JULY 5, 2026

HAPPY BIRTHDAYS!

1935 - Richard Levitt, countertenor soloist with the Capitol Records group The Roger Wagner Chorale (1964) is born in Los Angeles, California.

1943 - Robbie Robertson, a guitarist, singer, songwriter, member of the Capitol Records group The Band, and a solo artist, is born Jaime Robert Robertson in Toronto, Canada.

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

80 Years Ago Today In 1946 - Cootie Williams and His Orchestra (Williams and Bob Merrill on trumpet and vocals; E. V. Perry, Otis Gamble, and Billy Ford on trumpet' Clarence "Gene" Redd on trumpet and vibraphone' Ed Burke, Edward Johnson, and Julius "Hawkshaw" Watson on trombone; Rupert Cole and Daniel Williams on alto saxophone; Chuck Clarke and Edwin Johnson on tenor saxophone; Bob Ashton on baritone saxophone; Arnold Jarvis on piano; Pee Wee Tinney on guitar; Norman Keenan on bass; and Butch Ballard on drums) record the tracks "Wrong Neighborhood", "Piney Brown's Gone", "I May Be Easy But I'm No Fool" (all with vocals by just Bob Merrill), the instrumental "Vibraphobia", and "Let's Do The Whole Thing Or Nothing At All" (with vocals by just Cootie Williams) at WMCA Studios in New York City. Capitol Records will release "Wrong Neighborhood" as a single (#289) with "Let's Do The Whole Thing Or Nothing At All" on the flip side, and "I May Be Easy But I'm No Fool" as a single (#314) with "Ain't Got No Blues Today" (recorded September 11, 1946) on the flip side. The remaining tracks will finally be released in 1997 on Mosaic Records box set "Classic Capitol Jazz Session".

1947 - Red Ingle and The Natural Seven (with vocals by Cinderella G. Stump aka Jo Stafford)'s Capitol Records single "Tim-Tay-Shun" (aka "Temptation) enters the top 5 of Billboard's Best Selling Retail Records chart at #5.

1949 - Capitol Records artist Yogi Yorgesson (aka Harry Stewart) sings "Object Of My Affection" on "Command Performance" with Shirley Ross, Errol Garner, Arthur Stevens and Mark Stevens.

1950 - Mel Blanc overdubbed his vocals, using a script adaptation by Alan Livingston, on to instrumental tracks recorded June 29, 1950 by arranger Billy May, who conducted the orchestra, for the titles "I Taut I Taw A Puddy Tat" and "Yosemite Sam" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the final mixes of both titles together as a single (Capitol 1360) which will go on to be Blanc's biggest seller for the label.

1950 - Vocalist Margaret Whiting, with pianist Joe "Fingers" Carr and His Orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the title "Funny Bunny Hug" and, with additional vocals by Gillette & The Peppers (lineup unlisted), the titles "Let's Do It Again" and "Closer, Closer, Closer" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Let's Do It Again" as a single with "Friendly Star" (recorded July 7, 1950) on the flipside and has yet to issue "Funny Bunny Hug" or "Closer, Closer, Closer".

1950 - Bandleader and trumpet player Ray Anthony and His Orchestra (Woody Fansler, Chuck Mederios, and Marty White also on trumpet, Keith Butterfield on trumpet and trombone, Tom Oblak and Bob Quatsoe on trombones, Dick Reynolds on trombone, Earl Bergman on alto saxophone, Steve Cole on clarinet and alto saxophone, Tom Arthur and Bob Tricarico on tenor saxophones, Leo Anthony on alto and bass saxophones, Ray Browne on piano, Danny Gregus on guitar, Al Simi on bass, and Buddy Lowell on drums) records the titles "Skycoach", "Harlem Nocturne", and "Dixie Doodle" with vocals by Gene Reynolds and The Skyliners (lineup unlisted) using arrangements by George Williams and, with Betty Holliday on vocals and arrangements by Dick Reynolds, the titles "I'm Gonna Tell My Mommy On You" and "Marshmallow World" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue "Skycoach" as a single (Capitol 1131) with "Can Anyone Explain No No No" (recorded July 6, 1950) on the flipside, "Harlem Nocturne" as a single (Capitol 1249) with "My Heart Is Out Of Town" (recorded August 20, 1950) on the flipside, "Dixie Doodle" as a single (Capitol 1169) with "All Of A Sudden" (recorded July 6, 1950) on the flipside, and has yet to issue "I'm Gonna Tell Mommy On You" and "Marshmallow World".

1952 - Jane Froman (with orchestra conducted by Sid Feller)'s Capitol Records single "I'll Walk Alone" is still #14, Nat "King" Cole (with Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra)'s Capitol Records single "Somewhere Along The Way" (with "What Does It Take" on the flipside) debuts on the top 20 at #16, Al Martino (with orchestra conducted by Monty Kelly)'s Capitol Records single "Take My Heart" (with "I Never Cared" on the flipside) debuts at #17, and Les Paul and Mary Ford's Capitol Records single "Smoke Rings" (with "In The Good Old Summertime" on the flipside) debuts at #20  on Billboard's Best Selling Retail Records chart.

70 Years Ago Today In 1956 - During two sessions held this day in Los Angeles, California, The Four Freshmen (Bob Flanigan on vocals, trombone and base; Don Barbour on vocals and guitar; Ross Barbour on vocals and drums; and Ken Albers on vocals, trumpet, mellophone and bass), with arranger Dick Reynolds conducting the studio orchestra (Uan Rasey, Ray Triscari, Joe Triscari, Buddy Childers, and Mannie Klein on trumpets, Jack Marshall on guitar, Milt Raskin on piano, Don Simpson on bass, and Frank Carlson on drums), record the titles "Everytime We Say Goodbye", "Someone Like You" and the first rejected take of "For Sentimental Reasons" at the first session, and a second take of "For Sentimental Reasons" (which will remain unissued until it appears on Mosaic Records' 2000 box set "The Complete Capitol Four Freshmen Sessions April 1950-July 1960"), "Got A Date With An Angel", "Goodnight Sweetheart", and "Laughing On The Outside (Crying On The Inside)" at the second session. Capitol Records will issue "Everytime We Say Goodbye", "Someone Like You", "Got A Date With An Angel", "Goodnight Sweetheart", and "Laughing On The Outside (Crying On The Inside)" on the group's album "The Four Freshman And Five Trumpets".

1958 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Looking Back" is #30 on Cash Box magazine's Best Selling Singles chart.

1959 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records album "To Whom It May Concern" is #45 on The Billboard magazine's Top LPs - Best Selling Monophonic LPs chart.

1960 - Vocalist Nat "King" Cole", with pianist Ralph Carmichael conducting the orchestra and chorus (lineups unlisted), records the titles "Away In A Manger", "I Saw Three Ships" with no orchestra, "Silent Night" with the orchestra, and "The First Noel" also without the orchestra in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California between 1:00 PM and 4:30 PM. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Cole's album "The Magic Of Christmas" (W/SW 1444).

1960 - Vocalist Mark Murphy, with Bill Holman conducting his own arrangements to the orchestra (Jimmy Rowles on piano and unlisted other musicians playing trumpets, saxophones, guitar, bass, and drums) records the titles "Put The Blame On Mame" with uncredited female voices, "My Gal's Come Back", "Playing The Field" with Murphy also whistling, "Swingin' On A Star", "Love Is A Many-Splendored Thing", and "Heart And Soul" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Mark Murphy and Bill Holman's Orchestra's album "Playing The Field" (T/ST 1458).

1960 - The George Shearing Quintet (Eddie Costa on vibraphones, George Shearing on piano, Dick Garcia on guitar, and listed as probable George Duvivier on bass and Walter Bolden on drums) records the titles "On Green Dolphin Street", "Let's Live Again", and "Ghost Of Yesterday" with vocalist Nancy Wilson and the instrumental "Whisper Not" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue "On Green Dolphin Street" and "Let's Live Again" on George Shearing and Nancy Wilson's album "The Swinging's Mutual" (T/ST 1524) and all the titles on the CD "The George Shearing Quintet With Nancy Wilson" (5-97935-2).

1960 - At two sessions held this day in New York City, New York Jackie Gleason conducts a large orchestra (lineup unlisted but featuring woodwinds and two trumpets) as they record the titles "Will You Still Be Mine" and "How High The Moon" at the first session and the titles "Everybody Loves My Baby" and "By Myself" at the second session. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Gleason's album "Jackie Gleason Presents: The Gentle Touch" (W/SW 1519).

1960 - Capitol Records releases the original motion picture soundtrack of "Bells Are Ringing" which stars Judy Holliday and Capitol Records artist Dean Martin.

1960 - Capitol Records releases The Charlie Barnet Quartet's album "Jazz Oasis" (ST 1403).

1963 - Pianist George Shearing (along with Gary Burton on vibraphone, Ron Anthony on guitar, Gene Cherico on bass, Vernel Fournier on drums, and Armando Peraza on congas), begins the first of two straight days of live sets at The Blackhawk, in San Francisco, California which will be recorded and released by Capitol Records on the album "Rare Form".

1965 - Organist Eddie Lund and an uncredited quartet record the titles "Pearly Shells", "Blue Coral Sea", "Bora Bora", "Tahiti Is Blue", "Island Angel", "The Far Land", "Lovely Hula Girls", "Blue Hawaii", "Mareva", "Lovely Lotus Flower", "Hinano Lei", and "How High The Moon" at an unlisted studio. Tower Records, a subsidiary of Capitol Records, will issue all the titles on Lund's album "Mai Tai Time" (T/ST 5001).

1965 - Capitol Records releases Buck Owens' single "Only You (Can Break My Heart)" with "Gonna Have Love" on the flipside.

1965 - Capitol Records releases The Beach Boys' album "Summer Days (And Summer Nights)".

60 Years Ago Today In 1966 - Capitol Records releases The Beach Boys' compilation album "Best Of The Beach Boys" as well as Peter & Gordon's compilation album "The Best Of Peter & Gordon" on it's The Star Line subsidiary.

1967 - Mariano Moreno, with unlisted others, records the titles "Don't Sleep In The Subway", "Windy", "Up, Up And Away", and "Can't Take My Eyes Off Of You" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Moreno's album "Mariano Moreno And The Unbelievables" (T/ST 2831).

1967 - The Lettermen (vocalists Jim Pike, Tony Butala, and Bob Engemann), with Dick Hazard conducting his own arrangements to the orchestra (lineup unlisted), record the titles "Just One Smile", "I Have Love", "No Other Love", and "For All We Know" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "No Other Love" as a single by Jim Pike (Capitol 2203) with "Holly" (recorded January 20, 1968) on the flipside and have yet to issue the other three titles.

1967 - The Beach Boys record the title "She's Goin' Bald" (originally titled "Untitled #1") in Los Angles, California. Capitol Records will issue the title on the group's album "Smiley Smile" (ST 2891).

1967 - Vocalist Kay Adams, with Cliffie Stone and His Group (lineup unlisted), records the titles "Alcohol & Tears", "I Let A Stranger (Buy The Wine)", "The Day You Left Me", and "Close Up The Honky Tonk" in Los Angeles, California. After overdubs are recorded for "I Let A Stranger (Buy The Wine)" on August 5, 1967, Tower Records, a subsidiary of Capitol Records, will issue all the titles on Adams' album "Alcohol & Tears" (ST 5087).

1967 - Capitol Records purchases the masters for the soundtrack of "Albert Peckingpaw's Revenge", aka "Jennie, Wife/Child", which includes Don Epperson's titles "Gonna Have A Good Time", "Lord Have Mercy On Me", "Please Mrs. Peckingpaw", and "Revenge", Davie Allan And The Arrows' titles "Mario's Theme", "Lulu's World", and "Peckinpaw's Theme", Lydia Marcelle's "My Birthday Suit", Jimmy August's "Tender Grass", and Jan Sweet's title "Love Me Now And Forever". Sidewalk Records, a subsidiary of Capitol Records, will issue all the titles on the soundtrack album "Albert Peckinpaw's Revenge" (ST-5907).

1969 - Merle Haggard's Capitol Records single "Working Man Blues" enters the U.S. Country singles charts.

1970 - At the International Pop Festival in Atlanta, Georgia, Grand Funk Railroad's (Mark Farner and keyboard, guitar, and vocals, Mel Schacher on bass, and Don Brewer on drums and vocals) performance of the titles "Are You Ready", "Paranoid", "In Need", "Heartbreaker", "Inside Looking Out", "Mean Mistreater", "Mark Says Alright", "T.N.U.C.", "Into The Sun", "Introduction" and "Words Of Wisdom" are recorded. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on the group's album "Live Album" (SWBB-633).

1972 - The Lettermen (vocalists Jim Pike, Tony Butala, and Gary Pike), with unlisted others, record the titles "Sandman", "Maybe We Should" and "Everything That Touches You" in Los Angeles, California. After overdubs are recorded for all the titles on July 10 and 25, 1972 and August 2, 1972, Capitol Records will issue all the titles on the group's album "Spin Away" (SW-11124).

1972 - Capitol Records purchases the masters Goose Creek Symphony (lineup unlisted)'s titles "Mary", "Cindy", and "Tulsa Turnaround" but have yet to issue any of the titles.

1977 - Richard Torrance, with unlisted others, records the titles "Main Squeeze" and "Keep On Running" in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records. No issuing information is listed.

1977 - Vocalist Juice Newton, with unlisted others, records the titles "The Fire Down Below" and "Your Place Or Mine" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "The Fire Down Below" on Juice Newton And Silver Spur's album "Come To Me" (ST-11682) and has yet to issue "Your Place Or Mine".

1977 - Lee Clayton, with unlisted others, records the title "Tequila Is Addictive" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the title on Clayton's album "Border Affair" (ST-11751).

1983 - Harry James, a trumpeter, bandleader, actor and Capitol Records artist (1955-1958), dies of lymphatic cancer in Las Vegas, Nevada at age 67 just nine days after his last concert appearance held in Los Angeles, California.

1985 - W.A.S.P. records the title "Widowmaker" at an unlisted studio. Capitol Records will issue the title on the group's album "The Last Command" (ST-12435).

1987 - Heart's Capitol Record single "Alone" is #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart.

1992 - A bus carrying the Capitol Records band Helix, as well as its roadies, goes off the road near Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada, and plunges down a 40-foot precipice. Two roadies were seriously injured and the band's bassist Daryl Gray escaped with minor injuries, but the band's guitarist and co-founding member Paul Hackman was killed at age 39.

20 Years Ago Today In 2006 - Eight days after it's scheduled release, the 30th anniversary edition of The Steve Miller Band's album "Fly Like An Eagle" still isn't in stores.

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1952 - Al Martino (with orchestra conducted by Monty Kelly)'s BBS Records single "Here In My Heart" is #3 down from #2 on Billboard's Best Selling Retail Records chart.

1952 - Gerry Mulligan (with Chet Baker on trumpet, Jimmy Rowles on piano, and Joe Mondragon on bass) records two sides for Pacific Jazz. Universal Music Group, Capitol Music Group's parent company, currently owns Pacific Jazz's catalog.

1954 - The Bob Brookmeyer Quartet (Brookmeyer on valve trombone, John Williams on piano, Bill Anthony on bass, and Frank Isola on drums) record the tracks "Liberty Belle", "Have You Met Miss Jones", and "Traditional Blues" with Brookmeyer producing and recording engineer Rudy Van Gelder at the Van Gelder Studio in Hackensack, New Jersey for their self-titled album released by Pacific Jazz Records, whose catalog is now owned by Capitol Records.

1962 - Dinah Washington, with arranger Don Costa, records the tracks "Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me", "My Devotion", " If It's The Last Thing I Do", and "Our Love" (which Roulette Records will release on the album "In Love"), "It's A Mean Old Man's World" (which will appear on the Roulette Records album "Back to the Blues", and "Was It Like That?" (which will also be on the album "In Love") at Bell Sound, in New York City, New York. Universal Music Group currently owns Roulette's catalog and re-releases the albums on the Capitol Jazz label, a division of Blue Note Records, which is a division of Capitol Music Group.

1975 - Pink Floyd, The Steve Miller Band, and Captain Beefheart perform at a live concert at the Knebworth Festival in Hertfordshire, England.

1978 - The City of Los Angeles declares The Pantages Theatre a historic landmark. Capitol Records would store items in space below the theatre and, in one instance, used one of its staircases leading up from the basement, which had a great view of The Capitol Tower, for a publicity photoshoot for The Beach Boys.

45 Years AGo Today In 1981 - Capitol Records group America joins Three Dog Night, former Liberty Records duo Jan and Dean, and John Sebastian in commemorating The Beach Boys' twentieth anniversary with a concert on a barge next to The Queen Mary in Long Beach Harbor, California. The concert is hosted by Wolfman Jack and broadcast via satellite worldwide.

1982 - Michael Johnson, with unlisted others, records the title "City Of Angels" in an unlisted location. EMI-America, a subsidiary of Capitol Records, will issue the title on Johnson's album "Lifetime Guarantee" (SN-16390).

25 Years AGo Today In 2001 - Ernie K-Doe (aka Ernest Kador, Jr.), who scored a #1 in 1961 with the Minit Records single "Mother-In-Law", written by Allen Toussaint and with "Wanted" on the flip side, dies at age 65 and, after a traditional jazz funeral, was interred in the 200-year-old Duval tomb in Saint Louis Cemetery #2, in New Orleans, Louisiana. Minit Records' catalog is currently owned by Universal Music Group, Capitol Music Group's parent company.

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1954 - 19-year-old Elvis Presley records the title "That's All Right (Mama)" at his first session at Sam Phillips' Sun Studios in Memphis, Tennessee. Sun Records will issue the title as a single two weeks later on July 19, 1954, with "Blue Moon Of Kentucky" (also recorded during this two-day session, along with the titles "I Love You Because" and "Harbor Lights") on the flipside.

50 Years Ago Today In 1976 - At approximately 9:00 a.m. I met my future wife, Kristine Heimback, on the first day of a summer school musical theater class taught by Bernie Green at Amherst Central Junior High School. She was going to Bishop Neumann High School.

JULY 4, 2026

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

1937 - Ray Pillow, singer, songwriter, member of The Grand Ole Opry and Capitol Records artist, is born in Lynchburg, Virginia.

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1940 - Future Capitol Records artists, The Louvin Brothers, make their debut in Flatrock, Alabama.

1953 - Les Baxter and His Orchestra's Capitol Records single "April In Portugal is still #3 on Billboard's Best Selling Retail Records chart, Les Paul and Mary Ford's Capitol Records single "Vaya Con Dios" is #6 up from #7, Les Baxter and His Orchestra's Capitol Records single "Ruby" is #15 down from #11, Kay Starr (with orchestra conducted by Harold Mooney)'s Capitol Records single "Half A Photograph" is #17 down from #13 and its flipside "Allez-Vous-En" is #18 down from #15, and Pee Wee Hunt and His Orchestra's Capitol Records single "Oh!" is still #20. Also, Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Pretend is #15 on The Billboard magazine's Most Played In Juke Boxes chart and Cash Box magazine's Best Selling Singles chart and #20 on The Billboard magazine's Most Played By Jockeys chart. Cole's single "Return To Paradise" debuts at #21, his single "I Am In Love" is #37 and its flipside, "My Flaming Heart", is #44 also on Cash Box magazine's Best Selling Singles chart.

1955 - Future Capitol Records artist Gene Vincent, while on his Triumph motorcycle in Franklin, Virginia, is hit by a woman in a Chrysler, crushing his left leg.

1964 - The Beach Boys' Capitol Records single "I Get Around", with "Don't Worry Baby" on the flipside, is the groups' first #1 hit on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart. "Don't Worry Baby" will later peak at #24.

1968 - Hearts And Flowers (lineup unlisted) record the titles "Grass" and "The Way That You Treat Me" in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records. No issuing information is listed.

1968 - The Steve Miller Band (lineup unlisted) record the title "Stepping Out" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records has yet to issue the title.

1969 - The Steve Miller Band (lineup unlisted) records the title "The Last Wombat In Mecca" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the title on the band's album "Your Saving Grace" (SKAO-331).

1970 - Guitarist and vocalist Jimi Hendrix, bass player Billy Cox, and drummer Mitch Mitchell perform "Voodoo Child", "All Along The Watchtower", and "Star Spangled Banner" during at the second annual Atlanta Pop Festival in Atlanta, Georgia which is recorded. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on the album "Jimi Hendrix - An Original Video Soundtrack" (MLP-15022).

55 Years Ago Today In 1971 - During summer vacation from the University of Massachusettes (where she was a pre-med major), future Capitol Records artists Natalie Cole performs her first professional singing job at a college hangout called "The Pub" in Amherst, Massachusetts where she was also working as a waitress.

1975 - Future Capitol Records group Dolenz, Jones, Boyce, and Hart debut their act at Six Flags Over Mid-America in St. Louis, Missouri in front of an audience of 12,500 people. Capitol Records will later sign the group and release two singles and, in May 1976, the band's self-titled album.

1980 - The Beach Boys give a free outdoor performance to an estimated 500,000 people in Washington, D.C.

40 Years Ago Today In 1986 - W.A.S.P. (lineup unlisted) records the titles "Sweet Cheetah" at an unlisted location. Capitol Records will issue the title on the group's album "Inside The Electric Circus" (ST-12531).

1995 - Capitol Records releases Foo Fighters' self-titled debut album.

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1927 - Graphic designer and photographer Reid Miles is born in Chicago, Illinois. In 1955, when Blue Note moved to the 12” LP format, Francis Wolff hired Miles to design album covers and, over the next 12 years, he will create an iconic visual aesthetic that will define the look of the Blue Note Records on over 500 covers.

1943 - Alan "Blind Owl" Wilson, a co-founder, singer, and composer with the Liberty Records band Canned Heat is born Alan C. Wilson in Boston, Massachusetts. Universal Music Group, Capitol Music Groups' parent company currently owns Liberty's catalog. If anyone knows Alan's middle name please leave a comment.

1952 - John Waite, a singer, member of the Chrysalis Records band The Babys, and an EMI America Records solo artist, is born in Lancaster, Lancashire, England. Universal Music Group, Capitol Music Groups' parent company currently owns the Chrysalis and EMI America Records catalogs.

1960 - The Fleetwood's Dolton Records single "Runaround" is #25 up from #29 on Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart, Rick Nelson's Imperial Records single "Young Emotion" is #26 down from #18, Don Costa and His Orchestra's United Artists Records single "Theme From 'The Unforgiven'" is #27 up from at #37, and Fats Domino's Imperial Records single "Walking To New Orleans" re-enters the top 40 at #31 up from #46. Universal Music Group, Capitol Music Group's parent company, currently owns Imperial, Dolton, and United Artist Records' catalogs.

45 Years Ago Today In 1981 - Kim Carnes' EMI America Records single "Bette Davis Eyes", with "Miss You Tonight" on the flipside, is #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart.

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250 Years Ago Today In 1776 - Printed copies of The Declaration Of Independence, announcing the formation of The United States Of America, are posted in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

200 Years Ago Today In 1826 - Former presidents of The United States Of America, Thomas Jefferson and John Adams, die (in Monticello, Virginia and Quincy, Massachusetts respectively) within five hours of each other 

200 Years Ago Today In 1826 - Songwriter Stephen Foster is born Stephen Foster Collins in Lawrenceville, Pennsylvania.

195 Years Ago Today In 1831 - Former president of The United States Of America, James Monroe, dies.

1872 - Future president of The United States of America, Calvin Coolidge, is born.

1958 - Radio station WKBW in Buffalo, New York goes to a top 40 format.

1970 - Casey Kasem hosts the radio show "American Top 40" for the first time this day.

JULY 3, 2026

HAPPY BIRTHDAYS!

1934 - Donfeld, graphic designer (starting in 1953 at age 19 after graduating from Chouinard Art Institute) for Capitol Records and Emmy nominated television and Academy Award-nominated motion picture costume designer, is born Donald Lee Feld in Los Angeles, California.

1943 - Judith Durham, solo artist and the lead singer with the Capitol Records recording group The Seekers, is born Judith Mavis Cock in Melbourne, Australia.

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1947 - The King Cole Trio (Nat "King" Cole on piano and vocals, Oscar Moore on guitar, and Johnny Miller on bass) record the titles "I Think You Get What I Mean", "(Everyone Has Someone) But All I've Got Is Me", "Now He Tells Me", and "I Can't Be Bothered" at Radio Recorders' studios at 932 North Western Avenue in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue "I Think You Get What I Mean" as a single (Capitol 444) with "I Miss You So" (recorded June 13, 1947) on the flipside, "(Everyone Has Someone) But All I've Got Is Me" and "I Can't Be Bothered" on the compilation album "King Cole 10th Anniversary" (W 514). Mosaic Records will issue all the titles in the box set "The Complete Capitol Recordings Of The Nat King Cole Trio" (MR27-138 on vinyl and MD18-138 on CD).

1947 - Peggy Lee, with Dave Barbour All Stars (with Barbour on guitar, Ray Linn on trumpet, and unlisted saxophone, piano, celeste, bass, and drum players), records the titles "Why Should I Cry Over You", "It Takes A Long, Long Train With A Red Caboose", and "Just An Old Love Of Mine" in Los Angeles, California with producer Lee Gillette. Capitol Records will issue "Why Should I Cry Over You" Lee's 2000 compilation CD "Rare Gems And Hidden Treasures" (5-27564-2) and "It Takes A Long, Long Train With A Red Caboose" and "Just An Old Love Of Mine" together as single (Capitol 445).

1948 - The King Cole Trio's Capitol Records single "Nature Boy" is still #3 on Billboard's Best Selling Retail Records chart, The Pied Pipers' Capitol Records single "My Happiness" is #7 up from #8, Pee Wee Hunt's Capitol Records single "Twelfth Street Rag" is #11 up from #14, and The Sportsmen's a cappella Capitol Records single "You Can't Be True Dear" is #15 down from #11.

1952 - Vocalist Kay Starr, with Harold Mooney conducting the orchestra (lineup unlisted) records the titles "Tonight You Belong To Me", "What Can I Say Dear, After I Say I'm Sorry", "Waitin' At The End Of The Road", and a new take of "Three Letters" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the first three titles on Starr's album "The Kay Starr Style" (CDN-363) and "Three Letters" as a single (Capitol 2213) with "Comes A-long A-love" (recorded August 19, 1952) on the flipside.

1952 - At two sessions held this day in New York City, New York, Jackie Gleason conducts a large orchestra with a string section (lineup unlisted) records songs "Desire", "Flirtation", "Temptation" and "Enchantment" from C. Dudley King's "Lover's Rhapsody" at the first session and then, with the addition of Bobby Hackett on trumpet, the titles "Dark Is The Night (C'est Fini)", "Tenderly", "I'm Thru With Love", and "When Your Lover Has Gone" at the second session. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Gleason's album "Jackie Gleason Presents Songs From "Lover's Rhapsody"" (H-366).

1954 - Kay Starr (with orchestra conducted by Harold Mooney)'s Capitol Records single "If You Love Me (Really Love Me) is #5 up from #6 on Billboard's Best Selling Retail Records chart, Frank Sinatra (with Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra)'s Capitol Records single "Three Coins In A Fountain" is still #7, Kay Starr (with orchestra conducted by Harold Mooney)'s Capitol Records single "The Man Upstairs" is #14 down from #9, and Frank Sinatra (with Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra)'s Capitol Records single "Young At Heart" is #17 down from #11.

1957 - Vocalist Martha Lou Harp, with Neal Hefti and His Orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the titles "By The Bend Of The River" and "Just A Closer Walk With Thee" in New York City, New York. Prep Records, a subsidiary of Capitol Records, will issue both titles together as a single (Prep F113).

65 Years Ago Today In 1961 - Faron Young's Capitol Records single "Hello Walls" is #27 down from #21 on Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart.

60 Years Ago Today In 1966 - The Beatles' Capitol Records single "Paperback Writer", with "Rain" on the flipside, returns to #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart.

1967 - It's a Monday and Capitol Records releases Bobbie Gentry's single "Ode To Billie Joe" with "Mississippi Delta" on the flipside.

1970 - Buck Owens and Susan Raye record the track "The Great White Horse" with producer Ken Nelson that will be the title track of their Capitol Records album that is released on September 8, 1970.

1972 - Mississippi Fred McDowell, blues guitarist, singer, and a Capitol Records recording artist (a one-off 1969 album, "I Do Not Play No Rock'n' Roll"), dies of cancer at age 68 in Memphis, Tennessee. 

CradLemoon.net has a good overview of his life and many links to discographies.

50 Years Ago Today In 1976 - A memorial service for Johnny Mercer, Broadway, radio, and motion picture singer, actor and songwriter, and co-founder of Capitol Records is held in his hometown, Savannah, Georgia.

1985 - John Aquilino, lead singer for the Capitol Records band (1984-1985) Icon, leaves the group and Capitol will drop the band.

40 Years Ago Today In 1986 - Rudy Vallee, singer, saxophonist, bandleader and radio, television and movie actor, and Capitol Records recording artist (1954), dies at age 84 in North Hollywood, California and will be interred in St. Hyacinth's Cemetery, Westbrook, Maine where his headstone was later stolen.

2000 - At 11:00 PM EDT Turner Classic Movies shows "The Wizard Of Oz" with Pink Floyd's "Dark Side Of The Moon" on the Second Audio Program (SAP) channel to see if the two really do sync' up.

25 Years Ago Today In 2001 - Roy Nichols, guitarist and 22-year member of Merle Haggard and The Strangers, dies in a hospital in Bakersfield, CA of a heart attack at age 68.

25 Years Ago Today In 2001 - Capitol Records and Chrysalis Records release the Jethro Tull compilation album "The Very Best Of  Jethro Tull" which features 20 tracks that have been digitally remastered at 24-bit at Abbey Road Studios in London, England.

25 Years Ago Today In 2001 - Capitol Records releases a digitally remastered and enhanced version of Duran Duran's 1982 album "Rio" in a standard jewel case and in a 7,500 unit limited edition mini-sleeve.

2008 - Larry Harmon, an entrepreneur, television show producer, and licensor and owner of the rights to Bozo The Clown and Laurel and Hardy dies of heart disease at age 83 at his home in Los Angeles, California.

2012 - Andy Griffith, a motion picture and television actor and a Capitol Records artist dies at age 86.

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1919 - Fred Maddox, singer, guitarist, member of the band The Maddox Brothers and Rose, and brother of Capitol Records artist Rose Maddox, is born Fred Roscoe Maddox.

1935 - Webley Edwards' radio show spotlighting authentic island performances, "Hawaii Calls", begins broadcasting from Waikiki's Moana Hotel, and will run for 37 years. Webley would compile and produce a series of albums of Hawaiian music for Capitol Records

65 Years Ago Today In 1961 - Ricky Nelson's Imperial Records single "Travelin' Man" is #7 down from #5 on Billboard's Hot 100 single chart, its flip side "Hello Mary Lou" is #15 up from #16, and Fats Domino's Imperial Records single "It Keeps Rainin'" is #24 up from #28. Imperial Records' catalog is currently owned by Universal Music Group, Capitol Music Group's parent company.

1962 - Dinah Washington, with arranger Don Costa conducting an unknown studio orchestra, records the tracks "Someone Else Is Taking My Place" and "He's Gone Again" (which will both appear on the Roulette Records album "Dinah Washington"), as well as "I Didn't Know About You" (released on the Roulette Records album "Three Of Us", which also featured tracks by Sarah Vaughan and Joe Williams), "There I Go" (finally released on Mosaic Records' 2004 box set "The Complete Roulette Dinah Washington Recordings"), "You're A Sweetheart", and "I'll Close My Eyes" (both also released on the Roulette Records album "Three Of Us") with producer Henry Glover and recording engineer Eddie Smith at Bell Sound in New York City, New York. Roulette Records' catalog is currently owned by EMI Music Group, Capitol Music Group's parent company.

1963 - Tenor saxophonist Harold Land, with Carmell Jones on trumpet, John Houston on piano, Jimmy Bond on bass and Mel Lee on drums, records the tracks "Tom Dooley", "Scarlet Ribbons" and "Kisses Sweeter Than Wine" for his Imperial Records album "Jazz Impressions Of Folk Music" with engineer Bones Howe at Radio Recorders, in Los Angeles, California. Imperial Records' catalog is currently owned by EMI Music Group, Capitol Music Group's parent company.

1968 - John Maddox, a guitarist with the group The Maddox Brothers & Rose, and brother of Capitol Records artist Rose Maddox dies at age 52.

1969 - Capitol Records artist Gordon MacRae performs "America The Beautiful" live on "The Ed Sullivan Show".

50 Years Ago Today In 1976 - Brian Wilson performs onstage as a member of The Beach Boys, for the first time in twelve years, at a concert given before 74,000 fans at Angels Stadium in Anaheim, California.

ON THIS DAY NOT IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1878 - George M. Cohan, vaudeville and Broadway performer, singer, dancer, songwriter, playwright, director and producer, and a motion picture actor, is born George Michael Cohan in Providence, Rhode Island. The motion picture "Yankee Doodle Dandy" is loosely based on events from Cohan's life.

1965 - Trigger, a motion picture actor and Capitol Records artist Roy Rogers' horse, dies at age 33 and is later stuffed and put on display at the Roy Rogers and Dale Evans Museum in Victorville, California.

55 Years Ago Today In 1971 - Jim Morrison, poet, songwriter and lead singer of the band The Doors, is found dead (really) at age 27 by his girlfriend, Pamela Susan Courson, at 5:00 AM in a bathtub in Paris, France from a heart attack and was buried at Pere-Lachaise cemetery, also in Paris.

1989 - Jim Backus, writer as well as a motion picture, television, radio and cartoon voice actor, dies at age 76 at St. John's Hospital in Santa Monica, California from complications of pneumonia after suffering from Parkinson's disease for many years and is later buried in Westwood Memorial Park, Westwood, California.

JULY 2, 2026

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

1982 - Ferras Alqaisi, singer-songwriter and the first artist signed to Unsub Records, a subsidiary of Capitol Records founded by Katy Perry, is born in Gillespie, Illinois.

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1947 - The King Cole Trio (Nat "King" Cole on piano and vocals, Oscar Moore on guitar, and Johnny Miller on bass) record the instrumental "Honeysuckle Rose" and the titles "Thanks For You", "It's Kind Of Lonesome Tonight", and "For Once In Your Life" at Radio Recorders' studios at 932 North Western Avenue in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue "Honeysuckle Rose" on the trio's album "King Cole Trio, Volume 3" (CC-59) and "It's Kind Of Lonesome Tonight" and "For Once In Your Life" on the CD "Nat King Cole Trio - The Complete Capitol Transcription Sessions" (5-60184-2). Mosaic Records will issue all the songs in the box set "The Complete Capitol Recordings Of The Nat King Cole Trio" (MR27-138 and MD18-138).

1947 - Pianist Buddy Cole, with unlisted others, recorded the titles "This Is Romance", "I've Got The World On A String", and "Orchids In The Moonlight" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Cole's album "Keys To Romance" (BD-63).

1948 - The King Cole Trio start seven straight days of performances at the Capital Theatre in Salt Lake City, Utah. It's here that bassist Johnny Miller gives his two-week notice and will be replaced when the group returns to the west coast. Also, Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Nature Boy" is #2 on The Billboard magazine's Records Most Played By Disk Jockeys chart, #3 on the magazine's Best-Selling Popular Retail Records and Most-Played Juke Box Records charts, #11 on the magazine's Best Selling Retail Race Records chart, and #14 on the magazine's Most-Played Juke Box Records chart.

1949 - Margaret Whiting and Johnny Mercer (with Paul Weston and His Orchestra)'s Capitol Records single "Baby, It's Cold Outside" is still #4 on Billboard's Best Selling Retail Records chart, Mel Tormé (with orchestra conducted by Pete Rugalo)'s Capitol Records single "Again" is #10 down from #8, and Margaret Whiting (with Frank DeVol and His Orchestra)'s Capitol Records single "A Wonderful Guy" re-enters the top 20 at #20.

1952 - Vocalist Ella Mae Morse, with Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the title "Kisses On Paper" in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records which has yet to issue the title.

1952 - During two sessions held this day in Capitol Record's studios at 5515 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood, California. vocalist Dean Martin, with Dick Stabile and His Orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the title "Susan" at the first session and the titles "The Peanut Vendor", "I Know A Dream When I See One", "Second Chance", and "Hominy Grits" at the second session that went from 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM then starting up again at 11:30 PM and going to 1:30 AM on July 3, 1952. Capitol Records will issue "I Know A Dream When I See One" and "Second Chance" together as a single (Capitol 2240), "Hominy Grits" as a single (Capitol 2165) with "You Belong To Me" (recorded June 12, 1952) on the flipside, and all the titles on Martin's compilation CD "Dean Martin - The Capitol Years" (7-98409-2).

1952 - During two sessions held this day in New Orleans, Louisiana, trumpet player Sharkey Bonano and His Kings Of Dixieland (Jack Delaney on trombone, Leonard "Bujie" Centobie on clarinet, Stanley Mendelsohn on piano, Arthur Pons on guitar, Joe Loyacano on bass, and Monk Hazell on drums), with vocalist Lizzie Miles, records the titles "Ballin' The Jack", "My Old Kentucky Home", "Five Foot Two, Eyes Of Blue", and "Famous Door Boogie" with vocals by Sharkey Bonano at the first session and, with the addition of Sam De Kemel on flute and vocals "How I'm Doin', Hey, Hey" and "Dinah" then, without De Kemel, "Bill Bailey Won't You Please Come Home" with vocals by Lizzie Miles and "I Ain't Gonna Give Nobody None Of This Jelly Roll" at the second session. Capitol Records will issue "Ballin' The Jack", "My Old Kentucky Home", "Five Foot Two, Eyes Of Blue", "Dinah", and "I Ain't Gonna Give Nobody None Of This Jelly Roll" on the group's album "Midnight On Bourbon Street" (T 367), "Famous Door Boogie" and "Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Come Home?" on the multi-artist compilation album "The History Of Jazz, Volume 1 - N' Orleans Origins" (T 793), and "How I'm Doin', Hey, Hey" as a single (Capitol 2166) with "Auf Wiedersehen Sweetheart" (recorded June 24, 1952) on the flipside.

1952 - Pianist and vocalist Julia Lee and Her Boy Friends (Bob Dougherty on tenor saxophone, James Scott on guitar, Clint Weaver on bass, and Robert Jordan on drums) record the titles "I Can't Get It Off My Mind", "I've Got News For You Charly", "Goin' To Chicago Blues", "Last Call For Alcohol", "Kaycee Boogie", and "Love In Bloom" at Vic Damon Studio in Kansas City, Kansas. Capitol Records will issue "Goin To Chicago Blues" and "Last Call For Alcohol" together as a single (Capitol 2203). Bear Family Records in Germany will issue all the titles in the 5 CD box set "Julia Lee - Kansas City Star" (BCD 15770).

1955 - Nat "King" Cole's double sided Capitol Records hit "A Blossom Fell" (with Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra) and "If I May" (with The Four Knights on backing vocals and Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra) is #3 up from #4 on Billboard's Best Selling Retail Records chart, Les Baxter and His Orchestra and Chorus' Capitol Records single "Unchained Melody" is #4 down from #2, Frank Sinatra (with Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra)'s Capitol Records single "Learnin' The Blues" is still #5, and Tennessee Ernie Ford (with Cliffie Stone's Band)'s Capitol Records single "The Ballad Of Davy Crocket" is #21 down from #19.

1957 - Vocalist June Christy, with Pete Rugolo conducting his own arrangements to the orchestra (Milt Bernhart, Herbie Harper, Tommy Pederson, and Frank Rosolino on trombone, George Roberts on bass trombone, Benny Aronov on piano, Howard Roberts on guitar, Red Mitchell on bass, Alvin Stoller on drums, and Bernie Mattinson on vibraphone and percussion), records the titles "Give Me The Simple Life", "It's A Most Unusual Day", "(Love's Got Me In A) Lazy Mood", and "Love Turns Winter Into Spring" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood, California between 8:30 PM and 12:00 AM on July 3, 1952. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Christy's album "Gone For The Day" (T 902).

1957 - Larry Harrison, with unlisted others, records the titles "While Our Hearts Are Young" and "Pure Love" in New York City, New York. Prep Records, a subsidiary of Capitol Records, will issue both titles together as a single (Prep F116).

1958 - Vocalist Nat "King" Cole, with Dave Cavanaugh directing his own arrangements to the orchestra (John Anderson, Joe Newman, Wendell Culley, Thad Jones, and Gene "Snooky" Young on trumpet, Henry Coker, Benny Powell, and Al Grey on trombone, Marshall Royal and Frank Wess on alto saxophone, Frank Foster and Billy Mitchell on tenor saxophone, Charlie Fowlkes on baritone saxophone, Gerry Wiggins on piano, Freddie Green on guitar, Eddie Jones on bass, and Sonny Payne on drums), records the titles "Look Out For Love", "Wee Baby Blues", and "Madrid" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California between 12:00 PM and 3:00 PM. Capitol Record will issue the first two songs on Cole's album "Welcome To The Club", "Madrid as a single (Capitol F4125) with "Give Me Your Love" (recorded August 18, 1958) on the flipside, and all the songs on the CD "Big Band Cole" (7-96259-2).

1962 - Capitol Records releases Tennessee Ernie Ford's single "Work Song" with "Rags And Old Irons" on the flipside.

1963 - Bobby Darin, with Jimmy Haskell conducting his own arrangements to an uncredited orchestra, records the titles "Be Mad Little Girl", "Treat My Baby Good" (which he wrote), and "Down So Long" in Los Angeles, California with producer Nik Venet. Capitol Records will issue the first song as a single (Capitol 5079) with "Since You've Been Gone" (recorded on October 15, 1963) on the flipside, and the last two songs together as a single (Capitol 5019).

1963 - The Beatles record the titles "That's All Right (Mama)", "Carol", "Soldier Of Love" and "Clarabella" for broadcast on the BBC. All the titles will later be issued by Apple Records on the album "Live At The B.B.C" with Capitol Records handling distribution in the United States.

1964 - Peggy Lee, with a studio orchestra (Justin Gordon, Paul Horn, and Jules Jacobs on reeds; Milt Bernhardt and Ed Kusby on trombone; James Decker on french horn; John Pisano on guitar; Chuck Berghofer on bass; Lou Levy on piano; Stan Levey on drums; and Francisco Aguabella on bongo and conga), records the tracks "Shangri-La" (arranged by Dave Grusin), "Again" (arranger unknown), and The Right To Love (Reflections)" (arranged by Lalo Schifrin) with producer Dave Cavanaugh at The Capitol Tower Studios in Hollywood, California for her Capitol Records album "In The Name Of Love" although "Again" didn't make it on to the album and was finally released by Capitol Records on the 1998 CD "Miss Peggy Lee".

60 Years Ago Today In 1966 - The Beach Boys' Capitol Records album "Pet Sounds" peaks at #10 on Billboard's album charts.

1990 - Capitol Records releases Poison's album "Flesh & Blood", which will peak at #2 on the album charts on August 18, 1990, and be certified triple platinum by the R.I.A.A. on February 14, 1991.

35 years ago today in 1991 - Capitol Records releases Arcadia's album "So Red The Rose" and Crowded House's album "Woodface".

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1919 - Fred Maddox, brother of Capitol Records artist Rose Maddox and member of the group The Maddox Brothers and Rose, is born in Boaz, Alabama.

1942 - Charlie Watts, drummer with the one-time Virgin Records group Rolling Stones, is born at University College Hospital, in London, England.

1944 - Nat "King" Cole and Lee Young of the Capitol Records group The King Cole Trio, with future Capitol Records artist Les Paul sitting in as a last-minute replacement for Oscar Moore, perform at the first "Jazz At The Philharmonic" concert in Los Angeles, California. Paul, who was in the army at the time and not allowed to make civilian recordings, used the pseudonym Paul Leslie and Cole, under contract to Capitol, used the pseudonym Slim Nadine when a track they performed with Illinois Jacquet, Jack McVea, J. J. Johnson, Johnny Miller, and Young, "Blues, Part 2", was released as a single (which some have cited as the first Rock 'N' Roll record).

1948 - The Thelonious Monk Quartet (Milt Jackson on vibraphone, Thelonious Monk on piano, John Simmons on bass, and Shadow Wilson on drums), with Kenny Hagood on vocals, records the titles "All The Things You Are", two takes of "I Should Care", "Evidence", two takes of "Mysterioso", "Epistrophy", and "I Miss You" at Apex Studios in New York City, New York with producer Alfred Lion and recording engineer Rudy Van Gelder. Blue Note Records will issue "All The Things You Are" and the second take of "I Should Care" together as a single (BN 1201), "Evidence" as a single (BN 549) with the second take of "Ruby My Dear" (recorded October 24, 1947) on the flipside, the first take of "Misterioso" as a single (BN 560) with "Humph" (recorded October 15, 1947) on the flipside, "Epistrophy" as a single (BN 548) with "In Walked Bud" (recorded November 21, 1947) on the flipside, "I Mean You" as a single (BN 1564) with The Tadd Dameron Septet's "Symphonette" (recorded September 13, 1948) on the flipside, and all the titles and takes, except for the second take of "If I Should Care", in the two-LP set "Thelonious Monk ‎– The Complete Genius" (BN-LA579-H2).

60 years ago today in 1966 - The Beatles perform the last of five concerts performed over three days at the Nippon Budokan Hall in Tokyo, Japan.

1969 - Brian Jones, founder and lead guitarist of future Virgin Records group The Rolling Stones, dies in his swimming pool after 11:00 PM at his home, Cotchford Farm, in Sussex, England at age 27. He will be found the next morning and many cite July 3, 1969 as the day of his death. A visibly shaken band will perform 3 days later with replacement guitarist Mick Jones for a filmed outdoor benefit concert in Hyde Park.

1973 - Betty Grable, actress, dancer, singer, pin-up girl, and one-time wife (1943-1965) of Capitol Records artist Harry James, dies of lung cancer in Santa Monica, California at age 56 and will be interred at Inglewood Park Cemetery in Inglewood, California.

ON THIS DAY NOT IN CAPITOL HISTORY

1955 - The Lawrence Welk Show debuts on ABC-TV.

70 Years Ago Today In 1956 - Elvis Presley records the tracks "Hound Dog" and "Don't Be Cruel" in New York City for RCA who would release both tracks together as a single that would become the first single where both sides would be certified Gold by the R.I.A.A.

1967 - Jimmy Hendrix makes his only concert appearance at The Whisky on Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles, California.

1997 - Jimmy Stewart, a Broadway, motion picture, radio, and television actor, singer, and poet dies at his home in Beverly Hills California as the result of a pulmonary embolus at age 89. He will be buried on July 7, 1997, next to his wife, Gloria, at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, in Glendale, California.

2003 - Former Capitol Records artist Kenny Rogers makes his debut appearance at The Hollywood Bowl.

JULY 1, 2026

HAPPY BIRTHDAYS!

1899 - Charles Laughton, motion picture actor and director, acting teacher, husband of motion picture actress Elsa Lanchester, and a Capitol Records artist, is born in Scarborough, Yorkshire, England.

1908 - Alvino Rey, inventor of the amplified guitar at age 15, steel pedal guitarist, popularized the use of the Sonovox to make his steel guitar "talk", bandleader, husband of Louise King of the Capitol Records recording group The King Sisters, and Capitol Records artist (1946-1959) is born Alvin McBurney in Oakland, California.

1945 - Debbie Harry, singer, songwriter, Playboy Club bunny, motion picture actress, singer with the Capitol Records band The Wind In The Willows, and a Chrysalis Records artist (both with the band Blondie and as a solo artist), is born in Miami, Florida and named Deborah Ann Harry three months later when she is adopted.

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1944 - Andy Russell (with orchestra conducted by Al Sack)'s Capitol Records single "Amor" is #6 up from #7 on Billboard's Best Selling Retail Records chart and Jo Stafford (with Paul Weston and His Orchestra)'s Capitol Records single "Long Ago (And Far Away)" is #10 down from #6.

1947 - Johnny Mercer, with The Pied Pipers (June Hutton, Clarke Yocum, Hal Hopper, Chuck Lowry), and Paul Weston and His Orchestra (Ray Linn, Ray Woods, Zeke Zarchy, and Don Anderson on trumpet; Allan Thompson, Bill Schaefer, Carl Loeffler, and Abe Lincoln on trombone; Herbie Haymer on tenor saxophone; Fred Stulce, Matty Matlock, Hap Lawson, and Lenny Hartman on reeds; Milt Raskin on piano; George Van Eps on guitar; Jack Ryan on bass; and Nick Fatool on drums), record the tracks "Don't Take Your Meanness Out On Me" (released by Capitol Records as part of the album "Willard Robinson's Deep River Music") and "School Days" (released by Capitol on the album "Campus Classics") in Los Angeles, California.

1950 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Mona Lisa" is #2 on Billboard's Best Selling Retail Records chart, Kay Starr (with Lou Busch and His Orchestra)'s Capitol Records single "Bonaparte's Retreat" enters the chart at #17 and Les Paul's Capitol Records single "Nola" re-enters the charts at #19.

1954 - Capitol Records terminates its relationship with Lockwood Miller (who owns all the shares of Capitol Records of Canada Ltd. as well as the rights to the name since 1949) and forms Capitol Records Distributors of Canada Limited with head office in Toronto, a branch office in Montreal, and three independent distributors in the west part of the country.

1957 - Ferlin Husky's Capitol Records single "I'm Gone" is #25 down from #24 on Billboard's Best Selling Retail Records chart and Tommy Sands' Capitol Records single "Goin' Steady" is #29 down from #19.

1957 - Nat "King" Cole (with additional vocals by The McCoy Boys and the orchestra conducted and arranged by Billy May)'s single "Send For Me", with "My Personal Possession" (with additional vocals by The Four Knights and arranged by Nelson Riddle) on the flipside, enters Billboard's R&B singles chart which it will top for two weeks.

1958 - Vocalist Nat "King" Cole, with Dave Cavanaugh directing his own arrangements to the orchestra (John Anderson, Joe Newman, Wendell Culley, Thad Jones, and Gene "Snooky" Young on trumpets, Henry Coker, Benny Powell, and Al Grey on trombones, Marshall Royal and Frank Wess on alto saxophones, Frank Foster and Billy Mitchell on tenor saxophones, Charlie Fowlkes on baritone saxophone, Gerry Wiggins on piano, Freddie Green on guitar, Eddie Jones on bass, and Sonny Payne on drums), records the titles "Avalon", "Baby, Won't You Please Come Home?", "The Late, Late Show", and "Welcome To The Club" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California at an extended session between 1:30 PM and 5:30 PM. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Cole's album "Welcome To The Club" (W 1120).

1958 - During two sessions held this day in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California with producer Bill Miller, trumpet player and bandleader Harry James and His Orchestra (Nick Buono, Bob Rolfe, and Ollie Mitchell also on trumpets, Bob Edmondson and Ray Sims on trombones, Ernie Tack on bass trombone, Willie Smith and Herb Lorden on alto saxophones, Bob Poland and Sam Firmature on tenor saxophones, Ernie Small on baritone saxophone, Jack Perciful on piano, Dennis Budimir on guitar, Russ Phillips on bass, and Jackie Mills on drums) record the titles "Willow Weep for Me" and "Moten Swing" (both arranged by Ernie Wilkens), "Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans" and "You're My Thrill" (both arranged by James 'Jay' Hill), "I Want A Little Girl" (also arranged by Ernie Wilkens), and "The New Two O'Clock Jump" (arranged by Neal Hefti) at the first session and the titles "I Want A Little Girl" and "The New One O'Clock Jump" at the second session. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on James and His Orchestra's album "Harry's Choice" (T/ST 1093).

1963 - The Beatles record the titles "She Loves You" and "I'll Get You" at EMI's Abbey Road Studios in London, England with producer George Martin. Capitol Records will release the songs in the United States together as a single (Capitol 44281) and on the band's album "The Beatles Second Album".

1964 - Vocalist Peggy Lee, with Billy May conducting his orchestra (Justin Gordon, Paul Horn, Theodore Nash, and Maury Stein on reed; Conrad Gozzo, Manny Klein, and Ray Triscari on trumpet; Milt Bernhardt, Ed Kusby, and Kenny Shroyer on trombone; James Decker on french horn; John Pisano on guitar; Chuck Berghofer on bass; Lou Levy on piano; Stan Levey on drums; and Francisco Aguabella on bongos and conga), records the tracks "Talk To Me Baby" (arranged by Dave Grusin), "Make Believe" (arranger unknown), "When In Rome" (arranged by Dave Grusin), and "The Boy From Ipanema" (arranged by Billy May) with producer Dave Cavanaugh in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California for her Capitol Records album "In The Name Of Love". I wonder if she heard any of Onzy Matthews sessions being held next door, or if Onzy listened in to Lee's session?

1964 - Arranger, pianist and singer Onzy Matthews (with Bud Brisbois, Bobby Bryant, Melvin Moore, John Anderson, and Bob Rolfe on trumpet; Dave Wells on bass trumpet and trombone; Lou Blackburn, Pete Myers, and Dick Leith on trombones; Gabe Baltazar on alto saxophone; Clifford Scott on alto and tenor saxophone; Curtis Amy and Alex Nelson on tenor saxophone; Jay Migliori, baritone saxophone; Ray Crawford on guitar; Jim Crutcher on bass; and Chiz Harris on drums) records the tracks "Make Someone Happy", "I Thought About You", (all with Matthews on lead vocal with an overdubbed female chorus and unreleased until they appear on Mosaic Records 2007 3 CD set "Mosaic Select: Onzy Matthews") and "Ray-on Blues" (which will appear on Matthews' Capitol Records album "Sounds For The '60s") at The Capitol Tower Studios, in Hollywood, California.

60 Years Ago Today In 1966 - Dick Curless and Kay Adams record their Tower Records album "A Devil Like Me Needs An Angel Like You" with produced by Buck Owens at The Capitol Tower Studios in Hollywood, California.

1967 - The Beatles' Capitol Records album "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" is #1 on Billboard's Top 200 albums chart where it will stay for 15 weeks.

1968 - Capitol Records releases The Band's debut album "Music From Big Pink" with cover art painted by Bob Dylan.

1968 - Capitol Records releases Buck Owens' album "Sweet Rosie Jones".

1968 - Tower Records, a subsidiary of Capitol Records, releases The Main Attraction's album "And Now The Main Attraction".

1969 - Capitol Records releases The Band's debut album "Music From Big Pink".

1969 - Capitol Records of Canada releases Franck Pourcel's album "The Way It Used To Be".

50 Years Ago Today In 1976 - Natalie Cole's Capitol Records album "Natalie" is certified Gold by the R.I.A.A.

1978 - Bhaskar Menon becomes Chief Executive of EMI Music Europe and International, based in London, England, and Capitol Industries, based in the United States.

1987 - Capitol Records releases The Beatles' album "Magical Mystery Tour" on CD.

1990 - M.C. Hammer's Capitol Records album "Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em" is #1 on Billboard's Top 200 albums' chart.

1997 - Capitol Records releases John Hiatt's last album for the label, "Little Head".

1997 - Capitol Records releases Radiohead's debut album, "OK Computer", in the United States.

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1957 - Rick Nelson's Imperial Records single "Teenager's Romance" is #9 down from #8 on Billboard's Best Selling Retail Records chart, Fats Domino's Imperial Records single "Valley Of Tears" is #13 up from #16, and Rick Nelson's Imperial Records single "I'm Walkin'" is #24 up from #37.

1959 - Trombonist and vocalist Jack Teagarden (with Don Goldie on trumpet and vocals; Henry Cuesta on clarinet; Don Ewell on piano; Stan Puls on bass; Ronnie Greb on drums) performs six (yes, six!) sets at The Roundtable in New York City, New York:
Set One: "I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues" (incomplete and rejected), "That's A Plenty" (unissued), "Tin Roof Blues" (unissued), "Baby, Won't You Please Come Home" (unissued), "I'm Getting Sentimental Over You/I Can't Get Started" (unissued)"South Rampart Street Parade" (released by Roulette Records on Teagarden's album "At The Roundhouse), "Mixed Emotions" (unissued), and "Jazz Me Blues" (rejected)
Set Two: "Fidgety Feet" (rejected), "Basin Street Blues" (unissued), "Big Noise From Winnetka" (released by Roulette Records on Teagarden's album "At The Roundhouse), "When" (released by Roulette Records on Teagarden's album "At The Roundhouse)
Set Three: "South Rampart Street Parade" (rejected), "Stars Fell on Alabama/When A Woman Loves A Man" (unissued), "Honeysuckle Rose" (released by Roulette Records on Teagarden's album "At The Roundhouse"), "Sweet Georgia Brown" (unissued), "Junk Man" (unissued), "Lover" (with Sol Yaged on clarinet, unissued)
Set Four: "Original Dixieland One-Step" (unissued), "St. James Infirmary (instrumental version)" (unissued), "Royal Garden Blues" (unissued), "Stardust" (released by Roulette Records on Teagarden's albums "At The Roundhouse and "The World of Jack Teagarden"), "Jada" (unissued), "When The Saints Go Marching In" (vocal by Teagarden and Goldie, rejected), "Atlanta Blues" (unissued), "(Back Home Again In) Indiana" (unissued)
Set Five: "St. James Infirmary" (vocal by Teagarden and released by Roulette Records on Teagarden's albums "At The Roundhouse and "The World of Jack Teagarden"), A Hundred Years From Today" (vocal by Teagarden, unissued), "14200 St. Louis Blues (vocal by Teagarden and released by Roulette Records on Teagarden's album "At The Roundhouse"), "Lulu's Back In Town" (rejected), and "Tap Room Blues" (rejected)
Set Six (no audience): "Ol' Man River" (with Teagarden on baritone horn, unissued), "Lulu's Back In Town" (rejected take one), "Lulu's Back In Town" (take two, unissued), "When The Saints Go Marching In" (with vocals by Teagarden and Goldie and released by Roulette Records on Teagarden's albums "At The Roundhouse and "The World of Jack Teagarden"), "Tap Room Blues" (rejected), "Big Noise From Winnetka" (rejected), "Riverboat Blues" (with vocals by Teagarden, unissued), and "I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues" (unissued). All the sessions are recorded by Roulette Records and will finally be released by Mosaic Records on the 2003 box set "The Complete Roulette Jack Teagarden Sessions".

1964 - United Artist Records announces that The Beatles' soundtrack to "A Hard Days Night" has sold 1 million copies in just 4 days.

60 Years Ago Today In 1966 - The Beatles play three performances at Budokan Hall in Tokyo, Japan which are subsequently released on the bootleg album "Three Nights in Tokyo".

1968 - There are two conflicting reports about John Lennon and Yoko Ono for this date. The first reads that John Lennon publicly declares his love for Yoko Ono at the opening of his first art exhibition in London, England. The other states that John Lennon and Yoko Ono are hospitalized after an auto accident in Scotland. If anyone knows for sure what happened, please leave a comment.

1975 - Ringo Starr divorces his wife Maureen Cox.

ON THIS DAY NOT IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1897 - Three years after the first issue of Billboard Advertising was published, the monthly publication is renamed to The Billboard.

JUNE 30, 2026

HAPPY BIRTHDAYS!

1939 - Janet H. Shifflett, machinist for fifteen years at Capitol Records and for Audiopak for seven years, is born Janet Henry in Warren County, Virginia. If anyone has a photo, please leave a comment.

1944 - Glenn Shorrock, singer with the Capitol Records group The Little River Band, is born in Rochester, England.

1949 - Andy Scott, guitarist with the Capitol Records group The Sweet, is born Andrew Scott in Wrexham, Wales, United Kingdom.

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1944 - It's a busy day for drummer Zutty Singleton as he and his Creole Band (Norman Bowden on trumpet, Shorty Haughton on trombone, Barney Bigard on clarinet, Fred Washington on piano, Bud Scott on guitar, and Ed Garland on bass) record the tracks "Oh, Didn't He Ramble" and "Crawfish Blues", and at the same session, with his trio (Singleton on drums, Bigard on clarinet, and Washington on piano), record a couple of takes of "Barney's Bounce" and "Lulu's Mood". All the tracks will be released by Capitol Records.

1947 - Freddie Slack (on piano and celeste, with Gene Englund on bass, and Dave Coleman on drums), records the tracks "Humoresquire" (with Hilmer "Tiny" Timbrell on guitar) and "Celeste Boogie" in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records, but the tracks would remain unreleased until included in the 2005 Mosaic Records 3 CD set "Mosaic Select: Freddie Slack".

75 Years Ago Today In 1951 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Too Young" (with "That's My Girl" on the flipside) is still #1 on Billboard's Best Selling Retail Records chart, Les Paul and Mary Ford's Capitol Records single "How High The Moon" is #3 down from #2, and Les Paul and Mary Ford's Capitol Records single "Mockin' Bird Hill" is #17 down from #9, and Les Paul's Capitol Records single "Josephine" entes the top 20 at #20.

1955 - Frank Sinatra, with arranger Nelson Riddle leading an unknown studio orchestra, records a take of the title "I Thought About You" written by Jimmy Van Husen with lyrics by Capitol Records co-founder Johnny Mercer at radio station KHJ's studios (now the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science's Pickford Center for Motion Picture Study and the Academy Film Archive) at 1313 North Vine Street, Hollywood, California between 8:00 PM and 11:00 PM. This take will be released on the bootleg CD "From The Vaults" (Archive 2201).

70 Years Ago Today In 1956 - Gene Vincent and The Blue Caps' Capitol Records single "Be Bop A Lula" enters the top 40 of Billboard's Best Selling Retail Records chart at #23 up from #43, Frank Sinatra (with Nelson Riddle and His  Orchestra)'s Capitol Records single "How Little We Know" enters the top 40 tied at #33 (up from #53) with Little Richard's single "Slippin' And A Sliddin'", Les Baxter and His Orchestra's Capitol Records single "Poor People Of Paris" is #37 down from #31, and Dean Martin's Capitol Records single "Standing On The Corner" is in a three way tie at #40 (down from #34) with Kay Starr's single "Second Fiddle" and Eddie Fisher (with Hugo Winterhalterr and His Orchestra)'s single "On The Street Where You Live".

1960 - Arranger and tenor saxophonist Bill Holman (with Al Porcino, Ray Triscari, Conte Candoli, Lee Katzman on trumpet; Frank Rosolino and Lew McCreary on trombone; Ken Shroyer on bass trombone; Vince DeRosa and John Cave on french horn; Joe Maini and Charlie Kennedy on alto saxophone; Richie Kamuca and Bill Perkins on tenor saxophone; Jack Nimitz on baritone saxophone; Jimmy Rowles on piano; Joe Mondragon on bass; and Mel Lewis on drums) records the tracks "Speak Low", "Lush Life", "Shadrack", and "In A Sentimental Mood" at The Capitol Tower Studios in Hollywood, California for his Capitol Records album "Bill Holman - Great Big Band".

1972 - Merle Haggard's Capitol Records single "Everybody's Had the Blues Sometimes" hits #1 on the U.S. Country singles charts.

1973 - George Harrison's Apple Records single "Give Me Love (Give Me Peace On Earth)", with "Miss O'Dell" on the flipside, hits #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart for the week ending June 30, 1973, knocking Paul McCartney and Wings' Apple Records single "My Love", with "The Mess" on the flipside, out of the top spot after a four week stay, and will itself be knocked out of the following week by Billy Preston's A&M single "Will It Go Round In Circles" with Preston's version of Lennon and McCartney's "Blackbird" on the flipside.

1974 - Anne Murray's Capitol Records single "He Thinks I Still Care" is #1 on the U.S. Country singles chart.

1984 - Tina Turner's Capitol Records album "Private Dancer" enters Billboard's Top 200 albums chart.

1995 - Capitol Records Nashville artist Garth Brooks buries the glass master of his LP "The Hits" beneath his star on the legendary Hollywood Walk of Fame. It was the first time something like this had been done.

2003 - An article in the Los Angeles Times states that Capitol Records pays a dime per square foot in property taxes for The Capitol Tower with an annual tax payment of $11,000. Doing the math, it works out that the total "official" square footage of The Capitol Tower is 110,000 square feet.

2009 - Harve Presnell, singer, Broadway, Television and Motion Picture actor, and Capitol Records artist (as part of the Roger Wagner Chorale and on the original Broadway cast album "The Unsinkable Molly Brown") has died of pancreatic cancer at age 74 at St. John's Health Center in Santa Monica, California.


ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1917 - Lena Horne, singer, motion picture and television actress, and United Artists Records artist (1965-1966) is born Lena Mary Calhoun Horne in Brooklyn, New York.

95 Years Ago Today In 1931 - Andrew Hill, pianist and Blue Note Records artist, is born in Chicago, Illinois.

1953 - Pianist and vocalist Amos Milburn (with Noble Watts on tenor saxophone, Paul Williams on alto and baritone saxophone, Mickey Baker on guitar and an unknown bass player and drummer) records the tracks "Let's Have A Party", "Without Someone To Call Your Own", "One Scotch, One Bourbon, One Beer" (without Watts on saxophone), and "Sorrowful Heart" at Audio Video Studios, in New York City, New York for his Aladdin Records album "Let's Have A Party"

70 Years Ago Today In 1956 - Fats Domino's Imperial Records single "I'm In Love Again" is still #6 on Billboard's Best Selling Retail Records chart and its flip side, "My Blue Heaven", is #22 down from #21. Imperial Records' catalogue is currently owned by Capitol Music Group's parent company, Universal Music Group.

1962 - Bobby Vee's Liberty Records single "Sharing You" is #16 up from #18 on Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart, Dion's Laurie Records single "Lovers Who Wander" is #30 down from #14, and Dinah Washington's single "Where Are You" is # 40 down from #36 up from #46. Universal Music Group, Capitol Music Group's parent company, currently owns the Laurie, Liberty, and Roulette Records catalogs.

1963 - Arranger Onzy Matthews (with Dupree Bolton on trumpet; Earl Anderza on alto saxophone; Hadley Caliman on tenor saxophone; Roosevelt Wardell on piano; Clarence Jones on bass; and Chuck Carter on drums) records the tracks "Joe And I" and "Midnite Lament" at Pacific Jazz Studios, in Los Angeles, California. The tracks will remain unreleased until they became part of the 2007 Mosaic Records 3 CD set "Mosaic Select: Onzy Matthews".

1984 - It's Rupert Perry's last day as president of EMI America Records. The next day he will become executive assistant to the chairman of EMI Music Worldwide, based in Los Angeles, California.

ON THIS DAY NOT IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1939 - Future Capitol Records artist Frank Sinatra makes his first appearance with future Capitol Records artist Harry James’ band at a show held at the Hippodrome Theatre in Baltimore, Maryland.

70 Years Ago Today In 1956 - The Goons' first Decca Records single, "I'm Walking Backwards For Christmas", enters the UK singles charts.

1963 - Brian Epstein signs The Foremost.

20 Years Ago Today In 2006 - "The Beatles LOVE", the latest Cirque du Soleil production which celebrates the musical legacy of The Beatles, holds it's Gala Premiere at The Mirage in Las Vegas and Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Yoko Ono and Olivia Harrison are expected to attend. This joint artistic venture marks the first time that The Beatles' company, Apple Corps Ltd., has agreed to a major theatrical partnership. Sir George Martin, The Beatles' original producer, and his son Giles Martin have been working with the entire archive of Beatles recordings to create the musical component for "LOVE". Apple Corps Ltd. will later release the show's soundtrack album through EMI Music. For more info go to issue 60 of Beatlefan online.

JUNE 29, 2026

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

1953 - Mitchell Froom, musician and record producer (notably the first three albums for Capitol Records group Crowded House), and known for his work in pop, rock, and alternative music is born in Sonoma County, California.

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1942 - It's a Monday, and Capitol Records releases its first six singles:
101. "I Found A New Baby" and "The General Jumped At Dawn" by Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra.
102. "Here You Are" by Freddie Slack and His Orchestra with David Street on vocals and "Cow-Cow Boogie" also by Freddie Slack and His Orchestra with Ella Mae Morse on vocals.
103. "Strip Polka" by Johnny Mercer with Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra and "The Air-Minded Executive" by Johnny Mercer with Freddie Slack and His Orchestra.
104. "Johnny Doughboy Found A Rose In Ireland" and "Phil The Fluter's Ball" by Dennis Day.
105. "The Angels Cried" and "I'll Remember April" by Martha Tilton with Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra.
106. "He Wears A Pair Of Silver Wings" by Connie Haines with Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra and "I'm Always Chasing Rainbows" by Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra.
The records were manufactured by three companies: Scranton Record Company in Pennsylvania and Allied Records in California, who both pressed the records out of shellac and reclaimed shellac, and Clark Phono Company in Newark, New Jersey, which due to war restrictions, used a proprietary non-shellac material.

1948 - Vocalists Pinto Colvig and Mel Blanc record "Bozo And Bugs Bunny Talk Big Business" in two parts in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both parts together as the label's first promotional record (possibly Capitol 3353 according to an ebay auction of the record held in 2016) on a 10" shellac disc. If anyone has images of the labels and/or a copy of the audio, please leave a comment.

1948 - The U.C.L.A. Glee Club (lineup unlisted) records the titles "Hail To California", "By The Old Pacific", "Team Hear Our Song" and "Hail Blue And Gold" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Hail To California" and "Team Hear Our Song" together as a single (Capitol 57-764 and 54-764) and has yet to issue either By The Old Pacific" or "Hail Blue And Gold".

1950 - Mel Blanc records the titles "Yosemite Sam" and "I Taut I Taw A Puddy Tat" for the double-disc Capitol Records children's record "Bugs Bunny Sings". The two tracks will also be released as a single with a picture sleeve in 1951 and "I Taut I Taw A Puddy Tat" would peak at #9 on Billboard's singles chart and be one of the top 20 songs of the year. The song was produced by Alan Livingston. Livingston, with Billy May and Warren Foster, would also write the lyrics and May would write, arrange and conduct the music.

75 Years Ago Today In 1951 - The Four Freshmen (Bob Flanigan on vocal, trombone, and bass; Don Barbour on vocal and guitar; Ross Barbour on vocal and drums; and Hal Kratzsch on vocal, trumpet, mellophone, and bass) record the tracks "It's A Blue World" and "Tuxedo Junction" (which will be released by Capitol Records as Capitol single #2152) as well as "Intermission Riff" (which will finally be released when it appears on 2000 Mosaic Records box set "The Complete Capitol Four Freshmen Sessions April 1950-July, 1960") with producer Voyle Gilmour at Capitol's Melrose Avenue studios in Hollywood, California.

1959 - Franck Pourcel and His French Fiddlers' Capitol Records single "Only You (Loin De Vous)" is #23 down from #12 on Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart and The Kingston Trio's Capitol Records single "M.T.A." enters the top 40 at #28 up from #49.

1960 - Arranger and tenor saxophonist Bill Holman (with Al Porcino, Conte Candoli, Lee Katzman, and Ray Triscari on trumpet; Bill Perkins and Richie Kamuca on tenor saxophone; Charlie Kennedy, Joe Maini, and Richie Kamuca on alto saxophone; Frank Rosolino, Lew McGreery, and Vern Friley on trombone; Jack Nimitz on baritone saxophone; Jimmy Rowles on piano; Joe Mondragon on bass; Kenny Shroyer on bass trombone; and Mel Lewis on drums) record the tracks "Quickstep", "The Moon Is Blue", and "June Is Busting Out All Over" for his Capitol Records album "Bill Holman's Great Big Band" at The Capitol Tower Studios in Hollywood, California.

1963 - Kyu Sakamoto's Capitol Records single "Sukiyaki" (with "Anoko No Namaewa Nantenkana" on the flipside) is still #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart, Nat "King" Cole's single "Those Lazy-Hazy-Crazy Days Of Summer" is #6 up from #7, Bobby Darin's Capitol Records single "Yellow Roses" is #16 down from #11, The Beach Boys' Capitol Records single "Surfin' U.S.A." is #17 down from #16, Al Martino's Capitol Records single "I Love You Because" is #19 down from #9, and The Beach Boys' single "Shut Down" (the flipside of "Surfin' U.S.A." is #29 down from #23. Also, Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Those Lazy-Hazy-Crazy Days Of Summer" is #3 on The Billboard magazine's Middle-Road Singles chart, #9 on KDWB's Top 40 chart in Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota, #10 on KFWB's Fabulous Forty Survey in Los Angeles, California, and #38 on C-FUN's C-Funtastic Fifty chart in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records album "Ramblin' Rose" is #36, his album "Dear Lonely Hearts" #70, and his album "Where Did Everyone Go?" is #143 on The Billboard magazine's Top LPs 150 Best Sellers - Monaural chart.

1964 - Capitol Records releases Nat "King" Cole's single "Marnie" based on music from the soundtrack of the Alfred Hitchcock movie, with "More And More Of Your Amour" on the flipside.

1967 - Wanda Jackson records the track "No Place To Go But Home" with producers Ken Nelson and Kelso Herston for her Capitol Records album "Cream Of The Crop" and "You Created Me" with Nelson, Herston and George Richy producing for her Capitol Records album "Wanda Jackson Country!" at Columbia Studios in Nashville, Tennessee.

1968 - Capitol Records subsidiary Tower Records releases Pink Floyd's second album "A Saucerful Of Secrets".

1989 - Capitol Records releases Paul McCartney's "Flowers In The Dirt" album.

1999 - Capitol Records releases Grand Funk Railroad's anthology album "Thirty Years Of Funk".

2002 - Rosemary Clooney, singer, motion picture and television actress, wife of Capitol Records artist (original Broadway cast album for "Cyrano de Bergerac") Jose Ferrer, lover of arranger and Capitol Records artist Nelson Riddle, and a Capitol Records artist (on a duet album with Bing Crosby), dies at age 74 of lung cancer at her home in Beverly Hills, California. Her home, formerly the home of lyricist Ira Gershwin, has been demolished by a new owner.

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

110 Years Ago Today In 1916 - Porky Freeman, guitarist and Western Swing bandleader who gave future Capitol Records artist Merle Travis his first job after Travis moved to California, is born Quilla Hugh Freeman, in Vera Cruz, Missouri.

1943 - Little Eva, singer (best known for "The Loco-Motion", which was later covered by Capitol Records group Grand Funk Railroad and future Capitol Records artist Kyle Minogue), is born Eva Narcissus Boyd in Belhaven, North Carolina.

1959 - Martin Denny's Liberty Records single "Quiet Village" is #8 down from #6 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart, Dion and The Belmonts' Dolton Records single "A Teenager In Love" is #10 down from #8, Fats Domino's Imperial Records single "I'm Ready" is #29 down from #18. Universal Music Group, Capitol Records' parent company, currently owns the Liberty, Dolton, and Imperial Records catalogs.

1963 - The Essex's Roulette Records single "Easier Said Than Done" is #5 up from #15 on Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart, The Chiffon's Laurie Records single "One Fine Day" is #7 up from #10, Jan And Dean's Liberty Records single "Surf City is #10 up from #20, and Lou Christie's Roulette Records single "Two Faces Have I" is #26 down from #14. Roulette, Laurie, and Liberty Records' catalogs are currently owned by Capitol Music Group's parent company, Universal Music Group.

1963 - Del Shannon's cover of The Beatles' tune "From Me To You" enters Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart, becoming the first Lennon/McCartney song to appear on the U.S. charts.

40 Years Ago Today In 1986 - Dan Seal's EMI America Records single "Everything That Glitters (Is Not Gold)", with "So Easy To Need" on the flipside, is #1 on the U.S. Country singles charts. EMI America's Country catalog is currently being distributed by Capitol Records Nashville.

ON THIS DAY NOT IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1919 - Slim Pickens, motion picture actor ("Blazing Saddles", "Dr. Strangelove...", "1941", etc.), is born Louis Bert Lindley Jr., in Kingsburg, California. Let the whoopin' and a hollerin' commence! :)

1940 - Victor Records releases Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra's single "I'll Never Smile Again", It will be the band's first big hit with future Capitol Records artists Frank Sinatra and The Pied Pipers as vocalists. The track had been recorded on May 23, 1940, in New York City and will become the first #1 on Billboard's first top 10 selling chart on July 20, 1940, and would be both Sinatra and The Pied Piper's first #1 on any charts. The instrumental "Marcheta" is on the flipside.

1963 - Jack Lemmon and Shirley MacLaine, at ceremony #123, leave their footprints in cement at Grauman's Chinese Theater in Hollywood, California.

1967 - Jayne Mansfield, a singer and actress on Broadway and in motion pictures, is killed at age 34 in an auto accident on U.S. Highway 90 on her way from an engagement at a supper club in Biloxi, Mississippi to a TV interview in New Orleans, Louisiana. Also killed is Mansfield's driver and her divorce lawyer, and suffering minor injuries are three of Manfield's children including future "Law & Order S.V.U." actress Mariska Hargitay.

1983 - Sylvester Stallone, at ceremony #148, leaves his footprints in cement at Grauman's Chinese Theater in Hollywood, California