MAY 16, 2026


HAPPY BIRTHDAYS!

1913 - Woody Herman, bandleader, clarinetist, and Capitol Records artist (1948-1955) is born Woodrow Charles Herman in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

1949 - Bill "Sputnik" Spooner, a guitarist in Capitol Records band The Tubes and then The Grateful Dead, is born William Spooner in Arizona.

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

80 Years Ago Today In 1946 - Capitol Records group The King Cole Trio start a 13-week stint as a summer replacement for Bing Crosby's radio show "The Kraft Music Hall" when they sponsor their own 15-minute program, "King Cole Trio Time", the first radio program hosted and sponsored by black performing artists.

1953 - Les Baxter and His Orchestra's Capitol Records single "April In Portugal" is #3 on Billboard's Best Selling Retail Records chart, Nat "King" Cole (with Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra)'s Capitol Records single "Pretend" is #5 on The Billboard magazine's Best Selling Singles chart, #7 on The Billboard magazine's Most Played By Jockeys chart and Cash Box magazine's Best Selling Singles chart, and #8 on The Billboard magazine's Most Played In Juke Boxes chart, and Jane Froman (with orchestra conducted by Sid Feller)'s Capitol Records single "I Believe" is #14. Also, Cole's single "Can't I" is #24 also on Cash Box magazine's Best Selling Singles chart.

1958 - Lex Baxter conducts his own arrangements to His Orchestra (lineup unlisted) as they record the titles "Early Morning Blues", "Love Is A Fabulous Thing", "Our Kind Of Love", "Hot Summer Nights (Alone In New York)", "My Love And The Sea (Emerald Shore)", "Dawn On The City", "Afternoon Affair", "Paris Interlude: Mignonette/Femme Du Monde/Gamin", "Fashion", "Moonlight Stroll (Whistle)", "5th Avenue Affair", and "Voodoo" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Early Morning Blues", "Love Is A Fabulous Thing", "Our Kind Of Love", "Hot Summer Nights (Alone In New York)", "My Love And The Sea (Emerald Shore)", "Dawn On The City", "Afternoon Affair", "Paris Interlude: Mignonette/Femme Du Monde/Gamin", and "Moonlight Stroll (Whistle)" on Baxter's album "Les Baxter, His Music And His Orchestra - Love Is A Fabulous Thing" (T/ST 1088), "Voodoo" on the CD "Ultra Lounge Volume 1 - Mondo Exotica" (8-32563-2), and has yet to issue either "Fashion" and "5th Avenue Affair".

1958 - During two sessions held this day in New York City, New York, Fred Waring conducts The Pennsylvanians (lineup unlisted) as they record the titles "Hernando's Hideaway" and "So Long Mary" using arrangements by Harry Simeone, and "Summertime" with vocals by Patti Beams using an arrangment by Livingston Gearhart at the first session and, using arrangements by Roy Ringwald the titles "Lover Come Back To Me" with vocals by Eleanor Forgione and "Fanny" and "Tonight" using an arrangement by Hawley Ades at the second session. Capitol Records will issue "Hernando's Hideaway", "Summertime", and "Fanny" on the album "Broadway Cavalcade, Volume 2" (T/ST 1390), "So Long Mary", "Lover Come Back To Me", and "Tonight" on the album "Broadway Cavalcade, Volume 1" (T/ST 1389) and all the titles in the two-album set "Broadway Cavalcade" (WBO/SWBO 1079).

1958 - Vocalist Jean Shepard, with Floyd Cramer on piano, Thomas Grady Martin or Jackie Phelps on lead guitar, Ray Edenton on rhythm guitar, (listed as probably) Walter Haynes on steel guitar, Roy M "Junior" Huskey, Jr. on bass, and Murray M. "Buddy" Harman, Jr. on drums, records the titles "I'll Take The Blame", "I'll Never Be Free", "I'll Hold You In My Heart", and "I Hate Myself" at Bradley Film And Recording Studio in Nashville, Tennessee between 2:00 PM and 5:00 PM. Capitol Records will issue "I'll Take The Blame" as a single (Capitol F4129) with "Have Heart, Will Love" (recorded November 18, 1958) on the flipside and the rest of the titles on Shepard's album "Lonesome Love" (EAP-1/2/3-1126 on 7" EPs and T 1126 on 12" vinyl).

1958 - Pianist and vocalist Esquerita (Eskew Reeder, Jr.), during a three hour session with E. R. "Dutch" McMillin on tenor saxophone, Vincent Moses on guitar, Floyd T. Chance on bass, and Johnny "Richardo" Young on drums, records the title "Katie Mae" with additional vocals by The Gardenias (Calvin Arnold, Carlton Sheppard, Jr., Lloyd White, and William Dixon), "Wait A Minute Baby", and "Rocking The Joint" also with addtional vocals by The Gardenias at RCA Studios in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue "Rockin' The Joint" as a single (Capitol F4058) with "Esquerita And The Voola" (recorded August 12, 1958) on the flipside and all the titles on the CD "Capitol Collectors Series - Esquerita" (7-91871-2).

1958 - During two sessions held this day in Paris, France, Leopold Stokowski conducts Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Française as they record portions of the second and third sections of Debussy's "Iberia" at the first session and portions of Ravel's "Alborada Del Gracioso" at the second session. Capitol Records will issue the complete works on Stokowski's album "DEBUSSY - Iberia/IBERT - Escales/RAVEL - Alborada del Gracioso" (P/SP-8463). 

1958 - Pianist Rudolf Firkusny, with Walter Susskind conducting The Philharmonic Orchestra (lineup unlisted), records Beethoven's "Piano Concerto N° 3 In C Minor, Opus 37" in Studio N° 1 at EMI's studio on Abbey Road in London, England. Capitol Records will issue the title on Firkusny's album "BEETHOVEN - Piano Concerto N° 3 In C Minor, Opus 37" (P/SP-8468).

1960 - The Four Prep's Capitol Records single "Got A Girl", with "Wait Till You) Hear It From Me" on the flipside, is #32 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart.

65 Years Ago Today In 1961 - Faron Young's Capitol Records single "Hello Walls" is #1 on the U.S. Country singles charts.

1963 - Vocalist Nat "King" Cole, with Ralph Carmichael conducting the vocal chorus (uncredited) and orchestra (Tommy Johnson on tuba, Milt Raskin on piano, Bobby Gibbons, Al Hendrickson and Alvino Rey on guitar, Joe Comfort on bass, Irving Cottler on drums, Larry Bunker on percussion and a string section with Victor Arno, Israel Baker, Harold Dicterow, Elliott Fisher, Dave Frisina, James Getzoff, Paul Shure, and Gerald Vinci on violin), records the titles "That Sunday, That Summer", "Our Old Home Town", "Don't Forget", "You Tell Me Your Dream", and "That's What They Meant" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California at an extended session between 1:00 PM and 5:00 PM. Capitol Records will issue all the songs on Cole's album "Those Lazy-Hazy-Crazy Days Of Summer" (T 1932).

1963 - The Honeys (vocalists Diane Rovell, Marilyn Rovell, and Ginger Blake), with an orchestra (lineup unlisted) using arrangements by Jack Nitzsche, record the titles "Raindrops" and "From Jimmy With Tears" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue "From Jimmy With Tears" as a single (Capitol 5093) with "The One You Can't Have" (recorded September 17, 1963) on the flipside and both titles on the CD "Capitol Collectors Series - The Honeys" (7-93193-2).

1964 - The Beatles' Capitol Records single "I Want To Hold Your Hand", with "This Boy" on the flipside, re-enters the top 40 of Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart for 1 week after leaving the chart on April 17 after a 20-week run.

1965 - The Beatles' Capitol Records single "Ticket To Ride" is #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart.

60 Years Ago Today In 1966 - The Beach Boys' Capitol Records album "Pet Sounds" is released.

60 Years Ago Today In 1966 - The last session is held for The Beatles' title "Taxman" at Abbey Road Studios in London, England.

1967 - Twiggy's first and only single for Capitol Records, "When I Think Of You", with "Over And Over" on the flipside, is released in the United States. It was originally released in London on Ember Records.

1968 - Vocalist and guitarist Mary McCaslin, with unlisted others, records the titles "Please Don't Go" with David Cohen on 12-string guitar, and "Walk Out Of My Mind" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California. After overdubs are recorded for "Please Don't Go", Bear Family Records will issue both titles in Germany on the CD "Mary McCaslin - Rain/The Lost Album" (BCD 16232).

1968 - Vocalist Fred Neil, with unlisted others, records the title "Miss Your Water" in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records which has yet to issue the title.

1968 - Vocalist Nancy Wilson, with Jimmy Jones conducting his own arrangements to the orchestra (Benny Carter on alto saxophone, Clyde Raesinger on trumpet, John Audino, Bobby Bryant, and Harry Edison on trumpets and flugelhorns, Chuck Cooper, Ed Kusby, Tommy Pederson, Dick Nash, Lew McCreary, and Ken Shroyer on trombones, Arthur "Skeets" Herfurt on alto saxophone, William Green and Plas Johnson on saxophones and clarinets, Justin Gordon on saxophone and flute, Chuck Gentry on baritone saxophone, and bass clarinet, Don Trenner on piano, Bob Bain and Mundell Lowe on guitars, Buster Williams on bass, Shelly Manne on drums, Larry Bunker, Gene Estes, and Victor Feldman on vibraphone and percusssion) records the titles "Out Of This World", "Peace Of Mind", "Come Back To Me", and "Black Is Beautiful" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Out Of This World", "Peace Of Mind", and "Black Is Beautiful" on Miss Wilson's album "The Sound Of Nancy Wilson" (ST 2970), "Come Back To Me" on Miss Wilson's album "Hurt So Bad" (ST-353), and "Peace Of Mind" also as a single (Capitol 2283) with "This Bitter Earth" (recorded May 15, 1968) on the flipside.

1968 - Vocalist Bobbie Gentry, with unlisted others, records the title "Hushabye Mountain" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the title as a single (Capitol 2295) with "Sweet Peony" (recorded on an unlisted date in June 1968) on the flipside.

1969 - Merle Haggard records his the track "Workin' Man Blues" which will be released by Capitol Records as a single and will peak at #1 on the U.S. Country singles chart.

1969 - Chuck Barris' Capitol Records single "Too Rich", with "I Know A Child" on the flipside, is released.

1973 - Vocalist Andra Willis, with unlisted others, records the titles "Little Old Heartbreaker You", "Living In A House Divided", "Till I Can't Take It Any More", and "Daddy Wrote The Book Of Love" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Little Old Heartbreaker You" as a single (Capitol 3747) with "He Makes Me Feel Like A Woman" (recorded October 27, 1971) on the flipside, "Till I Can't Take It Any More" as a single (Capitol 3666) with "After You" (recorded March 1, 1973) on the flipside.

50 Years Ago Today In 1976 - Wings' Apple Records single "Silly Love Songs", distributed by Capitol Records in the United States with "Cook Of The House" on the flipside, is #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles Chart.

1978 - Vocalist and guitarist Sammy Hagar, with unlisted others, records the title "I've Done Everything For You" in San Francisco, California. Capitol Records will issue the title as a single (Capitol 4596) with "Someone Out There" (recorded November 19, 1977) on the flipside.

1978 - Colleen Peterson, with unlisted others, records the titles "Cupid", "Goin', Goin' Gone", and "I Go To Pieces" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records has yet to issue "Cupid" and will issue "Goin', Goin Gone" and "I Go To Pieces" on Peterson's album "Takin' My Boots Off" (ST-11835).

1978, Pianist and electric pianist Bobby Lyle, with Sunship on drums, tympani, and gong records the title "Apocalyse (Prelude)", with Lyle also on organ and synthesizer, Nathaniel Phillips on bass, Harvey Mason on drums, Sunship just on tympani and drums, and Joe Blocker on sythesized drums, records the titles "New Warrior", with Lyle also on lead vocals, without Sunship and Blocker and with Alexandra Brown, Angela Lisa Winbush, Martinette Jenkins, and Stephanie Spruill on background vocals the title "Good Inside", with just Lyle on piano, electrip piano, and harpsicord the title "Interlude", with Lyle on piano, electric piano, synthesizer, and lead vocals, Roland Bautista on guitar, Pillips on bass, Mason on drums, Paulinho Da Costa on percussion, and Ron Banks, Gregory Matta, Augie Johnson, and Jim Gilstrap on background vocals the title "Believe", with Lyle just on synthesizer and Blocker on hand gong the title "Inner Space", with Lyle on synthesizer, clavinet, handclapping on lead vocals, David T. Walker on guitar, Pillips on bass, Mason on drums, Da Costa on percussion, Alexandra Brown on lead vocals, Wayne Henderson, Vance Tenort, Augie Johnson on background vocals and handclapping, and Harvey Mason on background vocals the title "Groove (Ain't No Doubt About It)", Lyle on piano, electric piano, organ, and synthesizer, Phillips on electric bass and synthesized bass, Mason on drums, Blocker on sythesized drums, Da Costa on percusssion, and Michel Boddicker on syenthesizer programming the title "Star Traveler", and with only Lyle on piano the title "What Is This Thing Called Love" in Los Angeles, California. AFter string tracks are recorded for unlisted titles by Nathan Kaproff, James Getzoff, Carroll Stephens, Barbara Durant, Yukiko Kamei, Irma Neumann, Kathleen Lenski, Madeline Schatz, Brent Atkins, Cynthia C. Daley, Judith Aller Talvi, and Harold Wold on violins, Raphael Kramer, Frederick Seykora, Louise Mary Zeyen, Nino Rosso, and Ann Stockton on cellos, and Luis Sevadjian on harp, Capitol Records will issue the final mixes of all the titles on Lyle's album "New Warrior" (SW-11809) and "Apocalypse (Prelude)" and "Groove (Ain't No Doubt About It" also together as a single (Capitol 4657),

1978 - During two sessions held this day in Sherman Oaks, California, vocalist Glenn Campbell, with unlisted others records the title "Stranger In The Mirror" at the first session and the titles "Never Want To Lose Your Love" and "Dog Boy Blues" at the second session. Capitol Records will issue "Stranger In The Mirror" on Campbell's album "Basic" (SW-11722) and has yet to issue the other two titles.

1990 - Sammy Davis, Jr., singer, dancer, impressionist, vaudeville, Broadway, motion picture and television actor and performer, and a Capitol Records solo artist and, posthumously, as a member of The Rat Pack, dies of throat cancer at his home in Beverly Hills, California at age 64.


ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1943 - Clarinetist and bandleader George Lewis and His New Orleans Stompers (Avery "Kid" Howard on trumpet, Jim Robinson on trombone, Lawrence Marrero on banjo, Chester Zardis on bass, and Edgar Mosley on drums) record two takes of the titles "Climax Rag", "Just A Closer Walk With Thee", "I Ain't Gonna Give Nobody None Of My Jelly Roll", "Careless Love", the title "Dauphine Street Blues" two takes of the titles "Just A Little While To Stay Here", another take of "Just A Closer Walk With Thee", two takes of the titles "Milenburg Joys", the titles "Fidgety Feet" and "Fidgety Feet N° 2", two takes of "Don't Go 'Way Nobody", the titles "Deep Bayou Blues" and "When You're Lonesome, Telephone Me", another take of "Just A Closer Walk With Thee", and, with Avery "Kid" Howard" also on vocals, the titles "Old Man Mose" and "Your Rascal You" in New Orleans, Louisiana for Climax Rag Records. After Blue Note Records purchases the masters for all the titles, except "Old Man Mose" and "You Rascal You" whose master have been lost, it will issue the first take of "Climax Rag", the first take of "Just A Closer Walk With Thee", "Dauphine Street Blues", the second take of "Milenburg Joys", "Fidgety Feet", and "Deep Bayou Blues" on the 10" vinyl album "Echoes Of New Orleans" (BLP 7010), the first take of "Carless Love Blues" (released as "Careless Love"), the first take of "Just A Little While To Stay Here", and "Don't Go 'Way Nobody" on the album "Echoes Of New Orleans, Volume 2" (BLP7013), and the first takes of "Climax Rag" and "Just A Closer Walk With Thee", "Dauphine Street Blues", the second take of "Milenburg Joys", "Fidgety Feet", "Fidgety Feet N° 2", and "Deep Bayou Blues" on the album "George Lewis And His New Orleans Stompers ‎– Volume 2" (BLP 1206). Mosaic Records will issue all the titles except "Old Man Mose" and "You Rascal You" in the box set "The Complete Blue Note Recordings Of George Lewis" (MR5-132 on five 12" LPs and MD3-132 on three CDs).

80 Years Ago Today In 1946 - The Irving Berlin musical, "Annie Get Your Gun", opens at The Imperial Theatre in New York City, New York and will run for 1,147 performances. Capitol Records will later release the soundtrack to a televised version of the show starring Mary Martin and Capitol Records artist John Raitt.

1958 - Vocalist Jimmy Witherspoon, with Harry "Sweets" Edison on trumpet, Teddy Edwards and Jimmy Allen on tenor saxophone, Henry McDode on piano, Herman Mitchell on guitar, Jimmy Hamilton on bass, and Jimmy Miller on drums, records the title "Then The Lights Go Out" at Radio Recorders' studios in Los Angeles, California for Pacific Jazz Records. After Pacific Jazz's catalog is acquired by EMI, Blue Note Records will issue the title on the multi-artist compilation CD "Blue Velvet - Crooners, Swooners And Velvet Vocals" (5-21153-2).

1960 - Rick Nelson's Imperial Records single "Young Emotions" is #22 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart.

1963 - Guitarist Grant Green, with Johnny Coles on trumpet, Joe Henderson on tenor saxophone, John Patton on organ, and Ben Dixon on drums, records the titles "Am I Blue", "Take These Chains From My Heart", "Sweet Slumber", an incomplete and rejected take of "Gee Baby, Ain't I Good To You", and the titles "I Wanna Be Loved" and "For All We Know" at Rudy Van Gelder's studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey. Blue Note Records will issue "Am I Blue", "Take These Chains From My Heart", "Sweet Slumber", "I Wanna Be Loved", and "For All We Know" on Green's album "Am I Blue" (BLP4139 in mono and BST84139 in stereo).

1964 - The Beatles' single "P.S. I Love You", the flipside of the "Love Me Do" single released on Tollie Records in the U.S., enters the top 40 of Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart.

60 Years Ago Today In 1966 - Janet Jackson, singer, television and motion picture actress, and a Virgin Records America artist is born Janet Damita Jo Jackson in Gary, Indiana.

45 Years Ago Today In 1981 - Kim Carnes' EMI America Records single "Bette Davis Eyes" is #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart for the second of a five-week stay at the top

ON THIS DAY NOT IN CAPITOL HISTORY

1929 - The first Academy Awards ceremony is held at a banquet in the Blossom Room at The Roosevelt Hotel on Hollywood Boulevard.

1937 - Yvonne Craig, motion picture ("Gidget", "Our Man Flint", and others) and television actress (best known for the role of Batgirl), is born.

MAY 15, 2026


HAPPY BIRTHDAYS!

90 Years Ago Today In 1936 - Anna Maria Alberghetti, Broadway, motion picture, and television actress, classical and pop singer, and Capitol Records artist (1957-1959), is born in Pesaro, Marche, Italy.

1944 - Graeham Goble, guitarist with the Capitol Records group The Little River Band and the duo Birtles & Goble, is born in Adelaide, Australia.

75 Years Ago Today In 1951 - Jonathan Richman, singer, songwriter, founder of the band The Modern Lovers, solo artist, Capitol Records artist (on the motion picture soundtrack to "There's Something About Mary"), is born in Boston, Massachusetts.

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1948 - Nat "King" Cole (with orchestra conducted by Frank DeVol)'s Capitol Records single "Nature Boy" is #1 on Billboard's Best Selling Retail Records chart and Peggy Lee (with Dave Barbour and His Orchestra)'s Capitol Records single "Mañana" is #3.

1948 - Rene Touzet (aka Buddy Cole) directs His Orchestra (lineup unlisted) as they record the titles "Masquerade", "Quien Sabe? (Who Knows?)", "Ron Y Rumba", "Modernizando", "Goo Goo", "Just And Idea", "Impia", and "Peanut Vendor" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Masquerade" and "Just An Idea" together as a single (Capitol 15360), "Quien Sabe? (Who Knows?)" and "Impia" together as a single (Capitol 15252), and has yet to issue any of the other titles.

1953 - Vocalist Gisele MacKenzie, with Buddy Cole and His Orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the titles "I'd Rather Die Young (Than Grow Old Without You)" and "I Didn't Want To Love You" with the addition of a vocal group (lineup unlisted) and the titles "Half-Hearted" and "Till They've All Gone Home" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "I'd Rather Die Young (Than Grow Old Without You)" and "I Didn't Want To Love You" together as a single (Capitol 2501) and "Half-Hearted" and "Till They've All Gone Home" together as a single (Capitol 2556).

1954 - Frank Sinatra (with Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra)'s Capitol Records single "Young At Heart" is #3 on Billboard's Best Selling Retail Records chart, Kay Starr (with orchestra conducted by Harold Mooney)'s Capitol Records single "If You Love Me (Really Love Me)" is #6 and it's flipside "The Man Upstairs" is #8, Nat "King" Cole (with Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra)'s Capitol Records single "Answer Me, My Love" is #11.

1954 - Jack Benny signs a contract with Alan Livingston to record tracks for Capitol's Children's Records Music Appreciation Series.

1958 - The Four Freshmen (Bob Flanigan on lead vocals, and Don Barbour, Ross Barbour, and Ken Albers on vocals), with Dick Reynolds conducting his own arrangements to the orchestra (Ray Triscari, Buddy Childers, Virgil Evans, and Jack Laubach on trumpets, Milt Bernhart and Harry Betts on trombones, Ken Shroyer on bass trombone, Hymie Gunkler and Eddie Rosa on alto saxophone, Ted Nash and Med Flory on tenor saxophones, Chuck Gentry on baritone saxophone, Geoff Clarkson on piano, Al Viola on gutiar, Joe Comfort on bass, and Bill Richmond on drums), records the titles "This Octobber", "When I'm Happy", and "Sunday Blues" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California. Mosaic Records will issue all the titles in the nine-LP box set "The Complete Capitol Four Freshmen Fifties Sessions" (MD9-203).

1958 - Pianist and bandleader Stan Kenton and His Orchestra (Jules Chaikin, Billy Catalano, Lee Katzman, and Phil Gilbert on trumpets, Archie Le Coque, Kent Larsen, Don Reed, and Jim Amlotte on trombones, John "Tommy"Johnson on tuba, Lennie Niehaus on alto saxophone, Bill Perkins and Richie Kamuca on tenor saxophones, Bill Robinson and Steve Perlow on baritone saxophones, Red Kelly on bass, and Mel Lewis on drums) record the titles "Beside The Bay", "Harbor Lights", and "I Don't Stand A Ghost Of A Chance With You" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California between 5:00 PM and 8:00 PM. Creative World will issue "Beside The Bay" on the album "Stan Kenton - By Request, Volume 6" (ST-1069). The other two titles have yet to be issued.

1958 - Fred Waring conducts The Pennsylvanians (lineup unlisted) as they records the titles "Min Skol, Din Skol" using an arrangement by Hawley Ades and "Zorro" using an arrangement by Harry Simeone in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue both titles together as a single (Capitol F3993).

1958 - Vocalist Jean Shepard, with Floyd Cramer on piano, Thomas Grady Martin or Jackie Phelps on lead guitar, Ray Edenton on rhythm guitar, (listed as probably) Walter Haynes on steel guitar, Roy M "Junior" Huskey, Jr. on bass, and Murray M. "Buddy" Harman, Jr. on drums, records the titels "Secret Life", "Jealous Heart", and "Sweet Temptation" at Bradley Film And Recording Studio in Nashville, Tennessee between 2:00 PM and 5:00 PM.Capitol Records will issue "Secret Life" as a single (Capitol F4013) with "He's My Baby" (recorded May 17, 1958) on the flipside, "Jealous Heart" on Shepard's album "Heartaches & Tears" (T/ST 1663), and "Sweet Temptation" on Shepard's album "Lonesome Love" (EAP-2-1126 on 7" EP and T 1126 on 12" LP).

1958 - Pianist and vocalist Esquerita (Eskew Reeder, Jr.), a "discovery" by Paul Peek and Gene Vincent and a major influence on Little Richard, at his first session as a Capitol Records artist, with Andrew Lee Goodrich on tenor saxophone, Vincent Moses on guitar, Floyd T. Chance on bass, and Johnny "Richardo" Young on drums, records the title "Oh Baby" with Atlanta-based vocal group The Gardenias (Calvin Arnold, Carlton Sheppard, Jr., Lloyd White and William Dixon), "Please Come On Home", "Sarah Lee", and (again with The Gardenias) the first version of "I Live The Life I Love" at RCA Studios in Nashville, Tennessee between 7:00 PM and 11:00 PM. Capitol Records will issue "Oh Baby" and "Please Come On Home" together as a single (Capitol F4007) and all the titles on CD "Capitol Collectors Series - Esquerita" (7-91871-2).

65 Years Ago Today In 1961 - Faron Young's Capitol Records single "Hello Walls" is #29 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart.

1963 - Vocalist Nat "King" Cole, with Ralph Carmichael conducting the vocal chorus (lineup unlisted) and orchestra (Tommy Johnson on tuba, Milt Raskin on piano, Bobby Gibbons, Al Hendrickson, and Alvino Rey on guitar, Joe Comfort on bass, Frank Carlson on drums, Larry Bunker on percussion and a string section with Victor Arno, Arnold 'Al' Belnick, Emil Briano, James Getzoff, Nathan Ross, Sidney Sharp, Paul Shure, and Gerald Vinci on violin), records the titles "On The Sidewalks Of New York", "Get Out And Get Under The Moon", "After The Ball Is Over", There's A Tavern In The Town", "On A Bicycle Build For Two", and "In The Good Old Summertime" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Streeet in Hollywood, California at an extended session held between 1:00 PM and 4:30 PM. Capitol Records will issue all the songs on Cole's album "Those Lazy-Hazy-Crazy Days Of Summer" (T 1932). Also, Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Those Lazy-Hazy-Crazy Days Of Summer" debuts at #24 on WMCA's Top Twenty-Five chart in New York City, New York.

60 Years Ago Today In 1966 - Capitol Records is a sponsor of "A Tribute To Judy Holliday", a banquet to benefit The American Medical Center in Denver, Colorado.

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

1968 - Bruce Johnston signs a contract with Capitol Records and becomes part of the Capitol Records group The Beach Boys.

1968 - Vocalist and guitarist Mary McCaslin, with unlisted others, records the titles "With The Sun In My Eyes" and "From Some Cool Blue-Iced Shore" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California. Bear Family Records will issue both titles in Germany on the CD "Mary McCaslin - Rain/The Lost Album" (BCD 16232).

1968 - Vocalist Nancy Wilson, with Jimmy Jones conducting his own arrangements to the orchestra (Benny Carter on alto saxophone, Clyde Raesinger on trumpet, John Audino, Bobby Bryant, and Harry Edison on trumpets and flugelhorns, Chuck Cooper, Ed Kusby, Tommy Pederson, Dick Nash, Lew McCreary, and Ken Shroyer on trombones, Arthur "Skeets" Herfurt on alto saxophone, William Green and Plas Johnson on saxophones and clarinets, Justin Gordon on saxophone and flute, Chuck Gentry on baritone saxophone, and bass clarinet, Don Trenner on piano, Bob Bain and Mundell Lowe on guitars, Buster Williams on bass, Shelly Manne on drums, Larry Bunker, Gene Estes, and Victor Feldman on vibraphone and percusssion) records the titles "By Myself", "This Bitter Earth", "The Rules Of The Road", and "It Only Takes A Moment" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Wilson's album "The Sound Of Nancy Wilson" (ST 2970) and "This Bitter Earth" also as a single (Capitol 2283) with "Peace Of Mind" (recorded May 16, 1968) on the flipside.

1968 - During two sessions held this day in Los Angeles, California, Hardwater (lineup unlisted) records the title "Birds Of Prey" at the first session and the title "Good Life & Hard Times" at the second session for Capitol Records which has yet to issue "Birds Of Prey. No issuing information is listed for "Good Life & Hard Times".

1968 - Vocalist Bobby Gentry, with an orchestra (lineup unlisted) using an arrangement by Perry Botkin, Jr., records the title "Eleanor Rigby" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the title on Gentry's album "Local Gentry" (ST 2964).

1968 - Vocalist Bettye Swann, with unlisted others, records the titles "I'm Lonely For You" and "My Heart Is Closed For The Season" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records has yet to issue the take of "I'm Lonely For You" recorded at this session. Swann will record a new take of the title on May 29, 1968, and that take will be issued with the take of "My Heart Is Closed For The Season" recorded at this session as a single (Capitol 2263).

1968 - The Immigrants (lineup unlisted) record the titles "Don't Handle Me With Satin", "But On The Other Hand", "I'm Going Home", and "Someday Soon" in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records. No issuing information is listed.

1968 - Guitarist Merle Travis, using his own arrangement, records the titLe "Ma, He's Making Eyes At Me" in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue the title on Travis' album "Strictly Guitar" (ST 2938).

1970 - Harvest Records (a subsidiary of Capitol Records) band Pink Floyd perform a two-and-a-half-hour set at Crystal Palace in England, complete with fireworks and fifty-foot inflatable octopus, that is so loud that fish die in the nearby lake.

1972 - Glen Campbell's Capitol Records compilation album "Greatest Hits" is certified Gold by the R.I.A.A.

1973 - Purlie (lineup unlisted) records the titles "Burgerette" and "Ants And Termites" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both titles together as a single (Capitol 3681).

1973 - Capitol Records registers in Los Angeles, California the master for Tony Booth's title "Don't Let True Love Slip Away" that it was recorded in the Buck Owens Studios in Bakersfield, California and purchased from Buck Owens Enterprises and will issue the title as a single (Capitol 3939) with "Old Faithful" (registered on April 13, 1973) on the flipside and on Booth's album "This Is Tony Booth" (ST-11210).

1973 - Ultra Violet (aka Isabelle Collin Dufresne), with Todd Rundgren on guitar, records the title "As Time Goes By" in Los Angeles, California with producer Jeffrey Cheen. Capitol Records will issue the title on Ultra Violet's self-titled album "Ultra Violet" (ST-11244).

50 Years Ago Today In 1976 - The Sylvers' Capitol Records single "Boogie Fever", with "Free Style" on the flipside, becomes Capitol Records first R&B single to hit #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles Chart.

1978 - Vocalist Glen Campbell, with unlisted others, records the titles "Sing It Nice And Loud For Me Sonny", "Never Tell You No Lies", and "Let's All Sing A Song About It" in Sherman Oaks, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Campbell's album "Basic" (SW-11722), "Never Tell You No Lies" also as a single (Capitol 4715) with "California" (recorded February 22, 1978) on the flipside and "Let's All Sing A Song About It" also as a single (Capitol 4638) with "Can You Fool" (also recorded February 22, 1978) on the flipside.

1978 - Colleen Peterson, with unlisted others, records the titles "The Last Time I Saw You", "Denver Hotel", and "One Horse Town" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "The Last Time I Saw You" and "One Horse Town" on Peterson's album "Takin' My Boots Off" (ST-11835). No issuing information is listed for "Denver Hotel".

1988 - Mother's Finest (lineup unlisted) records the title "Heartbreaker" at an unlisted studio. Capitol Records will issue the title on the group's album "Looks Could Kill" (C1-48988 on 12" LP and 7-48988-2 on CD).

1994 - John Berry's Liberty Records (later renamed Capitol Records Nashville) single "Your Love Amazes Me", with "What's In It For Me" on the flip side, is #1 on the U.S. Country singles chart.

15 Years Ago Today In 2011 - Bob Flanigan, original lead singer for the Capitol Records group The Four Freshmen, passed away just before 10 PM at his home in Las Vegas at age 84 of congestive heart failure. He was with several generations of his family and died peacefully with jazz music playing softly. Earlier in the afternoon, Rod Henley and a group of Vegas musicians came by his home and played for him, so music was a big part of Bob's last day on earth.

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170 Years Ago Today In 1856 - L. Frank Baum, creator and initial writer of "The Wizard of Oz" series of books and early motion pictures, was born Lyman Frank Baum in Chittenango, New York. Capitol Records will release the children's record "Dorothy And The Wizard Of Oz" based on Baum's stories.

1914 - Norrie Paramor, pianist, bandleader, arranger, conductor, and an EMI Records UK artist who also worked on sessions with other EMI artists and Capitol Records artists who recorded using EMI's facilities in London is born in London, England.

1943 - Clarinetist and bandleader George Lewis and His New Orleans Stompers (Jim Robinson on trombone, Sidney "Little Jim" Brown on tuba, Lawrence Marrero on banjo, and Edgar Mosley on drums) record the titles "Climax Rag", "New Orleans Hula", "Don't Go 'Way Nobody", and "Two Jim Blues in New Orleans, Louisiana for Climax Records which will sell the masters to Blue Note Records which will issue "Don't Go 'Way Nobody" on the album "George Lewis And His New Orleans Stompers ‎– Volume 2" (BLP1206) and "Two Jim Blues" on the album "Echoes Of New Orleans, Volume 2" (BLP7013). Mosaic Records will issue all the titles in the box set "The Complete Blue Note Recordings Of George Lewis" (MR5-132 on five 12" LPs and MD3-132 on three CDs).

1953 - Mike Oldfield, composer, film scorer, and Virgin Records' first released artist ("Tubular Bells"), is born in Reading, Berkshire, England.

65 Years Ago Today In 1961 - Ernie K-Doe's Minit Records single "Mother-In-Law" is #2 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart, Gene McDaniels' Liberty Records single "A Hundred Pounds of Clay" is #3, Rick Nelson's "Travelin' Man" is #8, Steve Lawrence's United Artists Records single "Portrait Of My Love" is #12, and Rick Nelson's Imperial Records single "Hello Mary Lou" is #27.

55 Years Ago Today In 1971 - Two films by John Lennon and Yoko Ono, "Apotheosis" and "Fly", are shown at Cannes Film Festival in France.

1980 - "The Great Rock and Roll Swindle" a documentary about EMI and Virgin Records band The Sex Pistols, is released.

1983 - David Bowie's EMI America Records single "Let's Dance", with "Cat People (Putting Out The Fire)" on the flipside, hits #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart
1986 - EMI opens its first CD manufacturing plant, located in Swindon, England.

2003 - June Carter Cash, singer, songwriter, wife of singer Johnny Cash and mother of Capitol Records artist Roseanne Cash, dies at Nashville Baptist Hospital in Nashville, Tennessee from complications from heart valve surgery at age 73. She is later buried in a light blue coffin at Hendersonville Memory Gardens in Hendersonville, Tennessee.


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1945 - Billboard publishes its first album chart. At the time, an album consisited of more than one 78rpm shellac disc held in paper sleeves in a binder.

1963 - Astronaut Leroy Gordon Cooper orbits the Earth 22 times aboard Mercury 9 spacecraft "Faith 7".

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1885 - Otto Klemperer, the conductor of various opera companies and theatres in Germany and The Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, composer, father of actor Werner Klemperer (best known as Colonel Klink on "Hogan's Heroes"), and Capitol Records artist, is born in Breslau, Germany.

1898 - "Zutty" Singleton, drummer, bandleader and Capitol Records artist, is born Arthur James Singleton in Bunkie, Louisiana.

1903 - Jenks "Tex" Carman, a Capitol Records country artist, is born in Hardinsburg, Breckinridge County, Kentucky. There's a short posting with biographical information on Jerry Douglas' Bulletin Board.

1925 - Al Porcino, a trumpet player with Capitol Records group Stan Kenton and His Orchestra (1947-'48 and 1954-'55), played in the touring bands of Capitol Records artists Frank Sinatra, Judy Garland, and Peggy Lee, and a bandleader in Germany, is born in New York City, New York.

1932 - Bob Johnston, a record producer and a Capitol Records executive, is born in Hillsboro, Texas.

90 Years Ago Today In 1936 - Bobby Darin, singer, motion picture actor, television variety show host and Atco and Capitol Records artist, is born Walden Robert Cassotto in New York City, New York.

70 Years Ago Today In 1956 - Steve Hogarth, keyboard player and vocalist with the Capitol Records band Marillon is born Ronald Steven Hoggarth in Kendal, England.

1962 - C.C. DeVille (aka (Cecil Cornelius DeVille), lead guitarist for the Capitol Records band Poison, is born Bruce Anthony Johannesson in the Bay Ridge area of Brooklyn, New York.

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1948 - The King Cole Trio starts a seventeen straight day engagement at the Rag Doll club in Chicago, Illinois. Also, Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Nature Boy" is #1 on The Billboard magazine's Best-Selling Popular Retail Records and Records Most Played By Disk Jockeys charts, #2 on the magazine's Most-Played Juke Box Records chart, #3 on the magazine's Best Selling Retail Race Records chart, and #5 on the magazine's Most-Played Juke Box Race Records chart. The King Cole Trio's Capitol Records single "Put 'Em In A Box" is #2 on The Billboard magazine's Record Possibilities - The Disk Jockeys Pick chart, #3 on the magazine's Record Possibilities - The Retailers Pick chart, and #8 on the magazine's Records Possibilities - The Operators Pick chart.

75 Years Ago Today In 1951 - The Broadway musical "Flahooley", with a book by E. Y. Harburg and Fred Saidy, lyrics by Harburg, and music by Sammy Fain, opens at the Broadhurst Theater in New York City, New York. Although the show would only run 33 days until June 16, 1951, with only 40 performances, Capitol Records will release the original Broadway cast album later the same year. It features future Capitol Records artist Yma Sumac and is also Barbara Cook's debut recording.

1952 - Vocalist and guitarist Tex Ritter, with Margie Ann "Fiddlin' Kate" Warren on fiddle, Billy Liebert on accordion, Merle Travis and Wesley Tuttle also on guitar, Wesley "Speedy" West on steel guitar, and Dale Warren on drums, records the studio version of "High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me)" which Ritter had recorded earlier for the soundtrack to the motion picture "High Noon" and the title "Love You Big As Texas" at Capitol Records' studios at 5515 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood, California between 1:30 PM and 4:30 PM with producer Lee Gillette. After Gillette records drum overdubs on August 1 and 11, 1952, Capitol Records will issue "High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me)" as a single (Capitol 2120) with "Go On! Get Out!" (recorded February 25, 1952) on the flipside. The single will enter the U.S. Country singles charts on September 6, 1952. Hilltop Records, a subsidiary of Pickwick Records, will issue "Love You Big As Texas" on the album "Love You Big As Texas" (JM/JS 6075).

1955 - J.F. Lockwood, EMI, Ltd.'s Chairman of the Board announces that Glenn E. Wallich's, president of Capitol Records, Inc., has been elected to EMI's board.

1958 - Vocalist Ann Richards, with Brian Farnon conducting the orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the titles "Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen" with a male vocal group (lineup also unlisted), "Moanin' Low", "I'd Do It All Over Again" also with a male vocal group, and "I've Got To Pass Your House to Get To My House" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen" and "I'd Do It All Over Again" together as a single (Capitol F3995) and "Moanin' Low" and "I've Got To Pass Your House to Get To My House" on Richards' album "I'm Shooting High" (EAP-1-1087 on 7" EP and T/ST 1087 on 12" LP).

1958 - Alvino Rey conducts His Orchestra (lineup unlisted) as they record the titles "I Love Paris", "Softly As In A Morning Sunrise", "How High The Moon", and "Rock Gently (More Bat)" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Rey and His Orchestra's album "Swingin' Fling!" (EAP-1-1085 on 7" EP and T/ST 1085 on 12" LP) and will also issue "Rock Gently" retitled "More Bat" as a single (Capitol 4239) with "The Bat Theme" (recorded June 8, 1959) on the flipside.

1958 - Vocalist Jean Shepard, with Thomas Grady Martin or Jackie Phelps on lead guitar, Ray Edenton on rhythm guitar, (listed as probably) Walter Haynes on steel guitar, Roy M "Junior" Huskey, Jr. on bass, and Murray M. "Buddy" Harman, Jr. on drums, records the titles "Memory", "I Love You Because", "You Win Again", and "You Can't Break The Chains Of Love" at Bradley Film And Recording Studio in Nashville, Tennessee between 2:00 PM and 5:00 PM. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Shepard's album "Lonesome Love" (T 1126).

1958 - Leopold Stokowski conducts the Orchestra National de la Radiodiffusion Française (lineup unlisted) as they record portions of the 1st and 2nd sections of Debussy's "Iberia" in Paris, France. Capitol Records will issue the entire piece on Stokowski's album "DEBUSSY - Iberia/IBERT - Escales/RAVEL - Alborada del Gracioso" (P/SP-8463).

1963 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Those Lazy-Hazy-Crazy Days Of Summer" debuts at #30 on WABC's Silver Dollar Sound Survey in New York City, New York.

1963 - Jimmie Haskell conducts his own arrangements to His Orchestra (lineup unlisted) as they record the titles "Flipper", "Dime With A Halo", "The Great Escape March", and "Love Is A Ticklish Affair" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Haskell and His Orchestra's album "From Russia With Love" (T/ST 2075)
Orchestra arr. & cond. by Jimmie Haskell.

1963 - Mickey Katz, with unlisted others, records the titles "I'll Take You Home Epsteen", "Can't You Hear Me Callin' Caroline", "The Last Rose Of Summer", and "Duet From Hunter" in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records which has yet to issue any of the titles.

1963 - Trombonist Bob Flanigan and guitarist John Gray, with (listed as) either Al Viola or John Pisano also on guitar, Don Bagley on bass, and Bob Neal on drums, record the titles "Baubles, Bangles And Beads" and "If I Were A Bell" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both titles on Flanigan and Gray's album "Togetherness" (T/ST 1957).

1963 - Vocalist Bobby Edwards, with unlisted others, records the titles "Help Me Get Over You", "Late Hours, and "Don't Pretend" in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue "Help Me Get Over You" and "Don't Pretend" together as a single (Capitol 5006) and has yet to issue "Late Hours.

1968 - John Lennon and Paul McCartney appear on "The Tonight Show", with guest host Joe Garagiola, to announce that their new company, Apple, wants to help young artists.

1968 - Vocalist and guitarist Mary McCaslin, with unlisted others, records the titles "Goodnight Everybody", "Boy From The Country", and "Nine Times Blue" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California for Capitol Records. Bear Family Records will issue all the titles in Germany on the CD "Mary McCaslin - Rain/The Lost Album" (BCD 16232).

1968 - Vocalists John Stewart and Buffy Ford, with unlisted others, record the titles "Dark Prairie", "Holly On My Mind", and "Looking Bach Johanah" in Los Angeles, California. After overdubs are recorded on June 6, 1968 for "Dark Prairie" and "Holly On My Mind", Capitol Records will issue the final mixes on Stewart and Ford's album "Signals Through The Glass" (ST 2975) and has yet to issue "Looking Bach Johanah".

1968 - Vocalist Bobbie Gentry, with an orchestra (lineup unlisted) using an arrangement by Perry Botkin, Jr., records the title "Papa's Medicine Show" in Los Angeles, California. After overdubs are recorded on May 29, 1968, Capitol Records will issue the final mix on Gentry's album "Local Gentry" (ST 2964).

1968 - Final overdubs are recorded in Los Angeles, California for The Chaparral Brothers' title "I'm Not Missing You". Capitol Records will issue the final mix of the title as a single (Capitol 2540) with "Maybe I Could Find My Way Back Home Again" (recorded January 17, 1969) on the flipside and also on The Chaparral Brothers' album "Just For The Records" (ST-551).

1968 - Guitarist and vocalist Syd Barrett, with unlisted others, records the titles "Lanky (Part 1)" and the instrumental "Golden Hair" at an unlisted studio. Harvest Records, a subsidiary of Capitol Records will issue both titles in England on Barrett's album "Opel" (SHSP 4126 on 12" LP and 7-91206-2 on CD).

1973 - Ultra Violet (aka Isabelle Collin Dufresne), with Todd Rundgren on guitar, records the titles "Cool Mac Daddy", "Loving", and "A Clown And A Stranger" in Los Angeles, California with producer Jeffrey Cheen. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Ultra Violet's self-titled album "Ultra Violet" (ST-11244).

1973 - Billy May and The Time-Life Orchestra (lineup unlisted) record the titles "Bye Bye Blues", "Going Out Of My Head" featuring Bob Bain on guitar, "Peter Gunn", "The Look Of Love", and "Wives And Lovers" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California. After overdubs are recorded at the same session for "Bye Bye Blues" and "Wives And Lovers", Time-Life Records will issue, as part of its "As You Remember Them" series, the final mixes of "Bye Bye Blues", "Peter Gunn", "The Look Of Love", and "Wives And Lovers" in the three-LP set "Volume 8 - Billy May" (STL 248) and "Goin' Out Of My Head" in the three-LP set "Volume 7 - Billy May" (STL 247).

1978 - Paul McCartney and Wings' Capitol Records single "With A Little Luck" is #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart.

1979 - The Motels begin recording sessions for their debut Capitol album with a cover of Bobby Troup's "Route 66" which didn't make it onto the album.

1988 - Mother's Finest (lineup unlisted) records the title "For Your Love" in an unlisted studio. Capitol Records will issue the title on the group's album "Looks Could Kill" (C1-48988 on 12" LP and 7-48988-2 on CD).

1998 - Frank Sinatra, singer, motion picture actor, Columbia and Capitol Records artist, father of Frank Jr., Nancy, and Tina Sinatra, and founder of Reprise Records for which he also recorded, is pronounced dead at 10:50 p.m. in the emergency room of Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California at age 82. His funeral is later held at St. Theresa Catholic Church in Palm Springs, California and he is buried next to his parents in Desert Memorial Park in Cathedral City, near Rancho Mirage, California.


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1958 - Guitarist Kenny Burrell, with Louis Smith on trumpet, Duke Jordan on piano, Sam Jones on bass, and Art Blakely on drums, records the titles "I Never Know" and "Scotch Blues" with the additions of Junior Cook and Tina Brooks on tenor saxophones, "The Man I Love", "Yes Baby" with addition again of Cook and Brooks on tenor saxophones, "Phinupi" with the addition of just Cook on tenor saxophone then, with Bobbie Timmons replacing Duke Jordan on piano, the titles "Chuckin'" with the addition again of Cook and Brooks on tenor saxophones, "Autumn In New York" without Smith on trumpet, and "Rock Salt" and "Caravan" with the addition again of Cook and Brooks on tenor saxophones at Manhattan Towers studios in New York City, New York. Blue Note Records will issue "Scotch Blues", "Yes Baby", "Autumn In New York", and "Caravan" on Burrell's album "Blue Lights, Volume 1" (BLP1596 in mono and BST81596 in stereo), "The Man I Love", "Phinupi", "Chuckin", and "Rock Salt" on Burrell's album "Blue Lights, Volume 2" (BLP1597 in mono and BST81597 in stereo), and all the titles on the CD "Blue Lights, Volume 1 And 2" (7-81597-2 in mono and 8-57184-2 in stereo) with a cover illustration on all versions by Andy Warhol.

60 Years Ago Today In 1966 - Bob Dylan and future Capitol Records group The Band record "Tell Me Momma" and "Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues" in Liverpool, England.

1989 - Paula Abdul's Virgin Records America single "Forever Your Girl" is #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart.

1993 - Pianist Gonzalo Rubalcaba, with Charlie Haden on bass and Jack DeJohnette on drums, at a live concert held at Alice Tully Hall in New York City, New York that is recorded by Blue Note Records, performs the titles "Imagine", "You Taught My Heart To Sing" with vocals by Dianne Reeves, "First Song", "Airegin", "Ruby My Dear", and "When Will The Blues Leave" then Rubalcaba, with Reynaldo Melian on trumpet, Felipe Cabrera on electric bass, and Julio Barreto on drums, performs the titles "Contagio", "Moose The Mooche", "Transparence", Perfidia", and "Rapsodia Cubana". All the recordings except those of "You Taught My Heart To Sing" and "First Song" were rejected, "You Taught My Heart To Sing" is still unissued, and Blue Note Records will issue "First Song" on Rubalcaba's album "Imagine - Gonzalo Rubalcaba In The USA" (8-30491-2 on CD).


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1897 - Sidney Bechet, saxophonist, clarinetist, and composer, is born Sidney Joseph Bechet in New Orleans, Louisiana and 62 years later to the day he would die in Paris, France.

1944 - George Lucas, a screenwriter, director, producer, and a studio founder and head, is born George Walton Lucas, Jr. in Modesto, California.

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1953 - Tom Cochrane, lead singer of the Canadian band Red Rider and solo artist on Capitol Records and EMI Records, is born in Lynn Lake, Manitoba, Canada.

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1944 - Jo Stafford (with Paul Weston and His Orchestra)'s Capitol Records single "Long Ago (And Far Away) is #6 on Billboard's Best Selling Retail Records chart.

1950 - Jo Stafford and Gordon MacRae (with Paul Weston and His Orchestra)'s Capitol Records single "Dearie" is #15 on Billboard's Best Selling Retail Records chart and Margaret Whiting and Jimmy Wakely's Capitol Records single "Let's Go To Church (Next Sunday Morning)" is #20.

1954 - Frank Sinatra records the tracks "It Worries Me" and "Half As Lovely (Twice As Nice)" (which will be released together as a single by Capitol Records), as well as "The Gal That Got Away" (which will be released by Capitol with "When I Stop Loving You" on the flipside which will be recorded on August 23, 1954), with arranger Nelson Riddle conducting the studio orchestra (Mahlon Clark, Chuck Gentry, Arthur "Skeets" Herfert, Arthur Kafton, Theodore Nash, and Warren Webb on reeds; Conrad Gozzo and Rubin "Zeke" Zarchy on trumpet; Dick Noel and Tommy Pederson on trombone;, George Roberts on bass trombone; Bobby Gibbons on guitar; Joe Comfort on bass; Bill Miller on piano; Kathryn Julye on harp; Alvin Stoller on drums; Victor Bay, Harry Bluestone, Walter Edelstein, George Kast, Nick Pisani, Mischa Russell, Eudice Shapiro, Paul Shure, and Felix Slatkin on violn; Maxine Johnson and Paul Robyn on viola; and Cy Bernard and Eleanor Slatkin on cello) 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. Capitol Records will issue the first two titles together as a single (Capitol 2864) and the last title as a single (Capitol 2922) with "When I Stop Loving You" (recorded August 23, 1954) on the flipside.

60 Years Ago Today In 1966 - Time Magazine runs an article about Capitol Records artist Mrs. Elva Miller and her upcoming appearance on the Ed Sullivan show (May 22, 1966).

1967 - Capitol Records artist Merle Haggard debuts on the Grand Ole Opry.

1970 - The Beatles' film "Let It Be" is released.

1975 - Bob Willis (born James Robert Wills), fiddle and mandolin player, songwriter, bandleader (Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys), motion picture actor, 1968 Country Music Hall of Fame inductee, 1970 Nashville Songwriters Hall Of Fame inductee, 2000 Texas Country Music Hall of Fame inductee, and Capitol Records artist, dies of pneumonia at age 70 in his Fort Worth, Texas home.

1988 - Chet Baker (born Chesney Henry Baker Jr.), singer, trumpet player, Capitol Records, Pacific Jazz and Blue Note Records artist, and whose face is part of the mural on the side of The Capitol Tower, dies at age 59 after falling (or being pushed) from his second story hotel window in Amsterdam, Holland. His body is later brought home for internment in the Inglewood Park Cemetery in Inglewood, California.

1989 - Donny Osmond scores his first US Top 5 hit since 1972 when his Capitol Records single "Soldier of Love" moves to #5 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart.

30 Years Ago Today In 1996 - Liz Phair shoots a video for her Capitol Records single "Rocket Boy" on a soundstage in Hollywood, California.

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1907 - Madame (later Dame) Nellie Melba lays the foundation stone for the Power House at the Hayes factory site of The Gramaphone and Typewriter Ltd., a company that would later become EMI.

1913 - Pianist, arranger and composer Gil Evans, is born Ian Ernest Gilmore Green (or Gilmore Ian Rodrigo Green) in Toronto, Canada. He would later take his stepfather's last name. Along with his own recordings and arranging for other bands (including Capitol and Pacific Jazz Records artists Billy Butterfield, Peggy Lee, Benny Goodman, Gerry Mulligan and others), Evans would provide the arrangements to the Miles Davis Nonet for the tracks "Moondreams" and "Boplicity" that were part of the "Birth Of The Cool" sessions for Capitol Records.

1924 - Future Capitol Records Marlene Dietrich marries Rudolf Sieber, and they will remain married for over 50 years.

1945 - Magic Dick, musician with the EMI America Records group The J. Geils Band is born Dick Salwitz in New London, Connecticut.

80 Years Ago Today In 1946 - Danny Klein, bassist with the EMI America Records group The J. Geils Band, is born in New York City, New York.

1947 - Liza Luise Rey, harpist, songwriter, and daughter of Capitol Records artist Alvino Rey and future Capitol Records artist Louise King (of The King Sisters), is born in Burbank, California, would later marry geologist Ned Butler, and now lives in South Harbor, Maine.

1954 - "The Pajama Game" makes its debut on Broadway at the St. James Theatre in New York City, New York. It is producer Harold Prince's first Broadway endeavor. Capitol Records artist John Raitt and Janis Paige star in the leading roles. The show will run for 1,063 performances. Raitt will also star in the movie version long with Doris Day.


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85 Years Ago Today In 1941 - Ritchie Valens, singer, songwriter, guitarist, and motion picture performer, is born Richard Steven Valenzuela in Pacoima, California.

1943 - Motown singer Mary Wells is born Mary Esther Wells in Detroit, Michigan.

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1910 - Gordon Jenkins, a pianist, bandleader, arranger, and Capitol Records artist (as Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra) who conducted the orchestral background at Capitol Records first session, is born in Webster Groves, Missouri.

1920 - "Tiny" Moore (a nickname due to his large frame), electric mandolin, fiddle, and banjo player and drummer, with Bob Wills' Texas Playboys and in Capitol Records artists Merle Haggard's band, The Strangers, is born Billie Moore in Port Arthur, Hamilton County, Texas. In the '50s, while touring with Haggard, he invents a five-string electric mandolin.

105 Years Ago Today In 1921 - Joe Maphis, singer, guitarist, fiddle player, with the Capitol Records duo Joe Maphis & Rose Lee with his wife, session musician on sessions for Capitol Records artists Merle Travis, Wesley Tuttle, Tex Ritter, Skeets McDonald, Freddie Hart, Wynn Stewart, Wanda Jackson, Sonny James, Joe Carson, Hank Thompson, The Four Preps, Robert Mitchum, Tommy Collins, Dean Reed, Rose Maddox, Charles Lee Guy III and Imperial Records artist Rick Nelson, is born Otis W. Maphis in Suffolk, Virginia.

1950 - Billy Squier, singer, guitarist, Capitol Records artist (1980-1993), and recently part of Ringo Starr & His All Starr Band, is born in Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts. If anyone knows his full name, please leave a comment.

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1942 - At Capitol Records' second recording session, vocalist Johnnie Johnston, with Gordon Jenkins And His Orchestra (lineup unlisted) records the titles "Can't You Hear Me Callin', Caroline", "Conchita Marquita (Lolita Pepita Rosita Juanita Lopez)", "Easy To Love", and "Windmill Under The Stars" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Can't You Hear Me Callin', Caroline" as a single (Capitol 130) with "That Old Black Magic" (recorded July 9, 1942) on the flipside, "Conchita Marquita (Lolita Pepita Rosita Juanita Lopez)" and "Windmill Under The Stars" together as a single (Capitol 109) which will be part of the label's initial release to retail, and "Easy To Love" as a single (Capitol 120) with "Dearly Beloved" (also recorded on July 9, 1942) on the flipside.

1943 - Robert Heger conducts The Berlin State House Orchestra (lineup unlisted) and soprano vocalist Liselotte Enck as they record Richard Strauss' "Salome (Final Scene)" in four parts for Telefunken Records in Berlin, Germany. After Capitol Records licenses Telefunken's catalog for release in the United States, it will issue all four parts on the 10" vinyl album "Richard STRAUSS - Salome (Final Scene)/Dance Of The Seven Veils" (L-8036).

1945 - Johnny Mercer, Jo Stafford & The Pied Pipers (with Paul Weston & His Orchestra)'s Capitol Records single "Candy" is #3 on Billboard's Best Selling Retail Records chart.

1949 - On NBC's radio show, The Martin and Lewis Show, Dean and Jerry are at Capitol Records to record a new tune and get tips on how to sing folk songs from guest Burl Ives.

75 Years Ago Today In 1951 - Les Paul and Mary Ford's Capitol Records single "How High The Moon" is #1 on Billboard's Best Selling Singles chart, Nat "King" Cole (with orchestra conducted by Les Baxter using a ghostwritten arrangement by Nelson Riddle)'s Capitol Records single "Too Young" is #3, Les Paul and Mary Ford's Capitol Records single "Mockin'bird Hill" is #5,

1953 - Vocalist and guitarist Jenks "Tex Carman, with unlisted others, records the titles "My Lonely Heart And I", "You Tell Her, 'Cause I Stutter", "The Caissons Go Rolling Along", and "Locust Hill Rag" in Capitol Records' studios at 5515 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue "My Lonely Heart And I", and "Locust Hill" together as a single (Capitol 2534 on 10" shellac and F2534 on 7" vinyl), "The Caissons Go Rolling Along" as a single (Capitol 2621 on 10" shellac and F2621 on 7" vinyl" with "Blue Memories" (recorded September 11, 1952) on the flipside. Bear Family Records will issue all the titles in Germany on the CD "Jenks "Tex" Carman - Hillbilly Hula" (BCD 15574).

1953 - Vocalist Ferlin Husky, with an orchestra (lineup unlisted), recorded the titles "Minnie-Ha Cha", "I Lost My Heart Today", "You'll Die A Thousand Deaths", and "Hom Much Are You Mine" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Minnie-Ha Cha" and "I Lost My Heart Today" together as a single (Capitol 2495 on 10" shellac and F2495 on 7" vinly) and "You'll Die A Thousand Deaths" and "Hom Much Are You Mine" together as a single (Capitol 2558 on 10" shellac and F2558 on 7" vinyl).

1954 - 20th Century Fox releases the movie "Three Coins In A Fountain" with Frank Sinatra singing the title song over the opening credits.

70 Years Ago Today In 1956 - Les Baxter and His Orchestra's Capitol Records single "The Poor People Of Paris" is #3 on Billboard's Best Selling Retail Records chart, Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra's Capitol Records single "Lisbon Antigua" is #6, and Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Too Young To Go Steady" is tied for #38 with Frankie Lymon and The Teenagers "I Want You To Be My Girl".

1958 - Twelve-year-old Laurie London's Capitol Records single "He's Got The Whole World In His Hands" is #4 on Billboard's Best Selling Retail Records chart, Dean Martin (with Gus Levine and His Orchestra and Chorus)'s Capitol Records single "Return To Me" is #6, Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Looking Back" is #10, The Four Preps' Capitol Records single "Big Man" is tied at #23 with Paul Anka's "Crazy Love" and their single "Twenty Six Miles" is tied at #32 with Fats Domino's Imperial Records single "Sick And Tired". Also, Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Looking Back" is #16 on WMGM's Top 40 Survey in New York City, New York.

1958 - Pianist Lou Busch, with unlisted others, records the titles "Shangri-La", "Nola", "Ladies, Please Remove Your Hats", "March To The Blues", and "Lazy Train" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Shangri-La" and "Nola" on Busch's album "Lou Busch, His Piano And His Orchestra - Lazy Rhapsody" (T/ST 1072), "Ladies Please Remove Your Hats" as a single (Capitol F4019) with "Young Enough To Dream" (recorded June 2, 1958) on the flipside, and "March To The Blues" and "Lazy Train" together as a single (F3996) as by Joe "Fingers" Carr.

1960 – Capitol Records artist Frank Sinatra and Elvis Presley sing each other's hits on Sinatra's ABC-TV "Timex Spectacular" television special "Welcome Home Elvis", Elvis' first television appearance after being discharged from the U.S. Army. Elvis sings "Witchcraft" and Frank sings "Love Me Tender".

1963 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Those Hazy-Lazy-Crazy Days Of Summer" debuts at #35 or KRLA's Fabulous Fifty chart in Los Angeles, California.

1964 - Buck Owens' Capitol Records single "My Heart Skips A Beat", with "Together Again" on the flipside, tops the U.S. Country singles charts
50 Years Ago Today In 1968 - Glen Campbell's Capitol Records single ""I Wanna Live", with "That's All That Matters" on the flipside, is #1 on the U.S. Country singles charts.

1968 - John Lennon and Paul McCartney hold the first board meeting of Apple Corps in a Chinese junk sailing around New York's Statue of Liberty.

1978 - During the second of three days of live shows given at The Palladium Theatre in London, England and recorded by Capitol Records, vocalist Helen Reddy, with unlisted others, performs the titles "Poor Little Fool", "Ready Or Not", "Westwind Circus", "We'll Sing In The Sunshine", and "You're My World". Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Reddy's two-LP set "Live In London" (SKBO-11873) and "Westwind Circus" also as a single (Capitol 4654) with "Mama" (recorded May 13, 1978) on the flipside.

1979 - The Motels sign a contract with Capitol Records.

1988 - Vocalist Freddie Jackson, with unlisted others, records the title "You And I Got A Thing" in an unlisted studio. Capitol Records will issue the title as a single (Capitol 44283) with "It's Gonna Take A Long, Long Time" (recorded sometime in April 1988) on the flipside and also on Jackson's CD "Don't Let Love Slip Away" (C2-48987).

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1948 - Steve Winwood, a singer, songwriter, musician, member of the United Artists band Spenser Davis Group, as well as the bands Traffic, Blind Faith and Ginger Bakers' Army, and a Virgin Records America solo artist, is born Stephen Lawrence Winwood in Great Barr, Birmingham, England. I worked on the design and print production of the packaging, promotional items, and advertising for his album and single "Roll With It".

70 Years Ago Today In 1956 - Fats Domino's Imperial Records single "I'm In Love Again" is #26 on Billboard's Best Selling Retail Records chart.

1958 - David Seville's Liberty Records single "Witch Doctor" is #1 on Billboard's Best Selling Retail Records chart, Rick Nelson's Imperial Records single "Believe What You Say" is #21 and his single "My Bucket's Got A Hole In It" is tied for #27 with Pat Boone (with Billy Vaughn and His Orchestra)'s single "Sugar Moon", and Fats Domino's Imperial Records single "Sick And Tired" is tied at #32 with The Four Prep's Capitol Records single "Twenty Six Miles".

1962 - Jay and The Americans' United Artists single "She Cried" is #6 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart, Walter Brennan's Liberty Records single "Old Rivers" is #7, Joey Dee and the Starlighters' Roulette Records single "Shout (Part 1)" is #10, Rick Nelson's Imperial Records single "Young World" is #22, and Dick and DeeDee's Liberty Records single "Tell Me" is #29.

1962 - Emilio Estevez, actor and one-time husband of Virgin Records America artist Paula Abdul is born.

1963 - The Beatles lip sync "From Me To You" and "I Saw Her Standing There" at a taping for the TV show "Thank Your Lucky Stars." that will air May 18, 1963.

1965 – Future Virgin Records artists The Rolling Stones begin the initial recordings of "Satisfaction" at Chess Studios in Chicago.

55 Years Ago Today In 1971 – Future Virgin Records artist and member of The Rolling Stones, Mick Jagger, marries Bianca Perez Morena de Macias in St. Tropez, France, with the rest of The Rolling Stones, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, and others as guests in attendance.

40 Years Ago Today In 1986 - Glass Tiger's Capitol Records single "Don't Forget Me (When I'm Gone)" with Bryan Adams lending vocals for the duet and with "Ancient Evenings" and "Large Hole" on the flipside, hits #1 on the Canadian charts. The single was released by Capitol Records in Canada and Manhattan Records in the United States, where it would peak at #2 on the U.S. Billboard chart, and go on to win the 1986 Juno Award in Canada for "Single Of The Year".

1993 - Pianist Bob Belden, with Cassandra Wilson on lead and backing vocals, Loris Diran on background vocals, Greg Osby on soprano saxophone, Adam Holzman on synthesizer, Richard Patterson on electric bass, and Ricky Wellman on drums, using Belden's own arrangement, records the title "When Doves Fly" at DK Studios in New York City, New York for the Somethin' Else label. Also recorded that day by Wallace Roney and Kenny Garrett is title "Electric Chair. Metro Blue Records (formed by Capitol Records as a sister label to Blue Note Records) will issue "When Doves Cry" on Belden's CD "When Doves Cry: The Music Of Prince" (8-29515-2). Blue Note Records will issue both titles on the album "Blue Note Plays Prince" (8-63826-2).

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1907 - Katharine Hepburn, Broadway and motion picture actress, is born Katharine Houghton Hepburn in Hartford, Connecticut.

1928 - Songwriter Burt Bacharach is born Burt Freeman Bacharach Kansas City, Missouri.

1942 - Singer and leader of Kilburn and the High Roads and The Blockheads, Ian Dury, is born in Upminster Essex, England.

1942 - Singer and musician Billy Swan is born in Cape Giradeau, Missouri and currently resides in Sherman Oaks, CA,

55 Years Ago Today In 1971 - Tor Johnson, a professional wrestler as well as an actor in many of Ed Wood's films dies at age 67 in San Fernando, California of a heart attack and is buried in Eternal Valley Memorial Park, Newhall, California, USA, in the Whispering Pines section, #177 E.

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1904 - Salvador Dali, a Surrealist artist, is born Salvador Felip Jacint Dalí Domènech in the town of Figueres, in Catalonia, Spain. Dali will paint the cover art for Jackie Gleason's Capitol Records album "Jackie Gleason Presents Lonesome Echo" and a photo of him shaking hands with Gleason is on the back cover.

115 Years Ago Today In 1911 - Phil Silvers, actor, comedian and Capitol Records artist as a guest vocalist on Johnny Mercer's first big hit for the label, "Strip Polka", is born Philip Silversmith in Brooklyn, New York. Mercer will later write the Broadway musical "Top Banana" for Silvers and Capitol Records will release its original Broadway cast album.

1930 - Marilyn King, a singer, sister-in-law of Capitol Records artist Alvino Rey and Capitol Records executive Jim Conkling as well as actor Robert Clarke and keyboardist Buddy Cole, and youngest member of the Capitol Records group The King Sisters is born Marilyn Adine Driggs in Los Angeles, California.

95 Years Ago Today In 1931 - Dick Garcia, guitarist with the Capitol Records group The George Shearing Quintet, is born in New York City, New York.

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1943 - Capitol Records group The King Cole Trio returns to Herb Rose's 331 Club for what will be a "duration" engagement following their stay at the Beachcomber in Omaha, Nebraska.

80 Years Ago Today In 1946 - Andy Russell (with Paul Weston and His Orchestra)'s Capitol Records single "Laughing On The Outside (Crying On The Inside)" is #4 on Billboard's Best Selling Retail Records chart and Alvino Ray (with vocals by Rocky Coluccio)'s Capitol Records single "Cement Mixer (Put-Ti Put-Ti)" with "We'll Gather Lilacs" on the flip side, debuts at #6.

1950 - Mel Blanc records the tracks "I'm Glad That I'm Bugs Bunny" and "Daffy Duck's Rhapsody" for the Capitol Records children's EP "Bugs Bunny Sings". The sessions were produced by Alan Livingston who also wrote the songs with Warren Foster, Mike Maltese, and Billy May. May also arranged and conducted the session with additional uncredited vocals provided by June Foray and Tom Reddy.

1953 - Vocalist and guitarist Billy Strange, with unlisted others, records the titles "A Lonesome Lover's Lie", "Red", and "Half A Photograph" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "A Lonesome Lover's Lie" as a single (Capitol 2702 on 10" shellac and F2702 on 7" vinyl) with "Catsup And Honey" (recorded August 20, 1953) on the flipside and "Red" and "Half A Photograph" together as a single (Capitol 2500 on 10" shellac and F2500 on 7" vinyl.

1953 - During two sessions held this day in New York City, New York, cornet player Bobby Hackett, with Lou Stein on piano, Billy Bauer on guitar, Arnold Fishkind on bass, Denzil Best on drums, and a string quintet of four unlisted viola and one cello players using arrangements (listed as probably) by Sid Feller, records the titles "That Old Black Magic", "The Song Is You", "You Turned The Tables On Me" and "Someday You'll Be Sorry" during the first session and the titles "Easy To Love", Soft Lights And Sweet Music", "I Cried For You (Now It's Your Turn To Cry Over Me)" and "Bobby's Blues" during the second session. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Hackett's album "Soft Lights And Bobby Hackett" (EAP-1/2/-458 on 7" EPs, EBF-458 on two 7" EP set, H/L 458, on 10" vinyl, and T 458 on 12" vinyl).

1958 - The male vocal quartet The Stylemasters (lineup unlisted), with unlisted others, record the titles "You're A Sweetheart" and "Carolina In The Morning" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both titles together as a single (Capitol F4076).

1958 - After a rehearsal session, Felix Slatkin conducts The Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra (lineup unlisted) as they record Tchaikovsky's "Waltz Opus 48 (From 'Serenade For String Orchestra')", "Londonderry Air (Danny Boy)", Tchaikovsky's "Opus 11 - Andante Cantabile (From 'String Quartet In D Major')", and Bach's "Air (from 'Suite N° 3 In D Major')" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on the orchestra's album "Strings By Starlight" (P/SP-8444).

1958 - Fred Waring conducts The Pennsylvanians (lineup unlisted) as they record a new take of the title "April In Paris" using an arrangement by Harry Simeone and, with vocals by Patti Beems, the titles "Come To Me, Bend To Me" using an arrangement by Harry Simone and "Yours Is My Heart Alone" using an arrangement by Roy Ringwald in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Waring and The Pennsylvanians' two-LP set "Broadway Cavalcade" (WBO/SWBO 1079).

1959 - Capitol Records artist Judy Garland opens on Broadway at the Metropolitan Opera House for a series of 7 concerts, which will end on May 17, 1959.

1959 - Buck Owens' Capitol Records single "Second Fiddle", with "My Everlasting Love" on the flipside, becomes his first single to enter the U.S. Country singles chart.

1960 - During a split session held this day at EMI's Abbey Road Studios in London, England, first vocalist Gene Vincent, with The Beat Boys (Billy McVay on tenor saxophone, Georgie Fame on piano, Colin Green on guitar, Vince Cooze on bass, and Red Reece on drums who were touring with Vincent), records the title "Pistol Packin' Mama" using an arrangement that Vincent had worked on with Eddie Cochran, with whom he had planned to record the song before Cochran's death in a car crash in England then Vincent, with The Norie Paramor Orchestra and Chorus (lineups unlisted) records the ballad, "Weeping Willow" and a speech. Capitol Records will issue "Pistol Packin' Mama" as a single (Capitol 4442) with "Anna Annabelle" (recorded October 17, 1958) on the flipside in the United States and also as a single in England (45CL15136) with "Weeping Willow" on the flipside. "Pistol Packin' Mama" would be Vincent's biggest U.K. hit, peaking at # 15. The speech has yet to be issued.

1963 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Those Lazy-Hazy-Crazy Days Of Summer" is #24 on WLCY 1380's Top 50 Survey in Tampa, Florida, debuts at #63 on Cash Box magazine's Top 100 Singles chart and #70 on Billboard magazine's Hot 100 Singles chart. Cole's single "Han Skal I Glas Og Ramme (Skip To My Lou)" debuts at #7 in Denmark according to Quan Musikbureau, Copenhagen. Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records album "Ramblin' Rose" is #69 and his album "Dear Lonely Hearts" is #75 on Billboard magazine's Top LPs - 150 Best Sellers - Monaural chart.

1964 - Capitol Records releases The Beach Boys' single "I Get Around", with "Don't Worry Baby" on the flipside.

1964 - The Beatles mono EP "Four By The Beatles" is released in the U.S. with the tracks "Roll Over Beethoven" and "This Boy" on the A-side and "All My Loving" and "Please Mr. Postman" on the B-side

1965 - Masters for The Beatles tracks "Dizzy Miss Lizzy" and "Bad Boy" are sent by The Beatles, via air mail, to Capitol Records and the shooting of "Help!" resumes in Cliveden House, Buckinghamshire.

1968 - John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Mal Evans, Derek Taylor, and Neil Aspinal arrive in New York City to promote Apple Corps.

1968 - Mad River (David Robinson and Rick Bockner on guitars, Lawrence Hammond on bass, keyboards, and vocals, Greg Dewey on drums, harmonica, and vocals, and Tom Manning on vocals), with producer Nick Venet, records the title "Wind Chimes" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the title on the group's self-titled album "Mad River" (ST 2985).

1968 - Vocalists Tony Sandler and Ralph Young, with unlisted others, at two live shows (the next will be on May 13, 1968) recorded by Capitol Records perform the titles "Opening Number", "What What Happens", "Mr. Boom Boom (Mr. Bass Man)", "Love Is Blue (L'Amour Est Bleu)", "French Lesson", "Malaguena Salerosa", "Sweet Georgia Brown", and "Bill Bailey Medley: In France/In England/In Nashville/In Italy/In The Time Of Johann Sebastian Bach/In Tel Aviv/In The U.S.A.". No session breakdown for each show is listed. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Sandler and Young's album "The 'In Person' Album" (ST 2961).

1970 - The Beatles' Apple Records single "Long And Winding Road", with "For You Blue" on the flipside, is released by Capitol Records in the United States.

1970 – The Chairmen of the Board's "Gimme Just a Little More Time" on Invictus Records, distributed by Capitol Records, is certified Gold by the RIAA.

1973 - Vocalist Ultra Violet (aka Isabelle Collin Dufresne), with Todd Rundgren on guitar, records the titles "Shanghai Bill" and "42nd Street" in Los Angeles, California with producer Jeffrey Cheen. Capitol Records will issue both titles on Ultra Violet's album "Ultra Violet" (ST-11244) and an edited version of "Shanghai Bill" as a single (Capitol 3743) with "La Vie En Rose" (recorded July 27, 1973) on the flipside.

1973 - Ben Peters, with unlisted others, records the titles "My Love Is Deep, My Love Is Wide", "This Time Has Got To Last", "Would You Still Love Me", and "Just What I Had In Mind" in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue "This Time Has Got To Last" and "Would You Still Love Me" together as a single (Capitol 3687) and has yet to issue the other two titles.

1978 - Vocalist Helen Reddy begins three straight days of live shows at the Palladium, in London, England that are recorded by Capitol Records. At today's show, Reddy, with unlisted others, performs the titles "Rhythm Rhapsody", "This Masquerade", "Bluebird", "Hold Me In Your Dreams Tonight", and "Angie Baby". Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Reddy's album "Live In London" (SKBO-11873).

1983 - Capitol Records registers the masters it acquired for Helix's titles "Does A Fool Ever Learn", "Let's All Do It Tonight", "Heavy Metal Love", "Check Out The Love", "No Rest For The Wicked", "Don't Get Mad, Get Even", "Ain't No High Like Rock 'N' Roll", "Dirty Dog", "Never Want To Lose You", and "Black Leather" and will issue all the titles on the group's album "No Rest For The Wicked" (ST-12281) and also "Heavy Metal Love" and "No Rest For The Wicked" together as a single (Capitol 5294).

1988 - Capitol Records executive Lynn Shults goes to the Bluebird Cafe to hear Garth Brooks perform in front of a live audience. After the show, Shultz does a handshake deal, signing Brooks to Capitol Records 

25 Years Ago Today In 2001 - Paul McCartney's TV special "Wingspan" has it's world debut on ABC-TV in the United States.


ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1943 - Les Chadwick, bassist for the group Gerry and the Pacemakers, is born John Leslie Chadwick in Liverpool, England.

1965 - The musical "Flora, the Red Menace", featuring a score by composer John Kander and lyricist Fred Ebb, opens on Broadway at The Alvin Theatre with future Capitol Records artist 19 year-old Lisa Minnelli in her first starring role, a role that will also make her the youngest woman ever to win a Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical.

45 Years Ago Today In 1981 - "All Those Years Ago", George Harrison's tribute single to John Lennon, with help from Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr, is released in the U.S. by Dark Horse Records with "Writings On The Wall" on the flipside.

1983 - EMI America registers the masters it purchased for The Coconuts' titles "Don't Take My Coconuts", "Naughty Boy", "Maladie D'Amour", "Ticket To The Tropics", "Indiscreet", "Kriminal-Tango", "Did You Have To Love Me Like You Did?", "If I Only Had A Brain", "The Glory That Was Eden", and "Hats Off To Citizen K" and will issue all the titles, except "Hats Off To Citizen K" on the group's album "Don't Take My Coconuts" (ST-17097), "Indiscreet" and an edited version of "If I Only Had A Brain" together as a single (EMI America 8173), "Did You Have To Love Me Like You Did?" and "Hats Off To Citizen K" together as a single (EM America 7808), "Hats Off To Citizen K" also as a single (EMI America 8164) with an edited version of "Did You Have To Love Me Like You Did?", and extended versions of "Indiscreet" and "If I Only Had A Brain" together as a single (EMI America 7810).

1983 - Vocalist Sheena Easton, with unlisted others, records the title "I Like The Fright" in an unlisted studio. EMI America will issue the title on Easton's album "Best Kept Secret" (ST-17101).

35 Years Ago Today In 1991 - Roxette's EMI America single "Joyride", with "Come Back" on the flipside, is #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart

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1888 - Irving Berlin, a songwriter, producer, and motion picture actor, is born in Israel Isidore Beilin somewhere in Russia/Beylorussia or possibly Temun, Russia. If anyone knows for sure where Irving was born, please leave a comment.

1918 - Richard Feynman, a Nobel Prize-winning physicist, teacher, lecturer, percussionist, and occasional stage actor (in the Theatre Arts At The California Institute of Technology's aka TACIT's musicals including "South Pacific" and "Kismet"), is born Richard Phillips Feynman in Far Rockaway, Queens, New York. I met him when I was doing the poster and program design (as well as working a spotlight) for TACIT and he would be drawing in a sketchbook during rehearsals and going to the cast parties including one at Al Hibb's home in Pasadena where I was in charge of the music. He really liked the soundtrack to Jonathan Demme's "Something's Wild" as well as any big band music.

1927 - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is founded.

85 Years Ago Today In 1941 - Eric Burdon, lead singer of the group The Animals, is born Eric Victor Burdon in Walker-on-Tyne, Northumberland, England.

1970 – The triple album soundtrack to "Woodstock" is released and will be certified Gold in just two weeks by the R.I.A.A.

1979 - Country legend Lester Flatt, best remembered for his recordings with partner Earl Scruggs of "Foggy Mountain Breakdown" and "The Theme To The Beverly Hillbillies", dies in Nashville, Tennessee at age 64.

45 Years Ago Today In 1981 - Bob Marley (born Robert Nesta Marley), singer, songwriter, and father of EMI America and Virgin Records artists Ziggy Marley and The Melody Makers, dies at Cedars of Lebanon Hospital in Miami, Florida of cancer at age 36.