JULY 3, 2026

HAPPY BIRTHDAYS!

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

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

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

ON THIS DAY NOT IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

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

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

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

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

JULY 2, 2026

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

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

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

ON THIS DAY NOT IN CAPITOL HISTORY

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

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

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

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

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

JULY 1, 2026

HAPPY BIRTHDAYS!

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

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

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

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

1975 - Ringo Starr divorces his wife Maureen Cox.

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

JUNE 30, 2026

HAPPY BIRTHDAYS!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

1963 - Brian Epstein signs The Foremost.

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

JUNE 29, 2026

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

JUNE 28, 2026

HAPPY BIRTHDAYS!

1907 - Jimmy Mundy, tenor saxophonist, arranger (for both sides of Capitol Records' first released single, Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra's "I Found A New Baby" and "The General Jumped At Dawn"), and songwriter (including "Travlin' Light" with lyricist and Capitol Records co-founder Johnny Mercer), is born in Cincinnati, Ohio.

1923 - Pete Candoli, Capitol Records session trumpet player (with arrangers Billy May, Nelson Riddle, Don Costa, Gordon Jenkins, and Axel Stordahl; on albums by Frank Sinatra, Peggy Lee, Stan Kenton, and more) and husband (1960-1971) of one time Capitol Records artist Betty Hutton, is born Walter Joseph Candoli in Mishawaka, Indiana. There's a great biographic article about Candoli on the Jazz Professional website.

100 Years Ago Today In 1926 - Mel Brooks, a drummer, comedian, Broadway playwright and producer, television and motion picture screenwriter, director, producer and actor, and a World Pacific and Capitol Records artist (with Carl Reiner on the "2000 Year Old Man" series of comedy albums), is born Melvin Kaminsky in Brooklyn, New York.

90 Years Ago Today In 1936 - Tom Drake (aka Steven Yates), a guitarist, singer, songwriter, and founder of the Capitol Records group The Good Time Singers, is born Thomas Y. Drake in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

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1932 - Erich Kleiber conducts The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra (lineup unlisted) as they record Beethoven's "German Dance #12" in Berlin, Germany for Telefunken Records. Capitol Records will license the masters and issue the title on the album "SCHUBERT - Symphony #7 in C Major/BEETHOVEN - German Dance #2" (EGL-8039 on 78 rpm, KGM-8039 on 45 rpm, and P-8040 on 12" LP).

1945 - Johnny Mercer and The Pied Pipers' (with Paul Weston and His Orchestra) Capitol Records single "On The Atchison, Topeka And The Sante Fe", with "Conversation While Dancing" (with Jo Stafford sharing vocals with Mercer) on the flipside, is #1 on Billboard's Best Sellers in Stores chart.

1948 - Using a script adapted by Alan Livingston, Margaret O'Brien records vocal overdubs and Pinto Colvig records sound effects for the titles "The Frog Prince" and "Beauty And The Beast" in Los Angeles, California. Music tracks will be recorded later in 1948 in Paris, France by an orchestra (lineup unlisted) using music and arrangements by Billy May. Pinto Colvig will record more sound effects and laugh effects wild tracks for both titles on February 14, 1949. Capitol Records will issue the final mix of "The Frog Prince" in the children's album "Margaret O'Brien - Favorite Fairy Tales, Volume 2: The Frog Prince and Little Red Riding Hood" (DAS-143 on 10" shellac and CASF-3025 on 7" vinyl) and the final mix of "Beauty And The Beast" on the children's album "Margaret O'Brien - Favorite Fairy Tales, Volume 3: Beauty And The Beast and The Princess And The Pea" (DAS-3028 on 10" shellac and F30070 on 7" vinyl).

1950 - Jess Stacy and His Trio (Jess Stacy on piano, George Van Eps on guitar, Morty Corb on bass, and Nick Fatool on drums) records the tracks "Careless" (which went unissued until it appeared on the 1997 Mosaic box set "Classic Capitol Jazz Sessions"), "I'll Be Seeing You" (which will be released by Capitol on the album "Classics In Jazz - Piano Stylists"), as well as "Can't We Be Friends" and "Imagination" (which Capitol Records will release together as a single).

1952 - Jane Froman (with orchestra conducted by Sid Feller)'s Capitol Records single "I'll Walk Alone" is #14 up from #19, and Les Paul's Capitol Records single "Carioca" is still #18 on Billboard's Best Selling Retail Records chart.

1952 - Thirteen-year-old pianist and vocalist Frank "Sugar Chile" Robinson, with an orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the titles "Detroit Rag", "St. Louis Blues", the instrumental "Yancey Special", and, with Robinson on celeste, "Hum-Drum Boogie" in Detroit, Michigan. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Robinson's album "Boogie Woogie" (T 589).

1953 - Axel Stordahl and His Orchestra (lineup unlisted) record the titles "Imagination", "Love Letters", "That Old Feeling", and "I'm Getting Sentimental Over You" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue all the titles Stordahl and his orchestra's album "Dreamtime" (EBF-445 on two 7" vinyl discs and H-445 on a 10" vinyl disc).

1957 - The Andrews Sisters (vocalists Laverne Andrews, Maxene Andrews, and Patty Andrews), with Billy May conducting his own arrangements to the orchestra (Conrad Gozzo, Mannie Klein, and Uan Rasey on trumpet, Simon "Si" Zentner, Ed Kusby, and Murray McEachern on trombone, Arthur "Skeets" Herfurt, Wilbur Schwartz, Justin Gordon, Gene Cipriano, and Fred Falensby on saxophones, Bill Miller on piano, Allan Reuss on guitar, Joe Comfort on bass, Milt Holland and David Grupp on drums, and Kathryn Julye on harp), record the titles "I Could Write A Book", "My Romance", "Younger Than Springtime", and "With Every Breath I Take" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California between 12:00 PM and 4:00 PM. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on the sisters' album "Fresh And Fancy-Free" (T 860).

1957 - Carmen Dragon conducts The Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra (lineup unlisted) in Los Angeles, California as they rehearse for a recording session for their Capitol Records album "The Music Of Christmas" to be held the next day on June 29, 1957.

1958 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Looking Back" is #15 on Cash Box magazine's Best Selling Singles chart and #30 on KFWB's Fabulous Forty Survey in Los Angeles, California.

1958 - Vocalist Andy Griffith, with Brownie McGhee on guitar, records the titles "The Crawdad Song" and "The Preacher And The Bear" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue both titles on Griffith's album "Andy Griffith Shouts The Blues And Old Timey Songs" (T/ST 1105).

1962 - During a split session held in Los Angeles, California first vocalists Glen Campbell and Kathy Linden, with unlisted others, record the titles "Sweet Temptation" and "Never" then just Kathy Linden, with unlisted others, records the title "If You Really Love Me (Take Me Home)". Capitol Records have yet to issue either "Sweet Temptation" and "Never" and issued "If You Really Love Me (Take Me Home)" as a single (Capitol 4811) with "There'll Always Be Sadness" (recorded April 12, 1962) on the flipside.

1963 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Those Lazy, Hazy, Crazy Days Of Summer" is #24 on KLIV 1950 AM's 20/20 Sound Survey in San Jose, California.

1964 - The Beach Boys' Capitol Records single "I Get Around", with "Don't Worry Baby" on the flipside, is #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart.

1965 - Red Nichols, a cornet player, bandleader and Capitol Records artist (1956-1960), dies after a sudden heart attack in his suite at the Mint Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada, where he and his band were performing. His ashes are later interred in the Forest Lawn Hollywood Hills cemetery. There's a nice biographic article by "Dr. Progresso" on the Hole In The Web site.

1965 - Capitol Records releases The Beach Boys' album "Summer Days (And Summer Nights), produced by Brian Wilson. The album will enter Billboard's Hot 200 album charts on July 24, 1965 (my fifth birthday) and contains the hits "Help Me, Rhonda" and "California Girls".

1965 - Capitol Records recording artists Bonnie Owens and Merle Haggard are married in Tijuana, Mexico.

60 Years Ago Today In 1966 - Merle Haggard records the tracks "Longer You Wait", "I Can't Stand Me", and "Bottle Let Me Down" at the Capitol Tower Studios in Hollywood, California with producers Ken Nelson and Fuzzy Owen and The Strangers (Roy Nichols, Glen Campbell, Lewis Talley, and Jack Collier on guitar, James Burton on guitar/dobro, Ralph Mooney on steel guitar, Bob Morris, Bert Dodson, Jerry Ward on bass, Helen Price and James Gordon on drums, George French, Glenn D. Hardin on piano, Bonnie Owens and Billy Mize on additional vocals) for Haggard's Capitol Records album "Swinging Doors And The Bottle Let Me Down".

60 Years Ago Today In 1966 - Jackie Gleason conducts the orchestra as they record the track "A Taste Of Honey" for Gleason's Capitol Records album "A Taste Of Brass - For Lovers Only".

1967 - The West Coast Modern Folk Blues Workshop (lineup unlisted), with producer Nick Venet, record the titles "Yellow Brick Trip", "We're Off To See The Wizard", and "Ode To Jackie, Dorothy, and Alyce" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles as by The West Coast Workshop on the album "The Wizard Of Oz And Other Trans Love Trips" (T/ST 2776).

1967 - The Beach Boys (lineup unlisted) record the title "Little Pad In Hawaii" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the title on the group's album "Smiley Smile" (ST 2891).

1967 - Vocalist Al Martino, with unlisted others, records the titles "Forgive Me, My Love", "Love Me Tender", "Darlin'", and "Can't Wait To See You Again" in New York City New York. Capitol Records will issue "Love Me Tender" on Martino's album "Mary In The Morning" (T/ST 2780) and have yet to issue the other three titles.

1967 - Vocalist Wanda Jackson, with The Party Timers (unlisted piano, guitar, rhythm guitar, steel guitar, bass, and drum players and chorus), records the titles "Who Do You Go To?", "My Baby Walked Right Out On Me", "The Half That's Mine", and "A Girl Don't Have To Drink To Have Fun" at Columbia Studio in Nashville, Tennessee with producers Ken Nelson and Kelso Herston.. Capitol Records will issue "Who Do You Go To?" and "The Half That's Mine" on Jackson's album "You'll Always Have My Love" (T/ST 2812), "My Baby Walked Right Out On Me" as a single (Capitol 2151) with "No Place To Go But Home" (recorded June 29, 1967) on the flipside, and "A Girl Don't Have To Drink To Have Fun" as a single (Capitol 2021) with "My Days Are Darker Than Your Nights" (recorded June 26, 1967) on the flipside and on Jackson's album "Cream Of The Crop" (ST 2976).

1972 - Capitol Records registers the master for vocalist Buck Owens' title "You Ain't Gonna Have Ol' Buck To Kick Around No More", which he recorded at Buck Owens Studios in Bakersfield, California, and will issue the tiels as a single (Capitol 3429) with "I Love You So Much It Hurts" (recorded in July 1972 and registered on July 24, 1972) on the flipside as well as on Owens' album "In The Palm Of Your Hand" (ST-11136).

1972 - Vocalist Merle Haggard, with unlisted others, records the titles "I Wonder Where I'll Find You Tonight" and "My Woman Keeps Lovin' Her Man" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both titles on Haggard's album "It's Not Love (But It's Not Bad)" (ST-11127).

1977 - Richard Torrance, with unlisted others, records the title "Secrets Of Your Soul" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the title on Torrance's album "Double Take" (SW-11699).

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

1977 - Mel McDaniel, with unlisted others, records the titles "Roll Your Own" and "Plastic Girl" in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue "Roll Your Own" as a single (Capitol 4481) with "The Soul Of A Honky Tonk Woman" (recorded June 29, 1977) on the flipside and both titles on McDaniel's album "Gentle To Your Senses" (ST-11694).

1985 - Mischa Spoliansky (born Dec 28, 1898 in Russia), British composer who wrote the scores for several British films including "Saint Joan" (1957) whose soundtrack was released by Capitol Records, dies of natural causes in London, England at age 86.

1988 - Poison's Capitol Records album "Open Up And Say Ahh!" is certified Gold and Platinum by the R.I.A.A.

1992 - Howard Roberts, guitarist and Capitol Records artist (1963-1969), dies in Seattle, Washington at age 62.

1993 - The first recording session for Frank Sinatra's "Duets" album is held at The Capitol Tower Studios, but slight case of laryngitis and anxiety about being isolated in a sound booth causes Sinatra not to be able to perform. But four days later, after a special platform is built amongst the musicians and a hand mike is used for his vocals, Sinatra feels at ease and records nine tracks in five hours.

1997 - Mrs. Miller (born Elva Ruby Connes), Capitol Records artist, dies at age 89 in Vista, California.

2005 - Capitol Records releases Megadeth's greatest hits album "Back To The Start".

20 Years Ago Today In 2006 - Capitol Records artist Corinne Bailey Rae appears on "The Tonight Show With Jay Leno".

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1942 - Roger Gambill, singer, member of The Kingston Trio (1973-1985) after they group left Capitol Records, is born.

1952 - Al Martino (with orchestra conducted by Monty Kelly)'s BBS Records single "Here In My Heart" is #2 down from #1 on Billboard's Best Selling Retail Records chart.

1967 - The motion picture "The Family Way", with musical score composed by Paul McCartney, premieres in the United States.

35 Years Ago Today In 1991 - "Paul McCartney's Liverpool Oratorio" debuts at Liverpool's Anglican Cathedral. McCartney co-wrote the 90-minute work with American-born composer Carl Davis to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Liverpool's Royal Philharmonic. The piece will later be released by Capitol Recorsd on an album.

25 Years Ago Today In 2001 - The Country Radio Broadcasters awards former Capitol Records artist Buck Owens their Career Achievement Award with Brad Paisley making the presentation.

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1902 - Richard Rodgers, Broadway and motion picture composer (first with lyricst Lorenz Hart, then with Oscar Hammerstein II, and then on his own) is born Richard Charles Rodgers in New York City, New York. Capitol Records released the original Broadway cast album for Rodgers' "No Strings". His works have also been covered by many Capitol Records artist and are the basis for two compilation CDs released by Capitol - "Isn't It Romantic: Capitol Sings Rodgers and Hart" and "Hello, Young Lovers: Capitol Sings Rogers and Hammerstein".

1937 - Sonja Henie leaves her skate prints in cement at Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, California at ceremony #38.

1985 - Route 66, the 59 year-old highway of 2,200 miles of blacktop and inspiration for Bobby Troup's song "Route 66" and the television show of the same name, whose instrumental theme song was written and recorded by Capitol Records artist Nelson Riddle and released by Capitol, is decertified as a U.S. highway.

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1924 - Lloyd George (aka Ken Marvin), singer, guitarist, banjo and mandolin player, Capitol Records artist (1949 - as the first Lonzo in the Country duo Lonzo and Oscar and as a solo artist using the name Ken Marvin) and Imperial Records artist (1962 - using his own name), is born Lloyd Leslie George in Cordova, Walker County, Alabama. Peter J. Gossett runs a comprehensive site on the life of Lloyd George.

1958 - Lisa Germano, singer, songwriter, violinist, and Capitol Records artist (1994), is born in Mishawaka, Indiana.

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1942 - The July 4, 1942 issue of Billboard hits the newstands today with an article about the first 6 singles set to be released by Capitol in two days on June 29, 1942.

1942 - Bruce Johnston, Grammy award-winning songwriter, keyboardist, bass player and vocalist with The Capitol Records band The Beach Boys, born Benjamin Baldwin in Peoria, Illinois on June 24, 1944, is adopted and has his name changed to Bruce Arthur Johnston.

1947 - At a split session held in Los Angeles, California with Paul Weston and His Orchestra (lineup unlisted but includes a string section) first The Pied Pipers (vocalists June Hutton, Chuck Lowry, Hal Hopper, and Clark Yocum) record the title "The Whiffenpoof Song" then vocalist Jo Stafford records the titles "Love And The Weather" (with the addition of a fiddle and rhythm section Weston's ork is listed as Paul Weston's Mountain Boys) and "Fuedin', Fussin' And Fightin'" with The Starlighters (vocal group with an unlisted lineup). Capitol Records will issue "The Whiffenpoof Song" on the various artist compilation album "Campus Capers" (BD-58), and "Fuedin', Fussin' And Fightin'" and "Love And The Weather" together as a single (Capitol 443).

1952 - Stan Freberg records vocal overdubs for the two parts of "The Noisy Eater" in Los Angeles, California using a script adapted by Alan Livingston on to tracks recorded by Jerry Lewis with the Buddy Cole Orchestra and other unlisted vocal artists on April 3, 1952. Capitol Records will issue the final mix of both parts on Lewis' children's album "The Noisy Eater" (CAS-3120).

1952 - Pianist and vocalist Frank "Sugar Chile" Robinson, with unlisted other musicians, records the titles "Whoop, Whoop", the instrumental "Lazy Boy's Boogie", "Frustration Boogie" and "Go, Boy, Go" in Detroit, Michigan. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Robinson's album "Boogie Woogie" (T 589).

1952 - Violinsit Camille Wicks, with Sixten Ehrling conducting The Stockholm Radio Symphony Orchestra (lineup unlisted), records Sibelius' "Concerto In D Minor For Violin, Opus 47" in two parts in Stockholm, Sweden for Telefunken Records. After licensing Telefunken's catalog for release in the United States, Capitol Records will issue both parts on the album "SIBELIUS - Concerto In D Minor, Op. 47 For Violin and Orchestra".

1953 - Les Baxter and His Orchestra's Capitol Records single "April In Portugal is still #3 on Billboard's Best Selling Retail Records chart, Les Paul and Mary Ford's Capitol Records single "Vaya Con Dios" is #7 up from #10, Les Baxter and His Orchestra's Capitol Records single "Ruby" is still at #11, Kay Starr (with orchestra conducted by Harold Mooney)'s Capitol Records single "Half A Photograph" is #13 up from #15 and its flipside "Allez-Vous-En" enters the top 20 at #15, and Pee Wee Hunt and His Orchestra's Capitol Records single "Oh!" enters the chart at #20. Also, Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Pretend" is #11 on Cash Box magazine's Best Selling Singles chart and #13 on The Billboard magazine's Top Popular Records Most Played In Juke Boxes chart. Cole's single "Can't I?" is #7 on The Billboard magazine's Top R&B Records Most Played In Juke Boxes chart. His single "Return To Paradise" debuts at #9 on Billboard's Territorial Best Sellers charts for Washington, D.C./Baltimore, Maryland and Seattle, Washington. Cole's singles "I Am In Love" is #4 and "Pretend" is #6 on The Billboard magazine's R&B Territorial Best Sellers chart for New York City, New York. Also on Cash Box magazine's Best Selling Singles chart, Cole's single "My Flaming Heart" is #24, its flipside, "I Am In Love" is #43, and "Pretend"'s flipside, "Can't I" is #48.

1957 - Harpist Stella Castellucci, with unlisted others, records the titles "Dancing On The Ceiling", "Autumn In New York", "Time On My Hands", "The Boy Next Door" and "Spring Is Here" in Los Angeles, California. None of the titles recorded on this date have yet to be issued by Capitol Records. New takes of all the titles will be recorded on July 26, 1957 but Capitol Records have yet to issue any of those recordings, too.

1957 - Vocalist Ethel Ennis, with an orchestra (lineup unlisted but includes trumpet, trombone, saxophone, and rhythm section players), records the titles "Takin' A Chance On Love", "The Song Is Ended", "I Still Get A Thrill", and "That's Where I Shine" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue "Takin' A Chance On Love", "The Song Is Ended", "I Still Get A Thrill" on Ennis' album "Change Of Scenery" (T 941) and has yet to issue "That's Where I Shine".

1957 - Composer Johnny Richards conducts his own arrangements to His Orchestra (Burt Collins, Jerry Kail, Paul Cohen, and Doug Mettome on trumpets, Jimmy Cleveland, Jim Dahl, and Frank Rehak on trombones, Al Antonucci on French horn, Jay McAllister on tuba, Gene Quill on alto saxophone, Frank Socolow on tenor saxophone, Billy Slapin on baritone saxophone and piccolo,; Shelly Gold on bass saxophone, Hank Jones on piano, Chet Amsterdam on bass, Maurice Marks on drums, and Willie Rodriguez on tympani) as they record the titles "Nipigon", "The Ballad Of Tappan Zee", and "Nina Never Knew" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue "Nipigon" and "The Ballad Of Tappan Zee" on Richard's album "Wide Range" (T 885) and have yet to issue the take of "Nina Never Knew" which was rejected and re-recorded on July 8, 1957.

1957 - At the beginning of two straight days of sessions, Leopold Stokowski conducts The London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus as they record Debussy's "Nocturnes" in EMI's Abbey Road Studios' Studio N° 1 in London England. Capitol Records will issue the title on the album "DEBUSSY - Nocturnes/RAVEL - Rapsodie Espagnole" (P/SP-8520).

65 Years Ago Today In 1961 - Peggy Lee, with arranger Quincy Jones conducting the studio orchestra (an unknown flute french horn and string sections, Dennis Budimir on guitar, Max Bennett on bass, Victor Feldman on piano and vibraphones, Stan Levey on drums, and Francisco "Cino" Ponzo on bongos and congas) records the tracks "Smile" and "I Get Along Without You Very Well" with producer Dave Cavanaugh at the last session for her Capitol Records album "If You Go" which was held in The Capitol Tower Studios in Hollywood, California.

65 Years Ago Today In 1961 - Singer Nancy Wilson and alto saxophonist Cannonball Adderley, with Nat Adderley on cornet, Louis Hayes on drums, Sam Jones on bass and Joe Zawinul on piano, begin two days (the next being June 29, 1961) of recording sessions with producers Tom Morgan and Andy Wiswell in New York City, New York for their Capitol Records album "Nancy Wilson/Cannonball Adderley" which will be released in September 1962.

1962 - Jackie Gleason's Capitol Records albums "Music, Martinis, and Memories" and "Music for Lovers Only" are both certified Gold by the R.I.A.A. as is The Kingston Trio's Capitol Records album "String Along".

1962 - The Lettermen (vocalist Jim Pike, Tony Butala, and Bob Engemann), with unlisted musicians, record the titles "For All We Know", "Silly Boy (She Doesn't Love You)", "I Told The Stars", and "Again" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records has yet to issue "For All We Know" and will issue "Silly Boy (She Doesn't Love You)" and "I Told The Stars" together as a single (Capitol 4810), "Again" as a single (Capitol 4851) with "A Tree In The Meadow" (recorded February 15, 1962) on the flipside, and all three titles on the group's album "Jim, Tony And Bob" (T/ST 1761).

1962 - Sammy Lowe records the titles "Bye, Bye Love", "Young Love", "Keep Talkin'" and "I Hear Violins" in New York City, New York for Capitol Records which has yet to issue any of the titles.

1964 - Peter and Gordon's Capitol Records single "World Without Love" is #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart. Written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney, the song is the first written by the duo, and not performed by The Beatles, to top the chart.

60 Years Ago Today In 1966 - Capitol Records releases Kay Starr's final album for the label "Tears And Heartaches/Old Records" which was produced by Lex De Azevedo.

60 Years Ago Today In 1966 - Jack Gleason conducts his orchestra as they record "The Shadow Of Your Smile" for his album "How Seet It Is - For Lovers" with PeeWee Erwin on trumpet.

60 Years Ago Today In 1966 - Capitol Records subsidiary Tower Records releases Mae West's album "Way Out West".

1967 - Vocalist Andy Russell, with unlisted musicians, records the titles "I'm Still Not Thru Missin' You", "Like Me A Little Bit Less", and "I'd Love To Rope You Off From The Rest Of The World" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "I'm Still Not Thru Missin' You" as a single (Capitol 5971) with "Lady" (recorded June 13, 1967) on the flipside and have yet to issue the rest of the titles.

1967 - Dave Cavanaugh and His Orchestra (lineup unlisted) record the titles "Release Me", "Don't Sleep In The Subway", "For Your Love", and "Love" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Cavanaugh's album "Hits On Hits" (T/ST 2834) and "Love" as a single (Capitol 4732) with "Spanish Eyes" (recorded July 31, 1967) on the flipside.

1969 - More than 22,000 people pay their respects to Judy Garland at a memorial service at Campbell's Funeral Chapel in New York. She was laid to rest at Ferncliff Cemetery in Hartsdale, New York.

1977 - Richard Torrance records the title "Your Warm Love" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the title on Torrance's album "Double Take" (SW-11699).

1980 - Barney Bigard, clarinet player, Capitol Records session musician (on tracks by Capitol Records artists Zutty Singleton, Sonny Greer, Freddie Slack, Peggy Lee, and Ella Fitzgerald) and member of the group The Capitol Jazzmen, dies in Culver City, California at age 74.

1993 - Garth Brooks Liberty Records (later renamed Capitol Records Nashville) single "That Summer", with "Dixie Chicken" on the flipside, is #1 on the U.S. Country singles charts.

2000 - The Kottonmouth King's second Capitol Records album, "High Society", is released.

20 Years Ago Today In 2006 - MTV proclaims today "Headly Sucks Day" as they premiere an "MTV Diary" at 7PM EDT about the Canadian band who recently signed with Capitol Records and whose debut disc for the label is due out on August 29, 2006.

20 Years Ago Today In 2006 - Capitol Records releases a special deluxe CD single of The Beach Boy's "Good Vibrations" with 5 versions of the song and the original flipside "Let's Go Away For Awhile" to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the song's release. Check out Michael deMartin's Pet Blog for more info and a lot of fun stuff.

20 Years Ago Today In 2006 - Capitol was also to release a 30th anniversary edition of The Steve Miller Band's album "Fly Like An Eagle" on DVD with 5.1 surround sound coming as close as currently possible to (and maybe even surpassing) the album's original quadrophonic mix, but as of 5:00 PM 06-28-06 it still hasn't shown up at the Virgin Megastore at Sunset and Crescent Heights or Tower Records in Glendale, CA.

2008 - Leonard Pennario, classical pianist, composer and Capitol, Angel and Columbia Records artist, dies of complications from Parkinson's disease at age 83 in La Jolla, California. http://www.leonardpennario.com and http://www.pennario.org are two great websites with more information on this Buffalo born child prodigy who was active until his death.

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1960 - Rick Nelson's Imperial Records single "Young Emotion" is still #18 on Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart, The Fleetwood's Dolton Records single "Runaround" (with "Truly Do" on the flip side) enters the top 40 at #29 up from #41, and Don Costa and His Orchestra's United Artists Records single "Theme From 'The Unforgiven'" (with "Streets Of Paris" on the flip side) enters at #37 up from #44. EMI Music Group, Capitol Music Group's parent company, currently owns Imperial, Dolton and United Artist Records' catalogues.

1963 - Paul McCartney drops by a recording session of Billy J. Kramer & the Dakotas, who are recording two Lennon-McCartney songs, "Bad to Me" and "I Call Your Name".

1964 - Jan and Dean's Liberty Records single "The Little Old Lady From Pasadena", with "My Mighty G.T.O" on the flipside, enters the top 40 of Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart, after being released on June 8,  1964, and will eventually peak at #3.

45 Years Ago Today In 1981 - Kim Carnes EMI America Records album "Mistaken Identity" hits #1 on Billboard's Top 200 albums chart, knocking out REO Speedwagon's album "Hi Infidelity" which had been #1 for 14 weeks. EMI America's catalog is currently owned by Universal Music Group, Capitol Music Group's parent company.

40 Years Ago Today In 1986 - EMI America Records releases Queensrÿche's album "Rage For Order". EMI America's catalog is currently owned by Universal Music Group, Capitol Music Group's parent company.

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1885 - Chichester Bell and Charles S. Tainter apply for a patent on the gramophone, which will be granted on May 4, 1886.

1964 - The Beatles' Swan Records single "Sie Leibt Dich", with "I'll Get You" on the flipside, peaks at #97 on Billboard's singles chart.

55 Years Ago Today In 1971 - The Filmore East in New York City is closed by promoter Bill Graham. The Beach Boys, The Allman Brothers, The J. Geils Band, and Mountain are among the acts performing on the venue's final night.

50 Years Ago Today In 1976 - John Lennon receives his "Green Card", number A17-597-321

1989 - Tom Jones, singer, television variety show host, and motion picture actor, is awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame.

2002 - John Entwistle, bassist for the band The Who, dies in Las Vegas, Nevada of a heart attack induced by cocaine one day before the scheduled first show of the band's 2002 US tour.