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1914 - Dorothy Lamour, motion picture actress, singer, and Capitol Records artist (in duets with fellow Capitol Records artist Bob Hope), is born Mary Leta Dorothy Slaton in New Orleans, Louisiana
1924 - Ken Albers, arranger, trumpet player, mellophone player, and bass singer with the Capitol Records group The Four Freshmen, is born in Pitman, NJ
1951 - Johnny Rodriguez, singer, songwriter, television actor, and Capitol Records artist (1987-1988) is born in a four room house in Sabinal, Texas that he will share with his parents and 9 older siblings.
ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1945 - Billy May conducts his own arrangements to His Orchestra (Paul Geil, Uan Rasey, and Irv Shulkin on trumpet, Lester Jenkins, Si Zentner, and Bill Shaefer on trombone, Heinie Beau and Les Robinson on alto saxophone, Harold Lawson and Harry Schuchman on tenor saxophone, Bob Poland on baritone saxophone, Buddy Cole on piano, Dave Barbour on guitar, Phil Stephens on bass, and Nick Fatool on drums) as they record the tracks "Body And Soul", "Honeysuckle Rose", "Sweet Lorraine", and "Sunset and Vine" at Radio Recorders studios in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on May's album "Join The Band" (H-237).
1945 - Margaret Whiting (on vocals), with Carl Kress conducting the orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the tracks "In Love In Vain" and "All Through The Day" at radio station WMCA's studio in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue both tracks together as a single (Capitol 240).
70 Years Ago Today In 1947 - Vocalist Andy Russell, with Paul Weston and His Orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the titles "If I Were You", "Love Of My Life", "Long After Tonight", and "It Only Happens When I Dance With You" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "If I Were You" and "It Only Happens When I Dance With You" together as a single (Capitol 15086), "Love Of My Life" as a single (Capitol 15063) with "Blue Shadows On The Trail" (recorded December 12, 1947) on the flipside, and "Long After Tonight" as a single (Capitol 15055) with Andy and Della Russell's title "What Do I Have To Do" (recorded December 13, 1947) on the flipside.
70 Years Ago Today In 1947 - The Philharmonica Trio (Joseph Pittello, William Charles Pittello, and Harry Henry Halicki on harmonicas) records the titles "Adios", "When I Lost You", and "I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Adios" and "When I Lost You" on the trio's album "Harmonica Holiday" (CCF-229) and have yet to issue "I Can't Believe You're In Love With Me".
70 Years Ago Today In 1947 - Vocalist Margaret O'Brien, with Billy May and His Orchestra (Ray Martinez on violin, uncredited Latin percussionists, and unlisted others), records the title "Let's Fly To Mexico" in three parts in Radio Recorders' studios at 932 North Western Avenue in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue all three parts on O'Brien's album "Let's Fly To Mexico" (CC-71).
70 Years Ago Today In 1947 - Vocalist Jo Stafford, with Paul Weston and His Orchestra (lineup unlisted but includes string section), records the titles "This Is The Moment", "Congratulations", "Make Believe", and "If I Loved You" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "This Is The Moment" and "Congratulations" together as a single (Capitol 15139) and "Make Believe" and "If I Loved You" on Stafford's album "Autumn In New York" (CCF-197).
70 Years Ago Today In 1947 - During two sessions held this day at Radio Recorders' studios at 932 North Western Avenue in Hollywood, California, The Mel Powell Quintet (Mel Powell on piano, Jake Porter on trumpet and vocals, Bumps Myers on tenor saxophone, Red Callender on bass, and Lee Young on drums), with orchestral accompaniment (lineup unlisted) records the titles "Anything Goes" without Jake Porter on trumpet and orchestral accompaniment, "Way Down Yonder In New Orleans", "You Go To My Head" with only Powell on piano, and "You Better Not Mess With Me" with vocals by Jack Porter and orchestral accompaniment at the first session and the titles "If Dreams Come True" again with orchestral accompaniment, "There's A Small Hotel" without Porter on trumpet and Myers on tenor saxophone, and "Hallelujah" without Porter on trumpet at the second session. Capitol Records will issue "Anything Goes", "Way Down Yonder In New Orleans", "You Go To My Head", "There's A Small Hotel" and "Hallelujah" on Powell's album "Mel Powell On Piano" (CC-87). Mosaic Records will issue all the titles in the box set "Classic Capitol Jazz Sessions" (MQ19-170 on vinyl and MD12-170 on CD).
70 Years Ago Today In 1947 - Trumpet player Billy Butterfield and His Orchestra (Archie Johnson, Bobby Peck, and Jack Stametz also on trumpet, Chris Griffin, Will Bradley, Keith Butterfield, and Ray Jenkins on trombones, Bill Stegmeyer on clarinet and alto saxophone, Earl Pearson on alto saxophone, Art Drellinger on tenor saxophone, Norman Elvin on baritone saxophone, Mickey Crane on piano, Hy White on guitar, Sam Bruno on bass, and Cozy Cole on drums) record the titles "Jittebug Waltz, "Lover Man", and "The Night Of December" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue "Lover Man" on the album "Classics In Jazz - Billy Butterfield" (H-424) and have yet to issue either "Jitterbug Waltz" or "The Night Of December".
70 Years Ago Today In 1947 - During two sessions held this day in Los Angeles, California for The Capitol Records Transcription Service, pianist Buddy Cole, with unlisted others, records four unlisted titles at the first session and fifteen unlisted titles at the second session. No issuing information for any of the titles is listed.
1951 - The Oklahoma Ranch Hands (accordion player Ernie Felice and unlisted Square Dance musicians) record the music parts for the titles "Charlie My Boy", "If You've Got The Money, I've Got The Time", "If You Knew Susie (Like I Know Susie)", and "There'll Be Some Changes Made" in Los Angeles, California. After Paul Phillips' Square Dance calls are dubbed on the titles, Capitol Records will issue each title as a separate 78 album single: "Charlie My Boy" (DAS-4021), "If You've Got The Money, I've Got The Time" (DAS-4022), "If You Knew Susie (Like I Know Susie)" (DAS-4023), and "There'll Be Some Changes Made" (DAS-4024).
1951 - Trumpet player Clyde McCoy and His Orchestra (Mannie Klein, Clayton Cash, and Uan Rasey also on trumpet, Si Zentner, Ed Kusby, and Tommy Pederson on trombone, Wilbur Schwartz on clarinet and alto saxophone, Ted Romersa on alto saxophone, Skeets Herfurt and Ted Nash on tenor saxophone, Chuck Gentry on baritone saxophone, Edwin "Buddy" Cole on piano, Vincent Terri on guitar, Phil Stephens on bass, and Alvin Stoller on drums), record the titles "Memphis Blues", "Sugar Blues", "Basin Street Blues", and "St. Louis Blues" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on the bands album "Sugar Blues" (CCN-311).
1951 - Harold Byrns conducts The Harold Byrns Chamber Orchestra (lineup unlisted) as they record Edvard Grieg's "The Holberg Suite" in four parts at Capitol Records' studios at 5515 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue all the parts on the orchestra's album "ARENSKY - Variations On A Theme By Tchaikovsky/GRIEG - The Holberg Suite" (P-8158).
65 Years Ago Today In 1952 - A mastering session is held in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records' titles "Christmas 1952, Promotional Record, Side 1" and "Christmas 1952, Promotional Record, Side 2". No issuing information is listed.
1955 - Jackie Gleason's Vocal Orchestra with The Voices of Artie Malvin (lineup unlisted) records the tracks "Capri In May (Je Me Sens Si Bien)" and "You're My Greatest Love (The Theme Of 'The Honeymooners')" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue both tracks together as a single (Capitol F3337).
1956 - Capitol Records files the masters that it purchased for guitarist Les Paul and vocalist Mary Ford's titles "Cinco Robles" and "Ro-Ro-Robinson" and will issue both titles together as a single (Capitol F3612).
1956 - During two sessions held this day between 2:00 PM and 5:00 PM in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California, pianist George Shearing records the titles "Stella By Starlight", "On The Street Where You Live", "Tenderly", and "So Would I" at the first session and "Sigh No More", "It Might As Well Be Spring", "If", and a rejected take of "My Funny Valentine" at the second session. Capitol Records will issue "Stella By Starlight", "On The Street Where You Live", "Sigh No More", "It Might As Well Be Spring", and "If" on Shearing's album "The Shearing Piano" (T 909), and add "Tenderly" and "So Would I" on the CD release of the album in Europe (5-31574-2).
1956 - During two sessions that take place to day in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California, vocalist and guitarist Hank Thompson and His Brazos Valley Boys (Amos Lee Hedrick, Julian Franklin "Curly" Lewis, and Billy Peters on fiddle, Donald Charles McDaniel on piano, Merle Travis on guitar, Floyd Lester "Bobbie" White on steel guitar, Billy Briggs Stewart on bass, and Paul McGhee on drums) record the titles "You'll Be The One", "I Don't Want To Know", "Someone Can Steal Your Love From Me", and "Old Napoleon" at the first session that was scheduled to go from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM but was extended another hour to 2:00 PM and "I Was the First One" and "Rockin' In The Congo" at the second session from 2:00 PM to 6:00 PM. Capitol Records will issue "You'll Be The One", "I Don't Want To Know", "Someone Can Steal Your Love From Me", and "Old Napoleon" on the group's album "Hank" (T 826) and "I Was the First One" and "Rockin' In The Congo" on Thompson's album "Most Of All" (T 1360).
1956 - Guy Lombardo conducts His Royal Canadians (lineup unlisted) as they record the titles "I Want What You Got" with vocals by Kenny Gardner and the Lombardo Trio (lineup unlisted), "I Wont Let You Out Of My Heart" with vocals by Kenny Gardner, and "Our Little Ranch House" with vocals by Kenny Gardner and The Lombardo Trio in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue "I Want What You Got" and "Our Little Ranch House" together as a single (Capitol F3682) and "I Won't Let You Out Of My Heart" as a single (Capitol F3613) with "Tears In Your Eyes" (recorded December 17, 1956) on the flipside.
1956 - During two sessions held this day in Los Angeles, California, Carmen Dragon conducts pianist Emanuel Bay and The Hollywood Bowl Symphony (lineup unlisted) as they record Chopin's "Prelude In A Major, Op. 28, N° 7", "Prelude In E Minor, Op.28, N° 4", and "Nocturne In E Flat, Op. 9, N° 2" at the first session and a new take of "Nocturne In E Flat, Op. 9, N° 2", as well as "Etude In E, Op. 10, N° 3" and "Waltz In D Flat, Op. 64, N° 1 ('Miniature Waltz')" at the second session. Capitol Records will issue all the titles, except the version of "Nocturne In E Flat, Op. 9, N° 2" recorded at the first session, on the orchestra's album "Chopin By Starlight" (P-8371).
60 Years Ago Today In 1957 - "The Nat 'King' Cole Show" airs at 7:30 PM EST on NBC-TV and features The Mills Brothers performing "Lazy River", "Paper Doll" and "I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm" and Nat singing "These Foolish Things", "Love is Sweeping the Country" and "Lullaby of Leaves".
60 Years Ago Today In 1957 - Vocalist Gene Vincent and His Blue Caps (Max Lipscomb on piano and rhythm guitar, Johnny Meeks on guitar, Bobby Lee Jones on bass, Dickie Harrell on drums, and Paul Peek and Tommy Facenda as clapper boys and chorus) record the titles "You Belong To Me", "Keep It A Secret", and "Yes, I Love You Baby" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California between 10:00 AM and 2:00 PM. Capitol Records will issue "You Belong To Me" on the group's album "Gene Vincent Rocks And The Blue Caps Roll" (T 970), "Keep It A Secret" on Vincent's album "A Gene Vincent Record Date" (T 1059), and "Yes I Love You Baby" as a single (Capitol 4010) with "Rocky Road Blues" (recorded March 27, 1958) on the flipside.
60 Years Ago Today In 1957 - During two sessions held this day in Los Angeles, California, clarinetist, alto saxophonist, arranger, and bandleader Les Brown and His Band Of Renown (Dick Collins, Wes Hensel, Conrad Gozzo, Jerry Kadowitz, and Mickey McMahan on trumpets, Dick Kenney and Roy Main on trombones, arranger Jim Hill on bass trombone, Stumpy Brown also on bass trombone, Matt Utal and Ralph Lapolla on flutes, clarinets and alto saxophones, Billy Usselton on tenor saxophone, Butch Stone on clarinet and baritone saxphone, Abe Aaron on soprano, tenor, and baritone saxophones and bass clarinet, Don Trenner on piano, Tony Rizzi on guitar, arranger Don Bagley on bass, Lloyd Morales on drums, and David Grupp on percussion and bells), using additional arrangements by Frank Comstock, record the beginning of the titles "Rhapsody In Blue" and "An American In Paris" at the first session and the end of both titles at the second session. Capitol Records will issue the final mixes of both titles on Brown and the band's album "Concert Modern" (T/ST 959).
60 Years Ago Today In 1957 - Joseph Levine conducts The Ballet Theatre Orchestra (lineup unlisted) as they record parts Tchaikovsky's "Suite From 'The Sleeping Beauty'" in at Riverside Plaza Hotel in New York City, New York. After the rest of the parts of "Suite From 'The Sleeping Beauty'" are recorded the next day on December 11, 1957, Capitol Records will issue the complete mix of the title on the album "TCHAIKOVSKY - The Sleeping Beauty" (P/SP-8449).
1959 - The Kingston Trio record the track "The Mountains O' Mourne", with Nick Guard doing lead vocal, for their Capitol Records album "Sold Out"
1961 - The Kingston Trio (vocalists Nick Reynolds, Bob Shane, and John Stewart), with David "Buck" Wheat on bass, guitar, and leading other unlisted musicians, record German language versions of the titles "Rocky" and "Old Kentucky Land" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California between 2:00 PM and 5:00 PM. Capitol Records will issue both titles together as a single in German (Capitol Germany K 22442) and on the four-CD set "The Kingston Trio - The Capitol Years" (8-28498-2).
55 Years Ago Today In 1962 - During two sessions held this day in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California, vocalist and guitarist Hank Thompson and His Brazos Valley Boys (James Edward "Jimmy" Belken, Tommy Camfield, and Curtis Ray Potter on fiddles, Jimmy Pruett on piano, Billy Gray and Merle Travis also on guitars, Robert John "Bobby" Garrett on pedal steel guitar, and Bernard Nelson Young on drums), record the titles "San Antonio rose" and "Detour" at the first session between 6:30 PM and 9:30 PM and the titles "I Don't Hurt Anymore", "Pick Me Up On Your Way Down", and "Beer Barrell Polka" at the second session between 11:15 PM and 4:00 AM on December 12, 1962. Capitol Records will issue all titles on Hank Thompson and His Brazos Valley Boys' album "Country Hits" (T/ST 2089).
55 Years Ago Today In 1962 - Alto saxophonist Julian "Cannonball Adderley, with Pedro Paulo(tp-1) Paulo Moura-1, Sergio Mendes on piano, Durval Ferreira on guitar, Octavio Bailly Jr. on bass, and Dom Um Romao on drums, records the titles "Sambop", "O Amor Em Paz" with the addition of Pedro Paulo on trumpet and Paulo Moura also on alto saxophone, eight takes of "Corcovado", and "Minha Saudade" in the Plaza Sound Studio in New York City, New York for Riverside Records. Capitol Records will purchase the masters of all the titles (though only take 6 and take 8 of "Corcovado") and first issue them all, except take 6 of "Corcovado" on Adderley's album "Viva Cannonball!" (T/ST 2877) and all the titles and the two takes of "Corcovado" on the CD "Cannonball Adderley" (5-22667-2).
1963 - Buck Owens' Capitol Records single "Love’s Gonna Live Here" is #1 on the Country singles charts
1965 - Sonny James (on vocals, with unlisted others) records the tracks "I Get Fooled, Don't I?" and "Love Me Like That" in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue both tracks on James' album "True Love's A Blessing" (T 2500).
1965 - David Clayton-Thomas recorded the tracks "Out Of The Sunshine", "Born With The Blues", "Take Me Back" and a unissued take of "Send Her Home" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol records purchased the masters and registered them on January 14, 1966 and released the first and third track together as a single through its subsidiary Tower Records (Tower 206) and the second track as a single (Tower 263) with "Brainwashed" (recorded on July 13, 1966) on the flipside.
1966 - The Beach Boys' Capitol Records single "Good Vibrations" peaks at #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart where it will stay for one week.
50 Years Ago Today In 1967 - Capitol Records purchases the masters for The Epic Splendor's titles "Jim's Tune", "Looking At Leaves", and "Reputation" but has yet to issue any of the titles.
1969 - Jim and Irene Croce record the as yet unissued track "Gunga Din" in New York City, New York for Capitol Records.
1970 - Wynn Stewart (on vocals), with Larry Butler on piano, Jack Eubanks, Glenn David Keener, Billy Sanford, and Lawrence Wilkerson on guitar, Lloyd Green on steel guitar, Henry Strzelecki on bass, and Murrey "Buddy" Harman Jr. on drums, records the tracks "I Can See Sunshine", "Unforgotten Man", "High Heaven", and "For The Good Times" at the Jack Clement Studio in Nashville, Tennessee between 2:00 PM and 5:30 PM. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on Stewart's album "Baby It's Yours" (ST 687).
1976 - Capitol Records releases Wings' album "Wings Over America"
1980 - Future Flight (Brynwood Tanner, David Swanson, Sy Jeffries, Anthony Patler on vocals with Anthony Patler on bass, synthesizer and Moog bass, clavinet, acoustic piano, Rhodes electric piano, and rhythm guitar) record the track "24 Hour Service" at Concorde Recording Center in Los Angeles, California with producer Lamont Dosier. Capitol Records will issue the track on the group's album "Future Flight" (ST-12154).
35 Years Ago Today In 1982 - The Tubes (lineup unlisted) record the titles "Monkey Time" and "Outside Looking Inside" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Monkey Time" as a single (Capitol 5254) with "Sports Fans" (recorded January 7, 1982) on the flipside.
1985 - George Clinton (on vocals, with unlisted musicians) records the track "Do Fries Go With That Shake?" at United Sound Studio in Detroit Michigan. Capitol Records will issue the track on Clinton's album "R & B Skeletons (In The Closet)" (ST-12481).
1986 - A instrumental version of Da Krash's "Trapped In Phases" is mastered. No issuing information is listed but possibly released as the flipside of the vocal version (Capitol 44193).
1996 - Faron Young, singer, guitarist and Capitol Records artist, dies from a self-inflicted gunshot wound that occurred the day before on December 9, 1996. Later, per his request, Young is cremated and his ashes spread over Old Hickory Lake in Tennessee.
1999 - Rick Danko, bassist and singer for the Capitol Records group The Band, dies at his home in Woodstock, New York at age 56
ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1893 - Lew Brown, lyricist and part of the songwriting team of DeSylva, Brown and Henderson with Capitol Records' co-founder Buddy DeSylva, is born Louis Brownstein in Odessa, Russia
1900 - The Gramophone Company Ltd. transfers its business to a newly incorporated company, registered as The Gramophone & Typewriter Ltd. The company would later become EMI, Capitol Records' one-time parent company.
1949 - Antoine "Fats" Domino records his first tracks for Imperial Records, including "The Fat Man", one of the earliest rock and roll records. Imperial's catalog is currently owned by Capitol Records' parent company, Universal Music Group.
1965 - Parlophone Records releases comedian and actor Peter Sellers' single "A Hard Day's Night" (arranged and conducted by George Martin), with "Help" on the flipside, in the U.K. (Parlophone R 4393). Sellers and Martin had worked together earlier on recordings by the cast of the BBC Radio series "The Goon Show". Capitol Records will later release the single in the United States (Capitol 5580). Sellers will later perform "A Hard Day's Night" live on television.
1968 - Al and Judi Martino are married.
1981 - David Laskey records the title "Got To Find Love". EMI America Records, a division of Capitol Records, will issue the title as a single (EMI-America 8118) with "I Don't Go Shopping" (recorded May 10, 1982) on the flipside. If anyone has any additional session information, please leave a comment.
2005 - Patricia Lynn Yearwood and former Capitol Records Nashville artist Troyal Garth Brooks are married at their home near Claremore, Oklahoma. It was Brooks' second marriage and the third for Yearwood.
ON THIS DAY NOT IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1963 - Frank Sinatra, Jr., son of former Capitol Records artist Frank Sinatra, is released unharmed by his kidnappers after his father pays their $240,000 ransom demand. The kidnappers were subsequently apprehended and convicted. Later, a motion picture called "Stealing Sinatra" is made about the events.
50 Years Ago Today In 1967 - Three days after the release of his Stax Records single "(Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay", singer Otis Redding, age 26, and The Bar-Kays (Redding's backup group who had their own hit, "Soul Finger", in June 1967) members Ronald Caldwell (keyboard player, age 19), Carl Cunningham (drummer, age 18), Phalon Jones (saxophonist, age 18), and James King (guitarist, age 18) are killed in the crash of a private plane in Lake Monona, near Madison, Wisconsin. Ben Cauley, The Bar-Kays' trumpet player, survives the crash and will briefly reform the group with James Alexander, the band's bass player (who had not been on the plane), and replacements for the other members.
1991 - Alan Freed, the disc jockey credited with giving "Rock 'N' Roll" its name, is posthumously (Freed died January 20, 1965) awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
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