SEPTEMBER 2, 2026

HAPPY BIRTHDAYS!

1917 - Laurindo Almeida, guitarist, member of Stan Kenton's orchestra, and World Pacific Jazz and Capitol Records recording artist, is born Laurindo José de Araujo Almeida Nobrega Neto in the small Brazilian coastal town of Prainha (now called Miracatu), near the port city of Santos in São Paulo State.

80 Years Ago Today In 1946 - Billy Preston, singer, actor, songwriter, keyboardist, and Capitol Recoeds and Apple Records recording artist, is born William Everett Preston in Houston, Texas.

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1949 - Margaret Whiting and Jimmy Wakely's Capitol Records single "Slippin' Around" enters the U.S. Country singles charts.

1952 - During two sessions held this day in Los Angeles, California, trumpet player Ray Anthony and His Orchestra (Bruce Brukert, Dean Hinkle, Knobby Lee, and Jack Laubach also on trumpets, Keith Butterfield, Walter Shields, Ken Trimble, and Dick Reynolds on trombones, Earl Bergman and Jim Schneider on clarinets and alto saxophones, Buddy Wise and Billy Usselton on tenor saxophones, Leo Anthony on alto and baritone saxophones, Fred Savarise on piano, Vince Terri on guitar, Billy Cronk on bass, and Archie Freeman on drums), record the titles "Blue Jeans" and, with an arrangement by George Williams, "Street Scene" at the first session and the titles "Trees", "People In Love" with vocals by Tommy Mercer and The Anthony Choir (lineup unlisted), and "On The Trail" at the second session. Capitol Records will issue "Blue Jeans" on Anthony and the orchestra's EP album "Saddle Shoe Shuffle" (EAP-1-557), "Street Scene" as a single (Capitol 2327) with "On The Trail (From 'Grand Canyon Suite')" (the version re-recorded on October 27, 1952) and on Anthony's album "Concert" (T 406), "People In Love" as a single (Capitol 2293) with "Idaho" (recorded September 3, 1952) on the flipside, and have yet to issue "Trees" and the take of "On The Trail" recorded on this date.

1952 - Vocalist Frances Faye, with Dave Cavanaugh's Music and Orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the titles "I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate", "My Last Affair", "When Love Comes Knocking At Your Door", and "She Looks" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate" and "She Looks" together as a single (Capitol 2278), "My Last Affair" as a single (Capitol 2347) with "On A Raft (In The Middle Of The Ocean" (recorded August 1, 1952) on the flipside, and have yet to issue "When Love Comes Knocking At Your Door".

1953 - Soprano vocalist Dorothy Warenskjold, with George Greeley conducting the Orchestra (lineup unlisted) records Dvorak's "Love Songs, Opus 83, N° 2", "Love Songs, Opus 83, N° 3" & "Love Songs, Opus 83, N° 6", "Gypsy Songs, Opus 55, N° 5", "Gypsy Songs, Opus 55, N° 6", and "Love Song In D, Opus 83, N° 1" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Warenskjold's album "GRIEG/DVORAK Songs" (P-8247).

1957 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Send For Me" is #27 on WMGM's Top 40 Survey in New York City, New York.

1958 - Trumpet player and bandleader Ray Anthony and His Orchestra (Pete Candoli, Conrad Gozzo, Jack Laubach, and Gene Duermeyer also on trumpets, Frank Lane, Lloyd Elliott, and Dick Nash on trombones, Ken Shroyer on bass trombone, Gus Bivona and Wilbur Schwartz on clarinets and alto saxophones, Bob Hardaway and Plas Johnson on tenor saxophones, Med Flory on baritone saxophone, Paul Smith on piano, Al Hendrickson on guitar, Don Simpson on bass, Alvin Stoller on drums, Lou Singer on percussion, and Ann Mason Stockton on harp), using arrangements by Don Simpson, record the titles "Moon Dreams (My Reverie)", "Tonight We Love (Tchaikovsky)", "Golden Sunbeams (Chopin)", "Silver Threads And Golden Needles", and "Goodnight Ladies" in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records which has yet to issue any of the titles.

1959 - Nat "King" Cole records the tracks "In A Mellow Tone" and "Whatcha' Gonna Do" at The Capitol Tower Studios, in Hollywood, California, which would be released as bonus tracks on Cole's Capitol Records compact disc "At The Sands".

1963 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records album "Days Of Summer" is #5 on CHUM 1050 AM's Album Chart in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

1963 - During two sessions held this day at Western Studios in Los Angeles, California, The Beach Boys (vocalists Mike Love, Brian Wilson, Carl Wilson, Denis Wilson, and Al Jardine), with unlisted guitar and drums players, record the titles "Ballad Of Ole' Betsy" with Brian Wilson on lead vocals, "Be True To Your School" with Mike Love on lead vocals, "Car Crazy Cutie", and "Cherry, Cherry Coupe" at the first session and the titles "Spirit Of America", "No-Go Showboat", "A Young Man Is Gone", and "Custom Machine" at the second session. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on the group's album "Little Deuce Coupe" (T/ST 1998).

1965 - The Beatles' Capitol Records single "Help!", with "I'm Down" on the flipside, is certified Gold by the R.I.A.A.

1972 - Vocalist Dick Curless, with Jerry Smith on piano, Harold Ray Bradley and Buzz Evans on guitars, Harold "Curly" Chalker on steel guitar, Joe Allen on bass, and Murrey M. "Buddy" Harman Jr. on drums, perform the titles "Chick Inspector", "Truck Stop", "I've Come Awful Close", "The Lonesome Road", "15 Gears And 14 Wheels", "Big Wheel Cannonball", "Sixty Minute Man", "Evil Hearted me", "I'm Gonna Move To The Outskirts Of Town", and "(Drinkin' Beer And) Singing A Country Song" at The Wheeling Truck Drivers Jamboree in Wheeling, West Virginia. The performances are recorded and Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Curless' album "Live At The Wheeling Truck Driver's Jamboree" (ST-11119).

1973 - Randy Barlow records the titles "Nobody Likes To See A Good Man Cry" and "Whisky River" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both titles together as a single (Capitol 3762).

1977 - Vocalist Natalie Cole, with unlisted others, records the titles "I Just Can't Stay Away" and "I'm Right, He's Wrong" in Los Angeles, California. After overdubs for "I Just Can't Stay Away" are recorded on September 6, 7, 20, 21, and 22, 1977, Capitol Records will issue the title on Cole's album "Thankful" (SW-11708), after the title is edited as a single (Capitol 4572) with an edited version of "Annie Mae" (recorded August 30, 1977) on the flipside.

1978 - George Harrison marries Olivia Trinidad Arias, a secretary at his label, Dark Horse Records.

1982 - Pages (lineup unlisted) record the title "Video Eyes" in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records which has yet to issue the title.

1987 - Lorelei (lineup unlisted) record the title "Military Zoo" in an unlisted studio for Capitol Records. No issuing information is listed.

1988 - Capitol Records registers the masters for Lloyd Cole & The Commotions' titles "I Don't Believe You" and "Mystery Train". No issuing information is listed.

1994 - Capitol Records Nashville releases a special Garth Brooks' compilation album, "The Garth Brooks Collection", via McDonald's restaurants with proceeds going to the Ronald McDonald House charity.

1999 - Capitol Records Nashville releases Garth Brooks' album "Ropin' The Wind".

2008 - Brian Wilson performs for a live audience at 8:00 AM in The Capitol Tower Studios in Hollywood, CA as part of a "Breakfast With Brian Wilson" promotion with radio station KRTH 101.

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1928 - Horace Silver, pianist, composer, and Blue Note Records artist is born in Norwalk, Connecticut.

95 Years Ago Today In 1931 - Saxophonist and Blue Note Records artist Clifford Jordan is born in Chicago, Illinois.

1932 - Walter Davis Junior, pianist and Blue Note Records artist is born in Richmond, Virginia.

1968 - Gerald Wilson conducts his own arrangements to His Orchestra (Bobby Bryant, Larry McGuire, Alex Rodrigues, and Tony Rusch on trumpets, Frank Strong, Lester Robertson, and Thurman Green on trombones, Mike Wimberly on bass trombone, Dave Duke on French horn, Anthony Ortega on alto saxophone, flute and piccolo, Ramon Borjorquez also on alto saxophone, Hadley Caliman and Harold Land on tenor saxophone, Allan Beutler on baritone saxophone, Henry De Vega and Pete Terry on reeds, Mike Wofford and Jimmy Rowles on piano, organ, and harpsichord, Mike Anthony on guitar, Wilton Felder on electric bass, Stan Gilbert on bass, Carl Lott on drums, and Hugh Anderson and Joe Porcaro on percussion) as they record the title "Sunshine Of Your Love" at the Liberty Studios in Los Angeles, California for Pacific Jazz Records. After Pacific Jazz's catalog is acquired by E.M.I., Blue Note Records will re-issue the title on the multi-artist compilation CD "Deep Blue - The United States Of Mind" (5-21152-2).

2003 - Liberty Records, revived as a name by EMI Music for catalog product, releases the compilation CDs "The Best Of The Definitive American Songbook A-I" and "The Best Of The Definitive American Songbook J-Z". I helped research the history of the songs and recordings for the packages' liner notes. I did the same for others in the "Definitive American Songbook" series which initially was only available as part of an infomercial promotion that was hosted by Andy Williams around Thanksgiving 2004. At least 5 volumes were later released to brick and mortars.

SEPTEMBER 1, 2026

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

1900 - Don Wilson, a radio and television announcer, a radio, Broadway, motion picture, and television actor, and a narrator of many of Capitol Records' children's albums between 1947 and 1954, is born Donald Hatch Wilson in Lincoln, Nebraska.

1925 - Art Pepper, alto saxophonist, member of Benny Carter, Stan Kenton, and Buddy Rich's big band orchestras, and a solo artist on Pacific Jazz, Aladdin, Blue Note, Galaxy, and Capitol Records, is born Arthur Edward Pepper, Jr. in Gardena, California.

1999 - Jadagrace, singer, dancer, actress, granddaughter of Motown founder Barry Gordy, and a Capitol Records artist, is born Jadagrace Michiko Gordy-Nash in Beverly Hills, California.

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1942 - Tenor vocalist Giuseppe Nessi, baritone vocalists Mariano Stabile and Afro Poli, and bass vocalist Luciano Donaggio, with Alberto Erede conducting the La Scala Orchestra (lineup unlisted), record Verdi's "Prima Di Tutto (From 'Falstaff' - Act 2, Scene 1) in two parts in Milan, Italy for Telefunken Records. Capitol Records will license Telefunken's catalog for release in the United States and issue both parts on the album "VERDI - Falstaff (Excerpts)" (ECL-8073).

1949 - Capitol Records artist Dean Martin marries his second wife, Jeanne Biegger, a former Orange Bowl Queen.

1949 - Sally Martin (on vocals, with Julia Mae Smith on trumpet, Hilton "Nappy" Lamare on guitar, Leonard Bibb on bass, and Zutty Singleton on drums) records the tracks "In My Heart", "The Little Wooden Church (On The Hill), "Jesus Is The Only One" and "He's All I Need" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will later release the first and last tracks together as a single (Capitol 848) and the second and third tracks together as a single (Capitol 57-70048).

1952 - Robert Sands, Gordon MacRae, Lucille Norman, and Thurl Ravenscroft (on vocals), with an orchestra conducted by George Greeley, record the tracks "Act I - Prologue" (vocals by Robert Sands and an unlisted male chorus), "Why Did We Marry Soldiers?" (vocals by an unlisted girl chorus), "Romance" (vocals by Lucille Norman), Then You'll Know (vocals by Gordon MacRae and Lucille Norman), "Chiding Bit, Part 1" (vocals by Gordon MacRae and Lucille Norman), "Act 2 - Let Love Come" (vocals by Thurl Ravenscroft), "One Flower" (vocals by Robert Sands), "Interlude/One Alone (vocals by Gordon MacRae), and "Sabre Bright (Sabre Song)" (vocals by Lucille Norman) between 7:00 PM and 11:00 PM in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on "Selections from The Desert Song" (Capitol FBF-351).

1953 - Mel Blanc records the vocal tracks for the titles "Happy Hippety Hopper" (Parts 1 and 2), "Pied Piper Pussy Cat" (Parts 1 and 2), and "Yes Das Ist Ein Christmas Tree" using a script written by Ted Pierce and Warren Foster in Los Angeles, California over band tracks recorded by Van Alexander conducting his own arrangements to an orchestra that were recorded on August 31, 1953. After additional band tracks are recorded by Van Alexander conducting his own arrangements to the orchestra for "Happy Hippety Hopper" and "Pied Piper Pussy Cat" on September 10, 1953, Capitol Records will issue the final mixes of "Happy Hippety Hopper" eight years later in the compilation album "Bugs Bunny And His Friends" (Capitol J-3257), "Pied Piper Pussy Cat" as a children's single album (Capitol CAS-3188), and "Yes Das Ist Ein Christmas Tree" as a children's record single with "I Tant Wait Till Quithmuth (Day)" (recorded October 9, 1951) on the flipside (CAS-3191).

1953 - Soprano vocalist Dorothy Warenskjold, with George Greeley conducting the orchestra (lineup unlisted) records Dvorak's "Gypsy Songs, Opus 55: N° 1", "Gypsy Songs, Opus 55: N° 2", "Gypsy Songs, Opus 55: N° 3: Silent The Woods", "Gypsy Songs, Opus 55: N° 4: Songs My Mother Taught Me", and "Gypsy Songs, Opus 55: N° 7" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Warenskjold's album "GRIEG/DVORAK Songs" (P-8247) and "Gypsy Songs, Opus 55: N° 3: Silent The Woods" and "Gypsy Songs, Opus 55: N° 4: Songs My Mother Taught Me" on the album "DVORAK/GRIEG Songs" (FAP-8250).

1954 - During two sessions held this day at Capitol Records' studios at 5515 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood, California with producer Dave Dexter, Jr., Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra (Cat Anderson, Willie Cook, Ray Nance, Clark Terry, and Gerald Wilson on trumpet; Quentin Jackson and Britt Woodman on trombone; John Sanders on valve trombone; Russell Procope on alto saxophone and clarinet; Rick Henderson on alto saxophone; Paul Gonsalves on tenor saxophone; Jimmy Hamilton on clarinet and tenor saxophone; Harry Carney on baritone saxophone and baritone clarinet; Duke Ellington  on piano; Wendell Marshall on bass; Dave Black on drums; and Ralph Collier on conga) record the titles "Smile" and "Echo Tango" at the first session and "If I Give My Heart To You", "Chile Bowl", and "Bakiff" at the second session.

1955 - Judy Garland records the titles "Happiness Is a Thing Called Joe" and "While We're Young" (with choral introduction of "This Is The Time Of The Evening" by Roger Edens and Leonard Gershe), with an orchestra conducted by Jack Cathcart, at Capitol Records' studios at 5515 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood, California.

1958 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Come Closer To Me (Acercate Mas)" is #33 on WMGM's Top 40 Survey in New York City, New York.

1959 - Frank Sinatra, Maurice Chevalier and chorus record the track "Montmart" with arranger and conductor Nelson Riddle in Studio A in The Capitol Tower Studios.

1960 - Frank Sinatra records the tracks "Sentimental Baby", "Ol' MacDonald Had A Farm", and "Blue Moon" in Studio A at The Capitol Tower Studios in Hollywood, California with arranger Nelson Riddle conducting the orchestra (Buddy Collette, Chuck Gentry, William Green, Plas Johnson, and Willie Schwartz on reeds; Carroll Lewis, Vito “Mickey” Mangano, George Seaberg, and Clarence “Shorty” Sherock on trumpet; George Arus, Gil Martin, Tommy Pederson, and Thomas Shepard on trombone; Victor Bay, Alex Beller, Kurt Dieterle, Jacques Gasselin, Louis Kaufman, Murray Kellner, Joseph Livoti, Mischa Russell, Gerald Vinci, and William Weiss on violin; Alvin Dinkin and Stanley Harris on viola; Ossip Giskin, Armand Kaproff, and Eleanor Slatkin on cello; Bill Miller on piano; Joe Comfort on bass; Irv Cottler on drums; Al Viola on guitar; Emil Richards on percussion; and Kathryn Julye on harp) and producer Dave Cavanaugh.

1963 - Vocalist Matt Monro, with Johnnie Spence conducting the orchestra (lineup unlisted but includes 4 tubas and possibly piano, guitar, bass, drums, percussion, strings, harp and a Russian string instrument players) records the title "From Russia With Love" in EMI's studios on Abbey Road in London, England. Capitol Records will issue the title as part of its "Gentlemen Of Song" series on the CD "Volume 18 Spotlight On...Matt Monro" (7-80181-2).

1967 - The Lettermen (vocalists Jim Pike, Tony Butala, and Bob Engemann), with unlisted others, record the titles "Windy", "Medley: Goin' Out Of My Head/Can't Take My Eyes Off Of Her", "James Bond Bit", and "I Believe/The Lettermen Bows" in Los Angeles, California. After overdubs for all the titles are recorded on September 13, 1967, Capitol Records will issue "Windy", "Medley: Goin' Out Of My Head/Can't Take My Eyes Off Of Her", and "I Believe/The Lettermen Bows" on the group's album "The Lettermen!! And "Live"!" (T/ST 2758), "Medley: Goin' Out Of My Head/Can't Take My Eyes Off Of Her" and "I Believe/The Lettermen Bows" together as a single (Capitol 2054), and have yet to issue "James Bond Bit".

1967 - This Side Up (lineup unlisted) records the titles "Book A Trip" and "In" in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue both titles together as a single (Capitol 2129).

1982 - Pages (lineup unlisted) records the title "Stop Action" in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records which has yet to issue the title.

1982 - Vocalist and guitarist Bob Seger and The Silver Bullet Band (lineup unlisted) record the title "Love's The Last To Know" in (listed as possibly) Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records. No issuing information is listed.

1984 - Tina Turner's Capitol Records single “What’s Love Got To Do With It?", with "Rock 'N' Roll Widow" on the flipside, hits #1 on Billboard magazine's Hot 100 Singles chart
1986 - Capitol Records releases The Beach Boys' single "California Dreamin'" with "Lady Liberty" on the flipside.

1990 - Poison's Enigma Records single distributed by Capitol Records single "Unskinny Bop", with "Swamp Juice" on the flipside, peaks at #3 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart.

ON THIS DAY NOT IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1887 - Emile Berliner files a patent for the lateral-cut, flat disc gramophone.