FEBRUARY 22, 2026

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

75 Years Ago Today In 1951 - Michael Frondelli, producer, engineer, mixer, and vice president from 1990 to 2001 of The Capitol Tower Studios in Hollywood, California, is born in New York City, New York.

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1945 - Johnny Mercer and Jo Stafford with The Pied Pipers and Paul Weston and His Orchestra's Capitol Records single "Candy", with Mercer's "I'm Gonna See My Baby" on the flipside, enters the top 40 of the U.S. Pop singles charts.

1949 - Margaret Whiting's Capitol Records single "Far Away Places", with "My Own True Love" on the flipside, is #2 on the U.S. Pop Singles chart.

1949 - Jimmy Wakely's Capitol Records single "I Love You So Much It Hurts", with "I Don't Want Your Sympathy" on the flipside, is still #1 on the U.S. Country singles charts.

75 Years Ago Today In 1951 - Vocalist Mary Mayo, with Al Ham conducting the orchestra (Louis Mucci and Joe Ferrante on trumpets, Will Bradley on trombone, Bill Stegmeyer, Stanley Webb, and Sam Donahue on reeds, probably Art Wagner on piano, Arnold Fishkin on bass, and Jimmy Crawford on drums), records the titles "My Love An' My Mule" and "It Only Takes A Minute" and the as yet unissued titles "Mighty Lak' A Rose" and "I'll See You In My Dreams" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue "My Love An' My Mule" and "It Only Takes A Minute" together as a single (Capitol 1439).

1952 - Vocalist Tex Ritter and The Oklahoma Sweethearts (vocalists Jean Aderson and Edna Leeper), with Lionel Taylor on piano, George Bamby on accordion, Wesley Tuttle on guitar, Wesley "Speedy" West on steel guitar, and Cliffie Stone on bass, using arrangements by Ken Nelson, record the titles "The Letter Edged In Black", "When It's Springtime In The Rockies", "There Shall Be Showers Of Blessings", and "When It's Lamplightin' Time In The Valley" at Capitol Records' studios at 5515 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood, California between 8:00 PM and 11:30 PM. Capitol Records will issue "The Letter Edged In Black" and "There Shall Be Showers Of Blessings" together as a single and Bear Family Records will issue all the titles in Germany in the four-CD box set "High Noon" (BCD 16356). Unfortunately, only "There Shall Be Showers Of Blessings" is the only title from this session currently on YouTube.

1953 - Pianist Leonard Pennario records Liszt's "Mephisto Waltz" at the Syria Mosque in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Capitol Records will issue the title on Pennario's 10" 33 1/3 album "LISZT - Mephisto Waltz/CHOPIN - Barcarolle In F Sharp Minor" (H-8246) and in England by EMI on his 10" 33 1/3 album "LISZT/CHOPIN" (CCL-7523).

70 Years Ago Today In 1956 - At the first recording session held in The Capitol Tower Studios in Hollywood, California, Frank Sinatra conducts the orchestra (Mannie Klein, Uan Rasey, and Cecil Read on trumpets, Si Zentner and Ed Kusby on trombones, George Roberts on bass trombone, James Decker, John Cave, Arthur Frantz, and Hyman Markowitz on French horns, Arthur Gleghorn and Harry Klee on flutes, Mitchell Lurie and Sal Franzella on clarinets, Bert Gassman and Harry Schuchman on oboes, Fred Moritz and John Hacker on bassoons, Bill Miller on piano, George Van Eps on guitar, George Boujie, Sam Goldman, and Eddie Gilbert on basses, David Grupp and Milt Holland on drums and percussion, Kathryn Julye on harp, and a string section with Victor Arno, Victor Bay, Alex Beller, Harry Bluestone, Samuel Cytron, David Frisina, Ben Gill, Henry Hill, Murray Kellner, Dan Lube, Paul Nero, Erno Neufeld, Lou Raderman, Nathan Ross, Eudice Shapiro, and Marshall Sosson on violins, Maxine Johnson, Virginia Majewski, Paul Robyn, David Sterkin, Milton Thomas, and Abraham Weiss on violas, and Cy Bernard, Victor Gottlieb, Armand Kaproff, Edgar Lustgarten, Joseph Saxon, and Eleanor Slatkin on cello), with copyist Vern Yocum, as they record the titles "Black" arranged by Victor Young, "Orange" arranged by Nelson Riddle, "White" arranged by Victor Young, and "Brown" arranged by Jeff Alexander between 8:00 PM and 11:30 PM. Also in attendance are copyist Vern Yocum, Capitol Records president Glenn Wallichs, and photographer Ken Veeder. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Sinatra's album "Tone Poems Of Color" (W735).

70 Years Ago Today In 1956 - Vocalists Bing Crosby and Grace Kelly, with Johnny Green conducting The MGM Studio Orchestra (lineup unlisted), record the title "True Love" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the title on the soundtrack album "High Society" (W 750) as well as a single (Capitol 3507) with "Well Did You Evah" (recorded January 17, 1956) on the flipside. The single will go on to earn Crosby a gold record, the last of his career.

1957 - Sonny James' Capitol Records single "Young Love", with "You're The Reason I'm In Love" on the flipside, is still #1 on the U.S. Country singles chart.

1957 - During two sessions held this day in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California, vocalist Robert Mitchum, with pianist Jimmy Rowles conducting the orchestra (Tony Terran on trumpet, Morris Bercov on saxophone, Laurindo Almeida and Jack Marshall on guitars, Joe Comfort on bass, Eddie Aparicio and Frank Carlson on drums and percussion, Mike Pacheco on drums and bongos, Lous Singer on drums and vibraphones, and Carlos Mejia on bongos) records the titles "Tic, Tic, Tic" and "Coconut Water" at the first session between 8:00 PM and 11:00 PM and the titles "Matilda, Matilda", "Beauty Is Only Skin Deep", and "Not Me" at the second session between 11:30PM and 2:30 AM on February 23, 1957. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Mitchum's album "Calypso-Is Like So..." (T 853).

1957 - Bandleader and pianist Stan Kenton and His Orchestra (Bob Fitzpatrick, Kent Larsen, John Halliburton, and Jim Amlotte on trombones, George Roberts on bass trombone, Lennie Niehaus and Charlie Mariano on alto saxophones, Bill Perkins and Richie Kamuca on tenor saxophones, Pepper Adams on baritone saxophone, Ralph Blaze on guitar, Red Mitchell on bass, Mel Lewis on drums, and Jack Costanzo on bongos), with vocals by The Modern Men (lineup unlisted), record the titles "Eager Beaver", "Temptation", and, with additional vocals by Ann Richards, "Softly" at The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Kenton's album "Kenton With Voices" (T 810).

1957 - Vocalist Judy Garland, with Gordon Jenkins conducting his own arrangements to the orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the titles "Mean To Me", "By Myself", "Blue Prelude" and "Then You've Never Been Blue" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Mean To Me", "By Myself", and "Blue Prelude" on Garland's album "Alone" (T/DT 835) and all the titles on the album's CD release (7-92346-2).

1957 - Pianist Joe "Fingers" Carr (aka Lou Busch), with unlisted others, records the titles "Under The Double Eagle", "The March Of The Siamese Children", "Parade Of The Wooden Soldiers", and "Stars And Stripes Forever" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Carr's album "Honky Tonk Street Parade" (T 809). Unfortunately, neither "The March Of The Siamese Children" nor "Stars And Stripes Forever" are currently available on YouTube.

1957 - The Jonah Jones Quartet (Jonah Jones on trumpet, George Rhodes on piano, John Brown on bass, and Harold Austin on drums) records the titles "Too Close For Comfort", "Mack The Knife" with vocals by Jonah Jones, "Molly-O", and "Undecided" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue "Too Close For Comfort", "Mack The Knife", and "Undecided" on the quartet's album "Muted Jazz" (T 839) and "Molly-O" on Jones' album "Hit Me Again!" (T/ST 1375).

1957 - Felix Slatkin conducts The Hollywood String Quartet (lineup unlisted) as they record Ludwig Van Beethoven's "Quartet N° 12 In E Flat Major, Op. 127, 1st Mvt." in Studio A in The Capitol Tower Studio at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California. The rest of the piece will be recorded on February 23, March 2, and March 9, 1957. Capitol Records will issue the title on the quartet's album "BEETHOVEN - Quartet N° 12 In E Flat Major, Op. 127" (P-8443). Currently, only the full album is available on YouTube. 

1958 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Angel Smile" is #31 on Cash Box magazine's Best Selling Singles chart and #33 on The Billboard magazine's Best Selling Pop Singles In Stores chart. Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records album "Just One Of Those Things" is #6 on The Billboard magazine's Most Played By Jockeys chart and #21 on the magazine's Best Selling Pop LPs chart.

1963 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Nothing Goes Up" debuts at #31 on KOSA 1230 AM's "Fab"ulous Forty survey in Odessa, Texas.

1963 - Jackie Gleason conducts a large string orchestra (lineup unlisted but features Pee Wee Erwin on trumpet and Charlie Ventura on tenor saxophone) as they record the titles "The Third Man Theme (Harry Lime Theme)", "Call Me Irresponsible", "My Romance" and "You're All The World To Me" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue all the titels on Gleason's album "Movie Themes: For Lovers Only" (W/SW 1877).

1963 - Trumpetist Charlie Shavers, with Billy Byers on trombone, Jerome Richardson on alto saxophone, Budd Johnson on tenor saxophone, Bruce Martin on piano, George Barnes on guitar, Tom Bryant on bass, and Oliver Jackson on drums, records the titles, "Memories Of You", "Porgy", "Night In Tunisia", "Big Time Blues", "Yes, We Have No Bananas", and "Minor Blues" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue all the titles, except "Memories Of You" and "Yes, We Have No Bananas" which remain unissued, on Shaver's album "Excitement Unlimited" (T/ST 1883).

1963 - Nat "King" Cole (on vocals, piano, and clavietta), with Reunald Jones on trumpet, John Collins on guitar, Charlie Harris on bass, Leon Petties on drums, and Nabuo Hara's Sharps & Flats Big Band Plus Strings (lineup unlisted), performs at The New Latin Quarter in Tokyo, Japan. The concert will be recorded and will be issued by the In Crowd label on the CD "Live In Tokyo" (996682).

1964 - The Beach Boys' Capitol Records single "Fun, Fun, Fun", with "Why Do Fools Fall In Love" on the flipside, enters the top 40 of Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart.

1967 - Capitol Records registers the masters it purchased for the soundtrack to the show "Hello, Solly!" featuring Mickey Katz's with Company and Orchestra's titles "Mickey Katz: Overture & Introduction - 'Darktown Strutters Ball', 'Sunrise, Sunset', 'Yiddish Folk Song'", "Vivian Lloyd: Song & Humor - 'Matchmaker', 'Shein Vi Di L'vone'", "Mickey Katz: Stories, Sing-Along, & Heb-Bop - 'Die Greene Koseene' and 'The Wedding Dance'",  "Stan Porter:  Songs Of Childhood & Israel - 'Childhood Medley (Seise Kinder Yohren/Zing, Faigele, Zing)', 'Chassidic Nigun (A Zemmer, Sheyibone Beis Hamikdosh)'", and "Larry Best: Jokes & Stories - Closing ('Kishenever Shtickel/Hey Look Me Over')" which were recorded on September 9, 1966, live at Carnegie Hall in New York City, New York with musical director Al Hausman. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on the soundtrack album "Hello, Solly!" (W/SW 2731). Unfortunately, none of the titles are currently available on YouTube.

1967 - Vocalist Dallas Frazier, with unlisted others, records the titles "Green Green Grass Of Home", "Ain't Had No Lovin'", "Hurtin' From The Hunger Of Your Love", and "Don't Come Knockin' On My Door" in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Frazier's album "Tell It Like It Is" (T/ST 2764).

1968 - Hearts And Flowers (lineup unlisted) record the title "Extra Extra" in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records. No issuing information is listed.

1968 - Capitol Records registers in Los Angeles, California the masters it purchased for Epic Splendor's titles "Brother Speed", "So Is Our Gang", and "Touch 'N Go". No issuing information is listed.

1972 - Billy May conducts his own arrangements to The Time-Life Orchestra (John Audino, John Best, Pete Candoli, Uan Rasey, and Ray Triscari on trumpet, Joe Howard, Lloyd Ulyate, Gil Falco, Dave Wells, and Phil Teele on trombone, Les Robinson, Wilbur Schwartz, Justin Gordon, Abe Most, Plas Johnson, and Jack Nimitz on saxophones, Ray Sherman on piano, Jack Marshall and Al Hendrickson on guitar, Morty Corb on bass, and Nick Fatool on drums) as they record the titles "Drumboogie" with vocalist Eileen Wilson, "Ingie Speaks", "It's De-Lovely", and "Painted Rhythm" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California. Time-Life Records will issue all the titles as part of "The Swing Era" series in the three-LP box set "Volume 14 - One More Time - Swing Lives!: Billy May" (STA/STL 353). Unfortunately, none of the titles are currently available on YouTube.

1973 - Merle Haggard's Capitol Records single "I Wonder If They Ever Think Of Me", with "I Forget You Every Day" on the flipside, is #1 on the U.S. Country singles charts.

1975 - John Lennon's Apple Records single "No. 9 Dream", with "What You Got!" on the flipside and distributed by Capitol Records in the United States, peaks at #9 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart.

1975 - Ringo Starr's Apple Records single "No No Song", with "Snookaroo" on the flipside, enters the top 40 Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart.

1977 - Lonnie Mack, with unlisted others, records the titles "Running Wild", "My House", "Funky Country Living", "Lay Some Loving On Me", "Glad That I'm Home", "Love And You And Me", "Britches", "Drive To The Country", "The Other Side", "Give Me Your Love", and "Outskirts Of Town" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Running Wild" and "Funky Country Living" together as a single (Capitol 4441) and all the titles on Mack's album "Home At Last" (ST-11619). Unfortunately, only "Glat That I'm Home" is the only title currently available on YouTube.

1977 - Trombonist, percussionist, and vocalist Raul De Souza, with Freddie Hubbard on fluegelhorn, Patrice Rushen on electric piano, Ian Underwood on synthesizer, Al McKay on guitar, Embamba on bass, Byron Miller on bass, and Leon "Ngudu" Chancler on drums, records the titles "New Love (Cançao Do Nosso Amor)" and "Wild And Shy" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both titles on De Souza's album "Sweet Lucy" (ST-11648).

1978 - Vocalist and guitarist Glen Campbell, with unlisted others, records the titles "California", "Can You Fool", "(Let My Life Be Your) Love Song", and a new take of "One Of The Few" at Studio City studios in Sherman Oaks, California. Capitol Records will issue "California" as a single (Capitol 4715), "Can You Fool" as a single (Capitol 4584), "(Let My Life Be Your) Love Song" on the album "Highwayman" (SOO-12008), and has yet to issue the take of "One Of The Few" recorded at this session.

1978 - Navarro (lineup unlisted) records the titles "Mystery" and "Realengo" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both titles on the group's album "Straight To The Heart" (SW-11784)

1978 - Pousette-Dart Band (lineup unlisted) records the title "I'm So In Love With You" at an unlisted studio. Capitol Records will issue the title as a single (Capitol 4590) with "Stand By Me" (recorded February 24, 1978) on the flipside.

1982 - The Beach Boys' Capitol Records single "I Get Around", with "Don't Worry Baby" on the flipside, is certified Gold by the R.I.A.A.

1989 - Dan Seals Capitol Records single "Big Wheels in the Moonlight", with "Factory Town" on the flipside, is #1 on the U.S. Country singles charts.

15 Years Ago Today In 2011 - Jean Dinning (born Eugenia Dinning), singer, songwriter ("Teen Angel" recorded by her younger brother Mark Dinning), and part of the Capitol Records vocal group The Dinning Sisters, died of respiratory illness in Garden Grove, California at age 86.

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

85 Years Ago Today In 1936 - Ernie K-Doe, a singer, songwriter and Minit Records artist (best known for the 1961 #1 single "Mother-In-Law"), is born Ernest Kador, Jr. in New Orleans, Louisiana. Minit's catalog is currently owned by Universal Music Group, Capitol Music Group's parent company.

1953 - Alto saxophonist Charlie Parker (on a plastic saxophone and no sheet music), with drummer Joe Timer directing his Orchestra (Ed Leddy, Marky Markowitz, Charlie Walp, and Bob Carey on trumpets, Earl Swope, Rob Swope, and Dan Spiker on trombones, Jim Riley also on alto saxophone, Jim Parker, Angelo Tompros, and Ben Lary on tenor saxophone, Jack Nimitz on baritone saxophone, Jack Holliday on piano, and Mert Oliver on bass), perform the titles "Fine And Dandy" using an arrangment by Al Cohn, "These Foolish Things" using an arrangement by Joe Timer, "Light Green" using an arrangement by Pill Potts, "Thou Swell" using an arrangement by Johnny Mandel, "Willis" using an arrangement by Bill Potts, "Don't Blame Me" using an arrangement by Jack Holliday, "Something To Remember You By/Blue Room" using an arrangement by Joe Timer, and "Roundhouse" using an arrangement by Gerry Mulligana during a concert at Club Kavakos in Washington, D.C. that is M.C.'d by Willis Conover which were recorded. Elektra Records first issued all eight titles in 1983. Blue Note Records will license the masters and will issue all the titles in 2001 on the CD "Washington Concerts - Charlie Parker With Quartet And Orchestra" (5-22626-2).

1964 - Classics IV's Liberty Records single "Traces" with "Everyday With You Girl" on the flipside, enters the top 40 of Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart.

1964 - The Beatles' Vee-Jay Records Single "Please Please Me", with "From Me To You" on the flipside, enters the top 40 of Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart.

1965 - The Beatles start filming their second film "HELP!" ("this one's a gonna be in colour") in the Bahamas.

1989 - Paula Abdul's Virgin Records America single "Straight Up", with "Cold Hearted" on the flipside, is still #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart.

ON THIS DAY NOT IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

130 Years Ago Today In 1896 - Nacio Herb Brown, composer (while working for M-G-M he wrote "Broadway Melody", "You Are My Lucky Star", "Temptation", "Singing In The Rain" and many others with lyricist Arthur Freed and also composed with Richard Whiting, father of Capitol Records artist Margaret Whiting, and Capitol Records co-founder Buddy DeSylva) and music publisher (managing the sales of songs by Hoagy Carmichael, Sammy Fain and many others), is born Ignacio Herb Brown Jr. in Deming, New Mexico.

1907 - Sheldon Leonard, motion picture actor ("Another Thin Man", "It’s a Wonderful Life", "To Have And Have Not", "Guys and Dolls"), radio actor (recurring role as the racetrack tout on "The Jack Benny Show" and various roles on "The Adventures Of The Saint"), Emmy Award-winning television director ("The Danny Thomas Show", "My Favorite Martian"), and Executive Producer ("The Danny Thomas Show", "The Andy Griffith Show", "The Dick Van Dyke Show", "I Spy" and "My World and Welcome to It"), inspiration for the names of the roommates on "Big Bang Theory", and voice of the Warner Bros. cartoon character Dodsworth ("Y'know, one of these days I'ma gonna have to buy me a mousetrap"), is born Sheldon Leonard Bershad in New York City, New York.

FEBRUARY 21, 2026

HAPPY BIRTHDAYS!

1917 - Tadd Dameron, pianist, arranger, bandleader, and a Capitol and Blue Note Records artist, is born Tadley Ewing Peake Dameron in Cleveland, Ohio.

75 Years Ago Today In 1951 - Vince Welnick, keyboard player with the Capitol Records band The Tubes and The Grateful Dead, is born in Phoenix, Arizona.

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1948 - It's a Saturday and The King Cole Trio record a new episode of "King Cole Trio Time" in Louisville, Kentucky. The trio perform "Straighten Up And Fly Right", "I Feel So Smoochie", "But Beautiful", "Pianissimo", "Your Red Wagon", "This Is My Night To Dream", "A-N-G-E-L Spells Mary", "Too Marvelous For Words", and close with "Wildroot Bebop". The Armed Forces Radio Network will issue the entire show on an electronic transcription disc (King Cole Trio 39).

75 Years Ago Today In 1951 - The Voices Of Walter Schumann (vocal choir - lineup unlisted), with rhythm accompaniment (lineup also unlisted), records the title "In That Great Gettin' Up Mornin'" and the as yet unissued take of the title "Wonderful Counselor" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "In That Great Gettin' Up Mornin'" on the group's album "Great Gettin' Up Mornin'" (CCN-316).

75 Years Ago Today In 1951 - Vocalist Johnny Parker, with Sid Feller directing the orchestra (featuring Will Bradley on trombone with unlisted others), records the titles "Caring", "My Love Serenade", "Go Tell Your Troubles To Somebody Else", and "When Are You Gonna Come Home" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue "Caring" and "When Are You Gonna Come Home" together as a single (Capitol 1516) and "My Love Serenade" and "Go Tell Your Troubles To Somebody Else" together as a single (Capitol 1442).

75 Years Ago Today In 1951 - Don Wilson records narration overdubs on to band tracks recorded by The INR Symphony Orchestra conducted by Franz Andre in Brussels, Belgium in 1950 for the four parts of Paul Dukas' "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" at Capitol Records' studios at 5515 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue all the parts on Wilson's album "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" (DBS-3094) as part of the label's Classics For Children line.

1952 - Pianist and vibraphonist Ben Light, with unlisted organ, guitar, bass, and drums players, records the titles "Rose Room", "I Got Rhythm", "I'm Getting Sentimental Over You", and "Benny's Bounce" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Light's album "Juke Box Favorites" (H-330). Unfortunately, none of the titles are currently available on YouTube.

1953 - Nat "King" cole's Capitol Records single "Pretend" is #10 and his single "Strange" is #42 on Cash Box magazine's Best Selling Singles chart.

1953 - Al Rogers and His Rocky Mountain Boys (lineup unlisted) record the titles "All Alone, All Alone", "Too Blue To Care", "Am I Seeing Things", and "I Hope It Will Be Me" in (listed as possibly) Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "All Alone, All Alone" and "Too Blue To Care" together as a single (Capitol 2435) and has yet to issue the last two titles.

70 Years Ago Today In 1956 - Vocalist Betty Hutton, with Vic Schoen directing the orchestra and chorus (lineups unlisted), records the titles "Sleepy Head" and "Hit The Road To Dreamland" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both titles together as a single (Capitol 3383).

70 Years Ago Today In 1956 - Les Baxter conducts his own arrangements to his orchestra (lineup unlisted) as they record the titles "Green Eyes", "The Breeze And I", "Nightingale", and "Ay, Ay, Ay" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Baxter's album "Caribbean Moonlight" (T 733).

1957 - The Farmer Boys (Bobby Adamson on lead vocals, Woodie Wayne Murray on harmony vocals), with The Desert Stars ("Jelly" Sanders on fiddle, Gene Breeden on electric guitar, Buck Owens on rhythm guitar, Norman Hamlett on steel guitar, Bud Mills on bass, and Richard Stokes on drums), record the titles "Flash, Crash And Thunder", "Yearning, Burning Heart", "No One", and "Someone To Love" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue "Flash, Crash And Thunder" and "Someone To Love" together as a single (Capitol F3732) and "Yearning, Burning Heart" and "No One" together as a single (Capitol F3827).

1957 - Nelson Riddle conducts his own arrangements to His Orchestra (Harry Edison, Conrad Gozzo, Shorty Sherock, Pete Candoli, Mannie Klein, and Mickey Mangano on trumpets, Dick Nash, Murray McEachern, Tommy Pederson, and Jimmy Priddy on trombones, George Roberts on bass trombone, Vince De Rosa or John Cave on French horn, Willie Schwartz and Harry Klee on alto saxophones and flutes, Ted Nash, Babe Russin, Justin Gordon, and Jim Williamson on tenor saxophones, Joe Koch or Chuck Gentry on baritone saxophone, Bill Miller on piano, Nick Bonney or Allan Reuss on guitar, Joe Comfort or Joe Mondragon on bass, Alvin Stoller on drums, Frank Flynn on vibraphones and percussion, and an unlisted string section led by Felix Slatkin) as they record the titles "You Leave Me Breathless", "Then I'm Happy", and "I Get Along Without You Very Well" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Then I'll Be Happy" and "I Get Along Without You Very Well" on Riddle's album "Hey! Let Yourself Go!" (T 814) and have yet to issue the take of "You Leave Me Breathless" recorded at this session but will release a take of the song recorded on February 25, 1957.

1957 - Buck Owens signs a recording contract with Capitol Records in Los Angeles, California.

65 Years Ago Today In 1961 - During two sessions held this day at Goldwyn Studios in Hollywood, California, piano and celeste player Stan Kenton and His Orchestra (Dalton Smith, Bud Brisbois, Bob Rolfe, and Sanford Skinner on trumpets, Bob Fitzpatrick, Tom Shepard, Jim Amlotte, and Bob Knight on trombones, Albert Pollan on tuba, Dwight Carver, Gene Roland, Gordon Davison, and Joe Burnett on mellophones, Pete Chivily on bass, Art Anton on drums, and Larry Bunker on percussion) records the titles "O Holy Night", "O Come All Ye Faithful", and "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" at the first session between 1:00 PM and 4:00 PM and the title "Angels We Have Heard On High" and some of "Christmas Medley - Joy To The World/We Wish You A Merry Christmas/Away In A Manger/Hark! The Herald Angels Sing/The First Noel/Silent Night" at the second session between 4:30 PM and 7:30 PM. After finishing recording "Christmas Medley" on March 14, 1961, Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Kenton's album "A Merry Christmas" (T 1621).

1962 - Bobby Kalina, with unlisted others, records the titles "When Saturday Night Becomes Sunday Morning", "Two Loves", and "Old English, New English" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue "When Saturday Night Becomes Sunday Morning" and "Two Loves" together as a single (Capitol 4747) and has yet to issue "Old English, New English". Unfortunately, "When Saturday Night Becomes Sunday Morning" is not currently available on YouTube.

1963 - Nat "King Cole with The Four Coins finish the last of three performances in Tokyo, Japan, and will make other appearances around Japan on March 4, 1963.

1963 - Jackie Gleason conducts a large string orchestra (with Charlie Venture on tenor saxophone but the rest of the players are unlisted) as they record the titles "Colette", "La Dolce Vita (The Sweet Life)", "The Man That Got Away", and "Days Of Wine And Roses" (featuring Pee Wee Erwin on trumpet) in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Gleason's album "Movie Themes: For Lovers Only" (W/SW 1877).

1963 - Trumpeter Charlie Shavers, with Billy Byers on trombone, Jerome Richardson on alto saxophone, Budd Johnson on tenor saxophone, Bruce Martin on piano, George Barnes on guitar, Tom Bryant on bass, and Oliver Jackson on drums, records the titles "I Kid You Not", "Bossa Nova Petite", "Tenderly", "Period Of Adjustment", and "Shiny Stockings" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Shavers' album "Excitement Unlimited" (T/ST 1883).

60 Years Ago Today In 1966 - Capitol Records releases The Beatles' single "Nowhere Man" with "What Goes On" on the flipside (Capitol 5587) in the United States.

60 Years Ago Today In 1966 - The Girls (vocalists Diane Sandoval,  Margaret Sandoval, Rosemary Sandoval, and Sylvia Sandoval), with unlisted others, record the as yet unissued takes of the titles "Goodbye, Boys, Goodbye" and "Top 20" and the titles "Chico's Girl" and "The Dumb Song" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the titles "Chico's Girl" and "The Dumb Song" together as a single (Capitol 5675).

60 Years Ago Today In 1966 - The Roundabouts (lineup unlisted) record the titles "Falling So In Love With You" and "Hey! Little Lover" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both titles together as a single (Capitol 5627).

60 Years Ago Today In 1966 - Vocalist Verdelle Smith, with Alan Lorber conducting the orchestra (Irving Markowitz and Burt Collins on trumpets, Richard Berg on cornet, Joe Grimaldi and Art Kaplan on reeds, Ernie Hayes on organ, Lee Pockriss on piano, Allen Hanlon and Al Gorgoni on guitars, Russ Saunders and Earl Chaplin on bass, Maurice Belkin on cello, Ted Sommer on drums, and Michael Chimes on harmonica), records the titles "Over The Rainbow", "Oh How Much I Love You", and "Don't Get Around Much Anymore" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Smith's album "(Alone) In My Room" (T 2476).

1967 - The Howard Roberts Quartet (Howard Roberts on guitar, Bill Pitman on rhythm guitar, Chuck Berghofer on bass and Fender Bass, Dave Grusin on electric organ, Emil Richards and Larry Bunder on percussion and drums, and Shelly Manne on drums), with producer Dave Cavanaugh, records the titles "I Will Wait For You", "All", "So Nice (Summer Samba)", and "The Face I Love" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on the group's album "Jaunty-Jolly!" (T/ST 2716).

1968 - Hearts And Flowers (lineup unlisted) record the titles "Color Your Daytime" and "Second-Hand Sundown Queen" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both titles on the group's album "Of Horses, Kids & Forgotten Women" (ST 2868).

1970 - John Ono Lennon's Apple Records single "Instant Karma! (We All Shine On)", with Yoko Lennon Ono's "Who Has Seen The Wind?" on the flipside, enters the U.S. Pop singles charts one day after being released and just 26 days after being recorded.

55 Years Ago Today In 1971 - Vocalist Merle Haggard and The Strangers (lineup unlisted), at a live performance at the Assembly of God Tabernacle in Keyes, California after a "Introduction" by Reverend J.D. Smith and the congregation singing "Leaning On The Everlasting Arms", perform the titles "Guide Me, Lord", "The Family Bible", "I'll Be List'ning", and "Just A Closer Walk With Thee" with the congregation joining in, then Reverend Smith delivers the "Closing Prayer". Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Haggard and The Strangers' two-LP set "The Land Of Many Churches" (SWBO-803).

1972 - Vocalist Roy Rogers, with unlisted others, records the titles "He'll Have To Go", "Candy Kisses", "Tennessee Waltz", "In Another Lifetime", and "A Letter To Roy" in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue "He'll Have To Go", "Candy Kisses", "Tennessee Waltz" on Rogers album "Take A Little Love" (ST-11020), "In Another Lifetime" as a single (Capitol 3490) with "Talkin' About Love" (recorded February 18, 1972) on the flipside, and have yet to issue "A Letter To Roy". Unfortunately, only "In Another Lifetime" is the only one of the titles that is currently available on YouTube.

1977 - During two sessions held this day in Los Angeles, California, trombonist and percussionist Raul De Souza, with Patrice Rushen on electric piano, Dawilli Gonga on electric piano and synthesizer, Ian Underwood on synthesizer, Al McKay on guitar, Byron Miller on bass, Leon "Ngudu" Chancler on drums and vocals, and Airto Moreira on percussion, records the titles "A Vontade Mesno (At Will)", "Banana Tree" with Deborah Thomas, Lynn Davis, Victoria Miles, and Sybil Thomas on background vocals, and "A Song Of Love" at the first session and, with the addition of Freddie Hubbard on trumpet, the titles "Bottom Heat", "Wires" with vocals by Leon "Ngudu" Chancler, and "Sweet Lucy" with Deborah Thomas, Lynn Davis, Victoria Miles, and Sybil Thomas on background vocals at the second session. After overdubs are recorded on February 22, 23, 24, 25, and March 7, 8, and 9, Capitol Records will issue all the titles on De Souza's album "Sweet Lucy" (ST-11648).

1978 - Navarro (lineup unlisted) records the title "There's A War" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the title on the group's album "Straight To The Heart" (SW-11784).

1978 - Saxophonist Gary Bartz, with unlisted others including a string section using arrangements by Wade Marcus, records the title "Penelope" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the title on Bartz's album "Love Affair" (SW-11789).

1978 - At two sessions held this day at The Rat Hole studio in Nashville, Tennessee with producer Johnny McRae, vocalist Mel McDaniel, with unlisted others, records the titles "Dim The Lights (And Pour The Wine)" and "Misty Morning Memories" at the first session and the titles "Love Is A Miracle" and "The Farm" at the second session. Capitol Records will issue "Dim The Lights (And Pour The Wine)", "Love Is A Miracle", and "The Farm" on McDaniel's album "The Farm" (ST-11779) and "The Farm" as a single (Capitol 4569) with "Every Square Has An Angle" (recorded November 23, 1977) on the flipside. No issuing information is listed for "Misty Morning Memories".

1987 - Crowded House's Capitol Records single "Don't Dream It's Over", with "That's What I Call Love" on the flipside, enters the top 40 of Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart.

1988 - Tanya Tucker (with Paul Davis and Paul Overstreet)'s Capitol Records single "I Won't Take Less Than Your Love", with "Heartbreaker" on the flipside, is #1 on the U.S. Country Singles charts.

1990 - Bonnie Raitt's Capitol Records album "Nick Of Time" wins the Grammy for Album Of The Year.

1990 - Paul McCartney, Polygram, Parlophone, Vee-Jay, Swan, Capitol, Apple, Columbia and Capitol (again) Records artist, is honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 32nd annual Grammy Awards ceremony.

2007 - Al Viola, mandolin player, guitarist, member of the Page Cavanaugh Trio, session musician for motion pictures (most notably the mandolin solo in the soundtrack for "The Godfather"), and a Capitol Records and Liberty Records session musician at many sessions for Frank Sinatra, Nat "King" Cole, Frank Zappa and with Bobby Troup, dies of cancer at age 87 at his home in Studio City, California. I was able to talk to Al briefly at Bill Miller's wake in 2006 and he was a very approachable guy and was still performing until late January 2007 at Spazio, a jazz supper club, in Sherman Oaks, California. The first photo is Al with fellow guitarist Tony Rizzi at United Western Recorders in Los Angeles, California sometime in February 1961.

15 Years Ago Today In 2011 - Haila Stoddard, actress, Broadway producer as herself and as Bonard Productions which produced, in association with Charles Russel, the musical "Sail Away" whose original Broadway cast album was distributed by Capitol Records, died of cardiopulmonary arrest at her home in Weston, Connecticut at age 97.

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1965 - Gary Lewis and The Playboy's United Artists Records single "This Diamond Ring" is still #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart.

1982 - "Murray The K" Kaufman, a disc jockey at Radio WINS in New York City and an early United States supporter of The Beatles (aka "The Fifth Beatle"), dies of cancer at age 60 in Los Angeles, California.

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2003 - Tom Glazer, a singer and songwriter (best known for "On Top of Spaghetti" [1963]) dies in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at age 88.

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HAPPY BIRTHDAYS!

1937- Nancy Wilson, singer, television variety show host and actress, 1999 Big Band and Jazz Hall of Fame inductee, and a Capitol Records artist, is born Nancy Sue Wilson in Chillicothe, Ohio

80 Years Ago Today In 1946 - J. Giles, guitarist and the leader of the Capitol Records group J. Giles Band, is born John Warren Giles, Jr. in New York City, New York.

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80 Years Ago Today In 1946 - Carlos Molina and His Orchestra (lineup unlisted) record the title "Palabras De Mujer" with vocalist Bobby Rivera and the as yet unissued takes of the titles "Acabaste" with vocals by Jean Colby, "Pearl Fisher", and "Siboney" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Palabras De Mujer" as a single (Capitol 307) with "Estoy Apriendo Ingles (I'm Learning To Speak English)" (recorded June 19, 1945) on the flipside.

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

1952 - Billy May conducts his own compositions and arrangements to the orchestra (Conrad Gozzo and Uan Rasey on trumpet, Si Zentner and James Priddy on trombone, Wilbur Schwartz, Jules Kinsler, Jules Jacob, and Fred Falensby on saxophones, Edwin "Buddy" Cole on piano, Al Hendrickson on guitar, Meyer Rubin on bass, John Cyr on drums, Ann Mason Stockton on harp, and a string section with Ivan Eppinoff, Lou Raderman, and Mischa Russell on violin, Paul Robyn on viola, and Cy Bernard on cello) as they record the music tracks for the two parts of the title "Tweet, Tweet, Tweety" and the two parts of the title "Bugs Bunny And The Grow-Small Juice" (originally entitled "14 Carrot Rabbit") at Capitol Records' studios at 5515 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood, California between 8:30 PM and 11:30 PM. After Mel Blanc and June Foray record vocal tracks for "Tweet, Tweet, Tweeety" using a script adaptation by Alan Livingston and "Bugs Bunny And The Grow-Small Juice" using a script by Ted Pierce and Warren Foster on February 28, 1952, Capitol Records will issue both parts of "Tweet, Tweet, Tweety" on the children's record of the same title (CAS-3118) and both parts of "Bugs Bunny And The Grow-Small Juice" on the children's record of the same title (CAS-3119).

1953 - Vocalists Gordon MacRae and June Hutton, with Axel Stordahl and His Orchestra (lineup unlisted but includes trumpets, reeds, piano, guitar, bass, drums players) and a vocal chorus (lineup also unlisted), record the titles "By The Light Of The Silvery Moon", "My Home Town Is A One Horse Town" without Hutton, "Ain't We Got Fun", and "Be My Little Bumble Bee" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "My Home Town Is A One Horse Town" and "Ain't We Got Fun" on the 7" EP "Songs From 'By The Light Of The Silvery Moon'" (EAP-1-422), "By The Light Of The Silvery Moon" and "Be My Little Bumble Bee" on the 7" EP "Songs From 'By The Light Of The Silvery Moon'" (EAP-2-422), all titles and the album "Songs From 'By The Light Of The Silvery Moon'" (EBF/FBF-422 on a two disc 45 RPM EP and H-422 on 10" 33 1/3 RPM LP).

1957 - Vocalist Chester Smith and vocalist and guitarist Del Reeves, with Red Sylva on fiddle, Jim Pierce on piano, Buck Owens on lead guitar, Grover Jackson on guitar, Skeets McDonald on bass, and Hank Stallings on drums, record the titles "One Life To Live", "There'll Be Other Times" without Reeves on vocals, "You're Not The Changing Kind" without Smith on vocals, and "Love, Love, Love" in Studio A of The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue "One Life To Live" and "There'll Be Other Times" together as a single (Capitol F3692) and "You're Not The Changing Kind" and "Love, Love, Love" together as a single (Capitol F3819).

1957 - During two session held this day in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California, vocalist Robert Mitchum, with pianist Jimmy Rowles conducting the orchestra (Tony Terran on trumpet, Morris Bercov on saxophone,Laurindo Almeida and Jack Marshall on guitar, Joe Comfort on bass, Eddie Aparicio, Frank Carlson, and Frank Guerrero on drums and percussion, Lou Singer on drums and vibraphones, and Carlos Mejia on bongos), records the titles "I Learn A Merengue Mama" and "From A Logical Point Of View" at the first session between 8:00 PM and 11:00 PM and a new take of "From A Logical Point Of View" and the titles "They Dance All Night" and "Take Me Down To Lover's Row" at the second session between 11:30 PM and 2:30 AM on February 21, 1952. Capitol Records will issue all the titles, except the first take of ""From A Logical Point Of View" which is listed as lost,  on Mitchum's album "Calypso - Is Like So..." (T 853).

1958 - During two sessions held this day in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California, Nat "King" Cole overdubs vocals for the titles "Te Queiro Dijiste (Mucho, Mucho) (Magic Is The Moonlight)", "Arrivederci Roma (Goodbye To Rome)", and "Quizas, Quizas, Quiza (Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps)" over instrumental tracks recorded by Armando Romeu, Jr. And His Orchestra at the Panart Studio in Havana, Cuba in 1957 at the first session and for the titles "Las Mananitas (Few Early Morning)" and "Adelita" at the second session,  over instrumental tracks recorded by Mariachis de Alfredo Serra at the Panart Studio in Havana, Cuba. Capitol Records will issue all the songs on Cole's album "Cole Español" (W1031). Bear Family Records will also issue all the titles in the box set "Nat 'King' Cole - Stardust (The Complete Capitol Recordings 1955-1959)" (BCD 16342).

1958 - Leopold Stokowski conducts a string orchestra (lineup unlisted) as they record Berger's "Rondino Giocoso", Purcell's "Hornpipe (From 'King Arthur' Suite)", Handel's "Tamburino (From 'Alcina')", and Boccherini's "Menuet" at the Riverside Plaza Hotel in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Stokowski's album "String Orchestra" (P/SP-8458).

1959 - Tennessee Ernie Ford's Capitol Records album "Hymns" is certified Gold by the R.I.A.A.1961 - The Derringers (lineup unlisted) record the titles "Maybe Baby" and "Pledging My Love" in Los Angeles, California with producer Nick Venet. Capitol Records will issue "Maybe Baby" as a single (Capitol 4572) with "Don't Deceive Me" (recorded March 29, 1961) on the flipside. No release information is listed for "Pledging My Love".

1960 - Capitol Records artist Gene Vincent and Liberty Records artist Eddie Cochran sing "White Lightning" live in England on ITV's "Boy Meets Girl" show.

1962 - B. Phillips records the title "The Laughing Man" in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records. No issuing information is listed.

1962  - Vocalist Jan Howard, with unlisted others, records the titles "Tomorrow You Won't Even Know My Name", "The Belle Of The Ball", and "Please Pass The Kisses" in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue "Tomorrow You Won't Even Know My Name" and "Please Pass The Kisses" together as a single (Capitol 4744) and "The Belle Of The Ball" on Howard's album "Sweet & Sentimental" (T 1779).

1963 - Nat "King" Cole, with The Four Coins, performs the second of three shows in Tokyo, Japan.

1963 - Vocalist Al Martino, with unlisted others, records the titles "Chitarra Romana", "Al Di La", "Maria Mari", and "Vurria" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Martino's album "The Italian Voice Of Al Martino" (T/ST 1907).

1963 - Jackie Gleason conducts a large string orchestra (lineup unlisted but features Pee Wee Erwin on trumpet) as they record "Love Theme From 'Mutiny On The Bounty (Follow Me)", "A Home In The Meadow", "Theme From Tara Bulba (The Wishing Star)", and "Lawrence Of Arabia (featuring Charlie Ventura on tenor saxophone) in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Gleason's album "Movie Themes: For Lovers Only" (W/SW 1877).

1963 - Trumpetist Charlie Shavers, with Billy Byers on trombone, Jerome Richardson on alto saxophone, Budd Johnson on tenor saxophone, Bruce Martin on piano, George Barnes on guitar, Tom Bryant on bass, and Oliver Jackson on drums, records the titles "Heckle Me", "Undecided", "School Days", and "Opus Five" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records has yet to issue "Heckle Me" and will issue the rest of the titles on Shaver's album "Excitement Unlimited" (T/ST 1883).

1965 - Buck Owens' Capitol Records single "I've Got A Tiger By The Tail", with "Cryin' Time" on the flipside, is #1 on the U.S. Country singles charts

1965 - The Beatles record the track "That Means a Lot" at EMI's Abbey Road Studios around midday

60 Years Ago Today In 1966 - Vocalist Matt Monro, with John Barry conducting his own arrangements to the orchestra (lineup unlisted but includes players of horns, reeds, piano, guitar, bass, drums, percussion, and strings) records the titles "Born Free" and "Other People" in London, England. Capitol Records will issue both titles together as a single (Capitol 5623).

1967 - On her 30th birthday, vocalist Nancy Wilson, with Billy May conducting his own arrangements to the orchestra (Pete Candoli, John Audino, Ray Triscari, and Bud Brisbois on trumpet, Vernon Friley, Lew McCreary, Dick Noel, and William Schaefer on trombone, Arthur "Skeets" Herfurt, Ernest Green, Justin Gordon, Plas Johnson, and Jack Nimitz on saxophone,s Don Trenner on piano, Mike Melvoin on organ, John Collins on guitar, Charles Williams on bass, and Earl Palmer on drums, Latin percussion, and bells), records the titles "What Now, My Love", "Mercy, Mercy, Mercy", "Winchester Cathedral", and "Alfie" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California between 7:00 PM and 11:00 PM with producer Dave Cavanaugh. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Wilson's album "Just For Now" (T/ST 2712) and "Alfie" also as a bonus track on the CD release of Wilson's album "Hollywood-My Way" (3-64641-2).

1967 - The Ted Neeley Five (lineup unlisted) record the titles "You Must Believe Me" and "Love Her" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both titles together as a single (Capitol 5781).
1967 - The Duncan Brothers (lineup unlisted) record the titles "It's Magic", "Warm, Soft And Good", "Theme Of Love", and "A Feelin'" in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records which has yet to issue any of the titles.

1968 - Vocalist Glen Campbell, with Al De Lory conducting his own arrangements to the orchestra (lineup unlisted), records a new take of the title "Visions Of Sugarplums", "Have I Stayed Away Too Long?", "The Legend Of Bonnie And Clyde", and "She Called Me Baby" in Los Angeles, California. After overdubs are recorded for "Have I Stayed Away Too Long?" and "The Legend Of Bonnie And Clyde" on March 11, 1968, for "Visions Of Sugarplums" and "She Called Me Baby" on March 12, 1968, and for "She Called Me Baby" on April 14, 1968, Capitol Records will issue the final mixes of all the titles on Campbell's album "A New Place In The Sun" (ST 2907).

1968 - Maffitt & Davies (guitarists Clark Maffitt and Brian Davies), with Michael Lang on piano, Jimmy Bond and Joe Osborne on bass, James Gordon on drums, and Milt Holland on tabla, record the titles "City Sidewalks" and "A Kind Word" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "City Sidewalks" on the duo's album "The Rise & Fall Of Honesty" (ST 2999). No issuing information is listed for "A Kind Word".

1968 - The Band (Garth Hudson on piano, organ, and vocals, Richard Manuel on piano, organ, guitar, bass, and vocals, Jaime Robbie Robertson on guitar and vocals, Rick Danko on bass and vocals, and Levon Helm on drums and vocals) record the titles "If I Lose" and "Long Distance Operator" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both titles on the CD "Music From The Big Pink Remastered" (5-25390-2).

1970 - John Ono Lennon's Apple Records single "Instant Karma! (We All Shine On)", with Yoko Lennon Ono's "Who Has Seen The Wind?" on the flipside, is released by Capitol Records in the United States just 25 days after being recorded

1973 - Billy May conducts The Time-Life Orchestra (lineup unlisted) as they record the titles "All The Things You Are", "Fascination", "The Impossible Dream", "Theme For Young Lovers", and "You Stepped Out Of A Dream" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California. Time-Life Records will issue all the titles, except "The Impossible Dream", in the three-LP set "Volume 6 - Billy May" (STL 246) and, after overdubs are recorded in March of 1973, will issue "The Impossible Dream" in the three-LP set "Volume 7 - Billy May" (STL 247) as part of its "As You Remember Them" series.

1978 - Navarro (lineup unlisted) records the titles "Run Away" and "Already Here" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both titles on the band's album "Straight To The Heart" (SW-11784).

1985 - Clarence Nash, voice actor (best known for "Donald Duck") and Capitol Records artist, dies at age 80

35 Years Ago Today In 1991 - Polygram, Parlophone, Vee-Jay, Swan, Capitol, Apple, Zapple, and Geffen Records artist John Lennon is posthumously awarded a Lifetime Achievement Grammy Award

2007 - Capitol Records releases Luscious Jackson's compilation album "Greatest Hits"

2009 - I was interviewed for a documentary about Johnny Mercer by director/producer Bruce Ricker at the Warner Brothers Studios in Burbank, CA in the Eastwood Sound Stage. I followed Leonard Maltin and Miles Kreuger and met Richard Carpenter on the way in.

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1957 - Dave Guard And The Calypsonians, forerunners of the Capitol Records group The Kingston Trio, record an acetate demo of "Run Joe"

65 Years Ago Today In 1961 - Johnny Burnette's Liberty Records single "Little Boy Sad", with "(I Go) Down To The River" on the flipside, enters the U.S. Country singles charts.

1963 - Guitarist Grant Green, with John Patton on organ and Ben Dixon on drums, record the titles "Look At That Girl", "Personality", "The Surrey With The Fringe On Top", "This Little Girl Of Mine", "I'm Just A Lucky So And So", "Have You Ever Had The Blues", "Don't Let The Sun Catch You Crying", and "Big John" in recording engineer Rudy Van Gelder's studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey. Blue Note Records will reject the take of "I'm Just A Lucky So And So" and will issue the rest of the titles on Green's CD "Blues For Lou" (5-21438-2).

1972 - James C. Bracken, co-owner of Vee Jay Records, dies in Chicago, Illinois at age 62.

1982 - Chrysalis Records artist Pat Benatar marries guitarist Neil Giraldo in Hawaii.

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HAPPY BIRTHDAYS!

90 Years Ago Today In 1936 - Bob Engemann, singer with the Capitol Records group The Lettermen, is born in Highland Park, Michigan.

1960 - Mike Lookinland, actor (best known as Bobby Brady in "The Brady Bunch"), singer, and Capitol Records artist (1974), is born Michael Paul Lookinland in Mount Pleasant, Utah.

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1938 - Igor Stravinsky conducts The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra (lineup unlisted) as they record parts of Stravinsky's "The Card Game (Jeu De Cartes)", which they will finish recording at another session on February 21, 1938, in Berlin, Germany for Telefunken Records. Capitol Records will license Telefunken's catalog for release in the United States and will issue the complete piece (which includes "The First Deal" in two parts, "The Second Deal" in two parts, and "The Third Deal" in two parts) on the album "STRAVINSKY - The Card Game (Jeu De Cartes)" (L-8028).

1943 - Nat "King" Cole reports to the Army and is turned down.

1947 - The Benny Goodman Quintet (Benny Goodman on clarinet, Ernie Felice on accordion, Jess Stacy on piano, Harry Babasin on bass, and Tommy Romersa on drums) record the titles "I Know That You Know" featuring Ernie Felice on accordion and Harry Babasin on bass and "I Can't Get Started" then Benny Goodman (still on clarinet), with pianist Nadia Reisenberg,  record Weber's "Grand Duo Concertante For Piano Forte & Clarinet" in two parts at Radio Recorders' studios on 932 North Western Avenue in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue "I Know That You Know" on the multi-artist compilation album "Campus Capers" (BD-58), "I Can't Get Started" on Goodman's album "Easy Does It!" (H-295), and have yet to issue either part of "Grand Duo Concertante For Piano Forte & Clarinet". Unfortunately, the version of "I Know That You Know" recorded at this session is not yet available on YouTube.

1947 - Pianist Buddy Cole, with rhythm accompaniment (lineup unlisted), records the titles "The Moon Was Yellow", "Cheek To Cheek", and "S'posin'" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "The Moon Was Yellow" and "Cheek To Cheek" on Cole's album "Keys To Romance" (H-175) and has yet to issue the take of "S'posin'" recorded at this session.

1948 - It's a Thursday and The King Cole Trio appears at The Oriental Theatre in Chicago, Illinois with Yvonne DeCarlo, Jack Leonard, and Carl Sands and His Orchestra. The trio performs "Ballerina", "What'll I Do?", "Save The Bones For Henry Jones", "Baby I Need You", and finishes up with "Those Things Money Can't Buy".

75 Years Ago Today In 1951 - Jan Garber and His Orchestra (lineup unlisted), record the title "The Hot Canary" with vocals by Paul Nero,  "Dreamy Melody", "Swingin' Down The Lane" with vocals by Roy Cordell and The Ewing Sisters (lineup unlisted), and "That's How Our Love Will Grow" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records has yet to issue the take of "Dreamy Melody" recorded at this session and will issue "The Hot Canary" and "That's How Our Love Will Grow" together as a single (Capitol 1430) and "Swingin' Down The Lane" as a single (Capitol 1905) with "The Tavern Song" (recorded October 12, 1951) on the flipside.

75 Years Ago Today In 1951 - Trumpet player Ray Anthony and His Orchestra Ray Anthony(tp,arr-1) (Woody Fansler, Jack Laubach, Tom Pattin, and Marty White also on trumpets, Keith Butterfield, Tom Oblak, Bob Quatsoe, and Dick Reynolds on trombones, Earl Bergman and Steve Cole on clarinets and alto saxophones, Cliff Hoff and Robert "Buddy" Wise on tenor saxophones, Leo Anthony on alto saxophone and baritone saxophone, Fred Savarese on piano, Danny Gregus on guitar, Frank Szosteck on bass, and Howie Mann on drums) record the titles "Vilia" using an arrangement by Ray Anthony, "My Prayer" and "Eleanor" with vocals by Tommy Mercer and "Saddle Shoe Shuffle" using an arrangement by George Williams in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue "Villa" as a single (Capitol 1556) with "Melancholy Rhapsody" (recorded November 3, 1950) on the flipside, "My Prayer" and "Eleanor" together as a single (Capitol 1438), and "Saddle Shoe Shuffle on Anthony's album "Arthur Murray Favorites: Fox Trots" (T 258).

1952 - Vocalist and guitarist Leon Payne, with Harold Glenn Hensley on fiddle, Lionel Lester Taylor on piano, Jimmy Bryant on guitar, Wesley "Speedy" West on steel guitar, and Cliffie Stone on bass), records the titles "Poke Salad Green", "Weeping Willow", "Wouldn't It Be Wonderful", and "Mailman" in Capitol Records' studios at 5515 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue "Poke Salad Green" and "Weeping Willow" together as a single (Capitol 2055), Wouldn't It Be Wonderful" as a single (Capitol 2454) with "I Need Your Love" (recorded October 8, 1951) on the flipside, and "Mailman" as a single (Capitol 2295) with "Lyin' To My Heart" (also recorded October 8, 1951) on the flipside. Unfortunately, "Wouldn't It Be Wonderful" isn't currently available on YouTube.

1952 - Rhythm guitarist and harmony vocalist Floyd "Ole" Rasmussen and His Nebraska Cornhuskers (Kenny Cannan on trombone, John "Woody" Applewhite and Marvin "Rocky" Stone on fiddles, Edward Austin Strode on piano, Jerry Carter on accordion, Earl Finley, Jr. on electric guitar, William "Billy" Tonneson on steel guitar, Virgil "Lee" Stone on bass, and Joe Muto on drums) record the titles "Did The Man In The Moon Come From Texas?" with vocals by Teddy Wilds, the instrumentals "Duke's C Jam Blues" and "New Star Rag", and "Tuxedo Junction" with vocals by Virgil "Lee" Stone at Capitol Records studios at 5515 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood, California between 8:00 PM and 11:00 PM. Capitol Records will issue "Did The Man In The Moon Come From Texas?" and "Duke's C Jam Blues" together as a single (Capitol 2015), "New Star Rag" as a single (Capitol 2093), and "Tuxedo Junction" as a single (Capitol 2379). Unfortunately, only "Did The Man In The Moon Come From Texas?" is the only title from this session available on YouTube.

1952 - Capitol Records artist Tex Ritter records the title "High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me)" (lyrics by Ned Washington and music by Dimitri Tiomkin) to be used under the opening credits for the Stanley Kramer Productions/United Artists film "High Noon" with Merle Travis and Ernest Varner on guitars under the direction of Tiomkin. Ritter will record a studio version for Capitol Records on May 14, 1952 which the label will issue as a single (Capitol 2120). The version recorded on February 19, 1952 will win an Academy Award for Best Song at The 25th Academy Awards ceremony held at the RKO Pantages Theater on March 19, 1953.

1953 - Capitol Records files the masters it purchased for Les Paul and Mary Ford's titles "I'm Sittin' On Top Of The World" (with vocals by Mary Ford) and "Sleep" and will issue them together as a single (Capitol 2400).

1954 - Hank Thompson's Capitol Records single "Wake Up, Irene", with "Go Cry Your Heart Out" on the flipside, is #1 on the U.S. Country singles charts.

70 Years Ago Today In 1956 - Nelson Riddle's Capitol Records single "Lisbon Antigua", with "Robin Hood" on the flipside, is #1 on the U.S. Pop singles charts.

1957 - Trumpet player Ray Anthony and His Orchestra (Art De Pew, Jack Laubach, and Jack Holman also on trumpet, Jimmy Henderson, Lew McCreary, and Jimmy Priddy on trombone, Med Flory on clarinet and alto saxophone, Gene Merlino also on alto saxophone, Bob Enevoldsen and Jeff Massingill on tenor saxophone, Leo Anthony on baritone saxophone, Geoff Clarkson on piano, Al Viola on guitar, Don Simpson on bass, and Bill Richmond on drums), using arrangements by Don Simpson, record the titles "This Could Be The Night" with vocals by Gener Merlino and the instrumental titles "The Incredible Shrinking Man" and "Sleepy Lagoon" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "This Could Be The Night" and "The Incredible Shrinking Man" together as a single (Capitol F3676) and "Sleepy Lagoon" on Anthony's album "Ray Anthony Plays For Star Dancing" (T 831).

1958 - Vocalist Bobby & Jim (lineup unlisted), with Johnny Otis and His Orchestra (lineup also unlisted), record new takes of the titles "Carry My Books" and "A Lover Can't Tell" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the new takes together as a single (Capitol F3969).

1958 - Vocalist Andy Griffith, with Dick Reynolds and His Orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the titles "Thank Heaven For Little Girls", "Andy's Lament", "Midnight Special", and "(She's) Bad, Bad Business" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Thank Heaven For Little Girls" and "Andy's Lament" together as a single, "Midnight Special" and "(She's) Bad, Bad Business" together as a single (Capitol F4052), all the titles except "Midnight Special" on Griffith's album "This Here" (T 1215) and "Midnight Special" on the album "Andy Griffith Shouts The Blues And Old Timey Songs" (T/ST 1105).

1958 - Leopold Stokowski conducts a string orchestra (lineup unlisted) as they record Tchaikovsky's "Andante Cantabile (From 'Quartet N° 1 In D Major, Opus 11')" and Turina's "La Oracion Del Torero" at the Riverside Plaza Hotel in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue both titles in the album "The String Orchestra" (P/SP-8458).

1962 - Trombonist Pee Wee Hunt and His Orchestra (lineup unlisted) record the titles "Sunrise In Siberia", "12th Street Twist", and "Whistling Ping Pong Game" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue "Sunrise In Siberia" and "12th Street Twist" together as a single (Capitol 4727) and has yet to issue "Whistling Ping Pong Game". Unfortunately, neither of the first two titles are currently available on YouTube.

1962 - Rubin Williams, with Sammy Lowe conducting his own arrangements to the band and backing vocalists (lineups unlisted), records the titles "Blow Out The Sun" and "A Burning Memory" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue both titles together as a single (Capitol 4769). Unfortunately, "A Burning Memory" is not currently available on YouTube.

1963 - Nat "King Cole, with The Four Coins, begins the first of three performance dates in Tokyo, Japan.

1963 -  Vocalist Marian Montgomery, with (collectively) Joe Newman on trumpet, Sam Taylor on tenor saxophone, Dick Hyman on piano and organ, Kenny Burrell and Chuck Wayne on guitars, Milt Hinton or Joe Benjamin on bass, Osie Johnson on drums, Joe Venuto and Phil Kraus on vibraphones and xylophones, and Willie Rodriguez on percussion, records the titles "'Deed I Do", "The Exciting Mr. Fitch", and "Good Morning Heartache" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Montgomery's album "Marian Montgomery Swings For Winners And Losers" (T/ST 1884).

1963 - The Nashville Singers (lineup unlisted), with unlisted others, records the titles "The Long Black Veil" and "The Bottom Of The Glass" in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue both titles together as a single (Capitol 5017).

1965 - The Beatles record the title "You're Going To Lose That Girl" during a three-hour-long session at EMI's Abbey Road Studios in London, England.

1968 - Vocalist Buddy Fo, with unlisted others, records the titles "And I Love Her", "That's Life", and "On A Clear Day You Can See Forever" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Fo's album "Buddy Fo's New Hawaii" (ST 2879). Unfortunately, none of the titles are currently available on YouTube.

1968 - During two sessions held this day in Los Angeles, California, The Band (Garth Hudson on piano, organ, and vocals, Richard Manuel on piano, organ, guitar, bass, and vocals, Jaime Robbie Robertson on guitar and vocals, Rick Danko on bass and vocals, and Levon Helm on drums and vocals) record the title "Lonesome Suzie" as well as overdubs at the first session and another take and overdubs for the same title at the second session. Capitol Records will issue the final mix of the take from the first session on the CD "Music From The Big Pink Remastered" (5-25390-2) and the final mix of the take from the second session on the group's album "Music From Big Pink" (SKAO 2955) as also on the CD "Music From The Big Pink Remastered".

1970 - Sonny James' Capitol Records single "It’s Just a Matter of Time", with "This World Of Ours" on the flipside, is #1 on the U.S. Country singles charts.

1972 - Badfinger's Apple Records album "Straight Up", distributed by Capitol Records in the United States, enters the Pop album charts.

1977 - Capitol Records artist Natalie Cole wins the Best R&B Female Vocal Performance Grammy for her title "Sophisticated Lady (She's A Different Lady)".

1977 - Wings' Capitol Records single "Maybe I'm Amazed", with "Soily" on the flipside, enters the top 40 of Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart.

45 Years Ago Today In 1981 - George Harrison is ordered to pay ABKCO Music the sum of $587,000 for "subconscious plagiarism" of the Chiffon's "He's So Fine" for his Apple Records single "My Sweet Lord" which was distributed by Capitol Records in the United States.

1982 - Vocalist Amy Holland, with unlisted others and producer Michael McDonald, records the titles "You And I", "I Hang On Your Every Word", and "Not Enough" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "You And I" and "I Hang On Your Every Word" on Holland's album "On Your Every Word" (ST-12178) and has yet to issue "Not Enough".

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1952 - Seventeen-year-old Vincent Eugene Craddock (aka future Capitol Records artist Gene Vincent) enters the US Navy.

1963 - The Jazz Crusaders (Wayne Henderson on trombone and euphonium, Wilton Felder on tenor saxophone, Joe Sample on piano, Bobby Haynes on bass, and Stix Hooper on drums) record the titles "Turkish Black", "Lonely Horn", and "Boopie" at the Pacific Jazz Studio in Los Angeles, California for Pacific Jazz Records. After EMI acquires Pacific Jazz's catalog, Blue Note Records will issue "Turkish Black" and "Lonely Horn" in the album "Tough Talk" (BN-LA170-G2) and "Boopie" in the album "The Young Rabbits" (BN-LA530-H2).

1963 - Trumpetist Howard McGhee, with Phil Porter on organ, Larry Ridley on bass, and Dave Bailey on drums, records the titles "Blue Bell", "Lonely Town", "Satin Doll", "Fly Me To The Moon", "Secret Love", and "Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out" at the Regent Sound Studios in New York City, New York for United Artists Records which will release all the titles on McGhee's album "Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out" (UAJS 14028). After EMI acquires United Artists' catalog, Blue Note Records will issue all the titles in Japan in the CD release of the album (TOCJ-6302).

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1878 - The phonograph is patented by Thomas Edison who, after making a sketch of the device, paid his assistant $18 to make it.

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1933 - Yoko Ono, artist, singer, songwriter, wife and partner of Apple, Capitol, and Geffen Records artist John Lennon, mother of Capitol Records artist Sean Lennon, and solo Apple, Geffen, and Capitol Records artist, is born in Toyko, Japan.

1952 - Juice Newton, singer, guitarist, songwriter, and Capitol Records artist, is born Judith Kaye Newton at the Lakehurst Naval Base, Lakehurst, New Jersey.

1953 - Derek Pellicci, the percussionist and drummer with the group Mississippi and the Capitol Records group Little River Band, is born in London, England. 

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1948 - Vocalist Benjamin "Scat Man" Crothers, with Riff Charles and his Friends (includes Vic Dickenson on trombone, Riff Charles on piano, and unlisted guitar, bass, and drums players), records the titles "Riff's Blues", "The Thing", "Mabel The Lush", and "Dead Man's Blues" in Radio Recorders' studios at 931 North Western Avenue in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue "Riff's Blues" and "Mabel The Lush" together as a single (Capitol 15220) and "The Thing" and "Dead Man's Blues" together as a single (Capitol 15076).

75 Years Ago Today In 1951 - Tennessee Ernie Ford's Capitol Records single "Shotgun Boogie", with "I Ain't Gonna Let It Happen No More" on the flipside, returns to the #1 spot on the U.S. Country singles chart.

1952 - Jan Garber and His Orchestra (lineup unlisted) record the titles "Who's Excited?", "My Intuition", "Love, Where Are You Now?", and "If You See Stars In My Eyes" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Who's Excited?" as a single (Capitol 2033) with "Two Little Kisses" (recorded March 14, 1952), "My Intuition" and "Love, Where Are You Now?" together as a single (Capitol 2012), and "If You See Stars In My Eyes" as a single (Capitol 2312) with "Poopsie Woopsie" (recorded September 10, 1952) on the flipside.

1952 - Ferlin Husky (as "Terry Preston"), with unlisted others, records the titles "I'm Missin' Lots Of Lovin'", "Words", "Counting My Heartaches", and "Don't Believe A Word They Say" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "I'm Missin' Lots Of Lovin'" and "Words" together as a single (Capitol 2024), "Counting My Heartaches" as a single (Capitol 2105), and has yet to issue "Don't Believe A Word They Say".

1952 - Vocalist Peggy Lee, with Sid Feller conducting the orchestra (lineup unlisted but includes trumpet, piano, guitar, bass, and drums players), records the titles "Goin' On A Hayride", "Ev'rytime", "Let's Call It A Day", "Baby, Come Home", "Whee Baby", and "Louisville Lou" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue "Goin' On A Hayride" and "Ev'rytime" together as a single (Capitol 2025), "Let's Call It A Day", "Whee Baby", and "Louisville Lou" on Lee's album "All Aglow Again" (T 1366), and "Baby Come Home" on the compilation CD "Peggy Lee - Rare Gems And Hidden Treasures" (5-27564-2).

1953 - Bandleader and bassist Cliffie Stone and His Orchestra (lineup unlisted) record the titles "Pretend", "The Last Roundup", and "The One Rose (That's Left In My Heart)" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Pretend" and "The Last Roundup" together as a single (Capitol 2407) and "The One Rose (That's Left In My Heart)" as a single (Capitol 2620) with "Steel Guitar Rag" (recorded September 9, 1953) on the flipside.

70 Years Ago Today In 1956 - Les Baxter's Capitol Records single "The Poor People Of Paris", with "Theme from 'Helen of Troy'" on the flipside, enters the top 40 of Billboard's Pop singles chart.

70 Years Ago Today In 1956 - Pianist Madam Agi Jambor, records Johann Sebastian Bach's "Toccata In D Minor", "Toccata In G Minor", "Toccata In G Major", and "Toccata In E Minor" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Jambor's two-LP album "BACH-Toccatas/Fantasias" (PBR-8354).

1957 - Vocalist and pianist Merrill Moore, with Jimmy Bryant on electric guitar, Roy Lanham on rhythm guitar, Wesley "Speedy" West on steel guitar, Red Wooten on bass, and Roy Harte on drums, records the titles "Buttermilk Baby", "Nursery Rhyme Blues", "Barrel House Bessie", and "Tuck Me To Sleep In My Old 'Tucky Home" in Studio A of The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records wil issue "Buttermilk Baby" and "Nursery Rhyme Blues" together as a single (Capitol F3788) and "Barrel House Bessie" and "Tuck Me To Sleep In My Old 'Tucky Home" together as a single (Capitol F3721).

1957 - Vocalist Robert Mitchum, with pianist Jimmy Rowles also conducting the orchestra (Tony Terran on trumpet, Morris Bercov on tenor saxophone and flute, Jack Marshall on guitar and banjo, Joe Comfort on bass, Eddie Aparicio, Frank Carlson, Frank Guerrero, and Ralph Hansell on drums and percussion, and Carlos Mejia on bongos and percussion) and unlisted background singers, records the titles "Jean And Dinah", "What Is This Generation Coming To?", and "Mama, Looka Boo Boo (Shut Your Mouth, Go Away)" at the Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California at a session that was scheduled to go from 8:00 PM to 11:00 PM but was extended and went to 1:00 AM on February 19, 1957. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Mitchum's album "Calypso - Is Like So..." (T 853).

1958 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Angel Smile" is #37 on WDGY's Official Top Forty Survey in Minneapolis/St. Paul, Missouri.

1958 - Nat "King" Cole overdubs a piano track on the title "Tu Mi Delirio (You're My Obsession)" and vocals tracks on the titles "El Bodegurero" (Grocer's Cha Cha)" and two takes of "Come To The Mardi Gras" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California, over instrumental tracks by Armando Romeu, Jr. And His Orchestra and backing vocal tracks by The Rivero Four (lineup unlisted) at the Panart Studio in Havana, Cuba in 1957. Capitol Records will issue "Tu Mi Delirio (You Are My Obsession)" and "El Bodeguerao (Grocer's Cha Cha) on Cole's album "Cole Español" (W 1031) and the first take of "Come To The Mardi Gras" in England on the album "The Unreleased Nat King Cole" (EMS 1279). Bear Family Records will issue all the titles and takes in Germany in the eleven-CD box set "Nat 'King' Cole - Stardust (The Complete Capitol Recordings 1955-1959)" (BCD 16342).

1958 - Tenor saxophonist George Auld, with an orchestra and vocal group The Jud Conlon Rhythmaires (lineups unlisted), records the titles "The Nearness Of You", "Take Me", and "Love Me Or Leave Me" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Love Me Or Leave Me" on Colin's album "Sax Gone Latin" (EAP-1-1045 on a single 7" 45 RPM EP) and all the titles on the 12" 33 1/3 RPM release of the album (T 1045).

65 Years Ago Today In 1961 - Van Alexander conducts his own arrangements to his orchestra (featuring Milt Bernhart and Dick Kenney on trombone, Plas Johnson and Babe Russin on tenor saxophone, and unlisted others) as they record an unissued take of the title "Black And Tan Fantasy", the title "Say It Isn't So", a as yet unissued take of the title "Pick Yourself Up", and the title "In A Mellow Tone" at The Capitol Tower Studios in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue "Say It Isn't So" and "In A Mellow Tone" on Alexander's album "Swing! Staged For Stereo" (STAC 1635).

65 Years Ago Today In 1961 - Vocalist Matt Monro, with Johnnie Spence conducting his own arrangement to the orchestra (4 trumpets, 4 trombones, possibly. Johnny Scott on flute and saxophone, and unlisted piano, guitar, bass, drums, percussion, and harp players) records the titles "My Kind Of Girl" at EMI Studios in London, England. Capitol Records will issue the title on the compilation CD "Spotlight On...,Volume 18 - Matt Monro" (8-29394-2).

1963 - Nat "King Cole, with The Four Coins, arrives in Japan to begin two weeks of performances around the country after finishing their tour of Australia. Here's a photo of Cole being presented flowers in Japan.

1963 - Vocalist Marian Montgomery, with (collectively) Joe Newman on trumpet, Sam Taylor on tenor saxophone, Dick Hyman on piano and organ, Kenny Burrell and Chuck Wayne on guitars, Milt Hinton or Joe Benjamin on bass, Osie Johnson on drums, Joe Venuto and Phil Kraus on vibraphones and xylophones, and Willie Rodriguez on percussion, records the titles "Wee Baby Blues", "Can't Help It", "Roll 'Em Pete", and a new take of "All By Myself" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Montgomery's album "Marian Montgomery Swings For Winners And Losers" (T/ST 1884).

1963 - The Ross Sisters (lineup unlisted), with unlisted others, record the titles "I Ain't Never", "You Still Want Her", and "A Fallen Angel" in (listed as possibly) Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records has yet to issue "I Ain't Never" and will issue "You Still Want Her" and "A Fallen Angel" together as a single (Capitol 4953).

1965 - The Beatles record tracks for their songs "You've Got To Hide Your Love Away" and "Tell Me What You See" at EMI's Abbey Road Studios in London, England.

1967 - Vocalist Nancy Wilson, with Billy May conducting his own arrangements to the orchestra (Pete Candoli, John Audino, Ray Triscari, and Bud Brisbois on trumpet, Vernon Friley, Lew McCreary, Dick Noel, and William Schaefer on trombone, Arthur "Skeets" Herfurt, Abe Most, Justin Gordon, Plas Johnson, and Jack Nimitz on saxophones, Don Trenner on piano, Mike Melvoin on organ, John Collins on guitar, Charles Williams on bass, and Earl Palmer on drums, Latin percussion, and bells), records the titles "That's Life", "If He Walked Into My Life", "Born Free", and "Just For Now" in The Capitol Tower studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California between 3:00 PM and 6:00 PM. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Wilson's album "Just For Now" (T/ST 2712).

1968 - David Gilmour joins Pink Floyd as the replacement for founding member and guitarist Syd Barrett.

1968 - At two sessions held this day in Los Angeles, California, Buddy Fo, with unlisted others, records the titles "Goin' Out Of My Head", "Crazy About You", "Hawaii", and "I Can't Take My Eyes Off Of You" at the first session and the titles "Come Back To Me", "Watch What Happens", "Sadie The South Sea Lady", and "Hawaiian Wedding Song" at the second session. Capitol Records has yet to issue "I Can't Take My Eyes Off Of You" and "Hawaiian Wedding Song" and will issue all of the rest of the titles on Fo's album "Buddy Fo's New Hawaii" (ST 2879).

1972 - Vocalist Roy Rogers, with unlisted others, records the titles "Lay Some Happiness On Me", "I'll Sing A 'Sing-A-Long' Love Song", "It's Not The Things That You Do", and "Talkin' About Love" in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue "Lay Some Happiness On Me" and "Talkin' About Love" on Rogers' album "Take A Little Love" (ST-11020) and have yet to issue  "I'll Sing A 'Sing-A-Long' Love Song" and "It's Not The Things That You Do".

1974 - Apple Records (with Capitol Records handling U.S. distribution) releases Ringo Starr's single "Oh My My", with "Step Lightly" on the flipside.

1977 - White Horse (lineup unlisted) records the title "Through Thick And Thin" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the title on the group's self-titled album "White Horse" (ST-11687).

45 Years Ago Today In 1981 - Charles Veal records the title "This Girl's Got A Hold On Me" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the title on Veal's album "Believe It!" (ST-12174).

1982 - America (vocalists and guitarists Gerry Beckley and Lee "Dewey" Bunnell), with unlisted others, record the title "Desperate Love" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue the title on the group's album "View From The Ground" (ST-12209).

1982 - The Motels (Martha Davis on lead vocals and guitar, Guy Perry on guitar and backing vocals, Michael Goodroe on bass, Steve Goldstein on keyboards, Marty Jourard on keyboards and saxophone, Brian Glascock and Craig Krampf on drums and percussion, and M.L. Benoit on percussion) record the title "He Hit Me (And It Felt Just Like A Kiss)" at Record One studios in Los Angeles, California with producer Val Garay. Capitol Records will release the title on the band's album "All Four One" (ST-12177).

1982 - On her 30th birthday, vocalist Juice Newton, with unlisted others, records the title "Ever True" at Sound Castle Studio in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the title as a single (Capitol 5120) and on Newton's album "Quiet Lies" (ST-12210).

40 Years Ago Today In 1986 - Alcatrazz (Graham Bonnet on vocals, Jimmy Waldo on keyboards and vocals, Steven Vai on guitar and vocals, Gary Shea on bass, and Jon Uvena on drums, percussion and vocals) record the titles "That Ain't Nothin'" at American Recording Studios in Woodland Hills, California. Capitol Records will issue the title on the band's album "Dangerous Games" (ST-12477).

40 Years Ago Today In 1986 - Vocalists Marie Osmond and Paul Davis, with unlisted others, record the title "You're Still New to Me" in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue the title as a single (Capitol 5663) with "New Love" (recorded February 26, 1986) on the flipside and on Osmond's album "I Only Wanted You" (ST-12516).

25 Years Ago Today In 2001 - Keith Urban's Capitol Records Nashville single "But For The Grace Of God" hits #1 on Billboard's Country Singles chart.

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1967 - Johnny Rivers' Imperial Records single "Baby I Need Your Lovin'", with "Gettin' Ready For Tomorrow" on the flipside, enters the top 40 of Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart.

1983 - Trumpetist Chet Baker and tenor saxophonist Stan Getz, with Jum McNeely on piano, George Mraz on bass, and Victor Lewis on drums perform the title "Stella By Starlight" at a concert given in Stockholm, Sweden that was recorded by Sonet Records and released by it in England on the album "Line For Lyons" (SNTF 899)as by Stan Getz and Chet Baker. Blue Note Records will license the title and release it in the United States on the CD "The Definitive Chet Baker" (5-40039-2).

1993 - Pianist Don Pullen and The African-Brazilian Connection (Carlos Ward on flute and alto saxophone, Nilson Matta on bass, Guilherme Franco on tumba, berimbau, and percussion, and Mor Thiam on jembe, tabula, rainsticks, and wind chimes) record the titles "The Third House On The Right", "Paraty", "El Matador", "George, We Harldy Knew Ya", "Aseeko! (Get Up And Dance!)" with vocals by Mor Thiam, "Anastasia/Pyramid", and "Variation On 'Ode To Life'" in Sorcerer Sound's studio in New York City, New York at a session that will end on February 19, 1993. Blue Note Records will issue all the titles on the CD album "Ode To Life" (7-89233-2) as by Don Pullen & The African-Brazilian Connection.