OCTOBER 11, 2017

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
1943 - Gene Watson, country singer and Capitol Records artist (1975-1980), is born Gary Gene Watson in Palestine, Texas

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
75 Years Ago Today In 1942 - The King Cole Trio (Nat "King" Cole on piano, Oscar Moore on guitar, and Red Callender on bass) record the titles "Vom Vim Veedle" with vocals by Cole and harmony vocals by Moore and Callendar and "All For You" with vocals by Cole in the C. P. MacGregor Studios at 729 South Western Avenue in Los Angeles, California for Excelsior Records. Excelsior will issue "Vim Vom Veedle" as a single (Excelsior 00102) and "All For You" as a single (Excelsior 00103). Capitol Records will purchase the masters and issue both songs together as the trio's first single for the label (Capitol 139) on October 15, 1943. One of the directors of Excelsior Records is Oscar Wallichs, father of Capitol Records co-founder and, at the time, vice-president, Glenn Wallichs.
1944 - Wesley Tuttle and The Coonhunters (Wesley Tuttle and Merle Travis on vocals and guitar with Charles Emery Linville on fiddle and Roy Bargy on piano) record the tracks "Please Be Like Your Daddy", "Rainin' On The Mountain", "I Know It's Wrong", and "Give Me Your Hand" in the C.P. MacGregor Studios at 729 South Western Avenue in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the first and third tracks together as a single (Capitol Americana 40037), the second track as a single (Capitol 194) with "I Dreamed That My Daddy Came Home" on the flip side. The Bear Family issued "Give Me Your Hand" on Merle Travis' 5 CD box set "Guitar Rags and a Too Fast Past" (BCD 15637) in Germany.
1945 - The King Cole Trio (Nat "King" Cole on piano and vocals; Oscar Moore on guitar; and Johnny Miller on bass) record the tracks "It Is Better To Be By Yourself" (with a vocal chorus), "Come To Baby Do", and "The Frim Fram Sauce" at WMCA Studios in New York City, New York. Capitol Records issues the first track as a single (Capitol 239) with "Sweet Georgia Brown" on the flipside and the last two tracks together as a single (Capitol 224).
1946 - James Baskett, Johnny Mercer and The Pied Pipers, with Billy May and His Orchestra (Mannie Klein, Don Anderson, and Holly Humphries on trumpet; William Schaefer, Ed Kusby, and Hoyt Bohannon on trombone; Fred Fox on french horn; John Gruey, J.A. Krechter, Donald Renfrew, Warren Baker, and Lloyd Hildebrand on saxophone; Frank Leithner on piano; John Ryan on bass; John Cyr on percussion; Ann Mason on harp; and on strings: Edward Bergman, Walter Edelstein, Peter Ellis, George Kast, Sol Kindler, Dan Lube, Mischa Russell, Marshall Sosson, and Olcott Vail on violin; Albert Burton and David Sterkin on viola; and Fred Goerner and Joseph Saxon on cello), record the tracks "Tales Of Uncle Remus: Part 1: Running Away" (aka "Brer Rabbit Runs Away, Part 1"), "Part 3: Brer Rabbit And The Tar Baby, Part 1", and "Part 6: The Laughing Place, Part 2" using a script adaptation by Alan Livingston at Radio Recorders studios in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on the children's album "Tales Of Uncle Remus" (DC-116).
1946 - Tex Williams and His Western Caravan (listed as probably Williams on vocal and guitar with Cactus Soldi and Harry Simms on fiddle; Ossie Godson on piano; Pedro De Paul on accordion; Jimmy Bryant on electric guitar; Smokey Rogers on guitar and banjo; Spike Featherstone on harp; Deuce Spriggens on bass; and Muddy Berry on drums), record the tracks "The Leaf Of Love", "Hurry, Don't Delay", "Milkman Polka", and "Capitol Polka" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records issues "The Leaf Of Love" as a single (Capitol 333) with "I Got Texas On My Soul" on the flipside, "Hurry, Don't Delay" as a single (Capitol 15321) with "Old Paint's Complaint" on the flipside, and "Milkman Polka" and "Capitol Polka" together as a single (Capitol Americana 48010).
70 Years Ago Today In 1947 - It's Saturday and Wildroot presents "King Cole Trio Time" from WWJ in Detroit, Michigan and featured Oscar Moore's last appearance on the show. This episode may not have been transcribed by The Armed Forces Radio Service.
1949 - Between 12:00 PM and 3:00 PM Merle Travis (on guitar, electric guitar, and vocals) and Tennessee Ernie Ford (on vocals), with Cliffie Stone and His Orchestra (Harold Glen Hensley on fiddle; Billy Liebert on piano; Eddie Kirk on vocals and guitar; Wesley "Speedy" West on steel guitar; and Stone on bass) record the tracks "Blues Stay Away From Me" (with Billy Liebert on accordian) and "Philosophy" at Capitol Records' Melrose Avenue Studios in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records issues both tracks together as a single (Capitol Americana 40254).
1949 - Chuy Reyes and His Orchestra (lineup unlisted) featuring Pepin Betancourt on vocals, record the tracks "The Regal Rhumba (Take It Easy, Take It Light)", "Lover's Dance", "Adios", and "Guantanamera (with Pepin Betancourt on vocals) in Los Angeles, California. Capitol will issue the first track after a vocal overdub by Mel Blanc is recorded on October 19, 1949, as a single (57 790) with "Guantanamera" on the flip side and the middle two tracks on Reyes' album "Piano Brilliante" (H 196).
1950 - Andy Russell (on vocals with Skitch Henderson and His Orchestra [lineup unlisted]) records the tracks "Cling To Me", "I Guess I'll Have To Dream The Rest", and "Take My Love" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records issues the first two tracks together as a single (Capitol 1281) and as (of 2005) yet to issue the last track.
1950 - During a single session held from 2:00 PM to 5:30 PM in Capitol Records' studios at 5515 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood, California,  Billy May, conducting his original music and arrangements to the orchestra (Mannie Klein and William Guy on trumpet; Ed Kusby and James Priddy on trombone; John Graas on french horn; Donald Lazenby, George Smith, Lloyd Hildebrand, and Harry Schuchman on woodwinds; Edwin "Buddy" Cole on piano; Phil Stephens on bass; John Cyr on drums; Kathryn Thompson on harp; and on strings: Ivan Eppinoff, Nick Pisani, Mischa Russell on violins; and Louis Kievman on viola) records the titles "Teena, The Laughing Hyena: Part 1" and "Teena, The Laughing Hyena: Part 2" and "The Flying Mouse: Part 1" and "The Flying Mouse: Part 2". Pinto Colvig (using a script by Alan Livingston with an unlisted cast) will record the vocal overdubs for the "Teena, The Laughing Hyena" tracks on October 17, 1950 and Don Wilson (using a script adaptation by Alan Livingston) will record the vocal overdubs for the "The Flying Mouse" tracks on January 18, 1951, both also at Capitol Records' Melrose Avenue studios. Capitol Records issues the final versions of the "Teena, The Laughing Hyena" tracks on Colvig's Bozo Approved picture sleeve children's single "Teena,The Laughing Hyena" (DAT-3086) and the final versions of both "The Flying Mouse" tracks on Wilson's Bozo Approved picture sleeve children's single "The Flying Mouse" (CAS-3092).
1950 - Kay Starr, with Frank DeVol and His Orchestra (lineup unlisted with Devol conducting his own arrangements), records the tracks "Oh, Babe", and "Everybody's Somebody's Fool", "Evenin'", and a re-recording of "(Everybody's Waitin' For) The Man With The Bag" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the first two tracks together as a single (Capitol 1278), the third track as a single (Capitol 1357) with "Lovesick Blues" on the flip side, and the last track as a single (Capitol 1256) with "Christopher Robin Is Saying His Prayers" on the flip side.
1950 - Tex Williams and His Western Caravan (listed as possibly with Williams on vocals and leader of the band: Max Fidler, Cactus Soldi, and Rex Call on fiddle; Paul "Spike" Featherstone on harp; Ossie Godson on piano; Pedro De Paul on accordian; John Weiss, and Benny Garcia Jr. on electric guitar; Smokey Rogers on guitar and banjo; Joaquin Murphy on steel guitar; Deuce Spriggens on bass; and Muddy Berry on drums) record the tracks "The Big Print Giveth (And The Little Print Taketh Away (with an unlisted vocal group), I Want Gold In My Pockets (When There's Silver In My Hair), and "Alimony" (with Lee Gillette on vocals) at Capitol Records' Melrose Avenue studios in Hollywood, California. The first track, as of 2005, remains unissued and Capitol Records will issue the last two tracks together as a single (Capitol 1286).
1950 - Hal Derwin "Buddy" Cole records 5 unlisted tracks for The Capitol Records Transcripition Service in Los Angeles, California. If anyone knows what was recorded, please leave a comment.
1951 - Jenks "Tex" Carmen (on vocals and guitar) records the tracks "Don't Feel Sorry For Me", "My Trusting Heart", "(I've Received) A Penny Postcard", and "Gonna Stay Right Here" at Capitol Records' Melrose Avenue studios in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records issues the first two tracks together as a single (Capitol 2067) and the last two tracks will be issued by Bear Family Records in Germany in on the CD "Hillbilly Hula" (BCD 15574).
1951 - Chuy Reyes and His Orchestra (lineup unlisted) record the tracks "These Foolish Things", "If I Had You", Out Of Nowhere" and "Yesterdays" in Los Angeles, California. The first track, as of 2005, remains unissued. Capitol Records issued the remaining three tracks on the album "Keyboard Cocktails" (H 305).
65 Years Ago Today In 1952 - It's a Saturday, and The Billboard magazine reports that since Nat "King" Cole broke his ankle in an all-star softball game in Hollywood, California he is working his "Biggest Show" concert tour on crutches. Also, on Cash Box magazine's Best Selling Singles chart, Cole's Capitol Records single "Because Your Mine" is #9, his single "Somewhere Along The Way" is #12, his single "Walkin' My Baby Back Home" is #17, and his single "Faith Can Move Mountains" is #45. That night at 8:00 PM, an appearance by Cole on "The Jackie Gleason Show" airs on CBS-TV. Cole's performances of "Walkin' My Baby Back Home" and "Faith Can Move Mountains" close the show.

65 Years Ago Today In 1952 - Johnny Pecon and His Orchestra (lineup unlisted) record the titles "Mary Ann Polka", "Too Good To Be True", and "Lollapalooza" all with vocals by Nettie Pecon and "Tino's Polka" with vocals by Lou Trebar in (listed as possibly) New York City, New York. If anyone knows for sure where this session was held. Please leave a comment. Capitol Records has yet to issue "Mary Ann Polka", issued "Too Good To Be True" and "Tino's Polka" together as a single (Capitol 2711) and the third track as a single (Capitol 2527) with "I Wanna Be Your Darlin'" on the flipside.

1956 - The King Sisters (Yvonne, Luise, Marilyn & Alyce King) with Alvino Rey conducting an unlisted studio orchestra, record the tracks "My Little Grass Shack In Kealakekau, Hawaii", "Sand", "My Tane" and "Hawaiian Wedding Song" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records issues all the tracks on the group's album "Aloha" (T 808).
1956 - Billy May and His Orchestra (John Best, Conrad Gozzo, Mannie Klein, and Uan Rasey on trumpet; Ed Kusby, Tommy Pederson, and Si Zentner and Murray McEachern on trombone; Skeets Herfurt and Wilbur Schwartz on alto saxophone; Fred Falensby and Ted Nash on tenor saxophone; Chuck Gentry on baritone saxophone; Paul Smith on piano; Al Hendrickson on guitar; Joe Mondragon on bass; and Alvin Stoller on drums), with May conducting his own arrangements, record the tracks "Say It Isn't So/Take The 'A' Train", "The Floater" (with Murray McEachern on piano), and a re-recording of "Bye Bye Blackbird" at The Capitol Tower Studios in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue the first and last track on the album "Billy May Plays For Fancy Dancing" (T 771) and the middle track (after overdubs are recorded on October 23, 1956, with Ralph Pena on bass and Alvin Stoller on drums) as a single (Capitol F3598) with "Christopher Columbus" on the flipside.
1956 - The Buddy Collette/Chico Hamilton Sextet (Buddy Collette on reeds, John Anderson on trumpet, Gerald Wiggins on piano, Jim Hall on guitar, Curtis Counce on bass, and Chico Hamilton on drums) record the tracks "Green Dream", "It's You", "A Walk On The Veldt", "How Long Has This Been Going On", "The Blindfold Test", "Jungle Pogo Stick", "Tanganyika", "Wagnervous", "And So Is Love", and "Coming Back For More" with engineer John Kraus at The Capitol Tower Studios. The recordings will be released by V.S.O.P. Records as an album called "Tanganyika".
60 Years Ago Today In 1957 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records album "Love Is The Thing" is #2 on WMCA's albums chart in New York City, New York and his single "With You On My Mind" is #27 on the station's Weekly Survey of singles.
60 Years Ago Today In 1957 - Sam Koki and The Seven Sea Serenaders (featuring Sylvia Zara on vocals) overdub vocals onto the instrumental track "Song Of The Islands" recorded by Wesley "Speedy" West (on steel guitar with Elmer Schmidt on piano) on September 30, 1957. Capitol Records will issue the finished track on Speedy West and the Seven Sea Serenaders's album "West Of Hawaii" (T 956).
60 Years Ago Today In 1957 - Tex Ritter (on vocals with Paul Sells on organ and an unlisted chorus) records the tracks "Here Was A Man" and "It Came Upon A Midnight Clear" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records issues both tracks together as a single (Capitol F3903).
60 Years Ago Today In 1957 - The Capitol Symphony Orchestra (lineup unlisted), conducted by Carmen Dragon, records the titles "All Thru The Night", "Traditional: Londonderry Air", Grieg's "Ich Liebe Dich (I Love Thee)", Tchaikovsky's "Romance In F Minor", and Mendelssohn's "On Wings Of Song" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records issues "All Thru The Night", "Ich Liebe Dich (I Love Thee)", and "On Wings Of Song" on the album "Serenade" (P 8413), "Traditional: Londonderry Air" on the album "A World Of Music" (P-8412) and has yet to issue "Romance In F Minor".
1958 - Lary Hovis (on vocals with Jack Marshall's Music [lineup unlisted]) records the tracks "Just In Time", "S'posin'", and "Deed I Do" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records issues all the tracks on Hovis' album "My Heart Belongs To Only You" (T 1218).
1960 - Jackie Davis (on organ and listed as probably with Irving Ashby on guitar; Joe Comfort on bass; and Weedee Morris on drums) records the tracks "Without A Song", "Sweet And Lovely", "Walkin' My Baby Back Home", "I'll Never Stop Loving You", "I Would Do Anything For You", "Just Friends", "Stop At My House", and "Velvet Moon" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records issues all the tracks, except "Velvet Moon" on Davis' eponymous album "Jackie Davis" (T 1517).
1960 - At a session paid for by General Motors, Dinah Shore, with Dick Reynolds directing the orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the tracks "Jingle Bells", "You Meet The Nicest People", "Silent Night" and "Coventry Carol" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Custom Services will issue all the tracks on the promotional EP disc "Season's Greetings" for Chevrolet and Capitol Records issues the track "Silent Night" on the multi-artist album "Season's Greetings" (T 1622).
1960 - Virgil Fox (on organ) records the tracks "Suite, Opus 5, Third Movement" by Durufle and "Chorale Number 1 In E Major (Portions)" at Riverside Church in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue both tracks on Fox's album "Organ Music From France" (P 8544).
55 Years Ago Today In 1962 - Vocalist Lou Rawls, with Onzy Matthews directing his own arrangements to the orchestra (Bob Bryant, Bud Brisbois, Bob Rolfe, and George Graham on trumpet, Lou Blackburn, Les Robertson, Horace Tapscott, and Charles Wilson on trombone, Bob Knight on bass trombone, Charlie Kennedy on alto saxophone, Alexander Nelson on alto saxophone and flute, Curtis Amy on soprano and tenor saxophone, Sidney Miller on tenor saxophone, Lou Ciotti on tenor saxophone and flute, Jack Nimitz on baritone saxophone, Joe Sample on organ, Irving Ashby on guitar, Jim Crutcher on bass, and Frank Butler on drums) records the titles "Trouble In Mind" (with Joe Sample on piano), "Roll 'Em Pete", "(What Did I Do To Be So) Black And Blue", "Gloomy Sunday", and "Strange Fruit" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records issues all the titles, except "Gloomy Sunday", on Rawls' album "Black And Blue" (SU 1824) with edited versions of the titles "Trouble In Mind" and "(What Did I Do To Be So) Black And Blue" and all the titles unedited and remastered on the CD version of the album in 2006.
55 Years Ago Today In 1962 - Glen Gray and The Casa Loma Orchestra (Shorty Sherock, Conrad Gozzo, Mannie Klein, and Joe Graves on trumpet; Milt Bernhart, Joe Howard, and Eddie Kusby on trombone; George Roberts on bass trombone; Abe Most on clarinet and alto saxophone; Skeets Herfurt on alto saxophone; Plas Johnson and Justin Gordon on tenor saxophone; Chuck Gentry on bass; Ray Sherman on piano; Jack Marshall on guitar; Mike Rubin on bass; and Nick Fatool on drums;) using arrangements to play in the style of the orchestras shown in parentheses to record the tracks "Artistry In Rhythm (Stan Kenton)", "Leap Frog" (Les Brown)", "Nightmare (Artie Shaw)", "Moonlight Serenade (Glenn Miller)", and "Let's Dance (Benny Goodman)" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records issues all the tracks on Gray's album "Sounds Of The Big Bands, Volume 6: Themes Of The Great Bands" (T 1812).
55 Years Ago Today In 1962 - While performing live at The State Fair of Texas in Dallas, Texas Hank Thompson (on vocals and guitar) and The Brazos Valley Boys (Dubert Dobson on trumpet; James Edward "Jimmy" Belken, Roddy Bristol, and Billy Jack Saucer on fiddle; Billy Gray and Merle Travis on guitar; Robert John "Bobby" Garrett on pedal steel guitar; Billy Briggs Stewart on bass; and Bernard Nelson Young on drums) perform the titles "My Heart Is A Playground", "Simple Simon", "Rub-A-Dub_Dub", and "Will We Start It All Over Again". Capitol Records records the show and issues all the titles on the album "Hank Thompson And The Brazos Valley Boys At The State Fair Of Texas" (T 1955).
55 Years Ago Today In 1962 - At two sessions held this day in New York City, New York Fred Waring conducts The Pennsylvanians (lineup unlisted) as they record the titles "The Hills Of Old Penn State" (finishing the track and using an arrangement by Hawley Ades and Roy Ringwald), "Eleanor" (finishing the track and using an arrangement by Roy Ringwald), "Moonlight On Campus" (using an arrangement by Roy Ringwald), "It's A Lovely Day Tomorrow" (using an arrangement by Hawley Ades), and "Alma Mater Memories (close, using an arrangement by Hawley Ades) at the first session and the title "Hanover Winter Song" at the second session. Capitol Records issues all the titles, except "It's A Lovely Day", on Waring's album "Alma Mater Memories" (T 1949) and releases "It's A Lovely Day" on Waring's album "This I Believe" (T 2054).
1963 - Judy Garland performs the song "That's All" live for her CBS-TV series. A recording of the performance will appear on Garland's Capitol Records album "Just For Openers".
1965 - Capitol Records releases Buck Owens' single "Buckaroo" with "If You Want A Love" on the flipside
1965 - Capitol Records releases six singles by The Beatles on its Starline oldies green swirl label (with separate pressings manufactured on both the west and east coasts): "Twist And Shout"/"There's A Place", "Love Me Do"/"P.S. I Love You", "Please Please Me"/"From Me To You", "Do You Want To Know A Secret"/"Thank You Girl", "Roll Over Beethoven"/"Misery", and "Boys"/"Kansas City". The first four were identical to the versions released by Vee-Jay records. The last two were put together by Capitol just for this release.
1966 - The Beach Boys (lineup unlisted) record overdubs for the unissued track "Home On The Range" in Los Angeles, California.
1966 - Capitol Records registers the purchased masters for 18th Century Concept's tracks "Can't Hurry Love", "18th Century Bag", "Eleanor Rigby", "Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby", "Chopsticks", "Little Toy Soldier", "A Lover's Concerto", "Reach Out, I'll Be There", "18th Century Drawing Room", "Old Time Movies", "Betty's Song", and "If I Were A Carpenter". Sidewalk Records, as the first album released through their distribution deal with Capitol Records, issues all the tracks on group's album "In The 20th Century Bag" (ST 5900).
1966 - George Shearing (on piano and harpsichord), with Quintet (lineup unlisted) and Julian Lee conducting his own arrangements to an unlisted orchestra, records the tracks "The Shadow Of Your Smile" "Have A Heart", "Strangers In The Night", and "Yesterday" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records issues all the tracks on Shearing's album "New Look" (T 2637)
1966 - Andy Russell, with unlisted session musicians, records the tracks "Strangers In The Night", "Spanish Eyes", "Yesterday" and "As Long As There's Forever (Perdoname Mi Vida) in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on Russell's album "More Amor" (T 2659).
1966 - The Stone Poneys (Kenny Edwards and Bob Kimmel on guitar, Linda Ronstadt on vocals, with Pete Childs, Cyrus Faryar, and John T.Forsha on guitars, Jimmy Bond on bass, and Billy Mundi on drums) record the tracks "If I Were You", "Meredith (On My Mind)" and "All The Beautiful Things" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on the band's eponymous album "The Stone Poneys" (T 2666).
1966 - Fred Neil, with unlisted musicians, records the tracks "The Dolphins" and "Badi-Da" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol will issue both tracks together as a single (Capitol 5786).
1966 - At two sessions held this day in New York City, New York pianist Rubin Mitchell (with unlisted session musicians) records the tracks "Flamingo", "Liza Jane", "Spanish Eyes", "Spanish Harlem", and "Slaughter On 10th Avenue" at the first session and "Jitterbug Waltz", "Yesterdays", "Somewhere", "What Now My Love", and "Born To Lose" at the second session. Capitol Records issues "Spanish Eyes" on Mitchell's album "Presenting Rubin Mitchell" (T 2658) but has (of 2005) yet to issue any of the other tracks.
50 Years Ago Today In 1967 - Glen Campbell, with unlisted musicians, records the tracks "Gotta Travel On" and "Is There Any Chance", "I Walk The Line" and "Lover" in Los Angeles, California. As of 2005, "I Walk The Line" is the only track issued by Capitol Records. That track appeared on Campbell's CD "The Essential Glen Campbell" (8-30288-2).
50 Years Ago Today In 1967 - Tender Joe Richardson (on guitar and vocals with unlisted session musicians) records the tracks "Do Drop In" and "A Little Rain Must Fall" in Los Angeles, California. The first track, as of 2005, is unissued and the last track issued as by The Epic Splendor by Hot Biscuit Records (Hot Biscuit 1450) which is distributed by Capitol Records, with The Epic Slendor's track (a purchased master) "Cowboys And Indians" on the flip side.
50 Years Ago Today In 1967 - The Beach Boys (lineup unlisted) record the unissued track "Untitled #1 in Los Angeles, California and an overdub the next night on October 12, 1967.
1968 - Pollution (led by Otis Hale with Richard Lewis on 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 tracks "Ode To Gawking People", "Baby It's High Time", "Every Day I Have The Blues", "River Deep, Mountain High", "Slow Blues", and "Vegetable Soup" in Los Angeles, California. All the tracks, as of 2005, remain unissued.
1969 - Capitol Records registers masters by Buie and Cobb that purchased. All the tracks remain, as of 2005, unissued.
1971 - Capitol Records files information for the masters of The London Symphony Orchestra's recording of "Gemini Suite" (which feature composer Jon Lord on piano and organ: Albert Lee on guitar; Roger Glover on bass guitar; Ian Paice on drums; Tony Ashton and Yvonne Elliman on vocals; and The London Symphony Orchestra [lineup unlisted] conducted by Malcolm Arnold)'s tracks "Guitar", "Piano", "Drums", "Voice", "Bass Guitar", a track for which no information is listed and is unissued, and "Organ" which were recorded in England. Capitol Records issues all the tracks, except the unknown one, on the album "Gemini Suite - London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Malcolm Arnold" (SMAS-870).
1971 - Billy May and The Time-Life Orchestra (John Audino, John Best, Uan Rasey, Mickey Mangano, and Chuck Findley on trumpets, Joe Howard, Dick Nash, Gil Falco, Lloyd Ulyate, and Phil Teele on trombones, Bill Hinshaw on French horn, Les Robinson, Justin Gordon, Don Raffell, Don Lodice, and Chuck Gentry on saxophones, Ray Sherman on piano, Jack
Marshall on guitar, Eddie Safranski on bass, Nick Fatool on drums, and Stan Levey on bongos) record the titles "Boogie Blues (Gene Krupa Version)" with vocals by Anita O'Day, the instrumental "Unison Riff (Stan Kenton Version)", and, with vocals also by Anita O'Day, "Let Me Off Uptown (Gene Krupa Version)" and "And Her Tears Flowed Like Wine (Stan Kenton Version)" with additional vocals by the band at The Capitol Tower Studios in Hollywood, California. Time-Life issues "Boogie Blues (Gene Krupa Version)" and "Unison Riff (Stan Kenton Version)" on the album "The Swing Era Encore: The Day of the Great Entertainers" (STL 351), rejected "Let Me Off Uptown (Gene Krupa Version)", and issued "And Her Tears Flowed Like Wine (Stan Kenton Version)" on the album "The Swing Era Curtain Call: The Sounds of Swing" (STL 352).
1971 - Helen Reddy, with unlisted studio musicians, records the track "More Than You Could take" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records issues the track on Reddy's album "No Sad Song" (ST 857).
1971 - Wayne Newton, with unlisted session musicians, records the track "Higher Ground" and a shorter version of "Higher Ground" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records issues the first track as a single (Capitol 3241) with "Just A Memory" on the flip side and has, as of 2005, yet to issue the short track.
45 Years Ago Today In 1972 - Capitol Records registers the purchased master of Red Simpson's track "God And Jericho Jones", which was recorded in Los Angeles, California on October 8, 1972. Capitol Records, as of 2005, has yet to issue the the track.
1973 - Capitol Records registers the purchased masters of Tommy Graham's tracks "Sea Cruise" and "Play Me A Song" both of which, as of 2005, are unissued
1974 - Capitol Records registers the Susan Raye track "That Loving Feeling" which was recorded at The Buck Owens Studios in Bakersfield, California which it purchased from Buck Owens Enterprises and will issue on Raye's album "Whatcha Gonna Do With A Dog Like That" (ST-11393)
1976 - Deja Vu (unlisted lineup) records the tracks "Success And Failure", "Get It Up For Love", "Love, I'd Like To Thank You", "All Night Long", "The Mighty Emerald", "That A Melody", "Somebody To Believe In", "Pretty Lady", and "You're The Only Light On My Horizon Now" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records issues all the titles on the group's album "Get It Up For Love" (ST-11604).
1976 - Richard Torrence records the tracks "Rio De Janerio Blue" and "Leave My Love Behind" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both tracks on Torrence's album "Bareback" (SW-11610).
40 Years Ago Today In 1977 - Suzanne Stevens (on vocals with Artie Butler conducting his own arrangements to an unlisted orchestra) records the titles "Stardust Lady (Child Of The Stardust Lady)", "Just the Way You Are", "I Can't Live Without You", and "You Are The Song (That I Can't Stop Singing)" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records issues all the titles on Stevens' album "The Stardust Lady" (ST-11717).
1978 - Natalie Cole, with unlisted musicians, records the track "Stand By Me" at The Sound Factory in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records issues the track on the album "I Love You So" (SO-11928).
1979 - Tavares (lineup unlisted) records the tracks "I Can't Go On Living Without You", "Sometimes Love Songs Make Me Cry", "Why Can't We Fall In Love", and "I Can't Get Enough" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records issues all the tracks on the band's album "Supercharged" (ST-12026).
35 Years Ago Today In 1982 - Capitol Records releases The Beatles' compilation album "20 Greatest Hits" to honor the 20th anniversary of the group's first release.
1985 - Tex Williams, actor, singer, guitarist, and Capitol Records artist (ironically best known for the 1947 #1 single "Smoke, Smoke, Smoke (That Cigarette)"), dies of lung cancer at his home in Newhall, California at age 68
1988 - Capitol Records registers Tommi Johnson's track "Some Things Never Change" and will issue the track on the single (Capitol 44301). If anyone knows what was on the flipside, please leave a comment.
1995 - Blind Melon perform live at The Palace in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will later release an album of the performance called "Live At The Palace". The CD will be reissued by Capitol/EMI on October 17, 2006 with expanded packaging.
2005 - EMI/Capitol Special Markets releases the Christmas compilation CDs "Jingle All The Way", "A Christmas Tapestry", "Warm December", and "Christmas Treasury"

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1918 - Ray Martin, composer (classical as well as television and movie scores), arranger, conductor, and EMI recording artist as part of the group The Picadilly Strings in the UK, and who wrote background arrangements for Imperial Records in the U.S., is born in Vienna, Austria. Universal Music Group, Capitol Music Group's parent company, currently owns the Imperial Records catalog.
55 Years Ago Today In 1962 - The Beatles' first Parlophone single, "Love Me Do", enters the UK singles chart. The Beatles will be on the U.K. singles chart continuously for the next 105 weeks until October 15, 1964, setting the record for the group with the most consecutive weeks on the British singles chart.
1971 - Brother Records releases The Beach Boys' single "Long Promised Road" with "'Til I Die" on the flipside. The Brother Records catalog is currently being distributed by Capitol Records.
1983 - EMI America purchases the masters of Elbow Jones and The Racketeers (lineup unlisted)'s tracks "A Night In New York", "Other Guys", "Happy Times", "Our Love Will Always Stand", "Happy Birthday Baby", "Mama's In Love Again", "I Got You", "I Call It Like I See It", "I Belong To You", and "You Got Me High" and issue all the tracks on the album "New York At Dawn" (ST-17103). EMI America's catalog is currently owned by Capitol Music Group's parent company Universal Music Group.
2004 - The Panic Channel begin their first recording session. They will sign with Capitol Records in 2005 and their debut album will be released in 2006.