MAY 7, 2026

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

1950 - Prairie Prince, a graphic designer, former drummer in the Capitol Records band The Tubes, and now with the band The New Cars, is born Charles L'Emprere Prince in Charlotte, North Carolina.

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

80 Years Ago Today In 1946 - Peggy Lee, with the Four Of A Kind (Dave Barbour on guitar, Philip Stephens on bass, Buddy Cole on piano, celeste, and organ, and Tom Romersa on drums) records the tracks "I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me", "I've Had My Moments", "Them There Eyes", "Lonesome Road", and "You Brought A New Kind Of Love To Me" with arrangement by Heinrich "Heine" Beau at Radio Recorders, 7000 Santa Monica Boulevard, Hollywood, California for a transcription disc that will be released by Capitol Records for radio.

1947 - Vocalist Ella Mae Morse, with Buddy Cole's Boogie Woogie Seven (Vernon "Geechie" Smith on trumpet, Mahlon Clark on clarinet, Dave Cavanaugh on tenor saxophone, Edwin LeMar "Buddy" Cole on piano, Al Hendrickson on guitar, Harry Babasin on bass, and Lee Young on drums), records the titles "Get It Off And Go", "Old Shank's Mare", and "A Little Further Down The Road A-Piece" in Studio B of Radio Recorders' studios at 932 North Western Avenue in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue the first two titles together as a single (Capitol 424), and the last title on the compilation album "Campus Capers" (BD-58).

1948 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Nature Boy" is #1 on The Billboard magazine's Best-Selling Popular Retail Records and Records Most Played by Disk Jockeys charts, debuts at #7 on the magazine's Most-Played Juke Box Race Records chart and #11 on the magazine's Most-Played Juke Box Records chart. The King Cole Trio's "Put 'Em In A Box" is #10 on The Billboard magazine's Future Possibilities - The Retailers Pick chart. Also, The King Cole Trio, together with Stan Kenton and His Orchestra, start seven straight days of performances at the Broadway Capitol theater in Detroit, Michigan. The Trio performs after Kenton, doing the songs "My Baby Likes To Be-Bop", "I've Only Myself To Blame", "That's What" and "Nature Boy" with Kenton's band accompanying them for "a sock closer".

1949 - Mel Torme (with orchestra conducted by Sonny Burke)'s Capitol Records single "Careless Hands" is #7 on Billboard's Best Selling Retail Records chart, Jo Stafford and Gordon MacRae (with Paul Weston and His Orchestra)'s Capitol Records single "'A' You're Adorable" is #8, Mel Torme (this time with orchestra conducted by Pete Rugolo)'s Capitol Records single "Again" is #9, and Weston and MacRae (again with Weston and His Orchestra)'s Capitol Records single "Need You" is tied at #13 with Vaughn Monroe and His Orchestra's single "Red Roses For A Blue Lady", Margaret Whiting (with Frank DeVol & His Orchestra)'s Capitol Records single "Forever And Ever" is #24, Jack Smith and The Clark Sisters (with Frank DeVol and His Orchestra)'s Capitol Records single "Cruising Down The River) is #28, and Margaret Whiting and Johnny Mercer (with Paul Weston and His Orchestra)'s Capitol Records single "Baby, It's Cold Outside" debuts at #30 in a tie with Bing Crosby (with Victor Young and His Orchestra)'s single "Galway Bay".

1950 - Nat "King" Cole performs "Mona Lisa" during the first of his eventual thirteen guest appearances on Ed Sullivan's CBS Television show.

1952 - Vocalists Bob Hope and Jane Russell, with Joseph (Joe) Lilley directing the orchestra (lineup unlisted), record the titles "Wing Ding Tonight" and "Am I In Love?" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both titles together as a single (Capitol 2109).

1953 - Capitol Records files the masters it purchased for Les Paul and Mary Ford's titles "Vaya Con Dios (May God Be With You)" and "Johnny (Is The Boy For Me)" in Los Angeles, California and will issue both titles together as a single (Capitol 2486).

1953 - During a three-way split session held this day in Los Angeles, California, first Cliffie Stone and His Hometown Hepcats (lineup unlisted) record the titles "The Bunny Hop" and "In A Shanty In Old Shanty Town", then vocalist Molly Bee, with Cliffie Stone's Orchestra (lineup also unlisted) records the title "The Doggie On The Highway", then vocalist Helen O'Connell, also with Cliffie Stone's Orchestra, records the title "Rub-A-Dub-Dub". Capitol Records will issue "The Bunny Hop" and "In A Shanty In Old Shanty Town" together as a single (Capitol 2497 on 10" shellac and F2497 on 7" vinyl), "The Doggie On The Highway" as a single (Capitol 2494 on 10" shellac and F2494 on 7" vinyl) with "I'll Tell My Mommy" (recorded February 2, 1953) on the flipside, and "Rub-A-Dub-Dub" as a single (Capitol 2506 on 10" shellac and F2506 on 7" vinyl) with "You Two-Timed Me One Time Too Often" (recorded November 15, 1951) on the flipside.

1955 - Les Baxter and His Orchestra's Capitol Records single "Unchained Melody" is #2 on Billboard's Best Selling Retail Records chart, Tennessee Ernie Ford (with Cliffie Stone's Band)'s Capitol Records single "The Ballad Of Davy Crocket" is #7, Nat "King" Cole (with Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra)'s Capitol Records single "Darling, Je Vous Amie Beaucoup" is #10, Cole and Riddle are also at #20 with a double-sided Capitol Records hit single "A Blossom Fell" and its flip side "If I May" (with backing vocals by The Four Knights), and Frank Sinatra (with Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra)'s Capitol Records single "Learnin' The Blues" debuts at #25.

1957 - Zither player Ruth Welcome, with other unlisted musicians, records the titles "Song From 'Moulin Rouge'", "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes", "La Cumparsita", and "Charmaine" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue "Song From 'Moulin Rouge'" and "Charmaine" on Welcome's album "Hi-Fi Zither" (T 942) and have yet to issue either "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes" or "La Cumparsita".

1957 - Jackie Gleason conducts the orchestra (featuring Bernie Leighton on piano and Tony Mottola on guitar but otherwise unidentified), with The Voices of Artie Malvin (lineup also unlisted), as they record the titles "High On A Windy Hill", "Can This Be Love?", "Thine Alone", and "Dearest You're The Nearest To My Heart" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Gleason's album "Oooo!" (W 905).

1957 - The Louvin Brothers (Charlie Louvin on vocals and guitar and Ira Louvin on vocals and mandolin), with Paul Yandell and "Smiley" Wilson on guitar, Floyd T. "Lightnin'" Chance on bass, and Murray M. "Buddy" Harman Jr. on drums, record the titles "Call Me", "I Wish You Knew", "Dogsled" and "When I Loved You" in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue the first two titles together as a single (Capitol F3804) and the last two titles together as a single (Capitol F3871).

1958 - Overdubs are recorded in Los Angeles, California for Alvino Rey and His Orchestra's titles "Little White Lies", "Isn't It Romantic?", "I Didn't Know About You", and "A Swingin' Fling (Nails)" which were all recorded on March 2, 1958. Capitol Records will issue the final mixes of all the titles on Rey and his orchestra's album "Swingin' Fling!" (T 1085).

1958 - Vocalist Ann Richards, with Brian Farnon conducting The Stan Kenton Orchestra (lineup unlisted) records the titles "I'm In The Market For You", "Nightingale", "Poor Little Rich Girl", and "Should I?" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles, except the take "Nightingale" recorded at this session, on Richards' album "I'm Shooting High" (T/ST 1087) which also includes a take of "Nightingale" recorded on June 12, 1958.

1958 - Cornet player Bobby Hackett, with Pepe Moreale on piano, John Giuff aka John Giuffrida on bass, and Buzzy Drootin on drums, records the titles "Cheek To Cheek", "It's Been So Long", "If I Had My Way", and "That Naughty Waltz" in an unlisted studio in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Hackett's album "Bobby Hackett At The Embers" (T/ST 1077). Although issued as recorded live at the Embers, all the titles on the album were recorded in a studio.

1962 - Vocalist Vic Damone, with Billy May conducting his own arrangements to the orchestra (Joe Graves, Bobby Bryant, Ray Triscari, and Mannie Klein on trumpets, Francis "Joe" Howard, Milt Bernhart, Lew McCreary, and George Roberts on trombones, Jules Jacob, Plas Johnson, Justin Gordon, Chuck Gentry on saxophones, Joe Parnello on piano, Billy Strange and Al Hendrickson on guitars, Myer Rubin on bass, Sidney Bulkin on drums, Bob Barene, Jacques Gasselin, James Getzoff, Anatol Kaminsky, Lou Klass, Erno Neufeld, Stanley Plummer, Lou Raderman, Nathan Ross, Paul Shure, Felix Slatkin, and Marshall Sosson on violins, and Edgar Lustgarten and Eleanor Slatkin on cellos), records the titles "Charmaine", "Cherokee", and "Dearly Beloved" at The Capitol Tower Studios in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Damone's album "The Lively Ones" (T 1748).

1962 - Vocalist Carol Ventura, with unlisted musicians, records the titles "Yes Sir, That's My Baby" and unissued takes of an unknown title and "The Music Goes 'Round And Around" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue"Yes Sir, That's My Baby" as a single (Capitol 4782) with "(Hey) Mr. Muscles" (recorded April 27, 1962) on the flipside.

1963 - Earl Sinks, with unlisted others, records the titles "Looking For Love", "Raining ON My Side Of Town", "This Weird Sensation", and "Love Is All I'm Asking For" in (listed as possibly) Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue "Looking For Love" and "Raining On My Side Of Town" together as a single (Capitol 4985). Hickory Records will issue "This Weird Sensation" and "Love Is All I'm Asking For" together as a single (Hickory 45-1248).

60 Years Ago Today In 1966 - The Beach Boys' Capitol Records single "Sloop John B.", with "You're So Good To Me" on the flipside and the original A-side, peaks at #3 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart.

1967 - Buck Owens' Capitol Records single "Sam's Place" is #1 on the U.S. Country singles charts.

1972 - Merle Haggard's Capitol Records single "Grandma Harp" is #1 on the U.S. Country singles chart.

1982 - Space People (lineup unlisted) record the track "Love's Got You This Time" in (listed as possibly) Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the title as a single (Capitol DLP-15003) with "You Really Got A Hold On Me" (recorded April 28, 1982) on the flipside.

1987 - The Boogie Boys (lineup unlisted) record the title "Kick It" at an unlisted location. Capitol Records will issue the title on the group's album "Romeo-Knight" (C1-46917).

1998 - Eddie Rabbitt, singer, songwriter, guitarist and Capitol Records artist (1990 to 1992, during which time he recorded the top 10 hit "Runnin' With The Wind"), dies of lung cancer in Nashville, Tennessee at age 56.

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1947 - Babs' Three Bips And A Bop (Tadd Dameron on piano and vocals, Pee Wee Tinney on guitar and vocals, Art Phipps on bass, and Babs Gonzales on vocals), using arrangements by Tadd Dameron, record the titles "Runnin' Around" (without Tinney on guitar and vocals only by Gonzales), "Babs' Dream", "Dob, Bla Bli", and "Weird Lullaby" (again with vocals only by Gonzales) at WOR Studios in New York City, New York. Blue Note Records will issue the first two titles together as a single (Blue Note 537) and the last two titles together as a single (Blue Note 536) and all the tracks on the CD "Weird Lullaby" (7-84464-2).

60 Years Ago Today In 1966 - Del Shannon's Liberty Records single "The Big Hurt", with "I Got It Bad" on the flipside, enters Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart. The next time Shannon enters the chart will be in 1981.

1967 - Capitol Records artist Judy Garland's appearance on Jack Paar's NBC special, "A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To Hollywood", is the last time she's on a primetime network television show.

1992 - At sessions held at Estudio Quarzo in Madrid that started today and went to May 12, 1992, Spain Gonzalo Rubalcaba (on piano, with Reynaldo Melian on trumpet, Felipe Cabrera on electric bass, and Julio Barreto on drums) records the tracks "Preludio Proyecto Latino", "Here, There, And Everywhere", "Tress Palabras", "Comienzo", "Nuestro Balance", "4 Y 20", "Siempra Maria" and "Quizas, Quizas, Quizas" and then (without Cabrera but adding Charlie Haden on bass) records the tracks "Transparence", "Our Spanish Love Song", "Love Letters", "Perfidia", "Nadie Me Ama" for the Somethin' Else label. Blue Note Records will issue all the tracks on Rubalcaba's CD "Suite 4 Y 20" (7-80054-2).

1997 - Pieces Of A Dream (James Lloyd on keyboards and background vocals, George Duke on synthesizer programming, Kevin Chokan on guitar, Curtis Harmon on drum programming and background vocals, and Mike Davis on vocals and background vocals, over sessions lasting until the next day, record the track Anyway You Want It" at Le Gonks West in Los Angeles, California. Blue Note Records will issue the track on the group's album Pieces (8-54052-2).

ON THIS DAY NOT IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

85 Years Ago Today In 1941 - Glenn Miller and His Orchestra record the track "Chattanooga Choo-Choo" for Bluebird Records (a subsidiary of RCA Victor Records) at the Victor Recording Studios in Hollywood, California. The single would later become the first record to be awarded a Gold record, for sales of 1 million copies. The idea for a Gold record was thought up as a publicity event by RCA Victor and later adopted by other labels and finally by the R.I.A.A. in 1958.

1945 - Representatives of the German army sign unconditional surrender documents ending World War II in Europe.

80 Years Ago Today In 1946 - Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering (later renamed Sony) is founded.

1949 - "A - You're Adorable" by Perry Como becomes the first song available on RCA'S new 45rpm format to hit #1 on the Billboard's Best Selling Retail Records charts.

1953 - Gerry Mulligan, Chet Baker, Carson Smith and Larry Bunker record "Love Me or Leave Me" and "Varsity Drag" for Gene Norman's GNP label.

1955 - Bill Haley and The Comets' Decca single "Rock Around The Clock", with "Thirteen Women" on the flipside, debuts at #22 on Billboard's Best Selling Retail Records chart.

70 Years Ago Today In 1956 - The Rock 'n' Roll Trio, consisting of Johnny Burnette, Dorsey Burnette, and Paul Burlison, has its first recording session for Coral Records at Pythian Temple Studio, in New York City, producing the single "Tear It Up" which will be covered by John Lennon on his Capitol Records "Rock 'n' Roll" solo album. Capitol wanted to sign the trio. but after the Burnettes and their manager, bandleader Henry Jerome, heard that Capitol might be also signing Gene Vincent, they decided to go with Coral. Capitol then signed Vincent who recorded "Be-Bop-A-Lula" three days before the Trio's session.

1962 - Wand Records releases The Isley Brothers' cover of The Top Notes' title "Twist And Shout" as a single. This version would later be covered by "The Beatles", with John Lennon doing lead vocals, on February 11, 1963.

60 Years Ago Today In 1966 - Rolling Stones' single "Paint It Black", with "Stupid Girl" on the flipside, is released on London Records.

 MAY 6, 2026

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

1945 - Bob Seger, a singer, songwriter, guitarist, and a Grammy award-winning (and multi-platinum selling) Capitol Records artist is born Robert Clark Seger in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1944 - Jo Stafford with Paul Weston and His Orchestra's Capitol Records single "Long Ago (And Far Away)" debuts at #7 on Billboard's Best Selling Retail Records chart and Ella Mae Morse's Capitol Records single "Milkman Keep Those Bottles Quiet", with orchestra conducted by Dick Walters, debuts at #10.

1948 - The King Cole Trio finish seven straight days of shows at The Lake Club in Springfield, Illinois.

1950 - Jo Stafford and Gordon MacRae with Paul Weston and His Orchestra's Capitol Records single "Dearie" is #16 on Billboard's Best Selling Retail Records chart.

1950 - Ray Anthony records the title "The Man With The Horn" which will be released as a single by Capitol Records.

1953 - Vocalist and mandolin player Chester Smith, with unlisted fiddle, piano, guitar, rhythm guitar, and bass players, records the titles "Holiday For Tears", "Cold Grey Dawn", "Wishing My Lofe Away", and "If I Had My Life To Live Over Again" at an unlisted studio. Capitol Records will issue "Holiday For Tears" as a single (Capitol 2858 on 10" shellac and F2858 on 7" vinyl) with "Another's Wedding Ring" (recorded September 3, 1953) on the flipside, "Cold Grey Dawn" as a single (Capitol 2747) with "No Wonder" (also recorded on September 3, 1953) on the flipside, and "Wishing My Life Away" and "If I Had My Life To Live Over" together as a single (Capitol 2572).

1957 - Capitol Records releases Judy Garland's album "Alone". The sessions were produced by Voyle Gilmore with arrangements by Gordon Jenkins, who also conducted the orchestra and chorus.

1958 - Vocal overdubs are recorded in Los Angeles, for Hank Thompson's titles "What Will I Do On Monday", "You're Going Back To Your Old Ways Again", "Squaws Along The Yukon", and "Two Hearts Deep In The Blues", Capitol Records will issue the final mixes of "What Will I Do On Monday on Thompson's album "Favorite Waltzes By Hank Thompson With The Brazos Valley Boys" (T 1111), "You're Going Back To Your Old Ways Again" as a single (Capitol F4085) with "I've Run Out Of Tomorrows (recorded April 15, 1958) on the flipside, "Squaws Along The Yukon" as a single (Capitol F4017) with "Gathering Flowers" (recorded April 17, 1958) on the flipside, and "Two Hearts Deep In The Blues" as a single (Capitol F4502) with "Just One Step Away" (recorded December 18, 1958) on the flipside.

1958 - Vocalist Nat "King" Cole, with Gordon Jenkins and his Orchestra (Rene Favre on piano, John Collins on guitar, Charles Harris on bass, Lee Young on drums, and a string section with Sam Cytron, Harold Dicterow, Walt Edelstein, Dave Frisina, Ben Gill, Nate Kaproff, Murray Kellner, Sol Kindler, Joseph Livoti, Dan Lube, Erno Neufeld, Nick Pisani, Lou Raderman, Nathan Ross, Mischa Russell, Paul Shure, Felix Slatkin, and Marshall Sosson on violin, Bill Baffa, Lou Kievman, Ray Menhennick, and David Sterkin on viola, Armand Kaproff and Ray Kramer on cello, and Kathryn Thompson on harp), records the titles "Don't Blame Me", "Cherchez La Femme", "The Very Thought Of You", "Paradise", and "There Is No Greater Love" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California between 2:30 PM and 6:30 PM. Capitol Records will issue Cherchez La Femme", "The Very Thought Of You", "Paradise", and "There Is No Greater Love" on Cole's album "The Very Thought Of You" (W 1084) and add "Don't Blame Me" as an extra on the CD version of the album (7-48331-2).

1958 - Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra (lineup unlisted0 record the titles "Pleasure Island" with Bob Stevens and Sally Sweetland on vocals, "From This Moment Only" with Bill Lee on vocals, and "In The Summertime" and "I Live Alone" with Carol Jarvis on vocals in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on the album "Gordon Jenkins conducts Monte Proser's Tropicana Holiday" (T/ST 1048).

1958 - Using recordings from his CBS radio show, Capitol Records creates masters of Stan Freberg's titles "Opening", "Abominable Snowman Interview", "Herman Horne In Hi-Fi", "Literary Giants Of Our Time", "Cocktails For Two", "Son Of Herman Horne On Hi-Fi", "Gray Flannel Hatful Of Teen-Age Werewolves" and "Conclusion" which feature the voices of Stan Freberg, Daws Butler, June Foray, Peter Leeds, Herb Vigran, Mac McLean, Peggy Taylor, Virginia Gregg, Bud Sewell, Marvin Miller, and Z. L. Arbib, with Billy May and His Orchestra and the vocal group The Jud Conlon Rhythmaires (lineups unlisted) and will issue all the titles on Freberg's two=album set "The Best Of 'The Stan Freberg Show'" (WBO 1035).

1958 - During two sessions held this day in Los Angeles, California, Les Baxter conducts his own arrangements to His Orchestra and Chorus (lineups unlisted) as they record the titles "Love Theme From 'Houseboat' (Almost In Your Arms)", "Rosa, Rosa, Nina", and "Lily Of Laguna" at the first session and, during the second split session, the titles "My Little Lulu", "Wow!", "Dreamy Mood", and "Untitled N° 1", "Untitled N° 5", "Untitled N° 2", and "Untitled N° 3" then the vocal group The Beavers (lineup unlisted), with Jack Marshall conducting the orchestra (listed as probably Les Baxter's orchestra, record the titles "Road To Happiness", "Low As I Can Be", and "I'll March Into Your Heart". Capitol Records will issue "Love Song From 'Houseboat' (Almost In Your Arms)" and "Lily Of Laguna" together as a single (Capitol F4011) as by Les Baxter His Chorus and Orchestra, "Road To Happiness" and "Low As I Can Be" together as a single (Capitol F4105) as by The Beavers, and has yet to issue any of the other titles.

1958 - Cornet player Bobby Hackett, with Pepe Moreale on piano, John Giuffrida (aka John Giuff) on bass, and Buzzy Drootin on drums, record the titles "C'est Magnifique", "Spring, Beautiful Spring", "All Of You", and "Rosalie" in New York City, New York. Album credits read that these titles were recorded live at The Embers in New York City but all were recorded in a studio. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Hackett's album "At The Embers" (T/ST 1077).

1958 - Vocalist and guitarist Jerry Reed, with unlisted others, records the titles "You Make It, They Take It", "Your Money Makes You Purty", "Heart Appeal", and "How Can I Go On This Way" in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue "Your Money Makes You Purty" and "How Can I Go On This Way" together as a single (Capitol F3992). Bear Family Records will issue all the titles in Germany on the CD "Here I Am" (BCD 16306).

1963 - Vocalist Sue Raney, with Ralph Carmichael conducting his own arrangements to the orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the titles "No Place To Go", "Just A-Sittin' And A-Rockin'", "Trouble Is A Man", and "What Is This Thing Called Love" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Raney's album "All By Myself" (T/ST 2032).

1963 - Vocalist Wayne Newton, with the vocal group The Newton Brothers (Jerry Newton and unlisted others) and Jimmie Haskell conducting his own arrangements to the orchestra, records the titles "Danke Schoen" and "Better Now Than Later" in United Western Studios at 6000/6050 Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will purchase the masters and issue both titles together as a single (Capitol 4989) and "Danke Schoen" on Newton's album of the same name (T/ST 1973).

1963 - The New York cast of "The Boys From Syracuse" (featuring Danny Carroll, Cathryn Damon, Stuart Damon, Clifford David, Ellen Hanley, Fred Kimbrough, Julienne Marie, Karen Morrow, Richard Nieves, Gary Oakes, Matthew Tobin, and Rudy Tronto), using music by Richard Rodgers and lyrics by Lorenz Hart and with Rene Wiegert directing the orchestra (lineup unlisted), record the titles "I Had Twins" with vocals by Fred Kimbrough, Richard Nieves, Gary Oakes, Matthew Tobin, and the company (lineup unlisted), "Ladies Of The Evening" with vocals by Gary Oakes and the company, "Finale" with vocals by the company, "Oh, Diogenes! with vocals by Cathryn Damon and the company, "Come With Me" with vocals by Clifford David, Richard Nieves, Gary Oakes, and the company, and "Opening" with vocals by Danny Carroll and Rudy Tronto in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on the New York Cast album "The Boys From Syracuse" (TAO/STAO 1933).

1964 - On the Associated Rediffusion UK TV special "Around The Beatles", the band lip-synchs, in front of a live audience the titles "Can't Buy Me Love"; "I Wanna Be Your Man"; "Long Tall Sally"; a medley that used "Love Me Do", "Please Please Me", "From Me To You", "She Loves You", and "I Want to Hold Your Hand"; "Roll Over Beethoven"; "Shout"; and "Twist and Shout" to tracks recorded on April 19, 1964. They also perform a comedy sketch based on "A Midsummer Night's Dream".

60 Years Ago Today In 1966 - Bob Bain leads an overdub session with drummer Hal Blaine at The Capitol Tower Studios in Hollywood, California between 7:00PM and 12:30 AM on May 7, 1966 recording new tracks for the titles "Silver Bird" and "Let Me Tell You, Babe" which Nat "King" Cole originally recorded on January 14, 1964, and "No Other Heart" which was originally recorded on December 3, 1964. Capitol Records will issue the new versions of these songs on Cole's album "Sincerely" (T 2680).

1968 - Vocalists Tony Sandler and Ralph Young, with Bob Bain conducting his own arrangements to the orchestra, record new takes of the title "Jingle Bells" and "Susa-Ninna/Silent Night" and the titles "Do You Hear What I Hear?" and "White Christmas" in Los Angeles, California. After overdubs are recorded for "Susa-Ninna/Silent Night" on May 24, 1968 and for "Do You Hear What I Hear?" on May 27, 1968, Capitol Records will issue the final mixes of all the titles on the Sandler and Young's album "Christmas World" (ST 2967).

1968 - During two sessions held this day in Los Angeles, California, vocalists John Stewart and Buffy Ford, with unlisted others, record the titles "Signals to Ludi", and "Lincoln's Train" at the first session and the title "Nebraska Widow" at the second session. After overdubs are recorded on May 20 and 27, 1968 for "Lincoln's Train" and on June 5, 1968 for "Nebraska Widow", Capitol Records will issue the final mixes of both titles Stewart and Ford's album "Signals Through The Glass" (ST 2975) and has yet to issue the take of "Signals To Ludi" recorded at this session but will issue one that was edited together from recordings on May 17, 1968 and July 10, 1968 and overdubbed on June 5, 1968 and will issue the final mix also on the "Signals Through The Glass" album.

1968 - Jackie & Roy (Jackie Cain on vocals with Roy Kral on electric piano and vocals, Andy Muson on electric bass, and Jim Molinary on drums) record the titles "Holiday", "Someone Singing", Without Rhyme Or Reason", and "Winds Of Heaven" in New York City, New York. "Holiday" and "Winds Of Heaven" also include Ray De Sio on trombone, Artie Shroeck and George Young on saxophones, and Stuart Sharf on guitar and use arrangements by Artie Shroeck. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Jackie & Roy's album "Grass" (ST 2936).

1970 - Paul McCartney's Apple Records album "McCartney", distributed by Capitol Records in the United States, peaks at #1 on Billboard's Top 200 Albums chart.

1974 - Merle Haggard's Capitol Records single "Things Aren't Funny Anymore" is #1 on the U.S. Country Singles chart.

1988 - At the first of two concerts given this day at Sullivan Stadium in Foxboro, Massachusetts, Pink Floyd's fans rip apart one of the band's flying pigs that descends on them.

1990 - Dan Seals' Liberty Records (later renamed Capitol Records Nashville) single "Love On Arrival" is #1 on the U.S. Country singles charts.

1992 - Marlene Dietrich, motion picture actress, singer, and Capitol Records artist, dies in Paris, France at age 90 of old age.

1994 - Lisa Marie Presley divorces her first husband, Danny Keough.

2003 - Capitol Records reissues Warren Zevon's 1969 Imperial Records album "Wanted Dead Or Alive".

2004 - Barney Kessel, guitarist, arranger, writer, record producer, session artist on many Billy May and Mel Torme Capitol Records titles, and member of The Oscar Peterson Trio, dies of brain cancer in San Diego, California at age 80.

20 Years Ago Today In 2006 - Pink Floyd's Capitol Records album "Dark Side Of The Moon" reaches 1,500 weeks on Billboard magazine's album charts.

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1919 - L. Frank Baum, the writer of "The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz" and a series of sequel books, dies at age 63. He is buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California. Capitol Records would record a 3 disc 78 rpm album of "Dorothy And The Wizard Of Oz", featuring Rosemary Rice, in 1948.

1970 - Al Jarvis, DJ (show: 'Jivin' With Jarvis), who would broadcast from Wallichs' Music City in Hollywood and was great friends with Capitol Records co-founder Glenn Wallichs, dies in Newport Beach, California at 60.

ON THIS DAY NOT IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1915 - Orson Welles, a Broadway, radio, motion picture, and television actor, director, and writer, is born George Orson Welles.

1930 - The first "Looney Tunes" cartoon short, "Sinkin' In The Bathtub" featuring Bosko and his girlfriend Honey, is shown at The Warner Theatre in New York City.

1937 - The Hindenburg explodes over Lakeland Naval Air Station in New Jersey and is captured on film by amateur George Willens, a Detroit printing company owner, and an audio description is given by NBC Radio’s Herbert Morrison, whose live on-site transcription of the tragedy and its immediate aftermath, was broadcast coast to coast on both the NBC Red and NBC Blue networks.

1963 - The Beatle's single "From Me To You", backed with "Thank You Girl" on the flipside, was released on Vee-Jay Records.

1965 - Keith Richards, along with Mick Jagger, begin work on the title "Satisfaction" in their Clearwater, Florida hotel room after Richards, who had gotten a new Gibson fuzzbox, had a dream in which he heard the opening riff.

1998 - Trumpet player Tim Hagans, with Bob Belden on soprano saxophone, Scott Kinsey on synthesizer, Kevin Hays on electric piano, Ira Coleman on bass, and Billy Kilson on drums, records the titles "What They Don't Tell You About Jazz", "Are You Threatening Me?" with programming by DJ Kingsize added, "Far West" with sampled narration by Alfred Lion, "The Original Bass And Drums" with only Hagan, Colemen, and Kilson, "Killer Instinct", "Love's Lullaby" with only Hagans, Hays, and Kinsey at Avavtar Studios in New York City, New York. Blue Note Records will issue all the titles, except "Killer Instinct" which has yet to be issued, on Hagans' album "Animation/Imagination" (4-95198-2 on CD).

MAY 5, 2026

HAPPY BIRTHDAYS!

115 Years Ago Today In 1911 - Pete Daily, a cornet player, bandleader, and Capitol Records artist, is born in Portland, Indiana.

1933 - Bobby Austin, Capitol Records solo artist, songwriter, and bassist for Wynn Stewart, Buck Owens, and Tommy Collins, is born in Wenatchee, Washington. The first song that Austin wrote, co-written with Johnny Paycheck, was Tammy Wynette's first recording, "Apartment #9". The title would be named Song Of The Year by the Academy of Country Music. Jason Odd wrote a great biographical article for the Traditional Country Hall of Fame website.

1968? - Dominic Pandiscia, CEO of Pledge Music, formerly President of Caroline Records, Executive Vice President Music Services at EMI, and Senior Vice President and General Manager of EMI Label Services, Global/Caroline Distribution, an unlisted position with Capitol Music Group in New York City, and Senior Vice President of Sales for Virgin Records in New York City, is born in Stanhope, New Jersey.

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1942 - Trumpet player Bobby Sherwood and His Orchestra (Bob Goodrich, Clyde Hurley, and Gene Morgan also on trumpets, Al "King" Jackson and Joe Yukl on trombones, Bill Covey on alto saxophone, Bill Martinez on clarinet and alto saxophone, Bud Carlton and John Hamilton on tenor saxophones, Champ Webb on baritone saxophone, Gene Plummer on piano, Basil Hutchinson on guitar, Jud De Naut on bass, and Johnny Cyr on drums) record the titles "I Don't Know Why" with vocals by Bobby Sherwood, the instrumental title "The Elks' Parade", "Moonlight Becomes You" with vocals by Kitty Kallen (her only appearance on Capitol Records), and "Harlem Butterfly" with vocals again by Bobby Sherwood in Radio Recorders' studios at 932 North Western Avenue in Hollywood, California for Ammor Records. Capitol Records will purchase the masters from Ammor and issue "I Don't Know Why" and "Elks' Parade" (which will become one of Capitol's biggest sellers in its first 10 years) together as a single (Capitol 107 which will be part of Capitol's first release of singles to retail) and "Moonlight Becomes You" and "Harlem Butterfly" together as a single (Capitol 123).

1945 - Johnny Mercer, Jo Stafford, The Pied Pipers with Paul Weston and His Orchestra's Capitol Records single "Candy" is #2 on Billboard's Best Selling Retail Records chart and The Pied Pipers with Paul Weston and His Orchestra's Capitol Records single "Dream" debuts at #6.

75 Years Ago Today In 1951 - Les Paul and Mary Ford's Capitol Records single "How High The Moon" is still #1 on Billboard's Best Selling Retail Records chart, Nat "King" Cole with Les Baxter and His Orchestra's Capitol Records Single "Too Young" is #4, and Paul and Ford's Capitol Records single "Mockin'bird Hill" is #5.

1953 - Pinto Colvig overdubs vocals in Los Angeles, California onto music tracks recorded by Billy May conducting an orchestra for the titles "Bozo And His Friends: Part 1" and "Bozo And His Friends: Part 2". Capitol Records will issue the final mixes together as the children's record "Bozo And His Friends" (J-12).

1953 - During two sessions held this day in Los Angeles, California, Felix Slatkin conducts trumpet player Mannie Klein, pianist Victor Aller, and The Concert Arts Orchestra (lineup unlisted) as they record Shostakovich's "Concerto In C Minor For Piano, Solo Trumpet And String Orchestra, Movements 1 And 2" at the first session and "Concerto In C Minor For Piano, Solo Trumpet And String Orchestra, Movements 3 And 4" at the second session. Capitol Records will issue both titles on the album "SHOSTAKOVICH - Concerto in C Minor For Piano, Solo Trumpet and Orchestra" (L-8229).

70 Years Ago Today In 1956 - Les Baxter and His Orchestra's Capitol Records single "Poor People Of Paris" is #3 on Billboard's Best Selling Retail Records chart, Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra's Capitol Records single "Lisbon Antigua" is tied for #5 with The Platters featuring Tony Williams' single "The Magic Touch", and Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Too Young To Go Steady" is tied for #35 with The Dick Hyman Trio's single "Theme From 'Three Penny Opera'"

1957 - Ferlin Husky's Capitol Records single "Gone" is still #1 on the U.S. Country singles charts.

1958 - Laurie London's Capitol Records single "He's Got The Whole World In His Hands" is #4 on Billboard's Best Selling Records chart, Dean Martin with Gus Levene and His Orchestra & Chorus' Capitol Records single "Return To Me" is #9, Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Looking Back" is #12, and The Four Prep's Capitol Records single "Twenty-Six Miles" is #33.

1958 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Looking Back" is also #16 on WMGM's Top 40 Survey in New York City, New York.

1958 - To build on the publicity of their recent appearance on CBS-TV's "Playhouse 90", Capitol Records releases The Kingston Trio's single "Scarlet Ribbons", with "Three Jolly Coachmen" on the flipside, the two songs the group performed on the show.

1958 - During two sessions held this day in Los Angeles, California, Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra (lineup unlisted) record the titles "In The Heat Of The Day" and "Herman's Tune" with vocals by the Don Williams Singers (lineup unlisted), "I Can't Make Up My Mind" with vocals by the Don Williams Singers, Elaine Dunn, and George Chakiris, and "You Gotta Be In Love" with vocals by Elaine Dunn and Dante D'Paulo at the first session and the titles "I Feel Like A New Man" with vocals by Elaine Dunn, "I Know What Let's Do" with vocals by Elaine Dunn and Dante D'Paulo, "I Can't Sleep" with vocals by Dante D'Paulo and Neile Adams, and "Sex" with vocals by Neile Adams at the second session. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on the album "Gordon Jenkins Conducts Monte Proser's Tropicana Holiday" (T/ST 1048).

1958 - Pianist and bandleader Stan Kenton and His Orchestra (Lennie Niehaus on alto saxophone, Bill Perkins and Richie Kamuca on tenor saxophone, Bill Robinson and Steve Perlow on baritone saxophone, Red Kelly on bass, and Jerry McKenzie on drums) record the titles "Theme For Sunday", "Theme To The West", "Serenade In Blue" and "Sentimental Serenade" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California between 2:00 PM and 5:00 PM for Capitol Records which has yet to issue any of the takes of the titles recorded at this session.

1958 - The Stylemasters (a male vocal quartet - lineup unlisted) record the titles "Hawaiian Sea Breeze" and "Those Nights At The Roundtable" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both titles together as a single (Capitol F3987).

1958 - Vocalist Frank Sinatra, with Nelson Riddle conducting his own arrangements to the orchestra (Tommy Pederson and Milt Bernhart on trombones, Ken Shroyer on bass trombone, Richard Perissi, James Decker, and John Cave on French horns, Arthur Gleghorn and Harry Klee on flutes, Blake Reynolds and Sal Franzella on clarinets, Champ Webb and Arnold Koblentz on oboe, Charles Butler and Bill Ulyate on bass clarinet, Bill Miller on piano, Al Viola and George Van Eps on guitar, Joe Comfort and Mike Rubin on bass, Bill Richmond and Larry Bunker on drums, Kathryn Julye on harp, and a string section with Victor Arno, Victor Bay, Alex Beller, Arnold Belnick, Harold Dicterow, David Frisina, James Getzoff, Henry Hill, Daniel Karpilowsky, Mischa Russell, Paul Shure, and Felix Slatkin on violins, Alvin Dinkin, Stankey Harris, Paul Robyn, and David Sterkin on viola, and James Arkatov, Elizabeth Greenschpoon, Armand Kaproff, and Eleanor Slatkin on cello), records the titles "Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry", "Ebb Tide", and "Angel Eyes" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California between 8:00 PM and 11:00 PM for Capitol Records which has yet to issue any of the takes of the titles recorded at this session.

1963 - Capitol Records files in Los Angeles, California the masters it purchased for Jack Marshall's interviews on the beach: "The Hodad Of The Year", "The World's Richest Surfer", "The Tijuana Surfer", "The Old Oceanographer", "The Teen-Age Surfing Vampire", and "Mr. Surfboard" and will issue all the interviews on the album "'My Son The Surf Nut' (Interviews On The Beach - Jack Marshall)" (T/ST 1939).

1965 - Buck Owens & His Buckaroos finish recording sessions at The Capitol Towers Studios for their album "Instrumental Hits". The sessions were produced by Ken Nelson. Besides Owens on guitar and electric guitar, the sessions featured Don Rich on acoustic & electric guitars and fiddle, Tom Brumley on steel guitar, Doyle Holly on bass, Willie Cantu on drums, Jelly Sanders on guitar and fiddle, Ralph Mooney, Jimmy Seals, and Red Simpson on guitars, Jay McDonald on pedal steel guitar, George French, Jr. on piano, Bobby Austin, Kenny Pierce, and Bob Morris on electric basses, and Wayne "Moose" Stone, Mel King, and Ken Presley drums.

1968 - Ellen Janov, with unlisted others, records the titles "Dreams Of Love" and "Soon They Grow" in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records. No issuing information is listed.

1969 - Capitol Records releases The Beatles' Apple Records single "Get Back", with "Don't Let Me Down" on the flipside, in the United States and Buck Owens' single "Johnny B. Goode".

1973 - Harvest Records, a subsidiary of Capitol Records, releases Pink Floyd's single "Money", (Harvest 3609) with "Any Colour You Like" on the flipside, in the United States.

1975 - Capitol Records releases Tennessee Ernie Ford and Glen Campbell's album "Ernie Sings and Glen Picks".

1978 - Capitol Records releases Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band's album "Stranger In Town".

1983 - The Motels (featuring vocals by Martha Davis with unlisted others) record the title "Remember The Nights" in (listed as possibly) Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the title as a single (Capitol B-5246) with "Killing Time" (recorded February 14, 1983) on the flipside.

1988 - Capitol Records registers the masters it purchased for Johnny Clegg & Savuka's titles "Human Rainbow", "Siyayilanda", "Joey Don't Do It", "Dance Across The Centuries", "Talk To The People", "African Shadow Man", "The Waiting", "Take My Heart Away", "I Call Your Name", and "Too Early For The Sky" and will issue all the titles on the group's album "Shadow Man" (7-90411-2 on CD) and will also issue "Joey Don't Do It" and "Take My Heart Away" as a single (Capitol 44228).

1992 - Capitol Records releases Radiohead's first commercial EP, "Drill", which contains the tracks "Prove Yourself", "Stupid Car", "You", and "Thinking About You".

1998 - Capitol releases Garth Brooks' first boxed set "Limited Series" (only 2 million sets released worldwide). The collection will include Brooks' first six multi-platinum studio releases as well as a new bonus track on each CD, for a total of 66 cuts and over three hours of music. The package also includes a new photo booklet commemorating Brooks' career to date. Also released is Brooks’ single "To Make You Feel My Love" featured on the soundtrack for the feature film "Hope Floats".

1998 - Capitol Records releases The Jesus Lizard's album "Blue".

1999 - Radiohead's "Meeting People Is Easy" becomes Capitol Records' first simultaneous DVD and Home Video release.

1999 - Capitol Records Nashville artist Garth Brooks is named the artist of the decade at the 34th annual Academy of Country Music Awards.

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1943 - Michael Palin, a comedian, television and motion picture actor, and member of the Virgin Records America group Monty Python's Flying Circus is born Michael Edward Palin in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England.

1958 - David Seville's Liberty Records single "Witch Doctor" is still #1 on Billboard's Best Selling Retail Records chart, Rick Nelson's Imperial Records single "My Bucket's Got A Hole In It" is #22 and its flipside, "Believe What You Say" is #24.

1958 - Imperial Records releases The Burnette Brothers' single "Warm Love" with "My Honey" on the flipside which will be their only single release for the label.

1960 - The Quarry Men become The Silver Beetles.

1962 - Rick Nelson's Imperial Records single "Young World" is #11 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart, Jay And The American's United Artists single "She Cried" is #13, Walter Brennan's Liberty Records single "Old Rivers" is #15.

1973 - Luis Gonzaga, Jr., with unlisted others, records the title "Moleque" in an unlisted studio in Brazil. Blue Note Records will issue the title on the multi-artist compilation album "Blue Brazil Vol. 2 (Blue Note In A Latin Groove)" (B1-57741 on 12" LP and 8-57741-2 on CD).

35 Years Ago Today In 1991 - Roxette's EMI America single "Joyride" is #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart.

1998 - Trumpet player Tim Hagans, with Scott Kinsey on synthesizer and programming, David Dyson on electric bass, and Billy Kilson on drums, records the titles "Hud Doyle" with the addition of Even Hays on electric piano and DJ Kingsize on programming, French Girl" with the addition of Bob Beldon on soprano saxophone, and Animation/Imagination" with the addition of Kurt Rosenwinkel on guitar at Sony Studios in New York City, New York. Blue Note Records will issue all the titles on Hangan's album "Animation/Imagination" (4-95198-2 on CD).

20 Years Ago Today In 2006 - EMI entered preliminary talks to buy Warner Music Group which would later reject EMI's offer.

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135 Years Ago Today In 1891 - Carnegie Hall officially opens with a concert by The Symphony Society of New York (also known as the New York Symphony), one of the two ensembles that merged in 1928 to form today’s New York Philharmonic, conducted by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky.

1900 - The Billboard, a magazine for the music and entertainment industries, begins weekly publication after six years as a monthly.

65 Years Ago Today In 1961 - Alan B. Shepard, Jr. becomes the first American to go into space.

1968 - Ed Sullivan presents a tribute on CBS-TV to Irving Berlin on his 80th birthday.

MAY 4, 2026

HAPPY BIRTHDAYS!

1928 - Maynard Ferguson, a musician (trumpet, trombone, other horns), bandleader, winner of DownBeat Magazine reader's poll for best trumpet in 1950, '51, and '52, member of the Capitol Records group Stan Kenton and His Orchestra, and a Capitol and Roulette Records solo artist, is born Walter Maynard Ferguson in Verdun, Quebec, Canada.

1937 - Dick Dale, "King of the Surf Guitar" and Capitol Records artist (his first full-length album, "Surfer’s Choice", was picked up by Capitol Records in 1962 and distributed nationally), is born Richard Monsour in Boston, Massachusetts.

1942 - Nickolas Ashford, a producer, songwriter, and singer in the Capitol Records duo Ashford & Simpson, is born in Fairfield, South Carolina.

1952 - Jacob Miller, a motion picture actor, a singer with the Capitol Records group Inner Circle, and a solo artist is born in Madeville, Jamaica.

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1945 - Pianist Stan Kenton and His Orchestra (John Carroll, Buddy Childers, John Anderson, Gene Roland, and Mel Green on trumpets, Marshall Ockers, Freddie Zito, and Milt Kabak on trombones, Bart Varsalona on bass trombone, Bob Lively and Boots Mussulli on alto saxophones, Joe Magro and Dave Madden on tenor saxophone, Bob Gioga on bass trombone, Bob Ahern on guitar, Max Wayne on bass, and Bob Varney on drums), with June Christy on vocals, will record the titles "Tampico" and the instrumental "Southern Scandal" at Universal Recording Studios in Chicago, Illinois. Capitol Records will release both titles together as a single (Capitol 202) which will become the group's first million-selling record.

80 Years Ago Today In 1946 - Andy Russell with Paul Weston and His Orchestra's Capitol Records single "Laughing On The Outside" enters Billboard's Best Selling Retail Records chart at #8.

1952 - Hank Thompson's Capitol Records single "The Wild Side Of Life" is #1 on the U.S. Country singles charts.

1953 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Pretend" is #4 on The Billboard magazine's Best Selling Singles and Most Played By Jockeys charts and #5 on the magazine's Most Played In Juke Boxes chart.

1953 - Vocalist Margaret Whiting, with Nelson Riddle conducting his own arrangements to the orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the titles "Something Wonderful Happens", "Where Did He Go", "Mmm, It's Love", and "I Wish I Could Telephone Heaven" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Something Wonderful" and "Where Did He Go" together as a single (Capitol 2489 on 10" shellac and F2489 on 7" vinyl) and has yet to issue the other two titles.

1953 - Vocalists Dean Martin and The Herman McCoy Singers (lineup unlisted), with Dick Stabile conducting His Orchestra (Bernie Mattinson on xylophone, Louis Brown on piano, Vince Terri on guitar, Phil Stephens on bass, Ray Toland on drums, and a string section with Leonard Atkins, Victor Bay, John Peter DeVoogt, Carl LaMagna, Nick Pisani, and Gerald Vinci on violins, Alan Harshman and Louis Kievman on viola, and Armand Kaproff on cello) using arrangements by Gus Levene, records the titles "'Til I Find You", "Don't You Remember?", "If I Could Sing Like Bing", and "Love Me, Love Me" at an extended session in Capitol Records' studios at 5515 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood, California between 8:00 PM and 12:00 AM. Capitol Records will issue "'Til I Find You" and "Love Me, Love Me" together as a single (Capitol 2485 on 10" shellac and F2485 on 7" vinyl) and "Don't You Remember" and "If I Could Sing Like Bing" together as a single (Capitol 2555 on 10" shellac and F2555 on 7" vinyl).

70 Years Ago Today In 1956 - Vocalist Gene Vincent and His Blue Caps (Cliff Gallup on guitar, Ervin "Willie Williams on rhythm guitar, Jack Neal on bass, and Dickie Harrell on drums) record the titles "Race With The Devil", "Be-Bop-A-Lula", "Woman Love", and "I Sure Miss You" with producer Ken Nelson at Owen Bradley's Bradley Film & Recording Studio in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue "Race With The Devil" as a single (Capitol F3530) with "Gonna Back Up Baby" (recorded June 25, 1956) on the flipside, "Be Bop A Lula" and "Woman Love" together as a single (Capitol F3450, the label's first Rock 'N' Roll single), and "I Sure Miss You" on the group's eponymous album "Gene Vincent And His Blue Caps" (T 811). Capitol Records will rush-release "Be Bop A Lula" so that it will be in stores within two weeks and the group will perform the song before cameras for the film "The Girl Can't Help It". "Be-Bop-A-Lula" will influence generations of rockers around the world including John Lennon’s first band The Quarrymen and would be the first record bought by Paul McCartney.

1957 - Ferlin Husky's Capitol Records single "Gone" is #5 on Billboard's Best Selling Retail Records chart, Tommy Sands' Capitol Records single "Teenage Crush" is #13 in a three way tie with Harry Belafonte (with Bob Corwin and His Orchestra)'s single "Mama Look-A Boo Boo", and Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra (with The Arthur Malvin Singers)'s single "So Rare".

1959 - Capitol Records releases Judy Garland's album "The Letter" which has recently been re-released by GRP Records.

1959 - The first Grammy Awards are presented by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Capitol Records artists Louis Prima and Keely Smith win Best Group or Chorus Vocal Performance with the single "That Old Black Magic", The Kingston Trio win Best Country and Western Performance with the single "Tom Dooley", Billy May wins Best Orchestra Performance with the album "Billy May's Big Fat Brass", Meredith Wilson wins Best Original Cast Album - Broadway or Television with "The Music Man", Felix Slatkin conducting The Hollywood Bowl Symphony wins Best Classical Performance - Orchestra with "Gaite Parisienne", The Hollywood String Quartet wins Best Classical Performance - Chamber Music with "Beethoven: Quartet No. 13", Roger Wagner Chorale win Best Classical Performance - Operatic or Choral with "Virtuoso", Stan Freberg wins" Best Documentary or Spoken Word Recording with "The Best Of The Stan Freberg Show", and Frank Sinatra wins "Best Album Cover" with his art direction of his album "Only The Lonely".

1959 - The Kingston Trio's Capitol Records single "Tijuana Jail" is #21 on Billboard's Best Selling Retail Records chart.

1963 - The Beach Boys' Capitol Records album "Surfin' USA" debuts on the US album charts.

1963 - The Beach Boy's Capitol Records single "Surfin' USA" is #8 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart, The Kingston Trio's Capitol Records single "Reverend Mr. Black" is #14, and Al Martino's Capitol Records single "I Love You Because" is #29.

1963 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records album "Ramblin' Rose" is #54 and his album "Dear Lonely Hearts" is #74 on Billboard magazine's Top LPs - 150 Best Sellers - Monaural chart. Also, Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "All Over The World" is #73 on Cash Box magazine's Top 100 Singles chart, and his single "Those Lazy-Hazy-Crazy Days Of Summer" is #1 on the magazine's Singles-Looking Ahead chart.

1964 – Capitol Records releases The Beatles' single "Can’t Buy Me Love" and The Kingston Trio's last album for the label, "Back In Town", recorded during a stint at hungry i in San Francisco that started on March 23, 1964.

1968 - Jackie Gleason and His Orchestra (featuring Mike Deasy on sitar with the rest of the lineup unlisted) record the titles "Moon River" and "Can't Take My Eyes Off Of You" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both titles on Gleason's album "The Now Sound For Today's Lovers" (SW 2935).

1969 - Merle Haggard's Capitol Records single "Hungry Eyes" is #1 on the U.S. Country singles charts.

55 Years Ago Today In 1971 - Buck Owens records the titles "Corn Likker (Corn Liquor)", "Rollin' In My Sweet Baby's Arms",  and "I Know You're Married But I Love You Still" at Buck Owens Studios in Bakersfield, California. Capitol Records will issue the first two titles together as a single (Capitol 3164) and all three titles on Buck Owens and The Buckaroos' album "Ruby" (ST-795).

1974 - Grand Funk Railroad's cover single of "Loco-motion" is still #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart for the second of a two-week stay.

1977 - Capitol Records releases The Beatles live album "The Beatles At The Hollywood Bowl".

1979 – A congratulatory ad for “Phantasm” star Angus Scrim (The Tall Man) from Capitol Records appears in the Hollywood Reporter. Angus Scrim is the screen name for Rory Guy, Grammy-winning writer of liner notes for Angel and Capitol Records, whose office was on the 5th floor of The Capitol Tower. Ron Waite has a great article online about a visit to Rory/Angus in the Tower with a young fan of the movie.

1982 – Duran Duran's second album, “Rio”, produced by Colin Thurston, was released worldwide with Capitol Records' subsidiary Harvest Records initially handling distribution in the United States.

1988 - Dave Edmunds, with unlisted others, records the title "Sincerely" at an unlisted studio. Capitol Records will issue the title on Edmunds' album "Closer To Fame" (C1-90372 on 12" vinyl and C2-90372 on CD).

1992 - Dudu Zulu, a principal member of the Capitol Records group Johnny Clegg & Savuka, was shot and killed on May 4, 1992 in his native Zululand as he was en route to his home.

1998 - Capitol Records releases Robbie Williams' first U.S. album "The Ego Has Landed", culled from his first 2 UK albums.

15 Years Ago Today In 2011 - Gary West (aka Speedy West, Jr.), guitarist and son of Capitol Records artist Speedy West, dies in Oklahoma City of complications from lung cancer at age 58. A memorial service is set for 3 p.m. May 11 at St. Luke's United Methodist Church in Oklahoma City under the direction of Buchanan Funeral Service of Oklahoma City.

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1947 – Capitol Records co-founder and artist Johnny Mercer sings "Huggin' and Chalkin'" on the Armed Forces radio show "Command Performance".

1957 - Fats Domino's Imperial Records single "I'm Walkin'" is #8 on Billboard's Best Selling Retail Records chart and Eddie Cochran's Liberty Records single "Sittin' In The Balcony" is #21.

1959 - Liberty Records artist David Seville wins Best Comedy Recording and Best Recording for Children with "The Chipmunk Song" and Ted Keep wins Best Engineered Recording - Novelty with "The Chipmunk Song" at the first Grammy Awards presentation.

1959 - The Fleetwoods' Dolton (originally Dolphin) Records single "Come Softly" is #3 on Billboard's Best Selling Retail Records chart, Martin Denny's Liberty Records single "Quiet Village" is #19, Rick Nelson's Imperial Records single "Never Be Anyone Else But You is #26 and its flipside, "It's Late", is #29.

1963 - Bobby Vee's Liberty Records single "Charms" is #15 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart, Lou Christie's Roulette Records single "Two Faces Have I" is #23, and Jan and Dean's Liberty Records single "Linda" is #28.

1983 - EMI America purchases the masters to Kate Bush's title "Un Baiser D'Enfant (The Infant Kiss) (French Lyric)" with Bush singing in French and will issue the title on Bush's self-titled 7" mini-album "Kate Bush" (4LP-19004).

40 Years Ago Today In 1986 - The Pet Shop Boys' EMI America single "West End Girls" is #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart.

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140 Years Ago Today In 1886 - Chichester Bell and Charles S. Tainter are granted a patent on the gramophone.

1929 - Audrey Hepburn, Academy Award-winning actress, who introduced the Johnny Mercer/Henry Mancini song “Moon River” in the film “Breakfast At Tiffany’s”, is born Edda Kathleen van Heemstra in Brussels, Belgium.

1945 - Miles Davis records for the first time in a session with a band led by Herbie Fields.

1958 - Keith Haring, an artist, is born in Reading, Pennsylvania.

1970 – Students Allison Krause, Sandra Lee Scheuer, Jeffrey Glenn Miller, and William K. Schroeder were shot down by National Guard members during an anti-Vietnam War demonstration on the Kent State University Campus in Ohio.

1975 - Moe Howard, a vaudeville, Broadway, motion picture and television actor, comedian, and member of The Three Stooges, dies at age 77.

1977 - "Star Wars" debuts in movie theatres.

20 Years Ago Today In 2006 - I saw actor Kent McCord working on his website on a 12" iBook outside a coffee shop next to the Virgin MegaStore on Sunset and Crescent Heights. He appeared on "Ozzie and Harriett" as one of Rick Nelson's friends before going on to co-star on "Adam 12" and making appearances on "Farscape"..

MAY 3, 2026

HAPPY BIRTHDAYS!

1903 - Bing Crosby, a singer, radio, motion picture, radio, and television actor, and a Decca and a Capitol Records artist, is born Harry Lillis Crosby at 1112 North "J" Street in Tacoma, Washington.

1912 - Virgil Fox, organist and Capitol Records artist, is born in Princeton, Illinois.

1950 - Mary Hopkin, singer (best known for "Those Were The Days") and Apple Records artist distributed by Capitol Records in the United States, is born in Pontardawe, Wales.

1955 - Steve Jones, singer, disc jockey, and guitarist with the EMI and Virgin Records band The Sex Pistols, is born.

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1947 - The Pied Pipers with Paul Weston and His Orchestra's Capitol Records single "Mam'selle" debuts at #10 on Billboards Best Selling Retail Records chart.

1947 - Merle Travis' Capitol Records single "So Round, So Firm, So Fully Packed" is #1 on the U.S. Country singles charts.

1952 - Kay Starr's Capitol Records single "Wheel Of Fortune" is still #1 on Billboard's Best Selling Retail Records chart, Ella Mae Morse's Capitol Records single is still #3, and Jane Froman's Capitol Records single "I'll Walk Alone", with orchestra conducted by Sid Feller, debuts at #19.

1958 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Looking Back" is #4 on The Billboard magazine's R&B Best Sellers In Stores and Most Played R&B By Jockeys charts, #10 on the magazine's Best Selling Pop Singles In Stores and Top 100 Sides charts, #14 on the magazine's Most Played By Jockeys chart, #15 on Cash Box magazine's Best Selling Singles chart, and #38 on KFWB's Fabulous Forty Survey in Los Angeles, California. "Looking Back"'s flipside, "Do I Like It" is also #10 on The Billboard magazine's Best Selling Pop Singles In Stores chart, #26 also on KFWB's Fabulous Forty Survey in Los Angeles, California and #93 also on The Billboard magazine's Top 100 Sides chart. Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records album "Love Is The Thing" is #9 on The Billboard magazine's Most Played By Jockeys chart and #22 on the magazine's Best Selling Pop LPs chart.

1958 - Vocalist Earl Holliman, with The Dave Cavanaugh Orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the titles "Don't Get Around Much Anymore", "Real Love And Affection", "A Teenager Sings Blues", and "White Flame" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Don't Get Around Much Anymore" and "A Teenager Sings Blues" together as a single (Capitol 3983) and has yet to issue the other two titles.

1968 - Capitol Records band The Beach Boys begins its US tour, with special guest Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, with two concerts, one at the Washington Coliseum in Washington, District of Columbia and the other at the Baltimore Civic Center in Baltimore, Maryland.

1968 - Overdubs are recorded in Los Angeles, California for Tony Bruno's titles "We'll Be Together Again", "Didn't We", "You Don't Know What Love Is", "Reason To Believe", "Little Green Apples", and "Rhonda Mendelbaum". After more overdubs are recorded for all the titles on May 4, 6, and 18, 1968, Capitol Records will issue the final mixes of all the titles on Bruno's album "I'm Feeling It Now" (ST 2930) and the final mix of "Didn't We" also as a single (Capitol 2235) with "Little Men & Little Women" (recorded March 4, 1968 with overdubs on March 18 and April 26, 1968) on the flipside.

1968 - Truck (lineup unlisted) records the titles "I've Been Waiting" and "If" in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records which has yet to issue either title.

1968 - Vocalists Tony Sandler and Ralph Yount, with Bob Bain conducting his own arrangements to the orchestra (lineup unlisted) record the titles "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas", "I Sing Noel", "Mister Santa", and "Adeste Fideles (O Come All Ye Faithful)" in Los Angeles, California. After overdubs are recorded in Los Angeles, California on May 24, 1968 for "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas" and "I Sing Noel" and on May 27, 1968, for "Mister Santa" and "Adeste Fideles (O Come All Ye Faithful)", Capitol Records will issue the final mixes of "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas", "I Sing Noel", and "Mister Santa" on the duo's album "Christmas World" (ST 2967), "I Sing Noel" also as a single (Capitol 2333) with "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town" (recorded April 29, 1968, with overdubs recorded on May 27, 1968) on the flipside, and  "Adeste Fideles (O Come All Ye Faithful)" on the two-LP multi-artist compiliation album "The Best Of Christmas" (STBB 2979).

1968 - Overdubs are recorded in Nashville, Tennessee for Ken "Thumbs" Carllile's titles "Gentle On My Mind", "Boss-A-Minuet", "By The Time I Get To Phoenix", and "Greenfields" which were all recorded on March 5, 1968. Capitol Records has yet to issue any of the titles or their final mixes.

1969 - Margaret Young, a popular comedienne and singer in the 1920s, Capitol recording artist in 1949, and aunt of Capitol artist Margaret Whiting, dies in Inglewood, California at age 78. She was born Margaret Youngblood.

55 Years Ago Today In 1971 - Capitol Records band Grand Funk Railroad hold their first press conference with six journalists attending.

1973 - Connie Cato, with unlisted others, records the titles "Four ON The Floor", "Big Stick Of Dynamite", and "Don't Let The Good Times Roll Away" in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue "Four On The Floor" and "Don't Let The Good Times Roll Away" together as a single (Capitol 3679), "Big Stick Of Dynamite" as a single (Capitol 3788) with "Superskirt" (recorded January 31, 1973) on the flipside, and "Four On The Floor" and "Big Stick Of Dynamite" also on Cato's album "Super Connie Cato" (ST-11312).

1973 - Overdubs are recorded in Los Angeles, California for Billy May And The Time-Life Orchestra's titles "The Fool On The Hill" (recorded in The Capitol Tower Studios on March 19, 1973) and "Manha De Carnaval" (recorded and overdubbed in The Capitol Tower Studios on April 30, 1973). Time-Life Records will issue the final mixes of both titles as part of its "As You Remember Them" series in the three-LP set "Volume 7 - Billy May" (STL-247).

50 Years Ago Today In 1976 - Capitol Records band Wings end their "Wings Over America" tour after a three-night stand at The Forum, in Los Angeles, California, or start their tour in Fort Worth, Texas marking Paul McCartney's first time back on a U.S. stage in a decade.

1977 - Helmut Köllen, the bassist, acoustic guitarist, vocalist, and writer for the Capitol band Triumvirat, after a long day in the studio recording, is accidentally killed at age 27 by carbon monoxide poisoning while sitting in his car listening to a cassette tape of the day's session in his garage. A solo album named by his friends after one of his favorite Beatles' songs, "You Won't See Me", is released posthumously later that year by Harvest/EMI Records in Germany. Russ Schenewerk has written a great biographical article about Triumvirat and Köllen.

1980 -  Bob Seger and The Silver Bullet Band's Capitol Records album "Against The Wind" is #1 on Billboard's Top 200 Albums chart.

1988 - Poison's album "Open Up And Say...Ahh!" is released on Enigma Records, and distributed by Capitol Records. The album was produced by Tom Werman after Kiss' Paul Stanley had to bow out after scheduling conflicts. The album was recorded and mixed at Conway Recording Studios in Los Angeles and contains the #1 hit "Every Rose Has It's Thorn".

1988 - Willie Dixon, with unlisted others, records the titles "I Don't Trust Myself" and "Don't Mess With The Messer" in an unlisted studio for Capitol Records. No issuing information is listed.

1998 - Garth Brooks' Capitol Records Nashville single "Two Pina Coladas" is #1 on the U.S. Country singles charts.

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90 Years Ago Today In 1936 - Future Capitol Records artist Joe DiMaggio plays his first major league baseball game in Yankee Stadium against the St. Louis Browns.

1965 - The Beatles spend the day filming scenes for their United Artists movie "HELP!" on Salisbury Plain with the assistance of the British Army's Third Tank Division.

1968 - Trumpet player Lee Morgan, with Bennie Maupin on tenor saxophone, Cedar Walton on piano, Reggie Workman on bass, and Billy Higgins on drums, records the titles "Helen's Ritual", "Suicide City", "Cunning Lee", "Caramba (aka Dig Dis)", "Soulita", and, without Bennie Maupin on tenor saxophone, "A Baby's Smile" at recording engineer Rudy Van Gelder's studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey with producer Francis Wolff. Blue Note Records will issue all the titles, except "A Baby's Smile" on Morgan's album "Caramba!" (BST84289) and all the titles on the CD release of the album (8-53358-2).

50 Years Ago Today In 1976 - Carmen McRae (on vocals, with concertmasters Gerry Vinci and David Frisina; Buddy Childers, Bobby Shew, Al Aarons, Snooky Young, Oscar Brashear, and Blue Mitchell on trumpet; Lew McCreary, George Bohannon, Kenny Shroyer, Maurice Spears, Grover Mitchell, and Ernie Tack on trombone; Bill Perkins, Lanny Morgan, Harry Klee, Abe Most, Bill Green, Jerome Richardson, Ernie Watts, Don Menza, Pete Christlieb, and Jack Nimitz on reeds; Artie Kane and Marshall Otwell on piano; Joe Sample, Dave Grusin, and Ian Underwood on keyboards; Larry Carlton and Dennis Budimir on guitar; Joe Mondragon, Chuck Berghofer, and Wilton Felder on bass;, Harvey Mason on drums; and Victor Feldman and Larry Bunker on percussion) begins recording titles for her United Artists Records album "Can't Hide Love" with producer by Dale Oehler, executive producer George Butler, and mixing engineer Hank Cicalo assisted by Milt Caliceis, at A&M Recording Studios, Los Angeles, California.

1988 - The masters are registered for John Fogerty's title "Centerfield", The Blasters' title "So Long Baby Goodbye", Los Lobos' title "I Got Loaded", and The Fabulous Thunderbirds' title "Can't Tear It Up" to be used on the soundtrack album for the film "Bull Durham" which will be issued on the Silva Screen label by EMI (C1-90586 on 12" vinyl and C2-90586 on CD).

1994 - August Anna Brooks, daughter of Liberty Records (later renamed Capitol Records Nashville) artist Garth Brooks, is born.

1997 - Former Capitol Records band Katrina & the Waves win the forty-second Eurovision Song Contest, held in Dublin, Ireland, for the United Kingdom singing "Love Shine a Light".

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1919 - Betty Comden, lyricist (best known as the partner of composer Adolph Green), is born in Brooklyn, New York.

1933 - James Brown, "The Godfather of Soul", is born in Barnwell, South Carolina.

70 Years Ago Today In 1956 - "The Most Happy Fella", a musical by Frank Loesser, opens at The Imperial Theatre in New York City, New York.

1960 - "The Fantasticks", by composer Harvey Schmidt and writer-lyricist Tom Jones, opens off-off-Broadway at the Sullivan Street Playhouse and would run continuously for the next 40 years, becoming the world's longest-running musical. Its hit song, "Try To Remember", is introduced by Jerry Orbach, later better remembered for his stint on TV's "Law & Order" and as the voice of Lumiere in the Walt Disney animated feature "Beauty And The Beast".

1972- Bruce Springsteen records 12 songs at an acoustic solo demo session for CBS talent scout John Hammond in New York City which eventually leads to his signing to the label.

1998 - Gene Raymond, actor (lead in RKO's 1933 film "Flying Down to Rio", the first film to team Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers), singer (introduced the song "All I Do Is Think Of You" in the 1934 MGM film "Sadie McKee"), and one-time husband of singer and actress Jeanette MacDonald, dies at age 89.

BTW - It's also my brother Paul Nielsen's 64th birthday :)

MAY 2, 2026

HAPPY BIRTHDAYS!

1950 - Lou Gramm, a singer and drummer in the Capitol Records band Black Sheep and the band Foreigner is born Louis Grammatico, in Rochester, New York.

1954 - Prescott Niles, a bass player in the Capitol Records band The Knack, as well as the bands The Game and The Front, is born in New York City, New York.

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80 Years Ago Today In 1946 - Andy Russell's Capitol Records single "Laughing On The Outside (Crying On The Inside)" is released.

1947 - The Pied Pipers' Capitol Records single "Mam'selle" is released.

1948 - The Notre Dame Glee Club (lineup unlisted) records the titles "Notre Dame Victory March" and "Notre Dame We Hail Thee" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue both titles as a single (57-764) with The U.C.L.A. Glee Club's titles "Hail To California" and "Team Hear Our Song" (both recorded on June 29, 1948) on the flipside.

1953 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Pretend" is #4 on Billboard's Best Selling Records chart, Les Baxter and His Orchestra's Capitol Records single "April In Portugal" is #5, and Jane Froman's Capitol Records single "I Believe", with Sid Feller conducting the orchestra, is #17.

1953 - Vocalist Frank Sinatra, with Nelson Riddle conducting his own arrangements to the orchestra (Arthur “Skeets” Herfurt, Ted Nash, and James Williamson on reeds, Clyde Hurley and Emanuel Klein on trumpets, Milton Bernhart and James Priddy on trombones, John Cace and Vincent De Rosa on French horns, Bill Miller on piano, Phil Stephens on bass, Alton Hendrickson on guitar, Alvin Stoller on drums, Kathryn Julve on harp, and a string section with Victor Bay, Walter Edelstien, Henry Hill, Alex Murray, Mischa Russell, and Gerald Vinci on violins, Alfred Barr and Paul Robyn on violas, Eleanor Slatkin on cello), records the titles "Anytime, Anywhere", "My One And Only Love", "From Here To Eternity", and "I Can Read Between The Lines" at radio station KHJ's (now the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science's Pickford Center for Motion Picture Study and The Academy Film Archive) studios at 1313 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California between 3:00 PM and 6:00 PM with producer Voyle Gilmore. Capitol Records will issue "Anytime, Anywhere" and "From Here To Eternity" together as a single (Capitol 2560), "My One And Only Love" as a single (Capitol 2505) with "I've Got The World On A String" (recorded on April 30, 1953) on the flipside, and "I Can Read Between The Lines" on the album "Songs For Young Lovers" (W 1432).

1955 - Jackie Gleason records the track "That Certain Party" for Capitol Records.

70 Years Ago Today In 1956 - The Louvin Brothers record the track "Cash On The Barrelhead" for Capitol Records.

1958 - Vocal overdubs are recorded in Los Angeles on Hank Thompson's titles "Shenandoah Waltz", "Signed, Sealed And Delivered", "In The Valley Of The Moon", and "Warm Red Wine" which were all recorded on April 15, 1958. Capitol Records will issue the final mixes of all the titles on the album "Favorite Waltzes By Hank Thompson With The Brazos Valley Boys" (T 1111).

1958 - Vocalist Nat "King" Cole, with Gordon Jenkins and his Orchestra (Rene Favre on piano, John Collins on guitar, Charles Harris on bass, Lee Young on drums, and a string section with Victor Arno, Harry Bluestone, Sam Cytron, Kurt Dieterle, Walt Edelstein, Dave Frisina, Jacques Gasselin, Murray Kellner, Joseph Livoti, Alex Murray, Erno Neufeld, Nick Pisani, Joe Quadri, Nathan Ross, Mischa Russell, and Marshall Sosson on violin, Bill Baffa, Lou Kievman, Ray Menhennick, and David Sterkin on viola, Armand Kaproff and Ray Kramer on cello, and Kathryn Thompson on harp), records the titles "I Wish I Knew The Way To Your Heart", "This Is All I Ask", "The More I See You", "I Found A Million Dollar Baby (In A Five And Ten Cent Store)", "Making Believe You're Here", and "My Heart Tells Me (Should I Believe My Heart?)" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California between 2:00 PM and 6:00 PM. Capitol Records will issue all the songs on Cole's album "The Very Thought Of You" (W 1084). An edited version of "I Found A Million Dollar Baby (In A Five And Ten Cent Store)" is included on a promotional record (Capitol PRO 2991/2).

1963 - At their first session, The Super Stocks (Gary Usher and Chuck Girard on vocals, Richie Podolor aka Richie Allen, Paul Johnson, and Glen Campbell on guitars, Wayne Edwards on percussion, Bill Cooper and Carol Kaye on bass guitars, Richard Burns on rhythm guitar, Steve Douglas on saxophone, Leon Russell on keyboards, and Hal Blaine on drums), record the titles "Four On The Floor", "Wide Track", "Street Machine", and "Cheater Slicks" in Los Angeles, California with Gary Usher also producing the session. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on the multi-artist compilation album "Shutdown" (T/DT 1918).

1964 - The Beatles' Capitol Records album "Second Album" hits the #1 spot on Billboard's Top 200 Albums chart two weeks after its release, making it the first album ever to reach #1 that quickly.

60 Years Ago Today In 1966 - Capitol Records releases Buck Owens' album "Dust On Mother's Bible".

1967 - Capitol Records pulls the plug on Brian Wilson's "Smile" album for The Beach Boys. Thirty-eight years later in 2005, after a series of concert performances by Brian Wilson, the album, and a documentary film, will finally be released.

1968 - Vocalist Lou Rawls, with H. B. Barnum conducting his own arrangement to his orchestra (Plas Johnson and Jim Horn on tenor saxophone, Gary Coleman on vibraphone, Don Randi on piano, Les Buie, Al Casey, and Arthur Wright on guitars, Carole Kaye on bass, Earl Palmer on drums, and Stan Levey on percussion), records the titles "Ol' Man River", "Life Time", "One For My Baby (And One More For The Road)", and "Life Time (Monologue)" in Los Angeles, California with producer David Axelrod. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Rawls' album "You're Good For Me" (ST 2927).

1968 - Vocalist Tony Bruno, with unlisted others, records the titles "Reason To Believe", "Little Green Apples", and "Rhoda Mendelbaum" in Los Angeles, California. After overdubs are recorded for all the titles on May 3, 4, 6, and 18, 1968, Capitol Records will issue the final mixes of all the titles on Bruno's album "I'm Feeling It Now" (ST 2930).

1968 - Pianist Rubin Mitchell, with King Curtis on tenor saxophone and unlisted trumpets, alto saxophone, baritone saxophone, organ, guitar, bass, and drums players, records the titles "Do You Know The Way To San Jose", "Loosen Up (Yakety Sax)" with the addition of an unlisted tambourine player, and "Summer Dreams" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records has yet to issue "Do You Know The Way To San Jose" and will issue "Loosen Up (Yakety Sax)" and "Summer Dreams" together as a single (Capitol 2220).

1968 - Capitol Records registers in Los Angeles, California the masters it purchased of Orville Couch's titles "Double Trouble", "Just Another Stranger", "Won't It Feel Good", and "Don't Laugh At The Honky Tonks". Tower Records, a subsidiary of Capitol Records, will issue "Double Trouble" and "Just Another Stranger" together as a single (Tower 413) and "Won't It Feel Good" and "Don't Laugh At The Honky Tonks" together as a single (Tower 469).

1973 - June Hutton, a singer who replaced Jo Stafford in the Capitol Records group The Pied Pipers in June 1944 and was married arranger Axel Stordahl, the father of their two children, and Kenneth Tobey dies at age 53 in Encino, California. She is later interred in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California next to Stordahl.

1973 - Boomer (aka Boomer Castleman), with unlisted others, records the titles "The Mississippi Mud", "Texas Dawn", "Cottonmouth", and "Let's Get The Feeling" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "The Mississippi Mud" and "Texas Dawn" together as a single (Capitol 3668). No issuing information is listed for the last two titles.

1978 - Connie Cato, with unlisted others, records the titles "Hasta Manana", "Cry Like A Baby", "Red Rubber Ball", and "I Won't Take It Lyin' Down" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "I Won't Take It Lyin' Down" as a single (Capitol 4603) with "I'll Love Her Right Out Of Your Mind" (recorded October 5, 1976) on the flipside and has yet to issue the other three titles.

40 Years Ago Today In 1986 - Anne Murray's Capitol Records single "Now And Forever" is #1 on the U.S. Country singles charts.

1988 - Willie Dixon, with unlisted others, records the titles "Good Advice", "Blues You Can't Lose", and "I Love The Life I Live (I Live The Life I Love" at an unlisted studio for Capitol Records. No issuing information is listed.

1992 - Capitol Records artist Bonnie Raitt receives an honorary Doctor of Music Degree from Berklee College of Music during commencement ceremonies in Boston. The principal speaker at the commencement is Capitol Records boss Joe Smith.

2004 - Keith Urban's Capitol Records Nashville single "You'll Think Of Me" is #1 on the U.S. Country singles charts.

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1885 - Hedda Hopper, American actress, gossip columnist, radio show host, mother of motion picture and television actor William Hopper (best known as Paul Drake on "Perry Mason"), and whose estate was an early tenant of The Capitol Tower, is born Elda Furry in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania.

1958 - Pianist Gil Evans conducts his own arrangements to 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, Bill Barber on tuba, Julian "Cannonball" Adderley on alto saxphone, Phil Bodner on piccolo, flute, bass clarinet, and English horn, Chuck Wayne on guitar, Paul Chambers on bass, and Philly Joe Jones on drums, records the title "Willow Tree" at Judson Hall in New York City, New York with producer George Avaklan for World Pacific Records which will issue the title on the album "New Bottle Old Wine" (WP-1246 in Mono and STEREO-1011 in Stereo) as by Gil Evans Orchestra Featuring Cannonball Adderley in 1958. Blue Note Records will issue the title on the two-disc compilation album "Pacific Standard Time" (BN-LA461-H2) in 1975 and on the CD "Gil Evans ‎– The Complete Pacific Jazz Sessions" (3-58300-2) in 2006.

1964 - The Beatles' Tollie Records single "Love Me Do" enters the Top 40 of Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart.

1964 - Imperial Records releases Billy J. Kramer's single "Little Children" in the United States.

1968 - Tenor saxophonist Stanley Turrentine, with Snooky Young and Jimmy Nottingham on flugelhorns, Jim Buffington on French horn, Benny Powell on bass trombone, Hank Jones on piano, Kenny Burrell on guitar, George Duvivier on bass, and Grady Tate on drums, records the titles "A Beautiful Friendship" without Burrell on guitar, "This Guy's In Love With You", I'm Always Drunk In San Francisco", "Emily", and "Cabin In The Sky" in recording engineer Rudy Van Gelder's studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey. After a fourteen piece string section records overdubs arranged by Duke Pearson for all the titles on May 27, 1968, Blue Note Records will reject the take of "Cabin In The Sky" and will issue the final mixes of "A Beautiful Friendship", "This Guy's In Love With You", I'm Always Drunk In San Francisco", and "Emily" on Turrentine's album "The Look Of Love" (BST84286) and will also issue "This Guy's In Love With You" as a single (Blue Note 45-1940) with "The Look Of Love" (recorded April 15, 1968 and had the string section overdubbed on May 27, 1968) on the flipside.

45 Years Ago Today In 1981 - Sheena Easton's EMI America single "Morning Train" is still #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart.

1988 - Jim Fifield is appointed President and Chief Operating Officer of EMI Music Worldwide, based in New York City, New York. He will become President and Chief Executive Officer the following year.

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1895 - Larry Hart, a lyricist, writer, composer, producer, and partner of Richard Rodgers, is born Lorenz Milton Hart in New York City, New York.

1932 - NBC introduces a new entertainer to their network's radio audience - Jack Benny.

1938 - Drummer Chick Webb and His Orchestra (Mario Bauza, Bobby Stark, and Taft Jordan on trumpets, George Matthews, Nat Story, and Sandy Williams on trombones, Garvin Bushell on clarinet and alto saxophone, Louis Jordan on alto saxophone, Teddy McRae and Wayman Carver on tenor saxophone, Tommy Fulford on piano, Bobby Johnson on guitar, and Beverly Peer on bass), using arrangements by Van Alexander and with vocalist Ella Fitzgerald who would later record for Capitol Records, record the titles "A-Tisket A-Tasket", "Heart Of Mine", "I'm Just A Jitterbug", and the instrumental "Azure" in New York City, New York. Decca Records will issue "A-Tisket A-Tasket" as a single (Decca 1840) with "Liza (All The Clouds’ll Roll Away)" (recorded May 3, 1938) on the flipside, "Heart Of Mine" as a single by Ella Fitzgerald with Chick Webb and his Orchestra (Decca 2721) with "My Last Goodbye" (recorded August 18, 1939 by Ella Fitzgerald and Her Famous Orchestra) on the flipside, and "I'm Just A Jitterbug" and "Azure" together as a single (Decca 1899).

1984 - Bob Clampett, cartoonist, director, television host, puppeteer, and creator of Tweety Bird and Beany and Cecil, dies at age 70, six days before his 71st birthday, of a heart attack in Detroit, Michigan.