DECEMBER 6, 2017

HAPPY BIRTHDAYS!
1923 - Jim Eanes, singer, songwriter, guitarist and Capitol Records artist (1951), is born either James Robert Eanes or Homer Robert Eanes in Danville, Virginia. If anyone knows for sure what Jim's birth name is, please leave a comment.
1946 - Frankie Beverly, vocalist with the Capitol Records band Maze, is born Howard Beverly in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1944 - At a split session held in Los Angeles, California, first Johnny Mercer, Jo Stafford and The Pied Pipers (June Hutton, Clark Yocum, Hal Hopper, and Chuck Lowry), with Paul Weston and his Orchestra (Charles Griffard, Don Anderson, and Nate Kazebier on trumpet, Allan Thompson and Joe Yukl on trombone, Arthur "Doc" Rando, Julian "Matty" Matlock, Harold Lawson, Eddie Miller, and Lennie Hartman on reeds, Stan Wrightsman on piano, George Van Eps on guitar, Jack Ryan on bass, Nick Fatool on drums and a string section) record a remake of the track "Candy", the unissued track "You Wear Love So Well" and a rejected take of "There's No You" and then The Pied Pipers, with Paul Weston and His Orchestra, record a remake of the track "Dream". Capitol Records will issue "Candy" as a single (Capitol 183) with "I'm Gonna See My Baby" on the flipside and "Dream" as a single (Capitol 185) with "Tabby The Cat" on the flipside.
1945 - Betty Hutton's Capitol Records single "Doctor, Lawyer, Indian Chief", with "A Square In The Social Circle" on the flipside, enters the top 40 of the U.S. Pop singles charts
1945 - Clyde Hurley records the as yet unissued takes of "Ah! Sweet Mystery Of Life", "Glendale Glide", "I Cover The Waterfront:, and "Twelve-Thirty Deadline" in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records.
1946 - The King Cole Trio's Capitol Records single "The Christmas Song" enters the top 40 of the U.S. Pop singles charts
1946 - Merle Travis' Capitol Records single "Divorce Me C.O.D.", with "Missouri" on the flipside, is #1 for the eighth week on The Billboard magazine's Most-Played Juke Box Folk Records chart (the precursor to the Country Music chart).
1946 - Margaret Whiting, with Frank De Vol and his Orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the tracks "Lover", "My Romance", "My Heart Stood Still" and "What Am I Gonna Do About You?" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the first three tracks on Whiting's album "Margaret Whiting" (BD-51) and the last track as a single (Capitol 350) with "Beware My Heart" (recorded October 16, 1946) on the flipside.
70 Years Ago Today In 1947 - It's a Saturday night and "King Cole Trio Time" is coming from Cincinnati, Ohio with guest Duke Ellington. Songs performed by the trio on the show were "Straighten Up And Fly Right", "When I Take My Sugar To Tea", "Let's Be Sweethearts Again", "These Things Money Can't Buy", "Mood Indigo" with Ellington playing piano, "For Once In Your Life", You're The Cream In My Coffee" and "I Know That You Know".
70 Years Ago Today In 1947 - During two sessions held this day at RKO Pathe Studios in New York City, New York, pianist Stan Kenton and His Orchestra (Buddy Childers, Ray Wetzel, Al Porcino, Chico Alvarez, and Ken Hanna on trumpets, Milt Bernhart, Eddie Bert, Harry Betts, and Harry Forbes on trombones, Bart Varsalona on bass trombone, George Weidler, and Art Pepper on alto saxophones, Bob Cooper and Warner Weidler on tenor saxophones, Bob Gioga on baritone saxophone, Laurindo Almeida on guitar, Eddie Safranski on bass, Shelly Manne on drums, Jack Costanzo on bongos, Carlos Vidal on congas, Jose Mangual on timbales and cowbell, and Machito aka Frank Grillo on maracas) record the titles "Cuban Carnival (Cuban Fantasy)" and "Peanut Vendor" at the first session between 11:00 AM and 2:00 PM and, without Vidal, Mangual, and Machito, the titles "Lonely Woman" with vocals by June Christy and "Thermopolae" at the second session between 2:30 PM and 5:30 PM. Capitol Records will issue "Cuban Carnival (Cuban Fantasy)" and "Lonely Woman" on Kenton's album "A Concert In Progressive Jazz" (CD-79), "Peanut Vendor" on Kenton's album "Milestones" (CDN-190), and "Peanut Vendor" and "Thermopolae" together as a single (Capitol 15052).
70 Years Ago Today In 1947 - The Art Vand Damme Quintet (Art Van Damme on accordion, Charlie Calzaretta Jr. on vibraphone, Claude Sheiner on guitar, Lewis Skalender on bass, and Max Mariash on drums) records the titles "The Breeze And I", "I Know That You Know", "Meadowland", "Hawaiian War Chant", and "Dark Eyes" in New York City New York. Capitol Records will issue "The Breeze And I", "Meadowland", and "Dark Eyes" on the quintet's album "Cocktail Capers" (CC-105), "I Know That You Know" as a single (Capitol 15322), with "The Man I Love" (recorded December 5, 1947) on the flipside, "Hawaiian War Chant" as a single (Capitol 1331) with "This Can't Be Love" (recorded November 29, 1949) on the flipside and on the quintet's album "Cocktail Capers" (T 300), and all the titles, except "Hawaiian War Chant", on the album "Cocktail Capers" (T 178).
1948 - Blue Lu Barker (on vocals),  with unlisted trumpet, trombone, piano, guitar, bass and drum players, records the track "Leave My Man Alone", and a vocal track for "Trombone Man Blues" (whose band track was recorded on November 2, 1948) in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will release "Leave My Man Alone" as a single (Capitol Americana 15347) with "Here's A Little Girl" (recorded on October 26, 1948) on the flipside and "Trombone Man Blues" as a single (Capitol 57-7007) with "Now You're Down In The Alley" (recorded March 21, 1949) on the flipside. 1949 - Leadbelly (born Huddie William Ledbetter), guitarist, songwriter, singer, and Capitol Records artist (1944-1946), dies of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (aka "Lou Gehrig's Disease") in New York City, New York at age 60
1950 - Mel Blanc records vocals for the tracks "Woody Woodpecker's Picnic - Parts 1, 2, 3 & 4" at Capitol Records' Melrose Avenue studios in Hollywood, California which will be overdubbed onto instrumental tracks recorded on November 30, 1950. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on the children's album "Woody Woodpecker's Picnic" (DBS-3091)
65 Years Ago Today In 1952 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "The Ruby And The Pearl" is #32 and his single "Somewhere Along The Way" is #35 on Cash Box magazine's Best Selling Singles chart.
1954 - The Cheers (vocalists Bert Convy, Gil Garfield, and Sue Allen), with Buddy Bregman and his Orchestra (lineup not listed) record the tracks "Blueberries", "Whadaya Want", "I Must Be Dreaming", and "Bernie's Tune" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Blueberries" (after a vocal overdub is recorded on February 2, 1955) as a single (Capitol 3075) with "Can't We Be More Than Friends?" (recorded sometime in August 1954) on the flipside, "Whadaya Want" and "Bernie's Tune" together as a single (Capitol 3019), and "I Must Be Dreaming" as a single (Capitol 3146) with "Fancy Meeting You Here" (also recorded sometime in August 1954) on the flipside.
1954 - The Al Belletto Sextet (Jack Martin on trumpet, flugelhorn, and who also did the vocal arrangement, Jimmy Guinn on trombone, tenor saxophone and vocals, Al Belletto and clarinet, alto and baritone saxophone, and vocals, Fred Crane on piano, baritone saxophone, and vocals, Skip Fawcett on bass, and Charles McKnight on drums and vocals) records the track "Russ Job" and a as yet unreleased take of "Ebb Tide" at Universal Studios in Chicago, Illinois. Capitol Records will issue "Russ Job" on the group's album "Sounds And Songs" (T 6514).
1955 - pianist Joe "Fingers" Carr (aka Lou Busch, with unlisted others) records the tracks "Moonlight And Roses", "That Old Gang Of Mine", "Smiles", "The Gang That Sang 'Heart Of My Heart'", and "On Moonlight Bay" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on Carr's album "Joe 'Fingers' Carr Plays Parlor Piano" (T 698).
1956 - Organist Jackie Davis, with Irving Ashby on guitar, and Shelly Manne or Ed Hall on drums, records the tracks "Blue Orchids", "You Keep Coming Back Like A Song", "Lovely Lady Waltz", and "The Fable Of The Rose" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records issues all the tracks on Davis' album "Chasing Shadows" (T 815).
1956 - Dean Martin (on vocals), with Gus Levend directing the orchestra (John Cave, Vincent De Rosa, and Richard Perissi on French horn, Alexander Gershunoff, Ethmer Roten, Warren "Champ" Webb, and James Williamson on woodwinds, Fred Travers on accordion, Edwin "Buddy" Cole on piano, Jack Marshall on guitar, Jack Rose on mandolin, Abe Luboff on bass, Lou Singer on drums, and a string section with Victor Arno, Ben Gill, William Miller, and Joseph Pepper on violin, Louis Kievman on viola, Kurt Reher on cello, and Kathryn Julye on harp), records the tracks "A Day In The Country", "Hollywood Or Bust", and "The Man Who Plays The Mandolin (Guaglione)" at the Capitol Tower Studios in Hollywood, California between 3:00 PM and 6:30 PM. Capitol Records will issue the first two tracks on Martin and Lewis' soundtrack EP "Hollywood Or Bust" (EAP-1-806) and the last track as a single (Capitol F3648) with "Captured" (recorded on August 20, 1956) on the flipside.
1956 - Guy Lombardo conducts His Royal Canadians (lineup unlisted) as they record the titles "I Could Write A Book", "September Song", and "I Got Plenty O' Nuttin'" with vocalist Kenny Gardner, and the titles "Bewitched, Bothered And Bewildered" and "All The Things You Are" with vocalist Bill Flannigan in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Lombardo's album "Decade On Broadway '35-'45" (T 916).
1956 - Guitarist Laurindo Almeida records Turina's "Sonata For Guitar" and Albeniz's "Cadiz" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Sonata For Guitar" on Almeida's album "The New World Of The Guitar" (P-8392) and "Cadiz" on his album "Vistas D'España: ALBENNIZ/TURINA" (P-8367).
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 on handclapping and vocal chorus), record "Your Cheatin' Heart", "Baby Blue", "Walkin' Home From School", "and "It's No Lie" 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 "Your Cheatin' Heart" and "It's No Lie" on the group's LP "Gene Vincent Rocks And The Blue Caps Roll" (T 970), "Baby Blue" as a single (Capitol F3959) with "True To You" (recorded June 20, 1957) on the flipside, and "Walkin' Home From School" as a single (Capitol F3874) with "I Gotta Baby" (recorded December 5, 1957) on the flipside.
60 Years Ago Today In 1957 - Vocalist Tennessee Ernie Ford, with Harry Geller conducting the orchestra and chorus (lineup unlisted) records the titles "Down Deep" and "Bless Your Peas Pickin' Heart" in the Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue both titles together as a single (Capitol F3868).
1958 - Jeri Southern (on vocals) with Billy May conducting his arrangements to the orchestra (Conrad Gozzo Vito "Mickey" Mangano, Alexander Golden, and Mannie Klein on trumpet, Ed Kusby, William Schaefer, Murray McEachern, and Dick Nash on trombone, Wilbur Schwartz, Ted Nash, Justin Gordon, Jules Jacob, and Fred Falensby on saxophones, Paul Smith on piano, Al Hendrickson on guitar, John Kitzmiller on bass, and Irving Cottler on drums), records the tracks "It's Bad For Me", "You're The Top", "Let's Fly Away", and "Don't Look At Me That Way" at the Capitol Tower Studios in Hollywood, California between 2:00 PM and 5:00 PM. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on Southern's album "Jeri Southern Meets Cole Porter" (T 1173).
1961 - Vocalist and guitarist Buck Owens, with unlisted other musicians, records the titles "Mirror, Mirror On The Wall", "Storm Of Love", "One Way Love", a cover of Wanda Jackson's "Kickin' Our Hearts Around", and a new take of "The King Of Fools" (which remains unissued) in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Mirror, Mirror On The Wall" as a single (Capitol 4679) with "Nobody's Fool But Yours" (recorded May 24, 1961) on the flipside, "Storm Of Love" on Owens' album "Together Again" (T 2135), and "One Way Love" and "Kickin' Our Hearts Around" on Owens' album "On The Bandstand" (T 1879).
1961 - The Kingston Trio (vocalists Nick Reynolds, Bob Shane, and John Stewart), with David "Buck" Wheat on bass, give two live show at the University of California between 2:00 PM and 5:00 PM and 7:00 PM and 11:00 PM where they perform "Little Light", "Coplas Revisited", "Chilly Winds", "Oh, Miss Mary", "Laredo", and "O Ken Karanga". Capitol Records will issue all the titles on the group's album "College Concert" (T 1658) and in Germany by The Bear Family in the ten CD box set "The Kingston Trio - The Stewart Years" (BCD 16161) and according to its liner notes, "Chilly Winds" and "Oh, Miss Mary" were remade in studio later on and issued on Capitol with dubbed applause from the concert tape.
1961 - Pianist Stan Kenton and His Orchestra (Dalton Smith, Marvin Stamm, Bob Rolfe, Bob Behrendt, and Norman Baltazar on trumpet, Bob Fitzpatrick, Dee Barton, and Bud Parker on trombone, Jim Amlotte and Dave Wheeler on trombone and tuba, Ray Starling, Dwight Carver, Keith LaMotte, and Carl Saunders on mellophone, Gabe Baltazar on alto saxophone, Buddy Arnold and Paul Renzi on tenor saxophone, Joel Kaye and Allan Beutler on baritone saxophone, Pat Senatore on bass, and Jerry McKenzie on drums) record the titles "Bewitched, Bothered And Bewildered", "It's All Right With Me", "I've Grown Accustomed To Her Face", and a rejected take of "Almost Like Being In Love" at The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California between 1:00 PM and 4:00 PM. Creative World will release the first three titles on Kenton's album "Adventures in Standards" (ST-1025) and Capitol Records will issue "Bewitched, Bothered And Bewildered" on the CD "Sophisticated Approach" (3-52994-2).
1964 - Capitol Records artist Tex Ritter is inducted into the Country Music Hall Of Fame
1965 - Capitol Records releases The Beatles' album "Rubber Soul" and single "We Can Work It Out" with "Day Tripper" on the flipside. Neither "We Can Work It Out" nor "Day Tripper" appear on "Rubber Soul" and would later appear on the album "Yesterday And Today".
1966 - The Beatles record the title "When I'm Sixty-Four" at Abbey Road Studios in London England with producer George Martin. Capitol Records will issue the title in the United States of America on the group's album "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" (SMAS 2653).
1966 - Vocalist Grace Markay, with either Bob Bain or Sid Feller conducting their own arrangements to unlisted musicians, records the titles "On A Clear Day", "Summer Wind", "What Now My Love", and "Matchmaker" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the first three titles on Markay's album "" (T 2687) and has yet to issue "Matchmaker".
1966 - Guitarist Laurindo Almeida, with Lex de Azevedo conducting his own arrangments to unlisted string and brass musicians as well as producing the session, records the titles "Michelle", "Secret Love", "A Man And A Woman", and "Distant Shores" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the first three titles on Almeida's album "A Man And A Woman" (T 2701) and has yet to release the take of "Distant Shores" recorded at this session.
50 Years Ago Today In 1967 - Jimmie Haskell conducts his own arrangements to seven unlisted musicians as they record overdubs for Bobbie Gentry's titles "Sermon" and "Refractions" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the final mixes of both titles on Gentry's album "The Delta Sweetie" (T/ST 2842).
50 Years Ago Today In 1967 - The Knack (lineup unlisted) records the title "Lady In The Window" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the title as a single (Capitol 2075) with "Freedom Now" (recorded November 21, 1967) on the flipside.
50 Years Ago Today In 1967 - Quicksilver Messenger Service (lineup unlisted) records the title "Pride Of Man" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the title as a single (Capitol 2194) with "Dino's Song" (recorded March 3, 1968) on the flipside and on the group's self-titled album "Quicksilver Messenger Service" (ST 2904).
50 Years Ago Today In 1967 - Vocalist Buck Owens, with unlisted others, records the titles "The Heartaches Have Just Started", "Your Mother's Prayer", "That Sunday Feeling", and "Hurtin' Like I've Never Hurt Before" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "The Heartaches Have Just Started" on Owens' album "Sweet Rosie Jones" (ST 2962), "Your Mother's Prayer" and "That Sunday Feeling" on his album "Your Mother's Prayer" (ST-439), and "Hurtin' Like I've Never Hurt Before" on Buck Owens and His Buckaroos' album "Tall Dark Stranger" (ST-212).
1968 - The Beatles' self titled Apple Records album (aka "The White Album"), distributed by Capitol Records in the United States, is certified Gold in by the R.I.A.A.
1971 - The final mastering session for John Lennon, Yoko Ono, and The Harlem Community Choir's title "Happy Christmas (War Is Over)" and Yoko Ono and The Plastic Ono Band's title "Listen, The Snow Is Falling" is held. Apple Records will issue both titles together as a single (Apple 1842) which Capitol Records will distribute in the United States of America.
1971 - The final mastering session for Badfinger's Apple Records album "Straight Up" is held. Capitol Records will issue the album in the United States Of America" (SW-3387).
45 Years Ago Today In 1972 - Vocalist and electric guitarist Shaun Harris, with Larry Knechtel on keyboard, Dean Parks on guitar, Dan Harris on guitar and vocals, Carol Kaye on bass, and Jim Gordon on drums, records the titles "Today's A Day", "Rock And Roll Idol", "Empty Without You", and "I'll Cry Out" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "I'll Cry Out" as a single (Capitol 3697) with "Colour Of Your Eyes" (recorded December 4, 1972) on the flipside and all the titles on Harris' self-titled album "Shaun Harris" (ST-11168).
45 Years Ago Today In 1972 - Brush Arbor (lineup unlisted) records the titles "Trucker And The U.F.O.", "God'll Do The Changin'", "The Show Must Go On", "All That I Want To Be", and "House Of Gold" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Trucker And The U.F.O.", "God'll Do The Changin'", "The Show Must Go On", and "All That I Want To Be" on the group's self-titled album "Brush Arbor" (ST-11158) and "House Of Gold" on the group's album "Brush Arbor N° 2" (ST-11209).
40 Years Ago Today In 1977 - During two sessions held this day in Los Angeles, California, Asleep At The Wheel (lineup unlisted) records the title "Ghost Dancer" at the first session and "Pipe Dreams" at the second session. Capitol Records will issue "Ghost Dancer" as a single (Capitol 4601) with "Louisiana" (recorded December 7, 1977) on the flipside and both titles on the group's album "Collision Course" (SW-11726).
30 Years Ago Today In 1987 - The Smithereens (lineup unlisted) records the titles "The House We Used To Live In", "Something New", "Deep Black", "Green Thoughts", "909", "Harlem Nocturne", "Surf Song", "Say Goodbye", and "Really Love The Things You Do" in an unlisted studio. Enigma and Capitol Records will issue the titles "The House We Used To Live In", "Something New", "Deep Black", and "Green Thoughts" on the group's CD "Green Thoughts" (7-48375-2). No issuing information is listed for the other titles.
1994 - Capitol Records releases The Beatles' Apple Records compilation album "Live at the BBC" in the United States
2000 - Capitol Records Nashville artist Garth Brooks is divorced from his wife Sandy

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1966 - Johnny Richards (with Burt Coillins, Jerry Kail, Ray Copeland, Nat Pavone, and Marvin Stamm on trumpet; Bill Watrous, Garnett Brown, Wayne Andre or Mickey Gravine on trombone; Ray Starling on mellophonium; Don Butterfield on tuba; Arnie Lawrence on alto saxophone; Clifford Jordan on tenor saxophone; Joel Kaye on baritone saxiphone and piccolo; Johnny Campo on bass saxophone; Johnny Knapp on piano; Chet Amsterdam on bass; Ronnie Bedford on drums; Steve Little and Chino Pozo on percussion) begins two days of sessions (the next will be on December 8, 1966) at Capitol Records' studios in New York City, New York recording tracks for his Roulette album "AQUI SE HABLA ESPANOL (SPANISH SPOKEN HERE)". Roulette's catalog is currently managed by Blue Note Records and owned by EMI Music, Capitol Records' parent company.
1984 - Paul McCartney’s film "Give My Regards to Broad Street" and George Harrison’s film "A Private Function" are released
1988 - Roy Orbison, singer, songwriter, guitarist, 1987 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, and Virgin Records America artist, dies of a heart attack while visiting his mother in Hendersonville, Tennessee at age 52 after losing 50 pounds from a crash diet he went on before the release of his upcoming Virgin Records America album "Mystery Girl". All the artwork had been approved the day before so the album was released on schedule. At the direction of his wife, Barbara, Orbison is interred on December 15, 1988 at the Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery in Westwood, California. Virgin Records is now owned by EMI Music, Capitol Records' parent company.
2011 - Twenty three years to the day of her husband Roy's death, Barbara Anne Marie Wellhöner Jakobs Orbison, his wife, manager, producer, mother of his sons Roy Kelton Orbison, Jr.and Alexander Lee Orbison, dies of pancreatic cancer at age 61 in Los Angeles, California.

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
10 Years Ago Today In 2007 - Fred Chichin, guitarist, songwriter, and co-founder of the Virgin Records SA/Virgin Records America group Le Rita Mitsouko, will be buried in a private ceremony at the Parisian cemetery of Montmartre. He died on November 28, 2007 at age 53 from heart failure following complications of the cancer the doctors had diagnosed two months earlier.

ON THIS DAY NOT IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1896 - Ira Gershwin, lyricist (including "They Can't Take That Away From Me", "Let's Call the Whole Thing Off", "Nice Work if You Can Get It", "Love Walked In", and many other standards that have been recorded by many Capitol Records artists and others), older brother of, and partner with, composer George Gershwin, is born Israel Gershovitz in New York City, New York