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1923 - Boots Faye, singer, guitarist, fiddle player, and Capitol Records recording artist, is born Grace Eloise Tartsch in Springfield, Missouri
1928 - "Texas" Bill Strength, singer, guitarist, radio personality and Capitol Records recording artist (1953-1956) is born in Bessemer, Alabama
ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1946 - During two sessions held this day in Los Angeles, California, Paul Weston conducts his own arrangements to his orchestra and a string section (lineups unlisted) as they record the titles "You Go To My Head" and "All The Things You Are" at the first session and the titles "Deep Purple", "Somebody Loves Me", and a new take of "East Of The Sun (West Of The Moon)" at the second session. Capitol Records will initially issue all the titles on Paul Weston and His Orchestra's album "Music For Memories" (BD-37). All the titles will be re-recorded in October 1958 in stereo and released by Capitol on a new album still titled "Music For Memories" (ST 1222).
70 Years Ago Today In 1947 - Vocalist Hal Derwin and His Orchestra (lineup unlisted) record the titles "The Little Old Mill", "My, How Time Goes By", "Sissy", and "Five Foot Two, Eyes Of Blue" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "The Little Old Mill" and "My, How Time Goes By" together as a single (Capitol 469), "Sissy" as a single (Capitol 15160) with "At The Flying 'W'" (recorded November 14, 1947) on the flipside, and have yet to issue "Five Foot Two, Eyes Of Blue". The Armed Forces Radio Service will issue "The Little Old Mill" and "My, How Time Goes By" on transcription disc BML P-880.
70 Years Ago Today In 1947 - The King Cole Trio (Nat "King" Cole on piano and vocals, Oscar Moore on guitar, and Johnny Miller on bass), records the titles "I'm A Little Ashamed", a remake of "Now He Tells Me", and "That's A Natural Fact" in Radio Recorders' studios at 932 North Western Avenue in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue the take of "Now He Tells Me" recorded on this date as a single (Capitol 15011) with "Those Things Money Can't Buy" (recorded August 29, 1947) on the flipside and "That's A Natural Fact" as a single (Capitol 15320) with "Flo And Joe" (recorded November 7, 1947) on the flipside. Mosaic Records will issue all the titles in the box set "The Complete Capitol Recordings Of The Nat King Cole Trio" (MR 27-138 on vinyl and MD18-138 on CD).
70 Years Ago Today In 1947 - Vocalist and trumpet player Bobby Sherwood, with Frank De Vol and His Orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the titles "I'm A Dreamer, Aren't We All?", "Julie", and "Blue River" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "I'm A Dreamer, Aren't We All?" and "Julie" together as a single (Capitol 468) and have yet to issue "Blue River.
1948 - Pee Wee Hunt's Capitol Records single "Twelfth Street Rag", with "Somebody Else, Not Me" on the flipside, hits #1 on the U.S. singles charts where it stays for 8 weeks and becomes the biggest hit of Capitol Records’ first 10 years
1956 - Gordon Jenkins conducts his orchestra and The Ralph Brewster Singers (lineups unlisted) as they record "The Song Has Ended", "So Beats My Heart", "Moon Over Miami", and "How Are Things In Glocca Morra?" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra's album "Night Dreams" (T 781).
1961 - Milton Kilpatrick records the titles "Up To My Ears In Tears", "When I Met You", and "Just A Doggone Dream" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will initially issue "Up to My Ears In Tears" and "When I Met You" together as a single (Capitol 4634) and has yet to issue "Just A Doggone Dream".
1961 - Capitol Records releases Buck Owens' album "Buck Owens Sings Harlan Howard" that was produced by Ken Nelson
55 Years Ago Today In 1962- During two sessions held this day in Los Angeles, California, vocalist Vic Damone, with (listed as possibly) Jack Marshall conducting his own arrangements to the orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the titles "I'm Nobody's Baby", "Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby", and "Baby, Baby All The Time" at the first session and "Everybody Loves My Baby", "All Right, Okay, You Win", "My Melancholy Baby", "My Baby Just Cares For Me", and "An Affair To Remember" at the second session. Capitol Records will issue nothing that was recorded at these sessions and Vic Damone will re-record all the titles at later dates. Music For Pleasure will issue the version of "An Affair To Remember" recorded on this day in England on Damone's album "On The Street Where You Live" (CDSL-8277).
55 Years Ago Today In 1962 - Wayne Rooks, with unlisted others, records the titles "Two Crazy Kids", "A Postcard From Paris", "Vaya Con Dios", and "Fraternity Pin" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue "A Postcard From Paris" and "Fraternity Pin" together as a single (Capitol 4866) and have yet to issue the other two titles.
55 Years Ago Today In 1962 - Vocalist Jean Shepard, with Thomas Grady Martin on lead guitar, Harold Ray Bradley on guitar, probably Hal Ruggs on steel guitar, probably The Anita Kerr Singers (vocal chorus with unlisted lineup), and unlisted others, records the titles "Nobody Likes You", "Lake Lonely", "It's Never Too Late", and "One Less Heartache" at the Columbia Recording Studio in Nashville, Tennessee between 1:00 PM and 4:00 PM. Capitol Records will issue "It's Never Too Late" and "One Less Heartache" together as a single (Capitol 4858). Bear Family Records will issue all the titles in Germany in the five CD box set "Jean Shepard - The Melody Ranch Girl" (BCD 15905).
1965 - The Beach Boys' Capitol Records single "California Girls" peaks at #3 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart
1966 - Capitol Records releases The Beatles' album "Revolver"
50 Years Ago Today In 1967 - Vocalist and guitarist Wynn Stewart, with Robert Jim Pierce on piano, Robert Edrington (as "Bobby Wayne") on lead guitar, Tommy Collins on guitar, Jimmie Collins on steel guitar, Dennis Dean Hromek on bass, and David William Allen on drums, record the titles "Down Came The World", Mama's Gone Home", "In Love", and "Above And Beyond" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California between 1:00 PM and 4:30 PM. Capitol Records will issue "Down Came The World" and "Above And Beyond" on Stewart's album "Love's Gonna Happen To Me" (T/ST 2849) and "In Love" as a single (Capitol 2240) with "My Own Little World" (recorded January 4, 1968) on the flipside and on Wynn Stewart And The Tourists' album "In Love" (ST-113). Bear Family Records will issue all the titles in Germany in the ten CD box set "Wynn Stewart - Wishful Thinking" (BCD 15886).
50 Years Ago Today In 1967 - At two sessions held this day at The Buck Owens Studios in Bakersfield, California with producer Ken Nelson, vocalist and guitar player Buck Owens and His Buckaroos (lineup unlisted) record the titles "How Long Will My Baby Be Gone?", "Swingin' Doors", "Long, Long Ago", "and "Sing A Happy Song" at the first session and "Let The World Keep On A Turnin'", "The Girl On Sugar Pie's Lane", and "We Were Made For Each Other" at the second session. Capitol Records will issue "How Long Will My Baby Be Gone?" as a single (Capitol 2080) with "Everybody Needs Somebody" (recorded June 6, 1967) on the flipside and, along with "Swingin' Doors", "The Girl On Sugar Pie's Lane", on Owens' album "Sweet Rosie Jones" (ST 2962), "Long, Long Ago", "Let The World Keep On A Turnin'", and "We Were Made For Each Other" on Owens' album "It Takes People Like You To Make People Like Me" (T/ST 2841), and, after overdubs are recorded on August 31, 1967, "Sing A Happy Song" on Buck Owens And His Buckaroos' album "I've Got You On My Mind Again" (ST-131).
45 Years Ago Today In 1972 - Billy May conducts The Time-Life Orchestra (lineup unlisted) as they record the titles "I Say A Little Prayer", "September Song", "The Shadow Of Your Smile" featuring Bob Bain on guitar, and "The Widows Of The World" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California. Time-Life Records will issue all the titles as part of their "As You Remember Them" series with "I Say A Little Prayer", "September Song" and "The Shadow Of Your Smile" in the three LP set "Volume 3 - Billy May" (STL 243) and "The Widows Of The World" in the three LP set "Volume 5 - Billy May" (STL-245)
30 Years Ago Today In 1987 - Lorelei (lineup unlisted) records the title "Other Side Of Midnight" for Capitol Records. No issuing information is listed.
1999 - Early "Wee Willy" Williams, guitarist and member of the Capitol Records group Gene Vincent and His Blue Caps, dies in Manatee, FL
ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1981 - Kasim Sulton records the titles "Evil", "Roll The Dice", and "Give Him Up". EMI America Records will release "Evil" and "Roll The Dice" on Sultan's album "Kasim" (ST-17063). "Give Him Up" is eventually released by Slick Music on CD on Sulton's album "The Basement Tapes" (SM-003).
ON THIS DAY NOT IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
100 Years Ago Today In 1917 - Jack Kirby, soldier and iconic comic book artist and writer, is born Jack Kurtzberg in New York City, New York.
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