SEPTEMBER 21, 2017

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
1949 - Robin Clark, singer and Capitol Records artist (1960-1962), is born Sharon Ilo Hershiser on on the campus of the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1944 - Capitol Records Distribution Company is formed
60 Years Ago Today In 1957 - Pianist Leonard Pennario, with Erich Leinsdorf conducting The Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra (lineup unlisted) has a rehearsal session for his upcoming Capitol Records recording session of Rachmaninoff's "Rhapsody On A Theme Of Paganini" and Grieg's "Piano Concerto In A Minor, 2nd and 3rd Movements" in Los Angeles, California.
60 Years Ago Today In 1957 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records album "Love Is The Thing" is #12 and his album "This Is Nat 'King' Cole" is #18 on The Billboard magazine's Best Selling Pop Albums chart, his album "Love Is The Thing" is #3 on the magazine's Most Played By Jockeys chart, and Cole's single "Send For Me" is #7 on The Billboard magazine's R&B Best Sellers In Stores chart, #9 on the magazine's Most Played R&B By Jockeys chart, #17 on its Top 100 Sides chart, #20 on it's Best Sellers In Stores chart. Also on the Top 100 Sides chart, Cole's single "With You On My Mind" is #64 and his single "My Personal Possession" is #79. "Send For Me" is also #15 and Cole's single "With You On My Mind" is #32 on Cash Box Magazine's Best Selling Singles chart.
55 Years Ago Today In 1962 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Ramblin' Rose" is #11 on KRLA's Top Thirty chart in Los Angeles, California.
55 Years Ago Today In 1962 - Paul Weston conducts his own arrangements to His Orchestra (lineup unlisted) as they record the titles "Eyes Of Fire", "Enchanted Mountain", "The Star And The Rose", "Mi Amor", "Valley Song", and a new take of the title "Adobe" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Weston's album "The Bells Of Santa Ynez" (T/ST 1849)
55 Years Ago Today In 1962 - The Cannonball Adderley Sextet (Nat Adderley on cornet, Julian "Cannonball" Adderley on alto saxophone, Yusef Lateef on tenor saxophone, flute, and oboe, Joe Zawinul on piano, Sam Jones on bass, and Louis Hayes on drums) at a live concerst at The Jazz Workshop in San Francisco, California perform the title "Jive Samba" which is recorded by Capitol Records who will issue it on the sextet's album "The Best Of Cannonball Adderley" (SKAO 2939)
1964 - Capitol Records releases Peter and Gordon's single "I Don't Want to See You Again", written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney, with "I Would Buy You Presents" on the flipside
1966 - Vocalist Al Martino, with Pete DeAngelis conducting the orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the titles "The Wheel Of Hurt", "Somewhere In The World", "Pray For Me", and "My Love Is Stronger Than My Pride" in New York City, New York with producer Tom Morgan. Capitol Records will issue "The Wheel Of Hurt" and "Somewhere In The World" together as a single (Capitol 5741), has yet to release "Pray For Me", and issued "My Love Is Stronger Than My Pride" on Martino's album "Mary In The Morning" (T 2780).
50 Years Ago Today In 1965 - Guitarist Howard Roberts, with Dave Grusin on organ, Victor Feldman on electric piano and percussion, Al Hendrickson and Jack Marshall also on guitar, Chuck Berghofer on bass, John Guerin on drums, Paulo Fernando de Magalhaes and Larry Bunker on percussion, and Claudio Miranda on vocals and percussion, records the titles "O Barquinho (Little Boat)", "The Look Of Love", and "Wait Until Dark" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Roberts' album "Guilty!" (ST 2824).
50 Years Ago Today In 1967 - Al De Lory conducts his own arrangements to an orchestra (lineup unlisted) as they record the titles "Ode To Billie Joe" and "Sunshine Superman" in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records which has yet to issue either title.
50 Years Ago Today In 1967 - Vocalist Bobby Austin, with producer Charlie "Fuzzy" Owen and unlisted others, records the titles "Little Boy Don't Live Here Anymore", "An Old Love Never Dies", and "My Rose-Colored World Turned Blue" in Bakersfield, California. Capitol Records will purchase the masters and issue all the titles on Austin's album "Old Love Never Dies" (ST 2915).
50 Years Ago Today In 1967 - Koppelman & Rubin (lineup unlisted) record the titles "I'm With You Hot Biscuit" and "Where Is The Boy" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will purchase the masters but has yet to issue either title.
1969 - Buck Owens' Capitol Records single "Tall Dark Strangers", with "Sing That Kind Of A Song" on the flipside, is #1 on the U.S. Country singles charts
45 Years Ago Today In 1972 - Capitol Records registers the masters it purchased for vocalist Tony Booth's titles "He Don't Deserve You Anymore", "When A Man Loves A Woman (The Way That I Love You)", "Second Fiddle", "Maybe If I Close My Eyes (It'll Go Away)", "Close Up The Honky Tonks", "What A Liar I Am", "You Left Her Lonely Too Long", "Bad, Bad Dream", "I've Carried This Torch Too Long", "and "Just A Man" which were all recorded at Buck Owens' studios in Bakersfield, California and produced by Buck Owens Enterprises. Capitol Records will issue "He Don't Deserve You Anymore" and "When A Man Loves A Woman (The Way That I Love You)" on Booth's album "When A Man Loves A Woman (The Way That I Love You)" (ST-11160) and all the other titles on Booth's album "Lonesome" (ST-11126).
45 Years Ago Today In 1972 - Billy May conducts The Time-Life Orchestra (lineup unlisted) as they record the titles "Acapulco" featuring Jack Marshall's whistling, "Miserlou", "Oh", "Portuguese Washerwomen", and "Spanish Flea" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California. After overdubs are recorded for "Portuguese Washerwomen" on September 26, 1972, Time-Life Records, as part of its "As You Remember Them" series will issue "Acapulco" in the three disc set "Billy May - Volume 6" (STL 426) and all the other titles in the three disc set "Billy May - Volume 3" (STL 243).
35 Years Ago Today In 1982 - Vocalist Tina Turner, with Reggie McBride on bass, Jack Bruno on drums, Paul Warren on guitar, Jimmy Phillips on keyboards, and producer John Carter records the title "Rock 'N' Roll Widow" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the title as a single (Capitol 5354) in the United States with a live version of "What's Love Got To Do With It" (recorded in England in April 1984) on the flipside, by Interfusion in Australia on Turner's album "Private Dancer" (L 38187) which had a different track listing than all other countries, and also in the United States as an extra track on the 1997 CD issue of "Private Dancer" (8 55833 2).
35 Years Ago Today In 1982 - René & Angela (vocalists René Moore and Angela Winbush), with unlisted others, record the title "Bangin' The Boogie" in (listed as possibly) Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the title on the duo's album "Rise" (ST-12267), as a  single (Capitol 5249) with "Keep Running" (recorded October 15, 1982) on the flipside, as a single (Capitol 5272) with "My First Love" (recorded September 22, 1982) on the flipside, and an edited version as a single (Capitol 5220) with "Secret Rendezvous" (recorded February 17, 1981) on the flipside.
1995 - Blind Melon make their second and final appearance on “Late Show With David Letterman”, performing "Galaxie", exactly 1 month before lead singer Shannon Hoon dies of an overdose on October 21, 1995
1999 - Capitol Records releases The Beach Boys' compilation albums "The Greatest Hits Vol. 1: 20 Good Vibrations" and "Greatest Hits Vol. 2 - 20 More Good Vibrations". EMI International also releases The Beach Boys' double CD compilation "Original Gold"
1999 - Capitol Records releases The Chipmunks' compilation CD "Greatest Christmas Hits" and Alvin And The Chipmunk's compilation CD "Greatest Hits - Still Squeaky After All These Years"
2003 - Dierks Bentley's debut Capitol Records Nashville single "What Was I Thinkin'", with "Whiskey Tears" included on the Enhanced CD Single, is #1 on the U.S. Country singles charts where it will stay for 2 weeks
2003 - Jon Mattox, Albie Dunbar, and Sebastian Sheehan of the band Laughing With Lulu, master tracks for their album "In" at The Capitol Records Tower in Hollywood, California. Jon Mattox's blog has some great photos from that day inside The Tower.
2004 - Capitol Records releases Skye Sweetnam's album "Noise From The Basement"
2004 - Capitol Records Nashville releases Keith Urban's album "Be Here"

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1956 - Bassist Paul Chambers, with Donald Byrd on trumpet, John Coltrane on tenor sax, Kenny Burrell on guitar, Horace Silver on piano, and Philly Joe Jones on drums record the titles "Omicron", "Whims Of Chambers", "Nita", "We Six", "Dear Ann", "Tale Of The Fingers", and "Just For The Love" for Chambers' Blue Note Records album "Whims Of Chambers" at the Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey with recording engineer Rudy Van Gelder and producer Alfred Lion. Blue Note's catalog is currently owned by Capitol Music Group's parent company, Universal Music Group.
1974 - Walter Brennan, singer, television and three-time Oscar winning motion picture actor, and Liberty Records artist (best remembered for the single "Old Rivers" with "The Epic Ride Of John H. Glenn" on the flip side), dies from emphysema in Oxnard, California at age 80 and is later interred in San Fernando Mission Cemetery in Los Angeles. Liberty Records catalog is currently owned by Capitol Music Group's parent company, Universal Music Group.
2004 - Angel Records, a division of Capitol Records, releases Chet Baker's compilation albums "Chet Baker Big Band", "Chet Baker Ensemble", "Chet Baker Sextet", "Chet Baker Sings and Plays", and "Chet Baker - Prince of Cool"

ON THIS DAY NOT IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
105 Years Ago Today In 1912 - Chuck Jones, animator, animation director, and animation studio owner, is born Charles Martin Jones in in Spokane, Washington.