SEPTEMBER 16, 2026

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

1934 - George Chakiris, stage, motion picture and television actor, dancer, singer, jewelry designer, and Capitol Records artist, is born in Norwood, Ohio. Please visit his website.

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

80 Years Ago Today In 1946 - At a split session held in New York City, New York first Andy Russell (on vocals), with Paul Weston and his Orchestra, records the titles "You're Everything To Me" and "The More I Go Out With Somebody Else" then Jo Stafford, again with Paul Weston and His Orchestra, records the title "Promise". Capitol Records will release both of Russell's tracks together as a single (Capitol 310) and Stafford's track as a single (Capitol 317) with "This Time" on the flipside.

1947 - It's a Tuesday, Yom Kippur, and The King Cole Trio perform a concert at a barely more than half full Civic Opera House in Chicago, Illinois. The importance of the date was overlooked by the promoters until it was too late and was one of the reasons for the low turn out.

1947 - Guitarist Alvino Rey, with unlisted others, records four unlisted titles for The Capitol Records Transcription Service probably at "The Chateau" on DeLongpres near Vine Street in Hollywood, California. No issuing information is listed.

1952 - Pianist Stan Kenton and His Orchestra (Buddy Childers, Maynard Ferguson, Conte Candoli, Don Dennis, and Ruben McFall on trumpets, Bob Burgess, Frank Rosolino, Bill Russo, and Keith Moon on trombones, George Roberts on bass trombone, Lee Konitz and Vinnie Dean on alto saxophone, Bill Holman and Richie Kamuca on tenor saxophones, Bob Gioga on baritone saxophone, Sal Salvador on guitar, Don Bagley on bass, and Stan Levey on drums) will finish recording the title "Improvisation" at Universal Studios in Chicago, Illinois between 12:00 AM and 3:00 AM and is the last session for the album that Capitol Records will issue as "New Concepts Of Artistry In Rhythm" (H-383).

1957 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "With You On My Mind" debuts at #33 on WMGM's Top 40 Survey in New York City, New York.

1957 - Louis Adrian directs a mixed chorus and orchestra (lineups unlisted) as they record the titles "Overture", "I'm A Bad, Bad Man" with vocals by John Raitt, "Doin' What Comes Natur'lly" with vocals by Mary Martin and girls (lineup unlisted), "The Girl I Marry" with vocals by John Raitt, "You Can't Get A Man With A Gun" with vocals by Mary Martin, "Moonshine Lullaby" with vocals by Mary Martin and girls, "They Say It's Wonderful" with vocals by Mary Martin and John Raitt, "My Defenses Are Down" with vocals by John Raitt and men (lineup unlisted), "I'm An Indian Too" with vocals by Mary Martin and mixed chorus, "I Got Lost In His Arms" with vocals by Mary Martin, "I've Got The Sun In The Morning" with vocals by Mary Martin, "Anything You Can Do" with vocals by Mary Martin and John Raitt, and "Finale: There's No Business Like Show Business" with vocals by Mary Martin, John Raitt, and chorus in the Palace Theater on Vine Steet in Hollywood, California for RCA Victor. Capitol Records will purchase the masters and issue all the titles on the soundtrack to the television special "Annie Get Your Gun" (W 913).

1957 - At two sessions held at The Riverside Plaza Hotel in New York City, New York, cornetist Bobby Hacket and trombonist Jack Teagarden, with Peanuts Hucko on clarinet and tenor saxophone, Ernie Caceres on baritone saxophone and clarinet, Gene Schroeder on piano, Billy Bauer on guitar, Jack Lesberg on bass, and Buzzy Drootin on drums, record the titles "Indiana", "Indiana (Mono Take)", "It's Wonderful", "'Way Down Yonder In New Orleans", "'S Wonderful", and "'S Wonderful (Mono Take)" at the first session and the titles "Baby Won't You Please Come Home", "I Found A New Baby", "Mama's Gone" and "Mama's Gone (Mono Take)" at the second session. Note: Mono takes are presumably edited from original tapes, whereas Capitol stereo issue used original tape. Capitol Records will issue "Indiana (Mono Take)", "It's Wonderful", "'Way Down Yonder In New Orleans", "'S Wonderful (Mono Take)", "Baby Won't You Please Come Home", "I Found A New Baby", and "Mama's Gone (Mono Take)" on the album "Bobby Hackett & Jack Teagarden - Jazz Ultimate" (T 933) and "Indiana", "It's Wonderful", "'Way Down Yonder In New Orleans", "'S Wonderful", "Baby Won't You Please Come Home", "I Found A New Baby", and "Mama's Gone" on the stereo version of the album (ST 933). Mosaic Records will issue all the titles and versions in the box set "The Complete Capitol Fifties Jack Teagarden Sessions" (MQ6-618 on vinyl, MD4-168 on CD).

1958 - Overdubs are recorded in Los Angeles, California for Mark Murphy's title "I'll Never Be Free/Makin' Whoopee". Capitol Records has yet to issue the title.

1958 - Vocalist Yma Sumac, with Bob Bain directing the orchestra and vocal chorus (lineups unlisted), records the titles "Clamor (Won't Forget You)" and "La Molina" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both titles on Sumac's album "Fuego Del Ande" (T/ST 1169).

1958 - Nelson Riddle conducts his own arrangments to His Orchestra (lineup unlisted) as they record the titles "Birds Of Paradise", "Silver Bell Waltz", "Bonsoir Lisbon", and "Something Special" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Birds Of Paradise" as a single (Capitol F4075) with "Una Casa Portuguesa" (recorded April 25, 1958) on the flipside, "Bonsoir Lisbon" in England as a single (45CL15229) with "Ziganette" (recorded July 17, 1959) on the flipside, "Something Special" as a single (Capitol F4120) with "The Joy Of Living" (recorded November 12, 1958) on the flipside, and has yet to issue "Silver Bell Waltz".

1958 - Pianist Leonard Pennario, with Carmen Dragon conducting The Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra (lineup unlisted), records Addinsell's "Warsaw Concerto", Beethoven's "Adagio From 'Moonlight Sonata'", and Liszt's "Liebestraum" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Pennario's album "Concertos Under The Stars" (P/SP-8326).

1958 - Harpist Marcel Grandjany, with Felix Slatkin conducting The Hollywood String Quartet (lineup unlisted), does a rehersal for a future recording for Capitol Records of Ravel's "Introduction And Allegro" in Los Angeles, California.

1958 - Harpist Marcel Grandjany, with Felix Slatkin conducting The Hollywood String Quartet (lineup unlisted), does a rehearsal for a future recording for Capitol Records of Ravel's "Introduction And Allegro" in Los Angeles, California.

1963 - Capitol Records releases The Beach Boys' album "Surfer Girl" (T/ST 1981).

1963 - Capitol Records Canada releases The Beatles' single "She Loves You", with "I'll Get You", on the flipside. In the United States, the single is released by Swan Records.

1963 - Richard And Jim (lineup unlisted), with unlisted others, record the titles "Midnight Special", "Muddy Water", and "Travelin' Kind" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on the duo's album "Folk Songs And Country Sounds" (T/ST 2058).

1963 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records album "Those Lazy-Hazy-Crazy Days Of Summer" is #3 on CHUM 1050 AM's Album Index in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and Cole's Capitol Records single "That Sunday, That Summer" is #39 on the station's CHUM Hit Parade chart.

1963 - Vocalist Jeannie Hoffman, with guitarist Jack Marshall directing the rest of the orchestra (unlisted woodwinds, piano, bass, and drums players), records the titles "Sing Hallelujah", "Lass From the Low Country", and "Billy Boy" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Hoffman's album "The Folk-Type Swinger" (T/ST 2021) and "Sing Hallelujah" as a single (Capitol 5139) with "Frankie And Johnny" (recorded September 19, 1963) on the flipside.

1964 - Capitol Records artist Donna Loren becomes a featured singer on the ABC Television show "Shindig!" which also premieres on this date. Loren will remain the featured female vocalist for the entire run of the show which ends January 8, 1966.

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) and unlisted others record the title "Your Mother Should Know" at E.M.I.'s Abbey Road Studios in London, England with producer George Martin. Capitol Records will issue the title in the United States on the soundtrack album for the group's television movie "Magical Mystery Tour" (MAL/SMAL-2835).

1968 - The Beatles record the title "I Will" for their self-titled album (aka "The White Album") at E.M.I.'s Studios on Abbey Road, in London, England. They also record a version of "Step Inside Love" (which they wrote for Cilla Black who also recorded it) which will appear on their album "Anthology 3".

1968 - Quicksilver Messenger Service (lineup unlisted) records the titles "Get In Trouble" and "Stand By Me" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records has yet to issue "Get In Trouble" and will issue "Stand By Me" as a single (Capitol 2320) with "Bears" (recorded September 17, 1968) on the flipside.

1968 - Pollution (Otis Hale on lead vocals, Richard Lewis on keyboards and vocals, James Quill Smith on guitar and vocals, John Kenneth Lambert on bass and vocals, and Duane Bryant and Barbara Busa on vocals and unlisted instruments) records the titles "Season Of Love" and "Tom Cat" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both titles on the group's album "Heir" (ST-205).

1968 - The Beach Boys (lineup unlisted) record the title "Never Learn Not To Love" in Los Angeles, California. After overdubs are recorded on November 20, 1968, Capitol Records will issue the final mix of the title as a single (Capitol 2360) with "Bluebirds Over The Mountain" (recorded in October 1968) on the flipside and also on the group's album "20/20" (SKAO-133).

55 Years Ago Today In 1971 - Helen Reddy records an as yet unreleased version of ""New Year's Resolution" and the title "How?" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will release "How?" on Reddy's album "No Sad Song" (Capitol ST-857).

45 Years Ago Today In 1981 - T-Connection (Theophilus Cockley on keyboards and vocals, Kirkwood Cockley on bass and vocals, Tony Flowers on percussion & unlisted others) records the titles "Might As Well Dance" and "Goombay Time" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will release both titles on the band's album "Pure & Natural" (Capitol ST-12191).

1982 - Vocalist Tina Turner, with John Illsley on bass, Terry Williams on drums, Hal Lindes and Richie Zito on guitars, and Jeff Beck on the guitar solo, records the title "Steel Claw" in Los Angeles, California with producer John Carter. Capitol Records will issue the title on Turner's album "Private Dancer" (ST-12330).

1983 - Vocalist Ronnie McNeir, with unlisted others, records the title "Come Be With Me" in (listed as possibly) Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the title on McNeir's mini-album "The Ronnie McNeir Experience" (MLP-15015) and as a single (Capitol 5318) with an instrumental version of the title on the flipside.

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1958 - The 3 Sounds (Gene Harris on piano, Andrew Simpkins on bass, and Bill Dowdy on drums) record the titles "Willow Weep For Me", "Both Sides", Bobby", "Mo-Ge", "Angel Eyes", "Tenderly", "Soft Touch", "It's Nice", and "Falling In Love With Love" in recording engineer Rudy Van Gelder's studio at his parent's home in Hackensack, New Jersey. Blue Note Records will issue "Willow Weep or Me", "Both Sides", "Tenderly", and "It's Nice" on the trio's album "The 3 Sounds" (BLP1600 on 12" vinyl in mono, BST81600 on 12" vinyl in stereo), "Bobby", "Mo-Ge", and "Soft Touch" in Japan on the album "The 3 Sounds, Vol. 2" (BNJ61019), "Angel Eyes" and "Falling In Love With Love" on the trio's album "Bottoms Up!" (BLP4014 on 12" vinyl in mono and BST84014 on 12" vinyl in stereo), "Willow Weep For Me" and "Tenderly" together as a single (Blue Note 45-1722), "Both Sides" and "Mo-Ge" together as a single (Blue Note 45-1723), "Angel Eyes" and "It's Nice" together as a single (Blue Note 45-1724), and all the titles except "Angel Eyes" and "It's Nice" on the CD release of "The 3 Sounds" (7-46531-2).

1963 - Richard Marx, a singer, songwriter, record producer, and an EMI America Records artist, is born Richard Noel Marx in Winnetka, Illinois. Capitol Records currently owns the EMI America library.

2003 - Virgin Records, a subsidiary of Capitol Records, releases A Perfect Circle's album "Thirteenth Step".

ON THIS DAY NOT IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1932 - Actress Peg Entwistle commits suicide by jumping from the H in the Hollywood sign.

1965 - "The Dean Martin Show" premieres in a Thursday 10:00 PM time slot on the NBC television network.

1977 - Marc Bolan, lead singer of the band T-Rex, is killed at age 29 early in the morning in auto accident on a tight curve in Barnes Common in London, England when his common-law wife, mother of his son Rolan Seymour Bolan, and former Tower Records artist ("Tainted Love"), Gloria Jones, loses control of the car she's driving and hits a tree. Jones survives and arrives home the next day to find her home vandalized by Bolan's fans looking for souvenirs. Capitol Records will send a flower arrangement shaped like a large white swan to Bolan's funeral.

SEPTEMBER 15, 2026

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

1928 - Cannonball Adderley, alto saxophonist, bandleader, and Capitol Records artist, is born Julian Adderley in Tampa, Florida.

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1947 - The Oklahoma Sweethearts (vocalists Jean Anderson and Edna Leeper), with Cliffie Stone and His Orchestra (lineup unlisted) record the titles "When You're Out Cheating With Somebody Else", "Have You Ever Been Lonely (Have You Ever Been Blue)", "A Bridal Bouquet", and "There's A Blue Heart Tonight In The Mountain" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "When You're Out Cheating With Somebody Else" as a single (Capitol Americana 40053) with "The Ties That Bind Have Been Broken" (recorded May 20, 1947) on the flipside, "Have You Ever Been Lonely (Have You Ever Been Blue)" and "A Bridal Bouquet" together as a single (Capitol Americana 40070), and rejected the take of "There's A Blue Heart Tonight In The Mountain".

1948 - The King Cole Trio do three shows at The Red Feather nightclub.

1948 - Mario Armengol, with unlisted others, records unlisted titles for The Capitol Records Transcription Service. No issuing information is listed.

75 Years Ago Today In 1951 - During two sessions held this day in Los Angeles, California The Ringling Bros., Barnum & Bailey Circus Band (lineup unlisted), conducted by Merle Evans, records the titles "March Of The Spanish Soldiery", "World Events", "The Cantonians March", "March Ponderoso", "Colossus Of Columbia March" at the first session and "The Circus Bee March", "The Crimson Flush March" and a medley of "The Crimson Petal" and "The Bastinado Galop" at the second session. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on the album "Circus Parade" (Capitol FBF-313).

75 Years Ago Today In 1951 - Vocalist Dean Martin, with Dick Stabile and his Orchestra (Virgil Evans, Ray Linn, and George Seaburg on trumpets, Ray Heath, Francis "Joe" Howard, Robert Lawson, and Jerry Rosa on trombones, Jack Davis Eiken, Bob Lawson, Ed Rosa, Joseph Stabile, and Harold Steinfeld on saxophones, Louis Brown on piano, Vince Terri on guitar, Morty Corb on bass, and Ray Toland on drums), records the titles "(Ma Come Bali) Bela Bimba", "Sailor's Polka", "I Ran All The Way Home", and "Meanderin'" at Capitol Records' studios at 5515 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood, California between 7:30 PM and 11:30 PM. Capitol Records will issue "(Ma Come Bali) Bela Bimba" and "Meanderin'" together as a single (Capitol 1811), "Sailor's Polka" as a single (Capitol 1901) with "Never Before" (recorded November 19, 1951) on the flipside, and "I Ran All The Way Home" as a single (Capitol 1817) with "Solitaire" (recorded August 29, 1951) on the flipside.

1952 - During two sessions held this day at Universal Studios in Chicago, Illinois, pianist Stan Kenton and His Orchestra (Buddy Childers, Maynard Ferguson, Conte Candoli, Don Dennis, and Ruben McFall on trumpets, Bob Burgess, Frank Rosolino, Bill Russo, and Keith Moon on trombones, George Roberts on bass trombone, Lee Konitz and Vinnie Dean on alto saxophone, Bill Holman and Richie Kamuca on tenor saxophones, Bob Gioga on baritone saxophone, Sal Salvador on guitar, Don Bagley on bass, and Stan Levey on drums), record "Invention For Guitar And Trumpet" and "My Lady" between 5:00 PM and 8:00 PM at the first session and the titles "Swing House", "Improvisation" and a partial take of "You Go To My Head" between 9:00 PM and 12:00 AM on September 17, 1952, at the second session. Capitol Records will issue "Invention For Guitar And Trumpet" and "My Lady" on Kenton's album "New Concepts Of Artistry In Rhythm" (H-383) and "Swing House" and "Improvisation" in Kenton's four-LP compilation box set "The Kenton Era" (WDX 569).

1958 - Pianist Merrill Moore, with Cameron Hill on guitar, an unknown rhythm guitar, Morty Corb on bass, and Ted Kovar on drums, records the titles "Music, Music, Music", "Sun Valley Walk", and "Back Home In Indiana" in Studio A of The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California. Bear Family Records will issue all the titles in Germany in the two-CD set "Merrill E. Moore - Boogie My Blues Away" (BCD 15505).

1958 - Vocalist Dean Martin, with Gus Levene conducting his own arrangements to the orchestra (Rex Koury on piano, Carl Fortina on accordion, Bob Bain and Jack Rose on guitars, Alvino Rey on steel guitar, Abe Luboff on bass, John Cyr and Lou Singer on drums, Dave Frisina, Joe Livoti, Dan Lube, Erno Neufeld, Mischa Russell, Felix Slatkin, Marshall Sosson, and Gerald Vinci on violins, Louis Kievman and David Sterkin on violas, and Kurt Reher and Eleanor Slatkin on cellos), records the titles "Rio Bravo", "It Takes So Long (To Say Goodbye)", "On An Evening In Roma", and "My Rifle, My Pony And Me" in The Capitol Tower Studios at an extended session at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California between 9:00 PM and 12:30 AM on September 16, 1958. Capitol Records will issue "Rio Bravo" and "My Rifle, My Pony And Me" together as a single (Capitol F4174) and "It Takes So Long (To Say Goodbye)" as a single (Capitol F4124) with "You Were Made For Love" (recorded June 20, 1958) on the flipside, and "On An Evening In Roma" as a single (Capitol F4222) with "You Can't Love 'Em All" (recorded May 13, 1959) on the flipside.

1962 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Ramblin' Rose", with "The Good Times" on the flipside, is #1 on Billboard Music Week magazine's Easy Listening chart, is #2 on WSAI 1360 AM's Fabulous 40 Hits Of The Week survey in Cincinnati, Ohio, is #3 on WLS' top 40 survey in Chicago, Illinois and The Billboard magazine's Hot 100 singles chart, is #11 on KFWB's Fabulous Forty Survey in Los Angeles, California, is #19 on The Billboard magazine's Hot R&B Sides chart, and is #21 on C-FUN's C-Funtastic "50" survey in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

1963 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "That Sunday, That Summer" is #19 on KQV's Finest "50" Tunedex in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

1967 - Capitol Records registers in Los Angeles, California the masters that it purchased for Murry Wilson's titles "Love Don't Wait", "The Happy Song", "The Warmth Of The Sun", "Broken Heart", "Leaves", "The Plumber's Tune", "Painting With Teardrops", "Islands In The Sky", "Just Around The River Bend", "Italia", "Heartbreak Lane", and "Bettye Waltz" and will issue all the titles on Wilson's album "The Many Moods Of Murry Wilson" (T/ST 2819).

1967 - Vocalist Thelma Houston, with unlisted others, records the titles "Goin' Down For The Third Time", "Looking Back", and "You're Gonna Lose A Good Thing" in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records which has yet to issue any of the titles.

1967 - Senator Everett McKinley Dirksen, with unlisted others, records the titles "The First Time The Christmas Story Was Told", "I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day", "The Prophecy: He Is Coming", "The Christ Has Come/Joy To The World", "The Shepards Are Guided/Away In A Manger", "O Little Town Of Bethlehem", "The Wise Men", "The Night Before Christmas", "Epilogue", "Silent Night", "Never Say Die", and "Momma Rands (Mama Rand's)" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue "The First Time The Christmas Story Was Told" and "I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day" together as a single (Capitol 2034) and, with "The Prophecy: He Is Coming", "The Christ Has Come/Joy To The World", "The Shepards Are Guided/Away In A Manger", "O Little Town Of Bethlehem", "The Wise Men", "The Night Before Christmas", and "Silent Night" on Dirksen's album "At Christmas Time" (ST 2792), and "Never Say Die" and "Momms Rands (Mama Rand's)" together as a single (Capitol 2052) as by Footprints. No issuing information is listed for "Epilogue".

1973 - Helen Reddy's Capitol Records single "Delta Dawn", with "If We Could Still Be Friends" on the flipside, peaks at #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart.

1977 - Vocalist Suzanne Stevens, with Artie Butler conducting his own arrangements to the orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the titles "You Saved Me", "Night Time Flight", and "Losin' End" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "You Saved Me" as a single (Capitol 4536) with "Goodbye Yesterday's Heartaches" (recorded September 30, 1977) on the flipside, "Losin' End" as a single (Capitol 4503) also with "Goodbye Yesterday's Heartaches" on the flipside, and all the titles on Stevens' album "The Stardust Lady" (ST-11717).

1977 - During five sessions held this day in (listed as possibly) Los Angeles, California, vocalist Foster Sylvers, with an orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the titles "Don't Be Cruel", "Goody, Goody", "Silly Love Songs", and "Why Do Fools Fall In Love", all with arrangements by Jim Hughart, at the first session, the titles "Super Scoop", "I'll Miss You", "Sugarland", "Footsteps", and "I'll See You In My Dreams", all using arrangements by Eddie Karam, at the second session, the titles "Stealin' From The Cookie Jar", "Disco A Gogo", "Happy" arranged by Eddie Karam, and "Knockin' At Your Door" arranged by Larry Farrow at the third session, the title "Don't Let Me Go For Someone Else" arranged by Larry Farrow at the fourth session, and the title "The Drop" arranged by Sylvester Rivers at the fifth session. Capitol Records will issue "Don't Be Cruel", "Goody, Goody", "Super Scoop", "Sugarland", "I'll See You In My Dreams", "Happy", "Knockin' At Your Door", "Don't Let Me Go For Someone Else", and "The Drop" on Sylvers' self-titled album "Foster Sylvers" (ST-11716), and "Super Scoop" and "Don't Let Me Go For Someone Else" together as a single (Capitol 4553). No issuing information is listed for "Silly Love Songs", "Why Do Fools Fall In Love", "Footsteps", "Stealin' From The Cookie Jar", and "Disco A Gogo".

2005 - Michael Sidney Luft, third husband (1952-1964) Judy Garland, father of her children Joey and Lorna Luft, and Garland's manager during her early years with Capitol Records, dies at age 89 in Santa Monica, California after a heart attack.

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1899 - Francis Barraud's painting "His Master's Voice" is purchased by The Gramophone Company Ltd. (which will become E.M.I.). The picture is first used the following year on the cover of the company's Record Supplement for January 1900 and becomes the company's official logo throughout the world, except for the United States where Victor Recording Company acquires the rights to use the image as their logo and it will eventually become the logo for the Radio Corporation of America after it acquires Victor.

1955 - Frank Sinatra introduces the song "Love And Marriage" on the NBC television production of "Our Town" as well as acting in the special. Sinatra will later record the song (specially written by Sammy Cahn and his new partner James Van Heusen), for release on Capitol Records.

65 Years Ago Today In 1961 - The Pendletones (later to become The Beach Boys) record the titles "Luau" and "Surfin'" at their first recording session. It's held in Hite Morgan's living room studio at 2511 Mayberry Street, Los Angeles, California. Check out the liner notes for "Lost & Found" for more information about the session.

1957 - Tenor saxophonist John Coltrane, with Lee Morgan on trumpet, Curtis Fuller on trombone, Kenny Drew on piano, Paul Chambers on bass, and Philly Joe Jones on drums, records the three takes of the title "Lazy Bird", six takes of "Moment's Notice", nine takes of "Blue Train", eleven takes of "Locomotion", and twelve takes of "I'm Old Fashioned" at engineer Rudy Van Gelder's studio in Hackensack, New Jersey. Blue Note Records will issue take 3 of "Lazy Bird", "Moment's Notice", take 9 of "Blue Train" with the piano solo from take 8 edited in, "Locomotion", and "I'm Old Fashioned" on Coltrane's album "Blue Train" (BLP1577) and on the CD release of "Blue Train" (BN 8-53428-2) with the addition of take 2 of "Lazy Bird" and take 8 of "Blue Train".

1975 - Pink Floyd's album "Wish You Were Here" is released by Harvest Records, a division of EMI, in the UK and on Columbia Records in the United States. Capitol Records currently releases all the Pink Floyd albums, and released a 25th anniversary CD edition of "Wish You Were Here" on April 25, 2000.

SEPTEMBER 14, 2026

HAPPY BIRTHDAYS!

1959 - John Berry, singer and Capitol Records Nashville artist (1992-1998) is born in Aiken, South Carolina. 

1970 - Craig Montoya, the bass player with the band Red Spector and the Capitol Records band Everclear (1992-2003), is born Craig Aloysius Montoya in Spokane, Washington.

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1942 - It's a Monday and Capitol Records' sixth ever release includes just one single, but what a single! It is Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra's "Trav'lin' Light" with vocals by Lady Day (Billie Holiday), featuring Skip Layton on saxophone, with "You Were Never Lovelier" with vocals by trumpeter Larry Neil on the flipside (Capitol 116).

1953 - Vocalist Chuck Miller, with Dave Cavanaugh conducting the orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the titles "After All", "Three Days Out (Seven To Go)", "One By One (Count Your Blessings)", "Am I To Blame", and "The Pucker-Nut Tree" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "After All" and "The Pucker-Nut Tree" together as a single (Capitol 2700 on 10" shellac and F2700 on 7" vinyl), "One By One (Count Your Blessings)" and "Am I To Blame" together as a single (Capitol 2613), and has yet to issue "Three Days Out (Seven To Go)".

1957 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records album "Love Is The Thing" is #5 on The Billboard magazine's Most Played By Jockeys chart and #11 on the magazine's Best Selling Pop Albums chart and his album "This Is Nat 'King' Cole" is #22 also on the magazine's Best Selling Pop Albums chart. Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Send For Me" is #8 on The Billboard magazine's R&B Best Sellers In Stores chart, #11 on the magazine's Most Played R&B By Jockeys chart, #14 on The Billboard magazine's Top 100 Sides and Cash Box magazine's Best Selling Singles charts, and #21 on The Billboard magazine's Best Sellers In Stores and Most Played By Disk Jockey's charts. Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "With You On My Mind" is #47 and its flipside "(The Song Of) Raintree County" is #53 also on Cash Box magazine's Best Selling Singles chart. "Send For Me"'s flipside, "My Personal Possession" with The Four Knights, is #87 also on The Billboard magazine's Top 100 Sides chart.

1958 - Vocalist Peggy Lee, with Jack Marshall's Music and The Evelyn Freeman Singers (lineups unlisted), records the titles "Light Of Love" and "Sweetheart" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue both titles together as a single (Capitol F4071) and also on Lee's EP "Alright, Okay, You Win" (EAP-1-1213).

1962 - Dean Elliott and His Orchestra (lineup unlisted) recorded the titles "Where Or When", "And The Angels Sing", "Ramblin' Rose" and "The Very Thought Of You" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Elliott's album "Heartstrings" (T/ST 1864).

1962 - Vocalists Charles Nelson Reilly and Robert Morse, with Elliot Lawrence directing the orchestra (lineup unlisted), record the titles "You're The Top", "The Game", and "Siberia" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on the duo's album "A Jolly Theatrical Season" (T/ST 1862).

1962 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Ramblin' Rose" is #13 on KRLA's Top Thirty survey in Los Angeles, California.

1963 - The Beach Boys' Capitol Records single "Surfer Girl", with "Little Deuce Coupe" on the flipside, peaks at #7 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart. Also, Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records album "Ramblin' Rose" is #60 on Billboard magazine's Top LPs chart, his single "That Sunday, That Summer" is #63 on Billboard magazine's Hot 100 Singles chart, and his single "Mister Wishing Well" is #37 on C-FUN's C-Funtastic Fifty chart in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

1968 - The Beatles' Apple Records single "Hey Jude", with "Revolution" on the flipside and distributed by Capitol Records in the United States, debuts on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart.

1968 - Quicksilver Messenger Service (lineup unlisted) records the titles "Calvary" and "E Instrumental" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Cavalry" on the group's album "Happy Trails" (ST-120). No issuing information is listed for "E Instrumental".

1970 - Capitol Records releases Tennessee Ernie Ford's single "Rainy Night In Georgia" with "Let The Lovelight In Your Eyes Lead Me On" on the flipside.

1983 - Ronald McNeir, with unlisted others, records the titles "Light My Fire", "Is This What Happens To A Love", and "Hello Stranger" in (listed as possibly) Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Light My Fire" and "Is This What Happens To A Love" on McNeir's mini-album "The Ronnie McNeir Experience" (MLP-15015). No issuing information is listed for "Hello Stranger".

1983 - Lisa Dal Bello, with unlsted others, records the title "Path Of Least Resistance" in an unlisted studio. Capitol Records will issue the title on Dal Bello's album "Woman Four Says" (ST-12318).

1992 - Capitol Records releases Blind Melon's self-titled debut album "Blind Melon" (although other listings give its release date as September 22, 1992) and the compilation album "Christmas On The Range: Cowboy Classics From Capitol Records".

1992 - Bunny Brunel on a 1956 Lavello upright bass made in Paris, France with Labella strings, a Rick Turner piezzo bridge pick-up and a Bartolini/Brunel magnetic pick-up, played through a Korg A5 and a Carvin amplifier, Mike Stern on guitar, Billy Childs on piano, Vinnie Colaiuta on drums, begin sessions for their "Dedication" album at The Capitol Tower Studios in Hollywood, California with engineers Bernie Kirsh and Leslie N.Jones and executive producers Denis Lacharme and Antonie Olivier and record the titles "Fall", "Falling Grace", "Dolphin Dance", "Pinocchio", "Song For Bill & Eddie", "Stella By Starlight", "Pebble Beach", "Relaxin' At Camarillo", "Someday My Prince Will Come", and, with the addition of Chick Corea on piano, "Twelve Bars For Lieberstraum" which will be released on CD in France by Musidisc (500362).

1999 - Capitol Records releases The Beatles' remastered soundtrack album "Yellow Submarine" in the United States, one day after EMI had released it in the rest of the world.

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1957 - The Crickets' Brunswick single "That'll Be The Day", with "I'm Looking For Someone To Love" on the flipside, is #1 on Billboard's Best Sellers In Stores chart.

1959 - Bill Britten begins playing Bozo and a number of other characters on "The Bozo Show" on WPIX Channel 11 in New York City. He'll stay with the show until April 1964. Capitol Records' VP of Children's Records, Alan Livingston, created Bozo in 1946.

1999 - Capitol Jazz, a subsidiary of Blue Note Records, releases The Benny Goodman Trio's compilation album "The Complete Capitol Trios" on CD. Blue Note Records is owned by Capitol Records.

1999 - Blue Note Records releases the 2 CD RVG edition of Sonny Rollins' album "A Night At The Village Vanguard". Blue Note's catalog is currently owned by Capitol Records.

SEPTEMBER 13, 2026


HAPPY BIRTHDAYS!

1918 - Dick Haymes, singer, radio and motion picture actor, and Capitol Records artist (1955-1957), is born Richard Benjamin Haymes in Buenos Aires, Argentina. 

1922 (Or Maybe September 10, 1923) - Yma Sumac, a singer with a five-octave range, Broadway performer, and Capitol Records artist, is born Zoila Augusta Emperatriz Chavarri del Castillo in Ichocán, Peru. If anyone knows for sure which year she was born in, please leave a comment.

1925 - Mel Tormé, singer, songwriter, drummer, motion picture and television actor, and Capitol Records artist (1949-1952), is born Melvin Howard Tormé in Chicago, Illinois.

65 Years Ago Today In 1961 - Dave Mustaine, guitarist, singer, songwriter, member of the band Metallica and the Capitol Records band (1986-2000) Megadeth, is born David Scott Mustaine in La Mesa, California.

1967 - Stephen Perkins, the drummer for the bands Porno For Pyros, Banyan, Infectious Grooves, Hellride, and the Capitol Records bands Jane's Addiction and The Panic Channel, is born Stephen Andrew Perkins in Los Angeles, California.

1993 - Niall Horan, singer, songwriter, and Capitol Records artist, is born in Mullingar, Ireland.

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1944 - Jo Stafford, with Paul Weston and His Orchestra, records the titles "Out Of This World", "Conversations While Dancing" with additional vocals by Johnny Mercer, and "On The Sunny Side Of The Street" with additional vocals by The Pied Pipers in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Out Of This World" as a single (Capitol 191) with "There's No You" (recorded December 13, 1944) on the flipside, "Conversation While Dancing" as a single (Capitol 195) with "On The Atchison,Topeka And Santa Fe" (recorded December 13, 1944) on the flipside, and "On The Sunny Side Of The Street" as a single (Capitol 199) with "A Friend Of Yours" (recorded April 2, 1945) on the flipside.

1947 - "King Cole Trio Time" is broadcast from Louisville, Kentucky where The King Cole Trio play listener's requests for the entire show. The Trio then goes on to bookings in Chicago, Illinois, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Charlestown, West Virginia, Lansing, Michigan, and Rochester, Minnesota.

1947 - Vocalist and guitarist T-Bone Walker, with John "Teddy" Buckner on trumpet, Hubert "Bumps" Myers on tenor saxophone, Lloyd Glenn on piano, Arthur Edwards on bass, and Oscar Lee Bradley on drums, records the titles "I Know Your Wig Is Gone", the instrumental "T-Bone Jumps Again", two takes of "Call It Stormy Monday", and two takes of "She Had To Let Me Down" in Los Angeles, California for Black & White Records. Black & White Records will issue "I Know Your Wig Is Gone" and the second take of "Call It Stormy Monday" together as a single (Black & White 122) and "T-Bone Jumps Again" as a single (Black & White 125) with "I Want A Little Girl" (recorded December 29, 1947) on the flipside. Capitol Records will purchase Black & White's catalog and will issue "I Know Your Wig Is Gone" and the second take of "Call It Stormy Monday" on the album "Classics In Jazz - T-Bone Walker" (H-370), "T-Bone Jumps Again" on the album "T-Bone Walker - His Original 1945-50 Performances" (T 1958), and all the titles and takes in the three CD set "Capitol Blues Collection: T-Bone Walker - The Complete Capitol/Black and White Recordings" (8-29379-2).

1948 - Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis overdub their vocals on band tracks recorded by The Mario Ruiz Armengol Orchestra on September 9, 1948 for the titles "The Money Song" and "That Certain Party" at Capitol Records' Melrose Avenue studios in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue the two songs together as the duo's first single for the label (Capitol 15249).

1952 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Somewhere Along The Way" is #9 on The Cash Box magazine's Best Selling Single's chart and his single "Walkin' My Baby Back Home" is tied at #11 with Johnnie Ray's Columbia Records single of the same song on the same chart.

1957 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records album "Love Is The Thing" is #1 on WMCA's weekly survey in New York City, New York and his single "With You In Mind" is #28 and his single "Send For Me" is #33 on the same survey.

1957 - Vocalist Will Jordan, with Billy May conducting his own arrangements to the orchestra (Jules Jacob on saxophone, Bill Miller on piano, Al Hendrickson and Alvino Rey on guitars, George "Red" Callender on bass, and Irving Cottler on drums), records the titles "Fly Carpet, Fly" and "Bye, Bye Love" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California between 10:00 PM and 1:00 AM on September 14, 1957.

1957 - During two session held this day in Los Angeles, California, guitarist Laurindo Almeida, with Martin Ruderman on flute and vocalist Salli Terri, records Jaym Ovalle's "Tre Pontos De Santo, Opus 10: Chario/Aruanda/Estrella Do Mar", Almeida's "O Caçador", and Villa-Lobos' "Bachianas Brasileiras N° 5" at the first session and Paurillo Barroso's "Para Ninar", Jayme Ovalle-Bandeira's "Azulao", Vladimir Henrique's "Boi Bumba", and Braga Ferreira's "Maracatu" at the second session. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Laurindo Almeida, Martin Ruderman, and Salli Terri's album "Duets With The Spanish Guitar" (P/DP-8406).

1958 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Come Closer To Me (Acercate Mas)" is #26 on KFWB's Fabulous Forty Survey in Los Angeles, California and his album "Cole Espanade" is #5 on the station's Favorite Albums chart. "Come Closer To Me (Acercate Mas)" is also #48 on Cash Box magazine's Best Selling Singles chart.

1962 - The Beach Boys (Brian Wilson on lead vocals, Mike Love on vocals, Carl Wilson and David Marks on guitars and vocals, and Dennis Wilson on drums and vocals) record the title "Cindy, Oh Cindy" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue the title on the compilation CD "The Beach Boys - 'Surfin' Safari' and 'Surfin' U.S.A.'" (7-93691-2).

1962 - Vocalists Gordon MacRae, Dorothy Kirsten, Earle Wilkie, Richard Robinson, and William Felber, with Van Alexander conducting The Roger Wagner Chorale and Orchestra (lineups unlisted), record the titles "'The Desert Song': The Riff Song" with vocals by Gordon MacRae, "'The Student Prince': Drinking Song (Reprise)", "'The Student Prince': Serenade" with vocals by MacRae, "'The Desert Song': Let Love Go/One Flower/One Alone" with vocals by MacRae, "'The Student Prince': Golden Days" with vocals by MacRae, and "'The Student Prince': Gaudeamus Igitur" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "'The Desert Song': The Riff Song" and "'The Desert Song': Let Love Go/One Flower/One Alone" on the album "Desert Song" (W/SW 1842) and "'The Student Prince': Drinking Song (Reprise)", "'The Student Prince': Serenade", "'The Student Prince': Golden Days", and "'The Student Prince': Gaudeamus Igitur" on the album "The Student Prince" (W/SW 1841).

1963 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "That Sunday, That Summer" is #39 on WHB 710 AM's 40 Star Survey in Kansas City, Missouri.

1965 - Nancy Wilson, with arranger Sid Feller conducting the orchestra, records the title "I'll Only Miss Him When I Think of Him".

1967 - Vocalist Wayne Newton, with unlisted others, records the titles "(Leaning On) The Everlasting Arms", "His Amazing Grace", "When The Roll Is Called Up Yonder", "He'll Understand And Say Well Done", "Were You There When They Crucified My Lord?", "A Walk In The Valley", and "Turn To Him" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Newton's album "God Is Alive" (T/ST 2832).

1968 - The Common People (Joel "Denny" Robinett, his brother Gerald Robinett on drums, William Fausto on keyboards, John Bartley III on guitar, and Michael McCarthy on bass) record the titles "Sing It Away", "I Have Been Alone", "Land Of A Day", and a rejected take of "Feeling" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "I Have Been Alone" and "Land Of A Day" on the group's album "Of The People/By The People/For The People" (ST-266). "Sing It Away" has yet to be issued. Here's a great article about the history of the band.

1969 - John Lennon and Yoko Ono perform at a rock 'n' roll revival concert at Varsity Stadium in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, backed by Eric Clapton, Klaus Voormann and Alan White. It is the first time Lennon has given a rock performance on stage without Paul McCartney or the rest of The Beatles since 1957.

1972 - Larry Kingston, with unlisted others, records the titles "The Singin' Star", "Arkansas Roads", and "The Feminine Touch" in Nashville, Tennessee for Capitol Records which has yet to issue any of the titles.

1972 - Vocalist Kenny Vernon, with unlisted others, records the titles "Feel So Fine", "Woman, I Just Want To Love You More", and "Run, Baby, Run" in Nashville, Tennessee. After overdubs are recorded in Nashville, Tennessee for "Feel So Fine" on October 18, 1972, Capitol Records will issue the final mix of "Feel So Fine" and "Woman, I Just Want To Love You More" together as a single (Capitol 3691) and all the titles on Vernon's album "Loversville" (ST-11227).

1977 - Vocalist Al Martino, with an orchestra (lineup unlisted) using arrangements by Harold Wheeler, records the titles "One Last Time", "Here I Go Again", "The Next Hundred Years", and "A Song For Lovers" at Media Sound Studios in New York City, New York. with producer Joel Diamond for Silver Blue Productions. After overdubs are recorded for all the titles in Los Angeles, California on September 19 and 20, 1977, Capitol Records will issue "One Last Time" and "Here I Go Again" together as a single (Capitol 4551), "The Next Hundred Years" as a single (Capitol 4508) with "After The Lovin'" (recorded August 16, 1977) on the flipside, and all the titles on Martino's album "The Next Hundred Years" (ST-11741).

1977 - Leopold Stokowski, conductor and Capitol Records artist, dies in his sleep at age 95 in his house in Nether Wallop, Hampshire, England.

35 Years Ago Today In 1991 - Vern Yocum, copyist, librarian, orchestrator and woodwind player, brother of Clark Yocum of the Capitol Records recording group The Pied Pipers, co-founder of The Musician’s Guild, founder of Hollywood’s top music preparation office which did work for hundreds of performers from the radio, television, film, and recording industries including Capitol Records artists and arrangers Nat "King" Cole, Frank Sinatra, Nelson Riddle, Peggy Lee, Keely Smith, Dean Martin, Ella Fitzgerald, Alex Stordahl, Gordon Jenkins, Billy May, Frank Duval, George Cates, Don Costa, and André Previn, dies of bladder cancer at age 82.

2005 - Capitol Records releases The Dandy Warhol's album "Odditorium or Warlords of Mars".

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1965 - Zack Starkey, son of Capitol Records artist Ringo Starr and his wife Maureen, is born.

1982 - EMI-America Records registers the John Hall Band's titles "Women Of Water" and "Original Sin". No issuing information is listed.

2005 - Blue Note Records, a division of Capitol Records, releases David Axelrod's compilation album "The Edge - David Axelrod at Capitol Records 1966-1970".

2005 - EMI Classics, a division of Capitol Records, releases the compilation of recordings of compositions by Fritz Kreisler entitled "Kreisler: Original Compositions & Arrangements".

ON THIS DAY NOT IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

30 Years Ago Today In 1996 - Tupac Shakur, singer, songwriter, poet, and actor, dies at age 25 of respiratory failure and cardiac arrest at the University Medical Center in Las Vegas, Nevada six days after being shot four times by an unknown drive-by shooter also in Las Vegas.

SEPTEMBER 12, 2026

HAPPY BIRTHDAYS!

1924 - Ella Mae Morse, singer with Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra, Freddie Slack and His Orchestra, and a Capitol Records solo artist, is born in Mansfield, Texas. 

1952 - Gerry Beckley, lead and backing singer, keyboardist, guitarist, bass guitarist, and harmonica player all for the Capitol Records group America (1975-1985), is born in Fort Worth, Texas.

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1947 - At a split session held this day with Paul Weston directing His Orchestra (Ray Woods, Charlie Griffard, Zeke Zarchy, and George Seaberg on trumpets, Allan Thompson, Bill Schaefer, and Elmer Smithers on trombones, Fred Stulce, Matty Matlock, Herbie Haymer, Hap Lawson, and Len Hartman on saxophones, Milt Raskin on piano, George Van Eps on guitar, Jack Ryan on bass, Nick Fatool on drums, and seven unidentified violinists) at Radio Recorders' studios at 932 North Western Avenue in Hollywood, California with producer Lee Gillette, first clarinetist and vocalist Benny Goodman and vocalists Johnny Mercer, Peggy Lee, Margaret Whiting, and The Pied Pipers (vocalists June Hutton, Chuck Lowry, Hal Hopper, and Clark Yocum) record the title "The Freedom Train" then vocalist Margaret Whiting and The Pied Pipers record the title "God Bless America". Capitol Records will issue both titles together as a single (Capitol 15003).

1952 Vocalist Wesley Tuttle with Darol Rice on clarinet, Otis "Joe" Maphis and Jimmie Widener on guitar, Wesley "Speedy" West on steel guitar, and Clarence "Bud" Dooley on bass, records the titles "Our Love Isn't Legal", "Don't Break The Sixth Commandment" with additional vocals by Marilyn Tuttle, "Known Only To Him", and "Song Of Bernadette" at Capitol Records' studios at 5515 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood, California between 1:30PM and 4:30 PM. Capitol Records will issue "Our Love Isn't Legal" and "Don't Break The Sixth Commandment" together as a single (Capitol 2242), "Known Only To Him" as a single (Capitol 2271) with "Gathering Home" (recorded January 30, 1952) on the flipside, and have yet to issue "Song Of Bernadette".

1960 - Capitol Records artist Tommy Sands weds Nancy Sinatra, Jr., daughter of Capitol Records artist Frank Sinatra.

1960 - Capitol Records releases The Kingston Trio's single "Everglades" with "This Mornin', This Evenin', So Soon".

65 Years Ago Today In 1961 - Frank Sinatra, with arranger Axel Stordahl conducting the orchestra (Pete Candoli, Mickey Mangano, Uan Rasey, and Zeke Zarchy on trumpet, Dick Nash, Dick Noel, and Milt Bernhart on trombone, George Roberts on bass trombone), Vincent De Rosa, John Cave, and Richard Perissi on French horn, Harry Klee, Ronnie Lang, Gene Cipriano, Willie Schwartz, Justin Gordon, Ted Nash, and Babe Russin on saxophones and woodwinds, Bill Miller on piano, Al Viola on guitar, Joe Comfort on bass, Irving Cottler on drums, Emil Richards on percussion, Verlye Mills on harp, and a string section with Victor Arno, Israel Baker, Harry Bluestone, Herman Clebanoff, David Frisina, Ben Gill, Anatol Kaminsky, Dan Lube, Erno Neufeld, Lou Raderman, Nathan Ross, and Felix Slatkin on violins, Alvin Dinkin, Virginia Majewski, Alex Neiman, and Paul Robyn on violas, and Justin DiTullio, Edgar Lustgarten, Kurt Reher, and Eleanor Slatkin on cellos), records the titles "Somewhere Along The Way", "A Million Dreams Ago", "These Foolish Dreams", and "As Time Goes By" (all arranged by Stordahl), as well as "It's A Blue World" and "I'll Remember April" (both arranged by Heinie Beau) in Studio A at The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Sinatra's last original album for the label, "Point Of No Return" (SW 1676). This will be the last of Sinatra's sessions for Capitol Records before he leaves to start Reprise Records although, due to contractual obligations, "I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues", recorded during a Reprise session at United Recording Studios on March 6, 1962, will be included on the compilation album "Sinatra Sings...Of Love And Things" (SW 1729) released by Capitol.

1962 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Ramblin' Rose" is #2 on WMCA's Top Ten chart in New York City, New York.

1962 - Vocalists Gordon MacRae, Dorothy Kirsten, Earle Wilkie, Richard Robinson, and William Felber, with Van Alexander conducting The Roger Wagner Chorale and Orchestra (lineups unlisted), record the titles "'The Desert Song' Overture And Opening Chorus", "'The Student Prince' Overture And Opening Chorus", and "'The Student Prince': Students' Marching Song/Drinking Song/Come Boys" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "'The Desert Song' Overture And Opening Chorus" on the album "The Desert Song" (W/SW 1842) and "'The Student Prince' Overture And Opening Chorus" and "'The Student Prince': Students' Marching Song/Drinking Song/Come Boys" on the album "The Student Prince" (W/SW 1841).

1962 - Vocalist and guitarist Glen Campbell, with Jimmie Haskell conducting his own arrangements to the orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the titles "Be Honest With Me", "A Long Black Limousine", "Prima Donna", "I Hang My Head And Cry", and "Here I Am" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Be Honest With Me", "A Long Black Limousine", "I Hang My Head And Cry", and "Here I Am" on Campbell's album "Too Late To Worry-Too Blue To Cry" (T/ST 1881) and "Prima Donna" as a single (Capitol 4925) with "Oh My Darlin'" (recorded September 11, 1962) on the flipside.

1963 - The Beatles record "Don't Bother Me" at EMI's Abbey Road Studios in London, England with producer George Martin. This is their first time recording a song written by George Harrison as EMI artists.

1965 - Capitol Records releases The Beatles' single "Yesterday" with "Act Naturally" on the flipside.

60 Years Ago Today In 1966 - The Beatles Capitol Records single "Yellow Submarine", with "Eleanor Rigby" on the flipside, is certified Gold by the R.I.A.A.

1967 - David Rose conducts his own arrangements to His Orchestra (lineup unlisted) as they record the titles "Wait Until Dark", "High Chaparral", and "Merci Cherie" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "High Chaparral" and "Merci Cherie" together as a single (Capitol 2094) and has yet to issue "Wait Until Dark".

1967 - At two sessions held this day in Los Angeles, California, vocalist Wayne Newton, with unlisted others, records the titles "Let The Lower Lights Be Burning", "Precious Memories", "God Is Alive", and "Bringing In The Sheaves" at the first session and "Love Of The Common People" and "It's Still Loving You" at the second session. Capitol Records will issue "Let The Lower Lights Be Burning", "Precious Memories", "God Is Alive", and "Bringing In The Sheaves" on Newton's album "God Is Alive" (T/ST 2832) and "Love Of The Common People" and "It's Still Loving You" together as a single (Capitol 2016) and on Newton's album "The Greatest Wayne Newton" (T/ST 2847).

1972 - The Fortunes (lineup unlisted) record the titles "Wait Until September" and "Don't Sing To Me" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both titles together as a single (Capitol 3445).

1972 - William Boyd (born William Lawrence Boyd), motion picture and television actor (best remembered for his ongoing roll as Hopalong Cassidy) and Capitol Records artist (the Hopalong  Cassidy series of Children's records), dies at age 77 in Laguna Beach, California and is later buried in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California.

1993 - Garth Brooks' Liberty Records (later renamed Capitol Records Nashville) single "Ain't Going Down ('Til The Sun Comes Up)", with "Kickin' And Screamin'" on the flipside, is #1 on the U.S. Country singles charts.

2000 - Capitol Records releases Amy Correia's album "Carnival Love" with Blind Melon's guitarist Christopher Thorn and bass player Brad Smith playing with her.

2004 - Keith Urban's Capitol Records Nashville single "Days Go By", released on a CD-Single with another version of the song on the flipside, is #1 on the U.S. Country singles chart.

20 Years Ago Today In 2006 - Capitol Records releases Bob Seger's first studio album in 11 years, "Face The Promise", as both a standard CD and a limited edition CD/DVD package. Capitol has also scheduled releases for today of a Dean Martin compilation "Christmas With Dino", David Gray's album "Sell, Sell, Sell", The Proclaimers' album "Sunshine on Leith" and Talk Talk's album "Spirit of Eden".

20 Years Ago Today In 2006 - Capitol Records Nashville and EMI Music Catalog Marketing release Merle Haggard's compilation album "Hag: The Best Of Merle Haggard" with liner notes by Capitol Records producer Ken Nelson.

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

65 Years Ago Today In 1961 - Bobby Vee's Liberty Records single "Take Good Care Of My Baby", with "Bashful Bob" on the flipside, is #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart. Liberty's catalog is currently owned by Universal Music Group, Capitol Music Group's parent company.

1970 - "Josie And The Pussycats" debuts on CBS-TV. Capitol Records releases a soundtrack album featuring vocals by Cheryl Ladd.

1977 - James Louis McCartney, son of Capitol Records artists Paul and Linda McCartney, is born

2000 - EMI Classics releases Plácido Domingo's album "Songs Of Love". EMI Classics is currently owned by EMI Music Group, Capitol Music Group's parent company..

20 Years Ago Today In 2006 - Virgin Records releases Daz Dillinger's album "So So Gangsta" in both an Edited and a Parental Advisory version. Virgin Records is currently owned by Universal Music Group, Capitol Music Group's parent company.

ON THIS DAY NOT IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

160 Years Ago Today In 1866 - "The Black Crook", a four-act performance, becomes the first burlesque show to open in New York City and will run for 475 performances making $1.3 million for its producers (about $18,673,697 in 2016 dollars with inflation).

1959 - "Bonanza" premieres on NBC-TV becoming the first regularly-scheduled TV program broadcast in color. The series was green-lighted by Alan Livingston, former VP of Childrens records and VP A&R at Capitol Records and the company's future president and Chairman of the Board. The series' theme song was written by Livingston's brother Jay Livingston with writing partner Ray Evans.

60 Years Ago Today In 1966 - "The Monkees" premieres on NBC-TV.

2003 - Johnny Cash, singer, songwriter, guitarist, dies at age 71 at at Baptist Hospital in Nashville, Tennessee due to complications from diabetes, which resulted in respiratory failure.

SEPTEMBER 11, 2026

HAPPY BIRTHDAYS!

1940 - Bernie Dwyer, drummer with the Tower Records (a subsidiary of Capitol Records) group Freddie And The Dreamers, is born in Manchester, England.

1945 - Leo Kottke, guitarist and Capitol Records artist(1971-1975), is born in Athens, Georgia.

1977 - Jonny Buckland, guitarist with the Capitol Records group Coldplay, is born in London, England.

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

80 Years Ago Today In 1946 - Cootie Williams and His Orchestra (Cootie Williams on trumpet; Bob Merrill on trumpet and vocals; E. V. Perry, Otis Gamble, Clarence "Gene" Redd, and Billy Ford on trumpet; Ed Burke, Edward Johnson, and Julius "Hawkshaw" Watson on trombone; Rupert Cole and Daniel Williams on alto saxohone; Chuck Clarke and Edwin Johnson on tenor saxophone; Bob Ashton on baritone saxophone; Arnold Jarvis on piano; Norman Keenan on bass; and Butch Ballard on drums) record the tracks "Rhapsody In Bass", "Ain't Got No Blues Today" (with vocals by Merrill), and "Bring 'Em Down Front" (with vocals by Merrill), at WMCA Studios in New York City.

1947 - Vocalist Kay Starr, with tenor saxophonist Dave Cavanaugh's Music (Clyde Hurley on trumpet, Clint Neagley and Jack Crowley on alto saxophones, Babe Russin also on tenor saxophone, Joe Koch on baritone saxophone, Johnny Black on piano, Irving Ashby on guitar, Billy Hadnott on bass, and Dick Shanahan on drums), records the titles "So Help Me (If I Don't Love You)", "Sharecroppin' Blues", "You're The One I Care For", and "I'm The Lonesomest Gal In Town" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "So Help Me (If I Don't Love You)" as a single (Capitol 1902) with "Hold Me, Hold Me, Hold Me" (recorded June 24, 1951) on the flipside, "Sharecroppin' Blues" and "I'm The Lonesomest Gal In Town" together as a single (Capitol Americana 40051), and "You're The One I Care For" as a single (Capitol 811) with "Story Weather" (the first take recorded March 30, 1945) on the flipside.

1952 - During two sessions held this day at Universal Studios in Chicago, Illinois, pianist Stan Kenton and His Orchestra (Buddy Childers, Maynard Ferguson, Conte Candoli, Don Dennis, and Ruben McFall on trumpets, Bob Burgess, Frank Rosolino, Bill Russo, and Keith Moon on trombones, George Roberts on bass trombone, Lee Konitz and Vinnie Dean on alto saxophones, Bill Holman and Richie Kamuca on tenor saxophones, Bob Gioga on baritone saxophone, Sal Salvador on guitar, Don Bagley on bass, Stan Levey on drums, and Ken Walton on bongos) record the titles "23° N - 82° W", and "Taboo" at the first session and "Lonesome Train" with vocals by Kay Brown and an incomplete take of "Invention For Guitar And Trumpet" at the second session. Capitol Records will issue "23° N - 82° W" as a single (Capitol 3134) with "Falling" (recorded March 30, 1955) on the flipside and on Kenton's album "New Concepts Of Artistry In Rhythm" (T-383), "Taboo" and "Lonesome Train" together as a single (Capitol 2250) with just "Taboo" on Kenton's album "Popular Favorites" (T 421), and recorded a complete take of "Invention For Guitar" on September 55, 1952.

1952 - Vocalist and guitarist Jenks "Tex" Carman, with unlisted others, records the titles "Gosh I Miss You All The Time", "Blue Memories", "I'm A Poor Lonesome Fellow", and "Hillbilly Hula" in Capitol Records' studios at 5515 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue "Blue Memories" as a single (Capitol 2621) with "" (recorded ) on the flipside and "I'm A Poor Lonesome Fellow" and "Hillbilly Hula" together as a single (Capitol 2345). Bear Family Records will issue all the titles in Germany on the CD "Jenks "Tex" Carman - Hillbilly Hula" (BCD 15574).

1952 - Capitol Records purchases the masters for Johnny Standley with Horace Heidt and His Musical Knights' titles "It's In The Book, Part 1" and "It's In The Book, Part 2" and will issue both parts together as a single (Capitol 2249) and on Standley's EP "It's In The Book" (EAP-1-697) and on the multi-artist compilation album "Comedy Caravan" (T 732). It will be #1 on The Billboard magazine's Best Selling Singles chart on November 22, 1952 and will become the first comedy single to sell 1 million plus copies in the Unites States.

1952 - Felix Slatkin conducts The Concert Arts Orchestra (lineup unlisted) as they record the titles "Caprice", "Elegie For Violin, Cello And Orchestra" featuring Eleanor Aller on cello, "Intermezzo from 'Hassan' (Incidental Music To James Elroy Flecker's Play)", "Prelude To Irmelin", and "Serenade From 'Hassan' (Incidental Music To James Elroy Flecker's Play)" featuring Paul Shure on violin in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on the orchestra's album "Music Of DELIUS" (P-8182).

1957 - Vocalists Stan Freberg, Chuck Schrouder, Peggy Taylor, Daws Butler, and The Lennon Sisters (lineup unlisted), with Billy May's Music (May conducting his own arrangements to Leonard Mach, John Best, and Mannie Klein on trumpet, William Schaefer on trombone, Wilbur Schwartz, Ted Nash, and Fred Falensby on saxophones, Billy Liebert on accordion, Sam Furman on piano, Al Hedrickson on guitar, Robert Stone on bass, and Frank Flynn on drums), record the titles "Wun'erful, Wun'erful!, Part 1" and "Wun'erful, Wun'erful!, Part 2" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California between 8:30 PM and 11:30 PM. Capitol Records will issue both parts together as a single (Capitol F3815) and on Freberg's album "Stan Freberg - With The Original Cast" (T/DT 1242).

1957 - Vocalist Wanda Jackson, with Merrill Moore on piano, Alvis "Buck" Owens on lead guitar, William Everett "Billy" Strange on rhythm guitar, Ralph Mooney on steel guitar, Rollie Bundock on bass, and Roy Harte on drums, records the titles "No Wedding Bells For Joe", "Fujiyama Mama", "and "Just Queen For A Day" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California between 7:00 PM and 10:00 PM. Capitol Records will issue "No Wedding Bells For Joe" and "Fujiyama Mama" together as a single (Capitol F3843) with "Fujiyama Mama" also on Jackson's album "Rockin' With Wanda!" (T 1384) and "Just Queen For A Day" as a single (Capitol F3941) with "Honey Bop" (recorded September 20, 1956) on the flipside.

1958 - Frank Sinatra, with Nelson Riddle conducting his own arrangements to the orchestra (Pete Candoli, Conrad Gozzo, Mickey Mangano, and Cappy Lewis on trumpet, Tommy Pederson and Dick Noel on trombone, Juan Tizol on valve trombone, George Roberts on bass trombone, Willie Schwartz, Bill Green, Champ Webb, Joe Koch, and Harry Klee on saxophones and woodwinds, Bill Miller on piano, Al Viola on guitar, Joe Comfort on bass, Alvin Stoller on drums, Kathryn Julye on harp, Jimmy Joyce, Bill Stafford, Charles Parlato, Thomas Kenny, Betty Joyce, Vangie Carmichael, Jackie Noyes, and Hillard Street as a vocal chorus-1) and a string section with Victor Bay, Alex Beller, Harold Dicterow, David Frisina, Ben Gill, Murray Kellner, Lisa Minghetti, Endice Shapiro, Felix Slatkin, and Marshall Sosson on violin, Stanley Harris and David Sterkin on viola, Victor Gottblieb, Elizabeth Greenschpoon, and Eleanor Slatkin on cello), records the titles "Mr. Success", "Sleep Warm", "The Way I Love You",  "Where Or When", and "Who's In Your Arms Tonight?" at The Capitol Tower Studios in Hollywood, California between 9:45 PM and 12:15 AM. Capitol Records will issue "Mr. Success" and "Sleep Warm" together as a single (Capitol F4070) and "Where Or When" on the CD version of Sinatra's album "Frank Sinatra Sings For Only The Lonely" (7-48471-2). "The Way I Love You" and "Who's In Your Arms Tonight?"  have yet to be released.

65 Years Ago Today In 1961 - Frank Sinatra, with arranger and conductor Axel Stordahl, records the track "I'll See You Again" on the first day of sessions for his last Capitol Records album "Point Of No Return" in Studio A of The Capitol Tower Studios.

65 Years Ago Today In 1961 - Capitol Records releases The Kingston Trio's album "Close Up" which is their first album with John Stewart as a member

1962 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Ramblin' Rose" is #5 on WGKV 1490 AM's The Official Sing Along Survey in Charleston, West Virginia and #6 on WABC's Silver Dollar Sound Survey in New York City, New York.

1962 - Vocalist and guitarist Glen Campbell, with unlisted others, records the titles "My Special Angel", "I'Ll Hold You In My Heart", "When You Cry, You Cry Alone", "It's Been So Long Darling", and "Oh My Darlin'" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "My Special Angel" on Campbell's compliation CD "The Essential Glen Campbell, Volume 2" (8-33829-2) and "I'Ll Hold You In My Heart", "When You Cry, You Cry Alone", "It's Been So Long Darling", and "Oh My Darlin'" on Campbell's album "Too Late To Worry-Too Blue To Cry" (T/ST 1881).

1962 - 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 maracas and tambourine) with Andy White on drums, re-record eighteen takes of "Love Me Do" (with Starr on tambourine), ten takes of "P.S. I Love You" (with Starr on maracas), and a take of "Please Please Me" in E.M.I.'s Abbey Road Studios in London, England with producer Ron Richards and engineer Norman "Hurricane" Smith from 5:00 PM to 6:45 PM. Tollie Records will initially issue "Love Me Do" and "P.S. I Love You" together as a single (Tollie 9008) in the United States. Capitol Records will later issue both titles together in the United States as a single (Capitol 6062) and on the band's U.S. album "The Early Beatles" (T/ST 2309). Apple Records will issue the take of "Please Please Me" on the compilation album "Anthology, Volume 1" (8-34445-2 on CD).

1963 - The Beatles record the track "All I've Got To Do".

1965 - The Beatles' Capitol Records album "HELP!" is #1 on Billboard's Top 200 albums chart and will stay on top for nine weeks and their Capitol Records single "HELP!", with "I'm Down" on the flipside, is #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart.

1967 - The Beatles begin filming their BBC Television musical "Magical Mystery Tour" as the cast and crew board the coach and begin travelling around the UK. Capitol Records will release the soundtrack album in the United States.

1967 - Capitol Records releases Tennessee Ernie Ford's single "Hand-Me-Down Things" with "The Road" on the flipside.

1967 - The Beach Boys (lineup unlisted) record versions of "Sloop John B", "Help Me, Rhonda", "Good Vibrations", "California Girls", "Surfer Girl", and "God Only Knows" in Los Angeles, California. After overdubs are recorded on September 15, 1967 for "Help Me, Rhonda" and on September 16, 1967 for "Good Vibrations", Capitol Records International will issue all the titles on a tape (catalog # not listed).

1969 - Leon Payne, guitarist, songwriter (best known for "Lost Highway" and "I Love You Because"), member of the group Bob Wills & The Texas Playboys, and a Capitol Records solo artist, dies in San Antonio, Texas at age 52.

1987 - Capitol Records purchases the masters for Suave's title "Back Stabber". No issuing information is listed.

1987 - Lorelei (lineup unlisted) records the title "Dirty Love" in an unlisted studio for Capitol Records. No issuing information is listed.

1987 - Peter Tosh (born Winston Hubert McIntosh), singer, songwriter, member of the band The Wailers, and a EMI-America and Capitol Records solo recording artist, along with musician and herbalist Wilton "Doc" Brown, and popular Jamaican Broadcasting Corporation DJ Jeff "Free-I" Dixon, are shot in Tosh's home in Kingston, Jamaica by three men demanding money. Brown is killed instantly and Tosh and Dixon will later be pronounced dead at University Hospital in Kingston. Tosh was 43 years old.

2007 - Former Capitol Records artist Brian Wilson is announced to be one of the five honorees of the Kennedy Center Honors to be held December 2, 2007 in Washington, D.C. The ceremony will be broadcast by CBS-TV on December 26, 2006. The other honorees are comedian Steve Martin, motion picture director and film preservationist Martin Scorsese, singer Diana Ross and pianist Leon Fleisher.

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1957 - John Moss, with the Virgin Records group Culture Club, is born.

60 Years Ago Today In 1966 - Gregory Kane, keyboardist with the Circa Records (a division of Virgin Records) band Hue And Cry (and, with his brother and bandmate Pat Kane has also performed or recorded with Madonna, U2, Simply Red, James Brown, The Brecker Brothers, The Average White Band, Ray Charles, and Tito Puente), is born in Coatbridge, Scotland.

1967 - The Beatles begin filming their BBC Television musical "Magical Mystery Tour" as the cast and crew board the coach and begin travelling around the UK. Capitol Records will release the soundtrack album in the United States.

1972 - Billy May conducts The Time-Life Orchestra (lineup unlisted) as they record the titles "An Affair To Remember", "Charade", "The Magnificent Seven", "Vanessa", and "Velvet Glove" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California. Time-Life Records will issue all the titles as part of its "As You Remember Them Series" with "An Affair To Remember" in the three disc box set "Bill May - Volume 3" (STL 243), "Charade" and "Vanessa" in the three disc box set "Billy May - Volume 4" (STL 244), "The Magnificent Seven" in the three disc box set "Billy May - Volume Six" (STL 246), and "Velvet Glove" in the three disc box set "Billy May - Volume 5) (STL 245).

1998 - Stella Ritter, granddaughter of Capitol Records artist Tex Ritter and daughter of actors John Ritter and Amy Yasbeck, is born.

2003 - John Ritter, television and motion picture actor, and son of Capitol Records artist Tex Ritter, dies at age 54 (exactly one week before his 55th birthday) from an aortic dissection caused by a previously undiagnosed congenital heart defect, after being rushed to Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center (the same hospital where he was born) in Burbank, California when he became seriously ill during rehearsals on the set of his television series "8 Simple Rules For Dating My Teenage Daughter". Ritter is later interred at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Los Angeles, California.

2025 - Bobby Hart (born Robert Luke Harshman), songwriter and member of the A&M Records group Boyce & Hart and the Capitol Records group Dolenz, Jones, Boyce & Hart dies at age 86 in his home in Los Angeles, California after a long illness.

ON THIS DAY NOT IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1950 - The first photo-typesetting machine is put on public display at the Sixth Educational Graphic Arts Exposition, in Chicago, Illinois. It is the Intertype Fotosetter Photographic Line Composing Machine which is manufactured by the Intertype Corporation of Brooklyn, New York.

1972 - Max Fleischer, animator, animation developer, director and producer, and studio founder with brothers Dave and Richard (Fleisher Studios which innovated using the rotoscope process for animation, created the first sound cartoon in 1924 using the Lee DeForest sound-on-film synchronization process, created the characters Betty Boop and Koko the Clown, created the "follow the bouncing ball" sing along cartoons series, and set the standard for animation with shorts based on the Popeye and Superman characters before selling the studios to Paramount Pictures in 1942), dies at age 89 in Woodland Hills, California.

45 Years Ago Today In 1981 - The HBO special "The Pee-Wee Herman Show" airs for the first time.

25 Years Ago Today In 2001 - 9/11. Calls went out early in the morning to Capitol's employees not to come into the office that day. I was woken up by a call from Wendy Dougan and couldn't believe what I had heard. The rest of the day was spent just watching the news unfold. The Tower did re-open the next day but soon there was a bomb scare at around noon that sent all the employees out of the building and in to the newly re-developed far rear parking lot. If anything had happened to the building it would have been a great view but we probably would all have been killed flying pieces of The Tower. After a few hours we were let back into the building. After that day, security was tightened to the point where tourists could no longer enter The Tower to look at the gold records lining the walls of the lobby. This policy is still in effect to this today.

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HAPPY BIRTHDAYS!

1923 (Or Maybe September 13, 1922) - Yma Sumac, a singer with a five-octave range, a Broadway performer, and a Capitol Records artist (1949-1958), is born Zoila Augusta Emperatriz Chavarri del Castillo in Ichocán, Peru. If anyone knows for sure which year she was born in, please leave a comment.

65 Years Ago Today In 1961 - O'Bryan, singer, dancer, songwriter (created the theme song for the television show "Soul Train" used in the 1980s), record producer, and Capitol Records artist (1982-1986), is born McCoy Burnette, Jr. at Pender County Memorial Hospital in Burgaw, North Carolina

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1947 - Tex Williams' Capitol Records single "Smoke, Smoke, Smoke (That Cigarette), with "Roundup Polka" on the flipside, is tied for #2 on the U.S. charts with another version of the song recorded by Phil Harris for RCA Records with "Crawdad Song" on the flipside. Also, Red Ingle And His Natural Seven with guest vocalist Cinderella G. Stump (aka Jo Stafford)'s Capitol Records single "Tim-Tay-Shun", with "For Seventy Mental Reasons" on the flipside is at #5.

1948 - Mario Ruiz Armengol, with unlisted others, records unlisted titles for The Capitol Records Transcription Service at an unlisted studio. No issuing information is listed. Possibly this session was for the transfer of masters of the band tracks recorded on September 9, 1948 in Mexico for Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis' titles "That Certain Party" and "The Money Song" and for Andy Russell and The Pied Pipers' title "If We Can't Be The Same Old Sweethearts" on to acetate discs for the artists for rehearsal for vocal session for Martin & Lewis' titles on September 13, 1948, and Russell's session on October 2, 1948.

1952 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Somewhere Along The Way" is #12 on The Billboard magazine's Records Most Played By Disk Jockeys chart, #15 on the magazine's Best Selling Pop Singles chart, and #19 on the magazine's Most Played Juke Box Records chart. Cole's single "Walkin' My Baby Back Home is #24 also on The Billboard magazine's Best Selling Singles chart.

1953 - Final additional band tracks are overdubbed in Los Angeles, California by Van Alexander conducting his own arrangements to the orchestra (lineup unlisted) for both parts of Mel Blanc's title "Happy Hippety Hopper". Capitol Records will edit the final mixes of both parts into a single title and release it on the children's album "Bugs Bunny And His Friends" (J-3257).

1953 - Vocalist Skeets McDonald, with Harold Glenn Hensley on fiddle, Billy Liebert on piano, Billy Strange on guitar, Wesley "Speedy" West on steel guitar, Red Murrell on bass, and Roy Harte on drums, records the titles "I Need Your Love", "Looking At The Moon And Wishing On A Star", "We're Lovin' And Livin', and "Oh, How It Hurts" in Capitol Records' studios at 5515 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue "I Need Your Love" and "Looking At The Moon And Wishing On A Star" together as a single (Capitol 2607). Bear Family Records will issue all the titles in Germany in the five-CD box set "Skeets McDonald - Don't Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes" (BCD 15937).

1955 - The Louvin Brothers' Capitol Records single "When I Stopped Dreaming", with "Pitfall" on the flipside, enters the U.S. Country singles charts.

1957 - It's a Tuesday night at 7:30 PM and "The Nat 'King' Cole Show" airs on NBC-TV with guests The Randy Van Horne Singers, The Four Lads, and Ella Fitzgerald. This will be the first of four consecutive shows originating from the Copa Room at The Sands Hotel in Las Vegas. Here's a copy of the script.

1957 - The Five Keys (Rudy West on lead vocals, Ripley Ingram on tenor vocals, Maryland Pierce and Ramon Loper on baritone vocals, and Bernie West on bass vocals), with the Sid Feller Orchestra (listed as possibly King Curtis on tenor saxophone and unlisted guitar, bass and drums players), record the titles "Handy Andy", "Dog Gone Baby", "It's A Cryin' Shame" and "Whippety Whirl" at Capitol Records' studios in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue "Handy Andy" as a single (Capitol F4009) with "Emily Please" (recorded February 11, 1958) on the flipside, have yet to issue "Dog Gone Baby", "It's A Cryin' Shame" as a single (Capitol F3830) with "Do Anything" (recorded September 9, 1957) on the flipside, and "Whippety Whirl" as a single (Capitol F3861) with "From Me To You" (also recorded September 9, 1957) on the flipside.

1958 - Paul Weston conducts his own arrangments to His Orchestra (unlisted brass, reeds, and strings players) as they record the titles "Where Or When", "Stars Fell On Alabama", "Tenderly", "If I Could Be With You" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Weston and his orchestra's album "Music For The Fireside" (T/ST 1192).

1958 - Carmen Dragon conducts The Capitol Symphony Orchestra (lineup unlisted) as they record Louis XIII (King Of France)'s "Amaryllis", Paderewski's "Celebrated Minuet Opus 14, N° 1 (Minuet In G Major)", and Mozart's "Overture, K. 492 (The Marriage Of Figaro)" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Amaryllis" and "Celebrated Minuet Opus 14, N° 1 (Minuet In G Major)" on the orchestra's album "Invitation To The Dance" (P/SP-8466) and "Overture, K. 492 (The Marriage Of Figaro)" on its album "A Concert Gala" (P/SP-8511).

1962 - Capitol Records releases Tennessee Ernie Ford's single "How Great Thou Art" with "Eternal Life (The Prayer of St. Francis)" on the flipside.

1963 - During two sessions held this day in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California, pianist and bandleader Stan Kenton and His Orchesra (Jiggs Whigham, Edwin "Buddy" Baker, and Bob Curnow on trombones, Jim Amlotte and Dave Wheeler on bass trombone, Laurindo Almeida on guitar, John Worster on bass, Dee Barton on drums) and a vocal choir (Evangeline Carmichael, Betty Jane Baker, Loulie Jean Norman, Gloria Wood, Sue Allen, Peggy Clark, Virginia Mancini, Sally Sweetland, George Tipton, Thurl Ravenscroft, Ian Smith, Allan Davies, Jimmy Joyce, Bill Lee, Earl Brown, Jay Meyer, William Cole, and Bernie Parke), using arrangements written and conducted by Pete Rugolo, record the titels "Night Song (Artistry In Rhythm)" and "It's Love (Sunset Tower)" at the first session between 2:00 PM and 5:00 PM and the titles "Concerto Of Love (Concerto To End All Concertos)", "Flame (Artistry In Motion)", "Solitaire", "Moonlove (Collaboration)", and "Painted Rhythm" at the second session between 7:00 PM and 12:00 AM on September 11, 1958. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Kenton's album "Artistry In Voices & Brass" (T/ST 2132).

60 Years Ago Today In 1966 - The Beatles' Capitol Records album "Revolver" knocks their Capitol Records album "Yesterday & Today" out of the #1 album spot on Billboard's Top 200 albums chart.

1967 - Capitol Records purchases the masters for The Evil's (lineup unlisted) titles "Whatcha Gonna Do About It", "Gotta Move On", "I Know I'll Die", "It's Too Late", "Always Runnin' Around", "Short Life" and "From A Curbstone" produced by Gary Stites and Joe Sessody for Living Legend Productions and recorded in 1966 at Dukoff Recording Studios/F.A.R. 6601 in Miami, Florida, and will issue "Whatcha Gonna Do About It" and "Short Life" together as a single (Capitol 2038) and have yet to issue any of the other titles but an acetate of "From A Curbstone" and "Short Life" is available on YouTube.

1967 - Capitol Records purchases the masters for Norma Shearer's (not the film actress) titles "Fool Me", "You Tore My Playhouse Down", and "Mama Didn't Raise No Fools", issued "Fool Me" and "You Tore My Playhouse Down" together as a single (Capitol 2024), and have yet to issue "Mama Didn't Raise No Fools".

1968 - The Lettermen (vocalists Jim Pike, Tony Butala, and Gary Pike), with Mort Garson and Perry Botking, Jr. conducting their own arrangements to the orchestra (lineup unlisted), record the titles "This Guy's In Love With You", "Gentle On My Mind", "Hello, I Love You", and "Hey Jude" in Los Angeles, California. After overdubs are recorded for all the titles on September 19, 1968, Capitol Records will issue the final mixes off all the titles on the group's album "Put Your Head On My Shoulder" (ST-147).

1968 - Vocalist Clara Ward, with H. B. Barnum directing the orchestra and vocal chorus (lineups unlisted), records the titles "What The World Needs Now Is Love", "Medley: For What It's Worth/Stop, Look And Listen", and "Somewhere" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Ward's album "Soul And Inspiration" (ST-126) and "Somewhere" also as a single (Capitol 2500) with "Born Free" (recorded September 9, 1968) on the flipside.

1968 - The Crackers (aka The Band with Garth Hudson and Richard Manuel on keyboards and vocals, Jaime Robbie Robertson on guitar, and vocals, Rick Danko on bass and vocals, and Levon Helm on drums and vocals) record the title "Key To The Highway" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue the title as a bonus track on the CD "Music From The Big Pink Remastered" (5-25390-2).

1973 - Capitol Records registers the master it purchased from Buck Owens Enterprises for Susan Raye's titles "I'll Fly Away", "Precious Memories", "This World Is Not My Home", "What A Friend We Have In Jesus", "A Land Where We'll Never Grow Old", "Old Time Religion", "Farther Along", "Life's Railway To Heaven", "Who At My Door Is Standing", and "Softly And Tenderly" and will issue all the titles on Raye's album "Hymns By Susan Raye" (ST-11255).

1979 - Triumvirant begins recording its Capitol Records album "Russian Roulette".

1990 - Capitol Records releases Megadeth's album "Rust In Peace".

35 Years Ago Today In 1991 - Capitol Records Nashville releases Garth Brooks' third album "Ropin' The Wind" It is the first country album to carry a $10.98 suggested retail price.

35 Years Ago Today In 1991 - Capitol Records releases the compilation album "Christmas Kisses".

1992 - Capitol Records registers the masters for The Cavedogs' titles "Love Grenade", "Here Comes Rosie", "Sorrow (Boots Of Rain)", "As You Were", "Boy In A Plastic Bubble", "You're Put Away (Folderol)", "Sonny Day", "I I I", "Murder", On For The Ride", "Tarzan And His Arrow Heads", "Circus Song", and "Ghost Story", will issue all the titles except "Ghost Story" on the group's CD "Soul Martini" (7 97511 2), and have yet to issue "Ghost Story" but is has popped up online on YouTube.

1998 - Grand Royal and Capitol Records group The Beastie Boys are presented with the Video Vanguard Award at the 15th annual MTV Video Music Awards.

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1939 - Cynthia Lennon, artist, mother of John Charles Julian Lennon and first wife of John Lennon, is born Cynthia Lillian Powell in Blackpool, Lancashire, England.

1940 - Roy "Daddy Bug" Ayers, vibraphonist with the bands of Curtis Amy, Jack Wilson and the Pacific Jazz group The Gerald Wilson Orchestra, is born Roy E. Ayers Jr. in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Music Group's parent company, EMI Music Group, currently owns the Pacific Jazz catalog.

1947 - Tenor saxophonist Illinois Jaquet (with Russell Jacquet and Joe Newman on trumpet, J.J. Johnson on trombone, Leo Parker on baritone saxophone, Sir Charles Thompson on piano, John Collins on guitar, Al Lucas on bass, and Shadow Wilson on drums) records the tracks "Goofin' Off", "Riffin' With Jacquet", "Don't Push Daddy", two takes of "Sahara Heat", and "It's Wild" for Aladdin Records. Capitol Music Group's parent company, Universal Music Group, currently owns the Aladdin catalog.

1949 - Barriemore Barlow, a percussionist and the drummer with the band The Blades, the Chrysalis Records group Jethro Tull, and founder of the band Tandoori Cassette, is born Barry Barlow in Birmingham, England. Chrysalis' catalog is currently owned by EMI Music Group, Capitol Music Group's parent company.

1957 - Carol Decker, the lead singer with the Virgin Records group T'Pau and a solo artist, is born Carol Ann Decker in Huyton, Merseyside, England. I designed the packaging for the 12" promo for their first U.S. single release "Heart And Soul" using an idea from Virgin Record America's co-president Jeff Ayeroff as my first freelance assignment for the label, and revised the original UK packaging of their self-titled debut album for release on vinyl, cassette, and CD in the United States by the label. I attended their performance at The Roxy on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood, catching Carol's eye. When I went upstairs to their dressing rooms afterward, she was kind of surprised and happy to see me, but that faded pretty quickly when she found out I worked for their label. Virgin's catalog is currently owned by Universal Music Group, Capitol Music Group's parent company.

1958 - Trumpet player Art Farmer, with Benny Golson on tenor saxophone, Bill Evans on piano, Addison Farmer on bass, and Dave Bailey on drums, start the first of three days of sessions at Nola Studios in New York City, New York where they record the titles "Mox Nix", "Fair Weather", "Darn That Dream", "The Touch Of Your Lips, "Jubilation", "Like Someone In Love", "I Love You", and "Cool Breeze" for United Artists Records. After E.M.I. acquires United Artists' catalog, Blue Note Records will issue all the titles on the CD reissue of Farmer's album "Modern Art" (7-84459-2).

1982 - Marty Balin, with unlisted others, records the title "Is It You" at an unlisted studio for EMI-America. No issuing information is listed.

1993 - Pianist and vocalist Mose Allison, with Ratso Harris on bass, Paul Motian on drums, and Hugh McCracken on harmonica, records the titles "This Ain't Me", "Cabaret Card", and "What A Shame" at Skyline Studio in New York City, New York. Blue Note Records will issue all the titles on Allison's CD "The Earth Wants You" (8-27640-2).

1994 - Talulah Pine LeBon, daughter of Simon LeBon (singer with the Capitol Records group Duran Duran) and his wife Yasmin Parvenah LeBon, is born.

ON THIS DAY NOT IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1908 - Raymond Scott, pianist, bandleader, radio and television performer and music director, electronic music innovator, and composer (whose works were adapted by Carl Stalling for use in many of Warner Bros.' classic Looney Tunes animated shorts), is born Harry Warnow in Brooklyn, New York.