MARCH 14, 2026

HAPPY BIRTHDAYS!

1912 - Les Brown, a bandleader and Capitol Records artist, is born Lester Raymond Brown in Reinerton, Pennsylvania.

1922 - Les Baxter, a singer, arranger, song and score writer, bandleader, member of Mel Torme's backup group The Mel-Tones, and Capitol Records artist, is born in Mexia, Texas.

1933 - Quincy Jones, the arranger of Gigi Gryce Ensemble's Vogue Records 1953 session and Gigi Gryce and His Orchestra's Vogue 1953 sessions (on which he also played trumpet and piano), the arranger on George Wellington and His Band's 1954 session for Blue Note Records and Sonny Stitt's 1955 session for Roost Records, the arranger and conductor for Sarah Vaughan's 1961 session for Roulette Records, and the arranger and conductor on Peggy Lee's Capitol Records sessions in 1961 and 1966 and Earl Doud's Capitol Records session in 1983, is born Quincy Delight Jones, Jr. in Chicago, Illinois.

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

80 Years Ago Today In 1946 - Stan Kenton and His Orchestra's Capitol Records single "Shoo-Fly Pie (And Apple Pan Dowdy)", with "I Been Down In Texas" on the flipside, enters the top 40 of the U.S. Pop singles charts.

80 Years Ago Today In 1946 - Pianist Lyle "Skitch" Henderson and His Orchestra (lineup unlisted), using arrangements by Henderson, record the titles "Swan Lake", "Rhapsody", and "Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Swan Lake" as a single (Capitol 255) with "Cynthia's In Love" (recorded March 21, 1946) on the flipside. The last two titles have yet to be issued.

1947 - Fiddle player and bandleader Red Ingle and The Natural Seven (Art Wenzel on accordion, Herman "Herman The Hermit" Snyder on banjo, Luke "Red" Roundtree on guitar, Noel Boggs on steel guitar, Russell Hall on bass, and Joseph "Country" Washburne on suitcase) record the titles "Temptation (Tim-Tayshun)" with vocals by Ingle and Cinderella G. Stump (aka Jo Stafford) and "(I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons - (I Love You) For Seventy Mental Reasons" with vocals by Buttermilk Tussle (unknown male vocalist) in Radio Recorders' studios at 932 North Western Avenue in Hollywood, California between 2:00 PM and 5:00 PM. Capitol Records will issue both titles together as a single (Capitol 412).

1947 - The Pied Pipers (vocalists June Hutton, Chuck Lowry, Hal Hopper, and Clark Yocum), with Paul Weston and His Orchestra (lineup unlisted), record the titles "Mam'selle", "(It's) The Same Old Dream", and "Avalon" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Mam'selle" and "(It's) The Same Old Dream" together as a single (Capitol 396) and "Avalon" on the multi-artist compilation album "Somebody Loves Me - The Music Of Buddy De Sylva" (CD-49).

1947 - Andy Russell (with Paul Weston and His Orchestra)'s Capitol Records single "Anniversary Song", with "My Best To You" on the flipside, enters the top 40 of the U.S. Pop singles chart.

75 Years Ago Today In 1951 - Mel Blanc records vocal tracks adapted by Alan Livingston from a script written by Ted Pierce and Warren Foster in Los Angeles, California over music tracks written by Billy May and recorded by May directing the orchestra (Mannie Klein, Uan Rasey, and Rubin "Zeke" Zarchy on trumpets, Ed Kusby and James Priddy on trombones, Arthur "Skeets" Herfurt, Jules Kinsler, Gordon Green, Fred Falensby, and John Hacker on saxophones, Don Ferris on piano, George Boujie on bass, Lou Singer on drums, Ann Mason Stockton on harp and a string section with Ivan Eppinoff, Mischa Russell, and Felix Slatkin on violins, Paul Robyn on viola, and Eleanor Slatkin on cello) the day before on March 13, 1951, for the title "Tweety's Puddy Tat Twouble". Capitol Records will issue the final mix of the title in four parts on the Bozo Approved Record-Reader children's album "Tweety's Puddy Tat Twouble" (DBX-3102). Unfortunately, the title is not currently available on YouTube.

1953 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Pretend" is #4 on The Billboard magazine's Most Played In Juke Boxes chart and #6 on the magazine's Best Selling Singles and Most Played By Jockeys charts.

70 Years Ago Today In 1956 - The Serge Chaloff Quartet (Serge Chaloff on baritone saxophone, Sonny Clark on piano, Leroy Vinnegar on bass, and Philly Joe Jones on drums), record the titles "I've Got The World On A String", "Thanks For The Memory", "The Goof And I", "Susie's Blues", and "A Handful Of Stars" in The Capitol Towers Studios at 1750 Vine Street in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Chaloff's album "Blue Serge" (T 742).

70 Years Ago Today In 1956 - Vocalist and pianist Merrill Moore, with Cliffie Stone's Orchestra (Jimmy Bryant on electric guitar, an unlisted guitarist, Roy Lanham on rhythm guitar, "Speedy" West on steel guitar, Morty Corb on bass, and Roy Harte on drums), records the titles "Rock Island Line" and "King Porter Stomp" in Studio A of The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 Vine Street in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue both titles together as a single (Capitol 3397).

70 Years Ago Today In 1956 - The Jumping Jacks (Jack Marshall on guitar and Frank Carlson on drums), using Marshall's arrangement, record the title "Lady, Play Your Mandolin" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the title as a single (Capitol 3415) with "About A Quarter To Nine" (recorded March 5, 1956) on the flipside.

1957 - Vocalist Frank Sinatra, with Nelson Riddle conducting his own arrangements to the orchestra (Mickey Mangano, Harry Edison, Zeke Zarchy, and Conrad Gozzo on trumpets, Joe Howard and Milt Bernhart on trombones, Juan Tizol on valve trombone, George Roberts on bass trombone, Willie Schwartz and Harry Klee on alto saxophones, Buck Skalak and Babe Russin on tenor saxophones, Joe Koch on baritone saxophone, Bill Miller on piano, Nick Bonney on guitar, Joe Comfort on bass, Frank Di Vito on drums, Kathryn Julye on harp, Victor Bay, Alex Beller, Kurt Dieterle, Jacques Gasselin, Henry Hill, Alex Murray, Paul Nero, and Gerald Vinci on violins, Barbara Simmons and David Sterkin on violas, and Ennio Bolognini and Victor Gottlieb on cellos), records the titles "So Long My Love" and "Crazy Love" in Studio A in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California between 8:30 PM and 11:30 PM. Capitol Records will issue both titles together as a single (Capitol F3703) and on the compilation album "This Is Frank Sinatra, Volume 2" (W 982).

1958 - Capitol Records releases Buck Owens' second single "Sweet Thing" (F3957) with "I Only Know That I Love You" on the flipside.

1958 - Pianist Rudolf Firkusny records Brahms' "Capriccio In F Sharp Minor, Opus 76 N° 1", "Intermezzo In A Flat, Opus 76 N° 3", and "Capriccio In D Minor, Opus 116 N° 1" and Debussy's "Poissons D'Or (Image N°3)" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue the first three titles on Firkusny's album "Firkusny Plays BRAHMS" (P/SP-8485) and has yet to issue "Poissons D'Or (Image N°3)".

1964 - Billboard reports that The Beatles' Capitol Records releases currently account for 60 percent of record sales in the United States.

1968 - Vocalist Jody Miller, with unlisted others, records the titles "Long Black Limousine", "Urge For Going", and "Goin' Down" in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue "Long Black Limousine" and "Urge For Going" together as a single (Capitol 2290) and on Miller's album "Nashville Sound" (ST 2996) and has yet to issue "Goin' Down".

1968 - Vocalist Jean Shepard, with unlisted others, records the titles "Take Me To Your World", "All Right (I'll Sign The Papers)", "The Last Thing On My Mind", and "Take Me As I Am" in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Shepard's album "Real Good Woman" (ST 2966).

1969 - The Honeys sign a new contract with Capitol Records.

55 Years Ago Today In 1970 - Bobbie Gentry and Glen Campbell's Capitol Records single "All I Have To Do Is Dream" with "Less Of Me" on the flipside, enters the U.S. Country singles charts.

1973 - Final overdubs are recorded in Los Angeles, California for Glen Campbell's titles "Amazing Grace", "Give Me Back That Old Familiar Feeling", and "Someday Soon". Capitol Records will issue the final mixes of all the titles on Campbell's album "I Knew Jesus (Before He Was A Star)" (SW-11185).

1978 - Crimson Tide (lineup unlisted) records the title "Music" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the title on the group's self-titled album "Crimson Tide" (SW-11806).

1989 - Donny Osmond signs a contract with Capitol Records. I met Donny a couple of years earlier at the listening party for Ziggy Marley and The Melody Makers' "Conscious Party" album at Virgin Records offices in Beverly Hills. He and I were the only two not drinking alcohol or smoking (anything).

2000 - Tommy Collins, a singer, songwriter, 1999 inductee into the Nashville Songwriters Hall Of Fame, and a Capitol Records artist dies in Ashland City, Tennessee.

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1968 - Vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson, with James Spaulding on alto saxophone, Stanley Cowell on piano, Reggie Workman on bass, and Joe Chambers on drums, records two takes of the title "Patterns", and the titles "Effi" and "Nocturnal" with James Spaulding also on flute, "Irina", "Ankara", and, again with Spaulding also on flute, and "A Time To Go" at recording engineer Rudy Van Gelder's studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey. Blue Note Records will issue all the titles, except the first take of "Patterns" on Hutcherson's album "Patterns" (LT-1044) in 1980 and all the titles and takes on the CD release of the album (8-33583-2).

1968 - Pianist Chick Corea, with Miroslav Vitous on bass and Roy Haynes on drums, records the titles "The Law Of Falling And Catching Up", "Bossa", "Matrix", "My One And Only Love", "Step - What Was (Intro)", and "Now He Beats The Drum - Now He Stops (Body Of Tune)" at A & R Studios in New York City, New York for the Solid State Records, a subsidiary of United Artists Records which will issue all the titles on Corea's album "Now He Sings, Now He Sobs" (SR 3157) in December 1968. After Liberty Records acquires United Artists and Blue Note Records and EMI acquires Liberty Records, Blue Note Records will re-issue all the titles on the CD release of "Now He Sings, Now He Sobs" (7-90055-2).

 MARCH 13, 2026

HAPPY BIRTHDAYS!

1919 - Dave Cavanaugh (aka "Big Dave" Cavanaugh), a tenor saxophonist, bass player, pianist, songwriter, arranger, conductor, session musician with Capitol Records artist Julia Lee and Her Boyfriends, Capitol Records A&R producer for artists such as Nat "King" Cole, Frank Sinatra, Dakota Stanton, and Nancy Wilson, and a Capitol Records bandleader and solo artist, is born David D. Cavanaugh in Saint Paul, Minnesota. If anyone knows what Cavanaugh's middle name is, please leave a comment.

1958 - Wayne Watkins, Capitol Records employee for 18 years starting as Director of Catalog Marketing at Capitol Records then becoming National Director of Strategic Marketing and executive producer of over 200 releases from Capitol's catalog, is born.

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1944 - Ella Mae Morse (with Dick Walters and His Orchestra)'s Capitol Records single "No Love, No Nothin'", with "Shoo Shoo Baby" on the flipside, is #4 on the U.S. Pop singles charts.

1947 - Violinist Jascha Datsko and His Gypsy Ensemble (lineup unlisted) record the title "Roumanian Rhapsody, Part 1" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the title on the album "Gypsy Dreams" (CC-100) as by the Jascha Datsko Gypsy Ensemble.

1947 - Vocalist Martha Tilton, with Dean Elliott and His Orchestra and a vocal group (lineups unlisted), records the titles "I Wonder, I Wonder, I Wonder" and "That's My Desire" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both titles together as a single (Capitol 395) and "That's My Desire" as part of its "Capitol Vaults" series on the CD "Volume 4 - Love Letters" (5-28202-2).

1947 - Trumpet player and vocalist Wingy Manone, with Charlie Griffard, Zeke Zarchy, and Robert Fite also on trumpets, Bill Schaefer, Allan Thompson, and Elmer Smithers on trombones, MattyMatlock on clarinet, Fred Stulce and Harold Lawson on alto saxophones, Herbie Haymer and Leonard Hartman on tenor saxophones, Milt Raskin on piano, George Van Eps on guitar, Jack Ryan on bass, and Nick Fatool on drums, records the title "Hello, Baby" in Radio Recorders' studios at 932 North Western Avenue in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue the title as a single (Capitol 442).

1948 - It's a Saturday in Chicago, Illinois and fellow Capitol Records artists The Dinning Sisters are the guests on this episode of "King Cole Trio Time" on NBC-Radio, with master of ceremonies Dave Garroway. The trio opens the show performing "Straighten Up And Fly Right", then go on to do "Your Red Wagon", "Ballerina", "I've Only Myself To Blame", "The Dickey Bird Song", and "Almost Like Being In Love" then The Dinning Sisters sing "Beg Your Pardon" and the trio returns to perform "The Geek" and end the show with a reprise of "Straighten Up And Fly Right".

1952 - Don Wilson, Pinto Colvig, and June Foray overdub vocals using a script adaptation by Alan Livingston on to music tracks recorded by Billy May and an orchestra on March 12, 1952, for the titles "Country Cousin: Part 1" and "Country Cousin: Part 2" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the final mixes of both titles together on the children's album "Walt Disney's The Country Cousin" (CAS-3135).

1953 - It's reported in the issue of Jet magazine with today's street date that Nat "King" Cole signed a $10,000 (approximately $87,608.99, adjusting for inflation, in 2014) contract for a three-day engagement at The Colony Club in Kingston, Jamaica.

1953 - Jan Garber conducts His Orchestra (lineup unlisted) as they record the titles "Spinning A Web", "Will-O-The-Wisp Romance", "Broken Wings", "Ramshackle Shack", "Find A Man For Me Mamma" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Spinning A Web" and "Will-O-The-Wisp Romance" together as a single (Capitol 2428) and on the multi-artist compilation album "Today's Top Hits, Volume 9" (EBF-9114 on 7" EP and H-9114 on 10" LP) and has yet to issue the remaining titles.

1958 - Pianist Rudolf Firkusny records Brahms' "Intermezzo in B Minor, Opus 119 N° 1", "Intermezzo in E Minor, Opus 119 N° 2", "Intermezzo in C Major, Opus 119 N° 3", and "Rhapsody in E Flat, Opus 119 N° 4" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue the first three titles on the album "Firkusny Plays BRAHMS" (P/SP-8485) and has yet to issue the take of "Rhapsody in E Flat, Opus 119 N° 4" recorded at this session. A new take of "Rhapsody in E Flat, Opus 119 N° 4" will be recorded on March 25, 1958, and will also be issued on the album "Firkusny Plays BRAHMS".

1963 - Vocalist Don Deal, with unlisted others, records the titles "Hello Old Broken Heart", "Everything She Touches", "Odds And Ends", and "All By My Lonesome" in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records which has yet to issue any of the titles.

1965 - The Beatles' Capitol Records single "Eight Days a Week" with "I Don't Want To Spoil The Party" on the flipside, hits #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart, the first time one of their singles hits #1 in the U.S. but not in the U.K.

1967 - Capitol Records releases Buck Owens' single "Sam's Place" with "Don't Ever Tell Me Goodbye" on the flipside

1967 - Capitol Records purchases the masters for Bobbie Gentry's titles "Mississippi Delta" and "Ode To Billie Joe" and will issue both together as a single (Capitol 5950).

1967 - Heart And Flowers (Larry Murray on vocals and guitar, Dave Dawson on vocals, guitar, and autoharp, and Rick Cunha on vocals and guitar), with unlisted studio musicians, record the titles "Please" and "Ten Thousand Sunsets" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both titles on the group's self-titled album "Now Is The Time For Hearts And Flowers" (T/ST 2762) and "Please" as a single (Capitol 5897) with "The View From Ward 3" (recorded February 3, 1967) on the flipside.

1967 - During two sessions held this day in Los Angeles, California, The Checkmates, Ltd. (listed as probably vocalists Sonny Charles, Bobby Stevens, Harvey Trees, Bill Van Buskirk, and Marvin Smith), with unlisted others, record the titles "Sonny", "Here Is The Best Of Me", and "Teeny Boppin' Child" at the first session and "I'll Walk In The Sunlight" and "A & I" at the second session. Capitol Records will issue "I'll Walk In The Sunlight" and "A & I" together as a single (Capitol 5922) and has yet to issue any of the other titles. Unfortunately, none of the titles are available on YouTube.

1967, David McCallum conducts unlisted musicians as they record the titles "I'm A Believer", "Mellow Yellow", "California Dreamin'", and "White Daisies" in Los Angeles, California with producer David Axelrod. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on McCallum's album "McCallum" (T/ST 2748). Currently, only "Mellow Yellow" is available on YouTube.

1968 - Vocalists Johnny Mosby and Jonie Mosby, with unlisted others, record the titles "Let's Try Love Again", "Our Golden Wedding Day", and "Real Good Woman" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Let's Try Love Again" as a single (Capitol 3613) with an edited version of "It's All Because Of You" (recorded December 2, 1970) on the flipside, "Our Golden Wedding Day" as a single (Capitol 2179) with "Two Dollar Honeymoon Boom" (recorded November 15, 1967) on the flipside, both of the titles on the album "Just Hold My Hand" (ST-170) as by Johnny & Jonie Mosby, and "Real Good Woman" on the album "I'll Never Be Free" (ST-414) also as by Johnny & Jonie Mosby.

1968 - Vocalist Jody Miller, with unlisted others, records the titles "It's My Time", "Over The Edge", and "Back In The Race" in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue "It's My Time" and "Over The Edge" together as a single (Capitol 2187), "Back In The Race" as a single (Capitol 2290) with "Long Black Limousine" (recorded March 14, 1968) on the flipside, and all three titles on Miller's album "Nashville Sound" (ST 2996).

1968 - Vocalist Charlie Louvin, with unlisted others, records the titles "Just For You", "Honey", "She Will Get Lonesome", and "Say It's Not You" in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue all the titles, except "She Will Get Lonesome" on Louvin's album "Will You Visit Me" (ST 2958) and will issue "She Will Get Lonesome" as a single (Capitol 2231) with "Hey Daddy" (recorded December 5, 1967) on the flipside.

1969 - Horns are overdubbed onto Merle Haggard and The Strangers' title "Travelin' Blues" (recorded September 26, 1968) in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the final mix of the title on the album "Same Train, A Different Time" (SWBB-223) as by Merle Haggard And The Strangers.

55 Years Ago Today In 1971 - Paul McCartney's Apple Records single "Another Day", with "Oh Woman, Oh Why" on the flipside and distributed by Capitol Records in the United States, enters the top 40 of Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart.

1973 - Overdubs are recorded in Los Angeles, California for Tennessee Ernie Ford's title "Farther Down The River (Where The Fishin's Good)". Capitol Records will issue the final mix of the title as a single (Capitol 3631) with "You've Still Got Love All Over You" (recorded January 4, 1973) on the flipside and in the two-LP set "Tennessee Ernie Ford 25th Anniversary - Yesterday-Today" (SVBB-11325).

1973 - Overdubs are recorded in Los Angeles, California for Glen Campbell's titles "I Take It On Home", "Amazing Grace", "Sold American", "I Want To Be With You Always", "Give Me Back That Old Familiar Feeling", and "Someday Soon". After further overdubs are recorded for "Amazing Grace", "Give Me Back That Old Familiar Feeling", and "Someday Soon" on March 14, 1973, and "Sold American on March 18, 1973, Capitol Records will issue the final mixes of all the titles on Campbell's album "I Knew Jesus (Before He Was A Star)" (SW-11185) and of "Give Me Back That Old Familiar Feeling" as a single (Capitol 3735) with "Wherefore And Why" (recorded April 20, 1971) on the flipside.

1973 - Capitol Records will register the masters it purchased for vocalist Susan Raye's titles "The Kansas City Song", "Beginner's Luck", "When You Get Back From Nashville", "When You Get To Heaven (I'll Be There)", "Today Will Be The First Day Of The Rest Of My Life", "Loving You", "Comin' Down With Love", "The Biggest Storm Of All", and "Love's Gonna Live Here", which were produced by Buck Owens Enterprises and recorded at the Buck Owens Studios in Bakersfield, California, and will issue all the titles on Raye's album "Cheating Game" (ST-11179), "Beginner's Luck" as a single (Capitol 4063) with "Desperado" (registered July 29, 1974) on the flipside, and "When You Get Back From Nashville" as a single (Capitol 3782) with "Nobody's Fool But Yours" (registered July 5, 1973) on the flipside.

1973 - Ruddy Merry (aka Merry Ruddy: Johnnie Maya on lead vocals, Gary Parrish on guitar, Bill Ruess on keyboards, Lani Kamano on bass, and John Sims on drums), with producer Peter Tevis, records the titles "It's All Over", "Stop And Check Yourself", "What About Love", "Try Me", "May You Never", and "Laugh" in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records which has yet to issue any of the titles.

50 Years Ago Today In 1976 - The Sylvers' Capitol Records single "Boogie Fever" with "Free Style" on the flipside, enters the top 40 of Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart.

50 Years Ago Today In 1976 - Merle Haggard's Capitol Records single "The Roots of My Raising", with "The Way It Was In '51" on the flipside, is still #1 on the U.S. Country singles charts.

1977 - Glen Campbell's Capitol Records single "Southern Nights" hits #1 on the U.S. Country singles charts.

1987 - Capitol Records artists Bob Seger and The Silver Bullet Band get their star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in front of The Capitol Records Tower.

2009 - Alan Livingston, who as VP of Children's Records at Capitol Records created Bozo, Rusty, and Sparky and wrote the scripts for many of the releases, who as VP of A&R signed Frank Sinatra, who as head of programming at NBC greenlit Bonanza, and who as president of Capitol Records signed The Beach Boys, eventually signed The Beatles, as well as The Steve Miller Band and The Band, has died of age-related causes at his home in Beverly Hills, California at age 91. A private service for family members will be held.

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1959 - Ronnie Rogers, a guitarist with the Virgin Records America group T'Pau, is born in Nashville, Tennessee. I adapted the group's U.K. album art for the U.S. as well as designing packaging for their promotional singles as one of the first projects I did for Jeff Ayeroff at Virgin Records America. I also attended their first show at The Roxy in Los Angeles in 1987 with my friend Ron Gidseg and got to talk to them after the show backstage in the upstairs dressing room.

20 Years Ago Today In 2006 - Chrysalis Records band Blondie and EMI/Virgin Records band The Sex Pistols are inducted into the Rock 'N' Roll Hall Of Fame at a ceremony held at the Waldorf Astoria in New York City, New York. The Sex Pistols decide not to attend and let the world know why on their website.

MARCH 12, 2026

HAPPY BIRTHDAYS!

1912 - Paul Weston, an arranger, the first musical director at Capitol Records, a radio, television, and record orchestra leader, husband of Capitol Records artist Jo Stafford, founding member and first president of the National Academy Of Recording Arts And Sciences (N.A.R.A.S.), and a Capitol Records solo artist is born Paul Wetstein in Springfield, Massachusetts.

105 Years Ago Today In 1921 - Gordon MacRae, Broadway and motion picture actor, singer, husband of Capitol Records artist Sheila MacRae and a Capitol Records solo artist and duet artist with Jo Stafford and Margaret Whiting, is born in East Orange, New Jersey.

80 Yeats Ago Today In 1946 - Liza Minnelli, singer, Broadway and Motion Picture actress, daughter of M-G-M picture director Vincent Minnelli and actress and Capitol Records artist Judy Garland, and a Capitol Records solo artist, is born Liza May Minnelli in Los Angeles, California.

1948 - James Taylor, a singer, songwriter, guitarist, and the first non-British Apple Records artist, whose self-titled debut album "James Taylor" was released on December 6, 1968, and distributed by Capitol Records in the United States (SW-3352), is born in Boston, Massachusetts.

1957 - Steve Harris, a bassist, songwriter, and founder of the Capitol and EMI America Records group Iron Maiden, is born in Leytonstone, London, England.

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1947 - Vocalist Jimmy Wakely, with Stan Ellison directing the orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the titles "I Can't Keep The Tears Out Of My Eyes" and "I Hear You Talkin'" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "I Can't Keep The Tears Out Of My Eyes" as a single (Capitol Americana 40040) with "Here Today And Gone Tomorrow" (recorded December 16, 1946) on the flipside and has yet to issue "I Hear You Talkin'". Unfortunately, "I Can't Keep The Tears Out Of My Eyes" is not yet available on YouTube.

1947 - Vocalists Pinto Colvig and Billy Bletcher, with unlisted other cast members reading a script by Alan Livingston and with Billy May conducting arrangements of his own compositions to the orchestra (lineup unlisted), record the titles "Bozo And His Rocket Ship: Part 1" and "Bozo And His Rocket Ship: Part 2" at Radio Recorders' studios at 932 North Western Avenue in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue both titles together in the children's album "Bozo And His Rocket Ship" (BBX-65).

1948 - Peggy Lee's Capitol Records single "Mañana (Is Good Enough For Me)", with "All Dressed Up In A Broken Heart" on the flipside, is #1 on The Billboard magazine's Best-Selling Popular Retail Records chart for the second week and #1 on the magazine's Records Most Played By Disc Jockeys for the first week for the week ending March 12, 1948.

75 Years Ago Today In 1951 - Vocalists Jo Stafford and birthday boy Gordon MacRae, with Bill Loose and His Orchestra (lineup unlisted), recorded the titles "Nights Of Splendor", a yet to be issued take of "Let Me Call You Sweetheart", "When It's Springtime In The Rockies", and a yet to be issued take of the title "Let The Rest Of Go By" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will the first and third titles together as a single (Capitol 1523).

1953 - Vocalist Owen Perry, with Marvin Hughes on piano, Chet Atkins on electric guitar, Eddie Hill on guitar, Jerry Byrd on steel guitar, Floyd "Lightnin'" Chance on bass, and Murrey M. "Buddy" Harman Jr. on drums, records the titles "Use Your Imagination", "You Plus Me (Equals Love)", "I Could Go On And On", and "Whirlpool" at Castle Studio in the Tulane Hotel in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue "Use Your Imagination" and "Whirlpool" together as a single (Capitol 2483) and You Plus Me (Equals Love)" and "I Could Go On And On" together as a single (Capitol 2650).

70 Years Ago Today In 1956 - During two sessions held this day in Los Angeles, California, The George Shearing Quintet (Johnny Rae on vibraphones, George Shearing on piano, Jean "Toots" Thielemans on guitar, Al McKibbon on bass, Armando Peraza congas, Tony Martinez on Latin percussion, and Chico Guerrero on timbales), record remakes of the title "Canto Karabali (Jungle Drums)" and "Mi Musica Es Para Ti (My Music Is For You)" as well as the titles "Anitra's Dance (released as 'Anitra's Nanigo') and "Without You (Tres Palabras)" at the first session between 11:00 AM and 2:00 PM and the titles "That Old Devil Moon", "Cuban Love Song", and an as yet to be issued take of the title "You Must Remember (As Time Goes By)" at the second session between 3:00 PM and 6:00 PM. Capitol Records will issue all the titles except the last on the quintet's album "Latin Escapade" (T 737).

70 Years Ago Today In 1956 - The Milt Buckner Quartet (collective personnel - Milt Buckner on organ, Skeeter Best, Everett Barksdale, and Mickey Baker on guitar, Milt Hinton on bass, and Osie Johnson and Shadow Wilson on drums) records the as yet to be issued take of the title "Danny's Tune" and the titles "Jumpin' At The Woodside" with Buckner also on piano, "Blue And Sentimental", and "Mighty Low" in New York City, New York between 9:00 AM and 12:00 PM), Capitol Records will issue the last three titles on the quartet's album "Rockin' Hammond" (T 722).

1958 - Pianist Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra, with a chorus and Latin accompaniment (lineups unlisted), records the titles "Hi-Lili-Hi-Lo", "Yours", "The Lamp Is Low", "Prenez Garde (Take Care)", "I'll Remember April", and "Arrivederci Roma" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on the album "Dream Dust" (T 1023) as by Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra.

1958 - Guitarist Laurindo Almeida records the titles "Night And The Sea", "Prelude For Laurindo", "The Bad And The Beautiful", "La Coquette", and "The Merrymakers" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Almeida's album "Contemporary Creations For Spanish Guitar" (P-8447).

 1962 - Tennessee Ernie Ford's Capitol Records album "Star Carol" is certified Gold by the R.I.A.A.

1963 - The Four Freshmen (Bob Flanigan on vocals, trombone, and bass, Bill Comstock on vocals and guitar, Ross Barbour on vocals, trumpet, and drums, Ken Albers on vocals, trumpet, flugelhorn, and bass) with Shorty Rogers conducting his own arrangements to the orchestra (lineup unlisted), record the titles "The Preacher", "Lemon Twist", "It Don't Mean A Thing", and, without the orchestra, "And So It's Over" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue "And So It's Over" on the compilation CD "Capitol Collectors Series - Four Freshmen" (7-93179-2). The Four Freshmen Society will issue "The Preacher" and "Lemon Twist" on the CD "Through The Years" (FSF 9702). "It Don't Mean A Thing" remains unissued.

1963 - Vocalist Roy Clark, with unlisted others, records the titles "Goodtime Charlie", "An Application For Love", "The Tip Of My Fingers", and "Spooky Movies" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Goodtime Charlie" and "An Application For Love" together as a single (Capitol 5047) and "The Tips Of My Fingers" and "Spooky Movies" together as a single (Capitol F4956) and on Clark's album "Roy Clark Sings The Tip Of My Fingers" (T/ST 1972).

1967 - The Beatles' Capitol Records single "Penny Lane" with "Strawberry Fields Forever" on the flipside, is #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart.

1967 - Merle Haggard's Capitol Records single "The Fugitive", with "Someone Told My Story" on the flipside, is #1 on the U.S. Country singles charts.

1968 - Overdubs are recorded in Los Angeles, California for Glen Campbell's titles "The Last Letter", "Have I Stayed Too Long", and "The Legend Of Bonnie And Clyde". Capitol Records will issue the final mixes of all the titles on Campbell's album "A New Place In The Sun" (ST 2907).

1969 - Parlophone, Capitol, and Apple Records artist Paul McCartney marries Linda Eastman at the Marylebone Registry Office in London, England.

55 Years Ago Today In 1971 - Capitol Records releases John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band's Apple Records single "Power To The People", with Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band's "Touch Me" on the flipside, in the United States.

1973 - Merry Ruddy (Johnnie Maya on lead vocals, Gary Parrish on guitar, Bill Ruess on keyboards, Lani Kamano on bass, and John Sims on drums), with producer Peter Tevis, records the titles "The Line", "Shelly Made Me Smile", and "Don't Get It On" in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records which has yet to issue any of the titles.

1973 - Capitol Records registers the master it purchased for Tony Booth's titles "Loving You" which was produced by Buck Owens Enterprises and recorded at Buck Owens Studios in Bakersfield, California and will issue the title as a single (Capitol 3582) with "What A Liar I Am" (registered September 21, 1972) on the flipside and on Booth's album "This Is Tony Booth" (ST-11210).

1973 - Capitol Records registers the masters for vocalist David Frizzell's titles "Words Don't Come Easy" and "It's Too Late To Keep From Losing You", both produced by Buck Owens Enterprises and recorded at Buck Owens Studios in Bakersfield, California, and will issue both titles together as a single (Capitol 3589).

1973 - Overdubs are recorded for vocalist Susan Raye's title "When You Get Back From Nashville". Capitol Records will purchase the final mix and register the master on March 13, 1973, and will issue the title on Raye's album "Cheating Game" (ST-11179).

1973 - Billy May and The Time-Life Orchestra (lineup unlisted) record the titles "Theme From 'Lawrence Of Arabia'", "Look Of A Star", "Poinciana", "Tenderly" featuring Uan Rasey on trumpet, and "True Love" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California. Time-Life Records will issue all the titles, except "Tenderly", in the three-LP set "Volume 8 - Billy May" and "Tenderly" in the three-LP set "Volume 6 - Billy May", both as part of it's "As You Remember Them" series.

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1955 - Charlie Parker (aka Yardbird and Bird), tenor saxophonist and Blue Note (1953) and Roulette Records (1954) artist, dies of a bleeding ulcer and pneumonia at the age of 34, after a lifetime of heroin and alcohol abuse, while watching Tommy Dorsey on television in the suite at the Stanhope Hotel of his longtime friend, Baroness Nina de Koenigswater. The coroner mistakenly estimated Parker's age to be between 50 and 60. Parker is one of the artists featured on the mural on the side of The Capitol Tower in Hollywood, California.

70 Years Ago Today In 1956 - Guitarist Kenny Burrell is in the studio recording tracks that will appear on his self-titled album (BLP 1543) with Frank Foster on tenor saxophone, Tommy Flanagan on piano, Oscar Pettiford on bass & Shadow Wilson on drums. The album will feature an illustration by Andy Warhol on the cover.

1963 - Trombonist Lou Blackburn, with Freddie Hill on trumpet, Horace Tapscott on piano, John Duke on bass, and Leroy Henderson on drums, records the titles "Grand Prix", "Song Of Delilah", and "Dear Old Stockholm" in United Recorders' studios at 6050 Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood, California for Imperial Records. After EMI purchases Imperial's catalog, Blue Note Records will issue all the titles on the compilation CD "Lou Blackburn ‎– The Complete Imperial Sessions" (3-58294-2).

1974 - Harry Nilsson and John Lennon are ejected from Doug Weston's Troubador Club in Los Angeles for heckling Tom Smothers' comedy act.

MARCH 11, 2026

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

45 Years Ago Today In 1981 - LeToya, a two-time Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter, original member of the group Destiny's Child, and a solo Capitol Records artist is born LeToya Nicole Luckett in Houston, Texas.

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1943 - Freddie Slack and His Orchestra's Capitol Records single "That Old Black Magic" with vocals by Margaret Whiting, and with "Hit The Road To Dreamland" on the flipside, enters the top 40 of the U.S. Pop singles charts.

80 Years Ago Today In 1946 - Hal Derwin, with unlisted others, records 5 unidentified titles probably at studios in "The Chateau" in Hollywood, California for the Capitol Records Transcription Service. No issuing information is listed.

1947 - Trumpet player Billy Butterfield and His Orchestra (Archie Johnson, Jack Stametz, and Bobby Peck also on trumpet, Keith Butterfield and Ken Schrudder on trombone, Earl Pearson on alto saxophone, Bill Stegmeyer on clarinet and alto saxophone, Bill Cervantes and Bob Levine on tenor saxophone, Norman Elvin on baritone saxophone, Mickey Crane on piano, Bob Haggart on bass, and Pete Vuolo on drums), record the titles "Stella By Starlight", "Maybe You'll Be There" with vocals by Patricia O'Connor, "The Object Of My Affection" with vocals by Billy Butterfield, and "The Folks Who Live On The Hill" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue "Stella By Starlight" and "Maybe You'll Be There" together as a single (Capitol 397) and have yet to issue "The Object Of My Affection" or "The Folks Who Live On The Hill".

1947 - Skip Henderson, with unlisted others, records 8 unidentified titles for The Capitol Records Transcription Service, probably at "The Chateau" on De Longpre Avenue in Hollywood, California.

1949 - Mel Torme's Capitol Records single "Careless Hands", with "She's A Home Girl" on the flipside, enters the top 40 of the U.S. Pop singles charts.

1950 - During a split session held this day in Capitol Records' studios at 5515 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood, California, first Nat "King" Cole, with Les Baxter conducting an orchestra and chorus (lineups unlisted), records the titles "Always You", "The Magic Tree", and (using an arrangement by Nelson Riddle) "Mona Lisa". Then The King Cole Trio (Nat "King" Cole on piano, Irving Ashby on guitar, Joe Comfort on bass, and Lee Young on drums) records the titles "The Greatest Inventor Of Them All" (with Jack Costanzo on bongos and an uncredited chorus added later) and "Who's Who". Capitol Records will release "Always You" as a single (Capitol 1401) with "Destination Moon (Jeepers Creepers)" (recorded December 11, 1950) on the flipside, "The Magic Tree" as a single (Capitol 1365) with "Jet" (also recorded  December 11, 1950) on the flipside, "Mona Lisa" and "The Greatest Inventor Of Them All" (initially the A side) together as a single (Capitol 1010). EMI/Capitol will issue "Who's Who" in England on the album "The Unreleased Nat King Cole" (EMS1279).

75 Years Ago Today In 1951 - Tennessee Ernie Ford's Capitol Records single "Shotgun Boogie", with "I Ain't Gonna Let It Happen No More" on the flipside, returns to the #1 spot on the U.S. Country singles charts.

75 Years Ago Today In 1951 - Vocalist and guitarist Jimmy Lee (aka Jimmy Lee Fautheree), with Harland "Sonny" Harville on piano, R.M. "Jabbo" Arrington on lead guitar, Felton Pruett on steel guitar, and possibly Don Davis on bass, records the titles "Knocking On Your Front Door", "I Keep The Blues All The Time", "Love Is Hard To Understand", and "Go Ahead And Go" at KWKH's studio in Shreveport, Louisiana. Capitol Records will issue the first and last single together as a single (Capitol 1709) and the second and third titles together as a single (Capitol 1509).

75 Years Ago Today In 1951 - The Statesmen Quartet (Jack Hess on lead vocals, Clarence "Cat" Freeman on tenor vocals, Bervin Kendrick on baritone vocals, James "Big Chief" Wetherington on bass vocals), with Doty Ott on piano, records the titles "Peace In The Valley", "You Sho' Do Need Him Now", "I Wanna Be Ready", and "Listen To The Bells" in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue the first two titles together as a single (Capitol 1489) and the last two titles together as a single (Capitol 1582).

1952 - Bandleader Bob Crosby and His Bobcats (listed as possibly Charlie Teagarden, Zeke Zarchy, and Ray Linn on trumpet, Elmer Schneider and Warren Smith on trombone, Matty Matlock on clarinet, Willie Schwartz on alto saxophone, Eddie Miller on tenor saxophone, Chuck Gentry on baritone saxophone, Stan Wrightsman on piano, Nappy Lamare on guitar, Phil Stephens on bass, and Nick Fatool on drums) record both the titles "Goody, Goody" and "It's Been So Long" with vocalist Jeanne Gayle and the instrumental titles "Song Of The Islands" and "Paducah Parade" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Goody, Goody" and "It's Been Sol Long" together as a single (Capitol 2037) as by Jeanne Gayle with Bob Crosby's Bobcats and "Song Of The Islands" and "Paducah Parade" together as a single (Capitol 2119) as by Bob Crosby and His Bobcats.

1953 - Vocalist Gloria Wood, with Buddy Cole and His Orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the titles "Red Canary" and "Hello Sunshine" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both titles together as a single (Capitol 2426) and "Red Canary" on the multi-artist compilation album "Today's Top Hits, Volume 8" (EBF-9113 on the two-disc 7" EP and H-9113 on 10" LP).

1953 - Vocalist and guitarist Sonny James, with Chet Atkins on electric guitar, Eddie Hill on rhythm guitar, Jerry Byrd on steel guitar, and Floyd T. "Lightnin'" Chance on bass, records the titles "I've Always Wanted You", "I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know", "Poor Boy Rich Lovin", and "Won't Somebody Tell Me" at the Castle Studio in the Tulane Hotel in Nashville, Tennessee Capitol Records will issue "I've Always Wanted You" as a single (Capitol 2734) with "That's How I Need You" (recorded September 24, 1953) on the flipside, "I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know" and "Poor Boy Rich Lovin'" together as a single (Capitol 2508), and "Won't Somebody Tell Me" as a single (Capitol 2641) with "My Greatest Thrill (also recorded September 24, 1953) on the flipside.

1957 - The Four Knights (Cliff Holland and John Wallace on tenor vocals, Clarence Dixon on baritone vocals, Oscar Broadway on bass vocals), with Gus Levene conducting the orchestra (lineup unlisted), record the titles "I Love That Song", "Everything Will Fall In Place", "and "How Can You Not Believe Me" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "I Love That Song" as a single (Capitol F3730), "How Can You Not Believe Me" as a single (Capitol F3689), and will sell "Everything Will Fall In Place" to Coral Records.

1957 - The Four Freshmen (vocalists Bob Flanigan, Don Barbour, Ross Barbour, and Ken Albers), with Frank De Vol conducting the orchestra (Skeets Herfurt and Wilbur Schwartz on alto saxophones, Fred Falensby and Georgie Auld on tenor saxophones, Chuck Gentry on baritone saxophone, Geoff Clarkson on piano, Jack Marshall on guitar, Joe Comfort on bass, and Frank Carlson on drums), record the titles "You've Got Me Cryin' Again" using an arrangement by Pete Rugolo and "For All We Know" and If I Knew Then (What I Know Now)" using arrangements by Bob Enevoldsen in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California.. Capitol Records will issue "You've Got Me Cryin' Again" on the group's album "Four Freshmen And Five Saxes" (T 844) and rejected the takes of "For All We Know" and "If I Knew Then (What I Know Now)".

1957 - Pianist Joe "Fingers" Carr (aka Lou Busch), with unlisted others, records the title "Loco-Motion" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the title as a single (Capitol F3681).

1957 - Vocalist Faron Young, with (listed as probably) Marvin Hughes on piano, Hank "Sugarfoot" Garland on electric guitar, (also listed as probably) Loren Otis "Jack" Shook on guitar, Floyd "Lightnin'" Chance on bass, Murray M. "Buddy" Harman Jr.on drums, and The Anita Kerr Singers (vocal chorus with unlisted lineup), records the titles "How Long Has It Been?", "He Was There", "I'll Fly Away", and "Mansion Over The Hilltop" at Bradley Film & Recording Studio in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue "How Long Has It Been", "He Was There", and "Mansion Over The Hilltop" on Young's self-titled EP "Faron Young" (EAP-1-869). Bear Family Records will issue all the titles in Germany in the five-CD box set "Faron Young - The Classic Years" (BCD 15493).

1957 - Pianist Leonard Pennario records George Gershwin's "Three Preludes For Piano" (Prelude No. 1 In B Flat, Prelude No. 2 In C Sharp Minor, and Prelude No. 3 In E Flat Minor) and Felix Mendelssohn's "Rondo Capriccioso, Opus 14", and "Spinning Song (Song Without Words, Opus 14) in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Pennario's album "Keyboard Fantasies" (P-8391).

1958 - Guy Lombardo conducts His Royal Canadians (lineup unlisted) records the titles "The Letter Gets Better" and "Over And Over" with vocals by Kenny Gardner and a vocal chorus (lineup unlisted) and the titles "There Will Always Be Somebody To Turn To" with vocals by Don Rodney, and "Sweet Sue, Just You" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue "The Letter Gets Better" and "Over And Over" together as a single (Capitol F3954), "There Will Always Be Somebody To Turn To" on the album "Guy Lombardo With A Beat" (SXA/SXE-1843 on 7" album and T/DT 1843 on 12" LP), and "Sweet Sue, Just You" as a single (Capitol 4392) with "Better Than A Dream" (recorded April 25, 1960) on the flipside.

65 Years Ago Today In 1961 - Vocalist Genie Pace, with unlisted others, records the title "La Pachanga" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue the title as a single (Capitol 4552) with "Someone Else Is Taking My Place" (recorded March 6, 1961) on the flipside.

65 Years Ago Today In 1961 - Vocalist Jack Scott, with Stan Applebaum conducting his Orchestra (lineup unlisted but includes, guitar, bass, drum players, and a string section) and a vocal group (lineup also unlisted), records a remake of the title "A Little Feeling (Called Love)" and "True, True Love" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue the first title as a single (Capitol F4554) with "Now That I" (recorded March 10, 1961) on the flipside and both titles on the CD "Capitol Collectors Series - Jack Scott" (7-93192-2).

1963 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "All Over The World" is #14 on WCRo 1230 AM's Better Music Tunedex in Johnstown, Pennsylvania.

1963 - Overdubs by a vocal chorus (lineup unlisted) are recorded in Los Angeles, California for Tommy Collins' title "Take Me Back To The Good Old Days" (recorded on February 11, 1963) which Bear Family Records will issue in Germany in the five-CD box set "Leonard" (BCD 15577).

1963 - The Four Freshmen (Bob Flanigan on vocals, trombone, and bass, Bill Comstock on vocals and guitar, Ross Barbour on vocals, trumpet, and drums, Ken Albers on vocals, trumpet, flugelhorn, and bass) with Shorty Rogers conducting his own arrangements to the orchestra (lineup unlisted), record the titles "Work Song", "Relaxin'", and "Walkin' in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records. The Four Freshmen Society will issue "Work Song" and "Relaxin'" on the CD "Through The Years" (FFS 9702). "Walkin'" remains unissued.

1963 - Vocalist Lou Rawls, with the Curtis Amy Sextet (leader Curtis Amy on tenor saxophone, Dupree Bolton on trumpet, Phil Moore on piano, Ray Crawford on guitar, Henry Franklin on bass, and Doug Sides on drums), records the titles "Mean Old World", "Fine And Mellow", "Long Gone Blue", and "Friendly Mr. Hendley" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Mean Old World", "Fine And Mellow", and "Long Gone Blue" on the compilation CD "The Best Of Lou Rawls: The Capitol Jazz & Blues Sessions" (3-54956-2) and has yet to issue "Friendly Mr. Hendley".

1963 - Pianist Earl "Fatha" Hines, with unlisted others, records the titles "Deep Forest" and "Rosetta" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Deep Forest" in the five-disc compilation set "The History Of Jazz" (WEO 2109) and in the album "The History Of Jazz, Volume 2" (W 2138).

60 Years Ago Today In 1966 - Vocalist Verdelle Smith records titles for the title "Tar And Cement" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue the title as a single (Capitol 5632) with "A Piece Of The Sky" (recorded February 7, 1966) on the flipside.

60 Years Ago Today In 1966 - Unlisted musicians record the titles "Is It Really Over?", "Make The World Go Away", "What's He Doing In My World?", and "King Of The Road" in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on the album "Sing-A-Long - Sing The Top Country & Western Hits" (T 2503).

1967 - The Beatles' single "Strawberry Fields Forever", with "Paperback Writer" on the flipside, enters the top 40 of Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart.

1968 - Overdubs are recorded in Los Angeles, California for Glen Campbell's titles "Freeborn Man" (recorded April 19, 1967), "The Twelfth Of Never" (recorded December 4, 1967), "Sunny Day Girl" (recorded December 14, 1967), "Have I Stayed Too Long?", and "The Legend Of Bonnie And Clyde" (both recorded February 20, 1968). After additional overdubs are recorded on March 14, 1968 for "Sunny Day Girl", Capitol Records will issue the final mixes of all the titles on Campbell's album "A New Place In The Sun" (ST 2907).

1968 - Vocalist Tony Bruno, with unlisted others, records the titles "Getting Better", "You Can't Do That", "Soft Summer Breeze", and "It Happened So Suddenly" in Los Angeles, California. After overdubs are recorded on March 19, 1968 for "Getting Better" and "You Can't Do That", for all the titles on March 20, 1968, on March 21, 22, and 23, 1968 for "Soft Summer Breeze" and "It Happened So Suddenly", and on March 23 and April 26, 1968 for "Getting Better", Capitol Records has yet to issue the final mix of "Getting Better" and will issue the final mixes for "You Can't Do That", "Soft Summer Breeze", and "It Happened So Suddenly" on Bruno's album "I'm Feeling It Now" (ST 2930).

1968 - Vocalist Tony Bruno, with unlisted others, records the titles "Getting Better", "You Can't Do That", "Soft Summer Breeze", and "It Happened So Suddenly" in Los Angeles, California. After overdubs are recorded on March 19, 1968 for "Getting Better" and "You Can't Do That", for all the titles on March 20, 1968, on March 21, 22, and 23, 1968 for "Soft Summer Breeze" and "It Happened So Suddenly", and on March 23 and April 26, 1968 for "Getting Better", Capitol Records has yet to issue the final mix of "Getting Better" and will issue the final mixes for "You Can't Do That", "Soft Summer Breeze", and "It Happened So Suddenly" on Bruno's album "I'm Feeling It Now" (ST 2930).

1970 - The Beatles' Apple Records single "Let It Be", with "You Know My Name (Now Look Up My Number)" (a typo as it should have read [Now Look Up The Number] which will not be corrected in the U.S. until the "Past Masters" compilation album is released in 1988) on the flipside, is released by Capitol Records in the United States.

55 Years Ago Today In 1971 - Merle Haggard's Capitol Records single "The Fightin' Side Of Me", with "Every Fool Has a Rainbow" on the flipside, is certified Gold by the R.I.A.A.

55 Years Ago Today In 1971 - The Hagers (vocalists Jim Hager and John Hager), with unlisted others, record the titles "Silver Threads And Golden Needles", "Motherhood, Apple Pie And The Flag", "Fort Worth, I Love You", and "Four Strong Winds" in Los Angeles, California. After overdubs are recorded for the first two titles on March 17, 1971 and the second title March 18, 1971, Capitol Records will issue all the titles on the group's album "Motherhood, Apple Pie And The Flag" (ST-783).

55 Years Ago Today In 1971 - Vocalist Helen Reddy, with unlisted others, records the titles "Best Friend" and "I Am Woman" in Los Angeles, California. After overdubs are recorded for "Best Friend" and "I Am Woman" on March 17, 1971 and for "I Am Woman" on March 27, 1971, Capitol Records will issue both titles on Reddy's album "I Don't Know How To Love Him" (ST-762).

1973 - Vocalist Bobby Darin, with an orchestra (lineup unlisted) performs the titles "Beyond The Sea", "If I Were A Carpenter", and "(You're Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher And Higher" as part of his television series, "The Bobby Darin Show". Capitol Records will license the masters and will issue all the titles on the compilation CD "Bobby Darin - Biography/A Musical Anthology" (4-94752-2).

1978 - Vocalist and guitarist Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band (Drew Abbot also on guitar, Robyn Robbins on keyboards, Alto Reed on alto and tenor saxophones, Chris Campbell on bass, and David Teegarden on percussion), with Julia, Luther, Maxine, and Oren Waters on backing vocals and Bill Payne on organ, synthesizer, piano, and keyboards, record the title "Hollywood Nights" in, listed as possibly, Los Angeles, California (which would narrow it down, according to posts on the internet, to either Cherokee Studios or The Capitol Tower Studios) with producer Edward "Punch" Andrews. Capitol Records will issue the title as a single (Capitol 4618) with "Brave Strangers" (recorded February 9, 1978) on the flipside and on Seger's album "Stranger In Town" (SW-11698) which will be released on May 5, 1978. If anyone knows for sure where the title was recorded, please leave a comment.

45 Years Ago Today In 1981 - Jay Ferguson, with unlisted others, records the title "I Come Alive" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the title as a single (Capitol 5130) with "Inside Out" (recorded March 3, 1981) on the flipside and on Ferguson's album "White Noise" (ST-12196).

1982 - Vocalist Donna Washington, with unlisted others, records the title "Guys Like You" in Los Angles, California. Capitol Records will issue the title on Washington's album "Just For You" (ST-12233).

1982 - Guitarist and vocalist Billy Squire, with Allan St. John on keyboards, Jeff Golub on guitar, Doug Lubahn on bass, and Bobby Chouinard on drums, records the titles "In Your Eyes" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the title as a single (Capitol 5202) and on Squire's album "Emotions In Motion" (ST-12217).

40 Years Ago Today In 1986 - Vocalist Lillo Thomas, records vocal overdubs for the title "Sweet Surrender" on to instrumental tracks produced by Paul Laurence & Lillo Thomas with Paul Laurence, Bobby Douglas, and Robert Damper on keyboards and synthesizers, Mike "Dino" Campbell, James Simons, and Fareed on guitars, Timmy Allen, Wayne Brathwaite, Gary Dowe, and Tom Barney on electric basses, Ralph Rolle, Bernard Davis, James Jackson, and Bobby Simmons on drums, Bashiri Johnson on percussion, Lillo Thomas, Paul Laurence, Audrey Wheeler, Cindy Mizaele, Tony Hyman, Janice Dempsey, Vickie Dewitt, Chandler Chigging, and Clifford Jamerson on background vocals, at Seven Studies Studios in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue the title on Thomas' album "Lillo" (ST-12450).,

1987 - Vocalist and guitarist Duane Eddy, with unlisted others, records the title "Last Look Back". Capitol Records will issue the title on Eddy's self-titled album "Duane Eddy" (ST-12567).

1995 - Capitol Records artist Liz Phair marries film editor Jim Staskauskas.

2004 - Edmund Sylvers, lead singer of Capitol Records group The Sylvers, dies of lung cancer at age 47.

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1950 - Bobby McFerrin, a singer, songwriter, and EMI Manhattan Records artist is born Robert McFerrin Jr. in New York City, New York.

1963 - Organist Freddie Roach, with Conrad Lester on tenor saxophone, Eddie Wright on guitar, and Clarence Johnston on drums, records the titles "Googa Mooga", "Two Different Worlds", "Mo' Greens Please", "Nada Bossa" and "Unchained Melody" in recording engineer Rudy Van Gelder's studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey. Blue Note Records will issue all the titles on Roach's album "Mo' Greens Please" (BLP4128/BST84218).

1963 - Vocalist Sarah Vaughan, with Marty Manning conducting his own arrangement to the orchestra (lineup unlisted) records the title "Intermezzo" in New York City, New York for Roulette Records. After EMI purchases the Roulette library, Blue Note Records will issue the title on the compilation CD "Sarah Vaughan ‎– Jazz Profile" (8-23517-2).

30 Years Ago Today In 1996 - Alto saxophonist Sonny Fortune is in Rudy Van Gelder's studio recording his third album for  Blue Note Records, "From Now On", which features Joe Lovano on tenor saxophone, Eddie Henderson on trumpet, John Hicks on piano, Santi Debriano on bass, Jeff 'Tain' Watts on drums, and Steve Berrios on percussion.

ON THIS DAY NOT IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1895 - Shemp Howard, Vaudeville, Broadway and motion picture actor and original member of Ted Healy and His Stooges, who after a fairly successful solo career will rejoin the group, now known as The Three Stooges, after his successor and brother Jerome Horowitz (aka "Curly" Howard) suffers a stroke, is born Samuel Horwitz in Brooklyn, New York.

MARCH 10, 2026

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

1920 - Jethro, a singer and a mandolin and banjo player with the Capitol Records duo Homer & Jethro, is born Kenneth Charles Burns in Conasauga, Tennessee.

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1938 - During two sessions held this day in Berlin, Germany, Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt conducts The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra (lineup unlisted) records Sibelius' "Valse Triste" at the first session and Chabrier's "España (Rhapsody For Orchestra)" in two parts at the second session for Telefunken Records. Capitol Records will license Telefunken's catalog for release in the United States and will issue "Valse Triste" as a single (Capitol 89-80132) with Franz Schmidt's "Intermezzo (From 'Notre Dame')" (recorded February 8, 1939) on the flipside and both parts of "España (Rhapsody For Orchestra)" on the album "CHABRIER - Espana (Rhapsody for Orchestra)/SIBELIUS - Finlandia" (H-8138).

1944 - Martha Tilton, with Paul Weston and His Orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the titles "Texas Polka" and "I'll Walk Alone" at her first session for Capitol Records after the end of the AFM's second recording ban. Capitol Records will issue both songs together as a single (Capitol  157).

1945 - Johnny Mercer and The Pied Pipers with  Paul Weston and His Orchestra's Capitol Records single "Ac-cent-tchu-ate The Positive", with June Hutton and The Pied Pipers with Paul Weston and His Orchestra's "There's A Fellow Waiting In Poughkeepsie" on the flipside, is #3 on Billboard's Best Selling Retail Records chart, and Mercer with Jo Stafford, The Pied Pipers, and Paul Weston and His Orchestra's single "Candy", with "I'm Gonna See My Baby" on the flipside, is #6.

1950 - Margaret Whiting's Capitol Records single "I Said My Pajamas (and Put on My Pray'rs)", with "Be Mine" on the flipside, peaks at #24 for its only week on Billboard's Best Selling Retail Records chart.

1957 - Sonny James' Capitol Records single "Young Love", with " You're The Reason I'm In Love" on the flipside is #2 on the U.S. Pop singles charts. Ironically, Tab Hunter's cover version of the song, with "Red Sails In The Sunset" on the flipside and distributed by Dot Records, is #1.

1957 - Vocalist Eve Boswell, with Reg Owen and His Orchestra (Laddie Busby, George Chisholm, Jackie Armstrong, and Ken Goldie on trombone, Phil Goody on alto flute and reeds and unlisted other reeds, piano, guitar, bass, drums, and strings players) using arrangements by Owen, records the titles "I'll Be Seeing You", "Sentimental Journey", "You'll Never Know", "There I've Said It Again", "I Know Why", and "As Time Goes By" in London, England for Parlophone Records. Capitol Records will issue all the titles in the United States on Boswell's album "The War Years" (T 10140).

1958 - Cannonball Adderley signs with Capitol Records.

1958 - Vocalist Tommy Sands, with Rudy Traylor's Music (lineup unlisted), records the titles "Hawaiian Rock" and "Teen-Age Doll" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue both titles together as a single (Capitol F3953) and "Teen-Age Doll" in the multi-artist compilation album "Everybody Rock!" (T 1025).

1958 - During two sessions held this day in The Goldwyn Studios in Los Angeles, California, Erich Leinsdorf conducts The Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra (lineup unlisted as they record the first and second movements of Dvorak's "Symphony N° 5 In E Minor, Opus 95 ('New World') and the first session and the third and fourth movements at the second session. Capitol Records will issue all four movements on the orchestra's album "DVORAK-Symphony N° 5 In E Minor 'New World'" (P/SP-8454).

65 Years Ago Today In 1961 - The Piltdown Men (Jackie Kelso on tenor saxophone, Lincoln Mayorga on piano, Bob Bain on guitar, and Earl Palmer on drums) under the direction of Ed Cobb, record a still unissued take of the title "Gargantua" and the title "Fossil Rock" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Fossil Rock" as a single (Capitol 4582) with a remake of the title "Gargantua" (aka "Gargantua II, recorded April 11, 1961) on the flipside.

65 Years Ago Today In 1961 - Vocalist Jack Scott, with Stan Applebaum and his Orchestra (lineup unlisted but including guitar, bass, drums, and strings players) and a vocal group (lineup also unlisted), records the titles "A Little Feeling (Called Love)" and "Now That I" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue both titles together as a single (Capitol F4554).

1965 - Buck Owens' Capitol Records single "I've Got A Tiger By The Tail", with "Cryin' Time" on the flipside, is #1 on the U.S. Country singles charts.

60 Years Ago Today In 1966 - During two sessions that producer Brian Wilson held this day, at the first session the band tracks for the title "God Only Knows", with Hal Blaine on drums, Lyle Ritz on string bass, Carol Kaye on electric bass, Ray Polhman on danelectro bass, Don Randi on piano, Larry Knechtel on organ, Carl Mortino and Frank Morocco on accordion, Larry Hartman on clarinet and bass clarinet, Bill Green and Jim Horn on flute, Alan Robinson on French horn, Jay Migliori on baritone saxophone, Leonard Malarsky and Sid Sharp on violin, Darryl Terwilliger on viola, and Jesse Erlich on cello (and possibly six other uncredited musicians), are recorded at Western Recorders' studios in Hollywood, California, then at the second session held at Columbia Records studios at Sunset and Gower in Hollywood, California, which had a then rare 8 track mixing system, first The Beach Boys (vocalists Mike Love, Brian Wilson, Carl Wilson, Dennis Wilson, and Al Jardine) record vocals for the title "Wouldn't It Be Nice" that are overdubbed onto instrumental tracks that were recorded on January 22, 1966 at Gold Star Studios in Hollywood, California and for the title "I Just Wasn't Made For These Times" which are overdubbed onto instrumental tracks that were recorded on February 14, 1966, also at Gold Star Studios, then vocals by Carl Wilson (lead) and Brian Wilson and Bruce Johnston (harmonies) are recorded for the title "Gold Only Knows". After final editing sessions for "Wouldn't It Be Nice" and "God Only Knows" are held on April 11, 1966, and for "I Just Wasn't Made For These Times" on April 13, 1966, at Columbia's studios, Capitol Records will issue the final mixes of the "Wouldn't It Be Nice" and "God Only Knows" together as a single (Capitol 5706) on July 11, 1966, and all three titles on the group's album "Pet Sounds" (T 2468) on May 16, 1966.

60 Years Ago Today In 1966 - Vocalist Red Simpson, with unlisted others, records the titles "I'm Actin' Like My Old Self Again", "I Just Cry A Little", "It's My Last Night In Town", "There's Nothin' Happenin' To Me", and an as yet to be issued take of the title "The Big Robbery" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the first four titles on Simpson's album "Bakersfield Dozen" (T 2829).

60 Years Ago Today In 1966 - Guitarist George Van Eps, with Frank Flynn on vibraphones, marimba, bongos, and percussion, records the titles "Theme From 'A Summer Place'", "Lollipops And Roses", "Yesterday", "I'll Walk Alone", "And I Love Her", and "All My Loving" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Van Eps' eponymous album "George Van Eps" (T 2533).

60 Years Ago Today In 1966 - Vocalist Sonny James, with unlisted others, records the titles "How Many Times Can A Man Be A Fool" and "She Believes In Me" in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue the first title as a single (Capitol 5690) with "Room In Your Heart" (recorded December 8, 1965) on the flipside and, after an overdub session for "She Believes In Me" on April 28, 1966, will issue that title as a single (Capitol 3653) with "Heaven And Earth" (recorded October 31, 1967) on the flipside.

1967 - Vocalist Jody Miller, with Leon Russell conducting the orchestra and vocal chorus (liineup unlisted), records the titles "Livin' In A House Full Of Love", "Kiss Me", and "Shutters And Boards" in Los Angeles, California. After vocal overdubs are recorded for "Livin' In A House Full Of Love" and "Shutters And Boards" on March 31, 1967, Capitol Records will issue "Kiss Me" and "Shutters And Boards" together as a single (Capitol 5911) and have yet to issue "Livin' In A House Full Of Love". Unfortunately, "Kiss Me" is not currently available on YouTube.

1968 - Sonny James' Capitol Records single "A World Of Our Own", with "An Old Sweetheart of Mine" on the flipside, is #1 on the U.S. Country singles charts.

55 Years Ago Today In 1971 - Grand Funk Railroad (Mark Farner on keyboards, guitar, and vocals, Mel Schacher on bass, and Don Brewer on drums and vocals) record the titles "Gimme Shelter" and "Comfort Me" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue both titles on the group's album "Survival" (ST-764).

55 Years Ago Today In 1971 - Vocalist Tex Ritter, with an orchestra and chorus (lineups unlisted), records the titles "Fall Away", "Looking Back", "The Best Times Of All" in Nashville, Tennessee. After an overdub session for "Fall Away" is held on May 6, 1971, Capitol Records will issue that title and "Looking Back" together as a single (Capitol 3154) and the first and last titles on Ritter's album "Fall Away" (ST-11351).

1972 - Skylark (David Foster possibly on guitar, Duris Maxwell on drums, and Robbie King on organ and keyboards), with unlisted others, records the titles "Wildflower" with vocals by Donny Gerrard and "I'm In Love Again", and "I'll Have To Go Away" with vocals by B.J. Cook in Los Angeles, California with producer Eirik The Norwegian (aka Eirik W. Wangberg). Capitol Records will issue "Wild Flower" as a single (Capitol 3511) with "The Writing's On The Wall" (recorded February 17, 1972) on the flipside and all the titles on the group's self-titled album "Skylark" (ST-11048).

1972 - Matt Moore, with unlisted others, records the titles "America The Beautiful" and "I Am The President" possibly in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both titles together as a single (Capitol 3334).

1972 - Jesse, Wolf & Whings (lineup unlisted) records the titles "Some Other Time", "Inspiration On The Highway", "Hard To Win", "Take My Pain Away", and "Lookin' Back". Shelter Records, distributed by Capitol Records, will issue all the titles on the group's self-titled album "Jesse, Wolf & Whings" (SW-8907).

1975 - Capitol Records releases John Lennon's Apple Records single "Stand By Me", with "Move Over Ms. L." on the flipside, in the United States.

50 Years Ago Today In 1976 - Vocalist Tennessee Ernie Ford, with an orchestra (lineup unlisted) using arrangements by Larry Muhoberac, records the titles "Sweet Feelin's", "The Dogs And Sheriff John", "I've Been Through The Mill", and "Ain't Goin' Down In The Ground Before My Time" in Los Angeles, California. After overdubs for the first and last titles are held on March 15, 1976, and for all four titles on March 17, 1976, Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Ford's album "For The 83rd Time" (ST-11561).

1982 - Guitarist and vocalist Billy Squier, with Allan St. John on keyboards, Jeff Golub on guitar, Doug Lubahn on bass, and Bobby Chouinard on drums, records the title "Learn How To Live" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the title on Squier's album "Emotions In Motion" (ST-12217).

1983 - Maze (Frankie Beverly on lead vocals, keyboards, and percussion, Sam Porter on organ, Philip Noo on keyboards, Robin Duke on bass guitar, Ron Smith on lead guitar, Roane Lowry and McKinley Williams also on bass guitar and percussion and vocals, and Billy Johnson on drums, using arrangements by Frankie Beverly, records the titles "Love Is The Key", "I Love You Too Much", "Right On Time", "I Want To Thank You", "We Are One", "Your Own Kind Of Way", "Never Let You Down", and "Metropolis" in San Francisco, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on the album "We Are On" (ST-12262) as by Maze featuring Frankie Beverly.

1983 - Russell Smith, with unlisted others, records the titles "She Still Knows How" and "Don't Talk To Me" in Nashville, Tennessee for Capitol Records which has yet to issue either title.

1987 - Guitarist and vocalist Duane Eddy, with unlisted others, records the title "Kickin' Asphalt". Capitol Records will issue the title on Eddy's self-titled album "Duane Eddy" (ST-12567).

1992 - Pianist and vocalist Rachelle Ferrell, with Will Downing on vocals, Barry Eastmond on keyboards, Kevin Eubanks and Mike Campbell on guitar, Anthony Jackson on electric bass, Buddy Williams on drums, and Steve Thornton on percussion records the titles "I'm Special" and "Nothing Has Ever Felt Like This" at Skyline & East Bay Studios in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue both titles on Ferrell's self-titled CD "Rachelle Ferrell" (7-93769-2).

30 Years Ago Today In 1996 - Garth Brooks' Capitol Records Nashville single "Beaches Of Cheyenne" is #1 on the U.S. Country singles chart.

1997 - Capitol Records artist Paul McCartney is knighted by Queen Elizabeth II.

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1940 - Dean Torrence, musician, singer, songwriter, member of the Liberty Records duo Jan and Dean, and a graphic designer of album covers, is born in Los Angeles, California. I was fortunate enough to meet Dean when he was working on the "That Was Rock" home video release which used of parts of "The T.A.M.I Show" and "The Big T.N.T. Show" and was released by Media Home Entertainment where I was part of the art department.

1948 - Guitarist Django Reinhardt et Le Quintette Du Hot Club De France (Stephane Grappelli on violing, Joseph Reinhardt and Challin Ferret on rhythm guitars, and Emmanuel Soudieux on bass) record the titles "Lady Be Good" featuring Challin Ferret on rhythm guitar and "To Each His Own Symphony" in Paris, France for the Swing label. Blue Note Records will license the masters for both titles and issue them with Capitol Records on the CD "The Best of Django Reinhardt" (8-37138-2).

1953 - Alto saxophonist Charlie Parker, with Red Garland on piano, Bernie Briggs on bass, and Roy Hanes on drums, performs the titles "Moose The Mooche", "I'll Walk Alone", "Ornithology", and "Out Of Nowhere" at a show at the Storyville Club in Boston, Massachusetts which was recorded. Blue Note Records will purchase the masters and will issue all the titles in the album "Charlie Parker At Storyville" (BT 85108).

1962 - Gary Clark, singer, songwriter, and with the Virgin Records America group Danny Wilson, is born in Dundee, Scotland. I went bowling with the whole band (who had never been bowling before and after a few beers were forgetting to let go of the ball) when they came to Los Angeles to open for Simply Red at the Wiltern Theatre and revised the album and single artwork for their first two U.S. albums and singles.

1963 - Neneh Cherry, a singer, musician, songwriter, stepdaughter of trumpeter Don Cherry, singer with the groups Rip Rig + Panic and The Slits, and a solo Virgin Records America artist, is born Neneh Mariann Karlsson in Stockholm, Sweden. I revised the album and single artwork for her first album for U.S. release, "Raw Like Sushi", and met her, and her then very young son Tyson, outside Virgin Records' first office in Beverly Hills, California.

1963 - Alto saxophonist, bass clarinetist, and flute player Eric Dolphy, with Herbie Hancock on piano, Eddie Khan on bass, and J. C. Moses on drums, performs the titles "Softy As In A Morning Sunrise", "Medley: Something Sweet, Somthing Tender/God Bless The Child", "South Street Exit", "Iron Man", "Red Planet (aka Miles' Mode)" with the addition of the University Of Illinois Brass Ensemble (Cecil Bridgewater, Ralph Woodward, and Carol Holden on trumpets, three unlisted French horn players, two unknown baritone horns, and Aaron Johnson on tuba) and "G.W." with the addition of the University Of Illinois Big Band (Cecil Bridgewater, Dick Montz, Bruce Scafe, Joe Kennon, Roman Popowycz, and Larry Franklin on trumpets, Dick Sporny, Jon English, Paul Barthelmy, and Bob Edmondson on trombones, Kim Richmond, Nick Henson, Ron Scalise, Vince Johnson, and Bob Huffington on reeds) during a concert at the University Of Illinois in Champaign, Illinois that was recorded. Blue Note Records will purchase the masters for all the titles and will issue them on the CD "Eric Dolphy - The Illinois Concert" (4-99826-2).

1964 - Patrick Kane, a violinist and vocalist with the Circa Records (a division of Virgin Records) group Hue & Cry, is born in Glasgow, Scotland. I revised the artwork on their first album for U.S. release by Virgin Records America.

2008 - The Ventures (Bob Bogle, Nokie Edwards, Gerry McGee, Mel Taylor, and Don Wilson) are inducted into the Rock 'N' Roll Hall Of Fame by John Fogerty at a banquet at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City, New York. The Ventures recorded for Dolton Records, a subsidiary of Liberty Records whose catalog is currently owned and distributed by EMI Music Group, Capitol Music Group's parent company.

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1932 - Keely Smith, a singer, a Capitol Records artist as part of a duo with her then-husband Louis Prima and as a solo artist, is born Dorothy Jacqueline Keely in Norfolk, Virginia.

1948 - Jimmie Fadden, a harmonica player, guitarist, and vocalist with the Capitol Records group The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, is born in Long Beach, California.

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1945 - Coleman Hawkins signs a contract with Capitol Records.

1949 - Jo Stafford, with Paul Weston and His Orchestra, records the titles "Some Enchanted Evening" and "I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outta My Hair" which will be released together as a single by Capitol Records.

1952 - Kay Starr's Capitol Records single "Wheel Of Fortune", with "Angry" on the flipside, is #1 on the U.S. Pop singles charts.

70 Years Ago Today In 1956 - The Louvin Brothers' Capitol Records single "I Don't Believe You've Met My Baby", with "In The Middle Of Nowhere" on the flipside, is #1 on the U.S. Country singles charts.

70 Years Ago Today In 1956 - Klaus Hammerschmidt (aka Harry Stewart) and his Heidelberg Hepcats (aka Johnny Duffy and his orchestra - lineup unlisted) record the titles "Rock Around The Danube" and "There'll Be Some Change Made, Mine Hare" in Los Angeles, California. This is Stewart's last recording session before being killed in an auto accident on May 20, 1956 in Tonopah, Nevada at age 47 while returning to Los Angeles, California from an appearance in Ely, Nevada. Capitol Records will issue both titles together as a single (Capitol F3406).

1957 - Ferlin Husky's Capitol Records single "Gone", with "Missing Persons" on the flipside, enters the top 40 of the U.S. Pop singles charts.

65 Years Ago Today In 1961 - Van Alexander conducts his own arrangements to his orchestra (unlisted trumpet, trombone, saxophone, and rhythm section players), as they record the titles "Get Me To The Church On Time" featuring Shelly Manne and Alvin Stoller on drums, "Lulu's Back In Town" and "I Won't Dance" featuring Henri Rose and Bobby Stevenson on pianos, and "Blues In Twos" featuring Joe Graves and Shorty Sherock on trumpets, Mahlon Clark and Eddie Ross on clarinets, Jules Jacob and Justin Gordon on tenor saxophones, and Shelly Manne and Alvin Stoller on drums in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 Vine Street in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Alexander and his orchestra's album "Swing! Staged For Stereo" (STAC 1635).

1965 - Wanda Jackson records the title "Oh, Blacky Joe" for Capitol Records.

1965  - Bobby Darin, with Ernie Freeman and His Orchestra, records the titles "Venice Blue" and "In A World Without You" which will be released together as a single by Capitol Records.

60 Years Ago Today In 1966 - Vocalist Red Simpson, with unlisted others, records the title "The Rules Of The Road", a as yet to be issued take of the title "Dreams Were Made For Fools", and the titles "I Fell In Love With You", and "I'm Gonna Write Momma For Money" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the first title on Simpson's album "Man Behind Badge" (T 2569) and the last two titles on Simpson's album "Bakersfield Dozen" (T 2829).

60 Years Ago Today In 1966 - Vocalist Sonny James, with unlisted others, records the titles "I'm Having A Hard Time (Getting Over You)", "For Rent", and the as yet to be issued title "Everything Begins And Ends With You" in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue the first titles on James' album "Heaven Says Hello" (ST 2937) and the second title on James' album "The Best Of Sonny James" (T 2615).

60 Years Ago Today In 1966 - Vocalist Wayne Newton, with unlisted others, records the title "Stagecoach To Cheyenne" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the title as a single (Capitol 5643) with "Somebody To Love" (recorded March 21, 1966) on the flipside.

1969 - Buck Owens records the title "Johnny B. Goode" for Capitol Records.

55 Years Ago Today In 1971 - Grand Funk Railroad (Mark Farner on keyboards, guitar, and vocals, Mel Schacher on bass, and Don Brewer on drums and vocals) record the titles "I Want Freedom", "Feelin' Alright", and "I Can Feel Him In The Morning" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue the first two titles together as a single (Capitol 3095) and all three titles on the group's album "Survival" (ST-764).

1972 - Vocalist Al Martino, with Peter DeAngelis conducting his own arrangements to the orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the titles "Love Theme From 'The Godfather' (Speak Softly Love)", "I Have But One Heart", and "The Gypsy In You" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Love Theme From 'The Godfather' (Speak Softly Love')" and "I Have But One Heart" together as a single (Capitol 3313) and "Love Theme From 'The Godfather' (Speak Softly Love)", and "The Gypsy In You" on Martino's album "Love Theme From "The Godfather"" (ST-11071).

1973 - Joanie Summers, with unlisted others, records the titles "Where Do The Children Play" and "I Never Meant To Hurt You" in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records which has yet to issue either title.

1973 - Vocalist Kenny Vernon, with unlisted others, records the titles "What Kind Of Mood", "Drink Up And Go Home", "Lady", and "Alabam'" in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue "What Kind Of Mood" and "Lady" together as a single (Capitol 3590), "Lady" on Vernon's album "Loversville" (ST-11227), and has yet to issue either "Drink Up And Go Home" or "Alabam'".

50 Years Ago Today In 1976 - Vocalist Tex Ritter, with orchestra and chorus (lineups unlisted), records the titles "Through The Years", "MacArthur's Hand", and "One Heaven Of A Woman" in Nashville, Tennessee. After overdubs are recorded for "One Heaven Of A Woman" on May 6, 1971, Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Ritter's album "Fall Away" (ST-11351).

50 Years Ago Today In 1976 - Vocalist Tennessee Ernie Ford, with the orchestra (lineup unlisted using arrangements by Larry Muhoberac, records the titles "Everybody Needs A Rainbow", "Cowboy", "Daddy, What's A Tree?", and "I've Been There Too" in Los Angeles, California. After overdubs for all the titles are recorded on March 15 and 17, 1976, Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Ford's album "For The 83rd Time" (ST-11561).

1983 - Dayton (lineup unlisted) records the title "So What" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the title on the group's album "Feel The Music" (ST-12297).

1987 - Carole King, a singer, songwriter, and one-time Capitol Records artist, is inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in New York City, New York.

2005 - Chris LeDoux, a singer, songwriter, guitarist, and a Capitol Records Nashville artist dies in a Casper, Wyoming hospital after a lengthy illness at age 56 and will be cremated the next day.

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1930 - Ornette Coleman, an alto saxophonist, trumpet player, violinist, composer, bandleader, and Atlantic and Blue Note Records artist, is born Randolph Denard Ornette Coleman in Fort Worth, Texas. Blue Note's catalog is owned by Universal Music Group, the parent company of Capitol Music Group and Blue Note Records is currently a division of Capitol Music Group.

1957 - Fats Domino's Imperial Records single "I'm Walkin'", with "I'm In The Mood For Love" on the flipside enters the top 40 of the U.S. Pop singles charts.

1958 - Alto saxophonist Julian "Cannonball Adderley, with Miles Davis on trumpet, Hank Jones on piano, Sam Jones on bass, and Art Blakey on drums, records the titles "Autumn Leaves", "Love For Sale", "Somethin' Else", "One For Daddy-O", "Bangoon (Alison's Uncle)", and, without Davis on trumpet, "Dancing In The Dark" at recording engineer Rudy Van Gelder's studio in Hackensack, New Jersey. Blue Note Records will issue "Autumn Leaves", "Love For Sale", "Somethin' Else", "One For Daddy-O", and "Dancing In The Dark" on Adderley's album "Somethin' Else" (BLP1595) and all the titles on the CD release of the album (7-46338-2).

1959 - Ricky Nelson's Imperial Records single "Never Be Anyone Else But You", with "It's Late" on the flipside, enters the top 40 of the U.S. Pop singles charts.

1968 - Pianist Herbie Hancock, with Thad Jones on flugelhorn, Peter Phillips on bass trombone, Jerry Dodgion on alto flute, Ron Carter on bass, and Mickey Roker on drums, records two takes of the title "Goodbye To Childhood" then, without Jones, Phillips, or Dodgion, the title "The Sorcerer", then, with the full lineup, the title "Toys" in recording engineer Rudy Van Gelder's studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey. Blue Note Records will issue the second take of "Goodbye Childhood", "The Sorcerer", and "Toys" on Hancock's album "Speak Like A Child" (BLP4279/BST84270) and all the takes and titles in the CD release of the album (8-64468-2) and in the six-CD box set "The Complete Blue Note Sixties Sessions" (4-95569-2).

50 Years Ago Today In 1976 - All the titles for the album "Chico Hamilton And The Players" were recorded for Blue Note Records featuring Hamilton on drums, with Arthur Blythe, Will Connell Jr., Rodney Jones, Steve Turre, and  Abdullah.

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1997 - The Notorious B.I.G. (aka Biggie Smalls and born Christopher George Latore Wallace), rapper and Bad Boy Entertainment artist, is killed at age 24 in a drive-by shooting at the corner of Fairfax Avenue and Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles, California at approximately 12:30 AM outside a party thrown by Vibe magazine and Qwest Records at the Petersen Automotive Museum after the Soul Train Awards Show. The Los Angeles Police Department still has no suspects.