AUGUST 23, 2017

HAPPY BIRTHDAYS!
100 Years Ago Today In 1917 - Tex Williams (aka Jack Williams until given the nickname "Tex" by band leader Spade Cooley), singer, guitarist, band leader, actor and Capitol Records artist (1946-1951 and 1960-1974) is born Sollie Paul Williams in Ramsey, Fayette County, Illinois.
1949 - Rick Springfield, singer, guitarist, actor, and Capitol Records artist (1972-1973) is born Richard Lewis Springthorpe in in Guildford, New South Wales, Australia

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
70 Years Ago Today In 1947 - It's a Saturday night and the Armed Forces Recording Service records The King Cole Trio (Nat "King" Cole on piano and vocals, Oscar Moore on guitar, and Johnny Miller on bass), with guest Stan Kenton, at The Bocage in Hollywood, California. The Trio performed, as an introduction, a short version of "Straighten Up And Fly Right", then "Kate", "You're The Cream In My Coffee", "Ain't Cha Ever Coming Back", then Kenton replaces Cole on the piano and performs "Variation On Artistry In Rhythm", then Cole returns to the piano and the trio performs "This Is My Night To Dream", "An Apple Blossom Wedding", and closes with "I Know That You Know". AFRS will issue the songs on an electronic transcription disc (King Cole Trio 23).
65 Years Ago Today In 1952 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Somewhere Along The Way" is #11 on Cash Box magazine's Best Selling Singles chart.
65 Years Ago Today In 1952 - During two sessions held this day in Capitol Records' studios at 5515 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood, California, William Steinberg conducts The Los Angeles Woodwinds (lineup unlisted) as they record Mozart's "Serenade N° 10 In B Flat Major, K. 361: 4th Movement, Part 2", "Serenade N° 10 In B Flat Major, K. 361: 3rd Movement", "Serenade N° 10 In B Flat Major, K. 361: 6th Movement, Part 1", and "Serenade N° 10 In B Flat Major, K. 361: 6th Movement, Part 2" at the first session and "Serenade N° 10 In B Flat Major, K. 361: 6th Movement, Part 3", "Serenade N° 10 In B Flat Major, K. 361: 5th Movement", and "Serenade N° 10 In B Flat Major, K. 361: 7th Movement" at the second session. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on the album "MOZART - Serenade N° 10 In B Flat Major, K. 361" (P-8181).
1954 - Frank Sinatra records the titles "When I Stop Loving You", "White Christmas" and "The Christmas Waltz" with arranger Nelson Riddle conducting the studio orchestra (John Hacker, Dominic Mumolo, Warren Webb, and James Williamson on reeds; Simon Zenther on trombone; George Roberts on bass trombone; John Cave and Vincent De Rosa on french horn; Victor Bay, Alex Beller, Harry Bluestone, Walter Edelstein, Henry Hill, Mischa Russell, Paul Shure, and Felix Slatkin on violin; Stanley Harris and David Sterkin on viola; Cy Bernard, Edgar Lustgarten, and Eleanor Slatkin on cello; Bill Miller on piano; Joe Comfort on bass; Allan Reuss on guitar; Lou Singer and Alvin Stoller on drums), and with background vocals by The Jimmy Joyce Singers, at radio station KHJ's studios (now the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science's Pickford Center for Motion Picture Study and the Academy Film Archive) at 1313 North Vine Street, Hollywood, California with producer Voyle Gilmore between 8:00 PM and 12:00 AM. Capitol Records will issue "When I Stop Loving You" as a single (Capitol 2922) with "It Worries Me" (recorded May 13, 1954) on the flipside and the last two titles together as a single (Capitol 2954).

60 Years Ago Today In 1957 - Nat "King" Cole and The Four Knights' Capitol Records single "My Personal Possession" is #18 and its flipside, "Send For Me", is #33 on KTSA 550 AM's Top 40 Survey in San Antonio, Texas

60 Years Ago Today In 1957 - Leopold Stokowsi conducts his symphony orchestra (lineup unlisted) as they record parts of Loeffler's "A Pagan Poem" and Schoenberg's "Verklaerte Nacht (Transfigured Night)" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the parts on Stokowski's album "SCHOENBERG - Verklaerte Nacht/LOEFFLER - A Pagan Poem" (P/SP-8433).

55 Years Ago Today In 1962 - Goodnews Whitson, with unlisted others, records the titles "Boogie Woogie Country Girl", "I Mean", "Chicks Too Young To Fry", "If It's Love You Want, Baby That's Me", and "Honky Tonk Town" in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records which has yet to issue any of the titles.

65 Years Ago Today In 1962 - Tenor saxophonist King Curtis, with unlisted piano, organ, guitar, bass, and drum players, records the titles "Slow Drag", and two takes of "New Dance" in (listed as possibly) Capitol Records' studios in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue "Slow Drag" as a single (Capitol 5490) with "The Prance" (recorded March 12, 1965) on the flipside. Bear Family Records will issue all the titles in Germany in the three CD set "King Curtis - Blow Man Blow (The Capitol Years 1962-1965)" (BCD 15670)

1964 - The Beatles perform their first concert at The Hollywood Bowl. The show is recorded and some of the songs will be released by Capitol, after being remastered and sonically cleaned up by on the album "Live At The Hollywood Bowl" in 1977.

1968 - Ringo Starr quits The Beatles during a recording session for their self-titled album (aka "The White Album"). He will return to the group on September 3, 1968 and finds flowers on his drum kit from the rest of the band.
40 Years Ago Today In 1977 - Sun (lineup unlisted), using arrangements by Beau Ray Fleming and Byron Byrd" records the titles "Son Of A Gun", "When You Put Your Hand In Mine", "Dance (Do What You Wanna Do)", "You Don't Have To Hurry" in (listed as possibly) Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Sun's album "Sunburn" (ST-11723).
40 Years Ago Today In 1977 - At two sessions held this day in Nashville, Tennessee, vocalist Ray Griff, with unlisted others, records the titles "A Little Peace And Harmony", "You're Wearin' Me Down", and "Pretty In Blue" at the first session and the title "Cora Lee" at the second session. After overdubs are recorded for all the titles later on August 23, 1977 and for the titles "You're Wearin' Me Down" and "Pretty In Blue" on August 24, 1977, Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Griff's album "Raymond's Place" (T-11718).
1993 - Capitol Records releases Duran Duran's single "Too Much Information" on cassette and CD. The CD had two versions of "Too Much Information" with "Drowning Man" and a live version of "Hungry Like A  Wolf" that was recorded at Tower Records in Hollywood California on May 15, 1993. The cassette single had "Too Much Information" with "Drowning Man" and also came with a free cassette, called "No Ordinary EP" with live versions "Hungry Like the Wolf", "Notorious", and "Come Undone" also recorded at the Tower Records concert.
1994 - Capitol Records releases the compilation album "Christmas With Bing Crosby"
1996 - Alyce King Clarke, member of the Capitol Records singing group The King Sisters (1957-1966), dies following a long history of respiratory problems

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1956 - Nat "King" Cole speaks at the Republican National Convention in the Cow Palace, San Francisco, California
1962 - John Lennon marries Cynthia Powell at the Mount Pleasant Registry Office in Liverpool, England
1963 - EMI releasses The Beatles' fourth single, "She Loves You" with "I'll Get You" on the flipside, in England.
1965 - The Beatles' United Artists soundtrack album to the United Artists motion picture "Help!" is certified Gold by the R.I.A.A. Capitol Records currently owns the United Artists catalog.
35 Years Ago Today In 1982 - Marty Balin, with unlisted others, records the title "Golden Years" in a unlisted location for EMI America Records which has yet to issue the title.

ON THIS DAY NOT IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1946 - Keith Moon, actor, singer, and drummer with the band The Who, is born Keith John Moon in Central Middlesex Hospital on Acton Lane in Willesden, England