FEBRUARY 14, 2026

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

1894 - Jack Benny, comedian, vaudeville performer, radio, motion picture, and television actor and host, and a Capitol Records artist, is born Benjamin Kubelsky in Waukegan, Illinois.

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1945 - Vocalist Ella Mae Morse, with Billy May and his Orchestra (Donald Anderson, Charles Griffard, Paul Earl Geil, and Joe Yukl on trumpet, Carl Loeffler, James LeRoy Skiles, Elmer Smithers, and Joe Mikl on trombone, Henry "Heinie" Beau on alto and baritone saxophones, Les Robinson on alto saxophone, Richard Clark, Herbie Haymer, and Harry Schuchman on tenor saxophone, Edwin LeMar "Buddy" Cole on piano, Dave Barbour on guitar, Phil Stephens on bass, and Raymond Thomas Hagan on drums), records the titles "Ya' Betcha", "Captain Kidd", and "Jumpin' Jack" at C.P. MacGregor's studios at 729 South Western Avenue in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Ya' Betcha" and "Captain Kidd" together as a single (Capitol 193) and "Jumpin' Jack" on the two-CD compilation set "Capitol Blues Collection: Cool Cats & Hip Chicks - Jumpin' Like Mad" (8-52051-2).

1947 - Vocal group The Dinning Sisters (Ginger Dinning, Jayne Bundesen, and Jean Dinning), with The Art Van Damme Quintet (Art Van Damme on accordion with unidentified vibraphonist, bass player, and drummer players) record the titles "If I Had My Life To Live Over", "My Adobe Hacienda", and "Santa Catalina" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "If I Had My Life To Live Over" and "My Adobe Hacienda" together as a single (Capitol 389) and Collector's Choice will issue all the titles on the CD "The Dinning Sisters Sing Their Tremendous Hits" (CCM045-2).

1947 - Pappy "Gube" Weaver records the titles "Somebody Said", "The Straight And Narrow Way", "Cruel Hearted Gal", and "The Great Judgment Day" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Somebody Said" as a single (Capitol Americana 40035) with "As Long As I Live" (recorded December 21, 1944) on the flipside, "The Straight And Narrow Way" as a single (Capitol Americana 40010) with "I'm Dying A Sinner's Death" (also recorded December 21, 1944) on the flipside, and "Cruel Hearted Gal" and "The Great Judgment Day" together as a single (Capitol 392). Unfortunately, none of the titles are currently available on YouTube.

1947 - Vocalist Betty Hutton and The Four Hits (unlisted vocalists), with Joe Lilley conducting the orchestra (unlisted brass, reeds, piano, guitar, bass, drums, and strings musicians), record the titles "Rumble, Rumble, Rumble" and "Poppa Don't Preach At Me" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both titles together as a single (Capitol 380) and "Rumble, Rumble, Rumble" on Hutton's 10" 33 1/3 RPM album "Square In The Social Circle" (H-256).

1949 - Vocalist Joseph "Country" Washburne, with an unidentified Western band, records the titles "Open Up Your Heart", "Money, Marble And Chalk", "Crowderville Jail", and "I Was Trying To Be" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Open Up Your Heart" and "Money, Marble And Chalk" together as a single (Capitol 15413) and "Crowderville Jail" and "I Was Trying To Be" together as a single (Capitol 57-40210).

1949 - Pinto Colvig records wild tracks of sound effects and laugh effects for Margaret O'Brien children's albums "Margaret O'Brien Favorite Fairy Tales, Volume 1" and "Margaret O'Brien Favorite Fairy Tales, Volume 2", Frank Morgan's children's album "Gossamer Wump" and Bozo The Clown's children's album "The Laughing Hyena Song" at Radio Recorders' studios in Hollywood, California.

1949 - Margaret Whiting's Capitol Records single "Far Away Places" (with "My Own True Love" on the flipside) is #4 on the U.S. Pop Singles chart and Jimmy Wakely's Capitol Records single "I Love You So Much It Hurts" (with "I Don't Want Your Sympathy" on the flipside) is #1 on the U.S. Country singles charts.

75 Years Ago Today In 1951 - Vocalist Helen O'Connell, with Harold Mooney directing the orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the titles "He Didn't Ask Me", "I'm Getting Sentimental Over You", "Green Eyes", and "Body and Soul" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "He Didn't Ask Me" and "I'm Getting Sentimental Over You" together as a single (Capitol 1459), "Green Eyes" as a single (Capitol 1759) with "When You're Near Me" on the flipside, and "Body and Soul" as a single (Capitol 2137) with "Zing A Little Zong!" on the flipside.

1952 - Pianist and vibraphonist Ben Light, with unlisted organ, guitar, bass, and drums players, records the titles "Tea For Two", "Siboney", "Perfidia", and "After You've Gone" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Tea For Two", "Siboney", and "Perfidia" on Light's album "Juke Box Favorites" (T 330) and "After You've Gone" on Light's album "Rhythm Rendezvous" (T 361). Unfortunately, "Siboney" is not currently available on YouTube and "After You've Gone" is not currently available as a separate video but the entire "Rhythm Rendezvous" album is available on YouTube..

1953 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Pretend" is #10 on The Billboard magazine's Top R&B Records - National Best Sellers chart, #11 on the magazine's Best Selling Singles chart, and #14 on both its Most Played In Juke Boxes and Most Played By Jockeys charts. Also, "Pretend" is #11, and Cole's single "Strange" is #37, on Cash Box magazine's Best Selling Singles chart.

70 Years Ago Today In 1956 - During two sessions held this day in Los Angeles, California, The George Shearing Quintet (Johnny Rae on vibraphone, George Shearing on piano, Jean "Toots" Thielemans on guitar, Al McKibbon on bass, Armando Peraza on congas, Tony Martinez on Latin percussion, and Chico Guerrero on timbales) records the titles "Yours", "Perfidia", "Canto Karabali" and "Mi Musica Es Para Ti (My Music Is For You)" at the first session between 1:00 PM and 4:00 PM and the titles "Watch Your Step", "Strange Enchantment", "Mambo With Me", and "Poodle Mambo" at the second session between 8:00 PM and 11:00 PM. Capitol Records will issue "Yours" and "Perfidia" from the first session and all the titles from the second session on the group's album "Latin Escapade" (T 737) and has yet to issue "Canto Karabali" and "Mi Musica Es Para Ti (My Music Is For You)".

70 Years Ago Today In 1956 - Trumpetist and bandleader Ray Anthony and His Orchestra (John Best, Conrad Gozzo, Art DePew, and John Dolny on trumpet, Tommy Pederson, Jimmy Priddy, Ray Sims, and Ken Trimble on trombone, Med Flory and Gene Merlino on clarinet and alto saxophone, Georgie Auld and Irv Roth on tenor saxophones, Leo Anthony on baritone saxophone, Corky Hale on piano and harp, Nick Bonney on guitar, Don Simpson on bass, and Irv Kluger on drums), using an arrangement by Don Simpson, George Williams, and Dick Reynolds, recorded Gershwin's "An American In Paris" in Los Angeles, California, Capitol Records will issue the title on Anthony's album "Concert" (T 406).

1957 - Vocalist Ann Leonardo, with The Earl Sheldon Orchestra and Chorus (lineups unlisted), records the titles "Straws In The Wind", "Traveling Stranger", "One Is A Lonely Number", and "I'm No Stranger To The Blues" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue "Straws In The Wind" and "Traveling Stranger" together as a single (Capitol F3677) and Prep Records (a subsidiary of Capitol Records) will issue "One Is A Lonely Number" and "I'm No Stranger To The Blues" together as a single (Prep F103) as by Martha Lou Harp.

1957 - Sonny James' Capitol Records single "Y00oung Love", with "You're The Reason I'm In Love" on the flipside, is #1 on the U.S. Country singles charts.

1958 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Angel Smile" is #24 on WDGY's Official Top 40 Survey in Minneapolis/St. Paul, Missouri.

1958 - Vocalist Tennessee Ernie Ford, with Harold Geller conducting the orchestra and chorus (lineups unlisted), records the titles "His Eye On The Sparrow", "Beautiful Isle Of Somewhere", Jesus Savior, Pilot Me", and "Whispering Hope" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Ford's album "Nearer The Cross" (T 1005).

1960- Glen Gray leads The Casa Loma Orchestra (listed as similar to Shorty Sherock, Pete Candoli, Uan Rasey, and Mannie Klein on trumpet, Milt Bernhart, Joe Howard, Tommy Pederson, and Si Zentner on trombone, George Roberts on bass trombone, Gus Bivona on clarinet and alto saxophone, Skeets Herfurt on alto saxophone, Plas Johnson and Babe Russin on tenor saxophone, Chuck Gentry on baritone saxophone, Ray Sherman on piano, George Van Eps on guitar, Mike Rubin on bass, Nick Fatool on drums) as they record the titles "Dixie", "Cajun Shout", "Carolina In The Morning", and "Stars And Stripes Forever". Capitol Records will issue "Dixie", "Cajun Shout", and "Carolina In The Morning" on the band's album "Swingin' Southern Style" (T 1400) and has yet to issue "Stars And Stripes Forever".

65 Years Ago Today In 1961 - Autoharpist Rita Faye records the titles "Where No One Stands Alone", "It Is No Secret", "The Three Bells (Jimmy Brown Song)", and "Beyond The Sunset" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Faye's album "Rita Faye's Autoharp" (T1606).

65 Years Ago Today In 1961 - Paul Weston conducts his own arrangement to his orchestra (lineup unlisted) as they record the titles "The Anniversary Song", "I Love You Truly","Let Me Call You Sweetheart", and "No Other Love" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Weston's album "Music For My Love" (T/ST 1563).

65 Years Ago Today In 1961- Jackie Gleason directs his Orchestra (lineup unlisted) as they record the titles "The Kiss", "The Wine", and "How Sweet It Is" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Gleason's two-LP set "Jackie Gleason's Lover's Portfolio" (WBO 1619).

65 Years Ago Today In 1961 - Pianists Arthur "Buck" Whittemore and Jack Lowe (aka Whittemore and Lowe), with Glenn Osser directing The Concert Arts Orchestra and Chorus (members unlisted for both), record the titles "The Song From Moulin Rouge", "Hi-Lili, Hi-Lo (From 'Lili')", "Ruby (from 'Ruby Gentry'), and "Love Letters" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on the duo's album "Immortal Music From The Movies" (T 1599).

1962 - Jack Marshall directs His Orchestra (a large orchestra of unlisted musicians) as they record the titles "New Orleans", "Take Good Care Of My Baby", "The Wild One", and "Be-Bop-A-Lula" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Marshall's album "Tuff Jack" (T 1727).

1962 - The Four Cal-Quettes (lineup unlisted) record the titles "Again" and "I'll Never Come Back" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both titles together as a single (Capitol 4725).

1962 - Vocalist Wanda Jackson, with Harold Ray Bradley on guitar, Bob Moore on bass, and other unknown musicians  including a strings section) and chorus (unlisted vocalists), records the titles "Between The Window And The Phone" (arranged by Bill McElhiney), "If I Cried Every Time You Hurt Me", "I Misunderstood" (arranged by Bill McElhiney), and "Let My Love Walk In" at Bradley Film and Recording Studio in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue "Between The Window And The Phone" and "I Misunderstood" together as a single (Capitol F4785) and "If I Cried Every Time You Hurt Me" and "Let My Love Walk In" together as a single (Capitol F4723).

1962 - Alto saxophonist and vocalist Eddie Vinson, with The Cannonball Adderley Quintet (Nat Adderley on cornet, Julian "Cannonball" Adderley on alto saxophone, Joe Zawinul on piano, Sam Jones on vibraphones, and Louis Hayes on drums), records the title "Just A Dream" at Bell Sound Studios in New York City, New York for Riverside Records. Capitol Records will lease the title and issue it on the album "Julian Cannonball Adderley With Friends" (SWBO-812).

1963 - Vocalist and guitarist Buck Owens, with Don Rich and The Buckaroos (lineup unlisted), records the titles "Saw Mill", "Sweethearts In Heaven", "Sally Was A Good Old Girl", and "Release Me" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Owens' album "On The Bandstand" (T 1879).

1963 - Vocalist Bobby Darin, with unlisted musicians, records the titles "Somebody Stole My Gal" and "I Cried For You" in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records which has yet to issue either title.

1963 - Capitol Records purchases the masters for Dick Dale & His Del-tones titles "Jungle Fever", "Surf Beat", "Eight Till Midnight", "Del Tone Rock", "Surf Beat", "Sloop John B", "Take It Off", "Night Owl", "Fanny Mae", Misirlou Twist", "Peppermint Man", Surfing Drums", "Shake 'N' Stomp", "Lovie Dovie", "Death Of A Gimmie", and "Let's Go Trippin'" from Deltone Records. Capitol Records will issue "Misirlou Twist" and "Eight Till Midnight" together as a single (Capitol 4939), "Peppermint Man" and "Surf Beat" together as a single (Capitol 4940), "Surf Beat", "Sloop John B", "Take It Off", "Night Owl", "Fanny Mae", Misirlou Twist", "Peppermint Man", Surfing Drums", "Shake 'N' Stomp", "Lovie Dovie", "Death Of A Gimmie", and "Let's Go Trippin'" on Dale's album "Surfer's Choice" (T/DT 1886), and "Del Tone Rock" in France on the compilation album "Rock 'N' Roll At The Capitol Tower" (2C150-85029/30).

1964 - Vocalist Johnny Burnette, with Gus Levene directing the orchestra (Gene Garf on piano, Ervan "Bud" Coleman and Bill Pitman on guitar, Stephen LaFever on bass, Earl Palmer Jr. on drums, Emil Richards on mallets and percussion, and a string section with Leonard Atkins, Elliott Fisher, Sol Klein, Carl LaMagna, Wilbert Nuttycombe, andy Jerry Reisler on violin, Nathan Gershman, Kurt Reher, Karl Rossner, Joseph Saxon, and Frederick Seykora on cello), records the titles "Aunt Marie", "Two Feet In Front Of Me", "If I Were An Artist", and "And Her Name Is Scarlet" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California between 8:00 PM and 11:00 PM. Rockstar Records will issue all the titles in England on Burnette's album "That's The Way I Feel" (RSRCD 006) and Bear Family Records will issue all the titles in Germany in the CD box set "Johnny Burnette - The Complete Recordings" (BCD 16438).

1964 - Capitol Records purchases the masters for producer William L. Robinson's titles "The Big Sounds Of The Drag Boats, Part 1" and "The Big Sounds Of The Drag Boats, Part 2" and will issue both parts on the album "Big Sounds Series, Volume 3 - The Big Sounds Of The Drag Boats" (T/ST 2049).

1964 - Vocalist and guitarist Mac Wiseman, with Marion Worth on vocals, Charlie McCoy on harmonica, Ray Edenton on guitar, Lew "Chilree" Houston on Dobro, Donnie Bryant on banjo, Roy M. "Huskey" Jr. on bass, and Murrey M. "Buddy" Harman Jr. on drums, records the titles "Katie Waits For Me", "Sweet Summers Gone Away", "Brush It Off", and "They're All Goin' Home But One" at Columbia Recording Studio in Nashville, Tennessee. Bear Family Records will issue all the titles in Germany in the six-CD set "Mac Wiseman - 'Tis Sweet To Be Remembered" (BCD 15976).

1965 - It's a Sunday and a beautiful Valentine's Day. Nat "King" Cole is picked up at St. John's Hospital in Santa Monica, California and takes a brief ride along the Santa Monica beach along with his wife Maria Cole, her sister Charlotte, Cole's nurse Viviane "Mac" McKenzie., and Dr. James Scott (a friend from Chicago) for about an hour and a half then returns to the hospital.

60 Years Ago Today In 1966 - Vocalist Buck Owens, with Don Rich on fiddle and other unlisted musicians, records the titles "You Made A Monkey Out Of Me", "Congratulations, You're Absolutely Right", "You, You, Only You", "Where Does The Good Times Go", and "Goodbye, Good Luck, God Bless You" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "You Made A Monkey Out Of Me" on Owens' album "Your Tender Loving Care" (T 2760), "Congratulations, You're Absolutely Right", "You, You, Only You", and "Goodbye, Good Luck, God Bless You" on Owens' album "Open Up Your Heart" (T 2640), and has yet to issue "Where Does The Good Times Go".

60 Years Ago Today In 1966 - David McCallum directs the orchestra (unlisted musicians) as it records the titles "Uptight", "Batman Theme", "The Shadow Of Your Smile" and "Michelle" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on McCallum's album "A Bit More Of Me" (T 2498).

60 Years Ago Today In 1966- The Beach Boys (Mike Love, Brian Wilson, Carl Wilson, Dennis Wilson, and Al Jardine on vocals, with a band featuring Glen Campbell on guitar and Hal Blaine on percussion) record the title "I Just Wasn't Made For These Times" at Gold Star Studio in Hollywood, California. After further overdubs are recorded on March 10, 1966 at Western Recorders, Capitol Records will issue the title on the band's album "Pet Sounds" (T 2458).

1967 - Vocalist Lou Rawls, with H.B. Barnum conducting his own arrangements to the orchestra (Freddie Hill and Tony Terran on trumpet, Teddy Edwards on tenor saxophone, Jim Horn on alto and baritone saxophone, Gerald Wiggins on piano, Barney Kessel on guitar, Jimmy Bond on bass, and Earl Palmer on drums), records the titles "The Twelfth Of Never", "Why (Do I Love You So?)", I Just Want To Make Love To You", and "It's Just An Uphill Climb To The Bottom" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Rawls' album "Too Much!" (T 2713).

1967 - Capitol Records assigned numbers to the masters it purchased of vocalist Patti Drew's titles "Tell Him", "Turn Away From Me" and "When I Go Home". All three titles feature Carlton Black on bass vocals and other unlisted musicians and are listed as possibly being recorded in Chicago, Illinois sometime in 1967. Capitol Records will issue "Tell Him" and "Turn Away From Me" together as a single (Capitol 5861) and has yet to issue "When I Go Home".

1968 - Hearts And Flowers record the titles "She Sang Hymns Out Of Tune", "Legend Of Ol' Tenbrooks", and "Two Little Boys" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on the band's album "Of Horses, Kids & Forgotten Women" (T 2868).

1969 - Vocalist Bobbie Gentry, with unlisted musicians, records an as of yet unissued take of "Cotton Candy Sandman" in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records.

1969 - The Beach Boys record overdubs on to the yet-to-be-released take of the title "I Got To Know The Woman" (recorded February 13, 1969) in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records.

1969 - During two sessions held this day in Nashville, Tennessee, vocalist, and guitarist John Stewart, with, collectively, Hargus "Pig" Robbins, Jerry Smith, and Beegie Cruser on piano, Charlie McCoy on harmonica, Fred Carter and Kelso Herston on guitar, Lloyd Green on steel guitar, Norbert Putnam on bass, Murray M. "Buddy" Harman Jr. and Kenneth Buttrey on drums, Bergen White directing a string section of unlisted musicians, and Mary John Wilkin on additional vocals, records the title "The Pirates Of Stone County Road" at the first session and the titles "July, You're A Woman (continuation)", "Mother Country", and "You Can't Look Back" at the second session. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Stewart's album "California Bloodlines" (ST-203).

1969 - Paul McCartney and John Lennon finish recording the title "The Ballad Of John And Yoko" at EMI's Abbey Road Studios in London, England. It will be the first title released as a single by The Beatles not to feature George Harrison and Ringo Starr.

1970 - During three sessions held this day (listed as possibly) in the Los Angeles, California area, vocalist Merle Haggard and The Strangers (lineup unlisted) record the titles "I Take A Lot Of Pride In What I Am", "Corrine, Corrina", "Every Fool Has A Rainbow", "T.B. Blues", "When Did Right Become Wrong", and "Philadelphia Lawyer" (with additional vocals by Bonnie Owens) at the first session and "Stealin' Corn" (by just The Strangers), and with Merle Haggard and Bonnie Owens on vocals "Harold's Super Service", a medley of "Devil Woman/I'm Movin' On/Folsom Prison Blues/Jackson/Orange Blossom Special/Love's Gonna Live Here", "Today I Started Loving You Again", Oakie From Muskogee", and "The Fightin' Side Of Me" at the second session which was recorded at a live performance, and Merle Haggard did a vocal overdub for "Theme- Hammin' It Up" at the third session. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Haggard's album "The Fightin' Side Of Me" (ST-451).

1972 - Buck Owens' Capitol Records single "I've Got A Tiger By The Tail", with "Cryin' Time" on the flipside, is #1 on Billboard's Country singles chart seven years after it was released.

1972 - Apple and Capitol Records artists John Lennon and Yoko Ono begin their week-long stint as guest hosts on "The Mike Douglas Show", a syndicated U.S. variety television series.

1972 - According to Capitol's master file, Jodi Mathis records the title "God Is Love" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the title as a single (Capitol 3292) with "Young Power" (recorded December 7, 1971) on the flipside.

1972 - Joseph Horowitz and His Orchestra (lineup unlisted) record the titles "Theme From 'The Search For The Nile'" and "Caribbean Charisma" at an unlisted location. Capitol Records will issue both titles together as a single (Capitol 3284).

1972 - Capitol Records registers the masters it purchased for the titles performed by vocalist and guitarist Buck Owens, Kenni Huskey, Susan Raye, and the Bakersfield Brass (lineup unlisted) at The Nugget in Los Angeles, on November 30, 1970, which include "Introduction", "Good Ole Mountain Dew", "Nugget Lament", "Roll In My Sweet Baby's Arms", "Ruby (Are You Mad)", then Kenni Huskey performs "Help Me Make It Through The Night", then Owens performs "Lookin' Out My Back Door", "Fishin' On The Mississippi", "Introduction", then The Bakersfield Brass performs "Sally Was A Good Old Girl" and "Flint Hill Special", then vocalist Susan Raye performed "Pitty, Pitty, Patter", "L.A. International Airport", and "We're Gonna Get Together", then Owens performs "I'll Still Be Waiting For You" and "Johnny B. Goode". Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Owens' album "Live At The Nugget" (SMAS-11039).

1972 - Capitol Records registers the masters for conductor Ron Goodwin's titles "One Less Bell to Answer", "I'll Never Fall In Love Again", "Alfie", "Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head", "(They Long To Be) Close To You", "The Look Of Love", "What The World Needs Now Is Love", "This Guy's In Love With You", "I Say A Little Prayer", "Walk On By", "Do You Know The Way To San Jose", and "Wives And Lovers" which were recorded in England and first issued by EMI on the album "Ron Goodwin Plays Burt Bacharach" (260092-1). Capitol Records will issue all the titles except "Do You Know The Way To San Jose" and "Wives And Lovers" on Goodwin's album "Somebody Named Ron Goodwin Plays Somebody Named Burt Bacharach" (ST-11012).

1973 - Vocalist Al Martino, with unlisted others, records the titles "Carolyn", "Heaven Is My Woman's Love", and "Eleven Roses" in Nashville, Tennessee. After overdubs for all the titles are recorded in Nashville Tennessee on February 27, 1973, Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Martino's album "Country Style" (ST-11184).

1975 - During three sessions held this day in Los Angeles, California vocalist Nancy Wilson, with Gene Page conducting his own arrangements to the orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the titles "This Time Last Summer", "Come Get To This", "He Called Me Baby" at the first session, "All My Love Comes Down" and "Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight" at the second session, and "Like A Circle Never Stops", "Boogeyin' All The Way", "Houdini Of The Midnight Hour", "If I Ever Lose This Heaven", and "Happy Tears" at the third session. After overdub sessions are held on March 22, 26, 27, April 3, 7, 18, 19, 22, 23, 24, 25, and 26, 1975 Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Miss Wilson's album "Come Get To This" (ST-11386).

1975 - Capitol Records purchases the masters for Coda's (lineup unlisted) titles "Get Your Best Ready", and "Smooth Sailing" but have yet to issue either title.

1977 - Emil Richards records vibraphone and percussion overdubs on to Helen Reddy's titles "If It's Magic", "One More Night", and "Long Distance Love" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the final versions of all the titles on Reddy's album "Ear Candy" (SO-11640).

1977 - The Section (Danny Kortchmar on guitar, Leland Sklar on bass, Craig Doerge on keyboards, and Russ Kunkel on drums) records the title "Nevermore" at either United Western Studios or Sunset Sound Studios in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records. There is no listing for a release of the title.

1977 - Chuck Crane records the titles "Every Day" and "Oh Dancer" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the original versions of these titles on Crane's album "Crane" (ST-11742) and edited versions of both titles together as a single (Capitol 4471).

1978 - Raul De Souza records the title "Jazz Jam" at Paramount Studios in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records which has yet to issue the title.

1978 - Pam Rose records the titles "Whirlwind", "Love It Away", "Two's A Party", and "Living My Life For You" possibly in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records. There is no release information for any of these titles.

1978 - Mel McDaniel records the titles "Dim The Lights (And Pour The Wine)" and "Misty Morning Memories" in Nashville Tennessee. Capitol Records will "Dim The Lights (And Pour The Wine)" on McDaniel's album "The Farm" (ST-11779). There is no issuing information listed for "Misty Morning Memories".

1980 - Eduardo "Eddie" Del Barrio records the titles "Pretty Polly" and "New B.G." in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Pretty Polly" on Del Barrio's album "Edu" (ST-12084) and has yet to issue the take of "New B.G." recorded at this session.

1980 - Vocalist Natalie Cole, with Gene Barge directing the orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the titles "(I've Seen) Paradise" and "Don't Look Back" at Scott/Sunstorm Studios in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both titles on Cole's album "Don't Look Back" (ST-12079).

1980 - Jay Ferguson records the titles "You Should Have Known Better Than That", "When You're Gone", and "My Baby's Eyes" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the "You Should Have Known Better Than That" and "My Baby's Eyes" on Ferguson's album "Terms And Conditions" (ST-12083) and has yet to issue "When You're Gone".

1980 - Le Roux records the titles "Mystery" and "It Could Be The Fever" listed as possibly in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both titles on Le Roux's album "Up" (ST-12092).

1980 - The Motels, featuring Martha Davis on vocals, records the title "People, Places And Things" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the title on the group's album "Careful" (ST-12070).

1983 - At two sessions held this day in Los Angeles, California, Moses Tyson records the titles "Do You Want My Love" and "Thank You" at the first session and "If You Want Me To Stay" at the second session. Capitol Records will issue the  "Do You Want My Love" and "Thank You" together as a single (Capitol 5227) and "Do You Want My Love" and "If You Want Me To Stay" on Tyson's album "Moses Tyson" (ST-12255).

1983 - The Motels, featuring Martha Davis on vocals, records the title "Killing Time" in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records. No issuing information is listed.

1985 - Vocalist and synthesizer player Paul Laurence Jones III (aka Paul Laurence), with Ira Segal on guitar, and Timmy Allen on electric bass, records the title "Haven't You Heard?" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the title on Laurence's album "Haven't You Heard?" (ST-12407).

40 Years Ago Today In 1986 - Vocalist Barbara Fairchild, with unlisted musicians, records the titles "Loving You Out Of My Mind", "All My Cloudy Days Are Gone", "Too Much Love", and "Just Out Riding Around" at Jack's Tracks Studio in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records has yet to issue "Loving You Out Of My Mind" and will release "All My Cloudy Days Are Gone" as a single (Capitol 5607) with "You Burned Me So Bad" on the flipside, "Too Much Love" as a single (Capitol 5688) with "Bluebird" on the flipside, and "Just Out Riding Around" as a single (Capitol 5582) also with "You Burned Me So Bad" on the flipside.

35 Years Ago Today In 1991 - Poison's Capitol Records album "Flesh & Blood" is certified Triple Platinum by the R.I.A.A.

2009 - Louis Bellson (born Luigi Paulino Alfredo Francesco Antonio Balassoni), drummer with Duke Ellington and His Orchestra, the Capitol Records groups The Benny Goodman Sextet and Ray Anthony and His Orchestra, and at Capitol Records sessions for Helen O'Connell, Frank DeVol, Nat "King Cole, Ella Fitzgerald, the tribute album "Giants Of Jazz" for the movie "A Song Is Born and the 1969 All-Star White House Tribute to Duke Ellington which was issued by Blue Note Records, leader of the Louis Bellson "Just Jazz" All-Stars, and husband of actress, singer and Capitol Records artist (on the original Broadway cast album for "St. Louis Woman") Pearl Bailey until her death in 1990, has died at age 84 of complications of Parkinson's disease at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California.

15 Years Ago Today In 2011 - George Shearing, pianist, songwriter, arranger, and Capitol Records artist, died of congestive heart failure at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City, New York at age 91. I was fortunate enough to see him in concert twice. Once opening for Carol Lawrence and Robert Goulet at Melody Fair in Tonawanda, New York, and with The Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra at Kleinhans Music Hall in Buffalo, New York.

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1950  - Roger Fisher, founding guitarist (1976-1979) of the future Capitol Records group Heart, is born in Seattle, Washington

1965 - Gary Lewis And The Playboys' Liberty Records single "This Diamond Ring", with "Tijuana Wedding" on the flipside, is #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart.

1972 - Electric pianist and vocalist Horace Silver, with Cecil Bridgewater on trumpet and flugelhorn, Harold Vick on tenor saxophone, Richie Resnicoff on guitar, Bob Cranshaw on electric bass, Mickey Roker on drums, and Salome Bey, Andy Bey, and Gail Nelson on vocals, records the titles "Summary" (vocals by Horace Silver, Andy Bey, Salome Bey and Gail Nelson, without Richie Resnicoff on guitar), "The Merger Of The Minds" (vocals by Horace Silver, Andy Bey, Salome Bey and Gail Nelson), "My Soul Is My Computer" (vocals by Salome Bey, without Richie Resnicoff on guitar), "Horn Of Life" (without Richie Resnicoff on guitar), and "All" (vocals by Horace Silver, Andy Bey, and Gail Nelson, without Cecil Bridgewater on trumpet and Harold Vick on tenor saxophone) at recording engineer Rudy Van Gelder's studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey. Blue Note will issue all the titles on Silver's album "The United States Of Mind Phase 3-All" (BST84420).

1989 - Pianist Don Grolnick, with Randy Brecker on trumpet, Barry Rogers on trombone, Bob Mintzer on bass clarinet, Michael Brecker on tenor saxophone, Dave Holland on bass, and Peter Erskine on drums, begins three straight days of sessions at Skyline Studios in New York City, New York where the titles "Nothing Personal", "Taglioni", "A Weaver Of Dreams", "His Majesty The Baby", "I Want To Be Happy", "Persimmons", "Or Come Fog", and "Five Bars" are recorded. Blue Note Records will issue all the titles on Grolnick's CD "Weaver Of Dreams" (7-94591-2).

1994 - Vocalist Kurt Elling, with Laurence Hobgood on piano, Eric Hochberg on bass, and Paul Wertico on drums and percussion, records the titles "Close Your Eyes", "Dolores Dream", "Now It Is Time That Gods Came Walking Out", and "Remembering Veronica" at Tone Zone Recording's studio in Chicago, Illinois. Blue Note Records will issue all the titles on Elling's CD "Close Your Eyes" (8-30645-2).

1998 - Guitarist Pat Martino, with Eric Alexander on tenor saxophone, Delmar Brown on keyboards, James Genus on electric bass, and Kenwood Dennard on drums and percussion, records the titles "Uptown Down", "Stone Blue", and "With All The People" at Avatar Studios in New York City, New York, Blue Note Records will issue all the titles on Martino's CD "Stone Blue" (8-53082-2).

1999 - Vibraphonist Stefon Harris begins two straight days of sessions at Systems Two Studios in Brooklyn, New York, and with Jason Moran on piano, Tarus Mateen on bass, and Eric Harland on drums, records the titles "You Stepped Out Of A Dream" (just Harris), "Bass Vibes" (just Harris and Mateen), "There Is No Greater Love" (without Moran), "After Day Is Done", "My Little Black Action Figure", then, with the addition of Gary Thomas on tenor saxophone and alto flute, "Collage", then with the addition of Stanley Turre on trombone, and Greg Osby on alto saxophone, "Of Things To Come", "Feine Blues", "Alovi", "The Alchemist", "Chorale", and "Faded Beauty". Blue Note Records will issue all the titles on Harris CD "Black Action Figure" (4-99546-2) where the CD opens with "Clud madness" which is made of voices and sound effects and closes with "Musical silence" which is a title of silence.

ON THIS DAY NOT IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1945 - Bill Nowlin, one of the founders of Rounder Records, is born in Boston, Massachusetts.

1999 - Doug Weston, owner of The Troubadour, Los Angeles' prime talent showcase during the '60s and '70s, dies in a local hospital after a bout of pneumonia at age 72.

 FEBRUARY 13, 2026

HAPPY BIRTHDAYS!

1900 (but possibly in 1904) - Wingy Manone, one-armed cornet player, singer, bandleader, and Capitol Records artist, is born Joseph Mathews Manone in New Orleans, Louisiana. If anyone knows for sure on the year of Manone's birth, please leave a comment.

1919 - Tennessee Ernie Ford, singer, radio and television variety show host, 1990 Country Music Hall Of Fame inductee, and Capitol Records artist, is born Ernest Jennings Ford in Bristol, Tennessee.

1974 - Robbie Williams, singer, member of the group Take That, and a Capitol Records solo artist, is born Robert Peter Williams in Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England.

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

80 Years Ago Today In 1946 - Guitarist Alvino Rey and His Orchestra (Chuck Peterson, Jake Gerheim, Russ Granger, and Frank Nelson on trumpet, Sam Levine, Bob McReynolds, and Bob Swift on trombones, Bob Walsh and Hal McKusick on alto saxophones, Herbie Steward on tenor saxophones, Chuck Gentry on baritone saxophone, Rocky Coluccio on piano, Jim Bates on bass, and Ben Weber on drums) record the titles "We'll Gather Lilacs" with vocals by Jo Anne Ryan and "Cement Mixer (Put-Ti Put-Ti)" with vocals by Rocky Coluccio in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both titles together as a single (Capitol 248).

1947 - Pianist Stan Kenton and His Orchestra (Buddy Childers, Ray Wetzel, Chico Alvarez, John Anderson, and Ken Hanna on trumpets, Kai Winding, Skip Layton, Milt Bernhart, and Harry Forbes on trombones, Bart Varsalona on bass trombone, Eddie Meyers and Boots Mussulli on alto saxophones, Vido Musso and Bob Cooper on tenor saxophones, Bob Gioga on baritone saxophone, Bob Ahern on guitar, Eddie Safranski on bass, and Shelly Manne on drums), record the titles "Down In Chihuahua" with vocals by The Pastels (Margaret Dale, Wayne Howard, Jerry Packer, Jerry Duane, and Don McLeod), "Don't Want That Man Around" with vocals by June Christy, and two takes of "Machito" at Radio Recorders' studios at 932 North Western Avenue in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue "Down In Chihuahua" as a single (Capitol 449) with "Minor Rift" (recorded March 31, 1947) on the flipside, "Don't Want That Man Around" as a single (Capitol 2418) with "Harlem Holiday" (recorded December 22, 1947) on the flipside, the first take of "Machito" as a part of the children's record "Sparky's Music Mixup" (CCN-3019), and the second take of "Machito" as a single (Capitol 408) with "Collaboration" (recorded February 28, 1947) on the flipside. Mosaic Records will issue all the titles, except for the first take of "Machito" in the CD collection "The Complete Capitol Studio Recordings of Stan Kenton" (MQ12-163 on vinyl and MD7-173 on CD). Unfortunately, "Sparky's Musical Mixup" is not currently available on YouTube.

1947 - Vocalists Bob Hope and Dorothy Lamour, with Paul Weston and His Orchestra (lineup unlisted), record the titles "My Favorite Brunette" and "Beside You" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both titles together as a single (Capitol 381).

1947 - The King Sisters, with Frank De Vol, record 5 unlisted titles for The Capitol Records Transcription Service at "The Chateau" on DeLongpre Avenue in Hollywood, California. No issuing information is listed.

1948 - Margaret Whiting's Capitol Records single "Now Is The Hour", with "But Beautiful" on the flipside, enters the top 40 of the U.S. Pop singles charts.

75 Years Ago Today In 1951 - The Voices Of Walter Schumann (a chorus with instrumental accompaniment - lineups unlisted) record an as yet unissued take of the titles "Bolerino" and the titles "The Halls Of Ivy", "Dream" with trumpet solo by Andy Secrest, and "Get Out Of Town" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "The Halls Of Ivy" and "Dream" together as a single (Capitol 1505) and the last three titles together on the group's album "Serenade" (T 434).

1952 - Pianist Ray Turner, with Phil Stevens on bass and Nick Fatool on drums, records the titles "Rufenreddy" and "Coaxing The Piano" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both titles on Turner's album "Kitten On The Keys" (H-306). Unfortunately, neither title is currently available on YouTube.

1952 - Pinto Colvig records vocal overdubs on to instrumental tracks recorded on January 31, 1952, in Los Angeles, California for the titles "Bozo Has A Party: Part 3" and "Bozo Has A Party: Part 4". Capitol Records will issue all the parts on the children's album "Bozo Has A Party" (DBX-3133).

1952 - Jan Garber and His Orchestra (lineup unlisted) record the titles "Whistle While You Work", "Heigh Ho", and "How Could Red Riding Hood" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Whistle While You Work" and "Heigh Ho" together as a single (Capitol 2008) and has yet to issue "How Could Red Riding Hood". Unfortunately, neither title is currently available on YouTube.

1953 - Vocalist and guitarist Jimmy Skinner, with Ray "Curly" Lunsford on electric mandolin and uncredited electric guitar, rhythm guitar, and bass players, records the titles "Singing Teacher In Heaven", "Ready To Go Home", "I've Got A Lot Of Love Baby", and "By Degrees" at (listed as possibly) the E.T. Hersog Studio in Cincinnati, Ohio. Capitol Records will issue "Singing Teacher In Heaven" and "Ready To Go Home" together as a single (Capitol 2401) and "I've Got A Lot Of Love Baby" and "By Degrees" together as a single (Capitol 2513). Bear Family Records will issue all the titles in Germany in Skinner's six-CD box set "Doin' My Time" (BCD 16613).

70 Years Ago Today In 1956 - Trumpet player Ray Anthony and His Orchestra (Johnny Best, Frank Beach, Ray Triscari, and Bob Fowler also on trumpets, Dick Nash, Hoyt Bohannon, and Murray McEachern on trombones, Abe Most and Wilbur Schwartz on clarinets and alto saxophones, Georgie Auld and Charles Butler on tenor saxophone, Leo Anthony on baritone saxophone, Geoff Clarkson on piano, Al Hendrickson on guitar, Don Simpson on bass, and Larry Bunker on drums), using an arrangement by George Williams, records a new take of the title "Poet And Peasant Overture" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue this take of "Poet And Peasant Overture" on Anthony's album "Concert" (T 406).

70 Years Ago Today In 1956 - Cornet player Bobby Hackett, with Glenn Osser conducting the orchestra (unlisted players of French horns, saxophones also doubling on clarinet, piccolo, flute, and English horn, as well as piano, guitar, bass, drums, and harp players), records the titles "Autumn Nocturne", "We Kiss In A Shadow", "The Way You Look Tonight", and "Love Me" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Hackett's album "Rendezvous With Bobby Hackett" (T 719).

1957 - Pianist Leonard Pennario records Rozsa's "Sonata For Piano, Opus 20 (Completion)" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue the title on Pennario's album "BARTOK - Sonata For Piano/PROKOFIEV - Sonata N° 3 In A Minor/ROZSA - Sonata For Piano, Op. 20" (P-8376).

1958 - The Jordanaires (vocalists Hugh Gordon Stoker, Hoyt H. Hawkins, and Neal Matthews Jr.), with The Bob Bain Orchestra (lineup unlisted) records the titles "Joshua Fit De Battle Of Jericho", "Workin' On A Building", "Dig A Little Deeper", "Shine On Me", When They All Get Together", and "Every Time I Feel The Spirit" in Nashville, Tennesse. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on the group's album "Heavenly Spirit" (T 1011).

65 Years Ago Today In 1961 - Vocalist and autoharp player Rita Faye (aka Rita Faye Wilson) records autoharp tracks then vocal tracks for the title "There'll Be Peace In The Valley" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the final edit of the title on Faye's album "Rita Faye's Autoharp" (T 1606).

65 Years Ago Today In 1961 - Vocalist Andy Griffith, with Earle Hagen and His Orchestra (lineup not listed), records the titles "Ellie's Theme", "Aunt Bee", "Barney's Hoedown", "The Man Hunt", "Mayberry March", and Earle Hagen and His Orchestra record the instrumental title "The Andy Griffith Theme" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Griffith's album "Songs,Themes And Laughs From 'The Andy Griffith Show'" (T 1611).

65 Years Ago Today In 1961 - Jackie Gleason directs His Orchestra (lineup unlisted) as they record the titles "The Thrill", "The Moonlight", and "The Glow" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Gleason's album "Lovers' Portfolio, Volume 2" (W 1980).

65 Years Ago Today In 1961 - Whittemore & Lowe (Arthur "Buck" Whittemore and Jack Lowe on pianos), with Glenn Osser directing The Concert Arts Orchestra and Chorus (lineups unlisted), record the titles "Themes From 'For Whom The Bell Tolls'", "Tara's Theme (From 'Gone With The Wind')", "Spellbound Concerto (from 'Spellbound')", and "Stella by Starlight (from 'The Uninvited')" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on the duo's album "Immortal Music From The Movies" (T 1599).

1962 - After releasing 11 albums with the label, Dean Martin refuses to renew his contract with Capitol Records. Martin will sign with Reprise Records and start his own production company, Claude Productions, so that he can, from then on, keep all rights and exclusive ownership of his work.

1962 - Vocalist Gloria Wood, with trumpet player Pete Candoli and other unlisted musicians, record the titles "Playboy", "I'm Breathless", "Kiss Me Once", "Five Foot Two, Eyes Of Blue", and "Malibu Run" in Los Angles, California for Capitol Records which has yet to release any of the titles.

1963 - During two sessions held this day in Los Angeles, California, guitarist Howard Roberts, with Paul Bryant on organ, Chuck Berghofer on bass, and Earl Palmer on drums, records the titles "One Long Day" and "Hoe Down" at the first session and "Shiny Stockings", "Down Under", "Goodbye, Good Luck, I'm Gone!", and an unissued take of "Days Of Wine And Roses" at the second session. Capitol Records will issue the first four songs on Roberts' album "This Is Howard Roberts - Color Him Funky" (T 1887) and the fifth song on the compilation album "Capitol 4 Star Special N° 8" (ST 2751).

1963 - Vocalist Buck Owens, with Don Rich and The Buckaroos (lineup unlisted), records the titles "There's Gonna Come A Day", "Diggy Liggy Lo", "Orange Blossom Special", "Cotton Fields", and "Touch Me" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "There's Gonna Come A Day" on Owens' album "No One But You Before You Go" (SU 2353),  "Diggy Liggy Lo", "Cotton Fields", and "Touch Me" on his album "On The Bandstand" (T 1879), and "Orange Blossom Special" on his album "The Instrumental Hits Of Buck Owens & His Buckaroos" (T 2367).

1963 - Jimmy Briggs records the titles "Each Time We Kiss", "Sooner Or Later", "That Magic Night", and an unissued take of the title "May I?" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue "Each Time We Kiss" and "Sooner Or Later" together as a single (Capitol 5024) and has yet to issue "May I?". There is no issuing information listed for "That Magic Night".

1963 - The Journeymen (John Phillips and Scott McKenzie on vocals and guitars and Dick Weissman on guitar and banjo) record the titles "San Francisco Bay Blues" and "Rag Mama" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records has yet to issue "San Francisco Bay Blues" and will issue "Rag Mama" as a single (Capitol 4943) with "I Will Never Marry" (recorded February 27, 1962) on the flipside.

1964 - The Beatles' Capitol Records single "I Want To Hold Your Hand" with "I Saw Her Standing There" on the flipside, is #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart.

1967 - The Beatles' Capitol Records single "Strawberry Fields Forever" (Capitol 5810), with "Penny Lane" on the flipside, is released.

1967 - The Beatles (George Harrison on lead guitar and vocals, John Lennon on rhythm guitar and vocals, Paul McCartney on bass guitar and vocals, and Ringo Starr on drums and vocals) record the title "Only A Northern Song" in London, England. Capitol Records will issue the song on the motion picture soundtrack album "Yellow Submarine" (SW-153).

1967 - Mike St. Shaw records the titles "Soul Music", "Nothing Here Belongs To You", and "Headline News" in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records which has yet to issue any of the titles.

1967 - The West Coast Modern Folk Blues Workshop records the titles "Sunday, Part 1" and "Sunday, Part 2" in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records which has yet to issue any of the titles.

1968 - Vocalist Patti Drew, with unlisted musicians, records the titles "Keep On Movin'" and "There'll Never Be Another" in Chicago, Illinois. Capitol Records will purchase the masters for both titles and issue them together as a single (Capitol 2121) as well as on Drew's album "Workin' On A Groovy Thing" (ST 2855).

1968 - Mariano Moreno, with unlisted others, records the titles "The Green Tambourine", "The Look Of Love", "The Man Upstairs (Mr. X)", and "The Best Of Both Worlds" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Moreno's album "25th Hour" (ST 2875).

1968 - The Chaparral Brothers (vocalists John and Paul Chaparral), with unlisted others, record the titles "Down Came The World", "Love of The Common People", "Just One More Time", and "The Rain" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Down Came The World", "Love of The Common People", and "Just One More Time" on the duo's self-titled album "The Chaparral Brothers" (ST 2922) and "The Rain" as a single (Capitol 2323) with "Follow Your Drum" (recorded on August 29, 1968) on the flipside.

1968 - The Band (Garth Hudson on piano, organ, and vocals, Richard Manuel on piano, organ, guitar, bass, and vocals, Jaime Robbie Robertson on guitar and vocals, Rick Danko on bass and vocals, and Levon Helm on drums) records the title "In A Station" in Los Angeles, California. After an overdub is recorded at the same session, Capitol Records will issue the final mix of the title on the group's album "Music From Big Pink" (SKAO 2955).

1968 - During two sessions held this day in Los Angeles, California, The George Shearing Quintet and Orchestra (Don Fagerquist and Pete Christlieb on trumpet, Charles Shoemake on vibraphone, George Shearing on piano, Louis Morrell, Michael Anthony, and Dave Koonce on guitars, Bob Whitlock on bass, Bill Goodwin on drums, Gene Estes on percussion, and an uncredited string section), with Julian Lee conducting his own arrangements, records an overdub for "A Time For Love" (which was recorded on February 12, 1969) and the titles "Theme From 'Valley Of The Dolls" and "Never My Love" at the first session and "Goin' Out Of My Head" and "Don't Sleep In The Subway" at the second session. Capitol Records will issue the final mixes of all the titles on the group's album "George Shearing Today!" (T 2699).

1968 - Vocalist Sonny James, with unlisted others, records the title "No Other Arms, No Other Lips" and "Everything Begins And Ends With You" in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue "No Other Arms, No Other Lips" on James' album "Born To Be With You" (SU-111) and rejected the take of "Everything Begins And Ends With You" recorded at this session.

1973 - Tommy Lee, with unlisted others, records the titles "Delta Queen" and "That's The Way I Want To Live My Life" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both titles together as a single (Capitol 3594).

1973 - Vocalist Al Martino, with unlisted others, records the titles "To Get To You", "She's Got To Be A Saint", and "There Goes My Everything" in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue "To Get To You" and "There Goes My Everything" on Martino's album "Country Style" (ST-11184) and has yet to issue "She's Got To Be A Saint".

1978 - During four sessions held this day in Los Angeles, California, John "Moon" Martin, with unlisted others, records the titles "Cadillac Walk", "Hands Down", and "Victim Of Romance" at the first session, the titles "Pretender", "Paid Killer", and "Tyranny" at the second session, the titles "Love Gone Bad" at the third session, and the titles  "Hot Night In Dallas", "Bad News", and "You Don't Care About Me" at the fourth session. Capitol Records will issue "Cadillac Walk", "Hands Down", "Victim Of Romance", "Pretender", "Paid Killer", "Hot Night In Dallas", and "You Don't Care About Me" on Martin's album "Shots From A Cold Nightmare" (SW-11787) and "Paid Killer" and "Hot Night In Dallas" together as a single (Capitol 4639). No issuing information is listed for "Tyranny", "Love Gone Bad", and "Bad News".

1978 - Vocalist and guitarist Bob Seger, with unlisted others, records the title "We've Got Tonight" in Muscle Shoals, Alabama. Capitol Records will issue the title on Seger's album "Stranger In Town" (SW-11698) and an edited version as a single (Capitol 4653) with "I Ain't Got No Money" (recorded January 13, 1978) on the flipside.

45 Years Ago Today In 1981 - 402 weeks after entering Billboard's Top 200 Albums chart in March 1973, Pink Floyd's Capitol Records album "Dark Side of the Moon" sets the record for the rock album to spend the most consecutive weeks on the chart, and will remain on the chart until April 23, 1988, for a total of 724 weeks.

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1963 - Tenor saxophonist Stanley Turrentine, with Shirley Scott on organ, Major Holley on bass, Al Harewood on drums, and Ray Barretto on congas, records the titles "Trouble" (with Barreto on tambourine), "Major's Minor", "Without A Song", "God Bless The Child" (without Barretto), "You'll Never Get Away From Me", and "Sara's Dance" at recording engineer Rudy Van Gelder's studio in Englewood, New Jersey. Blue Note Records will issue all the titles on Turrentine's album "Never Let Me Go" (BLP4129).

1963 - The Jazz Crusaders (Wayne Henderson on trombone and euphonium, Wilton Felder on tenor saxophone, Joe Sample on piano, Bobby Haynes on bass, and Stix Hooper on drums) record the titles "Lazy Canary", "No Name Samba" (with Joe Sample on harpsichord and Wilton Felder on alto saxophone), and "Tough Talk" (with Sample again on harpsichord) at Pacific Jazz's studios on Third Street in West Hollywood, California for the Pacific Jazz label. Blue Note Records will acquire the Pacific Jazz catalog and issue all the titles on the group's album "Tough Talk" (BN-LA 170-G2).

ON THIS DAY NOT IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1914 - The American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP) is founded in New York City, New York

65 Years Ago Today In 1961 - After recording four titles for his new label since December 19, 1960, Frank Sinatra officially opens Reprise Records, the first completely artist-owned label.

FEBRUARY 12, 2026

HAPPY BIRTHDAYS!

1923 - Mel Powell, pianist, songwriter, dean of music at the California Institute Of The Arts, and a Capitol Records artist, is born Melvin Epstein in New York City, New York.

1968 - Chynna Phillips, a singer, daughter of John and Michelle Phillips of the Mamas and the Papas, and a member of the SBK Records (distributed by Capitol Records) group Wilson Phillips, is born in Los Angeles, California.

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

80 Years Ago Today In 1946 - Ella Mae Morse (on vocals) and Freddie Slack (on piano, with George Van Eps on guitar, John "Jack" Ryan on bass, and Nick Fatool on drums) record the titles "The House Of Blue Lights" (additional vocals by Don Raye) and "Hey, Mr. Postman" (with Slack on celeste) at Radio Recorders in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue both titles together as a single (Capitol 251).

1947 - Merle Travis' Capitol Records single "So Round, So Firm, So Fully Packed", with "Sweet Temptation" on the flipside, hits #1 on the U.S. Country singles charts.

1947 - The Benny Goodman Quintet (Benny Goodman on clarinet, Ernie Felice on accordion, Jess Stacy on piano, Harry Babasin on bass, and Tommy Romersa on drums) records the titles "Sweet Georgia Brown", "I'll Always Be In Love With You", two takes of "Sweet Lorraine", and "St. Louis Blues" in Radio Recorders Studios at 932 North Western Avenue in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue "Sweet Georgia Brown" on Goodman's album "Easy Does It!" (CCN-295), "I'll Always Be In Love With You" and "St. Louis Blues" as part of its "Classics Of Jazz" series album "Benny Goodman" (H-479), and the first take of "Sweet Lorraine" on Goodman's album "The Goodman Touch" (H-441). Mosaic Records will issue all the titles and takes in the box set "The Complete Capitol Small Group Recordings of Benny Goodman" (MQ6-148 on vinyl and MD4-148 on CD). Unfortunately, none of the titles recorded on this date are currently available on YouTube.

1947 - Vocalist Margaret Whiting, with Frank DeVol conducting his own arrangements to the orchestra (Uan Rasey on trumpet, Evan Vail on French horn, Arthur "Skeets" Herfurt, Jules Kinsler, Jerome Kasper, Ted Romersa, and Fred Dornbach on woodwinds, Edwin "Buddy" Cole on piano, Barney Kessel on guitar, Phil Stephens on bass, Tom Romersa on drums, June Weiland on harp, and a string section with Victor Arno, Felix Slatkin, Joseph Quadri, Jacob Kaz, Bernard Kundell, Jack Gootkin, William Brower, Henry Sugar on violin, Elizabeth Sugar and Paul Lowenkron on viola, Jules Tannenbaum and David Pratt on cello), records the titles "Little Girl Blue", "Spring Isn't Everything", and "My Funny Valentine" in Radio Recorders' studios at 932 North Western Avenue in Hollywood, California between 8:00 PM and 11:30 PM. Capitol Records will issue "Little Girl Blue" and "My Funny Valentine" on Whiting's self-titled album "Margaret Whiting" (BD-51) and "Spring Isn't Everything" as a single (Capitol 383) with "Time After Time" (recorded October 16, 1946) on the flipside.

1947 - Guitarist Alvino Rey and His Orchestra (Chuck Peterson, Jake Gerheim, Russ Granger, and Frank Nelson on trumpets, Sam Levine, Bob McReynolds, and Bob Swift on trombones, Bob Walsh and Hal McKusick on alto saxophones, Herbie Steward on tenor saxophone, Chuck Gentry on baritone saxophone, Rocky Coluccio on piano, Jim Bates on bass, and Ben Weber on drums) record the titles "Mama Blues" with vocals by Bill Young, "Whoopsie Doodle" with vocals by The Blue Reys (lineup unlisted but possibly including Rocky Coluccio and Bill Young), and "Midnight Masquerade" (vocals by Jo Anne Ryan and The Blue Reys) in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue "Mama Blues" and "Midnight Masquerade" together as a single (Capitol 390) and has yet to issue "Whoopsie Doodle". There is also a listing that Rey records an unspecified number of unlisted titles for The Capitol Records Transcription Service in Los Angeles, California on the same day.

75 Years Ago Today In 1951 - Vocalist Nat "King" Cole, with Pete Rugolo conducting his own arrangements to the orchestra (Marion "Buddy" Childers on trumpet,  Arthur "Skeets" Herfurt and Jules Kinsler on alto saxophones and flutes, Babe Russin and Jimmy Giuffre on tenor saxophones, alto saxophones, and flutes, Chuck Gentry on baritone saxophone and bass flute, Edwin "Buddy" Cole on piano and celeste, Irving Ashby on guitar, Joe Comfort on bass, and Louis Bellson on drums) and The King Sisters (Alyce, Donna, Yvonne and Luise) on harmony vocals, records the titles "I Wish I Were Somebody Else", "You Can't Make Me Love You", "Red Sails In The Sunset", "I'll Always Remember You", and (without The King Sisters and with Jack Costanzo on bongos) "Poor Jenny Is A Weeping" at Capitol Records' studios at 5515 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood, California between 2:30 PM and 6:30 PM. Capitol Records will issue "I Wish I Were Somebody Else" on Cole's album "King Cole Tenth Anniversary" (W 514), "Red Sails In The Sunset" as a single (Capitol 1468) with "Little Child" (recorded March 6, 1951) on the flipside, "I'll Always Remember You" as a single (Capitol 1747) with "Make Believe Land" (recorded August 25, 1950) on the flipside, and all the titles on Nat "King" Cole and The Pete Rugulo Orchestra's CD "Lush Life" (7-80595-2).

1952 - Vocalist and guitarist Merle Travis, with Vic Davis on piano, Otis "Joe" Maphis on guitar, Eddie Kirk on rhythm guitar, Wesley "Speedy" West on steel guitar, and Dale Warren on bass, records a new take of the title "Kinfolks In Carolina" and the titles "Rainy Day Feelin'" and "A Too Fast Past" in Capitol Records' studios at 5515 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood, California between 2:00 PM and 5:00 PM. Capitol Records will issue the new take of "Kinfolks In Carolina" and "Rainy Day Feelin'" together as a single (Capitol 2014) and "A Too Fast Past" as a single (Capitol 2136) with "Ain't That A Cryin' Shame" (recorded May 16, 1952) on the flipside.

1952 - During two sessions held this day in Los Angeles, California, The Voices of Walter Schumann (a vocal choir with rhythm accompaniment by unlisted singers and musicians) records the title "(Theme And Variation On) Christ The Lord Is Risen Today" at the first session and "With A Song In My Heart", "Allelujah", "Ave Maria", and "The Palms (Les Rameaux)" at the second session. Capitol Records will issue "(Theme And Variation On) Christ The Lord Is Risen Today" and "The Palms (Les Rameaux)" on the group's self-titled album "The Voices of Walter Schumann" (DAS-314), "With A Song In My Heart" on the group's album "Serenade" (H-434), "Allelujah" on the group's second self-titled album "The Voices Of Walter Schumann" (DAS-342), and "Ave Maria" on the group's third self-titled album "The Voices Of Walter Schumann" (DAS-381). Unfortunately, none of the titles are currently available on YouTube.

1953 - Pianist and bandleader Stan Kenton and His Orchestra (Buddy Childers, Maynard Ferguson, Conte Candoli, Don Dennis, Ruben McFall, and Pete Candoli on trumpets, Bob Burgess, Frank Rosolino, Bill Russo, and Keith Moon on trombones, George Roberts on bass trombone, Lee Konitz and Vinnie Dean on alto saxophone, Bill Holman and Richie Kamuca on tenor saxophones, Bob Gioga on baritone saxophone, Sal Salvador on guitar, Don Bagley on bass, and Stan Levey on drums) record the titles "An Orchestra" with the addition of John Grass and Lloyd Otto on French horns and "If I Should Lose You" at Capitol Records' studios at 5515 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood, California between 12:45 AM and 5:15 AM. Capitol Records will issue "An Orchestra" on Kenton's album "This Modern World" (KCF-460 on 10" 78 RPM, EBF-460 on 7" 45 RPM, H-460 on 10" 33 1/3 RPM, and L-460 on 12" 33 1/3 RPM). Mosaic Records will issue "If I Should Lose You" in the six-album box set "Stan Kenton-The Complete Capitol Recordings of The Holman And Russo Charts" (MR6-136).

1953 - The Pud Brown Trio (Albert "Pud" Brown on tenor saxophone, Pete Urquidi on piano, and Hank Castro on drums) records the titles "Take The A Train" and "Memories Of You" in New Orleans, Louisiana with producer Dave Dexter, Jr. Capitol Records will purchase the masters and issue both titles together as a single (Capitol 2433).

1957 - Vocalist Skeets McDonald, with J. R. "Jelly" Sanders on fiddle; Joe Maphis and Alvis "Buck" Owens on guitar; Ralph Eugene Mooney on steel guitar; Clarence "Bud" Dooley on bass; and Marion "Pee Wee" Adams on drums, records the titles "I Am Music", "Welcome Home", "I Can't Hold A Memory In My Arms", and "Keep Her Off Your Mind" with producer Ken Nelson in the Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California between 10:00 AM and 2:30 PM. Capitol Records will issue "I Am Music" and "Keep Her Off Your Mind" together as a single (Capitol F3679) and "Welcome Home" as a single (Capitol 3741) with "Your Sweet Love" (recorded June 20, 1955) on the flipside. Bear Family Records will issue all the titles in Germany in the 5 CD box set "Skeets McDonald - Don't Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes" (BCD 15937).

1957 - Trumpeter Ray Anthony and His Orchestra (Art De Pew, Jack Laubach, and Jack Holman also on trumpet, Jimmy Henderson, Lew McCreary, and Jimmy Priddy on trombone, Med Flory and Gene Merlino on alto saxophone, Bob Enevoldsen and Jeff Massingill on tenor saxophone, Leo Anthony on baritone saxophone, Geoff Clarkson on piano, Al Viola on guitar, Don Simpson on bass, and Bill Richmond on drums), using arrangements by Don Simpson, records the titles "Far Away Places" with vocals by The Belvederes (lineup unlisted), "Star Dancing", "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes", and "Nice Work If You Can Get It" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles, except the still-to-be-released take of "Nice Work If You Can Get It" on Anthony's album "Ray Anthony Plays For Star Dancing" (T 831).

1957 - The Concert Arts Orchestra (lineup unlisted), conducted by Leopold Stokowski, records "Persichetti's "March From 'Divertimento For Band'", Vaughan-Williams' "Scherzo From 'Symphony N°.8'", Strauss' "Gavotte from 'Suite For Wind Instruments In B Flat, Opus 4'", and Dukas' "Fanfare From 'La Peri'" in The Riverside Plaza Hotel in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on the album "The Orchestra Full Dimensional Sound" (SAL/SSAL-8385). Capitol Records' classical recordings catalog was sold by Universal Music Group and is currently distributed by Warner Music Group.

1958 - Vocalist Tennessee Ernie Ford, with Harry Geller conducting the orchestra and chorus (lineups unlisted), records the titles "Take The Time To Be Holy", "Lord, I'm Coming Home", "I Need Thee Every Hour", and "What A Friend We Have In Jesus" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Ford's album "Nearer The Cross" (EAP-1/3-1005 on 7" 45 RPM EP, T/ST 1005 on 12" 33 1/3 RPM LP, and 8XT-1005 on 8 Track Cartridge).

1958 - During two sessions held this day in Capitol Records' studios in New York City, New York, trombonist and vocalist Jack Teagarden records overdubs onto band tracks recorded by Sid Feller conducting his own arrangements to His Orchestra (Ray Beckenstein, Sal Amato, Walt Levinsky, Gerald Sanfino, Harold Feldman, Leon Cohen, and Art Beck on reeds, Moe Wechsler on piano, Al Casamenti on guitar, Jack Lesberg on bass, Jimmie Crawford on drums, and Joe Venuto on vibraphones) for the titles "If Love Is Good To Me", "Street Of Tears", and a mono and a stero take of "Junk Man" at the first session and the titles "Strange", "Someone Else's Love", and "Mixed Emotions" at the second session. Capitol Records will issue all the titles, except the stereo version of "Junk Man" on the mono version of Teagarden's album "Shades of Night" (T 1143) and all the titles except the mono take of "Junk Man" on the stereo version of the album (ST 1143).

1958 - Vocalist Ray Stevens, with Sid Bass directing the orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the titles "Afraid Of Love", "Crying Goodbye", "When We Walk Down The Aisle", and "Give Me The Right To Be Wrong" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue "Crying Goodbye" as a single (Capitol F3967) with "Chickie-Chickie Wah Wah" (recorded August 1, 1957) on the flipside and has yet to issue any of the other titles.

1958 - Vocal group The Jordanaires (Hugh Gordon Stoker, Hoyt H. Hawkins, and Neal Matthews Jr.), with the Bob Bain Orchestra (lineup unlisted), record the titles "When I Move", "You Better Run", "Search Me Lord", "I'm So Glad He Lifted Me Up", "I Telephoned Upstairs", and "The Bible Tells Me So" in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on the group's album "Heavenly Spirit" (EAP-1/2/3-1011 on 7" 45 RPM EP and T 1011 on 12" 33 1/3 RPM LP).

1959 - Jack Marshall (on guitar and zither) and His Music (Don Fagerquist, Mannie Klein, Uan Rasey on trumpet; Milt Bernhart on trombone; Bob Enevoldsen on valve trombone; Justin Gordon and George Smith on saxophones; Milt Raskin on piano; Barney Kessel on guitar; Joe Mondragon and Mike Rubin on bass; Shelly Manne on drums; Larry Bunker, Milt Holland, and Lou Singer on percussion), using Marshall's arrangements, record the titles "Sonate", "The Third Man Theme", "Clouds" and "Baby It's Cold Outside" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Marshall's album "Soundsville! - Swinging Sketches By Jack Marshall And His Music" (T 1194).

1962 - Vocalist Lou Rawls and pianist Les McCann, with Leroy Vinnegar on bass and Ron Jefferson on drums, records the titles "I'd Rather Drink Muddy Water", "I Gonna Move To The Outskirts Of Town", "See See Rider", "Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out", "In The Evening (When The Sun Goes Down)", and "T'aint Nobody's Business If I Do" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles, except the yet-to-be-released take of "Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out", on Rawls and McCann's album "Stormy Monday" (T/ST 1714).

1962 - Vocalist Mac Wiseman, with Benny Williams on vocals and mandolin, Tommy Vaden and Chubby Wise on fiddle, Ray Edenton on guitar, Buck Trent on banjo, Joseph "Joe" Zinkan on bass, and Murrey M. "Buddy" Harman Jr. on bass, records the titles "Are You Missing Me?", "Freight Train", "Have A Drink On Me", and "Just A Strand From A Yellow Curl" at the Columbia Recording Studio in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Wiseman's album "Bluegrass Favorites" (T/ST 1800).

1963 - During two sessions that take place this day in Los Angeles, California, guitarist Howard Roberts, with Paul Bryant on organ, Chuck Berghofer on bass, and Earl Palmer on drums, records the titles "Days Of Wine And Roses", "When Lights Are Low", and "The Peeper" at the first session and the titles "Florence Of Arabia", What Kind Of Fool Am I?", "Color Him Funky", and "Sack O' Woe" at the second session. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Roberts' album "This Is Howard Roberts - Color Him Funky" (T/ST 1887) and "Florence Of Arabia" and "Color Him Funky" together as a single (Capitol 4971).

1963 - During two sessions that take place this day in Los Angeles, California, pianist George Shearing, with (listed as possibly) Douglas Marsh on vibraphones, Ron Anthony on guitar, Ralph Pena on bass, Vernel Fournier on drums, and Milton Raskin directing a string section (lineup unlisted) records the titles "Blue Room", "Wait for Me", and "Touch Me Softly" at the first session and the titles "In A Sentimental Mood", "Lollipops And Roses", "Try A Little Tenderness", "Sunday, Monday Or Always", and "Just As Though You Were There" at the second session. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Shearing's album "Touch Me Softly" (T/ST 1874) as by The George Shearing Quintet With String Choir.

1963 - The Beach Boys (Mike Love on lead vocals, Brian Wilson on vocals, Carl Wilson on lead guitar and vocals, David Marks on guitar, and vocals, and Dennis Wilson on drums and vocals) record the title "Finders Keepers" and the instrumental titles "Surf Jam" and "Stoked" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on the group's album "Surfin' U.S.A" (T/ST 1890).

1963 - Vocalist and guitarist Buck Owens, with unlisted others, records the titles "Act Naturally", "Over And Over Again", and "My Heart Skips A Beat" in Los Angeles, California with producer Ken Nelson. Capitol Records will "Act Naturally" and "Over And Over Again" together as a single (Capitol 4937) and has yet to issue the take of "My Heart Skips A Beat" recorded at this session. Owens will record a new take of the title on January 28, 1964, which Capitol will release as a single (Capitol 5136).

1964 - The Beatles end their first American visit with two 25-minute shows at Carnegie Hall and then go to the White House with British PM Sir Alec Douglas-Home where they meet U.S. President Lyndon Johnson.

1967 - Buck Owens' Capitol Records single "Where Does The Good Times Go", with "The Way That I Love You" on the flipside, is #1 on Billboard's Country Singles chart.

1968 - During two sessions held this day in Los Angeles, California, The George Shearing Quintet and Orchestra (Anthony Terran, Don Fagerquist, and Pete Christlieb on trumpets, Charles Shoemake on vibraphones, George Shearing on piano, Neil Levang, Michael Anthony, and Dave Koonce on guitars, Bob Whitlock on bass, Bill Goodwin on drums, Emil Richards and Gordon Schoenberg on percussion, and an unlisted string section), with Julian Lee conducting his own arrangements, records the title "Morse Code" at the first session and the titles "Echoes In The Night", "Love Is Blue", "By The Time I Get To Phoenix", and "A Time For Love" at the second session. After overdubs are recorded for "A Time For Love" on February 13, 1968, Capitol Records will issue the final mixes of all the titles on the album "George Shearing Today!" (T/ST 2699).

1968 - The Band (Garth Hudson on piano, organ, and vocals, Richard Manuel on piano, organ, guitar, bass, and vocals, Jaime Robbie Robertson on guitar and vocals, Rick Danko on bass and vocals, and Levon Helm on drums and vocals) record the title "This Wheel's On Fire" (initially listed as "If Your Memory Serves You Well" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the title on the group's album "Music From Big Pink" (SKAO 2955).

1968 - Capitol Records purchases the masters for The Collection's (listed in the master file as by 12th Annual Fun" but lineup unlisted) titles "14th Annual", "Tomorrow Is A Window", and "Both Sides Now", all arranged by Jimmy "The Wiz" Wisner and produced by Artie Kornfeld, from The Hot Biscuit Disc Company which issued "Tomorrow Is A Window" and "Both Sides Now" together as a single (Hot Biscuit 1455) but has yet to issue any of the titles.

1968 - final overdubs are recorded for Sonny James' titles "Let Me Live And Love With You" and "Heaven Says Hello" (both recorded on November 1, 1967) in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue the final mixes of "Let Me Live And Love With You" on James' album "My Love/Don't Keep Me Hangin' On" (ST-478) and "Heaven Says Hello" as a single (Capitol 255) and on James' album "Heaven Says Hello" ST 2937).

1969 - Pollution (led by Otis Hale; with Richard Lewis in keyboards and vocals; James Quill Smith on guitar and vocals; John Kenneth Lambert on bass and vocals; and Duane Bryant and Barbara Busa on vocals and unlisted instruments) records the title "Getting Together" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the title as a single (Capitol 2458) with "Angela Jerome" on the flipside.

1969 - Peggy Lee (on vocals, with on orchestra and choir with an unlisted lineup but listed as possibly including Bobby Bryant on trumpet), using arrangements by Bobby Bryant, records the title "(Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay", "I Think It's Going To Rain Today", and the (as of 2005) unissued title "No More" in The Capitol Tower Studios in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue the first two titles on Lee's album "A Natural Woman" (ST-183).

1969 - Merryweather (lineup unlisted but listed on some sources as Neil Merryweather [aka Robert Neilson Lillie and Neil Lillie] leading the band, on bass, and lead vocals; David Colin Burt on guitar; Ed Roth on organ; and Gary "Cofi" Hall on drums) records the title "Feeling Of Freedom" and "Hooker Blues" in Los Angeles, California (possibly at Independent Recorders in the San Fernando Valley) with producer John Gross, engineer Jim Lockert, and assistant engineer Tim Weston, son of Paul Weston and Jo Stafford. Capitol Records will issue the first title as a single (Capitol 2537) and the second title on the group's eponymous album "Merryweather" (STBB-278).

1969 - Matt Monro (on vocals, with unlisted musicians) records the title "Love Song (From 'Celebration')" at EMI's studios on Abbey Road in London, England. Capitol Records will issue the title as a single (Capitol 2455) with "Try To Remember" on the flipside.

1973 - During two nights (February 12 and 13) of concerts at Jordan Hall in Boston, Massachusetts that are recorded, The New England Conservatory Ragtime Ensemble (Charles Lewis on trumpet, Roy Cutler on trombone, Victor Sawa on clarinet, David Reskin on flute and piccolo, Gary Ofenloch on tuba, Myron Romanul on piano, Michael Singer on bass, Mark Belair on drums, Juan Ramirez-Hernandez and Tibor Pusztai on violins, Juan Dandridge on viola, and Bruce Coppockl on cello), with Gunther Schuller conducting his own arrangements, perform the titles "Maple Leaf Rag", "The Cascades", "Sun Flower Flow Drag" both as a piano solo and by the entire group, "The Chrysanthemum", "The Entertainer" also both as a piano solo and by the entire group, "The Ragtime Dance", "Sugar Cane", and "The Easy Winners". Capitol Records will issue "Maple Leaf Rag" and "The Cascades" together as a single (Capitol 3635). Angel Records, a subsidiary of Capitol Records, will issue all the titles on the group's album "Scott Joplin: The Red Back Book" (S 36060).

1974 - Capitol Records releases Buck Owens' compilation album "Best Of Buck Owens, Volume 5".

1978 - During two sessions held this day at Eastern Sound Studio in Toronto, Canada, vocalist Anne Murray records the titles "You've Got Me To Hold On To", "I'll Always Love You", "Stranger At My Door", "Good Old Song", and "Why Don't You Stick Around" at the first session and the titles "Broken Hearted Me", "Easy Love", "Daydream Believer", "Wintery Feeling" and "Lover's Knot" at the second session. Capitol Records will register the masters on December 7, 1978, and issue all the titles on Murray's album "I'll Always Love You" (SOO-12012), "Why Don't You Stick Around" and "Broken Hearted Me" as a single (Capitol 4773) and "Daydream Believer as a single (Capitol 4813) with "Do You Think Of Me" (recorded February 1, 1979) on the flipside.

1987 - Vocalist and guitarist James Reyne, with unlisted others, records the titles "Counting On Me", "Love Will Find A Way", "Rip It Up", "Land Of Hope And Glory", "Bowling Ball", "Hammerhead", "Heaven On A Stick", "Submariners", "Coin On A Plate", "Always The Way", "Fall Of Rome", "The Traveller", "Mr. Sandman", and "Like A Pirate". Capitol Records will issue "Counting On Me", "Rip It Up", "Land Of Hope And Glory", "Hammerhead", "Heaven On A Stick", "Always The Way", "Fall Of Rome", "The Traveller", and "Mr. Sandman" on Reyne's self-titled album "James Reyne" (EST 2066) and has yet to issue any of the other titles.

1989 - Dan Seals' Capitol Records single "Big Wheels In The Moonlight", with "Factory Town" on the flipside, is #1 on Billboard's Country Singles chart.

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1924 - The first public performance of George Gershwin's "Rhapsody In Blue" is given by future Capitol Records artist Paul Whiteman at his Symphonic Jazz program at New York City's Aeolian Hall. Gershwin himself is at the piano and guests John Philip Sousa and Jascha Heifetz are in the audience. Whiteman would later record "Rhapsody in Blue" for Capitol Records.

1973 - Vocalist Marlena Shaw, with unlisted others, records the titles "Me And Mr. Jones" and "The Last Tango In Paris" at Clover Recording Studio in Los Angeles, California. Blue Note Records will issue "Last Tango In Paris" on Shaw's self-titled album "Marlena Shaw" (BN-XW209-W). Stateside will issue both titles on the CD "Marlena Shaw - The Blue Note Years" (5-90519-2).

1982 - David Lasley records the title "There's Got To Be Somebody". EMI America will issue the title as a single (EMI-America 8111) with "If I Had My Wish Tonight (recorded December 14, 1981) on the flipside. Unfortunately, the title is not available on YouTube.

1993 - The motion picture "Groundhog Day", which features Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records recording of "Almost Like Being In Love" at the end of the movie, is released by the Columbia Picture Corporation.

FEBRUARY 11, 2026

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

1935 - Gene Vincent, singer, songwriter, guitarist, and a Capitol Records artist is born Eugene Vincent Craddock in Norfolk, Virginia.

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1947 - During two sessions held this day at "The Chateau" on DeLongpre in Hollywood, California for The Capitol Records Transcription Service, guitarist Alvino Rey records an unlisted number of unlisted titles at the first session then Skitch Henerson records four unlisted titles at the second session.

1952 - Pianist Ray Turner, with Phil Stevens on bass and Nick Fatool on drums, records the titles "Nola", "Greenwich Witch", and "Pianoflage" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Turner's album "Kitten On The Keys" (H-306). Unfortunately, none of the recordings from this session are currently available on YouTube.

1953 - During two sessions held this day at Capitol Records' studios at 5515 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood, California, pianist and bandleader Stan Kenton and His Orchestra (Buddy Childers, Maynard Ferguson, Conte Candoli, Don Dennis, Ruben McFall, and Pete Candoli on trumpets, Bob Burgess, Frank Rosolino, Bill Russo, and Keith Moon on trombones, George Roberts on bass trombone, Lee Konitz and Vinnie Dean on alto saxophone, Bill Holman and Richie Kamuca on tenor saxophones, Bob Gioga on baritone saxophone, Sal Salvador on guitar, Don Bagley on bass, and Stan Levey on drums) record the title "A Trumpet" at the first session between 4:45 PM and 7:45 PM and, with the addition of Chris Connors on vocals the titles "And The Bull Walked Around, Olé" with Harry De Almeida on tambourine and "Jeepers Creepers" at the second session between 8:45 PM and 11:45 PM. Capitol Records will issue "A Trumpet" on Kenton's album "This Modern World" (KCF-460 on 10" 78 RPM, EBF-460 on 7" 45 RPM EP, H-460 on 10" 33 1/3 RPM LP, and L-460 in 12" 33 1/3 RPM LP), and "And The Bull Walked Around, Olé" and "Jeepers Creepers" together as a single (Capitol 2388).

1953 - William Steinberg conducts The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra (lineup unlisted) as they record Johann Strauss, Jr's "Acceleration Waltz, Opus 234", "Adele Waltz", "Emperor Waltz", "Campagne Polka Opus 211", "Perpetuum Mobile Opus 257", "Thunder And Lightning Polka", "Tritsch-Tratsch Polka", and "Annen Polka" at the Syria Mosque in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on the album "Johann STRAUSS - Polkas/Waltzes" (P-8222), "Acceleration Waltz, Opus 234" and "Adele Waltz Opus 424" on a 7" EP "Johann STRAUSS Jr. - Waltzes" (Capitol FAP-8239), and "Campagne Polka Opus 211", "Perpetuum Mobile Opus 257", "Thunder And Lightning Polka", and "Annen Polka" on the 7" EP "Johann STRAUSS Jr. - Polka" (FAP-8240).

1954 - Frank Sinatra (with Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra)'s Capitol Records single "Young At Heart", with "Take A Chance" on the flipside, enters the top 40 of the U.S. Pop singles charts.

70 Years Ago Today In 1956 - During two sessions held at the Samuel Goldwyn Studios at 1401 North Formosa Avenue in Hollywood, California, pianist Stan Kenton and His Orchestra (Ed Leddy, Maynard Ferguson, Sam Noto, Pete Candoli, and Don Paladino on trumpets, Bob Fitzpatrick, Milt Bernhart, Carl Fontana, and Kent Larsen on trombones, Don Kelly on bass trombone, Lennie Niehaus and Skeets Herfurt on alto saxophones, Bill Perkins on alto and tenor saxophones, Vido Musso and Spencer Sinatra on tenor saxophones, Jack Nimitz on baritone saxophone, Ralph Blaze on guitar, Don Bagley on bass, and Mel Lewis on drums) record the titles "Painted Rhythm" and "Artistry In Boogie" at the first session between 11:10 AM and 2:10 PM and the titles "Southern Scandal", two takes of "Minor Riff", "Collaboration", and start a take "Intermission Riff" (which will be recorded in it's entirety at a session the next day on February 12, 1956) at the second session between 2:50 PM and 5:50 PM. Capitol Records will issue all the titles, except the alternate take of "Minor Riff" on Kenton's album "Kenton In Hi-Fi" (W 724) and all the takes except the first take of "Minor Riff" on Kenton's album "Kenton In Stereo" (SW 724), and all the titles and takes on the CD version of "Kenton In Hi-Fi" (7-98451-2).

1957 - Vocalists Beryl Davis, Connie Haines, and Jane Russell, with an unidentified male chorus and Van Alexander conducting the orchestra (lineup unlisted), record the titles "There", "Yes Indeed", "Amen", and "It Is No Secret (What Love Can Do)" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on the trio's album "The Magic Of Believing" (T 822). Unfortunately, "There" is not currently available on YouTube.

1958 - During two shows given this day in the Casbah Theatre at The Sahara Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada which are recorded by Capitol Records, trumpet player, vocalist, and bandleader Louis Prima and vocalist Keely Smith, with tenor saxophonist and vocalist Sam Butera and The Witnesses (Lou Sineaux on trombone, William "Willie" McCumber on piano, Bobby Roberts on guitar, Tony Liuzza on bass, and Harvey Lang on drums) perform the titles "Medley "Embraceable You/I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good", "Greenback Dollar Bill" with vocals by Sam Butera, "Medley" Tiger Rag/Just Because", "Medley: Should I?/I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me" at the first show and the titles "Love Of My Life (O Sole Mio)", "Judy", "White Cliffs Of Dover", "Too Marvelous For Words", "Medley: Them There Eyes/Honeysuckle Rose", and "Holiday For Strings" at the second show. Capitol Records will issue "Medley "Embraceable You/I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good", "Greenback Dollar Bill", "Medley: Tiger Rag/Just Because", and "Holiday For Strings" on the 7" EP "Prima Style" (EAP-2-1010), "Medley: Should I?/I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me" and "White Cliffs Of Dover" on the 7" EP "Prima Style" (EAP-3-1010), "Love Of My Life (O Sole Mio)", "Too Marvelous For Words", and "Medley: Them There Eyes/Honeysuckle Rose" on the 7" EP "Prima Style" (EAP-1-1010), and all the titles, except "Judy" on the 12" LP "Prima Style" (T 1010) as by Louis Prima and Keely Smith.

1958 - Vocal group The King Sisters (Yvonne, Luise, Marilyn, and Alyce King), with Alvino Rey conducting the orchestra (lineup unlisted), record the titles "76 Trombones", "Unbelievable", "Girls Were Made", and "One O'Clock Jump" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "76 Trombones" on the sisters' album "" (T/DT 2352), with "Unbelievable" as a single (Capitol F3933), and has yet to issue "Girls Were Made" and "One O'Clock Jump".

1958 - Vocal group The Five Keys (Rudy West on lead vocals, Ripley Ingram on tenor vocals, Maryland Pierce and Ramon Loper on baritone vocals, and Bernie West on bass vocals) with Dave Cavanaugh conducting the orchestra (lineup unlisted), record the titles "Emily Please", "One Great Love", "Really-O-Truly-O", and "You're For Me" at Capitol Records' studios in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue "Emily Please" and "You're For Me" together as a single (Capitol F3948) and "One Great Love" and "Really-O-Truely-O" together as a single (Capitol 4092).

1958 - Jack Teagarden overdubs trombone and vocals in New York City, New York onto instrumental tracks recorded by Sid Feller conducting his own arrangements to His Orchestra (Ray Beckenstein, Sal Amato, Walt Levinsky, Gerald Sanfino, Harold Feldman, Leon Cohen, and Art Beck on reeds, Moe Wechsler on piano, Al Casamenti on guitar, Jack Lesberg on bass, Jimmie Crawford on drums, and Joe Venuto on vibraphones) for the titles "While We're Young", "Alone Together". and "Autumn Serenade". Capitol Records will issue the final mixes of all the titles on Teagarden's album "Shades of Night" (T/ST 1143).

1958 - Leopold Stokowski conducts His Symphony Orchestra (lineup unlisted) as they record Bach's "Shepherd's Song (From Christmas Oratorio), BWV. 248" and "Sarabande (From Violin Partita In B Minor), BWV. 1002" at the Riverside Plaza Hotel in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue both titles on Stokowski's album "J.S. BACH" (P/SP-8489).

1963 - Bandleader Billy May conducts his own arrangements to His Orchestra (John Audino, Don Fagerquist, Uan Rasey, and Bud Brisbois on trumpets, Lew McCreary on bass trumpet, Ed Kusby, Milt Bernhart, Tommy Shepard, and William Schaefer on trombones, Paul Horn on flute and alto saxophone, Justin Gordon on tenor saxophone and piccolo, Chuck Gentry on baritone saxophone, Ray Sherman on piano, Joe Gibbons on guitar, Ralph Pena on bass, and Alvin Stoller on drums) as they record the titles "Filet Of Soul" (Uh! Oh! (Nutty Squirrels)", "Miles Behind", and "Children Of The Night" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California between 9:30 PM and 12:30 AM on February 12, 1963. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on May's album "Bill's Bag" (T/ST 1888).

1963 - Vocalist and rhythm guitarist Tommy Collins, with J. R. "Jelly" Sanders on fiddle, Alvis "Buck" Owens and Don Rich on lead guitars, Otis "Joe" Maphis also on rhythm guitar, and Ken Presley on drums, records the titles "Take Me Back To the Good Old Days", "Oh What A Dream", "Let Her Go", and "When Did Right Become Wrong?" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California between 5:30 PM and 9:00 PM. Capitol Records will issue "Take Me Back To The Good Old Days" and "When Did Right Become Wrong?" together as a single (Capitol 4962). Tower Records (a subsidiary of Capitol Records) will issue "Take Me Back To The Good Old Days" and a different mix of "Oh What A Dream" together as a single (Tower 213), "Take Me Back To The Good Old Days", the different mix of "Oh What A Dream", and "Let Her Go" on Collins' album "Let's Live A Little" (T/DT 5021)with the final new mix of the title. An overdub by a vocal chorus is recorded for "Take Me Back To The Good Old Days" on March 11, 1963. Bear Family Records will issue all the titles and versions in Germany in the five-CD box set "Leonard" (BCD 15577).

1963 - The Beach Boys (Mike Love on lead vocals, Brian Wilson on vocals, Carl Wilson on lead guitar, and vocals, David Marks on guitar and vocals, and Dennis Wilson on drums) record the instrumental titles "Let's Go Trippin'". "Honky Tonk", "Misirlou", and the title "Noble Surfer" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on the group's album "Surfin' U.S.A." (T/ST 1890).

1963 - The Beatles (George Harrison on lead guitar and vocals, John Lennon on rhythm guitar and vocals, Paul McCartney on bass guitar and vocals, and Ringo Starr on drums and vocals), with producer George Martin, record the titles "I Want to Hold Your Hand", "I Saw Her Standing There", "Misery", "Anna", "Chains", "Boys", "Baby It's You", "Do You Want To Know A Secret", "A Taste of Honey, "There's A Place", and two takes "Twist And Shout" in Studio 2 at EMI's Abbey Road Studios in London, England during a thirteen-hour recording session from 10:00 AM to 11:00 PM. Though two takes were attempted on "Twist And Shout", John Lennon's voice wasn't as strong on the second due to his fighting a cold and sore throat all day and the first take left him hoarse and his throat painful for a while. In England, Parlophone Records will issue all the titles on the group's first album "Please, Please Me" in England. In the United States, Capitol Records will issue "I Want to Hold Your Hand" and "I Saw Her Standing There" together as a single (Capitol 5112) and on the group's first U.S. album, "Meet The Beatles" (T/ST 2047) and the rest of the titles except the second take of "Twist And Shout", which remains unissued, on their U. S. album "Early Beatles" (T/ST 2309).

1964 - The Beatles play their first US concert when they perform at Washington Colosseum in Washington, D.C.

1965 - Ringo Starr marries his first wife, Maureen Cox, in London's Caxton Hall Register Office, with manager Brian Epstein as best man.

60 Years Ago Today In 1966 - The female vocal group The Thrills (Dianne Carol Linton aka Donna Lynton on lead vocals and sisters Sandra Dortch, Beverly Dortch, and Delores Dortch on harmony vocals), with Bert Keyes conducting his own arrangements to the orchestra (lineup unlisted but containing players on trumpet, trombone, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone, piano, guitar, electric bass, xylophone, and drums), record the titles "Here's A Heart", "What Can Go Wrong", "No One", and "Bring It On Home To Me" in New York City, New York with producer Marvin Holtzman. Capitol Records will issue "Here's A Heart" and "Bring It On Home To Me" together as a single (Capitol 5719) and "What Can Go Wrong" and "No One" together as a single (Capitol 5631).

1968 - The Beatles (George Harrison on lead guitar and vocals, John Lennon on rhythm guitar and vocals, Paul McCartney on bass guitar and vocals, and Ringo Starr on drums and vocals), with producer George Martin, record the title "Hey Bulldog" at EMI's Abbey Road Studios in London, England for Apple Records. Capitol Records will issue the title in the United States on the group's soundtrack album "Yellow Submarine" (SW-153).

55 Years Ago Today In 1971 - Capitol Records releases Buck Owens' single "Bridge Over Troubled Waters" with "I'm Goin' Home" on the flipside.

1978 - Natalie Cole's Capitol Records single "Our Love" enters the top 40 of Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart.

1983 - During two sessions held this day at Audio Media Recorders in Nashville, Tennessee, vocalist Anne Murray, with unlisted others, records the titles "Bring All Your Heartaches To Me" and "Too Late To Stop Loving You Now" at the first session and the title "A Little Good News" at the second session. Capitol Records has yet to issue "Bring All Your Heartaches To Me" and "Too Late To Stop Loving You Now" and will issue "A Little Good News" as a single (Capitol 5264) with "I'm Not Afraid Anymore" (recorded July 7, 1983) on the flipside and on Murray's album "A Little Good News" (ST-12301).

1987 - James Reyne records the titles "Stealing Bases" and "Burning Wood". Capitol Records will issue "Burning Wood" on Reyne's self-titled CD "James Reyne" (7-48982-2) and has yet to issue "Stealing Bases".

1992 - Justis David Mustaine, son of Dave Mustaine of the Capitol Records group Megadeth and his wife Pam, is born in Burbank, California.

1999 - 400 copies of Steve Wariner's Capitol Records Nashville CD single, "Two Teardrops", ship on time to radio stations because Capitol Records Nashville's promotion team, after tornadoes earlier in the week forced the company's normal CD manufacturing plant in Jacksonville, Illinois to shut down production, persuaded two manufacturing plants to press the single while promotions staff volunteers address and stuff envelopes.

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1847 - Thomas Alva Edison, inventor of the lightbulb, the phonograph, the motion picture camera, and 1,090 other patented items, is born in Milan, Ohio.

1957 - Organist Jimmy Smith, with Donald Byrd on trumpet, Lou Donaldson on alto saxophone, Hank Mobley on tenor saxophone, Eddie McFadden on guitar, and Art Blakey on drums, records the titles "Falling In Love With Love", "First Night Blues" without the horn section, "Funk's Oats", "Zing! Went The Strings Of My Heart" also without the horn section, "Groovy Date", and "I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart" at Manhattan Towers in New York City, New York. Blue Note Records will issue "Falling In Love With Love" and "Funk's Oats" on the album "A Date with Jimmy Smith, Volume 1" (BLP1547), "Zing! Went The Strings Of My Heart" and "First Night Blues" on the LP "The Sounds of Jimmy Smith" (BLP1556), and "Groovy Date" and "I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart" on the album "A Date with Jimmy Smith, Volume 2" (BLP1548). Mosaic Records will issue all the titles in the box set "The Complete February 1957 Jimmy Smith Blue Note Sessions" (MQ5-154 on vinyl and MD3-154 on CD).

1970 - Peter Sellers and Ringo Starr's film "The Magic Christian", featuring music by Badfinger, premieres in New York City, New York.

1983 - EMI America purchase the masters for David Bowie's titles "Modern Love", "China Girl", ", "Let's Dance", "Without You", "Ricochet", "Criminal World", "Cat People (Putting Out Fire)", and "Shake It" and will issue all the titles on Bowie's album "Let's Dance" (SJ-17093) as well as issuing "China Girl" and a long version of "Shake It" as a single (EMI-America 7809), "Let's Dance" and "Cat People (Putting Out Fire)" together as a single (EMI-America 7805), an edited version of "Let's Dance" and "Cat People (Putting Out Fire)" together as a single (EMI-America 8158), "Without You" and "Criminal World" together as a single (EMI-America 8190), the album version of "Shake It" and an edited version of "China Girl" together as a single (EMI-America 8165), and an edited version of "Modern Love" and a live version of "Modern Love" (purchased on August 15, 1983) together as singles (EMI-America 8177 and EMI-America 7811).