OCTOBER 11, 2013

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
70 Years Ago Today In 1943 - Gene Watson, country singer and Capitol Records artist (1975-1980), is born Gary Gene Watson in Palestine, Texas

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1942 - The King Cole Trio (Nat "King" Cole on piano and vocal; Oscar Moore on guitar; and Red Callender on bass) record the tracks "Vom Vim Veedle" (with Moore and Callendar on additional vocals) and "All For You" at C.P. MacGregors Studios in Los Angeles, California for the Excelsior label. Capitol Records will purchase the masters and release the two tracks together as a single (Capitol 139).
1944 - Wesley Tuttle and The Coonhunters (Wesley Tuttle and Merle Travis on vocals and guitar with Charles Emery Linville on fiddle and Roy Bargy on piano) record the tracks "Please Be Like Your Daddy", "Rainin' On The Mountain", "I Know It's Wrong", and "Give Me Your Hand" at C.P. MacGregor Studios in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the first and third tracks together as a single (Capitol Americana 40037), the second track as a single (Capitol 194) with "I Dreamed That My Daddy Came Home" on the flip side. The Bear Family issued "Give Me Your Hand" on Merle Travis' 5 CD box set "Guitar Rags and a Too Fast Past" (BCD 15637) in Germany.
1945 - The King Cole Trio (Nat "King" Cole on piano and vocals; Oscar Moore on guitar; and Johnny Miller on bass) record the tracks "It Is Better To Be By Yourself" (with a vocal chorus), "Come To Baby Do", and "The Frim Fram Sauce" at WMCA Studios in New York City, New York. Capitol Records issues the first track as a single (Capitol 239) with "Sweet Georgia Brown" on the flip side and the last two tracks together as a single (Capitol 224).
1946 - James Baskett, Johnny Mercer and The Pied Pipers, with Billy May and His Orchestra (Mannie Klein, Don Anderson, and Holly Humphries on trumpet; William Schaefer, Ed Kusby, and Hoyt Bohannon on trombone; Fred Fox on french horn; John Gruey, J.A. Krechter, Donald Renfrew, Warren Baker, and Lloyd Hildebrand on saxophone; Frank Leithner on piano; John Ryan on bass; John Cyr on percussion; Ann Mason on harp; and on strings: Edward Bergman, Walter Edelstein, Peter Ellis, George Kast, Sol Kindler, Dan Lube, Mischa Russell, Marshall Sosson, and Olcott Vail on violin; Albert Burton and David Sterkin on viola; and Fred Goerner and Joseph Saxon on cello), record the tracks "Tales Of Uncle Remus: Part 1: Running Away" (aka "Brer Rabbit Runs Away, Part 1"), "Part 3: Brer Rabbit And The Tar Baby, Part 1", and "Part 6: The Laughing Place, Part 2" using a script adaptation by Alan Livingston at Radio Recorders studios in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on the children's album "Tales Of Uncle Remus" (DC-116).
1946 - Tex Williams and His Western Caravan (listed as probably Williams on vocal and guitar with Cactus Soldi and Harry Simms on fiddle; Ossie Godson on piano; Pedro De Paul on accordian; Jimmy Bryant on electric guitar; Smokey Rogers on guitar and banjo; Spike Featherstone on harp; Deuce Spriggens on bass; and Muddy Berry on drums), record the tracks "The Leaf Of Love", "Hurry, Don't Delay", "Milkman Polka", and "Capitol Polka" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records issues "The Leaf Of Love" as a single (Capitol 333) with "I Got Texas On My Soul" on the flip side, "Hurry, Don't Delay" as a single (Capitol 15321) with "Old Paint's Complaint" on the flip side, and "Milkman Polka" and "Capitol Polka" together as a single (Capitol Americana 48010).
1949 - Between 12:00pm and 3:00pm Merle Travis (on guitar, electric guitar, and vocals) and Tennessee Ernie Ford (on vocals), with Cliffie Stone and His Orchestra (Harold Glen Hensley on fiddle; Billy Liebert on piano; Eddie Kirk on vocals and guitar; Wesley "Speedy" West on steel guitar; and Stone on bass) record the tracks "Blues Stay Away From Me" (with Billy Liebert on accordian) and "Philosophy" at Capitol Records' Melrose Avenue Studios in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records issues both tracks together as a single (Capitol Americana 40254).
1949 - Chuy Reyes and His Orchestra (lineup unlisted) featuring Pepin Betancourt on vocals, record the tracks "The Regal Rhumba (Take It Easy, Take It Light)", "Lover's Dance", "Adios", and "Guantanamera (with Pepin Betancourt on vocals) in Los Angeles, California. Capitol will issue the first track after a vocal overdub by Mel Blanc is recorded on October 19, 1949 as a single (57 790) with "Guantanamera" on the flip side and the middle two tracks on Reyes' album "Piano Brilliante" (H 196).
1950 - Andy Russell (on vocals with Skitch Henderson and His Orchestra [lineup unlisted]) records the tracks "Cling To Me", "I Guess I'll Have To Dream The Rest", and "Take My Love" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records issues the first two tracks together as a single (Capitol 1281) and as (of 2005) yet to issue the last track.
1950 - During a single session held in Capitol Records' Melrose Avenue studios held from 2:00 to 5:30pm Billy May, conducting his original music and arrangements to the orchestra: Mannie Klein and William Guy on trumpet; Ed Kusby and James Priddy on trombone; John Graas on french horn; Donald Lazenby, George Smith, Lloyd Hildebrand, and Harry Schuchman on woodwinds; Edwin "Buddy" Cole on piano; Phil Stephens on bass; John Cyr on drums; Kathryn Thompson on harp; and on strings: Ivan Eppinoff, Nick Pisani, Mischa Russell on violns; and Louis Kievman on viola) records the tracks "Teena, The Laughing Hyena: Part 1" and "Teena, The Laughing Hyena: Part 2" and "The Flying Mouse: Part 1" and "The Flying Mouse: Part 2". Pinto Colvig (using a script by Alan Livingston with an unlisted cast) will record the vocal overdubs for the "Teena, The Laughing Hyena" tracks on October 17, 1950 and Don Wilson (using a script adaptation by Alan Livingston) will record the vocal overdubs for the "The Flying Mouse" tracks on January 18, 1951, both also at Capitol Records' Melrose Avenue studios. Capitol Records issues the final versions of the "Teena, The Laughing Hyena" tracks on Colvig's Bozo Approved picture sleeve children's single "Teena,The Laughing Hyena" (DAT-3086) and the final versions of both "The Flying Mouse" tracks on Wilson's Bozo Approved picture sleeve children's single "The Flying Mouse" (CAS-3092).
1950 - Kay Starr, with Frank DeVol and His Orchestra (lineup unlisted with Devol conducting his own arrangements), records the tracks "Oh, Babe", and "Everybody's Somebody's Fool", "Evenin'", and a re-recording of "(Everybody's Waitin' For) The Man With The Bag" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the first two tracks together as a single (Capitol 1278), the third track as a single (Capitol 1357) with "Lovesick Blues" on the flip side, and the last track as a single (Capitol 1256) with "Christopher Robin Is Saying His Prayers" on the flip side.
1950 - Tex Williams and His Western Caravan (listed as possibly with Williams on vocals and leader of the band: Max Fidler, Cactus Soldi, and Rex Call on fiddle; Paul "Spike" Featherstone on harp; Ossie Godson on piano; Pedro De Paul on accordian; John Weiss, and Benny Garcia Jr. on electric guitar; Smokey Rogers on guitar and banjo; Joaquin Murphy on steel guitar; Deuce Spriggens on bass; and Muddy Berry on drums) record the tracks "The Big Print Giveth (And The Little Print Taketh Away (with an unlisted vocal group), I Want Gold In My Pockets (When There's Silver In My Hair), and "Alimony" (with Lee Gillette on vocals) at Capitol Records' Melrose Avenue studios in Hollywood, California. The first track, as of 2005, remains unissued and Capitol Records will issue the last two tracks together as a single (Capitol 1286).
1950 - Hal Derwin "Buddy" Cole records 5 unlisted tracks for The Capitol Records Transcripition Service in Los Angeles, California. If anyone knows what was recorded, please leave a comment.
1951 - Jenks "Tex" Carmen (on vocals and guitar) records the tracks "Don't Feel Sorry For Me", "My Trusting Heart", "(I've Received) A Penny Postcard", and "Gonna Stay Right Here" at Capitol Records' Melrose Avenue studios in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records issues the first two tracks together as a single (Capitol 2067) and the last two tracks will be issued by Bear Family Records in Germany in on the CD "Hillbilly Hula" (BCD 15574).
1951 - Chuy Reyes and His Orchestra (lineup unlisted) record the tracks "These Foolish Things", "If I Had You", Out Of Nowhere" and "Yesterdays" in Los Angeles, California. The first track, as of 2005, remains unissued. Capitol Records issued the remaining three tracks on the album "Keyboard Cocktails" (H 305).
1952 - Johnny Pecon and His Orchestra (unlisted lineup featuring Lou Trebar and Nettie Pecon on vocals), record the tracks "Mary Ann Polka", "Too Good To Be True", "Lollapalooza" and "Tino's Polka" (with vocals by Lou Trebar) in (listed as possibly) New York City, New York. If anyone knows for sure where this session was held. Please leave a comment. Capitol Records has (of 2005) yet to issue the first track, issued the second and fourth track together as a single (Capitol 2711) and the third track as a single (Capitol 2527) with "I Wanna Be Your Darlin'" on the flip side.
1956 - The King Sisters (Yvonne, Luise, Marilyn & Alyce King) with Alvino Rey conducting an unlisted studio orchestra, record the tracks "My Little Grass Shack In Kealakekau, Hawaii", "Sand", "My Tane" and "Hawaiian Wedding Song" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records issues all the tracks on the group's album "Aloha" (T 808).
1956 - Billy May and His Orchestra (John Best, Conrad Gozzo, Mannie Klein, and Uan Rasey on trumpet; Ed Kusby, Tommy Pederson, and Si Zentner and Murray McEachern on trombone; Skeets Herfurt and Wilbur Schwartz on alto saxophone; Fred Falensby and Ted Nash on tenor saxophone; Chuck Gentry on baritone saxophone; Paul Smith on piano; Al Hendrickson on guitar; Joe Mondragon on bass; and Alvin Stoller on drums), with May conducting his own arrangements, record the tracks "Say It Isn't So/Take The 'A' Train", "The Floater" (with Murray McEachern on piano), and a re-recording of "Bye Bye Blackbird" at The Capitol Tower Studios in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue the first and last track on the album "Billy May Plays For Fancy Dancing" (T 771) and the middle track (after overdubs are recorded on October 23, 1956 with Ralph Pena on bass and Alvin Stoller on drums) as a single (Capitol F3598) with "Christopher Columbus" on the flip side.
1956 - The Buddy Collette/Chico Hamilton Sextet (Buddy Collette on reeds, John Anderson on trumpet, Gerald Wiggins on piano, Jim Hall on guitar, Curtis Counce on bass, and Chico Hamilton on drums) record the tracks "Green Dream", "It's You", "A Walk On The Veldt", "How Long Has This Been Going On", "The Blindfold Test", "Jungle Pogo Stick", "Tanganyika", "Wagnervous", "And So Is Love", and "Coming Back For More" with engineer John Kraus at The Capitol Tower Studios. The recordings will be released by V.S.O.P. Records as an album called "Tanganyika".
1957 - Sam Koki and The Seven Sea Serenaders (featuring Sylvia Zara on vocals) overdub vocals on to instrumental track "Song Of The Islands" recorded by Wesley "Speedy" West (on steel guitar with Elmer Schmidt on piano) on September 30, 1957. Capitol Records will issue the finished track on Speedy West and the Seven Sea Serenaders's album "West Of Hawaii" (T 956).
1957 - Tex Ritter (on vocals with Paul Sells on organ and an unlisted chorus) records the tracks "Here Was A Man" and "It Came Upon A Midnight Clear" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records issues both tracks together as a single (Capitol F3903).
1957 - The Capitol Symphony Orchestra (lineup unlisted), conducted by Carmen Dragon, records the tracks "All Thru The Night", "Traditional: Londonderry Air", "Ich Liebe Dich (I Love Thee)" by Grieg, "Romance In F Minor" by Tchaikovsky, "On Wings Of Song" by Mendelssohn in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records issues the first, third and fifth tracks on the album "Serenade" (P 8413), the second track on the album "A World Of Music" (P-8412) and has (of 2005) yet to issue the fourth track from this session.
55 Years Ago Today In 1958 - Lary Hovis (on vocals with Jack Marshall's Music [lineup unlisted]) records the tracks "Just In Time", "S'posin'", and "Deed I Do" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records issues all the tracks on Hovis' album "My Heart Belongs To Only You" (T 1218).
1960 - Jackie Davis (on organ and listed as probably with Irving Ashby on guitar; Joe Comfort on bass; and Weedee Morris on drums) records the tracks "Without A Song", "Sweet And Lovely", "Walkin' My Baby Back Home", "I'll Never Stop Loving You", "I Would Do Anything For You", "Just Friends", "Stop At My House", and "Velvet Moon" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records issues all the tracks, except "Velvet Moon" on Davis' eponymous album "Jackie Davis" (T 1517).
1960 - At a session paid for by General Motors, Dinah Shore, with Dick Reynolds directing the orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the tracks "Jingle Bells", "You Meet The Nicest People", "Silent Night" and "Coventry Carol" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Custom Services will issue all the tracks on the promotional EP disc "Season's Greetings" for Chevrolet and Capitol Records issues the track "Silent Night" on the multi-artist album "Season's Greetings" (T 1622).
1960 - Virgil Fox (on organ) records the tracks "Suite, Opus 5, Third Movement" by Durufle and "Chorale Number 1 In E Major (Portions)" at Riverside Church in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue both tracks on Fox's album "Organ Music From France" (P 8544).
1962 - Lou Rawls (on vocals with Onzy Matthews directing his own arrangements to the orchestra: Bob Bryant, Bud Brisbois, Bob Rolfe, and George Graham on trumpet; Lou Blackburn, Les Robertson, Horace Tapscott, and Charles Wilson on trombone; Bob Knight on bass trombone; Charlie Kennedy on alto saxophone; Alexander Nelson on alto saxophone and flute; Curtis Amy on soprano and tenor saxophone; Sidney Miller on tenor saxophone; Lou Ciotti on tenor saxophone and flute; Jack Nimitz on baritone saxophone; Joe Sample on organ; Irving Ashby on guitar; Jim Crutcher on bass; and Frank Butler on drums) records the tracks "Trouble In Mind" (with Joe Sample on piano), "Roll 'Em Pete", "(What Did I Do To Be So) Black And Blue", "Gloomy Sunday", and "Strange Fruit" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records issues all the tracks, except "Gloomy Sunday" on Rawls' album "Black And Blue" (SU 1824) with edited versions of the tracks "Trouble In Mind" and "(What Did I Do To Be So) Black And Blue" and EMI issues all the tracks unedited on the CD "Black And Blue/Tobacco Road" (3-54957-2) as part of the International EMI Series.
1962 - Glen Gray and The Casa Loma Orchestra (Shorty Sherock, Conrad Gozzo, Mannie Klein, and Joe Graves on trumpet; Milt Bernhart, Joe Howard, and Eddie Kusby on trombone; George Roberts on bass trombone; Abe Most on clarinet and alto saxophone; Skeets Herfurt on alto saxophone; Plas Johnson and Justin Gordon on tenor saxophone; Chuck Gentry on bass; Ray Sherman on piano; Jack Marshall on guitar; Mike Rubin on bass; and Nick Fatool on drums;) using arrangements to play in the style of the orchestras shown in parentheses to record the tracks "Artistry In Rhythm (Stan Kenton)", "Leap Frog" (Les Brown)", "Nightmare (Artie Shaw)", "Moonlight Serenade (Glenn Miller)", and "Let's Dance (Benny Goodman)" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records issues all the tracks on Gray's album "Sounds Of The Big Bands, Volume 6: Themes Of The Great Bands" (T 1812).
1962 - While performing live at The State Fair of Texas in Dallas Texas Hank Thompson (on vocals and guitar) and The Brazos Valley Boys (Dubert Dobson on trumpet; James Edward "Jimmy" Belken, Roddy Bristol, and Billy Jack Saucer on fiddle; Billy Gray and Merle Travis on guitar; Robert John "Bobby" Garrett on pedal steel guitar; Billy Briggs Stewart on bass; and Bernard Nelson Young on drums) records the tracks "My Heart Is A Playground", "Simple Simon", "Rub-A-Dub_Dub", and "Will We Start It All Over Again". Capitol Records issues all the tracks on the album "Hank Thompson And The Brazos Valley Boys At The State Fair Of Texas" (T 1955).
1962 - At two sessions held this day in New York City, New York Fred Waring and The Pennsylvanians (with Waring conducting an unlisted lineup) at the first session record the tracks "The Hills Of Old Penn State" (finishing the track and using an arrangement by Hawley Ades and Roy Ringwald), "Eleanor" (finishing the track and using an arrangement by Roy Ringwald), "Moonlight On Campus" (using an arrangement by Roy Ringwald), "It's A Lovely Day Tomorrow" (using an arrangement by Hawley Ades), and "Alma Mater Memories (close, using an arrangement by Hawley Ades) and at the second session record the track "Hanover Winter Song". Capitol Records issues all the tracks, except "It's A Lovely Day", on Waring's album "Alma Mater Memories" (T 1949) and releases "It's A Lovely Day" on Waring's album "This I Believe" (T 2054).
50 Years Ago Today In 1963 - Judy Garland performs the song "That's All" live for her CBS-TV series. A recording of the performance will appear on Garland's Capitol Records album "Just For Openers".
1965 - Capitol Records releases Buck Owens' single "Buckaroo" with "If You Want A Love" on the flip side
1965 - Capitol Records releases six singles by The Beatles on its Starline oldies green swirl label (with separate pressings manufactured on both the west and east coasts): "Twist And Shout"/"There's A Place", "Love Me Do"/"P.S. I Love You", "Please Please Me"/"From Me To You", "Do You Want To Know A Secret"/"Thank You Girl", "Roll Over Beethoven"/"Misery", and "Boys"/"Kansas City". The first four were identical to the versions released by Vee-Jay records. The last two were put together by Capitol just for this release.
1966 - The Beach Boys (lineup unlisted) record overdubs for the unissued track "Home On The Range" in Los Angeles, California.
1966 - Capitol Records registers the purchased masters for 18th Century Concept's tracks "Can't hurry love", "18th century bag", "Eleanor Rigby", "Have you seen your mother,baby", "Chopsticks", "Little toy soldier", "A lover's concerto", "Reach out,I'll be there", "18th century drawing room", "Old time movies", "Betty's song", and "If I were a carpenter". Sidewalk Records, as the first album released through their distribution deal with Capitol Records, issues all the tracks on group's eponymous album "18th Century Concept" (ST 5900).
1966 - George Shearing (on piano and harpsicord with Quintent and Julian Lee conducting his own arrangements to an unlisted orchestra) records the tracks "The Shadow Of Your Smile" "Have A Heart", "Strangers In The Night", and "Yesterday" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records issues all the tracks on Shearing's album "New Look" (T 2637)
1966 - Andy Russell, with unlisted session musicians, records the tracks "Strangers In The Night", "Spanish Eyes", "Yesterday" and "As Long As There's Forever (Perdoname Mi Vida) in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on Russell's album "More Amor" (T 2659).
1966 - The Stone Poneys (Kenny Edwards and Bob Kimmel on guitar, Linda Ronstadt on vocals, with Pete Childs, Cyrus Faryar, and John T.Forsha on guitars, Jimmy Bond on bass, and Billy Mundi on drums) record the tracks "If I Were You", "Meredith (On My Mind)" and "All The Beautiful Things" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on the band's album "The Stone Poneys" (T 2666).
1966 - Fred Neil, with unlisted musicians, records the tracks "The Dolphins" and "Badi-Da" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol will issue both tracks together as a single (Capitol 5786).
1966 - At two sessions held this day in New York City, New York pianist Rubin Mitchell (with unlisted session musicians) records the tracks "Flamingo", "Liza Jane", "Spanish Eyes", "Spanish Harlem", and "Slaughter On 10th Avenue" at the first session and "Jitterbug Waltz", "Yesterdays", "Somewhere", "What Now My Love", and "Born To Lose" at the second session. Capitol Records issues "Spanish Eyes" on Mitchell's album "Presenting Rubin Mitchell" (T 2658) but has (of 2005) yet to issue any of the other tracks.
1967 - Glen Campbell, with unlisted musicians, records the tracks "Gotta Travel On" and "Is There Any Chance", "I Walk The Line" and "Lover" in Los Angeles, California. As of 2005, "I Walk The Line" is the only track issued by Capitol Records. That track appeared on Campbell's CD "The Essential Glen Campbell" (8-30288-2).
1967 - Tender Joe Richardson (on guitar and vocals with unlisted session musicians) records the tracks "Do Drop In" and "A Little Rain Must Fall" in Los Angeles, California. The first track, as of 2005, is unissued and the last track issued as by The Epic Splendor by Hot Biscuit Records (Hot Biscuit 1450) which is distributed by Capitol Records, with The Epic Slendor's track (a purchased master) "Cowboys And Indians" on the flip side.
1967 - The Beach Boys (lineup unlisted) record the unissued track "untitled #1 in Los Angeles, California and an overdub the next night on October 12, 1967.
45 Years Ago Today In 1968 - Pollution (led by Otis Hale with Richard Lewis on keyboards and vocals; James Quill Smith on guitar and vocals; John Kenneth Lambert on bass and vocals; and Duane Bryant and Barbara Busa on vocals and unlisted instruments) records the tracks "Ode To Gawking People", "Baby It's High Time", "Every Day I Have The Blues", "River Deep, Mountain High", "Slow Blues", and "Vegetable Soup" in Los Angeles, California. All the tracks, as of 2005, remain unissued.
1969 - Capitol Records registers masters by Buie and Cobb that purchased. All the tracks remain, as of 2005, unissued.
1971 - Capitol Records files information for the masters of The London Symphony Orchestra's recording of "Gemini Suite" (which feature composer Jon Lord on piano and organ: Albert Lee on guitar; Roger Glover on bass guitar; Ian Paice on drums; Tony Ashton and Yvonne Elliman on vocals; and The London Symphony Orchestra [lineup unlisted] conducted by Malcolm Arnold)'s tracks "Guitar", "Piano", "Drums", "Voice", "Bass Guitar", a track for which no information is listed and is unissued, and "Organ" which were recorded in England. Capitol Records issues all the tracks, except the unknown one, on the album "Gemini Suite - London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Malcolm Arnold" (SMAS-870).
1971 - Billy May and The Time-Life Orchestra () record the tracks "Boogie Blues" (with vocals by Anita O'Day), "Unison Riff", "Let Me Off Uptown" (with vocals by Anita O'Day) and "And Her Tears Flowed Like Wind" (with vocals by Anita O'Day) at The Capitol Tower Studios in Hollywood, California. Time-Life issues the first two tracks on the album "The Swing Era Encore: The Day of the Great Entertainers" (STL 351), rejected the third track, and issued the last track on the album "The Swing Era Curtain Call: The Sounds of Swing" (STL 352).
1971 - Helen Reddy, with unlisted studio musicians, records the track "More Than You Could take" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records issues the track on Reddy's album "No Sad Song" (ST 857).
1971 - Wayne Newton, with unlisted session musicians, records the track "Higher Ground" and a shorter version of "Higher Ground" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records issues the first track as a single (Capitol 3241) with "Just A Memory" on the flip side and has, as of 2005, yet to issue the short track.
1972 - Capitol Records registers the purchased master of Red Simpson's track "God And Jericho Jones", which was recorded in Los Angeles, California on October 8, 1972. Capitol Records, as of 2005, has yet to issue the the track.
40 Years Ago Today In 1973 - Capitol Records registers the purchased masters of Tommy Graham's tracks "Sea Cruise" and "Play Me A Song" both of which, as of 2005, are unissued
1974 - Capitol Records registers the Susan Raye track "That Loving Feeling" which was recorded at The Buck Owens Studios in Bakersfield, California which it purchased from Buck Owens Enterprises and will issue on Raye's album "Whatcha Gonna Do With A Dog Like That" (ST-11393)
1976 - Deja Vu (unlisted lineup) records the tracks "Success And Failure", "Get It Up For Love", "Love, I'd Like To Thank You", "All Night Long", "The Mighty Emerald", "That A Melody", "Somebody To Believe In", "Pretty Lady", and "You're The Only Light On My Horizon Now" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records issues all the titles on the group's album "Get It Up For Love" (ST-11604).
1976 - Richard Torrence records the tracks "Rio De Janerio Blue" and "Leave My Love Behind" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both tracks on Torrence's album "Bareback" (SW-11610).
1977 - Suzanne Stevens (on vocals with Artie Butler conducting his own arrangements to an unlisted orchestra) records the tracks "Stardust Lady (Child Of The Stardust Lady)", "Just the Way You Are", "I Can't Live Without You", and "You Are The Song (That I Can't Stop Singing)" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records issues the tracks on Stevens' album "The Stardust Lady" (ST-11717).
35 Years Ago Today In 1978 - Natalie Cole, with unlisted musicians, records the track "Stand By Me" at The Sound Factory in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records issues the track on the album "I Love You So" (SO-11928).
1979 - Tavares (lineup unlisted) records the tracks "I Can't Go On Living Without You", "Sometimes Love Songs Make Me Cry", "Why Can't We Fall In Love", and "I Can't Get Enough" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records issues all the tracks on the band's album "Supercharged" (ST-12026).
1982 - Capitol Records releases The Beatles' compilation album "20 Greatest Hits" to honor the 20th anniversary of the group's first release.
1985 - Tex Williams, actor, singer, guitarist, and Capitol Records artist (ironically best known for the 1947 #1 single "Smoke, Smoke, Smoke (That Cigarette)"), dies of lung cancer at his home in Newhall, California at age 68
25 Years Ago Today In 1988 - Capitol Records registers Tommi Johnson's track "Some Things Never Change" and will issue the track on the single (Capitol 44301). If anyone knows what was on the flip side, please leave a comment.
1995 - Blind Melon perform live at The Palace in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will later release an album of the performance called "Live At The Palace". The CD will be reissued by Capitol/EMI on October 17, 2006 with expanded packaging.
2005 - EMI/Capitol Special Markets releases the Christmas compilation CDs "Jingle All The Way", "A Christmas Tapestry", "Warm December", and "Christmas Treasury"

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
95 Years Ago Today In 1918 - Ray Martin, composer (classical as well as television and movie scores), arranger, conductor, and EMI recording artist as part of the group The Picadilly Strings in the UK, and who wrote background arrangements for Imperial Records in the U.S., is born in Vienna, Austria. EMI Music Group, Capitol Music Group's parent company, currently owns the Imperial Records catalog.
1962 - The Beatles' first Parlophone single, "Love Me Do", enters the UK singles chart. The Beatles will be on the U.K. singles chart continuously for the next 105 weeks until October 15, 1964, setting the record for the group with the most consecutive weeks on the British singles chart.
1971 - Brother Records releases The Beach Boys' single "Long Promised Road" with "'Til I Die" on the flip side. The Brother Records catalog is currently being distributed by Capitol Records.
30 Years Ago Today In 1983 - EMI America purchases the masters of Elbow Jones and The Racketeers (lineup unlisted)'s tracks "A Night In New York", "Other Guys", "Happy Times", "Our Love Will Always Stand", "Happy Birthday Baby", "Mama's In Love Again", "I Got You", "I Call It Like I See It", "I Belong To You", and "You Got Me High" and issue all the tracks on the album "New York At Dawn" (ST-17103). EMI America's catalog is currently owned by Capitol Music Group's parent company EMI Music Group.
2004 - The Panic Channel begin their first recording session. They will sign with Capitol Records in 2005 and their debut album will be released in 2006.

OCTOBER 10, 2013

HAPPY BIRTHDAYS!
1950 - Debbi Bush Whiting, daughter of Capitol Records artists Lou (Joe "Fingers" Carr) Busch and Margaret Whiting, is born Deborah Bush in Los Angeles, California at the original Cedars of Lebanon hospital.
55 Years Ago Today In 1958 - Tanya Tucker, singer, songwriter and Capitol Records Nashville artist, is born Tanya Denise Tucker in Seminole, Texas

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1945 - Edwin LeMar "Buddy" Cole records 10 tracks for The Capitol Records Transcription Service in Los Angeles, California. There is no listed information about line up, what tracks were recorded, or if the the tracks have been issued. If anyone knows what was recorded. Please leave a comment.
1946 - Johnny Mercer and The Pied Pipers (on vocals) with Paul Weston and his Orchestra (lineup unlisted) record the tracks "Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah", "Everybody Has A Laffin' Place", and "Jingle Bells" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the first two tracks together as a single (Capitol 323) and the last track as a promotional Christmas record.
1946 - Cliffie Stone and His Square Dance Band (unlisted lineup) record the tracks "Soldier's Joy", "Ragtime Annie", "Sally Good'n", "Cripple Creek", "The Gal I Left Behind Me", "Bake Them Hoecakes Brown", "Washington And Lee Swing" and "Oh Dem Golden Slippers" as square dances without calls in Los Angeles, California. The listing gives the studio as Capitol Studios, but at that time Capitol Records didn't own it's own studio. If anyone knows where this session was recorded, please leave a comment. Capitol Records issues all the tracks, execpt "Washington And Lee Swing" on the album "Square Dances (Without Calls)" (H 4009) which will be released on Stone's album "Square Dance Favorites (Without Call)" (DAS-402).
1946 - Tex Williams and His Western Caravan (listed as probably Tex Williams on vocals and guitar, with Cactus Soldi and Harry Simms on fiddle Ossie Godson on piano, Pedro De Paul on accordion, Jimmy Bryant on electric guitar, Smokey Rogers on guitar and banjo, Spike Featherstone on harp, Deuce Spriggens on bass, and Muddy Berry on drums) records the tracks "Beer Barrel Polka (Roll Out The Barrel)", "Cowboy Polka", "I'm Too Far Gone", and "Blues As A Heartache" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the first two tracks on Williams' album "Polka!" (AD-56), has yet (as of 2005) to issue the third track and issued the last track as a single (Capitol 40081) with "Don't Telephone-Don't Telegraph (Tell A Woman)" on the flip side.
1947 - Karl and Harty (aka Karl Davis and Harty Taylor) record the tracks "She's Got The Cutest Eyes", "Don't Mix Whiskey With Women", "You Cooked Your Goose With Me" and "Single Man Blues" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the first and last track together as a single (Capitl 40135) and the middle two tracks together as a single (Capitol 40067).
1947 - Paul Weston and His Orchestra (with Weston conducting his own arrangements to unlisted musicians), records the tracks "Laura" and "Intermezzo (A Love Song)" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records issues the tracks together as a single (Capitol 15012).
1947 - Arthur Smith and His Dixie-Liners (lineup unlisted) records the tracks "Sweet Thing", "Yodeling Waltz", "Crazy Blues", and "Orange Blossom Special" possibly (according to the listing) in Dallas, Texas. Capitol Records issues the first two tracks together as a single (Capitol Americana 40086) and the last two tracks together as a single (Capitol Americana 40068).
1947 - Hank Thompson and His Brazos Valley Boys (Thompson on vocals; with Howard "Howdy" Forrester, and Robert "Georgia Slim" Rutland on fiddle; Buddy Woody on accordian; Jack Rivers on guitar; Ralph "Lefty" Nason on steel guitar; and Harold Wesley "Rip" Giersdorff on bass) record the tracks "(I've Got A) Humpty Dumpty Heart", "Today", "Don't Flirt With Me", and "Rock In The Ocean" at WFAA Studios in Dallas, Texas. Capitol Records will issue the first two tracks together as a single (Capitol Americana 40065) and the last two tracks together as a single (Capitol American 400085).
65 Years Ago Today In 1948 - The Striders (vocalists Charles Strider, Eugene Strider, James Strider and Richard Griffin), overdubbing on band tracks by an unlisted orchestra recorded in New York City on October 1, 1948, record the vocal tracks for "Feather Your Nest", "Pleasin' You As Long As I Live", "Somebody Stole My Rose-Colored Glasses", "I'm A Hesitatin' Fool", and "Die From A Broken Heart". The first track is, as of 2005, unissued. Capitol Records issues the second and third track together as a single (Capitol 15306) and the other tracks, as of 2005, remain unissued.
1949 - Big Red Alton (with Vic Dickenson on trombone; J.D. King and Dave Cavanaugh on tenor saxophones; Harold Morrow on piano; Ulysses Livingstone on guitar; Leonard Bibb on bass; and Zutty Singleton on drums) records the tracks "Let's Get High Together", "I Keep So Many Women", "Winter Blues", and "But She's Not For Me" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records issues the first and third tracks together as a single (57-70058 in its Blue Series) and the second and last track together as a single (Capitol 886).
1949 - Tennessee Ernie Ford, with Cliffie Stone and His Orchestra (Harold Hensley on fiddle-harmony; Billy Liebert on accoridan; Merle Travis on electric guitar; Eddie Kirk on guitar; Wesley "Speedy" West on steel guitar; and Stone on bass) records the tracks "Put Your Arms Around Me" and "Anticipation Blues" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records issues "Put Your Arms Around Me" as a single (Capitol 2042) with "Everybody's Got A Girl But Me" on the flip side and "Anticipation Blues" as a single (Capitol 57-40258) with "The Shot Gun Boogie" on the flip side.
1951 - Margaret Whiting, with (her then husband) Lou Busch and His Orchestra (unlisted musicians), records the tracks "If I Can Love You In The Morning", "That's For Sure", and "Oops!" in Los Angeles, California on their daughter Debbie's first birthday. Capitol Records will issue the first two tracks together as a single (Capitol 1845) and "Oops!" as a single (Capitol 1939) with "Round And 'Round" on the flip side.
1951 - Kay Starr, with Billy May and His Orchestra (May conducts his own arrangements to Lyman Vunk, Chris Griffin, Andy Ferretti, and Hamp Richardson on trumpet; Vernon Brown, Lou McGarity, and Roland Dupont on trombone; Hymie Schertzer, Art Manners, Peanuts Hucko, Al Klink, and Stanley Webb on reeds; Lou Stein on piano; Al Caiola and Art Ryerson on guitar; Jack Lesberg on bass; and Bunny Shawker on drums), records the track "On A Honky Tonk Hardwood Floor", "(Ho Ho Ha Ha) Me Too", "I Got My Arms Open (And My Love Ready), and "Two Brothers" (with John Barrows on french horn; Al Caiola on banjo; Jack Lesberg on bass; Bunny Shawker on drums; and an unlisted male vocal quartet) in New York City, New York. Capitol Records issues the first and last track together as a single (Capitol 1856), the second track as a single (Capitol 2026) with "I Waited A Little Too Long" on the flipside, and the third track on the Collector's Choice CD "The Definitive Kay Starr" (CCM 276-2).
1952 - Don Wilson, with The Van Alexander Orchestra (unlisted session musicians), records the tracks "Songs For Little Folks: Part 1", "Songs For Little Folks: Part 2", Little Songs For Little People: Part 1: London Bridge/Little Miss Muffet/Little Polly Flinders/Pat-a-cake,pat-a-cake/Mary,Mary,quite contrary/Jack-A-Dory" "Songs For Little People: Part 2: There was a crooked man/See-saw, Margery Daw/Little Tommy Tucker/Jack and Jill/Jack Spratt/I love Little Pussy Cat" at Capitol Records' Melrose Avenue studios in Hollywood, California. The first two tracks, as of 2005, are unissued. Capitol Records will issue the rest of the tracks on Wilson's children's records single "Little Songs For Little People" (CASF-3151).
60 Years Ago Today In 1953 - Ray Anthony and His Orchestra (Anthony, Jack Hohlman, Jack Laubach, Ray Triscari, and Warren Kime on trumpet; Sy Berger, Phil Barron, Ken Schrudder, and Dick Reynolds on trombone; Earl Bergman and Jim Schneider on clarinet and alto saxophone; Bill Usselton and Bill Slapin on tenor saxophone; Leo Anthony on bariton saxophone; Eddie Ryan on piano; Milt Norman on guitar; Don Simpson on bass; and Mel Lewis on drums) record the tracks "DC-7" and a new take of "Venezuela" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records issues the first track as a single (Capitol 3176) with "Pete Kelly's Blues" on the flipside and, as of 2005, has yet to issue this take of the last track.
60 Years Ago Today In 1953 - Stan Freberg's Capitol Records single, “St. George and the Dragonet” with "Little Blue Riding Hood" on the flipside, knocks Les Paul and Mary Ford's Capitol Records single "Vaya Con Dios", with "Johnny" on the flipside, out of the #1 spot on Billboard's Best Selling Retail Records chart after an 11 week stay at #1. Freberg's single will stay #1 for 4 weeks, giving Capitol the #1 single in the U.S. for 15 straight weeks in a single year. On the same day, during two sessions, Stan Freberg, with Daws Butler and an unlisted studio orchestra conducted by George Bruns, records the tracks "Most Of The Town" and "That's Right Arthur" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records, as of 2005, has yet to issue either track.
1956 - Capitol Records releases Judy Garland's album "Judy" with arrangements and orchestra conducted by Nelson Riddle
1956 - Nat "King" Cole, with Nelson Riddle conducting his own arrangements to an orchestra (Harry Edison on trumpet; Murray McEachern, Thomas Pederson, and Paul Tanner on trombone; Juan Tizol on valve trombone; George Roberts on bass trombone; Ted Nash, Champ Webb, and Jim Williamson on reeds; Bill Miller on piano; Joe Comfort on bass; Lee Young on drums & a string section that includes: Alex Beller, Harry Bluestone, Dan Lube, Rickey Marino, Paul Nero, Erno Neufeld, Paul Shure, Felix Slatkin, and Gerald Vinci on violns; Alvin Dinkin and David Sterkin on viola; Cy Bernard and Eleanor Aller Slatkin on cello; and Kathryn Julye on harp), records the tracks "One Sun" with an vocal chorus (unlisted lineup) and "You Are My First Love" at The Capitol Tower Studios in Hollywood, California. Al Hendrickson (on guitar) will later the same day record an overdub for "One Sun" and Capitol Records will issue the final track as a single (Capitol 5549) with "Looking Back" on the flip side and will issue "You Are My First Love" as a single (Capitol F3619) with "Ballerina" on the flip side.
1956 - After Nat "King" Cole's session, Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra (not listed but possibly the same lineup as in the Cole session, with Riddle again conducting his own arrangements), record the tracks "Sea Of Dreams" and, for radio D.J. Norm Prescott, "Norm Prescott Theme" at The Capitol Tower Studios in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records, as of 2005, has yet to issue either track.
1956 - The Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra (lineup unlisted), conducted by Felix Slatkin, records "Pavane For A Dead Princess" by Ravel, "Galop from 'The Comedians', Opus 26" by Kabalevsky, and "Pizzicato Polka from 'Sylvia'" by Delibes in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records issue all the tracks on the album "Symphonic Dances" (P-8369)
1957 - Stan Kenton and His Orchestra (Ed Leddy, Billy Catalano, Lee Katzman, Sam Noto, and Phil Gilbert on trumpet; Jim Amlotte, Kent Larsen, Archie Le Coque, Don Reed, and Ken Shroyer on trombone; Lennie Niehaus on alto saxophone; Steve Perlow on alto saxophone and baritone saxophone; Wayne Dunstan and Bill Perkins on tenor saxophone; Bill Robinson on baritone saxophone; Kenton on piano; Red Kelly on bass; and Jerry McKenzie on drums), record the tracks "They Didn't Believe Me", "Baby You're Tough" "Artistry In Blues" and "Lemon Twist" at The Rendevous Ballroom in Balboa Beach, California at the fourth day of a live performances at the venue. Capitol Records will issue "They Didn't Believe Me" on Kenton's album "Rendezvous With Kenton" (T 932), "Baby You're Tough" and "Lemon Twist" together as a single (Capitol F3836), and "Artistry In Blues" on Kenton's album "Capitol Jazz Classics, Volume 2: Stan Kenton - Artistry In Jazz" (M-11027).
1957 - Roy Eldridge, with Russell Garcia and Strings, begin two straight days of sessions for his Verve Records album "That Warm Feeling" at The Capitol Tower Studios, in Hollywood, California. On the same day, Stan Getz and The Oscar Peterson Trio record their entire Verve records album "Stan Getz And The Oscar Peterson Trio". If anyone knows if this was a split session, of if they used separate studios, please leave a comment.
1957 - The Capitol Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Carmen Dragon, records the tracks "Prelude To Act I from 'Carmen'" by Bizet, "Dance Of The Comedians From 'The Bartered Bride'" by Smetana, and "Overture To 'Die Fledermaus'" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on the Orchestra's album "A World Of Music - Carmen Dragon Conducting The Capitol Symphony Orchestra" (P-8412).
55 Years Ago Today In 1958 - Ray Anthony and His Orchestra (members unlisted) record the tracks "Moon Tide", "In My Heart", and "Who Can Tell?" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records has, of 2005, yet to issue any of the tracks.
55 Years Ago Today In 1958 - Larry Hovis, with Jack Marshall's Music (members unlisted) records the tracks "Polka Dots And Moonbeams", "Love-Wise", "Nice To Be In Love", and "But Beautiful" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on Hovis' album "My Heart Belongs To Only You" (T 1218).
1959 - Peggy Lee, with an unlisted orchestra conducted by Jack Marshall and The Jimmy Joyce Children vocal group on background vocals, record the tracks "The Tree", "The Christmas List", and "Where Do I Go From Here" at The Capitol Tower Studios in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue the first two tracks together as a single (Capitol F4311) and "Where Do I Go From Here" as a single (F4298) with "You Deserve" on the flip side.
1959 - Capitol Records releases Tennessee Ernie Ford's album "Sixteen Tons" five years after the single was a hit
1959 - More than twelve thousand people brave a pouring rainstorm in Lafayette, Indiana, to hear Stan Kenton's Orchestra (Bud Brisbois, Dalton Smith, Bill Mathieu, Rolf Ericson, and Roger Middleton on trumpet; Archie Le Coque, Kent Larsen, and Don Sebesky on trombone; Jim Amlotte, and Bob Knight on bass trombone; Charlie Mariano on alto saxophone; Bill Trujillo and Ronnie Rubin on tenor saxophone; Jack Nimitz and Marvin Holladay on baritone saxophone; Stan Kenton or Joe Castro on piano; (p-1) Pete Chivily on bass; Jimmy Campbell on drum; and Mike Pacheco on timbales and bongos), June Christy (on vocals), and the Four Freshmen (Bob Flanigan on vocals, trombone, and bass; Ross Barbour on vocals and drums; Don Barbour on vocals and guitar; and Ken Albers on vocals, trumpet and mellophone) perform two consecutive shows at the Music Hall at Purdue University. "Artistry In Rhythm", "Stompin' At The Savoy", "My Old Flame", "The Big Chase", "I Want To Be Happy" (vocals by June Christy), "It's A Most Unusual Day" (vocals by June Christy with Joe Castro on piano and unlisted bass and drums as the only instruments), "Midnight Sun" (vocals by June Christy), "Kissing Bug (vocals by June Christy), "Bewitched, Bothered And Bewildered" (vocals by June Christy with Joe Castro on piano and unlisted bass and drums as the only instruments), "How High The Moon (vocals by June Christy - (see note), and "Yardbird Suite (Brief Theme)" are recorded at the first show and "Day In, Day Out" (vocals by The Four Freshman using an arrangement by Gene Roland), "Angel Eyes" (vocals by The Four Freshman using an arrangement by Pete Rugolo), "I'm Always Chasing Rainbows" (vocals by The Four Freshman), "Paper Doll" (vocals by The Four Freshman), "Them There Eyes" (vocals by The Four Freshman), "King Fish (Brief Theme)", "Love For Sale", "September Song" (vocals by June Christy and The Four Freshman), "Walking Shoes" (by orchestra with scat melody by June Christy and The Four Freshmen), "The Peanut Vendor" (by orchestra with scat melody by June Christy and The Four Freshmen), and "Artistry In Rhythm (Theme)" at the second show. All tracks listed above, except "Bewitched, Bothered And Bewildered" (another version of the title is substituted for this track on the album), are issued by Capitol Records on the album "Road Show" (STBO-1327), produced by Lee Gillette and John Palladino.
1960 - Jackie Davis (on organ with [listed as probably] Irving Ashby on guitar; Joe Comfort on bass; and Weedee Morris on drums) records the tracks "Neighbors", "You Don't Know What Love Is", "I Hadn't Anyone Till You", "Star Eyes", "Lonely Wine" and "Neighbors" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "You Don't Know What Love Is", "I Hadn't Anyone Till You", "Star Eyes" on Davis' eponymous album "Jackie Davis" (T 1517) and has, of 2005, yet to issue the other tracks.
1960 - Virgil Fox (on organ) records the track "Suite, Opus 5, First And Second Movements" by Durufle at Riverside Church in New York City, New York. Capitol will issue the track on Fox's album "Organ Music From France" (P-8544).
1962 - Glen Gray and the Casa Loma Orchestra (members unlisted) ecord the tracks "Good-Bye", "Summertime", "Moonlight Serenade (Glenn Miller)" and "Let's Dance (Benny Goodman)" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records has, of 2005, yet to issue of any of the tracks from this session, but did issue re-recordings of the last two tracks on Gray's album "Sounds Of The Big Bands,Vol.6: Themes Of The Great Bands" (T 1812).
1962 - During two session held this day in New York City, New York, Fred Waring and The Pennsylvanians (with Waring conducting an unlisted lineup) record the tracks "Moonlight And V.P.I.", "Walk Hand In Hand" (both arranged by Harry Simeone), and "One Little Candle" (arranged by Charlie Naylor) at the first session and "The Sweetheart Of Sigma Chi" (arranged by Charlie Naylor with vocals by Gary Leatherman), Good Companions" (arranged by Harry Simeone and Hawley Ades), "The Hills Of Old Penn State" (arranged by Hawley Ades and Roy Ringwald), and "Eleanor" (arranged by Roy Ringwald) at the second session. Capitol Records issues the first track from the first session on Waring's album "Alma Mater Memories" (T 1949), the last two tracks from the first session on Waring's album "This I Believe" (T 2054), and all the tracks from the second session also on "Alma Mater Memories.
50 Years Ago Today In 1963 - Edith Piaf, singer and Capitol Records artist, dies of cancer near Cannes, France and is officially pronounced dead the next day. Her husband, actor and singer Theo Sarapo, was with her. She is later buried in Pere Lachaise Cemetery in Paris, France.
50 Years Ago Today In 1963 - Nancy Wilson, with Gerald Wilson conducting his own arrangements to the orchestra (Al Porcino, Carmell Jones, Jules Chaikin, and Freddy Hill on trumpet; Bob Edmonson, John Ewing, Lester Robertson, and Kenny Shroyer trombone; Paul Horn and Joe Maini on alto saxophone; Teddy Edwards and Harold Land on tenor saxophone; Don Raffell on bass; Jack Wilson on piano; Joe Pass on guitar; Jimmy Bond on bass; and Kenny Dennis on drums), records the tracks "The Best Is Yet To Come", "Send Me Yesterday", "All My Tomorrows" and "Sufferin' With The Blues" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on Wilson's album "Yesterday's Love Songs, Today's Blues" (T 2012).
50 Years Ago Today In 1963 - Onzy Matthews, conducting his own arrangements to the orchestra (Dalton Smith, Bud Brisbois, Bobby Bryant, Bob Rolfe, and John Anderson on trumpet; Dick Hyde, Lou Blackburn, Ron Smith, and Horace Tapscott on trombone; Sid Miller and Clifford Scott on alto saxophone; Curtis Amy, Teddy Edwards, and Clifford Solomon on tenor saxophones; Jay Migliori on baritone saxophone; Onzy Matthews on pianos; Ray Crawford on guitar; Richard "Groove" Holmes on organ; Jim Crutcher on bass; and Earl Palmer on drums), records the tracks "Blues Non Stop", "Somethin's Cookin'", "I Cover The Waterfront", and "Dallas Blues" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records has yet to issue, as of 2005, any of the tracks from this session.
50 Years Ago Today In 1963 - During two sessions held this day in Los Angeles, California, Frank Hamilton records the instrumental tracks "Greenback Dollar" and "Chilly Winds" during the first session adn "Corey, Corey", "Ruben James", and "Tom Dooley" during the second session. Capitol Records issues all the tracks, except "Reuben James", on Hamilton's album "Sing A Song With The Kingston Trio" (KAO 2005) and issues "Reuben James" on the 2 record album "The Kingston Trio: The Historic Recordings" (SLB-6971).
1964 - Eddie Cantor (born Israel Iskowitz), comedian, singer, Broadway, motion picture, radio and television star, author, a founder of the March of Dimes, first president of the Screen Actors Guild, and Capitol Records artist, dies of a heart attack in Beverly Hills, California at age 72. He is later buried in Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery.
1964 - Billy Taylor, with unlisted musicians, records the tracks "Mean To Me", "What Is This Thing Called Love?", "I Want To Be Here", and "Cuban Caper" in New York City, New York. All the tracks from this session, as of 2005, remain unissued by Capitol Records.
1964 - Edna McGriff, with unlisted musicians, records the tracks "Come Along" and "Just For A Little While" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records, as of 2005, has yet to issue either track.
1965 - Steve Douglas records the tracks "Yesterday, Part 1" and "Yesterday, Part 2" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the tracks together as a single (Capitol 5527).
1966 - Capitol Records releases The Beach Boys' single "Good Vibrations" with the instrumental "Let's Go Away For Awhile" on the flip side. It is band's first single to feature Carl Wilson on lead vocals. The track will hit #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart on December 10, 1966.
1966 - Clifton Chenier (on vocals and accordian with Felix James Benoit on guitar; Joe Morris on bass; Robert St. Julien on drums; Cleveland Chenier on washboard) records the tracks "Let's Talk It Over" and "Wrap It Up" in Berkeley, California. The titles will be issued by Blue Thumb (distributed by Capitol Records) on Chenier's album "Clifton Chenier's Very Best" (BTS-8815)
1966 - The Beach Boys record overdubs (session players unlisted) for the track "Wind Chimes" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol will issue the final track on the band's CD "The Beach Boys - Good Vibrations - 30 Years Of The Beach Boys" (7-81294-2).
1966 - George Shearing (on piano and harpsicord with Quintet [lineup unlisted] and orchestra [lineup unlisted], conducted by Julian Lee using his own arrangements), records the tracks "Call Me", "On A Clear Day You Can See Forever", and "Michele". Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on Shearing's album "New Look" (T 2637).
1966 - The Stone Poneys (Kenny Edwards and Bob Kimmel on guitara; Linda Ronstadt on vocals; with (collectively) Pete Childs, Cyrus Faryar, John T.Forsha on guitar; Jimmy Bond on bass; and Billy Mundi on drums) record the tracks "The Bicycle Song (Soon Now)", "The Train The River", and "Back Home" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records issues all the tracks on the group's eponymous album "The Stone Poneys" (T 2666).
1966 - Gordon MacRae, using arrangements by Norman Leyden with an unlisted orchestra, records the tracks "I Don't Think I'm In Love" and "All" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue both tracks together as a single (Capitol 5779).
1967 - Fred Neil, with unlisted session musicians) records the tracks "Trouble In Mind" and Merry-Go-Round" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records has, of 2005, yet to issue "Trouble In Mind" and issued "Merry-Go-Round" on Neil's album "Fred Neil Sessions" (ST 2862).
1967 - Glen Campbell (with an unlisted orchestra using arrangements by Al De Lory) records the tracks "Love Is A Lonesome River" and "Homeward Bound" in Los Angeles, Calfornia. Capitol Records will issue both tracks on Campbell's album "By The Time I Get To Phoenix" (T 2851).
45 Years Ago Today In 1968 - Buck Owen's Buckaroos (featuring Don Rich and Doyle Holly with the rest of the lineup unlisted) record the tracks "Georgia Peach", "Highland Fling", "Moonlight On The Desert", and "March Of The McGregor" at The Buck Owens Studios in Bakersfield, California. Capitol Records issues all the tracks on the band's album "Anywhere U.S.A." (ST-194).
45 Years Ago Today In 1968 - Wynn Stewart (on vocals and guitar) and The Tourists (Earl Ball Jr. on piano; Bobby Gene George on rhythm guitar; Dale Emerson Noe and Clarence White on guitar; Ralph Eugene Mooney on steel guitar; Bob Morris and Lawrence "Red" Wooten on guitar and bass; and Helen "Peaches" Price-Johnson on drums) record the tracks "Back To The Blue Room", "Run Away", and "Who Are You?" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records issues the first track on Stewart's album "Yours Forever" (ST-324), and the last two tracks on the group's album "Let The Whole World Sing It With Me" (ST-214).
45 Years Ago Today In 1968 - Linda Ronstadt and The Stone Poneys (lineup unlisted) record overdubs for the track "Baby You've Been On My Mind" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol will issue the final track on Ronstadt's album "Hand Sown...Home Grown" (ST-206).
45 Years Ago Today In 1968 - Hardwater (lineup unlisted) records the track Plate Of My Fare" in Los Angeles, California. There is no information listed to indicated the track was ever issued by Capitol Records.
45 Years Ago Today In 1968 - Dink Kaplan records the tracks "Eloise" and "Please Don't Take Your Heart Away". There is no information listed to indicated the track was ever issued by Capitol Records.
45 Years Ago Today In 1968 - Fernando Escandon records the tracks "Solo En La Montana (The Fool On The Hill)" and "Si Esto No Es Amor (Little Green Apples)" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records issues both tracks together aas a single (Capitol 2343).
45 Years Ago Today In 1968 - The Beach Boys record overdubs for the track "Be With Me" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records issues the final track on the group's album "20/20" (SKAO-133).
45 Years Ago Today In 968 - Kwan-Dito records the tracks "Love And Joy", "La Bimdae", "Cha-Chado Compass", "Winando" and "Kwan-Dito's Theme" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records issues the first and last tracks together as a single (Capitol 2401) but, as 2005, has yet to issue the other two tracks.
45 Years Ago Today In 1968 - Capitol Records purchases the masters for The Ohio Players' tracks "Find Someone To Love", "Stop Lying To Yourself", "Cold Cold World", "Bad Bargain", "Mother-In-Law", "Here Today And Gone Tomorrow", "Street Party", "Over The Rainbow", "The Man That I Am", "Lonely Street", and "Summertime". Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on the band's album "Observations In Time" (ST-192).
1969 - Capitol Records records a live performance of Merle Haggard's (with unlisted musicians) in Muskogee, Oklahoma and will issue "Overture, Introduction And Theme", "Mama Tried", "No Hard Times", "Silver Wings", and "Medley: Swinging Doors/Sing Me Back Home/I'm A Lonesome Fugitive/Branded Man" from the first set performed that night, "Introduction To 'Hobo Bill'", "In The Arms Of Love", "Workin' Man Blues", "Hobo Bill's Last Ride" and "Billy Overcame His Size" from the second set, and "If I Had Left It Up To You", "White Line Fever", "Blue Rock" and "Okie From Muskogee" from the last set on Haggard's live album "Okie From Muskogee" (ST-384).
1969 - Friends Of Whitney Sunday (roster unlisted) record their first stab at the track "Ballad Of Thunder Road" in New York City, New York. There is no information listed at to whether this version of the track has ever been issued.
1969 - Bill Rice records the tracks "For Life Goes On", "Just Plain Lonely", "I Wouldn't Want To Live There Anymore" in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Issues the first two tracks together as a single (Capitol 2724) but have, as of 2005, yet to issue "I Wouldn't Want To Live There Anymore".
1969 - Majic Ship (lineup unlisted) records the tracks "And When It's All Over", "On The Edge", "To Love Someone" and "I Can't See Nobody" in New York City, New York. Crazy Horse Records will issue the first two tracks together as a single (Crazy Horse 1317), "To Love Someone" as a single (Crazy Horse 1322) with "Night Time Music" on the flip side, and last track remains, as of 2005, unissued by either Capitol Records or Crazy Horse Records.
1970 - Capitol Records releases Pink Floyd's album "Atom Heart Mother"
1972 - Capitol Records purchases the masters of Buck Owens tracks "There Goes My Love", "Sweethearts In Heaven", "A Whole Lot Of Somethin'", "Get Out Of Town Before Sundown", and "Something's Wrong" which were recorded at The Buck Owens Studios in Bakersfield, California. Capitol Records issue all the tracks on Owens' album "In The Palm Of Your Hand" (ST-11136).
1972 - Helen Reddy, with unlisted session musicians, records the tracks "Hit The Road, Jack" and "The Last Blues Song" in Los Angeles, California and later that day records overdubs for the tracks. Capitol Records issues both tracks on Reddy's album "I Am Woman" (ST-11068).
40 Years Ago Today In 1973 - Bill Graham (aka Billy C. Graham) records the tracks "(She's The) Reason For Giving A Damn)", "You Ain't Got A Chance", and "Suzi-Jane" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records issues the first track as a single (Capitol 3909) with "Have A Good Time" on the flip side and has, as of 2005, yet to issue the remain two tracks from this session.
1974 - Supersax (Conte Candoli on trumpet; Frank Rosolino on trombone; Med Flory and Joe Lopes on alto saxophone; Warne Marsh and Jay Migliori on tenor saxophone; Jack Nimitz on bass; Lou Levy on piano; Buddy Clark on bass; and Jack Hanna on drums) records the track "Blue 'N Boogie" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records issues the track on the band's album "Supersax Plays Bird With Strings" (ST-11371).
1977 - Capitol Records registers the tracks "Main Title", "Candle On The Water (vocal by Capitol Records artist Helen Reddy)", "I Saw A Dragon", "It's Not Easy", "Every Little Piece", "The Happiest Home In These Hills", "Brazzle Dazzle Day (vocal by Helen Reddy)", "Boo Bop Bop Bop Bop (I Love You, Too)", "There's Room For Everyone", "Passamashloddy", "Bill Of Sale", and "Candle On The Water (reprise)" (all recorded on an unlisted exact date and location in 1976) and will issue all the tracks on the soundtrack album for the Walt Disney motion picture "Pete's Dragon" (SW-11704). On the same day edits will be made in Los Angeles, California on the track "Candle On The Water". Capitol Records will issue the edited track as a single (Capitol 4521) with "Brazzle Dazzle Day" on the flipside.
1980 - Mystic Merlin (lineup unlisted) records the track "Goddess Of The Boogie" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records issues the track on the group's album "Sixty Thrills A Minute" (SKAO-12137).
1980 - Anne Murray, singing in Spanish with unlisted session musicians, records the tracks "You Needed Me (Spanish Version)" and "Broken Hearted Me" (Spanish Version) at Eastern Sound Studio in Toronto, Canada. Capitol Records, as of 2005, has yet to issue the tracks.
1984 - George Clinton, with unlisted musicians, records the tracks "Body Guard", an instrumental version of "Bodyguard", "Some Of My Best Jokes Are Friends", "Thrashin'", and "Bangla Desh" at an unlisted studio in Cincinatti, Ohio and "Street Level", "Sanutary", "Hot Sauce" and "Pizazz" at United Soutnd Studios in Detroit, Michigan later the same day. Capitol Records issues all the tracks recorded in Cincinatti on Clinton's album "Some Of My Best Jokes Are Friends" (ST-12417) but, as 2005, has yet to issue any of the tracks recorded in Detroit.
1985 - Paul McCartney records the track "Talk More Talk" in England. Capitol Records will issue the track on his album "Press To Play" (JAS-12475).
1986 - The final overdubs for unspecified tracks by Suzy Bogguss are recorded at Woodland Studio in Nashville, Tennesse.
25 Years Ago Today In 1988 - Roy Rodgers, singer and Capitol Records artist, is inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame
25 Years Ago Today In 1988 - The Gyrlz (lineup unlisted) record the instrumental track "Jam Jam (If You Can)" at an unlisted studio. There is no listing, as of 2005, that indicates the track has been released.
1989 - Capitol Records releases Dean Martin's compilation "Dean Martin" as part of their "Collectors Series"
1995 - Capitol Records releases Glen Campbell's compilation album "Essential, Vol. 3"

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1939 - Eleanor Rigby dies in her sleep of unknown reasons at age 44, exactly 365 days before the birth of John Lennon (1940 was a leap year so there was an extra day). She is buried, and has a tombstone bearing her name, at St. Peter's, Woolton, Liverpool, England, the church where Paul McCartney first met John Lennon at a social event where The Quarry Men were performing.
1964 - Neheh Cherry, singer and Virgin Records America artist, is born Neneh Marianne Karlsson Cherry in Stockholm, Sweden. I adapted the UK packaging on her self-titled debut album for release in U.S. on Virgin Records America.
1966 - The Don Ellis Orchestra (Don Ellis, Glenn Stuart, Alan Weight, Ed Warren, Bob Harman on trumpet; Dave Wells and Ron Myers on trombone; Terry Woodson on bass trombone; Ruben Leon on alto and soprano saxophone and flute; Tom Scott on alto saxophone, saxello, and flute; Ira Schulman and Ron Starr on tenor saxophone, flute, and clarinet; John Magruder on baritone saxophone, flute, clarinet, and bass clarinet; Dave Mackay on piano; Ray Neapolitan, Frank De La Rosa, and Chuck Domanico on bass; Steve Bohannon on drums; Alan Estes on drums and timbales; and Chino Valdes on conga, bongos) perform live at the Pacific Jazz Festival, in Costa Mesa, CA where the tracks "Orientation", "Angel Eyes", and Freedom Jazz Dance" are recorded and will eventually be released on their Pacific Jazz album "Live in 3 2/3 / 4 Time". Capitol Records currently owns the Pacific Jazz catalog.
25 Years Ago Today In 1983 - EMI America purchases the masters of Kim Wilde's tracks "House of Salome", "Back Street Joe", "Stay Awhile", "Love Blonde", "Shoot To Disable", "Can You Hear It", "Sparks", and "Dream Sequence" (all recorded in England) from RAK Records and issues all the tracks except the "Dream Sequence" (which it will later have Nile Rodgers re-mix) on Wilde's album "Catch As Catch Can". EMI America also purchases the master for "Dancing In The Dark" on this day and will release it as a single (EMI America 7817) with an instrumental version of "Dancing In The Dark" on the flip side. EMI America's catalog is currently owned by EMI Music Group, Capitol Music Group's parent company.
1984 - During two sessions held this day, Kim Carnes, with unlisted session musicians, records the track "One Kiss" at the first session and "Invitation To Dance" at the second session. There is no listing to show "One Kiss" has been issued. "Invitation To Dance" was issued by EMI America on the original motion picture soundtrack for "That's Dancing" (ST-17149) and as a single (EMI America 8250) with "Breakthrough" on the flip side.
1995 - Blue Note Records releases the Christmas compilation "Jazz To The World" on CD

ON THIS DAY NOT IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1939 - Judy Garland leaves her hand and foot prints in cement at a ceremony outside of Graumann's Chinese Theater in Hollywood, California
1954 - David Lee Roth, vocalist, songwriter, actor, author, and radio personality, is born in Bloomington, Indiana

OCTOBER 9, 2013

HAPPY BIRTHDAYS!
1940 - John Lennon, singer, songwriter, poet, musician, and Capitol Records artist with the group The Beatles and as a solo artist, is born John Winston Lennon during a Nazi air raid in Oxford Street Maternity Hospital, Liverpool, England. Fans usually gather every year in front of The Capitol Tower by Lennon's star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame to celebrate.
1944 - Peter Tosh, singer, songwriter, guitarist, and Capitol Records artist, is born Hubert Winston McIntosh in Grange Hill (Church Lincoln District), Jamaica
1975 - Sean Lennon, singer, songwriter, and Capitol Records artist, is born by c-section, weighing 8 pounds and ten ounces, in New York City on his father's 35th birthday.

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
70 Years Ago Today In 1943 - Capitol Records agrees to pay royalties into an American Federation Of Musicians fund for all records released, thus ending the union-led ban on instrumental recordings for the label. Decca Records had settled with the union on September 18, 1943, but the other two major labels, Columbia and RCA/Victor will hold out for more than a year until November 1944, giving Capitol an exclusive on many new recordings that will help make it into one of the top four labels in the United States.
1944 - Leon and Al Dixon record the tracks "The Great Roundup", "Last Night I Lay On The Praire", the instrumental "Red River Blues", and "Way Down Yonder In New Orleans" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records, as of 2005, has yet to issue the tracks.
1944 - Andy Russell, with Paul Weston and His Orchestra (unlisted session musicians), records the tracks "Always", "Live Is Just Around The Corner", "The Very Thought Of You", and "I'll See You In My Dreams" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "I'll See You In My Dreams" on Russell's first album for the label "Andy Russell Favorites" (BD-13) and "Always" on the CD "Spotlight On..., Vol. 10 - Andy Russell"(8-28534-2). Capitol Records has, of 2005, not issued the middle two tracks.
1945 - The Pied Pipers (June Hutton, Chuck Lowry, Hal Hopper, and Clark Yocum) with Billy May ghost conducting his own arragnements to Paul Weston's Orchestra (Charles Griffard, Bruce Hudson, Ray Woods, and Mannie Klein on trumpet; William Schaefer, Allan Thompson, and Carl Loeffler on trombone; Fred Stulce, Julian "Matty" Matlock, Harold Lawson, Lenny Hartman, and Harry Schuchman on saxophone; Charles La Vere on piano; George Van Eps on guitar; John Ryan on bass; and Nick Fatool on drums) record the tracks "In The Middle Of May", "Aren't You Glad You're You", and "Embraceable You" at Radio Recorders' studios in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue the first two tracks together as a single (Capitol 225) and rejects "Embraceable You".
1946 - Margaret Whiting, with Jerry Gray and His Orchestra (unlisted session musicians), records the tracks "Guilty" (which was written by her father, Richard A. Whiting, Gus Kahn and Harry Akst), "Oh But I Do", and "My Future Just Passed" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the first two tracks as a single (Capitol 324 which will peak at #4 on Billboard's Pop singles charts) and "My Future Just Passed" as a single (Capitol 438) with a re-recording of "You Do" on the flip side.
65 Years Ago Today In 1947 - Billy Butterfield and His Orchestra (Butterfield, Andy Ferretti, Jimmy Maxwell, Bobby Peck, and Jack Stametz on trumpet; Will Bradley, Keith Butterfield, and Ken Schrudder on trombone; Hymie Schertzer and John Signorelli on alto saxophone; Jimmy Hudgins on tenor saxophone; Norman Elvin on baritone saxophone; Mickey Crane on piano; Danny Perri on guitar; Sam Bruno on bass; and Cozy Cole on drums) record the tracks "I Can't Get Started", a re-recording of "Bugle Call Rag", "Narcissus" and "Malaguena" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue the last three tracks on Butterfield's album "Stardusting" (H-201) but, as of 2005, has yet to issue the take of "I Can't Get Started" recorded on this day.
1947 - Alvino Rey and His Orchestra (Dick Cathcart, Russ Granger, and Frank Nelson on trumpet; Billy Young on trumpet and vocals; Tasso Harris, Roger Thorndyke, Moe Schneider, and Ed Kiefer on trombone; Buff Estes, John Gruey on alto saxophone; Herbie Steward and Zoot Sims on tenor saxophones; Lee Yardum on baritone saxophone; Rocky Coluccio on piano and vocals; Rey on guitar; Chick Parnell on bass; and Don Lamond on drums) record the tracks "If You Knew Suzie) with vocals by The Blue Reys (Jimmy Joyce, Tom Kenny, Ralph Hall, and Blossom Dearie), "Johnson Rag", and "Patches" with vocals by Jimmy Joyce and the rest of The Blue Reys in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the last two tracks as a single (Capitol 437) and, as of 2005, has yet to issue "If You Knew Suzie".
1947 - The Pied Pipers (June Hutton, Chuck Lowry, Hal Hopper, and Clark Yocum) with Paul Weston and His Orchestra (unlisted session musicians) record the tracks "Smiles", "Alice Blue Gown", and "Poor Butterfly" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records issues "Smiles" as a single (Capitol 15103) with "Judaline" on the flip side, and the last two tracks on the group's album "Harvest Moon" (CC-103).
1951 - Leon Payne (on vocals and guitar with Harold Glenn Hensley on fiddle; Billy Liebert on piano; Duane Dutoit on guitar; Wesley "Speedy" West on steel guitar; and Cliffie Stone on bass) record the tracks "He Is The Light Of The World" with Myrtie "Mutt" Payne on vocals, "Jesus Paid The Price", "Gentle Hands", and "Golden Harvest" in Captiol Records' Melrose Avenue studios in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue "He Is The Light Of The World" and "Gentle Hands" together as a single (Capitol 1872) and the other two tracks together as a single (Capitol 2155).
1951 - Mel Blanc, with Buddy Cole directing an unlisted session orchestra, records the tracks "I Tant Wait Till Quithmuth (Day)", "Christmas Chopsticks", and "Honey" at Capitol Records' Melrose Avenue studios in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records issues the first two tracks together as a single (Capitol 1853) and, as of 2005, has yet to issue "Honey".
1952 - Martha Carson and The Gospel Singers (members unlisted), with an unidentified orchestra, record the tracks "I Feel It In My Soul", "Inspiration From Above", "Ask, You Shall Receive", and "There's A Higher Power (There's A Richer Power)" in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue the first and third tracks together as a single (Capitol 2477) and the second and last track together as a single (Capitol 2342).
1952 - The Amber Sisters (aka The Amburgey Sisters: Irene Amburgey (Martha Carson), Opal (Amburgey) Holmes (aka Jean Chapel), and Bertha Woodruff), with instrumental accompaniment by unlisted musicians, record the tracks "I've Waited Too Long", "Cherokee Eyes", "Useless", and "One More Time" in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue the first and last track together as a single (Capitol 2394) and the middle two tracks together as a single (Capitol 2358).
1954 - During two sessions held on this day in New York City, New York, The Sal Salvador Quartet (Eddie Costa on piano and vibraphone; Salvador on guitar; Jim Gannon on bass; and Jimmy Campbell on drums) records the tracks "Wheels", "Nothing To Do", "Autumn In New York", and Boo Boo Be Doop" during the first session and "Down Home", "Violets For Your Furs", "Sal-utations" and "Now See Here, Man" (aka "Toot #2) during the second session. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on the group's eponymous album album "The Sal Salvador Quartet" (H-6505) as part of the "Kenton Presents Jazz" series.
1955 - Bob Manning, with an unlisted session orchestra conducted by Monty Kelly, records the tracks "Nobody Knows", "Begger Or King", "The Day We Fell In Love", and "Those Maybe Baby Blues" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue the middle two tracks together as a single (Capitol F3286) but, as of 2005, has not issued the other two tracks.
1956 - The Andrews Sisters (Patty, Maxene & Laverne Andrews) with Vic Schoen conducting an unlisted session orchestra, record the tracks "Shoo Shoo Baby", "Well All Right (Tonight's The Night), "Begin The Beguine", and "Beat Me Daddy, Eight To The Bar" at The Capitol Tower Studios in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue the first three tracks on the group's album "The Andrews Sisters In Hi-Fi" (W 790) but, as of 2005, has yet to issue this take of "Beat Me Daddy, Eight To The Bar".
1956 - Speedy West (on steel guitar) and Jimmy Bryant (on guitar) record together, as a team for Capitol Records, for the last time when they record "Rolling Sky", "The Night Rider", "Hillcrest (Opus III)", and two takes of "China Boy" at The Capitol Tower Studios in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue the first two tracks together as a single (Capitol 3635). The other tracks will be released by The Bear Family in Germany on the 4 cd box set "Flamin' Guitars" (BCD 15956).
1957 - Jackie Gleason and His Orchestra (unlisted session musicians) record the tracks "Let's Face The Music And Dance", "Dream A Little Dream Of Me", "Love Letters", "I Don't Want To Cry Anymore", "My Silent Love", and "Careless" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on Gleason's album "The Torch With The Blue Flame" (W 961).
1957 - Janice Harper, with Earl Sheldon Orchestra (unlisted musicians) and Chorus (members also unlisted), records the tracks "The Moonlit Sea", "That's Why I Was Born", "In Time", and "Come On Home, All's Forgiven" in New York City, New York. Prep Records, a subsidiary of Capitol Records will issue the first two tracks together as a single (F123) and the last two tracks together as a single (F135)
1957 - Saxophone overdubs are recorded for Johnny Otis and His Orchestra's tracks "Livin' In Misery" and "Shake It, Lucy Baby" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the tracks on Otis' album "The Johnny Otis Show" (T 940).
1957 - Stan Kenton and His Orchestra (Ed Leddy, Billy Catalano, Lee Katzman, Sam Noto, and Phil Gilbert on trumpet; Jim Amlotte, Kent Larsen, Archie Le Coque, Don Reed, and Ken Shroyer on trombone; Lennie Niehaus on alto saxophone; Steve Perlow on alto and baritone saxophone; Wayne Dunstan and Bill Perkins on tenor saxphone; Bill Robinson on baritone saxophone; Kenton on piano; Red Kelly on bass; and Jerry McKenzie on drums), finishing up three nights of live performances at the Rendezvous Ballroom in Balboa, California, record the tacks "High On A Windy Hill", "This Is No Laughing Matter", "Flamenco" (with castanets overdubbed later), and "Opus In Chartreuse". Capitol Records will issue the first two tracks on Kenton's album "Rendezvous with Kenton" (T 932) but, as 2005, has yet to release "Flamenco" and rejected "Opus In Chartreuse".
1957 - The Four Preps with Joe Memphis and His Orchestra (unlisted session musicians) using arrangements by Lincoln Mayorga who directs the session, records the tracks "26 Miles (Santa Catalina)", "Someday (You'll Want Me To Want You)", Foolish Promises", and "Somewhere Along The Line" at The Capitol Tower Studios in Hollywood California. Capitol Records will issue "26 Miles (Santa Catalina)" as a single (Capitol F3845) with "It's You" on the flip side but, as 2005, have not issued the rest of the tracks from this session.
55 Years Ago Today In 1958 - The Earth Boys (Jack Marshall and Paul Frees) record the tracks "Space Girl" and "Barbara Ann" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the tracks together as a single (F4607).
55 Years Ago Today In 1958 - Ray Anthony and His Orchestra (unlisted session musicians) record the tracks "Swan Lake", Please Hurry Home", "Havana Moon", "Pavane", "My Song", and "To The Evening Star" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records, as of 2005, has yet to issue any of the tracks from this session.
55 Years Ago Today In 1958 - Larry Hovis (later best remembered for his role as Sgt. Andrew Carter on CBS-TV's series "Hogan's Heroes") with Jack Marshall's Music (unlisted session musicians) records the tracks "Then I'll Be Tired Of You", "As Long As I Live", "My Heart Belongs Only To You", and "I Want To Fall In Love" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on Hovis' album "My Heart Belongs To Only You" (T 1218).
55 Years Ago Today In 1958 - Paul Weston and His Orchestra (unlisted session musicians that include brass, reed and strings players), with Weston conducting his own arrangements, records the tracks "La Vie En Rose", "Autumn Leaves", "There Will Never Be Another You", "My Moonlight Madonna" and "No Other Love" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will release the first two tracks on Weston's album "Music For The Fireside" (T 1192), the last two tracks on Weston's album "Music For Memories" (T 1222), and "There Will Never Be Another You" on Weston's album "Music For Romancing" (T 1223).
55 Years Ago Today In 1958 - Buck Owens (on guitar and vocals with Rollie Weber on guitar and background vocals, Ralph Mooney on pedal steel guitar, Jelly Sanders and Don Rich on fiddle, George French, Jr. on piano, Allen Williams on bass, and Pee Wee Adams on drums) records the tracks "Walk The Floor", "My Everlasting Love", "Second Fiddle" and "I'll Take A Chance On Loving You" with producer Ken Nelson at The Capitol Tower Studios in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on Owens' album "Under Your Spell Again" (T1489) and "Second Fiddle" and "My Everlasting Love" together as a single (Capitol F4712) which will peak at #24 on the country charts.
55 Years Ago Today In 1958 - Janice Harper, with Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra (members unlisted), records the tracks "I Was Hoping You'd Ask Me", "Let There Be Love", "I'm Making Love To You", and "I Need You" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue the first and third tracks together as a single (F4087) and the second and fourth tracks together as a single (F4131).
1959 - Bill May and His Orchestra (Pete Candoli, Al Rojo, and Henry Miranda on trumpet; Harry Klee, Ted Nash, Justin Gordon, and George Poole on woodwinds: Eddie Cano on piano; Al Hendrickson on guitar; Ralph Pena on bass; Carlos Mejia, Manuel Lopez, Edward Aparicio, Ray Rivera, and Frank Flynn on percussion), with May conducting his own arrangements, record the tracks "The Poor People Of Paris Cha Cha", "Goodbye Cha Cha", "Flyin' Home Cha Cha", "Tuxedo Junction Cha Cha", "Leap Frog Cha Cha", "Snowfall Cha Cha", and "I Remember Shearing Cha Cha" at The Capitol Tower Studios in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on May's album "Cha Cha!" (T 1329).
1959 - Jackie Davis (on organ with an unlisted guitarist and drummer) records the tracks "The Right Kind Of Love", "Neighbors", "Without A Song", "Footloose And Fancy Free" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records, as of 2005, has yet to issue any of the tracks recorded at this session.
1961 - Square dance calls overdubs (by an unlisted vocalist) are recorded in Los Angeles, California for Cliffie Stone's tracks "Eight Of January/Arkansas Traveler", "Devil's Dream/Bill Cheatum" (both original tracks recorded at the first of two sessions in Los Angeles, California on July 27, 1959), "Irish Washerwoman/Pop Goes The Weasel" (original track recorded at the second session held on July 27, 1959), "Sally Goodin/Cumberlin' Gap", "Old Joe Clark/Bilin Cabbage Down", "Rickett's Hornpipe/Durong's Hornpipe", and "Ragtime Annie/Martha Campbell" (original tracks recorded at the first of two sessions on July 28, 1958), and "Soldier's Joy/Mississippi Sawyer" and "Golden Slippers/Blackberry Blossoms" (original tracks recorded at the second of two sessions in Los Angeles, California on July 28, 1958). Capitol Records issued the original version of the tracks on Stone's album "Square Dance Promenade" (T 1286) and issued the new composite tracks on Stone's album "It's Fun To Square Dance" (T 1685).
1962 - During two sessions held this day in New York City, New York, Fred Waring and The Pennsylvanians (with Waring conducting unlisted musicians) record the tracks "One God" (arranged by Roy Ringwald), "I Believe" (arranged by Hawley Ades with Leonard Kranendonk on vocals), "Bless This House" (arranged by Roy Ringwald with Leonard Kranendonk on vocals), and "No Man Is An Island" (arranged by Roy Ringwald) at the first session and "The Lord's Prayer" (arranged by Stuart Churchill and Roy Ringwald with Leonard Kranendonk on vocals), "Let Us All Sing Auld Lang Syne" (arranged by Roy Ringwald), and "O Brother Man" (arranged by Roy Ringwald and Hawley Ades) at the second session. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks, except "Let Us All Sing Auld Lang Syne" on Waring's album "This I Believe" (T 2054). Capitol Records will issue "Let Us All Sing Auld Lang Syne" on Waring's album "Alma Mater Memories" (T 1949).
1962 - Capitol Records purchases the masters for Barbara Dane's tracks "Ain't Gonna Be Treated This Way", "Ain't Nobody Gonna Get None Of My Jelly Roll", "Boll Weevil", "Dink's Blues", "Don't You Wish You Had A Man Like Mine", "Georgia", "Good Love", "Take This Hammer", "I'm So Glad My Mamma Don't Know Where I'm At", "Mighty Ramblin' Blues", "Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out", "Pennies From Heaven", "Rag Doll", "Saturday Night Blues", "Streetwalker's Blues", "Sugar Hill", "This Is So Nice", "Troubled Woman Blues", and "Who's Sorry Now?" recorded with unlisted session musicians but, as of 2005, has yet to issue any of the tracks.
1962 - Edits are made to Joe Maphis and Rose Lee's track "Maple On The Hill" (rigianlly recorded in Los Angeles, California on January 11, 1962) in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the edited track as a single (F5077) with "Whiskey Is The Devil In Liquid Form" on the flip side.
1962 - Glen Gray And The Casa Loma Orchestra (Shorty Sherock, Conrad Gozzo, Mannie Klein, Joe Graves on trumpet; Milt Bernhart, Joe Howard, and Eddie Kusby on trombone; George Roberts on bass trombone; Abe Most on clarinet and alto saxophone; Skeets Herfurt on alto saxophone; Plas Johnson and Justin Gordon on tenor saxophone; Chuck Gentry on baritone saxophone; Ray Sherman on piano; Jack Marshall on guitar; Mike Rubin on bass; and Nick Fatool on drums) record the tracks "I'm Gettin' Sentimental Over You (Tommy Dorsey)", "I Can't Get Started (Bunny Berigan)", "Blue Flame (Woody Herman)", and "Quaker City Jazz (Jan Savitt)" (using the arrangement styles of the bands in parenthesis in the track titles) in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the tracks on the band's album "Sounds Of The Big Bands,Vol.6: Themes Of The Great Bands" (T 1812).
1962 - Don Deal, with unlisted session musicians, records the tracks "How Do You Lie To A Heart?", "Leaving Town", and "Ain't Gonna Try Anymore" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the first and last track together as a single (Capitol 4901) but, as of 2005, has yet to issue "Leaving Town"
50 Years Ago Today In 1963 - Nancy Wilson, with Gerald Wilson using his own arrangements to conduct a session orchestra (Jack Wilson on piano and celeste; Joe Pass and guitar; Jimmy Bond on bass; Kenny Dennis on drums and strings,including George Poole and Edgar Lustgarten on cello; and others (listed as probably being Felix Slatkin, Eleanor Slatkin, Gerald Vinci, Israel Baker, Jacques Gasselin, Thelma Breach, Bonnie Douglas, Marshall Sosson, Lou Raderman, Paul Shure, and James Getzoff on violns) Virginia Majewski, Paul Robyn, Alvin Dinkin, and Stan Harris on viola; and Ann Goodman on cello. If anyone knows for sure what the string lineup was, please leave a comment), records the tracks "The Very Thought Of You", "Someone To Watch Over Me", "Please Send Me Someone to Love", "Never Let Me Go", and "What Are You Doin' New Year's Eve?" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the first four tracks on Wilson's album "T 2012" and "What Are You Doin' New Year's Eve?" as a single (Capitol 5084) with "That's All I Want For Christmas" on the flip side.
50 Years Ago Today In 1963 - During two session held this day in Los Angeles, California, Frank Hamilton, will record instrumental versions of The Kingston Trio titles "Blowin' On The Wind" and "500 Miles' at the first session and "When The Saints Go Marching In", "One More Town" and "Pullin' Away" at the second session. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on Hamilton's album "Sing A Song With The Kingston Trio (Instrumentals Played By Frank Hamilton)" (KAO 2005).
1964 - Kay Stevens records the tracks "When It Looks Like Rain", "Someone Must Have Hurt You A Lot", "Don't Talk To Me", and "You" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Someone Must Have Hurt You A Lot" and "Don't Talk To Me" together as a single (Capitol 5316) but, as of 2005, have yet to issue the remaining two tracks from this session.
1964 - The Beach Boys (Mike Love, Brian Wilson, Carl Wilson, Dennis Wilson, and Al Jardine on vocals), with unlisted session musicians, re-records the track "Dance, Dance, Dance" and an alternate version of "Dance, Dance, Dance" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the first track as a single (Capitol 5306) with "The Warmth Of The Sun" on the flip side and the second track on the double CD "Today/Summer Days and Summer Nights" (7093694-2).
1964 - Billy Taylor, with unlisted session musicians, records the tracks "From The Top Of The Hill", "Body And Soul" and "On Green Dolphin Street" in New York City, New York. As of 2005 Capitol Records has not issued any of the tracks.
1964 - In a split session in New York City, New York, Teddy Greene and Jill Harris, with unlisted session musicians, record the tracks "The Cherry Song" with Greene on vocals, "Your Really Didn't Mean It" with Harris on vocals, and "Begger Or King" with Greene on vocals in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue Harris' track "You Really Didn't Mean It" as a single (Capitol 5363) with her track "His Kiss" on the flip side.
1964 - During two sessions held this day in Nashville, Tennessee, Ferlin Husky, with unlisted session musicians, records the tracks "Flowers Speak Louder Than Words" and "True, True Loving" at the first session and "When It's My Turn Again" at the second session. Capitol Records will issue both tracks on Husky's album "True Lovin'" (T 2305).
1964 - Michael Haslam records the tracks "Gotta Get A Hold Of Myself" and "The Dream" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records has, of 2005, yet to issue either track.
1965 - Wanda Jackson records the tracks "Morgen, Ja Morgen" and "Ik Hou Van Jou" (originally titled "Ich Schau Hinunter In's Tal [My Gal Sal]) in Amsterdam, Holland. Capitol Records will issue both tracks in the Netherlands together as a single (HFC 1053).
1966 - Capitol Records purchases masters for Willie Harvey's recordings of "Hitch-Hike Back To Georgia", "Happy", "Walkin'", and "Don't Make Me Cry" and will release the first and third track together as a single (Capitol 5281) and, as of 2005, have yet to issue the other two tracks.
1967 - Fred Neil, with unlisted session musicians, records the tracks "Look Over Yonder" and "Rosie... Prettiest Train" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both tracks on Neil's album "Fred Neil Sessions" (ST 2862)
45 Years Ago Today In 1968 - Buck Owens' Buckaroos (featuring Don Rich and Doyle Holly but other musicians unlisted) record the tracks "Keep On Your Keepin' On", "Bad Luck And Bad Weather", "Anywhere U.S.A.", and "Tim-Buck-Too" at Buck Owens Studios in Bakersfield, California. Capitol will issue all the tracks on the group's album "Anywhere U.S.A." (ST-194).
45 Years Ago Today In 1968 - Wynn Stewart and The Tourists (Stewart on vocals and guitar with Earl Ball Jr. on piano; Bobby Gene George on rhythm guitar; Dale Emerson Noe and Clarence White on guitar; Ralph Eugene Mooney on steel guitar; Bob Morris and Lawrence "Red" Wooten on guitar and bass; Helen "Peaches" Price-Johnson on drums) record the tracks "Wishful Thinking", "The Keeper Of The Key" and "I Was Just Walking Out The Door" at The Capitol Tower Studios in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue the tracks on the group's album "Let The Whole World Sing It With Me" (ST-214).
45 Years Ago Today In 1968 - Linda Ronstadt and The Stone Poneys record overdubs for the tracks "Silver Threads And Golden Needles", "Break My Mind", "It's About Time", and "It Won't Be Easy" in Los Angeles, California. Captiol Records will issue the completed "Silver Threads And Golden Needles" on Ronstadt's 2 LP album album "Linda Ronstadt - A Retrospective" (SKBB-11629), "Break My Mind" and "It's About Time" on Ronstadt's album "Hand Sown...Home Grown" (ST-208), and, as of 2005, have yet to issue "It Won't Be Easy".
1969 - Bobby Austin, using Earl Ball's arrangements with an unlisted session orchestra, records the tracks "For Your Love", "(Leaning On) Your Everlasting Love", and "Scatter Your Seeds To The Wind" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the first two tracks together as a single (Capitol 2681) and "Scatter Your Seeds To The Wind" as a single (Capitol 2851) with "Little Boy Don't Live Here Anymore" on the flip side.
1972 - Helen Reddy, with unlisted session musicians, records the tracks "I Didn't Mean To Love You", "What Would They Say", and "Peaceful" along with overdubs in Los Angeles, California. Capitol will issue all the tracks on Reddy's album "I Am Woman" (ST-11068).
1974 - Supersax (Med Flory and Joe Lopes on alto saxophone; Warne Marsh and Jay Migliori on tenor saxophone; Jack Nimitz on baritone saxophone; Lou Levy on piano; Buddy Clark on bass; and Jack Hanna on drums) records the track "All The Things You Are" (with Conte Candoli on trumpet) and "Ornithology" (with Frank Rosolino on trombone and 18 unlisted string players) in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both tracks on the group's album "Supersax Plays Bird With Strings" (ST-11371).
1980 - Mystic Merlin (lineup unlisted) records the track "Get It For Yourself" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol will issue the track on the group's album "Sixty Thrills A Minute" (SKAO-12137).
1987 - Lorelei records the track "Sacrifice For Love". If anyone has any further information about this session, please leave a comment.
1989 - Capitol Records artists Hank Thompson and Cliffie Stone (also a Capitol Records A&R executive and producer) are inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame
2001 - Capitol Records Nashville releases Garth Brooks' single "Wrapped Up In You" delivered digitally to country radio stations at 8:30 AM. Originally set to be released on September 17, but postponed due to the events of September 11, 2001. Brooks also gives a press conference and Q&A session at 8:30 AM at the Country Music Hall of Fame in Nashville, Tennessee
2001 - Capitol Records Nashville releases Trace Adkin's album "Chrome"
2004 - Keith Urban's Capitol Records Nashville single "Days Go By", with "These Are The Days" on the flip side, tops Billboard's Country Singles chart where it will stay for four weeks

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1957 - Bob Luman records "Whenever Your Ready" for Imperial Records. After EMI buys Imperial's catalog, Capitol Records will issue the track on the compilation album "The Rockabilly Influence: 1950-1960 - Let's Have A Party" (SQ-12455).
40 Years Ago Today In 1973 - Elvis Presley, father of Capitol Records artist Lisa Marie Presley, divorces her mother, Priscilla Beaulieu Presley
1985 - EMI America purchases the masters for Robin Gibbs' recordings of "Like A Fool", "Possession", "Toys", "Heartbeat In Exile", "Someone To Believe In", "Gone With The Wind", "Remedy", "These Walls Have Eyes", "You Don't Say Us Anymore", and "Do You Love Her?" and will issue "Like A Fool" and "Possession" together as a single (EMI America 8291) and "Toys" and "Do You Love Her?" together as a single (EMI America 8304) but there is no listing to confirm if any of the other tracks have been issued.
2001 - BGO (Beat Goes On) Records releases a remastered version of The Tubes' last Capitol Records album "Love Bomb" on CD.

OCTOBER 8, 2013

HAPPY BIRTHDAYS!
1944 - Susan Raye, singer, disc jockey, television actress, protégée of Buck Owens (who produced many of her tracks and would record duets with her), and Capitol Records artist, is born in Eugene, Oregon. If anyone knows her middle name, please leave a comment.
1949 - Dennis Bellinger, bass player with Capitol Records group Grand Funk Railroad, is born in Flint, Michigan

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1946 - Frank DeVol and His Orchesta (an unlisted session orchestra with DeVol conducting his own arrangements) records the tracks "I Wake Up Smiling", "I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles", and "The Boy Next Door" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol will issue the tracks on DeVol's album "Waltzing On Air" (BD-53).
1946 - Louis Castellucci records 9 unlisted tracks for The Capitol Records Transcription Service in Los Angeles, California. If anyone knows any of the tracks recorded at this session, please leave a comment.
1947 - Jimmy Wakely, with Cliffie Stone and His Orchestra (unlisted session musicians), records the tracks "Oklahoma Blues", "Don't Lay The Blame On Me", "Think Of Me Thinking Of You", and "Love Letters In The Sand" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Oklahoma Blues" as a single (Capitol Americana 40078) with "Night After Night" on the flip side and "Thinking Of Me Thinking Of You" as a single (Capitol 15333) with "Forevermore" on the flip side. The other two tracks, as of 2005, remain unissued.
1947 - The Philharmonic Trio (Harmonica players Joseph Pittello, William Charles Pittello, Harry Henry Halicki) with Dave Barbour and his Orchestra (unlisted session musicians providing rhythm accompaniment) records the tracks "Sleepy Time Gal" and "Once In Awhile" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will release "Sleepy Time Gal" as as single (Capitol 15126) with "Czardas" on the flip side.
1947 - Margaret Whiting and The Crew Chiefs, with Frank Devol and His Orchestra (unlisted session musicians), record the tracks "Let's Be Sweethearts Again" and "Pass That Peace Pipe" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol will issue the tracks together as a single (Capitol 15010).
1947 - Billy Butterfield has a recording session for The Capitol Records Transcription Service in Los Angeles, California. No track information is listed. If anyone knows what may have been recorded at this session, please leave a comment.
65 Years Ago Today In 1948- The Starlighters Chorus (Vince Degen, Tony Paris, Pauline Byrns, Jerry Duane, and Howard Hudson) will record vocal overdubs over an unlisted band tracks recorded in Mexico for the titles "Deck The Halls", "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing", and "The First Noel" in Los Angeles, California for The Capitol Records Transcription Service. Capitol Records will later release the tracks on the album "Carols For Christmas:" (H-9007).
1951 - Yma Sumac records vocal overdubs for the tracks "Ccori Canasti Bay" and "Zana" in Hollywood, California using instrumental tracks recorded by Les Baxter and His Orchestra (unlisted session musicians) on August 15, 1951 also in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the tracks on Sumac's album "Legend Of The Sun Virgin" (T 299).
1951 - Trombonist Pee Wee Hunt (with Andy Bartha on cornet; Leo Kaminsky on clarinet; Joe Hall on piano; Chuck Carle on bass; and Glenn Waller on drums) records the tracks "Stomp Off, Let's Go", "Tin Roof Blues", "Jim Town Blues", and "Boneyard Shuffle" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol will issue all the tracks except "Jim Town Blues" on Hunt's album "Dixieland Detour" (T 312). It will release "Jim Town Blues" as a single (Capitol 1879) with "Snag It" on the flip side.
1951 - Leon Payne (on vocals and guitar, with Harold Glenn Hensley on fiddle; Billy Liebert on piano; Duane Dutoit on guitar; Wesley "Speedy" West on steel guitar; and Cliffie Stone on bass) records the tracks "I Want You To Love Me", "How Can I Help It", "Lyin' To My Heart", and "I Need Your Love" at Capitol Records' Melrose Avenue studios in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue the first two tracks together as a single (Capitol 1910), "Lyin' To My Heart" as a single (Capitol 2295) with "Mailman" on the flip side, and "I Need Your Love" as a single (Capitol 2454) with "Wouldn't It Be Wonderful" on the flip side.
1951 - The Roy Hogsed Trio (Hogsed on vocals and guitar with Denny Morgan on accordion; Donald Hogsed on lead guitar, fiddle on all the tracks except "Mean Mean Woman" where he plays steel guitar; Richard "Rusty" Nitz on bass; and Milton "Muddy" Berry on drums) records the tracks "It's More Fun That Way", "Mean Mean Woman", "Snake Dance Boogie" with an ensemble chorus, and "Put Some Sugar In Your Shoes" at Capitol Records' Melrose Avenue Studios in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue "It's More Fun That Way" as a single (Capitol 2468) with "Red Wing" on the flip side, "Mean Mean Woman" as a single (Capitol 1987) with "Let Your Pendulum Swing" on the flip side, "Snake Dance Boogie" as a single (Capitol 1854) with "I'm Gonna Get Along Without You" on the flip side, and "Put Some Sugar In Your Shoes" as a single (Capitol 2083) with "My Little Love Gone" on the flip side.
1951 - Mary Mayo with Al Ham and His Orchestra (Chris Griffin and Johnny Owens on trumpet; Jack Lacey, Cliff Heather, and Sy Schaefer on trombone; Milt Yaner, Stitz Fargason, Peanuts Hucko, and Artie Beck on reeds; Lou Stein on piano; Frank Marino on guitar; Arnold Fishkin on bass; and Bunny Shawker on drums) records the tracks "Domino" and "Find Me" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue the tracks together as a single (Capitol 1849).
1951 - Norman Kaye, with Sid Feller conducting his own arrangements to an unlisted studio orchestra, records the tracks "Blue Velvet" and "A Petal From A Faded Rose" in New York City, New York which Capitol Records will release together as a single (Capitol 1848).
1951 - Lindy Doherty (on vocals), with Sid Feller conducting his own arrangements to the orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the tracks "Farewell to Yokohama", "The Closer You Are", "Don't Rob Another Man's Castle" and "Why Am I Crying" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue the first two tracks together as a single (Capitol 1851) and the last two tracks together as a single (Capitol 1867).
1951 - Capitol Records registers the tracks "Popo", "Didi", "Four Mothers", "Over The Rainbow", "A Propos", and "Sam And The Lady", recorded by trumpet player Short Rogers and His Modern Giants (John Graas on french horn; Gene Englund on tuba; Art Pepper on alto saxophone; Jimmy Giuffre on tenor saxophone; Hampton Hawes on piano; Don Bagley on bass; and Shelly Manne on drums), and purchased from Gene Norman. Capitol will issue all the tracks on the album "Modern Sounds: Gerry Mulligan/Shorty Rogers" (T 691).
1952 - Georgia Carr, with Nelson Riddle conducting his own arrangements to an unlisted session orchestra, records the tracks "I Dream Of You (More Than You Dream I Do)", "The Night We Called It A Day", "I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart", "You Made Me Love You", "All Of Me", and "Give Me The Simple Life" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "I Dream Of You (More Than You Dream I Do)" and "I Let A Song Go Out of My Heart" together as a single (Capitol 2277), "The Night We Called It A Day" as a single (Capitol 2371) with "Is That Bad" on the flip side, and the remain tracks would be issued in France by Pathé-Marconi on Carr's album "Softly Baby" (1566241) but, as of 2005, not issued in the United States.
1952 - June Hutton, with Axel Stordahl and His Orchestra (unlisted session musicians), records the tracks "It's The Last Thing I Do", "I Miss You So", "Keep It A Secret" with The Boys Next Door on harmony vocals, and "The Lights Of Home" also with The Boys Next Door in Los Angeles, California. Capitol will issue "It's The Last Thing I Do" as a single (Capitol 2667) with "For The First Time In A Long Time" on the flip side, "I Miss You So" and "Keep It A Secret" together as a single (Capitol 2268), and "The Lights Of Home" as a single (Capitol 2369) with "You Are My Love" on the flipside.
1952 - Mel Blanc, with The Van Alexander Orchestra (unlisted session musicians) will record "Tweet And Toot" and "The E.I.O. Song" at Capitol Records' Melrose Studios in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue the tracks together as a single (Capitol 3155).
60 Years Ago Today In 1953 - Ray Anthony and His Orchestra (Anthony, Jack Hohlman, Jack Laubach, Ray Triscari, and Warren Kime on trumpet; Sy Berger, Phil Barron, Ken Schrudder, and Dick Reynolds on trombone; Earl Bergman and Jim Schneider on clarinet and alto saxophone; Bill Usselton and Bill Slapin on tenor saxophone; Leo Anthony on bass; Eddie Ryan on piano; Milt Norman on guitar; Don Simpson on bass; and Mel Lewis on drums) record the tracks "Elmer's Tune" with vocals by Marcie Miller and The Skyliners (members not listed), "I Know Why" with vocals by Tommy Mercer and The Skyliners, "Tuxedo Junction" using Billy May's arrangement, and "Serenade In Blue" using Dick Reynolds arrangement in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the tracks on the album "I Remember Glenn Miller" (T 476).
60 Years Ago Today In 1953 - Joseph Schuster (on cello) and Leonard Pennario (on piano) re-record the track "Sonata In G Minor, Opus 19 For Cello And Piano" by Rachmaninoff in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the track on the album "RACHMANINOV - Sonata In G Minor, Op.19" (P-8248).
60 Years Ago Today In 1953 - Bill Loose and His Orchestra (unlisted session musicians) record the tracks "I Truly Love You", "Medley Of Rounds: "Three Blind Mice/Are You Sleeping/Brother John/Row, Row, Row", "I've Been Working On The Railroad" and "Goodnight Medley: Goodnight, Sweetheart/Goodnight, Ladies/Taps" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol will issue "I Love You Truly" and "I've Been Working On The Railroad" together on the album "Background Music: Bill Loose And His Orchestra - Songs For Harmonizing" (T 472). The two medleys, as of 2005, are unissued.
1954 - The Cheers (Bert Convy, Sue Allen, and Gil Garfield) record the tracks "My Heart Lied To Me" (unissued by Capitol Records as of 2005) and the rejected tracks "Blueberries", "Well, Whadaya Want", and "I Must Be Dreaming" in Los Angeles, California. A new session will be held to re-record the last three tracks on December 6, 1954.
1954 - Billy May and His Orchestra (Conrad Gozzo, John Best, Mannie Klein, and Uan Rasey on trumpet; Murray McEachern, Si Zentner, Tommy Pederson, and Ed Kusby on trombone; John Graas on french horn; Clarence Karella on tuba; Skeets Herfurt and Willie Schwartz on alto saxophone; Ted Nash and Fred Falensby on tenor saxophone; Chuck Gentry on baritone saxophone; Jules Kinsler on flute; Arthur Fleming on bassoon; Jules Jacob on oboe; J.A. Krechter on clarinet; Paul Smith on piano: Al Hendrickson pm guitar; Joe Mondragon on bass; Alvin Stoller on drums; Lou Singer on percussion; and Ann Mason Stockton on harp), with May conducting his own arrangements, record the tracks "Thou Swell" and "Blues In The Night" at Capitol Records Melrose Avenue studios in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue the tracks on the album "Sorta-May" (T 562)
1954 - Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra (Cat Anderson, Willie Cook, and Clark Terry on trumpet; Ray Nance on trumpet and violin; Quentin Jackson and Britt Woodman on trombone; John Sanders on valve trombone; Russell Procope on alto saxophone and clarinet; Rick Henderson on alto saxophone; Paul Gonsalves on tenor saxophone; Jimmy Hamilton on clarinet and tenor saxophone; Harry Carney on baritone saxophone and bass clarinet; Duke Ellington on piano; Oscar Pettiford on bass; Dave Black on drums; and Frank Rollo on bongos), record the tracks "Twelfth Street Rag Mambo" with Frank Rollo on congas and bongos, "September Song" with Jimmy Grissom on vocals, and "Caravan" with Frank Rollo on congas and bongos at Universal Studios in Chicago, Illinois. Capitol Records will issue "Twelfth Street Rag Mambo" as a single (Capitol 2980) with "Smile" on the flip side, "Caravan" on the Ellington's album "Dance To The Duke!" (T 637) and "September Song" will be issued by Pickwick Records (then a subsidiary of Capitol Records) on Ellington's album "We Love You Madly" (SPC3390).
1957 - Frank Sinatra, with arranger Billy May conducting a session orchestra (Mannie Klein, Conrad Gozzo, Shorty Sherock, and Mickey Mangano on trumpet; Si Zentner, Murray McEachern, Frank Howard, and Ed Kusby on trombone; Wilbur Schwartz and Harry Klee on alto saxophone; Buddy Collette and Jules Jacob on tenor saxophone; Fred Falensby on baritone saxophone; Frank Flynn on vibraphone; Bill Miller on piano; Al Hendrickson on guitar; Joe Mondragon on bass; Country Washburne on tuba; Irving Cottler on drums; Verlye Mills on harp; and on strings: Harold Dicterow, David Frisina, Jacques Gasselin, Ben Gill, Dan Lube, Alex Murray, Paul Nero, Lou Raderman, Mischa Russell, Paul Shure, Felix Slatkin, and Marshall Sosson on violin; Alvin Dinkin, Alex Neiman, Paul Robyn, and David Sterkin on viola; Elizabeth Greenspan, Armand Kaproff, Edgar Lustgarten, and Eleanor Slatkin on cello), records the tracks "Blue Hawaii", "Come Fly With Me", "Around The World", "It's Nice to Go Trav'ling", and "Brazil (Aquarela Do Brazil" at The Capitol Tower Studios in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on Sinatra's album "Come Fly With Me" (T 920).
1957 - Stan Kenton and His Orchestra (Ed Leddy, Billy Catalano, Lee Katzman, Sam Noto, and Phil Gilbert on trumpet; Jim Amlotte, Ken Larsen, Archie Le Coque, Don Reed, and Ken Shroyer on trombone; Lennie Niehaus on alto saxophone; Steve Perlow on alto and baritone saxophone; Wayne Dunstan and Bill Perkins on tenor saxophone; Bill Robinson on baritone saxophone; Kenton on piano; Red Kelly on bass; and Jerry McKenzie on drums), during two performances at the second of three nights of live engagements at The Rendezvous Ballroom in Balboa Beach, California, record the tracks "I Get Along Without You Very Well", "Two Shades Of Autumn", "Love Letters" and "Sweet Affection" at the first show and "With The Wind And The Rain In Your Hair", "Walkin' By The River", "Desiderata" and "Artistry In Rhythm" at the second show. Capitol Records will issue the all the tracks except "Sweet Affection" and "Artistry In Rhythm", which were rejected, on Kenton's album "Rendezvous With Kenton" (T 932).
1957 - Jackie Gleason and His Orchestra (unlisted session musicians), featuring Lawrence Brown on trombone, record the tracks "But Beautiful", "My Heart Reminds Me", "Fascination", "Time", "Alone In The Crowd", and "Soon" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on Gleason's album "The Torch With The Blue Flame" (W 961).
1957 - Zither player Ruth Welcome, with unlisted session musicians, records the tracks "Fascination", a re-recording of "La Cumparsita", and "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records issues the first and last track on Welcome's album "Hi-Fi Zither" (T/DT 942) but, as of 2005, has yet to release "La Cumparsita".
55 Years Ago Today In 1958 - During two sessions held this day, Paul Weston and His Orchestra (an unlisted session orchestra with Weston conducting his own arrangements), record the tracks "If I Love You Again", "You're Mine, You", "I'm In The Mood For Love", "So Beats My Heart For You", and "Don't Blame Me" at the first session and "Out Of Nowhere", "I Only Have Eyes For You", "Rain", "My Blue Heaven" and "Dardanella" during the second session (which included unlisted brass, reeds and strings musicians) in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks except "Dardanella" on Weston's album "Music For Dreaming" (T 1154). "Darendella" will be issued on Weston's album "Music For The Fireside" (T 1192).
55 Years Ago Today In 1958 - Skeets McDonald (with Billy Liebert on piano; Joe Maphis and Roy Nichols on guitar; Allen Williams on bass; and Marion "Pee Wee" Adams on drums), records the tracks "What A Lonesome Life It's Been", "Baby Wait", "What Am I Doing Here?", and "What I Know About Her?" at The Capitol Tower Studios in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue the first two tracks together as a single (Capitol F4147) and the last two tracks together as a single (Capitol F4095).
55 Years Ago Today In 1958 - Johnny Otis and His Orchestra (unlisted session musicians) records the tracks "Little Angel" with vocals by Mel Williams; "Couples Only" with vocals by Mel Williams, and "What Do You Want To Make Those Eyes At Me For" with vocals by Marie Adams in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the "Little Angel" on the CD "Johnny Otis - The Capitol Years" (7-92859-2). The other tracks, as of 2005, remain unissued.
1959 - Phil Napoleon and His Memphis Five (Napoleon on trumpet; Harry DeVito on trombone; Kenny Davern on clarinet; Johnny Varro on piano; Pete Rogers on blues; and Sonny Igoe on drums), record the tracks "Satanic Blues", "After You've Gone", "Creole Rag", and "St. Louis Blues" in New York City, New York. Capitol will issue all the tracks on the group's eponymous album "Phil Napoleon and His Memphis Five" (T 1344).
1959 - Vocal chorus overdubs for Tommy Collins' track "Wreck Of The Old '97" are recorded by unlisted session singers in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the finished track as a single (Capitol 4327) with "You Belong In My Arms" on the flip side.
1959 - Overdubs (no other information listed) for Tommy Sands' tracks "A Dreamer's Holiday", "In The Still Of The Night", "Dream", and "Dreamsville" are recorded in Los Angeles, California. All the tracks except "Dream" (unissued as of 2005) will be issued by Capitol Records on Sands' album "Dream With Me" (T 1426).
1959 - Organist Jackie Davis (with an unlisted session guitarist and drummer) records the tracks "You And The Night And The Music", "The Major And The Minor", "Thou Swell", and "In The Shade Of The Old Apple Tree" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol will issue all the tracks on Davis' album "Tiger On The Hammond" (T 1419).
1959 - Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra (with Riddle conducting his own arrangements to unlisted session musicians) records the tracks "Polly Put The Kettle On", "London Bridge" and "Tom Tom, The Piper's Son" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records, as of 2005, has not issued any of the tracks.
1960 - Don Rich (aka Don Ulrich) records the tracks "What Am I Gonna Do" and "You Forgot To Teach Me To Forget" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records, as of 2005, has yet to issue any of the tracks.
1960 - The Voices Of Hope (a large chorale whose members are unlisted) records the tracks "Ask What You Will", "Thy Will Be Done", "Have You Got Good Religion", "God Can Do Anything", "Ask What You Will", "Thy Will Be Done", "Jesus", "Yes, Jesus Loves Me", "Everlasting Life Is Free", and "Fight My Battle" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks, except "Ask What You Will", "Thy Will Be Done", "God Can Do Anything", and "Thy Will Be Done", on the group's eponymous album "The Voices Of Hope" (T 1526).
1960 - Pianist John Browning records the tracks "Polonaise N°1,Op.26,N°1", Polonaise N°4,Op.4,N°2", and "Polonaise N°3,Op.10,N°1", all by Chopin, in Los Angeles, California. Capitol, as of 2005, has yet to issue any of the tracks.
1961 - The original Broadway cast of Noel Coward's musical "Sail Away" (featuring Charles Braswell, Grover Dale, Patricia Harty, James Hurst, Paul O'Keefe, Elaine Stritch on vocals and a men's chorus with an unlisted session orchestra conducted by Peter Matz), finish the third of three days of recording sessions in New York City, New York. There are no details listed as to which tracks were recorded on which day. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on the Original Broadway Cast album "Sail Away" (WAO 1643).
1962 - Glen Gray and The Casa Loma Orchestra (Shorty Sherock, Conrad Gozzo, Mannie Klein, and Joe Graves on trumpet; Milt Bernhart, Joe Howard, and Eddie Kusby on trombone; George Roberts on bass trombone; Abe Most on clarinet and alto saxophone; Skeets Herfurt on alto saxophone; Plas Johnson and Justin Gordon on tenor saxophone; Chuck Gentry on baritone saxophone; Ray Sherman on piano; Jack Marshall on guitar; Mike Rubin on bass; and Nick Fatool on drums) records the tracks "Redskin Rhumba (Charlie Barnet)", "Tuxedo Junction (Erskine Hawkins)", and "Ciribiribin (Harry James)" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on Gray's album "Sounds Of The Big Bands,Vol.6: Themes Of The Great Bands" (T 1812).
1962 - During two sessions held this day in New York City, Fred Waring and The Pennsylvanias (with Waring conducting an unlisted orchestra) record the tracks "The Halls Of Ivy", "Gaudeamus Igitur", at the first session and a retake of "The Halls Of Ivy", "Ave Maria" by Schubert, "Amici Usque" and the opening of "Alma Mater Memories" at the second session. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks except the first take of "The Halls Of Ivy" which, as 2005, remains unissued and "Ava Maria" on Waring's album "Alma Mater Memories" (T 1949). "Ava Maria" will be issued on Glen's album "This I Believe" (T 2054).
50 Years Ago Today In 1963 - Nancy Wilson, with an Orchestra (Al Porcino, Carmell Jones, Jules Chaikin, Freddy Hill, and John Audino on trumpet; Bob Edmonson, John Ewing, Lester Robertson, and Kenny Shroyer on trombone; Jimmy Woods and Joe Maini on alto saxophone; Teddy Edwards and Harold Land on tenor saxophone; Jack Nimitz on baritone saxophone; Jack Wilson on piano; Joe Pass on guitar; Jimmy Bond on bass; and Nick Ceroli and Kenny Dennis on drums) conducted by Gerald Wilson using his own arrangements, records the tracks "Blue Prelude", "Satin Doll", "Bewitched", and "The Song Is You" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol will issue all the tracks on Wilson's album "Yesterday's Love Songs,Today's Blues" (T 2012).
50 Years Ago Today In 1963 - Frank Hamilton records the instrumental tracks "A Worried Man" and "Where Have All The Flowers Gone" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol will issue both tracks on the album "Sing A Song With The Kingston Trio" (KAO 2005).
1964 - Billy Taylor (on piano with unlisted session musicians) records the tracks "On the Street Where You Live", "Don't You Know", and "Night Coming Tenderly" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records has not issued any of the tracks as of 2005.
1964 - Stan Kenton (on piano with Don Bagley on bass; Frank Carlson on tympany) records overdubs for previously recorded orchestral tracks "Lohengrin - Prelude To Act I" (two takes) and "Love-Death From 'Tristan Und Isolde'" at The Capitol Tower Studios in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the final tracks on Kenton's album "Stan Kenton Plays Wagner" (TAO 2217).
1964 - Capitol Records registers Linda Laine with The Sinners' tracks "Low Grades And High Fever" and "After Today" which were recorded in England and Tower Records, a subsidiary of Capitol Records, will release them together as a single (Tower 108). Capitol also registers Mike Rabin & The Demons' tracks "Head Over Heels" and "I'm Leaving You", which were also recorded in England and Tower will release both as a single (Tower 109). And last, but not least, Capitol will register Heinz' tracks "Questions I Can't Answer" and "The Beating Of My Heart", also recorded in England, and Tower will issue both tracks as a single (Tower 110).
1964 - During two session that take place on this date in Los Angeles, California, The Ghouls (featuring Richard Burns on vocals and Chuck Girard, Joe Kelly, and Richard Podolor [unlisted instruments]) record the tracks "Dracula's Deuce", "The Graveyard Shift", "The Little Old Lady From Transylvania", "Bella Be Good", "Be True To Your Ghoul", and "Monsterbilly Heaven" (originally listed as "I Want To Hold Your Neck") at the first session and "Dracula's Theme", "Coffin Nails", "Voo Doo Juice", "Blood And Butter", "Shake, Rattle and Roll", and "The Weird Wolfare" at the second session. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on the group's album "Dracula's Deuce" (T 2215).
1964 - Ferlin Husky, with unlisted session musicians, records the tracks "Pickin' Up The Pieces" and "The Big Wind" in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue both tracks on Husky's album "True Lovin'" (T 2305).
1965 - Jody Miller, with unlisted studio musicians, records the tracks "Let Me Walk With You" and "Things" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Let Me Walk With You" as a single (Capitol 5768) with "If You Were A Carpenter" on the flip side and "Things" as a single (Capitol 5743) with "Quite A Long, Long Time" on the flip side.
1965 - Wanda Jackson, with an unlisted studio orchestra and vocal chorus, records the tracks "Doch Dann Kam Johnny" and "Das Kommt Vom Glück In Der Liebe" at Electrola Studio in Cologne, Germany. Capitol Records will issue the tracks together as a single in Germany (K23091).
1965 - Ray Pillow, with unlisted session musicians, records the tracks "Common Colds And Broken Heart", "You've Got A Good Thing Going", "Even When It's Bad, It's Good", and "Coffee Cup" in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on Pillow's album "Even When It's Bad It's Good!" (T 2738).
1966 - Andy Russell, with unlisted studio musicians, records the tracks "The Shadow Of Your Smile", "Call Me", "Our Day Will Come", "So Nice (Summer Samba)", and "Guantanamera" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol will issue all the tracks on Russell's album "More Amor" (T 2659).
45 Years Ago Today In 1968 - Charlie Louvin, with unlisted session musicians, records the tracks "Heart Of Clay", "Born To Love You", "Are You Teasing Me", "Let's Put Our World Back Together", and "Hope" in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue the first three tracks on Louvin's album "Hey Daddy" (ST-142), "Let's Put Our World Back Together" on his album "The Kind Of Man I Am" (ST-248), and have yet, as of 2005, to issue "Hope".
45 Years Ago Today In 1968 - Marion Love records the tracks "We Can Make It", "Losing You", "Handy Man" and "Without You" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the last two tracks together as a single (Capitol 2345) and have, as of 2005, not issued the first two tracks.
45 Years Ago Today In 1968 - The Milky Way (members unlisted) records the tracks "Sunshine Daffodils", "You're Love Comes Shinin' Through", "Jacqueline", and "A Diamond In The Rough" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will purchase the masters and release the first two tracks together as a single (Capitol 2453) but, as of 2005, have yet to issue the last two tracks.
45 Years Ago Today In 1968 - Ronnie & Natalie record the tracks "A Red Fire Burns", "The Destruction Of Dawn Street", and "Street Love" in New York City. Capitol Records will purchase the masters and release the first two tracks together as a single (Capitol 2391) but, as 2005, have yet to issue the last track.
45 Years Ago Today In 1968 - The Ashley Brothers record the tracks "Some Kind Of Life", "The Sidewalk Sleeps" and "I've Been So Long" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will purchase the masters and release the first two tracks together as a single (Capitol 2366) and "It's Been So Long" as a single (Capitol 2923) with "Marcy" on the flip side.
45 Years Ago Today In 1968 - Buck Owens' Buckaroos, featuring Don Rich and Doyle Holly, record the tracks "Greensleeves", "Gathering Dust", "The Price I'll Have To Pay" and "Aw Heck" at Buck Owens Studios in Bakersfield, California. Capitol Records will issue the last two tracks as a single (Capitol 2345) and, as of 2005, have yet to issue the first two tracks.
45 Years Ago Today In 1968 - The Artie Kornfeld Circus (members unlisted) records the track "Rock 'N' Roll Is Here To Stay" in New York City. Capitol Records, as of 2005, has yet to issue the track.
45 Years Ago Today In 1968 - During two sessions held this day in Los Angeles, California, Linda Ronstadt and The Stone Poneys record overdubs for the track "We Need A Lot More of Jesus (And A Lot Less Of Rock 'N' Roll)" at the first session and the track "The Only Mama That'll Walk The Line" at the second. Capitol Records will issue both tracks on Ronstadt's album "Hand Sown...Home Grown" (ST-208).
45 Years Ago Today In 1968 - Ceaser Costa, at a session thought to be held in Los Angeles, California, records the tracks "No Me Miren Mal", "Darse Un Beso", "Lo Importante Es la Rosa", "Chao Amiga", "Al Fin Solos", "Tu Nombre", "No Puedo Dejar De Verte", "Ejercer Con Titulo", "Quiero Ser Libre", "Besame Otra Vez", and "Tendras Un Palacio". Capitol Latino will issue all the tracks on Costa's eponymous album "Cesar Costa" (ST 19008).
1969 - Bobby Brown (no, not the R&B star from the '80s) records the tracks "Good Times" and "Merry Go Round" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records, as of 2005, has yet to issue either track.
1970 - Janis Ian records the track "Someday Baby" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records has, of 2005, yet to issue the track.
1970 - During two session held on this date in Los Angeles, California, Quicksilver Messenger Service (lineup unlisted) records the track "Call On Me" at the first session and "What About Me" at the second. Capitol Recors will release the tracks on the group's album "What About Me" (SMAS-630).
1970 - Pianist George Richey records overdubs for Anita Carter's track "Tulsa County" at Jack Clement Recording Studio in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue the final track as a single (Capitol 2994) with "Where Is The Start Of Lonely" on the flip side.
1972 - Capitol Records registers two tracks recorded by Mark Guerrero, "Don't Rain On My Parade" and "Wild Night At The Old Rest Home" but, as of 2005, has not issued either track.
1972 - Capitol Records purchases the master of Red Simpson's track "God And Jericho Jones" but, as of 2005, has yet to issue the track.
1982 - Prism (lineup unlisted) records the track "Monster Mash" which Capitol Records voided. If anyone knows why, please leave a comment.
1981 - Oscar Moore, original guitarist with the Capitol Records group The King Cole Trio (1937-1947), dies in Las Vegas, Nevada at age 64
1984 - Capitol Records artist Anne Murray becomes the first female to win the Country Music Association's Album of the Year award
25 Years Ago Today In 1988 - Poison's Capitol Records single "Fallen Angel", with "Bad To Be Good" on the flip side, peaks at #12 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart
1990 - Poison's Capitol Records album "Flesh & Blood" is certified 2x Multi-Platinum by the R.I.A.A.
1990 - Former Capitol Records artist Tennessee Ernie Ford is inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame
1997 - Brown Meggs, husband of Nancy Bates Meachen, writer (won the 1974 Edgar Allan Poe Award from the Mystery Writers of America), screen writer ("Two Fathers Justice") and former executive, president and CEO at Capitol Records (helped finally sign The Beatles to Capitol when he was Capitol's Director of Eastern Operations) and Angel Records (helped revive the label), dies of a brain hemorrhage at age 66 in San Francisco, California. According to quote on guitarmusic.org, the Leo Kottke said that Meggs, who was president of Capitol when he was with the label "...hated the music business and liked people who were either impervious to the business or too dim to even know it was there."
2002 - To commemorate its 60th anniversary, Capitol Records releases the 6 CD box set "Capitol Records 1942-2002" both as a limited 12" box set with a full size book of photos from the Capitol Records photo archives (which at one time was also to include a small statue of The Capitol Tower) and as a small 6 CD box with a booklet with some of the images from the large book.
2002 - Capitol Records reissues John Lennon's "Mind Games" album in the United States

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1939 - Dennis Day, future Capitol Records artist, makes his first appearance as a cast member on "The Jack Benny Show"
1947 - Tony Wilson, songwriter, bass player, and vocalist with the Apple Records band Hot Chocolate (until 1975) is born in Trinidad. The band was originally named The Hot Chocolate Band by Mavis Smith, who worked for the Apple Corps press office. Their first recording was a reggae version of John Lennon's "Give Peace A Chance". Hot Chocolate's singles and albums were originally released by Big Tree Records in the United States, with distribution by Atlantic Records (at the time a Warner Communications Company). Later the band's catalog was distributed by EMI America Records and is now controlled by Capitol Records.
1971 - Apple Records releases John Lennon's "Imagine" album in the U.K.
1976 - The Sex Pistols sign to EMI, parent company of Capitol Records. The band lasted with the label until January 22, 1977 and wrote the song "EMI" to tell of their experience.