NOVEMBER 7, 2026

HAPPY BIRTHDAYS!

120 Years Ago Today In 1906 - Red Ingle, saxophonist, comedian, bandleader, and Capitol Records artist (1946-1952) with his band Red Ingle and His Natural Seven (whose biggest hit, "Tim-Tay-Shun", a parody of the hit song "Temptation", featured vocals by Jo Stafford using the name Cinderella G Stump), is born Ernest Jansen Ingle in Toledo, Ohio. Bear Family Records in Germany released Ingle's complete Capitol recordings on a compilation CD with excellent liner notes.

1942 - Johnny Rivers, singer, record producer, and Capitol Records and Imperial Records artist, is born John Ramistella in New York City, New York. Imperial Records catalog is currently owned by Universal Music Group, Capitol Music's parent company.

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1938 - Willem Mengelberg conducts The Amsterdam Concertgebouw Orchestra (lineup unlisted), as it records Tchaikovsky's "Serenade In C Major, Opus 48" in six parts in Amsterdam, Holland for Telefunken Records. Capitol Records will license Telefunken's library for release in the United States and will issue all the titles on the orchestra's album "TCHAIKOVSKY - Serenade In C Major, Opus 48/DVORAK-Serenade For Strings In E Major, Opus 22" (P-8060).

1945 - Dave Matthews (on reeds) and His Orchestra (Uan Rasey, Billy May, and Irving Shulkin on trumpets, Gerald Foster and Les Jenkins on trombones, Gus Bivona, Les Robinson, Harold Ehrmann, Dent Eckles, and Bob Dukoff also on reeds, Tommy Todd on piano, Allan Reuss on guitar, Phil Stephens on bass, and Nick Fatool on drums) records the titles "Sepia Nocturne", "Hollywood Rumpus", "Key's Juice", and "Mercer's Dream #2" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the first title on the compilation album "Classics In Jazz - Sax Stylists" (CCF-328) and (as of 2005) has yet to issue the rest of the titles).

75 Years Ago Today In 1946 - During a split session held this day in Los Angeles, California, first Paul Weston conducts his own arrangement to his orchestra (lineup unlisted) as they record the title "The Way You Look Tonight", then The Pied Pipers (vocalists June Hutton, Chuck Lowry, Hal Hopper, and Clark Yocum), with Paul Weston and His Orchestra (lineup still unlisted), record the title "Who?". Capitol Records will issue both titles on the compilation album "Jerome Kerns's Music" (CD-41).

1947 - During a three-way split session held this day in Los Angeles, California with Paul Weston and His Orchestra (Charlie Griffard, Zeke Zarchy, and George Seaberg on trumpet, Allan Thompson, Bill Schaefer and Elmer Smithers on trombone, 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, and Nick Fatool on drums), first vocalist Johnny Mercer records the title "Never Make Eyes At Gals With Guys Bigger Than You" then vocalist Jo Stafford records the titles "I Never Loved Anyone" and "The Best Things In Life Are Free" and finally The Starlighters (vocalists Vince Degen, Tony Parisi [as Tony Paris], Pauline Byrns, Jerry Davenport [as Jerry Duane], and Howard Hudson)  record the titles "Your Red Wagon" and "Too Fat Polka". Capitol Records will issue "Never Make Eyes At Gals With Guys Bigger Than You" as a single (Capitol 15016) with "That's The Way He Does It" on the flipside, "I Never Loved Anyone" and "The Best Things In Life Are Free" together as a single (Capitol 15017), and "Your Red Wagon" and "Too Fat Polka" together as a single (Capitol 480).

1947 - The King Cole Trio (Nat "King" Cole on piano and vocals, Irving Ashby on guitar, and Johnny Miller on bass) record the tracks "I'm Gonna Spank My Heart", "I See By The Papers", the instrumental "Return Trip", and "A Woman Always Understands" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records issues "Return Trip" on the compilation album "Classics In Jazz - Piano Stylists" (CCF-323) and "A Woman Always Understands" as a single (Capitol 15224) with "Lillette" on the flipside. Mosaic Records will issue all the titles on the group's box set "The Complete Capitol Recordings Of The Nat King Cole Trio" (MD18-138).

1947 - During two session held this day in New York City, New York, The Benny Goodman Trio (Goodman on clarinet, Teddy Wilson on piano, and Jimmy Crawford on drums) records the titles "Blue (And Broken Hearted)", "After Hours", and "All I Do Is Dream Of You" at the first session and "I'll Never Be The Same", "Bye Bye Pretty Baby", and "Shoe Shine Boy" at the second session. Capitol Records will issue "Blue (And Broken Hearted)", "After Hours", "I'll Never Be The Same", and "Bye Bye Pretty Baby" on Goodman's album "Capitol Presents Benny Goodman - After Hours" (H-343), "All I Do Is Dream Of You" on the compilation album "The History Of Jazz, Volume 3 - Everybody Sings" (T 795), and "Shoe Shine Boy" on Goodman's album "The Goodman Touch" (H-441).

1947 - Vocalist and guitarist T-Bone Walker, with John "Teddy" Buckner on trumpet, Hubert "Bumps" Myers on tenor saxophone, Willard McDaniel on piano, Billy Hadnott on bass, and Oscar Lee Bradley on drums, records the titles "I'm Waiting For Your Call", two takes of "Hypin' Woman Blues", then "So Blues" and "On Your Way Blues" in Los Angeles, California for Black & White Records. Capitol Records will purchase the masters and will issue all the titles in the CD set "Capitol Blues Collection: T-Bone Walker - The Complete Capitol/Black and White Recordings" (8-29379-2).

1949 - Woody Herman (on vocals), Nat "King" Cole (on piano and vocals), Irving Ashby (on guitar), Joe Comfort (on bass), Gene Orloff (on violin/fiddle for the first track only), Jack Castanzo (on bongos for the first tracks and congas on the second track), record the tracks "Mule Train" and "My Baby Just Cares For Me" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue both tracks together as a single (Capitol 57-787) with "Mule Train being attributed to Woody Herman and His Mule Skinners and "My Baby Just Cares For Me" being attributed to The King Cole Trio.

1950 - Mel Blanc (on vocals) records vocal overdubs to instrumental tracks recorded by Billy May and an orchestra on November 2 and harmony vocals recorded by The Starlighters on November 6 for the titles "Ten Little Bottles In The Sink", "Trixie, The Piano Playing Pixie", "The Woody Woodpecker Polka" (using a script written by Ted Poster and Warren Foster), and "The Flying Saucers" at Capitol Records' Melrose Avenue studios in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records issues the first title as a single (Capitol 1727) with "O-K-M-N-X" on the flipside, the second and third titles together as a single (Capitol 1330) and the last title as a single (Capitol 1441) with "K-K-K Katy" on the flipside.

1950 - Stan Freberg (on vocals), with Cliffie Stone And His Orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the titles "John And Marsha" and "Maggie" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the first title as a single (Capitol 3355) with "Try" on the flipside and "Maggie as a single (Capitol 1962) with "Tele-Vee-Shun" on the flipside.

1950 - During two sessions held this day in Los Angeles, California for The Capitol Records Transcription Service Andy Parker and The Plainsmen (lineup unlisted) record the titles "Sierra Sue", "Steamboat Bill", "Empty Saddles", "Wabash Cannonball", and "Twilight On The Trail" at the first session and "Coal Mine In The Sky", "Sweet Betsy From Pike", "You're The Only Star In My Blue Heaven, and two unlisted titles at the second session. The Capitol Records Transcription Service issues the first two titles from the first session and the first title from the second session on a transcription disc (G-166) and the last three titles from the first session and the second and third titles from the second session on another transcription disc (G-165). If anyone knows who were in The Plainsmen and what the other two titles were, please leave a comment.

75 Years Ago Today In 1951 - Lou Dinning (on vocals), with Don Robertson's Music and Quartet (lineups unlisted), records the titles "The Little White Cloud That Cried", "Blue December", and the (as of 2005) unissued title "Don't Break My Heart" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the first two titles together as a single (Capitol 1892).

1954 - During two sessions held this day at Muzak Studios in New York City, New York The Boots Mussulli Quartet (Boots Mussulli on alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, and baritone saxophone; Ray Santisi on piano; Max Bennett on bass; and Shelly Manne on drums), using Mussulli's arrangements, record the tracks "Hip Boots" (later retitled "Rubber Boots", "Le Secret", "Four Girls" and "El Morocco" at the first session between 3:00 and 6:00 pm and "Mutt And Jeff", "You Stepped Out Of A Dream", and "Tico Tico" at the second session between 6:30pm and 9:30pm. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on the album "Kenton Presents Jazz - The Boots Mussulli Quartet" (H-6506).

1954 - Bobby Hackett (on cornet), with Glenn Osser conducting his own arrangements to the orchestra (which includes unlisted French horn, reeds, clarinet, flute, oboe, piano, guitar, bass, drum, and harp players), records the tracks "Deep Night", "Mood Indigo", "All Through The Night", and "Flamingo" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on Hackett's album "In A Mellow Mood" (T 945).

1954 - Hylo Brown (on vocals and guitar, with Merle "Red" Taylor on fiddle, Joe F. Drumright on banjo, Gordon Terry on mandolin, and Howard "Cedric Rainwater" Watts on bass) records the tracks "Lost To A Stranger", "Lovesick And Sorrow", "Get Lost, You Wolf!", and "A One Sided Love Affair" at Castle Studio in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue the first and third tracks together as a single (Capitol F3124) and the second and third tracks together as a single (Capitol F3240).

1955 - Helen Forrest (on vocals), with Dave Cavanaugh and His Orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the titles "Make Love To Me", "He's Funny That Way", "I Love You Much Too Much", and "He's My Guy" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Forrest's album "Voice Of The Name Bands" (T 704).

1955 - Capitol Records purchases the masters for Guy Luypaerts and His Orchestra (lineup unlisted)'s titles "Un Amour Vient De Naitre", "Apache Tango", "Reception In Versailles", "The Spider Of Antwerp", "The Sleepwalker Of Amsterdam", "Heimweh Nach Dir", "Twilight Fado", "Mascarada En Madrid", "Mezzanotte A Via Veneto", "Il Mio Amore É A Firenze", "Sunrise On The Alps", and "The Viennese Lantern" which were recorded in Paris, France, from World Music Company which is based in Brussels, Belgium) and will issue all the titles on Luypaerts' album "Reveries D' Europe".

70 Years Ago Today In 1956 - Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians (with Lombardo conducting to unlisted musicians), featuring vocalist Kenny Gardner, record the titles "Hey There" (with an additional vocal trio whose lineup is unlisted), "Hello Young Lovers", "If I Loved You", "Once In Love With Amy", and "My Darling, My Darling" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Lombardo's album "Decade On Broadway '46-'56" (T 788).

70 Years Ago Today In 1956 - Ferlin Husky (on vocals, with an orchestra with an unlisted lineup) records the titles "Gone", the first "Nashville Sound" hit, "Missin' Persons" (with a chorus of 5 unlisted singers), "Don't Be Mad" (as Simon Crum with a chorus of 4 unlisted singers), and "Little Red Webb" (also as Simon Crum) with producer Ken Nelson at Bradley Film and Recording Studios in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will release first and second titles together as a single (Capitol F3628) on February 2, 1957, and it will go on to hit #1 on Billboard's Country Singles chart and #5 on Billboard's Pop Singles chart. Capitol Records will issue the third and fourth titles together as a single (Capitol F4966) as by Simon Crum.

1957 - During two sessions held this day at The Capitol Tower Studios in Hollywood, California Keely Smith (on vocals), with Nelson Riddle conducting his own arrangements to the orchestra (James Decker, Arthur Frantz, Vincent De Rosa, William Hinshaw, and Richard Perissi on horns; Haakon Berg, Lee Elliott, Harry Klee, Sylvia Ruderman, and Archie Wade on flutes; Bill Miller on piano; Bobby Gibbons on guitar; Meyer Rubin on bass; Bill Richmond on drums; Kathryn Julye on harp; and on strings: Naom Benditsky, Ennio Bolognini, Joe di Tullio, Victor Gottlieb, Armand Kaproff, Irving Lipschultz, Edgar Lustgarten, Kurt Reher, Joseph Saxon, and Eleanor Slatkin on cello) records the tracks "As You Desire Me", "Fools Rush In", "Imagination", and "You Go To My Head" at the first session between 5:00pm and 8:00am and "Don't Take Your Love From Me", "When Your Lover Has Gone", "All The Things You Are", and "When Day Is Done" at the second session between 10:00pm and 2:00am. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks, except "All The Things You Are" on Smith's album "I Wish You Love" (TT 914). Bear Family Records will issue all the tracks in the 8-CD box set "Louis Prima, Keely Smith, Sam Butera The Capitol Recordings" (BCD 15776).

1957 - Faron Young (on vocals, with [listed as probably] Rufus Long on tenor saxophone, Marvin Hughes on piano, Hank "Sugarfoot" Garland on guitar, Loren Otis "Jack" Shook on guitar, and definitely Floyd "Lightnin'" Chance on bass, Murray M. "Buddy" Harman Jr. on drums, and The Anita Kerr Singers [vocal chorus with unlisted lineup]) records the tracks "Snow Ball" and "The Locket" at Bradley Film and Recording Studio in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue the two tracks together as a single (Capitol F3855).

1957 - During two sessions held this day in New York City, New York Marcel Grandjany (on harp, with Julius Baker on flute and Water Trampler on viola), records DeBussy's "Sonata For Flute, Viola and Harp (Beginning)" at the first session and "Sonata For Flute, Viola and Harp (Conclusion)" at the second session. As of 2005 Capitol Records has yet to issue either track.

1958 - During two sessions held this day in Los Angeles, California, Cliffie Stone and His Orchestra (lineup unlisted) will record the titles "Don't Fence Me In" and "Blood On the Saddle" at the first session and "The Cool Cowboy" and "Streets Of Laraedo" at the second session. Capitol Records will issue all the title on Stone's album "Cool Cowboy" (T 1230).

1958 - Nat "King" Cole, with Nelson Riddle conducting an orchestra (lineup unlisted but includes a string section) records the tracks "As Far As I'm Concerned", "Lorelei", "This Holy Love", "Peace Of Mind", "You Made Me Love You (I Didn't Want To Do It)" and a rhythm overdub for "You Made Me Love You (I Didn't Want To Do It)" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records issues the first and third titles together on a promo single (Capitol Promo 4303), "Peace Of Mind" as a promo single (Capitol Promo 4304) with an unlisted flipside, the first version of "You Made Me Love You (I Didn't Want To Do It)" as a single (Capitol F4184) with "I Must Be Dreaming" on the flipside, and the overdubbed version on the album "Thank You, Pretty Baby" (T 2759). All the titles will be issued in Germany by Bear Family Records in the eleven-CD box set "Stardust: The Complete Capitol Recordings 1955- 1959" (BCD 16342).

1960 - Capitol Records releases Wanda Jackson's single "Mean, Mean Man" with "Happy, Happy Birthday" on the flipside.

1960 - The Four Freshmen (vocalsts Bob Flanigan, Bill Comstock, Ross Barbour, and Ken Albers), with Billy May conducting his own arrangements to the orchestra (Frank Beach, Conrad Gozzo, Mannie Klein, and Vito "Mickey" Mangano on trumpets, Dick Noel, Tommy Pederson, William Schaefer, and Si Zentner on trombone, Harry Klee, Wilbur Schwartz, Ted Nash, Jules Jacob, and Chuck Gentry on saxophones, Paul Smith on piano, Bobby Gibbons on guitar, Ralph Pena on bass, Irving Cottler and Hugh Anderson on drums, and Verlye Brilhart on harp), record the titles "On The Sunny Side Of The Steet", "You Make Me Feel So Young", "On The Atchison, Topeka and Sante Fe", and "Aren't You Glad You're You?" at The Capitol Tower Studios in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on the group's album "Voices In Fun" (T 1543).

1960 - Pee Wee Hunt (on trombone, with listed as probably Charlie Teagarden on trumpet and unlisted clarinet, piano, guitar, bass, and drums players) records the titles "Ja-Da", "Jealous", "Muskrat Ramble", The One I Love (Belongs To Somebody Else) and the (as of 2005) unissued title "Doodle-Doo-Doo" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue all the remaining titles on Hunt's album "A-Hunting Will Go" (T 1523).

65 Years Ago Today In 1961 - Lou Rawls (on vocals), with unlisted musicians, records the (as of 2005) unissued take of the title "You're Losin' Your Baby" in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records.

1962 - Nancy Wilson (on vocals, with Jimmy Jones conducting his own arrangements to: Don Fagerquist on trumpet; Lew McCreary on trombone; Bill Perkins and Bill Hood on saxophones; Lou Levy on piano; John Gray and Al Hendrickson on guitar; Al McKibbon on bass; Shelly Manne on drums; and Emil Richards on percussion), records the tracks "The Sweetest Sounds", "Make Someone Happy", "A Lot Of Livin' To Do", and (as of 2005) unissued version of the track "You Can Have Him" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Record will issue the first three tracks on Wilson's album "Broadway My Way" (T 1828).

1962 - Johnny Rivers, on his 20th birthday, records the tracks "(Doing The) Double C-Cinnamon Cinder" and "Walking Slowly" in Los Angeles, California with producer Nik Venet. Capitol Records will issue both tracks on Rivers' first album "The Sensational Johnny Rivers" (T 2161).

1962 - During two sessions held this day in New York City, New York Ruth Welcome (on zither) records the tracks "Love Letters", "Three Coins In The Fountain" and "To Each His Own" at the first session and "The Third Man Theme", "Colonel Bogey March" and "Jessica" at the second session. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on Welcome's album "Zither Goes Hollywood" (T 1986).

1963 - Vocalist Kay Starr, with (according to Capitol Discography) either Frank DeVol or Vic Shoen conducting the orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the titles "Comes A-Long A-Love", "Hoop-Dee-Doo", "Bonaparte's Retreat", "Mississippi Mud", and "So Tired" in Los Angeles, California. If anyone knows for sure who conducted the session, please leave a comment. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Starr's album "Fabulous Favorites!" (T 2106).

1964 - Vocalists Judy Garland and Lisa Minnelli, with Harry Robinson conducting the orchestra (lineup unlisted) perform "Overture: Over The Rainbow/Never Will I Marry/What Now, My Love?/Liza (The Clouds'll Roll Away)/The Travelin' Life/Smile/The Man That Got Away" (instrumental without vocals), "The Man That Got Away" (vocals by Judy Garland), "The Travelin' Life" (vocals by Lisa Minnelli), "Gypsy In My Soul" (vocals by Lisa Minnelli), "Hello, Dolly!", "Together (Wherever We Go)", "Medley: We Could Make Such Beautiful Music/Bob White", "Medley:Hooray For Love/After You've Gone" (vocals by Judy Garland), "By myself (vocals by Lisa Minnelli)/'S wonderful vocals by Judy Garland)"/How About You?/Lover Come Back To Me (vocals by Lisa Minnelli)/You And The Night And The Music (vocals by Judy Garland)/It All Depends On You", "Who's Sorry Now?" (vocals by Lisa Minnelli), "Smile" (vocals by Judy Garland), "How Could You Believe Me When I Said I Love You When You Know I've Been A Liar All My Life" (vocals by Lisa Minnelli), "What Now, My Love?" (vocals by Judy Garland), "Medley (Liza's medley):Take Me Along/If I Could Be With You One Hour Tonight/Tea For Two/Who/They Can't Take That Away From Me/By Myself/Take Me Along/My Mammy", "Make Someone Happy" (vocals by Judy Garland), "Make Someone Happy" (vocals by Judy Garland), "Pass That Peace Pipe" (vocals by Lisa Minnelli), "The Music That Makes Me Dance" (vocals by Judy Garland), "Medley: When The Saints Go Marching In/He's Got The Whole World In His Hands", "Never Will I Marry" (vocals by Judy Garland), and "Encores: Swanee/Chicago/Over The Rainbow (vocals by Judy Garland)/San Francisco" at a live show at The London Palladium in London England which is recorded. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on the 2 LP set "Live At The London Palladium" (WBO 2295).

1965 - Capitol Records releases The Beach Boys' album "Beach Boys' Party".

60 Years Ago Today In 1966 - The Beach Boys' (lineup unlisted) record the title "Surf's Up" in Los Angeles, California. After overdubs are recorded on December 15, 1966, Capitol Records will issue the title June 29, 1993 on the band's 5 CD set "The Beach Boys - Good Vibrations - 30 Years Of The Beach Boys" (7-81294-2).

60 Years Ago Today In 1966 - Instrumental tracks are recorded by unlisted rhythm and strings musicians for Matt Monro's titles "If She Walked Into My Life", "Sunrise, Sunset", "Stranger In Paradise", "Hello, Dolly", and "Put On A Happy Face" in New York City, after more instrumental overdubs and Monro's vocal overdubs are recorded Capitol Records will issue the first four titles on Monro's album "Invitation To Broadway" (T 2683) and (as of 2005) have yet to issue "Put On A Happy Face".

1967 - Wanda Jackson does vocal overdubs for her tracks "Abschiedrosen", "Der Mond Ist Der Freund Der Verliebten", "Addio My Love", "Vom Winde Verweht" at The Capitol Tower Studios in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the first and third tracks together as a single (K23602) in Germany and the second and last tracks together as a single (K23601) in Germany.

1967 - Shorty Rogers conducts his own arrangements to eight unlisted musicians to record the final overdubs for Bobbie Gentry's the track "Parchman Farm" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the final version of the track on Gentry's album "The Delta Sweetie" (T 2842).

1967 - During two sessions held this day in Los Angeles, California Hedge & Donna (Hedge Capers on guitar and vocals and Donna Capers on percussion and vocals) record the tracks "Wings", "Midnight" and "Try And Catch The Wind" at the first session and "I Want You To Follow Me" at the second session. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on the duo's album "Love" (T 2869).

1967 - James Burton and Ralph Mooney (on guitar), with unlisted musicians, record the tracks "My Elusive Dreams", "Moonshine", "Sneaky Strings" and "Your Cheatin' Heart" in Los Angeles, California. There will be overdubs recorded of the last two track on November 13, 1967. Capitol Records will issue the final version of all the tracks on the duo's eponymous album "James Burton And Ralph Mooney" (T 2872).

1967 - Vocalist and guitarist Bobbie Gentry, with Shorty Rogers conducting his own arrangements to the orchestra (lineup unlisted) records the title "Morning Glory" in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records which has yet to issue the title.

1967 - Sonny James (on vocals), with unlisted musicians, records the tracks "A Song For Shara", "Above And Beyond", "Here I Stand (And In My Hand I Hold A Ring)" in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on James' album "Born To Be With You" (SU-111).

1967 - During two sessions held this day in Nashville, Tennesee Jean Shepard (on vocals), with unlisted musicians, records the tracks "True Love's A Blessing", "What Locks The Door", and "Hangin' On" at the first session and "Release Me", "Before I'm Over You", "Before I'm Over You", "Evil On Your Mind", and "Roll Muddy River" at the second session. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on Shepard's album "Heart To Heart" (T 2871).

1968 - Vocalist Bobby Engemann, with Lex de Azevedo and Tommy Oliver conducting their own arrangements to the orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the title "Do You Know The Way To San Jose", and the titles "Sittin' Pretty" and "One Girl" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the last two titles together as a single (Capitol (2476) and has yet to issue "Do You Know The Way To San Jose".

1968 - The Common People (lineup unlisted) record the title "Go Every Way" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the title on the group's album "of the people/by the people/for the people from The Common People" (ST-266).

1968 - Vocalist Merle Haggard and The Strangers (George French Jr. on piano; Joe Burton on electric guitar; Billy Mize on guitar and harmony vocals; Lewis Talley on guitar; Norman D. Hamlett on steel guitar; Leon Chase Copeland and Jerry Ward [aka Howard Lowe] on bass; Roy "Eddie" Burris on drums; and Bonnie Owens on harmony vocals) record the tracks "Mother, Queen Of My Heart", "My Carolina Sunshine Girl", "Nobody Knows But Me", "Blue Yodel #6" and "No Hard Times" at The Capitol Tower Studios in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on the group's 2 LP set "Same Train, A Different Time" (SWBB-223).

1968 - Pure (lineup unlisted) records the title "Loving Is Believing" in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records. There is no issuing information listed so if anyone knows if the tracks has ever been commercially issued, or who was in the band, please leave a comment.

1968 - Vocalist Wanda Jackson, with unlisted piano, guitar, rhythm guitar, bass, and drums players and an unlisted lineup of chorus singers, records the titles "Today I Started Loving You Again", "I'm A Believer" (without the steel guitar), "Walk On Out Of My Mind", and "Memphis, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Jackson's album "The Many Moods Of Wanda Jackson" (ST-129).

1969 - Buddy Wayne records the track "(Let Your Hair Hang Down) Cinderella", "The Door Is Never Locked" and "Home" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the last two tracks together as a single (Capitol 2795). There is no issuing information listed for the first track, so if anyone knows if it has ever been issued, please leave a comment.

1969 - William Marshall records the (as of 2005) unissued tracks "Tell God", "Intro To Bar 24", "Ancient Rivers", "400 Years", "Transition (Strong Men)", "Strong Men", "For My People", and "The Weary Blues" in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records.

1969 - Mark Holder records the (as of 2005) unissued tracks "Danny Boy" and "Those Thrilling Emotions" in New York City, New York for Capitol Records.

1974 - Grand Funk (lineup unlisted) record the tracks "Good And Evil", "Bad Time", and Some Kind Of Wonderful" at The Swamp, a studio on a farm owned by band member Mark Farner near Flint, Michigan. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on the band's album "All The Girls In The World Beware!!!" (SO-11356).

1974 - Stoney Edwards (on vocals, with unlisted musicians) records the tracks "Clean Your Own Tables", "Do You Know The Man", and the (as of 2005) unissued track "Once And For All" in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue the first two tracks together as a single (Capitol 4015)".

1975 - Overdubs are recorded for Ray Griff's titles "Falling", "I Love The Way That You Love Me", and "Tucson Sun" in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Griff's eponymous album "Ray Griff" (ST-11486).

1978 - Vocalist Natalie Cole (with unlisted musicians) records the title "Sorry" at The Sound Factory studios in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the title on Cole's album "I Love You So" (SO-11928).

1978 - Vocalist Glen Campbell records the title "Melinda" at Broad Recording Studio in Honolulu, Hawaii for Capitol Records which has yet to issue the title.

1979 - McGuinn, Clark & Hillman (Roger McGuinn and Chris Hillman with Gene Clark) record the track "Won't Let You Down" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the track on the group's album "City" (ST-12043).

1980 - Anne Murray (with unlisted musicians) records the titles "It Should Have Been Easy" and "If A Heart Must Be Broken" in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue both titles on Murray's album "Where Do You Go When You Dream" (SOO-12144).

45 Years Ago Today In 1981 - Juice Newton's Capitol Records single "The Sweetest Thing (I've Ever Known)", with "Ride 'Em Cowboy" on the flipside, debuts on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart at #36.

1983 - Missing Persons (Chuck Wild on keyboard and synthesizer, Warren Cuccurullo on guitar and vocals, Patrick O'Hearn on bass and synthesizer, Terry Bozzio on drums, guitar and synthesizer, and Dale Bozzio on vocals) record the title "Right Now" in (listed as possibly) Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the title on the band's album "Rhyme & Reason" (ST-12315).

1984 - Mel McDaniel records the tracks "We Grew Up Together", Dreamin' With You", and "Let It Roll (Let It Rock)" in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue both tracks together as a single (Capitol 5458).

1994 - Shorty Rogers (born Milton M. Rajonsky), trumpet player, film score composer, and arranger for Capitol Records artists Stan Kenton and His Orchestra, Woody Herman, Maynard Ferguson, Bobbie Gentry and many others, dies during radio station KLON's West Coast Jazz Festival in Van Nuys, California at age 70.

1995 - Capitol Jazz, a division of Blue Note Records, reissues the soundtrack to motion picture "The Benny Goodman Story" on CD. Capitol Records released the album originally in 1956.

2000 - Capitol Records releases Pru's debut self-titled album "Pru".

2000 - Nettwerk Records, with Capitol Records handling the distribution, release Coldplay's debut album "Parachutes" in the United States after Parlophone Records had released the album in the UK on July 10, 2000.

2005 - EMI Music's Parlophone and Capitol Records release John Lennon's greatest hits double album 'Working Class Hero' online for the first time to all via legitimate digital music download sites except ITunes, which is being sued by Apple Records.

20 Years Ago Today In 2006 - Capitol Records releases OK Go's first-ever DVD in a special package with a CD of the band's 2005 album "Oh No".

20 Years Ago Today In 2006 - Capitol Records Nashville releases Keith Urban's album "Love, Pain & The Whole Crazy Thing".

20 Years Ago Today In 2006 - Mike Dugan, President of Capitol Records Nashville, is now also Chairman of the Board of the Country Music Association.

ON THIS DAY NOT IN QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

75 Years Ago Today In 1951 - Future Capitol Records artist Frank Sinatra marries his second wife, actress Ava Gardner.

1957 - Dave Bartholomew records "Hard Times (The Slop)" and Faye Adams records "Everything" for Imperial Records. Imperial's catalog is currently owned by Universal Music Group, Capitol Record's parent company.

1964 - The Zombie's first single "She's Not There", with "You Make Me Feel So Good" on the flipside (released by Parrot Records, a subsidiary of Decca Records in the United States), enters Billboard's Top 100 Singles chart for a two week stay. Paul Atkinson, the group's guitarist, would later become VP of A&R for Capitol Records' catalog until being let go in a mass firing of Capitol Records employees by EMI in mid-October 2001 while he was out on sick leave.

1969 - Pianist Andrew Hill (with Joe Farrell on soprano & tenor saxophone, alto flute, bass clarinet, and English horn; Woody Shaw and Dizzy Reece on trumpet; Bob Northern on French horn; Julian Priester on trombone; Howard Johnson on tuba and bass clarinet; Ron Carter on bass; and Lenny White on drums) records the tracks "Sideways", "Passing Ships", "Plantation Bag", "Noon Tide", "The Brown Queen", "Cascade", and "Yesterday's Tomorrow" for his Blue Note Records album "Passing Ships" with producer Franciss Wolff and recording engineer Rudy Van Gelder at the Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey.

45 Years Ago Today In 1981 - The original Kingston Trio (Dave Guard, Nick Reynolds and Bob Shane) perform "Hard, Ain't It Hard," Tom Dooley," and "Zombie Jamboree" for a PBS TV Special which would turn out to be their only reunion performance after Dave left the group in 1961 before his death from cancer in March 1991.

2000 - Warner Books releases "Angel On My Shoulder", the autobiography of Natalie Cole, former Capitol Records artist and daughter of Capitol Records artist Nat "King" Cole, which she co-wrote with Digby Diehl.

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1943 - Joni Mitchell, artist, singer, guitarist, pianist, and songwriter, is born Roberta Joan Anderson in Fort Macleod, Alberta, Canada.

1963 - The motion picture "It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World" premieres at the opening of the Cinerama Dome on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood, California.

2004 - Howard Keel, singer, Broadway and motion picture actor, dies of colon cancer at his home in Palm Desert, California at age 85.

20 Years Ago Today 2006 - Rhino Records releases "Sinatra In Vegas", a four-CD/one-DVD box set that features all previously unreleased live performances from 1961 to 1987 including, on the DVD, a complete concert held May 5, 1978 at Caesar's Palace filmed for CBS-TV's program "Cinderella At The Palace" that includes backstage footage shot before and after the performance. The release is dedicated by the Sinatra family to Sinatra's accompanist, Bill Miller, who died earlier in the year.

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HAPPY BIRTHDAYS!

1923 - Gladys Mary Beck, one-time comptroller for Capitol Records from the mid-1940s to the early 1950s is born Gladys Mary Higgins in Windsor, Ontario, Canada.

90 Yrars Ago Today In 1936 or 1938 - James "Jim" Pike, singer and founding member of the Capitol Records group The Letterman, is born in St. Louis, Missouri. If anyone knows for sure in which year James was born, please leave a comment.

1949 - Eloise Laws, a Broadway actress and singer, whose recordings have been released on the Music Merchant, Invictus (distributed by Capitol Records), ABC, Liberty (catalog bought by EMI), Capitol, and Scepterstein labels, is born Laverne Eloise Laws in Huston, Texas.

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1945 - Edwin LeMar "Buddy" Cole records sixteen tracks for The Capitol Records Transcription Service in Los Angeles, California. The titles are unlisted. If anyone knows what was recorded and if any of the tracks have been commercially issued, please leave a comment.

80 Years Ago Today In 1946 - Johnny Mercer (on vocals) with Paul Weston and His Orchestra (with Weston conducting his own arrangements to Ray Linn, Charlie Griffard, and Zeke Zarchy on trumpets, Allan Thompson, Bill Schaefer, and Elmer Smithers on trombones, Fred Stulce, Hap Lawson, Matty Matlock, Herbie Haymer, and Len Hartman on saxophones, Milt Raskin on piano, George Van Eps on guitar, Jack Ryan on bass, and Nick Fatool on drums), records the titles "Huggin' And A Chalkin'", "Movie Tonight" (with additional vocals by The Pied Pipers [with unlisted lineup]), and the (as of 2005) unissued "Dream Boat" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the first title as a single (Capitol 334) with "Take Me Back To Little Rock, Arkansas" on the flipside and the second title as a single (Capitol 367) with "I Do Do Do Like You" on the flipside.

1947 - Henry Blair (as "Sparky") and Verne Smith (vocals and narration) with Ray Turner (on piano using music composed and arranged by Billy May), and a Wright-Sonovox (as the talking piano) record the titles "Sparky's Magic Piano: Part 4", "Sparky's Magic Piano: Part 5", and "Sparky's Magic Piano: Part 6" at Radio Recorders studios in Hollywood, California using a script by Alan Livingston. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on the album "Sparky's Magic Piano" (BC-73).

1947 - Cliffie Stone's Western Orchestra (lineup unlisted) record the tracks "The Waltz You Saved For Me", "When It's Springtime In The Rockies", "I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles", and "Beautiful Ohio" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on the album "Cliffie Stone Waltzes" (AD-108).

1947 - T-Bone Walker (on vocals and guitar, with ) records the tracks "She's My Old Time Used To Be", two versions of "Dream Girl Blues", two versions of "Midnight Blues", "two versions of "Long Lost Lover Blues", two versions of "Triflin' Woman Blues", two versions of "Long Skirt Baby Blues", "Goodbye Blues", and two version sof "Too Much Trouble" in Los Angeles, California for Black & White Records. Capitol Records will purchase the masters and issue the first track and the second version of the last track together as a single (Capitol 944) and the second version of "Long Lost Lover Blues" as a single (Capitol 57-70023) with "You're My Best Poker Hand", and all the tracks on the CD "Capitol Blues Collection: T-Bone Walker - The Complete Capitol/Black and White Recordings" (8-29379-2).

1947 - The King Cole Trio (Nat "King" Cole on piano and vocals, Irving Ashby on guitar, and Johnny Miller on bass) record the instrumental track "The Geek" as well as "Confess" and "If I Had You" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue "The Geek" as a single (Capitol 15036) with "I've Only Myself To Blame" and "If I Had You" as a single (Capitol 813) with "When I Take My Sugar To Tea" on the flip side. Mosaic Records will issue all the tracks in the box set "The Complete Capitol Recordings Of The Nat King Cole Trio" (MD18-138).

1950 - During two sessions held this day in Los Angeles, California The Starlighters (vocal group with unlisted lineup) first record vocal overdubs for Chuy Reyes and His Orchestra's title "Oink Oink Mambo" at the first session and then record vocal overdubs for Mel Blanc's titles "Trixie, The Piano Playing Pixie" and "The Woody Woodpecker Polka" (using a script written by Ted Poster and Warren Foster) at the second session. Capitol Records will issue the final mix of the title "Oink Oink Mambo" on Reyes' album "Mocambo" (CC-257) and the final mixes of Blanc's titles together as a single (Capitol 1330).

1950 - Benny Strong (on vocals) and His Orchestra (lineup unlisted) record the titles "As Time Goes By", "Three-Handed Woman", "Dear! Dear! Dear!" and "I Don't Care" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the first and third titles together as a single (Capitol 1344) and the second and last titles together as a single (Capitol 1326).

1950 - The Rico Mambo Orchestra (aka Billy May and His Orchestra with May conducting his own arrangements to: Conrad Gozzo, Mannie Klein, Uan Rasey, and George Seaburg on trumpets, Ed Kusby on trombone, Arthur "Skeets" Herfurt and Willie Schwartz on alto saxophones, Ted Nash and Fred Falensby on tenor saxophones, Chuck Gentry on baritone saxophone, Marco Rizo on piano, Laurindo Almeida on guitar, Phil Stephens on bass, Frank Guerrero on drums, and Edward Guerrero, Fred Rubic, and Ivan Lopez on percussion) record the titles "Mambo Petardo", "Mambo Riff", "Minor Mambo" and "Manhattan Mambo" at Capitol Records' Melrose Avenue studios in Hollywood, California between 8:30 PM and 11:30 PM. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on May's album "Arthur Murray Favorites: Mambos" (CDF-261).

1950 - Enric Madriguera and His Orchestra (lineup unlisted) record the titles "Brazil", "Come To The Mardi Gras", "One Night In Brazil", and "A Batucada Come Cou" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on the album "Enric Madriguera And His Orchestra/Chuy Reyes - Arthur Murray Favorites: Sambas" (CDF-260).

75 Years Ago Today In 1951 - Ella Mae Morse (on vocals), with Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra (Riddle conducting his own arrangements to: Walter "Pete" Candoli and Vito "Mickey" Mangano on trumpets, Francis "Joe" Howard, Jimmy Priddy, Ray Sims, and Paul Tanner on trombones, Babe Russin on tenor saxophone, Chuck Gentry on baritone saxophone, Milt Raskin on piano, Tony Rizzi on guitar, Phil Stephens on bass, and Frankie Carlson on drums), records the titles "Tennessee Saturday Night", "Sensational", "Love Ya' Like Mad", and "Old Spider Fingers" (aka "Old Man's Spider Fingers") at Capitol Records' Melrose Avenue studios in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue the first two titles together as a single (Capitol 1903) and "Love Ya' Like Mad" as a single (Capitol 2072) with "Oakie Boogie" on the flipside. Bear Family Records will issue all the titles in Morse's box set "Barrelhouse, Boogie And The Blues" (BCD 16117) in Germany.

75 Years Ago Today In 1951 - Martha Carson (on vocals), with instrumental accompaniment by unlisted musicians, records the titles "Fear Not", "I Wanna Rest", "You Sure Do Need Him Now" (with The Gospel Singers [vocal group with unlisted lineup but possibly includes Bill Carlisle, Chet Atkins, and Jean Chapel aka Opal Amburgey]), and "Weighed In The Balance" in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue the first two titles on Carson's album "A Talk With The Lord" (T 1607) and the last two titles on the album "Satisfied" (T 1507).

1953 - The Royal Polynesians (an orchestra directed by Michael Goldsen featuring Charles Mauu on vocals and Danny Stewart on guitar with the other musicians unlisted) record the tracks "Tamure (Have A Good Time)", "Vana Vana (Tickle Tickle)", "Papio (Merry-Go-Round)" and Minoi, Minoi (Wiggle, Wiggle)" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will purchase the masters and issue all the tracks on the album "Polynesia!" (H-483).

1953 - Vocalist Frank Sinatra, with Nelson Riddle conducting the orchestra with Nelson Riddle conducting the orchestra (Skeets Herfurt and Mahlon Clark on saxophones and woodwinds, Bill Miller on piano and celeste, Al Hendrickson and Allan Reuss on guitars, Joe Comfort on bass, Alvin Stoller on drums, Kathryn Julye on harp, Felix Slatkin and Paul Shure on violins, Paul Robyn on viola, and Eleanor Slatkin on cello), records the titles "Like Someone in Love" (arranged by Riddle), "I Get A Kick Out Of You", "Little Girl Blue", and "The Girl Next Door" (all arranged by George Siravo), in radio station KHJ's studios (now the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science's Pickford Center for Motion Picture Study and the Academy Film Archive) at 1313 North Vine Street, Hollywood, California between 8:30PM and 12:00AM. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Sinatra's label debut album "Songs For Young Lovers" (EBF-488).

1954 - During two sessions held this day at Muzak Studios in New York City, New York The Frank Rosolino Sextet (Sam Noto on trumpet, Frank Rosolino on trombone, Charlie Mariano on alto saxophone, Pete Jolly on piano, Max Bennett on bass, and Mel Lewis on drums), using arrangement by Bill Holman, record the tracks "I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter", "Linda", "Embraceable You", and "Besame Mucho" at the first session and "Ragamuffin'" and Frank 'N' Earnest" at the second session. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on the sextet's eponymous album "The Frank Rosolino Sextet" (T 6507).

60 Years Ago Today In 1956 - Capitol Records files information for the masters it purchased for Les Paul and Mary Ford's titles "That Old Feeling", "Bewitched", "My Silent Love", "I Surrender Dear", "You Call It Madness (But I Call It Love)", "June In January", "Moonlight And Shadows", "I Can't Get Started", "How Deep Is The Ocean (How High Is The Sky)", "Sweet And Lovely", "Prisoner Of Love" and "If I Had You" and will issue all the titles on the duo's album "Time To Dream" (T 802).

60 Years Ago Today In 1956 - Jean Shepard (on vocals, with listed as probably: J.R. "Jelly" Sanders on fiddle, Bill Woods on piano, Wayne "Woody" Murray; Alvis "Buck" Owens, and Lewis Talley on guitars) records the titles "Under Suspicion", "I Want To Go Where No One Knows Me", "Tomorrow I'll Be Gone", and "If You Can't Walk Away" at Music City Recording's studios in Nashville, Tennessee with producer Ken Nelson. Capitol Records single, Capitol Records will issue the title "Under Suspicion" as a single (Capitol F3727) with "The Other Woman" on the flipside and on her Capitol Records album "This Is Jean Shepard" (T 1253), the second title as a single (Capitol F4068) with "Just Another Girl" on the flipside, and the last two titles together as a single (Capitol F3618).

60 Years Ago Today In 1956 - Jackie Gleason and His Orchestra (featuring Bobby Hackett on trumpet and Toots Mondello on alto saxophone with other unlisted musicians) record the titles "Prelude To A Kiss", "Thinking Of You", "Jealous" and "You're The One I Care For" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Gleason's album "Music To Make You Misty" (SM-455).

60 Years Ago Today In 1956 - Bobby Troup (on vocals), with Bob Enevoldsen on trombone, Buddy Collette on tenor saxophone, Red Norvo on vibraphone, Jimmy Rowles on piano, Al Viola on guitar, Mike Rubin on bass, and Don Heath on drums, records the title "Route 66" at The Capitol Tower Studios in Hollywood, California.

1957 - Applause overdubs are recorded for Johnny Otis and His Orchestra's tracks "Ma (He's Making Eyes At Me)", "Hum Ding A Ling", "Stay With Me", "Good Golly", "It's Too Soon To Know", and the (as of 2005) unissued track "Little Arthur's Number" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the rest of the finished tracks on Otis' album "The Johnny Otis Show" (T 940).

1957 - Dick Curless (on vocals and rhythm guitar, with ) records the tracks "St. James Infirmary", "You'll Never Miss The Water", and "Rosalita" (with Allerton Hawkes on maracas) at Event Studios in Westbrook, Maine. Tower Records, a subdivision of Capitol Records, will issue the first two titles on Curless' album "Soul" (T 5013) and Bear Family Records will issue all the titles in Germany in Curless' seven-CD box set "A Tombstone Every Mile" (BCD 15882).

1959 - Johnny Rose (on vocals), with unlisted musicians, records the tracks "With A Kiss", "I Pray", and "The Last One To Know" in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue the second and third tracks together as a single (Capitol 4381). Bear Family Records will issue the first and last tracks on the compilation CD "The Drugstore's Rockin', Volume 3" (BCD 16608) in Germany.

1962 - Nancy Wilson (on vocals), with Jimmy Jones conducting his own arrangements to the orchestra (Don Fagerquist on trumpet; Lew McCreary on trombone; Buddy Collette, Justin Gordon, Bill Perkins, and Bill Hood on saxophone; Lou Levy on piano; John Gray on guitar; Joe Comfort on bass; Kenny Dennis on drums; and Emil Richards on percussion), records the tracks "Getting To Know You", "My Ship", "I Believe In You", and "As Long As He Need Me" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks "Broadway My Way" (T 1828).

1962 - Jack Sheldon (on vocals and trumpet) and His Quartet (Joe Mondragon on bass, Shelly Manne on drums, Howard Roberts, Jack Marshall, and Herb Ellis on guitar) begin 3 days of sessions to record their Capitol Records album "Out!" (Capitol 1851) starting with the tracks "Romance De Amor", "Dandelion", "The Girl In The Muu Muu" and the (as of 2005) still unissued track "I Left My Heart In San Francisco" at The Capitol Tower Studios in Hollywood, California. Other session dates are November 12 and November 16, 1962.

1962 - Ruth Welcome (on zither) records the tracks "Song Of The Barefoot Contessa", "Never On A Sunday", and "Anna" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records issues all the tracks on Welcome's album "Zither Goes Hollywood" (T 1986).

1964 - An (as of 2005) unissued re-take of the track "Stick Around" for the original Broadway cast album for "Golden Boy" is recorded in New York City, New York for Capitol Records.

1967 - Shorty Rogers conducts his own arrangements to 10 unlisted musicians to record overdubs for Bobbie Gentry's tracks "Big Boss Man" and "Parchman Farm" in Los Angeles, California. The version of "Big Boss Man" that the overdubs were recorded for is (as of 2005) still unissued. Capitol Records will issue "Parchman Farm" on Gentry's album "The Delta Sweetie" (T 2842).

1967 - Mariano Moreno records the tracks "Music To Think By (Think Theme)" and "Guarara" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the first track as a single (Capitol 2100) with "As Tears Go By" on the flipside. There is no issuing information listed for "Guarara". If anyone knows if the track has been issued, please leave a comment.

1967 - Jean Shepard (on vocals), with unlisted musicians, records the tracks "I Washed My Face In The Morning Dew", "Break My Mind", and "Paper Mansions" in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on Shepard's album "Heart To Heart" (T 2871).

1967 - Capitol Records purchases the masters from American International Productions for the tracks for soundtrack to "The Trip" which features Electric Flag as An American Music Band. Sidewalk Records, distributed by Capitol Records, will issue all the tracks on the album "An American Music Band - 'The Trip'" (ST-5908).

1968 - Capitol Records registers the masters it purchased for The Pack (lineup unlisted)'s still unissued tracks "Chance To Get Away", "Got This Thing On The Move", "Faucet", and "Getting Into The Sun".

1968 - Overdubs are recorded for Ray Brown's tracks "Tuesday Afternoon", "Groovin'", "Wake Up To Me Gentle", "I'm Gonna Be A Country Boy Again", and "Like An Old Time Movie". Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on Brown's album "Just Ray Brown" (ST-186).

1968 - Vocalist Merle Haggard and The Strangers (Roy Nichols on electric guitar, Norman D. Hamlett on steel guitar, Jerry Ward (aka Howard Lowe) and Bob Morris on bass, Bonnie Owens on harmony vocals and other unlisted musicians) record the tracks "What's Wrong With Stayin' Home" and "When No Flowers Grow" at The Capitol Tower Studios in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue the first track on Haggard's album "A Portrait Of Merle Haggard" (ST-319). Bear Family Records will issue both tracks in the 5 CD box set "Untamed Hawk" (BCD 15744).

1968 - The Common People (lineup unlisted) record the titles "Feeling", "Soon There'll Be Thunder", and the (as of 2005) unissued tracks "Feeling" (second take), "Land Of A Day", and "I Have Been Alone" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the first two titles on the group's album "Of The People" (ST-266).

1968 - Pure (lineup unlisted) record the (as of 2005) unissued track "All I Want To Do To You" in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records.

1968 - T.R. Murcy records the tracks "She's A Babe", "Just Listen", "Time And The Rain", and "After All" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records (as of 2005) has yet to issue the first and last tracks, issued "Just Listen" as a single (Capitol 2603) with "40 Miles To L.A." on the flip side, and "Time And The Rain" as a single (Capitol 2394) with "Happy" on the flipside.

1968 - The last overdubs are recorded for Tony Sandler and Ralph Young's tracks "Make Me Rainbows", "Where Is Tomorrow?", "When The World Was Young", "Cuando Sali De Cuba (The Wind Will Change Tomorrow)", and "The Three Bells" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records issues the final version of the track on the duo's album "Together" (ST-159).

1969 - Nancy Wilson (on vocals) with The Hank Jones Quartet (Hank Jones on piano, Gene Bertoncini on guitar, Ron Carter on bass, and Grady Tate on drums), records the tracks "In A Sentimental Mood", "I Thought About You", Easy Living", "Do It Again", and "Darn That Dream". Capitol Records will issue "I Thought About You" and "Do It Again" on Wilson's album "But Beautiful" (ST-798) and will issue all the tracks on the CD version of her album "But Beautiful" (7-92868-2).

1969 - Al Martino (on vocals), with unlisted musicians, records the (as of 2005) unissued tracks "I'm So Afraid Of Losing You Again", "She Even Woke Me Up To Say Goodbye", and "My Lovely Juanita" in Los Angeles, California.

1969 - Buddy Alan (on vocals), with unlisted musicians, records the (as of 2005) unissued track "One To Many Mornings" and the track "When A Man Can't Call His Home A Home" at Buck Owens Studios in Bakersfield, California for Buck Owen Enterprises. Capitol Records will purchase the masters and issue "When A Man Can't Call His Home A Home" as a single (Capitol 2715) with "Big Mama's Medicine Show" on the flipside.

1969 - Overdubs are recorded for John Stewart's track "Heart Full A Woman And A Belly Full Of Tennessee" and the (as of 2005) unissued track "The Lady And The Outlaw" (possibly in Nashville, Tennessee). Capitol Records will issue the final version of Heart Full A Woman And A Belly Full Of Tennessee" on Stewart's album "Willard" (ST-540).

1969 - Sonny James (on vocals), with unlisted musicians, records the tracks "You're The Reason I'm Living" and "What Am I Living For?" in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue the first track on James' album "The Sensational Sonny James - Bright Lights, Big City" (ST-804) and the second track on James' album "Empty Arms" (ST-734).

55 Years Ago Today In 1971 - Sonny James' Capitol Records single "Here Comes Honey Again", with "The Only Ones We Truly Trust" on the flipside, hits #1 on Billboard's Country Singles chart, becoming the last of James' 16 consecutive #1 records.

1972 - Capitol Records registers the master it purchased of Red Simpson's track "Milesaver Man" and will issue the track as a single (Capitol 3495) with "Those Forgotten Trains" on the flipside.

1972 - Buck Owens records the track "Streets Of Bakersfield" for Capitol Records.

1972 - The Band (Garth Hudson and Richard Manuel keyboards and vocals, Jaime Robbie Robertson on guitar and vocals, Rick Danko on bass and vocals, and Levon Helm on drums and vocals) begin five straight days of recording unlisted and (as of 2005) unissued tracks in at Bearsville Recording Studios in Bearsville, New York for Capitol Records. If anyone knows what was recorded, please leave a comment.

1972 - Billy May and The Time-Life Orchestra (lineup unlisted) record the (as of 2005) unissued track "White Rose Of Athens" and the tracks "Wheels", "I'll Never Fall In Love Again", "Once I Loved" and "Quentin's Theme (Dark Shadows)" as well as an overdub for "Quentin's Theme (Dark Shadows)" at The Capitol Tower Studios in Hollywood, California. Time-Life Records will issue "Wheels" and "I'll Never Fall In Love Again" on the album "As You Remember Them: Great Instrumentals, Volume 4" (STL 244), "Once I Loved" on the album "As You Remember Them: Great Instrumentals, Volume 5" (STL 245) and "Quentin's Theme (Dark Shadows)" on the album "As You Remember Them: Great Instrumentals, Volume 7" (STL 247).

1974 - Grand Funk (lineup unlisted) records the tracks "All The Girls In The World Beware" and "Wild" at The Swamp studio near Flint, Michigan. Capitol Records will issue both tracks on the band's album "All The Girls In The World Beware!!!" (SO-11356).

1975 - Casey Kasem records the titles "Christmas Wish - Silent Night" and "Deck Of Cards" in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records. There is no issuing information listed so if anyone knows if either title was issued, please leave a comment.

1975 - Ray Griff (on vocals, with unlisted musicians) records the titles "Falling", "I Love The Way You Love Me", and "Tucson Sun" in Nashville, Tennessee. After one session of overdubs held the the next day Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Griff's eponymous album "Ray Griff" (ST-11486).

50 Years Ago Today In 1976 - The Steve Miller Band's Capitol Records single "Rock'n Me", with "Shu Ba Da Du Ma Ma Ma Ma" on the flipside, hits #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart.

1979 - During two sessions held this day in Los Angeles, California McGuinn, Clark and Hillman (Roger McGuinn and Chris Hillman with Gene Clark) record the track "Won't Let You Down" and the first session and "Deeper In" at the second session. Capitol Records will issue both tracks on the album "City" (ST-12043) as by Roger McQuinn and Chris Hillman featuring Gene Clark.

1980 - Donna Washington (on vocals) records the (as of 2005) unissued title "The Sweetest Music" in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records.

1980 - Lee Clayton records the title "(Tell Me) Whatcha Gonna Do" in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue the titlr on Clayton's album "The Dream Goes On" (ST-12139).

40 Years Ago Today In 1986 - Peggi Blu records the title "All The Way With You" as a duet with Bert Robinson, then by herself records the titles "Mesmerize Me" and "All And All". Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Blu's album "Blu Blowin'" (ST-12550).

1998 - Jazz producer Sumner "Sonny" Lester sues EMI, Capitol, and Blue Note Records, Blue Note CEO Bruce Lundvall, reissue firm Mosaic Records, and Mosaic principals Michael Cuscuna and Charlie Lourie, claiming that the labels reissued recordings allegedly held exclusively by Lester without authorization. The recordings in question include sessions by Jimmy McGriff, Junior Parker, Jeremy Steig, Chick Corea, Thad Jones & Mel Lewis, and Dizzy Gillespie.

25 Years Ago Today In 2001 - Capitol Records releases a 2-CD compilation of music from World War II titled "Those Were Our Songs: Music of World War II".

25 Years Ago Today In 2001 - Capitol Records releases "United We Stand," a collection of archival material including John Lennon's "Imagine," Al Green's rendition of "Amazing Grace" and Woody Guthrie performing "This Land Is Your Land." Proceeds will benefit the Red Cross.

25 Years Ago Today In 2001 - Capitol Records releases Pink Floyd's 2 CD compilation album "Echoes: The Best Of Pink Floyd" which will be re-released in 2006.

20 Years Ago Today In 2006 - Sonny James, Capitol Records artist, is formally inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame along with George Strait and Harold Bradley at the 40th annual CMA (Country Music Association) Awards show broadcast on ABC-TV. James was also co-host, with Capitol Records artist Bobbie Gentry, of the first CMA awards show in 1967.

20 Years Ago Today In 2006 - Capitol Records Nashville artist Keith Urban is named CMA Vocalist of the Year at the CMA Awards ceremony.

2007 - Hank Thompson, singer, guitarist, harmonica player, Capitol Records solo artist and leader of Hank Thompson and The Brazos Valley Boys, and elected to the Country Music Hall Of Fame in 1989, dies at his home in Keller, Texas at age 82 of an aggressive lung cancer caused by years of smoking .

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

65 Years Ago Today In 1961 - Johnny Burnette's Liberty Records single "God, Country And My Baby", with "Honestly I Do" on the flipside, enters Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart. Universal Music Group, parent company of Capitol Records, currently owns the Liberty catalog.

1975 - The Sex Pistols make their live debut at Saint Martin’s School Of Art in central London, supporting a band called Bazooka Joe, which included Stuart Goddard / Adam Ant, John Ellis of The Vibrators, Danny Kleinman. This is the first appearance for the upstart punks, composed of singer Johnny Rotten, guitarist Steve Jones, drummer Paul Cook, and bassist Glen Matlock. It is Matlock, a student at Saint Martins, who obtained the gig.

1979 - The EMI Board recommends THORN Electrical Industries Limited's revised offer of £169m to its shareholders and a new company, THORN EMI, is formed.

25 Years Ago Tosay In 2001 - Collectors' Choice Music reissues Bing Crosby and Rosemary Clooney's Capitol Records album "That Travelin' Two-Beat" and Crosby's Capitol Records album "Bing Crosby Sings The Great Country Hits" together on a single CD.

ON THIS DAY NOT IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1814 - Adolphe Sax, the inventor of the saxophone and other brass instruments, is born in Dinant, province of Namur, Belgium.

1854 - John Phillip Sousa, composer of Marches, conductor, and bandleader, is born in Washington, D.C.

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HAPPY BIRTHDAYS!

115 Years Ago Today In 1911 - Roy Rogers, actor, singer, guitarist, and Capitol Records artist, both as a duo with his wife Dale Evans and as a solo artist, is born Leonard Franklin Slye in Cincinnati, Ohio.

1959 - Joni Harms, singer and Capitol Records artist (1990-1997), is born in Canby, Oregon.

55 Years Ago Today In 1971 - Jonny Greenwood, motion picture score writer, lead guitarist, organist, synthesizer player, pianist, xylophone player, and harmonica player with the Capitol Records band Radiohead, is born Jonathan Richard Guy Greenwood in Oxford, England.

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1947 - Vocalist Hal Derwin, with an orchestra (lineup unlisted) records the titles "You're Too Dangerous, Cherie", "The Dream Peddler", "Five Foot Two, Eyes Of Blue", and "Louise" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "You're Too Dangerous, Cherie", and "The Dream Peddler" together as a single (Capitol 481), has yet to issue "Five Foot Two, Eyes Of Blue", and will issue "Louise" as a single (Capitol 15282) with "I Go In When the Moon Comes Out" on the flipside.

1947 - The King Cole Trio (Nat "King" Cole on piano and vocals, Irving Ashby on guitar, and Johnny Miller on bass) records the titles "It's The Sentimental Thing To Do", "I've Only Myself To Blame", "It's Like Taking Candy From A Baby", and "You've Changed" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue "It's The Sentimental Thing To Do" as a single (Capitol 15080) with "Put ‘Em In A Box, Tie ‘Em With A Ribbon" on the flipside and "I've Only Myself To Blame" as a single (Capitol 15036) with "Geek" on the flipside. Mosaic Records will issue all the titles in the box set "The Complete Capitol Recordings Of The Nat King Cole Trio" (MD18-138).

1948 - The Starlighters (Vince Degen, Tony Paris, Pauline Byrns, Jerry Duane, and Howard Hudson) record vocals over band tracks recorded by an unlisted orchestra in Mexico for the titles "It's Too Soon To Know", "Cornbelt Symphony", and "That Certain Party" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records Transcription Service will issue all the final versions of the tracks on transcription disc A-85.

1950 - Jan Garber and His Orchestra (featuring Charlie Barnett on alto saxophone and other unlisted musicians) record the titles "It's A Sin", "Bright Lights and Blonde-Haired Women", "Nobody's Chasing Me" (without Roy Cordell on vocals), and "If I Were A Bell" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the first title as a single (Capitol 1329) with "Easy Melody" on the flipside, the second title as a single (Capitol 1483) with "Where The Red Roses Grow" on the flipside, and the last two titles together as a single (Capitol 1325).

75 Years Ago Today In 1951 - Dean Martin (on vocals), with Dick Stabile and His Orchestra (Vince De Rosa on French Horn, Jack Davis Eiken, Ed Rosa, Joseph Stabile, and Bob Lawson on saxophones, Louis Brown on piano, Vince Terri on guitar, Norman Seelig on bass, Ray Toland on drums, Alex Beller, Emil Briano, John Peter DeVoogt, Nick Pisani, Joseph Quadri, and Gerald Vinci on violins,  and Alan Harshman, Armand Kaproff, and Louis Kievman on viola), records the titles "As You Are", "Blue Smoke (Kohu Auwahi)", and "Night Train To Memphis" at Capitol Records' Melrose Avenue studios in Hollywood, California between 7:00pm and 11:00pm. Capitol Records will issue the first title as a single (Capitol 1921) with "Oh Boy" on the flipside, and the second and third titles together as a single (Capitol 1885).

75 Years Ago Today In 1951 - During a split session held this day in Los Angeles, California Bob Eberly (on vocals) with Harold Mooney and His Orchestra (lineup unlisted) records the titles "These Precious Things Are Mine" and "With You" and then Helen O'Connell and Bob Eberly (both on vocals) with Harold Mooney and His Orchestra (lineup still unlisted) record the titles "Don't Play That Song" and "I'll Always Be Following You". Capitol Records will issue Eberly's solo titles together as a single (Capitol 1913) and Helen O'Connell and Bob Eberly's duet titles together as a single (Capitol 1931).

75 Years Ago Today In 1951 - Martha Carson (on vocals) and The Gospel Singers (Bill Carlisle, Chet Atkins, and Jean Chapel [aka Opal Amburgey]) record the titles "Satisfied", "Hide Me Rock Of Ages", "Old Blind Barnabus", and "Crying Holy Unto The Lord" in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue the first two titles together as a single (Capitol 1900), the third title as a single (Capitol 2077) with "I Wanna Rest" on the flipside, and the last title as a single (Capitol 2252) with "Fear Not" on the flipside.

1952 - Bill Loose and His Orchestra (lineup unlisted) record the titles "Margie", "You Do Something To Me", "People Will Say We're In Love", and "Some Enchanted Evening" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "You Do Something To Me" on Loose's album "Background Music - Songs We Remember/Bright And Bouncy" (W 380) and the other three titles on Loose's album "Background Music - Light And Lively/Show Tunes" (W 379).

1952 - Don Wilson and Stan Freberg record talking and vocal overdubs for their titles "The Ugly Duckling: Part 1" and "The Ugly Duckling: Part 2" in Los Angeles, California using a script adaptation by Alan Livingston over instrumental tracks recorded on October 30, 1952, by an orchestra conducted by Van Alexander. Capitol Records will issue the final mixes of both titles on the children's record "The Ugly Duckling" (Capitol 32103).

1953 - Vocalist Frank Sinatra, with Nelson Riddle conducting his and George Siravo's arrangements to the orchestra (Skeets Herfurt and Mahlon Clark on saxophones and woodwinds, Bill Miller on piano, Al Hendrickson and Allan Reuss on guitars, Joe Comfort on bass, Alvin Stoller on drums, Kathryn Julye on harp, and a string section with Felix Slatkin and Paul Shure on violins, Paul Robyn on viola, and Eleanor Slatkin on cello), records the titles "A Foggy Day (In London Town)", "My Funny Valentine", "They Can't Take That Away From Me", and "Violets For Your Furs" (some listings also say that the track "The Girl Next Door" was recorded at this session) at radio station KHJ's studios (now the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science's Pickford Center for Motion Picture Study and the Academy Film Archive) at 1313 North Vine Street, Hollywood, California with producer Voyle Gilmore. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Sinatra's album "Songs For Young Lovers" (EBF-488).

1954 - Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra (lineup unlisted) record the instrumental track "Vera Cruz", then with Margaret Whiting (on vocals) record the tracks "My Own True Love (Tara's Theme)" and "My Son, My Son", and then without Whiting record the instrumental track "Never, Never Land" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue Riddle's instrumental tracks together as a single (Capitol 2997) and the tracks featuring Margaret Whiting together as a single (Capitol 2996).

70 Years Ago Today In 1956 - Art Tatum, pianist and Capitol Records artist (1949-1952), dies of uremia at age 47 in Los Angeles, California.

70 Years Ago Today In 1956 - Jack Teagarden (on trombone) with Van Alexander's orchestra (lineup unlisted with vocals by Teagarden and The Five Keys whose lineup is also unlisted) records the titles "Get On Board Little Children", "Joshua Fit The Battle Of Jericho", "This Train", and "Ezekiel Saw the Wheel" in Los Angles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Teagarden's album "Swing Low, Sweet Spiritual" (T 820).

70 Years Ago Today In 1956 - Overdubs are recorded for Jerry Shard and His Music's titles "Mood Indigo" and "Oh, You Beautiful Doll!" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the final mixes of both titles together as a single (Capitol F3668).

70 Years Ago Today In 1956 - Jackie Gleason and His Orchestra (featuring Bobby Hackett on trumpet and other musicians unlisted) record the titles "My Love For Carmen", "A Stranger In Town", "A Moonlight Saving Time", and "When A Man Loves A Woman" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Gleason's album "Music For Lovers Only" (T 352).

70 Years Ago Today In 1956 - Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians (Lombardo conducting unlisted musicians) record the titles "Stranger In Paradise" (vocals by Bill Flannigan), "Getting To Know You" (vocals by Kenny Gardner), "All Of You" (vocals by Bill Flannigan), "I Love Paris" (vocals by Kenny Gardner and a vocal trio with an unlisted lineup), "I Could Have Danced All Night", and "I've Grown Accustomed To Her Face" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Lombardo's album "Decade On Broadway '46-'56" (T 788).

1957 - It's a Tuesday night at 7:30 PM and, on tonight's episode of "The Nat 'King' Cole Show" on NBC-TV, Nat's guests are Cornel Wilde, Peggy King, Michel Ray, 10-year-old Billy Preston, Carol Cole, and Natalie Cole.

1957 - During two sessions held this day in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California, first Nelson Riddle conducts his own arrangments to His Orchestra (lineup unlisted) as they record the titles "The Girl Most Likely (Main Title)" (an instrumental with an unlisted children's choir), "We Gonna Keep Up With The Joneses" (vocals by Jane Powell and Tommy Noonan and an unlisted vocal group), "I Don't Know What You Want" (vocals by Jane Powell), the instrumental "Beach Party", "Travelogue: Where Do You Come From - Balboa", "I Like The Feeling (vocals by Jane Powell and Cliff Robertson)/Pink Cloud Music (instrumental)", "Crazy Horse" (vocals by Jane Powell with unlisted children's choir), "All The Colors Of The Rainbow" (vocals by Jane Powell, Kaye Ballard, Kelly Brown, and Keith Andes with an unlisted vocal group), and "End Title" (vocals by Jane Powell) at the first session, then, still with Riddle conducting his own arrangements to His Orchestra, the instrumental titles "Autumn Leaves", "Polka Dots and Moonbeams", "Drifting And Dreaming" and "Dream". Capitol Records will issue all the titles recorded at the first session in the album "RKO Motion Picture Soundtrack - The Girl Most Likely" (W 930) and all the titles recorded at the second session on Riddle's album "Sea Of Dreams" (T 915). An HMV CD track listing also includes "Dream A Little Dream Of Me" as part of this session but so far there is no other source for this claim and may have meant the title "Dream" that was recorded at this session.

1957 - Pianist Rudolph Firkusny, records new takes of Chopin's "Nocturne In E Flat, Opus 9, N° 2", "Nocturne In D Flat, Opus 27, N° 2", and "Valse In C Sharp Minor, Opus 64, N° 2" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue all the new takes on Firkusny's album "CHOPIN by Firkusny" (P-8428).

1957 - Vocalist and rhythm guitarist Dick Curless, with Lenny Breau and Taso "Sleepy Willie" Golios on electric guitars, Ulysse "Dave Miller" Maillet on bass, and Raymond Lemieux on percussion, records the title "Trav'lin' Man" at Event Studios in Westbrook, Maine between 9:30 AM and 11:20 AM. Capitol Records will purchase the master from Event Records. Tower Records, a subsidiary of Capitol Records, will issue the title on Curless' album "Travelin' Man" (T 5015).

1958 - Nat "King" Cole, with Nelson Riddle conducting his own arrangements to an orchestra that includes strings with an unlisted lineup, records the tracks "I Had The Craziest Dream", "I Wish I Knew", and "Be Still My Heart" in New York City, New York. After rhythm tracks are overdubbed, Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on Cole's album "The Unforgettable Nat King Cole" (T 2558).

1958 - Pee Wee Hunt (on trombone, with Andy Bartha on cornet, Pee Wee Hunt on trombone, Lee Cummins on clarinet, Jack Condon on piano, Bucky Pizzarelli on guitar, Gene Dragoo on bass, and Cody Sandifer on drums), using arrangements by Sid Feller, records the tracks "I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues", "Limehouse Blues", "Pee Wee's Blues", "Memphis Blues", and "Farewell Blues" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks, except "Pee Wee's Blues" which is (as of 2005) still unissued, on Hunt's album "The Blues A La Dixie" (T 1144).

1958 - Tennessee Ernie Ford (on vocals), with unlisted musicians, records the (as of 2005) unissued tracks "Toys For Tots (Short Version)" and "Toys For Tots (Long Version)" at The Capitol Tower Studios in Hollywood, California.

1958 - Cliffie Stone records the tracks "Cool Water", "Jingle, Jangle, Jingle", "Cow Cow Boogie", and "High Noon" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on Stone's album "Cool Cowboy" (T 1230).

1958 - John Browning (on piano, listed as possibly during a live concert) records Bach's "Partita N°2 In C Minor", Schubert's "Impromptu In A Flat Major, Opus 140" and "Impromptu In B Flat Major, Opus 142", Chopin's "Sonata In B Flat Minor, Opus 25", Barber's "Sonata Opus 26", Rachmaninoff's "Etude Tableau", Stravinsky's "Etude In F Sharp", DeBussy's "Reflets Dans L'Eau" and Rimsky-Korsakov's "Flight Of The Bumblebee" in New York City, New York for Capitol Records which has yet to issue any of the titles.

1959 - Tex Ritter (on vocals), with music by Paul Sells, records the tracks "Little Joe The Wrangler", "Sam Bass", "When The Work's All Done This Fall" and "Barbara Allen" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on Ritter's album "Blood On The Saddle" (T 1292).

1959 - The Louvin Brothers (Charlie Louvin on vocals and guitar and Ira Louvin on vocals, with Floyd Cramer on piano, Walter "Hank" "Sugarfoot" Garland on lead guitar and electric guitar, Ray Edenton on guitar, Roy M. "Junior" Huskey Jr. on bass, Murrey M. "Buddy" Harman Jr. on drums and The Jordanaires [vocal group with lineup unlisted]) record the tracks "I See A Bridge", "Just Suppose", "The Stagger", and Nellie Moved To Town" in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue the first two tracks together as a single (Capitol 4359) and the last two tracks together as a single (Capitol 4331).

1962 - Vocalist June Christy, with Conte Candoli, Lee Katzman, Al Porcino, and Ray Triscari on trumpets, Vern Friley, Lewis McCreary, and Frank Rosolino on trombones,  Ken Shroyer on bass trombone, Joe Maini and Bud Shank on alto saxophones, Bob Cooper and Bill Perkins on tenor saxophones, Jack Nimitz on baritone saxophone, Jimmy Rowles on piano, Joe Mondragon on bass, and Mel Lewis on drums, records the titles "Stompin' At The Savoy", "Good-Bye" (both arranged by Bill Holman), and "Until (The Mole)" (arranged by Bob Cooper) in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Christy's album "Big Band Specials" (T 1845).

1962 - Vocalist Johnny Rivers, with unlisted others, records the titles "Everybody But Me", "If You Want It, I've Got It", and "My Heart Is In Your Hand" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on River's album "The Sensational Johnny Rivers" (T 2161).

1962 - Zither player Ruth Welcome records the titles "Song Of The Barefoot Contessa", "Never On Sunday", and "Anna" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Welcome's album "Zither Goes Hollywood" (T 1986).

1964 - Buddy Cole (born Edwin LeMar Cole), husband of Capitol Records artist Yvonne King (The King Sisters), pianist, organist, and orchestra leader, session pianist for Nat "King" Cole, Tex Ritter, Louis Armstrong, Rosemary Clooney, Bing Crosby, and Judy Garland (in the film "A Song Is Born"), dies of a heart attack at age 47 in Hollywood, California.

1964 - Wayne Newton (on vocals, with an orchestra with an unlisted lineup) records the tracks "Comin' On Too Strong" (arranged by Terry Melcher) and "They'll Never Know" at United Western Studios in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will purchase the masters and release the first tracks as a single (Capitol 5338) with "Lookin' Through A Tear" on the flip side and the second track on Newton's album "Red Roses For A Blue Lady" (T 2335).

1964 - Jackie Gleason and His Orchestra (Gleason conducting a large string orchestra that features Pee Wee Erwin on trumpet and Charlie Ventura on tenor saxophone with the rest of the lineup unlisted) record the tracks "The Best Is Yet To Come", "Everybody Loves Somebody", "A Lazy Afternoon", "People" and "On The Street Where You Live" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on Gleason's album "Last Dance" (W 2144).

60 Years Ago Today In 1966 - David McCallum (conducting unlisted musicians) records the titles "Carnegie Ball", "On A Weekend" and "The House Of Mirrors" in Los Angeles, California with producer David Axelrod. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on McCallum's album "Music - It's Happening Now!" (T 2651).

1967 - Capitol Records registers the masters it purchased from PPX Records for Jimi Hendrix (on guitar) and Curtis Knight (aka Curtis McNear, on vocals) titles "How Would You Feel", "Simon Says", Get That Feeling", "Hush Now", "Welcome Home", "Gotta Have A New Dress", "No Business", and "Strange Things" which were recorded in New York City, New York in (no exact date listed) 1965, with Nate Edmonds on organ, Henry "Hawk" Henderson on electric bass, and Marion Booker on drums. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on the album "Get That Feeling Jimi Hendrix Plays And Curtis Knight Sings" (T 2856).

1968 - Merle Haggard (on vocals) and The Strangers (George French Jr. on piano; James Burton and Roy Nichols on electric guitar; Lewis Talley on guitar; Norman D. Hamlett on steel guitar; Leon Chase Copeland and Jerry Ward (aka Howard Lowe) on bass; Roy "Eddie" Burris on drums; and Bonnie Owens on harmony vocals) record the tracks "Peach Pickin' Time Down In Georgia" and "Hobo's Meditation" at The Capitol Tower Studios in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will release both tracks on the 2 LP album "Same Train, A Different Time" (SWBB-223) as by Merle Haggard And The Strangers.

1968 - Bobby Engemann (on vocals), with Lex De Azevedo and Tommy Oliver conducting their own arrangements to the orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the tracks "Words", "Homeward Bound", and "There's A Kind Of Hush (All Over The World)" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on Engemann's album "My Own Thing" (ST-221).

1968 - Overdubs are recorded for Tony Sandler and Ralph Young's tracks "I Believe", "Viva El Amor", "Something Is Happening", "Feeling Groovy (The 59th Street Bridge Song)", "Life Is", and "Trains And Boats And Planes" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the final versions of all the tracks on the duo's album "Together" (ST-159).

1968 - The Stone Poneys (lineup unlisted) record the tracks "So Fine" and "Everybody Has Their Own Ideas" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will purchase the masters but (as of 2005) has yet to issue either of the tracks.

1969 - William Marshall records the (as of 2005) unissued tracks "After Winter", "Northboun'", "Old Lem (Narration)", "Long Gone", "Brown Baby", Trilogy: Ladies Boogie", "Li'l Gal", "For My People" and "Merry-Go-Round" in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records.

1969 - Nancy Wilson (on vocals), with The Hank Jones Quartet (Hank Jones on piano; Gene Bertoncini on guitar; Ron Carter on bass; and Grady Tate on drums), records the tracks "Supper Time", "But Beautiful", "Oh! Look At Me Now", and "Glad To Be Unhappy" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on Wilson's album "But Beautiful" (ST-798).

1969 - Capitol Records registers the masters it purchased (but as of 2005 has yet to issue) for Floyd Morris' tracks "Lovesick", "Ruby And The Pearl", "Bunny Tail", "The Night Has A Thousand Eyes", "Giant Step", "That's All", "Blues For Floyd", "Small World", "Sometimes I'm Happy", "Net Net's Tune", and "Bunky's Blues".

1969 - Friends Of Whitney Sunday record the (as of 2005) unissued tracks "Steppin' Stone" and "Ode To Billie Joe" in New York City, New York for Capitol Records.

1969 - Overdubs are recorded for Sonny James' track "My Love" and "It's Just A Matter Of Time" (possibly in Nashville, Tennessee). Capitol Records will issue the final version of both tracks on James' album "The Biggest Hits Of Sonny James" (ST-11013).

55 Years Ago Today In 1971 - Charlie Louvin (on vocals with unlisted musicians) records the titlrs "Harvest Time", "Just In Time (To Watch Love Die)", "Momma's Waiting", and "She Just Wants To Be Needed" in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records issues the first title as a single (Capitol 3607) with "Funny Man" on the flipside, the second and last titles together as a single (Capitol 3319) and (as of 2005) has yet to issue "Momma's Waiting".

1973 - Capitol Records releases Buck Owens' single "Big Game Hunter" with "That Lovin' Feeling" on the flipside

1973 - Apple Records releases Wings' single "Helen Wheels" with "Country Dreamer" on the flipside. The single is distributed by Capitol Records in the United States.

1974 - The final overdubs are recorded for The Lettermen's tracks "There Is No Greater Love", "No Arms Can Ever Hold You (Like These Arms Of Mine)", and Love Me With All Your Heart (Cuando Caliente El Sol) in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the final versions of all the tracks on the group's album "There Is No Greater Love" (SW-11364).

1974 - Grand Funk (lineup unlisted) records the tracks "Life", "Look At Granny Run", and "Memories" at The Swamp (a studio on band member Mark Farner's farm) near Flint, Michigan. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on the group's album "All The Girls In The World Beware!!!" (SO-11356).

50 Years Ago Today In 1976 - Overdubs are recorded for James Talley's title "Not Even When It's Over" and then James Talley (on vocals and acoustic guitar with (Don Sheffield on trumpet, Tommy Smith on trumpet and horns, Irv Kane on trombone, Ralph Childs on tuba, Johnny Gimble on fiddle and mandolin  Billy Puett on saxophone and clarinet;l, Andy McMahon on piano, electric piano, and organ,  Rick Durrett on piano and tack piano, Steve Hostak on acoustic guitar and electric guitar, Jerry Shook on acoustic guitar, banjo, and harmonica, Doyle Grisham on steel guitar, Josh Grave on Dobro resonator guitar, Mike Leech on electric bass, Lyle Tullis on upright bass, Clark Pierson on drums and percussion  Byron Bach on cello, and Pebble Daniel, Marsha Routh, and Mary Jo Talley on background vocals) records the titles "Magnolia Boy", "Up From Georgia", "You Know I've Got To Love Her" and "When The Fiddler Packs His Case", and then records overdubs for "Magnolia Boy" and "Daddy Just Called It The Blues" at Jack Clement Studios in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue the final mixes of all the titles on Talley's album "Blackjack Choir" (ST-11605).

1977 - Guy Lombardo (born Gaetano Alberto Lombardo), bandleader, violinist, and Capitol Records artist, suffers a heart attack and dies at age 75 in Houston, Texas.

1980 - Pete Fountain (on clarinet) and Friends (Frank Flynn on amplified marimba, Bob Bain on guitar, Ray Leatherwood on bass, and Jack Sperling on drums), using arrangements by the session's producer Frank Flynn, record the titles "When You're Smiling (The Whole World Smiles With You", "Scatter-Brain", "Just Friends", "Shine", "María Elena", "Moonlight And Shadows", "Rain", "Oh, Lady Be Good", "Minkey's Blues", "Honeysuckle Rose", "You Can Depend On Me", "Yesterdays", "That Old Feeling", "What'll I Do" (title unreadable in the records but this is the other track on the album that isn't listed in this session), "Some Day Sweetheart", "Avalon", "More", "Deep Purple", "The One I Love Belongs To Somebody Else", "Love Walked In", "Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans", "Way Down Yonder In New Orleans", "Meditation", "Autumn Nocturne", "More Than You Know", "You'll Never Know" and "Rosetta" at Conway Recorders in Hollywood, California (listed in Capitol Discography as possibly New Orleans, Louisiana) with recording engineer and co-producer Phil A. Yeend. Capitol Records will issue the titles "When You're Smiling", "Love Walked In", "Just Friends", "Shine", "María Elena", "Rain", "Honeysuckle Rose", "Scatter-Brain", "The One I Love Belongs To Somebody Else", and "Oh, Lady Be Good!" on the group's eponymous album "Pete Fountain & Friends" (SN-16224) and "Avalon", "More", "Deep Purple", "Rosetta", "Way Down Yonder In New Orleans", "You Can Depend On Me", "Yesterdays", "That Old Feeling", "What'll I Do", and "Some Day Sweetheart" on Fountain's album "Way Down Yonder In New Orleans" (SN-16225), and has (as of 2005) yet to issue "Moonlight And Shadows", "Minkey's Blues", "Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans", "Meditation", "Autumn Nocturne", "More Than You Know", and "You'll Never Know".

1980 - Lee Clayton records the (as of 2005) unissued title "Fare Thee Well" in Nashville, Tennessee for Capitol Records.

1997 - In the new Capitol Records building on Music Row in Nashville, Tennessee, Jim Fifield (President and CEO, EMI Music), Ken Berry (President, EMI Recorded Music), Pat Quigley (President and CEO, Capitol Nashville), and Capitol recording artist Garth Brooks jointly announced a release date for Brooks' long-awaited seventh studio album "Sevens". The album, produced by Allen Reynolds and engineered by Mark Miller, will be in stores on Tuesday, November 25th, 1997.

2002 - Capitol Records reissues John Lennon's 1973 album "Mind Games", remixed, remastered and with three bonus tracks

2002 - Capitol Records releases the compilation CD "Christmas With The Rat Pack" with tracks by Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, and Sammy Davis, Jr.

2002 - Capitol Records releases Frank Sinatra's compilation CD "Classic Duets".

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

95 Years Ago Today In 1931 - Ike Turner, pianist, guitarist, singer, first husband of Capitol Records artist Tina Turner (though the marriage was later found to be invalid as Ike hadn't officially divorced his first wife), and Sue Records artist as part of Ike Turner And His Kings Of Rhythm and The Ike and Tina Turner Review, is born in Clarksdale, Mississippi. The Sue Records masters were sold to United Artists and are currently owned by Universal Music Group.

1951 - At the first Blue Note Records session to use tape to record masters Sidney Bechet and His Hot Six (Sidney De Paris on trumpet, Jimmy Archey on trombone, Sidney Bechet on soprano saxophone, Don Kirkpatrick on piano, George "Pops" Foster on bass, and Mainzie Johnson on drums) record the titles "Original Dixieland One-Step", "Avalon", "That's Plenty", two takes of "Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gives To Me", two takes of "Ballin' The Jack", and two takes of "There'll Be Some Changes Made" at WOR Studios in New York City, New York. Blue Note Records will issue all the titles except the second take of "Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gives To Me", the first take of "Ballin' The Jack" and the first take of "There'll Be Some Changes Made" on Bechet's album "The Fabulous Sidney Bechet and his Hot Six with Sidney De Paris" (Blue Note BLP7020) and Mosaic Records will issue all the titles and takes on the compilation album "The Complete Blue Note Recordings of Sidney Bechet" (Mosaic MR6-110).

70 Years Ago Today In 1956 - "The Nat 'King' Cole Show" debuts on NBC-TV as the first network variety show hosted by an African-American star of Cole's magnitude (Hazel Scott has the honor of being the first African-American to host a television show in 1950). Initially, Cole's is a 15-minute show on Monday nights, but it is expanded to 30 minutes in July 1957. Its final episode airs December 17, 1957, due to lack of a national sponsor to cover its costs.

1979 - Kwick records the tracks "I Want To Dance With You" and "Why Don't We Love Each Other". EMI America will issue both tracks on Kwick's eponymous album "Kwick" (SW-17025). If anyone knows where this session was held and what other musicians were attending, please leave a comment. EMI America's catalog is currently owned by EMI Music, Capitol Music's parent company.

2003 - Dorothy Southworth Ritter (aka Dorothy Fay), actress, mother of actor John Ritter, and widow of Capitol Records artist Tex Ritter, dies at age 88 in the Motion Picture and Television Home in Woodland Hills, CA.

ON THIS DAY NOT IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1942 - George M. Cohan (born George Michael Cohan), composer, Vaudeville and Broadway musical dancer, actor, and director, Broadway producer with partner Sam Harris, and motion picture actor, dies at age 64 in New York City, New York.

1960 - Mack Sennett (born Michael Sinnott), actor and pioneer comedy film director, who introduced the world to The Keystone Kops, Charlie Chaplin and later, in sound shorts, Bing Crosby, dies in Woodland Hills, California at the age of 80 and is later interred in the Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City, California.

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HAPPY BIRTHDAYS!

1940 - Delbert McClinton, singer, harmonica player, gave John Lennon harmonica lessons, did duet vocals with Bonnie Raitt on her Capitol Records album "Luck Of The Draw", and a Capitol Records artist (1980-1981), is born in Lubbock, Texas.

40 Years Ago Today In 1986 - Alexz Johnson, motion picture and television actress, songwriter, singer and Capitol Records artist, is born Alexzandra Spencer Johnson in New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada.

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

80 Years Ago Today In 1946 - Alvino Rey (on guitar) and His Orchestra (Chuck Peterson, Jake Gerheim, Russ Granger, and Frank Nelson on trumpets, Sam Levine, Bob McReynolds, and Bob Swift on trombones, Bob Walsh and Hal McKusick on alto saxophones, Herbie Steward on tenor saxophone, Chuck Gentry on baritone saxophone, Rocky Coluccio on piano on vocals, Jim Bates on bass, and Ben Weber on drums) record the titles "Among My Souvenirs" (vocals by Jo Ann Ryan, The Blue Reys, and Glee Club [both lineups unlisted]) and "Save Your Sorrows" (vocals by Jo Ann Ryan) in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue both titles together as a single (Capitol 338).

80 Years Ago Today In 1946 - Vocalist Jo Stafford, with Carlyle Hall and His Orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the titles "Through A Thousand Dreams" and "Sonata" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue both titles together as a single (Capitol 337).

1947 - Chuy Reyes and His Mocambo Orchestra (lineup unlisted) record the titles "Boteanado" (vocals by Tony Martinez), "Baracoa (A Baracoa Me Voy)" (vocals by Tony Martinez), and the instrumental titles "The Weddin' Rhumba (aka The Wedding Samba)" and "Los Hijos De Buda" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue  "Boteanado" and "Baracoa (A Baracoa Me Voy)" on the album "Rumba De Cuba" (H-152) and "The Weddin' Rhumba (aka The Wedding Samba)" and "Los Hijos De Buda" on the album "Arthur Murray Favorites: Sambas" (T 260) as by Enric Madriguera And His Orchestra/Chuy Reyes.

1947 - Vocalist Eddie Kirk, with Clifford Snyder (aka Cliffie Stone) and His Orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the titles "How Do You Mend A Broken Heart", "I Made A Mistake", "Sad And Blue", and "I Remember That I Love You" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Sad And Blue" as a single (Capitol Americana 40069) with "Those Dark Clouds Don't Bother Me" on the flipside and has yet to issue the rest of the titles.

1947 - It's a Tuesday, and The King Cole Trio (Nat "King" Cole on piano and vocals; Irving Ashby on guitar; and Johnny Miller on bass) record the titles "I Feel So Smoochie", "A Boy From Texas (A Girl From Tennessee)", "When You Walked Out With Shoes On", and "That's The Kind Of Girl I Dream Of" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue "I Feel So Smoochie" as a single (Capitol 15019) with "What'll I Do" on the flipside and "A Boy From Texas (A Girl From Tennessee)" as a single (Capitol 15085) with "My Fair Lady" on the flipside. Mosaic Records will issue all the titles in the box set "The Complete Capitol Recordings Of The Nat King Cole Trio" (MD18-138).

1949 - Jerry Lewis records vocal overdubs for his tracks "Are You For Real?" and "I Love A Murder Mystery" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records issues the final versions of both tracks together as a single (Capitol 57-786).

1949 - Johnny Smith (aka Jack Smith aka "Happy" Jack Smith) and The Jubalaires (unlisted vocalists), with instrumental accompaniment by unlisted musicians, record the tracks "Blue Ribbon Gal" and "I Wish I Had A Sweetheart" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records issues the first track as a single (Capitol 821) with "The Pal That I Loved Stole The Gal I Loved" on the flip side and the second track as a single (Capitol 57-784) with "Home, Home, Home" on the flipside.

75 Years Ago Today In 1951 - Norman Kaye and Lindy Doherty (on vocals), with Sid Feller and His Orchestra (lineup unlisted) record the titles "When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold Again" (vocals by Kaye and Doherty), "Would You" (vocals by Kaye and Doherty), the (as of 2005) unissued title "Salt Water Tears" (vocals by Doherty), and the title "A Heart Full Of Love (For A Handful Of Kisses)" (vocals by Kaye) in New York City, New York. This date is listed as when the session should have taken place chronologically in session order, but the artist files show the date of the session as being October 4, 1951. Capitol Records will issue the first title as a single (Capitol 1979) with "I Hear A Rhapsody" on the flipside and the second and last titles together as a single (Capitol 1904).

1952 - Vocalist Ferlin Husky (aka Terry Preston), with unlisted others, records the titles "Each Time You Leave (I Die A Little)", "Gone", and "Undesired" in (listed as possibly) Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Each Time You Leave (I Die A Little)" as a single (Capitol 2814) with "Deceived" on the flipside, "Gone" as a single (Capitol 2298) with "Now And Then" on the flipside, and "Undesired" as a single (Capitol 2391) with "My Foolish Heart" on the flipside.

1953 - Joe "Fingers" Carr (on piano) and His Ragtime Band (Manny Stevens on trumpet; Jerry Kasper on tenor saxophone; Vince Terri on guitar, and other unlisted musicians), with vocals by The Carr-Hops (lineup unlisted), record the tracks "Istanbul", "Raggedy Ann Rag" (without The Carr-Hops), "Until Sunrise", and "Humoresque" (arrangement by Carr) in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Istanbul" as a single (Capitol 2665) with "Maple Leaf Rag" on the flipside, "Raggedy Ann Rag" on Carr's eponymous album "Joe "Fingers" Carr And His Ragtime Band" (T 443) and the last two tracks together as a single (Capitol 2730).

1953 - Pee Wee Hunt (on trombone, with: ) records the track "Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone", the (as of 2005) unissued track "Sleepy Time Gal", and the tracks "Easy Melody", "Cow Bell Strut", and "Swingin' Around" in Kansas City, Kansas. Capitol Records issues the first, third and last tracks on Hunt's album "Swingin' Around" (H-492) and "Cow Bell Strut" as a single (Capitol 2750) with "Three's A Crowd" on the flipside.

1953 - Vocalists Stan Freberg and Daws Butler, with The Nathan Scott Orchestra (lineup unlisted), record the titles "Yulenet (Christmas 'Dragnet'), Part 1" and "Yulenet (Christmas 'Dragnet'), Part 2" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both parts together as a single (Capitol 2671).

1954 - Ferlin Husky and His Hush Puppies (lineup unlisted) records the tracks "I Feel Better All Over", "This Boy's Gonna Love Again", "I Saw Her Today", and "Little Tom" in (listed as possibly) Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records issues the first and last track together as a single (Capitol F3001). Pickwick Records releases the first track and the third track together as a single (JS 6086). "This Boy's In Love Again", as of 2005, is still unissued.

1957 - Overdub applauses are recorded for Johnny Otis and His Orchestra's tracks ""Can't You Hear Me Callin'", "Loop De Loop", "Romance In The Dark", "Lonely River", "A Story Untold", "Livin' In Misery", and "Shake It, Lucy Baby" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records issues the final version of all the tracks on Otis' album "The Johnny Otis Show" (T 940).

1957 - Trumpet player Harry James and His Orchestra (Nick Buono, Don Paladino, and Bob Rolfe also on trumpets, Ray Sims and Bob Edmondson on trombones, Ernie Tack on bass trombone, Willie Smith and Herb Lorden on alto saxophones, Corky Corcoran on tenor saxophone, Ernie Small on tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone, and flute, Larry Kinnamon on piano, Dominic Frontiere on accordion, Laurindo Almeida and Nick Bonney on guitars, Nestor Amaral on mandolin, Jose "Joe Carioca" Oliveira on guitar and mandolin, Russ Phillips on bass, and Leo Acosta on drums) record the titles "Andrea" and "Vuela" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both titles together as a single (Capitol F3849).

1957 - During his second session for Capitol Records, Joel Grey (on vocals and guitar), with The David Terry Orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the titles "Be My Next", "Too Young", and "Shoppin' Around" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue "Be My Next" and "Shoppin' Around" together as a single (Capitol F3866) in December 1957. Elvis Presley will cover "Shoppin' Around" for the soundtrack of his 1960 movie "G.I. Blues".

1957 - On the same day of Joel Grey's session, his father Mickey Katz, with The Irving Fields Orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the title "Nudnick The Flying Schissel" (in link at 93:38) in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue the title as a single (Capitol F3851) with "Knock Around The Clock" on the flipside and on the album "The Most Mishige" (T 1102) as by Mickey Katz and His Orchestra.

1957 - Vocalist and rhythm guitarist Dick Curless, with unlisted others, records the titles "Lovin' Dan - 60 Minute Man", "I'm Getting Tired", and "Midnight Turning Day Blues" at Event Studios in Westbrook, Maine for Event Records. Capitol Records will purchase the masters for all the titles and Tower Records, a subdivision of Capitol, will issue all the titles on Curless' album "Soul" (T 5013).

1958 - Pee Wee Hunt (on trombone, with Andy Bartha on cornet; Lee Cummins on clarinet; Jack Condon on piano; Bucky Pizzarelli on guitar; Gene Dragoo on bass; and Cody Sandifer on drums), using arrangements by Sid Feller, records the tracks "Beale Street Blues", "Wang Wang Blues", "I Get The Blues When It Rains", and "St. Louis Blues" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on Hunt's album "The Blues A La Dixie" (T 1144).

1958 - Nat "King" Cole (on vocals) with Dave Cavanaugh conducting the orchestra (lineup unlisted but includes brass, reeds, and rhythm players), records the tracks "The Best Thing For You Would Be Me", "Dedicated To You", "(I Would Do) Anything For You", and "This Is Always" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on Cole's album "Tell Me All About Yourself" (W 1331).

1959 - Overdubs are recorded for Johnny Otis and His Orchestra's titles "I'm With You" and "Hey Baby, Don't You Know?" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the final mix of "Hey Baby, Don't You Know?" as a single (Capitol 4326) with "Mumblin' Mosie" on the flipside and the final mixes of both titles on the CD "Johnny Otis - The Capitol Years" (7-92858-2).

1959 - Tex Ritter on vocals, with music by Paul Sells, records the titles "Billy The Kid", "Boll Weevil", and "Blood On The Saddle" (with Merle Travis on guitar) in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Ritter's album "Blood On The Saddle" (T 1292).

1959 - Johnny Ukulele records the titles "Tea For Two Cha Cha", "The Jungle Song", "Ua-Like No-A-Like", "Hawaiian War Chant", and "Maui Chimes" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Ukelele's album "Favorite Selections" (T 1425).

1960 - The Dave Pell Octet (Jack Sheldon on trumpet, Harry Betts on trombone, Dave Pell on tenor saxophone, Med Flory on baritone saxophone, John Towner Williams on piano, Tom Tedesco on guitar, Lyle Ritz on bass, and Frank Capp on drums) records the titles "Paper Doll", "Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gave To Me", "Tishomingo Blues", "Manhattan", and "Ballin' The Jack" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Pell's album "The Old South Wails" (T 1512).

1960 - John Browning (on piano) records pick-up trackss for Chopin's "Polonaise N° 2, Opus 26", "Polonaise N° 5, Opus 44", and "Polonaise N° 6, Opus 53" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records, as of 2005, has yet to issue any of the titles.

1960 - Laurindo Almeida (on guitar with an unlisted flutist), records Hugard's "Gavote", De Castillejo's "Al Amor", "Aria", the traditional title "El Testamento De Amilla (listed in the artist file as "Cancion Triste", and De Murcia's "Prelude Et Allegro" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles, except "Aria" which is (as of 2005) still unissued, on Almeida's album "The Guitar Worlds Of Laurindo Almeida" (P-8546).

1962 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Ramblin' Rose" is #11 on WONN 1230 AM's Nifty Fifty Records chart in Lakeland, Florida.

1964 - Capitol Records releases Buck Owens And His Buckaroos' album "I Don't Care", the third album that Owens released in 1964.

1964 - The Hollyridge Strings (lineup unlisted), with Stewart "Stu" Phillips conducting his own arrangements, records "Bossa Nova Baby", "Love Me Tender", "(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear", and a re-recording of "I'll Cry Instead" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the first three tracks on the group's album "" (T 2221) and the last track on the group's album "Hit Songs Of Elvis Presley" (T 2202).

1964 - Jackie Gleason and His Orchestra (Gleason conducts a large string orchestra featuring Pee Wee Erwin on trumpet, Charlie Ventura on tenor saxophone) record the tracks "Who Can I Turn To?" and "Hello Dolly" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on Gleason's album "Last Dance" (W 2144).

1965 - Frank Polk records the totles "I'm Your Man" and "Love Is Dangerous" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records issues both titles as a single (Capitol 5581).

1965 - The Beatles (George Harrison on lead guitar and vocals, John Lennon on rhythm guitar and vocals, Paul McCartney on bass guitar and vocals, and Ringo Starr on drums and lead vocals) record the title "What Goes On" at EMI's Abbey Road Studios in London, England. Capitol Records release the title on the group's album "Yesterday And Today" (T 2553) in the United States.

1965 - Laurindo Almeida (on guitar), with The Concert Arts Chamber Orchestra (lineup unlisted) conducted by Stanley Wilson, records Villa-Lobos' "Concerto For Guitar And Orchestra, 2nd Movement" and "Concerto For Guitar And Orchestra, 3nd Movement" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both titles on Almeida's album "Concerto For Guitar And Small Orchestra: VILLA-LOBOS - Concerto For Guitar And Small Orchestra/WEISS - Suite In A Minor/J.S. BACH - Arioso From The harpsichord Concerto In F Minor" (P-8638).

60 Years Ago Today In 1966 - David McCallum (on vocals and conducting unlisted musicians) records the titles "Cherish", "If I Were A Carpenter", "Louie, Louie", "A Man And A Woman", and "Alfie" in Los Angeles, California with producer David Axelrod. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on McCallum's album "Music It's Happening Now!" (T 2651).

60 Years Ago Today In 1966 - Brian Wilson records the first demo of the song "Heroes And Villains", singing vocals over his own piano playing, at Western Studios in Los Angeles, California, with co-writer Van Dyke Parks supplying animal sounds.

1967 - Vocalist and guitarist Bobbie Gentry, with unlisted others, records the titles "Big Boss Man" and "Parchman Farm" in Los Angeles, California. The version of "Big Boss Man" recorded on this date is still unissued. After three sessions of overdubs Capitol Records will issue "Parchman Farm" on Gentry's album "The Delta Sweetie" (T 2842).

1968 - John Stewart (on vocals), with unlisted musicians, records the (as of 2005) unissued tracks "Mrs. Oleander", "Omaha Rainbow", "Rivers of Light", and "Losers Ville Lighthouse" in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records.

1968 - Overdubs are recorded for Tony Sandler and Ralph Young's tracks "I Believe", "Viva El Amor", "Something Is Happening", "Feeling Groovy (The 59th Street Bridge Song)", "Together", "Life Is", and the (as of 2005) unissued track "Trains And Boats And Planes" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue the final version of all the rest of the tracks on the duo's album "Together" (ST-159).

1968 - Overdubs are recorded for Paul Klein's tracks "I Will Take You There" and "The Garbage Can" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue the final versions of both tracks together as a single (Capitol 2364).

1969 - William Marshall records the (as of 2005) unissued tracks "Poem, I Am A Negro", "The Negroes Speaks Of Rivers", "And Yet Do I Marvel", "We Have Been Believers", "Strong Men (Narration)", and "Y'All Forget (Narration)" in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records.

1969 - Nancy Wilson (on vocals), with The Hank Jones Quartet (Hank Jones on piano, Gene Bertoncini on guitar, Ron Carter on bass, and Grady Tate on drums), records the tracks "Prelude To A Kiss", "For Heaven's Sake", "Happiness Is A Thing Called Joe", and "I'll Walk Alone" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on Wilson's album "But Beautiful" (ST-798).

1969 - Capitol Records registers the masters it purchased for The Sheppards (lineup unlisted), as of 2005, still unissued tracks "Island Of Love", "Never Felt This Way Before", "I'm Not Wanted", "Never Let Me Go", "The Sheppards", "Queen Of Hearts", "Tragic", "Elevator Operator", "Give A Hug To Me", "Come To Me", "Loving You", and "Glitter In Your Eyes".

1969 - Los Copacabana (15-Year-Old Michaelina and three unlisted guitarists), with Chuck Anderson conducting his own arrangements, records the tracks "La Malaguena", "Que Bonita Es Mi Tierra", and "Hare Krishna". Capitol Latino issues all the tracks on the eponymous album "Los Copacabana" (ST-19035).

1970 - Final overdubs are recorded for Al DeLory's titles "Theme From 'Love Story'", "We've Only Just Begun", "Make It Easy On Yourself", and "Elegy" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the final mixes for all the titles on DeLory's album "Love Story" (ST-677).

1974 - Grand Funk (lineup unlisted) record the tracks "Responsibility", and "Runnin'" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the two tracks together as a single (Capitol SO-11356).

1975 - Sammy Hagar (on vocals and guitar with unlisted musicians) records the titles "Silver Lights" and "Urban Guerrilla" in Sausalito, California. Capitol Records will issue both titles on Hagar's album "Nine On A Ten Scale" (ST-11489).

50 Years Ago Today In 1976 - Vocalist and guitarist James Talley, with unlisted others, records the title "Migrant Jesse Sawyer" and then records overdubs for "Migrant Jessie Sawyers" and the titles "Everybody Loves A Love Song" and "Bluesman" at Jack Clement Studios in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue the final mixes of all the titles on Talley's album "Blackjack Choir" (ST-11605).

1977 - Carl Jackson records the titles "Monroe Medley" and "Ever And Ever" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both titles on Jackson's album "Old Friends" (ST-11760).

1977 - Gary Portland records the title "Snow White" in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records. There is no issuing information listed, so if anyone knows if the track was ever issued and who else was at the session, please leave a comment.

1980 - Lee Clayton records the title "Oh How Lucky I Am" in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue the title on Clayton's album "The Dream Goes On" (ST-12139).

45 Years Ago Today In 1981 - A session is held in Los Angeles, California to edit together Anne Murray's title "Christmas Medley: Silver Bells/I'll Be Home For Christmas/Winter Wonderland" from three different masters. There is no issuing information listed, so if anyone knows if the title was ever issued and who was at the session doing the editing, please leave a comment.

1982 - Red Rider (lineup unlisted) records the titles "Winner Take All" and Walking The Fine Line" in (listed as possibly) Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both titles on the group's album "Neruda" (ST-12226).

1983 - George Clinton (on vocals), with unlisted musicians, finishes recording tracks for the titles "Quickie" and "Last Dance" at The Disc Studio in East Detroit, Michigan. Capitol Records will release the final version of both tracks on Clinton's album "You Shouldn't-Nuf Bit Fish" (ST-12308).

1983 - Missing Persons (Chuck Wild on keyboard and synthesizer, Warren Cuccurullo on guitar and vocals, Patrick O'Hearn on bass and synthesizer, Terry Bozzio on drums, guitar and synthesizer, and Dale Bozzio on vocals) record the title "Racing Against Time" in (listed as possibly) Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the title on the band's album "Rhyme & Reason" (ST-12315).

40 Years Ago Today In 1986 - Peggi Blu records the title "All The Way With You" as a duet with Bert Robinson. Capitol Records will issue the title on the album "Blu Blowin'" (ST-12550).

1988 - Capitol Records registers the masters for the tracks on Rap compilation "The Union".

1989 - Sandy Brooks calls her husband Garth Brooks prior to a show in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. She told him to come home immediately and straighten out their marriage, or she was leaving. Garth did not finish the show.

1997 - Capitol Records releases The Beach Boys' box set "The Pet Sounds Sessions".

1997 - Grand Royal Records and Capitol Records release the three-disc live album "Tibetan Freedom Concert".

1998 - Capitol Records and broadcast.com announce that they are joining forces to create a new co-branded Capitol Records/broadcast.com music channel. The new channel will be hosted on the broadcast.com Web site and will showcase free audio and video programming from Capitol Records and its family of labels.

2004 - Merle Haggard records tracks for an upcoming Capitol Records album in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California.

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

70 Years Ago Today In 1955 - M-G-M releases the motion picture "The Tender Trap" starring Capitol Records artist Frank Sinatra. Capitol will later release Sinatra's recording of the title track.

70 Years Ago Today In 1956 - Lee Morgan (on trumpet), Clarence Sharpe (on alto saxophone) Horace Silver (on piano), Wilbur Ware (on bass), and Philly Joe Jones (on drums), record the tracks "Gaza Strip", "Reggie Of Chester", "Little T", and an alternate take of "Little T", "Stand By", "Roccus" and "The Lady" in Hackensack, New Jersey. Blue Note Records will release all the tracks except the alternate take of "Little T" on Morgan's album "Indeed!" (Blue Note BLP1538). Mosaic Records will issue all the tracks on the album "The Complete Blue Note Lee Morgan Fifties Sessions" (Mosaic MQ6-162). Blue Note's catalog is currently owned by Capitol Records' parent company EMI Music Group.

1963 - The Beatles appear at the Royal Command Performance Variety Show held in the Prince of Wales Theatre, London, England, performing before the Queen Mother, Princess Margaret, and Lord Snowdon. Before beginning "Twist and Shout," John Lennon asks the audience "Will the people in the cheaper seats clap their hands? And the rest of you, if you'll just rattle your jewelry.".

2009 - The documentary "Johnny Mercer - The Dream's On Me" debuts tonight on Turner Classic Movies at 8:00 PM Eastern/5:00 PM Pacific and repeats at 12:00 AM Eastern/9:00 PM Pacific. I was fortunate enough to be interviewed for the documentary and talked about Mercer's time at Capitol Records. I want to give thanks to Miles Kreuger who recommended me to Howard Green and to Howard for believing that I was the guy to do this and for all his kindness since the filming.