FEBRUARY 27, 2026

HAPPY BIRTHDAYS!

1943 - Kendell Kardt, songwriter, poet, author, singer, pianist, guitarist, organist, composer, arranger, and a member of the Capitol Records group Rig (1970) is born Kendell Rudolph Bernard Kardt in Brooklyn, New York.

1944 - Gene Price, bass player, vocalist, songwriter,  a member of Merle Haggard's backing band The Strangers, and a Capitol Records solo artist (1969) (aka Willard Eugene Price and Willard E. Price) is born in Shamrock, Texas.

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1947 - Pianist Stan Kenton and His Orchestra (Buddy Childers, Ray Wetzel, Chico Alvarez, John Anderson, and Ken Hanna on trumpets, Kai Winding, Skip Layton, Milt Bernhart, and Harry Forbes on trombones, Bart Varsalona on bass trombone, Eddie Meyers and Boots Mussulli on alto saxophones, Vido Musso and Bob Cooper on tenor saxophones, Bob Gioga on baritone saxophone, Bob Ahern on guitar, Eddie Safranski on bass, and Shelly Manne on drums), using arrangements by Pete Rugolo, record the titles "Collaboration" and, in two parts, "Rhythm Incorporated (Capitol Punishment)" in Radio Recorders' studios at 932 North Western Avenue in Hollywood, California for AFRS Program #231 with Kenton sharing master of ceremonies duties with Gene Norman. Capitol Records will issue both parts of "Rhythm Incorporated (Capitol Punishment)" on Kenton's album "Stan Kenton Encores" (T 155). Mosaic Records will issue all the titles in the box set "The Complete Capitol Studio Recordings of Stan Kenton 1943-47" (MQ12-163 on vinyl and MD7-163 on CD). Unfortunately, the version of "Collaboration" recorded for this radio show is not currently available on YouTube but the studio version, recorded on February 28, 1947, is available.

1947 - Clarinetist Benny Goodman, vocalist Fred Astaire, and unlisted other musicians record the title "The Astaire" in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records which has yet to issue the title. Sepia Records issued the title in 2011 as a bonus track on the 2 disc CD set "Three Evenings With Fred Astaire" (Sepia 1168). The song was written to help promote Astaire's recently opened chain of dance studios, one of which will open on the top floor of the Gogerty Building at the southeast corner of Vine Street and Yucca Street in Hollywood, right next to the future location of The Capitol Tower. The building will later be purchased by EMI and, after gutting the interior, turned into new offices for the company.

75 Yeats Ago Today In 1951 - Capitol Records registers the master it purchased of Les Paul's title "Walkin' And Whistlin' Blues" in Los Angeles, California and will issue the title as a single (Capitol 1451) with Les Paul and Mary Ford's title "How High The Moon" (master purchased in January 1951) on the flipside.

1952 - Pianist Ben Light, with unlisted organ, guitar, bass, and drums players, records the titles "Mistakes", "I Cried For You", "Orchids In The Moonlight", and "Sweet Sue, Just You" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Mistakes" as a single (Capitol 2023), "I Cried For You" and "Orchids In The Moonlight" together as a single (Capitol 2100), and "Sweet Sue, Just You" as a single (Capitol 2232).

1952 - Billy May conducts his own arrangements for his own music to the orchestra (Conrad Gozzo, Walter "Pete" Candoli, and Uan Rasey on trumpets, Si Zentner and Ed Kusby on trombones, Arthur "Skeets" Herfurt, Jules Kinsler, Jules Jacob, and Fred Falensby on woodwinds, Edwin "Buddy" Cole on piano, Al Hendrickson on guitar, Phil Stephens on bass, John Cyr on drums, Kathryn Thompson on harp, Lou Raderman, Mischa Russell, and Felix Slatkin on violins, David Sterkin on viola, and Cy Bernard on cello) as it records the titles "Bongo, The Circus Bear" in two parts and "Little Hiawatha" in two parts at Capitol Records' studios at 5515 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood, California between 8:30 PM and 11:30 PM. After Don Wilson records narration overdubs for both titles and Daws Butler, June Foray, and Billy Bletcher record vocals for "Bongo, The Circus Bear" on March 6, 1952, using a script adapted by Alan Livingston, Capitol Records will issue both parts of "Bongo, The Circus Bear" on the children's album of the same name (CAS-3132) and both parts of "Little Hiawatha" on the children's album of the same name (CAS-3136).

1953 - Vocalists Tennessee Ernie Ford and Molly Bee, with Cliffie Stone's Orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the titles "Don't Start Courtin' In A Hot Rod" and "We're A Growin' Up" at Capitol Records' studios at 5515 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue both titles together as a single (Capitol 2473).

1953 - An unlisted musician playing the Wurlitzer Band Organ, records the titles "National Emblem March", "Skaters Waltz", "Hands Across The Sea", "Impassioned Dream", "With Trumpet And Drum", "Sobre Las Olas (Over The Waves)", "The Diplomat", "My Treasure Waltz", "American Beauty March", "Valse Blue", "Royal Trumpeters March", "Vienna Blood", "Lights Out", "Santiago Valse", "Ben-Hur Chariot Race March", "Ciribiribin", "Liberty Bell", "Espanita", "Sharpshooter March", "Kiss Waltz", "Officer Of The Day March", "Wedding Of The Winds", "Stars And Stripes Forever", "Artists' Life", "Through The Years", "Beautiful Blue Danube", "Our Director", "Love's Dream" and "The Thunderer" in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records which has yet to issue any of the titles.

1953 - Lead guitarist Jimmy Heap and His Melody Masters (Arlie Carter on piano, Horace Barnett on rhythm guitar, Cecil R. "Butterball" Harris on steel guitar, and Bill Glendening on bass), with Houston "Perk" Williams on fiddle, record the titles "Release Me", Just To Be With You", and "Cat'n Around", all with Perk Williams also on vocals, and the title "Make Me Live Again" with vocals by Bill Glendening in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue "Release Me" and "Just To Be With You" together as a single (Capitol 2518), "Cat'n Around" and "Make Me Live Again" together as a single (Capitol 2636), and "Release Me" on the 45 RPM EP "Jimmy Heap & Perk Williams" (EAP-1-606).

1954 - Hank Thompson's Capitol Records single "Wake Up, Irene", with "Go Cry Your Heart Out" on the flipside, is #1 on the U.S. Country singles charts.

70 Years Ago Today In 1956 - Clarinetist Les Brown and His Band of Renown (Wes Hensel, Don Paladino, Stan Stout, and Don Fagerquist on trumpets, Ray Sims, Bob Burgess, and Bob Pring on trombone, Stumpy Brown on bass trombone, Ronnie Lang on flute and alto saxophone, Sol Libero on alto saxophone, Billy Usselton on tenor saxophone, Abe Aaron on tenor and baritone saxophones, Butch Stone on baritone saxophone and vocals, Don Trenner on piano, Vernon Polk on guitar, Buddy Clark on bass, and Lloyd Morales on drums), record an as yet unissued take of the title "Pink Coats" and the title "Harlem Nocturne" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Harlem Nocturne" on Brown's album "Les Brown's In Town" (T 746).

70 Years Ago Today In 1956 - Vocalist Stan Freberg, with Billy May directing His Music (Justin Gordon on saxophone, Paul Smith on piano, Phil Stephens on bass, Lou Singer on drums, and Ann Stockton on harp), records the titles "The Quest For Bridey Hammerschlauger" with additional vocals by June Foray and "The Great Pretender" with additional vocals by The Toads (lineup unlisted) in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street In Hollywood, California. The takes of both titles recorded on this date were rejected and both titles will be re-recorded on March 5, 1956.

70 Years Ago Today In 1956 - The Five Keys (Rudy West on lead vocals, Ripley Ingram on tenor vocals, Maryland Pierce and Ramon Loper on baritone vocals, and Bernie West on bass vocals), with Howard Biggs and his Orchestra (lineup unlisted), record the titles "I Dreamt I Dwelt In Heaven", "She's The Most", "That's Right", and "Boom-Boom" at Capitol Records' studios in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue the first two titles together as a single (Capitol F3392), "That's Right" as a single (Capitol F3502) with "Out Of Sight, Out Of Mind" (recorded June 26, 1956) on the flipside, and "Boom Boom" as a single (Capitol F3786) with "The Face Of An Angel" (recorded January 14, 1957) on the flipside.

70 Years Ago Today In 1956 - Carmen Dragon conducts The Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra (lineup unlisted) as they record Mijail Glinka's "Jota Aragonesa" and an as yet unissued take of Bizet's "Gypsy Dance (Chanson Boheme) (From 'Carmen')" on Stage 7 at the Samuel Goldwyn Studios on North Formosa Avenue at Santa Monica Boulevard in West Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue "Jota Aragonesa" on the orchestra's album "Fiesta!" (P-8335).

1957 - Vocalist and guitarist Sonny James, with Bob Bain and Alvis "Buck" Owens also on guitar, Rolly Bundock on bass, and Roy Harte on drums, records the titles "Actions Speak Louder Than Words" and "Baby You Melt My Heart" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California between 7:30 PM and 11:30 PM. Capitol Records will issue "Actions Speak Louder Than Words" on James' album "This Is Sonny James!" (T 1178). Bear Family Records will issue both titles in Germany in the six-CD box set "Sonny James - Young Love" (BCD 16373).

1958 - The George Shearing Quintet (Emil Richards on vibraphones, George Shearing on piano, Jean "Toots" Thielemans on guitar, Al McKibbon on bass, and Percy Brice on drums) with Billy May conducting his own arrangements to His Orchestra (Vincent De Rosa on French horn, Arthur Gleghorn on flute, Wilbur Schwartz and Jules Jacob on clarinets, Victor Garber on bassoon, Verlye Mills on harp and a string section with Jacques Gasselin, Ben Gill, Murray Kellner, Dan Lube, Erno Neufeld, Lou Raderman, Mischa Russell, Eudice Shapiro, and Marshall Sosson on violins, Paul Robyn, David Sterkin, and Virginia Majewski on viola, and Armand Kaproff, Raphael Kramer, and Edgar Lustgarten on cellos), records the titles "I Love You", "Nocturne", "Kinda Cute", "Welcome To My Dream" and a new take of "Later" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California between 8:00 PM and 11:30 PM. Capitol Records will issue all the titles, except for the take of "Later" recorded at this session which remains unissued, on the album "Blue Chiffon" (T/ST 1124) as by The George Shearing Quintet And Orchestra.

1958 - The Four Preps (Bruce Belland and Don Clarke on tenor vocals, Glen Larson on baritone vocals, and Ed Cobb on bass vocals) with Lincoln Mayorga conducting his own arrangements to the orchestra (Dudley Brooks on piano, Otis "Joe" Maphis and Leon Silby on guitar, Enos "Skeets" McDonald and Dale Warren on bass, and Marion "Pee Wee" Adams on drums), record the titles "Big Man" and "Stop Baby" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California between 3:00 PM and 7:00 PM. Capitol Records has yet to issue the take of "Stop Baby" recorded at this session and will issue "Big Man" as a single (Capitol F3960) with a new take of "Stop Baby" recorded on February 28, 1958, on the flipside, both also on the group's 45 RPM EP "Big Man" (EAP-1-1064), and "Big Man" on the group's 12" LP "Early In The Morning" (T/DT 1291).

65 Years Ago Today In 1961 - Billy May and Charley Barnet, using May's arrangements, direct The Kon-Tiki's (Vincent De Rosa, John Cave, James Decker, and William Hinshaw on French horns, Charlie Barnet, Wilbur Schwartz, Justin Gordon, and Ted Nash on saxophones, Jimmy Rowles on piano, Bobby Gibbons, Al Hendrickson, and Alvino Rey on guitar, Ralph Pena on bass, Frank Flynn, Irving Cottler, and Emil Richards on drums) as they record the title "Sand In My Shoes", as yet unissued take of the title "Return To Paradise" with vocalist Marni Nixon, the titles "Little Island" and "Beyond The Reef" and incomplete and as yet unissued takes of the titles "Beyond The Reef" and "In My Shoes" at The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California between 10:00 AM and 1:00 PM. After re-naming the orchestra to The Out-Islanders, Capitol Records will issue "Sand In My Shoes", "Little Island" and "Beyond The Reef" on the group's album "Polynesian Fantasy" (ST-1595).

1962 - At two sessions held this day in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California, vocalist Tennessee Ernie Ford, with Jack Fascinato conducting the orchestra and chorus (lineups unlisted), records the titles "Noah Found Grace In The Eyes Of The Lord", "Take My Hand, Precious Lord", "Peace In The Valley", "I Want To Be Ready", and "I Know The Lord Laid His Hands On Me" at the first session and the titles "Wayfaring Pilgrim", "Just A Closer Walk With Thee", "When God Dips His Love In My Heart", "He'll Understand And Say Well Done", "Stand By Me", "Get On Board, Little Children", and "Were You There?" at the second session. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Ford's album "Spirituals" (ST 818).

1962 - The Journeymen (John Phillips and Scott McKenzie on vocals and guitars, and Dick Weissman on guitar and banjo) record the titles "Don't Turn Around", "Rock Island Line", "I Will Never Marry", and "Hush Now Sally" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Don't Turn Around" and "Hush Now Sally" together as a single (Capitol 4737), "I Will Never Marry" as a single (Capitol 4943), and have yet to issue "Rock Island Line".

1962 - The Galaxies (lineup unlisted) record the titles "Why Does It Hurt so, "Just Another Date", and "Little Man" in New York City, New York for Capitol Records which has yet to issue any of the titles.

1963 - A session scheduled in Los Angeles, California for vocalists Jo Stafford and Gordon MacRae with Paul Weston and His Orchestra (lineup unlisted) to record the titles "He", "All Thru The Night", "Somebody Bigger Than You And I", "Shepherd Show Me How To Go", and "Oh Holy Morning" for Capitol Records was canceled and the titles will be recorded at two later sessions.

1963 - Capitol Records purchases the masters for Jay Lewis' titles "Love Her", "Had It Not Been For Love", and "I Understand", will issue "Love Her" and "Had It Not Been For Love" together as a single (Capitol 4957) and has yet to issue "I Understand".

1963 - Violinist Nathan Milstein, with unlisted others, records the final parts of Vivaldi's "Concerto In D Major" (the other parts were recorded on February 26, 1963) and all of Vivaldi's "Concerto In A Major" in New York City, New York. Angel Records, a subsidiary of Capitol Records, will issue the complete "Concerto In D Major" as well as "Concerto In A Major" on the album "VIVALDI - Concerto In D Major/Concerto In A Major" (S-36004).

1964 - The Beatles record the titles "If I Fell", "Tell Me Why", and "And I Love Her" in Abbey Road Studios in London England. Capitol Records will issue all the titles in the United States on the group's album "Something New" (T/ST 2108).

1965 - The Beatles' Capitol Records single "Eight Days A Week", with "I Don't Want To Spoil The Party" on the flipside, enters the top 40 of the U.S. Pop singles charts.

60 Years Ago Today In 1966 - Conductor Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians (lineup unlisted) record the titles "If My Friends Could See Me Now", "On The Street Where You Live", "Make Someone Happy", and an as yet unissued take of the titles "C'est La Vie" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the first three titles on Lombardo's album "Lombardo's Hideaway" (T 2559).

1967 - Vocalist Fred Neil, with unlisted others, records the titles "Dreamer's Dream", "Endless Dream", and "Sweet Mama" in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records which has yet to issue any of the titles.

1967 - Vocalist Wayne Newton, with unlisted others, records the titles "These Boots Are Made For Walkin'", "Monday, Monday", "Strangers In The Night", "Green, Green Grass of Home", "Winchester Cathedral", and "Georgy Girl" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "These Boots Are Made For Walkin'" and "Strangers In The Night" on Newton's album "Song Of The Year" (T/ST 2714) and "Monday, Monday", "Green, Green Grass of Home", "Winchester Cathedral", and "Georgy Girl" on Newton's album "The Greatest Wayne Newton" (ST 2847).

1967 - The Pink Floyd (Syd Barrett on electric guitar, acoustic guitar, and lead vocals, Richard Wright on Farfisa organ and backing vocals, Roger Waters on bass guitar, and Nick Mason on drums) record new takes of the titles "Arnold Layne", "Candy And A Current Bun", "Interstellar Overdrive", and "Chapter 24" at Abbey Road Studios in London, England with producer Norman Smith. It's listed that Tower Records, a subsidiary of Capitol Records, will issue the takes of "Arnold Layne" and "Candy And A Current Bun" recorded on this date together as the group's first single to be released in The United States (Tower 333) but other sources have said the label may have instead used the original takes recorded on January 29, 1967. Tower Records will issue the takes of "Interstellar Overdrive" and "Chapter 24" recorded on this date on the group's album "Piper At The Gates Of Dawn" (ST 5093).

1968 - Vocalist and guitarist Buck Owens and His Buckaroos (lineup unlisted) record the titles "All I Want For Christmas Is My Daddy" and "Christmas Shopping" in the Buck Owens Studio in Bakersfield, California. Capitol Records will issue both titles on the album "Christmas Shopping" (ST 2977) and "Christmas Shopping" as a single (Capitol 2328) with "One Of Everything You've Got" (recorded February 28, 1968) on the flipside.

1970 - Sonny James' Capitol Records single "It’s Just a Matter of Time", with "The World Is Ours" on the flipside, is #1 on the U.S. Country singles charts.

1973 - Joanie Sommers, with unlisted others, records the titles "Together Alone", "What Can I Give You", "You're Leavin' Me", and "Who Were You" in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records which has yet to issue any of the titles.

1973 - Vocalist Al Martino, with unlisted others, records overdubs for the titles "To Get To You", "She's Got To Be A Saint", "There Goes My Everything", "Carolyn", "Heaven Is My Woman's Love", "Eleven Roses", "I'd Fight The World", "Sweet Memories", and "I Fall To Pieces" in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue "To Get To You", "There Goes My Everything", "Carolyn", "Heaven Is My Woman's Love", and "Eleven Roses" on Martino's album "Country Style" (ST-11184) and have yet to issue any of the other titles, including "I Fall To Pieces" which had another session of overdubs on February 28, 1973.

50 Years Ago Today In 1976 - Gene Watson records the titles "When My World Left Town", "Bitter They Are, Harder They Fall", "I Fell Apart" and "He Little Thinged Her Out Of My Arms" in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue the first three titles on Watson's album "Because You Believed In Me" (ST-11529) and the last title on his album "Gene Watson's Beautiful Country" (ST-11715).

1978 - Vocalist and guitarist Glen Campbell, with unlisted others, records the titles "When Can Brown Begin", "Hound Dog Man", "It's Easy Once You Know", and "Roll On Brother" at the Studio City studios in Sherman Oaks, California. Capitol Records will issue "Hound Dog Man" as a single (Capitol 4769) with "My Tennessee Home" (recorded November 8, 1978) on the flipside, on Campbell's album "Highwayman" (SOO-12008), and has yet to issue any of the remaining titles.

1979 - Peabo Bryson's Capitol Records album "Crosswinds" is certified Gold by the R.I.A.A.

45 Years Ago Today In 1981 - Jay Ferguson records the titles "Tonite (Fallin' For Ya)" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the title as a single (Capitol 511) with "Empty Sky" (recorded April 2, 1981) on the flipside and on Ferguson's album "White Noise" (ST-12196).

40 Years Ago Today In 1986 - Marie Osmond's Capitol Records single "There's No Stopping Your Heart", with "Blue Sky Shinin'" on the flipside, is #1 on the U.S. Country singles charts.

40 Years Ago Today In 1986 - In Buffalo, New York, Capitol Records band Marillion begin their first major U.S. tour.

1987 - Vocalist Martha Davis, with unlisted others, records the titles "Hardest Part Of A Broken Heart" and "Troubled Child" for Capitol Records. No issuing information is listed.

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1923 - Dexter Gordon, saxophone player, motion picture actor, and Blue Note Records artist is born Dexter Keith Gordon in Los Angeles, California.

1943 - According to an ad placed in the February 13, 1943 issue of The Billboard magazine by their General Amusement Corp. manager, Gene Andes, Decca Recording (and future Capitol Records group) act The King Cole Trio, after 32 weeks at the 331 Club in Hollywood, California, will open on this day at The Beachcomber Room of The Cinema Grill at 1414 Farnam Street in Omaha, Nebraska for what turns out to be an eight-week stay.

1953 - The Wade Legge Trio (Wade Legge on piano, Lewis Hackney on bass, and Al Jones on drums) records the titles "Perdido", "Dream A Little Of Me", "Wade Leg's lues", "A Swedish Folksong", "Dance Of The Infidels", "Aren't You Glad You're You", "These Foolish Things", and "Why Don't You Believe Me" in Paris, France for the Vogue label. Blue Note Records will lease the masters to the session and release them in the United States on the album "New Faces - New Sounds: Wade Legge Trio" (BLP5031).

1960 - Paul Humphreys, the keyboard player for the Virgin Records group Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark (aka OMD) is born in London, England.

1963 - Vocalist Sarah Vaughan, with Marty Manning conducting his own arrangments to the orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the title "Star Eyes" in New York City, New York for Roulette Records. After EMI acquires the Roulette library, Blue Note Records will issue the title on the CD "Jazz Profile - Sarah Vaughan" (9-23517-2).

1964 - The Beatles record the titles "Tell Me Why", "I'll Cry Instead", and "If I Fell" at EMI's Abbey Road Studios in London England with producer George Martin and engineers Norman Smith and Geoff Emerick for their United Artists Records soundtrack album to their first film "A Hard Day's Night". Capitol Music Group's parent company EMI Music Group currently owns the United Artists catalog.

1965 - Shirley Bassey's United Artists single "Goldfinger", with "Strange How Love Can Be" enters the top 40 of the U.S. Pop singles chart.

2002 - Spike Milligan, comedian, writer, radio, television, and motion-picture actor, and Parlophone Records artist as part of "The Goon Show", dies at age 83.

ON THIS DAY NOT IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1955 - Billboard magazine announces that, for the first time, seven-inch 45 rpm singles are outselling 78s in the United States.

1988 - Gene De Paul, songwriter, nominated for an Academy Award for Best Music, Original Song in 1941 for "Hellzapoppin", collaborated with lyricist and Capitol Records co-founder Johnny Mercer on the M-G-M motion picture musical "Seven Brides For Seven Brothers" and the Broadway musical "Li'l Abner", dies in Los Angeles, California at age 68 and is later interred in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Hollywood Hills, California.

FEBRUARY 26, 2026

HAPPY BIRTHDAYS!

110 Years Ago Today In 1916 - Jackie Gleason, a comedian, motion picture, radio, and television actor, composer, and a Capitol Records artist is born Herbert John Gleason in Brooklyn, New York.

105 Years Ago Today In 1921 - Betty Hutton, a singer, Broadway and motion picture actress brought to Hollywood by Capitol Records co-founder Buddy DeSylva, sister of Glenn Miller Orchestra vocalist Marion Hutton, one-time wife of Capitol Records artist and trumpeter Pete Condoli and later Capitol Records executive Alan Livingston, a Capitol Records solo artist, and a teacher, is born Elizabeth Thornburg in Battle Creek, Michigan.

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1937 - Pianist Jean Françaix records his "Concertino For Piano And Orchestra" in two parts with The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra (lineup unlisted), conducted by Leo Borchard, in Berlin, Germany for Telefunken Records. After licensing the masters in 1948, Capitol Records will issue both parts in the United States on Françaix's album "Concertino For Piano And Orchestra/Serenade For Twelve Instruments" (L-8051). Capitol Records' classical catalog is now owned by Warner Music Group and distributed by Warner Classics.

1943 - Guitarist Django Reinhardt with Le Quintette Du Hot Club De France (Gérard Lévêque on clarinet, Eugène Vées on rhythm guitar, Jean Storne on bass, and Gaston Léonard on drums but without André Lluis also on clarinet), records the title "Fleur D'Ennui" then, also without Gérard Lévêque on clarinet, the title "Blues Clair" in Paris, France for the Swing label. After EMI licenses the masters, Capitol Records will issue "Fleur D'Ennui" on the album "Django Reinhardt & The Hot Club Of France" (T 10361) and Blue Note Records will issue "Blues Clair" on the CD "The Best Of Django Reinhardt" (8-37138-2).

80 Years Ago Today In 1946 - Guitarist Alvino Rey and His Orchestra (Chuck Peterson, Jake Gerheim, Russ Granger, and Frank Nelson on trumpets, Sam Levine, Bob McReynolds, and Bob Swift on trombones, Bob Walsh and Hal McKusick on alto saxophones, Herbie Steward on tenor saxophone, Chuck Gentry on baritone saxophone, Rocky Coluccio on piano and vocals, Jim Bates on bass, and Ben Weber on drums) record the titles "Cheek To Cheek", "Sepulveda", and a rejected take of the title "Should I?" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Cheek To Cheek" as a single (Capitol 57-644) with "Strummin' On The Old Banjo" (recorded May 5, 1949) on the flipside, and "Sepulveda" as a single (Capitol 262) with "Bumble Boogie" (recorded April 15, 1946) on the flipside.

1948 - The King Cole Trio starts its first three-week engagement in months when they open at The Oriental Theatre in Chicago, Illinois doing five shows a day on weekdays and six shows a day on weekends. Yvonne DeCarlo opens the show with singing and dancing in front of Carl Sands and His Orchestra, then comedian Jack Leonard does a stand-up bit, then the show ends with The King Cole Trio. Here's a review from the March 6, 1948 issue of The Billboard magazine.

75 Years Ago Today In 1951 - The Oklahoma Sweethearts (vocalists Jean Anderson and Edna Leeper), with an unidentified combo, record the titles "Somewhere In Old Wyoming", "Little Miss Mischief", "Don't Steal Daddy's Medal", and "Call Me Sweetheart" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the first two titles together as a single (Capitol 1455) and the last two titles together as a single (Capitol 1564).

1952 - Pianist Stan Kenton and His Orchestra (Buddy Childers, Clyde Raesinger, Conte Candoli, Ruben McFall, and Jack Millman on trumpet, Bill Russo, Harold Branch, Gerald Finch, and Bob Fitzpatrick on trombone, George Roberts on bass trombone, Dick Meldonian and Lennie Niehaus on alto saxophone, Bill Holman and Lee Elliott on tenor saxophone, Bob Gioga on baritone saxophone, Ralph Blaze on guitar, Don Bagley on bass, and Frank Capp on drums) record the titles "Don't Worry 'Bout Me", and "Yes" with vocalist Jerri Winters, and "Mambo Rhapsody (Mambo On My Mind)" with the addition of Mike Pacheco on percussion in Capitol Records' studios at 5515 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood, California between 8:30 PM and 11:30 PM, Capitol Records will issue "Yes" and "Mambo Rhapsody (Mambo On My Mind) together as a single (Capitol 2020) and Classics will issue all the titles in France on the CD "The Chronological Stan Kenton 1951-1952" (1428).

1952 - Vocalist Mel Blanc, with Franklin Marks and His Orchestra (lineup unlisted) and an uncredited vocal chorus, records the titles "Lord Bless His Soul", "Morris" and "Grandfather's Will" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Lord Bless His Soul" and "Morris" together as a single (Capitol 2048) and on Blanc's album "Party Panic" (H-436). Collectors' Choice Music will issue "Morris" and "Grandfather's Will" on the CD "Mel Blanc - Man Of 1000 Voices" (CCM 593-2). Unfortunately, "Lord Bless His Soul" is not currently available as a separate video on YouTube but is combined with "I'm Just Wild About Animal Crackers".

1955 - Capitol Records duo The Louvin Brothers joins the Grand Ole Opry.

1955 - Capitol Records releases Faron Young's single "Live Fast, Love Hard, Die Young", with "Forgive Me My Dear" on the flipside.

70 Years Ago Today In 1956 - During two sessions that take place today on Stage 7 at the Samuel Goldwyn Studio at 1041 North Formosa Avenue in West Hollywood, California, Carmen Dragon conducts The Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra (lineup unlisted) as they record Lara's "Granada" and De Campo's "Las Chiapanecas" at the first session and Delibes' "The Maids Of Cadiz", Monterde's "La Virgen De La Macarena", and Granados' "Andaluza Seraphim" at the second session. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on the orchestra's album "Fiesta!" (P-8335).

1957 - Vocalists Beryl Davis, Connie Haines, and Jane Russell, with Van Alexander conducting the orchestra (lineup unlisted), record the titles "Vaya Con Dios", "He Was There", and "Lonesome Valley" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on the trio's album "The Magic Of Believing" (T 822).

1957 - Vocalist and guitarist Sonny James, with Bob Bain and Alvis "Buck" Owens on guitars, Rolly Bundock on bass, and Roy Harte on drums, records the titles "First Date, First Kiss, First Love" and "Speak To Me" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California between 7:30 PM and 11:30 PM. Capitol Records will issue both titles together as a single (Capitol F3674) and on James' album self-titled EP "Sonny James" (EAP -1-861).

1957 - Trombonist Pee Wee Hunt, with Andy Bartha on clarinet, Leo Kaminsky on clarinet, Joe Hall on piano, Hy White on guitar, Gene Dragoo on bass, and Cody Sandifer on drums using arrangements by Van Alexander and Dave Cavanaugh, records the titles "Dixie By Drigo ('Drigo's Serenade [Harlequin's Millions]')", "Creepin' Can Can ('Gaité Parisienne' from Offenbach's 'Orphée Aux Enfers')", and "Oh! Martha! Oh! ('M'appari' from Von Flotow's 'Martha')" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Hunt's album "The Classics A La Dixie" (T 846). Unfortunately, only "Creepin' Can Can" is currently available on YouTube.

1958 - The George Shearing Quintet (Emil Richards on vibraphones, George Shearing on piano, Jean "Toots" Thielemans on guitar, Al McKibbon on bass, and Percy Brice on drums) with Billy May conducting his own arrangements to His Orchestra (Vincent De Rosa on French horn, Arthur Gleghorn on flute, Wilbur Schwartz and Jules Jacob on clarinets, Victor Garber on bassoon, Verlye Mills on harp and a string section with Jacques Gasselin, Ben Gill, Murray Kellner, Dan Lube, Erno Neufeld, Lou Raderman, Mischa Russell, Eudice Shapiro, and Marshall Sosson on violins, Paul Robyn, David Sterkin, and Virginia Majewski on viola, and Armand Kaproff, Raphael Kramer, and Edgar Lustgarten on cellos), records the titles "Young And Foolish", "I'm Gonna Laugh You", "My One And Only", and a new take of the title "Nina Never Knew" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California between 8:00 PM and 11:30 PM. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on the album "Blue Chiffon" (T/ST 1124) as by The George Shearing Quintet And Orchestra.

1958 - Leopold Stokowski conducts His Symphony Orchestra (lineup unlisted) as they record Gluck's "Reigen Seliger Geister (Dance Of The Blessed Spirits) (from 'Orfeo & Euridice')" and Bach's "Air For The G String (From 'Suite N° 3 In D')" at The Riverside Plaza Hotel in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue both titles on Stokowski's album "The String Orchestra" (P/SP-8458).

1962 - Pianist Cy Coleman, with unlisted bass and drums players and voices, records the titles "Come Rain Or Come Shine", "Night Of My Nights", "The Best Thing For You", "Luck Be A Lady Tonight", and "Bewitched" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue all the titles, except "Bewitched" which it has yet to issue, on Coleman's album "Broadway Pianorama" (T/ST 1740). Unfortunately, there are not currently separate videos for each song on YouTube, but the complete album is available.

1963 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Skip To My Lou" is #12 on the Top 20 in Denmark.

1963 - Violinist Nathan Milstein, with an orchestra (lineup unlisted), records parts of Vivaldi's "Concerto In D Major" in New York City, New York. Angel Records, a subsidiary of Capitol Records, will issue the full piece on the album "VIVALDI - Concerto In D Major/Concerto In A Major" (S-36004).

60 Years Ago Today In 1966 - Vocalist Al Martino, with Belford Hendricks conducting his own arrangements to unlisted musicians, records the title "Wiederseh'n", an as yet unissued take of the titles "I Wanted Someone To Love", and the titles "The Minute You're Gone", "Crying Time", and "Together Again" in New York City, New York with producer Tom Morgan. Capitol Records will issue "Wiederseh'n" and "The Minute You're Gone" together as a single (Capitol 5652) and all the titles, except "I Wanted Someone To Love" on Martino's album "Think I'll Go Somewhere And Cry Myself To Sleep" (T 2528).

60 Years Ago Today In 1966 - During two sessions held on this day in Los Angeles, California, conductor Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians (lineup unlisted) record the titles "She's Too Far Above Me", "I Enjoy Being A Girl", and an as yet unissued take of the title "Do I Hear A Waltz?" at the first session and the titles "Hello, Dolly", "My Kind Of Town", and "Everybody Has The Right To Be Wrong" at the second session. Capitol Records will issue the first, second, fourth and last titles on Lombardo's album "Lombardo's Hideaway" (T 2559) and "My Kind Of Town" on Lombardo's album "Wonderful Year" (T 2481).

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

1968 - Stained Glass (lineup unlisted) records a new take of the title "Lady In Lace" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue this take as a single (Capitol 2178) with "Soap And Turkey" (recorded January 31, 1968) on the flipside.

1968 - Vocalist Bobby Sheen, with Ray Jackson directing his own arrangements to the orchestra (lineup unlisted) records the titles "Don't Pass Me By" and "She Taught Me What Love Really Is" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records has yet to issue "Don't Pass Me By" and will issue "She Taught Me What Love Really Is" as a single (Capitol 2507) with "I Don't Have To Dream" (recorded March 1, 1968) on the flipside.

1968 - Teddy Neeley, with unlisted others, records the titles "One More Tear" and "One More Mountain" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "One More Tear" as a single (Capitol 2159) with "Autumn Afternoon" (recorded by the Ted Neeley Five on October 18, 1966) on the flipside and has yet to issue "One More Mountain".

1968 - The Band (Garth Hudson on piano, organ, and vocals, Richard Manuel on piano, organ, guitar, bass, and vocals, Jaime Robbie Robertson on guitar and vocals, Rick Danko on bass and vocals, and Levon Helm on drums and vocals) record the titles "Long Black Veil" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records has yet to issue this take of the song. The Band will record a new take of "Long Black Veil" on March 28, 1968, in New York City, New York which Capitol Records will issue on the group's album "Music From Big Pink" (SKAO 2955).

1970 - The Beatles' Capitol Records album "Hey Jude", composed of titles not previously released on albums in the United States, is released by Capitol Records.

55 Years Ago Today In 1971 - Vocalist Helen Reddy, with unlisted others, recorded the titles "A Song For You", "Crazy Love", and "How Can I Be Sure" in Los Angeles, California. After overdubs for "A Song For You" and "How Can I Be Sure" are recorded on March 3 and March 27, 1971, and for "Crazy Love" on March 8, March 27, and June 17, 1971, Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Reddy's album "I Don't Know How To Love Him" (ST-762).

1972 - Vocalist and guitarist Freddie King, with John Gallie or Leon Russell on piano, Don Preston on guitar, Carl Radle on electric bass, Chuck Blackwell and Jim Gordon on drums, starts two straight days of recordings at Ardent Studios in Memphis, Tennessee recording the titles "Lowdown In Lodi", "I'd Rather Be Blind", "Me And My Guitar", "Reconsider Baby", "Big Legged Woman", "Something You Got", "Ain't No Big Deal On You", and "I Just Want To Make Love To You". Shelter Records, at the time distributed by Capitol Records, will issue  "Lowdown In Lodi", "I'd Rather Be Blind", "Me And My Guitar", and "Reconsider Baby" on King's self-titled album "Freddie King" (SW-8913) and all the titles on the CD compilation "The Best Of Freddie King - The Shelter Records Years" (8-34972-2).

1973 - Billy May conducts The Time-Life Orchestra (full lineup unlisted) as they record the titles "Cast Your Fate To The Wind" featuring Ray Sherman on piano, "Cotton Candy" featuring John Best on trumpet, "Little Boat (O Barquinho)", "Midnight In Moscow" featuring John Best on trumpet and Joe Howard on trombone, and "Moonlight In Vermont" featuring Don Raffell on tenor saxophone and Bob Bain on guitar in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California. Time-Life Records will issue all the titles, except "Cotton Candy", in the three-LP set "Volume 6 - Billy May" (STL 246) as part of its "As You Remember Them" series. After overdubs are recorded in the same session for "Cotton Candy", Time-Life Records will issue that title in the three-LP set "Volume 8 - Billy May" (STL 248) as part of the same series.

1977 - Natalie Cole's Capitol Records single "I've Got Love On My Mind", with "Unpredictable You" on the flipside, enters the top 40 of Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart.

1978 - The Pousette-Dart Band (lineup unlisted) records the title "Lord Song" in an unlisted studio. Capitol Records will issue the title on the band's album "Pousette-Dart Band 3" (SW-11781).

45 Years Ago Today In 1981 - The Whites (vocalist and mandolin player Buck White and his daughters, vocalists Sharon White and Cheryl White), with unlisted others, record the title "West Virginia Memories" in Nashville, Tennessee with producers Ricky Skaggs and Neil Wilburn. Capitol Records will issue the title as a single (Capitol 5004) with "Send Me The Pillow You Dream On" (recorded June 3, 1980) on the flipside.

1985 - Tina Turner wins Grammys for her Capitol Records singles "What's Love Got to Do with It" and "Better Be Good to Me".

40 Years Ago Today In 1986 - Vocalist Marie Osmond, with unlisted others, records the title "New Love" in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue the title as a single (Capitol 5613) with "You're Still New To Me" (recorded February 18, 1986) on the flipside and on Osmond's album "I Only Wanted You" (ST-12516).

1987 - During two sessions held this day at either The Enterprise Recording, Inc at 4620 West Magnolia Boulevard in Burbank, California or at One On One Studios at 5253 Lankershim Boulevard in North Hollywood, California, vocalist Martha Davis, with producer and guitarist Richie Zito and Gary Chang on synthesizer, records the titles "Rebecca" (with Michael Goodroe on bass, Gary Chang on synthesizer, and Michael Baird on drums), "Bridge Of Sighs" (with Gary Falcone, Joe Pizzulo, and Kip Lennon on backing vocals, Randy Jackson on bass, Kenny G on saxophone, and Michael Baird on drums), and "Don't Ask Out Loud" (with Carmen Twillie, Marlena Jeter, and Phyllis St. James on backing vocals, Kenny G on saxophone, Randy Jackson on bass, Vinnie Colaiuta on drums, and Pauliñho Da Costa on percussion) at the first session and the titles "Just Like You" (with Joe Pizzulo and Kip Lennon on backing vocals, Richie Zito also on addtional keyboards, Clarence Clemons on saxophone, Randy Jackson on bass, and Michael Baird on drums), "Tell It To The Moon" (with Carmen Twillie, Gary Falcone, Joe Pizzulo, and Kip Lennon on backing vocals, Steve Farris on guitar solo, Randy Jackson on bass, and Michael Baird on drums), and "We Stand Alone" (lineup unlisted) at the second session. Capitol Records will issue "Rebecca" and "Just Like You" together as a single (Capitol 44105), "Bridge Of Sighs" and "Tell It To the Moon" together as a single (Capitol 44114), and "Rebecca", "Bridge Of Sighs", "Don't Ask Out Loud", "Just Like You", and "Tell It To The Moon" on Davis' album "Policy" (CLT-48054), and has yet to issue "We Stand Alone".

1987 - Capitol Records releases The Beatles first four Parlophone albums on CD for the first time in the United States.

1997 - At the 39th annual Grammy Awards held in New York City, The Beatles win Grammys for Best Pop Performance by a Duo Or Group With Vocal for their Apple Records title "Free As A Bird", Best Music Video, Short Form for the video to "Free As A Bird", and Best Music Video, Long Form for "The Beatles Anthology", all of which were released by Capitol Records/Video in the United States.

2008 - Buddy Miles (born George Allen Miles), drummer, singer, songwriter, voice actor, and member of the Capitol Records group Band of Gypsys, dies of congestive heart failure at the age of 60 at his home in Austin, Texas. More information can be found at his website at http://www.buddymiles.com/.

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1928 - Fats Domino, pianist, singer, songwriter, and Imperial Records artist, is born Antoine Domino, Jr. in New Orleans, Louisiana.

1932 - Johnny Cash, singer, songwriter, guitarist, motion picture and television actor, television variety show host, and father of Capitol Records artist Roseanne Cash, is born in Kingsland, Arkansas.

1945 - Bob "The Bear" Hite, vocalist with the Liberty Records group "Canned Heat" is born in Torrance, California.

1958 - Organist Jimmy Smith, with Eddie McFadden on guitar and Donald Bailey on drums, records the titles "Fuguing The Blues and "Ham And Eggs" then, with Kenny Burrell replacing McFadden on guitar and Philly Joe Jones replacing Bailey on drums, the titles "It Could Happen To You", "Hackensack", "These Foolish Things", and "Sometimes I'm Happy" then, with McFadden replacing Burrell on guitar and Bailey replacing Jones on drums, the titles "Someone To Watch Over Me", "Home Cookin' (aka Ode To Philly Joe)", "September Song", and new takes of "Ham And Eggs" and "Fugueing The Blues" in the Manhattan Tower studios in New York City, New York. Blue Note Records will issue "It Could Happen To You", "Hackensack", "These Foolish Things", "Sometimes I'm Happy", "Someone To Watch Over Me", "Home Cookin' (aka Ode To Philly Joe)" on Smith's album "Softly As A Summer Breeze" (BLP4200/BST 84200) and rejects the other titles and takes.

1964 - Vee-Jay Records releases the album "Jolly What! Beatles and Frank Ifield".

1982 - RPM (lineup unlisted) records the titles "A Legend Never Dies", "Video Games", "I Don't Feel The Same", "Rendezvous", "Envy", "You", "Firestarter", "Don't Make It Hard", "2 + 2", and "I'm A Wreck". EMI America Records will issue "Rendezvous" and "I'm A Wreck" together as a single (EMI-America 8125). No issuing information is listed for the other titles.

1989 - Roy Eldridge, trumpet player and Verve, Blue Note, and Mosaic Records artist, dies in Valley Stream, Long Island, New York at age 78.

FEBRUARY 25, 2026

HAPPY BIRTHDAYS!

1932 - Faron Young, singer, songwriter, guitarist, and Capitol Records artist is born in Shreveport, Louisiana.

1943 - George Harrison, MBE, a singer, a songwriter, a motion picture actor and producer, the lead guitarist of the Parlophone, Capitol and Apple Records band The Beatles, a solo Apple, Dark Horse and Capitol Records artist, and a member of The Traveling Wilburys, is born at 12:10 PM in Liverpool, England.

1957 - Dennis Diken, a drummer, a percussionist, and a vocalist with the Capitol Records group The Smithereens, is born in Belleville, New Jersey.

1962 - Foster Sylvers, a singer, a member of the Capitol Records group The Sylvers, and a Capitol Records solo artist, is born in Memphis, Tennessee.

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1938 - Soprano vocalist Erna Sack on the Berlin Philharmonic, with Rolf Schröder conducting The Dresden Opera House Orchestra (lineup unlisted), records Johann Strauss II's "Emperor Waltz" in two parts in Berlin, Germany for Telefunken Records. After Capitol Records licenses Telefunken's library for release in the United States, it will issue both parts on Sack's three-disc 45 RPM album "Viennese Favorites" (KCM-8120).

1947 - Vocalist Tex Ritter, with Darol Rice on clarinet, Nick Pisani and Kobi Sirinsky on fiddle, Paul Sells on accordion and leading the band, Merle Travis and Wesley Tuttle on guitar, Agapito "Pepe" Martinez on steel guitar, and Cliffie Stone on bass, records the titles, "Bats In Your Belfry", "Cattle Call", "The Last Mile", and "The Prisoner's Song" in Radio Recorders' studios at 932 North Western Avenue in Hollywood, California between 7:30 PM and 11:30 PM. Capitol Records will issue "Bats In Your Belfry" and "The Last Mile" together as a single (Capitol Americana 40000, the first single of the series) and "Cattle Call" and "The Prisoner's Song" on Ritter's album "Tex Ritter And The Dinning Sisters" (AD-96).

1952 - Vocalist Jess Willard, with Glenn Willis on piano, Angelo Dilello and Walter McCoy Shrum on lead guitars, Leodie Jackson on steel guitar, and Jimmie Willis on bass, records the titles "Lonesome Dollar Bill", "Honky Tonk Boogie", "Honky Tonkin' All The Time", and "Cadillac Blues" at Capitol Records' studios at 5515 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood, California between 2:00 PM and 5:00 PM. Capitol Records will issue "Lonesome Dollar Bill" and "Cadillac Blues" together as a single (Capitol 2043) and "Honky Tonkin' All The Time" as a single (Capitol 2235). Bear Family Records will issue all the titles in Germany on the CD "Jess Willard - Honky Tonk Hardwood Floor" (BCD 16256).

1952 - Vocalist Tennessee Ernie Ford, with bass player Cliffie Stone and His Orchestra (Billey Liebert on piano, Jimmy Bryant on electric guitar, Wesley "Speedy" West on steel guitar, Roy Harte on drums, and producer Lee Gillette on the plunger sound effect) and a vocal quartet (lineup unlisted), records the titles "Hambone" with additional vocals by Bucky Tibbs and "The Gandy Dancer's Ball" at Capitol Records' studios at 5515 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue both titles together as a single (Capitol 2017).

1952 - Rhythm guitarist and narrative vocalist Floyd "Ole" Ramussen and His Nebraska Cornhuskers (Kenny Cannan on trombone, John "Woody" Applewhite and Marvin "Rocky" Stone on fiddles, Edward Austin Strode on piano, Jerry Carter on accordion, Earl Finley, Jr. on electric guitar, William "Billy" Tonneson on steel guitar, Virgil "Lee" Stone on bass, and Joe Muto on drums), record the instrumental "Charleston Alley", "Careful Now" with additional vocals by Virgil "Lee" Stone, the instrumental "Jersey Bounce", and "My Mary" with additional vocals by Teddy Wilds at Capitol Records' studios at 5515 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood, California between 8:15 PM and 11:15 PM. Capitol Records will issue "Charleston Alley" and "Careful Now" together as a single (Capitol 2554), "Jersey Bounce" as a single (Capitol 2254), and "My Mary" as a single (Capitol 2093).

1952 - During a split session held this day in Los Angeles, California with Lex Baxter's Chorus and Orchestra (lineups unlisted), first vocalist Jeanne Gayle records the titles "God's Little Candles" and "Wondering" then vocalist Dick Beavers records the titles "Please Say You Love Me", and "It Must Be Spring". Capitol Records will issue "God's Little Candles" and "Wondering" together as a single (Capitol 2018), "Please Say You Love Me" as a single (Capitol 2117), and "It Must Be Spring" as a single (Capitol 2031).

1952 - Vocalist Tex Ritter, with bass player Cliffie Stone and His Orchestra (Billy Liebert on piano, Jimmy Bryant and Eddie Kirk on guitar, Wesley "Speedy" West on steel guitar, and Roy Harte on drums), records the titles "Go On! Get Out!" and "The Hills Of Pride" in Capitol Records' studios at 5515 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood, California between 8:30 PM and 11:30 PM. Capitol Records will issue "Go On! Get Out!" as a single (Capitol 2120). Bear Family Records will issue both titles in Germany in the four-CD box set "Tex Ritter - High Noon" (BCD 16356).

1952 - Vocalist Ann Gibson, with Jerry Shard and His Music (lineup unlisted), records the titles "Wrong", "Shine On Harvest Moon", "Call Me Darling", and "I Can't Stop Loving You" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue "Wrong" and "I Can't Stop Loving You" together as a single (Capitol 2049) and have yet to issue either "Shine On Harvest Moon" or "Call Me Darling".

70 Years Ago Today In 1956 - Nelson Riddle's Capitol Records single "Lisbon Antigua", with "Theme From Robin Hood" on the flipside, is still #1 on the U.S. Pop Singles charts.

1957 - Vocalist and guitarist "Texas" Bill Strength, with unlisted other guitar, banjo, bass, and maracas players and a chorus (lineup unlisted), record the titles "Cloud 13" and "Six Fools" in the Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue "Six Fools" as a single (Capitol F3701) and has yet to issue "Cloud 13.

1957 - Nelson Riddle conducts his own arrangements to His Orchestra (personnel listed as probably taken from Harry Edison on trumpet solo, Conrad Gozzo, Shorty Sherock, Pete Candoli, Mannie Klein, and Mickey Mangano also on trumpet, Dick Nash, Murray McEachern, Tommy Pederson, and Jimmy Priddy on trombone, George Roberts on bass trombone solos, Vince De Rosa or John Cave on French horn, Willie Schwartz and Harry Klee on alto saxophone and flute, Ted Nash, Babe Russin, Justin Gordon, and Jim Williamson on tenor saxophone, Joe Koch or Chuck Gentry on baritone saxophone, Bill Miller on piano, Nick Bonney or Allan Reuss on guitar, Joe Comfort or Joe Mondragon on bass, Alvin Stoller on drums, Frank Flynn on vibraphones and percussion, and a string section led by Felix Slatkin), as they record a new take of the title "You Leave Me Breathless" and the titles "Younger Than Springtime", "You And The Night And The Music" featuring solo by Juan Tizol on valve trombone, "Let's Face The Music And Dance", "Let Yourself Go", and You Are My Lucky Star" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Riddle's album "Hey! Let Yourself Go!" (T 814).

1957 - The Jonah Jones Quartet (Jonah Jones on trumpet, George Rhodes on piano, John Brown on bass, and Harold Austin on drums) record the titles "St. James Infirmary" with vocals by Jonah Jones, "On The Street Where You Live", "The Man With The Golden Arm", "St. Louis Blues", and "Jonah's Blues" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue "St. James Infirmary", "On The Street Where You Live", and "The Man With The Golden Arm" on Jones' album "Muted Jazz" T/ST 839), "Jonah's Blues" on James' album "Hit Me Again!" (T/ST 1375), and have yet to issue "St. Louis Blues.

1957 - Trombone player Pee Wee Hunt, with Andy Bartha on clarinet, Leo Kaminsky on clarinet, Joe Hall on piano, Joe Galbraith on guitar, Gene Dragoo on bass, and Cody Sandifer on drums using arrangements by Van Alexander and Dave Cavanaugh, record a new take of "Twelfth Stree Toreador (from Bizet's 'Toreador Song')", "Rigoletto Rock (from Verdi's 'Rigoletto')", and "Pee Wee And The Wolf" (from Prokofiev's 'Peter And The Wolf'" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Hunt's album "The Classics A La Dixie" (T 846).

1958 - During two sessions held this day in Los Angeles, California, banjo player Paul Martin, with an orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the titles "I Want To Be Happy", "Margie", "Bye Bye Blackbird", and "It's A Long Way To Tipperary" at the first session and the titles "California Here I Come", "In A Rush", "Who?", and "Who's Sorry Now?" at the second session. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Martin's "It's A Long Way To Tipperary", "California Here I Come" and "Who?" on the EP "Banjomania" (EAP-1-1024) as by Paul Martin Dancing Rhythm and all the titles on the 12" LP version of the album (T 1024).

1963 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records album "Dear Lonely Hearts" is #2 on WEEZ's Spotlight Albums chart in Chester, Pennsylvania.

1963 - Vocalist Al Martino, with Aldo Provenzano conducting the orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the titles "Cuore Di Mamma", "Don't Leave Me Now (Stonotte, Come Ogni Notte)", "La Strada Del Bosco", and "Rondine Al Nido" in New York City, New York with co-producers Andy Wiswell and Voyle Gilmore. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Martino's album "The Italian Voice Of Al Martino" (T/ST 1907).

1963 - Violinist Nathan Milstein, with unlisted others, has a rehearsal session for recording sessions to be held on February 26, 27, and 28, 1963.

1964 - The Benny Goodman Quartet appear live at Koesi Ninkin Hall in Tokyo, Japan. The concert was recorded and later the titles the "Cheek To Cheek", "Like Someone In Love", "Close Your Eyes", "As Long As I Live", "Stompin' At The Savoy", "My Melancholy Baby", "Memories of You", "I've Got The World On A String", "You're Blase", "Dinah", and "Goodbye" were released by Capitol Records on the album "Recorded Live at Kosei Nenkin Hall in Tokyo".

60 Years Ago Today In 1966 - During two sessions held this day in Los Angeles, California, conductor Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians (lineup unlisted) record the titles "Sunrise, Sunset", "May The Bird Of Paradise Fly Up Your Nose", "The Shadow Of Your Smile", "Try To Remember", and "Alley Cat" at the first session and "Spanish Eyes", "A Taste Of Honey", "On A Clear Day (You Can See Forever)", "Thunderball", and "Love Makes The World Go 'Round" at the second session. Capitol Records will issue the "Sunrise, Sunset", "Try To Remember", "On A Clear Day (You Can See Forever)", and "Love Makes The World Go 'Round" on Lombardo's album "Lombardo's Hideaway" (ST 2559) and "May The Bird Of Paradise Fly Up Your Nose", "The Shadow Of Your Smile", "Alley Cat", "Spanish Eyes", "A Taste Of Honey", and "Thunderball" on Lombardo's album "Wonderful Year" (ST 2481).

60 Years Ago Today In 1966 - During two sessions held this day in Los Angeles, California with producer Dave Cavanaugh and associate producer Jack Marshall, The Howard Roberts Quartet (Howard Roberts and Bill Pittman on guitar, Henry Cain on organ, Chuck Berghofer on bass, and Earl Palmer on drums), record the titles "Manha De Carnaval" and "Whatever's Fair" at the first session and "On A Clear Day (You Can See Forever)", "A Taste Of Honey", and, with the addition of Jill Roberts on Latin percussion, "Sweet September" at the second session. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Roberts' album "Whatever's Fair!" (T 2478).

1967 - Capitol Records registers the master it purchased for Mike Harris' title "How Can You Help But Love Me" but has yet to issue the title.

 1969 - The Beach Boys record the title "Celebrate The News" which will be released as the flipside of their Capitol Records single "Break Away" on June 23, 1969.

55 Years Ago Today In 1971 - Billy May conducts his own arrangements to The Time-Life Orchestra (John Audino, Shorty Sherock, Frank Beach, John Best, and Pete Candoli on trumpets, Francis "Joe" Howard and Ed Kusby on trombones, Abe Most, Wilbur Schwartz, Les Robinson, Jules Jacob, and Don Raffell on saxophones, Ray Sherman on piano, Jack Marshall on guitar, Rolly Bundock on bass, and Nick Fatool on drums) as they record the titles "Boogie Woogie Maxixe (Bob Crosby Version)", "My Inspiration (Bob Crosby Version)", "G.T. Stomp (Earl Hines Version)", and "Slow Freight (Glenn Miller Version)" at The Capitol Tower Studios in Hollywood, California. Time-Life Records will issue all the titles in the 3 LP set "Swing Era" Series - Volume 5 (1939-1940) - 1939: A Real Dream Of A Year" (STA/STL 344).

1972 - Vocalist Glen Campbell, with the orchestra (lineup unlisted) using arrangements by Al De Lory, records the titles "Part Of Your Life", "Manhattan Kansas", and "We All Pull The Load" in Los Angeles, California. After overdubs are recorded for all the titles on February 26, 1972, and for "We All Pull the Load" on April 12, 1972, Capitol Records will issue "Manhattan Kansas" as a single (Capitol 3305) and "We All Pull The Load" as a single (Capitol 3382) and has yet to issue "Part Of Your Life".

1972 - The Maytals record the titles "The Man" and "54-46 Was My Number". Shelter Records, at the time distributed by Capitol Records will issue both titles together as a single (Shelter (7311).

1972 - Hugh Roy records the title "Flashing My Whip". Shelter Records will issue the title as a single (Shelter 7318).

1972 - Freddie McKay records the titles "Sweet You, Sour You" and "Version". Shelter Records will issue both titles together as a single (Shelter 7319).

1974 - Capitol Records releases Buck Owens' single "On The Cover Of The Music City News" with "Stony Mountain West Virginia" on the flipside.

50 Years Ago Today In 1976 - During two sessions held today in Los Angeles, California, Dolenz, Jones, Boyce & Hart (vocalists Micky Dolenz, Davy Jones, Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart), with unlisted others, record the titles "Along Came Jones", "Moonfire", and "Sail On Sailor" at the first session and additional recording and possibly remakes at the second session for "Along Came Jones" and "Sail On Sailor". Capitol Records will issue all the final versions of the titles on the group's eponymous album "Dolenz, Jones, Boyce & Hart" (ST-11513).

1978 - Navarro (lineup unlisted) records the titles "Night Falls" and "Save Your Goodbyes" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both titles on the band's album "Straight To The Heart" (SW-11784).

1978 - The Pousette-Dart Band (lineup unlisted) records the title "Next To You" in an unlisted studio. Capitol Records will issue the titles on the band's album "Pousette-Dart Band 3" (SW-11781).

45 Years Ago Today In 1981 - Charles Veal, Jr. records the title "Don't Ya Try It" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the title on Veal's album "Believe It!" (ST-12174).

1987 - Vocalist and guitarist Martha Davis, with unlisted others, records the titles "Just Like You", "Tell It To The Moon", and "We Stand Alone", Capitol Records will issue Just Like You" as a single (Capitol 44105), "Tell It To The Moon" as a single (Capitol 44114), and has yet to issue "We Stand Alone".

1995 - Capitol Records artist Frank Sinatra give his last concert at a performance at the Palm Desert Marriott Ballroom in Palm Desert, California.

1997 - Capitol Records group Megadeth perform live at a concert at Olympic Auditorium in Los Angeles, California where the titles "Tornado Of Souls" and "A Tout Le Monde" are recorded and later released by Toshiba EMI in Japan on the six-title (actually seven titles since it includes the title "Peace Sells" as a hidden track) CD EP "Live Trax".

25 Years Ago Today In 2001 - Capitol Records releases Billy Idol's album “VH1 Storytellers”.

2007 - All music lovers were invited to a viewing of the body of Al Viola on Sunday night from 5:00 PM to 9:00 PM at Faith Chapel at Forest Lawn-Hollywood Hills, 6300 Forest Lawn Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90068. A service will be held the next day, Monday afternoon at 3PM, at Church of the Hills, Forest Lawn-Hollywood Hills, Forest Lawn Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90068.

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1958 - Organist Jimmy Smith, with Lou Donaldson on alto saxophone, Eddie McFadden on guitar, and Donald Bailey on drums, records the titles "No Way Out", an unlisted title, "Lover Man, and "Strike Up The Band" at Manhattan Tower's studios in New York City, New York. Blue Note Records will issue "Lover Man" on Smith's album "House Party" (BLP4002/BST84002) and rejected all the takes of the other titles.

1980 - Sir Joseph Lockwood resigns from the Board of EMI Ltd, Capitol Records' parent company, having been a director for 26 Years (20 of which are spent as Chairman).

35 Years Ago Today In 1991 - EMI International releases Glen Campbell's 2 CD compilation album "The Capitol Years '65/'77".

1992 - Natalie Cole wins the Grammy for Album Of The Year for her Elektra Records album "Unforgettable" and her recording of the title song, which uses tracks from her father's Capitol Records stereo re-recording of "Unforgettable", wins her the Grammys for Traditional Pop Performance and Record Of The Year. "Unforgettable"'s writer, Irving Gordon, wins the Grammy for Song Of The Year.

FEBRUARY 24, 2026

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

1947 - Lonnie Turner, songwriter and bass player and vocalist in the Capitol Records group The Steve Miller Band, is born Leonard Lewis Turner in Berkeley, California.

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1945 - Sonny Greer and the Duke's Men (Taft Jordan on trumpet, Barney Bigard on clarinet, Otto Hardwicke on alto saxophone, Duke Brooks on piano, Fred Guy on guitar, Red Callender on bass, and Greer on drums) record the titles "Mood Indigo" (two takes, the first will be used on a single released by Capitol Records, the second will be used on the album released by Capitol), "Bug In A Rug", "The Mooche" (also two takes, the first used on a single released by Capitol Records and the second used on the album released by Capitol), and "Kandylamb" in Los Angeles, California

80 Years Ago Today In 1946 - Betty Hutton's Capitol Records single "Doctor, Lawyer, Indian Chief", with "A Square In The Social Circle" on the flipside" is #1 on the U.S. Pop singles charts.

1953 - Vocalist Margaret Whiting and Jimmy Wakely, with an orchestra (lineup unlisted), record the title "Gomen Nasai (Forgive Me)" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the title as a single (Capitol 2402) with "I Learned To Love You Too Late" (recorded January 14, 1952) on the flipside and on the multi-artist compilation album "Today's Top Hits, Volume 9" (EBF-9114 on two-disc 7" EP and H-9114 on 10" LP).

1954 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Answer Me, My Love", with "Why?" on the flipside, enters the top 40 of the U.S. Pop singles charts.

70 Years Ago Today In 1956 - Vocalist Andy Griffith, with Dick Ryan, records the titles "Opera Carmen, Part 1" and "Opera Carmen, Part 2" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue both titles together as a single (Capitol F3402) and on Griffith's album "Just For Laughs" (T 962).

70 Years Ago Today In 1956 - The Cues (Ollie Jones on lead tenor vocals, Abel De Costa and Jimmy Breedlove on tenor vocals, Robie Kirk on baritone vocals, and Eddie Barnes on bass vocals), with possibly King Curtis on tenor saxophone, and unlisted trumpet, piano, guitar, bass, and drums players, record the titles "Don't Make Believe" with Jimmy Breedlove on lead vocals, "Crazy, Crazy Party" and "Rock 'N' Roll Mr. Oriole" both with Ollie Jones on lead vocals, and a as yet unissued and lost take of "Destination Twenty-One Hundred And Sixty-Five" in Capitol Records' 47th Street studios in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue "Don't Make Believe" as a single (Capitol F3400) with a remake of the title "Destination Twenty-One Hundred And Sixty-Five" (recorded March 1, 1966) on the flipside, Prep Records (a subsidiary of Capitol Records) will issue "Crazy, Crazy Party" as a single (Prep F104) with "I Pretend" (recorded September 20, 1956) on the flipside, and Bear Family Records will release the first three titles in Germany on the album "The Cues" (BFX 15309) and on the CD "The Cues/The Four Students - Why: The Cues" (BCD 15510).

1957 - Trombonist Pee Wee Hunt, with Andy Bartha on clarinet, Leo Kaminsky on clarinet, Joe Hall on piano, Art Ryerson on guitar, Gene Dragoo on bass, and Cody Sandifer on drums and using arrangements by Van Alexander and Dave Cavanaugh, records the titles "Hi-Ho Pee Wee (from Rossini's 'William Tell Overture')", "Hunt's Goulash (from Brahms' 'Hungarian Dance #6')", "The Iceman Cometh (from 'Waldteufel')", and "Twelfth Street Toreador (from Bizet's 'Toreador Song')" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue all the titles except the take of "Twelfth Street Toreador (from Bizet's 'Toreador Song')" recorded today (and will be re-recorded on February 25, 1957), on Hunt's album "The Classics A La Dixie" (T 846).

1957 - The Jonah Jones Quartet (Jonah Jones on trumpet, George Rhodes on piano, John Brown on bass, and Harold Austin on drums) records the titles "Rose Room", "I Can't Get Started", "My Blue Heaven" with vocals by Jonah Jones, "Royal Garden Blues" and "I Could Have Danced All Night" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue all the titles, except "I Could Have Danced All Night" which has yet to be issued, on the quartet's album "Muted Jazz" (T/ST 839).

1958 - It's a Monday and Nat "King" Cole, with a small combo and an augmented 16 piece orchestra with strings, appears for 45 minutes to a half-full house at Cafe Pompeii at the Hotel Eden Roc in Miami, Florida. Cole performs "There Goes My Heart", "Dance Ballerina Dance", "Mona Lisa", "Too Young", "Send For Me", "Stardust", "Just One Of Those Things", "Thou Swell", "These Foolish Things", "I Want To Be Happy", and, during his third encore, "Route 66".

1958 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records album "Just One Of Those Things" is #19 on WJJD's Top Twenty LP and EP Albums chart in Chicago, Illinois.

1958 - The George Shearing Quintet (Emil Richards on vibraphones, George Shearing on piano, Jean "Toots" Thielemans on guitar, Al McKibbon on bass, and Percy Brice on drums) with Billy May conducting his own arrangements to His Orchestra (Vincent De Rosa on French horn, Arthur Gleghorn on flute, Wilbur Schwartz and Jules Jacob on clarinets, Victor Garber on basson, Verlye Mills on harp and a string section with Jacques Gasselin, Ben Gill, Murray Kellner, Dan Lube, Erno Neufeld, Lou Raderman, Mischa Russell, Eudice Shapiro, and Marshall Sosson on violins, Paul Robyn, David Sterkin, and Virginia Majewski on viola, and Armand Kaproff, Raphael Kramer, and Edgar Lustgarten on cellos), records the titles "I'm Old Fashioned", "For Heaven's Sake", "Love-Wise", and "Nina Never Knew" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California between 8:00 PM and 11:00 PM Capitol Records will issue all the titles, except for the take of "Nina Never Knew" recorded at this session, on the album "Blue Chiffon" (T/ST 1124) as by The George Shearing Quintet And Orchestra. A new take of "Nina Never Knew" would be recorded on February 26, 1958, and would also be issued on the album "Blue Chiffon".

65 Years Ago Today In 1961 - Paul Weston conducts his own arrangements to his orchestra (lineup unlisted) as they record the titles "Always", "For You", "Goodnight Sweetheart", and "Our Love" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Weston's album "Music For My Love" (T 1563).

1963 - During two concerts held this day in New York City, New York which were recorded by Capitol Records, the vocal group The Lettermen (vocalist Jim Pike, Tony Butala, and Bob Engemann), with an unlisted member playing guitar, perform the titles "Up a Lazy River", "Fast Freight", "Folk Medley: Green Fields/Silver Threads & Golden Needles/If I Had A Hammer", "What Kind Of Fool Am I", "Westside Story Medley: Jet Song/Maria/Officer Krupke (The Quintet)", "Hey Look Me Over", "When I Fall In Love", and "Granada" at the first show and the titles "Groups Are Nothing New Medley: Charley Brown/Mr. Blue/Michael The German Navy Song/The Lion Sleeps In Hollywood/America/This Land Of Alley Oop", and "You'll Never Walk Alone" at the second show. Capitol Records will issue all the titles, except "Up A Lazy River" and "Granada" which remain unissued, on the group's album "The Lettermen In Concert" (T/ST 1936).

1964 - Capitol Records releases Buck Owens' single "My Heart Skips A Beat" with "Together Again" on the flipside. Both sides will go on to hit #1 on the U.S. Country singles charts.

60 Years Ago Today In 1966 - Conductor Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians (lineup unlisted) record the titles "King Of The Road", "Dear Heart", "Red Roses For A Blue Lady", and "Yesterday" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Lombardo's album "Wonderful Year" (T 2481).

60 Years Ago Today In 1966 - During two sessions held this day in Los Angeles, California with producer Dave Cavanaugh and associate producer Jack Marshall, The Howard Roberts Quartet (Howard Roberts and Bill Putman on guitars, Henry Cain on organ, Chuck Berghofer on bass, and Earl Palmer on drums), records the titles "Bye Bye Blues" and "Pussy Cat" at the first session and "Michelle", "The Shadow Of Your Smile", "This Is The Life", and "I'll Only Miss Her When I Think Of Her" at the second session. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Roberts' album "Whatever's Fair!" (T 2478).

60 Years Ago Today In 1966 - Vocalist Cindy Malone, with unlisted others, records the titles "Is It Over, Baby?" and "Thou Shall Not Lie" in Los Angeles, California with producer David Axelrod. Capitol Records will issue "Is It Over, Baby?" as a single (Capitol 5629) with "It's Up To You" (recorded February 9, 1966) on the flipside. There is no issuing information listed for "Thou Shall Not Lie".

1967 - Alexis De Azevedo records the titles "I Wanna Be Free" and "'Hotel' Theme" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both titles together as a single (Capitol 5891).

1967 - Vocalist Wayne Newton, with unlisted others, records the titles "Born Free", "What Now, My Love", "Michelle", "The Impossible Dream (The Quest)", and "Almost Persuaded" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Newton's album "Song Of The Year" (T/ST 2714).

1967 - Dallas Frazier records the titles "Write That Down", "Tell It Like It Is", "Honk 'N Tonk", and "Ain't Nothin' Shakin' But The Leaves" in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Frazier's album "Tell It Like It Is" (T/ST 2764).

1975 - Grand Funk's Capitol Records single "Some Kind Of Wonderful", with "Wild" on the flipside, is #4 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart.

1978 - Vocalist Glen Campbell, with unlisted others, records the titles "(When I Feel Like) I Got No Love In Me" and "Highwayman" at the Studio City studio in Sherman Oaks, California. Capitol Records will issue "(When I Feel Like) I Got Not Love In Me" on Campbell's album "Basic" (SW-11722) and "Highwayman" on his album "Highwayman" (SOO-12008).

1978 - Pam Rose, with unlisted others, records the titles "He Don't Make Me Cry", "Drown In The Flood", "Cry For Love", and "City Of Angels" in (listed as possibly) Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records. No issuing information is listed.

1978 - Navarro (lineup unlisted) records the titles "Keep The Faith", "Can You See Me", and "Childhood A Stardust" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Can You See Me" on the group's album "Straight To The Heart" (SW-11784). No issuing information is listed for the other titles.

1978 - The Pousette-Dart Band (lineup unlisted but includes a string section using an arrangement by Dave Appell) records the title "Stand By Me" at an unlisted studio. Capitol Records will issue the title as a single (Capitol 4590) with "I'm So In Love With You" (recorded February 22, 1978) and on the group's album "Pousette-Dart Band 3" (SW-11781).

45 Years Ago Today In 1981 - Jay Ferguson records the titles "Million Dollar (Love Affair)", "Debra Lee", and "She's Mine Tonight" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Million Dollar (Love Affair)" and "She's Mine Tonight" on Ferguson's album "White Noise" (ST-12196) and has yet to issue "Debra Lee".

45 Years Ago Today In 1981 - Vocalist Cheryl Ladd, with unlisted others, records the titles "Just Another Lover Tonight" and "Hold On To Love" in Los Angeles, California with producer Daryl Dragon. Capitol Records, with distribution by Toshiba-EMI, will issue both titles in Japan on Ladd's album "Take A Chance" (ECS-91031) which was released only in Japan.

45 Years Ago Today In 1981 - Charles Veal records the title "How Many Times" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the title on Veal's album "Believe It!" (ST-12174).

1983 - Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band's Capitol Records single "Shame On The Moon", with "House Behind A House" on the flipside, is #2 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart.

1994 - Dinah Shore (born Frances Rose Shore on February 29th, 1916), singer, radio show performer, motion picture actress, television talk show host, golfer, and Capitol Records artist from 1959 to 1962, dies of ovarian cancer in Beverly Hills, California at age 77, five days before her 78th birthday (though some would say she had two years and five days before her next birthday as she was born in a leap year and her next birthday, her 20th, would be in 1996). Her ashes are later divided. Half are interred in the Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery in Culver City, California, and the other half at Forest Lawn Cemetery (Cathedral City) near Palm Springs, California.

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1950 - George Thorogood, singer, songwriter, guitarist, and an EMI America Records artist, is born in Wilmington, Delaware.

75 Years Ago Today In 1951 - Future Capitol Records artist Judy Garland ends a nineteen-week engagement (originally scheduled for just 4 weeks) that reopened The Palace Theatre in New York City.

1959 - Colin Farley, bass player with the Virgin Records America group Cutting Crew, is born in England.

1982 - Pat Benatar wins the Best Female Rock Performance Grammy for her Chrysalis Records title "Fire and Ice".

1983 - EMI America registers the masters it licensed from EMI Records for Kajagoogoo's titles "Too Shy" and "Take Another View" which it will issue together as a single (EMI-AM 7806) and, after editing "Too Shy", will issue the edited version of the title also as a single (EMI-AM 8161) also with "Take Another View" on the flipside.

1998 - Virgin Records America, Inc. files suit against The Smashing Pumpkins for alleged breach of contract and non-delivery of albums.