APRIL 13, 2025

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

1951 - Peabo Bryson, a singer, songwriter, music producer, and Capitol Records solo artist (1977-1983 and 1989) and part of recording duos with Natalie Cole (1979) and Roberta Flack (1983), is born Robert L. Bryson in Greenville, South Carolina.

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1944 - Andy Russell's Capitol Records single "Besame Mucho", with "You're The Dream, I'm The Dreamer" on the flipside, enters the top 40 of the U.S. Country singles charts.

1953 - Billy May directs his own arrangements to His Orchestra (listed as possibly Jack Laubach, Tony Facciuto, Bob McKenzie, and Andy Peele on trumpets, Bob Raesinger, Dick Nash, George Kenny, and Karl DeKarske on trombones, Willie Smith and Dick Clay on alto saxophones, Len Mitchell and Charlie Deremoe on tenor saxophones, John Agee on baritone saxophone, Cliff Fishbach on piano, John Collins on guitar, Carson Smith on bass, and Larry Bunker on drums) as they record the titles "Turk's Tune", "Street Of Dreams" and "Moonlight And Roses" at Capitol Records' studios at 5515 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue "Street Of Dreams" as a single (Capitol 3297) with "Suzette" (recorded October 4, 1954) on the flipside and has yet to issue either "Turk's Tune" or "Moonlight And Roses".

1953 - During two sessions held this day in Capitol Records' studios at 5515 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood, California, The Duke Ellington Trio (Duke Ellington on piano, Wendell Marshall on bass, and Butch Ballard on drums) records the titles "Who Knows?", "Retrospection" with only Ellington on piano, "B Sharp Blues", and "Passion Flower" at the first session, and the title "Dancers In Love", then, with only Ellington on the piano, the titles "Reflections In D" and "Melancholia", and, with the entire trio, "Prelude To A Kiss". Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Ellington's album "The Duke Plays Ellington" (EAP-1/2-477 on 7" EP, H-477 on 10" LP, and T 477 on 12" vinyl).

1953 - Mitchell Lurie directs, and plays the clarinet as part of, The Fine Arts Wind Ensemble (Sinclair Lott on horn, Haakon Bergh on flute, Alexandre Duvoir on oboe, and Jack Marsh on bassoon) as they record Hindemith's "Kleine Kammermusik, Opus 24, N° 2 (Quintet For Woodwind Instruments)" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the title on the album "POULENC - Sextet For Piano & Winds/HINDEMITH-Kleinekammermusic" (P-8258).

1956 - Vocalist Dick Haymes, with Ian Bernard and his orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the titles "I Like The Likes Of You", "Isn't It A Lovely Day (To Be Caught In The Rain)", and "Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Haymes' album "Moondreams" (T 787).

1956 - Vocalist Meg Myles, with unlisted others, records the yet to be issued titles "13 Men" and "Abracadabra" and the titles "Past The Age Of Innocence" and "My Melancholy Baby" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the last two titles together as a single (Capitol 3437).
1956 - Ray Heindorf conducted The Warner Bros. Orchestra (lineup unlisted) and Chorus (vocalists Betty Allan, Burton Dole, William Lee, Elizabeth Mulliner, Ernest Newton, Betty Noyes, Thurl Ravenscroft, Virginia Rees, William Reeve, Max Smith, Robert Stevens, Betty Wand, and Gloria Wood) as they record the title "Fight Scene (The Yellow Rose Of Texas)" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the title on the original motion picture soundtrack album for the film "GIANT" (W 773).

1956 - Vocalist John Raitt, with unlisted others, records the titles "Amapola", "Lamento Gitano (Gypsy Lament)", "Granada", and "Malaguena" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Raitt's album "Mediterranean Magic" (T 714).

1958 - It's a Sunday night and at 8:00 PM EST baseball fanatic Nat "King" Cole must be happy as a clam as he appears on CBS-TV's "The Ed Sullivan Show" with fellow guests baseball players Mickey Mantle, Yogi Berra, and Whitey Ford who get tips on how to sing "Take Me Out To The Ball Game" from the song's composer Jack Norworth. In the audience is the widow of W.C. Handy whose bio-pic, "St. Louis Blues", Cole is plugging as well as performing "Just One Of Those Things" and his new single "Looking Back" Also on the show are fellow Capitol Records artist Laurie London making his U.S. television debut performing "He's Got The Whole World In His Hand", Columbia Records singer Eileen Rodgers who performs "Handle Me With Care" and "I'd Climb The Highest Mountain", and a monologue by British comedienne Joyce Grenfell.

1958 - During two sessions held this day at City Auditorium in Houston, Texas, Leopold Stokowski conducts The Houston Symphony Orchestra, The Houston Chorale, and The Houston Youth Symphony Boy's Choir (lineups unlisted) as they record parts of Carl Orff's "Carmina Burana". Capitol Records will issue the entire piece on the album "ORFF - Carmina Burana" (PAR/SPAR-8470).

1961 - Vocalist and pianist Ivory Joe Hunter, with Stan Applebaum directing the studio orchestra (lineup unlisted but includes trumpet, saxophone, guitar, bass, and drum players) and a chorus, (lineup unlisted), records the titles "Because I Love You", and "I'm Hooked" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue both titles together as a single (Capitol 4587).

1963 - Buck Owens' Capitol Records single "Act Naturally", with "Over And Over Again" on the flipside, enters the U.S. Country singles charts where it will eventually become Owens' first #1.

1963 - The Beach Boys' Capitol Records single "Surfin' U.S.A.", with "Shut Down" on the flipside, enters the top 40 of Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart.

1963 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "All Over The World" is #20 on Billboard magazine's Middle-Road Singles chart.

1963 - Vocalist Bobby Darin, with unlisted others, records the titles "Alice Blue Gown", "Whispering", "Somebody Stole My Gal", "I Cried For You", and "Sixteen" in Los Angeles, California. Collectors' Choice Music will issue "Whispering" and "Somebody Stole My Gal" on Darin's CD compilation "Bobby Darin - The Unreleased Capitol Sides" (CCM 079-2). The rest of the titles are still unissued.

1963 - During two sessions held this day in Los Angeles, California, The Journeymen (John Phillips and Scott McKenzie on vocals and guitars and Dick Weissman on guitar and banjo) record the titles "One Quick Martini" and "Greenland Whale Fisheries" at the first session and the titles "Mary Wore Three Links Of Chain" and "I May Be Right" at the second session. Capitol Records will issue "One Quick Martini" on the group's album "New Directions In Folk Music" (T/ST 1951) and the rest of the titles on the group's compilation CD "Capitol Collectors Series - The Journeymen" (7-98536-2).

60 Years Ago Today In 1965 - The Beatles win the Grammy award for Best New Artist of the Year.

1966 - The Beatles record the title "Paperback Writer" in Abbey Road Studios in London, England. Capitol Records will issue the title as a single (Capitol 6296) in the United States with "Rain" (recorded April 14, 1966) on the flipside.

1966 - Vocalist and guitarist Roy Clark, with unlisted others, records a yet to be issued take of the titles "Steppin' Out", the title "(I'd Be) A Legend In My Time", and yet to be issued takes of the titles "A Good Woman's Love", and "Oh How I Miss You" in Nashville, Tennessee. Tower Records, a subsidiary of Capitol Records, will issue "(I'd Be) A Legend In My Time" as a single (DT 5118) with "Rose Colored Glasses" (recorded October 14, 1965) on the flipside.

1966 - Vocalists Jean Shepard and Ray Pillow, with unlisted others, record the titles "Nobody's Business", "We Could", and "Willingly" in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Shepard and Pillow's album "I'll Take The Dog" (T 2537).

1968 - Buck Owens, with unlisted others, gives a concert in Nevada that's recorded by Capitol Records but has yet to be issued. None of the titles performed are listed.

1968 - The Lettermen (vocalists Jim Pike, Tony Butala, and Bob Engemann), Perry Botkin, Jr. conducting his own arrangments to the orchestra (lineup unlisted), record the title "All The Grey Haired Men" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the title as a single (Capitol 2196) with "Anyone Who Had A Heart" (recorded April 25, 1968) on the flipside.

1968 - The Beach Boys (lineup unlisted) record the title "Be Still" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the title on the group's album "Friends" (ST 2895).

1968 - Pianist Billy Taylor And His Trio (only Ben Tucker on bass and Grady Tate on drums), before a live audience in Capitol Records' studios in New York City, New York, record the titles "I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free", "T.N.T.", "Lonesome Lover", "Sunny", "Pensativa", "Hard To Find", "I'll Remember April", "Morning", "Antenett", and "Cag" with Taylor also producing the session. Tower Records, a subsidiary of Capitol Records will issue "I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free" and "Sunny" together as a single (Tower 421) and "I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free", "T.N.T.", "Lonesome Lover", "Sunny", "Pensativa", "Hard To Find", "Morning", and "Cag" on Taylor and the trio's album "I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free" (ST 5111). Blue Note Records will issue "I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free" as "I Wish I Knew How It Felt To Be Free" on the multi-artist compilation CD "Blue Movies - Scoring For The Studios" (8-57748-2). "I'll Remember April" and "Antenett" are still unissued.

1969 - Glen Campbell's Capitol Records single "Galveston", with "How Come Every Time I Itch I Wind Up Scratchin' You" on the flipside, is #1 on the U.S. Country singles charts.

1971 - During two sessions held today in Los Angeles, California with producer Earl Ball, vocalist Merle Haggard and The Strangers (Roy Nichols on electric guitar, Norman Hamlet on steel guitar, Bobby Wayne on guitar, Dennis Hromek on bass, and Clair "Biff" Adam on drums) record the titles "The Conversion Of Ronnie Jones" and "Caroline" at the first session then just The Strangers record the titles "Honky Tonk", "Raunchy", and "Song From 'Sleep Walk'" at the second session. Capitol Records will issue "The Conversion Of Ronnie Jones" on Haggard's album "It's Not Love (But It's Not Bad)" (ST-11127), after an overdub session is held on April 30, 1971 for "Carolyn" it will release that title as a single (Capitol 3222) with "When The Feelin' Goes Away" (recorded November 9, 1970) on the flipside and on Haggard and The Strangers' album "Someday We'll Look Back" (ST-835) and all three titles from the second sessions on Merle Haggard's Strangers' album "Honky Tonkin'" (ST-796) and "Song From 'Sleep Walk'" as a single (Capitol 3144) with "Slow 'N' Easy" (recorded April 14, 1971) on the flipside.

1973 - Final overdubs are recorded in (listed as possibly) Los Angeles, California for Buck Owens' title "Arms Full Of Empty". Capitol Records will issue the final mix of the title as a single (Capitol 3688) with "Songwriter's Lament" (registered July 5, 1968) on the flipside and also on Owen's album "In The Palm Of Your Hand" (ST-11136).

1973 - Capitol Records registers the masters it purchased for vocalist Tony Booth's titles "That Loving Feeling" and "Old Faithful", both recorded at Buck Owens Studios in Bakersfield, California from Buck Owens Enterprises. After overdubs are recirded for "That Loving Feeling", Capitol Records will issue the final mix of that title as a single (Capitol 3943) with "Workin' At The Car Wash Blues" (registered July 25, 1974) on the flipside and also on Booth's album "Happy Hour" (ST-11270) and "Old Faithful" as a single (Capitol 3639) with "Don't Let True Love Slip Away" (registered May 15, 1973) on the flipside and also on Booth's album "This Is Tony Booth" (ST-11210).

1973 - Shirl Milete, with unlisted others, records the titles "I'll Raise Your Babies", "Family Man", and "She's Still My Baby" in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records has yet to issue "I'll Raise Your Babies" and will issue "Family Man" and "She's Still My Baby" together as a single (Capitol 3642).

1974 - Wings' Apple Records album "Band on the Run", distributed by Capitol Records in the United States, is #1 on Billboard's Top 200 Albums chart.

50 Years Ago Today In 1975 - Merle Haggard's Capitol Records single "Always Wanting You", with "I've Got A Yearning" on the flipside, is #1 on the U.S. Country singles charts.

1976 - Asleep At The Wheel (lineup unlisted) records the title "Miles And Miles Of Texas" in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue the title as a single (Capitol 4357) with "Blues For Dixie" (recorded April 1, 1966) on the flipside and on the group's album "Wheelin' And Dealin'" (ST-11546).

1977 - Natalie Cole's Capitol Records single "I've Got Love On My Mind", with "Unpredictable You" on the flipside, is certified Gold by the R.I.A.A.

1978 - Vocalist Cheryl Ladd, with unlisted others, records the titles "You've Never Done It Like That" and "Walking In The Rain" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records has yet to Issue "You've Never Done It Like That" and will issue "Walking In The Rain" on Ladd's self-titled album "Cheryl Ladd" (SW-11808).

1983 - Vocalist Ellen Shipley, with unlisted others, records the title "He's Not There" in (listed as possibly) Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the title on Shipley's album "Call Of The Wild" (ST-12289).

1983 - Sherry Kean, with unlisted others, records the title "Sever The Ties" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the title as a single (Capitol 5302) with "Mixed Emotions" (recorded April 11, 1983) on the flipside.

1992 - Liberty Records (later renamed Capitol Records Nashville) releases Linda Davis' album "Linda Davis".

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1923 - Don Adams, a comedian, television and motion picture actor, animated cartoon voice artist, and Roulette and United Artists Records artist, is born Donald James Yarmy in New York City, New York.

45 Years Ago Today In 1980 - Blondie's Chrysalis Records single "Call Me", with an instrumental version of the song by Georgio Moroder on the flipside, is #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart. Chrysalis' catalog was owned by EMI Music Group, Capitol Music Group's one-time parent company but was sold by Universal Music Group to Warner Music Group when UMG bought EMI Music Group and is now owned by Reservoir. .

1983 - Sheena Easton and Kenny Rogers' duet Liberty Records single "We've Got Tonight", with Rogers' "You Are So Beautiful" on the flipside, is #1 on the U.S. Country singles charts. Liberty Records catalog is currently owned by EMI Music Group, Capitol Music Group's parent company.

1991 - Queensryche's EMI America Records single "Silent Lucidity", with "The Mission (Live)" on the flipside, enters the top 40 of Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart. EMI America's catalog is currently owned by EMI Music Group, Capitol Music Group's parent company.

APRIL 12, 2026

HAPPY BIRTHDAYS!

1918 - Helen Forrest, a singer with the bands of Artie Shaw, Benny Goodman, Harry James, and Lionel Hampton, and a Capitol Records solo artist (1955, with the album "Voice Of The Name Bands"), is born Helen Fogel in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

1967 - Mellow Man Ace, rapper, songwriter, brother of Sen Dog of the group Cypress Hill, and a Capitol Records artist, is born Ulpiano Sergio Reyes in Pinar del Rio, Cuba.

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1938 - During two sessions held this day in Berlin, Germany, Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt conducts The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra (lineup unlisted) at the first session with an unlisted pianist as they record Beethoven's "Adagio from 'Moonlight Sonata'" and "Adagio from 'Pathetique Sonata'" and with soprano vocalist Aulikki Rautawaara at the second session the folk song "The Garden Of Happiness", Kilpinen's "When The Cuckoo Calls (From The 'Lauluja' Songs)" and Sibelius' "The Diamond On The March Show" and "Sigh, Sedges, Sigh" for Telefunken Records. After Capitol Records licenses Telefunken's catalog for release in the United States, it will issue "Adagio from 'Moonlight Sonata'" and "Adagio from 'Pathetique Sonata'" as a single (Capitol 8-86004) and "The Garden Of Happiness", "When The Cuckoo Calls (From The 'Lauluja' Songs)", "The Diamond On The March Show", and "Sigh, Sedges, Sigh" on the album "SIBELIUS Songs/Three Finnish Songs" (L-8041).

80 Years Ago Today In 1946 - Voice artist Pinto Colvig, with Billy May conducting his own arrangements to his orchestra (Emmanuel "Mannie" Klein, Uan Rasey, and Leonard Mach on trumpet, Elmer Smithers and James Skiles on trombones, J.A. Krechter, Harry Schuchman, Victor Garber, and Vincent Spolidoro on saxophones, Edwin "Buddy" Cole on piano, Phil Stephens on bass, John Cyr on drums, and a string section with Mischa Russell, Harry Bluestone, and Samuel Freed on violins, Paul Robyn on viola, Cy Bernard on cello) and using a script by Bozo's creator Alan Livingston, records the titles "Bozo At The Circus: Part 3" and "Bozo At The Circus: Part 4" at Radio Recorders' studios at 932 North Western Avenue in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue both titles as part of the label's first Record Reader album (also created by Alan Livingston) "Bozo At The Circus" (BBX-34).

70 Years Ago Today In 1956 - Pianist Lou Busch as Joe "Fingers" Carr and His Ragtime Band (lineup unlisted) records the titles "Entertainer's Rag", "Black And White Rag", and "Maple Leaf Rag" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Carr's album "Mister Ragtime" (T 760).

1958 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Looking Back" debuts at #15 on The Billboard magazine's R&B Best Sellers In Stores chart, #29 on the magazine's Best Selling Singles In Stores chart, #33 on Cash Box magazine's Best Selling Singles chart, and #46 on The Billboard magazine's Top 100 Singles chart. Also, Cole's single "Do I Like It?" is #67 and his single "Angel Smile" is #90 on the magazine's Top 100 Singles chart.

1958 - Bandleader and clarinetist Red Nichols and His Pennies (Jackie Coon on mellophone, Moe Schneider on trombone, Wayne Songer on clarinet, alto, and baritone saxophones, Bill Wood also on clarinet, Heinie Beau on clarinet and tenor saxophone, Joe Rushton on bass saxophone, Bobby Van Eps on piano, Allan Reuss on guitar, Morty Corb on bass, and Rollie Culver on drums) record the titles "Avalon", "Japanese Sandman". "Parade Of The Pennies", "Mississippi Mud", "Bass Face Joe", "Tea For Two", and "Dixie" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Red Nichols and His Pennies' album "Parade Of The Pennies" (T/ST 1051).

1958 - During two sessions held this day in Houston, Texas, Leopold Stokowski conducts The Houston Symphony Orchestra (lineup unlisted) as they record parts of Shostakovich's "Symphony N° 11" at the first session and, with the addition of The Houston Chorale and The Houston Youth Symphony Boy's Choir (lineups unlisted) parts of Carl Orff's "Carmina Burana" at the second session. Capitol Records will issue all the parts of "Symphony N° 11" on the album "SHOSTAKOVICH - Symphony N°11, Op.103" (PBR/SPBR-8448) and all the parts of "Carmine Burana" on the album "ORFF - Carmina Burana" (PAR/SPAR-8470).

1960 - Nat "King" Cole finishes eleven straight days of performances at The Sands Hotel in Las Vegas, California.

1963 - Dick Dale sign a contract with Capitol Records.

1963 - Vocalist Clairette Clementino, with an orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the titles "Ev'rywhere" and "Adonis" with Jimmie Haskell conducting his own arrangments to the orchestra, "BreakMy Heart, Break", and "See Me" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Ev'rywhere" and "See Me" together as a single (Capitol 5003), "Adonis" as a single (Capitol 5081) with "Bless My Soul" (recorded September 20, 1963) on the flipside, and has yet to issue "Break My Heart, Break".

1963 - During two sessions held this day in Los Angeles, California, The Journeymen (John Phillips and Scott McKenzie on vocals and guitars and Dick Weissman on guitar and banjo) record the titles "Ja-Da" and "Stackolee" at the first session and the title "Two Hoboes" at the second session. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on the group's album "New Directions In Folk Music" (T/ST 1951) and on the CD "" (7-98536-2), "Ja-Da" also as a single (Capitol 5031) with "Kumbaya" (recorded October 23, 1961) on the flipside.

1963 - Vocalist and guitarist Mac Wiseman, with Ray Edenton also on guitar, Lew "Chilree" Houston on Dobro guitar, Benny Williams on mandolin, Joe Drumwright on banjo, Thomas Grady Martin on bass guitar, Roy M. "Junior" Huskey, Jr. on bass, and Murrey M. "Buddy" Harman, Jr. on drums, records the titles "The Scene Of The Crime", "Your Best Friend And Me", "What A Waste Of Good Cornlikker", and When The Moon Comes Over The Mountain" at Columbia Recording Studio in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue "The Scene Of The Crime" as a single (Capitol 5116) with "'Tis Sweet To Be Remembered" (recorded September 24, 1962) on the flipside and "Your Best Friend And Me" and "When The Moon Comes Over The Mountain" together as a single (Capitol 5011). Bear Family Records will issue all the titles in Germany on the six-CD box set "Mac Wiseman - 'Tis Sweet To Be Remembered" (BCD 15976).

1968 - Vocalist Bobbie Gentry and Glen Campbell, with unlisted others, records the title "Sunday Mornin'", "Last Thing On My Mind", and "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right" in Los Angeles, California. After overdubs are recorded for "Sunday Mornin' on August 6, 1968, and for "Last Thing On My Mind" on January 9, 1969, Capitol Records will issue "Sunday Morning" on the album "Bobbie Gentry And Glen Campbell" (SU/ST 2928), "Last Thing On My Mind" on Campbell's compilation CD "The Essential Glen Campbell, Volume 2" (8-33829-2), and has yet to issue "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right".

1968 - The Beach Boys (lineup unlisted) record the title "Diamond Head" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the title on the group's album "Friends" (ST 2895).

1968 - Pianist Eddie Heywood, with unlisted others, records new takes of the titles "If A Tear Could Talk" and "Arabian Daze" and the titles "Don't Take Your Love From Me" and "Soft Summer Breeze" in New York City, New York. After overdubs are recorded for "Don't Take Your Love From Me" and "Soft Summer Breeze" on May 23, 1968, Capitol Records will issue the final mixes of all the titles on Heywood's album "The Piano Artistry Of Eddie Heywood - Soft Summer Breeze" (ST-163).

55 Years Ago Today In 1971 - Capitol Records releases Buck Owens' single "Ruby (Are You Mad)", which will peak at #3 on December 4, 1971, with "Heartbreak Mountain" on the flipside.

1973 - Billy May and The Time-Life Orchestra (lineup unlisted) record the titles "Beyond The Sea (La Mer)", "Bonanza", "Dear Heart", and "Fanny" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California. After overdubs are recorded for "Beyond The Sea (La Mer)" and "Dear Heart" on April 23, 1973, Time-Life Records, as part of its "As You Remember Them" series will issue final mix of "Beyond The Sea (La Mer)" in the three-LP set "Volume 8 - Billy May" (STL 248) and the rest of the titles in the three-LP set "Volume 7 - Billy May" (STL 247).

1978 - Vocalist Cheryl Ladd, with unlisted others, records the titles "I'll Come Running", "I Know I'll Never Love This Way Again", and "Lady Gray" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Ladd's self-titled album "Cheryl Ladd" (SW-11808).

1983 - Ronnie Laws, with unlisted others, records the title "Can't Save Tomorrow" in (listed as possibly) Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the title on Laws' album "Mr. Nice Guy" (ST-12261).

1988 - Capitol Records registers the masters it received from EMI for Afrika Bambaataa and Family's album "The Light" and will issue all the titles on the album "The Light" (C1 90157).

1989 - Liberty Records (later renamed Capitol Records Nashville) releases Garth Brooks' album "Garth Brooks".

1998 - James B. Conkling, one time VP at Capitol Records, who went on to be president of Columbia Records, co-founder of the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences, helped launch and was the first president of Warner Bros. Records, married Donna King (member of the Capitol Records group The King Sisters), father of actress Xandra Conkling (aka Donna Alexandra Conkling) and actor and screenwriter Chris Conkling, dies at Sutter Oaks Alzheimer's Hospital in Sacramento, California at age 83.

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1963 - Pianist Horace Silver, with Blue Mitchell and Kenny Dorham on trumpets, Grachan Moncur III on trombone, Julius Watkins on French horn, Junior Cook and Jimmy Heath on tenor saxophone, Charles Davis on baritone saxophone, Gene Taylor on bass, and Roy Brooks on drums, records the titles "The Dragon Lady", "Let's Go To The Nitty Gritty", and "Nineteen Bars" at recording engineer Rudy Van Gelder's studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey for Blue Note Records which will reject every take of every title.

60 Years Ago Today In 1966 - Jan Berry, a songwriter, record producer, singer, and Liberty Records artist as part of the duo Jan & Dean, crashes his white Corvette into a parked truck on Whittier Drive in Los Angeles, California, very close to a legendary “Dead Man’s Curve” that Jan & Dean had immortalized in their hit single. The young genius, with a 180 I.Q., suffered extensive brain and physical damage, and never quite fully recovered but, to the astonishment of his doctors, learned to speak, sing, walk, and perform again.

1968 - The 3 Sounds (Gene Harris on piano, Andrew Simpkins on bass, and Donald Bailey on drums), with Melvin Moore, Buddy Childers, Conte Candoli, and Freddy Hill on trumpets, Lou Blackburn, Milt Bernhart, and Billy Byers on trombones, Ernie Tack on bass trombone, Anthony Ortega and Frank Strozier on alto saxophones, Plas Johnson and Tom Scott on tenor saxophones, Bill Green on baritone saxophone, Ken Watson on percussion, Lou Singer on tympani, and Roger Hutchinson on an unlisted instrument, using arrangements by Oliver Nelson, record the title "Star Trek" at Liberty Studios in Los Angeles, California. Blue Note Records will issue the title on the group's album "Coldwater Flat" (BST84285 on vinyl LP and 8-57748-2 on CD).

1983 - Vocalist Sheena Easton, with unlisted others, records the titles "Sweet Talk" and "Telefone (Long Distance Affair)" at an unlisted studio. EMI America will issue both titles in Easton's album "Best Kept Secret" (ST-17101), "Sweet Talk" also as a single (EMI America 8201) with an edited version of "Devil In A Fast Car" (recorded May 24, 1983) on the flipside, "Telefone (Long Distance Affair)" also as a single (EMI America 8172) with "Wish You Were Here Tonight" (recorded April 28, 1983) on the flipside and a club mix and a dub mix of "Telefone (Long Distance Affair)" together as a single (EMI America 7814).

ON THIS DAY NOT IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1954 - Bill Haley And His Comets have their first session for Decca Records in the Pythian Temple at 135 West 70th Street in New York City, New York, where they record the title "(We're Gonna) Rock Around the Clock".

APRIL 11, 2025

HAPPY BIRTHDAYS!

1921 - Dorothy Shay (aka "The Park Avenue Hillbilly"), singer, comedian, actress, and Capitol Records artist, is born Dorothy Nell Sims in Jacksonville, Florida.

1932 - Joel Grey, a singer, dancer, a Broadway, motion picture, and television performer, son of comedian and Capitol Records artist Mickey Katz, father of motion picture and television actress Jennifer Grey and chef James Grey, and a Capitol Records artist, is born Joel David Katz in Cleveland, Ohio.

55 Years Ago Today In 1970 - Dylan Keefe, bass player and background vocalist in the Capitol Records group Marcy Playground is born in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1953 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Pretend" is #3 on The Billboard magazine's Best Selling Singles and Most Played By Jockeys charts and #4 on the magazine's Most Played In Juke Boxes chart. Also, "Pretend" is #6, Nat "King" Cole with Billy May and His Orchestra's single "Can't I" is #17, and its flipside, "Blue Gardenia", is #28 on Cash Box magazine's Best Selling Singles chart.

1953 - Vocalist Jimmy Wakely, with an orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the titles "I Just Can't Take It Anymore", "Out Of Sight, Out Of Mind", "You Are An Angel", and "This Orchid Means Goodbye" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Out Of Sight, Out Of Mind" and "This Orchid Means Goodbye" together as a single (Capitol 2484) and has yet to issue "I Just Can't Take It Anymore" and "You Are An Angel".

70 Years Ago Today In 1955 - Jean Shepard records the titles "Satisfied Mind", which Capitol Records will release as a single with "Take Possession" on the flipside in May 1955, and "Beautiful Lies", which Capitol will release with "I Thought Of You" on the flipside in September 1955, at Capitol Records' Melrose studios in Hollywood, California with producer Ken Nelson.

1956 - Keely Smith and Louis Prima sign a contract with Capitol Records. I had the unexpected joy of meeting Keely late one night in The Capitol Tower Studios. I was heading down the hall towards the parking lot on my way home and she was coming out of the hallway from the studios. I recognized her at once and was just blown away. I mean, who could imagine bumping into Keely Smith at the Tower in 1999? Overcoming my tongue-tied shyness when meeting legends, I introduced myself, told her what a pleasure it was to meet her, and asked what brought her back to Capitol. She said she was working on a new album which turned out to be "Swing, Swing, Swing" released by Concord in 2000. She was very gracious and seemed tickled that someone, besides those working in the studios, recognized her and appreciated the significance of her return.

1958 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Looking Back" is #19 on WMCA's Wax To Watch chart in New York City, New York.

1958 - Freddy Martin conducts His Orchestra (lineup unlisted) as they record the titles "We Live For Love Tonight (Theme From Rachmaninoff's 'Concerto #2')", "Donna Diane", "Cornish Rhapsody", "Moonlight Sonata", and "Till The End Of Time" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Martin and his orchestra's album "Concerto!" (W/SW 1066).

1958 - Pianist Joe Bushkin, with an orchestra (lineup unlisted) using arrangements by Kenyon Hopkins, records the titles "Get Out Of Town", "I Get A Kick Out Of You", and a new take of "Night And Day" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Bushkin's album "I Get A Kick Out Of Porter" (T/ST 1030).

1958 - During two sessions held this day at City Auditorium in Houston, Texas, Leopold Stokowski conducts The Houston Symphony Orchestra (lineup unlisted) as they record parts of Shostakovich's "Symphony N° 11" at the first session and parts of Carl Orff's "Carmina Burana" at the second session. Capitol Records will issue all the parts of "Symphony N° 11" on the album "SHOSTAKOVICH - Symphony N° 11, Opus 103" (PBR/SPBR-8448) and all the parts of "Carmina Burana" on the album "ORFF - Carmina Burana" (PAR/SPAR-8470).

1963 - Vocalist Nat "King" Cole, with Ralph Carmichael conducting the orchestra (Jimmy Rowles on piano, Laurindo Almeida, Bobby Gibbons, and Al Hendrickson on guitar, Joe Comfort on bass, Frank Carlson on drums, Larry Bunker on percussion and a string section with Emil Briano, Arthur Brown, Harold Dicterow, Elliott Fisher, Lou Klass, Sarah Kreindler, William Kurash, Alfred Lustgarten, Emanuel Moss, Alex Murray, Lou Raderman, Isadore Roman, and Nathan Ross on violin, Cecil Figelski, Allan Harshman, and Gary Nuttycombe on viola, and Alex Borisoff, Jesse Ehrlich, Hyman Gold, and William Vandenburg on cello), records the titles "In The Cool Of The Day" then, with a vocal chorus (lineup unlisted) "Those Lazy, Hazy, Crazy Days Of Summer", two takes of "Felicia" and "You'll See", finishing with "Mr. Wishing Well" at The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California between 1:00 PM and 4:00 PM. Capitol Records will issue "In The Cool Of The Day" and "Those Lazy, Hazy, Crazy Days Of Summer" together as a single (Capitol 4965), "In The Cool Of The Day" also on the album "Cat Ballou" (T/ST 2340), "Those Lazy, Hazy, Crazy Days Of Summer" also on the album "Those Lazy-Hazy-Crazy Days Of Summer" (T/ST 1932) and, with a reprised ending added, as a single (still Capitol 4965) still with "In The Cool Of The Day" on the flipside and also on the album "Those Lazy-Hazy-Crazy Days Of Summer" (T/ST 1932), "Felicia", after a rhythm track is overdubbed, on the album "The Beautiful Ballads" (T/ST 2820) in 1967, "You'll See" as a single (Capitol 5486) with "Wanderlust" (recorded June 3, 1964) on the flipside and, after a rhythm track is overdubbed, also on the album "The Beautiful Ballads, and "Mr. Wishing Well" as a single (Capitol 5027) with "That Sunday, That Summer" (recorded May 16, 1963) on the flipside and, after a rhythm track is overdubbed, on the album "Thank You, Pretty Baby" (T/ST 2759). Bear Family Records will issue all the songs and all the takes in the CD box set "Nat 'King' Cole - The Complete Capitol Recordings (1960-1964)" (BCD 16717).

1963 - The Journeymen (John Phillips and Scott McKenzie on vocals and guitars and Dick Weissman on guitar and banjo) record the titles "San Francisco Bay Blues", "Bay Of Mexico", and "Someday Baby" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on the group's album "New Directions In Folk Music" (T/ST 1951).

1963 - Bandleader and trumpet player Ray Anthony and His Orchestra (Lewis McCreary on trombone, Bob Hardaway on tenor saxophone, Leo Anthony on baritone saxophone, Kellie Green on piano, Don Simpson on bass, and Nick Ceroli on drums), with a vocal chorus (lineup unlisted) and using arrangments by Don Simpson, records the titles "On Broadway" using an arrangement by Don Simpson, "Mexican Market Day" and "Heartaches" using arrangements by Jimmy Haskell, "You're The Reason I'm Livin'", End Of The World", "Days Of Wine And Roses", "I Wanna Be Around" and "I'm Just A Country Boy" using arrangements by Don Simpson in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "On Broadway", "You're The Reason I'm Livin'", "End Of The World", "Days Of Wine And Roses","I Wanna Be Around", and "I'm Just A Country Boy" on Anthony and his orchestra's album "Smash Hits Of '63" (T/ST 1917) and "Mexican Market Day" and "Heartaches" together as a single (Capitol 4972).

1963 - Narrator Stan Kenton, with Ralph Charmichael conducting his own arrangements to His Orchestra (Rubin Decker, Allan Harshman, and Gary Nuttycombe on violins, Cecil Figelski on violas, Alexander Borisoff, William Vandenburg, Jesse Ehrlich, and Hyman Gold on cellos, Jimmy Rowles on piano, Bobby Gibbons on guitar, Joe Comfort on bass, and Frank Carlson on drums) and Choir (lineup unlisted), records the title "What Is A Santa Claus? (Silent Night) in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California between 4:30 PM and 5:45 PM. Capitol Records will issue the title as a single (Capitol 5085) with "O Tannenbaum" (recorded March 14, 1961) on the flipside.

1964 - The Beatles occupy a record-breaking fourteen positions on US Hot 100 chart - "Can't Buy Me Love" (1), "Twist and Shout" (2), "She Loves You" (4), "I Want To Hold Your Hand" (7), "Please Please Me" (9), "Do You Want To Know A Secret" (14), "I Saw Her Standing There" (38), "You Can't Do That" (48), "All My Loving" (50), "From Me To You" (52), "Thank You Girl (61), "There's A Place" (74), "Roll Over Beethoven" (78), and "Love Me Do" (81).

1967 - Capitol Records artist Judy Garland divorces her husband Mark Herron.

1968 - During three sessions held this day in Los Angeles, California, vocalists Bobbie Gentry and Glen Campbell, with unlisted others, record the titles "My Elusive Dreams" and "Let It Be Me" at the first session, the titles "Little Green Apples", "Gentle On My Mind" and "Scarborough Fair/Canticle" at the second session, and the titles "Peaceful", "Dangling Conversation", "Heart To Heart Talk", "Imagination", and, with Gentry on vocals, "Words" in Los Angeles, California. After overdubs are recorded for "My Elusive Dreams" and "Let It Be Me" also on April 11, 1968, "Words" on May 10, 1968, "Let It Be Me" and "Little Green Apples" on May 28, 1968, "My Elusive Dream", "Gentle On My Mind", and "Heart To Heart Talk" on August 2, 1968, and "Scarborough Fair/Canticle" and "Dangling Conversation" on August 6, 1968, Capitol Records will issue "My Elusive Dreams", "Let It Be Me", "Little Green Apples", "Gentle On My Mind", "Scarborough Fair/Canticle", "Heart To Heart Talk", and Imagination" on the album "Bobbie Gentry And Glen Campbell" (ST 2928), has yet to issue "Peaceful" and "Dangling Conversation", and will issue "Words" on Campbell's album "Wichita Lineman" (SU/ST/SM-103).

1968 - Stained Glass (lineup unlisted) records the title "Thank You" in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records. No issuing information is listed.

1968 - The Beach Boys (lineup unlisted) record the title "Busy Doing Nothing" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the title on the group's album "Friends" (ST 2895).

1968 - Vocalist Willie Hightower, with unlisted trumpet, trombone, tenor and baritone saxophone, piano, guitar, electric bass, and drums players and a choir (lineup unlisted), records the title "It's A Miracle", "He Had A Dream", "Time Waits For No One", and "Nobody But You" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue "It's A Miracle" and "Nobody But You" together as a single (Capitol 2226) and has yet to issue either "He Had A Dream" or "Time Waits For No One".

1968 - The Geezinslaw Brothers (vocalists Sam Allred and Raymond Dewayne Smith), with unlisted others, record the titles "Sugar" and "Boney And Claude" in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue both titles together as a single (Capitol 2184).

1969 - Apple Records, with Capitol Records handling distribution in the United States, releases The Beatles' single "Get Back", with "Don't Let Me Down" on the flipside.

55 Years Ago Today In 1970 - The Beatles' Apple Records single "Let it Be", with "You Know My Name (Look Up The Number)" on the flipside, is #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart.

1973 - Final overdubs are recorded in Los Angeles, California for Al Martino's title If I Give My Heart To You". Capitol Records will issue the final mix of the title as a single (Capitol 3604) with "Hey Mama" (recorded April 3, 4, 5, 9, and 10, 1973) on the flipside.

1978 - Vocalist Cheryl Ladd, with unlisted others, records the titles "Good, Good Lovin'" and Here Is A Song" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both titles on Ladd's self-titled album "Cheryl Ladd" (SW-11808), "Good, Good Lovin'" also as a single (Capitol 4650) with "Skinny Dippin'" (recorded April 10, 1978) on the flipside, and "Here Is A Song" also as a single (Capitol 4599) with "Think It Over" (also recorded on April 10, 1978) on the flipside.

1981 - A Taste Of Honey's Capitol Records single "Sukiyaki", with "Don't You Lead Me On" on the flipside, enters the top 40 of Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart.

1983 - Sherry Kean, with unlisted others, records the title "Mixed Emotions" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the title on Kean's album "People Talk" (ST-12328) and also as a single (Capitol 5302) with "Sever The Ties" (recorded April 13, 1983) on the flipside.

1987 - Poison's Capitol Records single "Talk Dirty To Me", with "Look What The Cat Dragged In" on the flipside, enters the top 40 of Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart.

1988 - Boogie Boys (lineup unlisted) record the title "KMO Step Off" at an unlisted studio for Capitol Records. No issuing information is listed.

1998 - Capitol Records artist Merle Travis is named a charter inductee in the National Thumb Pickers Hall of Fame.

2006 - Capitol Records releases The Beatles' compilation box set "The Beatles: The Capitol Albums Vol. 2".

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80 Years Ago Today In 1945 - Future Capitol Records artist Dean Martin and his wife Elizabeth welcome their second daughter, Barbara Gail Martin, into the world.

1963 - Pianist Horace Silver, with Blue Mitchell and Kenny Dorham on trumpets, Grachan Moncur III on trombone, Julius Watkins on French horn, Junior Cook and Jimmy Heath on tenor saxophones, Charles Davis on baritone saxophone, Gene Taylor on bass, and Roy Brooks on drums, records the titles "Silver's Serenade, "Sweet Sweetie Dee", "Nineteen Bars", and "Nest Time I Fall In Love" in recording engineer Rudy Van Gelder's studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey for Blue Note Records which will reject all the takes of all the titles.

1968 - The 3 Sounds (Gene Harris on piano, Andrew Simpkins on bass, and Donald Bailey on drums), with Melvin Moore, Buddy Childers, Bobby Bryant, and Freddy Hill on trumpets, Lou Blackburn, Pete Myers, and Billy Byers on trombones, Ernie Tack on bass trombone, Anthony Ortega and Frank Strozier on alto saxophones, Jay Migliori on tenor saxophone, Bill Green on baritone saxophone, Ken Watson on percussion, and Lou Singer on tympani and percussion using arrangements by Oliver Nelson, record the titles "My Romance", "Lonely Bottles", "Do Do Do (What Now Is Next)", "Coldwater Flat", and "Last Train To Clarksville" at Liberty Studios in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on the group's album "Coldwater Flat" (BST84285).

2001 - Sir Harry Secombe (born Harry Donald Secombe), singer, comedian, motion picture ("Down Among The Z-Men", "Oliver!"), television and radio performer (most notably as Neddy Seagoon on "The Goon Show") and Parlophone Records artist (whose "Goon Show" recordings were produced by George Martin), dies from prostate cancer at his home in Shamley Green, Guildford, Surrey, England at age 79.

APRIL 10, 2025

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

85 Years Ago Today In 1940 - Clark Maffitt, vocalist, guitarist, and a Capitol Records artist as part of the duo Maffitt/Davies, is born Floyd Clark Maffitt in Shenandoah, Iowa.

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1947 - Pianist and vocalist Nellie Lutcher and Her Rhythm (Ulysses Livingstone on guitar, Billy Hadnott on bass, and Lee Young on drums) record the titles "The One I Love (Belongs To Somebody Else)", "Hurry On Down", "The Lady's In Love With You", and "You Better Watch Yourself, Bub" at Radio Recorders' Studio B in Los Angeles, California between 2:00 PM and 4:45 PM. Capitol Records will issue "The One I Love (Belongs To Somebody Else)" on Lutcher's album "Nellie Lutcher & Her Rhythm" (CC-70), "Hurry On Down" and "The Lady's In Love With You" as a single (Capitol Americana 40002), and "You Better Watch Yourself, Bub" as a single (Capitol Americana 40042) with "My Mother's Eyes" (recorded April 30, 1947) on the flipside.

1947 - Margaret Whiting, with Frank De Vol and His Orchestra, records the titles "Ask Anyone Who Knows", "Old Devil Moon", "Thou Swell", and "This Can't Be Love" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Ask Anyone Who Knows" and "Old Devil Moon" together as a single (Capitol 410) and "Thou Swell" and "This Can't Be Love" on Whiting's self-titled album "Margaret Whiting" (BD-51).
Here's a version of "This Can't Be Love" with Margaret and Lou Busch
Here's a version of "This Can't Be Love" with Frank Sinatra

1948 - It's a Saturday in Chicago, Illinois and for the final episode of NBC-Radio's "King Cole Trio Time", with announcer Dave Garroway and Cole back from his honeymoon, the trio (Nat "King" Cole on vocals and piano, Johnny Miller on bass, and Irving Ashby on guitar) is augmented with a special instrumental group of Chicago musicians featuring strings, French horn, oboe, clarinet, and harp as they perform "I've Only Myself To Blame" and "Nature Boy". Also, because of the AFM's musicians strike Frank Sinatra, with Jeff Alexander's chorus, record an acapella cover version of "Nature Boy" for Columbia Records to try to cash in on the success of Cole's unexpected hit version.

1952 - Kay Starr's Capitol Records single "Wheel of Fortune", with "Angry" on the flipside, is still #1 on Billboard's Pop singles charts.

1953 - M-G-M releases the movie "Small Town Girl" starring Jane Powell, Farley Granger, and Ann Miller and featuring musical performances of "My Flaming Heart" and "I Just Love You" by Nat "King" Cole.

1953 - Pianist Joe "Fingers" Carr, with vocalist Barbara Carr, vocal group The Carr-Hopps, and an orchestra (lineup unlisted) records the titles "Mexican Joe" and "Here Comes My Daddy, Now!" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both titles together as a single (Capitol 2463).

1956 - Capitol Records artist Nat "King" Cole is badly beaten up on stage by a white supremacist group, in front of a white audience, in Birmingham, Alabama.

1957 - Vocalist Frank Sinatra, with Gordon Jenkins conducting his own arrangements to the orchestra (Vincent De Rosa, Arthur Frantz, and John Cave on French horns, Dent Eckles on flute, Wayne Songer on clarinet, Willie Schwartz on woodwinds, Jack Shaney on bassoon, Matty Matlock on baritone saxophone, Bill Miller on piano, Allan Reuss on guitar, Jack Ryan on bass, Nick Fatool on drums, Kathryn Julye on harp and a string section with Victor Arno, Harry Bluestone, Samuel Cytron, Kurt Dieterle, Walter Edelstein, Ben Gill, Murray Kellner, Sol Kindler, Dan Lube, Joseph Livoti, Erno Neufeld, Nicholas Pisani, Joseph Quadri, Mischa Russell, Felix Slatkin, and Marshall Sosson on violins, William Baffa, Ray Menhennick, Paul Robyn, and David Sterkin on viola, Cy Bernard and Armand Kaproff on cello), records the titles "Where Is The One?", "There's No You", "The Night We Called It A Day", "Autumn Leaves" and an alternate take of "Autumn Leaves" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California between 4:00 PM and 7:00 PM. Capitol Records will issue "Where Is The One?", "There's No You", "The Night We Called It A Day", and "Autumn Leaves" on Sinatra's album "Where Are You?" (W 855) and "Where Is The One?", "There's No You", "The Night We Called It A Day", and the alternate take of "Autumn Leaves" on the stereo version of the album (SW 855).

1958 - "St. Louis Blues", the biopic of Blues and religious song composer W.C. Handy, has its official world premiere in Saint Louis, Missouri which is also a benefit for St. Louis Variety Tent's special charity, needy children. The premiere is attended by the movie's star Nat "King" Cole and is the beginning of a cross-country personal appearance tour by Cole to promote the film. The city's mayor, Raymond R. Tucker, declares the date "William Christopher Handy Day" in honor of the composer.

1958 - Vocalist Wanda Jackson, with "Big" Al Downing on piano, Merrill Moore on piano and organ, Vernon Sandusky on lead guitar, Buck Owens on rhythm guitar, Skeets McDonald on bass, and Joe Brawley on drums, records the titles "Mean Mean Man", "Rock Your Baby", "A Date With Jerry", "Our Song", and "You've Turned To A Stranger" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California between 5:00 PM and 9:00 PM. Capitol Records will issue "Mean Mean Man" and "Our Song" together as a single (Capitol F4026), "Rock Your Baby" as a single (Capitol F4081) with "Sinful Heart" (recorded April 9, 1958) on the flipside, "A Date With Jerry" as a single (Capitol F4207) with "You're The One For Me" (recorded December 2 and 3, 1958) on the flipside, and "You've Turned To A Stranger" as a single (Capitol F4142) with "Savin' My Love" (recorded December 2, 1958) on the flipside.

1958 - Freddie Martin conducts His Orchestra (lineup unlisted) as they record the titles "Moon Love"< "Swedish Rhapsody", "Our Love"< "Symphonie Moderne", and "Autumn Concerto" in Los  Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Martin and his orchestra's album "Concerto!" (EAP-1/2/3-1066 on 7" EPs and W/SW 1066 on 12" vinyl).

1958 - During two sessions held this day in 1958 at City Auditorium in Houston, Texas, Leopold Stokowski conducts The Houston Symphony Orchestra (lineup unlisted) as the record parts of Shostakovich's "Symphony N° 11" at both sessions. After the rest of the parts are recorded on April 11 and 12, 1958, Capitol Records will issue the entire piece in the two-LP set "SHOSTAKOVICH - Symphony N° 11, Opus 103" (PBR/SPBR-8448) as by the Houston Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Leopold Stokowski.

1961 - Capitol Records releases Rose Maddox and Buck Owens' single "Mental Cruelty" with "Loose Talk" on the flipside.

1963 - The Journeymen (John Phillips and Scott McKenzie on vocals and guitar and Dick Weissman on guitar and banjo) record the titles "Someone To Tell My Troubles To", "All The Pretty Little Horses", "Four Strong Winds", and "Makes A Long Time Man Feel Bad" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the first three titles on the group's album "New Directions In Folk Music" (T/ST 1951) and on the CD "Capitol Collectors Series -The Journeymen" (7-98536-2). "Makes A Long Time Man Feel Bad" is still unissued.

1963 - Bandleader and trumpet player Ray Anthony and His Orchestra (Lewis McCreary on trombone, Bob Hardaway on tenor saxophone, Leo Anthony on baritone saxophone, Kellie Green on piano, Don Simpson on bass, and Nick Ceroli on drums) and a vocal chorus (lineup unlisted), using arrangments by Don Simpson, record the titles "Cast Your Fate To The Wind", "Meditation", "Our Day Will Come", "Love For Sale", "Walk Right In", and "Preacher Man" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Anthony and his orchestra's album "Smash Hits Of '63" (T/ST 1917).

1963 - Capitol Records purchases the masters for Jay Lewis' titles "Should I Come Back?", "Tell Us What Went Wrong", and "I Think It's Me" in Los Angeles, California, and will issue "Should I Come Back?" and "Tell Us What Went Wrong" together as a single (Capitol 5095) and has yet to issue "I Think It's Me".

1964 - Capitol Records releases The Beatles' album "The Beatles' Second Album".

60 Years Ago Today In 1965 - Freddie and The Dreamers' Tower Records (a subsidiary of Capitol Records) single "I'm Telling You Now", with "What Have I Done To You?" on the flipside, is still #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart.

1967 - Merle Haggard records the title "Branded Man" which will be the title track for his 1967 Capitol Records album and released by Capitol as a single with "You Don't Have Very Far To Go (1967 version)" on the flipside.

1967 - Paul McCartney visits a Beach Boys' recording session, producing the title "Vegetables".

1968 - The Sugar Shoppe (Peter Mann on vocal and guitar, Laurie Hood on vocals, Victor Garber on vocals and guitar, and Lee Harris on vocals), with The Clique (Al Casey, Al Viola, Howard Robert, Louis Morrell, and Mike Deasy on guitars, Bill Plummer on sitar, Lewis Carroll on trumpet, Lew McCreary and Louis Blackburn on trombones, Abe Most, Jim Horn, and Plas Johnson on saxophones, Al De Lory, Larry Knechtel, and Michael Rubini on pianos and keyboards, Gary Coleman on vibraphone, and percussion, Carol Kaye and Don Bagley on basses, Earl Palmer and Stan Levey on drums, Hal Blaine on drums, vibraphone, and percussion, Stella Castellucci on harp) and a string section (Alfred Lastgarten, Arnold Belnick, Harry Hyams, Henry Roth, Israel Baker, James Getzoff, Marshall Sasson, Nathan Ross, Sam Boghossian, and William Hymanson on violins and violas, and Anne Goodman, Armand Kaproff, Frederick Seykora, and Nathan Gershman on cellos) using vocal arrangments by Peter Mann and instrumental arrangements by Mort Garson, record the titles "Take Me Away", "Poor Papa", and "Papa, Won't You Let Me Go To Town With You" in Los Angeles, California with producer Al De Lory. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on the group's self-titled album "The Sugar Shoppe" (ST 2925) and "Poor Papa" also as a single (Capitol 2326) with "Privilege (From The Film 'Privilege')" (recorded April 9, 1968) on the flipside.

1968 - Human Beinz (lineup unlisted) record the titles "I've Got To Keep On Pushing" and "Close Your Eyes" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both titles on the group's album "Evolutions" and "I've Got To Keep On Pushing" also as a single (Capitol 2431) with "This Little Girl Of Mine" (recorded November 19, 1968) on the flipside.

55 Years Ago Today In 1970 - Paul McCartney announces that The Beatles have broken up.

1972 - Freddie Hart's Capitol Records single "My Hang-Up Is You", with "Big Bad Wolf" on the flipside, is #1 on the U.S. Country singles charts.

1973 - Overdubs are recorded in Los Angeles, California for Al Martino's title "Hey Mama". Capitol Records will issue the final mix of the title as a single (Capitol 3604) with the final mix of "If I Give My Heart To You" (recorded April 3, 4, 5, 9, and 11, 1973) on the flipside and also on Martino's album "I Won't Last A Day Without You" (ST-11302).

1973 - Marc Wirtz, with unlisted others, records the titles "Kings And Queens And Fairytales", "Somewhere Else", "Ecstasy Don't Come Free", "Silverlake Ripple", "Swan (Ballerina)", "American Sundae", "Honest Man", and "Hasn't It Been A Heavy Day (Pie In The Sky Lullaby)" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Wirtz's album "Hothouse Smiles" (ST-11208) and "American Sundae" also as a single (Capitol 3643) with "Nothing To Do" (recorded on an unlisted date in March 1973) on the flipside.

1978 - King Of Hearts (lineup unlisted) record the titles "Stay With Me" and "Just Because" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both titles on the group's album "Close But No Guitar" (SW-11848), "Stay With Me" also as a single (Capitol 4634) with "There's Always Time" (recorded June 1, 1978) on the flipside and "Just Because" also as a single (Capitol 4683) and also with "There's Always Time" on the flipside.

1979 - Vocalist Cheryl Ladd, with unlisted others, records the titles "Skinny Dippin'", "The Rose Nobody Knows", "Think It Over", and "You Turn Me Around" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Ladd's album "" (SW-11808), "Skinny Dippin'" also as a single (Capitol 4650) with "Good, Good Lovin'" (recorded April 11, 1978) on the flipside and also "Think It Over" as a single (Capitol 4599) with "Here Is A Song" (also recorded April 11, 1978) on the flipside.

1998 - CEMA (the then catalog division of Capitol Records and EMI) releases Freddie Hart's compilation album "Best of Freddie Hart"

2007 - Dakota Staton (aka Aliyah Rabia), singer, dancer, sister of saxophonist Fred Staton, and a Capitol Records and United Artists Records artist, dies in Manhattan, New York at age 74 after a few years of declining health.

10 Years Ago Today In 2015 - It's a Friday evening and Peggy Hand (born Ethel M. Summers on November 4, 1932), who worked at Capitol Records' Jacksonville, Illinois pressing plant, dies in Advocate Bro-Menn Hospital in Normal, Illinois at age 82.

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1911 - Martin Denny, bandleader, composer, pianist, and Liberty Records artist, is born in New York City, New York. Some listings have him being born on April 5, 1911. If anyone knows for sure, please leave a comment.

1957 - Future Imperial and Capitol Records artist Ricky Nelson starts his singing career on his parents' network television show "Ozzie and Harriet" when he sings the title "I'm Walkin'". That's Capitol Records artist and bandleader Ray Anthony as the bandleader in the background.

1962 - Stuart Sutcliffe, artist and original bass player for The Beatles, who had quit the band to return to art school and stay with his girlfriend Astrid Kirchherr, dies from a brain hemorrhage following a series of violent headaches in Hamburg, West Germany at age 21, the day before The Beatles were to return to Hamburg from Liverpool to start their third tour in the city.

1968 - The 3 Sounds (Gene Harris on piano, Andrew Simpkins on bass, Donald Bailey on drums), with Melvin Moore, Buddy Childers, Bobby Bryant, and Freddy Hill on trumpets, Lou Blackburn, Pete Myers, and Billy Byers on trombones, Ernie Tack on bass trombones, Anthony Ortega and Frank Strozier on alto saxophones, Plas Johnson on tenor saxophone, Bill Green on baritone saxophone, Ken Watson on percussion, and Roger Hutchinson on an unlisted instrument using arrangments by Oliver Nelson, record the titles "The Look Of Love", "Georgia On My Mind", "The Grass Is Greener", and "I Remember Bird" at Liberty Studios in Los Angeles, California. Blue Note Records will issue all the titles (with "Georgia On My Mind" being listed as "Georgia") on the group's album "Coldwater Flat" (BST84285).

1978 - Michael Johnson, with unlisted others, records the titles "Bluer Than Blue" and "Almost Like Being In Love" in an unlisted studio. EMI America will issue both titles on Johnson's album "The Michael Johnson Album" (SW-17002), "Bluer Than Blue" also as a single (EMI America 7100) with "This Night Won't Last Forever" (recorded January 12, 1979) on the flipside and "Almost Like Being In Love" also as a single (EMI America 8004) with "Rider In The Sky" (recorded on an unlisted date) on the flipside.

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1956 - Leo Fender is granted the patent for The Stratocaster guitar

APRIL 9, 2025

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

105 Years Ago Today In 1920 - Art Van Damme, an accordionist, bandleader (Art Van Damme Quintet), and Capitol Records artist (the Quintet accompanied The Dinning Sisters on their Capitol Records single "Buttons And Bows"), is born in Norway, Michigan.

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1942 - Papers signed on March 27, 1942 by George G. DeSylva, John Mercer, and Glenn E. Wallichs, before Los Angeles County and California state Notary Public Leta Niccum to acknowledge that they have executed articles of incorporation for Liberty Records, Inc., are stamped "FILED" with the state of California. The three will apply for a Certificate of Amendment on May 27, 1942, again before Ms. Niccum, to change the name of the corporation to Capitol Records, Inc. Those papers will be stamped "FILED" with the state of California on June 1, 1942.

1948 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Nature Boy" is #1 on The Billboard magazine's Record Possibilities - The Retailers Pick chart and debuts at #11 on the magazine's Records Most Played By Disk Jockeys chart. It's flipside, The King Cole Trio's "Lost April", is #3 on the magazine's Record Possibilities - The Disk Jockeys Pick chart.

1953 - Final vocal overdubs are recorded by June Foray and Pinto Colvig in Los Angeles, California after previous vocal overdubs were recorded by Stan Freberg and Pinto Colvig on April 8, 1953 on to music tracks recorded by Van Alexander conducting his orchestra on March 31, 1953 which featured Nestor Amaral's song "Currupaco (The Parrot Song)" for the titles "Mickey Mouse's Birthday Party: Part 3" and "Mickey Mouse's Birthday Party: Part 4". Capitol Records will issue the final mixes of both titles on the children's album "Mickey Mouse's Birthday Party" (DBX-3165 on 10" shellac and EAXF-3165 on 7" vinyl).

1953 - During two sessions held this day in Capitol Records' studios at 5515 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood, California, bandleader and pianist Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra (Clark Terry, Willie Cook, Cat Anderson, and Ray Nance on trumpets, Juan Tizol, Britt Woodman, and Quentin Jackson on trombones, Russell Procope on alto saxophone and clarinet, Rick Henderson on alto saxophone, Jimmy Hamilton on clarinet and tenor saxophone, Paul Gonsalves on tenor saxophone, Harry Carney on baritone saxophone and bass clarinet, Wendell Marshall on bass, and Butch Ballard on drums) record the titles "Flamingo", "Bluejean Beguine", and "Liza" at the first session and the titles "Boo-Dah", "Blossom", "Ballin' The Blues" with vocalist Jimmy Grissom, and "Warm Valley" at the second session. Capitol Records will issue "Flamingo" and "Liza" on Ellington and his orchestra's album "Premiered By Ellington" (EBF-2-440 on 7" vinyl and H-440 on 10" vinyl), "Bluejean Beguine" and "Warm Valley" together as a single (Capitol 2546), "Boo-Dah" as a single (Capitol 2598) with "Give Me The Right" (recorded June 30, 1953) on the flipside on Ellington and His Orchestra's EP "Band Call!" (EAP-1-638), "Blossom" on Ellington and His Orchestra's album "Ellington Showcase" (EAP-3-679 on 7" vinyl and T 679 on 12" vinyl), and "Ballin' The Blues" as a single (Capitol 2503) with "Ain't Nothin', Nothin' Baby (Without You)" (recorded April 7, 1953) on the flipside.

1953 - Vocalist and rhythm guitarist Jimmy Work, with (listed as possibly) Al Myers on lead guitar and bass and Jerry Byrd on steel guitar, record the titles "Crazy Moon", "Little Popcorn Man", "How Can I Love You (When You're Not Around)", and "Out Of My Mind" in Cincinnati, Ohio. Capitol Records will issue "Crazy Moon" and "Out Of My Mind" together as a single (Capitol 2565) and "How Can I Love You (When You're Not Around) as a single (Capitol 2682) with "I'm Lonesome For Someone" (recorded October 16, 1952) on the flipside. Bear Family Records will issue all the titles in Germany on the album "Jimmy Work - Crazy Moon" (BFX 15267 on 12" vinyl and BCD 15651 on CD).

70 Years Ago Today In 1955 - Les Baxter's Capitol Records single "Unchained Melody", with "Medic" on the flipside, enters the top 40 of the U.S. Pop singles charts.

1956 - Local Disc Jockey Sherrif Tex Davis takes Gene Vincent and The Blue Caps to radio station WCMS' studios in Nashville, Tennessee to record the demo of "Be-Bop-A-Lula" as well as demos for "Race With The Devil" and "I Sure Miss You". Davis sends the demos to Capitol's A&R man and producer Ken Nelson who will set up a recording session at Owen Bradley's Nashville studio on May 4th, 1956 which will produce the released single version of "Be-Bop-A-Lula".

1957 - Violinist Nathan Milstein and pianist Leon Pommers record Mozart's "Sonata In G Major For Violin And Piano, K. 301" in Studio A of Capitol Records' studios at 165 West 46th Street in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue the title on the duo's album "MOZART Sonatas For Violin & Piano" (P-8452).

1958 - Vocalist Tennessee Ernie Ford, with The Top Twenty (lineup unlisted) and Harry Geller conducting the orchestra (lineup also unlisted), records the titles "Joy To The World", "It Came Upon A Midnight Clear", "The Star Carol", and "Hark The Herald Angels Sing" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Ford's album "Tennessee Ernie Ford Sings His Christmas Favorites - The Star Carol" (T/ST 1071).

1958 - Vocalist Wanda Jackson, with "Big" Al Downing on piano, Merrill Moore on piano and organ, Vernon Sandusky on lead guitar, Buck Owens on rhythm guitar, Skeets McDonald on bass, and Joe Brawley on drums, records the titles "I Can't Make My Dreams Understand", "Money Honey", "Long Tall Sally", and "Sinful Heart" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California between 5:00 PM and 8:00 PM. Capitol Records will issue "I Can't Make My Dreams Understand", "Money Honey", and "Long Tall Sally" on Jackson's album "Day Dreaming" (T 1041) and "Sinful Heart" as a single (F4081) with "Rock Your Baby" (recorded April 10, 1958) on the flipside.

1958 - During two sessions held this day in City Auditorium in Houston, Texas, Leopold Stokowski conducts The Houston Symphony Orchestra (lineup unlisted) as they rehearse Shostakovich's "Symphony N°11" at the first session and, with the addition of The Houston Chorale and The Houston Youth Symphony Boy's Choir (lineups also unlisted), record parts of Carl Orff's "Carmina Burana" at the second session. After more parts are recorded for "Carmina Burana" on April 11 and 12, 1958, Capitol Records will issue the complete work on the album "ORFF - Carmina Burana" (PBR/SPBR/PAR/SAR-8470).

1962 - Trumpet player and vocalist Jonah Jones, with Dick Hyman on organ and unlisted musicians on two guitars, bass, and drums, records the titles "Lady Of Spain" and "Brotherhood Of Man" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue "Brotherhood Of Man" as a single (Capitol 4878) with "The Bells Of St. Mary" (recorded April 12, 1962) on the flipside and both titles on Jones' album "Jazz Bonus" (T/ST 1773). Unfortunately, neither title is available individually on YouTube but the entire album is posted.

1963 - Vocalists Jo Stafford and Gordon MacRae, with Paul Weston and His Orchestra (lineup unlisted), record the titles "You'll Never Walk Alone", "He", "Peace In The Valley", "I Believe", "I May Never Pass This Way Again", and "The Lord Is My Shepherd" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on the duo's album "There's Peace In The Valley" (T/ST 1916).

1963 - Lead guitarist Dick Dale and His Del-Tones (Jack Lake on drums and unlisted tenor saxophone, guitar, and bass players) record the titles "Lobo", "Mexico", with the addition of an unlisted pianist "Break Time" (originally titled "Hollywood Stomp"), "Night Train", "You Are My Sunshine" with Dale on vocals, "If I Never Get To Heaven", and "Kansas City" with Dale again on vocals in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Mexico", "Break Time", "You Are My Sunshine", "If I Never Get To Heaven", and "Kansas City" on the album "King Of The Surf Guitar" (T/ST 1930) as by Dick Dale And His Del-Tones, "Lobo" as an extra track on the album's playlist on Spotify, and has yet to issue "Night Train".

1963 - Vocalist Johnny Rivers, with Jimmy Haskell conducting the orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the titles "Fallen Idol" using an arrangement by Haskell, "I Just Got To Get Away", and "Don't Look Now" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Rivers' album "The Sensational Johnny Rivers" (T/ST 2161) and "Don't Look Now" also as a single (Capitol 5232) with "This Could Be The One" (recorded July 3, 1962) on the flipside.

1964 - Capitol Records is granted an injunction restraining Vee Jay Records from further manufacturing, distributing, or advertising of recordings by The Beatles.

1968 - The Sugar Shoppe (Peter Mann on vocal and guitar, Laurie Hood on vocals, Victor Garber on vocals and guitar, and Lee Harris on vocals), with The Clique (Al Casey, Al Viola, Howard Robert, Louis Morrell, and Mike Deasy on guitars, Bill Plummer on sitar, Lewis Carroll on trumpet, Lew McCreary and Louis Blackburn on trombones, Abe Most, Jim Horn, and Plas Johnson on saxophones, Al De Lory, Larry Knechtel, and Michael Rubini on pianos and keyboards, Gary Coleman on vibraphone, and percussion, Carol Kaye and Don Bagley on basses, Earl Palmer and Stan Levey on drums, Hal Blaine on drums, vibraphone, and percussion, Stella Castellucci on harp) and a string section (Alfred Lastgarten, Arnold Belnick, Harry Hyams, Henry Roth, Israel Baker, James Getzoff, Marshall Sasson, Nathan Ross, Sam Boghossian, and William Hymanson on violins and violas, and Anne Goodman, Armand Kaproff, Frederick Seykora, and Nathan Gershman on cellos) using vocal arrangments by Peter Mann and instrumental arrangements by Mort Garson, record the titles "Privilege (From The Film 'Privilige')" and "The Attitude" in Los Angeles, California with producer Al De Lory. Capitol Records will issue both titles on the group's self-titled album "The Sugar Shack" (ST 2959) and "Privilege (From The Film 'Privilege')" as a single (Capitol 2326) with "Poor Papa" (recorded April 10, 1968) on the flipside.

1968 - Stained Glass (lineup unlisted) record the titles "Doomsday", "I Sing You Sing", "Piggy Back Ride And The Camel", and "Fahrenheit" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on the group's album "Crazy Horse Roads" (ST-154) and "Fahrenheit" also as a single (Capitol 2372) with "Twiddle My Thumbs" (recorded April 8, 1968) on the flipside.

1968 - Human Beinz (lineup unlisted) record the titles "Every Time Woman" and "My Animal" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both titles on the group's album "Evolutions" (ST 2926) and "Every Time Woman" also as a single (Capitol 2198) with "The Face" (recorded March 19, 1968) on the flipside.

1973 - Apple Records, with Capitol Records handling distribution in the United States, releases Paul McCartney And Wings' single "My Love" from their album "Red Rose Speedway" with "The Mess" on the flipside.

1973 - Overdubs are recorded in Los Angeles, California for Al Martino's titles "Hey Mama" and "If I Give My Heart To You". After additional overdubs are recorded for "Hey Mama" on April 10, 1973, and for "If I Give My Heart To You" on April 11, 1973, Capitol Records will issue the final mixes of both titles together as a single (Capitol 3604) and will also issue the final mix of "Hey Mama" on Martino's album "I Won't Last A Day Without You" (ST-11302).

1973 - Billy May and The Time-Life Orchestra (featuring Ray Sherman on the organ with the rest of the lineup unlisted) record the titles "Baubles, Bangles, And Beads", "Love Me With All Your Heart (Cuando Calienta El Sol)", "Mexican Shuffle" without Sherman, and "Song Of The Jet (Samba Do Aviao)" with Sherman back on the organ in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California. Time-Life Record will issue all the titles as part of its "As You Remember Them" series in the three-LP set "Volume 7 - Billy May" (STL 247).

1983 - The Tubes' Capitol Records single "She's A Beauty", with "When You're Ready To Come" on the flipside, enters Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart.

35 Years Ago Today In 1990 - Capitol Records releases Lacy J. Dalton's album "Lacy J.".

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1951 - Future Capitol Records artist Judy Garland begins a four-week appearance at The London Palladium in London, England.

1958 - Pianist Gil Evans, using his own arrangements, conducts Johnny Coles, Louis Mucci, and Ernie Royal on trumpets, Frank Rehak and Joe Bennett on trombones, Tom Mitchell on bass trombone, Julius Watkins on French horn, Harvey Phillips on tuba, Julian "Cannonball" Adderley on alto saxophone, Gerald Sanfino on piccolo, flute, bass clarinet, and English horn, Chuck Wayne on guitar, Paul Chambers on bass, and Art Blakey on drums as they record the titles "Saint Louis Blues", "King Porter Stomp", "'Round Midnight", and "Lester Leaps In" at Judson Hall in New York City, New York for Pacific Jazz. After Pacific Jazz's catalog is acquired by Liberty Records, Blue Note Records will issue all the titles on the album "Pacific Standard Time" (BN-LA461-H2 on 12" vinyl and 3-58300-2 on CD) and will also issue "King Porter Stomp" on the CD "The Definitive Cannonball Adderley" (5-40040-2).

1983 - Kenny Rogers and Sheena Easton's Liberty Records (later renamed Capitol Records Nashville) single "We've Got Tonight",  (Liberty 1492) with Rogers' "You Are So Beautiful" on the flipside, hits #1 on Billboard magazine's Hot Country Singles chart.

2004 - Nick and Mary Yankovic, the parents of former Capitol Records artist "Weird Al" Yankovic, die of carbon monoxide poisoning in their Fallbrook, California home. Their accidental deaths are caused by a fire burning in the fireplace without the flue being open.

APRIL 8, 2025

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

1907 - Wesley Prince, a bass player with The King Cole Trio, is born in Pasadena, California.

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1949 - Mel Torme's Capitol Records single "Again", with "Blue Moon" on the flipside, enters the top 40 of the U.S. Pop singles chart.

1953 - Bandleader and pianist Stan Kenton and His Orchestra (Buddy Childers, Ernie Royal, Conte Candoli, Don Dennis, and Don Smith on trumpets, Bob Burgess, Frank Rosolino, Tom Shepard, and Keith Moon on trombones, George Roberts on bass trombone, Lee Konitz and Vinnie Dean on alto saxophones, Bill Holman and Richie Kamuca on tenor saxophones, Henry Levy on baritone saxophone, Sal Salvador on guitar, Glen Roberts on bass, and Stan Levey on drums), with vocalist Chris Connor, record the titles "All About Ronnie", "Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen", and "Baia" at Universal Studios in Chicago, Illinois. Capitol Records will issue "Baia" as a single (Capitol 2511) with "" (recorded ) on the flipside and on Kenton's album "Portraits On Standards" (T 462). Mosaic Records will issue the take of "All About Ronnie", which will later be re-recorded, in the box set "Stan Kenton-The Complete Capitol Recordings of The Holman And Russo Charts" (MR6-136 with six discs on vinyl and MD4-136 with four discs on CD). The take of "Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen" is rejected.

1953 - Voice artists Stan Freberg, June Foray, and Pinto Colvig record vocal overdubs in Los Angeles, California using a script adapted by Alan Livingston onto music tracks recorded by Van Alexander conducting His Orchestra on March 23, 1953 for the titles "Mickey Mouse's Birthday Party: Part 1", "Mickey Mouse's Birthday Party: Part 2" and, without Foray, for the titles "Mickey Mouse's Birthday Party: Part 3" and "Mickey Mouse's Birthday Party: Part 4". After June Foray and Pinto Colvig record more vocal overdubs on April 9, 1953 for the titles "Mickey Mouse's Birthday Party: Part 3" and "Mickey Mouse's Birthday Party: Part 4", Capitol Records will issue the final mixes of all the titles on the children's album "Mickey Mouse's Birthday Party" (DBX-3165 on 10" shellac and EAX-3165 on 7" vinyl).

1953 - Jackie Gleason conducts His Orchestra (a large string orchestra with Bobby Hackett on trumpet, Toots Mondello on alto saxophone, and unlisted others) as they record the titles "Say It Isn't So", "I Guess I'll Have To Change My Plan", "You Were Meant For Me", "It Happened In Monterey", "Crazy Rhythm", and "After You've Gone" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue "Say It Isn't So", "I Guess I'll Have To Change My Plan", and "You Were Meant For Me" on the album "" (SM-455), with "It Happened In Monterey" on the album "Music To Make You Misty" (EBf-455 on 7" EP set, H/L-455 on 10" vinyl LP, and W/DW 455 on 12" LP) and rejected the take of "Crazy Rhythm" from this session. Collectors' Choice Music will issue "AFter You've Gone" on the CD "Two Classic Albums From Jackie Gleason - Lover's Rhapsody/And Awaaay We Go" (CCM 192-2).

1958 - Bandleader and clarinet and alto saxophone player Les Brown and His Band Of Renown (Dick Collins, Wes Hensel, Conrad Gozzo, Jerry Kadowitz, and Mickey McMahan on trumpets, Dick Kenney and Roy Main on trombones, Jim Hill and Stumpy Brown on bass trombone, Matt Utal and Ralph Lapolla on flutes, clarinets, and alto saxophones, Billy Usselton on tenor saxophone, Butch Stone on clarinet and baritone saxophone, Abe Aaron on soprano, tenor, and baritone saxophones and bass clarinet, Don Trenner on piano, Tony Rizzi on guitar, Don Bagley on bass, Lloyd Morales on drums, and David Grupp on percussion and bells) record the titles "The Loneliness Of Evening" using an arrangement by Wes Hensel, "I'm Gonna Was That Man Right Out Of My Hair" using an arrangement by Les Brown", "Happy Talk" using an arrangement by Don Bagley, and "Dites Moi" using an arrangement by Les Brown in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Brown's album "Dance To The Music Of "South Pacific"" (EAP-1/2-1060 on 7" EPs and T/ST 1060 on 12" LP).

1958 - Vocalist Wanda Jackson, with "Big" Al Downing on piano, Merrill Moore on piano and organ, Vernon Sandusky on lead guitar and backing vocals, Buck Owens on guitar, Enos "Skeets" McDonald on bass, and Joe Brawley on drums), records the titles "Day Dreaming", "Heartbreak Ahead", "Here We Go Again", and "I Wanna Waltz" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California between 5:00 PM and 8:00 PM. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Jackson's album "Day Dreaming" (T 1041).

1958 - Guitarist Laurindo Almeida records the titles "Dialogue", "Fantasia (Fantasy)" and "Danza" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Almeida's album "Contemporary Creations For Spanish Guitar - Laurindo Almeida" (P-8447).

 

1958 - Pianist Joe Bushkin, with an orchestra (lineup unlisted) using arrangements by Kenyon Hopkins, records the title "Begin The Beguine", new takes of the titles "Love For Sale" and "So In Love", and the title "I've Got You Under My Skin" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Bushkin's album "I Get A Kick Out Of Porter" (T/ST 1030).

1963 - Vocalists Jo Stafford and Gordon MacRae, with Paul Weston and His Orchestra (lineup unlisted), record the titles "All Through The Night", "Somebody Bigger Than You And I", "Shepherd Show Me How To Go", "Oh Holy Morning", "Nearer My God To Thee", and "He Brought My Soul To Calvary" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles Jo Stafford and Gordon MacRae's album "There's Peace In The Valley" (T/ST 1916).

1963 - Nat and Maria Cole attend the 35th Academy Awards ceremony at The Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in Santa Monica, California.

1966 - Vocalist Liza Minnelli, with Ray Ellis conducting his own arrangements to the orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the titles "Marriage Is For Old Folks", "Say Liza (Liza With A 'Z')", and "Come On And Baby Me" in New York City, New York. 40 years later in 2006, DRG Records will issue all the titles on the 2 disc CD set "Liza Minnelli: The Complete Capitol Collection"  (DRG 19093).

1968 - The Beatles' Apple Records single "Lady Madonna", with "The Inner Light" on the flipside and distributed by Capitol Records in the United States, is certified Gold by the R.I.A.A.

1968 - Stained Glass (lineup unlisted) recorda the titles "Finger Painting", "Horse On Me", "Light Down Below", "Two Make One", "Nightcap", and "Twiddle My Thumbs" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on the group's album "Crazy Horse Roads" (ST-154) and "Twiddle My Thumbs" as a single (Capitol 2372) with "Fahrenheit" (recorded April 9, 1968) on the flipside.

1968 - Vocalist Andy Russell, with unlisted others, records the titles "Somebody Loves You", "Stay With Me (Nel Sole)", and "I'd Love To Rope You Off The Rest Of The World" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records has yet to issue "Somebody Loves You" and will issue "Stay With Me (Nel Sole)" and "I'd Love To Rope You Off The Rest Of The World" together as a single (Capitol 2185).

1968 - Hedge & Donna (Hedge Capers on guitar and vocals and Donna Capers on percussion and vocals) record the titles "From Silver Lake" and "Love Lady" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "From Silver Lake" on the duo's self-titled album "Hedge & Donna" (ST-107) and has yet to issue "Love Lady".

1968 - Buddy Fo, with unlisted others, records the titles "Life Still Has A Lot To Give Me", "Such Pleasure", and "Some Good" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Life Still Has A Lot To Give Me" and "Such Pleasure" on Fo's album ""Buddy Fo's New Hawaii"" (ST 2879) and has yet to issue "Some Good".

1968 - Human Beinz (lineup unlisted) record the titles "If You Don't Mind, Mrs. Applebee" and "Cement" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both titles on the group's album "Evolutions" (ST 2926).

1978 - Wing's Capitol Records single "With A Little Luck", with "Backwards Traveller/Cuff Link (Medley)" on the flipside, enters the top 40 of Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart.

1983 - Eddie Jobson & Zinc (lineup unlisted) record the title "Resident" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the title on the group's album "The Green Album" (ST-12275).

1988 - Capitol Records registers the masters it acquired from EMI Records, Ltd. for Aslan's (Christy Dignam on vocals, Joe Jewell on guitar and backing vocals, Tony McGuinness on bass and backing vocals, Billy McGuinness on percussion, harmonica and backing vocals, and Alan Downey on drums) titles "Loving Me Lately", "Pretty Thing", "This Is", "Been So Long", "The Hunger", "Heat Of The Cell", "Please Don't Stop", "Down On Me", "Sands Of Time", "Feel No Shame", and "Book Of Life" which were recorded at Westland Studios, Dublin, Ireland with additional recordings done at Terminal 24/Townhouse 3, London, England, as well as five other unlisted titles, and will issue all the listed titles in the United States on the group's CD "Feel No Shame" (7 48989 2).

2003 - Capitol Records releases Lisa Marie Presley's album "To Whom It May Concern".

2003 - Chris Cagle's second Capitol Records album, "Chris Cagle," debuts at #1 on Billboard magazine's Top Country Albums chart.

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1892 - Mary Pickford, an actress and co-founder of United Artists Pictures, is born Gladys Louise Smith in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. United Artists Pictures would release The Beatles' movies "A Hard Day's Night", "Help!", and "The Yellow Submarine". The catalog for United Artists Records, a subsidiary that also releases the soundtrack to "A Hard Day's Night", is now owned by Universal Music Group, Capitol Music Group's parent company.

105 Years Ago Today in 1920 - Carmen McRae, a singer and a Blue Note Records artist is born in Harlem, New York City, New York.

1963 - Julian Lennon, singer, songwriter, guitarist, and son of John and Cynthia Powell, is born John Charles Julian Lennon in Liverpool, England. Julian was the inspiration for the songs "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds", "Good Night", and "Hey Jude".

1967 - The Spencer Davis Group's single "I'm A Man", with "Can't Get Enough" on the flipside, enters the top 40 of Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart.

1968 - Drummer Elvin Jones, with Jimmy Garrison on bass, records the titles "Village Greene" with Joe Farrell on tenor saxophone, "Sweet Little Maia" with Farrell on soprano saxophone, "Raza" with Farrell back on tenor saxophone, "For Heaven's Sake" with Farell on alto flute, "Keiko's Birthday" with Farrell on piccolo, and "Gingerbread Boy" and "Jay-Ree", both with Farrell back on tenor saxophone. Blue Note Records will issue all the titles on Jones' album "Puttin' It Together" (BLP4282 on mono LP, BST84282 on stereo LP, and 7-84282-2 on CD).

2001 - Janet Jackson's Virgin Records America single "All For You", with "Someone To Call My Lover" on the flipside, is #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart

APRIL 7, 2025

HAPPY BIRTHDAYS!

110 Years Ago Today In 1915 - Billie Holiday, a singer and a recording artist for many labels including Capitol Records (the title "Trav'lin' Light", with Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra, using the name Lady Day), is born Eleanora Fagan in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

1920 - Ravi Shankar, a composer, sitar player, Capitol ("Concert For Bangladesh"), Capitol India, EMI, and Angel Records artist, and father of Angel Records artist Anoushka Shankar and Blue Note Records artist Norah Jones, is born Bharat Ratna Ravi Shankar in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India.

1951 - Janis Ian, a singer, songwriter, and Capitol Records artist is born Janis Eddy Fink in New York City, New York.

1952 - Bruce Gary, a percussionist and drummer with the Capitol Records group The Knack, is born in Burbank, California.

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1953 - During two sessions held this day in Capitol Records' studios at 5515 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood, California, bandleader and pianist Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra (Clark Terry, Willie Cook, Cat Anderson, and Ray Nance on trumpets, Juan Tizol, Britt Woodman, and Quentin Jackson on trombones, Russell Procope on alto saxophone and clarinet, Rick Henderson on alto saxophone, Jimmy Hamilton on clarinet and tenor saxophone, Paul Gonsalves on tenor saxophone, Harry Carney on baritone saxophone and bass clarinet, Wendell Marshall on bass, and Butch Ballard on drums) record the titles "My Old Flame", "I Can't Give You Anything But Love", and, with Jimmy Grissom on vocals, "Ain't Nothin', Nothin' Baby (Without You)" at the first session and the titles "Stormy Weather", "Star Dust", "Three Little Words", and "Orson" at the second session. Capitol Records will issue "My Old Flame", "I Can't Give You Anything But Love", "Stormy Weather", "Star Dust" and "Three Little Words" on Ellington and His Orchestra's album "Premiered By Ellington" (EAP-1/2-440 on 7" EPs, EBF-440 on 7" EP set, and H-440 on 10" LP), "Ain't Nothin', Nothin' Baby (Without You)" as a single (Capitol 2503) with "Ballin' The Blues" (recorded April 9, 1953) on the flipside, and "Orson" on Ellington's album "Dance To The Duke!" (EAP-3-637 on 7" EP and T 637 on 12" LP).

1953 - Jackie Gleason conducts His Orchestra (a large string orchestra with Bobby Hackett on trumpet, Toots Mondello on alto saxophone, and unlisted others) as they record the titles "Mickey", "The Man I Love", "I Hadn't Anyone Till You", and "It All Depends On You" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Gleason's album "Music To Make You Misty" (EBF 455 on 7" two EP set, H/L-455 on 10" LP, and W/DW 455 on 12" LP).

1953 - Vocalist Faron Young, with (listed as probably) Chet Atkins or Thomas "Grady" Martin on electric guitar, Velma E. Williams Smith on rhythm guitar, (listed as probably) Loren Otis "Jack" Shook on guitar and Bob Foster on steel guitar, and Floyd "Lightnin'" Chance on bass, records the titles "What's The Use To Love You", "That's What I'd Do For You", "Just Married", and "Baby My Heart" at Castle Studio in the Tulane Hotel in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue "What's The Use To Love You" as a single (Capitol 2461) with "I Can't Wait (For The Sun To Go Down" (recorded October 12, 1952) on the flipside, and "That's What I'd Do For You" and "Baby My Heart" together as a single (Capitol 2570). Bear Family Records will issue all the titles in Germany in the five-CD box set "Faron Young - The Classic Years" (BCD 15493).

1954 - Kay Starr's Capitol Records single "The Man Upstairs", with Harold Mooney conducting the orchestra and "If You Love Me" on the flipside, enters the top 40 of the U.S. Pop singles chart.

1958 - Capitol Records releases Buck Owens' single "Sweet Thing" with "I Only Know That I Love You" on the flipside.

1958 - Dean Martin's Capitol Records single "Return To Me", with "Forgetting You" on the flipside, enters the top 40 of the U.S. Pop singles chart.

1958 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Looking Back" debuts at #36 on WMGM's Top 40 Survey in New York City, New York and is #5 on WJJD 11609 AM's Hit Bound chart in Chicago, Illinois.

1958 - Vocalist Tennessee Ernie Ford, with The Top Twenty (lineup unlisted) and Harry Geller conducting the orchestra (lineup also unlisted), records the titles "O Little Town Of Bethlehem", "O Holy Night (Cantique De Noël)", "Silent Night", and "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Ford's album "Tennessee Ernie Ford Sings His Christmas Favorites - The Star Carol" (T/ST 1071).

1958 - Vocalist Wanda Jackson, with "Big" Al Downing on piano, Merrill Moore on piano and organ, Vernon Sandusky on lead guitar and vocals, Buck Owens on rhythm guitar, Enos "Skeets" McDonald on bass, and Joe Brawley on drums, records the titles "Making Believe", "Just Call Me Lonesome", "Happy Happy Birthday, "Let Me Go Lover" and "Let's Have A Party" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California between 6:15 PM and 9:15 PM. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Jackson's album "Day Dreaming" (T 1041), "Happy Happy Birthday" also as a single (Capitol F4469) with "Mean Mean Man" (recorded April 10, 1958) on the flipside, and "Let's Have A Party" also as a single (Capitol F4397) with "Cool Love" (recorded February 28, 1957) on the flipside.

1983 - Capitol Records registers the masters for Eddie Jobson & Zinc's titles "Transporter", "Resident", "Easy For You To Say", "Prelude", "Nostalgia", "Walking From Pastel", "Turn It Over", "Green Face", "Who My Friends...", "Colour Code", "Listen To Reason", "Through The Glass", and "Transporter II" in Los Angeles, California and will issue all the titles on the album "The Green Album" as by Eddie Jobson/Zinc (ST-12275) and will also issue "Turn It Over" as a single (Capitol 5273) with "Residential Mix" (recorded June 30, 1983) on the flipside.

1983 - Capitol Records registers the masters for The Rockets' titles "Rollin' By The Record Machine", "Desire", "Can't Sleep", "Sally Can't Dance", "Takin' It Back", "Open The Door To Your Heart", "Oh Well", "Turn Up The Radio", and "Born In Detroit" in Los Angeles, California and will issue all the titles on the group's album "Live Rockets" (ST-12270) and will also issue "Can't Sleep" and "Turn Up The Radio" together as a single (Capitol 5262).

1991 - Liberty Records (later renamed Capitol Records Nashville) artist Garth Brooks wins American Country Music awards for Entertainer of the Year, Male Vocalist, Album of the Year (for "No Fences,") Single "Friends in Low Places," Song, and Video of the Year "The Dance".

2002 - Chris Cagle's Capitol Records Nashville single "I Breathe In, I Breathe Out", with "Country By The Grace of God" on the flipside, is #1 on the U.S. Country singles charts.

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1938 - Freddie Hubbard, a trumpet player, sideman, bandleader, and Blue Note Records artist, is born Frederick Dewayne Hubbard in Indianapolis, Indiana. Blue Note's catalog is currently owned by Capitol Music Group's parent company Universal Music Group.

1943 - Mick Abrahams, a guitarist, founder of the Chrysalis Records group Jethro Tull, and a solo artist, is born in Luton, Bedfordshire, England. Chrysalis' catalog is currently owned by Capitol Music Group's parent company EMI Music Group.

1949 - The Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein musical "South Pacific" opens at the Majestic Theatre in New York City. Capitol Records will later release an album of cover versions of the hit songs from the musical featuring Gordon MacRae and Jo Stafford.

1958 - Ricky Nelson's Imperial Records single "Believe What You Say", with "My Bucket's Got A Hole In It" on the flipside, enters the top 40 of the U.S. Pop singles chart. Imperial's catalog is currently owned by Capitol Music Group's parent company Universal Music Group.

1958 - During three sets held live at Small's Paradise in New York City, New York recorded by Blue Note Records, organist Jimmy Smith, with Eddie McFadden on guitar and Donald Bailey on drums, perform the titles "Small's Minor", and with the addition of Lou Donaldson on alto saxophone, "What's New?", "Fugueing The Blues", "Red Sails In The Sunset", and "Cool Blues with the addition of Tina Brooks on tenor saxophone at the first set, "September Song", "Yesterdays", "Small's Minor", and, with the addition again of Lou Donaldson on alto saxophone, "Once In A While" and "Bye Bye Blackbird" at the second set, and, after an announcement by Babs Gonzales, with Lou Donaldson on alto saxophone, Tina Brooks on tenor saxophone, Eddie McFadden on guitar, and Art Blakey on drums, the titles "A Night In Tunisia", "Dark Eyes", and "Groovin' At Smalls" then with Brooks out on tenor saxophone and Donald Bailey replacing Blakey on drums, "Mary Ann" at the third set. Blue Note Records will issue "Cool Blues", "A Night In Tunisia", "Dark Eyes", and Groovin' At Small's" on Smith's album "Cool Blues" (LT-1054) and with the addition of "What's New?", "Small's Minor", and "Once In A While" on the CD release of "Cool Blues" (7-84441-2). Blue Note rejected all the other titles.

1959 - The Fleetwoods' Dolphin Records (later renamed Dolton Records) single "Come Softly To Me", with "I Care So Much" on the flipside, is #1 on the U.S. Pop singles chart. Dolton Records was distributed and later bought by Liberty Records. Liberty Records catalog is currently owned by Universal Music Group, Capitol Music Group's parent company.

1968 - Bobby Goldsboro's United Artists Records single "Honey", with "Danny" on the flipside, is #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart. United Artists' catalog is currently owned by Universal Music Group, Capitol Music Group's parent company.

50 Years Ago Today In 1975 - Victoria Adams (aka Victoria Beckham, aka Posh Spice), with the Virgin Records group Spice Girls, wife of European football player David Beckham, is born Victoria Caroline Adams at the Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow, Essex, United Kingdom.

35 Yeats Ag Toda In1990 - "Hold On", Wilson Phillips' SBK single "Hold On", distributed by Capitol Records with "Over And Over" on the flipside, enters the top 40 of Billboard's Hot 100 Single chart