebert on accordion, Jimmy Bryant on electric guitar, Eddie Kirk or Red Murrell on guitar, and Wesley "Speedy" West on steel guitar), records the track "My Hobby", the (as of 2005) unissued track "Always A Bridesmaid (But Never A Bride)", and the track "(I've Got The Feed 'Em In The Morning, Change 'Em) Feed 'Em In The Evenin' Blues" at Capitol Records' Melrose Avenue studios in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue the first and last tracks together as a single (Capitol 985).
60 Years Ago Today In 1950 - Clark Dennis records three unlisted tracks for The Capitol Records Transcription Service in Los Angeles, California. If anyone knows what was recorded at the session, please leave a comment.
1951 - Tex Ritter (on vocals), with Paul Sells (on accordion) and Orchestra (Harry Sims on fiddle, Jimmy Bryant and Wesley Tuttle on guitar, Wesley "Speedy" West on steel guitar, and Cliffie Stone on bass), records the tracks "You're Always Brand New", "There's No One To Cry Over Me", "My Bucket's Been Fixed", and "If I Could Steal You From Somebody Else" at Capitol Records' Melrose Avenue studios in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue the first and third tracks together as a single (Capitol 1388) and the second and fourth tracks together as a single (Capitol 1453).
1951 - The Roger Wagner Chorale (with Wagner conducting unlisted singers) records Palestrina's "Missa Papae Marcelli (Pope Marcelus Maso): Sanctus", "Missa Papae Marcelli (Pope Marcelus Maso): Benedictus", "Missa Papae Marcelli (Pope Marcelus Maso): Kyrie", and rejected takes of "Missa Papae Marcelli (Pope Marcelus Maso): Credo, Part 1" and "Missa Papae Marcelli (Pope Marcelus Maso): Credo, Part 2" at Capitol Records' Melrose Avenue studios in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue the first three tracks on the chorale's album "PALESTRINA - Missa Papae Marcelli" (P-8126).
1952 - Ray Anthony (on trumpet) and His Orchestra (Bruce Brukert, Dean Hinkle, Chris Griffin, Jack Laubach, and Marty White also on trumpet; Keith Butterfield, Tom Oblak, Ken Trimble, and Dick Reynolds on trombone; Earl Bergman and Jim Schneider on clarinet and alto saxophone; Bob Hardaway and Bill Usselton on tenor saxophone; Leo Anthony on alto saxophone and baritone saxophone; Fred Savarese on piano; Al Hendrickson on guitar; Billy Cronk on bass; and Archie Freeman on drums), using arrangements by George Williams, record the tracks "Swingin' In The Rain" (vocals by Marcie Miller), "I Let a Song Go Out Of My Heart" (vocals by Tommy Mercer), and "For Dancers Only" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue the first two tracks together as a single (Capitol 1957) and the last track as a single (Capitol 1973) with "I Hear A Rhapsody" on the flip side.
1954 - Bob Manning (on vocals), with Nelson Riddle conducting his own arrangements to the orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the tracks "Good-Bye" and "Why Didn't You Tell Me", the (as of 2005) unissued track "Any Questions?", and the tracks "I Wasn't There With You" and "That's A-Me 'N My Love" in Los Angeles, California. California will issue the first and last tracks together as a single (Capitol 2772) and the second and fourth tracks together as a single (Capitol 2831).
55 Years Ago Today In 1955 - The Hutton Sisters (Betty Hutton and Marion Hutton), with Vic Schoen and His Orchestra (lineup unlisted) record the tracks "Ko Ko Mo (I Love You)" and "Heart Throb" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both tracks together as a single (Capitol 3031).
55 Years Ago Today In 1955 - Merrill Moore (on vocals and piano, with Johnny Duschel on tipple, Jimmie Widener on rhythm guitar, Dave Carpenter on steel guitar, Bernie Rogers on bass, and Johnny Stokes on drums) records the tracks "Cow Cow Boogie", "Boogie My Blues Away", an (as of 2005) unissued alternate take of "Yes Indeed", a second take of "Yes Indeed" and "Rock-Rockola" at Capitol Records' Melrose Avenue studios in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue "Cow Cow Boogie" and "Rock-Rockola" together as a single (Capitol 3034) and the second take of "Yes Indeed" as a single (Capitol 3140) with "One Way Door" on the flip side.
1956 - Mickey Katz (on vocals) and His Orchestra (lineup unlisted) record the tracks "Sixteen Tons", "Vus Is A Velb", "Frellach Jamboree", and "Wedding Dance" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the first and third tracks together as a single (Capitol 3342), the second track on Katz's album "Mickey Katz And His Orchestra" (W 1307) and the last track on Katz's album "Mickey Katz Plays Music For Weddings, Bar Mitzvahs & Brisses" (T 1021).
1956 - The Four Knights (Cliff Holland and John Wallace on tenor vocals, Clarence Dixon on baritone vocals, and Oscar Broadway on bass vocals) with Frankie Carlson's Syncopaters/Septet (lineup unlisted) record the tracks "You're A Honey", "Bottle Up The Moonlight" and "Mistaken" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the first track as a single (Capitol 3494) with "Don't Depend On Me" on the flip side as by The Four Knights with Frankie Carlson's Syncopaters and the last two tracks together as a single (Capitol 3386) as by The Four Knights with Frankie Carlson's Septet.
1956 - Les Baxter, His Chorus and Orchestra (with Baxter conducting his own arrangements to an unlisted lineup of singers and musicians) record the track "If You Can Dream", the (as of 2005) unissued track "To Love Again", and the tracks "Theme From 'Helen Of Troy'", and "The Poor People Of Paris" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the first track on Baxter's EP "" (EAP-1-730) and the third and last tracks together as a single (Capitol 3336) which will go on to become a million seller.
1957 - June Christy (on vocals), with Pete Rugolo conducting his own arrangements to the orchestra (Vince De Rosa on French horn; Clarence Karella on tuba; Bud Shank on flute and alto saxophone; Bob Cooper on tenor saxophone; Benny Aronov on piano; Howard Roberts on guitar; Joe Mondragon on bass; Shelly Manne and Bernie Mattinson on drums and on strings: Daniel Lube, Mischa Russell, and Erno Neufeld on violins; David Sterkin on viola; and Edgar Lustgarten on cello), records the tracks "Imagination", "The Best Things For You", "It's Always You", and "When Sunny Gets Blue" at The Capitol Tower Studios in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on Christy's album "Fair And Warmer" (T 833).
1958 - Peggy Lee (on vocals), with Nelson Riddle conducting his own arrangements to the orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the tracks "Ain't We Got Fun", "The Glory Of Love", "Jump For Joy", "Cheek To Cheek", and "Four Or Five Times" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Lee's album "Jump For Joy" (T 979).
1958 - Ferlin Husky (on vocals), with Bob Bain directing the orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the tracks "Breezin' Along With The Breeze", "I've Got The World On A String", "Love (Your Spell Is Everywhere)", "Love Is The Sweetest Thing" and records a new take of "I Love My Baby" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on Husky's album "Sittin' On A Rainbow" (T 976).
1958 - The Rio Rockers (Rusty Isabell on piano, Don Cole on guitar, and an unlisted drummer) record the instrumental track "Mexican Rock And Roll" and the track "Mexicali Baby" (with Rusty Isabell on vocals) at Porter Studios in Phoenix, Arizona. Capitol Records will issue both tracks together as a single (Capitol F3884).
1958 - Guy Lombardo and His Orchestra (with Lombardo conducting unlisted musicians) record the tracks "Till There Was You" (with vocals by Don Rodney and unlisted choir singers), "Iowa Stubborn" (with vocals by Don Rodney and unlisted choir singers), "(Puttin' On) Top Hat, White Tie and Tails" (vocals by unlisted trio of singers), "Stardust" (vocals by Kenny Garner and an unlisted trio of singers), and "Autumn Leaves" (with vocals by Don Rodney) in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue the first two tracks on the compilation album "Dance To "The Music Man" (T 966), the third track on Lombardo's album "Guy Lombardo With A Beat" (SXE-1843), and the last two tracks on Lombardo's album "Dancing Room Only" (T 1121).
1958 - The Immaculate Trio (lineup unlisted) records Schubert's "Trio N° 2 In E Flat Major, Opus 100, 2nd movement" at The Capitol Tower Studios in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue the track on the trio's album "Trio N° 2 In E Flat Major, Opus 100" (P-8442).
1961 - Capitol Records remasters the tracks "Stout Hearted Men" (vocals by Gordon MacRae), "Lover Come Back To Me" (vocal by Lucille Norman), "Wanting You" (vocals by Gordon MacRae and Lucille Norman), "Softly As In A Morning Sunrise" (vocals by Gordon MacRae), "Moonbeams" (vocals by Gordon MacRae and Lucille Norman), "Yesterdays" (vocal by Lucille Norman), "The Touch Of Your Hand" (vocals by Gordon MacRae and Lucille Norman), "The Desert Song" (vocals by Gordon MacRae), "Song Of The Vagabonds" (vocals by Gordon MacRae), "Some Day" (vocal by Lucille Norman), "Only A Rose" (vocals by Gordon MacRae and Lucille Norman), "Vilia" (vocal by Lucille Norman), "Deep In My Heart, Dear" (vocals by Gordon MacRae and Dorothy Warenskjold), "Just We Two" (vocals by Gordon MacRae and Dorothy Warenskjold), and "I'm Falling In Love With Someone/Ah! Sweet Mystery Of Life" (vocals by Gordon MacRae/vocals by Margareta Piazza) in Los Angeles, California and will issue all the remastered track on the album "Highlights From The World's Greatest Operettas" (T 1510).
1961 - Overdubs are recorded for Alicia Adams' track "Oom-Dooby-Doom" and the unissued track "Mister Right" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the final version of "Oom-Dooby-Doom" as a single (Capitol 4545) with "The Love Bandit" on the flip side.
1961 - The Jonah Jones Quartet (Jonah Jones on trumpet, Teddy Brannon on piano, John Brown on bass, and George Foster on drums) record the tracks "Together Wherever We Go", "Put On A Happy Face", and the (as of 2005) unissued track "The Sound Of Music" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue the first two tracks on Jones' album "Broadway Swings Again" (T 1641)
1962 - The Lettermen (Jim Pike, Tony Butala, and Bob Engemann), with unlisted musicians, record the tracks "Evening Rain", "My Funny Valentine", "Through A Long And Sleepless Night", the (as of 2005) unissued track "It Happened Once Before", and the tracks "Time Was (Dueme)" and "Turn Around, Look At Me" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the rest of the tracks on the group's album "Once Upon A Time" (T 1711).
1962 - The Piltdown Men (listed as probably directed by Ed Cobb with Jackie Kelso on tenor saxophone; Lincoln Mayorga on piano; Bob Bain on guitar; and Earl Palmer on drums) record the (as of 2005) unissued track "Agricultural Twist", the tracks "A Pretty Girl Is Like A Melody" and "Big Lizard", and the (as of 2005) unissued track "Flint Stomp" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the second and third tracks together as a single (Capitol 4703).
1963 - During two session held this day in Los Angeles, California Bobby Darin (on vocals) records the (as of 2005) unissued track "Somebody Stole My Gal" at the first session and a new (but as of 2005 unissued) take of the track "When My Baby Smiles At Me" (arranged and conducted by Jimmie Haskell), the tracks "Beautiful Dreamer" and "When You Were Sweet Sixteen", the (as of 2005) unissued track "Jealous", and the track "I Ain't Got Nobody" at the second session. Collectors' Choice Music will issue "Beautiful Dreamer", "When You Were Sweet Sixteen", and "I Ain't Got Nobody" on Darin's CD "The Unreleased Capitol Sides" (CCM 079-2).
1963 - Peggy Lee (on vocals, with Mannie Klein on trumpet; Mike Melvoin on piano; John Pisano or Al Hendrickson on guitar; Max Bennett on bass; Stan Levey on drums and other unlisted musicians) records the track "A Taste Of Honey", the (as of 2005) unissued "Try A Little Tenderness", and the track "I'm Walkin'" at The Capitol Tower Studios in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue the first and last tracks on the album "I'm A Woman" (T 1857).
1963 - Jo Stafford, with Paul Weston conducting the orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the tracks "Day By Day", "Yesterdays", "No Other Love", and "I'll Be Seeing You" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks together on Stafford's album "The Hits Of Jo Stafford" (T 1921).
45 Years Ago Today In 1964 - Onzy Matthews (on piano) and His Orchestra (Bud Brisbois, Bobby Bryant, Freddy Hill, Bob Rolfe, and Dalton Smith on trumpet; Lou Blackburn, Dick Hyde, and Horace Tapscott on trombone; Ron Smith on bass trombone; Joe Maini and Clifford Scott on alto saxophone; Curtis Amy and Clifford Solomon tenor saxophone; Jay Migliori on baritone saxophone; Ray Crawford on guitar; Jim Crutcher on bass; and Chiz Harris on drums), using arrangements by Matthews, record a new take of the track "Pensive", the (as of 2005) unissued track "Burnin'", and the tracks "Dallas Blues", "I Cover The Waterfront", "Satin Doll", and "Somethin's Cookin'" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the rest of the tracks on Matthew's album "Blues With A Touch Of Elegance" (T 2099).
1964 - The Four Freshmen (Bob Flanigan on vocals, trombone and bass; Bill Comstock on vocals and guitar; Ross Barbour on vocals, trumpet and drums; and Ken Albers on vocals, trumpet, flugelhorn and bass) (vo)), with Jimmie Haskell conducting his own arrangements to the orchestra (lineup unlisted), record the tracks "Graduation Day", "Don't Make Me Sorry", "Tears In Our Eyes" and "My Baby's Gone" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on the group's album "Funny How Time Slips Away" (T 2067).
1964 - A portion of a concert by The Beatles at The Winters Garden in Bournemouth, England is broadcast as part of NBC-TV's The Jack Paar Show, marking their first appearance on a U.S. network television show
1966 - Capitol Records releases Buck Owen's single "Waitin' In Your Welfare Line" with "In The Palm Of Your Hand" on the flip side
1967 - Carl Wilson, singer and guitarist with the Capitol Records group The Beach Boys, refuses to be sworn in after receiving an induction notice from the US Army declaring himself a conscientious objector
1967 - Buck Owens (on vocals) and The Buckaroos (Don Rich on fiddle, with other unlisted musicians) record the tracks "I'll Be Swinging Too", "It Takes A Lot Of Tenderness (It Takes A Lot Of You For Me)" (vocals by Don Rich), and "Round Hole Guitar" at Buck Owens Studios in Bakersfield, California. Capitol Records will issue the first track on Owens' album "The Buckaroos Strike Again!" (T 2828), and the last two tracks on the album "America's Most Wanted Band" (SU-2722) as by Buck Owens and His Buckaroos.
1968 - Lou Rawls (on vocals), with an orchestra of unlisted musicians, records the tracks "Evil Woman", "My Son", and "My Ancestors" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on Rawls' album "Feelin' Good" (T 2864).
1968 - 30,000 copies of John Lennon and Yoko Ono's "Two Virgins" album are confiscated at New Jersey's Newark Airport because the full-frontal nude photo of the duo on the cover violates the state's obscenity laws
1968 - Wynn Stewart (on vocals and guitar) and The Tourists (Robert Jim Pierce on piano; Bobby Gene George on rhythm guitar; Tommy Collins and Clarence White on guitar; Ralph Eugene Mooney on steel guitar; Bob Morris on bass; and Helen "Peaches" Price-Johnson on drums) record the tracks "Something Pretty", "She Didn't Color Daddy", "Good Old Fashioned Love", and "If Tomorrow Could Be Yesterday" between 6:00pm and 9:00pm at The Capitol Tower Studios in Hollywood, California. After overdubs are recorded on February 7, 1968 Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on Stewart's album "Something Pretty" (ST 2921).
40 Years Ago Today In 1970 - George Harrison, Paul McCartney, and Ringo Starr (John Lennon is on vacation)record the track "I Me Mine" at EMI's Abbey Road Studios in London, England. This will be the last time more than one of The Beatles would record together under the group name until 1995.
1973 - Tennessee Ernie Ford, with an orchestra of unlisted musicians using arrangements by Larry Muhoberac, records the tracks "Thanks For The Mem'ries", "Farther Down The River (Where The Fishin's Good)", "Baby" (with Andra Willis on duet vocals), and "Sweet Child Of Sunshine" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on Ford's album "Country Morning" (ST-11205).
1973 - Capitol Records registers the masters it purchased for Tony Booth's tracks "How Long Will My Baby Be Gone", "Colors I'm Gonna Paint The Town", "Love's Gonna Live Here", "Sweethearts In Heaven", "Mirror, Mirror On The Wall", "You'll Never Miss The Water (Till The Well Runs Dry)", "Would You Settle For Roses", and "The Courage To Go Home" which were recorded at Buck Owens Studios in Bakersfield, California. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on Booth's album "When A Man Loves A Woman (The Way That I Love You)" (ST-11160).
1977 - Taveres (lineup unlisted) records the tracks "I Wanna See You Soon" and "Whodunit" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both tracks on the group's album "Love Storm" (STAO-11628).
1978 - During three sessions held this day in Los Angeles, California Gary Bartz (on saxophone, with other unlisted musicians), using an arrangement by Wade Marcus, records the track "Shake Your Body (It's The Joint)" at the first session, "Blue" at the second session, and "Giant Steps" at the third session. Capitol Records will issue the first track as a single (Capitol 4600) with "Love Affair" on the flip side and the last track on Bartz's album "Love Affair" (SW-11789). There is no issuing information listed for "Blue", so if anyone knows if the track has ever been issued, please leave a comment.
1979 - Zbigniew Seifert (on violin and alto saxophone, with Richie Beirach on piano, John Scofield on guitar, Eddie Gomez on bass, Jack De Johnette on drums, and Nana Vasconcelos on percussion) records the tracks "Passion", "Where Are You From", "Sunrise Music", "Pinocchio", "Singing Dunes", and "Quo Vadis" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on Seifert's album "Passion" (ST-11923).
1983 - Rene & Angela (aka Rene Moore and Angela Winbush) record the track "Wait Until Tonight" in (listed as possibly) Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the track on the duo's album "Rise" (ST-12267).
1986 - Paul McCartney records the track "Pretty Little Head" in England. Capitol Records will issue the track on McCartney's album "Press To Play" (JAS-12475).

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1909 - Victor Borge, pianist, comedian, radio and television performer (co-hosted a radio show from 1946-1947 with Capitol Records artist Benny Goodman) is born Borge Rosenbaum in Copenhagen, Denmark
70 Years Ago Today In 1940 - Charlie Barnett and His Orchestra, featuring young trumpet player (and future Capitol Records arranger, conductor, and artist) Billy May, record the track "Southland Shuffle" for Bluebird Records
65 Years Ago Today In 1945 - Ray Stokes Trio records the tracks "Little Goose" and "Blues For Clarence Profit" for Black & White Records in Los Angeles, California. Black & White's catalog is currently owned by Capitol Records' parent company, EMI Music.
1961 - Liberty Records releases Johnny Burnette's fifth single "Little Boy Sad" with "(I Go) Down To The River" on the flip side. Liberty Records' catalog is currently owned by Capitol Records' parent company EMI Music
1972 - Don McLean's United Artists single "American Pie" is certified Gold by the R.I.A.A.
1981 - John Lennon’s Geffen/Lenono Music single "(Just Like) Starting Over" is still #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart and his and Yoko Ono's Geffen/Lenono Music album "Double Fantasy" is #1 on Billboard's Top 200 Albums chart. Lennon's Geffen catalog is currently distributed by Capitol Records in the United States and "Double Fantasy" has been reissued on the Capitol Records label.
25 Years Ago Today In 1985 - During three sessions held this day at Music Mill Studio in Nashville, Tennessee Lane Brody (on vocals, with David Briggs, Larry Paxton, John Shane Keister, Eddie Bayers, Kenneth Bell, and Brent Rowan making unlisted contributions) records the track "Let It Be Yesterday" at the first session between 10:00am and 1:00pm, "Memory Now" at the second session between 2:00pm and 5:00pm, and "He Burns Me Up" at the third session between 6:00pm and 9:00pm. After two sessions of overdubs EMI America will issue both tracks on Brody's eponymous album "Lane Brody" (SN-16394). EMI America's catalog is currently owned by Capitol Music's parent company, EMI Music.

JANUARY 2, 2010

HAPPY BIRTHDAYS!
95 Years Ago Today in 1915 - Nick Fatool, drummer on many, many of Capitol's classic sessions from the '40s and 50's, is born in Milbury, Massachusetts
85 Years Ago Today In 1925 - Larry Harmon, hired with others by Capitol Records to portray Bozo at personal appearances and would later, with investors, purchase the licensing rights for Bozo from Alan Livingston and Capitol Records and would later create and license the Bozo TV show and cartoons (for which he provided the voice) to local markets,train the local performers who portrayed Bozos, and license the Bozo likeness for use on a vast range of products, is born Lawrence Weiss in Toledo, Ohio.

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS
1946 - Alvino Rey records three unlisted tracks in Los Angeles, California for The Capitol Records Transcription Service. If anyone knows what was recorded, please leave a comment.
1947 - Stan Kenton (on piano) and His Orchestra (Buddy Childers, Ray Wetzel, Chico Alvarez, John Anderson, and Ken Hanna on trumpet; Kai Winding, Skip Layton, Milt Bernhart, and Harry Forbes on trombone; Bart Varsalona on bass trombone; Eddie Meyers and Boots Mussulli on alto saxophone; Red Dorris and Bob Cooper on tenor saxophone; Bob Gioga on baritone saxophone; Bob Ahern on guitar; Eddie Safranski on bass; Shelly Manne on drums), using arrangements by Pete Rugolo record the tracks "His Feet Too Big For De Bed" (with the addition of José Mangual on bongos and Pedro Allendo on maracas, with vocals by June Christy and The Pastels [Margaret Dale, Dave Lambert, Wayne Howard, Jerry Packer, and Jerry Duane] and solos by Childers and Winding) and "After You" (with vocals by The Pastels and solos by Kenton and Safranski) at RKO/Pathé Studios in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue both tracks together as single (Capitol 361).
1951 - Wayne Gregg (on vocals), with F. Large conducting the orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the (as of 2005) unissued tracks "Faithful", "Sentimental Journey", "Oh, How I Miss You Tonight", and "Detour" in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records.
1952 - Rufe Davis (on vocals) records the final overdubs for the tracks "Hoppy's Happy Birthday", "Hopalong Cassidy And The Two-Legged Wolf", and "Hopalong Cassidy And The Story Of Topper" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the final versions of the first track on the children's album "Hoppy's Happy Birthday" (CAS-3114), the second track on the children's album "Hopalong Cassidy And The Two-Legged Wolf" (CAS-3109), and the third track on the children's album "Hopalong Cassidy And The Story Of Topper" (CAS-3110).
1952 - Helen O'Connell (on vocals), with Cliffie Stone's Music (lineup unlisted), records the tracks "Come What May", "Baby, We're Really In Love", "Stingy", and "Just To Be There" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the first two tracks together as a single (Capitol 1944), the third track as a single (Capitol 1976) with "There's Been A Change In Me" on the flip side, and the last track as a single (Capitol 2363) with "With All My Tears For You" on the flip side.
1952 - The King Cole Trio (Nat "King" Cole on piano and vocals, John Collins on guitar, Charlie Harris on bass with Jack Costanzo on bongos) record the tracks "Too Marvelous For Words", "Unforgettable" (without Costanza), "Too Young" (without Costanza), "That's My Girl", and "It's Only A Paper Moon" in New York City, New York for an M-G-M charity event. Capitol Records will purchase the masters and issue all the tracks as bonus tracks on the CD version of Cole's album "Penthouse Serenade" (4-94504-2).
1953 - Bob Manning (on vocals), with Monty Kelly conducting the orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the track "The Nearness Of You", the (as of 2005) unissued track "Why Should I Cry", the track "Gypsy Girl", and the (as of 2005) unissued track "More Than I Should" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will purchase the masters and issue "The Nearness Of You" and "Gypsy Girl" together as a single (Capitol 2383)
1954 - Andy Griffith's Capitol Records single "What It Was, Was Football" enters the top 40 of Billboards Pop singles chart
1954 - Duke Ellington (on piano) and His Orchestra (Clark Terry, Willie Cook, and Cat Anderson on trumpet; Ray Nance on trumpet, violin, and vocals; Quentin Jackson, Britt Woodman, and George Jean on trombone; Jimmy Hamilton on clarinet and tenor saxophone; Russell Procope on alto saxophone and clarinet; Rick Henderson on alto saxophone; Paul Gonsalves on tenor saxophone; Harry Carney on baritone saxophone, clarinet and bass clarinet; Wendell Marshall on bass; and Dave Black on drums) record the tracks "One O'Clock Jump" and "Things Ain't What They Used To Be" at Universal Studios in Chicago, Illinois. Capitol Records will issue "One O'Clock Jump" on Ellington's album "Ellington '55" (H 521), and "Thing's Ain't What They Used To Be" on Ellington's album "Dance To The Duke!" (T 637).
1957 - Capitol Records, at the request of its new parent company EMI Music, takes over control of Angel Records, which has over 500 classical releases.
1957 - Gordon MacRae (on vocals), with Van Alexander and His Orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the tracks "Endless Love", "Lonely", "I Went To The City", "When You Kiss Me", and "Till We Meet Again" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the first and fourth tracks together as a single (Capitol F3724), the second and fifth tracks together as a single (Capitol F3641), and the third track on MacRae's album "A Cowboy's Lament" (T 834).
1958 - Ferlin Husky (on vocals), with Bob Bain directing the orchestra (lineup unlisted) records the tracks "Ain't She Sweet", "I'm In The Mood For Love", and "Blue Skies" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on Husky's album "Sittin' On A Rainbow" (T 976).
1958 - The Andrews Sisters (vocalists La Verne Andrews, Maxene Andrews, and Patty Andrews), with Billy May and His Orchestra (with May conducting his own arrangements to: John Best on trumpet; Simon "Si" Zentner, Tommy "Pullman" Perderson, and William Schaefer on trombone; Ted Nash, Buddy Collette, and Fred Falensby on saxophones; Ray Sherman on piano; Bobby Gibbons on guitar; Phil Stephens on bass and tuba; and Alvin Stoller and Ralph Hansell on drums), record the tracks "Keep Your Skirts Down, Mary Ann", "Last Night On The Back Porch", "Back In Your Own Back Yard", and "A Smile Will Go A Long, Long Way" at The Capitol Tower Studios in Hollywood, California between 3:00pm and 6:00pm. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on the sisters' album "The Andrews Sisters Sing The Dancing '20s" (T 973).
1958 - During a split session in Los Angeles, California first Sammy Hagan and The Viscounts (unlisted vocal quartet), with Jack Marshall and His Orchestra (lineup unlisted), record the tracks "Tail Light" and "Snuggle Bunny" and then Jack Marshall (conducting his own arrangements to an orchestra of unlisted musicians) records the (as of 2005) unissued track "Theme From 'The Missouri Traveler'" and the track "Fingerpoppin'". Capitol Records will issue the first two tracks together as a single (Capitol F3885) and the last track as a single (Capitol F3978) with "Thunder Road Chase" on the flip side.
1958 - Sam Butera (on vocals and tenor saxophone) and The Witnesses (unlisted musicians) record the tracks "Put Your Mind At Ease", "It's Better Than Nothing", "Hold Out For Love", and "Good Gracious Baby" in New York City, New York. Prep Records, a sub-division of Capitol Records will issue the second and fourth tracks together as a single (Prep F134). Bear Family Records will issue all the tracks in the 8 CD box set "Louis Prima, Keely Smith, Sam Butera - The Capitol Recordings" (BCD 15776) in Germany.
1958 - The Immaculate Heart Trio (lineup unlisted) record Schubert's "Trio N° 2 In E Flat Major, Opus 100, 3rd Movement" in Studio A at The Capitol Tower Studios in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue the track on the trio's album "SCHUBERT - Trio N° 2 In E Flat, Opus 100" (P-8442).
1959 - Keely Smith and Louie Prima (on vocals), with Sam Butera and The Witnesses (lineup unlisted), record the track "I've Got You Under My Skin", "Ol' Man River" (with Sam Butera on vocals), and "Don't Take Your Love From Me" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the first and last track together as a single (Capitol F4140). Bear Family Records will issue all the tracks in the 8 CD box set "Louis Prima, Keely Smith, Sam Butera - The Capitol Recordings" (BCD 15776) in Germany.
1961 - Capitol Records releases Buck Owens' single "Foolin' Around", with "High As The Mountains" on the flip side, which would become Owens' first # 1 record on Cashbox's Country chart
1962 - Capitol Records releases Buck Owens' single "Nobody's Fool But Yours" with
Mirror Mirror On The Wall" on the flip side
1963 - Jack Carson (born John Elmer Carson in Carman, Manitoba, Canada), vaudeville, motion picture, radio, television and Broadway performer, and Capitol Records artist (on the original Broadway cast album for the 1952 version of George and Ira Gershwin's musical "Of Thee I Sing") dies of stomach cancer in Encino, California at age 52 and is later entombed in Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California.
1963 - Bobby Darin (on vocals, with unlisted musicians) records the track "When My Baby Smiles At Me" in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records. Collectors' Choice Records will issue the track on the CD "The Unreleased Capitol Sides" (CCM 079-2).
1963 - Peggy Lee (on vocals), with Dick Hazard conducting the orchestra (Manny Klein on trumpet and [listed as probably] Justin Gordon on flute, Mike Melvoin piano, Al Hendrickson and/or John Pisano on guitar, Max Bennett on bass, Stan Levey on drums and other unlisted musicians) records the tracks "Mama's Gone, Goodbye", "You're Nobody 'Til Somebody Loves You", and "One Note Somba" at The Capitol Tower Studios in Hollywood, California between 2:30pm and 5:30pm with producer Dave Cavanaugh. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on Lee's album "I'm A Woman" (T 1857).
1964 - Onzy Matthews (on piano) and His Orchestra (Bud Brisbois, Bobby Bryant, Freddy Hill, Bob Rolfe, Dalton Smith on trumpet; Lou Blackburn, Dick Hyde, Horace Tapscott on trombone; Ron Smith on bass trombone; Sid Miller and Clifford Scott on alto saxophone; Curtis Amy and Clifford Solomon on tenor saxophone; Jay Migliori on baritone saxophone; Ray Crawford on guitar; Jim Crutcher on bass; and Chiz Harris on drums), using Matthews arrangements, record the track "I Should Care", the (as of 2005) unissued track "Pensive", and the tracks "Flamingo", "Blues With A Touch Of Elegance", "Feels Like I've Got The Blues", and "Blues Non Stop" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the rest of the tracks on Matthews' album "Blues With A Touch Of Elegance" (T 2099).
45 Years Ago Today In 1965 - Capitol Records' double album "The Beatles' Story" peaks at #7 on Billboard's Top 200 Albums chart where it will stay for 4 weeks
1966 - The Beatles' Capitol Records single "We Can Work It Out", with "Day Tripper" on the flip side, is #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart
1968 - Capitol Records released Buck Owens' album "It Takes People Like You To Make People Like Me" and Merle Haggard's album "Sing me Back Home"
1968 - The Buckaroos (lineup unlisted) record the tracks "Hello California" (featuring Don Rich on vocals), "Highway Man" (featuring Doyle Holly on vocals), "I Can't Stop (My Loving You)" (featuring Doyle Holly on vocals), and "Chaparral" (featuring Don Rich on vocals) in Bakersfield, California. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on the group's album "Buck Owens & The Buckaroos - A Night On The Town" (ST 2902).
1969 - The Beatles begin filming and recording "Let It Be" at Twickenham Film Studios and will end on January 31, 1969, the day after their rooftop concert was given.
40 Years Ago Today In 1970 - The final overdubs for Buck Owens and Susan Raye's track "We're Gonna Get Together" are recorded at Buck Owens Studios in Bakersfield, California. Capitol Records will issue the final version of the track on the album "Stars Of The 'Hee Haw'" (ST-437).
1971 - George Harrison's Apple Records album "All Things Must Pass", distributed in the United States by Capitol Records, hits #1 on Billboard's Top 200 Albums chart, the first album by one one of the former members of The Beatles to do so.
1972 - Capitol Records registers the masters it purchased from Buck Owens Enterprised for Kenni Huskey's tracks "It's Too Late To Keep From Losing You" and "Number One Heel" which were recorded at Buck Owens Studios in Nashville, California and will issue both tracks together as a single (Capitol 3282).
1974 - Tex Ritter (born Woodward Maurice Ritter), singer, motion picture actor, television variety show host, Member of the Grand Ole Opry and The Cowboy Hall of Fame, 1964 inductee into the Country Music Hall Of Fame, 1971 inductee into the Nashville Songwriters Hall Of Fame, 1998 inductee into the Texas Country Music Hall Of Fame, and Capitol Records artist, dies of a heart attack at age 68 while visiting a jail in Nashville, Tennessee where he was arranging bail for one of his band members
1974 - The Band (Garth Hudson and Richard Manuel on keyboards and vocals, Jaime Robbie Robertson on guitar and vocals, Rick Danko on bass and vocals, and Levon Helm on drums and vocals) perform the tracks "Back To Memphis", "Endless Highway", "I Shall Be Released", "Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever", Too Wet To Work (Raindance)", "Don't Ya Tell Henry", "The Rumor", "Time To Kill", "Jam" and "Up On Cripple Creek" live in front of 600,000 attendees of Summer Jam at Watkins Glen Grand Prix Raceway in Watkins Glen, New York. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on the CD "The Band - Live At Watkins Glen" (8-31742-2).
35 Years Ago Today In 1975 - Final overdubs are recorded for Red Steagall's track "She Worshipped Me" in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue the final version of the track as a single (Capitol 4042) with "April's Paintings" on the flip side.
1981 - Muscle Shoals Sound Rhythm Section (lineup unlisted) records the (as of 2005) unissued track "Instrumental #7" in Muscle Shoals, Alabama for Capitol Records.
1985 - Capitol Records registers the masters for Katrina and The Waves (Katrina Leskanich on vocals; Alex Cooper on drums, vocals and keyboards; Vince de la Cruz on bass, guitar, vocals, and keyboards; and Kimberley Rew on guitar, vocals, and keyboards) tracks "Red Wine And Whisky", "Going Down To Liverpool", "Do You Want Crying", "Que Te Queiro", "Machine Gunsmith", "Cry For Me", "Walking On Sunshine", "Mexico", "The Game Of Love", "Maniac House", and "The Sun Won't Shine Without You". Capitol Records will issue "Going Down To Liverpool" and "Walking On Sunshine" together as a single (Capitol 5466), "Do You Want Crying" and "Maniac House" together as a single (Capitol 5450) and "Que Te Quiero" as a single (Capitol 5528) with "He's A Charmer" on the flip side and all the tracks except "Maniac House" on the group's eponymous CD "Katrina & The Waves" (7-46169-2).
1989 - Capitol Records registers the tracks for Martin Stephenson and The Daintees' albums "Gladsome, Humour and Blue" and "Boat To Bolivia" but has (as of 2005) not issued any of the tracks in the United States. Kitchenware issued both albums (KWLP 8 and KWLP 5 respectively) in Europe.
15 Years Ago Today In 1995 - Writing begins for tracks for I Mother Earth's Capitol Records album "Scenery And Fish" which will start being recorded in July 1995
1998 - Nik Venet (born Nikolas Kostantinos Venetoulis), songwriter; worked with Lord Buckley at World Pacific Records; talent scout, VP of A&R and record producer at Capitol Records (for The Beach Boys, Glen Campbell, Bobby Darin, Lou Rawls, and others) and United Artists Records (for Don McLean, Frank Zappa, and others); and founder of Evening Star Records, dies of complications from the treatment for Burkitt's lymphoma in Los Angeles, California at age 61 and had been in the hospital since since September 9, 1997
10 Years Ago Today In 2000 - Nat Adderley, trumpet player, bandleader, younger brother of saxophonist and Capitol Records artist Julian Adderley and gave him the nickname "Cannonball" and played in his brother's Blue Note and Capitol Records bands, and solo artist with Blue Note Records, dies at age 68

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1971 - The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band's Liberty Records single "Mr. Bojangles" (which is on both sides of the single) enters the top 40 of Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart. Liberty's catalog is currently owned by Capitol Records parent company EMI Music.
1983 - Dick Emery, British comedian, actor, and the voice of the Lord Mayor and Nowhere Man (Jeremy Hillary Boob Phd) in United Artists animated motion picture "The Yellow Submarine", dies at age 63

ON THIS DAY NOT IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1963 - Dick Powell, singer; dancer; motion picture, radio, and television actor; and husband of actress June Allison, dies of cancer at age 58
20 Years Ago Today In 1990 - Alan Hale, Jr. (born Alan Hale Mackahan), son of actor Alan Hale, motion picture and television actor (best known for the role of Jonas Grumby (aka "Skipper") on "Gilligan's Island"), and owner of Skipper's restaurant on La Cienega Boulevard in Los Angeles, California, dies at age 69 at St. Vincent's Medical Center in Los Angeles from respiratory failure due to cancer of the thymus

JANUARY 1, 2010

HAPPY NEW YEAR'S DAY EVERYONE!

HAPPY BIRTHDAYS!
1916 - Ramblin' Jimmie Dolan, singer, guitarist, and Capitol Records artist (1949-1955), is born Lee Roy Petit in Gardenia, California
1958 - Lisa Germano, singer, songwriter, violinst and Capitol Records artist (1994), is born in Mishawaka, Indiana

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1948 - Sol "Tex" Williams signs with Capitol Records
1948 - Hal Derwin (on vocals) with an unlisted orchestra and The Hi-Lighters (Hal Derwin, Mildred Springer, and Jean Taylor on vocals) record the track "No One But You" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will purchase the master and release the track as a single (Capitol 502) with "One Dozen Roses" on the flip side.
1948 - The American Federation of Musicians Union, in a dispute with the recording industry, starts its second recording ban in four years. Capitol Records begins purchasing masters and setting up instrumental sessions in London, England, Mexico City, Mexico, and Paris, France and will have its vocal artists record overdubs on these tracks.
1954 - Duke Ellington (on piano) and His Orchestra (Clark Terry, Willie Cook, and Cat Anderson on trumpet; Ray Nance on trumpet, violin, and vocals; Quentin Jackson, Britt Woodman, and George Jean on trombone; Jimmy Hamilton on clarinet and tenor saxophone; Russell Procope on alto saxophone and clarinet; Rick Henderson on alto saxophone; Paul Gonsalves on tenor saxophone; Harry Carney on baritone saxophone, clarinet and bass clarinet; Wendell Marshall on bass; and Dave Black on drums) record the tracks "Frivilous Banta" and "In The Mood" at Universal Studios in Chicago, Illinois. Capitol Records will issue "Frivilous Banta" on Ellington's album "Dance To The Duke!" (T 637) and "In The Mood" on Ellington's album "Ellington '55" (H 521).
1961 - The DeCastro Sisters (Babette, Cherie, Olga) record the final overdubs for the tracks "Goody, Goody", "Them There Eyes", "I Enjoy Being A Girl", " and "You Can Depend On Me" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the final tracks on the sisters' album "A Rockin' Beat" (T 1501).
1964 - The Beach Boys (Mike Love, Brian Wilson, Carl Wilson, Dennis Wilson, and Al Jardine on vocals, with unlisted guitar and drum players) record the tracks "Fun, Fun, Fun" (with Mike Love on lead vocal) and "The Warmth Of The Sun" (with Brian Wilson on lead vocal) at Western Studios in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Fun, Fun, Fun" as a single (Capitol 5118) with "Why Do Fools Fall In Love" on the flip side and "Warmth Of The Sun" as a single (Capitol 5306) with "Dance, Dance, Dance" on the flip side.
1966 - The Beach Boys' Capitol Records single "Barbara Ann", with "Girl Don't Tell Me" on the flip side, enters Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart
1969 - Capitol Records registers the masters for The Beach Boys tracks "Darlin'", "Wouldn't It Be Nice", "Sloop John B", "California Girls", "Do It Again", "Wake The World", "Aren't You Glad", "Bluebirds Over The Mountain", "Their Hearts Were Full Of Spring", "Good Vibrations", "God Only Knows", and "Barbara Ann" which were recorded in December, 1968 in London, England. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on the group's album "Live In London" (ST-11584).
40 Years Ago Today In 1970 - Jimi Hendrix and Band of Gypsies, play for the first time in public, finish two days of gigs at the Fillmore East in New York City, New York. The last two shows will be recorded for a live album that will be released by Capitol Records to honor a 1965 contract that Hendrix had signed with the label.
1971 - Jerry Corbitt records the track "Till You Come Back Home Again" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the track on Corbitt's eponymous album "Jerry Corbitt" (ST-771).
1973 - Future Capitol Records band Klaatu (John Woloschuk, Dee Long, and Terry Draper) begins when they step into a studio in Toronto, Ontario, Canada for the first time together to record their first album.
1977 - La Costa (on vocals) with an orchestra of unlisted musicians records the track "I Second That Emotion", the (as of 2005) unissued track "Nothing Without You", and the track "We're All Alone" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the first and last track together as a single (Capitol 4414).
1979 - Glen Campbell records the (as of 2005) unissued tracks "Roll On Brother", "Music, Music, Music", "Blues My Sweetie Gives To Me", "You Will Not Lose", and "Basic Lady" in (listed as possibly) Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records.
1981 - Capitol Records band Klaatu disbands
1989 - Freddie Jackson records the track "Christmas Forever" at an unlisted studio. Capitol Records will issue the track on the CD "Freddie Jackson Greatest Hits" (8-27641-2).

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1956 - Future Capitol Records group The Four Preps (Bruce Belland, Ed Cobb, Marv Ingraham [aka Marv Ingram and born Marvin Inabnett], and Glen Larson - all Hollywood High students) is formed in Hollywood, California
1959 - Johnny Cash gives a concert at San Quentin Prison. Future Capitol Records artist Merle Haggard is one of the inmates present at the show.
1962 - The Beatles audition (unsuccessfully) for Decca Records in London.
1963 - Future Capitol Records artist Dick Dale & The Del-Tone's Deltone Records singles "Miserlou" (with "Eight Till Midnight" on the flip side) was #1 on both radio stations KRLA and KFWB in Los Angeles, Californai and his single "Peppermint Man" is #5 on both charts and it's flip side "Surf Beat" is also on KRLA's chart
1971 - Capitol Record's parent company, Electric & Musical Industries, changes its name to EMI Ltd.
1997 - Townes Van Zandt, singer, guitarist, and Poppy Records artist dies of a heart attack at age 52. United Artists Records acquired Poppy's masters, then EMI Music, Capitol Records' parent company, acquired United Artists' catalog

ON THIS DAY NOT IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1916 - Marvin Camras, electrical engineer who perfected Magnetic Tape, is born in Chicago, Illinois. Capitol Records is the first major label to record masters to tape.