AUGUST 4, 2017

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
1983 - Craig (aka "Pitbull"), summer intern at Capitol Records (2002 and 2003), is born in Palm Springs, California

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
80 Years Ago Today In 1937 - Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt conducts The German Opera House Orchestra (lineup unlisted) and tenor Peter Anders as they record Richard Strauss' "Di Rigori Armati (from 'Der Rosekavalier')" in Berlin, Germany for Telefunken Records. Capitol Records will license Telefunken's catalog and releases the title as a single by Peter Anders (7-80165) with Rimsky-Korsakov's "Hindulied" (recorded September 17, 1937) on the flipside. Capitol's classical catalog is now owned by Warner Classics.
65 Years Ago Today In 1952 - Vocalist Jeanne Gayle, with Cliffie Stone's Music (aka Cliffie Stone and his Orchestra - linuep unlisted), records the titles "Bim Bam Baby", "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels", "(Makin' Love) Around The Clock With You", and "Butterflies" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Bim Bam Baby" and "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels" together as a single (Capitol 2200), "Butterflies" as a single (Capitol 2222) with "It Takes Two To Tango" (recorded August 25, 1952) on the flipside, and has yet to issue "(Makin' Love) Around The Clock With You".
1960 - Judy Garland goes back into EMI Studios in London to record the tracks "Come Rain Or Come Shine", "The Man That Got Away", "Over The Rainbow", and "San Francisco", with an orchestra conducted by Norrie Paramour, which were released in 1972 on the album Judy In London".
50 Years Ago Today In 1967 - Capitol Records purchases the masters for The Standels' (Larry Tamblyn on keyboards and vocals, Gary Lane and Tony Valentino on guitars, Dave Burke on electric bass, and Dick Dodd on drums) titles "Can't Help But Love You", and "Ninety Nine And A Half" and will issue them together through its subsidiary Tower Records as a single (Tower 348) and on the band's album "Try It" (ST 5098).
40 Years Ago Today In 1977 - During two sessions held this day in (listed as possibly) Los Angeles, California, vocalist Colleen Peterson, with unlisted others, records the titles "Dim Lights, Thick Smoke and Loud, Loud Music", "Tryin' To Start Out Clean", and "Closest Thing To You" at the first session and the titles "Delaney" and "Stealin' Away" at the second session. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Peterson's album "Colleen" (ST-11714).
40 Years Ago Today In 1977 - Vocalist Freda Payne, with unlisted others, records the title "Stares And Whispers" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the title as a single (Capitol 4537) with "Feed Me Your Love" (recorded July 15, 1977) on the flipside and on Payne's album "Stares And Whispers" (ST-11700)
40 Years Ago Today In 1977 - The Sylvers (lineup unlisted) record the titles "The Party Maker" and "I'll See You In My Dreams" in (listed as possibly) Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "The Party Maker" on the group's album "New Horizons" (ST-11705) and "I'll See You In My Dreams" on Foster Sylvers' self-titled album "Foster Sylvers" (ST-11716).
40 Years Ago Today In 1977 - Sammy Hagar, with unlisted others does overdubs for the titles "You Make Me Crazy", "Someone Out There", "Crack In The World", "Don't Stop Me Now", "Try (Try To Fall In Love)", "Everything's Gonna Be Alright", and "Reckless". Capitol Records will issue the final versions of all the titles on Hagar's album "Musical Chairs" (ST-11706).
35 Years Ago Today In 1982 - Vocalist Kim Carnes, with unlisted others, records the title "Undertow" in a unlisted location. EMI-America, a subsidiary of Capitol Records, will issue the title on Carnes' album "Voyeur" (ST-17078).

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1940 - Timi Yuro, singer and Liberty Records artist, is born Rosemary Timotea Yuro in Chicago, Illinois
1958 - Ricky Nelson's Imperial Records single "Poor Little Fool" (written by Sharon Sheeley, who was Eddie Cochran's girlfriend), with "Don't Leave Me This Way" on the flipside, is the first single to be #1 on the debut of Billboard's new Hot 100 Singles chart. Capitol Records currently owns Imperial's catalog.
20 Years Ago Today In 1997 - Harry Connick, Jr. beings a week of sessions at The Capitol Tower Studios in Hollywood, Califonia, recording tracks for his "Come By Me" album

ON THIS DAY NOT IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1901 - Louis Armstrong is born Louis Daniel Armstrong in New Orleans, Louisiana
1958 - Billboard Magazine starts it's Hot 100 Singles chart