OCTOBER 8, 2026

HAPPY BIRTHDAYS!

1944 - Susan Raye, singer, disc jockey, television actress, protégée of Buck Owens (who produced many of her tracks and would record duets with her), and Capitol Records artist, is born in Eugene, Oregon. If anyone knows her middle name, please leave a comment.

1949 - Dennis Bellinger, bass player with Capitol Records group Grand Funk Railroad, is born in Flint, Michigan.

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

80 Years Ago Today In 1946 - Frank DeVol and His Orchestra (an unlisted session orchestra with DeVol conducting his own arrangements) records the titles "I Wake Up Smiling", "I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles", and "The Boy Next Door" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol will issue the titles on DeVol's album "Waltzing On Air" (BD-53).

80 Years Ago Today In 1946 - Louis Castellucci records 9 unlisted titles for The Capitol Records Transcription Service in Los Angeles, California. If anyone knows any of the titlrs recorded at this session, please leave a comment.

1947 - Jimmy Wakely, with Cliffie Stone and His Orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the titles "Oklahoma Blues", "Don't Lay The Blame On Me", "Think Of Me Thinking Of You", and "Love Letters In The Sand" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Oklahoma Blues" as a single (Capitol Americana 40078) with "Night After Night" on the flipside and "Think Of Me Thinking Of You" as a single (Capitol 15333) with "Forevermore" on the flipside. The other two titles from this session remain unissued.

1947 - The Philharmonic Trio (Harmonica players Joseph Pittello, William Charles Pittello, Harry Henry Halicki) with Dave Barbour and his Orchestra (unlisted session musicians providing rhythm accompaniment) records the tracks "Sleepy Time Gal" and "Once In Awhile" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will release "Sleepy Time Gal" as a single (Capitol 15126) with "Czardas" on the flipside.

1947 - Margaret Whiting and The Crew Chiefs, with Frank Devol and His Orchestra (lineup unlisted), record the titles "Let's Be Sweethearts Again" and "Pass That Peace Pipe" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol will issue both titles together as a single (Capitol 15010).

1947 - Billy Butterfield has a recording session for The Capitol Records Transcription Service in Los Angeles, California. No track information is listed. If anyone knows what may have been recorded at this session, please leave a comment.

1948- The Starlighters Chorus (Vince Degen, Tony Paris, Pauline Byrns, Jerry Duane, and Howard Hudson) will record vocal overdubs over an unlisted band's tracks recorded in Mexico for the titles "Deck The Halls", "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing", and "The First Noel" in Los Angeles, California for The Capitol Records Transcription Service. Capitol Records will later release the tracks on the album "Carols For Christmas:" (H-9007).

75 Years Ago Today In 1951 - Yma Sumac records vocal overdubs for the titles "Ccori Canasti Bay" and "Zana" in Hollywood, California using instrumental tracks recorded by Les Baxter and His Orchestra (unlisted session musicians) on August 15, 1951, also in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the titles on Sumac's album "Legend Of The Sun Virgin" (T 299).

75 Years Ago Today In 1951 - Trombonist Pee Wee Hunt (with Andy Bartha on cornet; Leo Kaminsky on clarinet; Joe Hall on piano; Chuck Carle on bass; and Glenn Waller on drums) records the titles "Stomp Off, Let's Go", "Tin Roof Blues", "Jim Town Blues", and "Boneyard Shuffle" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol will issue all the titlrs except "Jim Town Blues" on Hunt's album "Dixieland Detour" (T 312). It will release "Jim Town Blues" as a single (Capitol 1879) with "Snag It" on the flipside.

75 Years Ago Today In 1951 - Leon Payne (on vocals and guitar, with Harold Glenn Hensley on fiddle; Billy Liebert on piano; Duane Dutoit on guitar; Wesley "Speedy" West on steel guitar; and Cliffie Stone on bass) records the titles "I Want You To Love Me", "How Can I Help It", "Lyin' To My Heart", and "I Need Your Love" at Capitol Records' Melrose Avenue studios in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue the first two titles together as a single (Capitol 1910), "Lyin' To My Heart" as a single (Capitol 2295) with "Mailman" on the flipside, and "I Need Your Love" as a single (Capitol 2454) with "Wouldn't It Be Wonderful" on the flipside.

75 Years Ago Today In 1951 - The Roy Hogsed Trio (Hogsed on vocals and guitar with Denny Morgan on accordion; Donald Hogsed on lead guitar, fiddle on all the titles except "Mean Mean Woman" where he plays steel guitar; Richard "Rusty" Nitz on bass; and Milton "Muddy" Berry on drums) records the titles "It's More Fun That Way", "Mean Mean Woman", "Snake Dance Boogie" with an ensemble chorus, and "Put Some Sugar In Your Shoes" at Capitol Records' Melrose Avenue Studios in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue "It's More Fun That Way" as a single (Capitol 2468) with "Red Wing" on the flipside, "Mean Mean Woman" as a single (Capitol 1987) with "Let Your Pendulum Swing" on the flip side, "Snake Dance Boogie" as a single (Capitol 1854) with "I'm Gonna Get Along Without You" on the flip side, and "Put Some Sugar In Your Shoes" as a single (Capitol 2083) with "My Little Love Gone" on the flipside.

75 Years Ago Today In 1951 - Mary Mayo with Al Ham and His Orchestra (Chris Griffin and Johnny Owens on trumpet; Jack Lacey, Cliff Heather, and Sy Schaefer on trombone; Milt Yaner, Stitz Fargason, Peanuts Hucko, and Artie Beck on reeds; Lou Stein on piano; Frank Marino on guitar; Arnold Fishkin on bass; and Bunny Shawker on drums) records the titles "Domino" and "Find Me" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue the titles together as a single (Capitol 1849).

75 Years Ago Today In 1951 - Norman Kaye, with Sid Feller conducting his own arrangements to an unlisted studio orchestra, records the tracks "Blue Velvet" and "A Petal From A Faded Rose" in New York City, New York which Capitol Records will release together as a single (Capitol 1848).

75 Years Ago Today In 1951 - Lindy Doherty (on vocals), with Sid Feller conducting his own arrangements to the orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the tracks "Farewell to Yokohama", "The Closer You Are", "Don't Rob Another Man's Castle" and "Why Am I Crying" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue the first two tracks together as a single (Capitol 1851) and the last two tracks together as a single (Capitol 1867).

75 Years Ago Today In 1951 - Capitol Records registers the titles "Popo", "Didi", "Four Mothers", "Over The Rainbow", "A Propos", and "Sam And The Lady", recorded by trumpet player Short Rogers and His Modern Giants (John Graas on french horn; Gene Englund on tuba; Art Pepper on alto saxophone; Jimmy Giuffre on tenor saxophone; Hampton Hawes on piano; Don Bagley on bass; and Shelly Manne on drums), and purchased from Gene Norman. Capitol will issue all the titles on the album "Modern Sounds: Gerry Mulligan/Shorty Rogers" (T 691).

1952 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Somewhere Along The Way" is #15, his single "Because Your Mine" is #23, his single "Faith Can Move Mountains" is #24, and it's flipside "Ruby And The Pearl" is #29 on The Billboard's Best Selling Pop Singles chart. Cole's single "Somewhere Along The Way" is #12 and his single "I'm Never Satisfied" debuts at #22 on the magazine's Most Played By Disk Jockeys chart and "Somewhere Along The Way" is #22 and "Because You're Mine" is #26 on the magazine's Most Played Juke Box Records chart.

1952 - Vocalist Georgia Carr, with Nelson Riddle conducting his own arrangements to the orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the titles "I Dream Of You (More Than You Dream I Do)", "The Night We Called It A Day", "I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart", "You Made Me Love You", "All Of Me", and "Give Me The Simple Life" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "I Dream Of You (More Than You Dream I Do)" and "I Let A Song Go Out of My Heart" together as a single (Capitol 2277), "The Night We Called It A Day" as a single (Capitol 2371) with "Is That Bad" on the flipside, and the remaining titles would be issued in France by Pathé-Marconi on Carr's album "Softly Baby" (1566241) but have not been issued in the United States.

1952 - June Hutton, with Axel Stordahl and His Orchestra (unlisted session musicians), records the titles "It's The Last Thing I Do", "I Miss You So", "Keep It A Secret" with The Boys Next Door on harmony vocals, and "The Lights Of Home" also with The Boys Next Door in Los Angeles, California. Capitol will issue "It's The Last Thing I Do" as a single (Capitol 2667) with "For The First Time In A Long Time" on the flipside, "I Miss You So" and "Keep It A Secret" together as a single (Capitol 2268), and "The Lights Of Home" as a single (Capitol 2369) with "You Are My Love" on the flipside.

1952 - Mel Blanc, with The Van Alexander Orchestra (unlisted session musicians) will record the titles "Tweet And Toot" and "The E.I.O. Song" at Capitol Records' studios at 5515 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue both titles together as a single (Capitol 3155).

1953 - Ray Anthony and His Orchestra (Anthony, Jack Hohlman, Jack Laubach, Ray Triscari, and Warren Kime on trumpet; Sy Berger, Phil Barron, Ken Schrudder, and Dick Reynolds on trombone; Earl Bergman and Jim Schneider on clarinet and alto saxophone; Bill Usselton and Bill Slapin on tenor saxophone; Leo Anthony on bass; Eddie Ryan on piano; Milt Norman on guitar; Don Simpson on bass; and Mel Lewis on drums) record the tracks "Elmer's Tune" with vocals by Marcie Miller and The Skyliners (members not listed), "I Know Why" with vocals by Tommy Mercer and The Skyliners, "Tuxedo Junction" using Billy May's arrangement, and "Serenade In Blue" using Dick Reynolds arrangement in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the tracks on the album "I Remember Glenn Miller" (T 476).

1953 - Joseph Schuster (on cello) and Leonard Pennario (on piano) re-record the track "Sonata In G Minor, Opus 19 For Cello And Piano" by Rachmaninoff in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the track on the album "RACHMANINOV - Sonata In G Minor, Op.19" (P-8248).

1953 - Bill Loose and His Orchestra (unlisted session musicians) record the tracks "I Truly Love You", "Medley Of Rounds: "Three Blind Mice/Are You Sleeping/Brother John/Row, Row, Row", "I've Been Working On The Railroad" and "Goodnight Medley: Goodnight, Sweetheart/Goodnight, Ladies/Taps" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol will issue "I Love You Truly" and "I've Been Working On The Railroad" together on the album "Background Music: Bill Loose And His Orchestra - Songs For Harmonizing" (T 472). The two medleys, as of 2005, are unissued.

1954 - The Cheers (Bert Convy, Sue Allen, and Gil Garfield) record the tracks "My Heart Lied To Me" (unissued by Capitol Records as of 2005) and the rejected tracks "Blueberries", "Well, Whadaya Want", and "I Must Be Dreaming" in Los Angeles, California. A new session will be held to re-record the last three tracks on December 6, 1954.

1954 - Billy May and His Orchestra (Conrad Gozzo, John Best, Mannie Klein, and Uan Rasey on trumpet; Murray McEachern, Si Zentner, Tommy Pederson, and Ed Kusby on trombone; John Graas on french horn; Clarence Karella on tuba; Skeets Herfurt and Willie Schwartz on alto saxophone; Ted Nash and Fred Falensby on tenor saxophone; Chuck Gentry on baritone saxophone; Jules Kinsler on flute; Arthur Fleming on bassoon; Jules Jacob on oboe; J.A. Krechter on clarinet; Paul Smith on piano: Al Hendrickson pm guitar; Joe Mondragon on bass; Alvin Stoller on drums; Lou Singer on percussion; and Ann Mason Stockton on harp), with May conducting his own arrangements, record the tracks "Thou Swell" and "Blues In The Night" at Capitol Records Melrose Avenue studios in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue the tracks on the album "Sorta-May" (T 562).

1954 - Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra (Cat Anderson, Willie Cook, and Clark Terry on trumpet; Ray Nance on trumpet and violin; Quentin Jackson and Britt Woodman on trombone; John Sanders on valve trombone; Russell Procope on alto saxophone and clarinet; Rick Henderson on alto saxophone; Paul Gonsalves on tenor saxophone; Jimmy Hamilton on clarinet and tenor saxophone; Harry Carney on baritone saxophone and bass clarinet; Duke Ellington on piano; Oscar Pettiford on bass; Dave Black on drums; and Frank Rollo on bongos), record the tracks "Twelfth Street Rag Mambo" with Frank Rollo on congas and bongos, "September Song" with Jimmy Grissom on vocals, and "Caravan" with Frank Rollo on congas and bongos at Universal Studios in Chicago, Illinois. Capitol Records will issue "Twelfth Street Rag Mambo" as a single (Capitol 2980) with "Smile" on the flipside, "Caravan" on the Ellington's album "Dance To The Duke!" (T 637) and "September Song" will be issued by Pickwick Records (then a subsidiary of Capitol Records) on Ellington's album "We Love You Madly" (SPC3390).

1957 - It's a Tuesday night at 7:30 PM and Earth Kitt is this week's guest star on "The Nat 'King' Cole Show" on NBC-TV.

1957 - Frank Sinatra, with arranger Billy May conducting a session orchestra (Mannie Klein, Conrad Gozzo, Shorty Sherock, and Mickey Mangano on trumpet; Si Zentner, Murray McEachern, Frank Howard, and Ed Kusby on trombone; Wilbur Schwartz and Harry Klee on alto saxophone; Buddy Collette and Jules Jacob on tenor saxophone; Fred Falensby on baritone saxophone; Frank Flynn on vibraphone; Bill Miller on piano; Al Hendrickson on guitar; Joe Mondragon on bass; Country Washburne on tuba; Irving Cottler on drums; Verlye Mills on harp; and on strings: Harold Dicterow, David Frisina, Jacques Gasselin, Ben Gill, Dan Lube, Alex Murray, Paul Nero, Lou Raderman, Mischa Russell, Paul Shure, Felix Slatkin, and Marshall Sosson on violin; Alvin Dinkin, Alex Neiman, Paul Robyn, and David Sterkin on viola; Elizabeth Greenspan, Armand Kaproff, Edgar Lustgarten, and Eleanor Slatkin on cello), records the tracks "Blue Hawaii", "Come Fly With Me", "Around The World", "It's Nice to Go Trav'ling", and "Brazil (Aquarela Do Brazil" at The Capitol Tower Studios in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on Sinatra's album "Come Fly With Me" (T 920).

1957 - Stan Kenton and His Orchestra (Ed Leddy, Billy Catalano, Lee Katzman, Sam Noto, and Phil Gilbert on trumpet; Jim Amlotte, Ken Larsen, Archie Le Coque, Don Reed, and Ken Shroyer on trombone; Lennie Niehaus on alto saxophone; Steve Perlow on alto and baritone saxophone; Wayne Dunstan and Bill Perkins on tenor saxophone; Bill Robinson on baritone saxophone; Kenton on piano; Red Kelly on bass; and Jerry McKenzie on drums), during two performances at the second of three nights of live engagements at The Rendezvous Ballroom in Balboa Beach, California, record the tracks "I Get Along Without You Very Well", "Two Shades Of Autumn", "Love Letters" and "Sweet Affection" at the first show and "With The Wind And The Rain In Your Hair", "Walkin' By The River", "Desiderata" and "Artistry In Rhythm" at the second show. Capitol Records will issue the all the tracks except "Sweet Affection" and "Artistry In Rhythm", which were rejected, on Kenton's album "Rendezvous With Kenton" (T 932).

1957 - Jackie Gleason and His Orchestra (unlisted session musicians), featuring Lawrence Brown on trombone, record the tracks "But Beautiful", "My Heart Reminds Me", "Fascination", "Time", "Alone In The Crowd", and "Soon" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on Gleason's album "The Torch With The Blue Flame" (W 961).

1957 - Zither player Ruth Welcome, with unlisted session musicians, records the tracks "Fascination", a re-recording of "La Cumparsita", and "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records issues the first and last track on Welcome's album "Hi-Fi Zither" (T/DT 942) but, as of 2005, has yet to release "La Cumparsita".

1958 - During two sessions held this day, Paul Weston and His Orchestra (an unlisted session orchestra with Weston conducting his own arrangements), record the tracks "If I Love You Again", "You're Mine, You", "I'm In The Mood For Love", "So Beats My Heart For You", and "Don't Blame Me" at the first session and "Out Of Nowhere", "I Only Have Eyes For You", "Rain", "My Blue Heaven" and "Dardanella" during the second session (which included unlisted brass, reeds and strings musicians) in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks except "Dardanella" on Weston's album "Music For Dreaming" (T 1154). "Darendella" will be issued on Weston's album "Music For The Fireside" (T 1192).

1958 - Skeets McDonald (with Billy Liebert on piano; Joe Maphis and Roy Nichols on guitar; Allen Williams on bass; and Marion "Pee Wee" Adams on drums), records the tracks "What A Lonesome Life It's Been", "Baby Wait", "What Am I Doing Here?", and "What I Know About Her?" at The Capitol Tower Studios in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue the first two tracks together as a single (Capitol F4147) and the last two tracks together as a single (Capitol F4095).

1958 - Johnny Otis and His Orchestra (unlisted session musicians) records the tracks "Little Angel" with vocals by Mel Williams; "Couples Only" with vocals by Mel Williams, and "What Do You Want To Make Those Eyes At Me For" with vocals by Marie Adams in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the "Little Angel" on the CD "Johnny Otis - The Capitol Years" (7-92859-2). The other tracks, as of 2005, remain unissued.

1959 - Phil Napoleon and His Memphis Five (Napoleon on trumpet; Harry DeVito on trombone; Kenny Davern on clarinet; Johnny Varro on piano; Pete Rogers on blues; and Sonny Igoe on drums), record the tracks "Satanic Blues", "After You've Gone", "Creole Rag", and "St. Louis Blues" in New York City, New York. Capitol will issue all the tracks on the group's eponymous album "Phil Napoleon and His Memphis Five" (T 1344).

1959 - Vocal chorus overdubs for Tommy Collins' track "Wreck Of The Old '97" are recorded by unlisted session singers in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the finished track as a single (Capitol 4327) with "You Belong In My Arms" on the flipside.

1959 - Overdubs (no other information listed) for Tommy Sands' tracks "A Dreamer's Holiday", "In The Still Of The Night", "Dream", and "Dreamsville" are recorded in Los Angeles, California. All the tracks except "Dream" (unissued as of 2005) will be issued by Capitol Records on Sands' album "Dream With Me" (T 1426).

1959 - Organist Jackie Davis (with an unlisted session guitarist and drummer) records the tracks "You And The Night And The Music", "The Major And The Minor", "Thou Swell", and "In The Shade Of The Old Apple Tree" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol will issue all the tracks on Davis' album "Tiger On The Hammond" (T 1419).

1959 - Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra (with Riddle conducting his own arrangements to unlisted session musicians) records the tracks "Polly Put The Kettle On", "London Bridge" and "Tom Tom, The Piper's Son" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records, as of 2005, has not issued any of the tracks.

1960 - Don Rich (aka Don Ulrich) records the tracks "What Am I Gonna Do" and "You Forgot To Teach Me To Forget" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records, as of 2005, has yet to issue any of the tracks.

1960 - The Voices Of Hope (a large chorale whose members are unlisted) records the tracks "Ask What You Will", "Thy Will Be Done", "Have You Got Good Religion", "God Can Do Anything", "Ask What You Will", "Thy Will Be Done", "Jesus", "Yes, Jesus Loves Me", "Everlasting Life Is Free", and "Fight My Battle" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks, except "Ask What You Will", "Thy Will Be Done", "God Can Do Anything", and "Thy Will Be Done", on the group's eponymous album "The Voices Of Hope" (T 1526).

1960 - Pianist John Browning records the tracks "Polonaise N°1, Op. 26, N°1", Polonaise N° 4, Op. 4, N° 2", and "Polonaise N°3, Op. 10, N° 1", all by Chopin, in Los Angeles, California. Capitol, as of 2005, has yet to issue any of the tracks.

65 Years Ago Today In 1961 - The original Broadway cast of Noel Coward's musical "Sail Away" (featuring Charles Braswell, Grover Dale, Patricia Harty, James Hurst, Paul O'Keefe, Elaine Stritch on vocals and a men's chorus with an unlisted session orchestra conducted by Peter Matz), finish the third of three days of recording sessions in New York City, New York. There are no details listed as to which tracks were recorded on which day. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on the Original Broadway Cast album "Sail Away" (WAO 1643).

1962 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records album "Ramblin' Rose" is #5 on WHK 1420 AM's Top Ten Albums chart and his single "Ramblin' Rose" is # 26 on the station's Official Fabulous 50 Tunedex in Cleveland, Ohio.

1962 - Glen Gray and The Casa Loma Orchestra (Shorty Sherock, Conrad Gozzo, Mannie Klein, and Joe Graves on trumpet; Milt Bernhart, Joe Howard, and Eddie Kusby on trombone; George Roberts on bass trombone; Abe Most on clarinet and alto saxophone; Skeets Herfurt on alto saxophone; Plas Johnson and Justin Gordon on tenor saxophone; Chuck Gentry on baritone saxophone; Ray Sherman on piano; Jack Marshall on guitar; Mike Rubin on bass; and Nick Fatool on drums) records the tracks "Redskin Rhumba (Charlie Barnet)", "Tuxedo Junction (Erskine Hawkins)", and "Ciribiribin (Harry James)" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on Gray's album "Sounds Of The Big Bands,Vol.6: Themes Of The Great Bands" (T 1812).

1962 - During two sessions held this day in New York City, Fred Waring and The Pennsylvanians (with Waring conducting an unlisted orchestra) record the tracks "The Halls Of Ivy", "Gaudeamus Igitur", at the first session and a retake of "The Halls Of Ivy", Schubert's "Ave Maria", "Amici Usque", and the opening of "Alma Mater Memories" at the second session. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks except the first take of "The Halls Of Ivy" which, as 2005, remains unissued and "Ava Maria" on Waring's album "Alma Mater Memories" (T 1949). "Ava Maria" will be issued on Glen's album "This I Believe" (T 2054).

1963 - Nancy Wilson, with an Orchestra (Al Porcino, Carmell Jones, Jules Chaikin, Freddy Hill, and John Audino on trumpet; Bob Edmonson, John Ewing, Lester Robertson, and Kenny Shroyer on trombone; Jimmy Woods and Joe Maini on alto saxophone; Teddy Edwards and Harold Land on tenor saxophone; Jack Nimitz on baritone saxophone; Jack Wilson on piano; Joe Pass on guitar; Jimmy Bond on bass; and Nick Ceroli and Kenny Dennis on drums) conducted by Gerald Wilson using his own arrangements, records the tracks "Blue Prelude", "Satin Doll", "Bewitched", and "The Song Is You" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol will issue all the tracks on Wilson's album "Yesterday's Love Songs,Today's Blues" (T 2012).

1963 - Frank Hamilton records the instrumental tracks "A Worried Man" and "Where Have All The Flowers Gone" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol will issue both tracks on the album "Sing A Song With The Kingston Trio" (KAO 2005).

1964 - Billy Taylor (on piano with unlisted session musicians) records the tracks "On the Street Where You Live", "Don't You Know", and "Night Coming Tenderly" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records has not issued any of the tracks as of 2005.

1964 - Stan Kenton (on piano with Don Bagley on bass; Frank Carlson on tympany) records overdubs for previously recorded orchestral tracks "Lohengrin - Prelude To Act I" (two takes) and "Love-Death From 'Tristan Und Isolde'" at The Capitol Tower Studios in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the final tracks on Kenton's album "Stan Kenton Plays Wagner" (TAO 2217).

1964 - Capitol Records registers Linda Laine with The Sinners' tracks "Low Grades And High Fever" and "After Today" which were recorded in England and Tower Records, a subsidiary of Capitol Records, will release them together as a single (Tower 108). Capitol also registers Mike Rabin & The Demons' tracks "Head Over Heels" and "I'm Leaving You", which were also recorded in England and Tower will release both as a single (Tower 109). And last, but not least, Capitol will register Heinz' tracks "Questions I Can't Answer" and "The Beating Of My Heart", also recorded in England, and Tower will issue both tracks as a single (Tower 110).

1964 - During two session that take place on this date in Los Angeles, California, The Ghouls (featuring Richard Burns on vocals and Chuck Girard, Joe Kelly, and Richard Podolor [unlisted instruments]) record the tracks "Dracula's Deuce", "The Graveyard Shift", "The Little Old Lady From Transylvania", "Bella Be Good", "Be True To Your Ghoul", and "Monsterbilly Heaven" (originally listed as "I Want To Hold Your Neck") at the first session and "Dracula's Theme", "Coffin Nails", "Voo Doo Juice", "Blood And Butter", "Shake, Rattle and Roll", and "The Weird Wolfare" at the second session. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on the group's album "Dracula's Deuce" (T 2215).

1964 - Ferlin Husky, with unlisted session musicians, records the tracks "Pickin' Up The Pieces" and "The Big Wind" in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue both tracks on Husky's album "True Lovin'" (T 2305).

1965 - Jody Miller, with unlisted studio musicians, records the tracks "Let Me Walk With You" and "Things" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Let Me Walk With You" as a single (Capitol 5768) with "If You Were A Carpenter" on the flip side and "Things" as a single (Capitol 5743) with "Quite A Long, Long Time" on the flipside.

1965 - Wanda Jackson, with an unlisted studio orchestra and vocal chorus, records the tracks "Doch Dann Kam Johnny" and "Das Kommt Vom Glück In Der Liebe" at Electrola Studio in Cologne, Germany. Capitol Records will issue the tracks together as a single in Germany (K23091).

1965 - Ray Pillow, with unlisted session musicians, records the tracks "Common Colds And Broken Heart", "You've Got A Good Thing Going", "Even When It's Bad, It's Good", and "Coffee Cup" in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on Pillow's album "Even When It's Bad It's Good!" (T 2738).

60 Years Ago Today In 1966 - Andy Russell, with unlisted studio musicians, records the tracks "The Shadow Of Your Smile", "Call Me", "Our Day Will Come", "So Nice (Summer Samba)", and "Guantanamera" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol will issue all the tracks on Russell's album "More Amor" (T 2659).

1968 - Charlie Louvin, with unlisted session musicians, records the tracks "Heart Of Clay", "Born To Love You", "Are You Teasing Me", "Let's Put Our World Back Together", and "Hope" in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue the first three tracks on Louvin's album "Hey Daddy" (ST-142), "Let's Put Our World Back Together" on his album "The Kind Of Man I Am" (ST-248), and have yet, as of 2005, to issue "Hope".

1968 - Marion Love records the tracks "We Can Make It", "Losing You", "Handy Man" and "Without You" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the last two tracks together as a single (Capitol 2345) and have, as of 2005, not issued the first two tracks.

1968 - The Milky Way (members unlisted) records the tracks "Sunshine Daffodils", "You're Love Comes Shinin' Through", "Jacqueline", and "A Diamond In The Rough" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will purchase the masters and release the first two tracks together as a single (Capitol 2453) but, as of 2005, have yet to issue the last two tracks.

1968 - Ronnie & Natalie record the tracks "A Red Fire Burns", "The Destruction Of Dawn Street", and "Street Love" in New York City. Capitol Records will purchase the masters and release the first two tracks together as a single (Capitol 2391) but, as 2005, have yet to issue the last track.

1968 - The Ashley Brothers record the tracks "Some Kind Of Life", "The Sidewalk Sleeps" and "I've Been So Long" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will purchase the masters and release the first two tracks together as a single (Capitol 2366) and "It's Been So Long" as a single (Capitol 2923) with "Marcy" on the flipside.

1968 - Buck Owens' Buckaroos, featuring Don Rich and Doyle Holly, record the tracks "Greensleeves", "Gathering Dust", "The Price I'll Have To Pay" and "Aw Heck" at Buck Owens Studios in Bakersfield, California. Capitol Records will issue the last two tracks as a single (Capitol 2345) and, as of 2005, have yet to issue the first two tracks.

1968 - The Artie Kornfeld Circus (members unlisted) records the track "Rock 'N' Roll Is Here To Stay" in New York City. Capitol Records, as of 2005, has yet to issue the track.

1968 - During two sessions held this day in Los Angeles, California, Linda Ronstadt and The Stone Poneys record overdubs for the track "We Need A Lot More of Jesus (And A Lot Less Of Rock 'N' Roll)" at the first session and the track "The Only Mama That'll Walk The Line" at the second. Capitol Records will issue both tracks on Ronstadt's album "Hand Sown...Home Grown" (ST-208).

1968 - Ceaser Costa, at a session thought to be held in Los Angeles, California, records the tracks "No Me Miren Mal", "Darse Un Beso", "Lo Importante Es la Rosa", "Chao Amiga", "Al Fin Solos", "Tu Nombre", "No Puedo Dejar De Verte", "Ejercer Con Titulo", "Quiero Ser Libre", "Besame Otra Vez", and "Tendras Un Palacio". Capitol Latino will issue all the tracks on Costa's eponymous album "Cesar Costa" (ST 19008).

1969 - Bobby Brown (no, not the R&B star from the '80s) records the titles "Good Times" and "Merry Go Round" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records, as of 2005, has yet to issue either title.

1970 - Janis Ian records the title "Someday Baby" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records has, as of 2005, yet to issue the title.

1970 - During two session held on this date in Los Angeles, California, Quicksilver Messenger Service (lineup unlisted) records the title "Call On Me" at the first session and the title "What About Me" at the second session. Capitol Records will release the titles on the group's album "What About Me" (SMAS-630).

1970 - Pianist George Richey records overdubs for Anita Carter's track "Tulsa County" at Jack Clement Recording Studio in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue the final track as a single (Capitol 2994) with "Where Is The Start Of Lonely" on the flipside.

1972 - Capitol Records registers two titles recorded by Mark Guerrero, "Don't Rain On My Parade" and "Wild Night At The Old Rest Home" but has not issued either title.

1972 - Capitol Records purchases the master of Red Simpson's title "God And Jericho Jones" but has yet to issue the title.

45 Years Ago Today In 1981 - Oscar Moore, original guitarist with the Capitol Records group The King Cole Trio (1937-1947), dies of a heart attack at age 64 while visiting Las Vegas, Nevada.

1982 - Prism (lineup unlisted) records the track "Monster Mash" which Capitol Records voided. If anyone knows why, please leave a comment.

1984 - Capitol Records artist Anne Murray becomes the first female to win the Country Music Association's Album of the Year award.

1988 - Poison's Capitol Records single "Fallen Angel", with "Bad To Be Good" on the flipside, peaks at #12 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart.

1990 - Poison's Capitol Records album "Flesh & Blood" is certified 2x Multi-Platinum by the R.I.A.A.

1990 - Former Capitol Records artist Tennessee Ernie Ford is inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame.

1997 - Brown Meggs, husband of Nancy Bates Meachen, writer (won the 1974 Edgar Allan Poe Award from the Mystery Writers of America), screenwriter ("Two Fathers Justice") and former executive, president and CEO at Capitol Records (who helped finally sign The Beatles to Capitol when he was Capitol's Director of Eastern Operations) and Angel Records (helped revive the label), dies of a brain hemorrhage at age 66 in San Francisco, California. According to quote on guitarmusic.org, Leo Kottke said that Meggs, who was president of Capitol when he was with the label "...hated the music business and liked people who were either impervious to the business or too dim to even know it was there.".

2002 - To commemorate its 60th anniversary, Capitol Records releases the six-CD box set "Capitol Records 1942-2002" both as a limited 12" box set with a full size book of photos from the Capitol Records photo archives (which at one time was also to include a small statue of The Capitol Tower) and as a small 6 CD box with a booklet with some of the images from the large book.

2002 - Capitol Records reissues John Lennon's "Mind Games" album in the United States.

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1939 - Dennis Day, future Capitol Records artist, makes his first appearance as a cast member on "The Jack Benny Show".

1947 - Tony Wilson, songwriter, bass player, and vocalist with the Apple Records band Hot Chocolate (until 1975) is born in Trinidad. The band was originally named The Hot Chocolate Band by Mavis Smith, who worked for the Apple Corps press office. Their first recording was a reggae version of John Lennon's "Give Peace A Chance". Hot Chocolate's singles and albums were originally released by Big Tree Records in the United States, with distribution by Atlantic Records (at the time a Warner Communications Company). Later the band's catalog was distributed by EMI America Records and is now controlled by Capitol Records.

55 Years Ago Today In 1971 - Apple Records releases John Lennon's "Imagine" album in the U.K.

50 Years Ago Today In 1976 - The Sex Pistols sign to EMI, then the parent company of Capitol Records. The band lasted with the label until January 22, 1977, and wrote the song "EMI" to tell of their experience.

OCTOBER 7, 2026

HAPPY BIRTHDAYS!

100 Years Ago Today In 1926 - Diana Lynn, child prodigy pianist, radio (appeared on Johnny Mercer's Music Shop), motion picture (Paramount's "Star Spangled Rhythm" and the two "My Friend Irma" movies with Martin and Lewis as well as "Bedtime For Bonzo" and many others), and television actress, and Capitol Records artist (1952 with two classical piano albums with Paul Weston and His Orchestra), is born Dolores (aka Dolly) Loehr in Los Angeles, California. Many thanks to Mel for the information about Diana.

1927 - Al Martino, singer, first to top the U.K pop charts when they started in 1952, a Capitol Records artist and a motion picture actor, was born Jasper Cini in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

1940 - This date has been given on some sites as the birthday of Capitol Records band Quicksilver Messenger Service singer and songwriter Dino Valenti (aka Jesse Oris or Orris) Farrow, born Chester William Powers, Jr., but in fact, he was born August 7, 1943, in New York City, New York.

1968 - Thom Yorke, singer, songwriter, member of the Capitol Records band Radiohead, and Capitol Records solo artist, is born Thomas Edward Yorke in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, England.

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

80 Years Ago Today In 1946 - Hal Derwin, The King Sisters and Frank DeVol record 5 tracks for the Capitol Transcription Service in Los Angeles, California. If anyone has more information about this session, please leave a comment.

1947 - Tex Williams' Capitol Records Americana single "Smoke, Smoke, Smoke (That Cigarette)", with "Roundup Polka" on the flipside,  is still #1 on the U.S. charts.

1947 - After guitarist Oscar Moore failed to show up at the Syria Mosque in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Nat "King" Cole offers to refund anyone's ticket because of Moore's absence, then he and bass player Johnny Miller perform for two hours as a duo. Only a scattered few audience members took him up on the offer.

1948 - Butch Stone and His Orchestra (players unlisted) record the titles "Oh Death, Where Is Thy Sting", "My Feet's Too Big", "Ida, Sweet As Apple Cider", "Etiquette Blues", "Put Your Brakes On, Mama", "Little Girl", "Monkey", "Baby Face", "A Good Man Is Hard To Find", "Outside Of That I'm O.K.", "Your Red Wagon", "I've Got News For You", "Baby, I Need You", "Oooh! Look-A-There, Ain't She Pretty?" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records issues the tracks "My Feet's Too Big" and "Etiquette Blues" together as a single (Capitol 15301) but all the other tracks remain, as of 2005, unissued.

1949 - Peggy Lee, with an unlisted studio orchestra conducted by Pete Rugolo, records the tracks "Save Your Sorrows For Tomorrow", "Sunshine Cake", "Run For The Roundhouse, Nellie" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Save Your Sorrows For Tomorrow" as a single (Capitol 810) with "Sugar" on the flipside, "Sunshine Cake" as a single (Capitol 849) with "Goodbye John" on the flipside, and "Run For The Roundhouse, Nellie" as a single (Capitol 57-769) with "A Man Wrote A Song" on the flipside.

1949 - The Mellomen Quartet records 5 tracks in Los Angeles, California for the Capitol Records Transcription Service. If anyone has information about this session, please leave a comment.

75 Years Ago Today In 1951 - Trombonist Pee Wee Hunt (with Andy Bartha on cornet; Pee Wee Hunt on trombone; Leo Kaminsky on clarinet; Joe Hall on piano; Chuck Carle on bass; and Glenn Waller on drums) records the tracks "Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea", "Panama", "Shake It And Break It", "Muskrat Ramble", "Barnyard Blues (Lively Stable Blues)", and "Snag It" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks, except "Snag It" on Hunt's album "Dixieland Detour" (T 312). "Snag It" will be issued as a single (Capitol 1879) with "Jim Town Blues" on the flipside.

1952 - Les Paul and Mary Ford record the titles "My Baby's Comin' Home" with vocals by Mary Ford, and "Lady Of Spain" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both titles on the duo's EP "Vaya Con Dios" (EAP-1-495).

1953 - Jimmy Wakely with an unlisted session string orchestra and string orchestra, records the titles "It's Christmas" and "Thanks" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol will issue both tracks together as a single (Capitol 2644).

1954 - Dean Martin, with Dick Stabile's Dixie Cats (Virgil Evans, Mannie Klein, and Charlie Teagarden on trumpet; Francis "Joe" Howard, Tommy Pederson, George Roberts, and Lloyd Ulyate on trombone; Gus Bivona and Eddie Miller on saxophones; Louis Brown on piano Vince Terri on guitar; Phil Stephens on bass; and Ray Toland on drum), records the tracks "Just A Little Bit South Of North Carolina", "Georgia On My Mind", "Waiting For The Robert El Lee", and (using an arrangement by Dave Cavanaugh) "Carolina In The Morning" in Capitol Records' Melrose Avenue Studios in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records issues all the tracks on Martin's album "Swingin' Down Yonder" (T 576).

1954 - The Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra conducted by John Barnett records the tracks "Overture: Orpheus In The Underworld" by Offenbach, "Andante Cantabile From 'String Quartet No. 1" by Tchaikovsky, and "Dance Machine" by Saint-Saens at Republic Studios in Los Angeles, California. Capitol will issue the tracks on the orchestra's album "Starlight Encores" (P-8296).

1957 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "With You On My Mind" is #31 on WMGM's Top 40 Survey in New York City, New York.

1957 - Stan Kenton and His Orchestra (Kenton on Piano; Ed Leddy, Billy Catalano, Lee Katzman, Sam Noto, and Phil Gilbert on trumpet; Jim Amlotte, Ken Larsen, Archie Le Coque, Don Reed, and Ken Shroyer on trombone; Lennie Niehaus on alto saxophone; Steve Perlow on alto saxophone and bass saxophone; Wayne Dunstan and Bill Perkins on tenor saxophone; Bill Robinson on bass saxophone; Red Kelly on bass; and Jerry McKenzie on drums) record the titles "I See Your Face Before Me", "Memories Of You", "Things You Left Me", and "A Sinner Kissed An Angel" at the first of three days of live performances at The Rendezvous Ballroom in Balboa Beach, California. Capitol Records will issue the first three titles on Kenton's album "Rendezvous With Kenton" (T 932) but "A Sinner Kissed An Angel" was unissued and is now listed as lost.

1957 - The King Sisters (Yvonne, Luise, Marilyn & Alyce King), with Alvino Rey conducting an orchestra and male chorus  (lineups unlisted), record the titles "The Thrill Was New", "Four Brothers", and "Sweet And Low" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records issues all titles on The King Sisters' album "Imagination" (T 919).

1957 - Speedy West (aka Wesley West on steel guitar) records the instrumental tracks for the titles "Moon Of Manakoora, "Yaka Hula Hickey Doola", "Luna" and "Ka-Lu-A" at The Capitol Tower Studios in Hollywood, California. Vocals overdubs for the first three titles will be recorded by Sam Koki and The Seven Sea Serenaders featuring Sylvia Zaraon on October 11, 1957. Capitol will issue all the titles on Speedy West with The Seven Seas Serenaders' album "West Of Hawaii" (T 956).

1957 - Jackie Gleason and His Orchestra (session musicians unlisted), featuring Lawrence Brown on trombone, records the tracks "Just In Time", "Again", "I've Grown Accustomed To Her Face", and "Hey There" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on Gleason's LP "The Torch With The Blue Flame" (W 961).

1957 - The Petticoats (group members unlisted) record the titles "Over And Over", "I Ain't Gonna Do It No More", "Manhattan Mountains", and "Love Me Tenderly" in New York City. Prep Records, a subsidiary of Capitol Records, will issue "I Ain't Gonna Do It No More" and "Manhattan Mountains" together as a single (Prep F125) and has yet to issue "Manhattan Mountains" and "Love Me Tenderly".

1958 - Mark Murphy, with Jack Marshall Music (Gerald Wiggins on organ; Jack Marshall on guitar; Art Shapiro on bass; Milt Holland on drums; and Kathryn Julye on harp) and The Evelyn Freeman Singers, records the titles "Don't Cry My Love", "Blacksmith Blues", and "Belong To Me" using Marshall's arrangements at The Capitol Tower Studios in Hollywood, California. "Don't Cry My Love" was rejected. Capitol Records issued "Blacksmith Blues" on the CD "The Best Of Mark Murphy - The Capitol Years" (8-33147-2) and "Belong To Me" as a single (Capitol F4088) with "Don't Cry My Love" on the flipside.

1958 - Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra (unlisted session musicians that include brass, reeds, strings & rhythm players and features George Roberts on bass trombone) records the titles "I Got The Sun In The Morning", "Makin' Whoopee", "You Make Me Feel So Young", "It's A Grand Night For Singing", and "It's A Big, Wide, Wonderful World" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Riddle's album "The Joy Of Living" (T 1148).

1958 - Vocalist Keely Smith, with an unlisted orchestra conducted by Nelson Riddle (possibly the same as from Riddle's session from the earlier the same day), records the title "Nitey Nite" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue the title on Keely Smith and Louis Prima's album "Hey Boy! Hey Girl!" (T 1160).

1958 - Vocalist Jack Jones, with an unlisted session orchestra conducted by Gus Levene, records the titles "Deeply Devoted", "Laffin' At Me", "Make Room For Joy", "When I Love, I'll Love Forever" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the first two titles together as a single (Capitol F4089) and the last two titles together as a single (Capitol F4161).

1958 - Pianist Merrill Moore (with Howard Roberts on guitar; and unknown rhythm guitar; Morty Corb on bass; and Ted Kovar on drums) records the titles "Nobody's Sweetheart", "Jumpin' At The Woodside", and "Somebody Stole My Gal" in Studio A of The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California. Capitol did not issue any of the titles but they all were issued in 1990 in Germany by Bear Family Records on the CD "Hank Snow - Boogie My Blues Away" (BCD 15505).

1959 - Tommy Sands records overdubs for the tracks "Lazy Afternoon" and "Will I Find My Love Today" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the final tracks on Sands' album "Dream With Me" (T/ST 1426).

1959 - Johnny Caruso records the tracks "Telephone Talk", "I Gotta Move On", "Trading Kisses", "Taboo" and "I Ain't Gonna Do It" in Los Angeles, California. As of 2005, Capitol has not issued any of the titles.

1959 - Organist Jackie Davis, with an unlisted session guitarist and drummer, records the tracks "Softly As In A Morning Sunrise", "You Do Something To Me", "I've Got The World On A String", "Should I?", and "I Don't Want To Walk Around" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on Davis' album "Tiger On The Hammond" (T 1419).

1959 - Phil Napoleon and His Memphis Five () record the tracks "Shake It And It Break It", "Wang Wang Blues", "Wolvering Blues", "Black And Blue" and "Come Back To Sorrento" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on the group's eponymous album "Phil Napoleon And His Memphis Five" (T 1344).

1959 - Dakota Staton, with an unlisted session orchestra that includes alto saxophone, oboe, guitar, bass, drum, harp and strings players conducted by Sid Feller using his own arrangements, records the tracks "Why Don't We Talk Things Over", "Time Was", "Someone To Watch Over Me", and "I'll Know" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on Staton's album "Dakota Staton Sings Ballads And The Blues" (T 1387).

1960 - Tennessee Ernie Ford, with unlisted session musicians, records the tracks "Lord Of All Creation" and "Bless This Land" at The Capitol Tower Studios in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue the two tracks together as a single (Capitol 4468).

1962 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Ramblin' Rose" is #17 on CJCA's Fabulous Forty Survey in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada and Cole's Capitol Records album "Ramblin' Rose" is #1 on the station's Feature Albums chart.

1963 - Capitol Records releases The Beach Boys' album "Little Deuce Coupe".

1963 - The Jonah Jones Quartet (Jonah Jones on trumpet; four unknown trombonists; Andre Persiany on piano; John Brown on bass; and Danny Farrar on drums) record the tracks "Muskrat Ramble", "Sleepy Time Gal", "That's A Plenty", and "St. Louis Blues" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the tracks on Jones' album "Blowin' Up A Storm" (T 2087).

1964 - Pianist Onzy Matthews and His Orchestra (Bud Brisbois, Bobby Bryant, Melvin Moore, Bob Rolfe, and John Duke on trumpet; Dave Wells on bass trumpet and trombone; Lou Blackburn, Pete Myers, and Don Switzer on trombone; Gabe Baltazar and Clifford Scott on alto saxophone; Curtis Amy and Bill Carter on tenor saxophone; Jay Migliori on baritone saxophone; Herb Ellis on guitar; Jim Crutcher on bass; Chiz Harris on drums; Dal Carlos on conga), with Matthews conducting his arrangements, record the tracks "Spring Is Here", "Put On A Happy Face", "Down In My Soul", "Make Someone Happy", "I Left My Heart In San Francisco", "Ballad For Orchestra" and "A Set For Gilette" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records issues the tracks "I Left My Heart In San Francisco" and "Ballad For Orchestra" on Matthews' album "Sounds For The '60s" (T 2479). All the other tracks, as of 2005, are unissued.

1964 - Ferlin Husky, with unlisted studio musicians, records the tracks "Pickin' Up The Pieces" and "The Big Wind" in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue the tracks together as a single (5438) and on Husky's album "True Lovin'" (T 2305).

1964 - The Super-Stocks record the track "This Bike Of Mine" in Los Angeles, California. There is no listing indicating the track has been issued.

1965 - Wanda Jackson, with an unlisted session orchestra and vocal chorus, records the titles "Oh, Lonesome Me" and "Komm Heim, Mein Wandersmann" in Cologne, Germany. Capitol Records will issue the titles together as a single in Germany (K23091).

60 Years Ago Today In 1966 - Ned Miller, with unlisted session musicians, records the titles "The Lovin' Tree", "Happy, Broken Heart", "Echo Of The Pines", and "I Hope I Never Find What I'm Looking For" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records issues "Happy, Broken Heart" on Miller's album "Teardrop Lane" (T 2586), and "Echo Of The Pines" as a single (Capitol 5868) with "The Hobo" on the flipside. The other two titles, as of 2005, remain unissued.

60 Years Ago Today In 1966 - Norma Lee, with unlisted session musicians, records the titles "One Lonely Heart Makes A Crowd", "Cheated", "Till Temptation Gets The Better Of Me", "Please World" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol will issue the first two titles together as a single (Capitol 5908) and the last two titles together as a single (Capitol 5815).

60 Years Ago Today In 1966 - The Stone Poneys (Kenny Edwards and Bob Kimmel on guitar; Linda Ronstadt on vocals) with Pete Childs, Cyrus Faryar, and John T. Forsha on guitar; Jimmy Bond on bass; and Billy Mundi on drums, record the titles "Orion", "2:10 Train" and "Wild About My Loving" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on the group's eponymous album "The Stone Poneys" (T 2666).

60 Years Ago Today In 1966 - Brian and Carl Wilson of the Capitol Records group The Beach Boys, along with session musicians Hal Blaine, Diane Rovell, James Bond Jr., Charles Britz, Frank Cap, Carol Kaye, and William Pitman, record tracks for the title "Child Is Father Of The Man" in Los Angeles, California for The Beach Boys' "Smile" album which has yet to be issued by Capitol Records.

1967 - Matt Monroe, with unlisted session musicians, records the titles "Wednesday's Child", "When You Become A Man", "Where In The World" in London, England. Capitol Records issues "Wednesday's Child" as a single (Capitol 5823) with "The Lady Smiles" on the flipside in the United States but have not issued the other titles in the United States.

1968 - The Cannonball Adderley Quintet (Nat Adderley on cornet; Julian "Cannonball" Adderley on alto and soprano saxophone; Joe Zawinul on piano; Victor Gaskin on bass; and Roy McCurdy on drums) records the titles "Somewhere", "Straight No Chaser", "'Zorba'", "Rumpelstiltskin", "Sweet Emma", "The Scavenger" at The Capitol Tower Studios in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles, except "Straight No Chaser", on the group's album "Cannonball Adderley In Person" (ST-162). "Straight No Chaser", as of 2005, has yet to be issued.

1968 - Capitol Records releases the soundtrack album to the motion picture "Romeo And Juliet" which, along with original score composed and conducted by Nino Rota, contains dialogue highlights.

1968 - Linda Ronstadt and The Stone Poneys (no member roster listed) record the tracks "But No One Hurt This Bad" and "The Dolphins" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the first track on Ronstadt's album "Hand Sown...Home Grown" (ST-208). "The Dolphins", as of 2005, has yet to be issued.

1968 - Capitol Records registers three tracks recorded by Bob Morris that were produced by Buck Owens Enterprises in Nashville, Tennessee and will issue "Going Home To Mama" and "Wicked Wind" together as a single (Capitol 2293) and has yet, as of 2005, to issue "The Scene Of My Crime".

1969 - Guitar Jr. (aka Lee Baker, Jr. on vocals and guitar; with Harvey "Harmonica Fats" Blackstone on harmonica; Don Randi on piano and organ; Don Peake on guitar; Lyle Ritz on electric bass; and Paul Humphrey on drums) records the tracks "Bed Dug Blues", "Broke And Hungry", "Go To The Mardi Gras", and "Wee Wee Hours" with producer Wayne Shuler in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will release the track Guitar Jr.'s album "Broke & Hungry" (ST-403).

1969 - At two sessions held this day in New York City, the cast of the Broadway musical "Salvation" record the tracks "Footloose Youth And Fancy Free", "Let The Moment Slip By", "In Between", and "Deuteronomy XVII Verse 2" at the first session and "Daedalus" with vocals by Yolanda Bavan, "1001" with vocals by Chapman Roberts, and "Stockhausen Potpourri" by the entire company at the second session. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks, except "Footloose Youth And Fancy Free", "Deuteronomy XVII Verse 2", and "Stockhausen Potpourri", on the original Broadway cast album "Salvation" (SO-337). The other tracks, as of 2005, remain unissued.

1970 - At two sessions held at The Capitol Tower Studios in Hollywood, California, Billy May and The Time-Life Orchestra (Abe Most on clarinet; Ray Sherman on piano; Al Hendrickson on guitar; Rolly Bundock on bass; Nick Fatool on drums; and Larry Bunker on vibraphones at the first session and John Best, Uan Rasey, Rubin "Zeke" Zarchy, Mickey Mangano, and Joe Graves on trumpet; Joe Howard, Dick Nash, Gil Falco, and Dave Wells on trombone; Bill Hinshaw on french horn; Les Robinson, Abe Most, Justin Gordon, Nat Brown, and Chuck Gentry on saxophones; Ray Sherman on piano; Jack Marshall on guitar; Morty Corb on bass; Nick Fatool on drums; Eileen Wilson on vocals; & strings: John De Voogt, Jacques Gasselin, James Getzoff, Jack Gootkin, Bill Kurash, Lou Raderman, Mischa Russell, Sid Sharp, Marshall Sosson, and Gerald Vinci on violins; Norm Botnick, Harry Hyams, and Lou Kievman on viola; Ray Kelley, Ray Kramer, and Nino Rosso on cello at the second session), with May conducting his own arrangements, record the tracks "Slipped Disc" and "Seven Come Eleven" at the first session and "James Session" and, with Eileen Wilson on vocals, "I Don't Want Walk Without You", "I Had The Craziest Dream", and "I'll Buy That Dream" at the second session. Time-Life will issue "Slipped Disc" on the album "The Swing Era 1944-1945: The Golden Age of Network Radio" (STA/STL 348), "Seven Come Eleven" on the album "The Swing Era 1939-1940: 1939: A Real Dream of a Year" (STA/STL 344), "James Session" and "I'll Buy That Dream" on the album "The Swing Era Curtain Call: The Sounds of Swing" (STA/STL 352), "I Don't Want To Walk Without You" on the album "The Swing Era Encore: The Day of the Great Entertainers" (STA/STL 351), and "I Had The Craziest Dream" on the album "The Swing Era One More Time: Swing Lives!" (STA/STL 353).

1970 - Capitol Records registers purchased masters for tracks by Valerie Rosa and the group Silverbird, some of which Capitol Records will issue.

55 Years Ago Today In 1971 - During two sessions held this day in Los Angeles, California, Anne Murray and Glen Campbell do overdubs for the titles "Easy To Love" and "United We Stand" at the first session and "We All Pull The Load" and "Let Me Be The One" at the second session. Capitol will issue the final mixes of the titles on the album "Anne Murray & Glen Campbell" (SW-869).

55 Years Ago Today In 1971 - Asylum Choir II (Leon Russell and Marc Benno) record the tracks "Sweet Home Chicago", "Down On The Base", "Hello, Little Friend", "Salty Candy", "Tryin' To Stay Alive", "Lady in waiting", "Intro to Rita", "Straight brother", "Learn how to boogie", "Ballad For A Soldier", and "When You Wish Upon A Fag" in Los Angeles, California. All the tracks will be issued by Shelter Records, which Russell co-owned, through a distribution deal with Capitol Records, on the eponymous album "Asylum Choir" (SW-8910).

1977 - Glen Campbell records overdubs for the titles "Music, Music, Music" and "Sun Shower" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records has yet to issue either title.

1978 - Capitol Records artist Merle Haggard marries Leona Williams.

1980 - Neil Diamond, with an unlisted session orchestra, records the titles "Love On The Rocks", "Acapulco", "America", "Adorn O Lume", "You Baby", "Amazed And Confused", "On The Robert E. Lee", "Summer Love", "Hello Again", "Hey Louise", "Songs Of Life", "Jerusalem", "Kol Nidre", "My Name Is Yussel (Theme)", and "America (Reprise)" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will release the titles on the soundtrack album "The Jazz Singer" (SWAV-12120).

1980 - Eve Moon records the titles "Play Rough" and "Hunger" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both titles on her eponymous album "Eve Moon" (ST-12132).

45 Years Ago Today In 1981 - The Bob Seger System records the title "The Fade". Capitol Records, as of 2005, has not issued the title.

45 Years Ago Today In 1981 - Capitol Records Canada releases Klaatu's fifth album "Magentalane".

1982 - Prism (liineup unlisted) records the title "Incense & Pepper Mint" in Los Angeles, California. The track was voided by Capitol Records. If anyone knows the reason for this, please leave a comment.

1985 - Anne Murray, with an unlisted session orchestra using arrangements by Keith Diamond, records the title "When You're Gone" at Unique Recording Studio in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue the title on the album "Something To Talk About" (SJ-12466).

1997 - Capitol Records releases Everclear's album "So Much for the Afterglow".

2000 - Capitol Records Nashville artist Chris LeDoux undergoes successful liver transplant surgery in Omaha, Nebraska.

20 Years Ago Today In 2006 - Capitol Records band OK Go! begins a U.S. headlining tour with a special free show at Ann Arbor's Pontiac Garage Stage before the University of Michigan vs. Michigan State football game.

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1952 - "The Buick Circus Hour", broadcast live from New York on NBC-TV, premieres. The show features Delores Gray, singer, Broadway and Hollywood actress, and future Capitol Records artist, as a co-star.

1975 - The United States Court of Appeals overturns the Immigration and Naturalization Service's order to deport John Lennon.

1988 - The documentary film "John & Yoko–A Love Story" is theatrically released in the United States.

ON THIS DAY NOT IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1911 - Singer, trumpet player, and bandleader Vaughn Monroe is born Vaughn Wilton Monroe in Akron, Ohio.

OCTOBER 6, 2026

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

1964 - Matthew Sweet, singer, songwriter, bass player, drummer, guitarist, and record producer who contributed on Lloyd Coles' 1990 Capitol Records album "Lloyd Cole" and 1991 album "Don't Get Weird On Me, Babe", is born Sidney Matthew Sweet in Lincoln, Nebraska.

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

85 Years Ago Today In 1941 - The La Scala Orchestra of Milan, conducted by Gino Marinuzzi, records "Overture to 'The Sicilian Vespers'" by Verdi in two parts and "Prelude to 'Phaedra'" by Pizzetti in two parts in Milan, Italy. Capitol Records will later acqure the masters and release the Verdi tracks as a 78 and 45 rpm single (8F-80021) and the Pizzetti tracks as 78 and 45 rpm single (6F-86008) as part of the label's Classical series.

1944 - Wesley Tuttle and The Coonhunters (Tuttle on vocals and guitar; with Charles Emery Linville on fiddle; and Merle Travis on guitar and vocals) record the tracks "God Put A Rainbow In The Clouds" with vocals by Merle Travis, "I Dreamed That My Daddy Came Home", "It May Be Too Late" with vocals by Merle Travis and "Leave Me Alone (And Be On Your Way)" at C.P. MacGregor Studios in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "God Put A Rainbow In The Clouds" and "It May Be Too Late" together as a single (57-40233) on the Capitol American label and "I Dreamed That My Daddy Came Home" as a single (Capitol 194) with "Rainin' On The Mountside" on the flipside. "Leave Me Alone (And Be On Your Way)" will finally be released by The Bear Family in Germany on the 5 CD box set "Merle Travis: 1943-1955".

1948 - The Starlighters (Vince Degen, Tony Paris, Pauline Byrns, Jerry Duane, and Howard Hudson) record vocal tracks for the titles "Gather Round The Christmas Tree", "It Came Upon A Midnight Clear", "Adeste Fideles (O Come All Ye Faithful)", and "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" for the Capitol Records Transcription Service in Los Angeles, California to orchestral parts recorded in Mexico. The final mixes of all the titles will later be issued by Capitol Records as part of The Starlight Chorus' 10" LP "Carols For Christmas".

1949 - Tex Williams and His Western Caravan (Tex Williams on vocals; with Max Fidler, Cactus Soldi, and Rex Call on fiddle; Paul "Spike" Featherstone on harp; Ossie Godson on piano; Pedro De Paul on accordion; John Weiss and Benny Garcia Jr. on electric guitar; Smokey Rogers on guitar and banjo; Joaquin Murphy on steel guitar; Deuce Spriggens on bass; and Muddy Berry on drums) records the tracks "Crocodile Tears", "Was Yesterday A Dream", "Winter Song" and "My San Fernando Rose" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Crocodile Tears" and "The Winter Song" together as a single (57-40253) on the Capitol Americana label and "Was Yesterday A Dream" and "My San Fernando Rose" together as a single (Capitol 940).

1949 - Peggy Lee, with an unlisted studio orchestra (that uses flutes, celeste, and strings) conducted by Pete Rugolo, records the tracks "Crazy He Calls Me", "A Man Wrote A Song", and "One Day" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Crazy He Calls Me" as a single (Capitol 898) with "Them There Eyes" on the flip side, "A Man Wrote A Song" as a single (Capitol 57-769) with "Run For The Roundhouse, Nellie" on the flip side, "One Day" will be issued on the 4 CD set "Miss Peggy Lee".

1952 - Helen O' Connell and Gisele MacKenzie, with Dave Cavanaugh's Music (musicians unlisted), record the titles "A Crazy Waltz" and "Water Can't Quench The Fire Of Love" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both titles together as a single (Capitol 2266).

1953 - Eddie Cantor, with an unlisted orchestra directed by Ray Heindorf, records the titles "Now's The Time To Fall In Love", "When I'm President/If You Knew Suzie", "Ida! Sweet As Apple Cider/Josephine Please No Lean On The Bell", "Pretty Baby/You Must Have Been A Beautiful Baby/Yes Sir, That's My Baby", "Makin' Whoopee", "Ma (He's Making Eyes At Me)/Bye, Bye, Blackbird", "Margie/Row, Row, Row", and "How 'Ya Gonna Keep 'Em Down On The Farm/One Hour With You" for soundtrack of the Warner Bros. film "The Eddie Cantor Story" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the titles on the soundtrack album for "The Eddie Cantor Story" (FBF-467).

1953 - Bill Dudley, with unlisted session musicians, records the tracks "Rosita", "Flirtin' With The Blues", "My Lif Is Not My Own", and "Talking To A Sparrow" in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue the first two tracks together as a single (Capitol 2674) and the last two tracks together as a single (Capitol 2775).

1954 - In a split session on this day in Los Angeles, pianist Leonard Pennario records the track "Toccata In C Major" by Bach during the first part of the session and later the tracks "Songs Of Spain (Cantos De España), Opus 232 (Danza Espagnolas #5): Prelude/Cordoba/Under A Palm Tree/Seguidillas" by Albeniz, "Andalucia (Suite Espagnole): Malaguena/Gitanerias/Adalucia" by Lecuona, and "Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring" by Bach. Capitol Records will issue the middle two tracks together as an album "Songs Of Spain" (P-8319) in its Promenade series, but as of 2005 have not issued either Bach tracks.

1954 - The Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra, with conductor John Barnett, records the tracks "Dance Of The Hours (from 'La Gioconda')" by Ponchielli and parts of "March Slave" at Republic Studios in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the tracks on the Orchestra's LP "Starlight Encores" (P-8296) in its Promenade series.

70 Years Ago Today In 1956 - The Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra, with conductor Felix Slatkin, records the titles "Bolero" by Ravel, "Norwegian Dance No. 2" by Greig, "Polka from 'Schwanda, The Bagpiper'" by Weinberger, "(Russian) Sailor's dance from 'The Red Poppy', Opus 70" by Gliere, "Sabre Dance from 'Gayne Suite No. 1'" by Khachaturian, "Navarraise From 'Le Cid', Act II" by Massenet, "Farandole From 'L'Arlesienne Suite No. 2'" by Bizet, and "The Star-Spangled Banner" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Bolero" on the Orchestra's LP "Espana" (P-8357), and all the other titles except "The Star-Spangled Banner" (which remains, as of 2005, unissued) as part of the Orchestra's album "Symphonic Dances" (P-8369) in its Promenade series.

1958 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records album "Cole Español" is #12 on The Billboard magazine's Best Selling LPs chart and his single "Come Closer To Me" is #50 on the magazines' Best Selling Pop Singles In Stores chart. Cole's single "Non Dimenticar (Don't Forget) also debuts at #32 on WMGM's Top 40 Survey in New York City, New York and #49 on CKWX's The Sensational Sixty chart in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

1958 - Paul Weston and His Orchestra (unlisted session musicians), with Weston conducting his own arrangements, record the titles"Laura", "Easy Come, Easy Go", "I'm Thru With Love", and "All The Things You Are" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the first three titles on Weston's album "Music For Dreaming" (ST 1154) and the last title on Weston's album "Music For Memories" (ST 1222).

1958 - The Charlie Bop Trio (Jimmy Kersey on vocals, with Charles Johston and an unlisted band) records the titles "Mr. Big Feet" and "Tokyo Queen" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the tracks as a single (F4100).

1958 - During two sessions held on this date at The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California, vocalists Keely Smith and Louis Prima, with Sam Butera and The Witnesses (Lou Sineaux on trombone; Sam Butera on tenor saxophone; Robert J. Carter on piano; Bobby Roberts on guitar; Tony Liuzza on bass; on Paul Ferrara on drums), record the titles "Fever" with vocals by Sam Butera, "Oh, Marie", an alternate take of "Oh, Marie", "Don't Take Your Love From Me" with vocals by Smith, "Hey Boy, Hey Girl" with vocals by Prima and Smith, and "Hey Boy, Hey Girl (Reprise)" at the first session and "Lazy River", "Nothing's Too Good For My Baby", and "French Poodle" with vocals by Sam Butera at the second session. Capitol Records will issue the main takes on Prima and Smith's EP "Hey Boy! Hey Girl!" (T-1160) except for "French Poodle" which will be released as a single by Sam Butera (F4119) with "Handle With Care" on the flipside. The Bear Family will release the alternate takes in the eight-CD box set "Louis Prima, Keely Smith, Sam Butera - The Capitol Recordings".

1959 - Phil Napoleon and His Memphis Five (Napoleon on trumpet; Harry DeVito on trombone; Kenny Davern on clarinet; Johnny Varro on piano; Pete Rogers on bass; and Sonny Igoe on drums) record the titles "Milenberg Joys", "Limehouse Blues", "South" and "Shake It And Break It" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue the first 3 tracks on the group's eponymous album "Phil Napoleon and His Memphis Five" (T 1344). The group will re-record "Shake It And Break It" at it's next recording session.

1959 - The Eligibles (no listing of members) record the titles "Chili", "My Baby, My Baby", "My First Christmas", and "The Little Engine" in Los Angeles, California. The first two tracks remain unissued as of 2005 and the last two were issued by Capitol as a single (Capitol 4304).

1959 - Organist Jackie Davis, with an unlisted guitarist and drummer, records the titles "Calypso Blues", "You Forgot Your Gloves", and "You Took Advantage Of Me" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol will issue all the titles on Davis' album "Tiger On The Hammond" (T 1419).

1959 - Elmer Bernstein, with an unlisted session orchestra, records the titles "Paris In The Spring", an untitled original track which will later be called "Adieu De Amour (Love Is Farewell)" and "Souvenir Du Printemps (Memories Of Spring)", and "I Love Paris" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will later issue the titles on Elmer Bernstein And The Swinging Bon Vivants' album "Paris Swings" (T 1288).

1960 - Organist Jackie Davis (with Irving Ashby on guitar; Joe Comfort on bass; and Weedee Morris on drums), records the titles "What Can I Say After I Say I'm Sorry", "The Song Is You", "Sweet Sue, Just You", and "Strange Music" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records issues the titles on Davis' album "Big Beat Hammond" (T 1686).

1960 - Organist Virgil Fox records the titles "Poem" by Fibich, "The Old Refrain" by Kreisler, and "At Dawning" by Eberhart-Cadman at Riverside Church in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue the titles on Fox's album "Vale Of Dreams" (P-8557) as part of the label's Promenade series.

65 Years Ago Today In 1961 - Vic Damone, with Jack Marshall's Music (Marshall conducting his own arrangements with an unlisted session orchestra), records the titles "Let's Face The Music And Dance", "In The Still Of The Night", "Change Partners", "Deep Night" and "There I've Said It Again" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Damone's album "Linger Awhile With Vic Damone" (T 1646)

65 Years Ago Today In 1961 - Pianist Joe Bushkin, with unlisted session musicians, records the titles "Soliloquy (One Plus Two)", "Pennies From Heaven", and "Blue Moon" in New York City. Capitol Records has yet, as of 2005, to issue any of the titles.

1962 - Billboard Music Week magazine reports that Capitol Records has stopped sending out promotional singles of Nat "King" Cole's "Ramblin' Rose" and is now sending out a special 12-track LP where all the tracks are "Ramblin' Rose". The album is #5 on CKY 580 AM's Albums Chart in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, #8 on Billboard Music Week magazine's 150 Best Selling Monaural LPs chart and #16 on the magazine's 50 Best Selling Stereo LPs chart. Cole's single "Ramblin' Rose" is #1 on Billboard Music Week magazine's Easy Listening chart, #3 on its Honor Roll Of Hits and Hot 100 singles charts, and #12 on its Hot R&B Sides chart. Cole's single "Ramblin' Rose" is also #5 on KFWB's Fabulous Forty Survey in Los Angeles, California, #6 on WABC's Silver Dollar Sound Survey in New York City, New York, #12 on CKY 580 AM's Hit Parade Official Top 50 List in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, and #42 on C-FUN's C-Funtastic Fifty chart in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

1963 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "That Sunday, That Summer" is #21 on WKLO's Tunedex in Louisville, Kentucky.

1964 - The Beatles begin recording the title "Eight Days A Week" at EMI Studios, Abbey Road, London, England which will appear on their "Beatles For Sale" album in the UK and on the album "Beatles VI" which is distributed by Capitol Records in the United States. The same day, John Lennon writes the song "I Feel Fine". Final tracks for both songs will be finished on October 18, 1964.

1964 - John Denver records the titles "The Road", "Far Side Of The Hill", "Four String Winds", and "Anything Love Can Buy" in Los Angeles, California. As of 2005, Capitol Records have not issued any of the titles.

1964 - Nancy Wilson, with an unlisted session orchestra conducted by Sid Feller, records the tracks "Love Has Many Faces", "Where Does This Leave Me", "And Satisfy", "Take What I Have", and "Don't Come Running Back To Me" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the tracks "Love Has Many Faces" and "Don't Come Running Back To Me" together as a single (Capitol 5340), "And Satisfy" and "Take What I Have" together as a single (Capitol 5319), and "Where Does Leave Me" as a single (Capitol 5455) with "Gentle Is My Love" on the flipside.

1964 - Tommy Collins (on vocals and rhythm guitar with Roy Nichols on lead guitar; Merle Haggard on rhythm guitar; Bob Morris on bass; Gwynn Merle Nichols on drums), at his final recording session for Capitol Records, records the tracks "It's A Big Jump" and "It's A Pretty Good Ol' World After All" with Wanda Collins providing vocal chorus, "Don't Let Me Stand In His Footsteps" with Merle Haggard on harmony vocals and "All The Monkeys Ain't In The Zoo" (some listings give the musicians on this track as being: Joe Maphis on rhythm guitar; Glen Campbell, Buck Owens, Billy Strange and Roy Nichols on lead guitar; Wynn Stewart on guitar; Merrill Moore on piano; Jelly Sanders on fiddle; Pee Wee Adams on drums; Wanda Collins on duet and backing vocals; and Collins' best friend Merle Haggard on rhythm guitar and harmony vocals) in The Capitol Tower Studios in Hollywood, California. Tower Records, a subsidiary of Capitol Records, will issue "It's A Big Jump" and "Don't Let Me Stand In His Footsteps" together as a single (DT 5107) and Capitol Records will issue the tracks "It's A Pretty Good Ol' World After All" together with "All The Monkeys Ain't In The Zoo" as a single (Capitol 5345).

1964 - Don Grady records the tracks "One Good Turn Deserves Another", "It's Better This Way", and "I Threw A Rock At Karen" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the first two tracks together as a single (Capitol 5362) and the last track as of 2005 remains unissued.

60 Years Ago Today In 1966 - Ned Miller, with unlisted session musicians, records the titles "Only A Fool", "The Hobo", "I Just Can't Pretend No More" and "If Love Was Just A Song" in Los Angeles, California. "Only A Fool" was rejected. Capitol Records issued "The Hobo" as a single (Capitol 5868) with "Echo Of The Pines" on the flipside and "If Love Was Just A Song" on Miller's album "Teardrop Lane" (ST 2586). As of 2005 "I Just Can't Pretend No More" remains unissued.

60 Years Ago Today In 1966 - Bobby Rydel, with unlisted session musicians, records the title "Open For Business As Usual" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the title as a single (Capitol 5780) with "You Gotta Enjoy Joy" (which is the theme song of Milton Berle's 1960's variety show) on the flipside.

1967 - Singer, songwriter and guitarist Fred Neil begins four days of sessions (October 6, 10, 11 and 15) with producer Nik Venet and James E. Bond, Jr. on stand-up bass and Cyrus Faryar, Peter O. Childs, and Eric Glen Hord on acoustic guitars in Studio B at The Capitol Tower Studios in Hollywood, California for his album Capitol Records album "Sessions".

1967 - Ferlin Husky, with unlisted session musicians, records the titles "I Promised You The World", "Don't Hurt Me Anymore", and "Just Of You" in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol will issue "I Promised You The World" as a single (Capitol 2154) with "You Should Live My Life" on the flipside and "Don't Hurt Me Anymore" and "Just Of You" together as a single (Capitol 2048).

1967 - Bobby Austin, with unlisted session musicians and producer Charlie "Fuzzy" Austin, records the titles "Sweet Evelina", "Do-Die", "This Song Is Just For You", "Hard Bad Times", "Please Look Over Me", "Lonely Old Road", "Things Are Lookin' Up", "A Girl In My Dreams", and "Odd And Ends (Bits And Pieces)" in Bakersfield, California. Capitol will later purchase the masters from Buck Owens Enterprises and issue the final takes on Austin's album "Old Love Never Dies" (ST 2915).

1969 - Apple Records releases The Beatles' single "Something" with "Come Together" on the flipside. Capitol Records handles the single's distribution in the United States.

1969 - Tex Ritter, with an unlisted session orchestra conducted by Don Tweedy, records the track "Wand'rin' Star" in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue the track as a single (Capitol 2677) with "Chuck Wagon Son Of A Gun" on the flipside.

1969 - The original Broadway cast of "Salvation" and unlisted session musicians hold four recording sessions on this day in New York City, New York to record tracks for the musical's original Broadway cast album. "Overture" (an instrumental track), "Salvation", "Honest Confession (Is Good For The Soul)", and "Ballin' All The Way Through Sunday" are recorded at the first session, "If You Let Me Make Love To You, Why Can't I Touch You", "Gina", "Back To Genesis", and "Tomorrow Is the First Day Of The Rest Of My Life" at the second session, "There Ain't No Flies On Jesus", "Schwartz", and "Let's Get Lost In Now" at the third session, and "For Ever" at the fouth session. Capitol records will issue all the tracks except "Schartz" on the album "Salvation" (SO-337). The rest of the soundtrack will be recorded at the next session.

1969 - Guitar Jr. (aka Lee Baker Jr., on vocals and guitar with Harvey "Harmonica Fats" Blackstone on harmonica; Don Rand on piano and organ; Don Peake on guitar; Lyle Ritz on electric bass; and Paul Humphrey on drums) records the tracks "Things I Used To Do", "Don't Touch Me Baby", and "Rooster Blues" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the track on Guitar Jr.'s album "Broke & Hungry" (ST-403).

1969 - Capitol Records Canada, as part of its 6000 series, releases Pink Floyd's soundtrack album to the movie "More". Tower Records, a division of Capitol Records, released the album in August 1969.

1970 - The Cannonball Adderley Quintet (Nat Adderley on cornet and vocals; Julian "Cannonball" Adderley on soprano saxophone, alto saxophone, and vocals; Joe Zawinul on piano, electric piano, and celeste; Nat Adderley Jr. on piano, electric piano, guitar [on "Down In The Black Bottom" and "The Price You Pay To Be Free"]; Walter Booker on bass and electric bass; Bob West on bass and electric bass [on "The Price You Pay To Be Free"]; and Roy McCurdy on drums) records the titles "Down In The Black Bottom", "Get Up Off Your Knees", "Wild-cat Pee", "Alto Sex", and "The Price You Got To Pay To Be Free" with vocals by Nate Adderley, Jr. at The Capitol Records Tower Studios in Hollywood, California. Capitol will issue all the titles on the band's double album "The Price You Got To Pay To Be Free" (SWBB-636).

55 Years Ago Today In 1971 - Red Steagall, with unlisted session musicians, records the titles "Jesus Christ What A Man", "Party Dolls And Wine", and "Texas Silver Zephyr" in Nashville, Tennessee. The only title from the session that Capitol Records has issued so far is "Party Dolls And Wine" which was released as a single (Capitol 3244) with "Middle Tennessee Country Boy's Blues" on the flipside.

55 Years Ago Today In 1971 - Over four sessions held in Los Angeles, California on this day Anne Murray and Glen Campbell, with Al De Lory & Brian Ahern conducting their own arrangments to an unlisted session orchestra, record the titles: "Ease Your Pain" at the first session; "We All Pull The Load", "Let Me Be The One", and "Oh, Boy!" at the second session; "Canadian Sunset" at the third session; and "Bring Back The Love" at the fourth session. Capitol Records will issue "Ease Your Pain" as a single (Capitol 3287) with "United We Stand" on the flipside, "We All Pull The Load", "Let Me Be The One", "Canadian Sunset", and "Bring Back The Love" on the duo's eponymous album "Anne Murray & Glen Campbell" (Capitol SW-869) and eventually release "Oh, Boy!" on Campbell's CD "The Essential Glen Campbell,Volume 2" (8-33829-2).

55 Years Ago Today In 1971 - Barry Kaye records the titles "On My Way" and "Movin' On" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the titlrs together as a single (Capitol 3220).

50 Years Ago Today In 1976 - Glen Campbell records overdubs for the title "One Of These Nights" in Los Angeles, California but Capitol Records, as of 2005, has yet to issue the track.

1980 - Eve Moon records the titles "So What" and So Good" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "So What" on Moon's eponymous album "Eve Moon" (ST-12132).

45 Years Ago Today In 1981 - Linda Clifford, with unlisted session musicians, records the titles "Let It Ride", "Never Say Never", "Ain't You Glad", "Build A Fire", "Only The Angels Know", "All The Man I Need", "I'll Keep On Loving You", "I Lied", and "Don't Come Crying To Me" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol will issue all the titles on Clifford's album "I'll Keep On Loving You" (ST-12181).

45 Years Ago Today In 1981 - The Bob Seger System records the title "Even Now" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol will issue the title on a single (Capitol 5213) with "Little Victories" on the flipside.

1985 - Nelson Riddle, composer, arranger, conductor and Capitol Records artist, dies of liver ailments at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California at age 64. By his side were his children Nelson Riddle III, Rosemary Riddle Acerra, Christopher Riddle, Bettina Bellini, Cecily Finnegan, and Maureen Riddle. He is later interred in the Hollywood Forever Cemetery, Hollywood, California.

1990 - Garth Brooks is inducted as the 65th member of The Grand Ole Opry.

1998 - Capitol Records releases Less Than Jake's second album, "Hello Rockview".

2005 - Capitol Records Nashville artist Trace Adkins video "Honky Tonk Badonkadonk" premieres on CMT.

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1963 - Capitol Records artist Judy Garland sings the medley "Get Happy/Happy Days Are Here Again" as a duet with Columbia Records artist Barbara Streisand on Garland's CBS-TV show. A recording of the live performance will be released on Streisand's 1991 Columbia album "Just For The Record...".

1973 - The syndicated television program "The Lawrence Welk Show" devotes the entire show to "Memories Of Nat 'King' Cole" by performing nineteen of his songs.

2002 - The 5th Annual Carl Wilson Walk Against Cancer is held along with a historic bus tour that included a tour of The Capitol Tower and Studios and other locations of interest and ended at Brian Wilson's house where he was selling lemonade. Actually the lemonade was free,, but the signed paper cups were a $50 donation to The Carl Wilson Foundation.

ON THIS DAY NOT IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1927 - It's a Thursday night and "The Jazz Singer" premieres at The Warner Theatre in New York City, New York.

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1925 - Jack Kingston, a singer, songwriter, yodeler, and the first Canadian country artist signed by Capitol Records (1950), is born in St. Catherines, Ontario, Canada.

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1944 - Leadbelly (Huddie Ledbetter), doing vocals and guitar, with Paul Howard on zither (and probably Dave Dexter, Jr. producing) records the tracks "Ella Speed", "Rock Island Line" (which he originally recorded in 1937), "Tell Me Baby" and "Take This Hammer" in Los Angeles, California. "Rock Island Line" will be released by Capitol Records on the anthology album "The History Of Jazz, Volume 1, The 'Solid' South". The other tracks will be released by Capitol Records on the album "Leadbelly" as part of the label's "Classics In Jazz" series.

1944 - During a split session held this day in Los Angeles, California with Paul Weston and His Orchestra (Don Anderson, Ray Linn and Nate Kazebier on trumpets, Allan Thompson and Burt Johnson on trombones, Fred Stulce, Arthur "Doc" Rando, Matty Matlock, Eddie Miller, and Harry Schuchman on saxophones, Stan Wrightsman on piano, Nappy Lamare on guitar, Jack Ryan on bass, Nick Fatool on drums, and six unidentified violinists) first Johnny Mercer and The Pied Pipers (vocalists June Hutton, Clark Yocum, Hal Hopper, and Chuck Lowry) record the titles "I'm Gonna See My Baby" and "Ac-cent-tchu-ate The Positive" then vocalist Jo Stafford records the titles "I Promise You" and "Let's Take The Long Way Home" Capitol Records will issue "Ac-cent-tchu-ate The Positive" as a single (Capitol 180) with "There's A Fella Waiting in P'Keepsie" (recorded October 17, 1944) on the flipside, "I'm Gonna See My Baby" as a single (Capitol 183) as the flipside "Candy" (recorded December 6, 1944), and "I Promise You" and "Let's Take The Long Way Home" together as a single (Capitol 181).

80 Years Ago Today In 1946 - James Baskett and Johnny Mercer, with The Pied Pipers and Billy May and His Orchestra (Mannie Klein, Don Anderson and Holly Humphries on trumpet; William Schaefer, Ed Kusby and Hoyt Bohannon on trombone; Fred Fox on french horn; John Gruey, J.A. Krechter, Donald Renfrew, Warren Baker and Lloyd Hildebrand on saxophones; Frank Leithner on piano; John Ryan on bass; John Cyr on percussion; Ann Mason on harp; and on strings: Edward Bergman, Walter Edelstein, Peter Ellis, George Kast, Sol Kindler, Dan Lube, Mischa Russell, Marshall Sosson and Olcott Vail on violin; Albert Burton and David Sterkin on viola; Fred Goerner and Joseph Saxonon cello) using a script adaptation by Alan Livingston, record the title "Part 5: The Laughing Place, Part 1" at Radio Recorders' studios at 932 North Western Avenue in Hollywood, California. Capitol will release the title as part of the children's album "Tales Of Uncle Remus" (CC-40), a soundtrack album for Walt Disney's combined live-action movie "Song Of The South".

80 Years Ago Today In 1946 - During a three-way split session held this day at Radio Recorders' studios at 932 North Western Avenue in Hollywood, California, first vocalist Wesley Tuttle, with Darol A. Rice on clarinet, Charles K. Linville on fiddle, Paul Sells on accordion, Edwin "Buddy" Cole on piano, Eddie Kirk, Merle Travis, and Lewis Jack Rivers on rhythm guitars, Agapito "Pepe" Martinez on steel guitar, Allen J. Williams on bass, and Tommy Romersa on drums, records the title "Old Shep", then vocalists Johnny Mercer, Merle Travis (also on guitar), with Wesley Tuttle also on vocals, Darol A. Rice on clarinet, Charles K. Linville on fiddle, Edwin "Buddy" Cole on piano, Eddie Kirk and Lewis Jack Rivers on rhythm guitars, Agapito "Pepe" Martinez on steel guitar, Allen Williams on bass, and Tommy Romersa on drums, record the titles "The Covered Wagon Rolled Right Along" then, vocalists Jerry Colonna, Merle Travis (also on guitar), and Wesley Tuttle record the title "Oh Why, Oh Why Did I Ever Leave Wyoming" (written by Morey Amsterdam), then vocalist Johnny Mercer records the title "A Little Too Far", then vocalists Jerry Colonna, Merle Travis (also on guitar), and Wesley Tuttle record the title "When Rosie Ricoola Do The Hoola Ma Boola". all with pianist Buddy Cole directing the orchestra (Darol A. Rice on clarinet, Charles K. Linville on fiddle, Eddie Kirk and Lewis Jack Rivers on rhythm guitars, Agapito "Pepe" Martinez on steel guitar, Allen J. Williams on bass, and Tommy Romersa on drums). Capitol Records will issue "Old Shep" on the multi-artist compilation album "Cowboy Hit Parade" (AD-55), "The Covered Wagon Rolled Right Along" and "A Little Too Far" together as a single (Capitol 400) and "Oh Why, Oh Why Did I Ever Leave Wyoming" and "When Rosie Ricoola Do The Hoola Ma Boola" together as a single (Capitol 330).

1949 - Pedro De Cordoba, with Richard "Keys" Biggs on organ, speaks on the titles "1st and 2nd Gospel According To St. Luke" and the medley "3rd Gospel Accord To St. John/The Lord's Prayer/Hail Mary/Gloria" which Capitol Records will release as a single (Capitol 9010).

75 Years Ago Today In 1951 - The Mellowmen Quartet record 2 titles for the Capitol Records Transcription Service in Los Angeles, California. If anyone knows what was recorded, please leave a comment.

75 Years Ago Today In 1951 - Mel Tormé (on piano and vocals, with Mary Osborne on guitar; Clyde Lombardi on bass; and Bunny Shawker on drums) records the titles "You're A Heavenly Thing" and "Heart And Soul" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will release "You're A Heavenly Thing" as a single (Capitol 1864) with "Foolish Little Rumors" on the flip side. "Heart And Soul" will eventually be released on the CD "Capitol Sings Hoagy Carmichael - Stardust".

1954 - Ramblin' Jimmie Dolan (doing vocals and guitar with Shelby "Tex" Atchison on fiddle; Billy Liebert on piano; Jimmy Bryant and Billy Strange on guitar; Wesley "Speedy" West on steel guitar; Red Murrell on bass; and Roy Harte on drums) records the tracks "Jolly Captain Huddlestead", "A Sailor's Letter", "What's Another Broken Heart" and "I Wonder If I Can Lose The Blues This Way" at Capitol Records' Melrose Avenue Studios in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will release "I Wonder If I Can Lose The Blues This Way" and "A Sailor's Letter" together as a single (Capitol 2977) and "Jolly Captain Huddlestead" and "What's Another Broken Heart" together as a single (Capitol 3157).

1954 - Billy May and His Orchestra (John Best, Conrad Gozzo, Mannie Klein and Uan Rasey on trumpet; Si Zentner, Murray McEachern, Ed Kusby and Tommy Pederson on trombone; Skeets Herfurt and Wilbur Schwartz on alto saxophone; Ted Nash and Fred Falensby on tenor saxophone; Chuck Gentry on bass saxophone; Paul Smith on piano; Al Hendrickson on guitar; Joe Mondragon on bass; Alvin Stoller on drums and vocals; Lou Singer on percussion; Jack Costanzo on bongos; Mike Pacheco on congas; Frank Guerrero on timbales) record the titles "Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer", "Loop De Loop Mambo" (with vocals by The Maytimers), "Suzette" (with vocals by The Maytimers), "Suddenly" and "Trees" at Capitol Records Studios on Melrose Avenue in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will release "Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer" and "Loop De Loop Mambo" together as a single (Capitol 2948), "Suzette" will be released as a single with "Street Of Dreams" on the flipside (Capitol 3297), "Suddenly" will be released on the EP "Dance To The Bands" (Capitol TBO 727) and "Trees" remains unissued as of 2005. All the titles were arranged and conducted by Billy May.

70 Years Ago Today In 1956 - Nat "King" Cole, with an orchestra (Harry Edison, Conrad Gozzo, Clyde Hurley, Vito Mangano, and Shorty Sherockon on trumpet; Murray McEachern and Ray Sims on trombone; Juan Tizol on valve trombone; George Roberts on bass trombone; Willie Smith and Mahlon Clark on alto saxophone; Babe Russin and William Skalak on tenor saxophone; Joe Koch on bass saxophone; Bill Miller on piano; John Collins on guitar; Charles Harris on bass; and Lee Young on drums), using arrangements and conducted by Nelson Riddle, records the titles "True Blue Lou", "Like Someone In Love" "I'm Shooting High" and "Tangerine" at The Capitol Tower Studios in Hollywood, California. The titles will be unreleased until they appear on compilation CDs or are released in foreign markets years later.

1957 - Steel guitarist Wesley "Speedy" West, with Elmer Schmidt on piano, records the titles "Drifting And Dreaming", "My Little Grass Shack", "Sweet Hawaiian Chimes" and "Blue Hawaii" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California between 1:30 PM and 5:00 PM. Capitol Records will issue the titles on "Speedy" West With  The Seven Seas Serenaders' album "West Of Hawaii" (Capitol T 956).

1959 - Tommy Sands, with an orchestra arranged and conducted by Nelson Riddle, records the titles "Quiet Girl", "You Hold The Future" and "I Gotta Have You" and one other track whose information has been lost in Los Angeles, California. "Quiet Girl" remains unissued as of 2005. Capitol Records released "You Hold The Future" and "I Gotta Have You" together as a single (Capitol 4316). If anyone has any information as to what the fourth track recorded at this session is or where the session was held, please leave a comment.

1960 - Dickie Harrell does drum overdubs for the title "Drum Opus IX: Goon Bat" in Los Angeles, California. The title will be released by Capitol Records on his album "Drums And More Drums" (Capitol ST 1502).

1960 - The Kingston Trio (Dave Guard on vocals and banjo, Nick Reynolds on vocals and guitar, Bob Shane on vocals, guitar and banjo), with Morris "Buck" Wheat on bass, records the titles "Oh Mary, Don't You Weep", "Blow The Candle Out", "Come All You Fair And Tender Ladies" and "Blue Eyed Gal" at The Capitol Tower Studios in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will release the last three titles on the EP "Make Way!" and the first track would later be released on compilations.

1960 - Organist Jackie Davis (with Irving Ashby on guitar; Joe Comfort on bass; and Weedee Morris on drums) records the titles "Stop, Look And Listen", "Stompin' At The Savoy" and "Time On My Hands" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will release the last two titles on his album "Big Beat Hammond". "Stop, Look And Listen" remains unissued as of 2005.

1960 - The DeCastro Sisters (Babette, Cherie, and Olga), with an unknown backing group, record the titles "There Goes My Heart", "Red Sails In The Sunset", "I Love You" and "I Love You, Yes I Do" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will release the titles on their album "A Rockin' Beat". If anyone has information on who worked on the session, please leave a comment.

1960 - Virgil Fox records the titles "Where E'er You Walk" by Handel (which remains unissued as of 2005) and "Dreams" by Hugh McAmis at Riverside Church in New York City, New York. "Dreams" will be released by Capitol Records on Fox's album "Vale Of Dreams" as part of Capitol's Promenade series.

65 Years Ago Today In 1961 - Vic Damone, with Jack Marshall's Music (arrangements and orchestra conducted by Marshall), records the titles "When The Lights Are Low", "After The Lights Go Down Low", "Linger Awhile", "Close Your Eyes" and "Stella By Starlight" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will release the titlrs on his album "Linger Awhile With Vic Damone" (Capitol T 1646).

65 Years Ago Today In 1961 - The Beach Boys (Mike Love on vocals; Brian Wilson on vocals and drums; Carl Wilson on lead guitar and vocals; Al Jardine on guitar and vocals) record the title "Surfin'" at Keen Studios in Beverly Hills, California for Candix Records. The master will later be sold to Capitol Records and released on their album "Surfin' Safari".

65 Years Ago Today In 1961 - Pianist Joe Bushkin, with unknown session musicians, records the titles "The Man I Love", "The Song Is Ended", "Once In A While" and "The Lady Is A Tramp" in New York City, New York. The titles remain unreleased by Capitol Records as of 2005.

65 Years Ago Today In 1961 - Three days of sessions recording the original Broadway cast soundtrack to Noel Cowards' "Sail Away" (featuring Charles Braswell, Grover Dale, Patricia Harty, James Hurst, Paul O'Keefe, and Elaine Stritch on vocals and an unknown men's chorus with Orchestra) with conductor Peter Matz begin in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will release all the titlds on the album "Sail Away" (Capitol WAO 1643).

1962 - June Christy, with Bob Cooper conducting his own arrangements to the orchestra (Ronnie Lang on flute, Laurindo Almeida on guitar, Joe Mondragon on bass, Shelly Manne on drums, Milt Holland and Emil Richards on percussion, and George Kast, Dan Lube, Erno Neufeld, Lou Raderman, Felix Slatkin, Robert Barene, Nathan Kaproff and Samuel Freed on violins), records the titles "One Note Samba" and "Bossa Nova" in Los Angeles, California between 8:00 PM and 11:00 PM.. Capitol Records will issue both titles together as a single (F4864).

1963 - The Four Preps (Bruce Belland on tenor vocals, Marvin Ingram [aka Marvin Inabnett] on high tenor vocals, Glen Larson on baritone vocals, and Ed Cobb on bass vocals) with unknown studio musicians, record the tracks "We Don't Give A Hootenanny", "I'm Falling In Love With A Girl", "The Greatest Surfer Couple" and Timbuktu" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will release "I'm Falling In Love With A Girl" and "The Greatest Surfer Couple" together as a single (Capitol 5074). The other two tracks remain unissued as of 2005.

1963 - Tony Roma, with unknown session musicians, records the tracks "Turn Her Around", "You're Nothing But A Girl" and "If You See My Love" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will release the first and third tracks together as a single (Capitol 5101). "You're Nothing But A Girl" remains unissued as of 2005.

1963 - The Jonas Jones Quartet (Jonah Jones on trumpet; four unknown trombones; André Persiany on piano; John Brown on bass and Danny Farrar on drums) record the tracks "My Monday Date", "Bill Bailey Won't You Please Come Home", "Moten Swing" and "Somethin' (Struttin' With Some Barbecue)" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will release the tracks as part of Jones' album "Blowin' Up A Storm". If anyone knows who performed on trombone, please leave a comment.

1964 - Capitol Records releases Gordon MacRae's album "Kismet" (SW-2022).

1964 - Vocalist Ernie Andrews, with The Cannonball Adderley Quintet (Nat Adderley on cello; Julian "Cannonball" Adderley on alto saxophone; Joe Zawinul on piano; Sam Jones on bass; and Louis Hayes on drums), records the tracks "I'm Always Drunk In San Francisco", "Bill Bailey", "Don't Be Afraid Of Love", "Big City", "Green Door" and "Work Song" (listed as "Chain Gang" in Capitol's files) at a live performance at The Lighthouse Club in Hermosa Beach, California. Capitol Records will release the first 4 tracks on the album "Live Session!". The last two tracks remain unissued as of 2005.

1965 - Andy Russell, with unknown backing, records the tracks "Nothing Matters But You", "One Kiss For Old Times" and "I'll Be Standing By" in Los Angeles, California. The tracks remain unissed as of 2005.

1965 - Dallas Frazier records the tracks "That Ain't No Stuff", "Elvira" and "When The Bell Goes Ding Dong" in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will release the first two titles together as a single (Capitol 5560). "When The Bell Goes Ding Dong" remains unissued by Capitol Records.

60 Years Ago Today In 1966 - Jody Miller, with unknown backing, records the title "If You Were A Carpenter" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records released the title as a single with "Let Me Walk With You" on the flipside (Capitol 5768). If anyone has more information about the session, please leave a comment.

60 Years Ago Today In 1966 - Lou Lawton records an overdub for the title "I Turned My Back On Love" in New York City, New York which remains unissued by Capitol Records as of 2005.

60 Years Ago Today In 1966 - The Beach Boys record the title "Our Prayer" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol will eventually release the title on the 5 CD set "Good Vibrations - 30 Years Of The Beach Boys". If anyone has more information about the session, please leave a comment.

1967 - Pianist Stan Kenton and His Orchestra (Jay Daversa, Clyde Raesinger, Carl Leach, Dalton Smith, and Jack Laubach on trumpet; Tom Whittaker, Dick Shearer, and Tom Senff on trombone; Jim Amlotte on bass trombone; Graham Ellis on bass trombone and tuba; Ray Reed on alto saxophone and piccolo; Alan Rowe and Bob Dahl on tenor saxophone; John Mitchell on bass saxophone; Bill Fritz on baritone and bass saxophone and flute; Monty Budwig on bass; Dee Barton on drums; Chino Valdes on congas and bongos) record the tracks "Interchange", "Changing Times", "A Man And A Woman", "Imagine", and "The World We Knew" at The Capitol Tower Studios in Hollywood, California between 2:00 PM and 6:30 PM. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Kenton's album "The World We Know" (T/ST 2810).

1967 - Fourteen-year-old Ellie Janov (aka Ellie St. James), with unlisted others (including string section, harpsichord, and brass players) records the titles "Theme", "My Heart Won't Let Me Shake You, Baby", and "Portobello Road" in Los Angeles, California with producer Nick Venet. Capitol will issue "Theme" and "Portobello Road" together as a single (Capitol 2037). No issuing information is listed for "My Heart Won't Let Me Shake You, Baby".

1967 - Capitol Records purchases the masters for Summer Snow's titles "Flying On The Ground" and "Your Thoughts Have Wings" and will release both titles together as a single (Capitol 2031).

1968 - Linda Ronstadt and The Stone Poneys record the tracks "Break My Mind", "It's About Time" and "We Need A Lot More Of Jesus (And A Lot Less Of Rock 'N' Roll)" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will release the tracks on the group's album "Hand Sown...Home Grown".

1968 - The Beach Boys record the title "Time To Get Alone" in Los Angeles, California which Capitol Records will release on their album "20/20".

1968 - During two sessions held this day in Los Angeles, California, Bill Tinker, with unlisted others, records the titles "Again, Again", "Son", "Dee Anne" and "Anything You Ask" in the first session  and the titles "Silver Love Line", "You Could Get High", "Midway" and "Man From Birmingham" at the second session. Tower Records, a subsidiary of Capitol Records, will issue all the titles on Tinker's album "Inside Out" (ST 5145) and "Man From Birmingham" also as a single (Tower 472) with "An Everyday Thing" (recorded September 27, 1968) on the flipside.

55 Years Ago Today In 1971 - Billy May and The Time-Life Orchestra (John Audino, John Best, Uan Rasey, Pete Candoli, and Mickey Mangano on trumpet; Ed Kusby, Gil Falco, Dick Noel, and Dave Wells on trombone; Les Robinson, Ronnie Lang, Abe Most, Justin Gordon, Nat Brown, and Chuck Gentry on saxophone; Ray Sherman on piano; Bob Bain on guitar; Rollie Bundock on bass; Nick Fatool on drums; and Larry Bunker on vibraphone) with May conducting his own arrangements, record the titles "Rose Room", "Sidewalks Of Cuba", "Solo Flight" and "Yesterdays" at The Capitol Tower Studios in Hollywood, California. Time-Life will release the titles.

55 Years Ago Today In 1971 - Capitol Records releases Tennessee Ernie Ford's album "The Folk Album" which features Ford's youngest son Brion (then 19) accompanying his father on the track "Cotton Fields", and Buck Owen's compilation album "The Best Of Buck Owens, Volume 4".

1973 - David Frizell records the track "I've Been Satisfied" at Buck Owens Studios in Bakersfield, California for Buck Owens Enterprises. Capitol will purchase the masters and release the track as a single (Capitol 3787) with "Jesus and Joe" on the flipside.

1973 - Billy C. Graham records the tracks "Have A Good Time", "I'm Just A Pushover", "Dreaming" and "You're My Kind Of Woman" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will release "Have A Good Time" as a single (Capitol 3909) with "(She's The) Reason For Giving A Damn" on the flip side. The other tracks from the session remain unissued as of 2005.

1974 - Al Martino does an overdub for the track "Love Will Conquer All" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol will release the finished track on Martino's album "To The Door Of The Sun".

1975 - Natalie Cole's first hit Capitol Records single "This Will Be (An Everlasting Love)" written by Chuck Jackson and Cole's future husband Marvin Yancy, with "Joey" on the flipside, hits #1 on Billboard's R&B chart.

1975 - Billy Jean Campbell files for divorce from Capitol Records artist Glen Campbell.

50 Years Ago Today In 1976 - Glen Campbell does overdubs for the titles "When Did I Lose Your Love" (unreleased as of 2005), "Early Morning Song" and "This Is Sarah's Song" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will release the finshed versions of the last two titles on Campbell's album "Southern Nights".

1977 - Connie Cato, with unlisted other, records the titles "It's Late (And I Have To Go)", "Yellow House Of Love" and "Saturday Night Sin" in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol will issue "Yellow House Of Love" as a single (Capitol 4547) with "Then Give Him Back To Me" (recorded October 5, 1977) on the flipside. No issuing information is listed for the other two titles.

1978 - A Taste Of Honey's debut Capitol Records album, "A Taste Of Honey", is certified Platinum by the R.I.A.A.

1982 - Capitol Records registers the masters for Little River Band's titles "The Other Guy", "D", "One Day", "St. Louis", and two mixes of "Down On The Border" which were recorded in Australia. Capitol Records released "The Other Guy" as a single (Capitol 5185) with "No More Tears" (recorded in July of 1982) on the flipside, has yet to issue "D", "One Day", and "St. Louis", issued the first mix of "Down On The Border" on the group's album "Greatest Hits" (ST-12247) and the second mix on the group's album "The Net" (ST-12273).

1985 - Anne Murray, with an orchestra arranged by Keith Diamond, records the track "Reach For Me" at Unique Recording Studio in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will release the track as a single (Capitol 5576) with "Who's Leaving Who" on the flipside.

1989 - Capitol Records releases Buck Owen's album "Act Naturally" on CD.

1994 - Capitol and Virgin Records release rap group College Boys second and final album "Nuttin' Less Nuttin' Mo'".

2000 - Capitol Records artist Faron Young is inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame at the 2000 CMA Award Show in Nashville, Tennessee.

25 Years Ago Today In 2001 - Capitol Record producer Ken Nelson and Capitol Records group The Jordanaires are inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in a special ceremony in Nashville, Tennessee.

2005 - Capitol Records releases Liz Phair's album "Somebody's Miracle" (her last for the label), Ebony Eyez's album "7 Day Cycle", The Magic Numbers self-titled album, John Lennon's compilation album "Working Class Hero-The Definitive Lennon" 2 CD set, and a remastered version of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band's album "Acoustic" on CD.

2005 - Capitol Records Nashville releases Chris Cagle's album "Anywhere But Here".

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1957 or In 1960 - Afrika Bambaataa, early developer of Hip-Hop, record producer and EMI America artist (1988-1991), may have been born on this day (maybe as Kevin Donovan) in South Bronx, New York City, New York. Capitol Records currently owns EMI America's catalog. If anyone knows his true birth name and birth date, please leave a comment.

1983 - Kim Carnes works on a Dance mix of her track "Invisible Hands" that will be released by EMI America Records as a single (EMI-Am. 7815) with the track's original mix on the flip side. EMI America's catalog is owned by EMI Music Group, Capitol Music Group's parent company.

1989 - Graham Chapman, certified medical doctor, actor, comedian, member of Monty Python's Flying Circus, dies of spinal cancer at age 48 in a hospital in London England, the day before a 20th anniversary celebration for the show. Fellow Python member Terry Jones jokingly said, "I thought it was in terribly bad taste for him to die when he did" and "That was the worst case of party-pooping I have ever come across". In 1988 when I was working for Virgin Records America, I adapted the U.K packaging of Monty Python's "The Final Rip Off" 2 CD set for release in the United States. Capitol Records currently owns the Virgin Records America catalogue.

ON THIS DAY NOT IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1957 - Russell Simmons, co-founder (with Rick Rubin) of Def Jam Records, older brother of Rev. Joseph Simmons (aka "Run" of Run-DMC), and media entrepreneur, is born in Queens, New York.

1970 - Janis Joplin, singer, is found dead of a heroin overdose at age 27 in her room at the Landmark Motor Hotel (now called the Highland Gardens Hotel), 7047 Franklin Avenue, Hollywood, CA. She is later cremated at the Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery in Westwood, California, and her ashes are scattered into the Pacific Ocean.