NOVEMBER 1, 2017

HAPPY BIRTHDAYS!
1953 - Ian Lewis, vocalist and bass guitar and guitar player with, and co-founder of, the Capitol Records group Inner Circle, is born In Kingston, Jamaica.
1984 - Kacie Jenkins, lead singer in the Capitol Nashville trio The Jenkins, is born in Sebastopol, California.

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1940 - Stan Kenton (on piano) and His Orchestra (listed as probably Jack Ordean and Al Harding on alto saxophone, Bob Gioga and Morey Beeson on tenor saxophone, Bob Snell on baritone saxophone, Ralph Leslie on guitar, Buddy Hayes on bass, and Chauncey Farrer on drums) record a transcription of "Etude For Saxophone" at Wallichs' Music City record shop at Sunset and Vine in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue the track on the 4 LP box set "The Kenton Era" (WDX-569).
75 Years Ago Today In 1942 - Willem Mengelberg conducts The Amsterdam Concertgebouw Orchestra (lineup unlisted) as the record Beethoven's "Overture to 'Prometheus'", "Allegretto And Finale From 'Prometheus'", and "Turkish March (from 'Ruins Of Athens')" in Amsterdam, Holland for Telefunken Records. Capitol Records will license Telefunken's catalog for release in the United States and issues all the titless on the orchestra's album "Overturtes: BRAHMS - Tragic Overture,Op.81/SCHUBERT - Overture To Rosamunde/BEETHOVEN - Overture Allegretto And Finale (from 'Die Geschopfe Des Prometheus')/BEETHOVEN - Turkish March (Ruins Of Athens)/BEETHOVEN - Overture (From 'Die Geschopfe Des Prometheus')" (P-8078).
1944 - Julia Lee (on vocals) with Jay McShann's Kansas City Stompers (Oliver Todd on trumpet, Tommy Douglas on alto saxophone, Clairborne Graves on tenor saxophone, Jay McShann on piano, Efferge Ware on guitar, Walter Page on bass, and Sam "Baby" Lovett on drums) record the tracks "Moten Swing" (an instrumental without Lee on vocals), "Come On Over To My House", "Trouble In Mind", and another instrumental "On The Sunny Side Of The Street" at The Vic Damon Studio, in Kansas City, Kansas (probably with Dave Dexter, Jr. producing). Capitol Records issues the first and last tracks together as a single (Capitol 10039) by Jay McShann's Kansas City Stompers and the middle two tracks together as a single (Capitol 10030) as by Julia Lee with Jay McShann's Kansas City Stompers.
1945 - Hal Derwin (on vocals), with Frank DeVol and His Orchestra (unlisted lineup), records "Dream A Little Dream Of Me", re-recordings of "Stardust" and "Goodnight Sweetheart", and records "Just Like A Butterfly (That's Caught In The Rain)" in Los Angeles, California. Captiol Records (as of 2005) has yet to issue the first two tracks and issued the last two tracks together as a single (Capitol 3-572).
1946 - During a three-way split session held this day in Los Angeles, California first Clark Dennis (on vocals) with Paul Weston and His Orchestra (unlisted lineup) records the track "All The Things You Are", then Hal Derwin (on vocals), with Paul Weston and his orchestra (lineup still unlisted but does include string section), records the track "The Touch Of Your Hand", and finally Margaret Whiting (on vocals) with Paul Weston and His Orchestra (still unlisted and still with strings) records "Look For The Silver Lining". Capitol Records issues both tracks on the compilation album "Jerome Kern's Music" (CD-41).
70 Years Ago Today In 1947 - It's a Saturday night and The King Cole Trio (Nat "King" Cole on vocals and piano, Irving Ashby on guitar, and Johnny Miller on bass) perform "Straighten Up And Fly Right", "Kate", "Ballerina", back guest vocalist Mel Tormè on "And Mimi", perform "This Is My Night To Dream" and then Nat and Mel duet on "Save The Bones For Henry Jones" at NBC Studios in New York City, New York. The Armed Forces Radio Service will issue all the songs on an electronic transcription disc (King Cole Trio 27).
1949 - Walter Brown (on vocals with Ben Webster on tenor saxophone, Jay McShann on piano, Herman Bell on guitar, Lloyd Anderson on bass, and Jesse Price on drums) records the tracks "New Style Baby", "Let's Love Awhile", "Nasty Attitude" and "Slow Down Baby" in Kansas City, Kansas (probably with Dave Dexter, Jr. producing). Capitol Records issues the first and third tracks together as a single (Capitol 806) and the second and last tracks together as a single (Capitol 1112).
1949 - Richard "Key" Biggs (on pipe organ) records Schubert's "Ave Maria", Mendelssohn's "Wedding March (Processional)", and "Mendelssohn's "Wedding March (Recessional) in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records issues the first track on Bigg's album "Concert For Organ" (L-8089) and the last two tracks on Bigg's album "Music For Special Occasions: Wedding Marches" (L-8089).
1950 - The Statesmen Quartet (Jack Hess on lead vocals, Clarence "Cat" Freeman on tenor vocal, Bervin Kendrick on baritone vocal, and James "Big Chief" Wetherington on bass vocal) with (listed as either) Hovie Lister or Boyce Hawkins piano) record the tracks "You're Gonna Reap What You Sow", "Standing Outside", "I'm Gonna Take A Ride", and "When I Got Saved" in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records issues the first and last track together as a single (Capitol 1416) and the middle two tracks together as a single (Capitol 1917).
1950 - Carl Butler (on vocals and guitar, with Clarence "Tater" Tate on fiddle, Smokey White on guitar, George "Speedy" Krise on Dobro resonator guitar, an unlisted mandolin player, and English "Junior" Tullock on bass) records the tracks "White Rose", "Plastic Heart", "Heartbreak Express", and "Country Mile" at the studios of radio station WROL in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records issues "White Rose" and "Heartbreak Express" together as a single (Capitol 1335) and "Plastic Heart" and "Country Mile" together as a single (Capitol 1399).
1950 - Norma Larsen (on vocals), with Lou Busch and His Orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the tracks "Zigeuner", "If Love Were All", "My Hero", and "Wild Rose" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records issues the first three tracks on a transcription disc C-89 and the last track on the transcription disc C-90.
1950 - William Reeve (on vocals), with with Lou Busch and His Orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the tracks "I've Confessed To The Breeze", "Sally", "The Lily And The Nightingale", "and "Gypsy Love Song" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records issues all the tracks on the transcription disc C-92.
1950 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Mona Lisa" is #3 on The Billboard magazine's Best Selling Pop Singles chart and #5 on the magazine's Records Most Played By Disk Jockeys chart, The King Cole Trio and Stan Kenton and His Orchestra's Capitol Records single "Orange Colored Sky" is #9 on The Billboard magazine's Records Most Played By Disk Jockeys chart and #14 on the magazine's "Best Selling Pop Singles chart, and Nat "King" Cole and The Trio open a five day stand at The Boulevard in Rego Park, New York.
1950 - Jo Stafford is released from her Capitol Records contract six weeks early by Capitol's Vice President of A&R, Jim Conkling, who would soon become her boss when he becomes president of Columbia Records.
1951 - The Four Knights (vocalists Gene Alford, Oscar Broadway, Clarence Dixon, and John Wallace), with unlisted musicians, record the tracks "Charmaine", "Cry", "Marshmallow Moon", and "Anniversary Song" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records releases the first two tracks together as a single (Capitol 1875), the third track as a single (Capitol 1914) with "Five Foot Two, Eyes Of Blue" on the flip side, and the last track as a single (Capitol 2403) with "A Few Kind Words" on the flip side.
65 Years Ago Today In 1952 - Nat "King' Cole's Capitol Records single "Somewhere Along The Way" is #14, his single "The Ruby And The Pearl" is #29, and his single "Walkin' My Baby Back Home" with Billy May and His Orchestra is #39 on Cash Box magazine's Best Selling Singles chart
1955 - Betty Jean Morris (with unlisted tenor saxophone, piano, guitar, bass, and drums players) records the tracks "Shack Daddy" (with a vocal group with an unlisted lineup) and "I Ain't Gonna Mambo" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will purchase the masters and release the tracks together as a single (Capitol F3296).
1955 - Billy May and His Orchestra (May directing his own arrangements to: Dick Cathcart on trumpet; Elmer "Moe" Schneider on trombone; Matty Matlock on clarinet; Eddie Miller on tenor saxophone; with John Best, Conrad Gozzo, Mannie Klein, and Uan Rasey on trumpet; Ed Kusby, Murray McEachern, Tommy Pederson, and Si Zentner on trombone; Vince De Rosa on French horn; Clarence Karella on tuba; Skeets Herfurt and Wilbur Schwartz on alto saxophone, flute and clarinet; Ted Nash on tenor saxophone, clarinet and flute; Jules Jacob on tenor saxophone, clarinet, oboe, and English horn; Chuck Gentry on base, bass clarinet, and bass saxophone; Paul Smith on piano, celeste, and calliope; Al Hendrickson on guitar and banjo; Joe Mondragon on bass; Alvin Stoller on drums; Lou Singer on percussion' and Ann Mason Stockton on harp) record the tracks "River Boat Shuffle" and "Oh, By Jingo!" at Capitol Records' Melrose Avenue studios in Hollywood, California between 9:00 PM and 12:00 AM. Capitol Records will issue both tracks on May's album "Sorta-Dixie" (T 677).
1955 - Dorothy Warenskjold (soprano vocalist), with Jack Crossan on piano, records Brahms' "Guten Habend (Vergebliches Standchen)", Hahn's "Si Mes Vers Avaient Des Ailes", Hageman's "Do Not Go My Love", and Ponce's "Estrellita" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records issues all the tracks on Warenskjold's album "On Wings Of Song" (P-8333).
1956 - Frank Sinatra, with Nelson Riddle conducting his own arrangements to an orchestra (James Williamson on flute; Mahlon Clark on clarinet; Bill Miller on piano and celeste; Nick Bonney on guitar; Eddie Gilbert on bass; Frank Flynn on drums; and Kathryn Julye on harp; with Marvin Limonick on violin and the The Hollywood String Quartet: Paul Shure and Felix Slatkin on violin; Alvin Dinkin on viola; and Eleanor Slatkin on cello), re-records the tracks "I Couldn't Sleep A Wink Last Night", "It's Easy To Remember", and "Close To You" in Studio A at The Capitol Tower Studios in Hollywood, California with producer Voyle Gilmore and arranger and conductor Nelson Riddle. It's the last session for Sinatra's Capitol Records album "Close To You" (W 789) on which all the tracks are issued. Sinatra had recorded "I Couldn't Sleep A Wink Last Night" and "Close To You" twice for Columbia Records in 1943.
1956 -  Nat "King" Cole, with Mike Durso's band which is augmented by a string section and John Collins on electric guitar, opens at The Copacabana in Manhattan, New York and wows the audience as he performs 15 songs including "Falling Leaves", "Breezin' Along With The Breeze", "Night Lights", and "Just One Of Those Things". Also on the bill are singing group The Merry Macs and house singers Tony Reynolds and June Allyn.1957 - The Concert Arts Symphony Orcestra (lineup listed), conducted by Erich Leinsdorf, records Wagner's "Ride Of The Walkyries (From 'Die Walkure')" and "Magic Fire Music From 'Die Walkure'" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records issues both tracks on the orchestra's album "The Sound Of WAGNER" (PAO-8411).
60 Years Ago Today In 1957 - It's Friday night at 10:30 PM and Nat "King" Cole is the first interviewee on Edward R. Murrow's "Person To Person" show on CBS-TV. Cole shows off his hi-fi equipment and introduces a pair of "princesses", "Sweetie" (Carol Cole) and "Cookie" (Natalie Cole). The same day, Cole's Capitol Records album "Love Is The Thing" is #4 on KDAY 1580 AM's Top Five Albums On KDAY chart in Los Angeles, California and #5 on WMCA's album chart in New York City, New York. Cole's Capitol Records single "With You On My Mind" is #27 on WMCA's Weekly Survey of singles and KDAY's Top 35 Tunes Of The Week chart and Cole's single "Send For Me" is #34 also on KDAY's Top 35 Singles Of The Week chart.
1958 - The Roger Wagner Chorale and The Capitol Symphony Orchestra (both lineups unlisted), conducted by Roger Wagner, record Dvorak's "Goin' Home" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records issues the track on the chorale and orchestra's album "Reflections" (P-8491).
1958 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records album "Cole Español" is #2 on KFWB's Favorite Albums chart in Los Angeles, California and the EP version of the album is #9 on The Billboard magazine's Best Selling Pop EPs chart. Cole's Capitol Records single "Non Dimenticar (Don't Forget)" is #9 on KFWB's Fabulous Forty Survey in Los Angeles, California, #25 on Cash Box magazine's Top 100 Singles chart, and #46 on The Billboard magazine's Hot 100 singles chart.
1959 - Capitol Records Distributing Corporation (CRDC) promotes seven employees: Vito Samela from sales manager of the New York branch to district sales manager of CRDC's first district which includes New York, New Jersey, and the New England Territiories and will report to Max Callison, CRDC VP and national sales manager; Robert H. Spencer from sales manager of the Newark branch to the sales manager of the New York branch (taking over Samela's former position); Harvey Weiner from New York branch assistant sales manager to Newark branch sales manager (taking over Spencer's former position); George Hamilton goes from being sales manager of the Kansas City sales manager to sales manager of the Los Angeles branch, replacing Jay Swist, who was reassigned to a new created CRDC post; Richard M. Ware moves up from sales rep to sales manager at the Kansas City branch; Los Angeles branch sales rep Herbert Whittaker replaces Eugene Sapak as the branch's assistant sales manager; and Sapak takes on the new created position of sales manager of portable phonographs which is headquartered at the Capitol Tower and reports to Callison.
1960 - The Galaxies (lineup unlisted) record the tracks "Trouble On A Double Date", "Over And Done With", "Zoom, Golly, Golly" and Cinderella Blue" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records issues the first two tracks together as a single (Capitol 4488) by The Royal Galaxies and (as of 2005) has yet to issue the last two tracks.
1960 - The Dave Pell Octet (Jack Sheldon on trumpet, Harry Betts on trombone, Dave Pell on tenor saxophone, Med Flory on baritone saxophone, John Towner Williams on piano, Tom Tedesco on guitar, Lyle Ritz on bass, and Frank Capp on drum) record "Sugar Foot Stomp", "Ida", "When The Saints Go Marching In" and "Oh, Didn't He Ramble" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records issues the tracks on Pell's album "The Old South Wails" (T 1512).
1960 - The Rebels (lineup unlisted) record the track "When Johnny Comes Slidin' Home", "Cherie", "Twangy-Ten-Nine"(Take 1), "Twangy-Ten-Nine" (Take 2), "Greensleeves" and "Crusin'" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol will issue the first and last tracks together as a single (Capitol 4511) as by The Hollywood Vines and (as of 2005) have yet to issue the other three tracks.
1960 - Jackie Gleason and His Orchestra (with Gleason conducting two string orchestras [lineups unlisted, one for the left channel and one for the right channel]) records the tracks "Love Embers And Flame", "It's A Blue World", "Now That You're Gone", "How About Me", and "The Wayward Call" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records all the tracks, except "The Wayward Call" (which as of 2005 is still unissued) on Gleason's album "Jackie Gleason Presents: Love Embers & Flames" (SW 1689).
1960 - Nat "King" Cole, after supporting John F. Kennedy throughout his election campaign, gives him his vote for president of The United States Of America.
1961 - Wanda Jackson (on vocals with Harold Ray Bradley on guitar, Bob Moore on bass, and other unlisted musicians) records the tracks "The Tip Of My Fingers", "Let Me Talk To You", "(Let's Stop) Kickin' Out Hearts Around" at at Bradley Film and Recording Studio in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records issues the first and last tracks on Jackson's album "Wanda Jackson Sings Country Songs" (T 2438) and "Let Me Talk To You" as a single (Capitol F5015) with "Memory Mountain" on the flip side.
55 Years Ago Today In 1962 - Vocalist George Chakiris, with unlisted musicians, records the titles "I Left My Heart In San Francisco", "Lollipops And Roses", "A Second Chance", and "The Second Time Around" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Chakiris' album "Memories Are Made Of These" (T 1813).
55 Years Ago Today In 1962 - Vocalist Lou Rawls, with Onzy Matthews directing his own arrangements and playing piano with the orchestra (Bud Brisbois on trumpet, Lou Blackburn on trombone, Curtis Amy on tenor saxophone, Jay Migliori on baritone saxophone, Rene Hall on guitar, and Frank Butler on drums), records the titles "Six Cold Feet Of Ground" (with Jim Crutcher on bass), "Kansas City" (with Jm Crutcher on bass), "World Of Trouble" (with Curtis Counce on bass), "Now Is The Time" (with Curtis Counce on bass), and "Goin' To Chicago Blues" (with Curtis Counce on bass) in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records issue all the titles, except "Now Is The Time" on Rawls' album "Black And Blue" (T 1824). No issuing information is listed for "Now Is The Time"
55 Years Ago Today In 1962 - Trumpet player and vocalist Jonah Jones, with Dick Hyman on organ, André Persiany on piano and percussion, Bob Bain and Howard Roberts on guitars, John Brown on bass, Danny Farrar on drums, and The Jubilee Four on vocals, records the titles "Spanish Harlem", "Work Song", and "The Preacher" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Jones' album "That Righteous Feeling" (T 1839).
55 Years Ago Today In 1962 - Capitol Records purchases the masters for the soundtrack to M-G-M's movie "I Could Go On Singing" which includes the titles "I Could Go On Singin'", "By Myself", "Hello Bluebird", "Overture (medley): The Trolley Song/Over The Rainbow/The Man That Got Away" and "Main Title (I Could Go On Singing), another take of "Hello Bluebird", "I Am The Monarch Of The Sea", "It Never Was You", "Helicopter Ride", "Interlude - Matt's Dilemma", and "I Could Go On Singing" recorded by vocalist Judy Garland and Dirk Bogarde, with Mort Lindsey conducting the orchestra (lineup unlisted), in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the "I Could Go On Singin'" and "Hello Bluebird" together as a single (Capitol 4938) and the other tracks on the original motion picture soundtrack album "I Could Go On Singing" (W 1861).
55 Years Ago Today In 1962 - Vocalist Wanda Jackson, with Harold Ray Bradley on guitar, Bob Moore on bass, and other unlisted musicians, records the titles "Have You Ever Been Lonely", "Please Love Me Forever", "Since I Met You Baby", and "May You Never Be Alone" at Columbia Recording Studio in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Jackson's album "Love Me Forever" (T 1911).
55 Years Ago Today In 1962 - The Louvin Brothers (Charlie Louvin on vocals and guitar, Ira Louvin on vocals and mandolin), with an unlisted piano player, Ray Edenton on guitar, Harold B. "Shot" Jackson on Dobro resonator guitar, Roy M. "Junior" Huskey Jr. on bass, and William Paul Ackerman on drums, record the titles "Don't Let Them Take The Bible (Out Of Our School Room)", "I'm Glad That I'm Not Him", and "A Message To Your Heart" in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue "Don't Let Them Take The Bible (Out Of Our School Room)" as a single (Capitol 4886) with "Keep Your Eyes On Jesus" on the flipside and "I'm Glad That I'm Not Him" and "A Message To Your Heart" together as a single (Capitol 4999).
1963 - Nat "King" Cole appears at The Winnipeg Arena in Canada and Cole's Capitol Records single "That Sunday, That Summer" is #12 on WLS' weekly survey in Chicago, Illinois.
1964 - During four sessions held this day in New York City, New York the original cast of the Broadway musical "Ben Franklin In Paris", with Donald Pippin directing the orchestra (lineup unlisted) record the tracks "Overture" (instrumental), "We Sail The Seas (with vocals by male chorus with unlisted lineup), "The Balloon Is Ascending" (with vocals by chorus with unlisted lineup), and "Hic Haec Hoc" (with vocals by male chorus with unlisted lineup) at the first session, "You're In Paris (with vocals by Susan Watson, Franklin Kiser, Bob Kaliban, and chorus with unlisted lineup), "I Invented Myself" (with vocals by Robert Preston and chorus with unlisted lineup), and "God Bless The Human Elbow" (with vocals by Robert Preston, Jack Fletcher, Bob Kaliban, and male chorus with unlisted lineup)" at second session, "Finale" (with vocals by Robert Preston and chorus with unlisted lineup), "I Love The Ladies" (with vocals by Robert Preston, Jerry Schaefer, Bob Kaliban, and male chorus with unlisted lineup), and "Half The Battle" (with vocals by Robert Preston, Jerry Schaefer, Bob Kaliban, and male chorus with unlisted lineup) at the third session, and "Whatever Became Of Old Temple?" (vocals by Franklin Kiser), "When I Dance With The Person I Love (vocals by Susan Watson), "I Want To Be Alone With You (vocals by Robert Preston and Ulla Sallert), "How Laughable It is" (vocals by Ulla Sallert), "Diane Is/Look For Small Pleasures (vocals by Robert Preston and Ulla Sallert), and "Too Charming" (with vocals by Ulla Sallert and Robert Preston). Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on the original Broadway cast album for "Ben Franklin In Paris" (VAS 2191).
1965 - The Hollyridge Strings (lineup unlisted) record the tracks "Theme (More Than One Way", "Run For Your Life", "I'll Only Miss Her When I Think Of Her", and "Local 403" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on the group's album "Skyscraper" (T 2411).
1965 - The Beach Boys (Mike Love, Brian Wilson, Carl Wilson, Dennis Wilson, and Al Jardine on vocals), with unlisted musicians, record the track "You Still Believe In Me" in Los Angeles, California. A band track for title with Hal Blaine and Nick Pelico on percussion is recorded on January 24, 1966 at Western Recording's studios in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the final track on the band's album "Pet Sounds" (T 2458).
1965 - Ned Miller (on vocals) with "Dark Moon", "Behind The Tear", "From A Jack To A King", and "Just Before Dawn" in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records issues ll the tracks on Miller's album "The Best Of Ned Miller" (T 2414).
1966 - The Runarounds (lineup unlisted) record the (as of 2005) unissued tracks "Tonight (Could Be The Night)", "If You Love Me", and "Crazy Thing Called Love" in New York City, New York for Capitol Records.
1966 - Duane Dee (on vocals), with unlisted musicians, records the tracks "When The Devil Rides The Wind", the (as of 2005) unissued track "Things Called Memories", and "Why Didn't I Think of That" in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records issues the first and last tracks together as a single (Capitol 5887).
50 Years Ago Today In 1967 - Vocalist Nancy Wilson, with Oliver Nelson conducting his own arrangements to the orchestra (Frank Strozier on alto saxophone, Bill Green on alto saxophone and bass flute, Plas Johnson on tenor saxophone, Gene Cipriano on tenor saxophone and bass flute, Ernie Snell on baritone saxophone and bass flute, Don Trenner on piano, John Collins and Joe Gibbons on guitar, Buster Williams on bass, Hal Blaine on drums, vibraphone, and chimes, Ann Stockton on harp and a string section with Lou Raderman, Victor Arno, Jacques Gasselin, Marshall Sosson, Louis Kaufman, Harry Bluestone, James Getzoff, Edward Bergman, and Sidney Sharp on violins, Samuel Boghossian, Alvin Dinkin, and Louis Kievman on violas, Raphael Kramer, Anne Goodman, Gloria Strassner, and Igor Roroshevsky on cellos), records the titles "Angel Eyes", "I'm Always Drunk In San Francisco", "You Don't Know Me", and "In The Heat Of The Night" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Wilson's album "Welcome To My Love" (T 2844).
50 Years Ago Today In 1967 - Vocalist Beth Moore, with unlisted musicians, records the titles "The Sad Side Of Town", "I Will", and "A Cheatin' Good Time" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "The Sad Side Of Town" as a single (Capitol 2349) with "Hangover City" on the flipside and "I Will" and "A Cheatin' Good Time" together as a single (Capitol 2188).
50 Years Ago Today In 1967 - Vocalist Jody Miller, with unlisted others, records the titles "I Knew You Well", "I'm Into Lookin' For Someone To Love Me", and "I Wanna Get To Know You Better" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "I Knew You Well" and "I'm Into Lookin' For Someone To Love Me" together as a single (Capitol 2066) and has yet to issue t"I Wanna Get To Know You Better".
50 Years Ago Today In 1967 - During two sessions held this day in Nashville, Tennessee, vocalist Sonny James, with unlisted musicians, records the titles "Can This Be Me?", "Let Me Live And Love With You", "Love Me Like There's No Tomorrow" at the first session and the titles "A Web Of Lies", "More Than Ever" and "Heaven Says Hello" at the second session. Capitol Records will issue "Can This Be?" and "A Web Of Lies" on James' album "World Of Our Own" (ST 2884), "Let Me Live And Love With You" on James' album "My Love/Don't Keep Me Hangin' On" (ST-478), "Love Me Like There's No Tomorrow" and "Heaven Says Hello" on James' album "Heaven Says Hello" (ST-2937), and "More Than Ever" on James' album "Here Comes Honey Again" (ST-849).
1968 - Capitol Records registers the masters it purchased for R.B. Hudmon Jr.'s tracks ""Ole In Your Soul", "Standing Invitation", "What Makes Lovers Hurt One Another" and "Hush" and will later distribute the first two tracks together for the the 1-2-3 label as a single (1-2-3 1704) and (as of 2005) has yet to issue the last two tracks.
1968 - Kelly Gordon records the (as of 2005) unissued track "Sweet Peony" and "Some Old Funky Blues Thing" which Capitol Records will issue on Gordon's album "Defunked" (ST-201).
1968 - During three sessions held this day in Los Angeles The Art Reynolds Singers (lineup unlisted) record "It's A Wonderful World", "We Need You, "We Can Make It", and "White Cliffs Of Dover" at the first session, "Pardon Me", "Give Me A Chance", "I Wonder", and "Is It Time?" at the second session, and "Just Can't Wait", "If I Had A Hammer", "There's A Brighter Day", "Feeling Good", and "Give My Life A Chance" at the third session. Capitol Records issues all of the tracks, except "Is It Time?" (for which no issuing information is listed) on the group's album "It's A Wonderful World" (ST-191).
1968 - Capitol Records hold a remastering session for all twelve of the tracks on Jackie Lomax's eponymous Apple Records album "Jackie Lomax" (ST-3354)
1968 - Dennis Wilson records the track "A Time To Live In Dreams", which he co-wrote with Steve Kalinich. The track remains unreleased until 2001 when it is included on The Beach Boys' Capitol Records rarities album "Hawthorne California".
1968 - Matt Monro (on vocals in Spanish, with ) records the tracks "Libre (Born Free)" and "La Montana (If She Could Come To You)" at EMI Studios in London England. Capitol Latino will issue the tracks on Monro's album "Todo Pasara" (ST-19006).
1969 - Glen Campbell's Capitol Records single "Try A Little Kindness", with "Lonely My Lonely Friend" on the flip side, enters Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart
1970 - Capitol Records registers the masters it purchased for Josie and The Pussycat's tracks "Dream Maker" and "The Time To Love". No issuing information is listed.
1970 - Capitol Records registers the masters it purchased for Scooby Doo's tracks "You And Me", "I Can Make You Happy", "Seven Days A Week", and Recipe For My Love". No issuing information is listed.
1971 - The Persuasions (vocalists Jerry Lawson, Joseph Russell, Jay Otis Washington, Jimmy Hayes, and Herbert Rhoad) record the a cappella track "People Get Ready" (at Electric Landlady Studios in New York City, New York (according to group member and co-producer of the session Jerry Lawson but Capitol's session information lists the session as being held in Los Angeles, California). Capitol Records will issue the track as a single (Capitol 3317) with "Buffalo Soldier" on the flip side.
1971 - Buck Owens and his son Buddy Alan record the tracks "Pfft You Were Gone", "You're A Real Good Friend", "Tobacco, White Lightning And Women Blues N°2", "I Won't Go Hunting With Tou, Jake (But I'll Go Chasin' Wimmin)", "Cigareets, Whiskey And Wild, Wild Women", and "Beautiful Morning Glory" at Buck Owens Studios in Bakersfield, California. Capitol Records will register the tracks on November 16, 1971 and will issue all of the tracks on Buck Owens with Buddy Alan's album "Too Old To Cut The Mustard" (ST-874).
1971 - The Raspberries (Eric Carmen and Wally Bryson on vocals and guitar, Dave Smalley on electric bass, and Jim Bonfanti [listed as possibly] on drums) record the tracks "With You In My Life", "Don't Want To Say Goodbye", "I Can't Remember", and "Waiting" at The Record Plant in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue all the track on the group's album "Go All The Way" (SK-11036).
1974 - Supersax (Med Flory and Joe Lopes on alto saxophone, Warne Marsh and Jay Migliori on tenor saxophone, Jack Nimitz on baritone saxophone, Lou Levy on piano, Buddy Clark on bass, Jack Hanna on drums and nineteen unlisted strings players) record the tracks "If I Should Lose You", "I Didn't Know What Time It Was" (with Frank Rosolino on trumpet), and "Sign Off (Country Gardens)" (with Conte Candoli on trumpet and without the string session) in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records issues the tracks on the group's album "Supersax Plays Bird With Strings" (ST-11371).
1976 - Jessi Colter (on vocals with unlisted musicians) records the tracks "Put Your Arms Around Me", "I Belong To Him", "There Ain't No Rain", "Let It Go", "New Wine From Heaven", "God I Love You", "Consider Me", "Master, Master (Would You)", "God, If I Could Only Write Your Love Song", and "For Mama" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records issues all the tracks on Colter's album "Mirriam" (ST-11583).
1976 - The First Cousins Jazz Ensemble (Bobby Findley and Gary Grant on trumpet, Slide Hyde on trombone, Rudy Johnson on tenor saxophone, Doug Richardson on reeds, Larry Farrow and Stu Gardner on keyboards, Wah Wah Watson and Ray Parker on guitar, Dave Shields on bass, Nate Nesbitt and James Gadson on drums, and Allan Estes on percussion) record the tracks Please The Pleaser", "Psalm", "Gently But Nasty", "Flat Meat", "Beans And Sauce", "A Plush Moment", "Funky Johnson", "Banana Peel", "I Don't Know", and "Fit-It To The Rhythm" in Los Angeles, California with executive producer Bill Cosby. Capitol Records issues all the tracks on the group's album "For The Cos Of Jazz" (ST-11589).
40 Years Ago Today In 1977 - Vocalist Anne Murray, with unlisted musicians, records the titles "Let's Keep It That Way, "Walk Right Back", "Just To Feel This Love From You", "We Don't Make Love Anymore", "I Still Wish The Very Best For You", "You Needed Me", "You're A Part Of Me", "Hold Me Tight", "Tennessee Waltz" and "There's Always A Goodbye" in Toronto, Canada. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Murray's album "Let's Keep It That Way" (ST-11743).
1983 - Missing Persons (Chuck Wild on keyboards and synthesizer, Warren Cuccurullo on guitar and vocals, Patrick O'Hearn on bass and synthesizer, Terry Bozzio on drums, guitar, synthesizer, and vocals, and Dale Bozzio on vocals) record the track "Now Is The Time (For Love)" in (listed as possibly) Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on the group's album "Rhyme & Reason" (ST-12315).
30 Years Ago Today In 1987 - At three sessions held this day The Gyrlz (lineup unlisted) record the titles "Wishing You Were Here" and an instrumental version of "Wishing You Were Here" at the first session, the instrumental track "If It's Games You're Playing" at the second session, and a version of 'If It's Games You're Playing" with vocals, "Do You Want Me", "Jam Jam (If You Can)", "Think You Know Me", "It's Over", "It's All Because Of You", "Love Stories", and "Love Me Or Leave Me" at the third session. Capitol Records will issue both versions of "Wishing You Were Here" on a 12" single (Capitol V15311), both versions of "If It's Games You're Playing" as a single (Capitol 44211), and "Jam Jam (If You Can)" as a single (Capitol 44328) with the same title on both sides. There is no issuing information for the rest of the titles, or a recording location listed, so if anyone knows who was at the session, where it was held, and if any of the other titless have been issued, please leave a comment.
1990 - Capitol Records releases Paul McCartney's album "Tripping The Live Fantastic"
1990 - Capitol Records releases the 3 CD compilation "Frank Sinatra - The Capitol Years"
1994 - Capitol Records releases Everclear's album "World Of Noise"
1994 - Capitol Records releases Megadeth's album "Youthanasia"
2004 - Terry Knight (born Richard Terrence Knapp), record producer, promoter, singer, songwriter, radio personality, Capitol Records artist (the single "St. Paul") and the first manager of Capitol Records group Grand Funk Railroad, is found stabbed to death at age 61 in his apartment in Temple, Texas. On November 26, 2005, his killer will be sentenced to life in prison.
2008 - Yma Sumac (born Zoila Augusta Emperatriz Chavarri del Castillo), four and half octave singer, Broadway performer, motion picture actress, and Capitol Records artist, has died of of colon cancer in an assisted living facility in Silver Lake, California at age 86.

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1940 - Future Capitol Records artist Dino Crocetti legally changes his name to Dean Martin
1965 - Tamla Records (a subsidiary of Motown Records) releases Marvin Gaye's album "A Tribute To The Great Nat "King" Cole" (TS 261).
1968 - Apple Records releases its first album, George Harrison's soundtrack recording for the film "Wonderwall"
1984 - Kim Carnes (on vocals with unlisted musicians) records the track "Bon Voyage" for EMI America. There is no recording location or issuing information listed. If anyone knows if the track has been issued, who else was at the session, and where it was held, please leave a comment. EMI America's catalog is currently owned by Capitol Music's parent company, EMI Music.
1984 - The Rads (lineup unlisted) record the tracks "Life's A Gamble", "I'd Die For You", "Suddenly We're Strangers", "A Bit Of Pain Never Hurts", "Let's Do It Again", "Hollywood (The love you steal)", "Night slave", "Scratch it off", "Rock 'N' Roll Carnovire", "You (Ken Scott Version)", "Getting Away From It All", "First Impressions", and "Scream Of The Real". There is no recording location or issuing information listed. If anyone knows if any of the tracks have been issued, who was at the session, and where it was held, please leave a comment. EMI America's catalog is currently owned by Capitol Music's parent company, EMI Music.
1994 - EMI releases The Red Hot Chilli Pepper's compilation of rare tracks "Out In L.A."

ON THIS DAY NOT IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1963 - Decca UK releases The Rolling Stones' single "I Wanna Be Your Man". The song was written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney. John and Paul had visited with the Rolling Stones and had offered the partially-written song to them. After the Rolling Stones expressed interest in the fragment of the song that John and Paul played for them, Lennon and McCartney went into another room for about ten minutes and completed the song. "I Wanna Be Your Man" went on to become the Rolling Stones' first Top Twenty hit. The single will be released by Decca in the United States on February 17, 1964.