JUNE 4, 2026

HAPPY BIRTHDAYS!

1945 - Gordon Waller, singer, songwriter, guitarist, and part of the Capitol Records duo Peter and Gordon and a solo artist on the label is born Gordon Trueman Riviere Waller in Braemar, Scotland.

1953 - Jimmy McCulloch, the lead guitarist in the band Wings and a member of bands including Thunderclap Newman and Stone The Crows, is born in Glasgow, Scotland. Miguel Terol has a tribute page to Jimmy on The Musicians' Olympus website.

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1938 - Eugene Jochum conducts The Hamburg Philharmonic Orchestra (lineup unlisted) as they record the fourth movement of Bruckner's "Symphony N° 5 In B Flat" in six parts in Hamburg, Germany for Telefunken Records. After Capitol Records licenses Telefunken's catalog for release in the United States, it will issue the complete fourth movement on the album "BRUCKNER - Symphony #5 In B Flat (Disc 2)" (P-8050).

1942 - It's a Thursday, and with its name officially changed from Liberty Records, Capitol Records opens for business in a small 15’x50’ office with no air conditioning at 1483 Vine Street in Hollywood, California, just south of Sunset Boulevard, next to photographer Gene Lester's studio. The site of Capitol's first office is currently the entrance to the Bank of America parking structure.

The approximate location of Capitol's first office is highlighted in blue.

Capitol Records' first office's storefront entrance.

The company's first employees included chairman Buddy DeSylva, president Johnny Mercer, vice-president Glenn Wallichs, head of A&R Dave Shelley, Pacific Coast sales manager Floyd Bittaker (East Coast sales were initially handled by Modern Music Sales Company's Nat Cohn in New York City), publicity manager Jack Lawson, and the company's first female employee, 17 year old recent graduate of Santa Monica High School Auriel Macfie, who operated the small switchboard and was also the company's receptionist and typist. 

Capitol Records' first female employee, Auriel Macfie, in a photo from 1946

Auriel is in the center of the back row in this photo from 1943.

Also on this day Glenn Wallichs personally brings Hollywood disc jockey Peter Potter, creator and M.C. of  the "Peter Potter's Picks" and “Juke Box Jury” radio shows, a pre-release copy of “Cow-Cow Boogie” probably pressed by Clark Phono Company in Newark, New Jersey, which due to war restrictions, used a proprietary non-shellac material which had better sound reproduction properties.

After seeing Potter's enthusiastic reaction, Wallichs decides, for what would be the first time in the history of the American music industry, to give free copies of releases to disc jockeys and reviewers in order to promote Capitol Records' acts and the sound quality of its recordings. The records are personalized with labels bearing each recipient's name (which would often lead to Capitol's few employees having to stay up to 3:00 A.M. to fill them out). This quickly makes Capitol Records a favorite of disc jockeys across the country and forces the rest of the industry (not for the last time) to follow Capitol. So all those underpaid record company and radio station employees, as well as reviewers, that were able to make ends meet over the years by selling their promos to used record stores have Capitol, Glenn Wallichs, Peter Potter, and Freddie Slack and His Orchestra with vocalist Ella Mae Morse to thank.

Peter Potter with Capitol Records artists Stan Kenton, Frank Sinatra, and Kay Starr

1942 - At Capitol Records' fifth recording session Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra (lineup unlisted) record "He Wears A Pair Of Silver Wings" with vocals by Connie Haines, "I'm Always Chasing Rainbows" featuring Jenkins on piano, "Paradise", and, with vocals by Martha Tilton and Jenkins again featured on piano, "I'll Remember April" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "He Wears A Pair Of Silver Wings" and "I'm Always Chasing Rainbows" together as a single (Capitol 106, the last single in Capitol's initial release to retail), "Paradise" (as well as "I'm Always Chasing Rainbows" and "I'll Remember April") in the album "Time To Dance With Gordon Jenkins And His Orchestra" (CCF-264), and "I'll Remember April" as a single (Capitol 105) with "The Angels Cried" (recorded April 6, 1942) on the flipside.

80 Years Ago Today In 1946 - Stan Kenton and His Orchestra (Buddy Childers, Ray Wetzel, Chico Alvarez, John Anderson, Ken Hanna on trumpet; Kai Winding, Miff Sines, Milt Kabak on trombone; Bart Varsalona on bass trombone; Al Anthony, Boots Mussulli on alto saxophone; Vido Musso, Bob Cooper on tenor saxophone; Bob Gioga on baritone saxophone; Stan Kenton on piano; Bob Ahern on guitar; Eddie Safranski on bass; Shelly Manne on drums; June Christy, Gene Howard, Ray Wetzel on vocals), record the Pete Rugolo compositions "Rika Jika Jack" (with vocals by Christy and the band and trombone solo by Kai Winding), "Artistry in Boogie" (with piano solos by Kenton and Pete Rugolo, bass solo by Eddie Safranski, tenor saxophone solo by Vido Musso, trumpet solo by Chico Alvarez, and trombone solo by Kai Winding), "Come Back To Sorrento" (with trumpet solo by Vido Musso) and an incomplete take of "Collaboration" (piano solo by Pete Rugolo) at Radio Recorders in Hollywood, California.

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, #2 on the magazine's Most-Played Juke Box Records chart, #3 on the magazine's Canada's Top Tunes chart, #4 on the magazine's Best Selling Retail Race Records chart, and #5 on the magazine's Most-Played Juke Box Race Records chart. Also, The Pied Pipers' Capitol Records single "My Happiness" enters the top 20 at #9 on Billboard's Best Selling Retail Records chart, The Sportsmen's a cappella Capitol Records single "You Can't Be True, Dear" is #15, Peggy Lee's Capitol Records single "Mañana" is #18, and Jack Smith and The Clark Sisters' Capitol Records single "Baby Face" is #19.

1949 - Mel Tormé (with orchestra conducted by Pete Rugolo)'s Capitol Records single "Again" is #7 on Billboard's Best Selling Retail Records chart, Margaret Whiting and Johnny Mercer's Capitol Records single "Baby, It's Cold Outside" is #11, Jo Stafford and Gordon MacRae (with Paul Weston and His Orchestra)'s Capitol Records single "'A' You're Adorable" is #12, and Mel Tormé (with orchestra conducted by Pete Rugolo)'s Capitol Records single "Careless Hands" is #16.

1953 - Capitol Records filed the masters it purchased for Les Paul and Mary Ford's title "Dangerous Curves" which it will issue on the duo's album "Les & Mary" (EAP-4-577 on 7" EP, EBF2-577 in a 7" two EP set, H2-577 on 10" LP, and W 577 on 12" LP).

1955 - Les Baxter and His Orchestra and Chorus' Capitol Records single "Unchained Melody" is #2 on Billboard's Best Selling Retail Records chart, Nat "King" Cole (with Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra)'s single "A Blossom Fell" and its flipside "If I May" which also includes The Four Knights is #6, Frank Sinatra (with Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra)'s Capitol Records single "Learnin' The Blues" is #10, Tennessee Ernie Ford (with Cliffie Stone's Band)'s "The Ballad Of Davy Crockett" is #11, and Nat "King" Cole (with Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra)'s single "Darling, Je Vous Aime Beaucoup" is #18.

70 Years Ago Today In 1956 - Capitol Records releases Gene Vincent and The Blue Caps' Capitol Records single "Woman Love", with "Be-Bop-A-Lula" on the flipside and the group, with Vincent on vocals, Cliff Gallup and William Williams on guitar, Jack Neil on bass, and Dickie Harrell on drums, play their first-ever gig in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.

1958 - Coronetist and bandleader Red Nichols and His Five Pennies (Jackie Coon on mellophone, Moe Schneider on trombone, Wayne Songer on clarinet and alto and baritone saxophones, Bill Wood also on clarinet, Heinie Beau also on clarinet and tenor saxophone, Jerry Kasper on bass saxophone, Bobby Hammack on piano, Allan Reuss on guitar, Morty Corb on bass, Jack Sperling on drums, and Ralph Hansell on vibraphone and bells) record the titles "Davenport Blues", "Buddy's Habits", "Delta Rolls", and "Washboard Blues" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles Nichols and His Pennies' album "Parade Of The Pennies" (T 1051).

1958 - Vocalist Molly Bee, with an orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the titles "To Be Or Not To Be In Love", "Honey, I'm In Love With You", a new take of the title "After You've Gone", and an overdub for the title "Five Points Of A Star" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "To Be Or Not To Be In Love" and "Honey, I'm In Love With You" on Bee's album "Young Romance" (T 1097) and the take of "After You've Gone" recorded at this session as a single (Capitol F064) with the final mix of "Five Points Of A Star" on the flipside.

1962 - The Beatles' sign their first contract with Parlophone Records.

1962 - Capitol Records, as part of Capitol Single Release 841, releases singles by Dinah Shore ("Just A Brief Encounter" with orchestra conducted by Van Alexander), Tex Williams ("You Gotta Have A License" and "Ghost Of A Honky Tonk Slave" with orchestra conducted by Billy Liebert), The Beach Boys ("Surfin' Safari" and "409"), and Art and Dottie Todd ("Sweet Someone" and "Ring-A-Ding").

1963 - Nat King Cole's Capitol Records single "Those Lazy-Hazy-Crazy Days Of Summer" is #18 on WABC's Silver Dollar Sound Survey in New York City.

1963 - During two sessions held this day in Studio A of The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California, The Howard Roberts Quartet (Burkley Kendrix on organ, Howard Roberts on guitar, Chuck Berghofer on bass, and Earl Palmer on drums) record the titles "Li'l Darlin'" and "Call Me Irresponsible" at the first session and the titles "Turista" and "Get Me To The Church On Time" at the second session. Capitol Records will issue "Li'l Darlin'" and "Turista" on the quartet's album "H.R. Is A Dirty Guitar Player" (T/ST 1961) and has yet to issue the other two titles.

1963 - Violinist Nathan Milstein, with Anatole Fistoulari conducting The Philharmonia Orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the part of the first movement of Saint-Saens' "Concerto N° 3 In B Minor" at E.M.I.'s studios on Abbey Road in London England. After Angel Records, then a subsidiary of Capitol Records, acquires the masters from E.M.I., it will issue the entire piece on the album "SAINT-SAENS - Concerto N° 3 In B Minor/CHAUSSON - Poeme For Violin & Orchestra" (S-36005).

1968 - David A. Axelrod conducts his own arrangements to an orchestra (Allen Di Rienzo, Freddie Hill, Ollie Mitchell, and Tony Terran on trumpets, Richard Leith and Lew McCreary on trombones, Vincent De Rosa, Bill Hinshaw, Arthur Maebe, and Henry Sigismonti on French horns, Gary Coleman on vibraphone, Howard Roberts and Pete Wyant on guitars, Carol Kaye on bass, Earl Palmer on drums, Gene Estes on percussion, Arnold Belnick, Nathan Ross, Myron Sandler, and Marshall Sosson on violins, Harry Hyams on viola, Harold Schneier on cello, and Ben Barrett on an unlisted instrument) as they record the titles "Holy Thursday", "Urizen" and "A Song Of Innocence" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Axelrod's album "Song Of Innocence" (ST 2982).

1968 - The Beach Boys (lineup unlisted) record the title "I Went To Sleep" in Los Angeles, California. After overdubs are recorded on November 18, 1968, Capitol Records will issue the final mix of the title on the band's album "20/20" (SKAO-133).

1968 - The Five Man Electrical Band (lineup unlisted) record the titles "Didn't Know The Time" and "Running Back" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue both titles on the group's self-titled album "Five Man Electrical Band" (ST-165) and "Didn't Know The Time" also as a single (Capitol 2260) with "We Go Together Well" (recorded June 3, 1968) on the flipside as by The Staccatos.

1969 - The Beatles' single "The Ballad Of John and Yoko", with "Old Brown Shoe" on the flipside, is released by Capitol Records in the U.S.

1973 - Murry Gage Wilson, father of Brian, Carl and Dennis Wilson (and uncle to Mike Love) of The Beach Boys, dies of a heart attack at his home in Hawthorne, California at age 56. Murry was at one time co-producer of The Beach Boys, ran the band's publishing company Sea of Tunes, had his own album on Capitol ("The Many Moods Of Murry Wilson), and was manager and producer of the Tower Records band The Sunrays, and their website has a photos of them with Murry.

1973 - Capitol Records Canada releases Edward Bear's album "Close Your Eyes" and Rolf Harris' album "You Name It".

1973 - The Band (Garth Hudson and Richard Manuel on keyboards and vocals, Jaime Robbie Robertson on guitar, and vocals, Rick Danko on bass and vocals, and Levon Helm on drums and vocals) begin four straight days of recording which will produce the titles "Ain't Got No Home" and "Holy Cow" at Bearsville Recording Studios in Bearsville, New York. After overdubs are recorded for "Holy Cow" in October of 1973, Capitol Records will issue the final mixes of both titles on the group's album "Moondog Matinee" (SW-11214).

1973 - Vocalist Dick Curless, with Norman "Buddy" Spicher on fiddle, Hargus "Pig" Robbins on piano, Harold Ray Bradley, Ray Edenton, and Herman "Pete" Wade on guitars, Weldon Myrick on steel guitar, Bob Moore on bass, and Murrey M. "Buddy" Harman, Jr. on drums, records the titles "The Last Blues Song", Born In Country Music (Raised On Dixieland)", and "Room Full Of Roses" at the Jack Clement Studio in Nashville, Tennessee between 6:00 PM and 9:00 PM. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Curless' album "The Last Blues Song" (ST-11211) and also "The Last Blues Song" and "Room Full Of Roses" together as a single (Capitol 3698).

1973 - Billy May and The Time-Life Orchestra (lineup unlisted) record the titles "Angel" featuring Bob Bain on guitar, "Last Tango In Paris" featuring Warren Luening on trumpet, "Love Theme From 'The Godfather'", "Moment To Moment", and "Our Winter Love" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California. After overdubs are recorded at the same session for "Love Them From 'The Godfather'" and "Our Winter Love" and on July 5, 1973 for "Angel", Time-Life Records will issue the final mixes for all the titles in the three-LP set "Volume 8 - Billy May" (STL-248) as part of its "As You Remember Them" series.

1983 - Industry (lineup unlisted) records the title "Shangri-La" in an unlisted studio. Capitol Records will issue the title on the group's album "Stranger To Stranger" (ST-12316).

1990 - Members of the International Sawyer Brown Fan Club hold their first meeting at a breakfast with the Capitol Nashville band the day before the Fan Fair 1990 opens in Nashville, Tennessee. Members of the band go to each table to chat and give autographs, and that afternoon there's an auction of Sawyer Brown memorabilia. There's a write up on the fan club's website about the breakfast and the fan fair.

1998 - Pink Floyd's album "Dark Side Of The Moon" is certified 15x Multi-Platinum by the R.I.A.A.

1998 at 9:00 AM eastern - A news item appears announcing that Gary Gersh, president & CEO, Capitol Records, and Glen Ballard, president, Java Records, have signed Lisa Marie Presley to an exclusive recording agreement with Java Records. Java Records was the joint venture between Capitol Records and writer/producer Ballard.

25 Years Ago Today In 2001 - Diana Krall finished recording her album "The Look Of Love" in The Capitol Tower Studios.

25 Years Ago Today In 2001 - John Hartford, banjo player, triple Grammy Award winner, and composer (best remembered for Glen Campbell's Capitol Records single "Gentle On My Mind") dies at age 63 in a Nashville hospital after a lengthy battle with non-Hodgkins lymphoma.

2003 - Lisa Marie Presley performs during half-time of the first game of the 2003 NBA finals.

2004 - 42 years to the day she started as Capitol Records' first female employee, Auriel Macfie Douglas, died. She is buried at O'ahu Cemetery in Honolulu, Hawaii.
She was born September 22, 1924 and was just seventeen and newly graduated from Santa Monica High School as a journalism major when she started working for Capitol Records.

Her father helped develop tanks and bi-planes during first World War and, unfortunately, died in 1943 while Auriel was working at Capitol, the same year as the group photo above. She would go on to write and edit Capitol's monthly promotional magazine "Capitol News" for two years then do promotion work for the Music Hall chain of theaters in Los Angeles, before going to New York City to first work for M-G-M Records and then became chief of NBC Radio's promotional magazine.

She married Russell D. Douglas on November 28, 1952, came back to Los Angeles, worked for various promotional firms as well as handling promotion for Pacific Ocean Park in the early 1960s, had her own promotional business with June Bundy Csida In later years, she also wrote and worked in the publishing industry.

2005 - Capitol Records artists hold the top 3 spots on Billboard's Country charts with Keith Urban's "Making Memories of Us" at #1, Trace Adkins' "Songs About Me" at #2, and Dierks Bentley's "Lot of Leavin' Left to Do" coming in at #3.

20 Years Ago Today In 2006 -The Rice Brothers (Wayne, Jim, and Joe Rice) with guitarist Dale Cooper, bassist Steve Lawrence, and fiddler Tom Cunningham perform during the evening service at Shadow Mountain Community Church (2100 Greenfield Drive, El Cajon, California) at 6:00 p.m. These former members of the band Brush Arbor will be playing and singing together for the first time since their Capitol Records days thirty years ago [1972-1974]. Wayne Rice has put up a homepage for Brush Arbor with a great discography and history.

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1944 - Michelle Phillips, motion picture and television actress, singer with the group The Mamas And The Papas, and mother of SBK Records artist (as part of the group Wilson Phillips) Chynna Phillips, is born vocals Holly Michelle Gilliam in Long Beach, California.

1960 - Pianist Randy Weston (with Cecil Payne on baritone saxophone, Ron Carter on bass, and Roy Haynes on drums) records the titles "Portrait Of Patsy J", "Uncle Nemo", "Cry Me Not", "Honk Honk", "Saucer Eyes", "204", and "C.B. Blues" (all written by Weston), with producer Teddy Reig in New York City, New York for Roulette Records who will only release the track "Saucer Eyes" as part of "The Roulette Jazz CD Sampler" and will all finally be released in 2003 by Mosaic Records on the CD compilation "Mosaic Select: Randy Weston".

1964 - Chris Kavanagh, drummer with the EMI America Records group Sigue Sigue Sputnik as well as Big Audio Dynamite II, is born in England.

ON THIS DAY NOT IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1965 - The Rolling Stones' single "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction", with "The Under-Assistant West Coast Promotion Man" on the flipside, enters Billboard's singles chart where it will peak at #1, the band's first in the U.S.

1984 - Frank Sinatra begins a 13 night stand at Carnegie Hall with a black tie benefit for the hall which is reviewed by Jon Pareles for The New York Times.

1992 - Harrison Ford leaves his hand and footprints during ceremony #155 at Mann's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, California

JUNE 3, 2026

HAPPY BIRTHDAYS!

1929 - Chuck Barris, television producer, game show creator and host, songwriter, novelist, admitted assassin for the C.I.A., basis of the movie "Confessions Of A Dangerous Mind", and a Capitol Records artist (1969), is born born Charles Hirsch Barris in Oakland, New Jersey.

1932 - Dakota Staton (aka Aliyah Rabia), singer, dancer, sister of saxophonist Fred Staton, and a Capitol Records and United Artists Records artist, is born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She was "discovered" by Capitol Records A&R man and producer Dave Cavanaugh while she was performing at The Baby Grand Club in Harlem, New York.

1968 - Jamie O'Neal, singer, songwriter, and Capitol Records Nashville artist, is born Jamie Murphy in Sydney, Australia.

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

I938 - Eugen Jochum conducts The Hamburg Philharmonic Orchestra (lineup unlisted) as they record the first movement Bruckner's "Symphony N° 5 In B Flat" in five parts, the second movement in six parts, and the third movement in Hamburg, Germany for Telefunken Records. After Capitol Records licenses Telefunken's catalog for release in the United States, it will issue all the parts for the first and second movements on the album "BRUCKNER - Symphony #5 In B Flat (Disc 1)" (P-8049) and the third movement on the album "BRUCKNER - Symphony #5 In B Flat (Disc 2)" (P-8050).

1947 - Benny Goodman and His Orchestra record a new take of the title "Eight, Nine And Ten" for Capitol Records with producer Lee Gillette, with Goodman handling the vocals instead of Peggy Lee, who recorded the first version of this song with the band on March 28, 1947.

1949 - Peggy Lee records the tracks "The Christmas Spell", "Goodbye, John", "Neon Signs", "Song At Midnight" and "Through A Long And Sleepless Night" for Capitol Records.

1950 - Nat "King" Cole (with Les Baxter and His Orchestra)'s Capitol Records single "Mona Lisa", the flipside of "The Greatest Inventor Of Them All", enters the top 20 of Billboard's Best Selling Retail Records chart at #15.

75 Years Ago Today In 1951 - Capitol Records country artist Hank Thompson and His Brazos Valley Boys (Billy Gray on guitar; Curly Chalker, Lefty Nason on steel guitar; Cliffie Stone, Billy Stewart on bass; Bill Foster on drums; Red Hayes on fiddle; Gil Baca on piano; Buddy Woody on accordion) record the track "Love Thief" at Sellers Company in Dallas, Texas. The track will be released by Capitol Records as a single with "How Do You Feel?" on the flipside.

1957 - Ferlin Husky's Capitol Records single "Gone" is #8 on Billboard's Best Selling Retail Records chart and Tommy Sands' Capitol Records single "Goin' Steady" is tied for #21 with Jim Lowe (with Billy Vaughn and His Orchestra)'s single "Four Walls".

1958 - Trumpet player and bandleader Ray Anthony and His Orchestra (Pete Candoli, Conrad Gozzo, Jack Laubach, and Jack Holman also on trumpets, Milt Bernhart, Lew McCreary, Jimmy Priddy, and Abe Lincoln on trombones, Med Flory and Gus Bivona on clarinets and alto saxophones, Georgie Auld and Plas Johnson on tenor saxophones, Leo Anthony on baritone saxophone, Buddy Cole on piano, Bob Bain and Al Hendrickson on guitars, Don Simpson on bass, and Ray Martinez on drums) and vocal group The Skyliners (lineup unlisted), using arrangements by Don Simpson, record the titles "Swanee River" and "Dark Eyes" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both titles on Anthony and his orchestra's album "Like Wild!" (T/ST 1304).

1958 - Vocalist Molly Bee, with an orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the titles "It's Been A Long, Long Time", "Blue Again", "I Get Along Without You Very Well", and "Why Don't We Do This More Often" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Bee's album "Young Romance" (T 1097).

1963 - Capitol Records Canada releases Cliff Richards and The Shadows' album "On Your Mark...Get Set...Let's Go!" and their soundtrack album "Summer Holiday" is #1 on the CHUM LP chart. The label also releases Mrs. Mills' album "Summer Party.

1963 - Capitol Records purchases the masters for The Legends' titles "My Love For You", "Temptation", and "Marionette" in Los Angeles, California but has yet to issue any of the titles.

1963 - The Howard Roberts Quartet (Burkley Kendrix on organ, Howard Roberts on guitar, Chuck Berghofer on bass, and Earl Palmer on drums) records the titles "Satin Doll" and "Deep Fry" in Studio A of The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue both titles on the quartet's album "H.R. Is A Dirty Guitar Player" (T/ST 1961).

1963 - Violinist Nathan Milstein, with Anatole Fistoulari conducting The Philharmonia Orchestra (lineup unlisted), records part of the first movement and the entire second movement of Saint-Saens' "Concerto N° 3 In B Minor" at E.M.I.'s studios on Abbey Road in London, England. After acquiring the masters for the entire piece, Angel Records, at the time a subsidiary of Capitol Records, will issue it on the album "SAINT-SAENS - Concerto N° 3 In B Minor/CHAUSSON - Poeme For Violin & Orchestra" (S-36005).

1964 - Ringo Starr, drummer for The Beatles, collapses from tonsillitis and pharyngitis. Jimmy Nicol becomes substitute drummer when Ringo enters a London hospital for his throat problem and the band would rehearse with him in Abbey Road Studios the same day. Nicol would stay with the band for concerts in Holland, Amsterdam, Hong Kong and Australia until Ringo rejoins the band in Melbourne, Australia on June 14, 1964.

1968 - Capitol Records releases The Beach Boys' album "Friends".

1968 - Tower Records, a subsidiary of Capitol Records, releases Pink Floyd's single "It Would Be So Nice" (Tower 426) with "Julia Dream" on the flipside, Eternity's Children's self-titled album (ST 5123), The Love Exchange's self-titled album (ST 5115), and Them's album "Now And 'Them'" (ST 5104).

1968 - Sidewalk Records, a subsidiary of Capitol Records, releases The Smoke's self-titled album (ST 5912).

1968 - Capitol Records Canada releases Frank Ifield's album "The Singer And The Song" (ST 6254).

1968 - During two sessions held this day in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California between 8:00 PM and 11:00 PM with producer Dave Dexter, Jr., vocalist Ella Fitzgerald, with Benny Carter's Magnificent Seven (Harry Edison on trumpet, Benny Carter on alto saxophone, Georgie Auld on tenor saxophone, Hank Jones on piano, John Collins on guitar, Bob West on electric bass, and Louis Bellson on drums), records the titles "Medley: Candy/All I Do Is Dream Of You/Spring Is Here (Instrumental)/720 In The Books/It Happened In Monterey/What Can I Say After I Say I'm Sorry" and "Hawaiian War Chant" at the first session and the title "Medley: Four Or Five Times/Maybe/Takin' A Chance On Love (Instrumental)/Elmer's Tune/At Sundown/It's A Wonderful World" at the second session. Capitol Records will issue both medleys on Miss Fitzgerald's album "30 By Ella" (ST 2960) and "Hawaiian War Chant" as a single (Capitol 2267) with "It's Only Love" (recorded December 21, 1967) on the flipside. These will be Miss Fitzgerald's last sessions for Capitol Records.

1968 - The Five Man Electrical Band (lineup unlisted) record the titles "Black Sheep Of The Family", "Fancy Dancing Man", and "We Go Together Well" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on the group's self-titled album "Five Man Electrical Band" (ST-165) and "We Go Well Together" also as a single (Capitol 2260) with "Didn't Know The Time" (recorded June 4, 1968) on the flipside as by The Staccatos.

1983 - Industry (lineup unlisted) records five takes of the title "Still Of The Night" in an unlisted studio. Capitol Records will issue the first take on the group's self-titled mini-LP "Industry" (MLP-15011) and the second take on the group's album "Stranger To Stranger" (ST-12316). No issuing information is listed for the other three takes.

1990 - MC Hammer's Capitol Records album "Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em" is #1 on Billboard's Top 200 Albums chart

1990 - Wilson Phillips' SBK Records (distributed by Capitol Records) single "Hold On" is #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart.

35 Years Ago Today In 1991 - Morrissey records the tracks "There's A Place In Hell For Me And My Friends", "My Love Life", and "Sing Your Life" live to two track DAT tape with no overdubs especially for KROQ-FM radio, with Boz Boorer and Alain White on guitars, Gary Day on bass, Spencer Cobrin on drums, and Morrissey on vocals, at Capitol Studios in Hollywood, California at an overnight session which Warner Bros. Records will release as a CD single entitled "Morrissey at KROQ".

35 Years Ago Today In 1991 - Capitol Records announces that Los Angeles based hard rock band XYZ (guitarist Marc Diglio, bassist Patt Fontaine, vocalist Terry Ilous and drummer Paul Monroe), formerly with Enigma Records, has signed with the label and that they are finishing up work on their debut album "Hungry" with producer George Tutko.

1994 - Wally Fowler (born John Wallace Fowler), Capitol Records artist (1945 as Wally Fowler and The Georgia Clodhoppers and later as Wally Fowler and The Oakridge Quartet), dies at age 77 after drowining in Dale Hollow Lake, northeast of Nashville, where he had been fishing.

1997 - Capitol Records releases Peabo Bryson's album "I'm So Into You:The Passion of Peabo Bryson" and "Bossa Novaville", the 14th release in their UltraLounge series.

25 Years Ago Today In 2001 - Diana Krall begins recording her album "The Look Of Love" in The Capitol Tower Studios.

2002 - Janet H. Shifflett (born Janet Henry), a machinist for Capitol Records for 15 years and for Audiopak for seven years, dies at her home in Winchester, Virginia at age 62.

2003 - Capitol Records Nashville releases Trace Adkins' compilation album "Greatest Hits Collection, Vol.1".

2005 - Capitol Records Nashville announces that Garth Brooks has ended his relationship with the label and that EMI Music will no longer distribute his catalog


ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1957 - Rick Nelson's Imperial Records single "Teenager's Romance" is tied for #13 on Billboard's Best Selling Retail Records chart with The Coasters' single "Searchin'", and Nelson's Imperial Records single "I'm Walkin'" is #19, Fats Domino's Imperial Records single "Valley Of Tears" is #24 and Domino's Imperial Records single "I'm Walkin'" is #33. EMI Music Group, parent company of Capitol Music Group, currently owns the Imperial Records catalog.

1963 - Tenor saxophonist Joe Henderson, with Kenny Dorham on trumpet, McCoy Tyner on piano, Butch Warren on bass, and Pete La Roca on drums, records the titles "Recorda Me", "Jinrikisha", "Blue Bossa", "La Mesha", "Out Of The Night", and "Home Stretch" in recoding engineer Rudy Van Gelder's studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey. Blue Note Records will issue all the titles on Henderson's album "Page One" (BLP4140 on mono 12" vinyl, BST84140 in stereo 12" vinyl, and 7-84140-2 on CD) and also "Recorda Me" and "Blue Bossa" together as a single (Blue Note 45-1901).

1964 - Former Capitol Records artist Dean Martin hosts ABC-TV's variety show "The Hollywood Palace" which this night features future Virgin Records artists The Rolling Stones making their first U.S. television appearance during their first U.S. concert tour.

1964 - The Stanley Turrentine Sextet (Blue Mitchell on trumpet, Curtis Fuller on trombone, Stanley Turrentine on tenor saxophone), Herbie Hancock piano, Bob Cranshaw on bass, and Otis Candy Finch on drums) records the tracks "Fried Pies" and "In Memory Of" with Mickey Roker on congo and "Sunday In New York", "Make Someone Happy", "Jodie's Cha Cha", and "Niger Mambo" at The Van Gelder Studio in Englewood, New Jersey with producer Alfred Lion and recording engineer Rudy Van Gelder and will be released in 1980 by Blue Note Records on the album "In Memory Of".

1969 - Arranger Gerald Wilson (with Larry McGuire, Jay Daversa, and Paul Hubinon on trumpet; Lester Robinson, Frank Strong, and Thurman Green on trombone; Alexander Thomas on bass trombone; Arthur Maebe on french horn; Henry DeVega and Anthony Ortega on alto saxophone; William Green on flute and piccolo; Ernie Watts on tenor saxophone, flute and piccolo; Hadley Caliman and Harold Land on tenor saxophone; Richard Aplanalp on baritone saxophone; Bobby Hutcherson on vibraphone; Richard Holmes on organ; George Duke on piano; Bob West on electric bass; and Carl Lott on drums) records the track "Pisces" (which will be released on the World Pacific Records album "Eternal Equinox"), as well as the tracks "You, Me and Now", "Bluesnee", and (with vocal by William Marshall) "Baby, Baby Don't You Cry" with producer Richard Bock and engineer Lanky Linstrot at Liberty Studios on Third Street, near Robertson Boulevard, in Los Angeles, California.

1975 - Ozzie Nelson (born Oswald George Nelson), band leader, producer, director, radio and television actor, husband to Harriet Hilliard Nelson and father of David Nelson and Imperial and Capitol Records artist Eric "Ricky" Nelson, dies of cancer at age 69 and is later intered in Hollywood's Forest Lawn Cemetery.

1979 - Kenny Rogers' Liberty Records single "She Believes In Me", with "Morgana Jones" on the flipside, is #1 on the U.S. Country singles charts.

ON THIS DAY NOT IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1932 - My grandparents, Martin and Marie Nielsen, arrive at Ellis Island from Hamburg, Germany on the S.S. New York on their way to Chicago, Illinois. My grandfather had emigrated from Germany in 1926, became a United States citizen, and then went back to bring my grandmother here. They'll live at 4741 Greenwood Avenue in Chicago, Illinois which would be my father's home until he graduated high school. They would then move to LaGrange, Illinois.

1964 - Peter Sellers leaves his hand and foot prints in cement during ceremony #127 at Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, California.

1969 - The last original episode of "Star Trek" airs at 10:00 PM on a Friday on NBC-TV

JUNE 2, 2026


HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

1924 - Carl Butler, singer, songwriter, Capitol Records country artist (1951-1953), and part of the recording duo Carl & Pearl Butler, is born Carl Roberts Butler in Knoxville, Tennessee.

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1945 - The Pied Pipers (with Paul Weston and His Orchestra)' Capitol Records single "Dream" (with "Tabby The Cat" on the flipside) is #5 on Billboard's Best Selling Retail Records chart, Johnnie Johnston (with Orchestra conducted by Paul Baron)'s Capitol Records single "Laura" (with "There Must Be A Way" on the flipside) is #6, and Johnny Mercer, Jo Stafford, and The Pied Pipers (with Paul Weston and His Orchestra)' Capitol Records single "Candy" (with Johnny Mercer's "I'm Gonna See My Baby" on the flipside) is #7.

1948 - The King Cole Trio, along with Ray Anthony and His Orchestra, dancers The Four Evans, singer Kay Starr, and comedian Pat Henning, begin a three week stay performing at The Paramount theatre in New York City, New York between showings of the movie "Hazard". Also, The King Cole Trio again appear on NBC Radio's "The Chesterfield Supper Club" with hostess Jo Stafford.

70 Years Ago Today In 1956 - Faron Young's Capitol Records single "I've Got Five Dollars" is #5 and Hank Thompson's Capitol Records single "Blackboard Of My Heart" is #8 on Billboard's Country Singles chart.

1958 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Looking Back", with "Do I Like It?" on the flipside, is #5 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart, The Four Preps' Capitol Records single "Big Man" is #6 and Laurie London's Capitol Records single "He's Got The Whole World In His Hands" is #9. Also, Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Looking Back" is #24 on WMGM's Top 40 Survey in New York City, New York.

1958 - Vocalist Ann Richards, with Brian Farnon conducting the orchestra (Conrad Gozzo, Carroll Lewis, and Virgil Evans on trumpets, Bob Fitzpatrick, John Halliburton, and Kent Larsen on trombones, Jim Amlotte and George Roberts on bass trombones, Ronnie Lang, Jack Dumont, Bill Ulyate, and Edward Ross on saxophones, Bob Harrington on piano, Bobby Gibbons on guitar, Rollie Bundock on bass, Frank Carlson on drums, and Larry Bunker on percussion) using arrangements by Warren Barker, records the titles "I'm Shooting High", "Lullaby Of Broadway", and "Will You Still Be Mine?" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California between 8:30 PM and 11:30 PM. Capitol Records will issue "I'm Shooting High" on Richards' album "I'm Shooting High" (EAP-1-1087 on 7" EP and T/ST 1087 on 12" LP) and rejected the takes of "Lullaby Of Broadway" and "Will You Still Be Mine?" recorded at this session. New takes of both titles will be recorded on June 12, 1958, and those takes will also be issued on the 12" LP "I'm Shooting High".

1958 - Vocalist Cliffie Stone, with The Billy Liebert Singers (lineup unlisted) recorded the titles "Near You", "Nobody's Darlin'", "Sugar Rock 'N' Roll", and "Whispering" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Near You" and "Nobody's Darlin'" together as a single (Capitol F4044), "Sugar Rock 'N' Roll" on Stone's album "Party's On Me" (T 1080), and has yet to issue "Whispering".

1958 - Pianist Lou Busch, with an orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the titles "Lazy Rhapsody", "Rhapsody In Blue", "Doll Dance", "Sunrise Serenade", "Clair De Lune", and "Young Enough To Dream" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles, except "Young Enough To Dream" on the album "Lazy Rhapsody" (T/ST 1072) as by Lou Busch, His Piano And Orchestra. and will issue "Young Enough To Dream" as a single (Capitol F4019) with "Ladies, Please Remove Your Hats" (recorded May 12, 1958) on the flipside.

1959 - The Kingston Trio (Dave Guard on vocals, banjo and guitar, Nick Reynolds on vocals and congas, Robert "Bob Shane" Schoen on vocals and guitar and Morris "Buck" Wheat on bass) record the unissued and possibly lost track "Green Grasses", Molly Dee (John Stewart's first commercial songwriting success) and "E Inu Tatou" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California at an extended session that went from 2:00 PM to  6:30 PM.

1963 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Those Lazy-Hazy-Crazy Days Of Summer" is #16 on WDRC 1360 AM's "The Big D" Swinging 60 Survey in Hartford, Connecticut and #23 on KRLA's Tune-dex chart in Los Angeles, California.

60 Years Ago Today In 1966 - The Beatles begin sessions for the track "I Want To Tell You" in Abbey Road Studios, in London, England. The track will appear on their album Capitol Records album "Revolver".

60 Years Ago Today In 1966 - Carl Wilson and session musicians (Diane Rovell [leader], Hal Blaine, Charles Britz, William Pitman, Don Randi, Lyle Ritzare) record tracks for the song "Inspiration" for The Beach Boys' album "Smile" at Western Recorders in Los Angeles. The album will never be released by Capitol Records.

1967 - Capitol Records releases The Beatles' album "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" in the United States of America.

1969 - Capitol Records releases Buck Owens' album "Buck Owens In London".

1969 - Capitol Records Canada releases Mike and Brian's album "Warm On The Inside" and Johnny Thorson's album "The Johnny Thorson Banjo Album" and the original motion picture soundtrack albums for the movies "The Devil's 8" and "Hell's Belles".

1973 - Paul McCartney and Wings' Apple Records single "My Love" is #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart.

1974 - Paul McCartney and Wings' Apple Records single "Band On The Run", with "Nineteen Hundred And Eighty Five" on the flipside and distributed by Capitol Records in the United States, is #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart.

1983 - Industry (lineup unlisted) records the title "Love On The Radio" at an unlisted studio for Capitol Records which has yet to issue the title.

1988 - Capitol Records registers the master it acquired from E.M.I. for Afrika Bambaataa Family's title "Tell Me When You Need It Again" and will issue the title as a single (Capitol 44173) with "Shout It Out (Featuring 'Slug-Go')" (registered on April 12, 1988) on the flipside.

1990 - Jack Guilford (born Jacob Aaron Gellman), Broadway, motion picture and television actor (probably best remembered for his 10 year run of pantomime performances in Cracker Jacks commercials), singer, and Capitol Records artist (on the original Broadway cast album for the musical "A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum"), dies of stomach cancer at his home in Greenwich Village, New York at age 81.

1998 - Capitol Records Nashville releases Suzy Bogguss' single "Nobody Love, Nobody Gets Hurt" with "When I Run" on the flipside.

20 Years Ago Today in 2006 - Vince Welnick, keyboard player for the Capitol Records group The Tubes and later The Grateful Dead, committed suicide at age 55 on a hillside behind his Forestville, Sonoma County, California home.

2009 - Capitol Records/EMI, in conjunction with Frank Sinatra Enterprises (FSE), release a brand-new compilation collection, "Classic Sinatra II"

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85 Years Ago Today in 1941 - Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts is born Charles Robert Watts in Islington (a suburb of London), England.

1942 - Future Capitol Records artist Betty Hutton appears on "Command Performance" singing "Murder, He Says" with the Billy Artzt Orchestra.

1952 - Judy Garland marries Sid Luft who, at the time, was her manager.

1958 - David Seville's Liberty Records single "Witch Doctor" is #2 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart and Jimmie Rodgers' Roulette single "Secretly", with "Mack Me A Miracle" on the flipside is #8.

1960 - The Silver Beetles give their first professional performance at a concert at Neston Institute (now Neston Civic Hall) in Neston, Cheshire County, England (and today is also Ladies Day in Neston, a unique marching day that has links to the Neston Female Friendly Society during the Napoleonic War).

1964 - The Beatles record the tracks "Any Time At All", "When I Get Home", and "Things We Said Today" in Studio Two at EMI's Abbey Road Studios, in London England which will be released by United Artists Records as part of the soundtrack album for their UA movie "A Hard Day's Night". Capitol Records will later acquire U.S. Distribution rights to the album when EMI buys United Artists Records catalog.

1964 - The Rolling Stones make their American television debut on WABC's The Les Crane Show.

1965 - Director Dick Lester (who directed The Beatles film "A Hard Day's Night" the year before)'s film "The Knack (And How To Get It)" premieres at the London Pavillion Cinema with John Lennon, George Harrison and Ringo Starr among the celebrities in attendance. The film's title will later become the inspiration for the Capitol Records band The Knack.

1967 - Future EMI artist David Bowie's first album "David Bowie" is released on Deram Records, a subsidiary of Decca Records.

1969 - Arranger Gerald Wilson and His Orchestra (Larry McGuire, Jay Daversa, Paul Hubinon on trumpet; Lester Robinson, Frank Strong, Thurman Green on trombone; Alexander Thomas on bass trombone; Arthur Maebe on french horn; Henry DeVega, Anthony Ortega on alto saxophone; William Green on flute and piccolo; Ernie Watts on tenor saxophone, flute and piccolo; Hadley Caliman, Harold Land on tenor saxophone; Richard Aplanalp on baritone saxophone; Bobby Hutcherson on vibes; Richard Holmes on organ; George Duke on piano; Bob West on electric bass; and Carl Lott on drums), with producer Richard Bock and engineer Lanky Linstrot, record the tracks "Equinox", "Aquarius", and "Celestial Soul" for the Pacific Jazz Records label at Liberty Studios on Third Street near Robertson Boulevard, in Los Angeles, California.

1969 - John Lennon and Yoko Ono's bed-in, which started May 26 at The Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, ends.

ON THIS DAY NOT IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

130 Years Ago Today In 1896 - Guglielmo Marconi is granted a patent for his electromagnetic wave communication system (aka Radio).

1904 - Olympic Gold Medalist Swimmer and actor (MGM's Tarzan series) Johnny Weissmuller is born János Weißmüller in Freidorf, Austro-Hungary (present-day Timişoara).

1950 - Desi Arnaz and his wife Lucille Ball start a week of shows as a duo at The Chicago Theatre in Chicago, Illinois and starting June 9th will start a week of shows at The Roxy Theatre in New York City, New York.

1958 - Alan Freed kicks off his new Rock 'n' Roll radio show on WABC in New York, which will run from 7:15 PM to 11:00 PM, Monday through Friday.

1990 - Actor Rex Harrison (born Reginald Carey Harrison) dies of pancreatic cancer in New York City, New York at age 82.

JUNE 1, 2026


HAPPY BIRTHDAYS!

1890 - Frank Morgan, Broadway, motion picture (best known for multiple roles in "The Wizard Of Oz") and radio actor and Capitol Records artist (narrator on the 1949 Dr. Suess children's record "Gossamer Wump"), is born Francis Phillip Wuppermann in New York City, New York.

105 Years Ago TodaybIn 1921 - Nelson Riddle, trombonist, arranger, conductor, composer and Capitol Records artist as Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra is born Nelson Smock Riddle, Jr. in Oradell, New Jersey His son, Christopher Riddle (who took over running, and touring with, The Nelson Riddle Orchestra in 1986), has written a biographical article about his father for the American Music Hall of Fame. Nelson's family also has a website. Nelson's papers and memorabilia are now part of The Nelson Riddle Collection at the University of Arizona, Tucson, that is administered by Keith Pawlak.

100 Years Ago Today In 1926 - Andy Griffith, Broadway, motion picture and television actor and Capitol Records artist, is born Andrew Samuel Griffith in Mount Airy, North Carolina.

100 Years Ago Today In 1926 - Marilyn Monroe, a motion picture actress, model, and singer who signed a contract with Capitol Records but never recorded for the label is born Norma Jeane Mortenson in Los Angeles, California.

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1942 - It's a Monday and the Certificate of Amendment submitted by George G. DeSylva, John Mercer, and Glenn E. Wallichs on May 27, 1942 before Ms. Leta Niccum to change the name of the corporation from Liberty Records, Inc. to Capitol Records, Inc. is stamped as filed with the state of California, officially marking the legal beginning of Capitol Records.

Here's a remembrance about the beginning of Capitol Records from Margaret Whiting's 1987 autobiography "It Might As Well Be Spring" that she co-wrote with Will Holt which Ms. Whiting has graciously given me permission to reproduce below.
Johnny Mercer and seventeen-year-old singer Margaret Whiting were "...strolling around the Hillcrest Golf Course in 1941 with (composer) Harold Arlen and bandleader Bobby Sherwood,...Johnny said, in an offhand manner, 'I've got this idea of starting a record company. I get so tired of listening to the way everyone treats music. I keep feeling they're selling out. And I don't like the way artists are treated either. Bing Crosby isn't the only one who can make records. I don't know, I think it would be fun.'...One of (Mercer's) best friends was Glenn Wallichs, the owner of Music City, a record store across from NBC....One day Johnny went to visit Glenn, who took him in back to hear some of the new releases. Johnny shook his head, then blurted out 'How about coming in on a record company with me?' Let's try something new.' And Glenn said, 'Fine. You run the company and find the artists.' And Johnny said, 'And you run the business.'"

1942 - Tex Ritter signs with Capitol Records becoming the label's first Western artist. In ten days, on June 11, 1942, he will have his first recording session which will produce the title "Jingle Jangle Jingle".

80 Years Ago Today In 1946 - Andy Russell (with Paul Weston and His Orchestra)'s Capitol Records single "Laughing On The Outside" is #4 on Billboard's Best Selling Retail Records chart and Alvino Ray and His Orchestra (with vocal by Rocky Coluccio)'s Capitol Records single "Cement Mixer (Put-Ti Put-Ti)" is #9.

1948 - Capitol Records purchases the masters for vocalist Artie Wayne with Andy Phillips His Orchestra's titles "For You" and "(A Corner Table Down At) Tony's Place" in Los Angeles, California and will issue both titles together as a single (Capitol 15140).

1948 - Over four sessions held this day in Los Angeles, California, The Capitol Records Transcription Service dubbed sixteen unlisted commercial recordings (four at each session) by The King Cole Trio. No issuing information is listed.

70 Years Ago Today In 1956 - Jane Powell, with Buddy Bregman's Orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the titles "Mind If I Make Love To You", "True Love", "What Gives? What Goes?", and "Till The Next Time" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California. Verve Records will issue all the titles.

1958 - Capitol Records releases The Kingston Trio's first album "The Kingston Trio", produced by Voyle Gilmore, and on the same day, Trio member Dave Guard's eldest daughter, Catherine, is born.

1959 - Franck Pourcel and His French Fiddles' Capitol Records single "Only You (Loin De Vous)" is #9 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart.

1959 - Capitol Records releases The Kingston Trio's album "The Kingston Trio At Large" and on the same day they record the track "A Worried Man".

1963 - Al Martino's Capitol Records single "I Love You Because" is #3 on Billboard's Hot 100 Single chart, The Beach Boys' Capitol Records single "Surfin' U.S.A." (it's flipside, "Shut Down", is #33) is #4, Kyu Sakamoto's Capitol Records single "Sukiyaki" is #10, Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Those Lazy-Hazy-Crazy Days Of Summer" is #16, The Kingston Trio's Capitol Records single "Reverend Mr. Black" is #19, Bobby Darin's Capitol Records single "Yellow Roses" is #23, and The Beach Boy's Capitol Records single "Shut Down" (the flip side of "Surfin' U.S.A") is #33. Also, Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Those Lazy-Hazy-Crazy Days Of Summer" is #6 on Billboard magazine's Middle-Road Singles chart, #18 on Cash Box magazine's Top 100 Singles chart, #26 on KDWB's Top Singles chart in Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota, and #42 on CFUN's C-Funtastic Fifty chart in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Also, Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records album "Ramblin' Rose" is #44 and his album "Dear Lonely Hearts" is #59 on Billboard magazine's Top LPs - 150 Best Sellers - Monaural chart.

1963 - The Beatles perform "Young Blood", "Sure To Fall (In Love With You)", "Baby It's You", and "I Got To Find My Baby" during a live in-studio appearance at the BBC. The tracks will later be released by Apple Records on The Beatles' compilation cd "Live At The B.B.C." with Capitol Records handling distribution in the United States.

1963 - Violinist Nathan Milstein, with Anatole Fistoulari conducting The Philharmonia Orchestra (lineup unlisted), records part of the first movement of Saint-Saens' "Concerto N° 3 In B Minor" at E.M.I.'s studios in London, England. Angel Records, at the time a division of Capitol Records will issue the entire piece on Milstein and the orchestra's album "SAINT-SAENS - Concerto N° 3 In B Minor/CHAUSSON - Poeme For Violin & Orchestra" (S-36005).

60 Years Ago Today In 1966 - Billy May starts recording his album "Billy May Today!" in The Capitol Tower Studios in Hollywood,  California.

60 Years Ago Today In 1966 - The Beatles finish work on the track "Yellow Submarine" for their album "Revolver" at Abbey Road Studios, London, England. The track would inspire the creation of their third film for United Artists, the animated feature "Yellow Submarine".

1968 - Woody Allen gives a performance in front of a live audience at the nightclub Eugene's in San Francisco, California that is recorded by producer Jack Lewis and engineers Don Geis, Gene Radice, and George Horn. Capitol Records will issue the recording in two parts on Allen's album "The Third Woody Allen Album" (ST 2986).

1972 - Pink Floyd, with engineer Alan Parsons, begin work on their album "Dark Side Of The Moon".

1973 - Vocalist Glen Campbell, with unlisted others, records the titles "A Beautiful Love Song", "Bring Back My Yesterday", and "Love Light" in Los Angeles, California. After overdubs are recorded for "A Beautiful Love Song" and "Bring Back My Yesterday" on June 7 and 8, 1973, Capitol Records will issue the final mixes of both titles together as a single (Capitol 3669). After overdubs are recorded on June 14, 1973, Capitol Records will issue the final mix of "Lovelight" as a single (Capitol 4095) with "Rhinestone Cowboy" (recorded February 27, 1975) on the flipside. Capitol will also issue "A Beautiful Love Song" and "Lovelight" on Campbell's album "Houston (I'm Comin' To See You)" (SW-11293).

1973 - Final mastering is done for Jim Horn's titles "We'll Get Over", "Moody", "San Camaro", "In And Out Of Sunshine", "Mandy", "Rainy Day Woman", "Lady From Louisville, "To Hurt A Poet", and "Half Moon". Shelter Records, at the time distributed by Capitol Records, will issue all the titles on Horn's album "Jim's Horns" (SW-8918).

1974 - Capitol Records' Grand Funk Railroad performs in concert in San Diego, California. The performance is filmed and released on videotape and laserdisc in Japan.

1978 - The Knack perform for the first time when they take the stage at the Whisky-A-Go-Go, in Hollywood, California.

1978 - King Of Hearts (lineup unlisted) record the titles "There's Always Time, "How Long Does It Take", and "Something To Hide" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on the group's album "Close But No Guitar" (SW-11848) and "There's Always Time" as a single (Capitol 4634) with "Stay With Me" (recorded April 10, 1978) on the flipside and again as a single (Capitol 4683) with "Just Because" (also recorded on April 10, 1978) on the flipside.

1983 - Industry (lineup unlisted) record the title "Romantic Dreams" at an unlisted studio. Capitol Records will issue the title on the group's album "Stranger To Stranger" (ST-12316).

2004 - EMI Capitol releases Dean Martin's compilation CD "Dino: The Essential Dean Martin" that contains 30 of Martin’s hits from both his Capitol Records (1949-1961) and Reprise Records (1960-1969) catalog.

2005 - Thomas Allen Ritter, a one-time employee of Capitol Records, dies in his home in Winchester, Virginia at age 63.


ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1959 - Martin Denny and His Orchestra's Liberty Records single "Quiet Village" is #5 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart, Dion and The Belmonts' Laurie Records single "A Teenager In Love" is #6, and Fats Domino's Imperial Records single "I'm Ready" is #16.

1963 - Joey Dee & The Starliters' Roulette Records single "Hot Pastrami With Mashed Potatoes (Part 1)", with "Hot Pastrami With Mashed Potatoes (Part 2)" on the flipside, is #36 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart.

1964 - The Joe Pass Quartet (Bill Perkins on tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone, flute; Joe Pass on guitar; John Pisano on rhythm guitar; Frank Strazzeri on piano; and Jim Hughart on bass) record the tracks "I  Believe In You", "It's A Wonderful World", "Hello Dolly", "Summer Night", and "The Sweetest Sound" for their Pacific Jazz Records album "12-String Guitar Movie Themes" at the Pacific Jazz Studios in Los Angeles, California. EMI Music Group, Capitol Music Group's parent company, currently owns the Pacific Jazz catalog and it's distributed by Blue Note Records, a division of Capitol Music Group.


ON THIS DAY NOT IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1934 - Benny Goodman and his first permanent performing orchestra make their public performing debut at Billy Rose's Music Hall, 1697 Broadway at W. 53rd St., New York, NY, which started out as the Hammerstein Theatre and would become CBS' Studio 50, home of "The Ed Sullivan Show" where The Beatles made their first U.S. television appearance, and currently home to "The Late Show With David Letterman"

1938 - Superman makes his first appearance on the cover of Action Comics #1

MAY 31, 2026

HAPPY BIRTHDAYS!

1937 - Louis Hayes, a jazz drummer who appears on sessions for Capitol, Blue Note, and United Artists, is born in Detroit, Michigan.

1950 - Marvin Yancey, a pastor, songwriter (co-wrote "This Will Be", "Sophisticated Lady [She's A Different Lady]", "I've Got Love On My Mind" and "Our Love"), gospel artist, first husband of Capitol Records artist Natalie Cole, ans father of their child, Robert Adam "Robbie" Yancy is born in Chicago, Illinois.

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1947 - The Pied Pipers (with Paul Weston and His Orchestra)' Capitol Records  single "Mam'selle" is tied for #10 on Billboard's Best Selling Retail Records chart with Perry Como and The Satisfiers (with Lloyd Shaffer and His Orchestra)'s single "Chi-Baba, Chi-Baba (My Bambino Go To Sleep)".

1948 - The King Cole Trio finish seventeen straight days of performances at the Rag Doll club in Chicago, Illinois.

75 Years Ago Today In 1951 - Stan Kenton and His Orchestra (Maynard Ferguson directing and on trumpet, Alfred "Chico" Alvarez, John Howell, Shorty Rogers, and Jimmy Salko also on trumpet, Milt Bernhart, Harry Betts, Bob Fitzpatrick, and Dick Kenney on trombone, Paul Weigand on bass trombone, Art Pepper and Bud Shank on alto saxophone, Bart Caldarell and Jimmy Giuffre on tenor saxophone, Bob Gioga on baritone saxophone, Ralph Blaze on guitar, Stan Kenton on piano, Don Bagley on bass, and Shelly Manne on drums), record the titles "What’s New" (arranged by Shorty Rogers), "The Hot Canary" (arranged by Pete Rugolo), and "Jump For Joe" (with Art Pepper on alto saxophone solo) at Capitol Record's studios at 5515 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will release the first two titles together as a single (Capitol 1713) as by Maynard Ferguson accompanied by The Kenton Orchestra and the third title, dedicated to Joe Rico, as a single (Capitol 1704) with "Laura" (recorded May 28, 1951) on the flipside as by Stan Kenton and His Orchestra.

1952 - Capitol Records awards its first gold record for sales of 1 million copies to Les Paul and Mary Ford for their single "How High The Moon", which at the time had sold 1.5 million copies, during their appearance on tonight's Ken Murray's television show.

1952 - Al Martino (with orchestra conducted by Monty Kelly)'s Capitol Records single "Here In My Heart" is tied for #1 on Billboard's Best Selling Retail Records chart with Leroy Anderson and His Orchestra's single "Blue Tango", Kay Starr (with orchestra conducted by Harold Mooney)'s Capitol Records single "Wheel Of Fortune" is #5, Ella Mae Morse (with Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra)'s Capitol Records single "Blacksmith Blues" is #10, Jane Froman (with orchestra conducted by Sid Feller)'s Capitol Records single "I'll Walk Alone" is #17, and Les Paul's Capitol Records single "Carioca" is #18.

70 Years Ago Today In 1956 - The Four Freshman (Bob Flanigan on vocals, trombone and bass; Don Barbour on vocals and guitar; Ross Barbour on vocals and drum; Ken Albers on volcals, trumpet, mellophone, and bass), with arranger Dick Reynolds conducting Buddy Childers, Pete Candoli, Uan Rasey, Ray Triscari on trumpets; Geoff Carslon on piano; Al Hendrickson, Jack Marshall on guitar; Don Simpson on bass; Frank Carlson on drums) record the tracks "Goodbye" and "Give Me The Simple Life" for the band's Capitol Records album "The Four Freshman and Five Trumpets" at The Capitol Tower Studios in Hollywood, California.

70 Years Ago Today In 1956 - Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra (Ken Albers on trumpet, mellophone, and bass; Buddy Childers, Pete Candoli, Uan Rasey, and Ray Triscari on trumpets; Bob Flanigan on trombone and bass; Geoff Carslon on piano; Ross Barbour, Al Hendrickson and Jack Marshall on guitar; Don Simpson on bass; Ross Barbour and Frank Carlson on drums; and Ralph Hansell on tympani) record the track "Theme From 'The Proud Ones'" which will be released by Capitol Records as a single with "The Love Of Genevieve" on the flipside, at The Capitol Tower Studios in Hollywood, California.

70 Years Ago Today In 1956 - The Farmer Boys (Bobby Adamson on lead vocals and Woodie Wayne Murray on harmony vocals), with J.R. "Jelly" Sanders on fiddle, Roy Nichols on electric guitar, Lewis Talley and Bill Woods on rhythm guitars, Charles "Fuzzy" Owen on steel guitar, Cliffie Stone on bass, and Johnny Cuviello on drums, record the titles "Oh! How It Hurts!", "Somehow, Someway, Someday" with additional vocals by Lewis Talley, "Cool Down Mame", and "My Baby Done Left Me" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1751 Vine Street in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue the first and third titles together as a single (Capitol F3569) and the second and last titles together as a single (Capitol F3476).

1958 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Looking Back" is #3 on The Billboard magazine's R&B Best Sellers In Stores chart, #5 on the magazine's Most Played R&B By Jockeys chart, #8, along with the single's flipside "Do I Like It?", on the magazine's Best Selling Pop Singles In Stores chart, #9 on the magazine's Top 100 Sides chart, and #17 on the magazine's Most Played By Jockeys chart. "Looking Back" is also #14 on Cash Box magazine's Best Selling Singles chart and #27 on KFWB 980 AM's Fabulous Forty Survey. "Do I Like It?" is also #87 on The Billboard magazine's Top 100 Sides chart.

1959 - Peggy Lee and The George Shearing Quintet (Toots Thielemans on guitar, James Bond and Carl Pruitt on bass, George Shearing on piano, Warren Chaisson on vibraphone, Roy Haynes and Ray Mosca on drums, and Armando Peraza on bongos and congas) record the tracks "Don't Ever Leave Me", "You Came A Long Way From St. Louis", "There'll Be Another Spring", "Nobody's Heart", "Blue Prelude", "Do I Love You", "All Too Soon", "If Dreams Come True", "I Lost My Sugar In Salt Lake City", "Get Out Of Town", and "Always True To You In My Fashion" for their Capitol Records album "Beauty And The Beat!" with producer Dave Cavanaugh at The Capitol Tower Studios in Hollywood, California.

1963 - Vocalist Peggy Lee, with Billy May conducting his own arrangements to the orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the titles "This Could Be The Start Of Something Big" and "Leave It To Love" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California with producer Dave Cavanaugh. Capitol Records has yet to issue "This Could Be The Start Of Something Big" and will issue "Leave It To Love" on Lee's 1965 album "Then Was Then And Now Is Now" (T 2388).

1963 - According to the master files, The Journeymen (John Phillips and Scott McKenzie on vocals and guitars and Dick Weissman on guitar and banjo) record the titles "Country Blues", "Ben And Me", and "Virgin Mary" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue "Country Blues" and "Ben And Me" on the group's album "New Directions In Folk Music" (T/ST 1951) and "Virgin Mary" as part of the Capitol Collectors Series on the compilation CD "The Journeymen" (7-98536-2). The liner notes to the compilation CD give the session date as March 31, 1963.

1963 - Vocalist Jan Howard, with unlisted others, records the titles "The Saddest Part Of All" and "I Wish I Was A Single Girl Again" in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue both titles together as a single (Capitol 5035).

1964 - Buck Owens' Capitol Records single "Together Again", with "My Heart Skips A Beat" on the flipside, is #1 on the U.S. Country singles charts.

1967 - Buck Owens' Capitol Records single "Sam's Place", with "Don't Ever Tell Me Goodbye" on the flipside, is still #1 on the U.S. Country singles charts.

1968 - Final overdubs are recorded for The Beach Boys' title "We're Together Again" in Los Angeles, California but Capitol Records has yet to issue the title.

1968 - The Lettermen (vocalists Jim Pike, Tony Butala, and Bob Engemann), with unlisted others, record the titles "Peaceful", "There Will Never Be", and "Venus" in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records which has yet to issue any of the titles. Some Capitol files list "Peaceful" and "There Will Never Be" as by Tony Butala.

1969 - The song "Give Peace A Chance" was recorded by John Lennon, Yoko Ono and The Plastic Ono Band during a 'bed-in' in room 1742 at Hotel La Reine (now the Queen Elizabeth Hotel) in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Capitol Records promotions man Richard Glanville-Brown perched on a table joined in and sang along. See the great book "Give Peace A Chance" by Joan Athey for his recollection, over 80 unpublished photographs of John and Yoko and a heartfelt statement written exclusively for the book by Yoko about what the Bed-in means today. Go to www.peaceworksnow.com for details.

50 Years Ago Today In 1976 - The Beatles' single "Got To Get You Into My Life" with "Helter Skelter" on the flipside is released with a picture sleeve in the U.S.

1977 - Paul McCartney and Wings finish sessions for their album "London Town" in Record Plant's mobile studio aboard the yacht "Fair Carol" in waters off the Virgin Islands.

1978 - King Of Hearts (lineup unlisted) record the titles "This Time Is Right", "Come And Get It", and "Thief In The Night" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "This Time Is Right" on the group's album "Close But No Guitar" (SW-11848). No issuing information is listed for the other two titles.

1983 - Industry (lineup unlisted) records the title "Isolated Incidents" in an unlisted studio for Capitol Records which has yet to issue the title.

1994 - Manny Klein (born as Emmanuel Klein on February 4, 1908), trumpeter who was part of many Capitol Records sessions including "Concerto In C Minor For Piano" by Dmitri Shostakovich, "The Four Temperaments" by Paul Hindemith with Victor Aller and Felix Slatkin, and several for Dean Martin, dies at age 85 in Los Angeles, California.

30 Years Ago Today In 1996 - Dr. Timothy Francis Leary, who participated in the live recording of John Lennon's "Give Peace A Chance", dies in Beverly Hills, California at age 75 of prostate cancer.

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1945 - Bobby Hackett and His Orchestra: Bobby Hackett on trumpet; Vernon Brown on trombone; Joe Dixon on clarinet; Deane Kincaide on baritone saxophone; Dave Bowman on piano; Carl Kress on guitar; Bob Haggart on bass; and George Wettling on drums) record two takes of "Pennies From Heaven", two takes of "Rose Of The Rio Grande", four takes of "Body And Soul" and the track "I Want To Be Happy" for Melrose Records at WOR Studios in New York City, New York. One take of "Pennies From Heaven" and "Rose Of The Rio Grande" will be released by Melrose as a single. Blue Note Records will later buy the masters of the entire session but will not release them. They will finally be released on Mosaic Records' 1997 box set "Classic Capitol Jazz Sessions".

1959 - Trumpetist Donald Byrd, (with Charlie Rouse on tenor saxophone, Pepper Adams on baritone saxophone, Walter Davis on piano, Sam Jones on bass, and Art Taylor on drums) records the tracks "Here I Am", "Witchcraft", "The Injuns", "Devil Whip", "Bronze Dance", and "Clarion Calls" with producer Alfred Lion and recording engineer Rudy Van Gelder at The Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey for his Blue Notes Records album "Byrd In Hand".

65 Years Ago Today In 1961 - Corey Hart, a singer and an EMI America Records artist, is born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

1963 - Vocalist Sarah Vaughn, with Carmell Jones on trumpet, Teddy Edwards on tenor saxophone, Jack Wilson on organ, John Collins on guitar, Al McKibbon on bass, and Milt Turner on drums, records the titles "Easy Street" and  "A Taste Of Honey" at United Recorders' studios on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood, California using arrangements by Gerald Wilson for her Roulette Records album "Sarah Sings Soulfully". After E.M.I. acquires Roulette's catalog, Blue Note Records will issue "Easy Street" on the multi-artist compilation CD "Women In Blue No. V" (8-57463-2) and "A Taste Of Honey" on the multi-artist compilation CD "Misty Blue" (5-21151-2).

1964 - Kid Frost (aka Frost), rapper, solo artist on Virgin Records America artist (1990-1999), and Vice President of the Music Division of Goldmark Industries, is born Arturo Molina, Jr. in East Los Angeles, California.

1973 - Vocalist Marlena Shaw, with Derek Smith on clavichord, electric piano, and piano, Cornell Dupree, Carl Lynch, Hugh McCracken, and Gene Bertoncini on guitars, Wilbur Bascomb on electric bass, Ron Carter on bass, Grady Tate, Herbie Lovelle, and Charles Collins on drums, Gene Bianco on harp, George Jenkins and George Devens on percussion, and Arthur Jenkins on congas, records the titles "I Know I Love Him", "Hum This Song", "But For Now", "Wildflower", "Say A Kind Word", and "Tangle In Your Lifeline" at A & R Studios in New York City, New York. Blue Note Records will issue all the titles, except "Tangle In Your Lifeline" which it has yet to issue, on Shaw's album "From The Depths Of My Soul" (BN-LA141-F).

1987 - Dan Seals' EMI America Records single "I Will Be There", with "It's Gonna Be Easy Now" on the flipside, is #1 on the U.S. Country singles charts.

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1790 - George Washington signs into law the 1790 copyright act, the United States' first copyright law, which gave protection for 14 years, with the right of renewal for another 14 years, to "the author and authors of any map, chart, book or books already printed within these United States, being a citizen or citizens thereof....shall have the sole right and liberty of printing, reprinting, publishing and vending such map, chart, book or books....". There's a reproduction of the law, as it appeared in the July 17, 1790 edition of the Columbian Centinel on earlyamerica.com.

1930 - Clint Eastwood, actor, singer, Jazz pianist, and executive producer of the documentary "Johnny Mercer - The Dream's On Me", is born Clinton Eastwood, Jr. in San Francisco, California.

1937 - Tyrone Power and Loretta Young leave their hand and footprints in cement at Grauman's Chinese Theater's Ceremony #37, in Hollywood, California.

1967 - Pianist and composer ("Lush Life", "Take The 'A' Train") Billy Strayhorn dies of cancer of the esophagus at the age of 51 at the Hospital for Joint Diseases in New York City, New York.

1994 - Capitol's sister label, Blue Note Records, which controls the acquired Roulette Records catalog, issues an expanded version of Count Basie's album "The Atomic Mr. Basie" with 5 extra tracks, and remastered back to it's intended monophonic sound, under the title "The Complete Atomic Basie".

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1903 - Alex J. Kramer, a vocal coach and composer (best known for co-writing Margaret Whiting's  Capitol Records hit "Far Away Places", with lyrics by his wife, Joan Whitney as well as Johnny Mercer, Jo Stafford, and The Pied Pipers' Capitol Records hit "Candy" with lyrics by Joan Whitney and Mack David) is born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

1908 - Mel Blanc, cartoon voice artist, radio and television performer, and Capitol Records artist, is born Melvin Jerome Blank in San Francisco, California.

1909 - Benny Goodman, a clarinetist, singer, composer, bandleader, and Capitol Records artist from January 1947 to 1964 is born Benjamin David Goodman in the Maxwell Street ghetto of Chicago, Illinois.

115 Years Ago Today In 1911 (some listings give 1914) - Bobby Sherwood, trumpet, trombone, guitar and piano player, bandleader, Capitol Records artist as Bobby Sherwood and His Orchestra, is born in Indianapolis, Indiana. Sherwood's Capitol Records single "The Elks' Parade", with "I Don't Know Why" on the flipside, was Capitol's seventh single, part of the label's first release schedule, and one of the top three hits the label had in its first year after "Strip Polka" and "Cow Cow Boogie". If anyone knows for sure which year Sherwood was born, please leave a comment.

1945 - Meredith MacRae, motion picture and television actress, daughter of future Capitol Records artists Gordon and Sheila MacRae, and a Capitol (1968) and Imperial Records artist, is born in Houston, Texas.

1969 - Spragga Benz, dancehall DJ, and Capitol Records artist (1995), is born Carlton Grant in Kingston, Jamaica.

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85 Years Ago Today In 1941 - Stan Kenton and his Orchestra make their debut at the Rendezvous Ballroom on Balboa Island, California.

1953 - Les Baxter and His Orchestra's Capitol Records single "April In Portugal" is #2 on Billboard's Best Selling Retail Records chart, Nat "King" Cole (with Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra)'s Capitol Records single "Pretend" is #9, Les Baxter and His Orchestra's Capitol Records single "Ruby" (theme from the movie "Ruby Gentry" is #12, and Jane Froman (with orchestra conducted by Sid Feller)'s Capitol Records single "I Believe" is #13. Also, Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Pretend" is #7 on Cash Box magazine's Best Selling Singles and The Billboard magazine's Most Played In Juke Boxes charts, #11 on The Billboard magazine's Most Played By Jockeys chart. Cole's Capitol Records single "My Flaming Heart" debuts at #15, its flipside, "I Am In Love" debuts at #36, and Cole's single "Can't I" is #41 also on Cash Box magazine's Best Selling Singles chart.

1953 - Vocalist Dorothy Shay, with Russ Black directing the orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the titles "Sagebrush Sadie", "Don't You Think You Should've Mentioned It Before?", "If It Wasn't For Your Father", "Why Shore", and "Howlinest, Hootinest Gal" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Shay's album "The Park Avenue Hillbillie" (EBF-444 in a 7" EP set and H-444 on 10" vinyl) and "Why Shore" also as a single (Capitol 2597 on 10" shellac and F2597 on 7" vinyl) with "Sugarplum Kisses And Vinegar Tears" (recorded May 28, 1953) on the flipside.

1958 - Vocalist Peggy Lee, with Jack Marshall's Music (Jack Marshall directing Uan Rasey, Pete Candoli, and Mannie Klein on trumpets, Bob Enevoldsen on valve trombone, Milt Bernhart on trombone, Justin Gordon and George Smith on reeds, Joe Harnell on piano, Barney Kessel on guitar, Joe Mondragon on bass, and Shelly Manne on drums), records the titles "Alone Together", "It's A Wonderful World", and "I'm Beginning To See The Light" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Miss Lee's album "Things Are Swingin'" (T/ST 1049).

1962 - Capitol Records artist Benny Goodman turns 53 and leads the first American Jazz band to play in the Soviet Union on the first of six dates.

60 Years Ago Today In 1966 - The Beatles' Capitol Records single "Paperback Writer", with "Rain" on the flipside, is released in the U.S.

1967 - Claude Rains, Broadway, motion picture, and radio actor and Capitol Records artist ("Bible Stories" series of children's records), dies at age 77 in Laconia, New Hampshire and is later interred in the Red Hill Cemetery, Moultonborough, New Hampshire.

1978 - King Of Hearts (lineup unlisted) records the titles "Ridin' On", "Love For Hire", and "Fancy Dancer" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on the group's album "Close But No Guitar" (SW-11848).

1983 - Industry (lineup unlisted) records the title "Communication" at an unlisted studio. Capitol Records will issue the title on the group's album "Stranger To Stranger" (ST-12316) and will also issue the title as a single (Capitol 5268) with "State Of The Nation" (recorded May 27, 1983) on the flipside.

1989 - Dave Coleman, a drummer in Capitol Records group Freddie Slack and His Orchestra, dies in Seattle, Washington at age 65.

1995 - Capitol Records, as part of its "Spotlight On Great Ladies Of Song" series releases separate compilations of greatest hits featuring Nancy Wilson and June Christy.


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1919 - Joe Gaines, lead vocalist with the Imperial Records group The Hawks, is born in New Orleans, Louisiana.

1922 - Future Capitol Records artist "Smilin’" Ed McConnell debuts on radio, smiling and playing his banjo.

1958 - Marie Fredriksson, a singer, songwriter, and member of the EMI America Records duo Roxette, is born in Östra-Ljungby, Sweden.

1969 - The Beatles' Apple Records single "The Ballad of John and Yoko", with "Old Brown Shoe" on the flipside, is released in the U.K.

1973 - Vocalist Marlena Shaw, with Derek Smith on clavichord, electric piano, and piano, Cornell Dupree, Carl Lynch, Hugh McCracken, and Gene Bertoncini on guitars, Wilbur Bascomb on electric bass, Ron Carter on bass, Grady Tate, Herbie Lovelle, and Charles Collins on drums, Gene Bianco on harp (possibly harmonica), George Jenkins and George Devens on percusssion, and Arthur Jenkins on congas, records the titles "Easy Evil", "The Laughter And The Tears", "The Feeling's Good", "I Just Don't Want To Be Loneley", "Waterfall", and "Time For Me To Go" at A & R Studios in New York City, New York. Blue Note Records will issue all the titles on Miss Shaw's album "From The Depths Of My Soul" (BN-LA143-F).

40 Years Ago In 1986 - Hank Mobley, tenor saxophonist and Blue Note Records artist, dies in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at age 55.

2003 - Mickie Most (born Michael Peter Hayes) founder of RAK Records (whose catalog was bought by EMI in 1983), record producer, with a string of Number 1 hit singles with his own label and for acts such as The Animals, Herman's Hermits, Donovan and Hot Chocolate, father of Calvin Hayes (member of the Virgin Records group Johnny Hates Jazz), dies of mesothelioma, a form of lung cancer, in his home in London, England at age 64.


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1899 - Irving Grant Thalberg, a motion picture producer and the head of production for both Universal and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios, is born in Brooklyn, New York.

1954 - Bing Crosby's last original show for CBS Radio is broadcast with Bing's sons Gary and Lindsay as guests.

65 Years Ago Today In 1961 - My wife, Kristine Heimback-Nielsen, is born Kristine Ann Heimback in Glendale, Arizona. Without her love, support and friendship, I would not be possible.

1989 - The 33 foot high "Goddess of Democracy" statue is unveiled in Tiananmen Square, China by student demonstrators.