FEBRUARY 16, 2026

HAPPY BIRTHDAYS!

1914 - Jimmy Wakely, a singer, guitarist, and a Capitol Records artist, is born James Clarence Wakely in Mineola, Arkansas.

1918 - Patty Andrews, a singer, and a member of the Capitol Records group The Andrews Sisters, is born Patricia Marie Andrews in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

65 Years Ago Today In 1961 - Andy Taylor, the lead guitarist of the Capitol Records groups Duran Duran and The Power Station, is born in Dolver-Hampton, England.

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

80 Years Ago Today In 1946 - Capitol Records artist Jack Guthrie debuts as a guest on "Purina's Grand Ole Opry" radio show..

1949 - Gordon MacRae records the title "Were Thine That Special Face", then he and Jo Stafford record the title "Wunderbar", and finally Jo records the title "Why Can't You Behave" in Los Angeles, California with Paul Weston and His Orchestra and members of an unlisted string section and vocal chorus. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on the album "Kiss Me Kate" (CD-144).

1949 - Frank De Vol, with unlisted others, records four unlisted titles for The Capitol Records Transcription Service in Los Angeles,, California. No issuing information is listed.

1950 - Les Baxter directs unlisted members of an orchestra in Los Angeles, California, recording the instrumental titles for "Monkeys (Monos)", "Dance Of TheWinds (Wayra)", "High Andes (Ataypora!)" and "Earthquake (Tumpa)". The next day vocal overdubs by Yma Sumac will be recorded the next day. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Sumac's album "Voice Of The Xtabay" (CD-244).

1953 - Vicky Young, with Dave Cavanaugh and His Orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the titles "I'll Stop Loving You", "I'm Wonderin'", "Let Me Hear You Say (I Love You)", "I Love You So Much" and "Goodbye, Charlie, Goodbye" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records has yet to issue "I'll Stop Loving You" and will issue "I'm Wonderin'" and "Goodbye, Charlie, Goodbye" together as a single (Capitol 2395) and "Let Me Hear You Say (I Love You)" and "I Love You So Much" together as a single (Capitol 2478).

1954 - The Four Freshmen (Bob Flanigan on vocals, bass and trombone; Don Barbour on vocals and guitar; Ross Barbour on vocals and drums and Ken Errair on vocals, trumpet, mellophone, and bass) record the titles "After You" and "Mood Indigo" at Capitol's Melrose Avenue studios in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will release the titles on the album "Voices In Modern" (H-522).

1954 - The Ever Ready Singers (vocalists Chris Tyler, Isiah Robertson, James Knight, Leroy Fontenot, and Sam Campbell) record the titles "One Day When I Was Walking" "I'm A Pilgrim And A Stranger, "Two Wings" and "This Heart Of Mine" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the first two titles together as a single (Capitol 2763) and the last two titles together as a single (Capitol 2867).

1955 - Frank Sinatra, with Nelson Riddle conducting his own arrangements to the orchestra (Harry Edison on trumpet; Mahlon Clark, Skeets Herfurt, Champ Webb, Babe Russin and Ted Nash on saxophones and woodwinds; Bill Miller on piano; Paul Smith on celeste; George Van Eps on guitar; Phil Stephens on bass; Alvin Stoller on drums; Kathryn Julye on harp and Harry Bluestone, Mischa Russell, Paul Shure, Felix Slatkin on violins; Alvin Dinkin and Eleanor Slatkin on viola), records 4 takes of the title "What Is This Thing Called Love?" and the titles "Ill Wind", "I See Your Face Before Me" and "Mood Indigo" at radio station KHJ's studios (now the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science's Pickford Center for Motion Picture Study and the Academy Film Archive) at 1313 North Vine Street, Hollywood, California between 8:00 PM and 11:30 PM. Capitol Records will issue the last take of "What Is This Thing Called Love" and the last three titles on Sinatra's album "In The Wee Small Hours" (W 581).

70 Years Ago Today In 1956 - The Roger Wagner Chorale (unlisted singers directed by Roger Wagner with uncredited musicians) records the titles "Spain: Baile De Gaita", "England: Greensleeves" featuring Frank Alpers on vocals, and "Spain: Ayer Te He Visto" featuring Harve Presnell on vocals in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on the chorale's 2 LP set "Folk Songs of the Old World" (PBR-8345).

1959 - Murray McEachern (on trombone), and unlisted others, record the (as of 2005) unissued titles "Lover Come Back To Me" and "Amor" and an overdub for previously recorded (and still unissued) "Satin Doll" in Los Angeles, California.

1959 - Jack Marshall (on guitar and zither), using his own arrangements, and His Music (Don Fagerquist, Mannie Klein and Uan Rasey on trumpet; Milt Bernhart on trombone; Bob Enevoldsen on valve trombone; Justin Gordon and George Smith on saxophones; Milt Raskin on piano; Barney Kessel on guitar; Joe Mondragon and Mike Rubin on bass; Shelly Manne on drums and Larry Bunker, Milt Holland and Lou Singer on percussion) record the titles "Should I", "A Hot Sombrero" (listed as "Mexican Hat Dance" in the files), "Mimi" (with George Roberts on bass trombone) and "Whistlin' Blues" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Marshll's album "Soundsville! - Swinging Sketches By Jack Marshall And His Music" (T 1194).

1959 - The Kingston Trio (Dave Guard on vocals, banjo and guitar, Nick Reynolds on vocals and guitar, Robert "Bob Shane" Schoen on vocals and guitar) with Morris "Buck" Wheat on bass, record the titles "Blow Ye Winds", "M.T.A.", Getaway John", and "Remember The Alamo" at Capitol Records' studios in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on the group's album "The Kingston Trio At Large" (T 1199).

1959 - Kenyon Hopkins conducts his to own arrangements to his Orchestra (unlisted musicians) as they record "Serenade In Blue", "Serenade (From 'The Student Prince')", and "Serenade For A Wealthy Widow" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Hopkins' album "Swingin' Serenades" (T 1236).

1960 - Glen Gray leads The Casa Loma Orchestra (listed as similar to Shorty Sherock, Pete Candoli, Uan Rasey and Mannie Klein on trumpet; Milt Bernhart, Joe Howard, Tommy Pederson and Si Zentner on trombone; George Roberts on bass trombone; Gus Bivona on clarinet and alto saxophone; Skeets Herfurt on alto saxophone; Plas Johnson and Babe Russin on tenor saxophone; Chuck Gentry on baritone saxophone; Ray Sherman on piano; George Van Eps on guitar; Mike Rubin on bass and Nick Fatool on drums) as they record a retake of "Stars And Stripes Forever" and the titles "Panama", "Cotton Belt Cannonball", "That's A Plenty" and Riverboat Shuffle" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol will issue all the titles on the album "Swingin' Southern Style" (T 1400).

1960 - Evalyn Tyner (on piano with unlisted musicians) records the titles "The Sound Of Music", "The Very Next Man", "Do You Ever Dream Of Vienna?", and "Staying Young" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Tyner's album "On & Off Broadway" (T 1431).

65 Years Ago Today In 1961 - Rita Faye (on autoharp) records and does overdubs for the titles "Are Ye Able?" and "Showers Of Blessing" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both titles on the album "Rita Faye's Autoharp" (T 1606).

65 Years Ago Today In 1961 - During two sessions held this day in New York City, New York, Jackie Gleason and His Orchestra (lineup unlisted) record the titles "Garden In The Rain", "There'll Be Some Changes Made", and "I May Be Wrong" at the first session and the medley "Someday I'll Find You/I Can't Get Started/I Remember It Well/I'll Follow My Secret Heart/If I Didn't Care/I See Your Face Before Me/Allez-Vous-En/Lovely To Look At/The Touch Of Your Hand/What Is There To Say" at the second session. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Gleason's album "Jackie Gleason's Lover's Portfolio" (WBO 1619).

1963 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records album "Dear Lonely Hearts" is #31 on Billboard magazine's Top LPs - 50 Best Sellers - Stereo chart.

1963 - At a concert at The Civic Auditorium in Santa Monica, California that was recorded by Capitol Records, the George Shearing Quintet (Gary Burton on vibraphone, George Shearing on piano, John Gray on guitar, Bill Yancey on bass, and Vernel Fournier on drums) performed "Walkin'", Look No Further", "Love Is Just Around The Corner", "Bel Aire", "Lee's Blues", "My Reverie", "Love For Sale", "African Inspiration" (with the addition of Armando Peraza on congas), "There With You", and "Moanin'". Capitol Records will issue the titles "Walkin'", Love Is Just Around The Corner", "Bel Aire" and "There With You" on the album "George Shearing - Jazz Concert" (T 1992). Mosaic Records will issue all the titles on the album "The Complete Capitol Live Recordings of George Shearing Quintet" (CD MD5-157).

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 basses, Osie Johnson on drums, Joe Venuto and Phil Kraus on vibraphones and xylophones, and Willie Rodriguez on percussion, records the titles "My Buddy", "When Your Lover Has Gone", and "Confessin' The Blues" 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 1884).

1965 - The Four Freshmen (Bob Flanigan on vocals trombone and bass; Bill Comstock on vocals and guitar; Ross Barbour on vocals, trumpet and drums and Ken Albers on vocals, trumpet, flugelhorn and bass), with Gary Paxton conducting his arrangements to unlisted orchestra members, record the titles "When I Stop Loving You" and "Nights Are Long" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both titles together as a single (Capitol 5401).

1965 - The Beatles (George Harrison on lead guitar and vocals, John Lennon on rhythm guitar and vocals, Paul McCartney on bass guitar and vocals, and Ringo Starr on drums and vocals) record tracks for their title "Yes It Is" at EMI's Abbey Road Studios in London, England. Capitol Records will issue the title as a single (Capitol 5407) with "Ticket To Ride" on the flipside.

1965 - Charlie Louvin (on vocals, with unlisted musicians) records the titles "Live Begins At Love", "That's What Your Leaving's Done To Me", "I Don't Have Any Place To Go", and "I Gave My Love A Cherry" in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Louvin's album "The Many Moods Of Charlie Louvin" (T 2437).

60 Years Ago Today In 1966 - David McCallum, directing unlisted musicians, records the titles "Isn't It Wonderful?", "Far Away Blue", an as yet unissued take of "British Grenadier", "The Edge" and "Final" in Los Angeles, California with producer David Axelrod. Capitol Records will issue all the titles except "British Grenadier" on the album "Music - A Bit More Of Me" (T 2498).

60 Years Ago Today In 1966 - Glen Campbell (on vocals), with unlisted musicians), records the title "Together Again" and the (as of 2005) unissued title "I'm The One" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Together Again" on Campbell's album "Burning Bridges" (T 2679).

1967 - Lou Rawls (on vocals), with H. B. Barnum conducting his own arrangements to the orchestra (Freddie Hill and Tony Terran on trumpet; Teddy Edwards on tenor saxophone; Jim Horn on alto saxophone and baritone saxophone; Gerald Wiggins on piano; Barney Kessel on guitar; Jimmy Bond on bass and Earl Palmer on drums), records the titles "You're Always On My Mind", "Dead End Street - Song", "Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye", "I'll Take Time", and "Dead End Street - Monologue" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Rawls' album "Too Much!" (T 2713).

1967 - The Beatles record titles for their song "Good Morning Good Morning" at EMI's Abbey Road Studios in London, England.

1968 - Vocalist Grace Markay, with unlisted others, records the titles "Sally Go 'Round The Roses", "Distraction", and "Sonny Boy" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Sally Go 'Round The Roses" and "Sonny Boy" together as a single (Capitol 2161) and has yet to issue "Distraction".

1968 - The Band (Garth Hudson on piano, organ, and vocals, Richard Manuel on piano, organ, 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 "Waiting" and overdubs for the title in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records which has yet to issue the title.

1970 - Vocalist Wanda Jackson, with Hargus "Pig" Robbins on piano, Harold Ray Bradley, Ray Edenton, and Billy Sanford on guitar, Mike Post on rhythm guitar, Pete Drake on steel guitar, Roy M. "Junior" Huskey Jr. on bass, Murrey M. "Buddy" Harman Jr. on drums, and The Jordanaires (vocal chorus of Hoyt H. Hawkins, Neal Matthews Jr., Hugh Gordon Stoker, and Raymond C. Walker), records the titles "Let Trouble Be You", "The Man You Could Have Been", and "Stop The World" at Jack Clement Studio in Nashville, Tennessee between 6:00 PM and 9:00 PM. Capitol Records will issue "Let Trouble Be You" and "Stop The World" on Jackson's album "Woman Lives For Love" (ST-554) and "The Man You Could Have Been" as a single (Capitol 3218) with "I Already Know" on the flipside.

55 Years Ago Today In 1971 - The Lettermen (vocalists Jim Pike, Tony Butala, and Gary Pike, with unlisted musicians) record final overdubs for the titles "Yes, I'm Ready" and "Don't Make Me Over" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the final version of both titles on the group's album "Feelings" (SW-781).

55 Years Ago Today In 1971 - Roy Rogers (on vocals, with unlisted musicians) records the as yet unissued take of the title "Follow The Lamb" and the titles "Take Your Time" and "Spotted Dog Named Sam" in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue the last two titles on Rogers' album "Man From Duck Run" (ST-785).

55 Years Ago Today In 1971 - Tennessee Ernie Ford (on vocals) with Mike Deasy conducting the orchestra (unlisted musicians), records the titles "Happy Songs Of Love" and "Don't Life Pass You By" and overdubs for both titles in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both titles together as a single (Capitol 3079).

1972 - During two sessions held this day in Los Angeles, California, The Steve Miller Band (Steve Miller on guitar, Gerald Johnson on bass, Ben Sidran and Dick Thompson on keyboards, and Gary Mallaber and Jim Keltner on drums), with producer Ben Sidran, records a new take of the title "Enter Maurice" then the title "Journey From Eden" at the first session and the title "Guitar Blue" at the second session. Capitol Records will issue "Journey From Eden" on the band's album "Recall The Beginning...A Journey From Eden" (SMAS-11022). There is no release listing for the new take of  "Enter Maurice" or for "Guitar Blue".

50 Years Ago Today In 1976 - Bjorn Skifs records the titles "Firefly" and "You Better Run" in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records. There is no release information for either title.

50 Years Ago Today In 1976 - Tom Snow, with Jeff Porcaro, David Paich, Wilton Felder, Fred Tackett, Elliot Randall, Waddy Wachtel, Milt Holland, Stevie Nicks, Valerie Carter, Tom Jans, Bill Scwhartz, records the title "Hurry Boy" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the title on Snow's eponymous album "Tom Snow" (ST-11545).

1977 - During two sessions held this day in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records, The Section (lineup unlisted) records the title "Spider-Man" at the first session and the title "Rainbows" at the second session for Capitol Records. No issuing information is listed.

1978 - Mink DeVille (lineup unlisted) records the title "Young Boy Blues" in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records. No issuing information is listed.

1978 - During two sessions held this day in Los Angeles, California, Brian Cadd records the titles "Hangin' By A Thread" and "Yesterday Dreams" at the first session and the titles "Next Time I See You" and "Pale Fire" at the second session. Capitol Records has yet to issue "Hangin' By A Thread" and will issue "Yesterday Dreams", "Next Time I See You", and "Pale Fire" on Cadd's album "Yesterday Dreams" (SW-11681).

1979 - Lee Dresser records the titles "Love Me Tonight (Let's Love Tonight)", "Someone Who Loved You Just Like Me", and an unissued take of the title "Just Be You" in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue the first two titles together as a single (Capitol 4798).

1982 - Missing Persons (Chuck Wild on keyboards and synthesizer, Warren Cuccurullo on guitar and vocals, Patrick O'Hearn on bass and synthesizer, Terry Bozzio on drums, guitar, synthesizer, and vocals, and Dale Bozzio on vocals) records the title "Words" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the title as a single (Capitol 5127), with "Hello, I Love You" (recorded on February 15, 1982) on the flipside, and on the band's album "Spring Session M" (ST-12228).

1982 - The Motels, featuring Martha Davis on vocals, record the title "Change My Mind" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will release the title as a single (Capitol 5114), with "Only The Lonely" (recorded June 5, 1981) on the flipside, and on the band's album "All Four One" (ST-12177).

1984 - Zappacosta records the title "Spread Myself Too Thin". Capitol Records will issue the title on the group's album "Zappacosta" (ST-12296).

1990 - Pink Floyd's album "The Dark Side Of The Moon" is certified both Platinum and 11x Multi-Platinum by the R.I.A.A.

20 Years Ago Today In 2006 - Sid Feller, a trumpet and piano player, record producer, composer, conductor, and arranger (East Coast in-house arranger for Capitol Records from 1951 to 1955 and freelance through possibly 1969 and for ABC Records from 1955 to 1965), dies at age 89 in Beechwood, Ohio.

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1977 - Vocalist and trumpet player Chet Baker, with Gene Bertoncini on acoustic guitar, Kenny Barron on piano, Paul Desmond on alto saxophone, Ron Carter on bass, Tony Williams on drums, producer Don Sebesky, engineer Neal Ceppos, and assistant engineer Kathy Dennis, records the titles "If You Could See Me Now" and "Oh, You Crazy Moon" at Sound Ideas Studios in New York City, New York. After being digitally mastered at Van Gelder Recording Studio in 1989, A&M Records will issue both titles on Baker's CD "The Best Thing For You" (CD 0832). Blue Note Records will license both titles and issue them on the compilation CD "The Definitive Chet Baker" (5-40039-2).

1983 - EMI America will purchase the masters for Jules Shear's titles "Whispering Your Name", "Standing Still", All Through The Night", "I Need It", "The Longest Drink", "Never Fall", "I Know, I Know", "She's In Love Again", "Love Will Come Again", and "Marriage Made In Heaven" and will issue all the titles on Shear's self-titled album "Jules Shear" (ST-17092), "Whispering Your Name" and "The Longest Drink" together as a single (EMI-America 8163), "Whispering Your Name" and "I Need It" together as a single (EMI-America MLP-19009), "I Know, I Know" as a single (EMI-America 8199) with an edited version of the Michael Stanley Band's title "Love Hurts" (recorded April 28, 1982) on the flipside and with "Love Will Come Again" as a single (EMI-America MLP-19009).

1983 - Michael Murphey, with unlisted others, records the title "Radio Land" at an unlisted studio for Liberty Records. EMI will purchase Liberty's library and EMI America will issue the title on Murphey's compilation album "Best Of Michael Martin Murphey" (ST-17143).

25 Years Ago Today In 1997 - The Spice Girls' Virgin Records single "Wannabe" is #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart.

FEBRUARY 15, 2026

HAPPY BIRTHDAYS!

1905 - Harold Arlen, composer (Oscar-winning songwriter: Somewhere Over the Rainbow "Stormy Weather" and "It’s Only a Paper Moon" with Ted Koehler, "That Old Black Magic" with Ira Gershwin and Johnny Mercer, "Somewhere Over The Rainbow" with "Yip" Harburg for which they won the 1939 Academy Award for Song Of The Year, the score for the 1946 Broadway musical "St. Louis Woman" with Johnny Mercer (which was the first Original Broadway Cast album released by Capitol Records), and many more), singer, and Capitol Records artist (1955 album "Harold Arlen and His Songs"), is born Hyman Arluck in Buffalo, New York.

85 Years Ago Today In 1941 - Brian Holland, composer (best known as part of the teams Holland, Dosier, and Holland and Dosier/Holland), solo recording artist, record producer, and co-founder of Invictus Records which was distributed by Capitol Records, is born in Detroit, Michigan.

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1947 - The King Cole Trio's "(I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons", with "The Best Man" on the flipside, is still #1 on the U.S. Pop Singles chart.

75 Years Ago Today In 1951 - During two sessions held this day at Capitol Records' studios at 5515 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood, California, vocalist Ernest "Red" Ingle and The Natural Seven (John LaMonte on trombone, Paul Sells on accordion, Ivy "Jimmy" Bryant on guitar and fiddle, Eddie Kirk on guitar, Wesley "Speedy" West on steel guitar, Frederick "Hank" Wayland on bass, and Milton "Muddy" Berry on drums) record the title "Run, Little Eva" with vocalist Mimi Laurie at the first session between 2:00 PM and 5:00 PM and the titles "People Are Funny" and "Let Me In" at the second session between 5:30 PM and 8:30 PM. Capitol Records will issue "Let Me In" as a single (Capitol 1431) with "Chew Tobacco Rag" (recorded February 5, 1951) on the flipside and "People Are Funny" as a single (Capitol 1599) with "Pool" (recorded March 31, 1950) on the flipside. Bear Family Records will issue all the titles in Germany on the CD compilation "Tim-Tay-Shun" (BCD 16115).

1952 - Billy May conducts his own arrangements to His Orchestra (John Best, Conrad Gozzo, Mannie Klein, and Uan Rasey on trumpets, Ed Kusby, Murray McEachern, James Priddy, and Si Zentner on trombones, Les Robinson and Wilbur Schwartz on alto saxophones, Ted Nash and Fred Falensby on tenor saxophones, Bob Dawes on baritone saxophone, Buddy Cole on piano, Barney Kessel on guitar, Don Whitaker on bass, and Remo Belli on drums), records the titles "You're Driving Me Crazy", "Perfidia", "Diane", and "Tenderly" in Capitol Records' studios at 5515 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood, California between 9:00 PM and 12:00 AM on February 16, 1952. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on May's album "Big Band Bash" (CCN-329).

70 Years Ago Today In 1956 - Trumpet player Ray Anthony and His Orchestra (John Best, Conrad Gozzo, Art DePew, and John Dolny also on trumpets, Tommy Pederson, Jimmy Priddy, Ray Sims, and Ken Trimble on trombones, Med Flory and Gene Merlino on clarinets and alto saxophones, Georgie Auld and Irv Roth on tenor saxophones, Leo Anthony on baritone saxophone, Corky Hale on piano and harp, Nick Bonney on guitar, Don Simpson on bass, and Irv Kluger on drums), using an arrangement by Don Simpson, George Williams, and Dick Reynolds, record a new take of the title "Rhapsody In Blue" (a rejected take was recorded on February 13, 1956) in Los Angles, California. Capitol Records will issue the title on Anthony's album "Concert" (T 406).

70 Years Ago Today In 1956 - Les Baxter conducts his arrangements to his orchestra (lineup unlisted) as they record the titles "Carnival", "Taboo", "Temptation", and "Sway (Quien Sera)" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Baxter's album "Caribbean Moonlight" (T 733).

1957 - The Concert Arts Orchestra (lineup unlisted) conducted by Leopold Stokowski, records Jean Sibelius' "Finlandia" and Johann Strauss, Jr.'s "On The Beautiful Blue Danube (Blue Danube Waltz)" in the Riverside Plaza Hotel, in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue both titles on the album "Leopold Stokowski Conducting His Symphony Orchestra - Landmarks Of A Distinguished Career (BACH/DEBUSSY/STRAUSS/SIBELIUS)" (P/SP-8399). Unfortunately, neither title is currently available on YouTube.

1958 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records album "Love Is The Thing" is #24 on The Billboard magazine's Best Selling Pop LPs chart. Cole's album "Just One Of Those Things" is #6 on The Billboard magazine's Most Played By Jockeys album chart. Also, Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Angel Smile" is #28 on Cash Box magazine's Best Selling Singles chart and #39 on The Billboard magazine's Best Selling Singles chart and #43 on the magazine's Top 100 Sides chart.

1962 - Vocalist Vic Damone, with Sid Feller conducting the orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the titles "No Strings" and "Once Upon A Time" with an unlisted vocal group, and the titles "My Heart Will Tell You So" and "Come With Me" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "No Strings" and "Once Upon A Time" together as a single (Capitol 4718), "My Heart Will Tell You So" as a single (Capitol 4756), and has yet to issue "Come With Me". Unfortunately, neither "No Strings" nor "My Heart Will Tell You So" are currently available on YouTube.

1962 - During two sessions held this day in Los Angeles, California, vocal group The Lettermen (Jim Pike, Tony Butala, and Bob Engemann), with unlisted others, records the titles "A Tree In The Meadow", "How Is Julie", "Lover's Beach", "Polka Dots And Moonbeams" and "Jeannie Malone" at the first session and "Summer's Come And Gone", "Michael", and "Hearts Were Young" at the second session. Capitol Records will issue "A Tree In The Meadow", Summer's Come And Gone", and "Michael" on the group's album "Jim, Tony And Bob" (T/ST 1761), "How Is Julie?", "Lover's Beach", and "Polka Dots And Moonbeams" on the group's album "Once Upon A Time" (T/ST 1711), and have yet to issue "Jeannie Malone" and "Hearts Were Young". Unfortunately, neither "Summer's Come And Gone" nor "Michael" is currently available on YouTube.

1962 - The Manhattans (lineup unlisted) record the titles "Sing All Day" and "La La La" in New York City, New York with producer Andy Wiswell. Capitol Records will issue both titles together as a single (Capitol 4730). Unfortunately, neither title is currently available on YouTube.

1963 - At a concert recorded by Capitol Records in the Civic Auditorium in Santa Monica, California, The George Shearing Quintet (George Shearing on piano, Gary Burton on vibraphone, John Gray on guitar, Bill Yancey on bass, and Vernel Fournier on drums) performs the titles "Maramor Mambo", "Mambo Serenade", "All Through The Night", "I'd Be Wonderful For You", "Mam'selle", "Yours Is My Heart Alone", "I Wished On The Moon", "Evermore", "Walkin'", "Look No Further", "Love Is Just Around The Corner", "The Sweetest Sounds", "I Cover The Waterfront" with only Shearing on piano, "Love Walked In" with only Shearing, Yancey, and Fournier, "Bel Aire", and "Lee's Blues". Capitol Records will issue "Mambo Serenade", "All Through The Night", "Yours In My Heart Alone", and "I Wished On The Moon" on the quintet's album "Latin Rendezvous" (T/ST 2326) and "I Cover The Waterfront", "Love Walked In", and "Lee's Blues" on the album "Jazz Concert" (T/ST 1992) as by George Shearing, Mosaic Records will issue "The Sweetest Sounds", "I Cover The Waterfront", and "Love Walked In" in the five-CD box set "The Complete Capitol Live Recordings of George Shearing Quintet" (MQ7-157 on vinyl and MD5-157 on CD). The other titles recorded that night have yet to be issued but were performed and recorded again at another concert at the Civic Auditorium the next night on February 16, 1963, and those versions will also be issued on the album "Jazz Concert".

1964 - The Beatles' Capitol Records album "Meet The Beatles" is #1 on the U.S. album charts.

1964 - Al Martino's Capitol Records single "I Love You More And More Every Day", with "I'm Living In Heaven With You" on the flipside, enters the top 40 of Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart.

1965 - Nat "King" Cole (born Nathaniel Adams Coles), pianist, singer, motion picture actor, television variety show host, member of the Capitol Records group The King Cole Trio, husband of Capitol Records artist Maria Ellington, father of Capitol Records artist Natalie Cole, and a Capitol Records solo artist, dies of lung cancer at 5:30 AM at age 45 in St. John's Hospital in Santa Monica, California and is later buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California.

1965 - Capitol Records releases The Beatles' single "Eight Days A Week" with "I Don't Want To Spoil The Party" on the flipside.

1965 - After John Lennon passes his driving test in Weybridge, England, The Beatles record the titles "Ticket To Ride", "I Need You", and "Another Girl" at EMI's Abbey Road Studios in London, England. In the United States, Capitol Records will issue "Ticket To Ride" as a single (Capitol 5407) with "Yes It Is" on the flipside, and "I Need You" and "Another Girl" on the group's soundtrack album "Help!" (MAS/SMAS-2386).

60 Years Ago Today In 1966 - Vocalist Andy Russell, with unlisted others, records the titles "Longin'" and "Enamorado" in Los Angeles, California. After overdubs are recorded for both titles on February 18, 1966, and for "Longin'" on March 3, 1966, Capitol Records will issue both titles together as a single (Capitol 5626).

1967 - Capitol Records sponsors deejay Mike Rapchak's 90-minute tribute to Nat "King" Cole which features recordings, a discussion of the late artist, and taped interviews with Vic Damone, Andre Previn, Jerry Vale, Margaret Whiting, and Oscar Peterson, that is broadcast on Chicago, Illinois radio station WLS-FM. If anyone has a copy of this show, please leave a comment.

1967 - Vocalist Lou Rawls, with H. B. Barnum conducting his own arrangements to the orchestra (Freddie Hill and Tony Terran on trumpets, Teddy Edwards on tenor saxophone, Jim Horn on alto and baritone saxophone, Gerald Wiggins on piano, Barney Kessel on guitar, Jimmy Bond on bass, and Earl Palmer on drums), records the titles "Righteous Woman - Monologue", "You're Takin' My Bag", "Yes, It Hurts - Doesn't It", and "I Want A Little Girl" in Los Angeles, California with producer David Axlerod. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Rawls' album "Too Much!" (T/ST 2713) and "Yes It Hurts - Doesn't It" as a single (Capitol 5869) with "Dead End Street - Monologue" (recorded February 16, 1967) on the flipside. Unfortunately, neither Righteous Woman - Monologue", "You're Takin' My Bag", nor "I Want A Little Girl" are currently available on YouTube.

1967 - Capitol Records purchases the masters for The Standells' title "Riot On Sunset Strip", The Mugwumps' title "Sunset Sally", The Sidewalk Sounds' title "The Sunset Theme", Debra Travis' title "Old Country", "Chocolate Watch Band's title "Don't Need Your Lovin'", Mom's Boys' title "Children Of The Night", The Sidewalk Sounds' title "Make The Music Pretty", The Standell's title "Get Away From Here", Drew's title "Like My Baby", and Chocolate Watch Band's title "Sitting There Standing" from Sidewalk Productions. Tower Records, a subsidiary of Capitol Records, will issue all the titles on the soundtrack to the motion picture "Riot On Sunset Strip" (T/DT 5065).

1967 - Capitol Records registers the masters it purchased for Dana Rollin's titles "My Yellow Bird Can't Sing", "The Man I Love", "Tap Your Feet", and "Blue". Tower Records, a subsidiary of Capitol Records, will issue "My Yellow Bird Can't Sing" and "The Man I Love" together as a single (Tower 316), and "Tap Your Feet" and "Blue" have yet to be issued. Unfortunately, neither title is available on YouTube.

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 title "Caledonia Mission", as well as an overdub for the title, in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the title on the group's album "Music From Big Pink" (SKAO 2955).

1968 - Elli St. James (aka Ellen Janov) records the titles "Oriol" and "Vagabond" in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records. No issuing information is listed.

55 Years Ago Today In 1971 - Capitol Records releases Buck Owens' album "Bridge Over Troubled Waters".

1972 - Capitol Records registers the masters it purchased for vocalist Red Simpson's titles "Country Western Truck Drivin' Singer", "You're The First", "Truckin' On Down The Road", and "Ole Ben" and will issue all the titles on Simpson's album "The Very Real Red Simpson" (ST-11093). Unfortunately, neither "Truckin' On Down The Road" nor "Ole Ben" are currently available on YouTube.

1973 - During two sessions held this day in Nashville, Tennessee, vocalist Al Martino, with unlisted others, records the titles "I'd Fight The World", "Sweet Memories", and "I Fall To Pieces" at the first session and the titles "I Have Lived" and "Crazy Arms" at the second session. After overdubs are recorded on February 27, 1973, for "I'd Fight The World" and "Sweet Memories" and on February 28, 1973, for "I Fall To Pieces", "I Have Lived", and "Crazy Arms", Capitol Records will issue the final mix of "Crazy Arms" on Martino's album "Country Style" (ST-11184) and have yet to issue any of the other titles.

1975 - Capitol Records rush releases John Lennon's "Rock and Roll" album after a version called "Roots" was marketed on late-night television. "Roots" was put together by music publisher Morris Levy from the "oldies" sessions Lennon was court-ordered to record as payment for a line ("Here come old flat-top, he come groovin' up slowly") from a Chuck Berry song, to which Levy owned the copyright, that Lennon used in the Beatles' title "Come Together".

1975 - Linda Ronstadt's Capitol Records single "You're No Good", with "I Can't Help It" on the flipside, is still #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart.

1975 - Linda Ronstadt's Capitol Records album "Heart Like a Wheel" hits #1 on Billboard's Top 200 Albums chart.

1977 - George Harrison's Apple Records album "The Best Of George Harrison", distributed by Capitol Records in the United States (ST-11578), is certified Gold by the R.I.A.A.

1977 - The Section (Danny Kortchmar on guitar, Leland Sklar on bass, Craig Doerge on keyboards, Russ Kunkel on drums, and Steve Forman on percussion) records the title "L.A. Changes" at either United Western Studios or Sunset Sound Studios in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records. Capitol Records will issue the title on the group's album "Fork It Over".

1977 - Chuck Crane records the titles "Over And Over" and "Whatever Happened To That Rock & Roll" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both titles on Crane's album "Crane" (ST-11742).

1982 - Missing Persons (Chuck Wild on keyboards and synthesizers, Warren Cuccurullo on guitar, and vocals, Patrick O'Hearn on bass and synthesizers, Terry Bozzio on drums, guitar, synthesizers, and vocals, and Dale Bozzio on vocals) records the titles "Destination Unknown", "I Like Boys", "Mental Hopscotch", and "Hello, I Love You" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Destination Unknown", "I Like Boys", and "Mental Hopscotch" on the group's self-titled 7" EP album "Missing Persons" (DLP-15001), "Destination Unknown" on the group's album "Spring Session M" (ST-12228) and as a single (Capitol 5161), "Mental Hopscotch" as a single (Capitol 5212) and "Hello, I Love You" as a single (Capitol 5127).

1982 - Beau Williams records the titles "Another Place And Time" and "You Know Something I Don't Know" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both titles on Williams' self-titled album "Beau Williams" (ST-12213).

1982 - Vocalist Juice Newton, with unlisted others, records the title "I'm Gonna Be Strong" at Sound Castle Studio in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will release the title on Newton's album "Quiet Lies" (ST-12210).

1982 - Capitol Records registers the masters it purchased for vocalist L.J. Reynolds titles "Say You Will", "Special Effects", "You And Me", "Let Me Satisfy You", and Fast Action" which were recorded in Detroit, Michigan. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Reynolds' album "Travelin'" (ST-12223).

40 Years Ago Today In 1986 - Tanya Tucker's Capitol Records single "One Love At A Time", with "Fool Fool Heart" on the flipside, enters the Billboard Country Singles chart.

25 Years Ago Today In 2001 - George Harrison participates in his first-ever online chat, via Yahoo! Chat and MSN Live, to help promote the release of the re-issue of his album "All Things Must Pass". Harrison was in the ninth-floor conference room of The Capitol Tower in Hollywood, California and I was in the art department on the fifth floor trying to participate in the chat. Security was tight and management asked that staff not go to the ninth floor to watch, but there was just a kind of happiness and thrill that was felt by most just knowing he was there. The chat was flooded with participants (many of whom just made quick comments and didn't ask questions) and lasted about an hour.

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1954 - Chet Baker (on trumpet and vocals), with Russ Freeman on piano, Carson Smith on bass, and Bob Neel on drums, records the titles "But Not For Me", "I Get Along Without You Very Well" (with Freeman also on celeste), "My Funny Valentine", and "I Fall In Love To Easily" for Pacific Jazz Records at Capitol Records' studios on Melrose Avenue in Hollywood, California. Pacific Jazz issued all the songs on Baker's album "Chet Baker Sings" (PJLP-11). Capitol Records' parent organization, currently owns Pacific Jazz's catalog.

1960 - Mikey Craig, bass player with the Virgin Records group Culture Club, is born in Hammersmith, London, England.

1963 - The Horace Parlan Sextet (Johnny Coles on trumpet, Booker Ervin on tenor saxophone, Horace Parlan on piano, Grant Green on guitar, Butch Warren on bass, and Billy Higgins on drums) records the titles "Happy Frame Of Mind", "A Tune For Richard", "Home Is Africa", "Dexi", "Back From The Gig", "and "Kucheza Blues" without Green on guitar at recording engineer Rudy Van Gelder's stuido in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey. Blue Note Records will initially release the titles on the album "Back From The Gig" (BN-LA488-H2) as by Booker Ervin and would release them in 1986 as by The Horace Parlan Sextet on the album "Happy Frame Of Mind" (BST84134).

1968 - Trumpetist Lee Morgan, with Bennie Maupin on tenor saxophone, John Hicks on piano, George Benson on guitar, Reggie Workman on bass, and Billy Higgins on drums, records the titles "Haeschen", "Avoctja One", "Durem", "Dee Lawd", "Taru, What's Wrong With You" (aka "What's Wrong?", and "Get Yourself Together" at recording engineer Rudy Van Gelder's studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey. Blue Note Records will issue all the titles on Morgan's album "Taru" (LT-1031).

1977 - Glen Matlock, the bass player for the Virgin Records group The Sex Pistols, is fired and replaced by Sid Vicious who has a better look but has as much talent playing the bass as Stuart Sutcliffe did.

ON THIS DAY NOT IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1932 - George Burns and Gracie Allen debuted as regulars on future Capitol Records artist Guy Lombardo's CBS Radio show "The Guy Lombardo Show".

FEBRUARY 14, 2026

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

1894 - Jack Benny, comedian, vaudeville performer, radio, motion picture, and television actor and host, and a Capitol Records artist, is born Benjamin Kubelsky in Waukegan, Illinois.

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1945 - Vocalist Ella Mae Morse, with Billy May and his Orchestra (Donald Anderson, Charles Griffard, Paul Earl Geil, and Joe Yukl on trumpet, Carl Loeffler, James LeRoy Skiles, Elmer Smithers, and Joe Mikl on trombone, Henry "Heinie" Beau on alto and baritone saxophones, Les Robinson on alto saxophone, Richard Clark, Herbie Haymer, and Harry Schuchman on tenor saxophone, Edwin LeMar "Buddy" Cole on piano, Dave Barbour on guitar, Phil Stephens on bass, and Raymond Thomas Hagan on drums), records the titles "Ya' Betcha", "Captain Kidd", and "Jumpin' Jack" at C.P. MacGregor's studios at 729 South Western Avenue in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Ya' Betcha" and "Captain Kidd" together as a single (Capitol 193) and "Jumpin' Jack" on the two-CD compilation set "Capitol Blues Collection: Cool Cats & Hip Chicks - Jumpin' Like Mad" (8-52051-2).

1947 - Vocal group The Dinning Sisters (Ginger Dinning, Jayne Bundesen, and Jean Dinning), with The Art Van Damme Quintet (Art Van Damme on accordion with unidentified vibraphonist, bass player, and drummer players) record the titles "If I Had My Life To Live Over", "My Adobe Hacienda", and "Santa Catalina" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "If I Had My Life To Live Over" and "My Adobe Hacienda" together as a single (Capitol 389) and Collector's Choice will issue all the titles on the CD "The Dinning Sisters Sing Their Tremendous Hits" (CCM045-2).

1947 - Pappy "Gube" Weaver records the titles "Somebody Said", "The Straight And Narrow Way", "Cruel Hearted Gal", and "The Great Judgment Day" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Somebody Said" as a single (Capitol Americana 40035) with "As Long As I Live" (recorded December 21, 1944) on the flipside, "The Straight And Narrow Way" as a single (Capitol Americana 40010) with "I'm Dying A Sinner's Death" (also recorded December 21, 1944) on the flipside, and "Cruel Hearted Gal" and "The Great Judgment Day" together as a single (Capitol 392). Unfortunately, none of the titles are currently available on YouTube.

1947 - Vocalist Betty Hutton and The Four Hits (unlisted vocalists), with Joe Lilley conducting the orchestra (unlisted brass, reeds, piano, guitar, bass, drums, and strings musicians), record the titles "Rumble, Rumble, Rumble" and "Poppa Don't Preach At Me" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both titles together as a single (Capitol 380) and "Rumble, Rumble, Rumble" on Hutton's 10" 33 1/3 RPM album "Square In The Social Circle" (H-256).

1949 - Vocalist Joseph "Country" Washburne, with an unidentified Western band, records the titles "Open Up Your Heart", "Money, Marble And Chalk", "Crowderville Jail", and "I Was Trying To Be" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Open Up Your Heart" and "Money, Marble And Chalk" together as a single (Capitol 15413) and "Crowderville Jail" and "I Was Trying To Be" together as a single (Capitol 57-40210).

1949 - Pinto Colvig records wild tracks of sound effects and laugh effects for Margaret O'Brien children's albums "Margaret O'Brien Favorite Fairy Tales, Volume 1" and "Margaret O'Brien Favorite Fairy Tales, Volume 2", Frank Morgan's children's album "Gossamer Wump" and Bozo The Clown's children's album "The Laughing Hyena Song" at Radio Recorders' studios in Hollywood, California.

1949 - Margaret Whiting's Capitol Records single "Far Away Places" (with "My Own True Love" on the flipside) is #4 on the U.S. Pop Singles chart and Jimmy Wakely's Capitol Records single "I Love You So Much It Hurts" (with "I Don't Want Your Sympathy" on the flipside) is #1 on the U.S. Country singles charts.

75 Years Ago Today In 1951 - Vocalist Helen O'Connell, with Harold Mooney directing the orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the titles "He Didn't Ask Me", "I'm Getting Sentimental Over You", "Green Eyes", and "Body and Soul" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "He Didn't Ask Me" and "I'm Getting Sentimental Over You" together as a single (Capitol 1459), "Green Eyes" as a single (Capitol 1759) with "When You're Near Me" on the flipside, and "Body and Soul" as a single (Capitol 2137) with "Zing A Little Zong!" on the flipside.

1952 - Pianist and vibraphonist Ben Light, with unlisted organ, guitar, bass, and drums players, records the titles "Tea For Two", "Siboney", "Perfidia", and "After You've Gone" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Tea For Two", "Siboney", and "Perfidia" on Light's album "Juke Box Favorites" (T 330) and "After You've Gone" on Light's album "Rhythm Rendezvous" (T 361). Unfortunately, "Siboney" is not currently available on YouTube and "After You've Gone" is not currently available as a separate video but the entire "Rhythm Rendezvous" album is available on YouTube..

1953 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Pretend" is #10 on The Billboard magazine's Top R&B Records - National Best Sellers chart, #11 on the magazine's Best Selling Singles chart, and #14 on both its Most Played In Juke Boxes and Most Played By Jockeys charts. Also, "Pretend" is #11, and Cole's single "Strange" is #37, on Cash Box magazine's Best Selling Singles chart.

70 Years Ago Today In 1956 - During two sessions held this day in Los Angeles, California, The George Shearing Quintet (Johnny Rae on vibraphone, George Shearing on piano, Jean "Toots" Thielemans on guitar, Al McKibbon on bass, Armando Peraza on congas, Tony Martinez on Latin percussion, and Chico Guerrero on timbales) records the titles "Yours", "Perfidia", "Canto Karabali" and "Mi Musica Es Para Ti (My Music Is For You)" at the first session between 1:00 PM and 4:00 PM and the titles "Watch Your Step", "Strange Enchantment", "Mambo With Me", and "Poodle Mambo" at the second session between 8:00 PM and 11:00 PM. Capitol Records will issue "Yours" and "Perfidia" from the first session and all the titles from the second session on the group's album "Latin Escapade" (T 737) and has yet to issue "Canto Karabali" and "Mi Musica Es Para Ti (My Music Is For You)".

70 Years Ago Today In 1956 - Trumpetist and bandleader Ray Anthony and His Orchestra (John Best, Conrad Gozzo, Art DePew, and John Dolny on trumpet, Tommy Pederson, Jimmy Priddy, Ray Sims, and Ken Trimble on trombone, Med Flory and Gene Merlino on clarinet and alto saxophone, Georgie Auld and Irv Roth on tenor saxophones, Leo Anthony on baritone saxophone, Corky Hale on piano and harp, Nick Bonney on guitar, Don Simpson on bass, and Irv Kluger on drums), using an arrangement by Don Simpson, George Williams, and Dick Reynolds, recorded Gershwin's "An American In Paris" in Los Angeles, California, Capitol Records will issue the title on Anthony's album "Concert" (T 406).

1957 - Vocalist Ann Leonardo, with The Earl Sheldon Orchestra and Chorus (lineups unlisted), records the titles "Straws In The Wind", "Traveling Stranger", "One Is A Lonely Number", and "I'm No Stranger To The Blues" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue "Straws In The Wind" and "Traveling Stranger" together as a single (Capitol F3677) and Prep Records (a subsidiary of Capitol Records) will issue "One Is A Lonely Number" and "I'm No Stranger To The Blues" together as a single (Prep F103) as by Martha Lou Harp.

1957 - Sonny James' Capitol Records single "Y00oung Love", with "You're The Reason I'm In Love" on the flipside, is #1 on the U.S. Country singles charts.

1958 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Angel Smile" is #24 on WDGY's Official Top 40 Survey in Minneapolis/St. Paul, Missouri.

1958 - Vocalist Tennessee Ernie Ford, with Harold Geller conducting the orchestra and chorus (lineups unlisted), records the titles "His Eye On The Sparrow", "Beautiful Isle Of Somewhere", Jesus Savior, Pilot Me", and "Whispering Hope" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Ford's album "Nearer The Cross" (T 1005).

1960- Glen Gray leads The Casa Loma Orchestra (listed as similar to Shorty Sherock, Pete Candoli, Uan Rasey, and Mannie Klein on trumpet, Milt Bernhart, Joe Howard, Tommy Pederson, and Si Zentner on trombone, George Roberts on bass trombone, Gus Bivona on clarinet and alto saxophone, Skeets Herfurt on alto saxophone, Plas Johnson and Babe Russin on tenor saxophone, Chuck Gentry on baritone saxophone, Ray Sherman on piano, George Van Eps on guitar, Mike Rubin on bass, Nick Fatool on drums) as they record the titles "Dixie", "Cajun Shout", "Carolina In The Morning", and "Stars And Stripes Forever". Capitol Records will issue "Dixie", "Cajun Shout", and "Carolina In The Morning" on the band's album "Swingin' Southern Style" (T 1400) and has yet to issue "Stars And Stripes Forever".

65 Years Ago Today In 1961 - Autoharpist Rita Faye records the titles "Where No One Stands Alone", "It Is No Secret", "The Three Bells (Jimmy Brown Song)", and "Beyond The Sunset" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Faye's album "Rita Faye's Autoharp" (T1606).

65 Years Ago Today In 1961 - Paul Weston conducts his own arrangement to his orchestra (lineup unlisted) as they record the titles "The Anniversary Song", "I Love You Truly","Let Me Call You Sweetheart", and "No Other Love" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Weston's album "Music For My Love" (T/ST 1563).

65 Years Ago Today In 1961- Jackie Gleason directs his Orchestra (lineup unlisted) as they record the titles "The Kiss", "The Wine", and "How Sweet It Is" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Gleason's two-LP set "Jackie Gleason's Lover's Portfolio" (WBO 1619).

65 Years Ago Today In 1961 - Pianists Arthur "Buck" Whittemore and Jack Lowe (aka Whittemore and Lowe), with Glenn Osser directing The Concert Arts Orchestra and Chorus (members unlisted for both), record the titles "The Song From Moulin Rouge", "Hi-Lili, Hi-Lo (From 'Lili')", "Ruby (from 'Ruby Gentry'), and "Love Letters" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on the duo's album "Immortal Music From The Movies" (T 1599).

1962 - Jack Marshall directs His Orchestra (a large orchestra of unlisted musicians) as they record the titles "New Orleans", "Take Good Care Of My Baby", "The Wild One", and "Be-Bop-A-Lula" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Marshall's album "Tuff Jack" (T 1727).

1962 - The Four Cal-Quettes (lineup unlisted) record the titles "Again" and "I'll Never Come Back" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both titles together as a single (Capitol 4725).

1962 - Vocalist Wanda Jackson, with Harold Ray Bradley on guitar, Bob Moore on bass, and other unknown musicians  including a strings section) and chorus (unlisted vocalists), records the titles "Between The Window And The Phone" (arranged by Bill McElhiney), "If I Cried Every Time You Hurt Me", "I Misunderstood" (arranged by Bill McElhiney), and "Let My Love Walk In" at Bradley Film and Recording Studio in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue "Between The Window And The Phone" and "I Misunderstood" together as a single (Capitol F4785) and "If I Cried Every Time You Hurt Me" and "Let My Love Walk In" together as a single (Capitol F4723).

1962 - Alto saxophonist and vocalist Eddie Vinson, with The Cannonball Adderley Quintet (Nat Adderley on cornet, Julian "Cannonball" Adderley on alto saxophone, Joe Zawinul on piano, Sam Jones on vibraphones, and Louis Hayes on drums), records the title "Just A Dream" at Bell Sound Studios in New York City, New York for Riverside Records. Capitol Records will lease the title and issue it on the album "Julian Cannonball Adderley With Friends" (SWBO-812).

1963 - Vocalist and guitarist Buck Owens, with Don Rich and The Buckaroos (lineup unlisted), records the titles "Saw Mill", "Sweethearts In Heaven", "Sally Was A Good Old Girl", and "Release Me" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Owens' album "On The Bandstand" (T 1879).

1963 - Vocalist Bobby Darin, with unlisted musicians, records the titles "Somebody Stole My Gal" and "I Cried For You" in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records which has yet to issue either title.

1963 - Capitol Records purchases the masters for Dick Dale & His Del-tones titles "Jungle Fever", "Surf Beat", "Eight Till Midnight", "Del Tone Rock", "Surf Beat", "Sloop John B", "Take It Off", "Night Owl", "Fanny Mae", Misirlou Twist", "Peppermint Man", Surfing Drums", "Shake 'N' Stomp", "Lovie Dovie", "Death Of A Gimmie", and "Let's Go Trippin'" from Deltone Records. Capitol Records will issue "Misirlou Twist" and "Eight Till Midnight" together as a single (Capitol 4939), "Peppermint Man" and "Surf Beat" together as a single (Capitol 4940), "Surf Beat", "Sloop John B", "Take It Off", "Night Owl", "Fanny Mae", Misirlou Twist", "Peppermint Man", Surfing Drums", "Shake 'N' Stomp", "Lovie Dovie", "Death Of A Gimmie", and "Let's Go Trippin'" on Dale's album "Surfer's Choice" (T/DT 1886), and "Del Tone Rock" in France on the compilation album "Rock 'N' Roll At The Capitol Tower" (2C150-85029/30).

1964 - Vocalist Johnny Burnette, with Gus Levene directing the orchestra (Gene Garf on piano, Ervan "Bud" Coleman and Bill Pitman on guitar, Stephen LaFever on bass, Earl Palmer Jr. on drums, Emil Richards on mallets and percussion, and a string section with Leonard Atkins, Elliott Fisher, Sol Klein, Carl LaMagna, Wilbert Nuttycombe, andy Jerry Reisler on violin, Nathan Gershman, Kurt Reher, Karl Rossner, Joseph Saxon, and Frederick Seykora on cello), records the titles "Aunt Marie", "Two Feet In Front Of Me", "If I Were An Artist", and "And Her Name Is Scarlet" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California between 8:00 PM and 11:00 PM. Rockstar Records will issue all the titles in England on Burnette's album "That's The Way I Feel" (RSRCD 006) and Bear Family Records will issue all the titles in Germany in the CD box set "Johnny Burnette - The Complete Recordings" (BCD 16438).

1964 - Capitol Records purchases the masters for producer William L. Robinson's titles "The Big Sounds Of The Drag Boats, Part 1" and "The Big Sounds Of The Drag Boats, Part 2" and will issue both parts on the album "Big Sounds Series, Volume 3 - The Big Sounds Of The Drag Boats" (T/ST 2049).

1964 - Vocalist and guitarist Mac Wiseman, with Marion Worth on vocals, Charlie McCoy on harmonica, Ray Edenton on guitar, Lew "Chilree" Houston on Dobro, Donnie Bryant on banjo, Roy M. "Huskey" Jr. on bass, and Murrey M. "Buddy" Harman Jr. on drums, records the titles "Katie Waits For Me", "Sweet Summers Gone Away", "Brush It Off", and "They're All Goin' Home But One" at Columbia Recording Studio in Nashville, Tennessee. Bear Family Records will issue all the titles in Germany in the six-CD set "Mac Wiseman - 'Tis Sweet To Be Remembered" (BCD 15976).

1965 - It's a Sunday and a beautiful Valentine's Day. Nat "King" Cole is picked up at St. John's Hospital in Santa Monica, California and takes a brief ride along the Santa Monica beach along with his wife Maria Cole, her sister Charlotte, Cole's nurse Viviane "Mac" McKenzie., and Dr. James Scott (a friend from Chicago) for about an hour and a half then returns to the hospital.

60 Years Ago Today In 1966 - Vocalist Buck Owens, with Don Rich on fiddle and other unlisted musicians, records the titles "You Made A Monkey Out Of Me", "Congratulations, You're Absolutely Right", "You, You, Only You", "Where Does The Good Times Go", and "Goodbye, Good Luck, God Bless You" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "You Made A Monkey Out Of Me" on Owens' album "Your Tender Loving Care" (T 2760), "Congratulations, You're Absolutely Right", "You, You, Only You", and "Goodbye, Good Luck, God Bless You" on Owens' album "Open Up Your Heart" (T 2640), and has yet to issue "Where Does The Good Times Go".

60 Years Ago Today In 1966 - David McCallum directs the orchestra (unlisted musicians) as it records the titles "Uptight", "Batman Theme", "The Shadow Of Your Smile" and "Michelle" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on McCallum's album "A Bit More Of Me" (T 2498).

60 Years Ago Today In 1966- The Beach Boys (Mike Love, Brian Wilson, Carl Wilson, Dennis Wilson, and Al Jardine on vocals, with a band featuring Glen Campbell on guitar and Hal Blaine on percussion) record the title "I Just Wasn't Made For These Times" at Gold Star Studio in Hollywood, California. After further overdubs are recorded on March 10, 1966 at Western Recorders, Capitol Records will issue the title on the band's album "Pet Sounds" (T 2458).

1967 - Vocalist Lou Rawls, with H.B. Barnum conducting his own arrangements to the orchestra (Freddie Hill and Tony Terran on trumpet, Teddy Edwards on tenor saxophone, Jim Horn on alto and baritone saxophone, Gerald Wiggins on piano, Barney Kessel on guitar, Jimmy Bond on bass, and Earl Palmer on drums), records the titles "The Twelfth Of Never", "Why (Do I Love You So?)", I Just Want To Make Love To You", and "It's Just An Uphill Climb To The Bottom" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Rawls' album "Too Much!" (T 2713).

1967 - Capitol Records assigned numbers to the masters it purchased of vocalist Patti Drew's titles "Tell Him", "Turn Away From Me" and "When I Go Home". All three titles feature Carlton Black on bass vocals and other unlisted musicians and are listed as possibly being recorded in Chicago, Illinois sometime in 1967. Capitol Records will issue "Tell Him" and "Turn Away From Me" together as a single (Capitol 5861) and has yet to issue "When I Go Home".

1968 - Hearts And Flowers record the titles "She Sang Hymns Out Of Tune", "Legend Of Ol' Tenbrooks", and "Two Little Boys" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on the band's album "Of Horses, Kids & Forgotten Women" (T 2868).

1969 - Vocalist Bobbie Gentry, with unlisted musicians, records an as of yet unissued take of "Cotton Candy Sandman" in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records.

1969 - The Beach Boys record overdubs on to the yet-to-be-released take of the title "I Got To Know The Woman" (recorded February 13, 1969) in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records.

1969 - During two sessions held this day in Nashville, Tennessee, vocalist, and guitarist John Stewart, with, collectively, Hargus "Pig" Robbins, Jerry Smith, and Beegie Cruser on piano, Charlie McCoy on harmonica, Fred Carter and Kelso Herston on guitar, Lloyd Green on steel guitar, Norbert Putnam on bass, Murray M. "Buddy" Harman Jr. and Kenneth Buttrey on drums, Bergen White directing a string section of unlisted musicians, and Mary John Wilkin on additional vocals, records the title "The Pirates Of Stone County Road" at the first session and the titles "July, You're A Woman (continuation)", "Mother Country", and "You Can't Look Back" at the second session. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Stewart's album "California Bloodlines" (ST-203).

1969 - Paul McCartney and John Lennon finish recording the title "The Ballad Of John And Yoko" at EMI's Abbey Road Studios in London, England. It will be the first title released as a single by The Beatles not to feature George Harrison and Ringo Starr.

1970 - During three sessions held this day (listed as possibly) in the Los Angeles, California area, vocalist Merle Haggard and The Strangers (lineup unlisted) record the titles "I Take A Lot Of Pride In What I Am", "Corrine, Corrina", "Every Fool Has A Rainbow", "T.B. Blues", "When Did Right Become Wrong", and "Philadelphia Lawyer" (with additional vocals by Bonnie Owens) at the first session and "Stealin' Corn" (by just The Strangers), and with Merle Haggard and Bonnie Owens on vocals "Harold's Super Service", a medley of "Devil Woman/I'm Movin' On/Folsom Prison Blues/Jackson/Orange Blossom Special/Love's Gonna Live Here", "Today I Started Loving You Again", Oakie From Muskogee", and "The Fightin' Side Of Me" at the second session which was recorded at a live performance, and Merle Haggard did a vocal overdub for "Theme- Hammin' It Up" at the third session. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Haggard's album "The Fightin' Side Of Me" (ST-451).

1972 - Buck Owens' Capitol Records single "I've Got A Tiger By The Tail", with "Cryin' Time" on the flipside, is #1 on Billboard's Country singles chart seven years after it was released.

1972 - Apple and Capitol Records artists John Lennon and Yoko Ono begin their week-long stint as guest hosts on "The Mike Douglas Show", a syndicated U.S. variety television series.

1972 - According to Capitol's master file, Jodi Mathis records the title "God Is Love" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the title as a single (Capitol 3292) with "Young Power" (recorded December 7, 1971) on the flipside.

1972 - Joseph Horowitz and His Orchestra (lineup unlisted) record the titles "Theme From 'The Search For The Nile'" and "Caribbean Charisma" at an unlisted location. Capitol Records will issue both titles together as a single (Capitol 3284).

1972 - Capitol Records registers the masters it purchased for the titles performed by vocalist and guitarist Buck Owens, Kenni Huskey, Susan Raye, and the Bakersfield Brass (lineup unlisted) at The Nugget in Los Angeles, on November 30, 1970, which include "Introduction", "Good Ole Mountain Dew", "Nugget Lament", "Roll In My Sweet Baby's Arms", "Ruby (Are You Mad)", then Kenni Huskey performs "Help Me Make It Through The Night", then Owens performs "Lookin' Out My Back Door", "Fishin' On The Mississippi", "Introduction", then The Bakersfield Brass performs "Sally Was A Good Old Girl" and "Flint Hill Special", then vocalist Susan Raye performed "Pitty, Pitty, Patter", "L.A. International Airport", and "We're Gonna Get Together", then Owens performs "I'll Still Be Waiting For You" and "Johnny B. Goode". Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Owens' album "Live At The Nugget" (SMAS-11039).

1972 - Capitol Records registers the masters for conductor Ron Goodwin's titles "One Less Bell to Answer", "I'll Never Fall In Love Again", "Alfie", "Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head", "(They Long To Be) Close To You", "The Look Of Love", "What The World Needs Now Is Love", "This Guy's In Love With You", "I Say A Little Prayer", "Walk On By", "Do You Know The Way To San Jose", and "Wives And Lovers" which were recorded in England and first issued by EMI on the album "Ron Goodwin Plays Burt Bacharach" (260092-1). Capitol Records will issue all the titles except "Do You Know The Way To San Jose" and "Wives And Lovers" on Goodwin's album "Somebody Named Ron Goodwin Plays Somebody Named Burt Bacharach" (ST-11012).

1973 - Vocalist Al Martino, with unlisted others, records the titles "Carolyn", "Heaven Is My Woman's Love", and "Eleven Roses" in Nashville, Tennessee. After overdubs for all the titles are recorded in Nashville Tennessee on February 27, 1973, Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Martino's album "Country Style" (ST-11184).

1975 - During three sessions held this day in Los Angeles, California vocalist Nancy Wilson, with Gene Page conducting his own arrangements to the orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the titles "This Time Last Summer", "Come Get To This", "He Called Me Baby" at the first session, "All My Love Comes Down" and "Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight" at the second session, and "Like A Circle Never Stops", "Boogeyin' All The Way", "Houdini Of The Midnight Hour", "If I Ever Lose This Heaven", and "Happy Tears" at the third session. After overdub sessions are held on March 22, 26, 27, April 3, 7, 18, 19, 22, 23, 24, 25, and 26, 1975 Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Miss Wilson's album "Come Get To This" (ST-11386).

1975 - Capitol Records purchases the masters for Coda's (lineup unlisted) titles "Get Your Best Ready", and "Smooth Sailing" but have yet to issue either title.

1977 - Emil Richards records vibraphone and percussion overdubs on to Helen Reddy's titles "If It's Magic", "One More Night", and "Long Distance Love" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the final versions of all the titles on Reddy's album "Ear Candy" (SO-11640).

1977 - The Section (Danny Kortchmar on guitar, Leland Sklar on bass, Craig Doerge on keyboards, and Russ Kunkel on drums) records the title "Nevermore" at either United Western Studios or Sunset Sound Studios in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records. There is no listing for a release of the title.

1977 - Chuck Crane records the titles "Every Day" and "Oh Dancer" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the original versions of these titles on Crane's album "Crane" (ST-11742) and edited versions of both titles together as a single (Capitol 4471).

1978 - Raul De Souza records the title "Jazz Jam" at Paramount Studios in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records which has yet to issue the title.

1978 - Pam Rose records the titles "Whirlwind", "Love It Away", "Two's A Party", and "Living My Life For You" possibly in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records. There is no release information for any of these titles.

1978 - Mel McDaniel records the titles "Dim The Lights (And Pour The Wine)" and "Misty Morning Memories" in Nashville Tennessee. Capitol Records will "Dim The Lights (And Pour The Wine)" on McDaniel's album "The Farm" (ST-11779). There is no issuing information listed for "Misty Morning Memories".

1980 - Eduardo "Eddie" Del Barrio records the titles "Pretty Polly" and "New B.G." in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Pretty Polly" on Del Barrio's album "Edu" (ST-12084) and has yet to issue the take of "New B.G." recorded at this session.

1980 - Vocalist Natalie Cole, with Gene Barge directing the orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the titles "(I've Seen) Paradise" and "Don't Look Back" at Scott/Sunstorm Studios in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both titles on Cole's album "Don't Look Back" (ST-12079).

1980 - Jay Ferguson records the titles "You Should Have Known Better Than That", "When You're Gone", and "My Baby's Eyes" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the "You Should Have Known Better Than That" and "My Baby's Eyes" on Ferguson's album "Terms And Conditions" (ST-12083) and has yet to issue "When You're Gone".

1980 - Le Roux records the titles "Mystery" and "It Could Be The Fever" listed as possibly in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both titles on Le Roux's album "Up" (ST-12092).

1980 - The Motels, featuring Martha Davis on vocals, records the title "People, Places And Things" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the title on the group's album "Careful" (ST-12070).

1983 - At two sessions held this day in Los Angeles, California, Moses Tyson records the titles "Do You Want My Love" and "Thank You" at the first session and "If You Want Me To Stay" at the second session. Capitol Records will issue the  "Do You Want My Love" and "Thank You" together as a single (Capitol 5227) and "Do You Want My Love" and "If You Want Me To Stay" on Tyson's album "Moses Tyson" (ST-12255).

1983 - The Motels, featuring Martha Davis on vocals, records the title "Killing Time" in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records. No issuing information is listed.

1985 - Vocalist and synthesizer player Paul Laurence Jones III (aka Paul Laurence), with Ira Segal on guitar, and Timmy Allen on electric bass, records the title "Haven't You Heard?" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the title on Laurence's album "Haven't You Heard?" (ST-12407).

40 Years Ago Today In 1986 - Vocalist Barbara Fairchild, with unlisted musicians, records the titles "Loving You Out Of My Mind", "All My Cloudy Days Are Gone", "Too Much Love", and "Just Out Riding Around" at Jack's Tracks Studio in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records has yet to issue "Loving You Out Of My Mind" and will release "All My Cloudy Days Are Gone" as a single (Capitol 5607) with "You Burned Me So Bad" on the flipside, "Too Much Love" as a single (Capitol 5688) with "Bluebird" on the flipside, and "Just Out Riding Around" as a single (Capitol 5582) also with "You Burned Me So Bad" on the flipside.

35 Years Ago Today In 1991 - Poison's Capitol Records album "Flesh & Blood" is certified Triple Platinum by the R.I.A.A.

2009 - Louis Bellson (born Luigi Paulino Alfredo Francesco Antonio Balassoni), drummer with Duke Ellington and His Orchestra, the Capitol Records groups The Benny Goodman Sextet and Ray Anthony and His Orchestra, and at Capitol Records sessions for Helen O'Connell, Frank DeVol, Nat "King Cole, Ella Fitzgerald, the tribute album "Giants Of Jazz" for the movie "A Song Is Born and the 1969 All-Star White House Tribute to Duke Ellington which was issued by Blue Note Records, leader of the Louis Bellson "Just Jazz" All-Stars, and husband of actress, singer and Capitol Records artist (on the original Broadway cast album for "St. Louis Woman") Pearl Bailey until her death in 1990, has died at age 84 of complications of Parkinson's disease at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California.

15 Years Ago Today In 2011 - George Shearing, pianist, songwriter, arranger, and Capitol Records artist, died of congestive heart failure at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City, New York at age 91. I was fortunate enough to see him in concert twice. Once opening for Carol Lawrence and Robert Goulet at Melody Fair in Tonawanda, New York, and with The Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra at Kleinhans Music Hall in Buffalo, New York.

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1950  - Roger Fisher, founding guitarist (1976-1979) of the future Capitol Records group Heart, is born in Seattle, Washington

1965 - Gary Lewis And The Playboys' Liberty Records single "This Diamond Ring", with "Tijuana Wedding" on the flipside, is #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart.

1972 - Electric pianist and vocalist Horace Silver, with Cecil Bridgewater on trumpet and flugelhorn, Harold Vick on tenor saxophone, Richie Resnicoff on guitar, Bob Cranshaw on electric bass, Mickey Roker on drums, and Salome Bey, Andy Bey, and Gail Nelson on vocals, records the titles "Summary" (vocals by Horace Silver, Andy Bey, Salome Bey and Gail Nelson, without Richie Resnicoff on guitar), "The Merger Of The Minds" (vocals by Horace Silver, Andy Bey, Salome Bey and Gail Nelson), "My Soul Is My Computer" (vocals by Salome Bey, without Richie Resnicoff on guitar), "Horn Of Life" (without Richie Resnicoff on guitar), and "All" (vocals by Horace Silver, Andy Bey, and Gail Nelson, without Cecil Bridgewater on trumpet and Harold Vick on tenor saxophone) at recording engineer Rudy Van Gelder's studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey. Blue Note will issue all the titles on Silver's album "The United States Of Mind Phase 3-All" (BST84420).

1989 - Pianist Don Grolnick, with Randy Brecker on trumpet, Barry Rogers on trombone, Bob Mintzer on bass clarinet, Michael Brecker on tenor saxophone, Dave Holland on bass, and Peter Erskine on drums, begins three straight days of sessions at Skyline Studios in New York City, New York where the titles "Nothing Personal", "Taglioni", "A Weaver Of Dreams", "His Majesty The Baby", "I Want To Be Happy", "Persimmons", "Or Come Fog", and "Five Bars" are recorded. Blue Note Records will issue all the titles on Grolnick's CD "Weaver Of Dreams" (7-94591-2).

1994 - Vocalist Kurt Elling, with Laurence Hobgood on piano, Eric Hochberg on bass, and Paul Wertico on drums and percussion, records the titles "Close Your Eyes", "Dolores Dream", "Now It Is Time That Gods Came Walking Out", and "Remembering Veronica" at Tone Zone Recording's studio in Chicago, Illinois. Blue Note Records will issue all the titles on Elling's CD "Close Your Eyes" (8-30645-2).

1998 - Guitarist Pat Martino, with Eric Alexander on tenor saxophone, Delmar Brown on keyboards, James Genus on electric bass, and Kenwood Dennard on drums and percussion, records the titles "Uptown Down", "Stone Blue", and "With All The People" at Avatar Studios in New York City, New York, Blue Note Records will issue all the titles on Martino's CD "Stone Blue" (8-53082-2).

1999 - Vibraphonist Stefon Harris begins two straight days of sessions at Systems Two Studios in Brooklyn, New York, and with Jason Moran on piano, Tarus Mateen on bass, and Eric Harland on drums, records the titles "You Stepped Out Of A Dream" (just Harris), "Bass Vibes" (just Harris and Mateen), "There Is No Greater Love" (without Moran), "After Day Is Done", "My Little Black Action Figure", then, with the addition of Gary Thomas on tenor saxophone and alto flute, "Collage", then with the addition of Stanley Turre on trombone, and Greg Osby on alto saxophone, "Of Things To Come", "Feine Blues", "Alovi", "The Alchemist", "Chorale", and "Faded Beauty". Blue Note Records will issue all the titles on Harris CD "Black Action Figure" (4-99546-2) where the CD opens with "Clud madness" which is made of voices and sound effects and closes with "Musical silence" which is a title of silence.

ON THIS DAY NOT IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1945 - Bill Nowlin, one of the founders of Rounder Records, is born in Boston, Massachusetts.

1999 - Doug Weston, owner of The Troubadour, Los Angeles' prime talent showcase during the '60s and '70s, dies in a local hospital after a bout of pneumonia at age 72.

 FEBRUARY 13, 2026

HAPPY BIRTHDAYS!

1900 (but possibly in 1904) - Wingy Manone, one-armed cornet player, singer, bandleader, and Capitol Records artist, is born Joseph Mathews Manone in New Orleans, Louisiana. If anyone knows for sure on the year of Manone's birth, please leave a comment.

1919 - Tennessee Ernie Ford, singer, radio and television variety show host, 1990 Country Music Hall Of Fame inductee, and Capitol Records artist, is born Ernest Jennings Ford in Bristol, Tennessee.

1974 - Robbie Williams, singer, member of the group Take That, and a Capitol Records solo artist, is born Robert Peter Williams in Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England.

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

80 Years Ago Today In 1946 - Guitarist Alvino Rey and His Orchestra (Chuck Peterson, Jake Gerheim, Russ Granger, and Frank Nelson on trumpet, Sam Levine, Bob McReynolds, and Bob Swift on trombones, Bob Walsh and Hal McKusick on alto saxophones, Herbie Steward on tenor saxophones, Chuck Gentry on baritone saxophone, Rocky Coluccio on piano, Jim Bates on bass, and Ben Weber on drums) record the titles "We'll Gather Lilacs" with vocals by Jo Anne Ryan and "Cement Mixer (Put-Ti Put-Ti)" with vocals by Rocky Coluccio in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both titles together as a single (Capitol 248).

1947 - Pianist Stan Kenton and His Orchestra (Buddy Childers, Ray Wetzel, Chico Alvarez, John Anderson, and Ken Hanna on trumpets, Kai Winding, Skip Layton, Milt Bernhart, and Harry Forbes on trombones, Bart Varsalona on bass trombone, Eddie Meyers and Boots Mussulli on alto saxophones, Vido Musso and Bob Cooper on tenor saxophones, Bob Gioga on baritone saxophone, Bob Ahern on guitar, Eddie Safranski on bass, and Shelly Manne on drums), record the titles "Down In Chihuahua" with vocals by The Pastels (Margaret Dale, Wayne Howard, Jerry Packer, Jerry Duane, and Don McLeod), "Don't Want That Man Around" with vocals by June Christy, and two takes of "Machito" at Radio Recorders' studios at 932 North Western Avenue in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue "Down In Chihuahua" as a single (Capitol 449) with "Minor Rift" (recorded March 31, 1947) on the flipside, "Don't Want That Man Around" as a single (Capitol 2418) with "Harlem Holiday" (recorded December 22, 1947) on the flipside, the first take of "Machito" as a part of the children's record "Sparky's Music Mixup" (CCN-3019), and the second take of "Machito" as a single (Capitol 408) with "Collaboration" (recorded February 28, 1947) on the flipside. Mosaic Records will issue all the titles, except for the first take of "Machito" in the CD collection "The Complete Capitol Studio Recordings of Stan Kenton" (MQ12-163 on vinyl and MD7-173 on CD). Unfortunately, "Sparky's Musical Mixup" is not currently available on YouTube.

1947 - Vocalists Bob Hope and Dorothy Lamour, with Paul Weston and His Orchestra (lineup unlisted), record the titles "My Favorite Brunette" and "Beside You" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both titles together as a single (Capitol 381).

1947 - The King Sisters, with Frank De Vol, record 5 unlisted titles for The Capitol Records Transcription Service at "The Chateau" on DeLongpre Avenue in Hollywood, California. No issuing information is listed.

1948 - Margaret Whiting's Capitol Records single "Now Is The Hour", with "But Beautiful" on the flipside, enters the top 40 of the U.S. Pop singles charts.

75 Years Ago Today In 1951 - The Voices Of Walter Schumann (a chorus with instrumental accompaniment - lineups unlisted) record an as yet unissued take of the titles "Bolerino" and the titles "The Halls Of Ivy", "Dream" with trumpet solo by Andy Secrest, and "Get Out Of Town" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "The Halls Of Ivy" and "Dream" together as a single (Capitol 1505) and the last three titles together on the group's album "Serenade" (T 434).

1952 - Pianist Ray Turner, with Phil Stevens on bass and Nick Fatool on drums, records the titles "Rufenreddy" and "Coaxing The Piano" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both titles on Turner's album "Kitten On The Keys" (H-306). Unfortunately, neither title is currently available on YouTube.

1952 - Pinto Colvig records vocal overdubs on to instrumental tracks recorded on January 31, 1952, in Los Angeles, California for the titles "Bozo Has A Party: Part 3" and "Bozo Has A Party: Part 4". Capitol Records will issue all the parts on the children's album "Bozo Has A Party" (DBX-3133).

1952 - Jan Garber and His Orchestra (lineup unlisted) record the titles "Whistle While You Work", "Heigh Ho", and "How Could Red Riding Hood" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Whistle While You Work" and "Heigh Ho" together as a single (Capitol 2008) and has yet to issue "How Could Red Riding Hood". Unfortunately, neither title is currently available on YouTube.

1953 - Vocalist and guitarist Jimmy Skinner, with Ray "Curly" Lunsford on electric mandolin and uncredited electric guitar, rhythm guitar, and bass players, records the titles "Singing Teacher In Heaven", "Ready To Go Home", "I've Got A Lot Of Love Baby", and "By Degrees" at (listed as possibly) the E.T. Hersog Studio in Cincinnati, Ohio. Capitol Records will issue "Singing Teacher In Heaven" and "Ready To Go Home" together as a single (Capitol 2401) and "I've Got A Lot Of Love Baby" and "By Degrees" together as a single (Capitol 2513). Bear Family Records will issue all the titles in Germany in Skinner's six-CD box set "Doin' My Time" (BCD 16613).

70 Years Ago Today In 1956 - Trumpet player Ray Anthony and His Orchestra (Johnny Best, Frank Beach, Ray Triscari, and Bob Fowler also on trumpets, Dick Nash, Hoyt Bohannon, and Murray McEachern on trombones, Abe Most and Wilbur Schwartz on clarinets and alto saxophones, Georgie Auld and Charles Butler on tenor saxophone, Leo Anthony on baritone saxophone, Geoff Clarkson on piano, Al Hendrickson on guitar, Don Simpson on bass, and Larry Bunker on drums), using an arrangement by George Williams, records a new take of the title "Poet And Peasant Overture" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue this take of "Poet And Peasant Overture" on Anthony's album "Concert" (T 406).

70 Years Ago Today In 1956 - Cornet player Bobby Hackett, with Glenn Osser conducting the orchestra (unlisted players of French horns, saxophones also doubling on clarinet, piccolo, flute, and English horn, as well as piano, guitar, bass, drums, and harp players), records the titles "Autumn Nocturne", "We Kiss In A Shadow", "The Way You Look Tonight", and "Love Me" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Hackett's album "Rendezvous With Bobby Hackett" (T 719).

1957 - Pianist Leonard Pennario records Rozsa's "Sonata For Piano, Opus 20 (Completion)" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue the title on Pennario's album "BARTOK - Sonata For Piano/PROKOFIEV - Sonata N° 3 In A Minor/ROZSA - Sonata For Piano, Op. 20" (P-8376).

1958 - The Jordanaires (vocalists Hugh Gordon Stoker, Hoyt H. Hawkins, and Neal Matthews Jr.), with The Bob Bain Orchestra (lineup unlisted) records the titles "Joshua Fit De Battle Of Jericho", "Workin' On A Building", "Dig A Little Deeper", "Shine On Me", When They All Get Together", and "Every Time I Feel The Spirit" in Nashville, Tennesse. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on the group's album "Heavenly Spirit" (T 1011).

65 Years Ago Today In 1961 - Vocalist and autoharp player Rita Faye (aka Rita Faye Wilson) records autoharp tracks then vocal tracks for the title "There'll Be Peace In The Valley" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the final edit of the title on Faye's album "Rita Faye's Autoharp" (T 1606).

65 Years Ago Today In 1961 - Vocalist Andy Griffith, with Earle Hagen and His Orchestra (lineup not listed), records the titles "Ellie's Theme", "Aunt Bee", "Barney's Hoedown", "The Man Hunt", "Mayberry March", and Earle Hagen and His Orchestra record the instrumental title "The Andy Griffith Theme" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Griffith's album "Songs,Themes And Laughs From 'The Andy Griffith Show'" (T 1611).

65 Years Ago Today In 1961 - Jackie Gleason directs His Orchestra (lineup unlisted) as they record the titles "The Thrill", "The Moonlight", and "The Glow" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Gleason's album "Lovers' Portfolio, Volume 2" (W 1980).

65 Years Ago Today In 1961 - Whittemore & Lowe (Arthur "Buck" Whittemore and Jack Lowe on pianos), with Glenn Osser directing The Concert Arts Orchestra and Chorus (lineups unlisted), record the titles "Themes From 'For Whom The Bell Tolls'", "Tara's Theme (From 'Gone With The Wind')", "Spellbound Concerto (from 'Spellbound')", and "Stella by Starlight (from 'The Uninvited')" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on the duo's album "Immortal Music From The Movies" (T 1599).

1962 - After releasing 11 albums with the label, Dean Martin refuses to renew his contract with Capitol Records. Martin will sign with Reprise Records and start his own production company, Claude Productions, so that he can, from then on, keep all rights and exclusive ownership of his work.

1962 - Vocalist Gloria Wood, with trumpet player Pete Candoli and other unlisted musicians, record the titles "Playboy", "I'm Breathless", "Kiss Me Once", "Five Foot Two, Eyes Of Blue", and "Malibu Run" in Los Angles, California for Capitol Records which has yet to release any of the titles.

1963 - During two sessions held this day in Los Angeles, California, guitarist Howard Roberts, with Paul Bryant on organ, Chuck Berghofer on bass, and Earl Palmer on drums, records the titles "One Long Day" and "Hoe Down" at the first session and "Shiny Stockings", "Down Under", "Goodbye, Good Luck, I'm Gone!", and an unissued take of "Days Of Wine And Roses" at the second session. Capitol Records will issue the first four songs on Roberts' album "This Is Howard Roberts - Color Him Funky" (T 1887) and the fifth song on the compilation album "Capitol 4 Star Special N° 8" (ST 2751).

1963 - Vocalist Buck Owens, with Don Rich and The Buckaroos (lineup unlisted), records the titles "There's Gonna Come A Day", "Diggy Liggy Lo", "Orange Blossom Special", "Cotton Fields", and "Touch Me" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "There's Gonna Come A Day" on Owens' album "No One But You Before You Go" (SU 2353),  "Diggy Liggy Lo", "Cotton Fields", and "Touch Me" on his album "On The Bandstand" (T 1879), and "Orange Blossom Special" on his album "The Instrumental Hits Of Buck Owens & His Buckaroos" (T 2367).

1963 - Jimmy Briggs records the titles "Each Time We Kiss", "Sooner Or Later", "That Magic Night", and an unissued take of the title "May I?" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue "Each Time We Kiss" and "Sooner Or Later" together as a single (Capitol 5024) and has yet to issue "May I?". There is no issuing information listed for "That Magic Night".

1963 - The Journeymen (John Phillips and Scott McKenzie on vocals and guitars and Dick Weissman on guitar and banjo) record the titles "San Francisco Bay Blues" and "Rag Mama" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records has yet to issue "San Francisco Bay Blues" and will issue "Rag Mama" as a single (Capitol 4943) with "I Will Never Marry" (recorded February 27, 1962) on the flipside.

1964 - The Beatles' Capitol Records single "I Want To Hold Your Hand" with "I Saw Her Standing There" on the flipside, is #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart.

1967 - The Beatles' Capitol Records single "Strawberry Fields Forever" (Capitol 5810), with "Penny Lane" on the flipside, is released.

1967 - The Beatles (George Harrison on lead guitar and vocals, John Lennon on rhythm guitar and vocals, Paul McCartney on bass guitar and vocals, and Ringo Starr on drums and vocals) record the title "Only A Northern Song" in London, England. Capitol Records will issue the song on the motion picture soundtrack album "Yellow Submarine" (SW-153).

1967 - Mike St. Shaw records the titles "Soul Music", "Nothing Here Belongs To You", and "Headline News" in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records which has yet to issue any of the titles.

1967 - The West Coast Modern Folk Blues Workshop records the titles "Sunday, Part 1" and "Sunday, Part 2" in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records which has yet to issue any of the titles.

1968 - Vocalist Patti Drew, with unlisted musicians, records the titles "Keep On Movin'" and "There'll Never Be Another" in Chicago, Illinois. Capitol Records will purchase the masters for both titles and issue them together as a single (Capitol 2121) as well as on Drew's album "Workin' On A Groovy Thing" (ST 2855).

1968 - Mariano Moreno, with unlisted others, records the titles "The Green Tambourine", "The Look Of Love", "The Man Upstairs (Mr. X)", and "The Best Of Both Worlds" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Moreno's album "25th Hour" (ST 2875).

1968 - The Chaparral Brothers (vocalists John and Paul Chaparral), with unlisted others, record the titles "Down Came The World", "Love of The Common People", "Just One More Time", and "The Rain" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Down Came The World", "Love of The Common People", and "Just One More Time" on the duo's self-titled album "The Chaparral Brothers" (ST 2922) and "The Rain" as a single (Capitol 2323) with "Follow Your Drum" (recorded on August 29, 1968) on the flipside.

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) records the title "In A Station" in Los Angeles, California. After an overdub is recorded at the same session, Capitol Records will issue the final mix of the title on the group's album "Music From Big Pink" (SKAO 2955).

1968 - During two sessions held this day in Los Angeles, California, The George Shearing Quintet and Orchestra (Don Fagerquist and Pete Christlieb on trumpet, Charles Shoemake on vibraphone, George Shearing on piano, Louis Morrell, Michael Anthony, and Dave Koonce on guitars, Bob Whitlock on bass, Bill Goodwin on drums, Gene Estes on percussion, and an uncredited string section), with Julian Lee conducting his own arrangements, records an overdub for "A Time For Love" (which was recorded on February 12, 1969) and the titles "Theme From 'Valley Of The Dolls" and "Never My Love" at the first session and "Goin' Out Of My Head" and "Don't Sleep In The Subway" at the second session. Capitol Records will issue the final mixes of all the titles on the group's album "George Shearing Today!" (T 2699).

1968 - Vocalist Sonny James, with unlisted others, records the title "No Other Arms, No Other Lips" and "Everything Begins And Ends With You" in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue "No Other Arms, No Other Lips" on James' album "Born To Be With You" (SU-111) and rejected the take of "Everything Begins And Ends With You" recorded at this session.

1973 - Tommy Lee, with unlisted others, records the titles "Delta Queen" and "That's The Way I Want To Live My Life" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both titles together as a single (Capitol 3594).

1973 - Vocalist Al Martino, with unlisted others, records the titles "To Get To You", "She's Got To Be A Saint", and "There Goes My Everything" in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue "To Get To You" and "There Goes My Everything" on Martino's album "Country Style" (ST-11184) and has yet to issue "She's Got To Be A Saint".

1978 - During four sessions held this day in Los Angeles, California, John "Moon" Martin, with unlisted others, records the titles "Cadillac Walk", "Hands Down", and "Victim Of Romance" at the first session, the titles "Pretender", "Paid Killer", and "Tyranny" at the second session, the titles "Love Gone Bad" at the third session, and the titles  "Hot Night In Dallas", "Bad News", and "You Don't Care About Me" at the fourth session. Capitol Records will issue "Cadillac Walk", "Hands Down", "Victim Of Romance", "Pretender", "Paid Killer", "Hot Night In Dallas", and "You Don't Care About Me" on Martin's album "Shots From A Cold Nightmare" (SW-11787) and "Paid Killer" and "Hot Night In Dallas" together as a single (Capitol 4639). No issuing information is listed for "Tyranny", "Love Gone Bad", and "Bad News".

1978 - Vocalist and guitarist Bob Seger, with unlisted others, records the title "We've Got Tonight" in Muscle Shoals, Alabama. Capitol Records will issue the title on Seger's album "Stranger In Town" (SW-11698) and an edited version as a single (Capitol 4653) with "I Ain't Got No Money" (recorded January 13, 1978) on the flipside.

45 Years Ago Today In 1981 - 402 weeks after entering Billboard's Top 200 Albums chart in March 1973, Pink Floyd's Capitol Records album "Dark Side of the Moon" sets the record for the rock album to spend the most consecutive weeks on the chart, and will remain on the chart until April 23, 1988, for a total of 724 weeks.

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1963 - Tenor saxophonist Stanley Turrentine, with Shirley Scott on organ, Major Holley on bass, Al Harewood on drums, and Ray Barretto on congas, records the titles "Trouble" (with Barreto on tambourine), "Major's Minor", "Without A Song", "God Bless The Child" (without Barretto), "You'll Never Get Away From Me", and "Sara's Dance" at recording engineer Rudy Van Gelder's studio in Englewood, New Jersey. Blue Note Records will issue all the titles on Turrentine's album "Never Let Me Go" (BLP4129).

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 "Lazy Canary", "No Name Samba" (with Joe Sample on harpsichord and Wilton Felder on alto saxophone), and "Tough Talk" (with Sample again on harpsichord) at Pacific Jazz's studios on Third Street in West Hollywood, California for the Pacific Jazz label. Blue Note Records will acquire the Pacific Jazz catalog and issue all the titles on the group's album "Tough Talk" (BN-LA 170-G2).

ON THIS DAY NOT IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1914 - The American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP) is founded in New York City, New York

65 Years Ago Today In 1961 - After recording four titles for his new label since December 19, 1960, Frank Sinatra officially opens Reprise Records, the first completely artist-owned label.