MAY 19, 2026

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

1992 - Sam Smith, singer and Capitol Records recording artist, is born Samuel Frederick Smith in London, England.

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL HISTORY

1945 - The King Cole Trio (Nat "King" Cole on piano and vocals, Oscar Moore on guitar, and Johnny Miller on bass) record the tracks "You're Nobody 'Til Somebody Loves You", "Don't Blame Me", "I"m In The Mood For Love", "What Can I Say Dear After I Say I'm Sorry" and "I'm Thru With Love" in Radio Recorders' studios at 932 North Western Avenue in Hollywood, California.

75 Years Ago Today In 1951 - Les Paul and Mary Ford's Capitol Records single "How High The Moon" is #1 on Billboard's Best Selling Retail Records chart, Nat "King" Cole (with Les Baxter conducting the orchestra using a Nelson Riddle arrangement)'s Capitol Records single "Too Young" is #3, and Les Paul and Mary Ford's Capitol Records single "Mockin' Bird Hill" is #5.

1952 - Mickey Katz and His Orchestra (lineup unlisted) record the titles "Kiss Of Meyer (Kiss of Fire)", "Schvitzburgh, Pennsylvania", and "A Schmo Is A Schmo (A Guy Is A Guy)" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Kiss Of Meyer (Kiss of Fire)" and "Schvitzburgh, Pennsylvania" together as a single (Capitol 2124) and "A Schmo Is A Schmo (A Guy Is A Guy)" as a single (Capitol 2169) with "The Downtown Strutter's Ball" (recorded January 9,1952) on the flipside.

1953 - Vocalist Jean Shepard, with Bill Woods on piano, Charles Lee "Fuzzy" Owen, Leonard "Tommy Collins" Sipes, and Lewis Talley on guitars, and Herman "Herman The Hermit" Snyder on bass, records the titles "I'd Rather Die Young", "A Dear John Letter" with Ferlin Husky on recitation and also guitar, "My Wedding Ring", and "With All These Memories" at Capitol Records' studios at 5515 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood, California with producer Ken Nelson. Capitol Records will issue "I'd Rather Die Young" and "A Dear John Letter" together as a single (Capitol 2502 on 10" shellac and F2502 on 7" vinyl) which would go on to spend six weeks at #1 on the country charts and "My Wedding Ring" as a single (Capitol 2586) with "Forgive Me John" (recorded August 18, 1953) on the flipside. Bear Family Records will issue all the titles in Germany in Shepard's five-CD box set "The Melody Ranch Girl" (BCD 15905).

70 Years Ago Today In 1956 - Les Baxter and His Orchestra's Capitol Records single "Poor People Of Paris" is #3 on Billboard's Best Selling Retail Records chart, Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra's Capitol Records single "Lisbon Antiqua is #10.

1958 - Laurie London's Capitol Records single "He's Got The Whole World In His Hands" is #5 on Billboard's Best Selling Retail Records chart, Dean Martin (with Gus Levine and His Orchestra)'s Capitol Records single "Return To Me" is #6, Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Looking Back" is #8, and The Four Prep's Capitol Records single "Big Man" is #14. "Looking Back" is also #18 on WMGM's Top 40 Survey in New York City, New York.

1958 - Pianist and bandleader Stan Kenton and His Orchestra (Jules Chaikin, Billy Catalano, Lee Katzman, and Phil Gilbert on trumpets, Archie Le Coque, Kent Larsen, Don Reed, and Jim Amlotte on trombones, Ken Shroyer on bass trombone, Lennie Niehaus on alto saxophone, Bill Perkins and Richie Kamuca on tenor saxophone, Bill Robinson and Steve Perlow on baritone saxophone, Red Kelly on bass, and Mel Lewis on drums) record the titles "Early Autumn", "More Than You Know", and "The Night We Called It A Day" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Kenton and his orchestra's album "The Ballad Style Of Stan Kenton" (EAP-1/2-1068 on 7" vinyl EPs and T/ST 1068 on 12" LP).

1958 - Vocalist Peggy Lee, with Jack Marshall's Music (Marshall conducting Conrad Gozzo, Don Fagerquist, and Mannie Klein on trumpets, Bob Enevoldsen on valve trombone, Milt Bernhart on trombone, Justin Gordon and George Smith on reeds, Joe Harnell on piano, Howard Roberts on guitar, Joe Mondragon on bass, and Shelly Manne on drums), records the titles "Things Are Swingin'", "Lullaby In Rhythm", "You're Getting To Be A Habit With Me", and, with just Lee on vocals, Joe Mondragon on string bass, Shelly Manne with fingers on snare drums with the snares turned off, and finger snapping that may have been provided by guitarist Howard Roberts, the title "Fever" using an arrangement initially credited to Jack Marshall but probably by Lee who also wrote additional lyrics and possibly with Jack Bennett who brought Little Willie John's version to Lee's attention, in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California with producer "Big Dave" Cavanaugh. Capitol Records will issue "Things Are Swingin'", "Lullaby In Rhythm", and "You're Getting To Be A Habit With Me" on Lee's album "Things Are Swingin'" (T/ST 1049) and "Fever" on Lee's 7" EP "Fever" (EAP-1-1052) and also as a single (Capitol F3998) with "You Didn't Know" (recorded May 25, 1958) on the flipside and, during its 14 week-long run on Billboard's Hot 100 charts, would peak at #8 on August 25, 1958. Gino Falzarano wrote a great article for "Fever"'s 30th anniversary that appeared in the July/August edition of Discoveries magazine, and was reproduced on peggylee.com. For more information about this and many other tracks, go to Iván Santiago and Steve Albin's amazing discography site created as a test for Brian, a discography database application.

1958 - Vocalist Judy Garland, with Nelson Riddle conducting his own arrangements to the orchestra (lineup unlisted) records the titles "Day In, Day Out", "This Is It", and "Zing! Went The Strings of My Heart" which she first sang in the 1938 film "Listen, Darling" and first recorded in 1939 for Decca Records in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California with producer Voyle Gilmore. The songs would be among the first Judy would record, outside of a film soundstage, in stereo and will be part of her first stereo Capitol album "Judy In Love", released on November 3, 1958 (EAP-1/2-1036 on 7" EPs and T/ST 1036 on 12" LP).

1958 - Pianist Leonard Pennario records the second part of Frederic Chopin's "Sonata N° 3 In B Flat, 2nd Movement" (he recorded the first part on May 17, 1958) in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the entire piece on Pennario's album "CHOPIN - Sonata In B Flat/LISZT - Sonata In B Minor" (P-8457).
I wonder if Stan, Judy, Peggy, and/or Leonard ran into each other or heard each other's sessions on that day?

1958 - Vocalist Ferlin Husky, with unlisted others, records the titles "I Saw God" and "I Feel That Old Heartache Again" in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue both titles together as a single (Capitol F4000) and also on Husky's album "Gone" (T/DT 1383).

1963 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Those Lazy-Hazy-Crazy Days Of Summer" is #24 on KRLA's Tune-Dex in Los Angeles, California.

1963 - During three sessions held this day in New York City, New York, Stanley Lebowski directs the orchestra (lineup unlisted), using music by Lee Pockriss and lyrics by Anne Croswell as they record the titles "Say You'll Stay" with vocals by Louise Kirtland and George S. Irving, "That Face" with vocals by Louise Kirtland, the instrumental "Overture, "It Used To Be Me" with vocals by Michael Kermoyan, Gene Varrone, Louise Troy, and Paul Michael, "Nitchevo" with vocals by Jean-Pierre Aumont, Michael Kermoyan, Gene Varrone, Rita Metzger, and The Ensemble (lineup unlisted), and "Uh-Oh!" with vocals by Margery Gray and Byron Mitchell at the first session, the titles "Stuck With Each Other" with vocals by Margery Gray and Byron Mitchell, "A Small Cartel" with vocals by Louise Kirtland, George S. Irving, and The Ensemble, "Make A Friend" with vocals by Vivien Leigh, Margery Gray, Louise Troy, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Byron Mitchell, Michael Kermoyan, Gene Varrone, and The Ensemble, "Wilkes-Barre, Pa." with vocals by Vivien Leigh and Byron Mitchell, "No! No! No!" with vocals by Margery Gray and Jean-Pierre Aumont, and "I Know The Feeling" with vocals by Vivien Leigh at the second session, and the titles "I Go To Bed" with vocals by Jean-Pierre Aumont, "The Only One" with vocals by Vivien Leigh, and "You Love Me" and "All For You" with vocals by Vivien Leigh and Jean-Pierre Aumont at the third session. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on the original Broadway cast album "Tovarich" (TAO/STAO 1940).

1969 - Coleman Hawkins, Capitol artist (1945), tenor saxophonist and leader of the first bebop recording session, dies of pneumonia in New York City at age 64 and is interred at the Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx.

1973 - Glenn Martin, with unlisted others, records the titles "Dad's Old Fiddle", "If She Keeps Loving Me", "You Ain't Missed A Thing", and "Billy Ray Wrote A Song" in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue "Dad's Old Fiddle" and "Billy Ray Wrote A Song" together as a single (Capitol 3655) and "If She Keeps Loving Me" and "You Ain't Missed A Thing" together as a single (Capitol 3719).

1978 - Darlene Edwards, aka Jo Stafford, gives her last public performance at a 25th-anniversary celebration of SHARE, an organization devoted to working with mentally handicapped children, sharing the spotlight with Jo's old bandmate, Frank Sinatra.

1987 - The Beatles' album "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" is released worldwide on CD.

1988 - Mother's Finest (lineup unlisted) records the title "Your Wish Is My Command" in an unlisted studio. Capitol Records will issue the title on the group's album "Looks Could Kill" (C1-48988 on 12" LP and 7-48988-2 on CD).

1998 - Dorothy Donegan, pianist, leader of The Dorothy Donegan Trio, and a Capitol Records artist, dies at age 77 in Los Angeles, California.

1999 - Capitol releases the original soundtrack to the motion picture "Hope Floats".

2004 - Keith Urban's Capitol Records Nashville single "You'll Think of Me" is #1 on the U.S. Country singles charts.

20 Years Ago Today In 2006 - Freddie Garrity, milkman, brush salesman, songwriter, singer and founder of Tower Records (a subsidiary of Capitol Records)' first released group Freddie and The Dreamers, dies at Bangor in North Wales, at the age of 69, after being taken ill while on holiday.

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1932 - Alma Cogan, a singer and an HMV and EMI Records artist, is born Alma Angela Cohen in St. John's Wood, England.

70 Years Ago Today In 1956 - Fats Domino's Imperial Records single "I'm In Love Again" is #1 on the U.S. R&B singles charts and tied for #21 on Billboard's Best Selling Retail Records chart with Pat Boone's single "Long Tall Sally". Waller's other Imperial Records single "My Blue Heaven" is tied for #40 on Billboard's Best Selling Retail Records chart with Elvis Presley's RCA single "I Was The One".

1958 - David Seville's Liberty Records single "Witch Doctor" is #2 on Billboard's Best Selling Retail Records chart, Rick Nelson's Imperial Records single "Believe What You Say" is #25, and its flip side "My Bucket"s Got A Hole In It" is #29.

1962 - Jay and The American's United Artists Records single "She Cried" is #5 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart, Walter Brennan's Liberty Records single "Old Rivers" is #7, Joey Dee and The Starlighter's Roulette Records single "Shout (Part 1)" is #12, Dick and DeeDee's Liberty Records single "Tell Me" is #22, and Rick Nelson's Imperial Records single "Young World" is #31.

1968 - Bobby Goldsboro's United Artists Records single "Honey", with "Danny" on the flipside, hits #1 on the U.S. Country singles chart.

1983 - EMI-America purchases the masters for Combo Audio's titles "Romanticide", "Military English", "Hi Fidelity Situations", and "Shadow Occupations" and will issue all the titles on the group's self-titled album "Combo Audio" (DLP-19005).


ON THIS DAY NOT IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1873 - Sime Silverman, founder of the trade magazine Variety, is born in Cortland, New York.

1958 - Atco Records releases future Capitol Records artist Bobby Darin's single "Splish Splash", the first eight-track recording ever released on a 45 RPM 7" single.

MAY 18, 2026

HAPPY BIRTHDAYS!

1902 - Meredith Willson, flute and piccolo player, bandleader, radio performer, motion picture scorer ("The Great Dictator") and composer of the Broadway musicals "The Music Man" and "The Unsinkable Molly Brown" (in which Capitol Records invested so that it could release their original Broadway cast albums) as well as "Here's Love" and "1491", is born Robert Meredith Reiniger in Mason City, Iowa.

1922 - Kai Winding, trombonist, composer, member of the Benny Goodman, Stan Kenton and Miles Davis' Capitol Records bands (including four tracks with the Miles Davis Nonet on the "Birth Of The Cool" sessions) and Aladdin and Capitol Records artist, is born Kai Chresten Winding in Aarhus, Denmark.

95 Years Ago Today In 1931 - Robert Morse, Broadway, movie, and television actor, singer, and Capitol Records artist, is born Robert Xavier Morse in Newton, Massachusetts.

1934 - Dwayne Hickman, television ("The Many Loves Of Dobie Gillis") and motion picture ("Dr. Goldfoot And The Bikini Machine" the soundtrack of which was released by Capitol Records subsidiary Tower Records) actor, CBS Television executive, and Capitol Records artist, is born in Los Angeles, California

1953 - Feliciano "Butch" Tavares, who with his four brothers made up the Capitol Records group Tavares, is born in New Bedford, Massachusetts.

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1942 - At Capitol Records' third recording session, vocalist Dennis Day, with Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the titles "Johnny Doughboy Found A Rose In Ireland" (which Day had previously performed on The Jack Benny Show on radio on May 10, 1942), "Phil, The Fluter's Ball", "I'm Glad There Is You", "Dear Old Pal Of Mine", and a rejected take of an unlisted title in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue  "Johnny Doughboy Found A Rose In Ireland" and "Phil, The Fluter's Ball" together as a single (Capitol 104, part of the label's first release of singles to retail), "I'm Glad There Is You" as a single (Capitol 125) with "Always" (recorded June 25, 1942) on the flipside, and have yet to issue "Dear Old Pal Of Mine.

80 Years Ago Today In 1946 - Alvino Rey and His Orchestra (with vocals by Rocky Coluccio)'s Capitol Records single "Cement Mixer (Put-Ti Put-Ti)" is #6 on Billboard's Best Selling Retail Records chart and Andy Russell (with Paul Weston & His Orchestra)'s Capitol Records single "Laughing On The Outside (Crying On The Inside) is #8.

1953 - Francis Scott and His Orchestra (lineup unlisted) record the titles "The One I Love (Belongs To Somebody Else)", "I'll Remember April", "My Foolish Heart", and "Easy To Love" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Scott and His Orchestra's album "Moods For Starlight" (EAP-1/2-446 on 7" EPs, EBF-446 on two-disc 7" EP set, H/L 446 on 10" vinyl) and the compilation album "Moods For Starlight/Moods For Firelight" (W 552 on 12" vinyl).

1957 - Ferlin Husky's Capitol Records single "Gone" is #4 on Billboard's Best Selling Retail Records chart and Tommy Sand's Capitol Records single "Teenage Crush" is #34.

1958 - Fred Waring conducts The Pennsylvanians (lineup unlisted) as they record a new take of "All The Things You Are" using an arrangement by Roy Ringwald and, with vocals by Joe Marine, the titles "September Song" using an arrangement by Hawley Ades, "The Birth Of The Blues" using an arrangement by Charlie Naylor, and "Once In Love With Amy" using an arrangement by Hawley Ades in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue all the titles in Waring and The Pennsylvanian's two-LP set "Broadway Cavalcade" (WBO-SWBO 1079), also the new take of "All The Things You Are", "Birth Of The Blues", and "Once In Love With Amy" on their album "Broadway Cavalcade, Volume 2" (T/ST 1390), and "September Song" on their album "Broadway Cavalcade, Volume 1" (T/ST 1389).

1959 - Franck Pourcel's French Fiddles' Capitol Records single "Only You (Loin De Vous)", with "Rainy Night In Paris" on the flip side, is #10 on Billboard's Best Selling Retail Records chart and The Kingston Trio's Capitol Records single "Tijuana Jail" is #27.

1963 - The Beach Boys' Capitol Records single "Surfin' U.S.A" is #4 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart, The Kingston Trio's Capitol Records single "Reverend Mr. Black" is #8, Al Martino's Capitol Records single "I Love You Because" is #10, and Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Those Lazy-Hazy-Crazy Days Of Summer" is #47. Also, Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Those Lazy-Hazy-Crazy Days Of Summer" is #13 on the Billboard magazine's Middle-Road Singles chart and #44 on Cash Box magazine's Top 100 Singles chart. Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records album "Ramblin' Rose" is #69 and his album "Dear Lonely Hearts" is #123 on Billboard magazine's Top LPs - 150 Best Sellers - Monaural chart.

1968 - Glen Campbell's Capitol Records single "I Wanna Live", with "That's All That Matters" on the flipside, becomes his first #1 on the country charts.

1968 - Carnival Connection (Allan Nicholls, Frank William Hill, and Nick Katsos on unlisted instruments) records the titles "Poster Man" and "Beautiful Beige" in New York City, New York. After overdubs are recorded on May 21, 1968, Capitol Records will issue "Poster Man" as a single (Capitol 2244) with "Alfred Applebee's Awful Dream" (either purchased or recorded June 6, 1968) on the flipside.

1969 - The Beatles' Apple Records single "Get Back", released by Capitol Records in the United States, is #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart.

1970 - Capitol Records releases The Beatles' Apple Records soundtrack album "Let It Be" in the United States.

1970 - Capitol Records releases Buck Owens' single "The Kansas City Song".

1975 - Jesi Colter's 55 Years Ago Today In  single "I'm Not Lisa", with "For The First Time" on the flipside, is #1 on the U.S. Country singles chart.

1978 - Vocalist and guitarist Sammy Hagar, with unlisted others, records the title "This Planet's On Fire (Burn In Hell)" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the title on Hagar's album "Street Machine" (ST-11983).

1978 - Lee Dresser, with unlisted others, records the titles "Robin Hood", "Write A Beautiful Song (For A Beautiful Lady)", "The Man In The Mansion", and "Someone Who Loved You Just Like Me" in (listed as possibly) Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue  "Write A Beautiful Song (For A Beautiful Lady)" and "The Man In The Mansion" together as a single (Capitol 4613). No issuing information is listed for the other two titles.

1978 - Billy "Crash" Craddock, with unlisted others, records the titles "You Are Everything I Wanted You To Be", "Hubba Hubba" and "Let's Get Back To The Beginning" in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Craddock's album "Turning Up And Turning On" (SW-11853) and "Hubba Hubba" and "Let's Go Back To The Beginning" together as a single (Capitol 4624).

1988 - Daws Butler (born Charles Dawson Butler), Capitol Records artist (on recordings of Stan Freberg and on various children's records), radio actor, and voice for many Warner Brothers and Hanna-Barbera cartoon characters, dies of a heart attack at age 71 in Los Angeles, California.

1988 - Mother's Finest (lineup unlisted) records the title "I'm 'N' Danger" at an unlisted studio. Capitol Records will issue the title on the group's album "Looks Could Kill" (C1-48988 on 12" vinyl and 7-48988-2 on CD) and also a single version and a swing beat version of the title together as a single (Capitol 44416).

2009 - Carol Cole, an actress as well as the niece and adopted daughter of Nat and Maria Cole, and administrator of her father's estate dies at age 65.

2013 - A two-day auction of the property of Capitol Records artist the late Mrs. Nat "King" Cole begins today at Matheson's Auctions at 600 East New Haven Avenue in Melbourne, Florida.


ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1957 - Fats Domino's Imperial Records single "I'm Walkin'" is #12 on Billboard's Best Selling Retail Records chart, Rick Nelson's Imperial Records single of the same song is #33, and Eddie Cochran's Liberty Records single "Sittin' In The Balcony" is #38.

1959 - Martin Denny's Liberty Records single "Quiet Village" is #8 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart, The Fleetwood's Dolton (originally Dolphin) Records single "Come Softly To Me" (distributed by Liberty Records) is #21, Fats Domino's Imperial Records single "I'm Ready" is #27, and Rick Nelson's Imperial Records single "Never Be Anyone Else But You" is #40.

1963 - Lou Christie's Roulette Records single "Two Faces Have I" is #11 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart, Bobby Vee's Liberty Records single "Charms" is #20, and Jan and Dean's Liberty Records single "Linda" is 340.

45 Years Ago Today In 1981 - President Ronald Reagan announces his intention to nominate former VP of Capitol Records (1942-1951) and former president of Columbia Records (1951-1956), and Warner Bros. Records James B. Conkling, to be Associate Director of the International Communication Agency (Broadcasting).

40 Years Ago Today In 1986 - Kenny Rogers' United Artists Records single "Tomb Of The Unknown Love", with "Our Perfect Song" on the flipside, is #1 on the U.S. Country singles chart.

2004 - Elvin Jones, drummer, Blue Note, United Artists, and Roulette Records artist, dies at age 76 of heart problems in Englewood, New Jersey.


ON THIS DAY NOT IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1883 - Walter Gropius, architect and founder of the Bauhaus, is born Walter Adolph Gropius in Berlin, Germany.

1912 - Perry Como, a singer and a star on radio and television, is born Pierino Ronald Como in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania.

1975 - Leroy Anderson, conductor and composer of light instrumental music ("Sleigh Ride", "The Typewriter", "The Penny Whistle Song", etc.) dies of cancer at age 66 in Woodbury, Connecticut

MAY 17, 2026

HAPPY BIRTHDAYS!

1957 - Audie Desbrow, drummer with the Capitol Records group Great White, is born in Los Angeles, California.

1959 - Paul Di'Anno, a vocalist with the Capitol Records and EMI America Records band Iron Maiden, is born in London, England.

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1947 - The Pied Pipers (with Paul Weston and His Orchestra)' Capitol Records single "Mam'selle" is #10 on Billboard's Best Selling Retail Records chart.

1952 - Kay Starr (with orchestra conducted by Harold Mooney)'s Capitol Records single "Wheel Of Fortune" is #2 on Billboard's Best Selling Retail Records chart, Ella Mae Morse (with Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra)'s Capitol Records single "Blacksmith Blues" is #7, Jane Froman (with orchestra conducted by Sid Feller)'s Capitol Records single "I'll Walk Alone" is #16, and Les Paul's Capitol Records single "New Carioca" is #19

1953 - Capitol Records releases the original Broadway cast album of Cole Porter's "Can-Can".

1958 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Looking Back" is #4 on The Billboard magazine's R&B Best Sellers In Stores and Most Played R&B By Jockeys charts, "Looking Back" and its flipside, "Do I Like It?" are #5 on the magazine's Best Selling Pop Singles In Stores chart, and "Looking Back" is #6 on the magazine's Top 100 Sides chart and #14 on the magazine's Most Played By Jockeys chart. Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records album "St. Louis Blues" is #22 on The Billboard magazine's Best Selling Pop LPs chart.

1958 - Pianist Leonard Pennario records the first, part one of the second, and the third movements of Chopin's "Sonata N° 3 In B Flat" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Pennario's album "CHOPIN - Sonata In B Flat/LISZT - Sonata In B Minor" (P-8457).

1958 - During two sessions held this day in New York City, New York, Fred Waring conducts The Pennsylvanians (lineup unlisted) as they record the titles "Alice Blue Gown", "My Romance", and "Stars In My Eyes", all with vocals by Jane Wilson and using arrangements by Roy Ringwald, at the first session and, using arrangements by Charles Naylor the titles "Body And Soul" and, with vocals by Chuck Nelson, "Dance Only With Me" then, using arrangements by Roy Ringwald, the titles "Ah! Sweet Mystery Of Life" with vocals by Gordon Goodman and "All The Things You Are" at the second session. Capitol Records will issue "Alice Blue Gown", "My Romance", "Body And Soul", and "Dance Only With Me" on Waring and The Pennsylvanians' album "Broadway Cavalcade, Volume 1" (T/ST 1389), "Stars In My Eyes" and "Ah! Sweet Mystery Of Life" on their album "Broadway Cavalcade, Volume 2" (T/ST 1390), all the previous titles together on the two-album set "Broadway Cavalcade" (WBO/SWBO 1079), and have yet to issue the take of "All The Things You Are" recorded at the second session but will release a new take of the title, recorded on May 18, 1958, also on the album "Broadway Cavalcade, Volume 2" and in the two-LP set "Broadway Cavalcade".

1958 - Vocalist Jean Shepard, with Floyd Cramer on piano, Thomas Grady Martin or Jackie Phelps on lead guitar, Ray Edenton on rhythm guitar, (listed as probably) Walter Haynes on steel guitar, Roy M "Junior" Huskey, Jr. on bass, and Murray M. "Buddy" Harman, Jr. on drums, records the titles "Your Telling Me Sweet Lies Again", "He's My Baby", and "Just Another Girl" at Bradley Film And Recording Studio in Nashville, Tennessee between 1:00 PM and 3:00 PM. Capitol Records will issue "You're Telling Me Sweet Lies Again" on Shepard's album "Lonesome Love" (EAP-2-1126 on 7" EP and T 1126 on 12" LP), "He's My Baby" as a single (Capitol F4013) with "Secret Of Life" (recorded May 15, 1958) on the flipside, and "Just Another Girl" as a single (Capitol F4068) with "I Want To Go Where No One Knows Me" (recorded Movember 6, 1956) on the flipside.

1963 - During two session held this day in Los Angeles, California, pipe organist Eddie Dunstedter, with unlisted others, records the title "The Christmas Song" at the first session and the titles "I'll Be Home For Christmas" and "White Christmas" at the second session. Capitol Records will issue "The Christmas Song" and "I'll Be Home For Christmas" on Dunstedter's album "The Bells Of Christmas Chime Again" (T/ST 1968) and has yet to issue the take of "White Christmas" recorded at the second session but will release a new take of the title, recorded on May 21, 1963, also on the album "The Bells Of Christmas Chime Again".

1963 - Wendy Turner, with unlisted others, records the titles "Dreamer That I Am", "Pretend", "Joanie", and "The Boy I Used To Know" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Dreamer That I Am" and "Joanie" together as a single (Capitol 4988) and has yet to issue the other two titles.

1963 - Capitol Records purchases in Los Angeles, California the masters for Brian Lord And The Midnighters' (The Midnighters (Paul Buff, David Aerni, and Frank Zappa)) titles "Not Another One" and "The Big Surfer" and will issue both titles together as a single (Capitol 4981), their only one for the label.

1968 - During two sessions held this day in Los Angeles, California, vocalist Fred Neil, with unlisted others, records the title 'Pineapple Wine" at the first session and the title "Fred Neil Medley" at the second session for Capitol Records which has yet to issue either title.

1968 - During a live show held in Los Angeles, California recorded by Capitol Records, vocalist John Stewart, with unlisted others, performs the titles "Goodbye Julianna" and a new take "Signals To Ludi". Even after overdubs are recorded for "Signals To Ludi" on June 14, 1968, Capitol Records has yet to issue either title recorded at this show.

1968 - During two sessions held this day in Los Angeles, California, vocalists John Stewart and Buffy Ford, with unlisted others, record the title "Santa Barbara" at the first session and the title "Mother Country" and a new take of the title "Mucky Truckee River" at the second session. After string overdubs are recorded for "Santa Barbara" on June 7, 1968 and overdubs for "Mucky Truckee River" are recorded on June 6, 1968, Capitol Records will issue "Santa Barbara" and "Mucky Truckee River" on Stewart and Ford's album "Signals Through The Glass" (ST 2975). No issuing information is listed for "Mother Country".

1968 - Vocalist Nancy Wilson, with Jimmy Jones conducting his own arrangements to the orchestra (Benny Carter on alto saxophone, Clyde Raesinger on trumpet, John Audino, Bobby Bryant, and Harry Edison on trumpets and flugelhorns, Chuck Cooper, Ed Kusby, Tommy Pederson, Dick Nash, Lew McCreary, and Ken Shroyer on trombones, Arthur "Skeets" Herfurt on alto saxophone, William Green and Plas Johnson on saxophones and clarinets, Justin Gordon on saxophone and flute, Chuck Gentry on baritone saxophone, and bass clarinet, Don Trenner on piano, Bob Bain and Mundell Lowe on guitars, Buster Williams on bass, Shelly Manne on drums, Larry Bunker, Gene Estes, and Victor Feldman on vibraphone and percusssion) records the titles "On The Other Side Of The Tracks", "When The Sun Comes Out", "Below, Above", and "Alone With My Thoughts Of You" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Miss Wilson's album "The Sound Of Nancy Wilson" (ST 2970).

1968 - Overdubs are recorded for pianist Eddie Heywood's titles "Bluer Than Blues", "Long Time No See", "Something Happens Inside Of Me" and "How Are Things In Glocca Mora". Capitol Records will issue the final mixes of all the titles on Heywood's album "The Piano Artistry Of Eddie Heywood - Soft Summer Breeze" (ST-163).

1968 - Artie Shaw directs a big band that includes Bernie Privin and Mel Davis on trumpets, Buddy Morrow on trombone, Walt Levinsky on clarinet, Toots Mondello on alto saxophone, Al Klink and Billy Slapin on tenor saxophones, Bernie Leighton on piano, and Don Lamond on drums, as they record the titles "Octoroon", "Softly As In A Morning Sunrise", "Begin The Beguine", and "What Is This Thing Called Love?" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on the album "Artie Shaw Recreates His Great '38 Band" (ST 2992).

1968 - Vocalist Billie Jo Spears, with unlisted others, records the titles "Before Your Time", "Get Behind Me, Satan And Push", "Home Loving Man", and "Mollie Brown" in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Recors will issue "Before Your Time" on Spears' album "Miss Sincerity" ST-397, the other three titles on Spears' album "The Voice Of Billie Jo Spears" (ST-114), and "Get Behind Me, Satan And Push" also as a single (Capitol 2279) with "Harper Valley P.T.A." (recorded August 7, 1968) on the flipside.

1969 - Glen Campbell's Capitol Records single "Where's The Playground Susie", with "Arkansas" on the flipside, enters the U.S. Country singles charts.

1969 - Paul McCartney and John Lennon record overdubs and sound effects for their Apple Records title "You Know My Name (Look Up The Number)" at EMI's Abbey Road Studios in London, England.

55 Years Ago Today In 1971 - Apple Records releases Paul McCartney's second solo album, "Ram", with Capitol Records handling distribution in the United States.

1973 - Vocalist Tennessee Ernie Ford, with Jack Fascinato conducting his own arrangements to the orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the titles "Jesus, Savior, Pilot Me", "Almost Persuaded", "What A Friend We Have In Jesus", "Jesus, Keep Me Near The Cross", 'Jesus Paid It All", "Must Jesus Bear The Cross Alone?", "Asleep In Jesus", "My Jesus, As Thou Wilt", "Take Up The Cross", and "The Name Of Jesus" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Ford's album "Ernie Ford Sings About Jesus" (ST-11232).

50 Years Ago Today In 1976 - Dr. Hook's Capitol Records single "Only Sixteen", with "Let Me Be Your Lover" on the flipside, is certified Gold by the R.I.A.A.

1978 - Vocalist and guitarist Sammy Hagar, with unlisted others, records the title "Flying Y" in San Francisco, California for Capitol Records which has yet to issue the title.

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95 Years Ago Today In 1931 - Blue Note artist (1959-1967), composer, and alto saxophonist Jackie McLean is born John Lenwood McLean in New York City, New York.

1962 - Tracy Bryn, a member of the band Voice Of The Beehive and daughter of Bruce Belland of the Capitol Records band The Four Preps, is born in Encino, California.

1968 - Pianist McCoy Tyner, with Bobby Hutcherson on vibraphone, Herbie Lewis on bass, and Freddie Waits on drums, records the titles "Little Madimba", "May Street", "I Didn't Know What Time It Was", "African Village", "The Surrey With The Fringe On Top" without Hutcherson on vibraphone, and with just Tyner on piano, "I've Grown Accustomed To her Face" at Rudy Van Gelder's studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey. Blue Note Records will issue all the titles on Tyner's album "Time For Tyner", (BST84307 on 12" and 7-84307-2 on CD).

1973 - Final mixing is done at Ardent Studios in Memphis, Tennessee for all the titles recorded at Leon Russell's concert held at Long Beach Arena in Long Beach, California on August 28, 1972. The final mixes of all the titles will be issued by Shelter Records, at the time manufactured and distributed by Capitol Records, Russell's three-LP set "Leon Live" (STCO-8917).

1983- The Michael Stanley Band (lineup unlisted) records the titles "Hard Time", "The Damage Is Done", "Kiss It Off", and "Just How Good (A Bad Woman Feels)" at an unlisted studio. EMI America will issue "Hard Time", "The Damage Is Done", and "Just How Good (A Bad Woman Feels) on the band's album "You Can't Fight Fashion" (ST-17100) and "Just How Good (A Bad Woman Feels)" also as a single (EMI America 8178) with an edited version of "My Town" (recorded May 13, 1983) on the flipside.

2002 - Sharon Sheely, songwriter ("Poor Little Fool", "Something Else, "Hurry Up", etc.) and one-time fiancee of Liberty Records artist Eddie Cochran, dies of complications following a cerebral hemorrhage in Los Angeles, California at age 62. Sheely was also injured in the same cab crash in England that killed Cochran and injured Capitol Records artist Gene Vincent.


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180 Years Ago Today In 1846 - The saxophone is patented by Antoine Joseph Sax.

1963 - The first Monterey Folk Festival is held in California with Joan Baez, Bob Dylan, Pete Seeger, and others performing.

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HAPPY BIRTHDAYS!

1913 - Woody Herman, bandleader, clarinetist, and Capitol Records artist (1948-1955) is born Woodrow Charles Herman in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

1949 - Bill "Sputnik" Spooner, a guitarist in Capitol Records band The Tubes and then The Grateful Dead, is born William Spooner in Arizona.

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80 Years Ago Today In 1946 - Capitol Records group The King Cole Trio start a 13-week stint as a summer replacement for Bing Crosby's radio show "The Kraft Music Hall" when they sponsor their own 15-minute program, "King Cole Trio Time", the first radio program hosted and sponsored by black performing artists.

1953 - Les Baxter and His Orchestra's Capitol Records single "April In Portugal" is #3 on Billboard's Best Selling Retail Records chart, Nat "King" Cole (with Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra)'s Capitol Records single "Pretend" is #5 on The Billboard magazine's Best Selling Singles chart, #7 on The Billboard magazine's Most Played By Jockeys chart and Cash Box magazine's Best Selling Singles chart, and #8 on The Billboard magazine's Most Played In Juke Boxes chart, and Jane Froman (with orchestra conducted by Sid Feller)'s Capitol Records single "I Believe" is #14. Also, Cole's single "Can't I" is #24 also on Cash Box magazine's Best Selling Singles chart.

1958 - Lex Baxter conducts his own arrangements to His Orchestra (lineup unlisted) as they record the titles "Early Morning Blues", "Love Is A Fabulous Thing", "Our Kind Of Love", "Hot Summer Nights (Alone In New York)", "My Love And The Sea (Emerald Shore)", "Dawn On The City", "Afternoon Affair", "Paris Interlude: Mignonette/Femme Du Monde/Gamin", "Fashion", "Moonlight Stroll (Whistle)", "5th Avenue Affair", and "Voodoo" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Early Morning Blues", "Love Is A Fabulous Thing", "Our Kind Of Love", "Hot Summer Nights (Alone In New York)", "My Love And The Sea (Emerald Shore)", "Dawn On The City", "Afternoon Affair", "Paris Interlude: Mignonette/Femme Du Monde/Gamin", and "Moonlight Stroll (Whistle)" on Baxter's album "Les Baxter, His Music And His Orchestra - Love Is A Fabulous Thing" (T/ST 1088), "Voodoo" on the CD "Ultra Lounge Volume 1 - Mondo Exotica" (8-32563-2), and has yet to issue either "Fashion" and "5th Avenue Affair".

1958 - During two sessions held this day in New York City, New York, Fred Waring conducts The Pennsylvanians (lineup unlisted) as they record the titles "Hernando's Hideaway" and "So Long Mary" using arrangements by Harry Simeone, and "Summertime" with vocals by Patti Beams using an arrangment by Livingston Gearhart at the first session and, using arrangements by Roy Ringwald the titles "Lover Come Back To Me" with vocals by Eleanor Forgione and "Fanny" and "Tonight" using an arrangement by Hawley Ades at the second session. Capitol Records will issue "Hernando's Hideaway", "Summertime", and "Fanny" on the album "Broadway Cavalcade, Volume 2" (T/ST 1390), "So Long Mary", "Lover Come Back To Me", and "Tonight" on the album "Broadway Cavalcade, Volume 1" (T/ST 1389) and all the titles in the two-album set "Broadway Cavalcade" (WBO/SWBO 1079).

1958 - Vocalist Jean Shepard, with Floyd Cramer on piano, Thomas Grady Martin or Jackie Phelps on lead guitar, Ray Edenton on rhythm guitar, (listed as probably) Walter Haynes on steel guitar, Roy M "Junior" Huskey, Jr. on bass, and Murray M. "Buddy" Harman, Jr. on drums, records the titles "I'll Take The Blame", "I'll Never Be Free", "I'll Hold You In My Heart", and "I Hate Myself" at Bradley Film And Recording Studio in Nashville, Tennessee between 2:00 PM and 5:00 PM. Capitol Records will issue "I'll Take The Blame" as a single (Capitol F4129) with "Have Heart, Will Love" (recorded November 18, 1958) on the flipside and the rest of the titles on Shepard's album "Lonesome Love" (EAP-1/2/3-1126 on 7" EPs and T 1126 on 12" vinyl).

1958 - Pianist and vocalist Esquerita (Eskew Reeder, Jr.), during a three hour session with E. R. "Dutch" McMillin on tenor saxophone, Vincent Moses on guitar, Floyd T. Chance on bass, and Johnny "Richardo" Young on drums, records the title "Katie Mae" with additional vocals by The Gardenias (Calvin Arnold, Carlton Sheppard, Jr., Lloyd White, and William Dixon), "Wait A Minute Baby", and "Rocking The Joint" also with addtional vocals by The Gardenias at RCA Studios in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue "Rockin' The Joint" as a single (Capitol F4058) with "Esquerita And The Voola" (recorded August 12, 1958) on the flipside and all the titles on the CD "Capitol Collectors Series - Esquerita" (7-91871-2).

1958 - During two sessions held this day in Paris, France, Leopold Stokowski conducts Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Française as they record portions of the second and third sections of Debussy's "Iberia" at the first session and portions of Ravel's "Alborada Del Gracioso" at the second session. Capitol Records will issue the complete works on Stokowski's album "DEBUSSY - Iberia/IBERT - Escales/RAVEL - Alborada del Gracioso" (P/SP-8463). 

1958 - Pianist Rudolf Firkusny, with Walter Susskind conducting The Philharmonic Orchestra (lineup unlisted), records Beethoven's "Piano Concerto N° 3 In C Minor, Opus 37" in Studio N° 1 at EMI's studio on Abbey Road in London, England. Capitol Records will issue the title on Firkusny's album "BEETHOVEN - Piano Concerto N° 3 In C Minor, Opus 37" (P/SP-8468).

1960 - The Four Prep's Capitol Records single "Got A Girl", with "Wait Till You) Hear It From Me" on the flipside, is #32 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart.

65 Years Ago Today In 1961 - Faron Young's Capitol Records single "Hello Walls" is #1 on the U.S. Country singles charts.

1963 - Vocalist Nat "King" Cole, with Ralph Carmichael conducting the vocal chorus (uncredited) and orchestra (Tommy Johnson on tuba, Milt Raskin on piano, Bobby Gibbons, Al Hendrickson and Alvino Rey on guitar, Joe Comfort on bass, Irving Cottler on drums, Larry Bunker on percussion and a string section with Victor Arno, Israel Baker, Harold Dicterow, Elliott Fisher, Dave Frisina, James Getzoff, Paul Shure, and Gerald Vinci on violin), records the titles "That Sunday, That Summer", "Our Old Home Town", "Don't Forget", "You Tell Me Your Dream", and "That's What They Meant" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California at an extended session between 1:00 PM and 5:00 PM. Capitol Records will issue all the songs on Cole's album "Those Lazy-Hazy-Crazy Days Of Summer" (T 1932).

1963 - The Honeys (vocalists Diane Rovell, Marilyn Rovell, and Ginger Blake), with an orchestra (lineup unlisted) using arrangements by Jack Nitzsche, record the titles "Raindrops" and "From Jimmy With Tears" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue "From Jimmy With Tears" as a single (Capitol 5093) with "The One You Can't Have" (recorded September 17, 1963) on the flipside and both titles on the CD "Capitol Collectors Series - The Honeys" (7-93193-2).

1964 - The Beatles' Capitol Records single "I Want To Hold Your Hand", with "This Boy" on the flipside, re-enters the top 40 of Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart for 1 week after leaving the chart on April 17 after a 20-week run.

1965 - The Beatles' Capitol Records single "Ticket To Ride" is #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart.

60 Years Ago Today In 1966 - The Beach Boys' Capitol Records album "Pet Sounds" is released.

60 Years Ago Today In 1966 - The last session is held for The Beatles' title "Taxman" at Abbey Road Studios in London, England.

1967 - Twiggy's first and only single for Capitol Records, "When I Think Of You", with "Over And Over" on the flipside, is released in the United States. It was originally released in London on Ember Records.

1968 - Vocalist and guitarist Mary McCaslin, with unlisted others, records the titles "Please Don't Go" with David Cohen on 12-string guitar, and "Walk Out Of My Mind" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California. After overdubs are recorded for "Please Don't Go", Bear Family Records will issue both titles in Germany on the CD "Mary McCaslin - Rain/The Lost Album" (BCD 16232).

1968 - Vocalist Fred Neil, with unlisted others, records the title "Miss Your Water" in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records which has yet to issue the title.

1968 - Vocalist Nancy Wilson, with Jimmy Jones conducting his own arrangements to the orchestra (Benny Carter on alto saxophone, Clyde Raesinger on trumpet, John Audino, Bobby Bryant, and Harry Edison on trumpets and flugelhorns, Chuck Cooper, Ed Kusby, Tommy Pederson, Dick Nash, Lew McCreary, and Ken Shroyer on trombones, Arthur "Skeets" Herfurt on alto saxophone, William Green and Plas Johnson on saxophones and clarinets, Justin Gordon on saxophone and flute, Chuck Gentry on baritone saxophone, and bass clarinet, Don Trenner on piano, Bob Bain and Mundell Lowe on guitars, Buster Williams on bass, Shelly Manne on drums, Larry Bunker, Gene Estes, and Victor Feldman on vibraphone and percusssion) records the titles "Out Of This World", "Peace Of Mind", "Come Back To Me", and "Black Is Beautiful" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Out Of This World", "Peace Of Mind", and "Black Is Beautiful" on Miss Wilson's album "The Sound Of Nancy Wilson" (ST 2970), "Come Back To Me" on Miss Wilson's album "Hurt So Bad" (ST-353), and "Peace Of Mind" also as a single (Capitol 2283) with "This Bitter Earth" (recorded May 15, 1968) on the flipside.

1968 - Vocalist Bobbie Gentry, with unlisted others, records the title "Hushabye Mountain" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the title as a single (Capitol 2295) with "Sweet Peony" (recorded on an unlisted date in June 1968) on the flipside.

1969 - Merle Haggard records his the track "Workin' Man Blues" which will be released by Capitol Records as a single and will peak at #1 on the U.S. Country singles chart.

1969 - Chuck Barris' Capitol Records single "Too Rich", with "I Know A Child" on the flipside, is released.

1973 - Vocalist Andra Willis, with unlisted others, records the titles "Little Old Heartbreaker You", "Living In A House Divided", "Till I Can't Take It Any More", and "Daddy Wrote The Book Of Love" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Little Old Heartbreaker You" as a single (Capitol 3747) with "He Makes Me Feel Like A Woman" (recorded October 27, 1971) on the flipside, "Till I Can't Take It Any More" as a single (Capitol 3666) with "After You" (recorded March 1, 1973) on the flipside.

50 Years Ago Today In 1976 - Wings' Apple Records single "Silly Love Songs", distributed by Capitol Records in the United States with "Cook Of The House" on the flipside, is #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles Chart.

1978 - Vocalist and guitarist Sammy Hagar, with unlisted others, records the title "I've Done Everything For You" in San Francisco, California. Capitol Records will issue the title as a single (Capitol 4596) with "Someone Out There" (recorded November 19, 1977) on the flipside.

1978 - Colleen Peterson, with unlisted others, records the titles "Cupid", "Goin', Goin' Gone", and "I Go To Pieces" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records has yet to issue "Cupid" and will issue "Goin', Goin Gone" and "I Go To Pieces" on Peterson's album "Takin' My Boots Off" (ST-11835).

1978, Pianist and electric pianist Bobby Lyle, with Sunship on drums, tympani, and gong records the title "Apocalyse (Prelude)", with Lyle also on organ and synthesizer, Nathaniel Phillips on bass, Harvey Mason on drums, Sunship just on tympani and drums, and Joe Blocker on sythesized drums, records the titles "New Warrior", with Lyle also on lead vocals, without Sunship and Blocker and with Alexandra Brown, Angela Lisa Winbush, Martinette Jenkins, and Stephanie Spruill on background vocals the title "Good Inside", with just Lyle on piano, electrip piano, and harpsicord the title "Interlude", with Lyle on piano, electric piano, synthesizer, and lead vocals, Roland Bautista on guitar, Pillips on bass, Mason on drums, Paulinho Da Costa on percussion, and Ron Banks, Gregory Matta, Augie Johnson, and Jim Gilstrap on background vocals the title "Believe", with Lyle just on synthesizer and Blocker on hand gong the title "Inner Space", with Lyle on synthesizer, clavinet, handclapping on lead vocals, David T. Walker on guitar, Pillips on bass, Mason on drums, Da Costa on percussion, Alexandra Brown on lead vocals, Wayne Henderson, Vance Tenort, Augie Johnson on background vocals and handclapping, and Harvey Mason on background vocals the title "Groove (Ain't No Doubt About It)", Lyle on piano, electric piano, organ, and synthesizer, Phillips on electric bass and synthesized bass, Mason on drums, Blocker on sythesized drums, Da Costa on percusssion, and Michel Boddicker on syenthesizer programming the title "Star Traveler", and with only Lyle on piano the title "What Is This Thing Called Love" in Los Angeles, California. AFter string tracks are recorded for unlisted titles by Nathan Kaproff, James Getzoff, Carroll Stephens, Barbara Durant, Yukiko Kamei, Irma Neumann, Kathleen Lenski, Madeline Schatz, Brent Atkins, Cynthia C. Daley, Judith Aller Talvi, and Harold Wold on violins, Raphael Kramer, Frederick Seykora, Louise Mary Zeyen, Nino Rosso, and Ann Stockton on cellos, and Luis Sevadjian on harp, Capitol Records will issue the final mixes of all the titles on Lyle's album "New Warrior" (SW-11809) and "Apocalypse (Prelude)" and "Groove (Ain't No Doubt About It" also together as a single (Capitol 4657),

1978 - During two sessions held this day in Sherman Oaks, California, vocalist Glenn Campbell, with unlisted others records the title "Stranger In The Mirror" at the first session and the titles "Never Want To Lose Your Love" and "Dog Boy Blues" at the second session. Capitol Records will issue "Stranger In The Mirror" on Campbell's album "Basic" (SW-11722) and has yet to issue the other two titles.

1990 - Sammy Davis, Jr., singer, dancer, impressionist, vaudeville, Broadway, motion picture and television actor and performer, and a Capitol Records solo artist and, posthumously, as a member of The Rat Pack, dies of throat cancer at his home in Beverly Hills, California at age 64.


ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1943 - Clarinetist and bandleader George Lewis and His New Orleans Stompers (Avery "Kid" Howard on trumpet, Jim Robinson on trombone, Lawrence Marrero on banjo, Chester Zardis on bass, and Edgar Mosley on drums) record two takes of the titles "Climax Rag", "Just A Closer Walk With Thee", "I Ain't Gonna Give Nobody None Of My Jelly Roll", "Careless Love", the title "Dauphine Street Blues" two takes of the titles "Just A Little While To Stay Here", another take of "Just A Closer Walk With Thee", two takes of the titles "Milenburg Joys", the titles "Fidgety Feet" and "Fidgety Feet N° 2", two takes of "Don't Go 'Way Nobody", the titles "Deep Bayou Blues" and "When You're Lonesome, Telephone Me", another take of "Just A Closer Walk With Thee", and, with Avery "Kid" Howard" also on vocals, the titles "Old Man Mose" and "Your Rascal You" in New Orleans, Louisiana for Climax Rag Records. After Blue Note Records purchases the masters for all the titles, except "Old Man Mose" and "You Rascal You" whose master have been lost, it will issue the first take of "Climax Rag", the first take of "Just A Closer Walk With Thee", "Dauphine Street Blues", the second take of "Milenburg Joys", "Fidgety Feet", and "Deep Bayou Blues" on the 10" vinyl album "Echoes Of New Orleans" (BLP 7010), the first take of "Carless Love Blues" (released as "Careless Love"), the first take of "Just A Little While To Stay Here", and "Don't Go 'Way Nobody" on the album "Echoes Of New Orleans, Volume 2" (BLP7013), and the first takes of "Climax Rag" and "Just A Closer Walk With Thee", "Dauphine Street Blues", the second take of "Milenburg Joys", "Fidgety Feet", "Fidgety Feet N° 2", and "Deep Bayou Blues" on the album "George Lewis And His New Orleans Stompers ‎– Volume 2" (BLP 1206). Mosaic Records will issue all the titles except "Old Man Mose" and "You Rascal You" in the box set "The Complete Blue Note Recordings Of George Lewis" (MR5-132 on five 12" LPs and MD3-132 on three CDs).

80 Years Ago Today In 1946 - The Irving Berlin musical, "Annie Get Your Gun", opens at The Imperial Theatre in New York City, New York and will run for 1,147 performances. Capitol Records will later release the soundtrack to a televised version of the show starring Mary Martin and Capitol Records artist John Raitt.

1958 - Vocalist Jimmy Witherspoon, with Harry "Sweets" Edison on trumpet, Teddy Edwards and Jimmy Allen on tenor saxophone, Henry McDode on piano, Herman Mitchell on guitar, Jimmy Hamilton on bass, and Jimmy Miller on drums, records the title "Then The Lights Go Out" at Radio Recorders' studios in Los Angeles, California for Pacific Jazz Records. After Pacific Jazz's catalog is acquired by EMI, Blue Note Records will issue the title on the multi-artist compilation CD "Blue Velvet - Crooners, Swooners And Velvet Vocals" (5-21153-2).

1960 - Rick Nelson's Imperial Records single "Young Emotions" is #22 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart.

1963 - Guitarist Grant Green, with Johnny Coles on trumpet, Joe Henderson on tenor saxophone, John Patton on organ, and Ben Dixon on drums, records the titles "Am I Blue", "Take These Chains From My Heart", "Sweet Slumber", an incomplete and rejected take of "Gee Baby, Ain't I Good To You", and the titles "I Wanna Be Loved" and "For All We Know" at Rudy Van Gelder's studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey. Blue Note Records will issue "Am I Blue", "Take These Chains From My Heart", "Sweet Slumber", "I Wanna Be Loved", and "For All We Know" on Green's album "Am I Blue" (BLP4139 in mono and BST84139 in stereo).

1964 - The Beatles' single "P.S. I Love You", the flipside of the "Love Me Do" single released on Tollie Records in the U.S., enters the top 40 of Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart.

60 Years Ago Today In 1966 - Janet Jackson, singer, television and motion picture actress, and a Virgin Records America artist is born Janet Damita Jo Jackson in Gary, Indiana.

45 Years Ago Today In 1981 - Kim Carnes' EMI America Records single "Bette Davis Eyes" is #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart for the second of a five-week stay at the top

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1929 - The first Academy Awards ceremony is held at a banquet in the Blossom Room at The Roosevelt Hotel on Hollywood Boulevard.

1937 - Yvonne Craig, motion picture ("Gidget", "Our Man Flint", and others) and television actress (best known for the role of Batgirl), is born.

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HAPPY BIRTHDAYS!

90 Years Ago Today In 1936 - Anna Maria Alberghetti, Broadway, motion picture, and television actress, classical and pop singer, and Capitol Records artist (1957-1959), is born in Pesaro, Marche, Italy.

1944 - Graeham Goble, guitarist with the Capitol Records group The Little River Band and the duo Birtles & Goble, is born in Adelaide, Australia.

75 Years Ago Today In 1951 - Jonathan Richman, singer, songwriter, founder of the band The Modern Lovers, solo artist, Capitol Records artist (on the motion picture soundtrack to "There's Something About Mary"), is born in Boston, Massachusetts.

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1948 - Nat "King" Cole (with orchestra conducted by Frank DeVol)'s Capitol Records single "Nature Boy" is #1 on Billboard's Best Selling Retail Records chart and Peggy Lee (with Dave Barbour and His Orchestra)'s Capitol Records single "Mañana" is #3.

1948 - Rene Touzet (aka Buddy Cole) directs His Orchestra (lineup unlisted) as they record the titles "Masquerade", "Quien Sabe? (Who Knows?)", "Ron Y Rumba", "Modernizando", "Goo Goo", "Just And Idea", "Impia", and "Peanut Vendor" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Masquerade" and "Just An Idea" together as a single (Capitol 15360), "Quien Sabe? (Who Knows?)" and "Impia" together as a single (Capitol 15252), and has yet to issue any of the other titles.

1953 - Vocalist Gisele MacKenzie, with Buddy Cole and His Orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the titles "I'd Rather Die Young (Than Grow Old Without You)" and "I Didn't Want To Love You" with the addition of a vocal group (lineup unlisted) and the titles "Half-Hearted" and "Till They've All Gone Home" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "I'd Rather Die Young (Than Grow Old Without You)" and "I Didn't Want To Love You" together as a single (Capitol 2501) and "Half-Hearted" and "Till They've All Gone Home" together as a single (Capitol 2556).

1954 - Frank Sinatra (with Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra)'s Capitol Records single "Young At Heart" is #3 on Billboard's Best Selling Retail Records chart, Kay Starr (with orchestra conducted by Harold Mooney)'s Capitol Records single "If You Love Me (Really Love Me)" is #6 and it's flipside "The Man Upstairs" is #8, Nat "King" Cole (with Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra)'s Capitol Records single "Answer Me, My Love" is #11.

1954 - Jack Benny signs a contract with Alan Livingston to record tracks for Capitol's Children's Records Music Appreciation Series.

1958 - The Four Freshmen (Bob Flanigan on lead vocals, and Don Barbour, Ross Barbour, and Ken Albers on vocals), with Dick Reynolds conducting his own arrangements to the orchestra (Ray Triscari, Buddy Childers, Virgil Evans, and Jack Laubach on trumpets, Milt Bernhart and Harry Betts on trombones, Ken Shroyer on bass trombone, Hymie Gunkler and Eddie Rosa on alto saxophone, Ted Nash and Med Flory on tenor saxophones, Chuck Gentry on baritone saxophone, Geoff Clarkson on piano, Al Viola on gutiar, Joe Comfort on bass, and Bill Richmond on drums), records the titles "This Octobber", "When I'm Happy", and "Sunday Blues" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California. Mosaic Records will issue all the titles in the nine-LP box set "The Complete Capitol Four Freshmen Fifties Sessions" (MD9-203).

1958 - Pianist and bandleader Stan Kenton and His Orchestra (Jules Chaikin, Billy Catalano, Lee Katzman, and Phil Gilbert on trumpets, Archie Le Coque, Kent Larsen, Don Reed, and Jim Amlotte on trombones, John "Tommy"Johnson on tuba, Lennie Niehaus on alto saxophone, Bill Perkins and Richie Kamuca on tenor saxophones, Bill Robinson and Steve Perlow on baritone saxophones, Red Kelly on bass, and Mel Lewis on drums) record the titles "Beside The Bay", "Harbor Lights", and "I Don't Stand A Ghost Of A Chance With You" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California between 5:00 PM and 8:00 PM. Creative World will issue "Beside The Bay" on the album "Stan Kenton - By Request, Volume 6" (ST-1069). The other two titles have yet to be issued.

1958 - Fred Waring conducts The Pennsylvanians (lineup unlisted) as they records the titles "Min Skol, Din Skol" using an arrangement by Hawley Ades and "Zorro" using an arrangement by Harry Simeone in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue both titles together as a single (Capitol F3993).

1958 - Vocalist Jean Shepard, with Floyd Cramer on piano, Thomas Grady Martin or Jackie Phelps on lead guitar, Ray Edenton on rhythm guitar, (listed as probably) Walter Haynes on steel guitar, Roy M "Junior" Huskey, Jr. on bass, and Murray M. "Buddy" Harman, Jr. on drums, records the titels "Secret Life", "Jealous Heart", and "Sweet Temptation" at Bradley Film And Recording Studio in Nashville, Tennessee between 2:00 PM and 5:00 PM.Capitol Records will issue "Secret Life" as a single (Capitol F4013) with "He's My Baby" (recorded May 17, 1958) on the flipside, "Jealous Heart" on Shepard's album "Heartaches & Tears" (T/ST 1663), and "Sweet Temptation" on Shepard's album "Lonesome Love" (EAP-2-1126 on 7" EP and T 1126 on 12" LP).

1958 - Pianist and vocalist Esquerita (Eskew Reeder, Jr.), a "discovery" by Paul Peek and Gene Vincent and a major influence on Little Richard, at his first session as a Capitol Records artist, with Andrew Lee Goodrich on tenor saxophone, Vincent Moses on guitar, Floyd T. Chance on bass, and Johnny "Richardo" Young on drums, records the title "Oh Baby" with Atlanta-based vocal group The Gardenias (Calvin Arnold, Carlton Sheppard, Jr., Lloyd White and William Dixon), "Please Come On Home", "Sarah Lee", and (again with The Gardenias) the first version of "I Live The Life I Love" at RCA Studios in Nashville, Tennessee between 7:00 PM and 11:00 PM. Capitol Records will issue "Oh Baby" and "Please Come On Home" together as a single (Capitol F4007) and all the titles on CD "Capitol Collectors Series - Esquerita" (7-91871-2).

65 Years Ago Today In 1961 - Faron Young's Capitol Records single "Hello Walls" is #29 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart.

1963 - Vocalist Nat "King" Cole, with Ralph Carmichael conducting the vocal chorus (lineup unlisted) and orchestra (Tommy Johnson on tuba, Milt Raskin on piano, Bobby Gibbons, Al Hendrickson, and Alvino Rey on guitar, Joe Comfort on bass, Frank Carlson on drums, Larry Bunker on percussion and a string section with Victor Arno, Arnold 'Al' Belnick, Emil Briano, James Getzoff, Nathan Ross, Sidney Sharp, Paul Shure, and Gerald Vinci on violin), records the titles "On The Sidewalks Of New York", "Get Out And Get Under The Moon", "After The Ball Is Over", There's A Tavern In The Town", "On A Bicycle Build For Two", and "In The Good Old Summertime" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Streeet in Hollywood, California at an extended session held between 1:00 PM and 4:30 PM. Capitol Records will issue all the songs on Cole's album "Those Lazy-Hazy-Crazy Days Of Summer" (T 1932). Also, Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Those Lazy-Hazy-Crazy Days Of Summer" debuts at #24 on WMCA's Top Twenty-Five chart in New York City, New York.

60 Years Ago Today In 1966 - Capitol Records is a sponsor of "A Tribute To Judy Holliday", a banquet to benefit The American Medical Center in Denver, Colorado.

1967 - Buck Owens' Capitol Records single "Sam's Place" is #1 on the U.S. Country singles charts.

1968 - Bruce Johnston signs a contract with Capitol Records and becomes part of the Capitol Records group The Beach Boys.

1968 - Vocalist and guitarist Mary McCaslin, with unlisted others, records the titles "With The Sun In My Eyes" and "From Some Cool Blue-Iced Shore" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California. Bear Family Records will issue both titles in Germany on the CD "Mary McCaslin - Rain/The Lost Album" (BCD 16232).

1968 - Vocalist Nancy Wilson, with Jimmy Jones conducting his own arrangements to the orchestra (Benny Carter on alto saxophone, Clyde Raesinger on trumpet, John Audino, Bobby Bryant, and Harry Edison on trumpets and flugelhorns, Chuck Cooper, Ed Kusby, Tommy Pederson, Dick Nash, Lew McCreary, and Ken Shroyer on trombones, Arthur "Skeets" Herfurt on alto saxophone, William Green and Plas Johnson on saxophones and clarinets, Justin Gordon on saxophone and flute, Chuck Gentry on baritone saxophone, and bass clarinet, Don Trenner on piano, Bob Bain and Mundell Lowe on guitars, Buster Williams on bass, Shelly Manne on drums, Larry Bunker, Gene Estes, and Victor Feldman on vibraphone and percusssion) records the titles "By Myself", "This Bitter Earth", "The Rules Of The Road", and "It Only Takes A Moment" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Wilson's album "The Sound Of Nancy Wilson" (ST 2970) and "This Bitter Earth" also as a single (Capitol 2283) with "Peace Of Mind" (recorded May 16, 1968) on the flipside.

1968 - During two sessions held this day in Los Angeles, California, Hardwater (lineup unlisted) records the title "Birds Of Prey" at the first session and the title "Good Life & Hard Times" at the second session for Capitol Records which has yet to issue "Birds Of Prey. No issuing information is listed for "Good Life & Hard Times".

1968 - Vocalist Bobby Gentry, with an orchestra (lineup unlisted) using an arrangement by Perry Botkin, Jr., records the title "Eleanor Rigby" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the title on Gentry's album "Local Gentry" (ST 2964).

1968 - Vocalist Bettye Swann, with unlisted others, records the titles "I'm Lonely For You" and "My Heart Is Closed For The Season" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records has yet to issue the take of "I'm Lonely For You" recorded at this session. Swann will record a new take of the title on May 29, 1968, and that take will be issued with the take of "My Heart Is Closed For The Season" recorded at this session as a single (Capitol 2263).

1968 - The Immigrants (lineup unlisted) record the titles "Don't Handle Me With Satin", "But On The Other Hand", "I'm Going Home", and "Someday Soon" in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records. No issuing information is listed.

1968 - Guitarist Merle Travis, using his own arrangement, records the titLe "Ma, He's Making Eyes At Me" in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue the title on Travis' album "Strictly Guitar" (ST 2938).

1970 - Harvest Records (a subsidiary of Capitol Records) band Pink Floyd perform a two-and-a-half-hour set at Crystal Palace in England, complete with fireworks and fifty-foot inflatable octopus, that is so loud that fish die in the nearby lake.

1972 - Glen Campbell's Capitol Records compilation album "Greatest Hits" is certified Gold by the R.I.A.A.

1973 - Purlie (lineup unlisted) records the titles "Burgerette" and "Ants And Termites" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both titles together as a single (Capitol 3681).

1973 - Capitol Records registers in Los Angeles, California the master for Tony Booth's title "Don't Let True Love Slip Away" that it was recorded in the Buck Owens Studios in Bakersfield, California and purchased from Buck Owens Enterprises and will issue the title as a single (Capitol 3939) with "Old Faithful" (registered on April 13, 1973) on the flipside and on Booth's album "This Is Tony Booth" (ST-11210).

1973 - Ultra Violet (aka Isabelle Collin Dufresne), with Todd Rundgren on guitar, records the title "As Time Goes By" in Los Angeles, California with producer Jeffrey Cheen. Capitol Records will issue the title on Ultra Violet's self-titled album "Ultra Violet" (ST-11244).

50 Years Ago Today In 1976 - The Sylvers' Capitol Records single "Boogie Fever", with "Free Style" on the flipside, becomes Capitol Records first R&B single to hit #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles Chart.

1978 - Vocalist Glen Campbell, with unlisted others, records the titles "Sing It Nice And Loud For Me Sonny", "Never Tell You No Lies", and "Let's All Sing A Song About It" in Sherman Oaks, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Campbell's album "Basic" (SW-11722), "Never Tell You No Lies" also as a single (Capitol 4715) with "California" (recorded February 22, 1978) on the flipside and "Let's All Sing A Song About It" also as a single (Capitol 4638) with "Can You Fool" (also recorded February 22, 1978) on the flipside.

1978 - Colleen Peterson, with unlisted others, records the titles "The Last Time I Saw You", "Denver Hotel", and "One Horse Town" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "The Last Time I Saw You" and "One Horse Town" on Peterson's album "Takin' My Boots Off" (ST-11835). No issuing information is listed for "Denver Hotel".

1988 - Mother's Finest (lineup unlisted) records the title "Heartbreaker" at an unlisted studio. Capitol Records will issue the title on the group's album "Looks Could Kill" (C1-48988 on 12" LP and 7-48988-2 on CD).

1994 - John Berry's Liberty Records (later renamed Capitol Records Nashville) single "Your Love Amazes Me", with "What's In It For Me" on the flip side, is #1 on the U.S. Country singles chart.

15 Years Ago Today In 2011 - Bob Flanigan, original lead singer for the Capitol Records group The Four Freshmen, passed away just before 10 PM at his home in Las Vegas at age 84 of congestive heart failure. He was with several generations of his family and died peacefully with jazz music playing softly. Earlier in the afternoon, Rod Henley and a group of Vegas musicians came by his home and played for him, so music was a big part of Bob's last day on earth.

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170 Years Ago Today In 1856 - L. Frank Baum, creator and initial writer of "The Wizard of Oz" series of books and early motion pictures, was born Lyman Frank Baum in Chittenango, New York. Capitol Records will release the children's record "Dorothy And The Wizard Of Oz" based on Baum's stories.

1914 - Norrie Paramor, pianist, bandleader, arranger, conductor, and an EMI Records UK artist who also worked on sessions with other EMI artists and Capitol Records artists who recorded using EMI's facilities in London is born in London, England.

1943 - Clarinetist and bandleader George Lewis and His New Orleans Stompers (Jim Robinson on trombone, Sidney "Little Jim" Brown on tuba, Lawrence Marrero on banjo, and Edgar Mosley on drums) record the titles "Climax Rag", "New Orleans Hula", "Don't Go 'Way Nobody", and "Two Jim Blues in New Orleans, Louisiana for Climax Records which will sell the masters to Blue Note Records which will issue "Don't Go 'Way Nobody" on the album "George Lewis And His New Orleans Stompers ‎– Volume 2" (BLP1206) and "Two Jim Blues" on the album "Echoes Of New Orleans, Volume 2" (BLP7013). Mosaic Records will issue all the titles in the box set "The Complete Blue Note Recordings Of George Lewis" (MR5-132 on five 12" LPs and MD3-132 on three CDs).

1953 - Mike Oldfield, composer, film scorer, and Virgin Records' first released artist ("Tubular Bells"), is born in Reading, Berkshire, England.

65 Years Ago Today In 1961 - Ernie K-Doe's Minit Records single "Mother-In-Law" is #2 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart, Gene McDaniels' Liberty Records single "A Hundred Pounds of Clay" is #3, Rick Nelson's "Travelin' Man" is #8, Steve Lawrence's United Artists Records single "Portrait Of My Love" is #12, and Rick Nelson's Imperial Records single "Hello Mary Lou" is #27.

55 Years Ago Today In 1971 - Two films by John Lennon and Yoko Ono, "Apotheosis" and "Fly", are shown at Cannes Film Festival in France.

1980 - "The Great Rock and Roll Swindle" a documentary about EMI and Virgin Records band The Sex Pistols, is released.

1983 - David Bowie's EMI America Records single "Let's Dance", with "Cat People (Putting Out The Fire)" on the flipside, hits #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart
1986 - EMI opens its first CD manufacturing plant, located in Swindon, England.

2003 - June Carter Cash, singer, songwriter, wife of singer Johnny Cash and mother of Capitol Records artist Roseanne Cash, dies at Nashville Baptist Hospital in Nashville, Tennessee from complications from heart valve surgery at age 73. She is later buried in a light blue coffin at Hendersonville Memory Gardens in Hendersonville, Tennessee.


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1945 - Billboard publishes its first album chart. At the time, an album consisited of more than one 78rpm shellac disc held in paper sleeves in a binder.

1963 - Astronaut Leroy Gordon Cooper orbits the Earth 22 times aboard Mercury 9 spacecraft "Faith 7".

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1885 - Otto Klemperer, the conductor of various opera companies and theatres in Germany and The Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, composer, father of actor Werner Klemperer (best known as Colonel Klink on "Hogan's Heroes"), and Capitol Records artist, is born in Breslau, Germany.

1898 - "Zutty" Singleton, drummer, bandleader and Capitol Records artist, is born Arthur James Singleton in Bunkie, Louisiana.

1903 - Jenks "Tex" Carman, a Capitol Records country artist, is born in Hardinsburg, Breckinridge County, Kentucky. There's a short posting with biographical information on Jerry Douglas' Bulletin Board.

1925 - Al Porcino, a trumpet player with Capitol Records group Stan Kenton and His Orchestra (1947-'48 and 1954-'55), played in the touring bands of Capitol Records artists Frank Sinatra, Judy Garland, and Peggy Lee, and a bandleader in Germany, is born in New York City, New York.

1932 - Bob Johnston, a record producer and a Capitol Records executive, is born in Hillsboro, Texas.

90 Years Ago Today In 1936 - Bobby Darin, singer, motion picture actor, television variety show host and Atco and Capitol Records artist, is born Walden Robert Cassotto in New York City, New York.

70 Years Ago Today In 1956 - Steve Hogarth, keyboard player and vocalist with the Capitol Records band Marillon is born Ronald Steven Hoggarth in Kendal, England.

1962 - C.C. DeVille (aka (Cecil Cornelius DeVille), lead guitarist for the Capitol Records band Poison, is born Bruce Anthony Johannesson in the Bay Ridge area of Brooklyn, New York.

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1948 - The King Cole Trio starts a seventeen straight day engagement at the Rag Doll club in Chicago, Illinois. Also, Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Nature Boy" is #1 on The Billboard magazine's Best-Selling Popular Retail Records and Records Most Played By Disk Jockeys charts, #2 on the magazine's Most-Played Juke Box Records chart, #3 on the magazine's Best Selling Retail Race Records chart, and #5 on the magazine's Most-Played Juke Box Race Records chart. The King Cole Trio's Capitol Records single "Put 'Em In A Box" is #2 on The Billboard magazine's Record Possibilities - The Disk Jockeys Pick chart, #3 on the magazine's Record Possibilities - The Retailers Pick chart, and #8 on the magazine's Records Possibilities - The Operators Pick chart.

75 Years Ago Today In 1951 - The Broadway musical "Flahooley", with a book by E. Y. Harburg and Fred Saidy, lyrics by Harburg, and music by Sammy Fain, opens at the Broadhurst Theater in New York City, New York. Although the show would only run 33 days until June 16, 1951, with only 40 performances, Capitol Records will release the original Broadway cast album later the same year. It features future Capitol Records artist Yma Sumac and is also Barbara Cook's debut recording.

1952 - Vocalist and guitarist Tex Ritter, with Margie Ann "Fiddlin' Kate" Warren on fiddle, Billy Liebert on accordion, Merle Travis and Wesley Tuttle also on guitar, Wesley "Speedy" West on steel guitar, and Dale Warren on drums, records the studio version of "High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me)" which Ritter had recorded earlier for the soundtrack to the motion picture "High Noon" and the title "Love You Big As Texas" at Capitol Records' studios at 5515 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood, California between 1:30 PM and 4:30 PM with producer Lee Gillette. After Gillette records drum overdubs on August 1 and 11, 1952, Capitol Records will issue "High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me)" as a single (Capitol 2120) with "Go On! Get Out!" (recorded February 25, 1952) on the flipside. The single will enter the U.S. Country singles charts on September 6, 1952. Hilltop Records, a subsidiary of Pickwick Records, will issue "Love You Big As Texas" on the album "Love You Big As Texas" (JM/JS 6075).

1955 - J.F. Lockwood, EMI, Ltd.'s Chairman of the Board announces that Glenn E. Wallich's, president of Capitol Records, Inc., has been elected to EMI's board.

1958 - Vocalist Ann Richards, with Brian Farnon conducting the orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the titles "Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen" with a male vocal group (lineup also unlisted), "Moanin' Low", "I'd Do It All Over Again" also with a male vocal group, and "I've Got To Pass Your House to Get To My House" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen" and "I'd Do It All Over Again" together as a single (Capitol F3995) and "Moanin' Low" and "I've Got To Pass Your House to Get To My House" on Richards' album "I'm Shooting High" (EAP-1-1087 on 7" EP and T/ST 1087 on 12" LP).

1958 - Alvino Rey conducts His Orchestra (lineup unlisted) as they record the titles "I Love Paris", "Softly As In A Morning Sunrise", "How High The Moon", and "Rock Gently (More Bat)" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Rey and His Orchestra's album "Swingin' Fling!" (EAP-1-1085 on 7" EP and T/ST 1085 on 12" LP) and will also issue "Rock Gently" retitled "More Bat" as a single (Capitol 4239) with "The Bat Theme" (recorded June 8, 1959) on the flipside.

1958 - Vocalist Jean Shepard, with Thomas Grady Martin or Jackie Phelps on lead guitar, Ray Edenton on rhythm guitar, (listed as probably) Walter Haynes on steel guitar, Roy M "Junior" Huskey, Jr. on bass, and Murray M. "Buddy" Harman, Jr. on drums, records the titles "Memory", "I Love You Because", "You Win Again", and "You Can't Break The Chains Of Love" at Bradley Film And Recording Studio in Nashville, Tennessee between 2:00 PM and 5:00 PM. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Shepard's album "Lonesome Love" (T 1126).

1958 - Leopold Stokowski conducts the Orchestra National de la Radiodiffusion Française (lineup unlisted) as they record portions of the 1st and 2nd sections of Debussy's "Iberia" in Paris, France. Capitol Records will issue the entire piece on Stokowski's album "DEBUSSY - Iberia/IBERT - Escales/RAVEL - Alborada del Gracioso" (P/SP-8463).

1963 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Those Lazy-Hazy-Crazy Days Of Summer" debuts at #30 on WABC's Silver Dollar Sound Survey in New York City, New York.

1963 - Jimmie Haskell conducts his own arrangements to His Orchestra (lineup unlisted) as they record the titles "Flipper", "Dime With A Halo", "The Great Escape March", and "Love Is A Ticklish Affair" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Haskell and His Orchestra's album "From Russia With Love" (T/ST 2075)
Orchestra arr. & cond. by Jimmie Haskell.

1963 - Mickey Katz, with unlisted others, records the titles "I'll Take You Home Epsteen", "Can't You Hear Me Callin' Caroline", "The Last Rose Of Summer", and "Duet From Hunter" in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records which has yet to issue any of the titles.

1963 - Trombonist Bob Flanigan and guitarist John Gray, with (listed as) either Al Viola or John Pisano also on guitar, Don Bagley on bass, and Bob Neal on drums, record the titles "Baubles, Bangles And Beads" and "If I Were A Bell" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both titles on Flanigan and Gray's album "Togetherness" (T/ST 1957).

1963 - Vocalist Bobby Edwards, with unlisted others, records the titles "Help Me Get Over You", "Late Hours, and "Don't Pretend" in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue "Help Me Get Over You" and "Don't Pretend" together as a single (Capitol 5006) and has yet to issue "Late Hours.

1968 - John Lennon and Paul McCartney appear on "The Tonight Show", with guest host Joe Garagiola, to announce that their new company, Apple, wants to help young artists.

1968 - Vocalist and guitarist Mary McCaslin, with unlisted others, records the titles "Goodnight Everybody", "Boy From The Country", and "Nine Times Blue" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California for Capitol Records. Bear Family Records will issue all the titles in Germany on the CD "Mary McCaslin - Rain/The Lost Album" (BCD 16232).

1968 - Vocalists John Stewart and Buffy Ford, with unlisted others, record the titles "Dark Prairie", "Holly On My Mind", and "Looking Bach Johanah" in Los Angeles, California. After overdubs are recorded on June 6, 1968 for "Dark Prairie" and "Holly On My Mind", Capitol Records will issue the final mixes on Stewart and Ford's album "Signals Through The Glass" (ST 2975) and has yet to issue "Looking Bach Johanah".

1968 - Vocalist Bobbie Gentry, with an orchestra (lineup unlisted) using an arrangement by Perry Botkin, Jr., records the title "Papa's Medicine Show" in Los Angeles, California. After overdubs are recorded on May 29, 1968, Capitol Records will issue the final mix on Gentry's album "Local Gentry" (ST 2964).

1968 - Final overdubs are recorded in Los Angeles, California for The Chaparral Brothers' title "I'm Not Missing You". Capitol Records will issue the final mix of the title as a single (Capitol 2540) with "Maybe I Could Find My Way Back Home Again" (recorded January 17, 1969) on the flipside and also on The Chaparral Brothers' album "Just For The Records" (ST-551).

1968 - Guitarist and vocalist Syd Barrett, with unlisted others, records the titles "Lanky (Part 1)" and the instrumental "Golden Hair" at an unlisted studio. Harvest Records, a subsidiary of Capitol Records will issue both titles in England on Barrett's album "Opel" (SHSP 4126 on 12" LP and 7-91206-2 on CD).

1973 - Ultra Violet (aka Isabelle Collin Dufresne), with Todd Rundgren on guitar, records the titles "Cool Mac Daddy", "Loving", and "A Clown And A Stranger" in Los Angeles, California with producer Jeffrey Cheen. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Ultra Violet's self-titled album "Ultra Violet" (ST-11244).

1973 - Billy May and The Time-Life Orchestra (lineup unlisted) record the titles "Bye Bye Blues", "Going Out Of My Head" featuring Bob Bain on guitar, "Peter Gunn", "The Look Of Love", and "Wives And Lovers" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California. After overdubs are recorded at the same session for "Bye Bye Blues" and "Wives And Lovers", Time-Life Records will issue, as part of its "As You Remember Them" series, the final mixes of "Bye Bye Blues", "Peter Gunn", "The Look Of Love", and "Wives And Lovers" in the three-LP set "Volume 8 - Billy May" (STL 248) and "Goin' Out Of My Head" in the three-LP set "Volume 7 - Billy May" (STL 247).

1978 - Paul McCartney and Wings' Capitol Records single "With A Little Luck" is #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart.

1979 - The Motels begin recording sessions for their debut Capitol album with a cover of Bobby Troup's "Route 66" which didn't make it onto the album.

1988 - Mother's Finest (lineup unlisted) records the title "For Your Love" in an unlisted studio. Capitol Records will issue the title on the group's album "Looks Could Kill" (C1-48988 on 12" LP and 7-48988-2 on CD).

1998 - Frank Sinatra, singer, motion picture actor, Columbia and Capitol Records artist, father of Frank Jr., Nancy, and Tina Sinatra, and founder of Reprise Records for which he also recorded, is pronounced dead at 10:50 p.m. in the emergency room of Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California at age 82. His funeral is later held at St. Theresa Catholic Church in Palm Springs, California and he is buried next to his parents in Desert Memorial Park in Cathedral City, near Rancho Mirage, California.


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1958 - Guitarist Kenny Burrell, with Louis Smith on trumpet, Duke Jordan on piano, Sam Jones on bass, and Art Blakely on drums, records the titles "I Never Know" and "Scotch Blues" with the additions of Junior Cook and Tina Brooks on tenor saxophones, "The Man I Love", "Yes Baby" with addition again of Cook and Brooks on tenor saxophones, "Phinupi" with the addition of just Cook on tenor saxophone then, with Bobbie Timmons replacing Duke Jordan on piano, the titles "Chuckin'" with the addition again of Cook and Brooks on tenor saxophones, "Autumn In New York" without Smith on trumpet, and "Rock Salt" and "Caravan" with the addition again of Cook and Brooks on tenor saxophones at Manhattan Towers studios in New York City, New York. Blue Note Records will issue "Scotch Blues", "Yes Baby", "Autumn In New York", and "Caravan" on Burrell's album "Blue Lights, Volume 1" (BLP1596 in mono and BST81596 in stereo), "The Man I Love", "Phinupi", "Chuckin", and "Rock Salt" on Burrell's album "Blue Lights, Volume 2" (BLP1597 in mono and BST81597 in stereo), and all the titles on the CD "Blue Lights, Volume 1 And 2" (7-81597-2 in mono and 8-57184-2 in stereo) with a cover illustration on all versions by Andy Warhol.

60 Years Ago Today In 1966 - Bob Dylan and future Capitol Records group The Band record "Tell Me Momma" and "Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues" in Liverpool, England.

1989 - Paula Abdul's Virgin Records America single "Forever Your Girl" is #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart.

1993 - Pianist Gonzalo Rubalcaba, with Charlie Haden on bass and Jack DeJohnette on drums, at a live concert held at Alice Tully Hall in New York City, New York that is recorded by Blue Note Records, performs the titles "Imagine", "You Taught My Heart To Sing" with vocals by Dianne Reeves, "First Song", "Airegin", "Ruby My Dear", and "When Will The Blues Leave" then Rubalcaba, with Reynaldo Melian on trumpet, Felipe Cabrera on electric bass, and Julio Barreto on drums, performs the titles "Contagio", "Moose The Mooche", "Transparence", Perfidia", and "Rapsodia Cubana". All the recordings except those of "You Taught My Heart To Sing" and "First Song" were rejected, "You Taught My Heart To Sing" is still unissued, and Blue Note Records will issue "First Song" on Rubalcaba's album "Imagine - Gonzalo Rubalcaba In The USA" (8-30491-2 on CD).


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1897 - Sidney Bechet, saxophonist, clarinetist, and composer, is born Sidney Joseph Bechet in New Orleans, Louisiana and 62 years later to the day he would die in Paris, France.

1944 - George Lucas, a screenwriter, director, producer, and a studio founder and head, is born George Walton Lucas, Jr. in Modesto, California.