MAY 5, 2026

HAPPY BIRTHDAYS!

115 Years Ago Today In 1911 - Pete Daily, a cornet player, bandleader, and Capitol Records artist, is born in Portland, Indiana.

1933 - Bobby Austin, Capitol Records solo artist, songwriter, and bassist for Wynn Stewart, Buck Owens, and Tommy Collins, is born in Wenatchee, Washington. The first song that Austin wrote, co-written with Johnny Paycheck, was Tammy Wynette's first recording, "Apartment #9". The title would be named Song Of The Year by the Academy of Country Music. Jason Odd wrote a great biographical article for the Traditional Country Hall of Fame website.

1968? - Dominic Pandiscia, CEO of Pledge Music, formerly President of Caroline Records, Executive Vice President Music Services at EMI, and Senior Vice President and General Manager of EMI Label Services, Global/Caroline Distribution, an unlisted position with Capitol Music Group in New York City, and Senior Vice President of Sales for Virgin Records in New York City, is born in Stanhope, New Jersey.

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1942 - Trumpet player Bobby Sherwood and His Orchestra (Bob Goodrich, Clyde Hurley, and Gene Morgan also on trumpets, Al "King" Jackson and Joe Yukl on trombones, Bill Covey on alto saxophone, Bill Martinez on clarinet and alto saxophone, Bud Carlton and John Hamilton on tenor saxophones, Champ Webb on baritone saxophone, Gene Plummer on piano, Basil Hutchinson on guitar, Jud De Naut on bass, and Johnny Cyr on drums) record the titles "I Don't Know Why" with vocals by Bobby Sherwood, the instrumental title "The Elks' Parade", "Moonlight Becomes You" with vocals by Kitty Kallen (her only appearance on Capitol Records), and "Harlem Butterfly" with vocals again by Bobby Sherwood in Radio Recorders' studios at 932 North Western Avenue in Hollywood, California for Ammor Records. Capitol Records will purchase the masters from Ammor and issue "I Don't Know Why" and "Elks' Parade" (which will become one of Capitol's biggest sellers in its first 10 years) together as a single (Capitol 107 which will be part of Capitol's first release of singles to retail) and "Moonlight Becomes You" and "Harlem Butterfly" together as a single (Capitol 123).

1945 - Johnny Mercer, Jo Stafford, The Pied Pipers with Paul Weston and His Orchestra's Capitol Records single "Candy" is #2 on Billboard's Best Selling Retail Records chart and The Pied Pipers with Paul Weston and His Orchestra's Capitol Records single "Dream" debuts at #6.

75 Years Ago Today In 1951 - Les Paul and Mary Ford's Capitol Records single "How High The Moon" is still #1 on Billboard's Best Selling Retail Records chart, Nat "King" Cole with Les Baxter and His Orchestra's Capitol Records Single "Too Young" is #4, and Paul and Ford's Capitol Records single "Mockin'bird Hill" is #5.

1953 - Pinto Colvig overdubs vocals in Los Angeles, California onto music tracks recorded by Billy May conducting an orchestra for the titles "Bozo And His Friends: Part 1" and "Bozo And His Friends: Part 2". Capitol Records will issue the final mixes together as the children's record "Bozo And His Friends" (J-12).

1953 - During two sessions held this day in Los Angeles, California, Felix Slatkin conducts trumpet player Mannie Klein, pianist Victor Aller, and The Concert Arts Orchestra (lineup unlisted) as they record Shostakovich's "Concerto In C Minor For Piano, Solo Trumpet And String Orchestra, Movements 1 And 2" at the first session and "Concerto In C Minor For Piano, Solo Trumpet And String Orchestra, Movements 3 And 4" at the second session. Capitol Records will issue both titles on the album "SHOSTAKOVICH - Concerto in C Minor For Piano, Solo Trumpet and Orchestra" (L-8229).

70 Years Ago Today In 1956 - Les Baxter and His Orchestra's Capitol Records single "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 tied for #5 with The Platters featuring Tony Williams' single "The Magic Touch", and Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Too Young To Go Steady" is tied for #35 with The Dick Hyman Trio's single "Theme From 'Three Penny Opera'"

1957 - Ferlin Husky's Capitol Records single "Gone" is still #1 on the U.S. Country singles charts.

1958 - Laurie London's Capitol Records single "He's Got The Whole World In His Hands" is #4 on Billboard's Best Selling Records chart, Dean Martin with Gus Levene and His Orchestra & Chorus' Capitol Records single "Return To Me" is #9, Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Looking Back" is #12, and The Four Prep's Capitol Records single "Twenty-Six Miles" is #33.

1958 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Looking Back" is also #16 on WMGM's Top 40 Survey in New York City, New York.

1958 - To build on the publicity of their recent appearance on CBS-TV's "Playhouse 90", Capitol Records releases The Kingston Trio's single "Scarlet Ribbons", with "Three Jolly Coachmen" on the flipside, the two songs the group performed on the show.

1958 - During two sessions held this day in Los Angeles, California, Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra (lineup unlisted) record the titles "In The Heat Of The Day" and "Herman's Tune" with vocals by the Don Williams Singers (lineup unlisted), "I Can't Make Up My Mind" with vocals by the Don Williams Singers, Elaine Dunn, and George Chakiris, and "You Gotta Be In Love" with vocals by Elaine Dunn and Dante D'Paulo at the first session and the titles "I Feel Like A New Man" with vocals by Elaine Dunn, "I Know What Let's Do" with vocals by Elaine Dunn and Dante D'Paulo, "I Can't Sleep" with vocals by Dante D'Paulo and Neile Adams, and "Sex" with vocals by Neile Adams at the second session. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on the album "Gordon Jenkins Conducts Monte Proser's Tropicana Holiday" (T/ST 1048).

1958 - Pianist and bandleader Stan Kenton and His Orchestra (Lennie Niehaus on alto saxophone, Bill Perkins and Richie Kamuca on tenor saxophone, Bill Robinson and Steve Perlow on baritone saxophone, Red Kelly on bass, and Jerry McKenzie on drums) record the titles "Theme For Sunday", "Theme To The West", "Serenade In Blue" and "Sentimental Serenade" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California between 2:00 PM and 5:00 PM for Capitol Records which has yet to issue any of the takes of the titles recorded at this session.

1958 - The Stylemasters (a male vocal quartet - lineup unlisted) record the titles "Hawaiian Sea Breeze" and "Those Nights At The Roundtable" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both titles together as a single (Capitol F3987).

1958 - Vocalist Frank Sinatra, with Nelson Riddle conducting his own arrangements to the orchestra (Tommy Pederson and Milt Bernhart on trombones, Ken Shroyer on bass trombone, Richard Perissi, James Decker, and John Cave on French horns, Arthur Gleghorn and Harry Klee on flutes, Blake Reynolds and Sal Franzella on clarinets, Champ Webb and Arnold Koblentz on oboe, Charles Butler and Bill Ulyate on bass clarinet, Bill Miller on piano, Al Viola and George Van Eps on guitar, Joe Comfort and Mike Rubin on bass, Bill Richmond and Larry Bunker on drums, Kathryn Julye on harp, and a string section with Victor Arno, Victor Bay, Alex Beller, Arnold Belnick, Harold Dicterow, David Frisina, James Getzoff, Henry Hill, Daniel Karpilowsky, Mischa Russell, Paul Shure, and Felix Slatkin on violins, Alvin Dinkin, Stankey Harris, Paul Robyn, and David Sterkin on viola, and James Arkatov, Elizabeth Greenschpoon, Armand Kaproff, and Eleanor Slatkin on cello), records the titles "Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry", "Ebb Tide", and "Angel Eyes" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California between 8:00 PM and 11:00 PM for Capitol Records which has yet to issue any of the takes of the titles recorded at this session.

1963 - Capitol Records files in Los Angeles, California the masters it purchased for Jack Marshall's interviews on the beach: "The Hodad Of The Year", "The World's Richest Surfer", "The Tijuana Surfer", "The Old Oceanographer", "The Teen-Age Surfing Vampire", and "Mr. Surfboard" and will issue all the interviews on the album "'My Son The Surf Nut' (Interviews On The Beach - Jack Marshall)" (T/ST 1939).

1965 - Buck Owens & His Buckaroos finish recording sessions at The Capitol Towers Studios for their album "Instrumental Hits". The sessions were produced by Ken Nelson. Besides Owens on guitar and electric guitar, the sessions featured Don Rich on acoustic & electric guitars and fiddle, Tom Brumley on steel guitar, Doyle Holly on bass, Willie Cantu on drums, Jelly Sanders on guitar and fiddle, Ralph Mooney, Jimmy Seals, and Red Simpson on guitars, Jay McDonald on pedal steel guitar, George French, Jr. on piano, Bobby Austin, Kenny Pierce, and Bob Morris on electric basses, and Wayne "Moose" Stone, Mel King, and Ken Presley drums.

1968 - Ellen Janov, with unlisted others, records the titles "Dreams Of Love" and "Soon They Grow" in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records. No issuing information is listed.

1969 - Capitol Records releases The Beatles' Apple Records single "Get Back", with "Don't Let Me Down" on the flipside, in the United States and Buck Owens' single "Johnny B. Goode".

1973 - Harvest Records, a subsidiary of Capitol Records, releases Pink Floyd's single "Money", (Harvest 3609) with "Any Colour You Like" on the flipside, in the United States.

1975 - Capitol Records releases Tennessee Ernie Ford and Glen Campbell's album "Ernie Sings and Glen Picks".

1978 - Capitol Records releases Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band's album "Stranger In Town".

1983 - The Motels (featuring vocals by Martha Davis with unlisted others) record the title "Remember The Nights" in (listed as possibly) Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the title as a single (Capitol B-5246) with "Killing Time" (recorded February 14, 1983) on the flipside.

1988 - Capitol Records registers the masters it purchased for Johnny Clegg & Savuka's titles "Human Rainbow", "Siyayilanda", "Joey Don't Do It", "Dance Across The Centuries", "Talk To The People", "African Shadow Man", "The Waiting", "Take My Heart Away", "I Call Your Name", and "Too Early For The Sky" and will issue all the titles on the group's album "Shadow Man" (7-90411-2 on CD) and will also issue "Joey Don't Do It" and "Take My Heart Away" as a single (Capitol 44228).

1992 - Capitol Records releases Radiohead's first commercial EP, "Drill", which contains the tracks "Prove Yourself", "Stupid Car", "You", and "Thinking About You".

1998 - Capitol releases Garth Brooks' first boxed set "Limited Series" (only 2 million sets released worldwide). The collection will include Brooks' first six multi-platinum studio releases as well as a new bonus track on each CD, for a total of 66 cuts and over three hours of music. The package also includes a new photo booklet commemorating Brooks' career to date. Also released is Brooks’ single "To Make You Feel My Love" featured on the soundtrack for the feature film "Hope Floats".

1998 - Capitol Records releases The Jesus Lizard's album "Blue".

1999 - Radiohead's "Meeting People Is Easy" becomes Capitol Records' first simultaneous DVD and Home Video release.

1999 - Capitol Records Nashville artist Garth Brooks is named the artist of the decade at the 34th annual Academy of Country Music Awards.

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1943 - Michael Palin, a comedian, television and motion picture actor, and member of the Virgin Records America group Monty Python's Flying Circus is born Michael Edward Palin in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England.

1958 - David Seville's Liberty Records single "Witch Doctor" is still #1 on Billboard's Best Selling Retail Records chart, Rick Nelson's Imperial Records single "My Bucket's Got A Hole In It" is #22 and its flipside, "Believe What You Say" is #24.

1958 - Imperial Records releases The Burnette Brothers' single "Warm Love" with "My Honey" on the flipside which will be their only single release for the label.

1960 - The Quarry Men become The Silver Beetles.

1962 - Rick Nelson's Imperial Records single "Young World" is #11 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart, Jay And The American's United Artists single "She Cried" is #13, Walter Brennan's Liberty Records single "Old Rivers" is #15.

1973 - Luis Gonzaga, Jr., with unlisted others, records the title "Moleque" in an unlisted studio in Brazil. Blue Note Records will issue the title on the multi-artist compilation album "Blue Brazil Vol. 2 (Blue Note In A Latin Groove)" (B1-57741 on 12" LP and 8-57741-2 on CD).

35 Years Ago Today In 1991 - Roxette's EMI America single "Joyride" is #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart.

1998 - Trumpet player Tim Hagans, with Scott Kinsey on synthesizer and programming, David Dyson on electric bass, and Billy Kilson on drums, records the titles "Hud Doyle" with the addition of Even Hays on electric piano and DJ Kingsize on programming, French Girl" with the addition of Bob Beldon on soprano saxophone, and Animation/Imagination" with the addition of Kurt Rosenwinkel on guitar at Sony Studios in New York City, New York. Blue Note Records will issue all the titles on Hangan's album "Animation/Imagination" (4-95198-2 on CD).

20 Years Ago Today In 2006 - EMI entered preliminary talks to buy Warner Music Group which would later reject EMI's offer.

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135 Years Ago Today In 1891 - Carnegie Hall officially opens with a concert by The Symphony Society of New York (also known as the New York Symphony), one of the two ensembles that merged in 1928 to form today’s New York Philharmonic, conducted by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky.

1900 - The Billboard, a magazine for the music and entertainment industries, begins weekly publication after six years as a monthly.

65 Years Ago Today In 1961 - Alan B. Shepard, Jr. becomes the first American to go into space.

1968 - Ed Sullivan presents a tribute on CBS-TV to Irving Berlin on his 80th birthday.

MAY 4, 2026

HAPPY BIRTHDAYS!

1928 - Maynard Ferguson, a musician (trumpet, trombone, other horns), bandleader, winner of DownBeat Magazine reader's poll for best trumpet in 1950, '51, and '52, member of the Capitol Records group Stan Kenton and His Orchestra, and a Capitol and Roulette Records solo artist, is born Walter Maynard Ferguson in Verdun, Quebec, Canada.

1937 - Dick Dale, "King of the Surf Guitar" and Capitol Records artist (his first full-length album, "Surfer’s Choice", was picked up by Capitol Records in 1962 and distributed nationally), is born Richard Monsour in Boston, Massachusetts.

1942 - Nickolas Ashford, a producer, songwriter, and singer in the Capitol Records duo Ashford & Simpson, is born in Fairfield, South Carolina.

1952 - Jacob Miller, a motion picture actor, a singer with the Capitol Records group Inner Circle, and a solo artist is born in Madeville, Jamaica.

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1945 - Pianist Stan Kenton and His Orchestra (John Carroll, Buddy Childers, John Anderson, Gene Roland, and Mel Green on trumpets, Marshall Ockers, Freddie Zito, and Milt Kabak on trombones, Bart Varsalona on bass trombone, Bob Lively and Boots Mussulli on alto saxophones, Joe Magro and Dave Madden on tenor saxophone, Bob Gioga on bass trombone, Bob Ahern on guitar, Max Wayne on bass, and Bob Varney on drums), with June Christy on vocals, will record the titles "Tampico" and the instrumental "Southern Scandal" at Universal Recording Studios in Chicago, Illinois. Capitol Records will release both titles together as a single (Capitol 202) which will become the group's first million-selling record.

80 Years Ago Today In 1946 - Andy Russell with Paul Weston and His Orchestra's Capitol Records single "Laughing On The Outside" enters Billboard's Best Selling Retail Records chart at #8.

1952 - Hank Thompson's Capitol Records single "The Wild Side Of Life" is #1 on the U.S. Country singles charts.

1953 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Pretend" is #4 on The Billboard magazine's Best Selling Singles and Most Played By Jockeys charts and #5 on the magazine's Most Played In Juke Boxes chart.

1953 - Vocalist Margaret Whiting, with Nelson Riddle conducting his own arrangements to the orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the titles "Something Wonderful Happens", "Where Did He Go", "Mmm, It's Love", and "I Wish I Could Telephone Heaven" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Something Wonderful" and "Where Did He Go" together as a single (Capitol 2489 on 10" shellac and F2489 on 7" vinyl) and has yet to issue the other two titles.

1953 - Vocalists Dean Martin and The Herman McCoy Singers (lineup unlisted), with Dick Stabile conducting His Orchestra (Bernie Mattinson on xylophone, Louis Brown on piano, Vince Terri on guitar, Phil Stephens on bass, Ray Toland on drums, and a string section with Leonard Atkins, Victor Bay, John Peter DeVoogt, Carl LaMagna, Nick Pisani, and Gerald Vinci on violins, Alan Harshman and Louis Kievman on viola, and Armand Kaproff on cello) using arrangements by Gus Levene, records the titles "'Til I Find You", "Don't You Remember?", "If I Could Sing Like Bing", and "Love Me, Love Me" at an extended session in Capitol Records' studios at 5515 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood, California between 8:00 PM and 12:00 AM. Capitol Records will issue "'Til I Find You" and "Love Me, Love Me" together as a single (Capitol 2485 on 10" shellac and F2485 on 7" vinyl) and "Don't You Remember" and "If I Could Sing Like Bing" together as a single (Capitol 2555 on 10" shellac and F2555 on 7" vinyl).

70 Years Ago Today In 1956 - Vocalist Gene Vincent and His Blue Caps (Cliff Gallup on guitar, Ervin "Willie Williams on rhythm guitar, Jack Neal on bass, and Dickie Harrell on drums) record the titles "Race With The Devil", "Be-Bop-A-Lula", "Woman Love", and "I Sure Miss You" with producer Ken Nelson at Owen Bradley's Bradley Film & Recording Studio in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue "Race With The Devil" as a single (Capitol F3530) with "Gonna Back Up Baby" (recorded June 25, 1956) on the flipside, "Be Bop A Lula" and "Woman Love" together as a single (Capitol F3450, the label's first Rock 'N' Roll single), and "I Sure Miss You" on the group's eponymous album "Gene Vincent And His Blue Caps" (T 811). Capitol Records will rush-release "Be Bop A Lula" so that it will be in stores within two weeks and the group will perform the song before cameras for the film "The Girl Can't Help It". "Be-Bop-A-Lula" will influence generations of rockers around the world including John Lennon’s first band The Quarrymen and would be the first record bought by Paul McCartney.

1957 - Ferlin Husky's Capitol Records single "Gone" is #5 on Billboard's Best Selling Retail Records chart, Tommy Sands' Capitol Records single "Teenage Crush" is #13 in a three way tie with Harry Belafonte (with Bob Corwin and His Orchestra)'s single "Mama Look-A Boo Boo", and Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra (with The Arthur Malvin Singers)'s single "So Rare".

1959 - Capitol Records releases Judy Garland's album "The Letter" which has recently been re-released by GRP Records.

1959 - The first Grammy Awards are presented by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Capitol Records artists Louis Prima and Keely Smith win Best Group or Chorus Vocal Performance with the single "That Old Black Magic", The Kingston Trio win Best Country and Western Performance with the single "Tom Dooley", Billy May wins Best Orchestra Performance with the album "Billy May's Big Fat Brass", Meredith Wilson wins Best Original Cast Album - Broadway or Television with "The Music Man", Felix Slatkin conducting The Hollywood Bowl Symphony wins Best Classical Performance - Orchestra with "Gaite Parisienne", The Hollywood String Quartet wins Best Classical Performance - Chamber Music with "Beethoven: Quartet No. 13", Roger Wagner Chorale win Best Classical Performance - Operatic or Choral with "Virtuoso", Stan Freberg wins" Best Documentary or Spoken Word Recording with "The Best Of The Stan Freberg Show", and Frank Sinatra wins "Best Album Cover" with his art direction of his album "Only The Lonely".

1959 - The Kingston Trio's Capitol Records single "Tijuana Jail" is #21 on Billboard's Best Selling Retail Records chart.

1963 - The Beach Boys' Capitol Records album "Surfin' USA" debuts on the US album charts.

1963 - The Beach Boy's Capitol Records single "Surfin' USA" is #8 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart, The Kingston Trio's Capitol Records single "Reverend Mr. Black" is #14, and Al Martino's Capitol Records single "I Love You Because" is #29.

1963 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records album "Ramblin' Rose" is #54 and his album "Dear Lonely Hearts" is #74 on Billboard magazine's Top LPs - 150 Best Sellers - Monaural chart. Also, Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "All Over The World" is #73 on Cash Box magazine's Top 100 Singles chart, and his single "Those Lazy-Hazy-Crazy Days Of Summer" is #1 on the magazine's Singles-Looking Ahead chart.

1964 – Capitol Records releases The Beatles' single "Can’t Buy Me Love" and The Kingston Trio's last album for the label, "Back In Town", recorded during a stint at hungry i in San Francisco that started on March 23, 1964.

1968 - Jackie Gleason and His Orchestra (featuring Mike Deasy on sitar with the rest of the lineup unlisted) record the titles "Moon River" and "Can't Take My Eyes Off Of You" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both titles on Gleason's album "The Now Sound For Today's Lovers" (SW 2935).

1969 - Merle Haggard's Capitol Records single "Hungry Eyes" is #1 on the U.S. Country singles charts.

55 Years Ago Today In 1971 - Buck Owens records the titles "Corn Likker (Corn Liquor)", "Rollin' In My Sweet Baby's Arms",  and "I Know You're Married But I Love You Still" at Buck Owens Studios in Bakersfield, California. Capitol Records will issue the first two titles together as a single (Capitol 3164) and all three titles on Buck Owens and The Buckaroos' album "Ruby" (ST-795).

1974 - Grand Funk Railroad's cover single of "Loco-motion" is still #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart for the second of a two-week stay.

1977 - Capitol Records releases The Beatles live album "The Beatles At The Hollywood Bowl".

1979 – A congratulatory ad for “Phantasm” star Angus Scrim (The Tall Man) from Capitol Records appears in the Hollywood Reporter. Angus Scrim is the screen name for Rory Guy, Grammy-winning writer of liner notes for Angel and Capitol Records, whose office was on the 5th floor of The Capitol Tower. Ron Waite has a great article online about a visit to Rory/Angus in the Tower with a young fan of the movie.

1982 – Duran Duran's second album, “Rio”, produced by Colin Thurston, was released worldwide with Capitol Records' subsidiary Harvest Records initially handling distribution in the United States.

1988 - Dave Edmunds, with unlisted others, records the title "Sincerely" at an unlisted studio. Capitol Records will issue the title on Edmunds' album "Closer To Fame" (C1-90372 on 12" vinyl and C2-90372 on CD).

1992 - Dudu Zulu, a principal member of the Capitol Records group Johnny Clegg & Savuka, was shot and killed on May 4, 1992 in his native Zululand as he was en route to his home.

1998 - Capitol Records releases Robbie Williams' first U.S. album "The Ego Has Landed", culled from his first 2 UK albums.

15 Years Ago Today In 2011 - Gary West (aka Speedy West, Jr.), guitarist and son of Capitol Records artist Speedy West, dies in Oklahoma City of complications from lung cancer at age 58. A memorial service is set for 3 p.m. May 11 at St. Luke's United Methodist Church in Oklahoma City under the direction of Buchanan Funeral Service of Oklahoma City.

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1947 – Capitol Records co-founder and artist Johnny Mercer sings "Huggin' and Chalkin'" on the Armed Forces radio show "Command Performance".

1957 - Fats Domino's Imperial Records single "I'm Walkin'" is #8 on Billboard's Best Selling Retail Records chart and Eddie Cochran's Liberty Records single "Sittin' In The Balcony" is #21.

1959 - Liberty Records artist David Seville wins Best Comedy Recording and Best Recording for Children with "The Chipmunk Song" and Ted Keep wins Best Engineered Recording - Novelty with "The Chipmunk Song" at the first Grammy Awards presentation.

1959 - The Fleetwoods' Dolton (originally Dolphin) Records single "Come Softly" is #3 on Billboard's Best Selling Retail Records chart, Martin Denny's Liberty Records single "Quiet Village" is #19, Rick Nelson's Imperial Records single "Never Be Anyone Else But You is #26 and its flipside, "It's Late", is #29.

1963 - Bobby Vee's Liberty Records single "Charms" is #15 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart, Lou Christie's Roulette Records single "Two Faces Have I" is #23, and Jan and Dean's Liberty Records single "Linda" is #28.

1983 - EMI America purchases the masters to Kate Bush's title "Un Baiser D'Enfant (The Infant Kiss) (French Lyric)" with Bush singing in French and will issue the title on Bush's self-titled 7" mini-album "Kate Bush" (4LP-19004).

40 Years Ago Today In 1986 - The Pet Shop Boys' EMI America single "West End Girls" is #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart.

ON THIS DAY NOT IN CAPITOL HISTORY

140 Years Ago Today In 1886 - Chichester Bell and Charles S. Tainter are granted a patent on the gramophone.

1929 - Audrey Hepburn, Academy Award-winning actress, who introduced the Johnny Mercer/Henry Mancini song “Moon River” in the film “Breakfast At Tiffany’s”, is born Edda Kathleen van Heemstra in Brussels, Belgium.

1945 - Miles Davis records for the first time in a session with a band led by Herbie Fields.

1958 - Keith Haring, an artist, is born in Reading, Pennsylvania.

1970 – Students Allison Krause, Sandra Lee Scheuer, Jeffrey Glenn Miller, and William K. Schroeder were shot down by National Guard members during an anti-Vietnam War demonstration on the Kent State University Campus in Ohio.

1975 - Moe Howard, a vaudeville, Broadway, motion picture and television actor, comedian, and member of The Three Stooges, dies at age 77.

1977 - "Star Wars" debuts in movie theatres.

20 Years Ago Today In 2006 - I saw actor Kent McCord working on his website on a 12" iBook outside a coffee shop next to the Virgin MegaStore on Sunset and Crescent Heights. He appeared on "Ozzie and Harriett" as one of Rick Nelson's friends before going on to co-star on "Adam 12" and making appearances on "Farscape"..

MAY 3, 2026

HAPPY BIRTHDAYS!

1903 - Bing Crosby, a singer, radio, motion picture, radio, and television actor, and a Decca and a Capitol Records artist, is born Harry Lillis Crosby at 1112 North "J" Street in Tacoma, Washington.

1912 - Virgil Fox, organist and Capitol Records artist, is born in Princeton, Illinois.

1950 - Mary Hopkin, singer (best known for "Those Were The Days") and Apple Records artist distributed by Capitol Records in the United States, is born in Pontardawe, Wales.

1955 - Steve Jones, singer, disc jockey, and guitarist with the EMI and Virgin Records band The Sex Pistols, is born.

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL HISTORY

1947 - The Pied Pipers with Paul Weston and His Orchestra's Capitol Records single "Mam'selle" debuts at #10 on Billboards Best Selling Retail Records chart.

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

1952 - Kay Starr's Capitol Records single "Wheel Of Fortune" is still #1 on Billboard's Best Selling Retail Records chart, Ella Mae Morse's Capitol Records single is still #3, and Jane Froman's Capitol Records single "I'll Walk Alone", with orchestra conducted by Sid Feller, debuts at #19.

1958 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Looking Back" is #4 on The Billboard magazine's R&B Best Sellers In Stores and Most Played R&B By Jockeys charts, #10 on the magazine's Best Selling Pop Singles In Stores and Top 100 Sides charts, #14 on the magazine's Most Played By Jockeys chart, #15 on Cash Box magazine's Best Selling Singles chart, and #38 on KFWB's Fabulous Forty Survey in Los Angeles, California. "Looking Back"'s flipside, "Do I Like It" is also #10 on The Billboard magazine's Best Selling Pop Singles In Stores chart, #26 also on KFWB's Fabulous Forty Survey in Los Angeles, California and #93 also on The Billboard magazine's Top 100 Sides chart. Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records album "Love Is The Thing" is #9 on The Billboard magazine's Most Played By Jockeys chart and #22 on the magazine's Best Selling Pop LPs chart.

1958 - Vocalist Earl Holliman, with The Dave Cavanaugh Orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the titles "Don't Get Around Much Anymore", "Real Love And Affection", "A Teenager Sings Blues", and "White Flame" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Don't Get Around Much Anymore" and "A Teenager Sings Blues" together as a single (Capitol 3983) and has yet to issue the other two titles.

1968 - Capitol Records band The Beach Boys begins its US tour, with special guest Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, with two concerts, one at the Washington Coliseum in Washington, District of Columbia and the other at the Baltimore Civic Center in Baltimore, Maryland.

1968 - Overdubs are recorded in Los Angeles, California for Tony Bruno's titles "We'll Be Together Again", "Didn't We", "You Don't Know What Love Is", "Reason To Believe", "Little Green Apples", and "Rhonda Mendelbaum". After more overdubs are recorded for all the titles on May 4, 6, and 18, 1968, Capitol Records will issue the final mixes of all the titles on Bruno's album "I'm Feeling It Now" (ST 2930) and the final mix of "Didn't We" also as a single (Capitol 2235) with "Little Men & Little Women" (recorded March 4, 1968 with overdubs on March 18 and April 26, 1968) on the flipside.

1968 - Truck (lineup unlisted) records the titles "I've Been Waiting" and "If" in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records which has yet to issue either title.

1968 - Vocalists Tony Sandler and Ralph Yount, with Bob Bain conducting his own arrangements to the orchestra (lineup unlisted) record the titles "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas", "I Sing Noel", "Mister Santa", and "Adeste Fideles (O Come All Ye Faithful)" in Los Angeles, California. After overdubs are recorded in Los Angeles, California on May 24, 1968 for "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas" and "I Sing Noel" and on May 27, 1968, for "Mister Santa" and "Adeste Fideles (O Come All Ye Faithful)", Capitol Records will issue the final mixes of "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas", "I Sing Noel", and "Mister Santa" on the duo's album "Christmas World" (ST 2967), "I Sing Noel" also as a single (Capitol 2333) with "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town" (recorded April 29, 1968, with overdubs recorded on May 27, 1968) on the flipside, and  "Adeste Fideles (O Come All Ye Faithful)" on the two-LP multi-artist compiliation album "The Best Of Christmas" (STBB 2979).

1968 - Overdubs are recorded in Nashville, Tennessee for Ken "Thumbs" Carllile's titles "Gentle On My Mind", "Boss-A-Minuet", "By The Time I Get To Phoenix", and "Greenfields" which were all recorded on March 5, 1968. Capitol Records has yet to issue any of the titles or their final mixes.

1969 - Margaret Young, a popular comedienne and singer in the 1920s, Capitol recording artist in 1949, and aunt of Capitol artist Margaret Whiting, dies in Inglewood, California at age 78. She was born Margaret Youngblood.

55 Years Ago Today In 1971 - Capitol Records band Grand Funk Railroad hold their first press conference with six journalists attending.

1973 - Connie Cato, with unlisted others, records the titles "Four ON The Floor", "Big Stick Of Dynamite", and "Don't Let The Good Times Roll Away" in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue "Four On The Floor" and "Don't Let The Good Times Roll Away" together as a single (Capitol 3679), "Big Stick Of Dynamite" as a single (Capitol 3788) with "Superskirt" (recorded January 31, 1973) on the flipside, and "Four On The Floor" and "Big Stick Of Dynamite" also on Cato's album "Super Connie Cato" (ST-11312).

1973 - Overdubs are recorded in Los Angeles, California for Billy May And The Time-Life Orchestra's titles "The Fool On The Hill" (recorded in The Capitol Tower Studios on March 19, 1973) and "Manha De Carnaval" (recorded and overdubbed in The Capitol Tower Studios on April 30, 1973). Time-Life Records will issue the final mixes of both titles as part of its "As You Remember Them" series in the three-LP set "Volume 7 - Billy May" (STL-247).

50 Years Ago Today In 1976 - Capitol Records band Wings end their "Wings Over America" tour after a three-night stand at The Forum, in Los Angeles, California, or start their tour in Fort Worth, Texas marking Paul McCartney's first time back on a U.S. stage in a decade.

1977 - Helmut Köllen, the bassist, acoustic guitarist, vocalist, and writer for the Capitol band Triumvirat, after a long day in the studio recording, is accidentally killed at age 27 by carbon monoxide poisoning while sitting in his car listening to a cassette tape of the day's session in his garage. A solo album named by his friends after one of his favorite Beatles' songs, "You Won't See Me", is released posthumously later that year by Harvest/EMI Records in Germany. Russ Schenewerk has written a great biographical article about Triumvirat and Köllen.

1980 -  Bob Seger and The Silver Bullet Band's Capitol Records album "Against The Wind" is #1 on Billboard's Top 200 Albums chart.

1988 - Poison's album "Open Up And Say...Ahh!" is released on Enigma Records, and distributed by Capitol Records. The album was produced by Tom Werman after Kiss' Paul Stanley had to bow out after scheduling conflicts. The album was recorded and mixed at Conway Recording Studios in Los Angeles and contains the #1 hit "Every Rose Has It's Thorn".

1988 - Willie Dixon, with unlisted others, records the titles "I Don't Trust Myself" and "Don't Mess With The Messer" in an unlisted studio for Capitol Records. No issuing information is listed.

1998 - Garth Brooks' Capitol Records Nashville single "Two Pina Coladas" is #1 on the U.S. Country singles charts.

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90 Years Ago Today In 1936 - Future Capitol Records artist Joe DiMaggio plays his first major league baseball game in Yankee Stadium against the St. Louis Browns.

1965 - The Beatles spend the day filming scenes for their United Artists movie "HELP!" on Salisbury Plain with the assistance of the British Army's Third Tank Division.

1968 - Trumpet player Lee Morgan, with Bennie Maupin on tenor saxophone, Cedar Walton on piano, Reggie Workman on bass, and Billy Higgins on drums, records the titles "Helen's Ritual", "Suicide City", "Cunning Lee", "Caramba (aka Dig Dis)", "Soulita", and, without Bennie Maupin on tenor saxophone, "A Baby's Smile" at recording engineer Rudy Van Gelder's studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey with producer Francis Wolff. Blue Note Records will issue all the titles, except "A Baby's Smile" on Morgan's album "Caramba!" (BST84289) and all the titles on the CD release of the album (8-53358-2).

50 Years Ago Today In 1976 - Carmen McRae (on vocals, with concertmasters Gerry Vinci and David Frisina; Buddy Childers, Bobby Shew, Al Aarons, Snooky Young, Oscar Brashear, and Blue Mitchell on trumpet; Lew McCreary, George Bohannon, Kenny Shroyer, Maurice Spears, Grover Mitchell, and Ernie Tack on trombone; Bill Perkins, Lanny Morgan, Harry Klee, Abe Most, Bill Green, Jerome Richardson, Ernie Watts, Don Menza, Pete Christlieb, and Jack Nimitz on reeds; Artie Kane and Marshall Otwell on piano; Joe Sample, Dave Grusin, and Ian Underwood on keyboards; Larry Carlton and Dennis Budimir on guitar; Joe Mondragon, Chuck Berghofer, and Wilton Felder on bass;, Harvey Mason on drums; and Victor Feldman and Larry Bunker on percussion) begins recording titles for her United Artists Records album "Can't Hide Love" with producer by Dale Oehler, executive producer George Butler, and mixing engineer Hank Cicalo assisted by Milt Caliceis, at A&M Recording Studios, Los Angeles, California.

1988 - The masters are registered for John Fogerty's title "Centerfield", The Blasters' title "So Long Baby Goodbye", Los Lobos' title "I Got Loaded", and The Fabulous Thunderbirds' title "Can't Tear It Up" to be used on the soundtrack album for the film "Bull Durham" which will be issued on the Silva Screen label by EMI (C1-90586 on 12" vinyl and C2-90586 on CD).

1994 - August Anna Brooks, daughter of Liberty Records (later renamed Capitol Records Nashville) artist Garth Brooks, is born.

1997 - Former Capitol Records band Katrina & the Waves win the forty-second Eurovision Song Contest, held in Dublin, Ireland, for the United Kingdom singing "Love Shine a Light".

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1919 - Betty Comden, lyricist (best known as the partner of composer Adolph Green), is born in Brooklyn, New York.

1933 - James Brown, "The Godfather of Soul", is born in Barnwell, South Carolina.

70 Years Ago Today In 1956 - "The Most Happy Fella", a musical by Frank Loesser, opens at The Imperial Theatre in New York City, New York.

1960 - "The Fantasticks", by composer Harvey Schmidt and writer-lyricist Tom Jones, opens off-off-Broadway at the Sullivan Street Playhouse and would run continuously for the next 40 years, becoming the world's longest-running musical. Its hit song, "Try To Remember", is introduced by Jerry Orbach, later better remembered for his stint on TV's "Law & Order" and as the voice of Lumiere in the Walt Disney animated feature "Beauty And The Beast".

1972- Bruce Springsteen records 12 songs at an acoustic solo demo session for CBS talent scout John Hammond in New York City which eventually leads to his signing to the label.

1998 - Gene Raymond, actor (lead in RKO's 1933 film "Flying Down to Rio", the first film to team Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers), singer (introduced the song "All I Do Is Think Of You" in the 1934 MGM film "Sadie McKee"), and one-time husband of singer and actress Jeanette MacDonald, dies at age 89.

BTW - It's also my brother Paul Nielsen's 64th birthday :)

MAY 2, 2026

HAPPY BIRTHDAYS!

1950 - Lou Gramm, a singer and drummer in the Capitol Records band Black Sheep and the band Foreigner is born Louis Grammatico, in Rochester, New York.

1954 - Prescott Niles, a bass player in the Capitol Records band The Knack, as well as the bands The Game and The Front, is born in New York City, New York.

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80 Years Ago Today In 1946 - Andy Russell's Capitol Records single "Laughing On The Outside (Crying On The Inside)" is released.

1947 - The Pied Pipers' Capitol Records single "Mam'selle" is released.

1948 - The Notre Dame Glee Club (lineup unlisted) records the titles "Notre Dame Victory March" and "Notre Dame We Hail Thee" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue both titles as a single (57-764) with The U.C.L.A. Glee Club's titles "Hail To California" and "Team Hear Our Song" (both recorded on June 29, 1948) on the flipside.

1953 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Pretend" is #4 on Billboard's Best Selling Records chart, Les Baxter and His Orchestra's Capitol Records single "April In Portugal" is #5, and Jane Froman's Capitol Records single "I Believe", with Sid Feller conducting the orchestra, is #17.

1953 - Vocalist Frank Sinatra, with Nelson Riddle conducting his own arrangements to the orchestra (Arthur “Skeets” Herfurt, Ted Nash, and James Williamson on reeds, Clyde Hurley and Emanuel Klein on trumpets, Milton Bernhart and James Priddy on trombones, John Cace and Vincent De Rosa on French horns, Bill Miller on piano, Phil Stephens on bass, Alton Hendrickson on guitar, Alvin Stoller on drums, Kathryn Julve on harp, and a string section with Victor Bay, Walter Edelstien, Henry Hill, Alex Murray, Mischa Russell, and Gerald Vinci on violins, Alfred Barr and Paul Robyn on violas, Eleanor Slatkin on cello), records the titles "Anytime, Anywhere", "My One And Only Love", "From Here To Eternity", and "I Can Read Between The Lines" at radio station KHJ's (now the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science's Pickford Center for Motion Picture Study and The Academy Film Archive) studios at 1313 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California between 3:00 PM and 6:00 PM with producer Voyle Gilmore. Capitol Records will issue "Anytime, Anywhere" and "From Here To Eternity" together as a single (Capitol 2560), "My One And Only Love" as a single (Capitol 2505) with "I've Got The World On A String" (recorded on April 30, 1953) on the flipside, and "I Can Read Between The Lines" on the album "Songs For Young Lovers" (W 1432).

1955 - Jackie Gleason records the track "That Certain Party" for Capitol Records.

70 Years Ago Today In 1956 - The Louvin Brothers record the track "Cash On The Barrelhead" for Capitol Records.

1958 - Vocal overdubs are recorded in Los Angeles on Hank Thompson's titles "Shenandoah Waltz", "Signed, Sealed And Delivered", "In The Valley Of The Moon", and "Warm Red Wine" which were all recorded on April 15, 1958. Capitol Records will issue the final mixes of all the titles on the album "Favorite Waltzes By Hank Thompson With The Brazos Valley Boys" (T 1111).

1958 - Vocalist Nat "King" Cole, with Gordon Jenkins and his Orchestra (Rene Favre on piano, John Collins on guitar, Charles Harris on bass, Lee Young on drums, and a string section with Victor Arno, Harry Bluestone, Sam Cytron, Kurt Dieterle, Walt Edelstein, Dave Frisina, Jacques Gasselin, Murray Kellner, Joseph Livoti, Alex Murray, Erno Neufeld, Nick Pisani, Joe Quadri, Nathan Ross, Mischa Russell, and Marshall Sosson on violin, Bill Baffa, Lou Kievman, Ray Menhennick, and David Sterkin on viola, Armand Kaproff and Ray Kramer on cello, and Kathryn Thompson on harp), records the titles "I Wish I Knew The Way To Your Heart", "This Is All I Ask", "The More I See You", "I Found A Million Dollar Baby (In A Five And Ten Cent Store)", "Making Believe You're Here", and "My Heart Tells Me (Should I Believe My Heart?)" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California between 2:00 PM and 6:00 PM. Capitol Records will issue all the songs on Cole's album "The Very Thought Of You" (W 1084). An edited version of "I Found A Million Dollar Baby (In A Five And Ten Cent Store)" is included on a promotional record (Capitol PRO 2991/2).

1963 - At their first session, The Super Stocks (Gary Usher and Chuck Girard on vocals, Richie Podolor aka Richie Allen, Paul Johnson, and Glen Campbell on guitars, Wayne Edwards on percussion, Bill Cooper and Carol Kaye on bass guitars, Richard Burns on rhythm guitar, Steve Douglas on saxophone, Leon Russell on keyboards, and Hal Blaine on drums), record the titles "Four On The Floor", "Wide Track", "Street Machine", and "Cheater Slicks" in Los Angeles, California with Gary Usher also producing the session. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on the multi-artist compilation album "Shutdown" (T/DT 1918).

1964 - The Beatles' Capitol Records album "Second Album" hits the #1 spot on Billboard's Top 200 Albums chart two weeks after its release, making it the first album ever to reach #1 that quickly.

60 Years Ago Today In 1966 - Capitol Records releases Buck Owens' album "Dust On Mother's Bible".

1967 - Capitol Records pulls the plug on Brian Wilson's "Smile" album for The Beach Boys. Thirty-eight years later in 2005, after a series of concert performances by Brian Wilson, the album, and a documentary film, will finally be released.

1968 - Vocalist Lou Rawls, with H. B. Barnum conducting his own arrangement to his orchestra (Plas Johnson and Jim Horn on tenor saxophone, Gary Coleman on vibraphone, Don Randi on piano, Les Buie, Al Casey, and Arthur Wright on guitars, Carole Kaye on bass, Earl Palmer on drums, and Stan Levey on percussion), records the titles "Ol' Man River", "Life Time", "One For My Baby (And One More For The Road)", and "Life Time (Monologue)" in Los Angeles, California with producer David Axelrod. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Rawls' album "You're Good For Me" (ST 2927).

1968 - Vocalist Tony Bruno, with unlisted others, records the titles "Reason To Believe", "Little Green Apples", and "Rhoda Mendelbaum" in Los Angeles, California. After overdubs are recorded for all the titles on May 3, 4, 6, and 18, 1968, Capitol Records will issue the final mixes of all the titles on Bruno's album "I'm Feeling It Now" (ST 2930).

1968 - Pianist Rubin Mitchell, with King Curtis on tenor saxophone and unlisted trumpets, alto saxophone, baritone saxophone, organ, guitar, bass, and drums players, records the titles "Do You Know The Way To San Jose", "Loosen Up (Yakety Sax)" with the addition of an unlisted tambourine player, and "Summer Dreams" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records has yet to issue "Do You Know The Way To San Jose" and will issue "Loosen Up (Yakety Sax)" and "Summer Dreams" together as a single (Capitol 2220).

1968 - Capitol Records registers in Los Angeles, California the masters it purchased of Orville Couch's titles "Double Trouble", "Just Another Stranger", "Won't It Feel Good", and "Don't Laugh At The Honky Tonks". Tower Records, a subsidiary of Capitol Records, will issue "Double Trouble" and "Just Another Stranger" together as a single (Tower 413) and "Won't It Feel Good" and "Don't Laugh At The Honky Tonks" together as a single (Tower 469).

1973 - June Hutton, a singer who replaced Jo Stafford in the Capitol Records group The Pied Pipers in June 1944 and was married arranger Axel Stordahl, the father of their two children, and Kenneth Tobey dies at age 53 in Encino, California. She is later interred in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California next to Stordahl.

1973 - Boomer (aka Boomer Castleman), with unlisted others, records the titles "The Mississippi Mud", "Texas Dawn", "Cottonmouth", and "Let's Get The Feeling" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "The Mississippi Mud" and "Texas Dawn" together as a single (Capitol 3668). No issuing information is listed for the last two titles.

1978 - Connie Cato, with unlisted others, records the titles "Hasta Manana", "Cry Like A Baby", "Red Rubber Ball", and "I Won't Take It Lyin' Down" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "I Won't Take It Lyin' Down" as a single (Capitol 4603) with "I'll Love Her Right Out Of Your Mind" (recorded October 5, 1976) on the flipside and has yet to issue the other three titles.

40 Years Ago Today In 1986 - Anne Murray's Capitol Records single "Now And Forever" is #1 on the U.S. Country singles charts.

1988 - Willie Dixon, with unlisted others, records the titles "Good Advice", "Blues You Can't Lose", and "I Love The Life I Live (I Live The Life I Love" at an unlisted studio for Capitol Records. No issuing information is listed.

1992 - Capitol Records artist Bonnie Raitt receives an honorary Doctor of Music Degree from Berklee College of Music during commencement ceremonies in Boston. The principal speaker at the commencement is Capitol Records boss Joe Smith.

2004 - Keith Urban's Capitol Records Nashville single "You'll Think Of Me" is #1 on the U.S. Country singles charts.

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1885 - Hedda Hopper, American actress, gossip columnist, radio show host, mother of motion picture and television actor William Hopper (best known as Paul Drake on "Perry Mason"), and whose estate was an early tenant of The Capitol Tower, is born Elda Furry in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania.

1958 - Pianist Gil Evans conducts his own arrangements to Johnny Coles, Louis Mucci, and Ernie Royal on trumpets, Frank Rehak and Joe Bennett on trombones, Tom Mitchell on bass trombone, Julius Watkins on French horn, Bill Barber on tuba, Julian "Cannonball" Adderley on alto saxphone, Phil Bodner on piccolo, flute, bass clarinet, and English horn, Chuck Wayne on guitar, Paul Chambers on bass, and Philly Joe Jones on drums, records the title "Willow Tree" at Judson Hall in New York City, New York with producer George Avaklan for World Pacific Records which will issue the title on the album "New Bottle Old Wine" (WP-1246 in Mono and STEREO-1011 in Stereo) as by Gil Evans Orchestra Featuring Cannonball Adderley in 1958. Blue Note Records will issue the title on the two-disc compilation album "Pacific Standard Time" (BN-LA461-H2) in 1975 and on the CD "Gil Evans ‎– The Complete Pacific Jazz Sessions" (3-58300-2) in 2006.

1964 - The Beatles' Tollie Records single "Love Me Do" enters the Top 40 of Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart.

1964 - Imperial Records releases Billy J. Kramer's single "Little Children" in the United States.

1968 - Tenor saxophonist Stanley Turrentine, with Snooky Young and Jimmy Nottingham on flugelhorns, Jim Buffington on French horn, Benny Powell on bass trombone, Hank Jones on piano, Kenny Burrell on guitar, George Duvivier on bass, and Grady Tate on drums, records the titles "A Beautiful Friendship" without Burrell on guitar, "This Guy's In Love With You", I'm Always Drunk In San Francisco", "Emily", and "Cabin In The Sky" in recording engineer Rudy Van Gelder's studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey. After a fourteen piece string section records overdubs arranged by Duke Pearson for all the titles on May 27, 1968, Blue Note Records will reject the take of "Cabin In The Sky" and will issue the final mixes of "A Beautiful Friendship", "This Guy's In Love With You", I'm Always Drunk In San Francisco", and "Emily" on Turrentine's album "The Look Of Love" (BST84286) and will also issue "This Guy's In Love With You" as a single (Blue Note 45-1940) with "The Look Of Love" (recorded April 15, 1968 and had the string section overdubbed on May 27, 1968) on the flipside.

45 Years Ago Today In 1981 - Sheena Easton's EMI America single "Morning Train" is still #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart.

1988 - Jim Fifield is appointed President and Chief Operating Officer of EMI Music Worldwide, based in New York City, New York. He will become President and Chief Executive Officer the following year.

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1895 - Larry Hart, a lyricist, writer, composer, producer, and partner of Richard Rodgers, is born Lorenz Milton Hart in New York City, New York.

1932 - NBC introduces a new entertainer to their network's radio audience - Jack Benny.

1938 - Drummer Chick Webb and His Orchestra (Mario Bauza, Bobby Stark, and Taft Jordan on trumpets, George Matthews, Nat Story, and Sandy Williams on trombones, Garvin Bushell on clarinet and alto saxophone, Louis Jordan on alto saxophone, Teddy McRae and Wayman Carver on tenor saxophone, Tommy Fulford on piano, Bobby Johnson on guitar, and Beverly Peer on bass), using arrangements by Van Alexander and with vocalist Ella Fitzgerald who would later record for Capitol Records, record the titles "A-Tisket A-Tasket", "Heart Of Mine", "I'm Just A Jitterbug", and the instrumental "Azure" in New York City, New York. Decca Records will issue "A-Tisket A-Tasket" as a single (Decca 1840) with "Liza (All The Clouds’ll Roll Away)" (recorded May 3, 1938) on the flipside, "Heart Of Mine" as a single by Ella Fitzgerald with Chick Webb and his Orchestra (Decca 2721) with "My Last Goodbye" (recorded August 18, 1939 by Ella Fitzgerald and Her Famous Orchestra) on the flipside, and "I'm Just A Jitterbug" and "Azure" together as a single (Decca 1899).

1984 - Bob Clampett, cartoonist, director, television host, puppeteer, and creator of Tweety Bird and Beany and Cecil, dies at age 70, six days before his 71st birthday, of a heart attack in Detroit, Michigan.

MAY 1, 2026

HAPPY BIRTHDAYS!

1909 - Kate Smith, a singer, radio, television and motion picture performer, and a Capitol Records artist (1954) is born Kathryn Elizabeth Smith in Greenville, Virginia.

1929 - Sonny James (aka "The Southern Gentleman"), a singer, guitarist, and Capitol Records artist, is born James Loden in Hackleburg, Alabama.

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1948 - Capitol Records holds the #1 and #2 spots on Billboard's Best Selling Singles Chart with Peggy Lee's "Mañana" at # 1 for the 9th straight week and Nat "King" Cole's first solo recording, "Nature Boy", at # 2 (it would hit #1 the following week and stay for 7 weeks).

1954 - Capitol Records releases its first ever 12" LP, Nat "King" Cole's "10th Anniversary Album", at a consumer list price of $4.75 (with inflation that's $41.72 in 2014) plus excise tax. It is Cole's 11th album for the label and a collection of previously unreleased masters and features sides by the original King Cole Trio and the orchestras of Pete Rugulo, Les Baxter, Dave Cavanaugh, and Nelson Riddle. All promotional materials for the album have been given deluxe treatment, with streamers, browser -box cards, etc., printed in gold metallic inks.

1954 - Frank Sinatra with Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra's Capitol Records single "Young At Heart" is #5 on Billboard's Best Selling Retail Records chart, Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Answer Me, My Love" is #6, Kay Starr's Capitol Records single "If You Love Me (Really Love Me) is #11, and it's flipside, "The Man Upstairs", is at #12. Cole's "Answer Me, My Love" is also #10 on Cash Box magazine's Best Selling Singles chart. Cole's single "It Happens To Be Me" is #20 and its flipside, "Alone Too Long", is #24 also on Cash Box magazine's Best Selling Singles chart.

1954 - Capitol Records artist Andy Griffith debuts at The Grand Ole Opry.

1957 - Frank Sinatra records the titles "Maybe You'll Be There" and "Where Are You?" at The Capitol Tower Studios in Hollywood, California.

1958 - The Kingston Trio make their TV debut when appearing on the Playhouse 90 episode "Rumors Of Evening" when they play WW2 pilots as well as perform "Three Jolly Coachmen" and "Scarlet Ribbons".

1958 - Ray Budzilek directs His Boys (lineup unlisted) as they record the titles "Speedline Polka", "Suppertime Polka", "Whoo-Pie Shoo-Pie", and "Melnyk Polka" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on the album "Polka Night! with Ray Budzilek And The Boys In The Band" (T 1104).

65 Years Ago Today In 1961 - Faron Young's Capitol Records single "Hello Walls" is at #39 on Billboard's Best Selling Retail Records chart.

1963 - Pianist Earl Hines, with Ralph Carmichael conducting his own arrangements to His Orchestra (Al Porcino, Cappy Lewis, John Audino, Ray Triscari, and Bud Brisbois on trumpets, Gil Falco, Tommy Shepard, Dick Nash, and Lloyd Ulyate on trombones, George Roberts on bass trombone, Ted Nash and Ronnie Lang on flutes, clarinets, and alto saxophones, Justin Gordon and Buddy Collette on tenor saxohones, clarinets, and flutes, Jack Nimitz on baritone saxophone and bass clarinet, Al Hendrickson on guitar, Joe Comfort on bass, and Leon Petties on drums) records the titles "Ann", "As Long As I Live", "Deep Forest", and "Cavernism" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on the album "Earl "Fatha" Hines" (T/ST 1971).

1963 - Capitol Records purchases the masters for Jack Marshall's titles "Dingston Trio: I Left My Love At Rincon", "Frank N. Stein And The Abominable Surf Men: The Monster Surfer", "Daddie Ho And the Hoodies: Surfing Is My Life", "Sudsy Shots And The Pier-Shooters: Laura, Teen Age Laura", "Knotknees McGurdy And The Drop Outs: Some Gremmie Stole My Hair Bleach", and "Hangten Horowitz: Sax Now, Surf Later" in Los Angeles, California and will issue all the titles on the album ""My Son The Surf Nut (Interviews On The Beach - Jack Marshall)" (T/ST 1939).

60 Years Ago Today In 1966 - The Beatles' last scheduled concert in the UK is held at the New Musical Express Poll Winner's Show at Empire Pool, Wembley. The Beatles played a fifteen-minute set performing the songs, "I Feel Fine," "Nowhere Man," "Day Tripper," "If I Needed Someone," and "I'm Down".

1968 - Vocalist Tony Bruno, with unlisted others, records the titles "We'll Be Together Again", "Didn't We", and "You Don't Know What Love Is" in Los Angeles, California. After overdubs are recorded on May 3, 4, 6, and 18, 1968, Capitol Records will issue the final mixes of all the titles on Bruno's album "I'm Feeling It Now" (ST 2930) and "Didn't We" also as a single (Capitol 2342) with "Little Men & Women" (recorded March 4, 1968 with overdubs recorded on March 18 and April 26, 1968) on the flipside.

1968 - Vocalist John Anderson, with Shorty Rogers conducting his own arrangements to the orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the titles "Just Look In My Face" and "Someday Good" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Just Look In My Face" on Anderson's album "Kasandra" (ST 2957) and also as a single (Capitol 2342) with "Don't Pack Me On The Back And Call Me Brother" (recorded April 30, 1968) on the flipside. No issuing information is listed for "Someday Good".

1968 - Norma Tanega, with unlisted others, records the title "Love Is Wonderful" in (listed as possibly) Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records. No issuing information is listed.

1968 - Capitol Records registers in Los Angeles, California the masters it purchased for Buddy Di Vito's titles "Sempre Tu" and "Porque No" for its Tower Records subsidiary but neither label has yet to issue either title.

1969 - Peggy Lee's Capitol Records album "Natural Woman" is released.

1973 - Vocalist Anne Murray, with unlisted others, records the title "Send A Little Love My Way" in (listed as possibly) Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the title on Murray's album "Love Song" (ST-11266).

1973 - Capitol Records registers in Los Angeles, California the masters for Freddie Hart and The Heartbeats' titles "Easy Loving", "Indian Joe", "Music Box", and "Heart Beat" recorded in (according to the artist file) Nashville, Tennessee (though it's listed that they might have been actually recorded in Bakersfield, California) which were produced by Buck Owens Enterprises. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on the group's album "Freddie Hart Presents The Heartbeats" (ST-11431).

1973 - Vocalist Kathi McDonald, with unlisted others, records the titles "Heartbreak Hotel", "If You Need Me", "Somethin' Else", "All I Want To Be", "Bogart To Bowie", "To Love Somebody", "(Love Is Like A) Heat Wave", "Threw My Love Away", "Madly In Love With" (aka "Freak Lover"), "Down To The Wire", and "Insane Asylum", all of which are produced by David Briggs Productions, in (listed as possibly) Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on McDonald's album  "Insane Asylum" (ST-11224) and also "Bogart To Bowie" and "Madly In Love With" as "Freak Lover" together as a single (Capitol 3835).

1984 - Gordon Jenkins, an arranger, composer, pianist, and Capitol Records' first music director, who was an influential figure in popular music in the 1940s and 1950s, renowned for his lush string arrangements for the Andrews Sisters, Johnny Cash, The Weavers, Frank Sinatra, Louis Armstrong, Judy Garland, Nat King Cole, Billie Holiday, and Ella Fitzgerald among others, dies at age 73 of Lou Gehrig's Disease in Malibu, California.

1988 - Pink Floyd's Capitol Records album "Dark Side Of The Moon" finally leaves Billboard's Top 200 Albums chart after 725 weeks.

1999 - Matador Records ends its distribution relationship with Capitol Records and goes independent.

25 Years Ago Today In 2001 - After a transition period, Andy Slater starts full time as president of Capitol Records.

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL HISTORY

1868 - Tom Dula, the basis for the Kingston Trio's first million-selling single "Tom Dooley", is hung in Statesville, North Carolina.

1918 - Jack Paar, a television host who, via a short clip, introduced The Beatles to the U.S. television audience on "The Jack Paar Show" on NBC-TV, is born in Canton, Ohio.

75 Years Ago Today In 1951 - Bud Powell (on piano, with Curly Russell on bass and Max Roach on drums) records three versions of his "Un Poco Loco", a pair of takes on "A Night in Tunisia", and unaccompanied piano work on "Over the Rainbow" and "It Could Happen to You" at a session for Blue Note Records.

1961 - Ernie K-Doe's Minit Records single "Mother-In-Law" is #2 on Billboard's Best Selling Retail Records Chart, Gene McDaniel's Liberty Records single "A Hundred Pounds Of Clay" is #4, Steve Lawrence's United Artists Records single "Portrait Of My Love" is #11, Al Caiola and His Orchestra's United Artists Records single "Bonanza" is #33, and Ricky Nelson's Imperial Records single "Travelin' Man" is #34.

1963 - Future Virgin Records band The Rollin' Stones sign Andrew Loog Oldham as manager.

1967 - Elvis Presley and Priscilla Beaulieu are married at the Aladdin Hotel in Las Vegas by District Court Judge David Zenoff. They will become the parents of future Capitol Records artist Lisa Marie Presley.

1968 - D'Arcy Wretsky-Brown, with the Virgin Records America group Smashing Pumpkins, is born.

1988 - During two sessions held this day at Skyline Studios in New York City, New York, alto saxophonist Bobby Watson and Horizon (Roy Hargrove on trumpet, John Hicks on piano, Curtis Lundy on bass, and Victor Lewis on drums) record the titles "Country Corn Flakes", "And Then Again", "Forty Acres And A Mule", and "No Question About It" at the afternoon session and the titles "Blood Count", and without Hargrove on trumpet "What Can I Do", "As Quiet As It's Kept", and "Moonrise" at the night session. Blue Note Records will issue "Country Corn Flakes", "And Then Again", "Forty Acres And A Mule", "No Question About It", "Blood Count", "What Can I Do", and "Moonrise" on the album "No Question About It" (B1-90262 on 12" vinyl and 7-90262-2 on CD) and has yet to issue "As Quiet As It's Kept".

ON THIS DAY NOT IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

125 Years Ago Today In 1901 - The Pan-American Exposition opens in Buffalo, New York.

95 Years Ago Today In 1931 - The Empire State Building is dedicated in New York City.

85 Years Ago Today In 1941 - Orson Welles's Citizen Kane premieres in New York City.

1965 - Spike Jones (born Lindley Armstrong Jones), a comedian, motion picture and television performer, musician, recording artist, and bandleader, dies of emphysema at age 53 in Beverly Hills, California and is later interred at the Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City, California..

APRIL 30, 2026

HAPPY BIRTHDAYS!

1940 - Darrell McCall, a singer, songwriter, and Capitol Records artist (1961-1962), is born in New Jasper Township, Greene County, Ohio.

80 Years Ago Today In 1946 - James Lee Stanley, a folksinger, songwriter, guitarist, founder of Beachwood Records, whose 1985 album "James Lee Stanley/Live" was re-released by Beachwood and distributed nationally by Capitol Records in 1988, is born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

1979 - Sean Mackin, the violinist and backing vocalist in the Capitol Records (2002-2006) group Yellowcard, is born in Jacksonville, Florida.

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1938 - Vocalists Peter Anders and Aulikki Rautawaara, with Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt conducting The Berlin Opera Hous Orchestra (lineup unlisted), record Lehar's "When Two Are In Love - Duet (From 'Das Rastelbunder')" in Berlin, Germany for Telefunken Records. After Capitol Records licenses Telefunken's catalog for release in the United States, it will issue the title on the album "Franz LEHAR - Songs From His Operettas/Oskar STRAUS - Operetta Excerpts" (P-8139).

1947 - Mel Blanc is in the studio to record the title "Porky Pig In Africa" for the Capitol Records children's album "Bugs Bunny Stories For Children" which is produced by Alan Livingston with music by Billy May and story by Tedd Pierce and Warren Foster.

1948 - The King Cole Trio's Capitol Records single "Nature Boy" is #1 on The Billboard magazine's Records Most Played By Disk Jockeys chart, #2 on the magazine's Best-Selling Popular Retail Records chart. "Nature Boy"'s flipside, "Lost April" is #1 on The Billboard  magazine's Record Possibilities - The Disk Jockeys Pick chart. Also, The King Cole Trio start seven straight days of performances at the Lake Club in Springfield, Illinois.

1948 - Capitol Records registers the masters it purchased on April 5, 1948 from Gold Seal Records of Cliffie Stone and His Orchestra's titles "When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold Again" and "So Long To The Red River Valley" and will issue "When My Blue Moon Turns Gold Again" as a single (Capitol 15108) with "Take It Any Way You Can Get It" (recorded December 3, 1947) on the flipside and "So Long To The Red River Valley" as a single (Capitol 15157) with "He's A Real Gone Oakie" (also recorded December 3, 1947) on the flipside.

1949 - Mel Tormé (with orchestra conducted by Sonny Burke)'s Capitol Records single "Careless Hands" is #9 on Billboard's Best Selling Retail Records chart, Jo Stafford and Gordon MacRae (with Paul Weston and His Orchestra)'s Capitol Records single "'A' You're Adorable" is #11, Mel Tormé (with orchestra conducted by Pete Rugolo)'s Capitol Records single "Again" is #13, Jo Stafford and Gordon MacRae (with Paul Weston and His Orchestra)'s Capitol Records single "Need You" is #15, Mel Tormé's Capitol Records single "Blue Moon" is #23, Jack Smith and The Clark Sisters (formerly called The Sentimentalists when they recorded with Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra) with Frank DeVol and His Orchestra's Capitol Records single "Cruising Down The River" is tied with Gordon MacRae (with studio orchestra)'s Capitol Records single "So In Love" (from the Cole Porter musical "Kiss Me Kate") at #27, and Margaret Whiting (with Frank DeVol and His Orchestra) is tied with herself at #29 with her Capitol Records single "Forever And Ever" and its flipside "A Wonderful Guy" (from the Rodgers & Hammerstein musical "South Pacific").

1953 - Vocalist Frank Sinatra, at his second session for Capitol Records and his first with arranger Nelson Riddle conducting his own arrangements to the orchestra (Conrad Gozzo, Mannie Klein, Vito "Mickey" Mangano, and Rubin "Zeke" Zarchy on trumpets, Si Zentner, Joe Howard, Jimmy Priddy, and Milt Bernhart on trombones, Skeets Herfurt, Jack Dumont, Ted Nash, Ted Romersa, and Joe Koch on saxophones and woodwinds, Bill Miller on piano, Al Hendrickson on guitar, Phil Stephens on bass, and Alvin Stoller on drums), records the titles "I've Got The World On A String", "Don't Worry 'Bout Me", "I Love You", and "South Of The Border (Down Mexico Way)" 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 in Hollywood, California with producer Voyle Gilmore between 8:00 PM and 11:30 PM. Not bad for Riddle's first day on the job. The arrangements and conducting of "I Love You" and "South Of The Border (Down Mexico Way)" have at times been credited to Billy May but, at the time of this session, May is on tour with his own band. It turns out Riddle was asked to arrange those titles in the style of Billy May. Capitol Records initially will issue "I've Got The World On A String" as a single (Capitol 2505) with "My One And Only Love" (recorded May 2, 1953) on the flipside and will later re-issue it also as a single (Capitol 1669) with "Young At Heart" (recorded December 9, 1953) on the flipside, and issued "Don't Worry 'Bout Me" as a single (Capitol 2787) with "I Could Have Told You" (also recorded on December 9, 1953) on the flipside, and "I Love You" and "South Of The Border (Down Mexico Way" together as a single (Capitol 2638).

1955 - Les Baxter and His Orchestra's Capitol Records single "Unchained Melody" is #4 on Billboard's Best Selling Retail Records chart, Tennessee Ernie Ford with Cliffie Stone's Band's Capitol Records single "The Ballad Of Davy Crocket" is #8, Nat "King" Cole with Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra's Capitol Records single "Darling, Je Vous Aime Beaucoup" is #10 and both sides of their single "A Blossom Fell" with "If I May" on the flipside debut at #27.

1958 - During two sessions held this day in Los Angeles, California, Ray Budzilek directs His Boys (lineup unlisted) as they record the titles "Vito's Silver Wedding", "Monopol Polka", "Beer And Bourbon Oberek", and "Christina's Polka" at the first session and the titles "Bell Tone Oberek", and with the addition of Lenny Daniels on vocals, "Cradle Song", "I'm In Love With Jenny", and "Fortunes Of War" at the second session. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on the album "Polka Night! with Ray Budzilek And The Boys In The Band" (T 1104).

1958 - Vocalist Janice Harper, with Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the titles "Devotion", "Par Avion", "Beyond The Reef", and "Hands Across The Sea" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue "Devotion" and "Hands Across The Sea" together as a single (Capitol F3984) and, with "Beyond The Reef", on Harper's album "With Feeling" (T 1195). Capitol has yet to issue "Par Avion".

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

60 Years Ago Today In 1966 - After being introduced by Ernest Tubb, Capitol Records artist Ray Pillow, best known at the time for his duets with Jean Shepard, is made a member of The Grand Ol' Opry.

60 Years Ago Today In 1966 - The Beach Boys' Capitol Records single "Caroline, No" peaks at #32 on the Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart. The title was recorded January 31, 1966 at Western Recorders, Hollywood, California, and released March 7, 1966, as Capitol single 5610 with Brian Wilson on lead vocals.

1967 - Sonny James' Capitol Records single "Need You" is #1 on the U.S. Country singles charts.

1968 - Vocalist Lou Rawls, with H. B. Barnum conducting his own arrangments to the orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the titles "A Beautiful Friendship", "Down Here On the Ground", and "Baby I Could Be So Good At Loving You" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Rawls' album "You're Good For Me" (ST 2927) and "Down Here On The Ground" also as a single (Capitol 2252) with "I'm Satisfied (The Duffy Theme)" (recorded May 1, 1968) on the flipside.

1968 - Brothers Make Two (lineup unlisted) record the titles "Just As Long As You're Mine", "Don't Be Ashamed", "I Won't Be Home For Dinner Tonight", "Something In The Rain", and "Golden Cinder" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Don't Be Ashamed" as a single (Capitol 2344) with "Autumn Lament" (recorded April 29, 1968) on the flipside and has yet to issue any of the other titles.

1968 - Vocalist John Anderson, with Shorty Rogers conducting his own arrangements to the orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the titles "Wilderness", an unlisted title, "Don't Pat Me On The Back And Call Me Brother", and "If A Storm Wind Blows" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Wilderness", "Don't Pat Me On The Back And Call Me Brother", and "If A Storm Wind Blows" on Anderson's album "Kasandra" (ST 2957) and "Don't Pat Me On The Back And Call Me Brother" also as a single (Capitol 2342) with "Just Look In My Face" (recorded May 1, 1968) on the flipside.

1973 - Billy May and The Time-Life Orchestra (lineup unlisted) record the titles "Manha De Carnaval", "Deserted City", "Night And Day", and "Scarborough Fair" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California. After overdubs are recorded at the same session for "Manha De Carnaval" and on May 3, 1973 for "Scarborough Fair", Time-Life Records, as part of its "As You Remember Them" series, will issue the final mixes of "Manha De Carnaval" and "Scarborough Fair" as well as "Deserted City" in the three-LP set "Volume 7 - Billy May" (STL 247) and "Night And Day" in the three-LP set "Volume 8 - Billy May" (STL 248).

1974 - Merle Haggard records the title "Old Man From The Mountain" for Capitol Records.

1974 - Capitol Records purchased the masters for vocalist Mike Lookinland's titles ""Love Doesn't Care Who's In It, "Gum Drop", and "I Want To Be Alone With You" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records issued the first two titles together as a single (Capitol 3914) and has yet to issue "I Want to Be Alone With You".

1977 - Glen Campbell's Capitol Records single "Southern Nights" is still #1 on Billboard's singles chart.

1977 - Klaatu's self-titled debut album on Capitol Records peaks at #32 on the Billboard album charts and will stay there for 3 weeks.

1978 - Dick Curless, bandleader and Capitol Records artist, is inducted into the Maine Country Music Hall of Fame.

1985 - Mickey Katz, comedian, klezmer style clarinet player, member and vocalist with Spike Jones and His City Slickers, father of Broadway, motion picture and television actor and Capitol Records artist Joel Grey, grandfather of motion picture and television actress Jennifer Grey, and a Capitol recording artist, dies at age 75 and is later interred in the Valley of Remembrance section of Hillside Memorial Park in Los Angeles, California.

1987 - Apple Records releases The Beatles' albums "Help!", "Rubber Soul" and "Revolver" on CD for the first time with their original UK track order and with Capitol Records handling distribution in the United States.

1988 - Vocalist Willie Dixon, with unlisted others, records the titles "Study War No More", "Jungle Swing", and "I Do The Job" at an unlisted studio for Capitol Records. No issuing information is listed.

1995 - Capitol Records artist Roseanne Cash and record producer John Leventhal are married.

2000 - Jonah Jones, trumpet player and Capitol Records solo artist, dies at age 91.

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1870 - Franz Lehar, the composer of the operettas "The Merry Widow and "Naughty Marietta" (selections from both were later recorded by Gordon MacRae and released first as separate 10" albums and later together as a single 12" LP by Capitol Records), is born in what is now Komrno, Slovakia.

1928 - Ten-year-old Steubenville, Ohio native Dino Crocetti (aka future Capitol Records artist Dean Martin) has his first Holy Communion and takes the name Paul as his confirmation name.

1933 - Willie Nelson, a singer, songwriter, disc jockey, motion picture and television actor, the founder of Farm Aid, and a Liberty Records artist, is born William Hugh Nelson in Abbott, Texas.

1938 - The Warner Bros. cartoon short "Porky's Hare Hunt", debuts in movie theaters, introducing future Capitol Records "artist" Bugs Bunny.

1943 - Bobby Vee, singer and Liberty Records artist (1959-1970), is born Robert Thomas Velline in Fargo, North Dakota.

1963 - Alto saxophonist Jackie McLean, with Grachan Moncur III on trombone, Bobby Hutcherson on vibraphone, Eddie Khan on bass, and Anthony Williams on drums, records the titles "Frankenstein", two takes of "Saturday And Sunday", "Blue Rodeo", and "Ghost Town" in recording engineer Rudy Van Gelder's studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey. Blue Note Records will issue "Frankenstein", the first take of "Saturday And Sunday", "Blue Rodeo", and "Ghost Town" on McLean's album "One Step Beyond" (BLP4137 in Mono and BST84137 in Stereo) and all the titles and takes on the CD release of the album (7-46821-2).

ON THIS DAY NOT IN CAPITOL HISTORY

1927 - Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford become the first to put their hand and footprints in cement outside Sid Grauman's Chinese Theatre at 6925 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California.

1934 - Jerry Lordon, composer of "Apache", the first big hit for the UK group The Shadows, was born in London, England.

1983 - Muddy Waters (born McKinley Morganfield), Blues legend, dies in his sleep at age 68 at his home in Westmont, Illinois.