SEPTEMBER 4, 2026

HAPPY BIRTHDAYS!

80 Years Ago Today In 1946 - Greg Elmore, the drummer with the band The Brogues and Capitol Records band Quicksilver Messenger Service,, is born at the Coronado Naval Air Station, near San Diego, California.

80 Years Ago Today In 1946 - Gary Duncan, a guitarist and vocalist with the band The Brogues and Capitol Records band Quicksilver Messenger Service, is born Gary Grubb in San Diego, California.

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1942 - Mezzo-soprano vocalist Vittoria Palombini, tenor vocalist Giuseppe Nessi, baritone vocalist Mariano Stabile, and bass vocalist Luciano Donaggio, with Alberto Erede conducting the La Scala Orchestra (lineup unlisted), record Verdi's "Quand 'Ero Paggio (from 'Falstaff' - Act 2, Scene 2)" in two parts in Milan, Italy for Telefunken Records. Capitol Records will license Telefunken's catalog for distribution in the United States and will issue both parts on the album "VERDI - Falstaff (Excerpts)" (ECL-8073).

75 Years Ago Today In 1951 - Nat "King" Cole (on vocals), with Billy May conducting his own arrangements to the orchestra (Mannie Klein, Conrad Gozzo, Ray Linn, and John Best on trumpet, Ed Kusby, Tommy Pederson, Murray McEachern, and James Priddy on trombone, Skeets Herfurt and Wilbur Schwartz on alto saxophone, Ted Nash and Fred Falensby on tenor saxophone, Chuck Gentry on baritone saxophone, Jimmy Rowles on piano, Barney Kessel on guitar, Phil Stephens on bass, Alvin Stoller on drums, and Jack Costanzo on percussion), records the titles "Walkin' My Baby Back Home", "What Does It Take", "Walkin'", and "I'm Hurtin'" at Capitol Records' studios at 5515 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood, California between 5:30 PM and 9:00 PM. Capitol Records will release "Walkin' My Baby Back Home" as a single (Capitol 2130) with "Funny! (Not Much)" (recorded January 11, 1952) on the flipside, "What Does It Take To Make You Laugh?" as a single (Capitol 2069) with "Somewhere Along The Way" (recorded January 19, 1952) on the flipside, and "Walkin'" and "I'm Hurtin'" together as a single (Capitol 1863).

1952 - Vocalist Bob Eberly, with Harold Mooney and His Orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the titles "Forget Me Not", "Rosie", "Everything I Have Is Yours", and "Don't Believe A Word They Say" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Forget Me Not" and "Everything I Have Is Yours" together as a single (Capitol 2273) and "Rosie" and "Don't Believe A Word They Say" together as a single (Capitol 2333).

1957 - During two sessions held this day in Los Angeles, California, pianist Leonard Pennario, with Erich Leinsdorf conducting The Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra (lineup unlisted), records Tchaikovsky's "Piano Concerto N° 1 In B Flat Minor, Opus 23" at the first session and Grieg's "Piano Concerto In A Minor, Opus 16, 1st Movement (Allegro Molto Moderato)" at the second session. Capitol Records will issue "Piano Concerto N° 1 In B Flat Minor, Opus 23" on the album "TCHAIKOVSKY - Piano Concerto N° 1 In B Flat Minor, Opus 23" (PAO/SPAO-8417) and "Piano Concerto N° 1 In B Flat Minor, Opus 23" on the album "GRIEG - Piano Concerto In A Minor/RACHMANINOFF - Rhapsody On A Theme Of Paganini" (P/SP-8441).

1957 - During two sessions held this day in New York City, New York, Guy Lombardo conducts His Royal Canadians (lineup unlisted) as the record the title "Medley #1, Part 3: I Surrender Dear/Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea/Does Your Heart Beat For Me?/Moonglow/All My Love" at the first session and the title "Medley #1, Part 4: Girl Of My Dreams/Blue Tango/I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me/It Must Be True/Auld Lang Syne" at the second session. Capitol Records will issue both titles on the band's album "The Sweetest Medleys This Side Of Heaven" (T/DT 1947).

1962 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Ramblin' Rose" is #2 on WABC's Silver Dollar Sound Survey in New York City.

1962 - Vocalist Bobby Darin, with Billy May conducting his own arrangements to the orchestra (Conrad Gozzo, Uan Rasey, Clarence "Shorty" Sherock, and Mannie Klein on trumpets, Ed Kusby, Murray McEachern, Lew McCreary, and Bob Knight on trombones, Skeets Herfurt, Ted Nash, Plas Johnson, Jules Jacob, and Chuck Gentry on saxophones, Ray Sherman on piano, Al Hendrickson on guitar, Joe Comfort on bass, Irving Cottler on drums, Emil Richards on percussion, and a string section with Harry Bluestone, Jacques Gasselin, Ben Gill, Murray Kellner, Carl LaMagna, Emanuel Moss, Mischa Russell, Paul Shure, Felix Slatkin, Marshall Sosson, Gerald Vinci, and William Weiss on violins), records the titles "I'm Beginning To See The Light", "A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square", "Alabamy Bound", and "I'm Sitting On Top Of The World" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California between 4:00 PM and 7:30 PM. Capitol Records will issue "I'm Beginning To See The Light" and "A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square" on Darin's album "Oh! Look At Me Now" (T/ST 1791) and all the titles as part of its Great Gentlemen Of Song series on the CD "Spotlight On..., Volume 5 - Bobby Darin" (8-28512-2).

1965 - The Beatles' Capitol Records single "Help!", with "I'm Down" on the flipside, hits #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart and will stay for three weeks.

60 Years Ago Today In 1966 - Mrs. Elva Miller records the titles "Somewhere My Love (Lara's theme from "Doctor Zhivago"), "Second Hand Rose", "The Girl From Ipanema" and the yet to be issued take of the title "Till There Was You" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records would release the first three titles on Mrs. Miller's album "Will Success Spoil Mrs. Miller?" (Capitol T/ST 2579).

60 Years Ago Today In 1966 - Maria Cole records "The Music That Makes Me Dance", "He Touched Me", "Violets For Your Furs", and "I Think I Fell In Love Today" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol will issue all the tracks on Cole's album "Love Is A Special Feeling" (Capitol T/ST 2612).

50 Years Ago Today In 1976 - Al Martino records the titles "There's Nothing Greater Than Our Love", "Dream Of Me", and "If There's No Such Thing As A Miracle" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will release all the titles on Martino's album "Sing My Love Songs" (Capitol ST-11572).

1982 - Vocalist Rick Nelson, with unlisted others, records the title "Gone" in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records which has yet to issue the title.

1992 - Carl Butler, a singer, guitarist, member of the duo Carl and Pearl with his wife Pearl Dee Butler, and Capitol solo artist (1951-1953), dies of a massive heart attack in Franklin, Tennessee at age 68.

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1905 - Meade Lux Lewis, a pianist, composer, and one of Blue Note Records' first recorded artists, is born in Chicago, Illinois.

1918 - Gerald Wilson, a trumpet player, bandleader, arranger, and a Black and White Records and Pacific Jazz artist, is born Gerald Stanley Wilson in Shelby, Mississippi.

1948 - The titles "Move", "Why Do I Love You?", and "Godchild" are broadcast live with Miles Davis on trumpet, Kenny Hagood on vocals, Lee Konitz on alto saxophone, Gerry Mulligan on baritone saxophone, Mike Zwerin on trombone, Junior Collins on French horn, Bill Barber on tuba, John Lewis on piano, Al McKibbon on bass, and Max Roach on drums at the Royal Roost in New York City as part of the Symphony Sid radio program. Transcribed recordings of the tracks will be included on the 1998 Blue Notes Records CD release "The Complete Birth Of The Cool".

1962 - The Beatles, with Ringo Starr on drums, record the tracks "Love Me Do", "P.S. I Love You", "One After 909", and ""How Do You Do It", at their first recording session for Parlophone Records with producer George Martin.

1964 - Tenor saxophonist Stanley Turrentine, with Lee Morgan on trumpet, McCoy Tyner on piano, Bob Cranshaw on bass, Elvin Jones on drums and Ray Barretto on congas, records the tracks "Shirley", "Wahoo" (aka "Stanley's Blues"), "Tacos", "Can By Me Love" (without Barretto on congas), and "My Girl Is Just Enough Woman For Me" (without Morgan on trumpet and Barretto on congas) with producer Alfred Lion and recording engineer Rudy Van Gelder at The Van Gelder Studio in Englewood, New Jersey. The tracks would be released by Blue Note in 1980 on the album "Mr. Natural". Universal Music Group currently owns the Blue Note Records catalog.

1990 - EMI Records America releases Queensrÿche's album "Empire". The album will peak at #3 in the United States and be certified triple Platinum by the R.I.A.A. Universal Music Group currently owns the EMI America catalog.

SEPTEMBER 3, 2026

HAPPY BIRTHDAYS!

1925 - Hank Thompson, a singer, guitarist, harmonica player, a Capitol Records (1947-1965) solo artist and leader of Hank Thompson and The Brazos Valley Boys, and elected to the Country Music Hall Of Fame in 1989, is born Henry William Thompson in Waco, Texas.

1942 - Al Jardine, singer, songwriter, rhythm guitarist, and founding member of the Capitol Records group The Beach Boys, is born Alan Charles Jardine in Lima, Ohio.

1948 - Don Brewer, drummer and the lead vocalist of the Capitol Records band Grand Funk Railroad, is born in Swartz Creek, Michigan.

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1952 - Trumpet player Ray Anthony and His Orchestra (Bruce Brukert, Dean Hinkle, Knobby Lee, and Jack Laubach also on trumpets, Keith Butterfield, Walter Shields, Ken Trimble, and Dick Reynolds on trombones, Earl Bergman and Jim Schneider on clarinets and alto saxophones, Buddy Wise, Billy Usselton, and Maxwell Davis on tenor saxophones, Leo Anthony on alto and baritone saxophones, Fred Savarise on piano, Vince Terri on guitar, Billy Cronk on bass, and Archie Freeman on drums) record the titles "Idaho", "Blow, Man, Blow" with vocals by Tommy Mercer and, without Maxwell Davis on tenor saxophone and with vocals by Tommy Mercer and Marcie Miller, "The Bunny Hop" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Idaho" as a single (Capitol 2293) with "People In Love" (recorded September 2, 1952) on the flipside and "Blow, Man, Blow" and "The Bunny Hop" together as a single (Capitol 2251).

1952 - Guitarist Merle Travis, with Dale Warren on bass, records the titles "I'll See You In My Dreams" and "Cannon Ball Rag" in Capitol Records' studios at 5515 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood, California between 2:30 PM and 5:30 PM. Capitol Records will issue both titles together as a single (Capitol 2245).

1957 - During two sessions held this day in New York City, New York, bandleader Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians (lineup unlisted) record the titles "Medley #1, Part 1: Stars Fell In Alabama/Stormy Weather/Home/Sweet Lorraine/Take Me In Your Arms/Once In A While/I Cried For You" at the first session and "Medley #2, Part 2: I Can't Give You Anything But Love/Red Roses For A Blue Lady/Sophisticated Lady/Hands Across The Table/I Don't Stand A Ghost Of A Chance with You" at the second session. Capitol Records will issue both titles on Lombardo's album "The Sweetest Medleys This Side Of Heaven" (T/DT 1947).

1957 - Pianist Leonard Pennario has a rehearsal session, with Erich Leinsdorf conducting The Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra (lineup unlisted), of Tchaikovsky's "Piano Concerto N° 1" and Grieg's "Piano Concerto In A Minor" in Los Angeles, California for a recording session to be held the next day, September 4, 1957, for Capitol Records.

1968 - Al Jardine, on his 26th birthday, and the rest of The Beach Boys, laid down the basic tracks for "We're Together Again" in Los Angeles, California. Even after overdubs were recorded on September 5 and 6, 1968, the song will remain unissued until Capitol Records first releases it as a bonus track on the double album CD "Friends/20-20" (7-93697-2).

1968 - Ringo Starr rejoins The Beatles after quitting during sessions for their album "The Beatles" (aka "The White Album") and finds his drum kit decked out in flowers by Mal Evans and the instigation of George Harrison. Ringo didn't record anything at the studio that day but George spent the entire day recording a backwards guitar solo for "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" which was never used.

1982 - Capitol Records registers the masters for McFadden & Whitehead's titles "One More Time", "Without You", "Tired Of Your Lies", "Are You Lonely", "Not With Me", "Movin' On", "Everything I Do", "Trying To Get Back (To The Love I Lost), "Riding The Crest", and "The Best Of Me" in Los Angeles, California and will issue all the titles on the duo's album "Movin' On" (ST-12251), "Are You Lonely" and "Riding The Crest" together as a single, and an edited version of "One More Time" and "The Best Of Me" together as a single (Capitol 5176).

1982 - Pages (lineup unlisted) record the title "Once In Your Life" in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records which has yet to issue the title.

35 Years Ago Today In 1991 - Capitol Records releases The Smithereens album "Blow Up".

30 Years Ago Today In 1996 - Capitol Records releases Eric Johnson's album "Venus Isle".

30 Years Ago Today In 1996 - Capitol Records releases Frank Sinatra's 4 CD compilation set "The Complete Capitol Singles Collection"

30 Years Ago Today In 1996 - Capitol Records releases the compilation CD "Christmas Cocktails" as part of its "Ultra Lounge" series.

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

20 Years Ago Today In 2006 - Los Angeles radio station KLSX pulls the plug on its last music show, "Breakfast With The Beatles", after 23 years on the air. The show was founded by Deirdre O'Donoghue and hosted by her until her death in 2001 and is currently hosted by Chris Carter. The show would later return to the air in November 2006 and currently airs on Sundays from 9AM to Noon on station KLOS 95.5.

SEPTEMBER 2, 2026

HAPPY BIRTHDAYS!

1917 - Laurindo Almeida, guitarist, member of Stan Kenton's orchestra, and World Pacific Jazz and Capitol Records recording artist, is born Laurindo José de Araujo Almeida Nobrega Neto in the small Brazilian coastal town of Prainha (now called Miracatu), near the port city of Santos in São Paulo State.

80 Years Ago Today In 1946 - Billy Preston, singer, actor, songwriter, keyboardist, and Capitol Recoeds and Apple Records recording artist, is born William Everett Preston in Houston, Texas.

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1949 - Margaret Whiting and Jimmy Wakely's Capitol Records single "Slippin' Around" enters the U.S. Country singles charts.

1952 - During two sessions held this day in Los Angeles, California, trumpet player Ray Anthony and His Orchestra (Bruce Brukert, Dean Hinkle, Knobby Lee, and Jack Laubach also on trumpets, Keith Butterfield, Walter Shields, Ken Trimble, and Dick Reynolds on trombones, Earl Bergman and Jim Schneider on clarinets and alto saxophones, Buddy Wise and Billy Usselton on tenor saxophones, Leo Anthony on alto and baritone saxophones, Fred Savarise on piano, Vince Terri on guitar, Billy Cronk on bass, and Archie Freeman on drums), record the titles "Blue Jeans" and, with an arrangement by George Williams, "Street Scene" at the first session and the titles "Trees", "People In Love" with vocals by Tommy Mercer and The Anthony Choir (lineup unlisted), and "On The Trail" at the second session. Capitol Records will issue "Blue Jeans" on Anthony and the orchestra's EP album "Saddle Shoe Shuffle" (EAP-1-557), "Street Scene" as a single (Capitol 2327) with "On The Trail (From 'Grand Canyon Suite')" (the version re-recorded on October 27, 1952) and on Anthony's album "Concert" (T 406), "People In Love" as a single (Capitol 2293) with "Idaho" (recorded September 3, 1952) on the flipside, and have yet to issue "Trees" and the take of "On The Trail" recorded on this date.

1952 - Vocalist Frances Faye, with Dave Cavanaugh's Music and Orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the titles "I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate", "My Last Affair", "When Love Comes Knocking At Your Door", and "She Looks" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate" and "She Looks" together as a single (Capitol 2278), "My Last Affair" as a single (Capitol 2347) with "On A Raft (In The Middle Of The Ocean" (recorded August 1, 1952) on the flipside, and have yet to issue "When Love Comes Knocking At Your Door".

1953 - Soprano vocalist Dorothy Warenskjold, with George Greeley conducting the Orchestra (lineup unlisted) records Dvorak's "Love Songs, Opus 83, N° 2", "Love Songs, Opus 83, N° 3" & "Love Songs, Opus 83, N° 6", "Gypsy Songs, Opus 55, N° 5", "Gypsy Songs, Opus 55, N° 6", and "Love Song In D, Opus 83, N° 1" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Warenskjold's album "GRIEG/DVORAK Songs" (P-8247).

1957 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Send For Me" is #27 on WMGM's Top 40 Survey in New York City, New York.

1958 - Trumpet player and bandleader Ray Anthony and His Orchestra (Pete Candoli, Conrad Gozzo, Jack Laubach, and Gene Duermeyer also on trumpets, Frank Lane, Lloyd Elliott, and Dick Nash on trombones, Ken Shroyer on bass trombone, Gus Bivona and Wilbur Schwartz on clarinets and alto saxophones, Bob Hardaway and Plas Johnson on tenor saxophones, Med Flory on baritone saxophone, Paul Smith on piano, Al Hendrickson on guitar, Don Simpson on bass, Alvin Stoller on drums, Lou Singer on percussion, and Ann Mason Stockton on harp), using arrangements by Don Simpson, record the titles "Moon Dreams (My Reverie)", "Tonight We Love (Tchaikovsky)", "Golden Sunbeams (Chopin)", "Silver Threads And Golden Needles", and "Goodnight Ladies" in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records which has yet to issue any of the titles.

1959 - Nat "King" Cole records the tracks "In A Mellow Tone" and "Whatcha' Gonna Do" at The Capitol Tower Studios, in Hollywood, California, which would be released as bonus tracks on Cole's Capitol Records compact disc "At The Sands".

1963 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records album "Days Of Summer" is #5 on CHUM 1050 AM's Album Chart in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

1963 - During two sessions held this day at Western Studios in Los Angeles, California, The Beach Boys (vocalists Mike Love, Brian Wilson, Carl Wilson, Denis Wilson, and Al Jardine), with unlisted guitar and drums players, record the titles "Ballad Of Ole' Betsy" with Brian Wilson on lead vocals, "Be True To Your School" with Mike Love on lead vocals, "Car Crazy Cutie", and "Cherry, Cherry Coupe" at the first session and the titles "Spirit Of America", "No-Go Showboat", "A Young Man Is Gone", and "Custom Machine" at the second session. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on the group's album "Little Deuce Coupe" (T/ST 1998).

1965 - The Beatles' Capitol Records single "Help!", with "I'm Down" on the flipside, is certified Gold by the R.I.A.A.

1972 - Vocalist Dick Curless, with Jerry Smith on piano, Harold Ray Bradley and Buzz Evans on guitars, Harold "Curly" Chalker on steel guitar, Joe Allen on bass, and Murrey M. "Buddy" Harman Jr. on drums, perform the titles "Chick Inspector", "Truck Stop", "I've Come Awful Close", "The Lonesome Road", "15 Gears And 14 Wheels", "Big Wheel Cannonball", "Sixty Minute Man", "Evil Hearted me", "I'm Gonna Move To The Outskirts Of Town", and "(Drinkin' Beer And) Singing A Country Song" at The Wheeling Truck Drivers Jamboree in Wheeling, West Virginia. The performances are recorded and Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Curless' album "Live At The Wheeling Truck Driver's Jamboree" (ST-11119).

1973 - Randy Barlow records the titles "Nobody Likes To See A Good Man Cry" and "Whisky River" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both titles together as a single (Capitol 3762).

1977 - Vocalist Natalie Cole, with unlisted others, records the titles "I Just Can't Stay Away" and "I'm Right, He's Wrong" in Los Angeles, California. After overdubs for "I Just Can't Stay Away" are recorded on September 6, 7, 20, 21, and 22, 1977, Capitol Records will issue the title on Cole's album "Thankful" (SW-11708), after the title is edited as a single (Capitol 4572) with an edited version of "Annie Mae" (recorded August 30, 1977) on the flipside.

1978 - George Harrison marries Olivia Trinidad Arias, a secretary at his label, Dark Horse Records.

1982 - Pages (lineup unlisted) record the title "Video Eyes" in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records which has yet to issue the title.

1987 - Lorelei (lineup unlisted) record the title "Military Zoo" in an unlisted studio for Capitol Records. No issuing information is listed.

1988 - Capitol Records registers the masters for Lloyd Cole & The Commotions' titles "I Don't Believe You" and "Mystery Train". No issuing information is listed.

1994 - Capitol Records Nashville releases a special Garth Brooks' compilation album, "The Garth Brooks Collection", via McDonald's restaurants with proceeds going to the Ronald McDonald House charity.

1999 - Capitol Records Nashville releases Garth Brooks' album "Ropin' The Wind".

2008 - Brian Wilson performs for a live audience at 8:00 AM in The Capitol Tower Studios in Hollywood, CA as part of a "Breakfast With Brian Wilson" promotion with radio station KRTH 101.

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1928 - Horace Silver, pianist, composer, and Blue Note Records artist is born in Norwalk, Connecticut.

95 Years Ago Today In 1931 - Saxophonist and Blue Note Records artist Clifford Jordan is born in Chicago, Illinois.

1932 - Walter Davis Junior, pianist and Blue Note Records artist is born in Richmond, Virginia.

1968 - Gerald Wilson conducts his own arrangements to His Orchestra (Bobby Bryant, Larry McGuire, Alex Rodrigues, and Tony Rusch on trumpets, Frank Strong, Lester Robertson, and Thurman Green on trombones, Mike Wimberly on bass trombone, Dave Duke on French horn, Anthony Ortega on alto saxophone, flute and piccolo, Ramon Borjorquez also on alto saxophone, Hadley Caliman and Harold Land on tenor saxophone, Allan Beutler on baritone saxophone, Henry De Vega and Pete Terry on reeds, Mike Wofford and Jimmy Rowles on piano, organ, and harpsichord, Mike Anthony on guitar, Wilton Felder on electric bass, Stan Gilbert on bass, Carl Lott on drums, and Hugh Anderson and Joe Porcaro on percussion) as they record the title "Sunshine Of Your Love" at the Liberty Studios in Los Angeles, California for Pacific Jazz Records. After Pacific Jazz's catalog is acquired by E.M.I., Blue Note Records will re-issue the title on the multi-artist compilation CD "Deep Blue - The United States Of Mind" (5-21152-2).

2003 - Liberty Records, revived as a name by EMI Music for catalog product, releases the compilation CDs "The Best Of The Definitive American Songbook A-I" and "The Best Of The Definitive American Songbook J-Z". I helped research the history of the songs and recordings for the packages' liner notes. I did the same for others in the "Definitive American Songbook" series which initially was only available as part of an infomercial promotion that was hosted by Andy Williams around Thanksgiving 2004. At least 5 volumes were later released to brick and mortars.

SEPTEMBER 1, 2026

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

1900 - Don Wilson, a radio and television announcer, a radio, Broadway, motion picture, and television actor, and a narrator of many of Capitol Records' children's albums between 1947 and 1954, is born Donald Hatch Wilson in Lincoln, Nebraska.

1925 - Art Pepper, alto saxophonist, member of Benny Carter, Stan Kenton, and Buddy Rich's big band orchestras, and a solo artist on Pacific Jazz, Aladdin, Blue Note, Galaxy, and Capitol Records, is born Arthur Edward Pepper, Jr. in Gardena, California.

1999 - Jadagrace, singer, dancer, actress, granddaughter of Motown founder Barry Gordy, and a Capitol Records artist, is born Jadagrace Michiko Gordy-Nash in Beverly Hills, California.

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1942 - Tenor vocalist Giuseppe Nessi, baritone vocalists Mariano Stabile and Afro Poli, and bass vocalist Luciano Donaggio, with Alberto Erede conducting the La Scala Orchestra (lineup unlisted), record Verdi's "Prima Di Tutto (From 'Falstaff' - Act 2, Scene 1) in two parts in Milan, Italy for Telefunken Records. Capitol Records will license Telefunken's catalog for release in the United States and issue both parts on the album "VERDI - Falstaff (Excerpts)" (ECL-8073).

1949 - Capitol Records artist Dean Martin marries his second wife, Jeanne Biegger, a former Orange Bowl Queen.

1949 - Sally Martin (on vocals, with Julia Mae Smith on trumpet, Hilton "Nappy" Lamare on guitar, Leonard Bibb on bass, and Zutty Singleton on drums) records the tracks "In My Heart", "The Little Wooden Church (On The Hill), "Jesus Is The Only One" and "He's All I Need" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will later release the first and last tracks together as a single (Capitol 848) and the second and third tracks together as a single (Capitol 57-70048).

1952 - Robert Sands, Gordon MacRae, Lucille Norman, and Thurl Ravenscroft (on vocals), with an orchestra conducted by George Greeley, record the tracks "Act I - Prologue" (vocals by Robert Sands and an unlisted male chorus), "Why Did We Marry Soldiers?" (vocals by an unlisted girl chorus), "Romance" (vocals by Lucille Norman), Then You'll Know (vocals by Gordon MacRae and Lucille Norman), "Chiding Bit, Part 1" (vocals by Gordon MacRae and Lucille Norman), "Act 2 - Let Love Come" (vocals by Thurl Ravenscroft), "One Flower" (vocals by Robert Sands), "Interlude/One Alone (vocals by Gordon MacRae), and "Sabre Bright (Sabre Song)" (vocals by Lucille Norman) between 7:00 PM and 11:00 PM in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on "Selections from The Desert Song" (Capitol FBF-351).

1953 - Mel Blanc records the vocal tracks for the titles "Happy Hippety Hopper" (Parts 1 and 2), "Pied Piper Pussy Cat" (Parts 1 and 2), and "Yes Das Ist Ein Christmas Tree" using a script written by Ted Pierce and Warren Foster in Los Angeles, California over band tracks recorded by Van Alexander conducting his own arrangements to an orchestra that were recorded on August 31, 1953. After additional band tracks are recorded by Van Alexander conducting his own arrangements to the orchestra for "Happy Hippety Hopper" and "Pied Piper Pussy Cat" on September 10, 1953, Capitol Records will issue the final mixes of "Happy Hippety Hopper" eight years later in the compilation album "Bugs Bunny And His Friends" (Capitol J-3257), "Pied Piper Pussy Cat" as a children's single album (Capitol CAS-3188), and "Yes Das Ist Ein Christmas Tree" as a children's record single with "I Tant Wait Till Quithmuth (Day)" (recorded October 9, 1951) on the flipside (CAS-3191).

1953 - Soprano vocalist Dorothy Warenskjold, with George Greeley conducting the orchestra (lineup unlisted) records Dvorak's "Gypsy Songs, Opus 55: N° 1", "Gypsy Songs, Opus 55: N° 2", "Gypsy Songs, Opus 55: N° 3: Silent The Woods", "Gypsy Songs, Opus 55: N° 4: Songs My Mother Taught Me", and "Gypsy Songs, Opus 55: N° 7" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Warenskjold's album "GRIEG/DVORAK Songs" (P-8247) and "Gypsy Songs, Opus 55: N° 3: Silent The Woods" and "Gypsy Songs, Opus 55: N° 4: Songs My Mother Taught Me" on the album "DVORAK/GRIEG Songs" (FAP-8250).

1954 - During two sessions held this day at Capitol Records' studios at 5515 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood, California with producer Dave Dexter, Jr., Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra (Cat Anderson, Willie Cook, Ray Nance, Clark Terry, and Gerald Wilson on trumpet; Quentin Jackson and Britt Woodman on trombone; John Sanders on valve trombone; Russell Procope on alto saxophone and clarinet; Rick Henderson on alto saxophone; Paul Gonsalves on tenor saxophone; Jimmy Hamilton on clarinet and tenor saxophone; Harry Carney on baritone saxophone and baritone clarinet; Duke Ellington  on piano; Wendell Marshall on bass; Dave Black on drums; and Ralph Collier on conga) record the titles "Smile" and "Echo Tango" at the first session and "If I Give My Heart To You", "Chile Bowl", and "Bakiff" at the second session.

1955 - Judy Garland records the titles "Happiness Is a Thing Called Joe" and "While We're Young" (with choral introduction of "This Is The Time Of The Evening" by Roger Edens and Leonard Gershe), with an orchestra conducted by Jack Cathcart, at Capitol Records' studios at 5515 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood, California.

1958 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Come Closer To Me (Acercate Mas)" is #33 on WMGM's Top 40 Survey in New York City, New York.

1959 - Frank Sinatra, Maurice Chevalier and chorus record the track "Montmart" with arranger and conductor Nelson Riddle in Studio A in The Capitol Tower Studios.

1960 - Frank Sinatra records the tracks "Sentimental Baby", "Ol' MacDonald Had A Farm", and "Blue Moon" in Studio A at The Capitol Tower Studios in Hollywood, California with arranger Nelson Riddle conducting the orchestra (Buddy Collette, Chuck Gentry, William Green, Plas Johnson, and Willie Schwartz on reeds; Carroll Lewis, Vito “Mickey” Mangano, George Seaberg, and Clarence “Shorty” Sherock on trumpet; George Arus, Gil Martin, Tommy Pederson, and Thomas Shepard on trombone; Victor Bay, Alex Beller, Kurt Dieterle, Jacques Gasselin, Louis Kaufman, Murray Kellner, Joseph Livoti, Mischa Russell, Gerald Vinci, and William Weiss on violin; Alvin Dinkin and Stanley Harris on viola; Ossip Giskin, Armand Kaproff, and Eleanor Slatkin on cello; Bill Miller on piano; Joe Comfort on bass; Irv Cottler on drums; Al Viola on guitar; Emil Richards on percussion; and Kathryn Julye on harp) and producer Dave Cavanaugh.

1963 - Vocalist Matt Monro, with Johnnie Spence conducting the orchestra (lineup unlisted but includes 4 tubas and possibly piano, guitar, bass, drums, percussion, strings, harp and a Russian string instrument players) records the title "From Russia With Love" in EMI's studios on Abbey Road in London, England. Capitol Records will issue the title as part of its "Gentlemen Of Song" series on the CD "Volume 18 Spotlight On...Matt Monro" (7-80181-2).

1967 - The Lettermen (vocalists Jim Pike, Tony Butala, and Bob Engemann), with unlisted others, record the titles "Windy", "Medley: Goin' Out Of My Head/Can't Take My Eyes Off Of Her", "James Bond Bit", and "I Believe/The Lettermen Bows" in Los Angeles, California. After overdubs for all the titles are recorded on September 13, 1967, Capitol Records will issue "Windy", "Medley: Goin' Out Of My Head/Can't Take My Eyes Off Of Her", and "I Believe/The Lettermen Bows" on the group's album "The Lettermen!! And "Live"!" (T/ST 2758), "Medley: Goin' Out Of My Head/Can't Take My Eyes Off Of Her" and "I Believe/The Lettermen Bows" together as a single (Capitol 2054), and have yet to issue "James Bond Bit".

1967 - This Side Up (lineup unlisted) records the titles "Book A Trip" and "In" in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue both titles together as a single (Capitol 2129).

1982 - Pages (lineup unlisted) records the title "Stop Action" in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records which has yet to issue the title.

1982 - Vocalist and guitarist Bob Seger and The Silver Bullet Band (lineup unlisted) record the title "Love's The Last To Know" in (listed as possibly) Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records. No issuing information is listed.

1984 - Tina Turner's Capitol Records single “What’s Love Got To Do With It?", with "Rock 'N' Roll Widow" on the flipside, hits #1 on Billboard magazine's Hot 100 Singles chart
1986 - Capitol Records releases The Beach Boys' single "California Dreamin'" with "Lady Liberty" on the flipside.

1990 - Poison's Enigma Records single distributed by Capitol Records single "Unskinny Bop", with "Swamp Juice" on the flipside, peaks at #3 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart.

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1887 - Emile Berliner files a patent for the lateral-cut, flat disc gramophone.

AUGUST 31, 2026

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

1897 - A Broadway and motion picture actor and a Capitol Records artist (in 1954 on the album "Hark, The Years!") Fredric March, is born Ernest Frederick McIntyre Bickel in Racine, Wisconsin.

1957 - Gina Schock, singer, songwriter, producer, drummer for the groups Eddie And The Eggs, The Go-Gos, and Capitol Records group House Of Schock which she led, and actress, is born Regina Ann Schock in Dundalk, Maryland.

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1942 - Baritone vocalist Mariano Stabile, with Alberto Erede conducting the La Scala Orchestra, Milan, recorded Verdi's "L'onore! Ladri! (From "Falstaff" - Act 1, Scene 1)" in Milan, Italy for Telefunken Records. Capitol Records will license Telefunken's catalog for release in the United States and issues the title on the album "VERDI - Falstaff (Excerpts)" (ECL-8073).

1950 - Mel Tormé records the titles "I've Got A Feeling I'm Falling", "The Carioca", "On A Little Street In Singapore", and "I Like To Recognize The Tune" with The Red Norvo Trio (Red Norvo on vibraphone, Tal Farlow on guitar, and Charles Mingus on bass) at Capitol Records' studios at 5515 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue all the songs in England on the CD "The Best Of Mel Torme - The Capitol Years" (7-99426-2).

70 Years Ago Today In 1956 - Ella Fitzgerald, with a small backing group, finishes sessions for her Verve album "Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Rodgers & Hart Songbook" in Studio A at The Capitol Tower Studios in Hollywood, California with producer Norman Granz.

1957 - Vocalist Tommy Sands, with lead guitarist Bob Bain's Orchestra (unlisted tenor saxophonist, Merrill E. Moore on piano, Alvin "Buck" Owens on rhythm guitar, and unlisted bass and drums players), records the titles "Don't Blame Me" and "My Happiness" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both titles on Sands' album "This Thing Called Love" (T/ST 1123).

65 Years Ago Today In 1961 - Benny Carter conducts his own arrangements to trumpet player Jonah Jones as well as Joe Graves, Conrad Gozzo, Uan Rasey, Shorty Sherock, and Mannie Klein also on trumpet, Milt Bernhart, Joe Howard, Lewis McCreary on trombone, George Roberts on bass trombone, Abe Most on clarinet and alto saxophone, Skeets Herfurt on alto saxophone, Plas Johnson and Babe Russin on tenor saxophone Chuck Gentry on baritone saxophone, Ray Sherman on piano, Jack Marshall on guitar, Mike Rubin on bass, and Nick Fatool on drums as they record the titles "Two O'Clock Jump", "Sugar Blues", and "I Can't Get Started"  in Los Angeles, California with producers Tom Morgan and Curly Walter. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on the album "Jonah Jones And The Quartet/Glen Gray And The Casa Loma Orchestra" (T 1660).

1962 - Vocalist and trumpet player Louis Prima and vocalist Gia Maione, with vocalist and tenor saxophonist Sam Butera and The Witnesses (listed as possibly Morgan Thomas also on trumpet, Lou Sineaux on trombone, John Nagy on piano, Allan Seltzer on guitar, Roland "Rolly Dee" Diorio on bass, and James Vincent Faraci on drums) perform the titles "Lady Of Spain", "Hello Lover, Goodbye Tears", "Undecided", "Come Rain Or Come Shine", and "Go Back Where You Stayed Last Night" at Harrah's Club in Lake Tahoe, California. Capitol Records recorded the performance and issued the titles on Prima's album "Lake Tahoe, Prima Style" (T/ST 1797).

1962 - Vocalists Dorothy Kirsten, with Van Alexander conducting The Roger Wagner Chorale and orchestra (lineups unlisted), record the titles "Why Did We Marry Soldiers/French Military Song" and "Romance" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both titles on the album "The Desert Song" (W/SW 1842).

1963 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "That Sunday, That Summer" debuts at #97 on Billboard magazine's Hot 100 singles chart.

60 Years Ago Today In 1966 - The Lettermen (vocalists Jim Pike, Tony Butala, and Bob Engemann), with Perry Botkin, Jr. conducting his own arrangements to the orchestra (lineup unlisted), record the titles "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes", "The Lonely Bull", "A Place For The Winter" and "Till The End Of Time" in Los Angeles, California. After overdubs are recorded on September 1, 1966, Capitol Records will issue "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes" and "A Place For The Winter" on the group's album "Warm" (T 2633) and have yet to issue "The Lonely Bull" and "Till The End Of Time".

1967 - Vocalist Andy Russell, with unlisted others, records the titles "Your Love Is Everywhere", "(You're Driving Me To) Someone Else's Arms", "Mi Amor Es Para Ti (Your Love Is Everywhere)", and "Me Faltas Tu (I'm Still Not Thru Missing You)" in Los Angles, California. After Russell overdubs Spanish vocals for "Mi Amor Es Para Ti (Your Love Is Everywhere)" and "Me Faltas Tu (I'm Still Not Thru Missing You)" on October 15, 1968, Capitol Records will issue "Your Love Is Everywhere" as a single (Capitol 2009) with "Welcome To My World" (recorded June 12, 1967) on the flipside, "(You're Driving Me To) Someone Else's Arms" as a single (Capitol 2072) with "If My Heart Had Windows" (recorded November 8, 1967) on the flipside, and have yet to issue the last two titles.

1967 - Vocalist and guitarist Wynn Stewart, with Robert Jim Pierce on piano, Phil Baugh, Jimmy Bryant, andTommy Collins on guitar, Jimmie Collins on steel guitar, Dennis Dean Hromek on bass, and David William Allen on drums, records the title "Sing The Same Song", two takes of the title "You're Somebody Else" with the second having the addition of a vocal chorus (lineup unlisted), the title "Fresh Out Of Love", and overdubs for "Waltz Of The Angels", and "Love's Gonna Happen To Me" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California between 5:00 PM and 8:00 PM. Capitol Records will issue "Sing The Same Song" on Stewart's album "Love's Gonna Happen To Me" (T/ST 2849), the first take of "You're That Someone Else" on Stewart's album "Yours Forever" (ST-324), and "Waltz Of The Angels" and "Love's Gonna Happen To Me" together as a single (Capitol 2012) and also on Stewart's album "Love's Gonna Happen To Me" (T/ST 2849). Bear Family Records will issue all the titles and takes in the ten-CD box set "Wynn Stewart - Wishful Thinking" (BCD 15886).

1967 - Vocalist Jody Miller, with unlisted others, records the titles "To Sir With Love" and "Only When You're Lonely" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue both titles together as a single (Capitol 2005).

1969 - Capitol Records group "The Band" opens for Bob Dylan at the British Isle of Wight Festival and later backs him up during his set.

55 Years Ago Today In 1971 - Bloodrock (Steve Hill on keyboards and vocals, Nick Taylor on guitar and vocals, Lee Pickens on guitar, Ed Grundy on bass and vocals, Rick Cobb on drums and percussion, and Jim Rutledge on vocals) co-produces and records the titles "American Burn", "Crazy About You, Babe", "Don't Eat The Children" and as yet to be issued take of "Changes" at The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California with co-producer John Palladino and engineers John Wilson and Cecil Jones. Capitol Records will issue the first three titles on the group's album "Bloodrock U.S.A." (SMAS-645).

1972 - Vocalist Red Steagall, with unlisted others, records the titles "Somewhere My Love" and "The Fiddle Man" in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue "Somewhere My Love" as a single (Capitol 3461) with "Give Me One More Chance" (recorded March 23, 1972) on the flipside and "The Fiddle Man" as a single (Capitol 3724) with "Neon Playboy" (recorded May 7, 1973) on the flipside.

1993 - Capitol Records Nashville releases Garth Brooks' album "In Pieces".

1999 - Capitol Records releases Megadeth's album "Risk".

2002 - Lionel Hampton, vibraphonist and member of Benny Goodman and His Orchestra and The Benny Goodman Quartet while they recorded for Capitol Records, dies of heart failure at age 94 in New York City.

20 Years Ago Today In 2006 - Capitol Records band OK Go perform their song "Here It Goes Again" on treadmills (as it's done in their video for the song) at the MTV Music Awards held this night in New York City.

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1867 - Charles Baudelaire, poet, art critic, philosopher, and translator of the works of Edgar Allen Poe into French, dies at age 46 in Paris, France after spending two years in a semi-paralyzed state after a stroke.

1939 - Jerry (aka "J.I.") Allison, songwriter (co-wrote "That'll Be The Day" with Buddy Holly) and drummer with The Crickets, is born Jerry Ivan Allison in Hillsboro, Texas.

1945 - Van Morrison, a songwriter, a singer with the band Them, and a solo artist, is born George Ivan Morrison in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

AUGUST 30, 2026

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

1935 - John Phillips, singer, songwriter, member of the Capitol Records group The Journeymen and Dunhill Records group The Mamas And The Papas, and father of EMI artist Chynna Phillips is born John Edmund Andrew Phillips in Parris Island, Sorth Carolina.

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80 Years Ago Today In 1946 - Vocalist and pianist Julia Lee and Her Boyfriends (Karl George on trumpet, Dave Cavanaugh on tenor saxophone, Lucky Ennois on guitar, Red Callender on bass, and Sam "Baby" Lovett on drums), record the titles "Since I've Been With You" (without Cavanaugh), "Out In The Cold Again", "Young Girl Blues", and "On My Way Out" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Since I've Been With You" as a single (Capitol Americana 40008) with "A Porter's Love Song" (recorded on August 26, 1946) on the flipside, "Out In The Cold Again" as a single (Capitol 1896) with the instrumental "Charmaine" (recorded November 14, 1947) on the flipside, "Young Girl Blues" as a single (Capitol 379) with "I'll Get Along Somehow" (recorded August 26, 1946) on the flipside, and "On My Way Out" as a single (Capitol 340) with "Oh Marie" (recorded August 26, 1946) on the flipside.

1955 - Judy Garland records the title "On The Atchison, Topeka & The Santa Fe" in Capitol Records' studios at 5515 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood, California.

1957 - At his first session as a Capitol Records (though he had earlier recorded as a session musician for other Capitol artists), vocalist and guitarist Alvis "Buck" Owens, with a orchestra and chorus (lineups unlisted) records the titles "I Only Know That I Love You", "Sweet Thing", "I Know What It Means" and "Come Back" with producer Ken Nelson in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue "I Only Know That I Love You" and "Sweet Thing" together as a single (Capitol F3957) and "I Know What It Means" and "Come Back" together as a single (Capitol F3824).

1957 - Vocalist Tommy Sands, with an unlisted tenor saxophonist, Merrill Moore on piano, Bob Bain on lead guitar, unlisted bass and drums players and a vocal chorus (lineup unlisted), records the titles "A Swingin' Romance" and "Man Like Wow!" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both titles together as a single (Capitol F3810).

1957 - The King Sisters (vocalists Yvonne, Luise, Marilyn, and Alyce King), with Alvino Rey conducting the orchestra (lineup unlisted), record the titles "Early Autumn", "What's New?", and "Don't Take Your Love For Me" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on the sisters' album "Imagination" (T 919).

1957 - Vocalist Sue Raney, with Warren Barker conducting the orchestra (lineup unlisted), records a new version of the title "Please Hurry Home" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue this version of the title as a single (Capitol F3806) with "Don't Take My Happiness" (recorded May 28, 1957) on the flipside.

1957 - Vocalist Peggy Lee, with Nelson Riddle conducting his own arrangements to the orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the titles "Listen To The Rocking Bird", "It Keeps You Young", a new version of "Uninvited Dream", and "You Don't Know" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Listen To The Rocking Bird" and "Uninvited Dream" together as a single (Capitol F3811), "It Keeps You Young" on Lee's album "All Aglow Again" (T 1366), and have yet to issue "You Don't Know".

65 Years Ago Today In 1961 - Benny Carter conducts his own arrangements to trumpet player Jonah Jones as well as Joe Graves, Conrad Gozzo, Uan Rasey, Shorty Sherock, and Mannie Klein also on trumpet, Milt Bernhart, Joe Howard, Lewis McCreary on trombone, George Roberts on bass trombone, Abe Most on clarinet and alto saxophone, Skeets Herfurt on alto saxophone, Plas Johnson and Babe Russin on tenor saxophone Chuck Gentry on baritone saxophone, Ray Sherman on piano, Jack Marshall on guitar, Mike Rubin on bass, and Nick Fatool on drums as they record the titles "Ciribiribin", "West End Blues", and "Tenderly" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on the album "Jonah Jones With Glen Gray & The Casa Loma Orchestra" (T 1660).

1962 - Vocalist and trumpet player Louis Prima, with vocalist and tenor saxophonist Sam Butera and The Witnesses (listed as possibly Morgan Thomas also on trumpet, Lou Sineaux on trombone, John Nagy on piano, Allan Seltzer on guitar, Roland "Rolly Dee" Diorio on bass, and James Vincent Faraci on drums), peforms the titles "Scuba Diver", "I Want You To Be My Baby", "Shadrack", and "The Next Time" at a show at Harrah's Club in Lake Tahoe, California which was recorded. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Prima's album "Lake Tahoe, Prima Style" (T/ST 1797).

1962 - Dean Elliott does a test session for Capitol Records in Los Angeles, California which was recorded but no details are listed and Capitol Records has yet to issue anything from the session.

1962 - Ernie Shelby, with unlisted others, records the titles "I'm Falling For You", "It's Over Baby", "Tonight You Belong To Me", and "That I'm In Love With You" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Tonight You Belong To Me" and "That I'm In Love With You" together as a single (Capitol 4879) and have yet to issue the other two titles.

1962 - The Storytellers (lineup unlisted) record the titles "I Don't Want To Be An Angel" and "Your Love" in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records which has yet to issue either title.

1965 - The Beatles are back at The Hollywood Bowl for the last time for a show which was recorded and was used for tracks for the 1977 Capitol Records album "Live At The Hollywood Bowl".

1967 - The Letterman (vocalists Jim Pike, Tony Butala, and Bob Engemann) with unlisted others, records the titles "Up, Up And Away", "Medley: Meditation/Quiet Nights", "Sally Was A Good Girl", and "If She Walked Into My Wife" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on the group's album "The Lettermen!! And "Live"!" (T/ST 2758).

1967 - H. B. Barnum conducts his own arrangements to the orchestra (lineup unlisted) as they record the titles "Bad Luck's n Me", "Baby Love Me", and "Too Young To Know What Love Is" in Los Angeles, California. After vocol overdubs are recorded on October 18, 1967 for "Bad Luck's On Me", and "Baby Love Me", Capitol Records will issue both titles together as a single (Capitol 2036) and, even after vocal overdubs are recorded on September 2, 1967 for "Too Young To Know What Love Is", has yet to issue that title.

1967 - Vocalist and guitarist Wynn Stewart, with Robert Jim Pierce on piano, Phil Baugh, Jimmy Bryant, and Tommy Collins on guitars, Jimmie Collins on steel guitar, Dennis Dean Hromek on bass, and David William Allen on drums, records the titles "Loversville", "It's So Cold In Your House And Lonesome In Mine", "Orange Blossom Special", and "Daddy's Girl" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California between 5:00 PM and 9:00 PM. Capitol Records will issue "Loversville", "It's So Cold In Your House And Lonesome In Mine", and "Daddy's Girl" on Stewart's album "Love's Gonna Happen To Me" (T/ST 2849). Bear Family Records will issue all the titles in Germany in the ten CD box set "Wishful Thinking" (BCD 15886).

1967 - Roy Hamilton, with unlisted others, records the title "And Now You're Gone", "Wait Until Dark", "Let This World Be Free", and "Impossible" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue "Wait Until Dark" and "Let This World Be Free" together as a single (Capitol 2057) and have yet to issue either of the other titles.

55 Years Ago Today In 1971 - Bloodrock (Steve Hill on keyboards and vocals, Nick Taylor on guitrar and vocals, Lee Pickens on guitar, Ed Grundy on bass and vocals, Rick Cobb on drums and percussion, and Jim Rutledge on vocals) co-produces and records the titles "It's A Sad World" and "Rock And Roll Candy Man" at The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California with co-producer John Palladino and engineers John Wilson and Cecil Jones. Capitol Records will issue the first three titles on the group's album "Bloodrock U.S.A." (SMAS-645).

1972 - John Lennon, on vocals, guitar, and keyboards, with Gary Van Scyoc on bass, Jim Keltner and Rick Frank on drums, Adam Ippolito and Yoko Ono also on keyboards, Wayne "Tex" Gabriel on lead guitar, and Stan Bronstein on saxophone, performs the titles "New York City", "It's So Hard", "Well, Well, Well", "Instant Karma (We All Shine On)", "Mother", "Come Together", "Imagine", "Cold Turkey" with the addition of John Ward on bass and Frank Zappa and The Mothers Of Invention (lineup unlisted), "Hound Dog", and "Give Peace A Chance" during two live concerts, one in the afternoon and one in the evening, to benefit the Willowbrook State School for Retarded Children in New York, at friend Geraldo Rivera's request, at Madison Square Gardens that was recorded. Rivera introduces Lennon and Ono at the beginning of the album, and he is referenced in Lennon's impromptu revised lyrics in the opening song, "New York City". Apple Record will issue the recording on the album "John Lennon - Live In New York City" (SV-12451) on February 10, 1986 with Capitol Records distributing it in the United States. The benefit concerts, billed as One to One, also featured other performers in addition to Lennon, including Stevie Wonder, Roberta Flack, Melanie Safka and Sha-Na-Na, although their performances are not included on this album, nor on the simultaneous video release.

1977 - Vocalist Natalie Cole, with unlisted others, records the titles "La Costa" and "Annie Mae" in Los Angeles, California. After overdubs are recorded from September 19 to 23, 1977, Capitol Records will issue both titles on Cole's album "Thankful" (SW-11708).

1982 - Prism (lineup unlisted) record the title "I Will Always Love You" in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records which has yet to issue the title.

1982 - Vocalist and guitarist Bob Seger and The Silver Bullet Band (lineup unlisted) record the title "We Never Know" in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records which has yet to issue the title.

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1937 - Decca Records founder Jack Kapp signed MGM starlet and future Capitol Records artist Judy Garland to her first professional recording contract.

1982 - During four sessions held this day in an unlisted studio, Little Steven and The Disciples Of Soul (lineup unlisted) record the titles "Lyin' In A Bed Of Fire" and "Inside Me" at the first session, "Until The Good Is Gone", "Men Without Women", and "Under The Gun" at the second session, "Save Me", "Princess Of Little Italy", and "Angel Eyes" at the third session, and "Forever" and "I've Been Waiting" at the fouth session. EMI-America Records, a subsidiary of Capitol Records, will issue "Lyin' In A Bed Of Fire", "Until The Good Is Gone", "Men Without Women", "Under The Gun", "Save Me", "Angel Eyes", "Forever" and "I've Been Waiting" on the group's album "Men Without Women" (ST-17086). No issuing information is listed for "Inside Me" and "Princess Of Little Italy".

AUGUST 29, 2025

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80 Years Ago Today In 1946 - During a split session held this day in Los Angeles, California with Paul Weston and his Orchestra (lineup unlisted but including trumpet, trombone, reed, piano, celeste, guitar, bass and drum players) first The Pied Pipers (vocalists June Hutton, Chuck Lowry, Hal Hopper, and Clark Yocum) record the titles "Either It's Love Or It Isn't" and "Walkin' Away With My Heart" then Johnny Mercer and The Pied Pipers record the the titles "Winter Wonderland" and a rejected take of "Baby, I'm True To You". Capitol Records will initially release "Either It's Love Or It Isn't" and "Walkin' Away With My Heart" together as a single (Capitol 306) and "Winter Wonderland" as a single (Capitol 316) with "A Gal In Calico" (recorded September 27, 1945) on the flipside.

1947 - The King Cole Trio (Nat "King" Cole on piano and vocals, Oscar Moore on guitar, Johnny Miller on bass) record the instrumental "Lament In Chords" and the titles "You've Got Another Heart On Your Hands", "Baby I Need You", and "Those Things Money Can't Buy" at Radio Recorders' studios at 932 North Western Avenue in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue "Lament In Chords" on the transcription disc B392 and "Those Things Money Can't Buy" as a single (Capitol 15011) with "Now He Tells Me" (recorded August 28, 1947) on the flipslide. Mosaic Records will issue all the songs in the CD box set "The Complete Capitol Recordings Of The Nat King Cole Trio" (MR27-138 on vinyl and MD18-138 on CD).

1947 - Vocalist Eddie Kirk, with Cliffie Stone and His Orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the titles "(My Love For You) Rolls On Like The World", "Judy", "Those Dark Clouds Don't Bother Me", and "Memories Are My Souvenirs" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Judy" and "Memories Are My Souvenirs" together as a single (Capitol Americana 40046), "Those Dark Clouds Don't Bother Me" as a single (Capitol Americana 40069) with "Sad And Blue" (recorded November 4, 1947) on the flipside, and has yet to issue "(My Love For You) Rolls On Like The World".

1947 - Alto saxophonist Joe Lutcher and His Band (Karl George on trumpet, Bill Ellis on tenor saxophone, Leon Beck on baritone saxophone, L. H. Morrow on piano, Ulysses Livingstone on guitar, Bea Booker on bass, and Booker Hart on drums) record the titles "Shuffle Boogie", "Sunday Blues" with vocals by Joe Lutcher, "Lucy Lindy Boogie", and "Stratocruiser" in Los Angles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Shuffle Boogie" as a single (Capitol Americana 40071) with "Be Bop Blues" (recorded October 22, 1947) on the flipside, "Sunday Blues" and "Stratocruiser" together as a single (Capitol Americana 40052), and "Lucy Lindy Boogie" as a single (Capitol 15361) with "Sauterne Special" (recorded November 21, 1947) on the flipside.

1954 - Dave Cavanaugh, A&R Representative for Capitol Records, announces that The Four Keys, formerly with Aladdin Records, have been signed to Capitol.

1955 - Judy Garland, with an orchestra conducted by Jack Cathcart, records the track "Carolina In The Morning", for her Capitol Records album "Miss Show Business", at Capitol Records' Melrose Avenue Studios in Hollywood, California.

1958 - Freddy Martin conducts His Orchestra (lineup unlisted) as they record the titles "Accent On Youth", "Boo Hoo", "Moonlight Serenade", and "Sugar Blues" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Martin and His Orchestra's album "Salute To The Smooth Bands" (T/ST 1116).

1962 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Ramblin' Rose" is #12 on KIMN 950 AM's The Denver Tiger Hit Parade in Denver Colorado.

1962 - Vocalist Lou Rawls, with an orchestra (lineup unlisted) using arrangements by Rene Hall, records the title "Nobody", "Be Honest With Me", and "Run, Do Not Walk" in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records which has yet to issue any of the titles.

1962 - Vocalist Tex Ritter, with Ralph Carmichael conducting an orchestra and chorus (lineups unlisted), records the titles "Coo-Se-Coo" and "Cookson Hills" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both titles together as a single (Capitol 4849).

1962 - January Jones, with unlisted others, records the titles "Love Me Or Leave Me", "Mr. Wonderful", "My Heart Belongs To Daddy" and "Medley" in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records which has yet to issue any of the titles.

1962 - Vocalist Cindy Malone, with Jimmie Haskell conducting his own arrangements to the orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the titles "Little By Little" and "Release Me" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both titles together as a single (Capitol 4861).

1963 - Vocalist Jean Shepard, with Jerry D. Smith on piano, Thomas Grady Martin on lead guitar, Ray Edenton on rhythm guitar, Hal Rugg on steel guitar, Murrey M. "Buddy" Harman Jr. on drums, and (listed as probably) the vocal chorus by The Anita Kerr Singers, records the titles "A Tear Dropped By", "When Your House Is Not A Home", "I Can't Cry Him Away", and "That's What Lonesome Is" at the Columbia Recording Studio in Nashville, Tennessee between 7:00 PM and 10:00 PM. Capitol Records will issue "A Tear Dropped By" as a single (Capitol 5304) with "He Plays The Bongos (I Play The Banjo" (recorded January 27, 1964) on the flipside , "When Our House Is Not A Home" and "That's What Lonesome Is" together as a single (Capitol 5062), "A Tear Dropped By" and "When Your House Is Not A Home" also on Shepard's album "Heart, We Did All We Could" (T/ST 2690), and "I Can't Cry Him Away" on Shepard's album "Your Forevers" (T/ST 2765).

1965 - Capitol Records president Alan Livingston presents The Beatles gold records for their soundtrack album "Help!" at the end of a press conference that was recorded for possible use as a promotional record, and also filmed. Later that night, The Beatles perform the first of two concerts at The Hollywood Bowl that will happen over two consecutive nights. Recordings of some of these performances will appear when Capitol Records releases "Live At The Hollywood Bowl" in 1977.

60 Years Ago Today In 1966 - The Beatles perform their last live concert in the United States with a show at Candlestick Park in San Francisco, California. The last song was "Long Tall Sally." At Paul McCartney's request, the audio of the show was recorded to tape.

1967 - Vocalist and guitarist Wynn Stewart, with Robert Jim Pierce on piano, Phil Baugh and Tommy Collins on guitars, Jimmie Collins on steel guitar, Dennis Dean Hromek on bass, and David William Allen on drums, records the titles "Make Big Love" and "Waltz Of The Angels" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California between 1:00 PM and 4:00 PM. After Wynn Steward records vocal and guitar overdubs for "Waltz Of The Angels" on August 31, 1967, Capitol Records will issue both titles on Stewart's album "Love's Gonna Happen To Me" (T/ST 2849) and "Waltz Of The Angels" as a single (Capitol 2012) with "Love's Gonna Happen To Me" (recorded August 31, 1967) on the flipside.

1972 - Johnny Cunningham, with unlisted others, records the titles "Mr. Jerome", "You Take The Blame For The Roses", "Orphan Ford", and "Country Child" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "You Take The Blame For The Roses" as a single (Capitol 3489) with "I Can Feel The Heartache Comin' On" (recorded April 17, 1972) on the flipside and has yet to issue any of the other three titles.

1977 - Vocalist Natalie Cole, with unlisted others, records the titles "Nothing Stronger Than Love" and "Be Thankful" at The Capitol Tower Studios in 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California. After overdubs for "Nothing Stronger Than Love" are recorded on September 19, 20, 21, and 22, 1977 and for "Be Thankful" on August 29, September 20, 21, and 22, 1977, Capitol Records will issue both titles on Cole's album "Thankful" (SW-11708).

20 Years Ago Today In 2006 - The limited 40th Anniversary edition of The Beach Boys' Capitol Records album "Pet Sounds" is due in stores in both a 2 disc green vinyl version and a CD/DVD set with extras.

2025 - Capitol Records releases Bo Staloch's single "Born To".

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1952- Don Schlitz, country/western songwriter (including "The Gambler" and "The Greatest" for Liberty and Capitol Records Nashville recording artist Kenny Rogers and the Broadway musical "The Adventures Of Tom Sawyer"), is born in Durham, North Carolina.

1968 - Dean Martin's father, Gaetano "Guy" Crocetti, dies at age 73.

AUGUST 28, 2026

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1923 - Boots Faye, a singer, guitarist, fiddle player, and a Capitol Records recording artist, is born Grace Eloise Tartsch in Springfield, Missouri.

1928 - "Texas" Bill Strength, a singer, guitarist, radio personality and a Capitol Records recording artist (1953-1956) is born in Bessemer, Alabama.

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80 Years Ago Today In 1946 - During two sessions held this day in Los Angeles, California, Paul Weston conducts his own arrangements to his orchestra and a string section (lineups unlisted) as they record the titles "You Go To My Head" and "All The Things You Are" at the first session and the titles "Deep Purple", "Somebody Loves Me", and a new take of "East Of The Sun (West Of The Moon)" at the second session. Capitol Records will initially issue all the titles on Paul Weston and His Orchestra's album "Music For Memories" (BD-37). All the titles will be re-recorded in October 1958 in stereo and released by Capitol on a new album still titled "Music For Memories" (ST 1222).

1947 - Vocalist Hal Derwin and His Orchestra (lineup unlisted) record the titles "The Little Old Mill", "My, How Time Goes By", "Sissy", and "Five Foot Two, Eyes Of Blue" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "The Little Old Mill" and "My, How Time Goes By" together as a single (Capitol 469), "Sissy" as a single (Capitol 15160) with "At The Flying 'W'" (recorded November 14, 1947) on the flipside, and have yet to issue "Five Foot Two, Eyes Of Blue". The Armed Forces Radio Service will issue "The Little Old Mill" and "My, How Time Goes By" on transcription disc BML P-880.

1947 - The King Cole Trio (Nat "King" Cole on piano and vocals, Oscar Moore on guitar, and Johnny Miller on bass), records the titles "I'm A Little Ashamed", a remake of "Now He Tells Me", and "That's A Natural Fact" in Radio Recorders' studios at 932 North Western Avenue in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue the take of "Now He Tells Me" recorded on this date as a single (Capitol 15011) with "Those Things Money Can't Buy" (recorded August 29, 1947) on the flipside and "That's A Natural Fact" as a single (Capitol 15320) with "Flo And Joe" (recorded November 7, 1947) on the flipside. Mosaic Records will issue all the titles in the box set "The Complete Capitol Recordings Of The Nat King Cole Trio" (MR 27-138 on vinyl and MD18-138 on CD).

1947 - Vocalist and trumpet player Bobby Sherwood, with Frank De Vol and His Orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the titles "I'm A Dreamer, Aren't We All?", "Julie", and "Blue River" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "I'm A Dreamer, Aren't We All?" and "Julie" together as a single (Capitol 468) and have yet to issue "Blue River.

1948 - Pee Wee Hunt's Capitol Records single "Twelfth Street Rag", with "Somebody Else, Not Me" on the flipside, hits #1 on the U.S. singles charts where it stays for 8 weeks and becomes the biggest hit of Capitol Records’ first 10 years.

70 Years Ago Today In 1956 - Gordon Jenkins conducts his orchestra and The Ralph Brewster Singers (lineups unlisted) as they record "The Song Has Ended", "So Beats My Heart", "Moon Over Miami", and "How Are Things In Glocca Morra?" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra's album "Night Dreams" (T 781).

65 Years Ago Today In 1961 - Milton Kilpatrick records the titles "Up To My Ears In Tears", "When I Met You", and "Just A Doggone Dream" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will initially issue "Up to My Ears In Tears" and "When I Met You" together as a single (Capitol 4634) and has yet to issue "Just A Doggone Dream".

65 Years Ago Today In 1961 - Capitol Records releases Buck Owens' album "Buck Owens Sings Harlan Howard" that was produced by Ken Nelson.

1962- During two sessions held this day in Los Angeles, California, vocalist Vic Damone, with (listed as possibly) Jack Marshall conducting his own arrangements to the orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the titles "I'm Nobody's Baby", "Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby", and "Baby, Baby All The Time" at the first session and "Everybody Loves My Baby", "All Right, Okay, You Win", "My Melancholy Baby", "My Baby Just Cares For Me", and "An Affair To Remember" at the second session. Capitol Records will issue nothing that was recorded at these sessions and Vic Damone will re-record all the titles at later dates. Music For Pleasure will issue the version of "An Affair To Remember" recorded on this day in England on Damone's album "On The Street Where You Live" (CDSL-8277).

1962 - Wayne Rooks, with unlisted others, records the titles "Two Crazy Kids", "A Postcard From Paris", "Vaya Con Dios", and "Fraternity Pin" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue "A Postcard From Paris" and "Fraternity Pin" together as a single (Capitol 4866) and have yet to issue the other two titles.

1962 - Vocalist Jean Shepard, with Thomas Grady Martin on lead guitar, Harold Ray Bradley on guitar, probably Hal Ruggs on steel guitar, probably The Anita Kerr Singers (vocal chorus with unlisted lineup), and unlisted others, records the titles "Nobody Likes You", "Lake Lonely", "It's Never Too Late", and "One Less Heartache" at the Columbia Recording Studio in Nashville, Tennessee between 1:00 PM and 4:00 PM. Capitol Records will issue "It's Never Too Late" and "One Less Heartache" together as a single (Capitol 4858). Bear Family Records will issue all the titles in Germany in the five-CD box set "Jean Shepard - The Melody Ranch Girl" (BCD 15905).

1965 - The Beach Boys' Capitol Records single "California Girls" peaks at #3 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart.

60 Years Ago Today In 1966 - Capitol Records releases The Beatles' album "Revolver".

1967 - Vocalist and guitarist Wynn Stewart, with Robert Jim Pierce on piano, Robert Edrington (as "Bobby Wayne") on lead guitar, Tommy Collins on guitar, Jimmie Collins on steel guitar, Dennis Dean Hromek on bass, and David William Allen on drums, record the titles "Down Came The World", Mama's Gone Home", "In Love", and "Above And Beyond" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California between 1:00 PM and 4:30 PM. Capitol Records will issue "Down Came The World" and "Above And Beyond" on Stewart's album "Love's Gonna Happen To Me" (T/ST 2849) and "In Love" as a single (Capitol 2240) with "My Own Little World" (recorded January 4, 1968) on the flipside and on Wynn Stewart And The Tourists' album "In Love" (ST-113). Bear Family Records will issue all the titles in Germany in the ten CD box set "Wynn Stewart - Wishful Thinking" (BCD 15886).

1967 - At two sessions held this day at The Buck Owens Studios in Bakersfield, California with producer Ken Nelson, vocalist and guitar player Buck Owens and His Buckaroos (lineup unlisted) record the titles "How Long Will My Baby Be Gone?", "Swingin' Doors", "Long, Long Ago", "and "Sing A Happy Song" at the first session and "Let The World Keep On A Turnin'", "The Girl On Sugar Pie's Lane", and "We Were Made For Each Other" at the second session. Capitol Records will issue "How Long Will My Baby Be Gone?" as a single (Capitol 2080) with "Everybody Needs Somebody" (recorded June 6, 1967) on the flipside and, along with "Swingin' Doors", "The Girl On Sugar Pie's Lane", on Owens' album "Sweet Rosie Jones" (ST 2962), "Long, Long Ago", "Let The World Keep On A Turnin'", and "We Were Made For Each Other" on Owens' album "It Takes People Like You To Make People Like Me" (T/ST 2841), and, after overdubs are recorded on August 31, 1967, "Sing A Happy Song" on Buck Owens And His Buckaroos' album "I've Got You On My Mind Again" (ST-131).

1972 - Billy May conducts The Time-Life Orchestra (lineup unlisted) as they record the titles "I Say A Little Prayer", "September Song", "The Shadow Of Your Smile" featuring Bob Bain on guitar, and "The Widows Of The World" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California. Time-Life Records will issue all the titles as part of their "As You Remember Them" series with "I Say A Little Prayer", "September Song" and "The Shadow Of Your Smile" in the three LP set "Volume 3 - Billy May" (STL 243) and "The Widows Of The World" in the three LP set "Volume 5 - Billy May" (STL-245).

1987 - Lorelei (lineup unlisted) records the title "Other Side Of Midnight" for Capitol Records. No issuing information is listed.

1999 - Early "Wee Willy" Williams, guitarist and member of the Capitol Records group Gene Vincent and His Blue Caps, dies in Manatee, FL

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45 Years Ago Today In 1981 - Kasim Sulton records the titles "Evil", "Roll The Dice", and "Give Him Up". EMI America Records will release "Evil" and "Roll The Dice" on Sultan's album "Kasim" (ST-17063). "Give Him Up" is eventually released by Slick Music on CD on Sulton's album "The Basement Tapes" (SM-003).

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1917 - Jack Kirby, soldier and iconic comic book artist and writer, is born Jack Kurtzberg in New York City, New York.

1937 - Martin Johan Nielsen, Jr., my father, is born in Chicago, Illinois. This will be the thirteenth year he hasn't been with us and I still can't tell you how much I miss him.

AUGUST 27, 2026

HAPPY BIRTHDAYS!

1937 - Tommy Sands, a singer, actor, former husband of Nancy Sinatra, and a Capitol Records artist, is born Thomas Adrian Sands in Chicago, Illinois.

1940 - Dickie Harrell, the original drummer with the Capitol Records group Gene Vincent and His Blue Caps and a Capitol Records solo artist, is born Richard C. Harrell in Portsmouth, Virginia.

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80 Years Ago Today In 1946 - Frank De Vol conducts his own arrangements to his orchestra (lineup unlisted) as they record the titles "If You Are But A Dream" and "The Breeze And I" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will initially release both titles on Frank De Vol and His Orchestra's album "Classics In Modern" (CC-88).

1947 - The King Cole Trio (Nat "King" Cole on piano and vocals, Oscar Moore on guitar, and Johnny Miller on bass), records the title "Nursery Rhymes (Medley): Mary Had A Little Lamb/London Bridge/Go In And Out The Window/Pop Goes The Weasel", then (with Pinto Colvig adding sound effects) records the titles "Old MacDonald Had A Farm", "The Three Trees", and lastly record the instrumental "Laguna Mood" at Radio Recorders' studios at 932 North Western Avenue in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will release the first three songs on Cole's album "Nat King Cole For Kids" (DC-89) and "Laguna Mood" as a single (Capitol 15201) with "The Christmas Song" (recorded August 19, 1946, in New York City) on the flipside.

1947 - Vocalist Hal Derwin and His Orchestra (lineup unlisted) record the titles "Home Is Where The Heart Is" and "Kate, Have I Come To Early Too Late?" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both titles together as a single (Capitol 467) and The Armed Forces Radio Service will issue both titles on transcription disc (BML P-880).

1947 - Jan Garber and His Orchestra (lineup unlisted), featuring vocalist Em Reardon, record the title "And Mimi" and "I Still Get Jealous for The Capitol Records Transcription Service probably at "The Chateau" on De Longpre near Vine Street in Hollywood, California.

1948 - The King Cole Trio perform in Portland, Oregon.

1948 - During two sessions held this day for The Capitol Records Transcription Service, pianist Mario Ruiz Armengol records unlisted titles. No issuing information is listed.

75 Years Ago Today In 1951 - Vocalists Margaret Whiting and Jimmy Wakely, with an orchestra (lineup unlisted), record the titles "Let's Live A Little" and "I Don't Want To Be Free" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will initially issue both titles together as a single (Capitol 5-1816).

1952 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Somewhere Along The Way" is #8 and Cole's single "Walkin' My Baby Back Home" is #20 on The Billboard magazine's Records Most Played By Disk Jockeys chart, "Somewhere Along The Way" is also #10 and his single "Walkin' My Baby Back Home" is also #17 on the magazine's Best Selling Pop Singles chart.

1953 - Vocalist and guitarist Tex Ritter, with Margie Ann "Fiddlin' Kate" Warren on fiddle, Billy Liebert on accordion, Merle Travis and Wesley Tuttle on guitar, Wesley "Speedy" West on steel guitar, Cliffie Stone on bass, and Roy Harte on drums, records the titles "Let Me Go Devil" and "The Long Black Rifle" in Capitol Records' studios at 5515 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood, California between 8:30 PM and 11:30 PM. Capitol Records will issue both titles together as a single (Capitol 2594 on 10" shellac and F2594 on 7" vinyl).

70 Years Ago Today In 1956 - Buddy DeFranco, with Russ Garcia and His Orchestra, begin two straight days of sessions to record tracks for his album "Broadway Showcase" at The Capitol Tower Studios, in Hollywood, California.

1957 - Vocalist Jack Jones, with Jack Marshall conducting the orchestra and chorus (lineups unlisted), records the titles "Baby Come Home", "Good Luck, Good Buddy", "Born To Be Lucky", and "Suddenly" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Baby Come Home" and "Good Luck, Good Buddy" together as a single (Capitol F3808) and "Born To Be Lucky" as a single (Capitol F3844) with "For Cryin' Out Loud" (recorded October 14, 1947) on the flipside. Pickwick Records will issue "Good Luck, Good Buddy" and "Born To Be Lucky" on Jones' album "Very Precious Love" (PC 3041) and "Suddenly" on Jones' album "This Love Of Mine" (SPC 3001).

1958 - Freddy Martin conducts His Orchestra (lineup unlisted) as they record the titles "Hors D'Oeuvres", "Day Dreams Come True At Night", "Got A Date With An Angel", and "Bubbles In The Wine" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Martin and His Orchestra's album "Salute To The Smooth Bands" (T/ST 1116).

1958 - Les Baxter conducts his own arrangements to His Orchestra (lineup unlisted) as they record the titles "Rain", "Congo Train", "Cairo Bazaar", "Ostrich Hunt", and Jungalero" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Baxter's album "Les Baxter's African Jazz" (T/ST 1117).

1958 - Johnny Otis, with unlisted others, records the titles "Why Don't You Do Right" and "Willie Did The Cha Cha" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the title on the compilation album "Johnny Otis - The Capitol Years" (C1-92858 on 12" vinyl and 7-92858-2 on CD).

1958 - During a session held this day in Los Angeles, California, pianist John Browning will re-record portions of Rimsky-Korsakov's "Flight Of The Bumble Bee" for a take he did on July 30, 1958 and portions of Schubert's "Impromptu In Flat, Opus 42, N° 3" for a take he recorded on August 4, 1958. Capitol Records will issue the final edits of both titles Browning's album "Debut" (P/SP-8464).

1959 - Frank Sinatra records the tracks "It's Alright With Me" and "C'est Magnifique" with arranger Nelson Riddle conducting the orchestra at 20th Century Fox studios in Los Angeles, California for the soundtrack of the motion picture "Can Can" whose soundtrack album will be released by Capitol Records in 1960.

1962 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Ramblin' Rose" is #13 on KYA 1260 AM's The Official KYA Top 30 survey in San Francisco, California.

1963 - "The Nat 'King' Cole Revue," begins a five-day engagement at the Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera at The Civic Arena in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania going until September 1.

1967 - Brian Epstein, a record store owner and the manager of The Beatles, dies of a drug overdose while the band is in Bangor, Wales visiting Maharishi Mahesh Yogi to learn about transcendental meditation.

1982 - Prism (lineup unlisted) record the title "We Gotta Get Out Of Here" in (listed as possibly) Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records which has yet to issue the title.

1990 - Capitol Records Nashville release Garth Brooks' album "No Fences" and television soundtrack album "Call Me Claus".

2002 - Capitol Records releases Coldplay's second album "A Rush Of Blood To The Head".

2002 - Capitol Records releases Grand Funk Railroad's compilation four CD limited box set "Trunk Of Funk" which contains the band's first four Capitol Records albums.

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1957 - Vocalist Thurston Harris and The Sharps (vocalists, lineup unlisted but members of Harris' former group The Lamplighters), with Earl Palmer on drums, Plas Johnson on tenor saxophone, and Pete Lewis on electric guitar, record the title "Little Bitty Pretty One" at Masters Recording's studios in Hollywood, California for Aladdin Records. EMI will purchase Aladdin's catalog which will be reissued by EMI-America in the United States and Capitol Records will issue the title on the multi-artist compilation album "Let The Good Times Roll - Early Rock Classics 1952-1958" (SQ-12452). EMI-America will issue the title on Harris' compilation album "Little Bitty Pretty One" (SQ-17237) for which I designed the packaging under the art direction of Henry Marquez.

1965 - The Beatles meet, talk and play music with Elvis Presley at his home in Bel Air, California for the first and only time and later party with members of The Byrds and actor Peter Fonda.

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1990 - Steve Ray Vaughn, guitarist, is killed shortly after midnight in a helicopter crash after a show in Alpine Valley, Wisconsin at age 45. He is later buried at Laurel Land Cemetery in Dallas, Texas.