DECEMBER 30, 2017

HAPPY BIRTHDAYS!
100 Years Ago Today In 1917 - Wesley Tuttle, singer, yodeler, songwriter, guitarist, bandleader, motion picture actor and voice actor, radio and television host, Western Music Association Hall of Fame inductee, and Capitol Records artist (1944-1957) is born Wesley LeRoy Tuttle in Lamar, Colorado.
1939 - Del Shannon, singer, songwriter (wrote "I Go To Pieces" for Capitol Records duo Peter & Gordon), and 1999 Rock 'N' Roll Hall Of Fame inductee, is born Charles Westover in Coppersville, Michigan
1945 - Davy Jones, singer, jockey, television and motion picture actor, with the band The Monkees and the Capitol Records group, Dolenz, Jones, Boyce, and Hart, is born David Jones in Manchester, England
70 Years Ago Today In 1947 - Jeff Lynne, vocalist, guitarist, songwriter, a founding member of the groups Electric Light Orchestra and The Traveling Wilburys, and record producer (The Beatles' last single "Free As A Bird") is born in Birmingham, England
1956 - Suzy Bogguss, singer and Capitol Records, Liberty Records, and Capitol Records Nashville artist (1986-1999), is born Susan Kay Bogguss in Aledo, Illinois.

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1946 - The King Cole Trio (Nat "King" Cole on piano and vocals, Oscar Moore on guitar, and Johnny Miller on bass) record the titles "You Don't Learn That In School", "You Be You (But Let Me Be Me)", "Can You Look Me In The Eyes (And Say We're Through) in the RKO Pathé Studios in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue "You Don't Learn That In School" as a single (Capitol 393) with "Meet Me In No Special Place" (recorded January 21, 1947) on the flipside, "You Be You (But Let Me Be Me)" in the three CD "The Complete Capitol Transcription Sessions" (5-60184-2), and "Can You Look Me In The Eyes (And Say We're Through)" as a single (Capitol 418) with "Come In Out Of The Rain" (recorded December 18, 1946) on the flipside.
70 Years Ago Today In 1947 - During two sessions held this day in Radio Recorders' studios at 932 North Western Avenue in Hollywood, California, vocalist and guitarist Tex Ritter, with Harry Sims on fiddle, George Bamby on accordion, Andy Parker and Charles Morgan on guitar, Agapito "Pepe" Martinez on steel guitar, Paul Smith on bass, and an unlisted trumpet player, records the titles "Merry Christmas Polka", "Dallas Darlin'", "I Just Called To Say Goodbye", "Teneha, Timpson, Bobo And Blair", and "Rock And Rye" at the first session between 3:00 AM and 8:30 AM then during a split session held between 10:00 PM and 2:30 AM on December 31, 1947, first guitarist and vocalist Andy Parker and the vocal group The Plainsmen (lineup unlisted), with (listed as probably) Jack Hansen on trumpet, Max Fidler, Harold Glenn Hensley, and Cactus Soldi on fiddles, Billy Liebert on accordion, Alan "Spud" Goodale and Eugene "Smokey" Rogers on guitars, Donald Davis on steel guitar, Allen Williams on bass, and Muddy Berry on drums, record the titles "Red River Valley" and "Ridin' Down The Canyon" then vocalist Tex Ritter, with the same musicians, records the titles "Pecos Bill" and "Egg-A Bread". Capitol Records will issue "Merry Christmas Polka" as a single (Capitol 15204), "Dallas Darlin'" as a single (Capitol Americana 40090), "Teneha, Timpson, Bobo And Blair" as a single (Capitol 15375), and "Rock And Rye" as a single (Capitol 15119). "Red River Valley" as a single (Capitol 57-40231), "Ridin' Down The Canyon" as a single (Capitol Americana 40117), and "Pecos Bill" and "Egg-A-Bread" together as a single (Capitol Americana 40106). Bear Family Records will issue all the titles from the first session in Germany in the four-CD box set "Tex Ritter - High Noon" (BCD 16356).
70 Years Ago Today In 1947 - During a split session held this day in Radio Recorders' studios at 932 North Western Avenue in Hollywood, California, first Billy May and His Orchestra (lineup unlisted), with narrator Ken Carson, record the music tracks for the title "So Dear To My Heart" in four parts then vocalist Pinto Colvig, with May and His Orchestra, records a new take of "My Mule Charlie". After John Beal records vocal overdubs for all the parts of "So Dear To My Heart" on June 10, 1948, Capitol Records will issue the final mix on the album "So Dear To My Heart" (DD-109 and BD-124 on 10" 78 RPM, CDF-3000 on 7" 45 RPM) and the album "Rusty In Orchestraville/So Dear To My Heart" (P-3068 on 12" 33 1/3 RPM) and has yet to issue the take of "My Mule Charlie" recorded at this session.
70 Years Ago Today In 1947 - Cliffie Stone and His Barn Dance Band (lineup unlisted) record the titles "I Don't Believe Them At All", "Tennessee Baby", "Domino", and "Spanish Bells" at Radio Recorders' studios at 932 North Western Avenue in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue "I Don't Believe Them At All" and "Domino" together as a single (Capitol 15362), has yet to issue "Tennessee Baby", and will issue "Spanish Bells" as a single (Capitol Americana 40096).
70 Years Ago Today In 1947 - During a split session held this day in Radio Recorders' Studios at 932 North Western Avenue in Hollywood, California, first clarinetist Benny Goodman and His Orchestra (lineup unlisted but includes French horn, harp, and strings players), using arrangements by Paul New, record the titles "Beyond The Sea (La Mer)" and, with vocalist Emma Lou Welch, "Darn That Dream" then The Benny Goodman Sextet (Goodman on clarinet, Red Norvo on vibraphone, an unlisted guitarist, Red Callender on bass, and Lee Young on drums) records the titles "The World Is Waiting For The Sunrise" and, also with Emma Lou Welch on vocals, "Record Ban Blues". Capitol Records will issue "Beyond The Sea (La Mer) as a single (Capitol 15030), has yet to issue "Darn That Dream", and will issue "The World Is Waiting For The Sunrise" as a single (Capitol 15069). Mosaic Records will issue "The World Is Waiting For The Sunrise" and "Record Ban Blues" in the box set "The Complete Capitol Small Group Recordings of Benny Goodman" (MQ6-148 on vinyl and MD4-148 on CD).
70 Years Ago Today In 1947 - Vocalist Lois Butler, with the Eagle Lion Studio Orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the titles "Dreams In My Heart", "Father Goose", and "Minute Waltz" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Dreams In My Heart" and "Father Goose" together as a single (Capitol 15061) and has yet to issue "Minute Waltz". All three titles appeared in the 1948 motion picture "Mickey" in which Butler stars.
70 Years Ago Today In 1947 - During a split session held this day in Los Angeles, California, first arranger and conductor Paul Weston and His Orchestra (lineup unlisted) record Chopin's "Etude Opus 10 #3 In E Flat Major" and "My Moonlight Madonna" then pianist with George Greeley, with Weston and his orchestra, records the Debussy's "Clair De Lune" in two parts. Capitol Records will issue "Etude Opus 10 #3 In E Flat Major" and "My Moonlight Madonna" together as a single (Capitol 15049) and both parts of "Clair De Lune" together as a single (Capitol 15153).
70 Years Ago Today In 1947 - During a split session held this day in Los Angeles, California, first arranger and conductor Frank De Vol and His Orchestra record the titles "Instrument Factory" and "Street In Manhattan" then vocalist Margaret Whiting, with De Vol and his orchestra, records the title "Heat Wave". Capitol Records will issue "Instrument Factory" and "Street In Manhattan" on De Vol's album "Modern Originals For Concert Orchestra" (CCF/EBF/H-198) and "Heat Wave" as a single (Capitol 15209) and on Whiting's album "Margaret Whiting Sings"
70 Years Ago Today In 1947 - The Ernie Felice Quartet (Ernie Felice on accordion and lead vocals, Dick Anderson on clarinet, Chick Parnell on bass, and Dick Fisher on guitar and backing vocals) records the titles "Oodles of Noodles And Batches Of Scratch", "I'm So Very Much In Love With You", "Street Of Dreams", "All By My Self", "Love Me Or Leave Me" and the instrumental "Shake Down The Stairs" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Oodles of Noodles And Batches Of Scratch" and "Love Me Or Leave Me" together as a single (Capitol 15228), "Street Of Dreams" and "Love Me Or Leave Me" on the group's album "Cocktail Time With The Ernie Felice Quartet" (T 192), and has yet to issue either "I'm So Very Much In Love With You" or "Shake Down The Stairs".
70 Years Ago Today In 1947 - Vocal trio The Sunset Trio (lineup unlisted), with pianist Buddy Cole and His Orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the titles "The Caribees", "If I Only Had A Match", "A Little Imagination", and "Angel Spells Mary" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "If I Only Had A Match" as a single (Capitol 492), "A Little Imagination" as a single (Capitol 15059), and has yet to issue either "The Caribees" or "Angel Spells Mary".
70 Years Ago Today In 1947 - Vocal group The Sportsmen (Bill Days, Max Smith, Martin Sperzel, and Gurney Bell), with Perry Botkin and His Orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the titles "Row, Row, Row", "Haunted House (The House Is Haunted)", "I Killed Myself Because Of You", "My Wife Has Gone And Left Me", and "(I Don't Want To Be) The Richest Man In The Cemetary" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Haunted House (The House Is Haunted)" as a single (Capitol 15235), "My Wife Has Gone And Left Me" as a single (Capitol 15046), "(I Don't Want To Be) The Richest Man In The Cemetary" as a single (Capitol 15120), and has yet to issue either "Row, Row, Row" or "I Killed Myself Because Of You".
70 Years Ago Today In 1947 - Vocalists Jack Smith and The Clark Sisters (lineup unlisted), with unlisted others, record the titles "Busy Doin' Nothin'", "Takin' Miss Marry To The Ball", "I Had To Come Back", and "Whoop-Ta-Doodle-Day" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue "Busy Doin' Nothin'" as a single (Capitol 15429), "Takin' Miss Mary To The Ball" as a single (Capitol 15073), and has yet to issue either "I Had To Come Back" or "Whoop-Ta-Doodle-Day".
70 Years Ago Today In 1947 - Pianist Buddy Cole, with unlisted others, records four unlisted titles for The Capitol Records Transcription Service in Los Angeles, California. No issuing information is listed.
70 Years Ago Today In 1947 - Guitarist Alvino Rey, with unlisted others, records ten unlisted titles for The Capitol Records Transcription Service in Los Angeles, California. No issuing information is listed.
65 Years Ago Today In 1952 - Vocalist Nat "King" Cole, with Nelson Riddle conducting his own arrangements to an orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the titles "When I'm Alone", "Mother Nature and Father Time", "Pretend", and "A Fool Was I" at Capitol Records' studios at 5515 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue "When I'm Alone" in England on the album "The Unreleased Nat King Cole" (EMS1279), "Mother Nature And Father Time" on Cole's album "Nat King Cole 10th Anniversary Album" (W 514), "Pretend" as a single (Capitol 1689) with "Unforgettable" (recorded August 17, 1951) on the flipside, and "A Fool I Was" as a single (Capitol 2540) with "If Love Is Good To Me" (recorded January 20, 1953) on the flipside.
1955 - Nat "King" Cole (on vocals), with Nelson Riddle conducting his own arrangements to the orchestra (Pete Candoli, Harry Edison, Conrad Gozzo, Vito Mangano, and Shorty Sherock on trumpet, Francis "Joe" Howard and Paul Tanner on trombone, Juan Tizol on valve trombone, George Roberts on bass trombone, Willie Smith, Mahlon Clark, Don Raffell, William "Buck" Skalak, and Bob Lawson on saxophones, Bill Miller on piano, Herman "Tiny" Mitchell on guitar, Joe Comfort on bass, and Lee Young on drums), records the titles "Stay", "Believe", and, with additional vocals by The Four Knights (Cliff Holland and John Wallace on tenor vocals, Clarence Dixon on  baritone vocals, and Oscar Broadway on bass vocals), "That's All There Is To That" at Capitol Records' Melrose Avenue studios in Hollywood, California between 12:10 AM and 2:00 AM.
Capitol Records will issue "That's All There Is To That" as a single (Capitol F3456) with "My Dream Sonata" (recorded August 25, 1955) on the flipside and "Stay" and "Believe" on the CD "Night Lights" (5-31964-2).
1955 - Patty Andrews (on vocals), with Terry Gilkyson and an orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the title "I Will Never Marry" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the title as a single (Capitol 3344) with "Daybreak Blues" (recorded September 16, 1955) on the flipside.
1955 - Jane Froman (on vocals), with Glenn Osser conducting the orchestra and chorus (lineups unlisted), records the titles "One Little Candle", "Somebody Bigger Than You And I", "He", and "You'll Never Walk Alone" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Froman's album "Faith" (T 726).
60 Years Ago Today In 1957 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records album "Just One Of Those Things" is #20 on WJJD's Top Twenty LP And EP Albums chart in Chicago, Illinois.
1960 - Janie Black (on vocals), with unlisted others, records as yet unissued takes of the titles "Sweet Old Fashioned Girl", "The Dance Is Over", and "Mamma Told Me" in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records.
1966 - During two sessions held this day in New York City, New York, vocalist Al Martino, with Peter DeAngelis conducting his own arrangements to the orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the titles "All", "If You Go Away", "Something In Our Hearts", and "Close To You" at the first session and "True Love", "She'll Always Love You", "In the Arms Of Love", and "Hold Back The Dawn" at the second session. Capitol Records will issue all the titles from the both sessions, except "She'll Always Love You" on Martino's album "This Love For You" (T/ST 2654) and will issue "She'll Always Love You" on Martino's album "Daddy's Little Girl" (T/ST 2733).
1966 - Capitol Records purchases the masters for The Standells' (Larry Tamblyn on keyboards and vocals) Gary Lane and Tony Valentino on guitar, Dave Burke on electric bass, and Dick Dodd on drums) titles "Try It", "Poor Shell Of A Man", "Don't Tell Me What To Do", and "When I Was A Cowboy". Tower Records, a subsidiary of Capitol will issue "Try It" and "Poor Shell Of A Man" together as a single (Tower 310) and "Don't Tell Me What To Do", and "When I Was A Cowboy" together as a single (Tower 312).
50 Years Ago Today In 1967 - The Beatles' Capitol Records single "Hello Goodbye", with "I Am The Walrus" on the flipside, hits #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart.
1967 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records album "The Christmas Song" is #5 on Billboard magazine's Christmas LPs chart and Cole's Capitol Records single "The Christmas Song" is #4 on the magazine's Christmas Singles chart.
1968 - Capitol Records releases Buck Owens' album "I've Got You On My Mind Again"
1972 - Paul McCartney's Apple Records single "Hi Hi Hi", with "C Moon" on the flipside, enters the top 40 of Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart
1974 - The Beatles are legally dissolved as a group
1975 - Jerry Corbitt records an as yet unissued take of the title "Trudy" in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records.
1975 - Connie Cato (on vocals), with unlisted others, records the title "Whoever Finds This, I Love You" and an as yet unissued take of the title "Crazy Love" in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue "Whoever Finds This, I Love You" on Cato's album "Whoever Finds This, I Love You" (ST-11606).
1975 - Carmen Moreno records the titles "Have I Told You Lately That I Love You?", "Serrana (High Mountain Woman)", "Cold, Cold Heart", and "Sabras Que Te Quiero" in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue the first two titles together as a single (Capitol 4216) and the last two titles together as a single (Capitol 4306).
1980 - Cherie Currie records an as yet unissued take of the title "Kamakazee Lover" in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records.
1996 - It is announced that Capitol Records artist Paul McCartney will be honored with a knighthood and will henceforth be known as Sir Paul McCartney.
1999 - George Harrison is stabbed four times in the chest during an attempted robbery early in the morning at his home at Henley-Upon-Thames, near London. Harrison and his wife Olivia struggle with the intruder, subdue him until the authorities arrive, and are then transported to a nearby hospital.

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1948 - Cole Porter's Broadway musical "Kiss Me, Kate" opens at The New Century Theatre in New York City. In 1949 Capitol will release an album of songs from the show recorded by Jo Stafford and Gordon MacRae and in 1959 will release a new stereo recording of the soundtrack that features Alfred Drake, Patricia Morison, Lisa Kirk, and Harold Lang, all members of the original Broadway cast.
60 Years Ago Today In 1957 - Ricky Nelson's Imperial Records single "Stood Up", with "Waitin' In School" on the flipside, enters the top 40 of Billboard's Pop singles chart
1965 - Organist Jimmy McGriff, with Thornel Schwartz on guitar and Willie Jenkins on drums, records the title "Where It's At" at The Club in Newark, New Jersey. Originally recorded for the Veep label, Blue Note Records will license and issue the title on the 2 LP compilation album "So Blue So Funky - Heroes Of The Hammond, Volume 2" (B1-29092).
1981 - The J. Geils Band's EMI America Records album "Freeze-Frame" is certified Gold by the R.I.A.A. and will be certified Platinum on January 11, 1982. EMI America's catalog is currently distributed by Capitol Records and owned by Universal Music Group.
1981 - During two sessions held this day, David Lasley records the title "Where Is Charlie And Joannie" at the first session and "Treat Willie Good" at the second session. EMI-America, distributed by Capitol Records at the time, will issue both titles on Lasley's album "Missin' Twenty Grand" (ST-17066). Capitol Records' parent company, Universal Music Group, currently owns the EMI-America catalog.
1989 - Paula Abdul (with Wild Pair)'s Virgin Records America single "Opposites Attract" enters the top 40 of Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart
1989 - Roxette's EMI America Records single "Dangerous", the last single released from their album "Look Sharp" and with live versions of "Surrender and "Neverending Love" also on the single, enters the top 40 of Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart where it will peak at #2

ON THIS DAY NOT IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1928 - Bo Diddley (aka Ellas McDaniel), guitarist, singer, songwriter, motion picture actor, and 1987 Rock 'N' Roll Hall Of Fame inductee is born Otha Ellas Bates in McComb, Mississippi
75 Years Ago Today In 1942 - Mike Nesmith, singer, guitarist, songwriter, television and motion picture actor and producer, music video producer, winner of first Grammy for best video, and member of The Monkees, is born in Houston, Texas.
1979 - Richard Rodgers, Broadway and motion picture score composer (first with lyricist Lorenz Hart and then with lyricist Oscar Hammerstein II) and Broadway producer, dies in New York City at age 77.