JUNE 6, 2018

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
45 Years Ago Today In 1973 - Lisa Brokop, Capitol Records Nashville/Liberty Records artist (1992-1996), is born Lisa Ann Brokop in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL HISTORY

1942 - Future Capitol Records artist Yma Sumac marries bandleader and composer Moisés Vivanco in Lima, Peru
1952 - It's a Friday and after getting approval from BBS Records from whom they bought the masters, Capitol Records releases Al Martino's single "Take My Heart" (Capitol 2122) with "I Never Cared" on the flipside. The original deal between the two labels was that Capitol would put off releasing the record until June 16 so as not to hurt sales of Martino's BBS single "Here In My Heart" but with the release on Monday, June 2 by Columbia Records of Toni Arden's version of the song, a deal was reached so that Capitol could release the song early.
65 Years Ago Today In 1953 - Les Baxter and His Orchestra's Capitol Records single "April In Portugal" is #2 on Billboard's Best Selling Retail Records chart, Nat "King" Cole (with Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra)'s Capitol Records single "Pretend" is 10, Les Baxter and His Orchestra's Capitol Records single "Ruby" (the flip side of "April In Portugal" is #15, Jane Froman (with orchestra conducted by Sid Feller)'s Capitol Records single "I Believe" is #16, and Kay Starr (with orchestra conducted by Harold Mooney)'s Capitol Records single "Half A Photograph" (with "Allez-Vous-En" on the flipside) enters the top 20 at #18. Also, Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Pretend" (with Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra) is #7 on The Billboard magazine's Most Played In Juke Boxes chart, #8 on Cash Box magazine's Best Selling Singles chart, and #16 on The Billboard magazine's Most Played By Jockeys chart. Cole's single "My Flaming Heart" is #19, its flipside, "I Am In Love" is #37, and Cole's single "Can't I" (with Billy May and His Orchestra) is #42 also on Cash Box magazine's Best Selling Singles chart.
65 Years Ago Today In 1953 - Vocalist and guitarist Wesley Tuttle and vocalist Marilyn Tuttle, with Margie Ann "Fiddlin' Kate" Warren on fiddle, Johnny Bond, Otis "Joe" Maphis, and Rose Lee Maphis on guitar, Dick Stubbs on steel guitar, and Clarence "Bud" Dooley on bass, record the titles "I Wonder Where You Are Tonight", "Vaya Con Dios (May God Be With You)", and "Don't You Remember?" in Capitol Records' studios at 5515 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue "I Wonder Where You Are Tonight" and "Vaya Con Dios (May God Be With You)" together as a single (Capitol 2514 on 10" shellac and F2514 on 7" vinyl), and "Don't You Remember?" also as a single (Capitol 2577 on 10" shellac and F2577 on 7" vinyl) with "Wonderful Waltz" (recorded July 1, 1953) on the flipside.
1955 - Over two sessions on the same day, Woody Herman and His Orchestra (Dick Collins, Bernie Glow, Jerry Kail, Gerry LaFurn, Reuben McFall, and Charlie Walp on trumpet; on Cy Touff on bass trumpet, Dick Kenney, Keith Moon on trombone; Woody Herman on clarinet, alto saxophone and vocals; Richie Kamuca, Dick Hafer, and Art Pirie on tenor saxophone; Jack Nimitz on baritone saxophone; Nat Pierce on piano; Billy Bauer on guitar; John Beal on bass; and Chuck Flores on drums) record the tracks "Opus De Funk" (arranged by Nat Pierce), "Cool Cat On A Hot Tin Roof" (arranged by Ralph Burns), "Pimlico" (arranged by Burns) during the first session with Glow on trumpet, then Travis replaces Glow for the second session when the band records the tracks "Captain Ahab" (arranged by Manny Albam), "I Remember Duke" (arranged by Burns); "Skinned" (arranged by George Williams), and "Love Is A Many Splendored Thing" (arranged by Burns), in New York City, New York for their Capitol Records album "Road Band!"
1955 - Jimmy Giuffre (on clarinet on the first track and tenor saxophone on the second and third, with Jack Sheldon on trumpet, Ralph Pena on bass, and Artie Anton on drums for all three tracks) records the tracks "Chirpin' Time", "Scintilla II", and "This Is My Beloved" at Capitol Records' Melrose Avenue studios. "Chirpin' Time" will be included on Giuffre's Capitol Records album "Jimmy Giuffre: Tangents In Jazz" and the other two will be released on Mosaic Records' 1997 compilation box set "The Complete Capitol & Atlantic Recordings of Jimmy Giuffre".
60 Years Ago Today In 1958 - Trumpet player and bandleader Ray Anthony and His Orchestra (Pete Candoli, Conrad Gozzo, and Gene Duermeyer also on trumpets, Frank Lane, Lew McCreary, and Tommy Pederson on trombones, Skeets Herfurt and Ronnie Lang on clarinets and alto saxophones, Bob Hardaway and Plas Johnson on tenor saxophones, Med Flory on baritone saxophones, John Bannister on piano, Bobby Gibbons on guitar, Don Simpson on bass, and Alvin Stoller on drums), with the vocal group The Skyliners (lineup unlisted) and using arrangements by Don Simpson, record the titles "Still Wind", "Why Should We Wonder?", "The World Belongs To Me", "Raindrops And Moonbeams", and "You Are Gone" in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Recors which has yet to issue any of the titles. Anthony's own label, Aero Space Records, will issue "Still Wind", "Why Should We Wonder?", "The World Belongs To Me", and "Raindrops And Moonbeams" on the album "Ray Anthony" (RA 1002).
1960 - Capitol Records releases Kay Starr's album "Movin' On Broadway" which was produced by Dave Cavanaugh with arrangements by Van Alexander who also conducts the orchestra
1962 - The Beatles, with Pete Best on drums, have their first recording session in Abbey Road Studios at 3 Abbey Road, St John's Wood, London as a test for Parlophone Records. The session take place in Studio 2 from 7:00 to 10:00 PM. The Beatles first run through a number of songs, and then record four titles for producer George Martin with his assistant Norman "Hurricane" Smith running the session with balance engineer Ron Richards and tape operators Chris Neal and Ken Townsend: "Besame Mucho", "Love Me Do", "P.S. I Love You", and "Ask Me Why". Only the recordings of "Besame Mucho" and "Love Me Do" survive and will eventually be released on the compilation album "Anthology 1".
55 Years Ago Today In 1963 - Vocalist Bobby Darin, with unlisted others and singing in German, records the titles "Schatten Auf Den Wegen (18 Yellow Roses)" and "Rote Rosen For Cindy (You're The Reason I'm Living)" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both titles in Germany together as a single (K22451).

55 Years Ago Today In 1963 - During two sessions held this day in E.M.I.'s Abbey Road studios in London, England, violist Nathan Milstein, with Anatole Fistoulari conducting The Philharmonia Orchestra (lineup unlisted), records Mozart's "Concerto N° 4 In D Major, 3rd movement" at the first session and Chausson's "Poème For Violin And Orchestra" at the second session. Angel Records, at the time a subsidiary of Capitol Records, issued "Concerto N° 4 In D Major, 3rd Movement" on the album "MOZART - Violin Concerto N° 4 In D Major/Violin Concerto N° 5 In A Major ('Turkish')" (S-36007) and "Poème For Violin And Orchestra" on the album "SAINT-SAENS - Concerto N° 3 In B Minor/CHAUSSON - Poeme For Violin & Orchestra" (S-36005).

1964 - Capitol Records original Broadway cast album "Funny Girl" is #2 on Billboard's Top 200 Albums chart and The Beatles' Capitol Records album "Meet The Beatles" slips to #4 after 5 weeks at #1.
1966 - Capitol Records Canada releases The Hollies' album "Look Through Any Window", The Swinging Blue Jeans' album "Don't Make Me Over", The Newman Centre Troubadors' album "The Canticle Of The Gift" on the Rainbow label, The Dave Clark Five's album "At The Scene", The Merrymen (featuring Emile Straker)'s album "Caribeat With The Merrymen", Cliff Richard's album "Blue Turns To Grey", and Manfred Mann's album "Mann Made"
1966 - Tower Records (a subsidiary of Capitol Records) releases Dick Curless' album "Travelin' Man" and Dick Curless and Kay Adams' album "A Devil Like Me".
50 Years Ago Today IN 1968 - Overdubs are recorded in Los Angeles, California for John Stewart and Buffy Ford's titles "July, You're A Woman", "Dark Prarie", "Holly On My Mind", and "Mucky Truckee River". After additional overdubs are recorded for "July, You're A Woman" on October 23, 1968, Capitol Records will issue the final mixes of all the titles on the duo's album "Signals Through The Glass" (ST 2975).

50 Years Ago Today In 1968 - The Beach Boys (lineup unlisted) record the title "Do It Again" in an unlisted studio. After overdubs are recorded in Los Angeles, California on June 7 and 12, 1968, Capitol Records will issue the final mix of the titles as a single (Capitol 2239) with "Wake The World" (recorded March 28, 1968) on the flipside and also on the the group's albums "Stack O' Tracks" (DKAO 2893) and the two-LP set "The Beach Boys - Made In U.S.A." (STBK-12396). The single will go to #1 in the U.K.

50 Years Ago Today In 1968 - Artie Shaw directs a big band which includes Bernie Privin and Mel Davis on trumpet, Buddy Morrow on trombone, Walt Levinsky on clarinet, Toots Mondello on alto saxophone, Al Klink and Billy Slapin on tenor saxophones, Bernie

Leighton on piano, and Don Lamond on drums as they record the titles "Lover Come Back To Me", "Copenhagen", and "Traffic Jam" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on the album "Artie Shaw Recreates His Great '38 Band" (ST 2992).

50 Years Ago Today In 1968 - The Jades (lineup unlisted) record the titles "Ain't It Funny What Love Can Do", "Movin' On", and "Baby I Need Your Love" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue "Ain't It Funny What Love Can Do" and "Baby I Need Your Love" together as a single (Capitol 2281). No issuing information is listed for "Movin' On".

50 Years Ago Today In 1968 - Capitol Records purchases the masters for Carnival Connection's title "Alfred Applebee's Awful Dream" in New York City, New York and will issue the title as a single (Capitol 2244) with "Poster Man" (recorded May 21, 1968) on the flipside.

45 Years Ago Today In 1973 - Vocalist Glen Campbell, with unlisted others, records the titles "Mansion On The Hill", "I Can't Help It (If I'm Still In Love With You)", and "Half As Much" in Los Angeles, California. After overdubs are recorded on June 7, 1968 for "I Can't Help It (If I'm Still In Love With You)" and "Half As Much" and on June 8, 1973 for "Mansion On The Hill", Capitol Records will issue the final mixes of all the titles on Campbell's album "I Remember Hank Williams" (SW-11253)

45 Years Ago Today In 1973 - Vocalist Dick Curless, with Johnny Gimble on fiddle, Hargus "Pig" Robbins on piano, Harold Ray Bradley, Ray Edenton, and Herman "Pete" Wade on guitars, Weldon Myrick on steel guitar, Bob Moore on bass, and Murrey M. "Buddy" Harman, Jr. on drums, records the titless "Swingin' Preacher", Country Soul", and Get On Board My Wagon" during an extended session the Jack Clement Studio in Nashville, Tennessee between 2:00 PM and 5:30 PM. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Curless' album "The Last Blues Song" ST-11211) and also "Swingin' Preacher" and "Get On Board My Wagon" together as a single (Capitol 3818).

1976 - Wings' Apple Records single "Silly Love Songs", released by Capitol Records in the United States, returns to #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart.

35 Years Ago Today In 1983 - Industry (lineup unlisted) records the title "Living Alone Too Long" at an unlisted studio. Capitol Records will issue the title on the group's album "Stranger To Stranger" (ST-12316).

35 Years Ago Today In 1983 - Vocalist Anne Murray, with unlisted others, records the title "The More We Try" at Eastern Sound Studio in Toronto, Canada. Capitol Records will issue the title as a single (Capitol 5305) with an edited version of "Heart Stealer" (recorded July 14, 1983) on the flipside and also on Murray's album "A Little Good News" (ST-12301).

1991 - Stan Getz (born Stanley Gayetzky), tenor saxophone player, bandleader, member of the Capitol Records bands Woody Herman and His Orchestra and The Metronome All Stars, and who as a solo artist on the Verve label would record in Capitol's Studios on Melrose Avenue and in The Capitol Tower until 1957, dies at age 64 of liver cancer in Malibu, California
2000 - Capitol Records releases Nancy Wilson's two-CD compilation "Anthology"
2000 - The first three volumes of Capitol Records' "From The Vaults" series, "Birth Of A Label", "Capitol Jumps" and "Vine Street Divas" are released. The series is compiled and produced by Billy Vera, who also wrote the series' extensive and informative liner notes. The look of the series' packaging is based on samples of packaging and advertisements from Capitol's early days that I pulled from my collection when I was working as a full-time freelancer in Capitol's art department.
15 Years Ago Today In 2003 - Roger G. Hall, promoter for Capitol Records subsidiary Angel Records (1956-1959), manager of the Philadelphia Orchestra (1959-1963) and head of artists and repertoire for RCA's classical-music label, Red Seal (1963-1970), dies at age 79 from complications of Parkinson's disease at his home in Wynnewood, Pennsylvania
2006 - Capitol Records releases "The Very Best Of Lou Rawls: You'll Never Find Another" with liner notes by Billy Vera that'll tear your heart out.
2006 - Capitol Records releases Sound Team's first full-length album "Movie Monster"
2006 - Billy Preston, a singer, keyboardist for both The Beatles and The Rolling Stones, and a solo Apple Records artist dies in Shea Scottsdale Hospital in Scottsdale, Arizona at age 59 from complications of an acute respiratory arrest, due to improper treatment for pericarditis, that put him into a coma on November 21, 2005
2007 - I got my copy of Johnny Mercer's 3 CD compilation "Mosaic Selects johnny mercer" that I had pre-ordered. It has a great note from Margaret Whiting and superb liner notes written by Billy Vera. There was a bit of confusion when I went to play disc 1 using iTunes as it gave the track listing for disc 3 and some unhappy reviewers comments next to each track. Playing the disc, the tracks that played were the ones listed for disc 1 on the packaging. I emailed Blue Note to let them know about the problem which they wrote back that they would look into it.

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1939 - Gary U.S. Bonds, a singer and an E.M.I. artist, is born Gary Anderson in Jacksonville, Florida
1960 - Rick Nelson's Imperial Records single "Young Emotions" is #14 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart
55 Years Ago Today In 1963 - Singer Sarah Vaughn (with Carmell Jones on trumpet, Teddy Edwards on tenor saxophone, Jack Wilson on organ, John Collins on guitar, Al McKibbon on bass, and Earl Palmer drums) records the tracks "What Kind Of Fool Am I" and "The Good Life" (without Jones and Edwards) with producer Teddy Reig at United Recorders in Los Angeles, California for her Roulette Records album "Sarah Sings Soulfully". Universal Music Group, Capitol Music Group's parent company, currently owns Roulette's catalog.
1972 - Jethro Tull's Chrysalis Records album "Thick As A Brick" is #1 on Billboard's Top 200 Albums chart. Chrysalis' U.S. catalog is currently owned by Universal Music Group, Capitol Music Group's parent company.
45 Years Ago Today In 1973 - Vocalist Marlena Shaw, with Derek Smith on clavichord, electric piano, and piano, Cornell Dupree, Carl Lynch, Hugh McCracken, and Gene Bertoncini on guitars, Wilbur Bascomb on electric bass, Ron Carter on bass, Grady Tate, Herbie Lovelle, and Charles Collins on drums, Gene Bianco on harp, George Jenkins and George Devens on percusssion, Arthur Jenkins on congas, and unlised strings and horns players, records the title "Prelude" at A & R Studios in New York City, New York. Blue Note Records will splice "Prelude" and "I Know I Love Him" (recorded May 31, 1973) together and release the final mix on Shaw's album "From The Depths Of My Soul" (BN-LA143-F).
45 Years Ago Today In 1973 - Flute player and vocalist Bobbi Humphrey, with Jerry Peters on piano and electric piano, Fonce Mizell on clavinet, trumpet and vocals, Fred Perren on synthesizer and vocals, David T. Walker  on guitar, Chuck Rainey on electric bass, Harvey Mason on drums, Stephanie Spruill on percussion, and Chuck Davis and Larry Mizell also on vocals, records the titles, "Harlem River Drive", "Just A Love Child", and "Blacks And Blues" at The Sound Factory studios in Los Angeles, California. Blue Note Records will issue all the titles on Humphrey's album "Blacks And Blues" (BN-LA-142-G on 12" vinyl and 4-98542-2 on CD).
1976 - Crystal Gayle's United Artists Records single "I'll Get Over You", with "High Time" on the flipside, is #1 on the U.S. Country singles charts.
40 Years Ago Today In 1978 - Soprano and tenor saxophonist and vocalist Ronnie Laws, with Barnaby Finch on electric piano, Melvin Robinson and Roland Bautista on guitars, Bobby Vega on electric bass, Raymond Pounds on drums, Andrew Acosta on percussion, and Sylvia St.James and Debra Thomas on background vocals, record the title "Love Is Here" at the Indigo Ranch studio in Los Angeles, California for United Artists Records. After E.M.I acquires United Artists' catalog, Capitol Records will issue the title on Laws' album "Classic Masters" (ST-12375 on 12" vinyl and 7-46585 on CD). Blue Note Records will also issue the title on the CD "The Best Of Ronnie Laws" (7-98289-2).
35 Years Ago Today In 1983 - EMI America purchases the masters for Spys' titles "Rescue Me", "Midnight Fantasy", "Behind Enemy Lines", "Sheep Don't Talk Back", "Reaction", "Heartache", "Race Against Time", "Younger Days", and "Can't Stop Us Now" and will issue all the titles on the group's album "Behind Enemy Lines" (ST-17098) and also "Midnight Fantasy" and "Race Against Time" together as a single (EMI America 8176).
2006 - Rhino Records releases Frank Sinatra, Jr.'s first album in a decade, "That Face!" (recorded in The Capitol Tower Studios). Rhino didn't put their logo on this package, instead, they used the Reprise ":r" logo. The album was recorded in The Capitol Tower Studios, features arrangements by Billy May, Nelson Riddle and Torrie Zito, and features Frank Sr.'s longtime pianist Bill Miller, who will go on tour with Frank Jr. starting in July in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

ON THIS DAY NOT IN CAPITOL HISTORY
1944 - D-Day occurs on the beaches and coast of Normandy, France
50 Years Ago Today In 1968 - Robert Francis "Bobby" Kennedy dies at Good Samaritan Hospital in Los Angeles, California of the three gunshot wounds he sustained in a pantry a little after midnight the day before while leaving the ballroom of The Ambassador Hotel after winning the California Democratic primary. Rosemary Clooney, a friend and a supporter of Kennedy, was performing at the hotel and suffers a nervous breakdown after hearing the news.
1971 - The last episode of "The Ed Sullivan Show" is broadcast on CBS. The episode is a repeat (the last original episode aired on March 28, 1971) of the episode that aired on February 7, 1971 that featured Melanie singing "Look What They've Done to My Song, Ma," "Ruby Tuesday" and "Alexander Beetle"; Joanna Simon (mezzo-soprano) singing "My Heart at Thy Sweet Voice"; impressionist David Frye; Danny Davis & the Nashville Brass; singers Tony Sandler & Ralph Young; comedian Norman Wisdom; sleight-of-hand artist Vic Perry; comedian Tony Fane and comedian Lennie Schultz. The next week the show is replaced by Sunday Night Movies which, after 35 years, will itself end at the end of CBS' 2005-2006 season.

JUNE 5, 2018

HAPPY BIRTHDAYS!
1895 - William Boyd, (aka Hopalong Cassidy) television and movie actor and Capitol Children's Records artist, is born William Lawrence Boyd in Hendrysburg, Ohio. Dinobil has created a great fan site with images and letters sent to him by Boyd and his fans as well as links to many other Hopalong Cassidy fan sites.
70 Years Ago Today In 1947 - Tom Evans, bass player and vocalist in the Capitol Records band Badfinger, is born in Liverpool, England
1953 - Nico McBrain, the drummer for the Capitol Records group Iron Maiden, is born Michael Henry McBain in Hackeny, London, England. McBrain keeps a tour diary on Iron Maiden's Official Website.
1996 - Troye Sivan, a singer, songwriter, actor, YouTube personality, and a Capitol Records artist, is born Troye Sivan Mellet in Johannesburg, South Africa.

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1942 - It's a Friday, and at Capitol Records' sixth session bandleader Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra (Billy Butterfield, Monty Kelly, Larry Neil, and Don Waddilove on trumpet, Skip Layton and Murray McEachern on trombone, Alvy West, Danny D'Andrea, Lenny Hartman, King Guion, and Tommy Mace on saxophones, Buddy Weed on piano, Mike Pingitore on guitar, Art Shapiro on bass, and Lou Paino on drums) record the titles "I Found A New Baby" featuring Buddy Weed on piano, "Serenade In Blue" with vocals by Martha Tilton and the addition of an uncredited string section, "The General Jumped At Dawn" using an arrangement by Jimmy Mundy, and "I've Got A Gal In Kalamazzo" with vocals by The Mellowaires (vocalists David Street and others) at Radio Recorders' studios at 932 North Western Avenue in Hollywood, California with Johnny Mercer producing.

Capitol Records released "I Found A New Baby" and "The General Jumped At Dawn" together as Capitol's first single (Capitol 101) and "Serenade In Blue" and "I've Got A Gal In Kalamazzo" together as a single (Capitol 108).

This is the last session needed for Capitol's initial release of singles to retail. Copies of the masters will be sent to Scranton Record Company in Pennsylvania and Allied Records in California, who both press the records out of shellac and reclaimed shellac, and to Clark Phono Company in Newark, New Jersey, which due to war restrictions, used a proprietary non-shellac material which had better sound quality so those records were used primarily for promotion to radio stations and reviewers. The Red Hot Jazz site has an informative page on Whiteman as well as links to audio files of the Whiteman tracks recorded this day.

70 Years Ago Today In 1948 - Vocalists Mel Blanc and The Sportsmen (William T. Days, Maxwell H. Smith, Martin O. Sperzel, and Gurney N. Bell) overdub vocals onto a band track recorded earlier in Paris, France by an unlisted orchestra using an arrangement by Billy May for the title "Woody Woodpecker". Capitol Records will issue the final mix of the title as a single (Capitol 15145) with The Sportsmen's title "I'd Love To Live In Loveland" (recorded  December 26,1947) on the flipside.
65 Years Ago Today In 1953 - Vocalist Betty Hutton, with Nelson Riddle conducting his own arrangements to the orchestra (lineup unlisted) records the titles "No Matter How You Say Goodbye" and "I Took The Long Way Around" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "No Matter How You Say Goodbye" as a single (Capitol 2522 on 10" shellac and F2522 on 7" vinyl) with "Goin' Steady" (recorded June 8, 1953) on the flipside and "I Took The Long Way Around" as a single (Capitol 2688 on 10" shellac and F2688 on 7" vinyl) with "Broke, Bare-foot And Starry Eyed" (recorded September 8, 1953) on the flipside.

1954 - Kay Starr (with orchestra conducted by Harold Mooney)'s Capitol Records single 'If You Love Me (Really Love Me)" is #6 on Billboard's Best Selling Retail Records chart, Frank Sinatra (with Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra)'s Capitol Records single "Young At Heart" is #7, Nat "King" Cole (with Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra)'s Capitol Records single "Answer Me, My Love" is #8, Kay Starr (with orchestra conducted by Harold Mooney)'s Capitol Records single "The Man Upstairs" is #10, and Frank Sinatra (with Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra)'s Capitol Records single "Three Coins In A Fountain" enters the top 20 at #16

1957 - Vocalist Ella Mae Morse, with Billy May conducting his own arrangements to His Orchestra (John Best, Conrad Gozzo, and Mannie Klein on trumpet, Murray McEachern, George Roberts, and Si Zentner on trombone, Harry Klee on alto saxophone and flute, Les Robinson also on alto saxophone, Gene Cipriano and Fred Falensby on tenor saxophone, Justin Gordon on baritone saxophone, Jimmy Rowles on piano, Al Hendrickson on guitar, Joe Mondragon on bass, Alvin Stoller on drums, and David Grupp on vibraphones), records the titles "Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate The Positive", "I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter", "My Funny Valentine", and "Baby, Won't You Please Come Home" 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 Morse's album "Morse Code" (T 898).
60 Years Ago Today In 1958 - During two sessions held this day in Los Angeles, California, trumpet player and bandleader Ray Anthony and His Orchestra (Pete Candoli, Conrad Gozzo, Jack Laubach, and Jack Holman also on trumpets, Milt Bernhart, Lew McCreary, Jimmy Priddy, and Abe Lincoln on trombones, Med Flory and Gus Bivona on clarinets and alto saxophones, Georgie Auld and Plas Johnson on tenor saxophones, Leo Anthony on baritone saxophone, Buddy Cole on piano, Bob Bain and Al Hendrickson on guitars, Don Simpson on bass, and Ray Martinez on drums) and vocal group The Skyliners(lineup unlisted), using arrangements by Don Simpson, record the titles "A Lavender Mood", "Baby But You Did", "Indubitably", "You're The One Forever", and "South Dakota" at the first session and the title "Every Dog Has His Day" at the second session. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Anthony and his orchestra's album "Anthony Plays Allen" (T/ST 1086).
1961 - Faron Young's Capitol Records single "Hello Walls" (written by Willie Nelson) is #12 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart
55Years Ago Today In 1963 - Nat King' Cole's Capitol Records single "Those Lazy-Hazy-Crazy Days Of Summer" is #14 on WMCA's Top Twenty-Five chart in New York City.
55 Years Ago Today In 1963 - During two sessions that take place in Studio A of The Capitol Tower Studios in Hollywood, California, The Howard Roberts Quartet ((Burkley Kendrix on organ, Howard Roberts on guitar, Chuck Berghofer on bass, and Earl Palmer on drums) record the titles "Watermelon Man", "Rough Ridin'", and "Dirty Old Bossa Nova" at the first session and the titles "Untitled Original #3 (Major)", "One Note Samba", and "On Green Dolphin Street" at the second session. Capitol Records will issue "Watermelon Man", "Rough Ridin'", "Dirty Old Bossa Nova", and "One Note Samba" on the quartet's album "H.R. Is A Dirty Guitar Player" (T/ST 1961) and has yet to issue "Untitled Original #3 (Major)". No issuing information is listed for "On Green Dolphin Street".

55 Years Ago Today In 1963 - Vocalist Wanda Jackson, with Floyd Cramer or Hargus "Pig" Robbins on piano, Thomas Grady Martin on lead guitar, Harold Ray Bradley on rhythm guitar, Lloyd Green or Weldon Myrick on steel guitar, Bob Moore on bass, Murrey M. "Buddy" Harman Jr. on drums, and the vocalist The Jordanaires (lineup unlisted) with Mildred "Millie" Kirkham and Mary John as a vocal chorus, records the titles "Slippin'" with Floyd Cramer or Hargus "Pig" Robbins on organ and a string section (lineup unlisted), "Memory Mountain", "Just For You" with the addition of Charlie McCoy on harmonica, and "The Violet And The Rose" at the Columbia Studio in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue "Slippin'" and "The Violet And A Rose" on Jackson's album "Wanda Jackson Sings Country Songs" (T/ST 2438), "Slippin'" also as a single (Capitol 5072) with "Just For You" on the flipside, "Memory Moutain" as a single (Capitol 5015) with "Let Me Talk To You" (recorded November 1, 1961) on the flipside, and "The Violet And A Rose" also as a single (Capitol F5142) with "To Tell You The Truth" (recorded April 16, 1962) on the flipside.

1964 - A limited pressing of a 45 rpm single used to promote The Beatles for Hollywood radio station KFWB and Wallichs' Music City is released by Capitol Records. It has an interview on side 1 and "You Can't Do That" on the flipside. Copies of this disc have been valued for as much as $2250 with the original mailer.
1964 - Capitol Records releases The Applejacks single "Like Dreamers Do" (written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney) with "Everybody Fall Down" on the flipside
1966 - The promotional film for The Beatles Capitol Records single "Paperback Writer" gets its first showing when it's played on CBS-TV's "The Ed Sullivan Show"
50 Years Ago Today In 1968 - The Beatles record backing tracks for the title "Don't Pass Me By" in Studio 3 of E.M.I.'s studios on Abbey Road in London, England. After further backing tracks and Ringo Starr records vocal tracks are recorded on June 6, 1963 and further backing tracks on July 12 and July 22, 1968, Apple Records will issue the final mix on the group's self-titled "The Beatles" (aka "The White Album"), which will be distributed in the United States by Capitol Records
50 Years Ago Today In 1968 - Overdubs are recorded in Los Angeles, California for John Stewart and Buffy Ford's titles "July, You're A Woman", "Nebraska Widow", "Draft Age", and the take of "Cody" recorded on May 22, 1968. After additional overdubs are recorded for "July, You're A Woman" on June 6 and October 23, 1968, Capitol Records will issue the final mixes of all the titles on Stewart and Ford's album "Signals Through The Glass" (ST 2975).

50 Years Ago Today In 1968 - During two sessions held this day in Los Angeles, California, David A. Axelrod conducts his own arrangements to an orchestra (Allen Di Rienzo, Freddie Hill, Ollie Mitchell, and Tony Terran on trumpets, Richard Leith and Lew McCreary on trombones, Vincent De Rosa, Bill Hinshaw, Arthur Maebe, and Henry Sigismonti on French horns, Gary Coleman on vibraphone, Howard Roberts and Pete Wyant on guitars, Carol Kaye on bass, Earl Palmer on drums, Gene Estes on percussion, Arnold Belnick, Nathan Ross, Myron Sandler, and Marshall Sosson on violins, Harry Hyams on viola, Harold Schneier on cello, and Ben Barrett on an unlisted instrument) as they record the titles "Mental Traveler (Haiku)" and "The Smile" at the first session and the titles "Merlin's Prophecy" and "A Dream" at the second session. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Axelrod's album "Song Of Innocence" (ST 2982).

50 Years Ago Today In 1968 - The Staccatos (lineup unlisted and later renamed Five Man Electrical Band) record the title "You're Going To Lose That Girl" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue the title on the group's self-titled album "Five Man Electrical Band" (ST-165).

50 Years Ago Today In 1968 - Billy Carr, with unlisted others, records the title "The Odyssey" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue the title as a single (Capitol 2238) with "It's Mad" (master purchased on an unlisted day in 1968) on the flipside.

50 Years Ago Today In 1968 - Overdubs are recorded in Nashville, Tennessee for Tex Ritter's titles "Me And Tennesse" and, with Earl Sinks ad Billy the Kid, "The Governor And The Kid". Capitol Records will issue final mixes of both titles on Ritter's album "Tex Ritter's Wild West" (ST 2974).

1971 - John Lennon, Yoko Ono, and Frank Zappa and The Mothers Of Invention are recorded live at a performance at the Fillmore East on this night and the next, some of which will appear on the Plastic Ono Band's album "Sometime In New York City" and on Zappa's album "Fillmore East, June 1971".
45 Years Ago Today In 1973 - Vocalist Dick Curless, with Norman "Buddy" Spicher on fiddle, Hargus "Pig" Robbins on piano, Harold Ray Bradley, Ray Edenton, and Herman "Pete" Wade on guitars, Weldon Myrick on steel guitar, Bob Moore on bass, and Murrey M. "Buddy" Harman, Jr. on drums, records the titles "Been There People", "Country Music Man", and "Lazy Bones" at the Jack Clement Studio in Nashville, Tennessee between 6:00 PM and 9:00 PM. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Curless' album "The Last Blues Song" (ST-11211).

45 Years Ago Today In 1973 - Bobbie Roy, with unlisted others, records the titles "Back Where Love Is", "Things Are Looking Good", "A Day Full Of Sunshine", "There's More To Love", "Love Me Back Together" in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue "Things Are Lookin' Good" as a single (Capitol 3711) with "The World's Not Ready Yet" (recorded December 17, 1971) on the flipside.

1976 - Capitol Records releases Mel McDaniel's first single "Have A Dream On Me" with "Gotta Lotta Love" on the flipside
35 Years Ago Today In 1983 - Duran Duran's Capitol Records album "Rio" peaks at #5 on Billboard's Top 200 Albums charts
35 Years Ago Today In 1983 - Industry (lineup unlisted) records the title "All I Need Is You" at an unlisted studio. Capitol Records will issue the title on the group's album "Stranger To Stranger" (ST-12316).
1989 - Capitol Records releases Paul McCartney's album "Flowers In The Dirt"
1999 - Mel Tormé, singer, songwriter, drummer, motion picture and television actor, and Capitol Records artist is pronounced dead at 1:45AM at UCLA Medical Center, Westwood, California where he had been rushed after having breathing problems at his home in Beverly Hills, California
2001 - Capitol Records releases Radiohead's fifth album "Amnesiac"
2007 - Capitol Records releases Poison's album "Poison'd"

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1961 - Ricky Nelson's Imperial Records single "Travelin' Man" is #2 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart, Gene McDaniels' Liberty Records single "A Hundred Pounds Of Clay" is #8, The Fleetwoods' Dolton Records (distributed by Liberty Records) single "Tragedy" is #11, Ricky Nelson's Imperial Records single "Hello Mary Lou" (written by Gene Pitney and the flip side of "Travelin' Man") is #14, Ernie K-Doe's Minit Records single "Mother-In-Law" is #19, Steve Lawrence's United Artists Records single "Portrait Of My Love" is #30, and Don Costa and His Orchestra and Chorus' United Artists Records single "Never On A Sunday" is #38. Imperial, Liberty, Dolton, Minit, and United Artists Records' catalogs are currently owned by Universal Music Group, Capitol Music Group's parent company.

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1954 - The 160th and final live broadcast of "Your Show Of Shows" airs on NBC-TV.

JUNE 4, 2018

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
1945 - Gordon Waller, singer, songwriter, guitarist, and part of the Capitol Records duo Peter and Gordon is born Gordon Trueman Riviere Waller in Braemar, Scotland
65 Years Ago Today In 1953 - Jimmy McCulloch, the lead guitarist in the band Wings and a member of bands including Thunderclap Newman and Stone The Crows, is born in Glasgow, Scotland. Miguel Terol has a tribute page to Jimmy on The Musicians' Olympus website.

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80 Years Ago Today In 1938 - Eugene Jochum conducts The Hamburg Philharmonic Orchestra (lineup unlisted) as they record the fourth movement of Bruckner's "Symphony N° 5 In B Flat" in six parts in Hamburg, Germany for Telefunken Records. After Capitol Records licenses Telefunken's catalog for release in the United States, it will issue the complete fourth movement on the album "BRUCKNER - Symphony #5 In B Flat (Disc 2)" (P-8050).
1942 - It's a Thursday, and with its name officially changed from Liberty Records, Capitol Records opens for business in a small 15’x50’ office with no air conditioning at 1483 Vine Street in Hollywood, California, just south of Sunset Boulevard, next to photographer Gene Lester's studio. The site of Capitol's first office is currently the entrance to the Bank of America parking structure.

The approximate location of Capitol's first office is highlighted in blue.

Capitol Records' first office's storefront entrance.

The company's first employees included chairman Buddy DeSylva, president Johnny Mercer, vice-president Glenn Wallichs, head of A&R Dave Shelley, Pacific Coast sales manager Floyd Bittaker (East Coast sales were initially handled by Modern Music Sales Company's Nat Cohn in New York City), publicity manager Jack Lawson, and the company's first female employee, 17 year old recent graduate of Santa Monica High School Auriel Macfie, who operated the small switchboard and was also the company's receptionist and typist. 

Capitol Records' first female employee, Auriel Macfie, in a photo from 1946

Auriel is in the center of the back row in this photo from 1943.

Also on this day Glenn Wallichs personally brings Hollywood disc jockey Peter Potter, creator and M.C. of  the "Peter Potter's Picks" and “Juke Box Jury” radio shows, a pre-release copy of “Cow-Cow Boogie” probably pressed by Clark Phono Company in Newark, New Jersey, which due to war restrictions, used a proprietary non-shellac material which had better sound reproduction properties.

After seeing Potter's enthusiastic reaction, Wallichs decides, for what would be the first time in the history of the American music industry, to give free copies of releases to disc jockeys and reviewers in order to promote Capitol Records' acts and the sound quality of its recordings. The records are personalized with labels bearing each recipient's name (which would often lead to Capitol's few employees having to stay up to 3:00 A.M. to fill them out). This quickly makes Capitol Records a favorite of disc jockeys across the country and forces the rest of the industry (not for the last time) to follow Capitol. So all those underpaid record company and radio station employees, as well as reviewers, that were able to make ends meet over the years by selling their promos to used record stores have Capitol, Glenn Wallichs, Peter Potter, and Freddie Slack and His Orchestra with vocalist Ella Mae Morse to thank.

Peter Potter with Capitol Records artists Stan Kenton, Frank Sinatra, and Kay Starr

1942 - At Capitol Records' fifth recording session Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra (lineup unlisted) record "He Wears A Pair Of Silver Wings" with vocals by Connie Haines, "I'm Always Chasing Rainbows" featuring Jenkins on piano, "Paradise", and, with vocals by Martha Tilton and Jenkins again featured on piano, "I'll Remember April" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "He Wears A Pair Of Silver Wings" and "I'm Always Chasing Rainbows" together as a single (Capitol 106, the last single in Capitol's initial release to retail), "Paradise" (as well as "I'm Always Chasing Rainbows" and "I'll Remember April") in the album "Time To Dance With Gordon Jenkins And His Orchestra" (CCF-264), and "I'll Remember April" as a single (Capitol 105) with "The Angels Cried" (recorded April 6, 1942) on the flipside.

1946 - Stan Kenton and His Orchestra (Buddy Childers, Ray Wetzel, Chico Alvarez, John Anderson, Ken Hanna on trumpet; Kai Winding, Miff Sines, Milt Kabak on trombone; Bart Varsalona on bass trombone; Al Anthony, Boots Mussulli on alto saxophone; Vido Musso, Bob Cooper on tenor saxophone; Bob Gioga on baritone saxophone; Stan Kenton on piano; Bob Ahern on guitar; Eddie Safranski on bass; Shelly Manne on drums; June Christy, Gene Howard, Ray Wetzel on vocals), record the Pete Rugolo compositions "Rika Jika Jack" (with vocals by Christy and the band and trombone solo by Kai Winding), "Artistry in Boogie" (with piano solos by Kenton and Pete Rugolo, bass solo by Eddie Safranski, tenor saxophone solo by Vido Musso, trumpet solo by Chico Alvarez, and trombone solo by Kai Winding), "Come Back To Sorrento" (with trumpet solo by Vido Musso) and an incomplete take of "Collaboration" (piano solo by Pete Rugolo) at Radio Recorders in Hollywood, California
60 Years Ago Today In 1948 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Nature Boy" is #1 on The Billboard magazine's Best-Selling Popular Retail Records and Records Most Played By Disk Jockeys charts, #2 on the magazine's Most-Played Juke Box Records chart, #3 on the magazine's Canada's Top Tunes chart, #4 on the magazine's Best Selling Retail Race Records chart, and #5 on the magazine's Most-Played Juke Box Race Records chart. Also, The Pied Pipers' Capitol Records single "My Happiness" enters the top 20 at #9 on Billboard's Best Selling Retail Records chart, The Sportsmen's a cappella Capitol Records single "You Can't Be True, Dear" is #15, Peggy Lee's Capitol Records single "Mañana" is #18, and Jack Smith and The Clark Sisters' Capitol Records single "Baby Face" is #19

1949 - Mel Tormé (with orchestra conducted by Pete Rugolo)'s Capitol Records single "Again" is #7 on Billboard's Best Selling Retail Records chart, Margaret Whiting and Johnny Mercer's Capitol Records single "Baby, It's Cold Outside" is #11, Jo Stafford and Gordon MacRae (with Paul Weston and His Orchestra)'s Capitol Records single "'A' You're Adorable" is #12, and Mel Tormé (with orchestra conducted by Pete Rugolo)'s Capitol Records single "Careless Hands" is #16.

65 Years Ago Today In 1953 - Capitol Records filed the masters it purchased for Les Paul and Mary Ford's title "Dangerous Curves" which it will issue on the duo's album "Les & Mary" (EAP-4-577 on 7" EP, EBF2-577 in a 7" two EP set, H2-577 on 10" LP, and W 577 on 12" LP).

1955 - Les Baxter and His Orchestra and Chorus' Capitol Records single "Unchained Melody" is #2 on Billboard's Best Selling Retail Records chart, Nat "King" Cole (with Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra)'s single "A Blossom Fell" and its flip side "If I May" which also includes The Four Knights is #6, Frank Sinatra (with Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra)'s Capitol Records single "Learnin' The Blues" is #10, Tennessee Ernie Ford (with Cliffie Stone's Band)'s "The Ballad Of Davy Crockett" is #11, and Nat "King" Cole (with Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra)'s single "Darling, Je Vous Aime Beaucoup" is #18

1956 - Capitol Records releases Gene Vincent and The Blue Caps' Capitol Records single "Woman Love", with "Be-Bop-A-Lula" on the flipside and the group, with Vincent on vocals, Cliff Gallup and William Williams on guitar, Jack Neil on bass, and Dickie Harrell on drums, play their first-ever gig at Myrtle Beach.
60 Years Ago Today In 1958 - Coronetist and bandleader Red Nichols and His Five Pennies (Jackie Coon on mellophone, Moe Schneider on trombone, Wayne Songer on clarinet and alto and baritone saxophones, Bill Wood also on clarinet, Heinie Beau also on clarinet and tenor saxophone, Jerry Kasper on bass saxophone, Bobby Hammack on piano, Allan Reuss on guitar, Morty Corb on bass, Jack Sperling on drums, and Ralph Hansell on vibraphone and bells) record the titles "Davenport Blues", "Buddy's Habits", "Delta Rolls", and "Washboard Blues" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles Nichols and His Pennies' album "Parade Of The Pennies" (T 1051).
60 Years Ago Today In 1958 - Vocalist Molly Bee, with an orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the titles "To Be Or Not To Be In Love", "Honey, I'm In Love With You", a new take of the title "After You've Gone", and an overdub for the title "Five Points Of A Star" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "To Be Or Not To Be In Love" and "Honey, I'm In Love With You" on Bee's album "Young Romance" (T 1097) and the take of "After You've Gone" recorded at this session as a single (Capitol F064) with the final mix of "Five Points Of A Star" on the flipside.

1962 - The Beatles' sign their first contract with Parlophone Records.

1962 - Capitol Records, as part of Capitol Single Release 841, releases singles by Dinah Shore ("Just A Brief Encounter" with orchestra conducted by Van Alexander), Tex Williams ("You Gotta Have A License" and "Ghost Of A Honky Tonk Slave" with orchestra conducted by Billy Liebert), The Beach Boys ("Surfin' Safari" and "409"), and Art and Dottie Todd ("Sweet Someone" and "Ring-A-Ding").
55 Years Ago Today In 1963 - Nat King Cole's Capitol Records single "Those Lazy-Hazy-Crazy Days Of Summer" is #18 on WABC's Silver Dollar Sound Survey in New York City.
55 Years Ago Today In 1963 - During two sessions held this day in Studio A of The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California, The Howard Roberts Quartet (Burkley Kendrix on organ, Howard Roberts on guitar, Chuck Berghofer on bass, and Earl Palmer on drums) record the titles "Li'l Darlin'" and "Call Me Irresponsible" at the first session and the titles "Turista" and "Get Me To The Church On Time" at the second session. Capitol Records will issue "Li'l Darlin'" and "Turista" on the quartet's album "H.R. Is A Dirty Guitar Player" (T/ST 1961) and has yet to issue the other two titles.

55 Years Ago Today In 1963 - Violinist Nathan Milstein, with Anatole Fistoulari conducting The Philharmonia Orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the part of the first movement of Saint-Saens' "Concerto N° 3 In B Minor" at E.M.I.'s studios on Abbey Road in London England. After Angel Records, then a subsidiary of Capitol Records, acquires the masters from E.M.I., it will issue the entire piece on the album "SAINT-SAENS - Concerto N° 3 In B Minor/CHAUSSON - Poeme For Violin & Orchestra" (S-36005).

50 Years Ago Today In 1968 - David A. Axelrod conducts his own arrangements to an orchestra (Allen Di Rienzo, Freddie Hill, Ollie Mitchell, and Tony Terran on trumpets, Richard Leith and Lew McCreary on trombones, Vincent De Rosa, Bill Hinshaw, Arthur Maebe, and Henry Sigismonti on French horns, Gary Coleman on vibraphone, Howard Roberts and Pete Wyant on guitars, Carol Kaye on bass, Earl Palmer on drums, Gene Estes on percussion, Arnold Belnick, Nathan Ross, Myron Sandler, and Marshall Sosson on violins, Harry Hyams on viola, Harold Schneier on cello, and Ben Barrett on an unlisted instrument) as they record the titles "Holy Thursday", "Urizen" and "A Song Of Innocence" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Axelrod's album "Song Of Innocence" (ST 2982).

50 Years Ago Today In 1968 - The Beach Boys (lineup unlisted) record the title "I Went To Sleep" in Los Angeles, California. After overdubs are recorded on November 18, 1968, Capitol Records will issue the final mix of the title on the band's album "20/20" (SKAO-133).

50 Years Ago Today In 1968 - The Five Man Electrical Band (lineup unlisted) record the titles "Didn't Know The Time" and "Running Back" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue both titles on the group's self-titled album "Five Man Electrical Band" (ST-165) and "Didn't Know The Time" also as a single (Capitol 2260) with "We Go Together Well" (recorded June 3, 1968) on the flipside as by The Staccatos.

1969 - The Beatles' single "The Ballad Of John and Yoko", with "Old Brown Shoe" on the flipside, is released by Capitol Records in the U.S.

45 Years Ago Today In 1973 - Murry Gage Wilson, father of Brian, Carl and Dennis Wilson (and uncle to Mike Love) of The Beach Boys, dies of a heart attack at his home in Hawthorne, California at age 56. Murry was at one time co-producer of The Beach Boys, ran the band's publishing company Sea of Tunes, had his own album on Capitol ("The Many Moods Of Murry Wilson), and was manager and producer of the Tower Records band The Sunrays, and their website has a photos of them with Murry.

45 Years Ago Today In 1973 - Capitol Records Canada releases Edward Bear's album "Close Your Eyes" and Rolf Harris' album "You Name It".
45 Years Ago Today In 1973 - The Band (Garth Hudson and Richard Manuel on keyboards and vocals, Jaime Robbie Robertson on guitar, and vocals, Rick Danko on bass and vocals, and Levon Helm on drums and vocals) begin four straight days of recording which will produce the titles "Ain't Got No Home" and "Holy Cow" at Bearsville Recording Studios in Bearsville, New York. After overdubs are recorded for "Holy Cow" in October of 1973, Capitol Records will issue the final mixes of both titles on the group's album "Moondog Matinee" (SW-11214).

45 Years Ago Today In 1973 - Vocalist Dick Curless, with Norman "Buddy" Spicher on fiddle, Hargus "Pig" Robbins on piano, Harold Ray Bradley, Ray Edenton, and Herman "Pete" Wade on guitars, Weldon Myrick on steel guitar, Bob Moore on bass, and Murrey M. "Buddy" Harman, Jr. on drums, records the titles "The Last Blues Song", Born In Country Music (Raised On Dixieland)", and "Room Full Of Roses" at the Jack Clement Studio in Nashville, Tennessee between 6:00 PM and 9:00 PM. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Curless' album "The Last Blues Song" (ST-11211) and also "The Last Blues Song" and "Room Full Of Roses" together as a single (Capitol 3698).

45 Years Ago Today In 1973 - Billy May and The Time-Life Orchestra (lineup unlisted) record the titles "Angel" featuring Bob Bain on guitar, "Last Tango In Paris" featuring Warren Luening on trumpet, "Love Theme From 'The Godfather'", "Moment To Moment", and "Our Winter Love" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California. After overdubs are recorded at the same session for "Love Them From 'The Godfather'" and "Our Winter Love" and on July 5, 1973 for "Angel", Time-Life Records will issue the final mixes for all the titles in the three-LP set "Volume 8 - Billy May" (STL-248) as part of its "As You Remember Them" series.

35 Years Ago Today In 1983 - Industry (lineup unlisted) records the title "Shangri-La" in an unlisted studio. Capitol Records will issue the title on the group's album "Stranger To Stranger" (ST-12316).

1990 - Members of the International Sawyer Brown Fan Club hold their first meeting at a breakfast with the Capitol Nashville band the day before the Fan Fair 1990 opens in Nashville, Tennessee. Members of the band go to each table to chat and give autographs, and that afternoon there's an auction of Sawyer Brown memorabilia. There's a write up on the fan club's website about the breakfast and the fan fair.

20 Years Ago Today In 1998 - Pink Floyd's album "Dark Side Of The Moon" is certified 15x Multi-Platinum by the R.I.A.A.

20 Years Ago Today In 1998 at 9:00 AM eastern - A news item appears announcing that Gary Gersh, president & CEO, Capitol Records, and Glen Ballard, president, Java Records, have signed Lisa Marie Presley to an exclusive recording agreement with Java Records. Java Records was the joint venture between Capitol Records and writer/producer Ballard.

2001 - Diana Krall finished recording her album "The Look Of Love" in The Capitol Tower Studios

2001 - John Hartford, banjo player, triple Grammy Award winner, and composer (best remembered for Glen Campbell's Capitol Records single "Gentle On My Mind") dies at age 63 in a Nashville hospital after a lengthy battle with non-Hodgkins lymphoma

15 Years Ago Today In 2003 - Lisa Marie Presley performs during half-time of the first game of the 2003 NBA finals
2004 - 42 years to the day she started as Capitol Records' first female employee, Auriel Macfie Douglas, died. She is buried at O'ahu Cemetery in Honolulu, Hawaii.
She was born September 22, 1924 and was just seventeen and newly graduated from Santa Monica High School as a journalism major when she started working for Capitol Records.

Her father helped develop tanks and bi-planes during first World War and, unfortunately, died in 1943 while Auriel was working at Capitol the same year as the group photo above. She would go on to write and edit Capitol's monthly promotional magazine "Capitol News" for two years then do promotion work for the Music Hall chain of theaters in Los Angeles, before going to New York City to first work for M-G-M Records and then became chief of NBC Radio's promotional magazine.

She married Russell D. Douglas on November 28, 1952, came back to Los Angeles, worked for various promotional firms as well as handling promotion for Pacific Ocean Park in the early 1960s, had her own promotional business with June Bundy Csida In later years, she also wrote and worked in the publishing industry.

2005 - Capitol Records artists hold the top 3 spots on Billboard's Country charts with Keith Urban's "Making Memories of Us" at #1, Trace Adkins' "Songs About Me" at #2, and Dierks Bentley's "Lot of Leavin' Left to Do" coming in at #3

2006 -The Rice Brothers (Wayne, Jim, and Joe Rice) with guitarist Dale Cooper, bassist Steve Lawrence, and fiddler Tom Cunningham perform during the evening service at Shadow Mountain Community Church (2100 Greenfield Drive, El Cajon, California) at 6:00 p.m. These former members of the band Brush Arbor will be playing and singing together for the first time since their Capitol Records days thirty years ago [1972-1974]. Wayne Rice has put up a homepage for Brush Arbor with a great discography and history.

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1944 - Michelle Phillips, motion picture and television actress, singer with the group The Mamas And The Papas, and mother of SBK Records artist (as part of the group Wilson Phillips) Chynna Phillips, is born vocals Holly Michelle Gilliam in Long Beach, California

1960 - Pianist Randy Weston (with Cecil Payne on baritone saxophone, Ron Carter on bass, and Roy Haynes on drums) records the tracks "Portrait Of Patsy J", "Uncle Nemo", "Cry Me Not", "Honk Honk", "Saucer Eyes", "204", and "C.B. Blues" (all written by Weston), with producer Teddy Reig in New York City, New York for Roulette Records who will only release the track "Saucer Eyes" as part of "The Roulette Jazz CD Sampler" and will all finally be released in 2003 by Mosaic Records on the CD compilation "Mosaic Select: Randy Weston"

1964 - Chris Kavanagh, drummer with the EMI America Records group Sigue Sigue Sputnik as well as Big Audio Dynamite II, is born in England

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1965 - The Rolling Stones' single "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction", with "The Under-Assistant West Coast Promotion Man" on the flipside, enters Billboard's singles chart where it will peak at #1, the band's first in the U.S.

1984 - Frank Sinatra begins a 13 night stand at Carnegie Hall with a black tie benefit for the hall which is reviewed by Jon Pareles for The New York Times

1992 - Harrison Ford leaves his hand and footprints during ceremony #155 at Mann's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, California

JUNE 3, 2018

HAPPY BIRTHDAYS!
1929 - Chuck Barris, television producer, game show creator and host, songwriter, novelist, admitted assassin for the C.I.A., basis of the movie "Confessions Of A Dangerous Mind", and a Capitol Records artist (1969), is born born Charles Hirsch Barris in Oakland, New Jersey
1932 - Dakota Staton (aka Aliyah Rabia), singer, dancer, sister of saxophonist Fred Staton, and a Capitol Records and United Artists Records artist, is born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She was "discovered" by Capitol Records A&R man and producer Dave Cavanaugh while she was performing at The Baby Grand Club in Harlem, New York.
50 Years Ago Today In 1968 - Jamie O'Neal, singer, songwriter, and Capitol Records Nashville artist, is born Jamie Murphy in Sydney, Australia

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
80 Years Ago Today In I938 - Eugen Jochum conducts The Hamburg Philharmonic Orchestra (lineup unlisted) as they record the first movement Bruckner's "Symphony N° 5 In B Flat" in five parts, the second movement in six parts, and the third movement in Hamburg, Germany for Telefunken Records. After Capitol Records licenses Telefunken's catalog for release in the United States, it will issue all the parts for the first and second movements on the album "BRUCKNER - Symphony #5 In B Flat (Disc 1)" (P-8049) and the third movement on the album "BRUCKNER - Symphony #5 In B Flat (Disc 2)" (P-8050).
1947 - Benny Goodman and His Orchestra record a new take of the title "Eight, Nine And Ten" for Capitol Records with producer Lee Gillette, with Goodman handling the vocals instead of Peggy Lee, who recorded the first version of this song with the band on March 28, 1947.
1949 - Peggy Lee records the tracks "The Christmas Spell", "Goodbye, John", "Neon Signs", "Song At Midnight" and "Through A Long And Sleepless Night" for Capitol Records.
1950 - Nat "King" Cole (with Les Baxter and His Orchestra)'s Capitol Records single "Mona Lisa", the flipside of "The Greatest Inventor Of Them All", enters the top 20 of Billboard's Best Selling Retail Records chart at #15
1951 - Capitol Records country artist Hank Thompson and His Brazos Valley Boys (Billy Gray on guitar; Curly Chalker, Lefty Nason on steel guitar; Cliffie Stone, Billy Stewart on bass; Bill Foster on drums; Red Hayes on fiddle; Gil Baca on piano; Buddy Woody on accordion) record the track "Love Thief" at Sellers Company in Dallas, Texas. The track will be released by Capitol Records as a single with "How Do You Feel?" on the flip side.
1957 - Ferlin Husky's Capitol Records single "Gone" is #8 on Billboard's Best Selling Retail Records chart and Tommy Sands' Capitol Records single "Goin' Steady" is tied for #21 with Jim Lowe (with Billy Vaughn and His Orchestra)'s single "Four Walls".
60 Years Ago Today In 1958 - Trumpet player and bandleader Ray Anthony and His Orchestra (Pete Candoli, Conrad Gozzo, Jack Laubach, and Jack Holman also on trumpets, Milt Bernhart, Lew McCreary, Jimmy Priddy, and Abe Lincoln on trombones, Med Flory and Gus Bivona on clarinets and alto saxophones, Georgie Auld and Plas Johnson on tenor saxophones, Leo Anthony on baritone saxophone, Buddy Cole on piano, Bob Bain and Al Hendrickson on guitars, Don Simpson on bass, and Ray Martinez on drums) and vocal group The Skyliners(lineup unlisted), using arrangements by Don Simpson, record the titles "Swanee River" and "Dark Eyes" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both titles on Anthony and his orchestra's album "Like Wild!" (T/ST 1304).

60 Years Today In 1958 - Vocalist Molly Bee, with an orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the titles "It's Been A Long, Long Time", "Blue Again", "I Get Along Without You Very Well", and "Why Don't We Do This More Often" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Bee's album "Young Romance" (T 1097).

55 Years Ago Today In 1963 - Capitol Records Canada releases Cliff Richards and The Shadows' album "On Your Mark...Get Set...Let's Go!" and their soundtrack album "Summer Holiday" is #1 on the CHUM LP chart. The label also releases Mrs. Mills' album "Summer Party.

55 Years Ago Today In 1963 - Capitol Records purchases the masters for The Legends' titles "My Love For You", "Temptation", and "Marionette" in Los Angeles, California but has yet to issue any of the titles.

55 Years Ago Today In 1963 - The Howard Roberts Quartet (Burkley Kendrix on organ, Howard Roberts on guitar, Chuck Berghofer on bass, and Earl Palmer on drums) records the titles "Satin Doll" and "Deep Fry" in Studio A of The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue both titles on the quartet's album "H.R. Is A Dirty Guitar Player" (T/ST 1961).

55 Years Ago Today In 1963 - Violinist Nathan Milstein, with Anatole Fistoulari conducting The Philharmonia Orchestra (lineup unlisted), records part of the first movement and the entire second movement of Saint-Saens' "Concerto N° 3 In B Minor" at E.M.I.'s studios on Abbey Road in London, England. After acquiring the masters for the entire piece, Angel Records, at the time a subsidiary of Capitol Records, will issue it on the album "SAINT-SAENS - Concerto N° 3 In B Minor/CHAUSSON - Poeme For Violin & Orchestra" (S-36005).

1964 - Ringo Starr, drummer for The Beatles, collapses from tonsillitis and pharyngitis. Jimmy Nicol becomes substitute drummer when Ringo enters a London hospital for his throat problem and the band would rehearse with him in Abbey Road Studios the same day. Nicol would stay with the band for concerts in Holland, Amsterdam, Hong Kong and Australia until Ringo rejoins the band in Melbourne, Australia on June 14, 1964
50 Years Ago Today In 1968 - Capitol Records releases The Beach Boys' album "Friends".

50 Years Ago Today In 1968 - Tower Records, a subsidiary of Capitol Records, releases Pink Floyd's single "It Would Be So Nice" (Tower 426) with "Julia Dream" on the flipside, Eternity's Children's self-titled album (ST 5123), The Love Exchange's self-titled album (ST 5115), and Them's album "Now And 'Them'" (ST 5104).
50 Years Ago Today In 1968 - Sidewalk Records, a subsidiary of Capitol Records, releases The Smoke's self-titled album (ST 5912).

50 Years Ago Today In 1968 - Capitol Records Canada releases Frank Ifield's album "The Singer And The Song" (ST 6254)
50 Years Ago Today In 1968 - During two sessions held this day in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California between 8:00 PM and 11:00 PM with producer Dave Dexter, Jr., vocalist Ella Fitzgerald, with Benny Carter's Magnificent Seven (Harry Edison on trumpet, Benny Carter on alto saxophone, Georgie Auld on tenor saxophone, Hank Jones on piano, John Collins on guitar, Bob West on electric bass, and Louis Bellson on drums), records the titles "Medley: Candy/All I Do Is Dream Of You/Spring Is Here (Instrumental)/720 In The Books/It Happened In Monterey/What Can I Say After I Say I'm Sorry" and "Hawaiian War Chant" at the first session and the title "Medley: Four Or Five Times/Maybe/Takin' A Chance On Love (Instrumental)/Elmer's Tune/At Sundown/It's A Wonderful World" at the second session. Capitol Records will issue both medleys on Miss Fitzgerald's album "30 By Ella" (ST 2960) and "Hawaiian War Chant" as a single (Capitol 2267) with "It's Only Love" (recorded December 21, 1967) on the flipside. These will be Miss Fitzgerald's last sessions for Capitol Records.

50 Years Ago Today In 1968 - The Five Man Electrical Band (lineup unlisted) record the titles "Black Sheep Of The Family", "Fancy Dancing Man", and "We Go Together Well" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on the group's self-titled album "Five Man Electrical Band" (ST-165) and "We Go Well Together" also as a single (Capitol 2260) with "Didn't Know The Time" (recorded June 4, 1968) on the flipside as by The Staccatos.

35 Years Ago Today In 1983 - Industry (lineup unlisted) records five takes of the title "Still Of The Night" in an unlisted studio. Capitol Records will issue the first take on the group's self-titled mini-LP "Industry" (MLP-15011) and the second take on the group's album "Stranger To Stranger" (ST-12316). No issuing information is listed for the other three takes.

1990 - MC Hammer's Capitol Records album "Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em" is #1 on Billboard's Top 200 Albums chart
1990 - Wilson Phillips' SBK Records (distributed by Capitol Records) single "Hold On" is #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart
1991 - Morrissey records the tracks "There's A Place In Hell For Me And My Friends", "My Love Life", and "Sing Your Life" live to two track DAT tape with no overdubs especially for KROQ-FM radio, with Boz Boorer and Alain White on guitars, Gary Day on bass, Spencer Cobrin on drums, and Morrissey on vocals, at Capitol Studios in Hollywood, California at an overnight session which Warner Bros. Records will release as a CD single entitled "Morrissey at KROQ"
1991 - Capitol Records announces that Los Angeles based hard rock band XYZ (guitarist Marc Diglio, bassist Patt Fontaine, vocalist Terry Ilous and drummer Paul Monroe), formerly with Enigma Records, has signed with the label and that they are finishing up work on their debut album "Hungry" with producer George Tutko
1994 - Wally Fowler (born John Wallace Fowler), Capitol Records artist (1945 as Wally Fowler and The Georgia Clodhoppers and later as Wally Fowler and The Oakridge Quartet), dies at age 77 after drowining in Dale Hollow Lake, northeast of Nashville, where he had been fishing
1997 - Capitol Records releases Peabo Bryson's album "I'm So Into You:The Passion of Peabo Bryson" and "Bossa Novaville", the 14th release in their UltraLounge series
2001 - Diana Krall begins recording her album "The Look Of Love" in The Capitol Tower Studios
15 Years Ago Today In 2002 - Janet H. Shifflett (born Janet Henry), a machinist for Capitol Records for 15 years and for Audiopak for seven years, dies at her home in Winchester, Virginia at age 62
15 Years Ago Today In 2003 - Capitol Records Nashville releases Trace Adkins' compilation album "Greatest Hits Collection, Vol.1"
2005 - Capitol Records Nashville announces that Garth Brooks has ended his relationship with the label and that EMI Music will no longer distribute his catalog

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1957 - Rick Nelson's Imperial Records single "Teenager's Romance" is tied for #13 on Billboard's Best Selling Retail Records chart with The Coasters' single "Searchin'", and Nelson's Imperial Records single "I'm Walkin'" is #19, Fats Domino's Imperial Records single "Valley Of Tears" is #24 and Domino's Imperial Records single "I'm Walkin'" is #33. EMI Music Group, parent company of Capitol Music Group, currently owns the Imperial Records catalog.
55 Years Ago Today In 1963 - Tenor saxophonist Joe Henderson, with Kenny Dorham on trumpet, McCoy Tyner on piano, Butch Warren on bass, and Pete La Roca on drums, records the titles "Recorda Me", "Jinrikisha", "Blue Bossa", "La Mesha", "Out Of The Night", and "Home Stretch" in recoding engineer Rudy Van Gelder's studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey. Blue Note Records will issue all the titles on Henderson's album "Page One" (BLP4140 on mono 12" vinyl, BST84140 in stereo 12" vinyl, and 7-84140-2 on CD) and also "Recorda Me" and "Blue Bossa" together as a single (Blue Note 45-1901).
1964 - Former Capitol Records artist Dean Martin hosts ABC-TV's variety show "The Hollywood Palace" which this night features future Virgin Records artists The Rolling Stones making their first U.S. television appearance during their first U.S. concert tour
1964 - The Stanley Turrentine Sextet (Blue Mitchell on trumpet, Curtis Fuller on trombone, Stanley Turrentine on tenor saxophone), Herbie Hancock piano, Bob Cranshaw on bass, and Otis Candy Finch on drums) records the tracks "Fried Pies" and "In Memory Of" with Mickey Roker on congo and "Sunday In New York", "Make Someone Happy", "Jodie's Cha Cha", and "Niger Mambo" at The Van Gelder Studio in Englewood, New Jersey with producer Alfred Lion and recording engineer Rudy Van Gelder and will be released in 1980 by Blue Note Records on the album "In Memory Of"
1969 - Arranger Gerald Wilson (with Larry McGuire, Jay Daversa, and Paul Hubinon on trumpet; Lester Robinson, Frank Strong, and Thurman Green on trombone; Alexander Thomas on bass trombone; Arthur Maebe on french horn; Henry DeVega and Anthony Ortega on alto saxophone; William Green on flute and piccolo; Ernie Watts on tenor saxophone, flute and piccolo; Hadley Caliman and Harold Land on tenor saxophone; Richard Aplanalp on baritone saxophone; Bobby Hutcherson on vibraphone; Richard Holmes on organ; George Duke on piano; Bob West on electric bass; and Carl Lott on drums) records the track "Pisces" (which will be released on the World Pacific Records album "Eternal Equinox"), as well as the tracks "You, Me and Now", "Bluesnee", and (with vocal by William Marshall) "Baby, Baby Don't You Cry" with producer Richard Bock and engineer Lanky Linstrot at Liberty Studios on Third Street, near Robertson Boulevard, in Los Angeles, California
1975 - Ozzie Nelson (born Oswald George Nelson), band leader, producer, director, radio and television actor, husband to Harriet Hilliard Nelson and father of David Nelson and Imperial and Capitol Records artist Eric "Ricky" Nelson, dies of cancer at age 69 and is later in Hollywood's Forest Lawn Cemetery
1979 - Kenny Rogers' Liberty Records single "She Believes In Me", with "Morgana Jones" on the flipside, is #1 on the U.S. Country singles charts

ON THIS DAY NOT IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1932 - My grandparents, Martin and Marie Nielsen, arrive at Ellis Island from Hamburg, Germany on the S.S. New York on their way to Chicago, Illinois. My grandfather had emigrated from Germany in 1926, became a United States citizen, and then went back to bring my grandmother here. They'll live at 4741 Greenwood Avenue in Chicago, Illinois which would be my father's home until he graduated high school. They would then move to LaGrange, Illinois.
1964 - Peter Sellers leaves his hand and foot prints in cement during ceremony #127 at Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, California
1969 - The last original episode of "Star Trek" airs at 10:00 PM on a Friday on NBC-TV

JUNE 2, 2018

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
1924 - Carl Butler, singer, songwriter, Capitol Records country artist (1951-1953) and part of the recording duo Carl & Pearl Butler, is born Carl Roberts Butler in Knoxville, Tennessee

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1945 - The Pied Pipers (with Paul Weston and His Orchestra)' Capitol Records single "Dream" (with "Tabby The Cat" on the flip side) is #5 on Billboard's Best Selling Retail Records chart, Johnnie Johnston (with Orchestra conducted by Paul Baron)'s Capitol Records single "Laura" (with "There Must Be A Way" on the flip side) is #6, and Johnny Mercer, Jo Stafford, and The Pied Pipers (with Paul Weston and His Orchestra)' Capitol Records single "Candy" (with Johnny Mercer's "I'm Gonna See My Baby" on the flipside) is #7
70 Years Ago Today In 1948 - The King Cole Trio, along with Ray Anthony and His Orchestra, dancers The Four Evans, singer Kay Starr, and comedian Pat Henning, begin a three week stay performing at The Paramount theatre in New York City, New York between showings of the movie "Hazard". Also, The King Cole Trio again appear on NBC Radio's "The Chesterfield Supper Club" with hostess Jo Stafford.
1956 - Faron Young's Capitol Records single "I've Got Five Dollars" is #5 and Hank Thompson's Capitol Records single "Blackboard Of My Heart" is #8 on Billboard's Country Singles chart.
60 Years Ago Today In 1958 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Looking Back", with "Do I Like It?" on the flipside, is #5 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart, The Four Preps' Capitol Records single "Big Man" is #6 and Laurie London's Capitol Records single "He's Got The Whole World In His Hands" is #9. Also, Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Looking Back" is #24 on WMGM's Top 40 Survey in New York City, New York.
60 Years Ago Today In 1958 - Vocalist Ann Richards, with Brian Farnon conducting the orchestra (Conrad Gozzo, Carroll Lewis, and Virgil Evans on trumpets, Bob Fitzpatrick, John Halliburton, and Kent Larsen on trombones, Jim Amlotte and George Roberts on bass trombones, Ronnie Lang, Jack Dumont, Bill Ulyate, and Edward Ross on saxophones, Bob Harrington on piano, Bobby Gibbons on guitar, Rollie Bundock on bass, Frank Carlson on drums, and Larry Bunker on percussion) using arrangements by Warren Barker, records the titles "I'm Shooting High", "Lullaby Of Broadway", and "Will You Still Be Mine?" 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 "I'm Shooting High" on Richards' album "I'm Shooting High" (EAP-1-1087 on 7" EP and T/ST 1087 on 12" LP) and rejected the takes of "Lullaby Of Broadway" and "Will You Still Be Mine?" recorded at this session. New takes of both titles will be recorded on June 12, 1958, and those takes will also be issued on the 12" LP "I'm Shooting High".

60 Years Ago Today In 1958 - Vocalist Cliffie Stone, with The Billy Liebert Singers (lineup unlisted) recorded the titles "Near You", "Nobody's Darlin'", "Sugar Rock 'N' Roll", and "Whispering" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Near You" and "Nobody's Darlin'" together as a single (Capitol F4044), "Sugar Rock 'N' Roll" on Stone's album "Party's On Me" (T 1080), and has yet to issue "Whispering".

60 Years Ago Today In 1958 - Pianist Lou Busch, with an orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the titles "Lazy Rhapsody", "Rhapsody In Blue", "Doll Dance", "Sunrise Serenade", "Clair De Lune", and "Young Enough To Dream" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles, except "Young Enough To Dream" on the album "Lazy Rhapsody" (T/ST 1072) as by Lou Busch, His Piano And Orchestra. and will issue "Young Enough To Dream" as a single (Capitol F4019) with "Ladies, Please Remove Your Hats" (recorded May 12, 1958) on the flipside.

1959 - The Kingston Trio (Dave Guard on vocals, banjo and guitar, Nick Reynolds on vocals and congas, Robert "Bob Shane" Schoen on vocals and guitar and Morris "Buck" Wheat on bass) record the unissued and possibly lost track "Green Grasses", Molly Dee (John Stewart's first commercial songwriting success) and "E Inu Tatou" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California at an extended session that went from 2:00 PM to  6:30 PM.
55 Years Ago Today In 1963 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Those Lazy-Hazy-Crazy Days Of Summer" is #16 on WDRC 1360 AM's "The Big D" Swinging 60 Survey in Hartford, Connecticut and #23 on KRLA's Tune-dex chart in Los Angeles, California.
1966 - The Beatles begin sessions for the track "I Want To Tell You" in Abbey Road Studios, in London, England. The track will appear on their album Capitol Records album "Revolver"
1966 - Carl Wilson and session musicians (Diane Rovell [leader], Hal Blaine, Charles Britz, William Pitman, Don Randi, Lyle Ritzare) record tracks for the song "Inspiration" for The Beach Boys' album "Smile" at Western Recorders in Los Angeles. The album will never be released by Capitol Records.
1967 - Capitol Records releases The Beatles' album "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" in the United States of America.
1969 - Capitol Records releases Buck Owens' album "Buck Owens In London"
1969 - Capitol Records Canada releases Mike and Brian's album "Warm On The Inside" and Johnny Thorson's album "The Johnny Thorson Banjo Album" and the original motion picture soundtrack albums for the movies "The Devil's 8" and "Hell's Belles"
45 Years Ago Today In 1973 - Paul McCartney and Wings' Apple Records single "My Love" is #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart.
1974 - Paul McCartney and Wings' Apple Records single "Band On The Run", with "Nineteen Hundred And Eighty Five" on the flipside and distributed by Capitol Records in the United States, is #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart.
35 Years Ago Today In 1983 - Industry (lineup unlisted) records the title "Love On The Radio" at an unlisted studio for Capitol Records which has yet to issue the title.
30 Years Ago Today In 1988 - Capitol Records registers the master it acquired from E.M.I. for Afrika Bambaataa Family's title "Tell Me When You Need It Again" and will issue the title as a single (Capitol 44173) with "Shout It Out (Featuring 'Slug-Go')" (registered on April 12, 1988) on the flipside.

1990 - Jack Guilford (born Jacob Aaron Gellman), Broadway, motion picture and television actor (probably best remembered for his 10 year run of pantomime performances in Cracker Jacks commercials), singer, and Capitol Records artist (on the original Broadway cast album for the musical "A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum"), dies of stomach cancer at his home in Greenwich Village, New York at age 81.

20 Years Ago Today in 1998 - Capitol Records Nashville releases Suzy Bogguss' single "Nobody Love, Nobody Gets Hurt" with "When I Run" on the flipside
2006 - Vince Welnick, keyboard player for the Capitol Records group The Tubes and later The Grateful Dead, committed suicide at age 55 on a hillside behind his Forestville home
2009 - Capitol Records/EMI, in conjunction with Frank Sinatra Enterprises (FSE), release a brand-new compilation collection, "Classic Sinatra II"

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1941 - Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts is born Charles Robert Watts in Islington (a suburb of London), England
1942 - Future Capitol Records artist Betty Hutton appears on "Command Performance" singing "Murder, He Says" with the Billy Artzt Orchestra.
1952 - Judy Garland marries Sid Luft who, at the time, was her manager
60 Years Ago Today In 1958 - David Seville's Liberty Records single "Witch Doctor" is #2 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart and Jimmie Rodgers' Roulette single "Secretly", with "Mack Me A Miracle" on the flipside is #8
1960 - The Silver Beetles give their first professional performance at a concert at Neston Institute (now Neston Civic Hall) in Neston, Cheshire County, England (and today is also Ladies Day in Neston, a unique marching day that has links to the Neston Female Friendly Society during the Napoleonic War)
1964 - The Beatles record the tracks "Any Time At All", "When I Get Home", and "Things We Said Today" in Studio Two at EMI's Abbey Road Studios, in London England which will be released by United Artists Records as part of the soundtrack album for their UA movie "A Hard Day's Night". Capitol Records will later acquire U.S. Distribution rights to the album when EMI buys United Artists Records catalog.
1964 - The Rolling Stones make their American television debut on WABC's The Les Crane Show.
1965 - Director Dick Lester (who directed The Beatles film "A Hard Day's Night" the year before)'s film "The Knack (And How To Get It)" premieres at the London Pavillion Cinema with John Lennon, George Harrison and Ringo Starr among the celebrities in attendance. The film's title will later become the inspiration for the Capitol Records band The Knack.
1967 - Future EMI artist David Bowie's first album "David Bowie" is released on Deram Records, a subsidiary of Decca Records.
1969 - Arranger Gerald Wilson and His Orchestra (Larry McGuire, Jay Daversa, Paul Hubinon on trumpet; Lester Robinson, Frank Strong, Thurman Green on trombone; Alexander Thomas on bass trombone; Arthur Maebe on french horn; Henry DeVega, Anthony Ortega on alto saxophone; William Green on flute and piccolo; Ernie Watts on tenor saxophone, flute and piccolo; Hadley Caliman, Harold Land on tenor saxophone; Richard Aplanalp on baritone saxophone; Bobby Hutcherson on vibes; Richard Holmes on organ; George Duke on piano; Bob West on electric bass; and Carl Lott on drums), with producer Richard Bock and engineer Lanky Linstrot, record the tracks "Equinox", "Aquarius", and "Celestial Soul" for the Pacific Jazz Records label at Liberty Studios on Third Street near Robertson Boulevard, in Los Angeles, California
1969 - John Lennon and Yoko Ono's bed-in, which started May 26 at The Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, ends

ON THIS DAY NOT IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1896 - Guglielmo Marconi is granted a patent for his electromagnetic wave communication system (aka Radio)
1904 - Olympic Gold Medalist Swimmer and actor (MGM's Tarzan series) Johnny Weissmuller is born János Weißmüller in Freidorf, Austro-Hungary (present-day Timişoara)
1950 - Desi Arnaz and his wife Lucille Ball start a week of shows as a duo at The Chicago Theatre in Chicago, Illinois and starting June 9th will start a week of shows at The Roxy Theatre in New York City, New York
60 Years Ago Today In 1958 - Alan Freed kicks off his new Rock 'n' Roll radio show on WABC in New York, which will run from 7:15 PM to 11:00 PM, Monday through Friday
1990 - Actor Rex Harrison (born Reginald Carey Harrison) dies of pancreatic cancer in New York City, New York at age 82

JUNE 1, 2018

HAPPY BIRTHDAYS!
1890 - Frank Morgan, Broadway, motion picture (best known for multiple roles in "The Wizard Of Oz") and radio actor and Capitol Records artist (narrator on the 1949 Dr. Suess children's record "Gossamer Wump"), is born Francis Phillip Wuppermann in New York City, New York
1921 - Nelson Riddle, trombonist, arranger, conductor, composer and Capitol Records artist as Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra is born Nelson Smock Riddle, Jr. in Oradell, New Jersey His son, Christopher Riddle (who took over running, and touring with, The Nelson Riddle Orchestra in 1986), has written a biographical article about his father for the American Music Hall of Fame. Nelson's family also has a website. Nelson's papers and memorabilia are now part of The Nelson Riddle Collection at the University of Arizona, Tucson, that is administered by Keith Pawlak.
1926 - Andy Griffith, Broadway, motion picture and television actor and Capitol Records artist, is born Andrew Samuel Griffith in Mount Airy, North Carolina
1926 - Marilyn Monroe, a motion picture actress, model, and singer who signed a contract with Capitol Records but never recorded for the label is born Norma Jeane Mortenson in Los Angeles, California.

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1942 - It's a Monday and the Certificate of Amendment submitted by George G. DeSylva, John Mercer, and Glenn E. Wallichs on May 27, 1942 before Ms. Leta Niccum to change the name of the corporation from Liberty Records, Inc. to Capitol Records, Inc. is stamped as filed with the state of California, officially marking the legal beginning of Capitol Records.

Here's a remembrance about the beginning of Capitol Records from Margaret Whiting's 1987 autobiography "It Might As Well Be Spring" that she co-wrote with Will Holt which Ms. Whiting has graciously given me permission to reproduce below.
Johnny Mercer and seventeen-year-old singer Margaret Whiting were "...strolling around the Hillcrest Golf Course in 1941 with (composer) Harold Arlen and bandleader Bobby Sherwood,...Johnny said, in an offhand manner, 'I've got this idea of starting a record company. I get so tired of listening to the way everyone treats music. I keep feeling they're selling out. And I don't like the way artists are treated either. Bing Crosby isn't the only one who can make records. I don't know, I think it would be fun.'...One of (Mercer's) best friends was Glenn Wallichs, the owner of Music City, a record store across from NBC....One day Johnny went to visit Glenn, who took him in back to hear some of the new releases. Johnny shook his head, then blurted out 'How about coming in on a record company with me?' Let's try something new.' And Glenn said, 'Fine. You run the company and find the artists.' And Johnny said, 'And you run the business.'"
1942 - Tex Ritter signs with Capitol Records becoming the label's first Western artist. In ten days, on June 11, 1942, he will have his first recording session which will produce the title "Jingle Jangle Jingle".
1946 - Andy Russell (with Paul Weston and His Orchestra)'s Capitol Records single "Laughing On The Outside" is #4 on Billboard's Best Selling Retail Records chart and Alvino Ray and His Orchestra (with vocal by Rocky Coluccio)'s Capitol Records single "Cement Mixer (Put-Ti Put-Ti)" is #9
70 Years Ago Today In 1948 - Capitol Records purchases the masters for vocalist Artie Wayne with Andy Phillips His Orchestra's titles "For You" and "(A Corner Table Down At) Tony's Place" in Los Angeles, California and will issue both titles together as a single (Capitol 15140).
70 Years Ago Today In 1948 - Over four sessions held this day in Los Angeles, California, The Capitol Records Transcription Service dubbed sixteen unlisted commercial recordings (four at each session) by The King Cole Trio. No issuing information is listed.
1956 - Jane Powell, with Buddy Bregman's Orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the titles "Mind If I Make Love To You", "True Love", "What Gives? What Goes?", and "Till The Next Time" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California. Verve Records will issue all the titles.
60 Years Ago Today In 1958 - Capitol Records releases The Kingston Trio's first album "The Kingston Trio", produced by Voyle Gilmore, and on the same day, Trio member Dave Guard's eldest daughter, Catherine, is born.
1959 - Franck Pourcel and His French Fiddles' Capitol Records single "Only You (Loin De Vous)" is #9 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart
1959 - Capitol Records releases The Kingston Trio's album "The Kingston Trio At Large" and on the same day they record the track "A Worried Man"
55 Years Ago Today In 1963 - Al Martino's Capitol Records single "I Love You Because" is #3 on Billboard's Hot 100 Single chart, The Beach Boys' Capitol Records single "Surfin' U.S.A." (it's flipside, "Shut Down", is #33) is #4, Kyu Sakamoto's Capitol Records single "Sukiyaki" is #10, Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Those Lazy-Hazy-Crazy Days Of Summer" is #16, The Kingston Trio's Capitol Records single "Reverend Mr. Black" is #19, Bobby Darin's Capitol Records single "Yellow Roses" is #23, and The Beach Boy's Capitol Records single "Shut Down" (the flip side of "Surfin' U.S.A") is #33. Also, Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Those Lazy-Hazy-Crazy Days Of Summer" is #6 on Billboard magazine's Middle-Road Singles chart, #18 on Cash Box magazine's Top 100 Singles chart, #26 on KDWB's Top Singles chart in Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota, and #42 on CFUN's C-Funtastic Fifty chart in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Also, Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records album "Ramblin' Rose" is #44 and his album "Dear Lonely Hearts" is #59 on Billboard magazine's Top LPs - 150 Best Sellers - Monaural chart.
55 Years Ago Today In 1963 - The Beatles perform "Young Blood", "Sure To Fall (In Love With You)", "Baby It's You", and "I Got To Find My Baby" during a live in-studio appearance at the BBC. The tracks will later be released by Apple Records on The Beatles' compilation cd "Live At The B.B.C." with Capitol Records handling distribution in the United States.
55 Years Ago Today In 1963 - Violinist Nathan Milstein, with Anatole Fistoulari conducting The Philharmonia Orchestra (lineup unlisted), records part of the first movement of Saint-Saens' "Concerto N° 3 In B Minor" at E.M.I.'s studios in London, England. Angel Records, at the time a division of Capitol Records will issue the entire piece on Milstein and the orchestra's album "SAINT-SAENS - Concerto N° 3 In B Minor/CHAUSSON - Poeme For Violin & Orchestra" (S-36005).

1966 - Billy May starts recording his album "Billy May Today!" in The Capitol Tower Studios in Hollywood,  California

1966 - The Beatles finish work on the track "Yellow Submarine" for their album "Revolver" at Abbey Road Studios, London, England. The track would inspire the creation of their third film for United Artists, the animated feature "Yellow Submarine".
50 Years Ago Today In 1968 - Woody Allen gives a performance in front of a live audience at the nightclub Eugene's in San Francisco, California that is recorded by producer Jack Lewis and engineers Don Geis, Gene Radice, and George Horn. Capitol Records will issue the recording in two parts on Allen's album "The Third Woody Allen Album" (ST 2986).
1972 - Pink Floyd, with engineer Alan Parsons, begin work on their album "Dark Side Of The Moon"
45 Years Ago Today In 1973 - Vocalist Glen Campbell, with unlisted others, records the titles "A Beautiful Love Song", "Bring Back My Yesterday", and "Love Light" in Los Angeles, California. After overdubs are recorded for "A Beautiful Love Song" and "Bring Back My Yesterday" on June 7 and 8, 1973, Capitol Records will issue the final mixes of both titles together as a single (Capitol 3669). After overdubs are recorded on June 14, 1973, Capitol Records will issue the final mix of "Lovelight" as a single (Capitol 4095) with "Rhinestone Cowboy" (recorded February 27, 1975) on the flipside. Capitol will also issue "A Beautiful Love Song" and "Lovelight" on Campbell's album "Houston (I'm Comin' To See You)" (SW-11293).
45 Years Ago Today In 1973 - Final mastering is done for Jim Horn's titles "We'll Get Over", "Moody", "San Camaro", "In And Out Of Sunshine", "Mandy", "Rainy Day Woman", "Lady From Louisville, "To Hurt A Poet", and "Half Moon". Shelter Records, at the time distributed by Capitol Records, will issue all the titles on Horn's album "Jim's Horns" (SW-8918).
1974 - Capitol Records' Grand Funk Railroad performs in concert in San Diego, California. The performance is filmed and released on videotape and laserdisc in Japan.
40 Years Ago Today In 1978 - The Knack perform for the first time when they take the stage at the Whisky-A-Go-Go, in Hollywood, California
40 Years Ago Today In 1978 - King Of Hearts (lineup unlisted) record the titles "There's Always Time, "How Long Does It Take", and "Something To Hide" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on the group's album "Close But No Guitar" (SW-11848) and "There's Always Time" as a single (Capitol 4634) with "Stay With Me" (recorded April 10, 1978) on the flipside and again as a single (Capitol 4683) with "Just Because" (also recorded on April 10, 1978) on the flipside.
35 Years Ago Today In 1983 - Industry (lineup unlisted) record the title "Romantic Dreams" at an unlisted studio. Capitol Records will issue the title on the group's album "Stranger To Stranger" (ST-12316).
2004 - EMI Capitol releases Dean Martin's compilation CD "Dino: The Essential Dean Martin" that contains 30 of Martin’s hits from both his Capitol Records (1949-1961) and Reprise Records (1960-1969) catalog.
2005 - Thomas Allen Ritter, a one-time employee of Capitol Records, dies in his home in Winchester, Virginia at age 63

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1959 - Martin Denny and His Orchestra's Liberty Records single "Quiet Village" is #5 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart, Dion and The Belmonts' Laurie Records single "A Teenager In Love" is #6, and Fats Domino's Imperial Records single "I'm Ready" is #16
55 Years Ago Today In 1963 - Joey Dee & The Starliters' Roulette Records single "Hot Pastrami With Mashed Potatoes (Part 1)", with "Hot Pastrami With Mashed Potatoes (Part 2)" on the flipside, is #36 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart
1964 - The Joe Pass Quartet (Bill Perkins on tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone, flute; Joe Pass on guitar; John Pisano on rhythm guitar; Frank Strazzeri on piano; and Jim Hughart on bass) record the tracks "I  Believe In You", "It's A Wonderful World", "Hello Dolly", "Summer Night", and "The Sweetest Sound" for their Pacific Jazz Records album "12-String Guitar Movie Themes" at the Pacific Jazz Studios in Los Angeles, California. EMI Music Group, Capitol Music Group's parent company, currently owns the Pacific Jazz catalog and it's distributed by Blue Note Records, a division of Capitol Music Group.

ON THIS DAY NOT IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1934 - Benny Goodman and his first permanent performing orchestra make their public performing debut at Billy Rose's Music Hall, 1697 Broadway at W. 53rd St., New York, NY, which started out as the Hammerstein Theatre and would become CBS' Studio 50, home of "The Ed Sullivan Show" where The Beatles made their first U.S. television appearance, and currently home to "The Late Show With David Letterman"
80 Years Ago Today In 1938 - Superman makes his first appearance on the cover of Action Comics #1