OCTOBER 2, 2025

HAPPY BIRTHDAYS!

1929 - Howard Roberts, music teacher, guitar and speaker designer, motion picture and television soundtrack session guitarist, and Capitol Records artist and band leader, is born Howard Mancel Roberts in Phoenix, Arizona.

1948 - Chris LeDoux, singer, songwriter, guitarist, Liberty Records and Capitol Records Nashville artist, is born in Biloxi, Mississippi.

1956 - Freddie Jackson, singer, songwriter, and Capitol Records artist (1985-1993) is born Frederick Anthony Jackson in Harlem, New York City, New York.

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1949 - Margaret Whiting and Jimmy Wakely's Capitol Records single "Slipping Around" is #1 on the U.S. Country singles charts.

1951 - Gordon MacRae (on vocals), with Van Alexander directing the orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the tracks "Be My Guest" (with an uncredited choir), "How Close", "Green Acres And Purple Mountains" (with an uncredited choir), "Baby Doll" (with an credited choir), "My Love" and "Laughing At Love" (vocals were overdubbed on a band track that was recorded on February 7, 1950) in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the first and last track together as a single (Capitol 1836), the second and fifth tracks together as a single (Capitol 1846), and the third and fourth tracks together as a single (Capitol 1941).

1952 - Vocalist Stan Freberg, with Dick Roberts and Red Roundtree on banjos and the George Bruns Orchestra (lineup unlisted) record the titles "The Boogie Woogie Banjo Man From Birmingham" and "The World Is Waiting For The Sunrise" in Los Angeles, California. After overdubs are recorded on "The World Is Waiting For The Sunrise" also on October 2, 1952 as well as on October 3, 1952, Capitol Records will issue both titles together as a single (Capitol 2279) and "The World Is Waiting For The Sunrise" on Freberg's EP "Any Requests?" (EAP-1-496).

1956 - The Andrew Sisters record the tracks "Ti-pi-tin", "Bei Mir Bist Du Schon (Means You're Grand)", "Aurora", and "Ferry Boat Serenade" at The Capitol Records Tower in Hollywood, California with an orchestra (lineup unlisted) conducted by Vic Schoen. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on the trio's album "The Andrews Sisters In Hi-Fi" (W 790).

1957 - Freddie Martin conducts His Orchestra (lineup unlisted) as they record the titles "Santa Catalina (Island Of Romance)", "Symphony", "Managua, Nicaragua", and "The Hut-Sut Song" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Martin's album "Freddy Martin In Hi-Fi" (W 900).

1957 - During two session held this day in New York City, New York, Fred Waring conducts The Pennsylvanians (lineup unlisted) as they record the titles "Funiculi, Funicula" with vocals by Leonard Kranendonk using an arrangement by Harry Simeone and "Anywhere I Wander" with vocals by Jack Best and Chuck Nelson using an arrangement by Hawley Ades at the first session and "Greensleeves" with vocals by Chuck Nelson using an arrangement by Tom Scott and "All Through The Night" using an arrangement by Hawley Ades at the second session. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Fred Waring And The Pennsylvanians' album "All Through The Night" (T/ST 936).

1962 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Ramblin' Rose" is #6 on WABC's Silver Dollar Sound Survey in New York City, New York and #6 on WDRC 1360 AM's "The Big D" Swinging 60 Survey in Hartford, Connecticut.

1967 - Capitol Records Canada, as part of its 6000 series, releases the mono and stereo versions of Pink Floyd's album "The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn". Tower Records, a division of Capitol Records, will release the album in the United States on October 21, 1967.

1967 - The Beatles (George Harrison on lead guitar and vocals, John Lennon on rhythm guitar and vocals, Paul McCartney on bass guitar and vocals, and Ringo Starr on drums and vocals) record the title "Hello Goodbye" in E.M.I.'s Abbey Road Studios in London England. Capitol Records will issue the title in the United States as a single (Capitol 2056) with "I Am The Walrus" (recorded September 5, 1967) on the flipside and on the group's album "Magical Mystery Tour" (MAL/SMAL-2835).

1967 - Pianist Stan Kenton and His Orchestra (Jay Daversa, Clyde Raesinger, Carl Leach, Dalton Smith, and Jack Laubach on trumpets, Tom Whittaker, Dick Shearer, and Tom Senff on trombones, Jim Amlotte on bass trombone, Graham Ellis on bass trombone and tuba, Ray Reed on alto saxophone and piccolo, Alan Rowe and Bob Dahl on tenor saxophone, John Mitchell on baritone saxophone, Bill Fritz on baritone saxophone, bass saxophone, and flute, Monty Budwig on bass, Dee Barton on drums, and Chino Valdes on bongos and congas) record the titles "Imagine", "This Hotel", "Theme For Jo", and "The World We Knew" 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 "This Hotel" and "Theme For Jo" on Kenton's album "The World We Know" (T/ST 2810), and will reject the takes recorded for "Imagine" and "The World We Knew" which will be re-recorded on October 4, 1967 and those versions will also be included on the album "The World We Know".

1967 - The Staccatos (Les Emmerson on vocals and guitar, Vern Craig on guitar, Brian Rading on bass, and Rick Bell and Mike Bell on vocals and drums) record the titles "If I Were You", "She Fancies Herself A Lady", and "Super Girl" in (listed as possibly) Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "She Fancies Herself A Lady" as a single (Capitol 2126) with "Walker Street" (recorded June 30, 1967) on the flipside, "Super Girl" on the album by The Five Man Electrical Band "Half Past Midnight: The Staccatos And Beyond" on Spotify in 2009, and has yet to issue "If I Were You".

1972 - Guitarists Bob Bain and Jack Marshall, with unlisted others, record the titles "Like Young" So Happy In Love", "Somebody Else Is Taking My Place", and "Nice Day" in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records which has yet to issue any of the titles.

1972 - The Mike Sames Singers (lineup unlisted), with unlisted others, record the titles "Out On The Edge Of Beyond" and "Empty Arms" in an unlisted studio. Capitol Records will issue both titles together as a single (Capitol 3401).

1979 - The Odyssey Theatre Ensemble, with John Stewart giving a brief narrative, begins a two day recording session of a live performance of the theatrical arrangement of the original trial transcripts of "The Chicago Conspiracy Trial" in Studio A at The Capitol Tower Studios in Hollywood, California with producer Nik Venet which Capitol Records will release as a two album set in early 1980.

1982 - Duran Duran's Capitol Records EP "Carnival", containing remixes of some of the songs from the original release of the band's album "Rio" released on the Harvest label in the United States, becomes the first EP to enter Billboard's album chart, where it will appear for one week at #98.

35 Years Ago Today In 1990 - Capitol Records releases Megadeth's album "Rust In Peace".

1991 - Tanya Tucker, Liberty Records (later renamed Capitol Records Nashville) artist, gives birth to her second child, son Beau Grayson Tucker, and wins the Country Music Association's Female Vocalist Of The Year Award at the CMA Awards which she watches from her hospital bed in Nashville, Tennessee.

1991 - Also at the CMA Awards Show, held in Nashville, Tennessee, Liberty Records (later renamed Capitol Records Nashville) artist Garth Brooks wins four CMA awards, including Entertainer Of The Year.

2001 - Manny Albam, composer, arranger (including tracks for Capitol Records group Woody Herman and His Orchestra as well as for Dizzy Gillespie, Coleman Hawkins, Stan Getz, Sarah Vaughan, and Count Basie), conductor, and teacher, dies of cancer at his home in Croton-On-Hudson, New York at age 79.

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

90 Years Ago Today In 1935 - Bob Kelly, singer, guitarist, and songwriter ("Git It" and “Somebody Help Me" were covered by Capitol Records artist Gene Vincent), is born Robert Kelly in Fort Worth, Texas.

1941 - Future Capitol Records artist Dean Martin marries his first wife Elizabeth (Betty) Anne McDonald who will become mother of their children Stephen (Craig), born June 29, 1942; Claudia, born March 16, 1944; Barbara (Gail), born April 11, 1945; and Deana (Dina), born August 19, 1948.

80 Years Ago Today In 1945 - Don McLean, singer, songwriter, guitarist, and United Artists Records artist, is born Donald Robert McLean in New Rochelle, New York. United Artists' catalog is currently owned by Capitol Music Group's parent company, Universal Music Group.

1977 - United Artists Records artist Kenny Rogers marries television actress Marianne Gordon.

1992 - Overdubs arranged by Benny Golson are recorded for Lou Rawls titles "I'm Still In Love With You", "Since I Met You Baby", and "Save Your Love For Me" with John Faddis on trumpet, Jimmy Knepper on trombone, Jerome Richardson on alto saxophone, Ron Blake on tenor saxophone, and Sheldon Powell on baritone saxophone at M & I Studios in New York City, New York. Manhattan Records will issue the final mixes of all the titles on Rawls' CD "Portrait Of The Blues" (7-99548-2) which will later be reissued on the Blue Note label.

ON THIS DAY NOT IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

75 Years Ago Today In 1950 - Charles M. Schulz's comic strip "Peanuts" debuts in seven newspapers (The Washington Post, The Chicago Tribune, The Minneapolis Tribune, The Allentown Call-Chronicle, The Bethlehem Globe-Times, The Denver Post and The Seattle Times) and will run eventually in over 2,600 newspapers in 75 countries without interruption until February 13, 2000, one day after the death of Schulz.

1951 - Sting, a singer, songwriter, member of the band The Police, solo artist, and a motion picture producer ("A Guide To Recognizing Your Saints") with his wife Trudie Styler, is born Gordon Matthew Sumner in Wallsend, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England. I interviewed Sting while I was entertainment editor for "The California Tech", CalTech's weekly newspaper, when he was on a promotional tour for the movie "Brimstone and Treacle" and later designed promotional billboards for the theatrical release by First Look Studios of "A Guide To Recognizing Your Saints".

1959 - "The Twilight Zone" television series premieres when its pilot is shown on CBS-TV.

1962 - Dimension Records, a division of Alton Records, releases The Cookies' single "Chains", written by Gerry Goffin and Carole King, with "Stranger In My Arms" on the flipside. The Beatles will add the song to their performance set and record a version which will be released March 23 and April 26, 1963 on the, respectively, mono and stereo versions of their Parlophone album "Please Please Me" in the U.K., on November 1, 1963 on their Parlophone EP "No. 1" in the U.K., on January 6, 1964 and February 10, 1964 on both versions of their Vee-Jay album "Introducing The Beatles" in the United States, and on March 22, 1965 on their Capitol Records album "The Early Beatles" in the United States.

OCTOBER 1, 2025

HAPPY BIRTHDAYS!

110 Years Ago Today In 1915 - Skeets McDonald, songwriter, singer, and Capitol Records artist (1951-1958), is born Enos William McDonald in Greenway, Arkansas.

1929 - Bonnie Owens, a singer, Capitol Records artist with The Strangers, and former wife of Capitol Records artists Buck Owens and Merle Haggard, is born Bonnie Campbell in in Blanchard, Oklahoma. Thanks to Eileen for the update!

90 Years Ago Today In 1935 - Ann Richards, singer, wife of Capitol Records artist Stan Kenton, vocalist with Charlie Barnet and His Orchestra, George Redman and His Orchestra, and the Capitol Records group Stan Kenton and His Orchestra (1955), and a solo Capitol Records artist, is born in San Diego, California.

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1947 - Jerry Colonna and His San Fernando Valley Pals (aka Frank de Vol and His Orchestra [lineup unlisted]) record the titles "Honkey Little Donkey" and "Riding The Old Donner Trail" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both together titles as a single (Capitol Americana 40060).

1947 - Hal Derwin, the vocal group The King Sisters, and Frank De Vol record five unlisted titles for The Capitol Records Transcription Service probably at "The Chateau" on De Longpre near Vine Street in Hollywood, California. No issuing information is listed.

1948 - Margaret Whiting's Capitol Records single "A Tree In The Meadow", with "I'm Sorry, But I'm Glad" on the flipside, hits #1 on The Billboard magazine's Best-Selling Popular Retail Records and Records Most Played By Disc Jockeys Singles charts.

1948 - Vocalist Margaret Whiting\ and The Crew Chiefs (an unlisted vocal chorus) overdub vocals for the title "Far Away Places" in Los Angeles, California on to a band track by Frank De Vol and his Orchestra that was recorded somewhere in Mexico sometime in September 1948. Capitol Records will release the final mix of the title as a single (Capitol 15278) with "My Own True Love" (recorded December 9, 1947) on the flipside.

1948 - Jack Smith and The Clark Sisters (lineup unlisted) overdub vocals in Los Angeles, California for the titles "Cuanto La Gusta" and "The Corn Belt Symphony" on to band tracks recorded by an unlisted orchestra. Capitol Records will issue the final mixes of both titles together as a single (Capitol 15280).

1948 - The Striders (aka The 4 Striders, actually three brothers: tenor Eugene Strider, baritone Charles Strider, and bass James Strider, along with tenor Ernest Griffin) record the as yet unissued title "Feather Your Nest", the titles "Pleasin' You (As Long As I Live)", "Somebody Stole My Rose Colored Glasses", and the as yet unissued titles "I'm A Hesitatin' Fool", "Die From A Broken Heart" and "Drop That Other Shoe" at their second (and last) Capitol Records recording session. The second and third titles will be released by Capitol as a single (Capitol 15306) in November.1948. Marv Goldberg has a great article on the history of this group on his website.

1949 - Margaret Whiting and Jimmy Wakely's Capitol Records single "Slippin' Around" is #5 on Billboard's Best Selling Retail Records chart, up from #9 the week before, and Jo Stafford and Gordon MacRae with Paul Weston and His Orchestra's Capitol Records single "Whispering Hope" is #7 down from #6.

1951 - Renzo Cesana (as "The Continental") records vocals and narration with Eddie Baxter on organ for the titles "You Go To My Head" and "A Handful Of Stars", the as yet unissued take of the title "Take Me In Your Arms", and the titles "It Can't Be Wrong", "(All Of A Sudden) My Heart Sings", and "Roses And Champagne" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "You Go To My Head" and "(All Of A Sudden) My Heart Sings" together as a single (Capitol 1844), "A Handful Of Stars" and "It Can't Be Wrong" together as a single (Capitol 1877) and "Roses And Champagne" on the compilation album "Camp" (Capitol T 2474).

1951 - Ray Anthony and His Orchestra (Ray Anthony, Woody Fansler, Jack Laubach, Conrad Gozzo, and Marty White on trumpet, Keith Butterfield, Tom Oblak, Ken Trimble, and Dick Reynolds on trombone, Earl Bergman and Jim Schneider on clarinet and alto saxophone, Ted Nash and Robert "Buddy" Wise on tenor saxophone, Leo Anthony on alto and baritone saxophone, Fred Savarise on piano, Al Hendrickson on guitar, Billy Cronk on bass, and Archie Freeman on drums), using arrangements by George Williams, record the tracks "At Last" and "I Hear A Rhapsody" with vocals by Tommy Mercer and The Anthony Choir (lineup unlisted), "My Concerto" with vocals by Tommy Mercer, and "Brother Fats" with vocals by Georgia Craig in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the first track as a single (Capitol 1678) with "As Time Goes By" (recorded on April 15, 1952) on the flipside, the second track as a single (Capitol 1973) with "For Dancers Only" (recorded January 3, 1952) on the flipside, the third track as a single (Capitol 1835) with "I'll Remember April" (recorded June 30, 1951) on the flipside, and the last track as a single (Capitol 1857) with "I Remember Harlem" (recorded September 27, 1957) on the flipside.

1952 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Somewhere Along The Way" is #15, his single "Because Your Mine" is #21, his single "Ruby And The Pearl debuts at #25 and it's flipside, "Faith Can Move Mountains", debuts at #26 all on The Billboard magazine's Best Selling Pop Singles chart. "Faith Can Move Mountains" is also #4 on the magazine's The Disk Jockeys Pick chart. "Somewhere Along The Way" is also #10 on the magazine's Records Most Played By Disk Jockeys chart and # 19 on its Most Played Juke Box Records chart.

1952 - George Greeley conducts the orchestra (lineup unlisted) as they record the titles "Overture" with vocals by Robert Sands and a male chorus (lineup unlisted), the titles "Riff Song" with vocals by Gordon MacRae and the male chorus, "French Marching Song" with vocals by Lucille Norman and a girls chorus (lineup unlisted) and the male chorus, "Chiding Bit, Part 2" and "Why Waste Time" both with vocals by Gordon MacRae, Lucille Norman, and the girls chorus, "The Desert Song" with vocals by Gordon MacRae, and "Duet/Sabre Song, Part 1", "Sabre Song, Part 2", and "Finale" all with vocals by Gordon MacRae and Lucille Norman in Los Angeles, California between 7:00 PM and 10:00 PM. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on the album "'Desert Song' (Selections)" (FBF-351).

70 Years Ago Today In 1955 - Les Baxter and His Orchestra with vocals by The Notables' Capitol Records single "Wake The Town And Tell All The People" with "I'll Never Stop Loving You" on the flip side, is #14 on Billboard's Best Selling Popular Retail Records chart, down from #13 the previous week and The Cheers with Les Baxter and His Orchestra and Chorus' Capitol Records' single "Black Denim Trousers" with "Some Night In Alaska" on the flipside is #18 up from #23 the previous week.

1956 - Capitol Records releases Tennessee Ernie Ford's single "First Born", which was recorded June 4, 1956, with "Have You Seen Her?" on the flipside.

1957 - It's a Tuesday, and tonight's episode of NBC-TV's "The Nat 'King' Cole Show" was taped live at The Sands Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada and features an appearance by Tony Bennett. Here's the script.

1957 - Freddy Martin conducts His Orchestra (lineup unlisted) as they record Greig's "Piano Concerto In A Minor", Addinsell's "Warsaw Concerto", "Cumana", and "Blue Champagne" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Martin's album "Freddy Martin In Hi-Fi" (W 900).

1957 - Vocalist Frank Sinatra, with Billy May conducting his own arrangements to His Orchestra (Mannie Klein, Conrad Gozzo, Shorty Sherock, and Pete Candoli on trumpets, Si Zentner, Murray McEachern, Tommy Pederson, and Francis "Joe" Howard on trombones, Skeets Herfurt and Buddy Collette on alto saxophone, Ted Nash and Jules Jacob on tenor saxophone, Fred Falensby on baritone saxophone, Frank Flynn on vibraphone, Bill Miller on piano, Al Hendrickson on guitar, Joe Mondragon on bass, Country Washburne on tuba, Alvin
Stoller on drums, and Verlye Mills on harp), records the titles "On The Road To Mandalay", "Let's Get Away From It All", and "Isle Of Capri" in Studio A in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California between 8:30 PM and 11:30 PM. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Sinatra's album "Come Fly With Me" (W/SW 920).

1957 - During two sessions held this day in New York City, New York, Fred Waring conducts The Pennsylvanians (lineup unlisted) as they record the titles "Dear hearts And Gentle People" using an arrangement by Hawley Ades, "Comin' Thro' The Rye" with an arrangement by Harry Simeone and vocals by Patti Beems, and "Tennessee Waltz" also arranged by Ades and with vocals by Gordon Goodman at the first session and the titles "The Inch Worm" arranged by Simeone and "If I Had My Way" arranged by Ades. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on the album "Fred Waring And The Pennsylvanians - All Through The Night" (T/ST 936).

1957 - Lyle Ritz finishes recording tracks for his album "How About Uke?" at The Capitol Tower Studios in Hollywood, California.

1959 - Dakota Staton, with producer Dave Cavanaugh and an orchestra conducted by Sid Feller, records the track "September in the Rain" for her 1960 Capitol Records album "More Than Most".

1962 - Capitol Records releases The Beach Boys' first album "Surfin' Safari".

1962 - Capitol Records releases Buck Owens' album "Your For Me".

1962 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Ramblin' Rose" is #24 on WHK 1420 AM's Official Fabulous 50 Tunedex in Cleveland, Ohio.

1962 - Vocalist Lou Rawls, with Onzy Matthews directing his own arrangements to the orchestra (Bob Bryant, Bud Brisbois, Bob Rolfe, and George Graham on trumpets, Lou Blackburn, Les Robertson, Horace Tapscott, and Charles Wilson on trombones, Bob Knight on bass trombone, Alexander Nelson on alto saxophone, Curtis Amy on soprano and tenor saxophone, Jay Migliori and Lou Ciotti on tenor saxophones, Jack Nimitz on baritone saxophone, Richard "Groove" Holmes on organ, Gene Edwards on guitar, Jim Crutcher on bass, and Leroy Henderson on drums), records the titles "Everyday I Have The Blues", "How Long, How Long Blues", "St. James Infirmary", and "I'd Rather Drink Muddy Water" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Rawls' album "Black And Blue" (T/ST 1824).

1967 - Capitol Records registers the masters it purchased for Pink Floyd's titles "Apples And Oranges" and "Paint Box" and 18th Century Concepts' titles "Think Drink Theme" and "18th Century Bean" in Los Angeles, California. No issuing information for any of the titles is listed.

1969 - The Beatles' Apple Records album "Abbey Road" is released and distributed in the United States by Capitol Records.

1971 - John Lennon's third solo Apple Records album "Imagine", distributed in the United States by Capitol Records, is certified Gold by the R.I.A.A.

1972 - Capitol Records edits The Band's title "Don't Do It" and creates a "short version" of the title "(I Don't Want To) Hang Up My Rock And Roll Shoes" from recordings of a concert that took place on June 30, 1972 and will issue the edited version of "Don't Do It" as a single (Capitol 6246) with "Ain't Got No Home" (a remixed version of the title recorded between June 4 and June 8, 1973) on the flipside. No issuing information is listed for "(I Don't Want To) Hang Up My Rock And Roll Shoes (Short Version)".

1973 - "Texas" Bill Strength, singer, guitarist, inductee to the Country Music Disc Jockey Hall of Fame, and a Capitol Records artist (1953-1956) dies of injuries after an auto accident in August 1973 left him paralyzed from the waist down and later sent him into a coma at age 45.

20 Years Ago Today In 2005 - Capitol Records Nashville artist Dierks Bentley becomes the youngest current member of The Grand Ole Opry.

20 Years Ago Today In 2005 - Paul Pena, singer and Capitol Records artist (1972), dies at age 55 in his San Francisco, California apartment of complications from diabetes and pancreatitis.

2008 - Nick Reynolds (born Nicholas Wells Reynolds), singer, songwriter, guitarist and founding member of the Capitol Records group The Kingston Trio, dies at age 75 in San Diego, California when his family chooses to have his life support turned off after his being hospitalized for weeks with acute respiratory disease and a variety of other illnesses.

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1936 - "Dr." George Butler, drummer in the bands Eggs Over Easy and Kilburn & The High Roads, producer for Blue Note (for artists Noel Pointer, Bobbi Humphrey, Donald Byrd, Ronnie Laws and others) and Columbia Records (for artists Harry Connick, Jr., Branford Marsalis, Wynton Marsalis, Terence Blanchard, and Marlon Jordan), is born in Autaugaville, Alabama.

70 Years Ago Today In 1955 - Future Capitol Records artist Jackie Gleason's CBS-TV series "The Honeymooners" premieres.

70 Years Ago Today In 1955 - Fats Dominio's Imperial Records single "Ain't That A Shame" is still #1 on Billboard's Best Selling Retail Records chart.

1958 - Martin Cooper, the saxophonist with the Virgin Records group Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark, is born in Liverpool, England. I adapted the original U.K packaging of the group's albums for release in the United States by Virgin Records America.

1959 - Youssou N'dour, singer and Earthworks Records artist, is born in Dakar, Senegal, Africa. I adapted the original U.K packaging of N'dour's "Immigrés" and "The Lion" albums for release in the United States by Virgin Records America and designed promotional materials for the single "The Truth".

1964 - The Beatles' United Artists motion picture "A Hard Day's Night" premieres in Prague, Czechoslovakia, becoming the first Western pop culture film to be seen behind the Iron Curtain.

1964 - Vee-Jay Records releases the compilation album "The Beatles vs THE FOUR SEASONS".

1964 - Souvenir Press releases Brian Epstein (manager of The Beatles)' book "A Cellar Full of Noise".

1967 - Trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie, with Ray Nance on violin, Pepper Adams on baritone saxophone, Chick Corea on piano, and Richard Davis on bass, performs the titles, with Elvin Jones on drums, "Birks' Works" and "Lullaby Of The Leaves", with Mel Lewis on drums, the titles "Lover Come Back To Me"  and "Blues For Max", and with Lewis still on drums and with Garnett Brown on trombone and without Ray Nance on violin, the titles "Tour De Force, "On The Trail", and "Sweet Georgia Brown" during a show at The Village Vanguard in New York City, New York that was recorded. Blue Note Records will issue all the titles unedited on the two CD set "Dizzy Gillespie - Live At The Village Vanguard" (7-80507-2).

1967 - Trumpeter Marvin Stamm, with Garnett Brown on trombone, Joe Farrell on tenor saxophone, Chick Corea on piano, Richard Davis on bass, and Elvin Jones on drums, performs the titles "13 Avenue B", "Stella By Starlight", and "Bachafillen" during a show at the Village Vanguard in New York City, New York. Blue Note Records will issue all the titles unedited on the CD "Jazz For A Sunday Afternoon - Live From The Village Vanguard" (7-89280-2).1971 - Former Capitol Records artist Gene Vincent records an interview and the tracks "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On" and "Distant Drums" at BBC's Maida Vale studios in London, England for Radio One with Richard Cole and The Kansas Hook Band. This will be his last recording session before his death on October 12, 1971.

1988 - Bobby McFerrin's EMI Manhattan single "Don't Worry Be Happy" is still #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart.

ON THIS DAY NOT IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1928 - According to Walt Disney in a 1933 article in the magazine Film Pictorial, today is Mickey Mouse's birthday and the anniversary of the first public showing of his first cartoon – the silent short "Plane Crazy". The entire cartoon was animated by Ub Iwerks and inked in Walt's garage on Lyric Avenue in a makeshift studio where Walt and Roy Disney's wives (Lillian and Edna), along with Walt's sister-in-law (Hazel Sewell), inked and painted Ub's artwork onto cels.

90 Years Ago Today In 1935 - Future Capitol Records artist Judy Garland's first M-G-M contract officially starts at $100.00 per week (equal to about $1300 today).