APRIL 14, 2026

HAPPY BIRTHDAYS!

1924 - Shorty Rogers, a trumpet player, bandleader, composer, arranger, a member of Capitol Records band Stan Kenton and His Orchestra, and Blue Note Records artist, is born Milton M. Rajonsky in Great Barrington, Massachusettes.

1925 - Rod Steiger, a Broadway and motion picture actor and singer, and a Capitol Records artist (1955 on the "Oklahoma!" motion picture soundtrack) is born Rodney Stephen Steiger in Westhampton, New York.

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1942 - Willem Mengelberg conducts The Concertgebouw Orchestra (lineup unlisted) as they record Richard Strauss' "Death and Transfiguration, Op. 24" in six parts in Amsterdam, Holland for Telefunken Records. Capitol Records will issue all six parts on the album "Richard STRAUSS - Death and Transfiguration Op. 24/Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks" after it acquires distribution rights in the United States to Telefunken's library (P-8100):

1947 - Vocalist Betty Hutton, with Paul Weston conducting his own arrangements to the orchestra (lineup unlisted but included brass, reeds, piano, guitar, bass, and drums players but credited as with Joe Lillie and His Orchestra on single the label), records the titles "The Sewing Machine" and "I Wish I Didn't Love You So" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both titles together as a single (Capitol 409).

1947 - Vocalist Jerry Colonna, with Frank De Vol and His Orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the titles "Cowpasture Polka", "Saloon", and "The Spaniard That Blighted My Life" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Cowpasture Polka" and "Saloon" together as a single (Capitol 420) and have yet to issue "The Spaniard That Blighted My Life".

1952 - Capitol Records registers the masters it purchased for Les Paul and Mary Ford's titles "I'm Confessin' (That I Love You)" featuring vocals by Mary Ford and "Carioca" and will issue both titles together as a single (Capitol 2080).

1952 - Skip Martin and His Orchestra (lineup unlisted) record the titles "Night And Day", "The Continental", "The Waltz In Sambatime", and "We Saw The Sea" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Martin's album "Music For Tap Dancing" (L-341). Unfortunately, none of the titles are currently available on YouTube.

1953 - Mel Blanc records vocal overdubs in Los Angeles, California, using a script written by Ted Pierce and Warren Foster, onto instrumental tracks recorded by Van Alexander conducting the orchestra (lineup unlisted) recorded earlier in the month of April 1953 (exact date unlisted) for the titles "Wild West Henery Hawk: Part 1" and "Wild West Henery Hawk: Part 2". Capitol Records will issue the final mixes of both titles on the children's album "Wild West Henery Hawk" (CAS-3172 on 10" shellac and CASF-3172 on 7" vinyl).

1953 - The Duke Ellington Trio (Duke Ellington on piano, Wendell Marshall on bass, and Butch Ballard on drums) record the titles "In A Sentimental Mood", "Things Ain't What They Used To Be", "All Too Soon", and "Janet" in Capitol Records' studios at 5515 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Ellington's album "The Duke Plays Ellington" (T 477).

1954 - Kay Starr's Capitol Records single "If You Love Me (Really Love Me)", with "The Man Upstairs" on the flipside, enters the top 40 of the U.S. Pop singles charts.

1957 - Vocalist and pianist Carole Simpson records vocal tracks in Los Angeles, California over band tracks recorded by Lennie Neihaus and His Orchestra (lineup unlisted but included guitar, bass, drums, three violas, and cello players) on April 3, 1957, for the titles "There Will Never Be Another You", "Your Name Is Love", "Oh, Look At Me Now", and "A Gentleman Friend". Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Simpson's album "The Song Stylings Of Carole Simpson - All About Carole" (T 878).

1958 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Looking Back" is #27 on WMGM 1050 AM's Top 40 Survey in New York City, New York.

1958 - During two sessions held this day in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California, vocalist and guitarist Hank Thompson, with The Brazos Valley Boys (Dubert Ray Dobson on trumpet, Tommy Camfield, Harold Glenn Hensley, and Robert "Bob" White on fiddles, Vic Davis on piano, Billy Gray and Merle Travis also on guitars, Floyd Lester "Bobbie" White on steel guitar, Billy Briggs Stewart on bass, and John Sterling "Butch" White on drums), records the titles "La Zinda Waltz" and "Anniversary Waltz" at the first session between 6:00 PM and 10:00 PM then the titles "Wednesday Night Waltz", "Gold And Silver Waltz", "Skaters' Waltz", and "Fifty Year Ago Waltz" between 6:00 PM and 10:00 PM then at the second session from 11:30 PM and 2:30 AM on April 15, 1958. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Thompson's album "Favorite Waltzes By Hank Thompson With The Brazos Valley Boys" (T 1111).

1958 - Freddy Martin conducts His Orchestra (lineup unlisted) as the record the titles "Tonight We Love (Tchaikovsky - 'Concerto In B Minor')", "Rhapsody In Blue", "Strange Music", "Theme From Tchaikovsky's '6th Symphony'", "Liebestraum", and "My Reverie" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Martin and his orchestra's album "Concerto!" (W/SW 1066).

1958 - At a split and extended session held this day in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California between 5:00 PM and 9:00 PM, first Nelson Riddle conducts his own arrangement to His Orchestra (Tommy "Pullman" Pederson, Jimmy Priddy, Kenneth Shroyer, and Juan Tizol on trombones, John Cave and James Decker on French horns, Gene Cipriano, Buddy Collette, Joseph Koch, Lee Elliott, Arthur "Skeets" Herfurt, and Harry Klee on saxophones, Geoffrey Clarkson on piano, Bob Bain on guitar, Joe Comfort on bass, Larry Bunker and Frank Flynn on drums, Kathryn Julye on harp, and a string section with Alex Beller, Al Belnick, David Frisina, Marvin Limonick, Dan Lube, Erno Neufeld, Eudice Shapiro, Paul Shure, Felix Slatkin, Marshall Sosson, and David Sterkin on violins, Alvin Dinkin and Maxine Johnson on violas, and Edgar Lustgarten and Kurt Reher on cellos) as they record the title "The Seventh Voyage Of Sinbad" then, with Keely Smith on vocals, conducts as they record titles "The Whippoorwill", "You Are My Love", "Sometimes", and "Just As Much". Capitol Records will issue "The Seventh Voyage Of Sinbad" as a single (Capitol F3980) with "Love Theme From 'St. Louis Blues'" (recorded April 25, 1958) on the flipside, "The Whippoorwill" and "Sometimes" together as a single (Capitol F3975) by Kelly Smith, and "You Are My Love" as a single (Capitol F4063) with the live version of "That Old Black Magic" (recorded August 25, 1958 in the main room of the Sahara Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada with Louis Prima, Sam Butera and The Witnesses) on the flipside also as by Smith. Bear Family Records will issue all the titles in Germany in the eight-CD box set "Louis Prima, Sam Butera, and Keely Smith - Their Capitol Recordings" (BCD 15776).

1958 - During two sessions held this day at Universal Studios in Chicago, Illinois, trombonist Jack Teagarden, with Dick Oakley on trumpet, Jerry Fuller on clarinet, Don Ewell on piano, Stan Puls on bass, and Ronnie Greb on drums, records the titles "Mobile Blues", "Wolverine Blues", "Tishomingo Blues", and, with Teagarden also on vocals, "Someday You'll Be Sorry" at the first session and the titles "Rip-A-Tutte", "Weary River" with Teagarden also on vocals, "Dallas Blues", and "Casanova's Lament" also with Teagarden on vocals at the second session. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Teagarden's album "Big T's Dixieland Band" (T 1095).

65 Years Ago Today In 1961 - Comedians Carl Reiner and Mel Brooks record the titles "The Astronaut", "Taxes", "2000 Year & 6 Month Old Man", and "Baby Routine" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue "2000 Year & 6 Month Old Man" on the multi-artist comedy album "Fly Buttons" (T/ST 2502) and have yet to issue any of the other titles.

60 Years Ago Today In 1966 - The Beatles record the title "Rain" at Abbey Road Studios in London, England with producer George Martin. Capitol Records will issue the title as a single (Capitol 5651) with "Paperback Writer" (recorded April 13, 1966) on the flipside in the United States.

1968 - Final overdubs are recorded in Los Angeles, California for Glen Campbell's title "She Called Me Baby". Capitol Records will issue the final mix of the title on Campbell's album "A New Place In The Sun" (ST 2097).

1969 - Paul McCartney and John Lennon finish recording the title "The Ballad Of John And Yoko" at EMI's Abbey Road Studios in London, England. It is the first title released as a single by The Beatles not to feature George Harrison and Ringo Starr.

1975 - Fredric March (born Ernest Frederick McIntyre Bickel), motion picture actor and Capitol Records artist (narrator on the album "Hark The Years"), dies at age 77 in Los Angeles, California from cancer.

1978 - Vocalist Cheryl Ladd, with unlisted others, records the title "Bound To Please" in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records which has yet to issue the title.

1978 - No Dice (Jimmy Jewell on saxophone, Steve Smith on harmonica, Dave Martin and Dave Moore on guitars, Gary Strange on bass, Chris Wyles on drums and percussion, and Roger Ferris on vocals) record the titles "Angel With A Dirty Face" and "Jail House" in San Francisco, California for Capitol Records which has yet to issue either title.

1980 - The Knack's Capitol Records album "…But The Little Girls Understand" is certified Gold by the R.I.A.A.

1983 - Tina Turner signs a contract with Capitol Records.

1983 - Sherry Kean, with unlisted others, records the title "Universe Of Two" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the title on Kean's album "People Talk" (ST-12328).

1990 - Heart's Capitol Records single "All I Wanna Do Is Make Love To You", with "Call Of The Wild" on the flipside, enters the top 40 of Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart.

35 Years Ago Today In 1991 - Wilson Phillip's SBK Records (a division of Capitol Records) single "You're In Love" is #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart.

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1959 - The Fleetwood's Liberty Records single "Come Softly To Me", with "I Care So Much" on the flipside, hits #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart.

1983 - EMI America registers the masters it purchased for Any Trouble's titles "I'll Be Your Man", "Please Don't Stop", "Touch And Go", "foundations", "Party In The Streets", "Northern Soul", "Man Of The Moment", "Time Does Not Heal", "You'd Better Go Home", "Falling In Love With You Again", "Wrong End Of The Race", "Step By Step", and "Human Heart" and will issue "I'll Be Your Man", "Please Don't Stop", "Touch And Go", "foundations", "Party In The Streets", "Northern Soul", "Man Of The Moment", "Time Does Not Heal", "You'd Better Go Home", and "Falling In Love With You Again" on the group's album "" (ST-17096) and "Man Of The Moment" and an edited version of "Touch And Go" together as a single (EMI America 8166). No issuing information is listed for either "Step By Step" or "Human Heart".

1990 - Thurston Harris, singer (best know for the track "Little Bitty Pretty One") and Aladdin Records artist,  dies of a heart attack in Pomona, California at age 58. I designed the album cover, with art director Henry Marquez, for EMI America's release of Harris' "Greatest Hits" album in 1986.

APRIL 13, 2026

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

75 Years Ago Today In 1951 - Peabo Bryson, a singer, songwriter, music producer, and Capitol Records solo artist (1977-1983 and 1989) and part of recording duos with Natalie Cole (1979) and Roberta Flack (1983), is born Robert L. Bryson in Greenville, South Carolina.

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1944 - Andy Russell's Capitol Records single "Besame Mucho", with "You're The Dream, I'm The Dreamer" on the flipside, enters the top 40 of the U.S. Country singles charts.

1953 - Billy May directs his own arrangements to His Orchestra (listed as possibly Jack Laubach, Tony Facciuto, Bob McKenzie, and Andy Peele on trumpets, Bob Raesinger, Dick Nash, George Kenny, and Karl DeKarske on trombones, Willie Smith and Dick Clay on alto saxophones, Len Mitchell and Charlie Deremoe on tenor saxophones, John Agee on baritone saxophone, Cliff Fishbach on piano, John Collins on guitar, Carson Smith on bass, and Larry Bunker on drums) as they record the titles "Turk's Tune", "Street Of Dreams" and "Moonlight And Roses" at Capitol Records' studios at 5515 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue "Street Of Dreams" as a single (Capitol 3297) with "Suzette" (recorded October 4, 1954) on the flipside and has yet to issue either "Turk's Tune" or "Moonlight And Roses".

1953 - During two sessions held this day in Capitol Records' studios at 5515 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood, California, The Duke Ellington Trio (Duke Ellington on piano, Wendell Marshall on bass, and Butch Ballard on drums) records the titles "Who Knows?", "Retrospection" with only Ellington on piano, "B Sharp Blues", and "Passion Flower" at the first session, and the title "Dancers In Love", then, with only Ellington on the piano, the titles "Reflections In D" and "Melancholia", and, with the entire trio, "Prelude To A Kiss". Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Ellington's album "The Duke Plays Ellington" (EAP-1/2-477 on 7" EP, H-477 on 10" LP, and T 477 on 12" vinyl).

1953 - Mitchell Lurie directs, and plays the clarinet as part of, The Fine Arts Wind Ensemble (Sinclair Lott on horn, Haakon Bergh on flute, Alexandre Duvoir on oboe, and Jack Marsh on bassoon) as they record Hindemith's "Kleine Kammermusik, Opus 24, N° 2 (Quintet For Woodwind Instruments)" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the title on the album "POULENC - Sextet For Piano & Winds/HINDEMITH-Kleinekammermusic" (P-8258).

70 Years Ago Today In 1956 - Vocalist Dick Haymes, with Ian Bernard and his orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the titles "I Like The Likes Of You", "Isn't It A Lovely Day (To Be Caught In The Rain)", and "Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Haymes' album "Moondreams" (T 787).

70 Years Ago Today In 1956 - Vocalist Meg Myles, with unlisted others, records the yet to be issued titles "13 Men" and "Abracadabra" and the titles "Past The Age Of Innocence" and "My Melancholy Baby" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the last two titles together as a single (Capitol 3437).

70 Years Ago Today In 1956 - Ray Heindorf conducted The Warner Bros. Orchestra (lineup unlisted) and Chorus (vocalists Betty Allan, Burton Dole, William Lee, Elizabeth Mulliner, Ernest Newton, Betty Noyes, Thurl Ravenscroft, Virginia Rees, William Reeve, Max Smith, Robert Stevens, Betty Wand, and Gloria Wood) as they record the title "Fight Scene (The Yellow Rose Of Texas)" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the title on the original motion picture soundtrack album for the film "GIANT" (W 773).

70 Years Ago Today In 1956 - Vocalist John Raitt, with unlisted others, records the titles "Amapola", "Lamento Gitano (Gypsy Lament)", "Granada", and "Malaguena" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Raitt's album "Mediterranean Magic" (T 714).

1958 - It's a Sunday night and at 8:00 PM EST baseball fanatic Nat "King" Cole must be happy as a clam as he appears on CBS-TV's "The Ed Sullivan Show" with fellow guests baseball players Mickey Mantle, Yogi Berra, and Whitey Ford who get tips on how to sing "Take Me Out To The Ball Game" from the song's composer Jack Norworth. In the audience is the widow of W.C. Handy whose bio-pic, "St. Louis Blues", Cole is plugging as well as performing "Just One Of Those Things" and his new single "Looking Back" Also on the show are fellow Capitol Records artist Laurie London making his U.S. television debut performing "He's Got The Whole World In His Hand", Columbia Records singer Eileen Rodgers who performs "Handle Me With Care" and "I'd Climb The Highest Mountain", and a monologue by British comedienne Joyce Grenfell.

1958 - During two sessions held this day at City Auditorium in Houston, Texas, Leopold Stokowski conducts The Houston Symphony Orchestra, The Houston Chorale, and The Houston Youth Symphony Boy's Choir (lineups unlisted) as they record parts of Carl Orff's "Carmina Burana". Capitol Records will issue the entire piece on the album "ORFF - Carmina Burana" (PAR/SPAR-8470).

65 Years Ago Today In 1961 - Vocalist and pianist Ivory Joe Hunter, with Stan Applebaum directing the studio orchestra (lineup unlisted but includes trumpet, saxophone, guitar, bass, and drum players) and a chorus, (lineup unlisted), records the titles "Because I Love You", and "I'm Hooked" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue both titles together as a single (Capitol 4587).

1963 - Buck Owens' Capitol Records single "Act Naturally", with "Over And Over Again" on the flipside, enters the U.S. Country singles charts where it will eventually become Owens' first #1.

1963 - The Beach Boys' Capitol Records single "Surfin' U.S.A.", with "Shut Down" on the flipside, enters the top 40 of Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart.

1963 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "All Over The World" is #20 on Billboard magazine's Middle-Road Singles chart.

1963 - Vocalist Bobby Darin, with unlisted others, records the titles "Alice Blue Gown", "Whispering", "Somebody Stole My Gal", "I Cried For You", and "Sixteen" in Los Angeles, California. Collectors' Choice Music will issue "Whispering" and "Somebody Stole My Gal" on Darin's CD compilation "Bobby Darin - The Unreleased Capitol Sides" (CCM 079-2). The rest of the titles are still unissued.

1963 - During two sessions held this day in Los Angeles, California, The Journeymen (John Phillips and Scott McKenzie on vocals and guitars and Dick Weissman on guitar and banjo) record the titles "One Quick Martini" and "Greenland Whale Fisheries" at the first session and the titles "Mary Wore Three Links Of Chain" and "I May Be Right" at the second session. Capitol Records will issue "One Quick Martini" on the group's album "New Directions In Folk Music" (T/ST 1951) and the rest of the titles on the group's compilation CD "Capitol Collectors Series - The Journeymen" (7-98536-2).

1965 - The Beatles win the Grammy award for Best New Artist of the Year.

60 Years Ago Today In 1966 - The Beatles record the title "Paperback Writer" in Abbey Road Studios in London, England. Capitol Records will issue the title as a single (Capitol 6296) in the United States with "Rain" (recorded April 14, 1966) on the flipside.

60 Years Ago Today In 1966 - Vocalist and guitarist Roy Clark, with unlisted others, records a yet to be issued take of the titles "Steppin' Out", the title "(I'd Be) A Legend In My Time", and yet to be issued takes of the titles "A Good Woman's Love", and "Oh How I Miss You" in Nashville, Tennessee. Tower Records, a subsidiary of Capitol Records, will issue "(I'd Be) A Legend In My Time" as a single (DT 5118) with "Rose Colored Glasses" (recorded October 14, 1965) on the flipside.

60 Years Ago Today In 1966 - Vocalists Jean Shepard and Ray Pillow, with unlisted others, record the titles "Nobody's Business", "We Could", and "Willingly" in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Shepard and Pillow's album "I'll Take The Dog" (T 2537).

1968 - Buck Owens, with unlisted others, gives a concert in Nevada that's recorded by Capitol Records but has yet to be issued. None of the titles performed are listed.

1968 - The Lettermen (vocalists Jim Pike, Tony Butala, and Bob Engemann), Perry Botkin, Jr. conducting his own arrangments to the orchestra (lineup unlisted), record the title "All The Grey Haired Men" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the title as a single (Capitol 2196) with "Anyone Who Had A Heart" (recorded April 25, 1968) on the flipside.

1968 - The Beach Boys (lineup unlisted) record the title "Be Still" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the title on the group's album "Friends" (ST 2895).

1968 - Pianist Billy Taylor And His Trio (only Ben Tucker on bass and Grady Tate on drums), before a live audience in Capitol Records' studios in New York City, New York, record the titles "I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free", "T.N.T.", "Lonesome Lover", "Sunny", "Pensativa", "Hard To Find", "I'll Remember April", "Morning", "Antenett", and "Cag" with Taylor also producing the session. Tower Records, a subsidiary of Capitol Records will issue "I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free" and "Sunny" together as a single (Tower 421) and "I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free", "T.N.T.", "Lonesome Lover", "Sunny", "Pensativa", "Hard To Find", "Morning", and "Cag" on Taylor and the trio's album "I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free" (ST 5111). Blue Note Records will issue "I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free" as "I Wish I Knew How It Felt To Be Free" on the multi-artist compilation CD "Blue Movies - Scoring For The Studios" (8-57748-2). "I'll Remember April" and "Antenett" are still unissued.

1969 - Glen Campbell's Capitol Records single "Galveston", with "How Come Every Time I Itch I Wind Up Scratchin' You" on the flipside, is #1 on the U.S. Country singles charts.

55 Years Ago Today In 1971 - During two sessions held today in Los Angeles, California with producer Earl Ball, vocalist Merle Haggard and The Strangers (Roy Nichols on electric guitar, Norman Hamlet on steel guitar, Bobby Wayne on guitar, Dennis Hromek on bass, and Clair "Biff" Adam on drums) record the titles "The Conversion Of Ronnie Jones" and "Caroline" at the first session then just The Strangers record the titles "Honky Tonk", "Raunchy", and "Song From 'Sleep Walk'" at the second session. Capitol Records will issue "The Conversion Of Ronnie Jones" on Haggard's album "It's Not Love (But It's Not Bad)" (ST-11127), after an overdub session is held on April 30, 1971 for "Carolyn" it will release that title as a single (Capitol 3222) with "When The Feelin' Goes Away" (recorded November 9, 1970) on the flipside and on Haggard and The Strangers' album "Someday We'll Look Back" (ST-835) and all three titles from the second sessions on Merle Haggard's Strangers' album "Honky Tonkin'" (ST-796) and "Song From 'Sleep Walk'" as a single (Capitol 3144) with "Slow 'N' Easy" (recorded April 14, 1971) on the flipside.

1973 - Final overdubs are recorded in (listed as possibly) Los Angeles, California for Buck Owens' title "Arms Full Of Empty". Capitol Records will issue the final mix of the title as a single (Capitol 3688) with "Songwriter's Lament" (registered July 5, 1968) on the flipside and also on Owen's album "In The Palm Of Your Hand" (ST-11136).

1973 - Capitol Records registers the masters it purchased for vocalist Tony Booth's titles "That Loving Feeling" and "Old Faithful", both recorded at Buck Owens Studios in Bakersfield, California from Buck Owens Enterprises. After overdubs are recirded for "That Loving Feeling", Capitol Records will issue the final mix of that title as a single (Capitol 3943) with "Workin' At The Car Wash Blues" (registered July 25, 1974) on the flipside and also on Booth's album "Happy Hour" (ST-11270) and "Old Faithful" as a single (Capitol 3639) with "Don't Let True Love Slip Away" (registered May 15, 1973) on the flipside and also on Booth's album "This Is Tony Booth" (ST-11210).

1973 - Shirl Milete, with unlisted others, records the titles "I'll Raise Your Babies", "Family Man", and "She's Still My Baby" in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records has yet to issue "I'll Raise Your Babies" and will issue "Family Man" and "She's Still My Baby" together as a single (Capitol 3642).

1974 - Wings' Apple Records album "Band on the Run", distributed by Capitol Records in the United States, is #1 on Billboard's Top 200 Albums chart.

1975 - Merle Haggard's Capitol Records single "Always Wanting You", with "I've Got A Yearning" on the flipside, is #1 on the U.S. Country singles charts.

50 Years Ago Today In 1976 - Asleep At The Wheel (lineup unlisted) records the title "Miles And Miles Of Texas" in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue the title as a single (Capitol 4357) with "Blues For Dixie" (recorded April 1, 1966) on the flipside and on the group's album "Wheelin' And Dealin'" (ST-11546).

1977 - Natalie Cole's Capitol Records single "I've Got Love On My Mind", with "Unpredictable You" on the flipside, is certified Gold by the R.I.A.A.

1978 - Vocalist Cheryl Ladd, with unlisted others, records the titles "You've Never Done It Like That" and "Walking In The Rain" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records has yet to Issue "You've Never Done It Like That" and will issue "Walking In The Rain" on Ladd's self-titled album "Cheryl Ladd" (SW-11808).

1983 - Vocalist Ellen Shipley, with unlisted others, records the title "He's Not There" in (listed as possibly) Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the title on Shipley's album "Call Of The Wild" (ST-12289).

1983 - Sherry Kean, with unlisted others, records the title "Sever The Ties" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the title as a single (Capitol 5302) with "Mixed Emotions" (recorded April 11, 1983) on the flipside.

1992 - Liberty Records (later renamed Capitol Records Nashville) releases Linda Davis' album "Linda Davis".

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1923 - Don Adams, a comedian, television and motion picture actor, animated cartoon voice artist, and Roulette and United Artists Records artist, is born Donald James Yarmy in New York City, New York.

1980 - Blondie's Chrysalis Records single "Call Me", with an instrumental version of the song by Georgio Moroder on the flipside, is #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart. Chrysalis' UK catalog was once owned by Capitol Records' former parent company, EMI Music Group, was sold to Warner Music Group, who in turn sold it to Blue Raincoat Music who sold it to Reservoir Media Management.

1983 - Sheena Easton and Kenny Rogers' duet Liberty Records single "We've Got Tonight", with Rogers' "You Are So Beautiful" on the flipside, is #1 on the U.S. Country singles charts. Liberty Records catalog is currently owned by Universal Music Group, Capitol Music Group's parent company.

35 Years Ago Today In 1991 - Queensryche's EMI America Records single "Silent Lucidity", with "The Mission (Live)" on the flipside, enters the top 40 of Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart. EMI America's catalog is currently owned by Universal Music Group, Capitol Music Group's parent company.

APRIL 11, 2026

HAPPY BIRTHDAYS!

105 Years Ago Today In 1921 - Dorothy Shay (aka "The Park Avenue Hillbilly"), singer, comedian, actress, and Capitol Records artist, is born Dorothy Nell Sims in Jacksonville, Florida.

1932 - Joel Grey, a singer, dancer, a Broadway, motion picture, and television performer, son of comedian and Capitol Records artist Mickey Katz, father of motion picture and television actress Jennifer Grey and chef James Grey, and a Capitol Records artist, is born Joel David Katz in Cleveland, Ohio.

1970 - Dylan Keefe, bass player and background vocalist in the Capitol Records group Marcy Playground is born in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

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1953 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Pretend" is #3 on The Billboard magazine's Best Selling Singles and Most Played By Jockeys charts and #4 on the magazine's Most Played In Juke Boxes chart. Also, "Pretend" is #6, Nat "King" Cole with Billy May and His Orchestra's single "Can't I" is #17, and its flipside, "Blue Gardenia", is #28 on Cash Box magazine's Best Selling Singles chart.

1953 - Vocalist Jimmy Wakely, with an orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the titles "I Just Can't Take It Anymore", "Out Of Sight, Out Of Mind", "You Are An Angel", and "This Orchid Means Goodbye" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Out Of Sight, Out Of Mind" and "This Orchid Means Goodbye" together as a single (Capitol 2484) and has yet to issue "I Just Can't Take It Anymore" and "You Are An Angel".

1955 - Jean Shepard records the titles "Satisfied Mind", which Capitol Records will release as a single with "Take Possession" on the flipside in May 1955, and "Beautiful Lies", which Capitol will release with "I Thought Of You" on the flipside in September 1955, at Capitol Records' Melrose studios in Hollywood, California with producer Ken Nelson.

70 Years Ago Today In 1956 - Keely Smith and Louis Prima sign a contract with Capitol Records. I had the unexpected joy of meeting Keely late one night in The Capitol Tower Studios. I was heading down the hall towards the parking lot on my way home and she was coming out of the hallway from the studios. I recognized her at once and was just blown away. I mean, who could imagine bumping into Keely Smith at the Tower in 1999? Overcoming my tongue-tied shyness when meeting legends, I introduced myself, told her what a pleasure it was to meet her, and asked what brought her back to Capitol. She said she was working on a new album which turned out to be "Swing, Swing, Swing" released by Concord in 2000. She was very gracious and seemed tickled that someone, besides those working in the studios, recognized her and appreciated the significance of her return.

1958 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Looking Back" is #19 on WMCA's Wax To Watch chart in New York City, New York.

1958 - Freddy Martin conducts His Orchestra (lineup unlisted) as they record the titles "We Live For Love Tonight (Theme From Rachmaninoff's 'Concerto #2')", "Donna Diane", "Cornish Rhapsody", "Moonlight Sonata", and "Till The End Of Time" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Martin and his orchestra's album "Concerto!" (W/SW 1066).

1958 - Pianist Joe Bushkin, with an orchestra (lineup unlisted) using arrangements by Kenyon Hopkins, records the titles "Get Out Of Town", "I Get A Kick Out Of You", and a new take of "Night And Day" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Bushkin's album "I Get A Kick Out Of Porter" (T/ST 1030).

1958 - During two sessions held this day at City Auditorium in Houston, Texas, Leopold Stokowski conducts The Houston Symphony Orchestra (lineup unlisted) as they record parts of Shostakovich's "Symphony N° 11" at the first session and parts of Carl Orff's "Carmina Burana" at the second session. Capitol Records will issue all the parts of "Symphony N° 11" on the album "SHOSTAKOVICH - Symphony N° 11, Opus 103" (PBR/SPBR-8448) and all the parts of "Carmina Burana" on the album "ORFF - Carmina Burana" (PAR/SPAR-8470).

1963 - Vocalist Nat "King" Cole, with Ralph Carmichael conducting the orchestra (Jimmy Rowles on piano, Laurindo Almeida, Bobby Gibbons, and Al Hendrickson on guitar, Joe Comfort on bass, Frank Carlson on drums, Larry Bunker on percussion and a string section with Emil Briano, Arthur Brown, Harold Dicterow, Elliott Fisher, Lou Klass, Sarah Kreindler, William Kurash, Alfred Lustgarten, Emanuel Moss, Alex Murray, Lou Raderman, Isadore Roman, and Nathan Ross on violin, Cecil Figelski, Allan Harshman, and Gary Nuttycombe on viola, and Alex Borisoff, Jesse Ehrlich, Hyman Gold, and William Vandenburg on cello), records the titles "In The Cool Of The Day" then, with a vocal chorus (lineup unlisted) "Those Lazy, Hazy, Crazy Days Of Summer", two takes of "Felicia" and "You'll See", finishing with "Mr. Wishing Well" at The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California between 1:00 PM and 4:00 PM. Capitol Records will issue "In The Cool Of The Day" and "Those Lazy, Hazy, Crazy Days Of Summer" together as a single (Capitol 4965), "In The Cool Of The Day" also on the album "Cat Ballou" (T/ST 2340), "Those Lazy, Hazy, Crazy Days Of Summer" also on the album "Those Lazy-Hazy-Crazy Days Of Summer" (T/ST 1932) and, with a reprised ending added, as a single (still Capitol 4965) still with "In The Cool Of The Day" on the flipside and also on the album "Those Lazy-Hazy-Crazy Days Of Summer" (T/ST 1932), "Felicia", after a rhythm track is overdubbed, on the album "The Beautiful Ballads" (T/ST 2820) in 1967, "You'll See" as a single (Capitol 5486) with "Wanderlust" (recorded June 3, 1964) on the flipside and, after a rhythm track is overdubbed, also on the album "The Beautiful Ballads, and "Mr. Wishing Well" as a single (Capitol 5027) with "That Sunday, That Summer" (recorded May 16, 1963) on the flipside and, after a rhythm track is overdubbed, on the album "Thank You, Pretty Baby" (T/ST 2759). Bear Family Records will issue all the songs and all the takes in the CD box set "Nat 'King' Cole - The Complete Capitol Recordings (1960-1964)" (BCD 16717).

1963 - The Journeymen (John Phillips and Scott McKenzie on vocals and guitars and Dick Weissman on guitar and banjo) record the titles "San Francisco Bay Blues", "Bay Of Mexico", and "Someday Baby" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on the group's album "New Directions In Folk Music" (T/ST 1951).

1963 - Bandleader and trumpet player Ray Anthony and His Orchestra (Lewis McCreary on trombone, Bob Hardaway on tenor saxophone, Leo Anthony on baritone saxophone, Kellie Green on piano, Don Simpson on bass, and Nick Ceroli on drums), with a vocal chorus (lineup unlisted) and using arrangments by Don Simpson, records the titles "On Broadway" using an arrangement by Don Simpson, "Mexican Market Day" and "Heartaches" using arrangements by Jimmy Haskell, "You're The Reason I'm Livin'", End Of The World", "Days Of Wine And Roses", "I Wanna Be Around" and "I'm Just A Country Boy" using arrangements by Don Simpson in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "On Broadway", "You're The Reason I'm Livin'", "End Of The World", "Days Of Wine And Roses","I Wanna Be Around", and "I'm Just A Country Boy" on Anthony and his orchestra's album "Smash Hits Of '63" (T/ST 1917) and "Mexican Market Day" and "Heartaches" together as a single (Capitol 4972).

1963 - Narrator Stan Kenton, with Ralph Charmichael conducting his own arrangements to His Orchestra (Rubin Decker, Allan Harshman, and Gary Nuttycombe on violins, Cecil Figelski on violas, Alexander Borisoff, William Vandenburg, Jesse Ehrlich, and Hyman Gold on cellos, Jimmy Rowles on piano, Bobby Gibbons on guitar, Joe Comfort on bass, and Frank Carlson on drums) and Choir (lineup unlisted), records the title "What Is A Santa Claus? (Silent Night) in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California between 4:30 PM and 5:45 PM. Capitol Records will issue the title as a single (Capitol 5085) with "O Tannenbaum" (recorded March 14, 1961) on the flipside.

1964 - The Beatles occupy a record-breaking fourteen positions on US Hot 100 chart - "Can't Buy Me Love" (1), "Twist and Shout" (2), "She Loves You" (4), "I Want To Hold Your Hand" (7), "Please Please Me" (9), "Do You Want To Know A Secret" (14), "I Saw Her Standing There" (38), "You Can't Do That" (48), "All My Loving" (50), "From Me To You" (52), "Thank You Girl (61), "There's A Place" (74), "Roll Over Beethoven" (78), and "Love Me Do" (81).

1967 - Capitol Records artist Judy Garland divorces her husband Mark Herron.

1968 - During three sessions held this day in Los Angeles, California, vocalists Bobbie Gentry and Glen Campbell, with unlisted others, record the titles "My Elusive Dreams" and "Let It Be Me" at the first session, the titles "Little Green Apples", "Gentle On My Mind" and "Scarborough Fair/Canticle" at the second session, and the titles "Peaceful", "Dangling Conversation", "Heart To Heart Talk", "Imagination", and, with Gentry on vocals, "Words" in Los Angeles, California. After overdubs are recorded for "My Elusive Dreams" and "Let It Be Me" also on April 11, 1968, "Words" on May 10, 1968, "Let It Be Me" and "Little Green Apples" on May 28, 1968, "My Elusive Dream", "Gentle On My Mind", and "Heart To Heart Talk" on August 2, 1968, and "Scarborough Fair/Canticle" and "Dangling Conversation" on August 6, 1968, Capitol Records will issue "My Elusive Dreams", "Let It Be Me", "Little Green Apples", "Gentle On My Mind", "Scarborough Fair/Canticle", "Heart To Heart Talk", and Imagination" on the album "Bobbie Gentry And Glen Campbell" (ST 2928), has yet to issue "Peaceful" and "Dangling Conversation", and will issue "Words" on Campbell's album "Wichita Lineman" (SU/ST/SM-103).

1968 - Stained Glass (lineup unlisted) records the title "Thank You" in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records. No issuing information is listed.

1968 - The Beach Boys (lineup unlisted) record the title "Busy Doing Nothing" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the title on the group's album "Friends" (ST 2895).

1968 - Vocalist Willie Hightower, with unlisted trumpet, trombone, tenor and baritone saxophone, piano, guitar, electric bass, and drums players and a choir (lineup unlisted), records the title "It's A Miracle", "He Had A Dream", "Time Waits For No One", and "Nobody But You" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue "It's A Miracle" and "Nobody But You" together as a single (Capitol 2226) and has yet to issue either "He Had A Dream" or "Time Waits For No One".

1968 - The Geezinslaw Brothers (vocalists Sam Allred and Raymond Dewayne Smith), with unlisted others, record the titles "Sugar" and "Boney And Claude" in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue both titles together as a single (Capitol 2184).

1969 - Apple Records, with Capitol Records handling distribution in the United States, releases The Beatles' single "Get Back", with "Don't Let Me Down" on the flipside.

1970 - The Beatles' Apple Records single "Let it Be", with "You Know My Name (Look Up The Number)" on the flipside, is #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart.

1973 - Final overdubs are recorded in Los Angeles, California for Al Martino's title If I Give My Heart To You". Capitol Records will issue the final mix of the title as a single (Capitol 3604) with "Hey Mama" (recorded April 3, 4, 5, 9, and 10, 1973) on the flipside.

1978 - Vocalist Cheryl Ladd, with unlisted others, records the titles "Good, Good Lovin'" and Here Is A Song" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both titles on Ladd's self-titled album "Cheryl Ladd" (SW-11808), "Good, Good Lovin'" also as a single (Capitol 4650) with "Skinny Dippin'" (recorded April 10, 1978) on the flipside, and "Here Is A Song" also as a single (Capitol 4599) with "Think It Over" (also recorded on April 10, 1978) on the flipside.

45 Years Ago Today In 1981 - A Taste Of Honey's Capitol Records single "Sukiyaki", with "Don't You Lead Me On" on the flipside, enters the top 40 of Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart.

1983 - Sherry Kean, with unlisted others, records the title "Mixed Emotions" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the title on Kean's album "People Talk" (ST-12328) and also as a single (Capitol 5302) with "Sever The Ties" (recorded April 13, 1983) on the flipside.

1987 - Poison's Capitol Records single "Talk Dirty To Me", with "Look What The Cat Dragged In" on the flipside, enters the top 40 of Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart.

1988 - Boogie Boys (lineup unlisted) record the title "KMO Step Off" at an unlisted studio for Capitol Records. No issuing information is listed.

1998 - Capitol Records artist Merle Travis is named a charter inductee in the National Thumb Pickers Hall of Fame.

20 Years Ago Today In 2006 - Capitol Records releases The Beatles' compilation box set "The Beatles: The Capitol Albums Vol. 2".

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1945 - Future Capitol Records artist Dean Martin and his wife Elizabeth welcome their second daughter, Barbara Gail Martin, into the world.

1963 - Pianist Horace Silver, with Blue Mitchell and Kenny Dorham on trumpets, Grachan Moncur III on trombone, Julius Watkins on French horn, Junior Cook and Jimmy Heath on tenor saxophones, Charles Davis on baritone saxophone, Gene Taylor on bass, and Roy Brooks on drums, records the titles "Silver's Serenade, "Sweet Sweetie Dee", "Nineteen Bars", and "Nest Time I Fall In Love" in recording engineer Rudy Van Gelder's studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey for Blue Note Records which will reject all the takes of all the titles.

1968 - The 3 Sounds (Gene Harris on piano, Andrew Simpkins on bass, and Donald Bailey on drums), with Melvin Moore, Buddy Childers, Bobby Bryant, and Freddy Hill on trumpets, Lou Blackburn, Pete Myers, and Billy Byers on trombones, Ernie Tack on bass trombone, Anthony Ortega and Frank Strozier on alto saxophones, Jay Migliori on tenor saxophone, Bill Green on baritone saxophone, Ken Watson on percussion, and Lou Singer on tympani and percussion using arrangements by Oliver Nelson, record the titles "My Romance", "Lonely Bottles", "Do Do Do (What Now Is Next)", "Coldwater Flat", and "Last Train To Clarksville" at Liberty Studios in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on the group's album "Coldwater Flat" (BST84285).

25 Years Ago Today In 2001 - Sir Harry Secombe (born Harry Donald Secombe), singer, comedian, motion picture ("Down Among The Z-Men", "Oliver!"), television and radio performer (most notably as Neddy Seagoon on "The Goon Show") and Parlophone Records artist (whose "Goon Show" recordings were produced by George Martin), dies from prostate cancer at his home in Shamley Green, Guildford, Surrey, England at age 79.

APRIL 10, 2026

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

1940 - Clark Maffitt, vocalist, guitarist, and a Capitol Records artist as part of the duo Maffitt/Davies, is born Floyd Clark Maffitt in Shenandoah, Iowa.

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1947 - Pianist and vocalist Nellie Lutcher and Her Rhythm (Ulysses Livingstone on guitar, Billy Hadnott on bass, and Lee Young on drums) record the titles "The One I Love (Belongs To Somebody Else)", "Hurry On Down", "The Lady's In Love With You", and "You Better Watch Yourself, Bub" at Radio Recorders' Studio B in Los Angeles, California between 2:00 PM and 4:45 PM. Capitol Records will issue "The One I Love (Belongs To Somebody Else)" on Lutcher's album "Nellie Lutcher & Her Rhythm" (CC-70), "Hurry On Down" and "The Lady's In Love With You" as a single (Capitol Americana 40002), and "You Better Watch Yourself, Bub" as a single (Capitol Americana 40042) with "My Mother's Eyes" (recorded April 30, 1947) on the flipside.

1947 - Margaret Whiting, with Frank De Vol and His Orchestra, records the titles "Ask Anyone Who Knows", "Old Devil Moon", "Thou Swell", and "This Can't Be Love" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Ask Anyone Who Knows" and "Old Devil Moon" together as a single (Capitol 410) and "Thou Swell" and "This Can't Be Love" on Whiting's self-titled album "Margaret Whiting" (BD-51).
Here's a version of "This Can't Be Love" with Margaret and Lou Busch
Here's a version of "This Can't Be Love" with Frank Sinatra

1948 - It's a Saturday in Chicago, Illinois and for the final episode of NBC-Radio's "King Cole Trio Time", with announcer Dave Garroway and Cole back from his honeymoon, the trio (Nat "King" Cole on vocals and piano, Johnny Miller on bass, and Irving Ashby on guitar) is augmented with a special instrumental group of Chicago musicians featuring strings, French horn, oboe, clarinet, and harp as they perform "I've Only Myself To Blame" and "Nature Boy". Also, because of the AFM's musicians strike Frank Sinatra, with Jeff Alexander's chorus, record an acapella cover version of "Nature Boy" for Columbia Records to try to cash in on the success of Cole's unexpected hit version.

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

1953 - M-G-M releases the movie "Small Town Girl" starring Jane Powell, Farley Granger, and Ann Miller and featuring musical performances of "My Flaming Heart" and "I Just Love You" by Nat "King" Cole.

1953 - Pianist Joe "Fingers" Carr, with vocalist Barbara Carr, vocal group The Carr-Hopps, and an orchestra (lineup unlisted) records the titles "Mexican Joe" and "Here Comes My Daddy, Now!" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both titles together as a single (Capitol 2463).

70 Years Ago Today In 1956 - Capitol Records artist Nat "King" Cole is badly beaten up on stage by a white supremacist group, in front of a white audience, in Birmingham, Alabama.

1957 - Vocalist Frank Sinatra, with Gordon Jenkins conducting his own arrangements to the orchestra (Vincent De Rosa, Arthur Frantz, and John Cave on French horns, Dent Eckles on flute, Wayne Songer on clarinet, Willie Schwartz on woodwinds, Jack Shaney on bassoon, Matty Matlock on baritone saxophone, Bill Miller on piano, Allan Reuss on guitar, Jack Ryan on bass, Nick Fatool on drums, Kathryn Julye on harp and a string section with Victor Arno, Harry Bluestone, Samuel Cytron, Kurt Dieterle, Walter Edelstein, Ben Gill, Murray Kellner, Sol Kindler, Dan Lube, Joseph Livoti, Erno Neufeld, Nicholas Pisani, Joseph Quadri, Mischa Russell, Felix Slatkin, and Marshall Sosson on violins, William Baffa, Ray Menhennick, Paul Robyn, and David Sterkin on viola, Cy Bernard and Armand Kaproff on cello), records the titles "Where Is The One?", "There's No You", "The Night We Called It A Day", "Autumn Leaves" and an alternate take of "Autumn Leaves" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California between 4:00 PM and 7:00 PM. Capitol Records will issue "Where Is The One?", "There's No You", "The Night We Called It A Day", and "Autumn Leaves" on Sinatra's album "Where Are You?" (W 855) and "Where Is The One?", "There's No You", "The Night We Called It A Day", and the alternate take of "Autumn Leaves" on the stereo version of the album (SW 855).

1958 - "St. Louis Blues", the biopic of Blues and religious song composer W.C. Handy, has its official world premiere in Saint Louis, Missouri which is also a benefit for St. Louis Variety Tent's special charity, needy children. The premiere is attended by the movie's star Nat "King" Cole and is the beginning of a cross-country personal appearance tour by Cole to promote the film. The city's mayor, Raymond R. Tucker, declares the date "William Christopher Handy Day" in honor of the composer.

1958 - Vocalist Wanda Jackson, with "Big" Al Downing on piano, Merrill Moore on piano and organ, Vernon Sandusky on lead guitar, Buck Owens on rhythm guitar, Skeets McDonald on bass, and Joe Brawley on drums, records the titles "Mean Mean Man", "Rock Your Baby", "A Date With Jerry", "Our Song", and "You've Turned To A Stranger" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California between 5:00 PM and 9:00 PM. Capitol Records will issue "Mean Mean Man" and "Our Song" together as a single (Capitol F4026), "Rock Your Baby" as a single (Capitol F4081) with "Sinful Heart" (recorded April 9, 1958) on the flipside, "A Date With Jerry" as a single (Capitol F4207) with "You're The One For Me" (recorded December 2 and 3, 1958) on the flipside, and "You've Turned To A Stranger" as a single (Capitol F4142) with "Savin' My Love" (recorded December 2, 1958) on the flipside.

1958 - Freddie Martin conducts His Orchestra (lineup unlisted) as they record the titles "Moon Love"< "Swedish Rhapsody", "Our Love"< "Symphonie Moderne", and "Autumn Concerto" in Los  Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Martin and his orchestra's album "Concerto!" (EAP-1/2/3-1066 on 7" EPs and W/SW 1066 on 12" vinyl).

1958 - During two sessions held this day in 1958 at City Auditorium in Houston, Texas, Leopold Stokowski conducts The Houston Symphony Orchestra (lineup unlisted) as the record parts of Shostakovich's "Symphony N° 11" at both sessions. After the rest of the parts are recorded on April 11 and 12, 1958, Capitol Records will issue the entire piece in the two-LP set "SHOSTAKOVICH - Symphony N° 11, Opus 103" (PBR/SPBR-8448) as by the Houston Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Leopold Stokowski.

65 Years Ago Today In 1961 - Capitol Records releases Rose Maddox and Buck Owens' single "Mental Cruelty" with "Loose Talk" on the flipside.

1963 - The Journeymen (John Phillips and Scott McKenzie on vocals and guitar and Dick Weissman on guitar and banjo) record the titles "Someone To Tell My Troubles To", "All The Pretty Little Horses", "Four Strong Winds", and "Makes A Long Time Man Feel Bad" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the first three titles on the group's album "New Directions In Folk Music" (T/ST 1951) and on the CD "Capitol Collectors Series -The Journeymen" (7-98536-2). "Makes A Long Time Man Feel Bad" is still unissued.

1963 - Bandleader and trumpet player Ray Anthony and His Orchestra (Lewis McCreary on trombone, Bob Hardaway on tenor saxophone, Leo Anthony on baritone saxophone, Kellie Green on piano, Don Simpson on bass, and Nick Ceroli on drums) and a vocal chorus (lineup unlisted), using arrangments by Don Simpson, record the titles "Cast Your Fate To The Wind", "Meditation", "Our Day Will Come", "Love For Sale", "Walk Right In", and "Preacher Man" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Anthony and his orchestra's album "Smash Hits Of '63" (T/ST 1917).

1963 - Capitol Records purchases the masters for Jay Lewis' titles "Should I Come Back?", "Tell Us What Went Wrong", and "I Think It's Me" in Los Angeles, California, and will issue "Should I Come Back?" and "Tell Us What Went Wrong" together as a single (Capitol 5095) and has yet to issue "I Think It's Me".

1964 - Capitol Records releases The Beatles' album "The Beatles' Second Album".

1965 - Freddie and The Dreamers' Tower Records (a subsidiary of Capitol Records) single "I'm Telling You Now", with "What Have I Done To You?" on the flipside, is still #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart.

1967 - Merle Haggard records the title "Branded Man" which will be the title track for his 1967 Capitol Records album and released by Capitol as a single with "You Don't Have Very Far To Go (1967 version)" on the flipside.

1967 - Paul McCartney visits a Beach Boys' recording session, producing the title "Vegetables".

1968 - The Sugar Shoppe (Peter Mann on vocal and guitar, Laurie Hood on vocals, Victor Garber on vocals and guitar, and Lee Harris on vocals), with The Clique (Al Casey, Al Viola, Howard Robert, Louis Morrell, and Mike Deasy on guitars, Bill Plummer on sitar, Lewis Carroll on trumpet, Lew McCreary and Louis Blackburn on trombones, Abe Most, Jim Horn, and Plas Johnson on saxophones, Al De Lory, Larry Knechtel, and Michael Rubini on pianos and keyboards, Gary Coleman on vibraphone, and percussion, Carol Kaye and Don Bagley on basses, Earl Palmer and Stan Levey on drums, Hal Blaine on drums, vibraphone, and percussion, Stella Castellucci on harp) and a string section (Alfred Lastgarten, Arnold Belnick, Harry Hyams, Henry Roth, Israel Baker, James Getzoff, Marshall Sasson, Nathan Ross, Sam Boghossian, and William Hymanson on violins and violas, and Anne Goodman, Armand Kaproff, Frederick Seykora, and Nathan Gershman on cellos) using vocal arrangments by Peter Mann and instrumental arrangements by Mort Garson, record the titles "Take Me Away", "Poor Papa", and "Papa, Won't You Let Me Go To Town With You" in Los Angeles, California with producer Al De Lory. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on the group's self-titled album "The Sugar Shoppe" (ST 2925) and "Poor Papa" also as a single (Capitol 2326) with "Privilege (From The Film 'Privilege')" (recorded April 9, 1968) on the flipside.

1968 - Human Beinz (lineup unlisted) record the titles "I've Got To Keep On Pushing" and "Close Your Eyes" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both titles on the group's album "Evolutions" and "I've Got To Keep On Pushing" also as a single (Capitol 2431) with "This Little Girl Of Mine" (recorded November 19, 1968) on the flipside.

1970 - Paul McCartney announces that The Beatles have broken up.

1972 - Freddie Hart's Capitol Records single "My Hang-Up Is You", with "Big Bad Wolf" on the flipside, is #1 on the U.S. Country singles charts.

1973 - Overdubs are recorded in Los Angeles, California for Al Martino's title "Hey Mama". Capitol Records will issue the final mix of the title as a single (Capitol 3604) with the final mix of "If I Give My Heart To You" (recorded April 3, 4, 5, 9, and 11, 1973) on the flipside and also on Martino's album "I Won't Last A Day Without You" (ST-11302).

1973 - Marc Wirtz, with unlisted others, records the titles "Kings And Queens And Fairytales", "Somewhere Else", "Ecstasy Don't Come Free", "Silverlake Ripple", "Swan (Ballerina)", "American Sundae", "Honest Man", and "Hasn't It Been A Heavy Day (Pie In The Sky Lullaby)" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Wirtz's album "Hothouse Smiles" (ST-11208) and "American Sundae" also as a single (Capitol 3643) with "Nothing To Do" (recorded on an unlisted date in March 1973) on the flipside.

1978 - King Of Hearts (lineup unlisted) record the titles "Stay With Me" and "Just Because" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both titles on the group's album "Close But No Guitar" (SW-11848), "Stay With Me" also as a single (Capitol 4634) with "There's Always Time" (recorded June 1, 1978) on the flipside and "Just Because" also as a single (Capitol 4683) and also with "There's Always Time" on the flipside.

1979 - Vocalist Cheryl Ladd, with unlisted others, records the titles "Skinny Dippin'", "The Rose Nobody Knows", "Think It Over", and "You Turn Me Around" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Ladd's album "" (SW-11808), "Skinny Dippin'" also as a single (Capitol 4650) with "Good, Good Lovin'" (recorded April 11, 1978) on the flipside and also "Think It Over" as a single (Capitol 4599) with "Here Is A Song" (also recorded April 11, 1978) on the flipside.

1998 - CEMA (the then catalog division of Capitol Records and EMI) releases Freddie Hart's compilation album "Best of Freddie Hart"

2007 - Dakota Staton (aka Aliyah Rabia), singer, dancer, sister of saxophonist Fred Staton, and a Capitol Records and United Artists Records artist, dies in Manhattan, New York at age 74 after a few years of declining health.

2015 - It's a Friday evening and Peggy Hand (born Ethel M. Summers on November 4, 1932), who worked at Capitol Records' Jacksonville, Illinois pressing plant, dies in Advocate Bro-Menn Hospital in Normal, Illinois at age 82.

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115 Years Ago Today In 1911 - Martin Denny, bandleader, composer, pianist, and Liberty Records artist, is born in New York City, New York. Some listings have him being born on April 5, 1911. If anyone knows for sure, please leave a comment.

1957 - Future Imperial and Capitol Records artist Ricky Nelson starts his singing career on his parents' network television show "Ozzie and Harriet" when he sings the title "I'm Walkin'". That's Capitol Records artist and bandleader Ray Anthony as the bandleader in the background.

1962 - Stuart Sutcliffe, artist and original bass player for The Beatles, who had quit the band to return to art school and stay with his girlfriend Astrid Kirchherr, dies from a brain hemorrhage following a series of violent headaches in Hamburg, West Germany at age 21, the day before The Beatles were to return to Hamburg from Liverpool to start their third tour in the city.

1968 - The 3 Sounds (Gene Harris on piano, Andrew Simpkins on bass, Donald Bailey on drums), with Melvin Moore, Buddy Childers, Bobby Bryant, and Freddy Hill on trumpets, Lou Blackburn, Pete Myers, and Billy Byers on trombones, Ernie Tack on bass trombones, Anthony Ortega and Frank Strozier on alto saxophones, Plas Johnson on tenor saxophone, Bill Green on baritone saxophone, Ken Watson on percussion, and Roger Hutchinson on an unlisted instrument using arrangments by Oliver Nelson, record the titles "The Look Of Love", "Georgia On My Mind", "The Grass Is Greener", and "I Remember Bird" at Liberty Studios in Los Angeles, California. Blue Note Records will issue all the titles (with "Georgia On My Mind" being listed as "Georgia") on the group's album "Coldwater Flat" (BST84285).

1978 - Michael Johnson, with unlisted others, records the titles "Bluer Than Blue" and "Almost Like Being In Love" in an unlisted studio. EMI America will issue both titles on Johnson's album "The Michael Johnson Album" (SW-17002), "Bluer Than Blue" also as a single (EMI America 7100) with "This Night Won't Last Forever" (recorded January 12, 1979) on the flipside and "Almost Like Being In Love" also as a single (EMI America 8004) with "Rider In The Sky" (recorded on an unlisted date) on the flipside.

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70 Years Ago Today In 1956 - Leo Fender is granted the patent for The Stratocaster guitar.

APRIL 9, 2026

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

1920 - Art Van Damme, an accordionist, bandleader (Art Van Damme Quintet), and Capitol Records artist (the Quintet accompanied The Dinning Sisters on their Capitol Records single "Buttons And Bows"), is born in Norway, Michigan.

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1942 - Papers signed on March 27, 1942 by George G. DeSylva, John Mercer, and Glenn E. Wallichs, before Los Angeles County and California state Notary Public Leta Niccum to acknowledge that they have executed articles of incorporation for Liberty Records, Inc., are stamped "FILED" with the state of California. The three will apply for a Certificate of Amendment on May 27, 1942, again before Ms. Niccum, to change the name of the corporation to Capitol Records, Inc. Those papers will be stamped "FILED" with the state of California on June 1, 1942.

1948 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Nature Boy" is #1 on The Billboard magazine's Record Possibilities - The Retailers Pick chart and debuts at #11 on the magazine's Records Most Played By Disk Jockeys chart. It's flipside, The King Cole Trio's "Lost April", is #3 on the magazine's Record Possibilities - The Disk Jockeys Pick chart.

1953 - Final vocal overdubs are recorded by June Foray and Pinto Colvig in Los Angeles, California after previous vocal overdubs were recorded by Stan Freberg and Pinto Colvig on April 8, 1953 on to music tracks recorded by Van Alexander conducting his orchestra on March 31, 1953 which featured Nestor Amaral's song "Currupaco (The Parrot Song)" for the titles "Mickey Mouse's Birthday Party: Part 3" and "Mickey Mouse's Birthday Party: Part 4". Capitol Records will issue the final mixes of both titles on the children's album "Mickey Mouse's Birthday Party" (DBX-3165 on 10" shellac and EAXF-3165 on 7" vinyl).

1953 - During two sessions held this day in Capitol Records' studios at 5515 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood, California, bandleader and pianist Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra (Clark Terry, Willie Cook, Cat Anderson, and Ray Nance on trumpets, Juan Tizol, Britt Woodman, and Quentin Jackson on trombones, Russell Procope on alto saxophone and clarinet, Rick Henderson on alto saxophone, Jimmy Hamilton on clarinet and tenor saxophone, Paul Gonsalves on tenor saxophone, Harry Carney on baritone saxophone and bass clarinet, Wendell Marshall on bass, and Butch Ballard on drums) record the titles "Flamingo", "Bluejean Beguine", and "Liza" at the first session and the titles "Boo-Dah", "Blossom", "Ballin' The Blues" with vocalist Jimmy Grissom, and "Warm Valley" at the second session. Capitol Records will issue "Flamingo" and "Liza" on Ellington and his orchestra's album "Premiered By Ellington" (EBF-2-440 on 7" vinyl and H-440 on 10" vinyl), "Bluejean Beguine" and "Warm Valley" together as a single (Capitol 2546), "Boo-Dah" as a single (Capitol 2598) with "Give Me The Right" (recorded June 30, 1953) on the flipside on Ellington and His Orchestra's EP "Band Call!" (EAP-1-638), "Blossom" on Ellington and His Orchestra's album "Ellington Showcase" (EAP-3-679 on 7" vinyl and T 679 on 12" vinyl), and "Ballin' The Blues" as a single (Capitol 2503) with "Ain't Nothin', Nothin' Baby (Without You)" (recorded April 7, 1953) on the flipside.

1953 - Vocalist and rhythm guitarist Jimmy Work, with (listed as possibly) Al Myers on lead guitar and bass and Jerry Byrd on steel guitar, record the titles "Crazy Moon", "Little Popcorn Man", "How Can I Love You (When You're Not Around)", and "Out Of My Mind" in Cincinnati, Ohio. Capitol Records will issue "Crazy Moon" and "Out Of My Mind" together as a single (Capitol 2565) and "How Can I Love You (When You're Not Around) as a single (Capitol 2682) with "I'm Lonesome For Someone" (recorded October 16, 1952) on the flipside. Bear Family Records will issue all the titles in Germany on the album "Jimmy Work - Crazy Moon" (BFX 15267 on 12" vinyl and BCD 15651 on CD).

1955 - Les Baxter's Capitol Records single "Unchained Melody", with "Medic" on the flipside, enters the top 40 of the U.S. Pop singles charts.

70 Years Ago Today In 1956 - Local Disc Jockey Sherrif Tex Davis takes Gene Vincent and The Blue Caps to radio station WCMS' studios in Nashville, Tennessee to record the demo of "Be-Bop-A-Lula" as well as demos for "Race With The Devil" and "I Sure Miss You". Davis sends the demos to Capitol's A&R man and producer Ken Nelson who will set up a recording session at Owen Bradley's Nashville studio on May 4th, 1956 which will produce the released single version of "Be-Bop-A-Lula".

1957 - Violinist Nathan Milstein and pianist Leon Pommers record Mozart's "Sonata In G Major For Violin And Piano, K. 301" in Studio A of Capitol Records' studios at 165 West 46th Street in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue the title on the duo's album "MOZART Sonatas For Violin & Piano" (P-8452).

1958 - Vocalist Tennessee Ernie Ford, with The Top Twenty (lineup unlisted) and Harry Geller conducting the orchestra (lineup also unlisted), records the titles "Joy To The World", "It Came Upon A Midnight Clear", "The Star Carol", and "Hark The Herald Angels Sing" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Ford's album "Tennessee Ernie Ford Sings His Christmas Favorites - The Star Carol" (T/ST 1071).

1958 - Vocalist Wanda Jackson, with "Big" Al Downing on piano, Merrill Moore on piano and organ, Vernon Sandusky on lead guitar, Buck Owens on rhythm guitar, Skeets McDonald on bass, and Joe Brawley on drums, records the titles "I Can't Make My Dreams Understand", "Money Honey", "Long Tall Sally", and "Sinful Heart" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California between 5:00 PM and 8:00 PM. Capitol Records will issue "I Can't Make My Dreams Understand", "Money Honey", and "Long Tall Sally" on Jackson's album "Day Dreaming" (T 1041) and "Sinful Heart" as a single (F4081) with "Rock Your Baby" (recorded April 10, 1958) on the flipside.

1958 - During two sessions held this day in City Auditorium in Houston, Texas, Leopold Stokowski conducts The Houston Symphony Orchestra (lineup unlisted) as they rehearse Shostakovich's "Symphony N°11" at the first session and, with the addition of The Houston Chorale and The Houston Youth Symphony Boy's Choir (lineups also unlisted), record parts of Carl Orff's "Carmina Burana" at the second session. After more parts are recorded for "Carmina Burana" on April 11 and 12, 1958, Capitol Records will issue the complete work on the album "ORFF - Carmina Burana" (PBR/SPBR/PAR/SAR-8470).

1962 - Trumpet player and vocalist Jonah Jones, with Dick Hyman on organ and unlisted musicians on two guitars, bass, and drums, records the titles "Lady Of Spain" and "Brotherhood Of Man" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue "Brotherhood Of Man" as a single (Capitol 4878) with "The Bells Of St. Mary" (recorded April 12, 1962) on the flipside and both titles on Jones' album "Jazz Bonus" (T/ST 1773). Unfortunately, neither title is available individually on YouTube but the entire album is posted.

1963 - Vocalists Jo Stafford and Gordon MacRae, with Paul Weston and His Orchestra (lineup unlisted), record the titles "You'll Never Walk Alone", "He", "Peace In The Valley", "I Believe", "I May Never Pass This Way Again", and "The Lord Is My Shepherd" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on the duo's album "There's Peace In The Valley" (T/ST 1916).

1963 - Lead guitarist Dick Dale and His Del-Tones (Jack Lake on drums and unlisted tenor saxophone, guitar, and bass players) record the titles "Lobo", "Mexico", with the addition of an unlisted pianist "Break Time" (originally titled "Hollywood Stomp"), "Night Train", "You Are My Sunshine" with Dale on vocals, "If I Never Get To Heaven", and "Kansas City" with Dale again on vocals in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Mexico", "Break Time", "You Are My Sunshine", "If I Never Get To Heaven", and "Kansas City" on the album "King Of The Surf Guitar" (T/ST 1930) as by Dick Dale And His Del-Tones, "Lobo" as an extra track on the album's playlist on Spotify, and has yet to issue "Night Train".

1963 - Vocalist Johnny Rivers, with Jimmy Haskell conducting the orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the titles "Fallen Idol" using an arrangement by Haskell, "I Just Got To Get Away", and "Don't Look Now" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Rivers' album "The Sensational Johnny Rivers" (T/ST 2161) and "Don't Look Now" also as a single (Capitol 5232) with "This Could Be The One" (recorded July 3, 1962) on the flipside.

1964 - Capitol Records is granted an injunction restraining Vee Jay Records from further manufacturing, distributing, or advertising of recordings by The Beatles.

1968 - The Sugar Shoppe (Peter Mann on vocal and guitar, Laurie Hood on vocals, Victor Garber on vocals and guitar, and Lee Harris on vocals), with The Clique (Al Casey, Al Viola, Howard Robert, Louis Morrell, and Mike Deasy on guitars, Bill Plummer on sitar, Lewis Carroll on trumpet, Lew McCreary and Louis Blackburn on trombones, Abe Most, Jim Horn, and Plas Johnson on saxophones, Al De Lory, Larry Knechtel, and Michael Rubini on pianos and keyboards, Gary Coleman on vibraphone, and percussion, Carol Kaye and Don Bagley on basses, Earl Palmer and Stan Levey on drums, Hal Blaine on drums, vibraphone, and percussion, Stella Castellucci on harp) and a string section (Alfred Lastgarten, Arnold Belnick, Harry Hyams, Henry Roth, Israel Baker, James Getzoff, Marshall Sasson, Nathan Ross, Sam Boghossian, and William Hymanson on violins and violas, and Anne Goodman, Armand Kaproff, Frederick Seykora, and Nathan Gershman on cellos) using vocal arrangments by Peter Mann and instrumental arrangements by Mort Garson, record the titles "Privilege (From The Film 'Privilige')" and "The Attitude" in Los Angeles, California with producer Al De Lory. Capitol Records will issue both titles on the group's self-titled album "The Sugar Shack" (ST 2959) and "Privilege (From The Film 'Privilege')" as a single (Capitol 2326) with "Poor Papa" (recorded April 10, 1968) on the flipside.

1968 - Stained Glass (lineup unlisted) record the titles "Doomsday", "I Sing You Sing", "Piggy Back Ride And The Camel", and "Fahrenheit" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on the group's album "Crazy Horse Roads" (ST-154) and "Fahrenheit" also as a single (Capitol 2372) with "Twiddle My Thumbs" (recorded April 8, 1968) on the flipside.

1968 - Human Beinz (lineup unlisted) record the titles "Every Time Woman" and "My Animal" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both titles on the group's album "Evolutions" (ST 2926) and "Every Time Woman" also as a single (Capitol 2198) with "The Face" (recorded March 19, 1968) on the flipside.

1973 - Apple Records, with Capitol Records handling distribution in the United States, releases Paul McCartney And Wings' single "My Love" from their album "Red Rose Speedway" with "The Mess" on the flipside.

1973 - Overdubs are recorded in Los Angeles, California for Al Martino's titles "Hey Mama" and "If I Give My Heart To You". After additional overdubs are recorded for "Hey Mama" on April 10, 1973, and for "If I Give My Heart To You" on April 11, 1973, Capitol Records will issue the final mixes of both titles together as a single (Capitol 3604) and will also issue the final mix of "Hey Mama" on Martino's album "I Won't Last A Day Without You" (ST-11302).

1973 - Billy May and The Time-Life Orchestra (featuring Ray Sherman on the organ with the rest of the lineup unlisted) record the titles "Baubles, Bangles, And Beads", "Love Me With All Your Heart (Cuando Calienta El Sol)", "Mexican Shuffle" without Sherman, and "Song Of The Jet (Samba Do Aviao)" with Sherman back on the organ in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California. Time-Life Record will issue all the titles as part of its "As You Remember Them" series in the three-LP set "Volume 7 - Billy May" (STL 247).

1983 - The Tubes' Capitol Records single "She's A Beauty", with "When You're Ready To Come" on the flipside, enters Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart.

1990 - Capitol Records releases Lacy J. Dalton's album "Lacy J.".

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75 Years Ago Today In 1951 - Future Capitol Records artist Judy Garland begins a four-week appearance at The London Palladium in London, England.

1958 - Pianist Gil Evans, using his own arrangements, conducts Johnny Coles, Louis Mucci, and Ernie Royal on trumpets, Frank Rehak and Joe Bennett on trombones, Tom Mitchell on bass trombone, Julius Watkins on French horn, Harvey Phillips on tuba, Julian "Cannonball" Adderley on alto saxophone, Gerald Sanfino on piccolo, flute, bass clarinet, and English horn, Chuck Wayne on guitar, Paul Chambers on bass, and Art Blakey on drums as they record the titles "Saint Louis Blues", "King Porter Stomp", "'Round Midnight", and "Lester Leaps In" at Judson Hall in New York City, New York for Pacific Jazz. After Pacific Jazz's catalog is acquired by Liberty Records, Blue Note Records will issue all the titles on the album "Pacific Standard Time" (BN-LA461-H2 on 12" vinyl and 3-58300-2 on CD) and will also issue "King Porter Stomp" on the CD "The Definitive Cannonball Adderley" (5-40040-2).

1983 - Kenny Rogers and Sheena Easton's Liberty Records (later renamed Capitol Records Nashville) single "We've Got Tonight",  (Liberty 1492) with Rogers' "You Are So Beautiful" on the flipside, hits #1 on Billboard magazine's Hot Country Singles chart.

2004 - Nick and Mary Yankovic, the parents of former Capitol Records artist "Weird Al" Yankovic, die of carbon monoxide poisoning in their Fallbrook, California home. Their accidental deaths are caused by a fire burning in the fireplace without the flue being open.

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1907 - Wesley Prince, a bass player with The King Cole Trio, is born in Pasadena, California.

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1949 - Mel Torme's Capitol Records single "Again", with "Blue Moon" on the flipside, enters the top 40 of the U.S. Pop singles chart.

1953 - Bandleader and pianist Stan Kenton and His Orchestra (Buddy Childers, Ernie Royal, Conte Candoli, Don Dennis, and Don Smith on trumpets, Bob Burgess, Frank Rosolino, Tom Shepard, and Keith Moon on trombones, George Roberts on bass trombone, Lee Konitz and Vinnie Dean on alto saxophones, Bill Holman and Richie Kamuca on tenor saxophones, Henry Levy on baritone saxophone, Sal Salvador on guitar, Glen Roberts on bass, and Stan Levey on drums), with vocalist Chris Connor, record the titles "All About Ronnie", "Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen", and "Baia" at Universal Studios in Chicago, Illinois. Capitol Records will issue "Baia" as a single (Capitol 2511) with "" (recorded ) on the flipside and on Kenton's album "Portraits On Standards" (T 462). Mosaic Records will issue the take of "All About Ronnie", which will later be re-recorded, in the box set "Stan Kenton-The Complete Capitol Recordings of The Holman And Russo Charts" (MR6-136 with six discs on vinyl and MD4-136 with four discs on CD). The take of "Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen" is rejected.

1953 - Voice artists Stan Freberg, June Foray, and Pinto Colvig record vocal overdubs in Los Angeles, California using a script adapted by Alan Livingston onto music tracks recorded by Van Alexander conducting His Orchestra on March 23, 1953 for the titles "Mickey Mouse's Birthday Party: Part 1", "Mickey Mouse's Birthday Party: Part 2" and, without Foray, for the titles "Mickey Mouse's Birthday Party: Part 3" and "Mickey Mouse's Birthday Party: Part 4". After June Foray and Pinto Colvig record more vocal overdubs on April 9, 1953 for the titles "Mickey Mouse's Birthday Party: Part 3" and "Mickey Mouse's Birthday Party: Part 4", Capitol Records will issue the final mixes of all the titles on the children's album "Mickey Mouse's Birthday Party" (DBX-3165 on 10" shellac and EAX-3165 on 7" vinyl).

1953 - Jackie Gleason conducts His Orchestra (a large string orchestra with Bobby Hackett on trumpet, Toots Mondello on alto saxophone, and unlisted others) as they record the titles "Say It Isn't So", "I Guess I'll Have To Change My Plan", "You Were Meant For Me", "It Happened In Monterey", "Crazy Rhythm", and "After You've Gone" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue "Say It Isn't So", "I Guess I'll Have To Change My Plan", and "You Were Meant For Me" on the album "" (SM-455), with "It Happened In Monterey" on the album "Music To Make You Misty" (EBf-455 on 7" EP set, H/L-455 on 10" vinyl LP, and W/DW 455 on 12" LP) and rejected the take of "Crazy Rhythm" from this session. Collectors' Choice Music will issue "AFter You've Gone" on the CD "Two Classic Albums From Jackie Gleason - Lover's Rhapsody/And Awaaay We Go" (CCM 192-2).

1958 - Bandleader and clarinet and alto saxophone player Les Brown and His Band Of Renown (Dick Collins, Wes Hensel, Conrad Gozzo, Jerry Kadowitz, and Mickey McMahan on trumpets, Dick Kenney and Roy Main on trombones, Jim Hill and Stumpy Brown on bass trombone, Matt Utal and Ralph Lapolla on flutes, clarinets, and alto saxophones, Billy Usselton on tenor saxophone, Butch Stone on clarinet and baritone saxophone, Abe Aaron on soprano, tenor, and baritone saxophones and bass clarinet, Don Trenner on piano, Tony Rizzi on guitar, Don Bagley on bass, Lloyd Morales on drums, and David Grupp on percussion and bells) record the titles "The Loneliness Of Evening" using an arrangement by Wes Hensel, "I'm Gonna Was That Man Right Out Of My Hair" using an arrangement by Les Brown", "Happy Talk" using an arrangement by Don Bagley, and "Dites Moi" using an arrangement by Les Brown in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Brown's album "Dance To The Music Of "South Pacific"" (EAP-1/2-1060 on 7" EPs and T/ST 1060 on 12" LP).

1958 - Vocalist Wanda Jackson, with "Big" Al Downing on piano, Merrill Moore on piano and organ, Vernon Sandusky on lead guitar and backing vocals, Buck Owens on guitar, Enos "Skeets" McDonald on bass, and Joe Brawley on drums), records the titles "Day Dreaming", "Heartbreak Ahead", "Here We Go Again", and "I Wanna Waltz" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California between 5:00 PM and 8:00 PM. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Jackson's album "Day Dreaming" (T 1041).

1958 - Guitarist Laurindo Almeida records the titles "Dialogue", "Fantasia (Fantasy)" and "Danza" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Almeida's album "Contemporary Creations For Spanish Guitar - Laurindo Almeida" (P-8447).

 

1958 - Pianist Joe Bushkin, with an orchestra (lineup unlisted) using arrangements by Kenyon Hopkins, records the title "Begin The Beguine", new takes of the titles "Love For Sale" and "So In Love", and the title "I've Got You Under My Skin" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Bushkin's album "I Get A Kick Out Of Porter" (T/ST 1030).

1963 - Vocalists Jo Stafford and Gordon MacRae, with Paul Weston and His Orchestra (lineup unlisted), record the titles "All Through The Night", "Somebody Bigger Than You And I", "Shepherd Show Me How To Go", "Oh Holy Morning", "Nearer My God To Thee", and "He Brought My Soul To Calvary" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles Jo Stafford and Gordon MacRae's album "There's Peace In The Valley" (T/ST 1916).

1963 - Nat and Maria Cole attend the 35th Academy Awards ceremony at The Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in Santa Monica, California.

60 Years Ago Today In 1966 - Vocalist Liza Minnelli, with Ray Ellis conducting his own arrangements to the orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the titles "Marriage Is For Old Folks", "Say Liza (Liza With A 'Z')", and "Come On And Baby Me" in New York City, New York. 40 years later in 2006, DRG Records will issue all the titles on the 2 disc CD set "Liza Minnelli: The Complete Capitol Collection"  (DRG 19093).

1968 - The Beatles' Apple Records single "Lady Madonna", with "The Inner Light" on the flipside and distributed by Capitol Records in the United States, is certified Gold by the R.I.A.A.

1968 - Stained Glass (lineup unlisted) recorda the titles "Finger Painting", "Horse On Me", "Light Down Below", "Two Make One", "Nightcap", and "Twiddle My Thumbs" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on the group's album "Crazy Horse Roads" (ST-154) and "Twiddle My Thumbs" as a single (Capitol 2372) with "Fahrenheit" (recorded April 9, 1968) on the flipside.

1968 - Vocalist Andy Russell, with unlisted others, records the titles "Somebody Loves You", "Stay With Me (Nel Sole)", and "I'd Love To Rope You Off The Rest Of The World" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records has yet to issue "Somebody Loves You" and will issue "Stay With Me (Nel Sole)" and "I'd Love To Rope You Off The Rest Of The World" together as a single (Capitol 2185).

1968 - Hedge & Donna (Hedge Capers on guitar and vocals and Donna Capers on percussion and vocals) record the titles "From Silver Lake" and "Love Lady" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "From Silver Lake" on the duo's self-titled album "Hedge & Donna" (ST-107) and has yet to issue "Love Lady".

1968 - Buddy Fo, with unlisted others, records the titles "Life Still Has A Lot To Give Me", "Such Pleasure", and "Some Good" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Life Still Has A Lot To Give Me" and "Such Pleasure" on Fo's album ""Buddy Fo's New Hawaii"" (ST 2879) and has yet to issue "Some Good".

1968 - Human Beinz (lineup unlisted) record the titles "If You Don't Mind, Mrs. Applebee" and "Cement" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both titles on the group's album "Evolutions" (ST 2926).

1978 - Wing's Capitol Records single "With A Little Luck", with "Backwards Traveller/Cuff Link (Medley)" on the flipside, enters the top 40 of Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart.

1983 - Eddie Jobson & Zinc (lineup unlisted) record the title "Resident" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the title on the group's album "The Green Album" (ST-12275).

1988 - Capitol Records registers the masters it acquired from EMI Records, Ltd. for Aslan's (Christy Dignam on vocals, Joe Jewell on guitar and backing vocals, Tony McGuinness on bass and backing vocals, Billy McGuinness on percussion, harmonica and backing vocals, and Alan Downey on drums) titles "Loving Me Lately", "Pretty Thing", "This Is", "Been So Long", "The Hunger", "Heat Of The Cell", "Please Don't Stop", "Down On Me", "Sands Of Time", "Feel No Shame", and "Book Of Life" which were recorded at Westland Studios, Dublin, Ireland with additional recordings done at Terminal 24/Townhouse 3, London, England, as well as five other unlisted titles, and will issue all the listed titles in the United States on the group's CD "Feel No Shame" (7 48989 2).

2003 - Capitol Records releases Lisa Marie Presley's album "To Whom It May Concern".

2003 - Chris Cagle's second Capitol Records album, "Chris Cagle," debuts at #1 on Billboard magazine's Top Country Albums chart.

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1892 - Mary Pickford, an actress and co-founder of United Artists Pictures, is born Gladys Louise Smith in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. United Artists Pictures would release The Beatles' movies "A Hard Day's Night", "Help!", and "The Yellow Submarine". The catalog for United Artists Records, a subsidiary that also releases the soundtrack to "A Hard Day's Night", is now owned by Universal Music Group, Capitol Music Group's parent company.

1920 - Carmen McRae, a singer and a Blue Note Records artist is born in Harlem, New York City, New York.

1963 - Julian Lennon, singer, songwriter, guitarist, and son of John and Cynthia Powell, is born John Charles Julian Lennon in Liverpool, England. Julian was the inspiration for the songs "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds", "Good Night", and "Hey Jude".

1967 - The Spencer Davis Group's single "I'm A Man", with "Can't Get Enough" on the flipside, enters the top 40 of Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart.

1968 - Drummer Elvin Jones, with Jimmy Garrison on bass, records the titles "Village Greene" with Joe Farrell on tenor saxophone, "Sweet Little Maia" with Farrell on soprano saxophone, "Raza" with Farrell back on tenor saxophone, "For Heaven's Sake" with Farell on alto flute, "Keiko's Birthday" with Farrell on piccolo, and "Gingerbread Boy" and "Jay-Ree", both with Farrell back on tenor saxophone. Blue Note Records will issue all the titles on Jones' album "Puttin' It Together" (BLP4282 on mono LP, BST84282 on stereo LP, and 7-84282-2 on CD).

25 Years Ago Today In 2001 - Janet Jackson's Virgin Records America single "All For You", with "Someone To Call My Lover" on the flipside, is #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart.