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1916 - Sid Feller, trumpet player, pianist, arranger, songwriter, record producer, conductor, head in-house arranger for Capitol Records (1951-1955 with artists Peggy Lee, Jackie Gleason, Nancy Wilson, Dean Martin, Matt Monro, Jane Froman, and others), ABC Records (1955-1965 most notably with Ray Charles, whose band he would conduct on the road even after leaving ABC), music director for "The Flip Wilson Show" and other TV series, is born Sidney Harold Feller in New York City, New York
1929 - Stoney Edwards, singer, songwriter ("Two Dollar Toy", "The Cute Little Waitress", "Blackbird (Hold Your Head High)", and more), guitarist, and Capitol Records artist (1971-1976), is born Frenchey Edwards in Seminole, Oklahoma. According to an article on Hillbilly-Music.com, Edwards was once refused entrance to a party in the early '70s at the Capitol Records offices in Los Angeles because of his race (African-American, American Indian, and Irish) which may have had some influence on his writing the song "Blackbird" (not to be confused with The Beatles' song of the same name).
1944 - Mike Curb, musician, Lieutenant Governor of California, race car owner, president MGM Records, founder of the singing group The Mike Curb Congregation, record producer (most notably the Academy Award winner "You Light Up My Life") and founder of Curb Records, some of whose releases are distributed by Capitol Records and which also releases compilation albums using tracks from Capitol Records and EMI Music's catalog, is born in Savannah, Georgia60 Years Ago Today In 1955 - Becky J. Jackson, poet and longtime employee at Capitol Record's Jacksonville, Illinois plant, is born in Jacksonville, Illinois.
ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
70 Years Ago Today In 1947 - Vocalist Andy Parker and The Plainsmen (unlisted vocalists), with unlisted others, record the titles "A Dollar Down", "She's So Fragile", "There's A Blue Sky Over The Hill", and "The Rangers Ride Again" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "A Dollard Down" as a single (Capitol Americana 40177) with "Ridin' Down The Canyon" (recorded December 30, 1947) on the flipside, "She's So Fragile" as a single (Capitol 15182) with "A Lie Can't Mend A Broken Heart" (recorded December 22, 1947) on the flipside, has yet to issue "There's A Blue Sky Over The Hill", and will issue "The Rangers Ride Again" as a single (Capitol 15133) with "An Old Cameo" (also recorded December 22, 1947) on the flipside.
70 Years Ago Today In 1947 - Paul Weston conducts his own arrangements to His Orchestra (lineup unlisted but includes brass, reeds, and strings players) as it records "April In Paris", "Time On My Hands", "Everything I Have Is Yours", and "Orchids In The Moonlight" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Weston's album "Music For Romancing" (CD-81).
70 Years Ago Today In 1947 - Pianist and arranger Freddie Slack and His Orchestra (Paul Lopez on trumpet, Jimmy Knepper on trombone, Hank Horn on tenor and baritone saxophones, Freddie Slack(p,cel-1,arr) Darrell Homer and Vince Terri on guitars, Morty Corb, Paul Morsey on bass, and Maynard Sloate on drums) record the titles "Strollin'", "Ooh Ooh Baby" with vocals by Charlotte Blackburn, "Steal Away Easy Baby" also with vocals by Charlotte Blackburn and with Slack on celeste, and, without Terri on guitar, Mr. Freddie's Boogie" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Strollin'" as a single (Capitol 15035) with "Two Left Hands" (recorded December 16, 1947) on the flipside, "Ooh Ooh Baby" as a single (Capitol 15065) with "An Old Piano That Played By Itself" (also recorded December 16, 1947) on the flipside, "Steal Away Easy Baby" as a single (Capitol 15155) with "Kitten On The Keys" (recorded February 13, 1945) on the flipside, and "Mr. Freddie's Boogie" as a single (Capitol 15289) with "Bebop Boogie" (also recorded December 16, 1947) recorded on the flipside.
70 Years Ago Today In 1947 - Vocalist and guitarist Tex Ritter, with Andrew Soldi on fiddle, Billy Liebert on accordion, Johnny Bond on guitar, Alan "Spud" Goodale on electric guitar, Donald Davis on steel guitar, and Allen Williams on bass, records the titles "Move It On Over", "You've Got To Come And Get Me", "Honey Chile", "I'm Beginning To Believe In You", "You Drove Me To Another's Arms", "Never Mind My Tears", "I've Had Enought Of Your Two-Timin'", "Billy Boy", and "Cowboy Jack" in Radio Recorders' studios at 932 North Western Avenue in Hollywood, California between 6:00 PM and 8:00 PM for The Capitol Records Transcription Service which will issue the first five titles on the transcription disc G-133 and the last four titles on the transcription disc G-134.
70 Years Ago Today In 1947 - Pianist Buddy Cole, with unlisted others, records nine unlisted titles in Los Angeles, California for The Capitol Records Transcription Service. No issuing information is listed.
1953 - Dean Martin, with Dick Stabile conducting the studio orchestra, re-records the track "I'd Cry Like A Baby" with a new arrangement by Gus Levine after not getting a successful take on August 13, 1953, using an arrangement by Nelson Riddle. The Capitol Records single, with "Hey Brother, Pour The Wine" on the flipside, will peak at #21 after it is released in March 1954.
1960 - During two sessions held this day in Los Angeles, California, The Roger Wagner Chorale (lineup unlisted but including lead vocals by Marilyn Horne, Marie Gibson, and Charles Bressler) and The Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra (lineup unlisted), with Alfred Wallenstein conducting, record the final parts of Ottorino Respighi's "Laud To The Nativity" at the first session and parts of Claudio Monteverdi's "Magnificat" at the second session. Capitol Records will issue both titles on the groups' album "RESPIGHI - Laud To The Nativity/MONTEVERDI - Magnificat" (P-8572).
1965 - The Beatles' Capitol Records album "Rubber Soul" is certified Gold by the R.I.A.A. just two and a half weeks after its release
1965 - Jim Alley (on vocals) records the titles "Fifty A Week", the still unissued title "I'm The One Who Gave The Bride Away", "That's A Lie", and the still unissued title "Who, It's You" possibly in Los Angeles, California. Tower Records will issue "Fifty A Week" and "That's A Lie" together as a single (Tower 227). 1967 - The Beatles' Capitol Records single "Hello Goodbye", with "I Am The Walrus" on the flipside, is #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart
1979 - Capitol Records releases Weird Al Yankovic's single "My Bologna" with "School Cafeteria" on the flipside.
1988 - Poison's Capitol Records single "Every Rose Has Its Thorn" is #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart
ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1893 - Harry Warren, composer ("I Found A Million Dollar Baby In A Five-And-Ten Cent Store", "Shuffle Off To Buffalo", "Forty-Second Street", "Lullaby of Broadway" [his first Academy Award winner], "She's A Latin From Manhattan", "Jeepers Creepers" [with lyrics by Capitol Records co-founder Johnny Mercer], "You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby", "Chattanooga Choo Choo", "I've Got a Gal in Kalamazoo", "On the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe" [with lyrics also by Mercer], "Serenade in Blue", "I Had the Craziest Dream", "Highland Fling" [lyrics by Ira Gershwin], Dean Martin's Capitol Records hit "That's Amore", and many more), is born Salvatore Guaragna in Brooklyn, New York
1950 - Edith Piaf performs "Autumn Leaves" live in French and in English (using lyrics by Capitol Records co-founder Johnny Mercer) on the radio show "The Big Show".
1955 - Gary Valentine, author, and founding member and bass player in the Chrysalis Records group Blondie is born Gary Joseph Lachman in Bayonne, New Jersey. At one time Chrysalis' catalog was owned by Capitol Records' previous owner, EMI Music Group. It is now owned by Warner Music Group.
60 Years Ago Today In 1957 - Machito (aka musical director Mario Bauza) and His Orchestra (Francis Williams, Doc Cheatham, Paul Cohen, Paquito Davila, Joe Livramento, and Joe Newman on trumpets, Santos Russo, Eddie Bert, and Bart Varsalona on trombones, Julian "Cannonball" Adderley on alto saxophone, Ray Santos, Jr. and Jose Madera on tenor saxophones, Leslie Johnakins on baritone saxophone, Rene Hernandez on piano, Roberto Rodriguez on bass, Jose Mangual on bongos, Umbaldo Nieto on timbales, Candido Camero and Carlos "Patato" Valdes on congas, and probably Jose Silva, Nilo Siera, and Pedro Boulong on percussion), using arrangements by A. K. Salim, record the title "Congo Mulence" at Metropolitan Studios in New York City, New York. Blue Note Records will issue the title on the compilation of various artists CD "Latino Blue" (5-21688-2).
1960 - Former Capitol Records artist Betty Hutton gets married (her fourth) to Capitol Records artist and session musician, trumpeter Peter Candoli.
1984 - Peter Lawford (born born Peter Sidney Lawford), motion picture actor, one time husband of Patricia Kennedy and brother-in-law of John and Robert Kennedy, and member of The Rat Pack (which included Capitol Records artists Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, and Sammy Davis, Jr.), dies of cardiac arrest complicated by kidney and liver failure at age 61.
ON THIS DAY NOT IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1886 - Michael Curtiz, circus performer, actor, and motion picture director ("The Adventures of Robin Hood", "Casablanca", "White Christmas", and many others), is born Manó Kertész Kaminer in Budapest, Hungary
1906 - Reginald A. Fessenden, Canadian-born radio inventor (and discoverer of the superheterodyne principle which is the basis for all modern radio receivers), becomes the first person to broadcast a music program over radio when he speaks a little verse then, on violin with a female singer, plays "O Holy Night", and concludes with a speech, live via a transmitter in Brant Rock, Massachusetts.
95 Years Ago Today In 1922 - Ava Gardner, actress and one-time wife of Capitol Records artist Frank Sinatra (as well as Mickey Rooney and Artie Shaw), is born Ava Lavinia Garnder in Brogden, Johnston County, North Carolina.
1955 - The Lennon Sisters (vocalist Dianne Barbara [a.k.a. DeeDee], Peggy [Margaret Anne], Kathy [Kathleen Mary], and Janet [Janet Elizabeth]) make their professional television debut on the ABC-TV show "The Lawrence Welk Show" where they'll appear for the next thirteen years.
20 Years Ago Today In 1997 - Tishiro Mufuni, actor, dies at 77
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