JUNE 8, 2026


HAPPY BIRTHDAYS!

1918 - Robert Preston, Broadway and motion picture actor, and Capitol Records artist (original Broadway cast album "The Music Man") is born Robert Preston Meservey in Newton, Massachusetts.

90 Years Ago Today In 1936 - Odessa Harris who, with producers Earl Wainwright and Bill Wyler, recorded the tracks "You're What I Need" and "Since I Fell For You", "The Color Of His Love Is Blue" and "Driving Wheels", which were released in 1967 as two singles for the Uptown Records label (a subsidiary of Tower Records, itself a subsidiary of Capitol Records), is born in West Helena, Arkansas.

90 Years Ago Today In 1936 - James Darrin, motion picture and television actor and singer, who would record his first album, "Album No. 1", for ColPix Records in Studio A of The Capitol Tower Studios in 1959 and return 42 years later in 2001 to record his album "Because Of You" for Concord Jazz Records, is born James William Ercolani in Philadelphia Pennsylvania.

1953 - Jeff Rich, drummer with the Capitol Records group Status Quo is born.

1962 - Nick Rhodes, the keyboardist for the Capitol Records bands Duran Duran and Arcadia as well as The Devils, is born Nicholas James Bates in Moseley, West Midlands, England.

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL HISTORY

95 Years Ago Today In 1931 - Future Capitol Records co-founder Johnny Mercer marries Ginger Meehan (born Elizabeth Meltzer), in New York City. Ginger would suggest the name Capitol Records over dinner at Chasen's restaurant in Beverly Hills after the company couldn't retain the rights to the name Liberty Records.

80 Years Ago Today In 1946 - The King Cole Trio’s recording of “(Get Your Kicks On) Route 66” enters the U.S. R&B charts, where it will peak at #3 

80 Years Ago Today In 1946 - Andy Russell's Capitol Records single "Laughing On The Outside (Crying On The Inside)" is #5 on Billboard's Best Selling Retail Records chart and Alvino Ray and His Orchestra (with vocals by Rocky Coluccio)'s Capitol Records single "Cement Mixer (Put-Ti Put-Ti) is #9.

1953 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Pretend" is #4 on Britain's Top 5 Singles chart.

1953 - Vocalist Betty Hutton, with Nelson Riddle conducting his own arrangments to the orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the titles "Goin' Steady" and "Wanderin' Eyes" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Goin' Steady" as a single (Capitol 2522) with "No Matter How You Say Goodbye" (recorded June 5, 1953) on the flipside and has yet to issue "Wanderin' Eyes".

1953 - Vocalist and guitarist Hank Thompson and His Brazos Valley Boys (Amos Lee Hedrick and Robert "Bob" White on fiddles, Gilbert "Gil" Baca on piano, Billy Gray and Merle Travis also on guitars, Wayma "Pee Wee" Whitewing on steel guitar, Billy Briggs Stewart on bass, and Paul McGhee on drums) record the titles "Go Cry Your Heart Out", "Wake Up Irene", "A Fooler And A Faker", and "Breakin' The Rules" in Capitol Records' studios at 5515 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood, California between 3:30 PM and 6:30 PM, with producer Ken Nelson. Capitol Records will issue "Go Cry Your Heart Out" and "Wake Up Irene" together as a single (Capitol 2646 on 10" shellac and F2646 on 7" vinyl) and "A Fooler And A Faker" and "Breakin' The Rules" together as a single (Capitol 2758 on 10" shellac and F2758 on 7" vinyl).

1953 - Guitarist and vocalist Freddie Segrest (as Freddie Hart"), with Amos Lee Hedrick on fiddle, Gil Baca on piano, Billy Gray also on guitar, Wayma "Pee Wee" Whitewing on steel guitar, and Billy Briggs Stewart on bass, records the titles "Butterfly Love", "My Heart Is A Playground", "Whole Hog Or None", and "Secret Kisses" in Capitol Records' studios at 5515 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood, California from 10:30 PM to 1:30 AM on June 9, 1953, with producer Ken Nelson. Capitol Records will issue "Butterfly Love" and "My Heart Is A Playground" together as a single (Capitol 2524 on 10" shellac and F2524 on 7" vinyl) and "Whole Hog Or None" and "Secret Kisses" together a single (Capitol 2588 on 10" shellac and F2588 on 7" vinyl.

1953 - Violinist Sascha Gorodnitzki begins three straight days of sessions at Capitol Records' studios in New York City, New York to record Brahms' "Variations And Fugue On A them Of Handel" and "Variations On A Theme Of Paganini, Opus 35". Capitol Records will issue both titles on Gorodnitzki's album "BRAHMS - Variations On A Theme Of Paganini, Opus 35/Variations And Fugue On A Theme Of Handel" (P-8227).

1955 - Faron Young's Capitol Records single "Live Fast Love Hard Die Young", with "Forgive Me Dear" on the flipside, becomes Young's first #1 on the U.S. Country singles charts.

1959 - Franck Pourcell and His French Fiddlers' Capitol Records single "Only You (Loin De Vous)" is # 9 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart.

1960 - John Stewart, member of the Capitol Records group The Kingston Trio marries Julie Koehler, whom he met in high school.

1963 - Kyu Sakamoto's Capitol Records single "Sukiyaki" is #2 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart, Al Martino's Capitol Records single "I Love You Because" is #4, Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Those Lazy-Hazy-Crazy Days Of Summer" is #9, The Beach Boys' Capitol Records single "Surfin' U.S.A." is #10, Bobby Darin's Capitol Records single "Yellow Roses" is #11, The Kingston Trio's Capitol Records single "Reverend Mr. Black" is #26, and The Beach Boys' Capitol Records single "Shut Down' (the flip side of "Surfin' U.S.A.") is #32.
Also, Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Those Lazy-Hazy-Crazy Days Of Summer" is #4 on Billboard magazine's Middle-Road Singles chart, #24 on KFWB's Fabulous Forty Survey in Los Angeles, California, and #35 on C-Fun's C-Funtastic Fifty chart in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Also, Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records album "Ramblin' Rose" is #43 on Billboard magazine's Top LPs - 150 Best Sellers - Monaural chart.

1967 - Wynn Stewart's Capitol Records single "It's Such A Pretty World Today", with "Ol' What's Her Name" on the flipside, is #1 on the U.S. Country singles charts.

1967 - Vocalist Al Martino, with Peter De Angelis conducting his own arrangement to unlisted musicians, records the titles "Making Memories", "Red Is Red", "Can't Take My Eyes Off  You", "Now (Before Another Day Goes By)", and "Release Me" in New York City, New York with producers Tom Morgan and Marvin Holtzman. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Martino's album "Mary In The Morning" (T/ST 2780).

1968 - During two sessions held this day in Los Angeles, California, The Lettermen (vocalists Jim Pike, Tony Butala, and Bob Engemann), with unlisted others, record the titles "Leavin' Again" and "Playin' Piano" at the first session and the titles "Under The Sea" and "Here To Stay" at the second session. After overdubs are recorded for "Leavin' Again", "Under The Sea", and Here To Stay" also on June 8, 1968 and for all the titles on June 13, 1968, Capitol Records will issue the final mix of "Playing The Piano" as a single (Capitol 2254) with "Sally Leroy" (recorded June 10, 1968) on the flipside as by The Lettermen Present Tony Butala and has yet to issue any of the other titles which were listed as by Tony butala in the Capitol file on unissued masters.

1969 - Sonny James' Capitol Records single "Running Bear", with "Midnight Mood" on the flipside, is #1 on the U.S. Country singles charts.

1973 - Overdubs are recorded in Los Angeles, California for Glen Campbell's titles "A Beautiful Love Song" and "Bring Back My Yesterday", then Campbell, on vocals with unlisted others, records the titles "Wedding Bells", "Cold, Cold Heart", and "Take These Chains From My Heart". Capitol Records will issue the final mixes of "A Beautiful Love Song" and "Bring Back My Yesterday" together as a single (Capitol 3669), "A Beautiful Love Song" also on Campbell's album "Houston (I'm Comin' To See You)" (SW-11293) and "Wedding Bells", "Cold, Cold Heart", and "Take These Chains From My Heart" on Campbell's album "I Remember Hank Williams" (SW=11253).

1974 - Paul McCartney & Wings' album "Band On The Run" hits #1 on Billboard's Top 200 Albums chart.

1975 - Linda Ronstadt's Capitol Records single "When Will I Be Loved", with "It Doesn't Matter Anymore" on the flipside, is #1 on the U.S. Country singles charts.

1983 - Vocalist Juice Newton, with an orchestra (lineup unlisted) using arrangements by Charles Calello, records the title "Keeping Me On My Toes" at the Conway Recording Studio in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the title on Newton's album "Dirty Looks" (ST-12294).

1988 - Vocalist Anne Murray, with unlisted others, records the titles "Slow All Night" and "I'm Losing Your Love" at the Nightingale Studio in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue "Slow All Night" as a single (Capitol 44219) with "Flying On Your Own" (recorded January 29, 1988) on the flipside. No issuing information is listed for "I'm Losing Your Love".

1999 - Capitol Records releases the album "Mrs. Miller: Wild, Cool & Swingin'" as part of their UltraLounge Series.

2005 - Capitol Records group The Shout Out Louds make their late night television debut on "The Late Show with David Letterman".

2005 - Nick Ulleseit, Jonathan Gelber, Jayinee Basu, Dan Kent and Taylor Baxley, Los Gatos, California students, flew to Los Angeles for the day to visit Capitol Records, getting tips about how to make themselves more marketable and successful, and a got a chance to promote their own music.

2007 - Nellie Lutcher, arranger, songwriter, pianist, singer, bandleader (Nellie Lutcher and Her Rhythm), sister of Capitol Records artist Joe Lutcher, and a Capitol Records artist who was signed to the label in 1947 by Dave Dexter, Jr. after hearing her on a live benefit show (which she was booked to play by deejay Frank Bull) on Los Angeles radio station KFWB, dies at age 94 of complications of old age in a nursing home in Los Angeles, California. There will be a memorial service on Tuesday, June 19, at 11:00 AM at Founder's Church of Religious Science, 3281 W. 6th Street, in Los Angeles, California. I attended and it turned out to be an open casket service. Her family and friends filled the lower chapel and listened to remembrances and recordings of her music. She was laid to rest in an ivory white coffin with golden brass fittings.


ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1940 - Nancy Sinatra, singer, motion picture actress, and daughter of future Capitol Records artist Frank Sinatra, is born Nancy Sandra Sinatra, Jr. in Jersey City, New Jersey.

1959 - Martin Denny's Liberty Records single "Quiet Village" is #5 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart, Dion and The Belmont's Laurie Records single "A Teenager In Love" is #6, and Fats Domino's Imperial Records single "I'm Ready" is #16. Universal Music Group, Capitol Music Group's parent company, currently owns Liberty, Laurie, and Imperial Records' catalogs.

1963 - Lou Christie's Roulette Records single "Two Faces Have I" is #6 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart and The Chiffons' Laurie Records single "One Fine Day" is #36. Universal Music Group, Capitol Music Group's parent company, currently owns Roulette and Laurie Records' catalogs.

1968 - Paul McCartney was the best man at his brother Michael's wedding to hair stylist Angela Fishwick, held at St. Bridget's Parish Church in Carrog, Merioneth, North Wales (the same church where Paul and Mike's father Jim married his second wife in 1966). The other Beatles sent congratulatory telegrams (George and Ringo visited folksinger Joan Baez at her home in Carmel, California). The reception was held at Jim McCartney's home in Gayton, Cheshire, and featured a family sing-song, led by Paul at the piano.

1969 - Brian Jones, a founding member and a guitarist in the future Virgin Records group The Rolling Stones, is fired from the band by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards.

1977 - Kanye West is born Kanye Omari West in Atlanta, Georgia and, in 2002, was this close to being signed to Capitol Records.

40 Years Ago Today In 1981 - Duran Duran's self-titled first album is released by Parlophone Records in the UK.

1993 - Jim Tunnell, with Bob Belden, record the title "Kiss" at an unlisted studio. Blue Note Records will issue the title in Europe on the multi-artist compilation CD "Blue Note Plays Prince" (8-63827-2).

1998 - Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr appear together in public for the first time since 1969 at a memorial service for Linda McCartney, which is also attended by, among others, Sting, Pete Townshend and Sir Elton John, at a private service at St. Martins-in-the-Fields church in London, England.

2004 - Publisher Bill Lowery, who started Lowery Music Company (eventually becoming Lowery Music Group) because of a suggestion by Capitol A&R VP Ken Nelson and who's first million seller was "Be-Bop-A-Lula", dies of cancer at age 79 in Atlanta, Georgia.

ON THIS DAY NOT IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1867 - Frank Lloyd Wright, architect and founder of the Taliesin School of Architecture, is born in Richland Center, Wisconsin.

1912 - Carl Laemmle incorporates Universal Pictures.

85 Years Ago aToday In 1941 - Clarence "Fuzzy" Haskins, a vocalist for the bands The Parliaments and Funkadelic, is born in Elkhorn, West Virginia.

JUNE 7, 2026

HAPPY BIRTHDAYS!

120 Years Ago Today In 1906 - Glen Gray, an alto saxophone player, bandleader, and Capitol Records artist as Glen Gray and The Casa Loma Orchestra is born Glen Gray Knoblauch in Roanoke, Illinois.

1917 - Dean Martin, a singer, motion picture actor, radio and television variety show co-host and host, Capitol Records artist, first as part of the team Martin and Lewis with Jerry Lewis and then as a solo act, and a Reprise Records artist is born Dino Paul Crocetti at 319 South Sixth Street, Steubenville, Ohio at 11:55 PM.

1924 - Dolores Gray, a Broadway and motion picture actress and singer, and a Capitol Records artist (the 1959 album "Warm Brandy") is born in Chicago, Illinois.

1934 - Wynn Stewart, a Capitol Records artist (1956-1958 and 1965-1972) and a major influence on the "Bakersfield Sound" of Buck Owens and Merle Haggard, is born Winford Lindsey Stewart in Morrisville, Missouri.

1967 - Dave Navarro, an author, television game show host, Capitol Records solo artist, and guitarist in the bands Jane's Addiction, Deconstruction, The Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Panic Channel, and Camp Freddy, is born David Michael Navarro in Santa Monica, California. I worked on the art and design of the CD packaging and promotional materials for his album "Trust No One".

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

80 Years Ago Today In 1946 - Stan Kenton and His Orchestra (same lineup as at session on June 4, 1946) record, for transcription at Radio Recorders in Hollywood, California, the tracks: "Who's Got A Tent For Rent" with vocal and trumpet solo by Ray Wetzel; "I Got The Sun In The Morning" with vocal by June Christy and solos by Stan Kenton (piano), Eddie Safranski (bass), and Vido Musso (tenor saxophone); "Peg O' My Heart" with solos by Kenton, Safranski, Musso, Chico Alvarez (trumpet), Kai Winding (trombone), and Al Anthony (alto saxophone); "Come Rain Or Come Shine" with vocal by Christy and solos by Kenton and Safranski; "They Say It's Wonderful" with vocal by Gene Howard and solo by Musso; "I Don't Know Why, I Just Do" with vocal by Howard and solos by Kenton and Anthony; "He's Funny That Way" with vocal by Christy; "Lover" with solos by Kenton, Safranski, Musso and Winding.

1952 - Al Martino (with orchestra conducted by Monty Kelly)'s Capitol Records single "Here In My Heart" is #2 on Billboard's Best Selling Retail Records chart, Kay Starr (with orchestra conducted by Harold Mooney)'s Capitol Records single "Wheel Of Fortune" is #8, Ella Mae Morse (with Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra)'s Capitol Records single "Blacksmith Blues" is #18, Jane Froman (with orchestra conducted by Sid Feller)'s Capitol Records single "I'll Walk Alone" is #17, and Les Paul's Capitol Records single "Carioca" is #18.

1955 - Woody Herman and His Orchestra (with the same line up as the sessions on June 6, 1955 but without Glow and Travis on trumpet) records the tracks "You're Here My Love" (arranged by Ralph Burns), "The Girl Upstairs" (arranged by George Williams), "House Of Bamboo" (arranged by Burns), "Buttercup" (probably arranged by Nat Pierce), "Sentimental Journey" (arranged by Nat Pierce), "Skinned Again" (arranged by Williams), and "Where Or When (arranged by Bill Holman with Ted Sommer on bells, an unknown harpist, and an unidentified vocal chorus), in New York City. "You're Here My Love", "House Of Bamboo", and "Skinned Again" appeared on Capitol Record singles, "Sentimental Journey" and "Where And When" appeared on the Capitol Records album "Road Band!", and "The Girl Upstairs" on the Capitol Records album "The Hits Of Woody Herman". "Buttercup" which went unissued until it appeared on Mosaic Records' 2000 box set "The Complete Capitol Recordings of Woody Herman".

1955 - Jimmy Giuffre, clarinet, tenor saxophone and baritone saxophone player, with Jack Sheldon on trumpet, Ralph Pena on bass, and Artie Anton on drums, records the tracks "Finger Snapper" (with Giuffre on baritone saxophone), "Scintilla I" (with Giuffre on baritone saxophone), "Rhetoric" (with Giuffre on tenor saxophone), "Lazy Tones" (with Giuffre on clarinet), and "Scintilla IV" (with Giuffre on baritone saxophone) in Capitol Records' Melrose Avenue studios in Hollywood, California for the album "Jimmy Giuffre: Tangents In Jazz". The takes of "Finger Snapper" and "Rhetoric" were rejected by Capitol and were re-recorded on June 10, 1955. The first takes were finally released by Mosaic Records in 1997 in the box set "The Complete Capitol & Atlantic Recordings of Jimmy Giuffre".

1958 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Looking Back" is #5 on The Billboard magazines R&B Best Sellers In Stores and Most Played R&B By Jockeys charts, "Looking Back" and its flipside, "Do I Like It?" are #6 on the magazine's Best Selling Pop Singles In Stores chart, "Looking Back" is #6 on the magazine's Top 100 Sides chart, #15 on Cash Box magazine's Best Selling Singles chart, #18 on The Billboard magazine's Most Played By Jockeys chart, and #25 on KFWB's Fabulous Forty Survey in Los Angeles, California.

1963 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Those Lazy-Hazy-Crazy Days Of Summer" is #17 on WLS 890 AM's Silver Dollar Survey in Chicago, Illinois.

1963 - During two sessions held this day in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California, The Kingston Trio (vocalists Nick Reynolds, Bob Shane, and John Stewart), with Glen Campbell on banjo and high harmony vocals and unlisted others, record the title "Jackson", instrumental backing for the title "Desert Pete" as a version of "Desert Pete" with vocals between 3:00 PM and 7:30 PM during the extended first session and the titles "Two-Ten, Six-Eighteen" and the instrumental backing for the title "Blowin' In The Wind" at thesecond session between 9:00 PM and 12:00 AM on June 8, 1963. After vocal overdubs and overdubs of Jack Marshall on guitar and Dean Reilly on bass are recorded on June 17, 1968 from 3:00 PM  to 7:30 PM and from 9:00 PM to 12:00 AM on June 18, 1963 for "Desert Pete", Capitol Records will issue "Jackson", the final mix of "Desert Pete", and "Two-Ten, Six-Eighteen" on the group's album "Sunny Side!" (T/ST 1935) and "Desert Pete" also as a single (Capitol F5005) with "Ballad Of The Thresher" (recorded June 17, 1963) on the flipside. Bear Family Records will issue all the titles and takes in Germany in the 10-CD box set "The Kingston Trio - The Stewart Years" (BCD 16161).

1963 - Bobby Valenti, with unlisted others, records the titles "Little Miss Teardrop", "One More Chance", and "Lovers Hymn" in New York City, New York for Capitol Records which has yet to issue any of the titles.

1965 - Judy Holliday, a singer and an actress who appears on Capitol Record's soundtrack of "Bells Are Ringing" with Dean Martin dies of breast cancer at age 43 at 5:00 AM at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City. Two days later a funeral service is held at the Frank E. Campbell Funeral Chapel in New York City, NY. Algernon Black of the Ethical Cultural Society delivers the eulogy. Among the mourners Gerry Mulligan, Yetta Cohn, David Oppenheim, Sydney Chaplin, Betty Comden, Adolph Green, Jule Styne, Abe Burrows and Howard Teichmann. After the service, Judy will be laid to rest at Westchester Hills Cemetery in Hastings-on-Hudson, NY with a private service conducted at the gravesite in Hebrew.

1968 - String overdubs are recorded by unlisted musicians in Los Angeles, California for John Stewart and Buffy Ford's title "Santa Barbara". Capitol Records will issue the final mix of the title on the duo's album "Signals Through The Glass" (ST 2975).

1968 - Overdubs are recorded for The Beach Boys' title "Do It Again" in Los Angeles, California. After further overdubs are recorded on June 12, 1968, Capitol Records will issue the final mix of the title as a single (Capitol 2239) with "Wake The World" (recorded March 28, 1968) on the flipside and also on the the group's albums "Stack O' Tracks" (DKAO 2893) and the two-LP set "The Beach Boys - Made In U.S.A." (STBK-12396). The single will go to #1 in the U.K.

1968 - Norma Tanega, with unlisted others, records the titles "Autophont" and "Snowbird" in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records which has yet to issue either title.

1968 - Vocalist John Stewart, with unlisted others, records the title "Pirates" in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records which has yet to issue the title.

1968 - The Beach Boys, lineup unlisted, record the title "Untitled #1" in Los Angeles, California. After it is possibly renamed "Old Folks At Home", Capitol Records will issue the title as a bonus track on the double album CD "Friends/20-20" (7-93697-2).

1969 - Apple and Capitol Records artists John Lennon and Yoko Ono appear on David Frost's TV show.

1970 - The Beatles' last #1 single as a band "The Long And Winding Road", with "For You Blue" on the flipside, hits #1 on Billboards' Hot 100 Singles chart.

1973 - Vocalist Al Martino, with unlisted others, records the titles "Here's To The Next Time", "Living Together", and "I Didn't Mean To Love You" in Los Angeles, California. After overdubs are recorded for "Here's To The Next Time" on June 12, 13, 18, and 29, 1973 and July 18, 1973, for "Living Together" on June 12, 13, 18, and 29, 1973, and for "I Didn't Mean To Love You" on June 12, 13, 1973 and July 6, 1973, Capitol Records will issue the final mixes of all the titles on Martino's album "I Won't Last A Day Without You" (ST-11302).

1973 - Capitol Records purchases the masters for Buddy Alan's titles "Summer Afternoons" and "Maybe Things Would Be Better That Way", which were recorded at the Buck Owens Studios in Bakersfield, California from Buck Owens Enterprises and will issue both titles together as a single (Capitol 3680).

1973 - Overdubs are recorded in Los Angeles, California for Glen Campbell's titles "A Beautiful Love Song", "Bring Back My Yesterday", "I Can't Help It If I'm Still In Love With You" and "Half As Much". Also Glen Campbell, with unlisted others records the titles "Your Cheating Heart", "I'm So Lonesome I Could Die", "You Win Again", and "I Could Never Be Ashamed Of You" in Los Angeles, California. After further overdubs are recorded for "A Beautiful Love Song", "Bring Back My Yesterday", and "Mansion On the Hill" on June 8, 1973, Capitol Records will issue the final mixes of all the titles on Campbell's album "I Remember Hank Williams" (SW-11253).

1973 - Vocalist Stoney Edwards, with unlisted others, records the titles "One More Hill to Climb", "Talk About A Good Woman", "I'm Not That Good At Goodbye", "Hank And Lefty Raised My Country Soul", and "Honey (Stoney's Yodel) in Nashville, Tennessee. After overdubs are recorded on June 18, 1974 for "Talk About A Woman" and "I'm Not That Good At Goodbye", Capitol Records will issue the final mix of "Talk About A Woman" as a single (Capitol 3949) with "Our Garden Of Love" (recorded July 12, 1971) on the flipside, "Hank And Lefty Raised My Country Soul" as a single (Capitol 3671) with "A Few Of The Reasons" (recorded January 7, 1971) on the flipside, "Honey (Stoney's Yodel)" as a single (Capitol 3878) with "I Will Never Get Over You" (recorded March 6, 1974) on the flipside, and has yet to issue either "One More Hill To Climb" and "I'm Not That Good At Goodbye".

1973 - Vocalist Virgil Warner, with unlisted others, records the titles "Letting Go", "It Takes Time", "Your Steppin' Stone", and "I'm Not Goin' Hungry" in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue "Your Steppin' Stone" and "I'm Not Goin' Hungry" together as a single (Capitol 3685) and has yet to issue "Letting Go" and "It Takes Time".

50 Years Ago Today In 1976 - Capitol Records releases The Beatles' compilation album "Rock 'n' Roll Music" in the U.S.

50 Years Ago Today In 1976 - Bobby Hackett (born Robert Leo Hackett), coronet, trumpet and guitar player, member of Benny Goodman and His Orchestra (played at the 1938 Carnegie Hall concert), and Glenn Miller and His Orchestra (initially as a guitarist while his lip was healing, then on short solos such as on "String Of Pearls"), band leader, a Capitol Records solo artist, and on Jackie Gleason's Capitol Records albums, dies in Chatham, Massachusetts of a heart attack at age 61.

1982 - Capitol Records rushes Duran Duran's single "Hungry Like A Wolf" to radio stations, and MTV puts the video for the title into heavy rotation.

1983 - Dayton (lineup unlisted) records the titles "It Must Be Love", "Promise Me", "Caught In The Middle", "Eyes", "Lookin' Up", "Somebody New", and "Out Tonight" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "It Must Be Love", "Promise Me", "Caught In The Middle", "Eyes", "Lookin' Up", and "Out Tonight" on the group's album "Feel The Music" (ST-12297) and "It Must Be Love" also as a single (Capitol 5269) with "Conversation" (recorded for United Artists on an unlisted date) on the flipside, "Promise Me" also a single (Capitol 5375) with "Fast Lane" (recorded March 4, 1973) on the flipside, and "Out Tonight" also a single (Capitol 5306) also with "Fast Lane" on the flipside.

1983 - Vocalist Ellen Shipley, with unlisted others, records the title "Any Heart'll Do" in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records which has yet to issue the title.

1988 - Vocalist Anne Murray, with unlisted others, records the title "Take It From my Heart" at Nightingale Studio in Nashville, Tennessee for Capitol Records. No issuing information is listed.

1993 - Liberty Records (later renamed Capitol Records Nashville) releases John Berry's album "John Berry".

1997 - The second Tibetian Freedom concerts, a two-day event held at Downing Stadium on Randall's Island, New York City, features Capitol Records artists The Foo Fighters, The Beastie Boys, and Radiohead along with many others.

2005 - Released today by Capitol Records in the U.S. are Coldplay's album "X&Y" (which will go on to sell 737,294 copies its first week becoming the biggest 1st week for any album of new material in Capitol Records' history), Les Paul with Mary Ford's album "The Best Of The Capitol Masters - 90th Birthday Edition", a reissue of june christy's 1959 album "ballads for night people" (the type on the cover of the album is all lower case, at least 25 years before k. d. lang got the idea), and a reissue of Bob Seger's 1972 album "Smokin' O.P.'s"


ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1963 - During a split session held this day in recording engineer Rudy Van Gelder's studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, first alto saxophonist Lou Donaldson, with Irvin Stokes on trumpet, John Patton on organ, Grant Green on guitar, and Ben Dixon on drums, records the titles "Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White", "Soul' Meetin'", "Hipty Hop", "My Melancholy Baby", "When I Fall In Love" without Stokes on trumpet, and "People Will Say We're In Love" then guitarist Grant Green, with John Patton on organ and Ben Dixon on drums, records the title "Blues For Lou". Blue Note Records rejects the takes of "When I Fall In Love" and "People Will Say We're In Love", will issue "Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White", "Soul' Meetin'", "Hipty Hop", and "My Melancholy Baby" in 1999 on Donaldson's CD "Man With A Horn" (5-21436-2), and will issue "Blues For Lou" in 1999 on Green's CD "Blues For Lou" (5-21438-2).

1973 - At a session that will go into the early morning hours of June 8, 1983, flute player and vocalist Bobbi Humphrey, with Jerry Peters on piano and electric piano, Fonce Mizell on clavinet, trumpet and vocals, Fred Perren on synthesizer and vocals, David T. Walker and John Rowin on guitars, Chuck Rainey and Ron Brown on electric basses, Harvey Mason on drums, Stephanie Spruill on percussion, King Errison on congas and background vocals, and Larry Mizell also on vocals and using arrangements by Larry Mizell, records the titles "Chicago, Damn", "Jasper Country Man", and "Baby's Gone" at The Sound Factory studios in New York City New York. Blue Note Records will issue all the titles on Humphrey's album "Blacks And Blues" (BN-LA142 on 12" LP and 4-98542-2 on CD).

2005 - Simon Waronker, violinist, orchestra contractor, and, in 1955, founder of Liberty Records (I guess the NYC store had closed since Capitol had wanted to use the name in 1942) and the basis for one of The Chipmunks' names, dies at his home in Beverly Hill, California at age 90. EM.I. will purchase Liberty's catalog and Capitol Records and EMI America Records will reissue titles from it.

ON THIS DAY NOT IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1937 - Jean Harlow, an actress, and an M-G-M star, dies of kidney disease at age 26 at 11:37 AM in Good Samaritan Hospital at 1225 Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles, California.

1940 - Singer Tom Jones is born Thomas Jones Woodward in Pontypridd, Mid-Glamorgan, Wales.

1944 - Judy Garland files for divorce from David Rose.

1958 - Prince, a musician, composer, and a recording artist for multiple record companies including Warner Bros. and EMI America, is born Prince Rogers Nelson in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

JUNE 6, 2026

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

1973 - Lisa Brokop, Capitol Records Nashville/Liberty Records artist (1992-1996), is born Lisa Ann Brokop in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada.

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL HISTORY

1942 - Future Capitol Records artist Yma Sumac marries bandleader and composer Moisés Vivanco in Lima, Peru.

1952 - It's a Friday and after getting approval from BBS Records from whom they bought the masters, Capitol Records releases Al Martino's single "Take My Heart" (Capitol 2122) with "I Never Cared" on the flipside. The original deal between the two labels was that Capitol would put off releasing the record until June 16 so as not to hurt sales of Martino's BBS single "Here In My Heart" but with the release on Monday, June 2 by Columbia Records of Toni Arden's version of the song, a deal was reached so that Capitol could release the song early.

1953 - Les Baxter and His Orchestra's Capitol Records single "April In Portugal" is #2 on Billboard's Best Selling Retail Records chart, Nat "King" Cole (with Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra)'s Capitol Records single "Pretend" is 10, Les Baxter and His Orchestra's Capitol Records single "Ruby" (the flip side of "April In Portugal" is #15, Jane Froman (with orchestra conducted by Sid Feller)'s Capitol Records single "I Believe" is #16, and Kay Starr (with orchestra conducted by Harold Mooney)'s Capitol Records single "Half A Photograph" (with "Allez-Vous-En" on the flipside) enters the top 20 at #18. Also, Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Pretend" (with Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra) is #7 on The Billboard magazine's Most Played In Juke Boxes chart, #8 on Cash Box magazine's Best Selling Singles chart, and #16 on The Billboard magazine's Most Played By Jockeys chart. Cole's single "My Flaming Heart" is #19, its flipside, "I Am In Love" is #37, and Cole's single "Can't I" (with Billy May and His Orchestra) is #42 also on Cash Box magazine's Best Selling Singles chart.

1953 - Vocalist and guitarist Wesley Tuttle and vocalist Marilyn Tuttle, with Margie Ann "Fiddlin' Kate" Warren on fiddle, Johnny Bond, Otis "Joe" Maphis, and Rose Lee Maphis on guitar, Dick Stubbs on steel guitar, and Clarence "Bud" Dooley on bass, record the titles "I Wonder Where You Are Tonight", "Vaya Con Dios (May God Be With You)", and "Don't You Remember?" in Capitol Records' studios at 5515 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue "I Wonder Where You Are Tonight" and "Vaya Con Dios (May God Be With You)" together as a single (Capitol 2514 on 10" shellac and F2514 on 7" vinyl), and "Don't You Remember?" also as a single (Capitol 2577 on 10" shellac and F2577 on 7" vinyl) with "Wonderful Waltz" (recorded July 1, 1953) on the flipside.

1955 - Over two sessions on the same day, Woody Herman and His Orchestra (Dick Collins, Bernie Glow, Jerry Kail, Gerry LaFurn, Reuben McFall, and Charlie Walp on trumpet; on Cy Touff on bass trumpet, Dick Kenney, Keith Moon on trombone; Woody Herman on clarinet, alto saxophone and vocals; Richie Kamuca, Dick Hafer, and Art Pirie on tenor saxophone; Jack Nimitz on baritone saxophone; Nat Pierce on piano; Billy Bauer on guitar; John Beal on bass; and Chuck Flores on drums) record the tracks "Opus De Funk" (arranged by Nat Pierce), "Cool Cat On A Hot Tin Roof" (arranged by Ralph Burns), "Pimlico" (arranged by Burns) during the first session with Glow on trumpet, then Travis replaces Glow for the second session when the band records the tracks "Captain Ahab" (arranged by Manny Albam), "I Remember Duke" (arranged by Burns); "Skinned" (arranged by George Williams), and "Love Is A Many Splendored Thing" (arranged by Burns), in New York City, New York for their Capitol Records album "Road Band!"

1955 - Jimmy Giuffre (on clarinet on the first track and tenor saxophone on the second and third, with Jack Sheldon on trumpet, Ralph Pena on bass, and Artie Anton on drums for all three tracks) records the tracks "Chirpin' Time", "Scintilla II", and "This Is My Beloved" at Capitol Records' Melrose Avenue studios. "Chirpin' Time" will be included on Giuffre's Capitol Records album "Jimmy Giuffre: Tangents In Jazz" and the other two will be released on Mosaic Records' 1997 compilation box set "The Complete Capitol & Atlantic Recordings of Jimmy Giuffre".

1958 - Trumpet player and bandleader Ray Anthony and His Orchestra (Pete Candoli, Conrad Gozzo, and Gene Duermeyer also on trumpets, Frank Lane, Lew McCreary, and Tommy Pederson on trombones, Skeets Herfurt and Ronnie Lang on clarinets and alto saxophones, Bob Hardaway and Plas Johnson on tenor saxophones, Med Flory on baritone saxophones, John Bannister on piano, Bobby Gibbons on guitar, Don Simpson on bass, and Alvin Stoller on drums), with the vocal group The Skyliners (lineup unlisted) and using arrangements by Don Simpson, record the titles "Still Wind", "Why Should We Wonder?", "The World Belongs To Me", "Raindrops And Moonbeams", and "You Are Gone" in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Recors which has yet to issue any of the titles. Anthony's own label, Aero Space Records, will issue "Still Wind", "Why Should We Wonder?", "The World Belongs To Me", and "Raindrops And Moonbeams" on the album "Ray Anthony" (RA 1002).

1960 - Capitol Records releases Kay Starr's album "Movin' On Broadway" which was produced by Dave Cavanaugh with arrangements by Van Alexander who also conducts the orchestra.

1962 - The Beatles, with Pete Best on drums, have their first recording session in Abbey Road Studios at 3 Abbey Road, St John's Wood, London as a test for Parlophone Records. The session take place in Studio 2 from 7:00 to 10:00 PM. The Beatles first run through a number of songs, and then record four titles for producer George Martin with his assistant Norman "Hurricane" Smith running the session with balance engineer Ron Richards and tape operators Chris Neal and Ken Townsend: "Besame Mucho", "Love Me Do", "P.S. I Love You", and "Ask Me Why". Only the recordings of "Besame Mucho" and "Love Me Do" survive and will eventually be released on the compilation album "Anthology 1".

1963 - Vocalist Bobby Darin, with unlisted others and singing in German, records the titles "Schatten Auf Den Wegen (18 Yellow Roses)" and "Rote Rosen For Cindy (You're The Reason I'm Living)" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both titles in Germany together as a single (K22451).

1963 - During two sessions held this day in E.M.I.'s Abbey Road studios in London, England, violist Nathan Milstein, with Anatole Fistoulari conducting The Philharmonia Orchestra (lineup unlisted), records Mozart's "Concerto N° 4 In D Major, 3rd movement" at the first session and Chausson's "Poème For Violin And Orchestra" at the second session. Angel Records, at the time a subsidiary of Capitol Records, issued "Concerto N° 4 In D Major, 3rd Movement" on the album "MOZART - Violin Concerto N° 4 In D Major/Violin Concerto N° 5 In A Major ('Turkish')" (S-36007) and "Poème For Violin And Orchestra" on the album "SAINT-SAENS - Concerto N° 3 In B Minor/CHAUSSON - Poeme For Violin & Orchestra" (S-36005).

1964 - Capitol Records original Broadway cast album "Funny Girl" is #2 on Billboard's Top 200 Albums chart and The Beatles' Capitol Records album "Meet The Beatles" slips to #4 after 5 weeks at #1.

60 Years Ago Today In 1966 - Capitol Records Canada releases The Hollies' album "Look Through Any Window", The Swinging Blue Jeans' album "Don't Make Me Over", The Newman Centre Troubadors' album "The Canticle Of The Gift" on the Rainbow label, The Dave Clark Five's album "At The Scene", The Merrymen (featuring Emile Straker)'s album "Caribeat With The Merrymen", Cliff Richard's album "Blue Turns To Grey", and Manfred Mann's album "Mann Made".

60 Years Ago Today In 1966 - Tower Records (a subsidiary of Capitol Records) releases Dick Curless' album "Travelin' Man" and Dick Curless and Kay Adams' album "A Devil Like Me".

1968 - Overdubs are recorded in Los Angeles, California for John Stewart and Buffy Ford's titles "July, You're A Woman", "Dark Prarie", "Holly On My Mind", and "Mucky Truckee River". After additional overdubs are recorded for "July, You're A Woman" on October 23, 1968, Capitol Records will issue the final mixes of all the titles on the duo's album "Signals Through The Glass" (ST 2975).

1968 - The Beach Boys (lineup unlisted) record the title "Do It Again" in an unlisted studio. After overdubs are recorded in Los Angeles, California on June 7 and 12, 1968, Capitol Records will issue the final mix of the titles as a single (Capitol 2239) with "Wake The World" (recorded March 28, 1968) on the flipside and also on the the group's albums "Stack O' Tracks" (DKAO 2893) and the two-LP set "The Beach Boys - Made In U.S.A." (STBK-12396). The single will go to #1 in the U.K.

1968 - Artie Shaw directs a big band which includes Bernie Privin and Mel Davis on trumpet, Buddy Morrow on trombone, Walt Levinsky on clarinet, Toots Mondello on alto saxophone, Al Klink and Billy Slapin on tenor saxophones, Bernie Leighton on piano, and Don Lamond on drums as they record the titles "Lover Come Back To Me", "Copenhagen", and "Traffic Jam" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on the album "Artie Shaw Recreates His Great '38 Band" (ST 2992).

1968 - The Jades (lineup unlisted) record the titles "Ain't It Funny What Love Can Do", "Movin' On", and "Baby I Need Your Love" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue "Ain't It Funny What Love Can Do" and "Baby I Need Your Love" together as a single (Capitol 2281). No issuing information is listed for "Movin' On".

1968 - Capitol Records purchases the masters for Carnival Connection's title "Alfred Applebee's Awful Dream" in New York City, New York and will issue the title as a single (Capitol 2244) with "Poster Man" (recorded May 21, 1968) on the flipside.

1973 - Vocalist Glen Campbell, with unlisted others, records the titles "Mansion On The Hill", "I Can't Help It (If I'm Still In Love With You)", and "Half As Much" in Los Angeles, California. After overdubs are recorded on June 7, 1968 for "I Can't Help It (If I'm Still In Love With You)" and "Half As Much" and on June 8, 1973 for "Mansion On The Hill", Capitol Records will issue the final mixes of all the titles on Campbell's album "I Remember Hank Williams" (SW-11253).

1973 - Vocalist Dick Curless, with Johnny Gimble on fiddle, Hargus "Pig" Robbins on piano, Harold Ray Bradley, Ray Edenton, and Herman "Pete" Wade on guitars, Weldon Myrick on steel guitar, Bob Moore on bass, and Murrey M. "Buddy" Harman, Jr. on drums, records the titless "Swingin' Preacher", Country Soul", and Get On Board My Wagon" during an extended session the Jack Clement Studio in Nashville, Tennessee between 2:00 PM and 5:30 PM. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Curless' album "The Last Blues Song" ST-11211) and also "Swingin' Preacher" and "Get On Board My Wagon" together as a single (Capitol 3818).

50 Years Ago Today In 1976 - Wings' Apple Records single "Silly Love Songs", released by Capitol Records in the United States, returns to #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart.

1983 - Industry (lineup unlisted) records the title "Living Alone Too Long" at an unlisted studio. Capitol Records will issue the title on the group's album "Stranger To Stranger" (ST-12316).

1983 - Vocalist Anne Murray, with unlisted others, records the title "The More We Try" at Eastern Sound Studio in Toronto, Canada. Capitol Records will issue the title as a single (Capitol 5305) with an edited version of "Heart Stealer" (recorded July 14, 1983) on the flipside and also on Murray's album "A Little Good News" (ST-12301).

35 Years Ago Today In 1991 - Stan Getz (born Stanley Gayetzky), tenor saxophone player, bandleader, member of the Capitol Records bands Woody Herman and His Orchestra and The Metronome All Stars, and who as a solo artist on the Verve label would record in Capitol's Studios on Melrose Avenue and in The Capitol Tower until 1957, dies at age 64 of liver cancer in Malibu, California.

2000 - Capitol Records releases Nancy Wilson's two-CD compilation "Anthology".

2000 - The first three volumes of Capitol Records' "From The Vaults" series, "Birth Of A Label", "Capitol Jumps" and "Vine Street Divas" are released. The series is compiled and produced by Billy Vera, who also wrote the series' extensive and informative liner notes. The look of the series' packaging is based on samples of packaging and advertisements from Capitol's early days that I pulled from my collection when I was working as a full-time freelancer in Capitol's art department.

2003 - Roger G. Hall, promoter for Capitol Records subsidiary Angel Records (1956-1959), manager of the Philadelphia Orchestra (1959-1963) and head of artists and repertoire for RCA's classical-music label, Red Seal (1963-1970), dies at age 79 from complications of Parkinson's disease at his home in Wynnewood, Pennsylvania.

20 Years Ago Today In 2006 - Capitol Records releases "The Very Best Of Lou Rawls: You'll Never Find Another" with liner notes by Billy Vera that'll tear your heart out.

20 Years Ago Today In 2006 - Capitol Records releases Sound Team's first full-length album "Movie Monster".

20 Years Ago Today In 2006 - Billy Preston, a singer, keyboardist for both The Beatles and The Rolling Stones, and a solo Apple Records artist dies in Shea Scottsdale Hospital in Scottsdale, Arizona at age 59 from complications of an acute respiratory arrest, due to improper treatment for pericarditis, that put him into a coma on November 21, 2005.

2007 - I got my copy of Johnny Mercer's 3 CD compilation "Mosaic Selects johnny mercer" that I had pre-ordered. It has a great note from Margaret Whiting and superb liner notes written by Billy Vera. There was a bit of confusion when I went to play disc 1 using iTunes as it gave the track listing for disc 3 and some unhappy reviewers comments next to each track. Playing the disc, the tracks that played were the ones listed for disc 1 on the packaging. I emailed Blue Note to let them know about the problem which they wrote back that they would look into it.


ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1939 - Gary U.S. Bonds, a singer and an E.M.I. artist, is born Gary Anderson in Jacksonville, Florida.

1960 - Rick Nelson's Imperial Records single "Young Emotions" is #14 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart.

1963 - Singer Sarah Vaughn (with Carmell Jones on trumpet, Teddy Edwards on tenor saxophone, Jack Wilson on organ, John Collins on guitar, Al McKibbon on bass, and Earl Palmer drums) records the tracks "What Kind Of Fool Am I" and "The Good Life" (without Jones and Edwards) with producer Teddy Reig at United Recorders in Los Angeles, California for her Roulette Records album "Sarah Sings Soulfully". Universal Music Group, Capitol Music Group's parent company, currently owns Roulette's catalog.

1972 - Jethro Tull's Chrysalis Records album "Thick As A Brick" is #1 on Billboard's Top 200 Albums chart. Chrysalis' U.S. catalog is currently owned by Universal Music Group, Capitol Music Group's parent company.

1973 - Vocalist Marlena Shaw, with Derek Smith on clavichord, electric piano, and piano, Cornell Dupree, Carl Lynch, Hugh McCracken, and Gene Bertoncini on guitars, Wilbur Bascomb on electric bass, Ron Carter on bass, Grady Tate, Herbie Lovelle, and Charles Collins on drums, Gene Bianco on harp, George Jenkins and George Devens on percusssion, Arthur Jenkins on congas, and unlised strings and horns players, records the title "Prelude" at A & R Studios in New York City, New York. Blue Note Records will splice "Prelude" and "I Know I Love Him" (recorded May 31, 1973) together and release the final mix on Shaw's album "From The Depths Of My Soul" (BN-LA143-F).

1973 - Flute player and vocalist Bobbi Humphrey, with Jerry Peters on piano and electric piano, Fonce Mizell on clavinet, trumpet and vocals, Fred Perren on synthesizer and vocals, David T. Walker  on guitar, Chuck Rainey on electric bass, Harvey Mason on drums, Stephanie Spruill on percussion, and Chuck Davis and Larry Mizell also on vocals, records the titles, "Harlem River Drive", "Just A Love Child", and "Blacks And Blues" at The Sound Factory studios in Los Angeles, California. Blue Note Records will issue all the titles on Humphrey's album "Blacks And Blues" (BN-LA-142-G on 12" vinyl and 4-98542-2 on CD).

50 Years Ago Today In 1976 - Crystal Gayle's United Artists Records single "I'll Get Over You", with "High Time" on the flipside, is #1 on the U.S. Country singles charts.

1978 - Soprano and tenor saxophonist and vocalist Ronnie Laws, with Barnaby Finch on electric piano, Melvin Robinson and Roland Bautista on guitars, Bobby Vega on electric bass, Raymond Pounds on drums, Andrew Acosta on percussion, and Sylvia St.James and Debra Thomas on background vocals, record the title "Love Is Here" at the Indigo Ranch studio in Los Angeles, California for United Artists Records. After E.M.I acquires United Artists' catalog, Capitol Records will issue the title on Laws' album "Classic Masters" (ST-12375 on 12" vinyl and 7-46585 on CD). Blue Note Records will also issue the title on the CD "The Best Of Ronnie Laws" (7-98289-2).

1983 - EMI America purchases the masters for Spys' titles "Rescue Me", "Midnight Fantasy", "Behind Enemy Lines", "Sheep Don't Talk Back", "Reaction", "Heartache", "Race Against Time", "Younger Days", and "Can't Stop Us Now" and will issue all the titles on the group's album "Behind Enemy Lines" (ST-17098) and also "Midnight Fantasy" and "Race Against Time" together as a single (EMI America 8176).

20 Years Ago Today In 2006 - Rhino Records releases Frank Sinatra, Jr.'s first album in a decade, "That Face!" (recorded in The Capitol Tower Studios). Rhino didn't put their logo on this package, instead, they used the Reprise ":r" logo. The album was recorded in The Capitol Tower Studios, features arrangements by Billy May, Nelson Riddle and Torrie Zito, and features Frank Sr.'s longtime pianist Bill Miller, who will go on tour with Frank Jr. starting in July in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

ON THIS DAY NOT IN CAPITOL HISTORY

1944 - D-Day occurs on the beaches and coast of Normandy, France.

1968 - Robert Francis "Bobby" Kennedy dies at Good Samaritan Hospital in Los Angeles, California of the three gunshot wounds he sustained in a pantry a little after midnight the day before while leaving the ballroom of The Ambassador Hotel after winning the California Democratic primary. Rosemary Clooney, a friend and a supporter of Kennedy, was performing at the hotel and suffers a nervous breakdown after hearing the news.

55 Years Ago Today In 1971 - The last episode of "The Ed Sullivan Show" is broadcast on CBS. The episode is a repeat (the last original episode aired on March 28, 1971) of the episode that aired on February 7, 1971 that featured Melanie singing "Look What They've Done to My Song, Ma," "Ruby Tuesday" and "Alexander Beetle"; Joanna Simon (mezzo-soprano) singing "My Heart at Thy Sweet Voice"; impressionist David Frye; Danny Davis & the Nashville Brass; singers Tony Sandler & Ralph Young; comedian Norman Wisdom; sleight-of-hand artist Vic Perry; comedian Tony Fane and comedian Lennie Schultz. The next week the show is replaced by Sunday Night Movies which, after 35 years, will itself end at the end of CBS' 2005-2006 season.

JUNE 5, 2026

HAPPY BIRTHDAYS!

1895 - William Boyd, (aka Hopalong Cassidy) television and movie actor and Capitol Children's Records artist, is born William Lawrence Boyd in Hendrysburg, Ohio. Dinobil has created a great fan site with images and letters sent to him by Boyd and his fans as well as links to many other Hopalong Cassidy fan sites.

1947 - Tom Evans, bass player and vocalist in the Capitol Records band Badfinger, is born in Liverpool, England.

1953 - Nico McBrain, the drummer for the Capitol Records group Iron Maiden, is born Michael Henry McBain in Hackeny, London, England. McBrain keeps a tour diary on Iron Maiden's Official Website.

30 Years Ago Today In 1996 - Troye Sivan, a singer, songwriter, actor, YouTube personality, and a Capitol Records artist, is born Troye Sivan Mellet in Johannesburg, South Africa.

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1942 - It's a Friday, and at Capitol Records' sixth session bandleader Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra (Billy Butterfield, Monty Kelly, Larry Neil, and Don Waddilove on trumpet, Skip Layton and Murray McEachern on trombone, Alvy West, Danny D'Andrea, Lenny Hartman, King Guion, and Tommy Mace on saxophones, Buddy Weed on piano, Mike Pingitore on guitar, Art Shapiro on bass, and Lou Paino on drums) record the titles "I Found A New Baby" featuring Buddy Weed on piano, "Serenade In Blue" with vocals by Martha Tilton and the addition of an uncredited string section, "The General Jumped At Dawn" using an arrangement by Jimmy Mundy, and "I've Got A Gal In Kalamazzo" with vocals by The Mellowaires (vocalists David Street and others) at Radio Recorders' studios at 932 North Western Avenue in Hollywood, California with Johnny Mercer producing.

Capitol Records released "I Found A New Baby" and "The General Jumped At Dawn" together as Capitol's first single (Capitol 101) and "Serenade In Blue" and "I've Got A Gal In Kalamazzo" together as a single (Capitol 108).

This is the last session needed for Capitol's initial release of singles to retail. Copies of the masters will be sent to Scranton Record Company in Pennsylvania and Allied Records in California, who both press the records out of shellac and reclaimed shellac, and to Clark Phono Company in Newark, New Jersey, which due to war restrictions, used a proprietary non-shellac material which had better sound quality so those records were used primarily for promotion to radio stations and reviewers. The Red Hot Jazz site has an informative page on Whiteman as well as links to audio files of the Whiteman tracks recorded this day.

1948 - Vocalists Mel Blanc and The Sportsmen (William T. Days, Maxwell H. Smith, Martin O. Sperzel, and Gurney N. Bell) overdub vocals onto a band track recorded earlier in Paris, France by an unlisted orchestra using an arrangement by Billy May for the title "Woody Woodpecker". Capitol Records will issue the final mix of the title as a single (Capitol 15145) with The Sportsmen's title "I'd Love To Live In Loveland" (recorded  December 26,1947) on the flipside.

1953 - Vocalist Betty Hutton, with Nelson Riddle conducting his own arrangements to the orchestra (lineup unlisted) records the titles "No Matter How You Say Goodbye" and "I Took The Long Way Around" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "No Matter How You Say Goodbye" as a single (Capitol 2522 on 10" shellac and F2522 on 7" vinyl) with "Goin' Steady" (recorded June 8, 1953) on the flipside and "I Took The Long Way Around" as a single (Capitol 2688 on 10" shellac and F2688 on 7" vinyl) with "Broke, Bare-foot And Starry Eyed" (recorded September 8, 1953) on the flipside.

1954 - Kay Starr (with orchestra conducted by Harold Mooney)'s Capitol Records single 'If You Love Me (Really Love Me)" is #6 on Billboard's Best Selling Retail Records chart, Frank Sinatra (with Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra)'s Capitol Records single "Young At Heart" is #7, Nat "King" Cole (with Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra)'s Capitol Records single "Answer Me, My Love" is #8, Kay Starr (with orchestra conducted by Harold Mooney)'s Capitol Records single "The Man Upstairs" is #10, and Frank Sinatra (with Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra)'s Capitol Records single "Three Coins In A Fountain" enters the top 20 at #16.

1957 - Vocalist Ella Mae Morse, with Billy May conducting his own arrangements to His Orchestra (John Best, Conrad Gozzo, and Mannie Klein on trumpet, Murray McEachern, George Roberts, and Si Zentner on trombone, Harry Klee on alto saxophone and flute, Les Robinson also on alto saxophone, Gene Cipriano and Fred Falensby on tenor saxophone, Justin Gordon on baritone saxophone, Jimmy Rowles on piano, Al Hendrickson on guitar, Joe Mondragon on bass, Alvin Stoller on drums, and David Grupp on vibraphones), records the titles "Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate The Positive", "I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter", "My Funny Valentine", and "Baby, Won't You Please Come Home" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California between 8:30 PM and 11:30 PM. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Morse's album "Morse Code" (T 898).

1958 - During two sessions held this day in Los Angeles, California, trumpet player and bandleader Ray Anthony and His Orchestra (Pete Candoli, Conrad Gozzo, Jack Laubach, and Jack Holman also on trumpets, Milt Bernhart, Lew McCreary, Jimmy Priddy, and Abe Lincoln on trombones, Med Flory and Gus Bivona on clarinets and alto saxophones, Georgie Auld and Plas Johnson on tenor saxophones, Leo Anthony on baritone saxophone, Buddy Cole on piano, Bob Bain and Al Hendrickson on guitars, Don Simpson on bass, and Ray Martinez on drums) and vocal group The Skyliners(lineup unlisted), using arrangements by Don Simpson, record the titles "A Lavender Mood", "Baby But You Did", "Indubitably", "You're The One Forever", and "South Dakota" at the first session and the title "Every Dog Has His Day" at the second session. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Anthony and his orchestra's album "Anthony Plays Allen" (T/ST 1086).

65 Years Ago Today In 1961 - Faron Young's Capitol Records single "Hello Walls" (written by Willie Nelson) is #12 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart.

1963 - Nat King' Cole's Capitol Records single "Those Lazy-Hazy-Crazy Days Of Summer" is #14 on WMCA's Top Twenty-Five chart in New York City.

1963 - During two sessions that take place in Studio A of The Capitol Tower Studios in Hollywood, California, The Howard Roberts Quartet ((Burkley Kendrix on organ, Howard Roberts on guitar, Chuck Berghofer on bass, and Earl Palmer on drums) record the titles "Watermelon Man", "Rough Ridin'", and "Dirty Old Bossa Nova" at the first session and the titles "Untitled Original #3 (Major)", "One Note Samba", and "On Green Dolphin Street" at the second session. Capitol Records will issue "Watermelon Man", "Rough Ridin'", "Dirty Old Bossa Nova", and "One Note Samba" on the quartet's album "H.R. Is A Dirty Guitar Player" (T/ST 1961) and has yet to issue "Untitled Original #3 (Major)". No issuing information is listed for "On Green Dolphin Street".

1963 - Vocalist Wanda Jackson, with Floyd Cramer or Hargus "Pig" Robbins on piano, Thomas Grady Martin on lead guitar, Harold Ray Bradley on rhythm guitar, Lloyd Green or Weldon Myrick on steel guitar, Bob Moore on bass, Murrey M. "Buddy" Harman Jr. on drums, and the vocalist The Jordanaires (lineup unlisted) with Mildred "Millie" Kirkham and Mary John as a vocal chorus, records the titles "Slippin'" with Floyd Cramer or Hargus "Pig" Robbins on organ and a string section (lineup unlisted), "Memory Mountain", "Just For You" with the addition of Charlie McCoy on harmonica, and "The Violet And The Rose" at the Columbia Studio in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue "Slippin'" and "The Violet And A Rose" on Jackson's album "Wanda Jackson Sings Country Songs" (T/ST 2438), "Slippin'" also as a single (Capitol 5072) with "Just For You" on the flipside, "Memory Moutain" as a single (Capitol 5015) with "Let Me Talk To You" (recorded November 1, 1961) on the flipside, and "The Violet And A Rose" also as a single (Capitol F5142) with "To Tell You The Truth" (recorded April 16, 1962) on the flipside.

1964 - A limited pressing of a 45 rpm single used to promote The Beatles for Hollywood radio station KFWB and Wallichs' Music City is released by Capitol Records. It has an interview on side 1 and "You Can't Do That" on the flipside. Copies of this disc have been valued for as much as $2250 with the original mailer.

1964 - Capitol Records releases The Applejacks single "Like Dreamers Do" (written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney) with "Everybody Fall Down" on the flipside.

60 Years Ago Today In 1966 - The promotional film for The Beatles Capitol Records single "Paperback Writer" gets its first showing when it's played on CBS-TV's "The Ed Sullivan Show".

1968 - The Beatles record backing tracks for the title "Don't Pass Me By" in Studio 3 of E.M.I.'s studios on Abbey Road in London, England. After further backing tracks and Ringo Starr records vocal tracks are recorded on June 6, 1963 and further backing tracks on July 12 and July 22, 1968, Apple Records will issue the final mix on the group's self-titled "The Beatles" (aka "The White Album"), which will be distributed in the United States by Capitol Records.

1968 - Overdubs are recorded in Los Angeles, California for John Stewart and Buffy Ford's titles "July, You're A Woman", "Nebraska Widow", "Draft Age", and the take of "Cody" recorded on May 22, 1968. After additional overdubs are recorded for "July, You're A Woman" on June 6 and October 23, 1968, Capitol Records will issue the final mixes of all the titles on Stewart and Ford's album "Signals Through The Glass" (ST 2975).

1968 - During two sessions held this day in Los Angeles, California, David A. Axelrod conducts his own arrangements to an orchestra (Allen Di Rienzo, Freddie Hill, Ollie Mitchell, and Tony Terran on trumpets, Richard Leith and Lew McCreary on trombones, Vincent De Rosa, Bill Hinshaw, Arthur Maebe, and Henry Sigismonti on French horns, Gary Coleman on vibraphone, Howard Roberts and Pete Wyant on guitars, Carol Kaye on bass, Earl Palmer on drums, Gene Estes on percussion, Arnold Belnick, Nathan Ross, Myron Sandler, and Marshall Sosson on violins, Harry Hyams on viola, Harold Schneier on cello, and Ben Barrett on an unlisted instrument) as they record the titles "Mental Traveler (Haiku)" and "The Smile" at the first session and the titles "Merlin's Prophecy" and "A Dream" at the second session. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Axelrod's album "Song Of Innocence" (ST 2982).

1968 - The Staccatos (lineup unlisted and later renamed Five Man Electrical Band) record the title "You're Going To Lose That Girl" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue the title on the group's self-titled album "Five Man Electrical Band" (ST-165).

1968 - Billy Carr, with unlisted others, records the title "The Odyssey" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue the title as a single (Capitol 2238) with "It's Mad" (master purchased on an unlisted day in 1968) on the flipside.

1968 - Overdubs are recorded in Nashville, Tennessee for Tex Ritter's titles "Me And Tennesse" and, with Earl Sinks ad Billy the Kid, "The Governor And The Kid". Capitol Records will issue final mixes of both titles on Ritter's album "Tex Ritter's Wild West" (ST 2974).

55 Years Ago Today In 1971 - John Lennon, Yoko Ono, and Frank Zappa and The Mothers Of Invention are recorded live at a performance at the Fillmore East on this night and the next, some of which will appear on the Plastic Ono Band's album "Sometime In New York City" and on Zappa's album "Fillmore East, June 1971".

1973 - Vocalist Dick Curless, with Norman "Buddy" Spicher on fiddle, Hargus "Pig" Robbins on piano, Harold Ray Bradley, Ray Edenton, and Herman "Pete" Wade on guitars, Weldon Myrick on steel guitar, Bob Moore on bass, and Murrey M. "Buddy" Harman, Jr. on drums, records the titles "Been There People", "Country Music Man", and "Lazy Bones" at the Jack Clement Studio in Nashville, Tennessee between 6:00 PM and 9:00 PM. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Curless' album "The Last Blues Song" (ST-11211).

1973 - Bobbie Roy, with unlisted others, records the titles "Back Where Love Is", "Things Are Looking Good", "A Day Full Of Sunshine", "There's More To Love", "Love Me Back Together" in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue "Things Are Lookin' Good" as a single (Capitol 3711) with "The World's Not Ready Yet" (recorded December 17, 1971) on the flipside.

50 Years Ago Today In 1976 - Capitol Records releases Mel McDaniel's first single "Have A Dream On Me" with "Gotta Lotta Love" on the flipside.

1983 - Duran Duran's Capitol Records album "Rio" peaks at #5 on Billboard's Top 200 Albums charts.

1983 - Industry (lineup unlisted) records the title "All I Need Is You" at an unlisted studio. Capitol Records will issue the title on the group's album "Stranger To Stranger" (ST-12316).

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

1999 - Mel Tormé, singer, songwriter, drummer, motion picture and television actor, and Capitol Records artist is pronounced dead at 1:45AM at UCLA Medical Center, Westwood, California where he had been rushed after having breathing problems at his home in Beverly Hills, California.

25 Years Ago Today In 2001 - Capitol Records releases Radiohead's fifth album "Amnesiac".

2007 - Capitol Records releases Poison's album "Poison'd".


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65 Years Ago Today In 1961 - Ricky Nelson's Imperial Records single "Travelin' Man" is #2 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart, Gene McDaniels' Liberty Records single "A Hundred Pounds Of Clay" is #8, The Fleetwoods' Dolton Records (distributed by Liberty Records) single "Tragedy" is #11, Ricky Nelson's Imperial Records single "Hello Mary Lou" (written by Gene Pitney and the flip side of "Travelin' Man") is #14, Ernie K-Doe's Minit Records single "Mother-In-Law" is #19, Steve Lawrence's United Artists Records single "Portrait Of My Love" is #30, and Don Costa and His Orchestra and Chorus' United Artists Records single "Never On A Sunday" is #38. Imperial, Liberty, Dolton, Minit, and United Artists Records' catalogs are currently owned by Universal Music Group, Capitol Music Group's parent company.

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1954 - The 160th and final live broadcast of "Your Show Of Shows" airs on NBC-TV.

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1945 - Gordon Waller, singer, songwriter, guitarist, and part of the Capitol Records duo Peter and Gordon and a solo artist on the label is born Gordon Trueman Riviere Waller in Braemar, Scotland.

1953 - Jimmy McCulloch, the lead guitarist in the band Wings and a member of bands including Thunderclap Newman and Stone The Crows, is born in Glasgow, Scotland. Miguel Terol has a tribute page to Jimmy on The Musicians' Olympus website.

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1938 - Eugene Jochum conducts The Hamburg Philharmonic Orchestra (lineup unlisted) as they record the fourth movement of Bruckner's "Symphony N° 5 In B Flat" in six parts in Hamburg, Germany for Telefunken Records. After Capitol Records licenses Telefunken's catalog for release in the United States, it will issue the complete fourth movement on the album "BRUCKNER - Symphony #5 In B Flat (Disc 2)" (P-8050).

1942 - It's a Thursday, and with its name officially changed from Liberty Records, Capitol Records opens for business in a small 15’x50’ office with no air conditioning at 1483 Vine Street in Hollywood, California, just south of Sunset Boulevard, next to photographer Gene Lester's studio. The site of Capitol's first office is currently the entrance to the Bank of America parking structure.

The approximate location of Capitol's first office is highlighted in blue.

Capitol Records' first office's storefront entrance.

The company's first employees included chairman Buddy DeSylva, president Johnny Mercer, vice-president Glenn Wallichs, head of A&R Dave Shelley, Pacific Coast sales manager Floyd Bittaker (East Coast sales were initially handled by Modern Music Sales Company's Nat Cohn in New York City), publicity manager Jack Lawson, and the company's first female employee, 17 year old recent graduate of Santa Monica High School Auriel Macfie, who operated the small switchboard and was also the company's receptionist and typist. 

Capitol Records' first female employee, Auriel Macfie, in a photo from 1946

Auriel is in the center of the back row in this photo from 1943.

Also on this day Glenn Wallichs personally brings Hollywood disc jockey Peter Potter, creator and M.C. of  the "Peter Potter's Picks" and “Juke Box Jury” radio shows, a pre-release copy of “Cow-Cow Boogie” probably pressed by Clark Phono Company in Newark, New Jersey, which due to war restrictions, used a proprietary non-shellac material which had better sound reproduction properties.

After seeing Potter's enthusiastic reaction, Wallichs decides, for what would be the first time in the history of the American music industry, to give free copies of releases to disc jockeys and reviewers in order to promote Capitol Records' acts and the sound quality of its recordings. The records are personalized with labels bearing each recipient's name (which would often lead to Capitol's few employees having to stay up to 3:00 A.M. to fill them out). This quickly makes Capitol Records a favorite of disc jockeys across the country and forces the rest of the industry (not for the last time) to follow Capitol. So all those underpaid record company and radio station employees, as well as reviewers, that were able to make ends meet over the years by selling their promos to used record stores have Capitol, Glenn Wallichs, Peter Potter, and Freddie Slack and His Orchestra with vocalist Ella Mae Morse to thank.

Peter Potter with Capitol Records artists Stan Kenton, Frank Sinatra, and Kay Starr

1942 - At Capitol Records' fifth recording session Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra (lineup unlisted) record "He Wears A Pair Of Silver Wings" with vocals by Connie Haines, "I'm Always Chasing Rainbows" featuring Jenkins on piano, "Paradise", and, with vocals by Martha Tilton and Jenkins again featured on piano, "I'll Remember April" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "He Wears A Pair Of Silver Wings" and "I'm Always Chasing Rainbows" together as a single (Capitol 106, the last single in Capitol's initial release to retail), "Paradise" (as well as "I'm Always Chasing Rainbows" and "I'll Remember April") in the album "Time To Dance With Gordon Jenkins And His Orchestra" (CCF-264), and "I'll Remember April" as a single (Capitol 105) with "The Angels Cried" (recorded April 6, 1942) on the flipside.

80 Years Ago Today In 1946 - Stan Kenton and His Orchestra (Buddy Childers, Ray Wetzel, Chico Alvarez, John Anderson, Ken Hanna on trumpet; Kai Winding, Miff Sines, Milt Kabak on trombone; Bart Varsalona on bass trombone; Al Anthony, Boots Mussulli on alto saxophone; Vido Musso, Bob Cooper on tenor saxophone; Bob Gioga on baritone saxophone; Stan Kenton on piano; Bob Ahern on guitar; Eddie Safranski on bass; Shelly Manne on drums; June Christy, Gene Howard, Ray Wetzel on vocals), record the Pete Rugolo compositions "Rika Jika Jack" (with vocals by Christy and the band and trombone solo by Kai Winding), "Artistry in Boogie" (with piano solos by Kenton and Pete Rugolo, bass solo by Eddie Safranski, tenor saxophone solo by Vido Musso, trumpet solo by Chico Alvarez, and trombone solo by Kai Winding), "Come Back To Sorrento" (with trumpet solo by Vido Musso) and an incomplete take of "Collaboration" (piano solo by Pete Rugolo) at Radio Recorders in Hollywood, California.

1948 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Nature Boy" is #1 on The Billboard magazine's Best-Selling Popular Retail Records and Records Most Played By Disk Jockeys charts, #2 on the magazine's Most-Played Juke Box Records chart, #3 on the magazine's Canada's Top Tunes chart, #4 on the magazine's Best Selling Retail Race Records chart, and #5 on the magazine's Most-Played Juke Box Race Records chart. Also, The Pied Pipers' Capitol Records single "My Happiness" enters the top 20 at #9 on Billboard's Best Selling Retail Records chart, The Sportsmen's a cappella Capitol Records single "You Can't Be True, Dear" is #15, Peggy Lee's Capitol Records single "Mañana" is #18, and Jack Smith and The Clark Sisters' Capitol Records single "Baby Face" is #19.

1949 - Mel Tormé (with orchestra conducted by Pete Rugolo)'s Capitol Records single "Again" is #7 on Billboard's Best Selling Retail Records chart, Margaret Whiting and Johnny Mercer's Capitol Records single "Baby, It's Cold Outside" is #11, Jo Stafford and Gordon MacRae (with Paul Weston and His Orchestra)'s Capitol Records single "'A' You're Adorable" is #12, and Mel Tormé (with orchestra conducted by Pete Rugolo)'s Capitol Records single "Careless Hands" is #16.

1953 - Capitol Records filed the masters it purchased for Les Paul and Mary Ford's title "Dangerous Curves" which it will issue on the duo's album "Les & Mary" (EAP-4-577 on 7" EP, EBF2-577 in a 7" two EP set, H2-577 on 10" LP, and W 577 on 12" LP).

1955 - Les Baxter and His Orchestra and Chorus' Capitol Records single "Unchained Melody" is #2 on Billboard's Best Selling Retail Records chart, Nat "King" Cole (with Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra)'s single "A Blossom Fell" and its flipside "If I May" which also includes The Four Knights is #6, Frank Sinatra (with Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra)'s Capitol Records single "Learnin' The Blues" is #10, Tennessee Ernie Ford (with Cliffie Stone's Band)'s "The Ballad Of Davy Crockett" is #11, and Nat "King" Cole (with Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra)'s single "Darling, Je Vous Aime Beaucoup" is #18.

70 Years Ago Today In 1956 - Capitol Records releases Gene Vincent and The Blue Caps' Capitol Records single "Woman Love", with "Be-Bop-A-Lula" on the flipside and the group, with Vincent on vocals, Cliff Gallup and William Williams on guitar, Jack Neil on bass, and Dickie Harrell on drums, play their first-ever gig in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.

1958 - Coronetist and bandleader Red Nichols and His Five Pennies (Jackie Coon on mellophone, Moe Schneider on trombone, Wayne Songer on clarinet and alto and baritone saxophones, Bill Wood also on clarinet, Heinie Beau also on clarinet and tenor saxophone, Jerry Kasper on bass saxophone, Bobby Hammack on piano, Allan Reuss on guitar, Morty Corb on bass, Jack Sperling on drums, and Ralph Hansell on vibraphone and bells) record the titles "Davenport Blues", "Buddy's Habits", "Delta Rolls", and "Washboard Blues" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles Nichols and His Pennies' album "Parade Of The Pennies" (T 1051).

1958 - Vocalist Molly Bee, with an orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the titles "To Be Or Not To Be In Love", "Honey, I'm In Love With You", a new take of the title "After You've Gone", and an overdub for the title "Five Points Of A Star" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "To Be Or Not To Be In Love" and "Honey, I'm In Love With You" on Bee's album "Young Romance" (T 1097) and the take of "After You've Gone" recorded at this session as a single (Capitol F064) with the final mix of "Five Points Of A Star" on the flipside.

1962 - The Beatles' sign their first contract with Parlophone Records.

1962 - Capitol Records, as part of Capitol Single Release 841, releases singles by Dinah Shore ("Just A Brief Encounter" with orchestra conducted by Van Alexander), Tex Williams ("You Gotta Have A License" and "Ghost Of A Honky Tonk Slave" with orchestra conducted by Billy Liebert), The Beach Boys ("Surfin' Safari" and "409"), and Art and Dottie Todd ("Sweet Someone" and "Ring-A-Ding").

1963 - Nat King Cole's Capitol Records single "Those Lazy-Hazy-Crazy Days Of Summer" is #18 on WABC's Silver Dollar Sound Survey in New York City.

1963 - During two sessions held this day in Studio A of The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California, The Howard Roberts Quartet (Burkley Kendrix on organ, Howard Roberts on guitar, Chuck Berghofer on bass, and Earl Palmer on drums) record the titles "Li'l Darlin'" and "Call Me Irresponsible" at the first session and the titles "Turista" and "Get Me To The Church On Time" at the second session. Capitol Records will issue "Li'l Darlin'" and "Turista" on the quartet's album "H.R. Is A Dirty Guitar Player" (T/ST 1961) and has yet to issue the other two titles.

1963 - Violinist Nathan Milstein, with Anatole Fistoulari conducting The Philharmonia Orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the part of the first movement of Saint-Saens' "Concerto N° 3 In B Minor" at E.M.I.'s studios on Abbey Road in London England. After Angel Records, then a subsidiary of Capitol Records, acquires the masters from E.M.I., it will issue the entire piece on the album "SAINT-SAENS - Concerto N° 3 In B Minor/CHAUSSON - Poeme For Violin & Orchestra" (S-36005).

1968 - David A. Axelrod conducts his own arrangements to an orchestra (Allen Di Rienzo, Freddie Hill, Ollie Mitchell, and Tony Terran on trumpets, Richard Leith and Lew McCreary on trombones, Vincent De Rosa, Bill Hinshaw, Arthur Maebe, and Henry Sigismonti on French horns, Gary Coleman on vibraphone, Howard Roberts and Pete Wyant on guitars, Carol Kaye on bass, Earl Palmer on drums, Gene Estes on percussion, Arnold Belnick, Nathan Ross, Myron Sandler, and Marshall Sosson on violins, Harry Hyams on viola, Harold Schneier on cello, and Ben Barrett on an unlisted instrument) as they record the titles "Holy Thursday", "Urizen" and "A Song Of Innocence" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Axelrod's album "Song Of Innocence" (ST 2982).

1968 - The Beach Boys (lineup unlisted) record the title "I Went To Sleep" in Los Angeles, California. After overdubs are recorded on November 18, 1968, Capitol Records will issue the final mix of the title on the band's album "20/20" (SKAO-133).

1968 - The Five Man Electrical Band (lineup unlisted) record the titles "Didn't Know The Time" and "Running Back" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue both titles on the group's self-titled album "Five Man Electrical Band" (ST-165) and "Didn't Know The Time" also as a single (Capitol 2260) with "We Go Together Well" (recorded June 3, 1968) on the flipside as by The Staccatos.

1969 - The Beatles' single "The Ballad Of John and Yoko", with "Old Brown Shoe" on the flipside, is released by Capitol Records in the U.S.

1973 - Murry Gage Wilson, father of Brian, Carl and Dennis Wilson (and uncle to Mike Love) of The Beach Boys, dies of a heart attack at his home in Hawthorne, California at age 56. Murry was at one time co-producer of The Beach Boys, ran the band's publishing company Sea of Tunes, had his own album on Capitol ("The Many Moods Of Murry Wilson), and was manager and producer of the Tower Records band The Sunrays, and their website has a photos of them with Murry.

1973 - Capitol Records Canada releases Edward Bear's album "Close Your Eyes" and Rolf Harris' album "You Name It".

1973 - The Band (Garth Hudson and Richard Manuel on keyboards and vocals, Jaime Robbie Robertson on guitar, and vocals, Rick Danko on bass and vocals, and Levon Helm on drums and vocals) begin four straight days of recording which will produce the titles "Ain't Got No Home" and "Holy Cow" at Bearsville Recording Studios in Bearsville, New York. After overdubs are recorded for "Holy Cow" in October of 1973, Capitol Records will issue the final mixes of both titles on the group's album "Moondog Matinee" (SW-11214).

1973 - Vocalist Dick Curless, with Norman "Buddy" Spicher on fiddle, Hargus "Pig" Robbins on piano, Harold Ray Bradley, Ray Edenton, and Herman "Pete" Wade on guitars, Weldon Myrick on steel guitar, Bob Moore on bass, and Murrey M. "Buddy" Harman, Jr. on drums, records the titles "The Last Blues Song", Born In Country Music (Raised On Dixieland)", and "Room Full Of Roses" at the Jack Clement Studio in Nashville, Tennessee between 6:00 PM and 9:00 PM. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Curless' album "The Last Blues Song" (ST-11211) and also "The Last Blues Song" and "Room Full Of Roses" together as a single (Capitol 3698).

1973 - Billy May and The Time-Life Orchestra (lineup unlisted) record the titles "Angel" featuring Bob Bain on guitar, "Last Tango In Paris" featuring Warren Luening on trumpet, "Love Theme From 'The Godfather'", "Moment To Moment", and "Our Winter Love" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California. After overdubs are recorded at the same session for "Love Them From 'The Godfather'" and "Our Winter Love" and on July 5, 1973 for "Angel", Time-Life Records will issue the final mixes for all the titles in the three-LP set "Volume 8 - Billy May" (STL-248) as part of its "As You Remember Them" series.

1983 - Industry (lineup unlisted) records the title "Shangri-La" in an unlisted studio. Capitol Records will issue the title on the group's album "Stranger To Stranger" (ST-12316).

1990 - Members of the International Sawyer Brown Fan Club hold their first meeting at a breakfast with the Capitol Nashville band the day before the Fan Fair 1990 opens in Nashville, Tennessee. Members of the band go to each table to chat and give autographs, and that afternoon there's an auction of Sawyer Brown memorabilia. There's a write up on the fan club's website about the breakfast and the fan fair.

1998 - Pink Floyd's album "Dark Side Of The Moon" is certified 15x Multi-Platinum by the R.I.A.A.

1998 at 9:00 AM eastern - A news item appears announcing that Gary Gersh, president & CEO, Capitol Records, and Glen Ballard, president, Java Records, have signed Lisa Marie Presley to an exclusive recording agreement with Java Records. Java Records was the joint venture between Capitol Records and writer/producer Ballard.

25 Years Ago Today In 2001 - Diana Krall finished recording her album "The Look Of Love" in The Capitol Tower Studios.

25 Years Ago Today In 2001 - John Hartford, banjo player, triple Grammy Award winner, and composer (best remembered for Glen Campbell's Capitol Records single "Gentle On My Mind") dies at age 63 in a Nashville hospital after a lengthy battle with non-Hodgkins lymphoma.

2003 - Lisa Marie Presley performs during half-time of the first game of the 2003 NBA finals.

2004 - 42 years to the day she started as Capitol Records' first female employee, Auriel Macfie Douglas, died. She is buried at O'ahu Cemetery in Honolulu, Hawaii.
She was born September 22, 1924 and was just seventeen and newly graduated from Santa Monica High School as a journalism major when she started working for Capitol Records.

Her father helped develop tanks and bi-planes during first World War and, unfortunately, died in 1943 while Auriel was working at Capitol, the same year as the group photo above. She would go on to write and edit Capitol's monthly promotional magazine "Capitol News" for two years then do promotion work for the Music Hall chain of theaters in Los Angeles, before going to New York City to first work for M-G-M Records and then became chief of NBC Radio's promotional magazine.

She married Russell D. Douglas on November 28, 1952, came back to Los Angeles, worked for various promotional firms as well as handling promotion for Pacific Ocean Park in the early 1960s, had her own promotional business with June Bundy Csida In later years, she also wrote and worked in the publishing industry.

2005 - Capitol Records artists hold the top 3 spots on Billboard's Country charts with Keith Urban's "Making Memories of Us" at #1, Trace Adkins' "Songs About Me" at #2, and Dierks Bentley's "Lot of Leavin' Left to Do" coming in at #3.

20 Years Ago Today In 2006 -The Rice Brothers (Wayne, Jim, and Joe Rice) with guitarist Dale Cooper, bassist Steve Lawrence, and fiddler Tom Cunningham perform during the evening service at Shadow Mountain Community Church (2100 Greenfield Drive, El Cajon, California) at 6:00 p.m. These former members of the band Brush Arbor will be playing and singing together for the first time since their Capitol Records days thirty years ago [1972-1974]. Wayne Rice has put up a homepage for Brush Arbor with a great discography and history.

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1944 - Michelle Phillips, motion picture and television actress, singer with the group The Mamas And The Papas, and mother of SBK Records artist (as part of the group Wilson Phillips) Chynna Phillips, is born vocals Holly Michelle Gilliam in Long Beach, California.

1960 - Pianist Randy Weston (with Cecil Payne on baritone saxophone, Ron Carter on bass, and Roy Haynes on drums) records the titles "Portrait Of Patsy J", "Uncle Nemo", "Cry Me Not", "Honk Honk", "Saucer Eyes", "204", and "C.B. Blues" (all written by Weston), with producer Teddy Reig in New York City, New York for Roulette Records who will only release the track "Saucer Eyes" as part of "The Roulette Jazz CD Sampler" and will all finally be released in 2003 by Mosaic Records on the CD compilation "Mosaic Select: Randy Weston".

1964 - Chris Kavanagh, drummer with the EMI America Records group Sigue Sigue Sputnik as well as Big Audio Dynamite II, is born in England.

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1965 - The Rolling Stones' single "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction", with "The Under-Assistant West Coast Promotion Man" on the flipside, enters Billboard's singles chart where it will peak at #1, the band's first in the U.S.

1984 - Frank Sinatra begins a 13 night stand at Carnegie Hall with a black tie benefit for the hall which is reviewed by Jon Pareles for The New York Times.

1992 - Harrison Ford leaves his hand and footprints during ceremony #155 at Mann's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, California