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2026-04-14T20:20:17.045-04:00

APRIL 14, 2026

HAPPY BIRTHDAYS!

1924 - Shorty Rogers, a trumpet player, bandleader, composer, arranger, a member of Capitol Records band Stan Kenton and His Orchestra, and Blue Note Records artist, is born Milton M. Rajonsky in Great Barrington, Massachusettes.

1925 - Rod Steiger, a Broadway and motion picture actor and singer, and a Capitol Records artist (1955 on the "Oklahoma!" motion picture soundtrack) is born Rodney Stephen Steiger in Westhampton, New York.

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1942 - Willem Mengelberg conducts The Concertgebouw Orchestra (lineup unlisted) as they record Richard Strauss' "Death and Transfiguration, Op. 24" in six parts in Amsterdam, Holland for Telefunken Records. Capitol Records will issue all six parts on the album "Richard STRAUSS - Death and Transfiguration Op. 24/Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks" after it acquires distribution rights in the United States to Telefunken's library (P-8100):

1947 - Vocalist Betty Hutton, with Paul Weston conducting his own arrangements to the orchestra (lineup unlisted but included brass, reeds, piano, guitar, bass, and drums players but credited as with Joe Lillie and His Orchestra on single the label), records the titles "The Sewing Machine" and "I Wish I Didn't Love You So" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both titles together as a single (Capitol 409).

1947 - Vocalist Jerry Colonna, with Frank De Vol and His Orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the titles "Cowpasture Polka", "Saloon", and "The Spaniard That Blighted My Life" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Cowpasture Polka" and "Saloon" together as a single (Capitol 420) and have yet to issue "The Spaniard That Blighted My Life".

1952 - Capitol Records registers the masters it purchased for Les Paul and Mary Ford's titles "I'm Confessin' (That I Love You)" featuring vocals by Mary Ford and "Carioca" and will issue both titles together as a single (Capitol 2080).

1952 - Skip Martin and His Orchestra (lineup unlisted) record the titles "Night And Day", "The Continental", "The Waltz In Sambatime", and "We Saw The Sea" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Martin's album "Music For Tap Dancing" (L-341). Unfortunately, none of the titles are currently available on YouTube.

1953 - Mel Blanc records vocal overdubs in Los Angeles, California, using a script written by Ted Pierce and Warren Foster, onto instrumental tracks recorded by Van Alexander conducting the orchestra (lineup unlisted) recorded earlier in the month of April 1953 (exact date unlisted) for the titles "Wild West Henery Hawk: Part 1" and "Wild West Henery Hawk: Part 2". Capitol Records will issue the final mixes of both titles on the children's album "Wild West Henery Hawk" (CAS-3172 on 10" shellac and CASF-3172 on 7" vinyl).

1953 - The Duke Ellington Trio (Duke Ellington on piano, Wendell Marshall on bass, and Butch Ballard on drums) record the titles "In A Sentimental Mood", "Things Ain't What They Used To Be", "All Too Soon", and "Janet" in Capitol Records' studios at 5515 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Ellington's album "The Duke Plays Ellington" (T 477).

1954 - Kay Starr's Capitol Records single "If You Love Me (Really Love Me)", with "The Man Upstairs" on the flipside, enters the top 40 of the U.S. Pop singles charts.

1957 - Vocalist and pianist Carole Simpson records vocal tracks in Los Angeles, California over band tracks recorded by Lennie Neihaus and His Orchestra (lineup unlisted but included guitar, bass, drums, three violas, and cello players) on April 3, 1957, for the titles "There Will Never Be Another You", "Your Name Is Love", "Oh, Look At Me Now", and "A Gentleman Friend". Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Simpson's album "The Song Stylings Of Carole Simpson - All About Carole" (T 878).

1958 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Looking Back" is #27 on WMGM 1050 AM's Top 40 Survey in New York City, New York.

1958 - During two sessions held this day in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California, vocalist and guitarist Hank Thompson, with The Brazos Valley Boys (Dubert Ray Dobson on trumpet, Tommy Camfield, Harold Glenn Hensley, and Robert "Bob" White on fiddles, Vic Davis on piano, Billy Gray and Merle Travis also on guitars, Floyd Lester "Bobbie" White on steel guitar, Billy Briggs Stewart on bass, and John Sterling "Butch" White on drums), records the titles "La Zinda Waltz" and "Anniversary Waltz" at the first session between 6:00 PM and 10:00 PM then the titles "Wednesday Night Waltz", "Gold And Silver Waltz", "Skaters' Waltz", and "Fifty Year Ago Waltz" between 6:00 PM and 10:00 PM then at the second session from 11:30 PM and 2:30 AM on April 15, 1958. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Thompson's album "Favorite Waltzes By Hank Thompson With The Brazos Valley Boys" (T 1111).

1958 - Freddy Martin conducts His Orchestra (lineup unlisted) as the record the titles "Tonight We Love (Tchaikovsky - 'Concerto In B Minor')", "Rhapsody In Blue", "Strange Music", "Theme From Tchaikovsky's '6th Symphony'", "Liebestraum", and "My Reverie" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Martin and his orchestra's album "Concerto!" (W/SW 1066).

1958 - At a split and extended session held this day in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California between 5:00 PM and 9:00 PM, first Nelson Riddle conducts his own arrangement to His Orchestra (Tommy "Pullman" Pederson, Jimmy Priddy, Kenneth Shroyer, and Juan Tizol on trombones, John Cave and James Decker on French horns, Gene Cipriano, Buddy Collette, Joseph Koch, Lee Elliott, Arthur "Skeets" Herfurt, and Harry Klee on saxophones, Geoffrey Clarkson on piano, Bob Bain on guitar, Joe Comfort on bass, Larry Bunker and Frank Flynn on drums, Kathryn Julye on harp, and a string section with Alex Beller, Al Belnick, David Frisina, Marvin Limonick, Dan Lube, Erno Neufeld, Eudice Shapiro, Paul Shure, Felix Slatkin, Marshall Sosson, and David Sterkin on violins, Alvin Dinkin and Maxine Johnson on violas, and Edgar Lustgarten and Kurt Reher on cellos) as they record the title "The Seventh Voyage Of Sinbad" then, with Keely Smith on vocals, conducts as they record titles "The Whippoorwill", "You Are My Love", "Sometimes", and "Just As Much". Capitol Records will issue "The Seventh Voyage Of Sinbad" as a single (Capitol F3980) with "Love Theme From 'St. Louis Blues'" (recorded April 25, 1958) on the flipside, "The Whippoorwill" and "Sometimes" together as a single (Capitol F3975) by Kelly Smith, and "You Are My Love" as a single (Capitol F4063) with the live version of "That Old Black Magic" (recorded August 25, 1958 in the main room of the Sahara Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada with Louis Prima, Sam Butera and The Witnesses) on the flipside also as by Smith. Bear Family Records will issue all the titles in Germany in the eight-CD box set "Louis Prima, Sam Butera, and Keely Smith - Their Capitol Recordings" (BCD 15776).

1958 - During two sessions held this day at Universal Studios in Chicago, Illinois, trombonist Jack Teagarden, with Dick Oakley on trumpet, Jerry Fuller on clarinet, Don Ewell on piano, Stan Puls on bass, and Ronnie Greb on drums, records the titles "Mobile Blues", "Wolverine Blues", "Tishomingo Blues", and, with Teagarden also on vocals, "Someday You'll Be Sorry" at the first session and the titles "Rip-A-Tutte", "Weary River" with Teagarden also on vocals, "Dallas Blues", and "Casanova's Lament" also with Teagarden on vocals at the second session. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Teagarden's album "Big T's Dixieland Band" (T 1095).

65 Years Ago Today In 1961 - Comedians Carl Reiner and Mel Brooks record the titles "The Astronaut", "Taxes", "2000 Year & 6 Month Old Man", and "Baby Routine" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue "2000 Year & 6 Month Old Man" on the multi-artist comedy album "Fly Buttons" (T/ST 2502) and have yet to issue any of the other titles.

60 Years Ago Today In 1966 - The Beatles record the title "Rain" at Abbey Road Studios in London, England with producer George Martin. Capitol Records will issue the title as a single (Capitol 5651) with "Paperback Writer" (recorded April 13, 1966) on the flipside in the United States.

1968 - Final overdubs are recorded in Los Angeles, California for Glen Campbell's title "She Called Me Baby". Capitol Records will issue the final mix of the title on Campbell's album "A New Place In The Sun" (ST 2097).

1969 - Paul McCartney and John Lennon finish recording the title "The Ballad Of John And Yoko" at EMI's Abbey Road Studios in London, England. It is the first title released as a single by The Beatles not to feature George Harrison and Ringo Starr.

1975 - Fredric March (born Ernest Frederick McIntyre Bickel), motion picture actor and Capitol Records artist (narrator on the album "Hark The Years"), dies at age 77 in Los Angeles, California from cancer.

1978 - Vocalist Cheryl Ladd, with unlisted others, records the title "Bound To Please" in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records which has yet to issue the title.

1978 - No Dice (Jimmy Jewell on saxophone, Steve Smith on harmonica, Dave Martin and Dave Moore on guitars, Gary Strange on bass, Chris Wyles on drums and percussion, and Roger Ferris on vocals) record the titles "Angel With A Dirty Face" and "Jail House" in San Francisco, California for Capitol Records which has yet to issue either title.

1980 - The Knack's Capitol Records album "…But The Little Girls Understand" is certified Gold by the R.I.A.A.

1983 - Tina Turner signs a contract with Capitol Records.

1983 - Sherry Kean, with unlisted others, records the title "Universe Of Two" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the title on Kean's album "People Talk" (ST-12328).

1990 - Heart's Capitol Records single "All I Wanna Do Is Make Love To You", with "Call Of The Wild" on the flipside, enters the top 40 of Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart.

35 Years Ago Today In 1991 - Wilson Phillip's SBK Records (a division of Capitol Records) single "You're In Love" is #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart.

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1959 - The Fleetwood's Liberty Records single "Come Softly To Me", with "I Care So Much" on the flipside, hits #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart.

1983 - EMI America registers the masters it purchased for Any Trouble's titles "I'll Be Your Man", "Please Don't Stop", "Touch And Go", "foundations", "Party In The Streets", "Northern Soul", "Man Of The Moment", "Time Does Not Heal", "You'd Better Go Home", "Falling In Love With You Again", "Wrong End Of The Race", "Step By Step", and "Human Heart" and will issue "I'll Be Your Man", "Please Don't Stop", "Touch And Go", "foundations", "Party In The Streets", "Northern Soul", "Man Of The Moment", "Time Does Not Heal", "You'd Better Go Home", and "Falling In Love With You Again" on the group's album "" (ST-17096) and "Man Of The Moment" and an edited version of "Touch And Go" together as a single (EMI America 8166). No issuing information is listed for either "Step By Step" or "Human Heart".

1990 - Thurston Harris, singer (best know for the track "Little Bitty Pretty One") and Aladdin Records artist, dies of a heart attack in Pomona, California at age 58. I designed the album cover, with art director Henry Marquez, for EMI America's release of Harris' "Greatest Hits" album in 1986.

2026-04-13T20:30:56.068-04:00

APRIL 13, 2026

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

75 Years Ago Today In 1951 - Peabo Bryson, a singer, songwriter, music producer, and Capitol Records solo artist (1977-1983 and 1989) and part of recording duos with Natalie Cole (1979) and Roberta Flack (1983), is born Robert L. Bryson in Greenville, South Carolina.

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1944 - Andy Russell's Capitol Records single "Besame Mucho", with "You're The Dream, I'm The Dreamer" on the flipside, enters the top 40 of the U.S. Country singles charts.

1953 - Billy May directs his own arrangements to His Orchestra (listed as possibly Jack Laubach, Tony Facciuto, Bob McKenzie, and Andy Peele on trumpets, Bob Raesinger, Dick Nash, George Kenny, and Karl DeKarske on trombones, Willie Smith and Dick Clay on alto saxophones, Len Mitchell and Charlie Deremoe on tenor saxophones, John Agee on baritone saxophone, Cliff Fishbach on piano, John Collins on guitar, Carson Smith on bass, and Larry Bunker on drums) as they record the titles "Turk's Tune", "Street Of Dreams" and "Moonlight And Roses" at Capitol Records' studios at 5515 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue "Street Of Dreams" as a single (Capitol 3297) with "Suzette" (recorded October 4, 1954) on the flipside and has yet to issue either "Turk's Tune" or "Moonlight And Roses".

1953 - During two sessions held this day in Capitol Records' studios at 5515 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood, California, The Duke Ellington Trio (Duke Ellington on piano, Wendell Marshall on bass, and Butch Ballard on drums) records the titles "Who Knows?", "Retrospection" with only Ellington on piano, "B Sharp Blues", and "Passion Flower" at the first session, and the title "Dancers In Love", then, with only Ellington on the piano, the titles "Reflections In D" and "Melancholia", and, with the entire trio, "Prelude To A Kiss". Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Ellington's album "The Duke Plays Ellington" (EAP-1/2-477 on 7" EP, H-477 on 10" LP, and T 477 on 12" vinyl).

1953 - Mitchell Lurie directs, and plays the clarinet as part of, The Fine Arts Wind Ensemble (Sinclair Lott on horn, Haakon Bergh on flute, Alexandre Duvoir on oboe, and Jack Marsh on bassoon) as they record Hindemith's "Kleine Kammermusik, Opus 24, N° 2 (Quintet For Woodwind Instruments)" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the title on the album "POULENC - Sextet For Piano & Winds/HINDEMITH-Kleinekammermusic" (P-8258).

70 Years Ago Today In 1956 - Vocalist Dick Haymes, with Ian Bernard and his orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the titles "I Like The Likes Of You", "Isn't It A Lovely Day (To Be Caught In The Rain)", and "Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Haymes' album "Moondreams" (T 787).

70 Years Ago Today In 1956 - Vocalist Meg Myles, with unlisted others, records the yet to be issued titles "13 Men" and "Abracadabra" and the titles "Past The Age Of Innocence" and "My Melancholy Baby" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the last two titles together as a single (Capitol 3437).

70 Years Ago Today In 1956 - Ray Heindorf conducted The Warner Bros. Orchestra (lineup unlisted) and Chorus (vocalists Betty Allan, Burton Dole, William Lee, Elizabeth Mulliner, Ernest Newton, Betty Noyes, Thurl Ravenscroft, Virginia Rees, William Reeve, Max Smith, Robert Stevens, Betty Wand, and Gloria Wood) as they record the title "Fight Scene (The Yellow Rose Of Texas)" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the title on the original motion picture soundtrack album for the film "GIANT" (W 773).

70 Years Ago Today In 1956 - Vocalist John Raitt, with unlisted others, records the titles "Amapola", "Lamento Gitano (Gypsy Lament)", "Granada", and "Malaguena" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Raitt's album "Mediterranean Magic" (T 714).

1958 - It's a Sunday night and at 8:00 PM EST baseball fanatic Nat "King" Cole must be happy as a clam as he appears on CBS-TV's "The Ed Sullivan Show" with fellow guests baseball players Mickey Mantle, Yogi Berra, and Whitey Ford who get tips on how to sing "Take Me Out To The Ball Game" from the song's composer Jack Norworth. In the audience is the widow of W.C. Handy whose bio-pic, "St. Louis Blues", Cole is plugging as well as performing "Just One Of Those Things" and his new single "Looking Back" Also on the show are fellow Capitol Records artist Laurie London making his U.S. television debut performing "He's Got The Whole World In His Hand", Columbia Records singer Eileen Rodgers who performs "Handle Me With Care" and "I'd Climb The Highest Mountain", and a monologue by British comedienne Joyce Grenfell.

1958 - During two sessions held this day at City Auditorium in Houston, Texas, Leopold Stokowski conducts The Houston Symphony Orchestra, The Houston Chorale, and The Houston Youth Symphony Boy's Choir (lineups unlisted) as they record parts of Carl Orff's "Carmina Burana". Capitol Records will issue the entire piece on the album "ORFF - Carmina Burana" (PAR/SPAR-8470).

65 Years Ago Today In 1961 - Vocalist and pianist Ivory Joe Hunter, with Stan Applebaum directing the studio orchestra (lineup unlisted but includes trumpet, saxophone, guitar, bass, and drum players) and a chorus, (lineup unlisted), records the titles "Because I Love You", and "I'm Hooked" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue both titles together as a single (Capitol 4587).

1963 - Buck Owens' Capitol Records single "Act Naturally", with "Over And Over Again" on the flipside, enters the U.S. Country singles charts where it will eventually become Owens' first #1.

1963 - The Beach Boys' Capitol Records single "Surfin' U.S.A.", with "Shut Down" on the flipside, enters the top 40 of Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart.

1963 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "All Over The World" is #20 on Billboard magazine's Middle-Road Singles chart.

1963 - Vocalist Bobby Darin, with unlisted others, records the titles "Alice Blue Gown", "Whispering", "Somebody Stole My Gal", "I Cried For You", and "Sixteen" in Los Angeles, California. Collectors' Choice Music will issue "Whispering" and "Somebody Stole My Gal" on Darin's CD compilation "Bobby Darin - The Unreleased Capitol Sides" (CCM 079-2). The rest of the titles are still unissued.

1963 - During two sessions held this day in Los Angeles, California, The Journeymen (John Phillips and Scott McKenzie on vocals and guitars and Dick Weissman on guitar and banjo) record the titles "One Quick Martini" and "Greenland Whale Fisheries" at the first session and the titles "Mary Wore Three Links Of Chain" and "I May Be Right" at the second session. Capitol Records will issue "One Quick Martini" on the group's album "New Directions In Folk Music" (T/ST 1951) and the rest of the titles on the group's compilation CD "Capitol Collectors Series - The Journeymen" (7-98536-2).

1965 - The Beatles win the Grammy award for Best New Artist of the Year.

60 Years Ago Today In 1966 - The Beatles record the title "Paperback Writer" in Abbey Road Studios in London, England. Capitol Records will issue the title as a single (Capitol 6296) in the United States with "Rain" (recorded April 14, 1966) on the flipside.

60 Years Ago Today In 1966 - Vocalist and guitarist Roy Clark, with unlisted others, records a yet to be issued take of the titles "Steppin' Out", the title "(I'd Be) A Legend In My Time", and yet to be issued takes of the titles "A Good Woman's Love", and "Oh How I Miss You" in Nashville, Tennessee. Tower Records, a subsidiary of Capitol Records, will issue "(I'd Be) A Legend In My Time" as a single (DT 5118) with "Rose Colored Glasses" (recorded October 14, 1965) on the flipside.

60 Years Ago Today In 1966 - Vocalists Jean Shepard and Ray Pillow, with unlisted others, record the titles "Nobody's Business", "We Could", and "Willingly" in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Shepard and Pillow's album "I'll Take The Dog" (T 2537).

1968 - Buck Owens, with unlisted others, gives a concert in Nevada that's recorded by Capitol Records but has yet to be issued. None of the titles performed are listed.

1968 - The Lettermen (vocalists Jim Pike, Tony Butala, and Bob Engemann), Perry Botkin, Jr. conducting his own arrangments to the orchestra (lineup unlisted), record the title "All The Grey Haired Men" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the title as a single (Capitol 2196) with "Anyone Who Had A Heart" (recorded April 25, 1968) on the flipside.

1968 - The Beach Boys (lineup unlisted) record the title "Be Still" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the title on the group's album "Friends" (ST 2895).

1968 - Pianist Billy Taylor And His Trio (only Ben Tucker on bass and Grady Tate on drums), before a live audience in Capitol Records' studios in New York City, New York, record the titles "I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free", "T.N.T.", "Lonesome Lover", "Sunny", "Pensativa", "Hard To Find", "I'll Remember April", "Morning", "Antenett", and "Cag" with Taylor also producing the session. Tower Records, a subsidiary of Capitol Records will issue "I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free" and "Sunny" together as a single (Tower 421) and "I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free", "T.N.T.", "Lonesome Lover", "Sunny", "Pensativa", "Hard To Find", "Morning", and "Cag" on Taylor and the trio's album "I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free" (ST 5111). Blue Note Records will issue "I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free" as "I Wish I Knew How It Felt To Be Free" on the multi-artist compilation CD "Blue Movies - Scoring For The Studios" (8-57748-2). "I'll Remember April" and "Antenett" are still unissued.

1969 - Glen Campbell's Capitol Records single "Galveston", with "How Come Every Time I Itch I Wind Up Scratchin' You" on the flipside, is #1 on the U.S. Country singles charts.

55 Years Ago Today In 1971 - During two sessions held today in Los Angeles, California with producer Earl Ball, vocalist Merle Haggard and The Strangers (Roy Nichols on electric guitar, Norman Hamlet on steel guitar, Bobby Wayne on guitar, Dennis Hromek on bass, and Clair "Biff" Adam on drums) record the titles "The Conversion Of Ronnie Jones" and "Caroline" at the first session then just The Strangers record the titles "Honky Tonk", "Raunchy", and "Song From 'Sleep Walk'" at the second session. Capitol Records will issue "The Conversion Of Ronnie Jones" on Haggard's album "It's Not Love (But It's Not Bad)" (ST-11127), after an overdub session is held on April 30, 1971 for "Carolyn" it will release that title as a single (Capitol 3222) with "When The Feelin' Goes Away" (recorded November 9, 1970) on the flipside and on Haggard and The Strangers' album "Someday We'll Look Back" (ST-835) and all three titles from the second sessions on Merle Haggard's Strangers' album "Honky Tonkin'" (ST-796) and "Song From 'Sleep Walk'" as a single (Capitol 3144) with "Slow 'N' Easy" (recorded April 14, 1971) on the flipside.

1973 - Final overdubs are recorded in (listed as possibly) Los Angeles, California for Buck Owens' title "Arms Full Of Empty". Capitol Records will issue the final mix of the title as a single (Capitol 3688) with "Songwriter's Lament" (registered July 5, 1968) on the flipside and also on Owen's album "In The Palm Of Your Hand" (ST-11136).

1973 - Capitol Records registers the masters it purchased for vocalist Tony Booth's titles "That Loving Feeling" and "Old Faithful", both recorded at Buck Owens Studios in Bakersfield, California from Buck Owens Enterprises. After overdubs are recirded for "That Loving Feeling", Capitol Records will issue the final mix of that title as a single (Capitol 3943) with "Workin' At The Car Wash Blues" (registered July 25, 1974) on the flipside and also on Booth's album "Happy Hour" (ST-11270) and "Old Faithful" as a single (Capitol 3639) with "Don't Let True Love Slip Away" (registered May 15, 1973) on the flipside and also on Booth's album "This Is Tony Booth" (ST-11210).

1973 - Shirl Milete, with unlisted others, records the titles "I'll Raise Your Babies", "Family Man", and "She's Still My Baby" in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records has yet to issue "I'll Raise Your Babies" and will issue "Family Man" and "She's Still My Baby" together as a single (Capitol 3642).

1974 - Wings' Apple Records album "Band on the Run", distributed by Capitol Records in the United States, is #1 on Billboard's Top 200 Albums chart.

1975 - Merle Haggard's Capitol Records single "Always Wanting You", with "I've Got A Yearning" on the flipside, is #1 on the U.S. Country singles charts.

50 Years Ago Today In 1976 - Asleep At The Wheel (lineup unlisted) records the title "Miles And Miles Of Texas" in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue the title as a single (Capitol 4357) with "Blues For Dixie" (recorded April 1, 1966) on the flipside and on the group's album "Wheelin' And Dealin'" (ST-11546).

1977 - Natalie Cole's Capitol Records single "I've Got Love On My Mind", with "Unpredictable You" on the flipside, is certified Gold by the R.I.A.A.

1978 - Vocalist Cheryl Ladd, with unlisted others, records the titles "You've Never Done It Like That" and "Walking In The Rain" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records has yet to Issue "You've Never Done It Like That" and will issue "Walking In The Rain" on Ladd's self-titled album "Cheryl Ladd" (SW-11808).

1983 - Vocalist Ellen Shipley, with unlisted others, records the title "He's Not There" in (listed as possibly) Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the title on Shipley's album "Call Of The Wild" (ST-12289).

1983 - Sherry Kean, with unlisted others, records the title "Sever The Ties" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the title as a single (Capitol 5302) with "Mixed Emotions" (recorded April 11, 1983) on the flipside.

1992 - Liberty Records (later renamed Capitol Records Nashville) releases Linda Davis' album "Linda Davis".

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1923 - Don Adams, a comedian, television and motion picture actor, animated cartoon voice artist, and Roulette and United Artists Records artist, is born Donald James Yarmy in New York City, New York.

1980 - Blondie's Chrysalis Records single "Call Me", with an instrumental version of the song by Georgio Moroder on the flipside, is #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart. Chrysalis' UK catalog was once owned by Capitol Records' former parent company, EMI Music Group, was sold to Warner Music Group, who in turn sold it to Blue Raincoat Music who sold it to Reservoir Media Management.

1983 - Sheena Easton and Kenny Rogers' duet Liberty Records single "We've Got Tonight", with Rogers' "You Are So Beautiful" on the flipside, is #1 on the U.S. Country singles charts. Liberty Records catalog is currently owned by Universal Music Group, Capitol Music Group's parent company.

35 Years Ago Today In 1991 - Queensryche's EMI America Records single "Silent Lucidity", with "The Mission (Live)" on the flipside, enters the top 40 of Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart. EMI America's catalog is currently owned by Universal Music Group, Capitol Music Group's parent company.

2026-04-11T20:27:10.987-04:00

APRIL 11, 2026

HAPPY BIRTHDAYS!

105 Years Ago Today In 1921 - Dorothy Shay (aka "The Park Avenue Hillbilly"), singer, comedian, actress, and Capitol Records artist, is born Dorothy Nell Sims in Jacksonville, Florida.

1932 - Joel Grey, a singer, dancer, a Broadway, motion picture, and television performer, son of comedian and Capitol Records artist Mickey Katz, father of motion picture and television actress Jennifer Grey and chef James Grey, and a Capitol Records artist, is born Joel David Katz in Cleveland, Ohio.

1970 - Dylan Keefe, bass player and background vocalist in the Capitol Records group Marcy Playground is born in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1953 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Pretend" is #3 on The Billboard magazine's Best Selling Singles and Most Played By Jockeys charts and #4 on the magazine's Most Played In Juke Boxes chart. Also, "Pretend" is #6, Nat "King" Cole with Billy May and His Orchestra's single "Can't I" is #17, and its flipside, "Blue Gardenia", is #28 on Cash Box magazine's Best Selling Singles chart.

1953 - Vocalist Jimmy Wakely, with an orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the titles "I Just Can't Take It Anymore", "Out Of Sight, Out Of Mind", "You Are An Angel", and "This Orchid Means Goodbye" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Out Of Sight, Out Of Mind" and "This Orchid Means Goodbye" together as a single (Capitol 2484) and has yet to issue "I Just Can't Take It Anymore" and "You Are An Angel".

1955 - Jean Shepard records the titles "Satisfied Mind", which Capitol Records will release as a single with "Take Possession" on the flipside in May 1955, and "Beautiful Lies", which Capitol will release with "I Thought Of You" on the flipside in September 1955, at Capitol Records' Melrose studios in Hollywood, California with producer Ken Nelson.

70 Years Ago Today In 1956 - Keely Smith and Louis Prima sign a contract with Capitol Records. I had the unexpected joy of meeting Keely late one night in The Capitol Tower Studios. I was heading down the hall towards the parking lot on my way home and she was coming out of the hallway from the studios. I recognized her at once and was just blown away. I mean, who could imagine bumping into Keely Smith at the Tower in 1999? Overcoming my tongue-tied shyness when meeting legends, I introduced myself, told her what a pleasure it was to meet her, and asked what brought her back to Capitol. She said she was working on a new album which turned out to be "Swing, Swing, Swing" released by Concord in 2000. She was very gracious and seemed tickled that someone, besides those working in the studios, recognized her and appreciated the significance of her return.

1958 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Looking Back" is #19 on WMCA's Wax To Watch chart in New York City, New York.

1958 - Freddy Martin conducts His Orchestra (lineup unlisted) as they record the titles "We Live For Love Tonight (Theme From Rachmaninoff's 'Concerto #2')", "Donna Diane", "Cornish Rhapsody", "Moonlight Sonata", and "Till The End Of Time" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Martin and his orchestra's album "Concerto!" (W/SW 1066).

1958 - Pianist Joe Bushkin, with an orchestra (lineup unlisted) using arrangements by Kenyon Hopkins, records the titles "Get Out Of Town", "I Get A Kick Out Of You", and a new take of "Night And Day" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Bushkin's album "I Get A Kick Out Of Porter" (T/ST 1030).

1958 - During two sessions held this day at City Auditorium in Houston, Texas, Leopold Stokowski conducts The Houston Symphony Orchestra (lineup unlisted) as they record parts of Shostakovich's "Symphony N° 11" at the first session and parts of Carl Orff's "Carmina Burana" at the second session. Capitol Records will issue all the parts of "Symphony N° 11" on the album "SHOSTAKOVICH - Symphony N° 11, Opus 103" (PBR/SPBR-8448) and all the parts of "Carmina Burana" on the album "ORFF - Carmina Burana" (PAR/SPAR-8470).

1963 - Vocalist Nat "King" Cole, with Ralph Carmichael conducting the orchestra (Jimmy Rowles on piano, Laurindo Almeida, Bobby Gibbons, and Al Hendrickson on guitar, Joe Comfort on bass, Frank Carlson on drums, Larry Bunker on percussion and a string section with Emil Briano, Arthur Brown, Harold Dicterow, Elliott Fisher, Lou Klass, Sarah Kreindler, William Kurash, Alfred Lustgarten, Emanuel Moss, Alex Murray, Lou Raderman, Isadore Roman, and Nathan Ross on violin, Cecil Figelski, Allan Harshman, and Gary Nuttycombe on viola, and Alex Borisoff, Jesse Ehrlich, Hyman Gold, and William Vandenburg on cello), records the titles "In The Cool Of The Day" then, with a vocal chorus (lineup unlisted) "Those Lazy, Hazy, Crazy Days Of Summer", two takes of "Felicia" and "You'll See", finishing with "Mr. Wishing Well" at The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California between 1:00 PM and 4:00 PM. Capitol Records will issue "In The Cool Of The Day" and "Those Lazy, Hazy, Crazy Days Of Summer" together as a single (Capitol 4965), "In The Cool Of The Day" also on the album "Cat Ballou" (T/ST 2340), "Those Lazy, Hazy, Crazy Days Of Summer" also on the album "Those Lazy-Hazy-Crazy Days Of Summer" (T/ST 1932) and, with a reprised ending added, as a single (still Capitol 4965) still with "In The Cool Of The Day" on the flipside and also on the album "Those Lazy-Hazy-Crazy Days Of Summer" (T/ST 1932), "Felicia", after a rhythm track is overdubbed, on the album "The Beautiful Ballads" (T/ST 2820) in 1967, "You'll See" as a single (Capitol 5486) with "Wanderlust" (recorded June 3, 1964) on the flipside and, after a rhythm track is overdubbed, also on the album "The Beautiful Ballads, and "Mr. Wishing Well" as a single (Capitol 5027) with "That Sunday, That Summer" (recorded May 16, 1963) on the flipside and, after a rhythm track is overdubbed, on the album "Thank You, Pretty Baby" (T/ST 2759). Bear Family Records will issue all the songs and all the takes in the CD box set "Nat 'King' Cole - The Complete Capitol Recordings (1960-1964)" (BCD 16717).

1963 - The Journeymen (John Phillips and Scott McKenzie on vocals and guitars and Dick Weissman on guitar and banjo) record the titles "San Francisco Bay Blues", "Bay Of Mexico", and "Someday Baby" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on the group's album "New Directions In Folk Music" (T/ST 1951).

1963 - Bandleader and trumpet player Ray Anthony and His Orchestra (Lewis McCreary on trombone, Bob Hardaway on tenor saxophone, Leo Anthony on baritone saxophone, Kellie Green on piano, Don Simpson on bass, and Nick Ceroli on drums), with a vocal chorus (lineup unlisted) and using arrangments by Don Simpson, records the titles "On Broadway" using an arrangement by Don Simpson, "Mexican Market Day" and "Heartaches" using arrangements by Jimmy Haskell, "You're The Reason I'm Livin'", End Of The World", "Days Of Wine And Roses", "I Wanna Be Around" and "I'm Just A Country Boy" using arrangements by Don Simpson in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "On Broadway", "You're The Reason I'm Livin'", "End Of The World", "Days Of Wine And Roses","I Wanna Be Around", and "I'm Just A Country Boy" on Anthony and his orchestra's album "Smash Hits Of '63" (T/ST 1917) and "Mexican Market Day" and "Heartaches" together as a single (Capitol 4972).

1963 - Narrator Stan Kenton, with Ralph Charmichael conducting his own arrangements to His Orchestra (Rubin Decker, Allan Harshman, and Gary Nuttycombe on violins, Cecil Figelski on violas, Alexander Borisoff, William Vandenburg, Jesse Ehrlich, and Hyman Gold on cellos, Jimmy Rowles on piano, Bobby Gibbons on guitar, Joe Comfort on bass, and Frank Carlson on drums) and Choir (lineup unlisted), records the title "What Is A Santa Claus? (Silent Night) in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California between 4:30 PM and 5:45 PM. Capitol Records will issue the title as a single (Capitol 5085) with "O Tannenbaum" (recorded March 14, 1961) on the flipside.

1964 - The Beatles occupy a record-breaking fourteen positions on US Hot 100 chart - "Can't Buy Me Love" (1), "Twist and Shout" (2), "She Loves You" (4), "I Want To Hold Your Hand" (7), "Please Please Me" (9), "Do You Want To Know A Secret" (14), "I Saw Her Standing There" (38), "You Can't Do That" (48), "All My Loving" (50), "From Me To You" (52), "Thank You Girl (61), "There's A Place" (74), "Roll Over Beethoven" (78), and "Love Me Do" (81).

1967 - Capitol Records artist Judy Garland divorces her husband Mark Herron.

1968 - During three sessions held this day in Los Angeles, California, vocalists Bobbie Gentry and Glen Campbell, with unlisted others, record the titles "My Elusive Dreams" and "Let It Be Me" at the first session, the titles "Little Green Apples", "Gentle On My Mind" and "Scarborough Fair/Canticle" at the second session, and the titles "Peaceful", "Dangling Conversation", "Heart To Heart Talk", "Imagination", and, with Gentry on vocals, "Words" in Los Angeles, California. After overdubs are recorded for "My Elusive Dreams" and "Let It Be Me" also on April 11, 1968, "Words" on May 10, 1968, "Let It Be Me" and "Little Green Apples" on May 28, 1968, "My Elusive Dream", "Gentle On My Mind", and "Heart To Heart Talk" on August 2, 1968, and "Scarborough Fair/Canticle" and "Dangling Conversation" on August 6, 1968, Capitol Records will issue "My Elusive Dreams", "Let It Be Me", "Little Green Apples", "Gentle On My Mind", "Scarborough Fair/Canticle", "Heart To Heart Talk", and Imagination" on the album "Bobbie Gentry And Glen Campbell" (ST 2928), has yet to issue "Peaceful" and "Dangling Conversation", and will issue "Words" on Campbell's album "Wichita Lineman" (SU/ST/SM-103).

1968 - Stained Glass (lineup unlisted) records the title "Thank You" in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records. No issuing information is listed.

1968 - The Beach Boys (lineup unlisted) record the title "Busy Doing Nothing" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the title on the group's album "Friends" (ST 2895).

1968 - Vocalist Willie Hightower, with unlisted trumpet, trombone, tenor and baritone saxophone, piano, guitar, electric bass, and drums players and a choir (lineup unlisted), records the title "It's A Miracle", "He Had A Dream", "Time Waits For No One", and "Nobody But You" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue "It's A Miracle" and "Nobody But You" together as a single (Capitol 2226) and has yet to issue either "He Had A Dream" or "Time Waits For No One".

1968 - The Geezinslaw Brothers (vocalists Sam Allred and Raymond Dewayne Smith), with unlisted others, record the titles "Sugar" and "Boney And Claude" in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue both titles together as a single (Capitol 2184).

1969 - Apple Records, with Capitol Records handling distribution in the United States, releases The Beatles' single "Get Back", with "Don't Let Me Down" on the flipside.

1970 - The Beatles' Apple Records single "Let it Be", with "You Know My Name (Look Up The Number)" on the flipside, is #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart.

1973 - Final overdubs are recorded in Los Angeles, California for Al Martino's title If I Give My Heart To You". Capitol Records will issue the final mix of the title as a single (Capitol 3604) with "Hey Mama" (recorded April 3, 4, 5, 9, and 10, 1973) on the flipside.

1978 - Vocalist Cheryl Ladd, with unlisted others, records the titles "Good, Good Lovin'" and Here Is A Song" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both titles on Ladd's self-titled album "Cheryl Ladd" (SW-11808), "Good, Good Lovin'" also as a single (Capitol 4650) with "Skinny Dippin'" (recorded April 10, 1978) on the flipside, and "Here Is A Song" also as a single (Capitol 4599) with "Think It Over" (also recorded on April 10, 1978) on the flipside.

45 Years Ago Today In 1981 - A Taste Of Honey's Capitol Records single "Sukiyaki", with "Don't You Lead Me On" on the flipside, enters the top 40 of Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart.

1983 - Sherry Kean, with unlisted others, records the title "Mixed Emotions" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the title on Kean's album "People Talk" (ST-12328) and also as a single (Capitol 5302) with "Sever The Ties" (recorded April 13, 1983) on the flipside.

1987 - Poison's Capitol Records single "Talk Dirty To Me", with "Look What The Cat Dragged In" on the flipside, enters the top 40 of Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart.

1988 - Boogie Boys (lineup unlisted) record the title "KMO Step Off" at an unlisted studio for Capitol Records. No issuing information is listed.

1998 - Capitol Records artist Merle Travis is named a charter inductee in the National Thumb Pickers Hall of Fame.

20 Years Ago Today In 2006 - Capitol Records releases The Beatles' compilation box set "The Beatles: The Capitol Albums Vol. 2".

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1945 - Future Capitol Records artist Dean Martin and his wife Elizabeth welcome their second daughter, Barbara Gail Martin, into the world.

1963 - Pianist Horace Silver, with Blue Mitchell and Kenny Dorham on trumpets, Grachan Moncur III on trombone, Julius Watkins on French horn, Junior Cook and Jimmy Heath on tenor saxophones, Charles Davis on baritone saxophone, Gene Taylor on bass, and Roy Brooks on drums, records the titles "Silver's Serenade, "Sweet Sweetie Dee", "Nineteen Bars", and "Nest Time I Fall In Love" in recording engineer Rudy Van Gelder's studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey for Blue Note Records which will reject all the takes of all the titles.

1968 - The 3 Sounds (Gene Harris on piano, Andrew Simpkins on bass, and Donald Bailey on drums), with Melvin Moore, Buddy Childers, Bobby Bryant, and Freddy Hill on trumpets, Lou Blackburn, Pete Myers, and Billy Byers on trombones, Ernie Tack on bass trombone, Anthony Ortega and Frank Strozier on alto saxophones, Jay Migliori on tenor saxophone, Bill Green on baritone saxophone, Ken Watson on percussion, and Lou Singer on tympani and percussion using arrangements by Oliver Nelson, record the titles "My Romance", "Lonely Bottles", "Do Do Do (What Now Is Next)", "Coldwater Flat", and "Last Train To Clarksville" at Liberty Studios in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on the group's album "Coldwater Flat" (BST84285).

25 Years Ago Today In 2001 - Sir Harry Secombe (born Harry Donald Secombe), singer, comedian, motion picture ("Down Among The Z-Men", "Oliver!"), television and radio performer (most notably as Neddy Seagoon on "The Goon Show") and Parlophone Records artist (whose "Goon Show" recordings were produced by George Martin), dies from prostate cancer at his home in Shamley Green, Guildford, Surrey, England at age 79.

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APRIL 10, 2026

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

1940 - Clark Maffitt, vocalist, guitarist, and a Capitol Records artist as part of the duo Maffitt/Davies, is born Floyd Clark Maffitt in Shenandoah, Iowa.

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1947 - Pianist and vocalist Nellie Lutcher and Her Rhythm (Ulysses Livingstone on guitar, Billy Hadnott on bass, and Lee Young on drums) record the titles "The One I Love (Belongs To Somebody Else)", "Hurry On Down", "The Lady's In Love With You", and "You Better Watch Yourself, Bub" at Radio Recorders' Studio B in Los Angeles, California between 2:00 PM and 4:45 PM. Capitol Records will issue "The One I Love (Belongs To Somebody Else)" on Lutcher's album "Nellie Lutcher & Her Rhythm" (CC-70), "Hurry On Down" and "The Lady's In Love With You" as a single (Capitol Americana 40002), and "You Better Watch Yourself, Bub" as a single (Capitol Americana 40042) with "My Mother's Eyes" (recorded April 30, 1947) on the flipside.

1947 - Margaret Whiting, with Frank De Vol and His Orchestra, records the titles "Ask Anyone Who Knows", "Old Devil Moon", "Thou Swell", and "This Can't Be Love" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Ask Anyone Who Knows" and "Old Devil Moon" together as a single (Capitol 410) and "Thou Swell" and "This Can't Be Love" on Whiting's self-titled album "Margaret Whiting" (BD-51).
Here's a version of "This Can't Be Love" with Margaret and Lou Busch
Here's a version of "This Can't Be Love" with Frank Sinatra

1948 - It's a Saturday in Chicago, Illinois and for the final episode of NBC-Radio's "King Cole Trio Time", with announcer Dave Garroway and Cole back from his honeymoon, the trio (Nat "King" Cole on vocals and piano, Johnny Miller on bass, and Irving Ashby on guitar) is augmented with a special instrumental group of Chicago musicians featuring strings, French horn, oboe, clarinet, and harp as they perform "I've Only Myself To Blame" and "Nature Boy". Also, because of the AFM's musicians strike Frank Sinatra, with Jeff Alexander's chorus, record an acapella cover version of "Nature Boy" for Columbia Records to try to cash in on the success of Cole's unexpected hit version.

1952 - Kay Starr's Capitol Records single "Wheel of Fortune", with "Angry" on the flipside, is still #1 on Billboard's Pop singles charts.

1953 - M-G-M releases the movie "Small Town Girl" starring Jane Powell, Farley Granger, and Ann Miller and featuring musical performances of "My Flaming Heart" and "I Just Love You" by Nat "King" Cole.

1953 - Pianist Joe "Fingers" Carr, with vocalist Barbara Carr, vocal group The Carr-Hopps, and an orchestra (lineup unlisted) records the titles "Mexican Joe" and "Here Comes My Daddy, Now!" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both titles together as a single (Capitol 2463).

70 Years Ago Today In 1956 - Capitol Records artist Nat "King" Cole is badly beaten up on stage by a white supremacist group, in front of a white audience, in Birmingham, Alabama.

1957 - Vocalist Frank Sinatra, with Gordon Jenkins conducting his own arrangements to the orchestra (Vincent De Rosa, Arthur Frantz, and John Cave on French horns, Dent Eckles on flute, Wayne Songer on clarinet, Willie Schwartz on woodwinds, Jack Shaney on bassoon, Matty Matlock on baritone saxophone, Bill Miller on piano, Allan Reuss on guitar, Jack Ryan on bass, Nick Fatool on drums, Kathryn Julye on harp and a string section with Victor Arno, Harry Bluestone, Samuel Cytron, Kurt Dieterle, Walter Edelstein, Ben Gill, Murray Kellner, Sol Kindler, Dan Lube, Joseph Livoti, Erno Neufeld, Nicholas Pisani, Joseph Quadri, Mischa Russell, Felix Slatkin, and Marshall Sosson on violins, William Baffa, Ray Menhennick, Paul Robyn, and David Sterkin on viola, Cy Bernard and Armand Kaproff on cello), records the titles "Where Is The One?", "There's No You", "The Night We Called It A Day", "Autumn Leaves" and an alternate take of "Autumn Leaves" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California between 4:00 PM and 7:00 PM. Capitol Records will issue "Where Is The One?", "There's No You", "The Night We Called It A Day", and "Autumn Leaves" on Sinatra's album "Where Are You?" (W 855) and "Where Is The One?", "There's No You", "The Night We Called It A Day", and the alternate take of "Autumn Leaves" on the stereo version of the album (SW 855).

1958 - "St. Louis Blues", the biopic of Blues and religious song composer W.C. Handy, has its official world premiere in Saint Louis, Missouri which is also a benefit for St. Louis Variety Tent's special charity, needy children. The premiere is attended by the movie's star Nat "King" Cole and is the beginning of a cross-country personal appearance tour by Cole to promote the film. The city's mayor, Raymond R. Tucker, declares the date "William Christopher Handy Day" in honor of the composer.

1958 - Vocalist Wanda Jackson, with "Big" Al Downing on piano, Merrill Moore on piano and organ, Vernon Sandusky on lead guitar, Buck Owens on rhythm guitar, Skeets McDonald on bass, and Joe Brawley on drums, records the titles "Mean Mean Man", "Rock Your Baby", "A Date With Jerry", "Our Song", and "You've Turned To A Stranger" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California between 5:00 PM and 9:00 PM. Capitol Records will issue "Mean Mean Man" and "Our Song" together as a single (Capitol F4026), "Rock Your Baby" as a single (Capitol F4081) with "Sinful Heart" (recorded April 9, 1958) on the flipside, "A Date With Jerry" as a single (Capitol F4207) with "You're The One For Me" (recorded December 2 and 3, 1958) on the flipside, and "You've Turned To A Stranger" as a single (Capitol F4142) with "Savin' My Love" (recorded December 2, 1958) on the flipside.

1958 - Freddie Martin conducts His Orchestra (lineup unlisted) as they record the titles "Moon Love"< "Swedish Rhapsody", "Our Love"< "Symphonie Moderne", and "Autumn Concerto" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Martin and his orchestra's album "Concerto!" (EAP-1/2/3-1066 on 7" EPs and W/SW 1066 on 12" vinyl).

1958 - During two sessions held this day in 1958 at City Auditorium in Houston, Texas, Leopold Stokowski conducts The Houston Symphony Orchestra (lineup unlisted) as the record parts of Shostakovich's "Symphony N° 11" at both sessions. After the rest of the parts are recorded on April 11 and 12, 1958, Capitol Records will issue the entire piece in the two-LP set "SHOSTAKOVICH - Symphony N° 11, Opus 103" (PBR/SPBR-8448) as by the Houston Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Leopold Stokowski.

65 Years Ago Today In 1961 - Capitol Records releases Rose Maddox and Buck Owens' single "Mental Cruelty" with "Loose Talk" on the flipside.

1963 - The Journeymen (John Phillips and Scott McKenzie on vocals and guitar and Dick Weissman on guitar and banjo) record the titles "Someone To Tell My Troubles To", "All The Pretty Little Horses", "Four Strong Winds", and "Makes A Long Time Man Feel Bad" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the first three titles on the group's album "New Directions In Folk Music" (T/ST 1951) and on the CD "Capitol Collectors Series -The Journeymen" (7-98536-2). "Makes A Long Time Man Feel Bad" is still unissued.

1963 - Capitol Records purchases the masters for Jay Lewis' titles "Should I Come Back?", "Tell Us What Went Wrong", and "I Think It's Me" in Los Angeles, California, and will issue "Should I Come Back?" and "Tell Us What Went Wrong" together as a single (Capitol 5095) and has yet to issue "I Think It's Me".

1964 - Capitol Records releases The Beatles' album "The Beatles' Second Album".

1965 - Freddie and The Dreamers' Tower Records (a subsidiary of Capitol Records) single "I'm Telling You Now", with "What Have I Done To You?" on the flipside, is still #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart.

1967 - Merle Haggard records the title "Branded Man" which will be the title track for his 1967 Capitol Records album and released by Capitol as a single with "You Don't Have Very Far To Go (1967 version)" on the flipside.

1967 - Paul McCartney visits a Beach Boys' recording session, producing the title "Vegetables".

1968 - The Sugar Shoppe (Peter Mann on vocal and guitar, Laurie Hood on vocals, Victor Garber on vocals and guitar, and Lee Harris on vocals), with The Clique (Al Casey, Al Viola, Howard Robert, Louis Morrell, and Mike Deasy on guitars, Bill Plummer on sitar, Lewis Carroll on trumpet, Lew McCreary and Louis Blackburn on trombones, Abe Most, Jim Horn, and Plas Johnson on saxophones, Al De Lory, Larry Knechtel, and Michael Rubini on pianos and keyboards, Gary Coleman on vibraphone, and percussion, Carol Kaye and Don Bagley on basses, Earl Palmer and Stan Levey on drums, Hal Blaine on drums, vibraphone, and percussion, Stella Castellucci on harp) and a string section (Alfred Lastgarten, Arnold Belnick, Harry Hyams, Henry Roth, Israel Baker, James Getzoff, Marshall Sasson, Nathan Ross, Sam Boghossian, and William Hymanson on violins and violas, and Anne Goodman, Armand Kaproff, Frederick Seykora, and Nathan Gershman on cellos) using vocal arrangments by Peter Mann and instrumental arrangements by Mort Garson, record the titles "Take Me Away", "Poor Papa", and "Papa, Won't You Let Me Go To Town With You" in Los Angeles, California with producer Al De Lory. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on the group's self-titled album "The Sugar Shoppe" (ST 2925) and "Poor Papa" also as a single (Capitol 2326) with "Privilege (From The Film 'Privilege')" (recorded April 9, 1968) on the flipside.

1968 - Human Beinz (lineup unlisted) record the titles "I've Got To Keep On Pushing" and "Close Your Eyes" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both titles on the group's album "Evolutions" and "I've Got To Keep On Pushing" also as a single (Capitol 2431) with "This Little Girl Of Mine" (recorded November 19, 1968) on the flipside.

1970 - Paul McCartney announces that The Beatles have broken up.

1972 - Freddie Hart's Capitol Records single "My Hang-Up Is You", with "Big Bad Wolf" on the flipside, is #1 on the U.S. Country singles charts.

1973 - Overdubs are recorded in Los Angeles, California for Al Martino's title "Hey Mama". Capitol Records will issue the final mix of the title as a single (Capitol 3604) with the final mix of "If I Give My Heart To You" (recorded April 3, 4, 5, 9, and 11, 1973) on the flipside and also on Martino's album "I Won't Last A Day Without You" (ST-11302).

1973 - Marc Wirtz, with unlisted others, records the titles "Kings And Queens And Fairytales", "Somewhere Else", "Ecstasy Don't Come Free", "Silverlake Ripple", "Swan (Ballerina)", "American Sundae", "Honest Man", and "Hasn't It Been A Heavy Day (Pie In The Sky Lullaby)" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Wirtz's album "Hothouse Smiles" (ST-11208) and "American Sundae" also as a single (Capitol 3643) with "Nothing To Do" (recorded on an unlisted date in March 1973) on the flipside.

1978 - King Of Hearts (lineup unlisted) record the titles "Stay With Me" and "Just Because" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both titles on the group's album "Close But No Guitar" (SW-11848), "Stay With Me" also as a single (Capitol 4634) with "There's Always Time" (recorded June 1, 1978) on the flipside and "Just Because" also as a single (Capitol 4683) and also with "There's Always Time" on the flipside.

1979 - Vocalist Cheryl Ladd, with unlisted others, records the titles "Skinny Dippin'", "The Rose Nobody Knows", "Think It Over", and "You Turn Me Around" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Ladd's album "" (SW-11808), "Skinny Dippin'" also as a single (Capitol 4650) with "Good, Good Lovin'" (recorded April 11, 1978) on the flipside and also "Think It Over" as a single (Capitol 4599) with "Here Is A Song" (also recorded April 11, 1978) on the flipside.

1998 - CEMA (the then catalog division of Capitol Records and EMI) releases Freddie Hart's compilation album "Best of Freddie Hart"

2007 - Dakota Staton (aka Aliyah Rabia), singer, dancer, sister of saxophonist Fred Staton, and a Capitol Records and United Artists Records artist, dies in Manhattan, New York at age 74 after a few years of declining health.

2015 - It's a Friday evening and Peggy Hand (born Ethel M. Summers on November 4, 1932), who worked at Capitol Records' Jacksonville, Illinois pressing plant, dies in Advocate Bro-Menn Hospital in Normal, Illinois at age 82.

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

115 Years Ago Today In 1911 - Martin Denny, bandleader, composer, pianist, and Liberty Records artist, is born in New York City, New York. Some listings have him being born on April 5, 1911. If anyone knows for sure, please leave a comment.

1957 - Future Imperial and Capitol Records artist Ricky Nelson starts his singing career on his parents' network television show "Ozzie and Harriet" when he sings the title "I'm Walkin'". That's Capitol Records artist and bandleader Ray Anthony as the bandleader in the background.

1962 - Stuart Sutcliffe, artist and original bass player for The Beatles, who had quit the band to return to art school and stay with his girlfriend Astrid Kirchherr, dies from a brain hemorrhage following a series of violent headaches in Hamburg, West Germany at age 21, the day before The Beatles were to return to Hamburg from Liverpool to start their third tour in the city.

1968 - The 3 Sounds (Gene Harris on piano, Andrew Simpkins on bass, Donald Bailey on drums), with Melvin Moore, Buddy Childers, Bobby Bryant, and Freddy Hill on trumpets, Lou Blackburn, Pete Myers, and Billy Byers on trombones, Ernie Tack on bass trombones, Anthony Ortega and Frank Strozier on alto saxophones, Plas Johnson on tenor saxophone, Bill Green on baritone saxophone, Ken Watson on percussion, and Roger Hutchinson on an unlisted instrument using arrangments by Oliver Nelson, record the titles "The Look Of Love", "Georgia On My Mind", "The Grass Is Greener", and "I Remember Bird" at Liberty Studios in Los Angeles, California. Blue Note Records will issue all the titles (with "Georgia On My Mind" being listed as "Georgia") on the group's album "Coldwater Flat" (BST84285).

1978 - Michael Johnson, with unlisted others, records the titles "Bluer Than Blue" and "Almost Like Being In Love" in an unlisted studio. EMI America will issue both titles on Johnson's album "The Michael Johnson Album" (SW-17002), "Bluer Than Blue" also as a single (EMI America 7100) with "This Night Won't Last Forever" (recorded January 12, 1979) on the flipside and "Almost Like Being In Love" also as a single (EMI America 8004) with "Rider In The Sky" (recorded on an unlisted date) on the flipside.

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70 Years Ago Today In 1956 - Leo Fender is granted the patent for The Stratocaster guitar.

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APRIL 9, 2026

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

1920 - Art Van Damme, an accordionist, bandleader (Art Van Damme Quintet), and Capitol Records artist (the Quintet accompanied The Dinning Sisters on their Capitol Records single "Buttons And Bows"), is born in Norway, Michigan.

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1942 - Papers signed on March 27, 1942 by George G. DeSylva, John Mercer, and Glenn E. Wallichs, before Los Angeles County and California state Notary Public Leta Niccum to acknowledge that they have executed articles of incorporation for Liberty Records, Inc., are stamped "FILED" with the state of California. The three will apply for a Certificate of Amendment on May 27, 1942, again before Ms. Niccum, to change the name of the corporation to Capitol Records, Inc. Those papers will be stamped "FILED" with the state of California on June 1, 1942.

1948 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Nature Boy" is #1 on The Billboard magazine's Record Possibilities - The Retailers Pick chart and debuts at #11 on the magazine's Records Most Played By Disk Jockeys chart. It's flipside, The King Cole Trio's "Lost April", is #3 on the magazine's Record Possibilities - The Disk Jockeys Pick chart.

1953 - Final vocal overdubs are recorded by June Foray and Pinto Colvig in Los Angeles, California after previous vocal overdubs were recorded by Stan Freberg and Pinto Colvig on April 8, 1953 on to music tracks recorded by Van Alexander conducting his orchestra on March 31, 1953 which featured Nestor Amaral's song "Currupaco (The Parrot Song)" for the titles "Mickey Mouse's Birthday Party: Part 3" and "Mickey Mouse's Birthday Party: Part 4". Capitol Records will issue the final mixes of both titles on the children's album "Mickey Mouse's Birthday Party" (DBX-3165 on 10" shellac and EAXF-3165 on 7" vinyl).

1953 - During two sessions held this day in Capitol Records' studios at 5515 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood, California, bandleader and pianist Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra (Clark Terry, Willie Cook, Cat Anderson, and Ray Nance on trumpets, Juan Tizol, Britt Woodman, and Quentin Jackson on trombones, Russell Procope on alto saxophone and clarinet, Rick Henderson on alto saxophone, Jimmy Hamilton on clarinet and tenor saxophone, Paul Gonsalves on tenor saxophone, Harry Carney on baritone saxophone and bass clarinet, Wendell Marshall on bass, and Butch Ballard on drums) record the titles "Flamingo", "Bluejean Beguine", and "Liza" at the first session and the titles "Boo-Dah", "Blossom", "Ballin' The Blues" with vocalist Jimmy Grissom, and "Warm Valley" at the second session. Capitol Records will issue "Flamingo" and "Liza" on Ellington and his orchestra's album "Premiered By Ellington" (EBF-2-440 on 7" vinyl and H-440 on 10" vinyl), "Bluejean Beguine" and "Warm Valley" together as a single (Capitol 2546), "Boo-Dah" as a single (Capitol 2598) with "Give Me The Right" (recorded June 30, 1953) on the flipside on Ellington and His Orchestra's EP "Band Call!" (EAP-1-638), "Blossom" on Ellington and His Orchestra's album "Ellington Showcase" (EAP-3-679 on 7" vinyl and T 679 on 12" vinyl), and "Ballin' The Blues" as a single (Capitol 2503) with "Ain't Nothin', Nothin' Baby (Without You)" (recorded April 7, 1953) on the flipside.

1953 - Vocalist and rhythm guitarist Jimmy Work, with (listed as possibly) Al Myers on lead guitar and bass and Jerry Byrd on steel guitar, record the titles "Crazy Moon", "Little Popcorn Man", "How Can I Love You (When You're Not Around)", and "Out Of My Mind" in Cincinnati, Ohio. Capitol Records will issue "Crazy Moon" and "Out Of My Mind" together as a single (Capitol 2565) and "How Can I Love You (When You're Not Around) as a single (Capitol 2682) with "I'm Lonesome For Someone" (recorded October 16, 1952) on the flipside. Bear Family Records will issue all the titles in Germany on the album "Jimmy Work - Crazy Moon" (BFX 15267 on 12" vinyl and BCD 15651 on CD).

1955 - Les Baxter's Capitol Records single "Unchained Melody", with "Medic" on the flipside, enters the top 40 of the U.S. Pop singles charts.

70 Years Ago Today In 1956 - Local Disc Jockey Sherrif Tex Davis takes Gene Vincent and The Blue Caps to radio station WCMS' studios in Nashville, Tennessee to record the demo of "Be-Bop-A-Lula" as well as demos for "Race With The Devil" and "I Sure Miss You". Davis sends the demos to Capitol's A&R man and producer Ken Nelson who will set up a recording session at Owen Bradley's Nashville studio on May 4th, 1956 which will produce the released single version of "Be-Bop-A-Lula".

1957 - Violinist Nathan Milstein and pianist Leon Pommers record Mozart's "Sonata In G Major For Violin And Piano, K. 301" in Studio A of Capitol Records' studios at 165 West 46th Street in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue the title on the duo's album "MOZART Sonatas For Violin & Piano" (P-8452).

1958 - Vocalist Tennessee Ernie Ford, with The Top Twenty (lineup unlisted) and Harry Geller conducting the orchestra (lineup also unlisted), records the titles "Joy To The World", "It Came Upon A Midnight Clear", "The Star Carol", and "Hark The Herald Angels Sing" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Ford's album "Tennessee Ernie Ford Sings His Christmas Favorites - The Star Carol" (T/ST 1071).

1958 - Vocalist Wanda Jackson, with "Big" Al Downing on piano, Merrill Moore on piano and organ, Vernon Sandusky on lead guitar, Buck Owens on rhythm guitar, Skeets McDonald on bass, and Joe Brawley on drums, records the titles "I Can't Make My Dreams Understand", "Money Honey", "Long Tall Sally", and "Sinful Heart" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California between 5:00 PM and 8:00 PM. Capitol Records will issue "I Can't Make My Dreams Understand", "Money Honey", and "Long Tall Sally" on Jackson's album "Day Dreaming" (T 1041) and "Sinful Heart" as a single (F4081) with "Rock Your Baby" (recorded April 10, 1958) on the flipside.

1958 - During two sessions held this day in City Auditorium in Houston, Texas, Leopold Stokowski conducts The Houston Symphony Orchestra (lineup unlisted) as they rehearse Shostakovich's "Symphony N°11" at the first session and, with the addition of The Houston Chorale and The Houston Youth Symphony Boy's Choir (lineups also unlisted), record parts of Carl Orff's "Carmina Burana" at the second session. After more parts are recorded for "Carmina Burana" on April 11 and 12, 1958, Capitol Records will issue the complete work on the album "ORFF - Carmina Burana" (PBR/SPBR/PAR/SAR-8470).

1962 - Trumpet player and vocalist Jonah Jones, with Dick Hyman on organ and unlisted musicians on two guitars, bass, and drums, records the titles "Lady Of Spain" and "Brotherhood Of Man" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue "Brotherhood Of Man" as a single (Capitol 4878) with "The Bells Of St. Mary" (recorded April 12, 1962) on the flipside and both titles on Jones' album "Jazz Bonus" (T/ST 1773). Unfortunately, neither title is available individually on YouTube but the entire album is posted.

1963 - Vocalists Jo Stafford and Gordon MacRae, with Paul Weston and His Orchestra (lineup unlisted), record the titles "You'll Never Walk Alone", "He", "Peace In The Valley", "I Believe", "I May Never Pass This Way Again", and "The Lord Is My Shepherd" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on the duo's album "There's Peace In The Valley" (T/ST 1916).

1963 - Lead guitarist Dick Dale and His Del-Tones (Jack Lake on drums and unlisted tenor saxophone, guitar, and bass players) record the titles "Lobo", "Mexico", with the addition of an unlisted pianist "Break Time" (originally titled "Hollywood Stomp"), "Night Train", "You Are My Sunshine" with Dale on vocals, "If I Never Get To Heaven", and "Kansas City" with Dale again on vocals in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Mexico", "Break Time", "You Are My Sunshine", "If I Never Get To Heaven", and "Kansas City" on the album "King Of The Surf Guitar" (T/ST 1930) as by Dick Dale And His Del-Tones, "Lobo" as an extra track on the album's playlist on Spotify, and has yet to issue "Night Train".

1963 - Vocalist Johnny Rivers, with Jimmy Haskell conducting the orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the titles "Fallen Idol" using an arrangement by Haskell, "I Just Got To Get Away", and "Don't Look Now" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Rivers' album "The Sensational Johnny Rivers" (T/ST 2161) and "Don't Look Now" also as a single (Capitol 5232) with "This Could Be The One" (recorded July 3, 1962) on the flipside.

1964 - Capitol Records is granted an injunction restraining Vee Jay Records from further manufacturing, distributing, or advertising of recordings by The Beatles.

1968 - The Sugar Shoppe (Peter Mann on vocal and guitar, Laurie Hood on vocals, Victor Garber on vocals and guitar, and Lee Harris on vocals), with The Clique (Al Casey, Al Viola, Howard Robert, Louis Morrell, and Mike Deasy on guitars, Bill Plummer on sitar, Lewis Carroll on trumpet, Lew McCreary and Louis Blackburn on trombones, Abe Most, Jim Horn, and Plas Johnson on saxophones, Al De Lory, Larry Knechtel, and Michael Rubini on pianos and keyboards, Gary Coleman on vibraphone, and percussion, Carol Kaye and Don Bagley on basses, Earl Palmer and Stan Levey on drums, Hal Blaine on drums, vibraphone, and percussion, Stella Castellucci on harp) and a string section (Alfred Lastgarten, Arnold Belnick, Harry Hyams, Henry Roth, Israel Baker, James Getzoff, Marshall Sasson, Nathan Ross, Sam Boghossian, and William Hymanson on violins and violas, and Anne Goodman, Armand Kaproff, Frederick Seykora, and Nathan Gershman on cellos) using vocal arrangments by Peter Mann and instrumental arrangements by Mort Garson, record the titles "Privilege (From The Film 'Privilige')" and "The Attitude" in Los Angeles, California with producer Al De Lory. Capitol Records will issue both titles on the group's self-titled album "The Sugar Shack" (ST 2959) and "Privilege (From The Film 'Privilege')" as a single (Capitol 2326) with "Poor Papa" (recorded April 10, 1968) on the flipside.

1968 - Stained Glass (lineup unlisted) record the titles "Doomsday", "I Sing You Sing", "Piggy Back Ride And The Camel", and "Fahrenheit" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on the group's album "Crazy Horse Roads" (ST-154) and "Fahrenheit" also as a single (Capitol 2372) with "Twiddle My Thumbs" (recorded April 8, 1968) on the flipside.

1968 - Human Beinz (lineup unlisted) record the titles "Every Time Woman" and "My Animal" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both titles on the group's album "Evolutions" (ST 2926) and "Every Time Woman" also as a single (Capitol 2198) with "The Face" (recorded March 19, 1968) on the flipside.

1973 - Apple Records, with Capitol Records handling distribution in the United States, releases Paul McCartney And Wings' single "My Love" from their album "Red Rose Speedway" with "The Mess" on the flipside.

1973 - Overdubs are recorded in Los Angeles, California for Al Martino's titles "Hey Mama" and "If I Give My Heart To You". After additional overdubs are recorded for "Hey Mama" on April 10, 1973, and for "If I Give My Heart To You" on April 11, 1973, Capitol Records will issue the final mixes of both titles together as a single (Capitol 3604) and will also issue the final mix of "Hey Mama" on Martino's album "I Won't Last A Day Without You" (ST-11302).

1973 - Billy May and The Time-Life Orchestra (featuring Ray Sherman on the organ with the rest of the lineup unlisted) record the titles "Baubles, Bangles, And Beads", "Love Me With All Your Heart (Cuando Calienta El Sol)", "Mexican Shuffle" without Sherman, and "Song Of The Jet (Samba Do Aviao)" with Sherman back on the organ in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California. Time-Life Record will issue all the titles as part of its "As You Remember Them" series in the three-LP set "Volume 7 - Billy May" (STL 247).

1983 - The Tubes' Capitol Records single "She's A Beauty", with "When You're Ready To Come" on the flipside, enters Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart.

1990 - Capitol Records releases Lacy J. Dalton's album "Lacy J.".

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

75 Years Ago Today In 1951 - Future Capitol Records artist Judy Garland begins a four-week appearance at The London Palladium in London, England.

1958 - Pianist Gil Evans, using his own arrangements, conducts Johnny Coles, Louis Mucci, and Ernie Royal on trumpets, Frank Rehak and Joe Bennett on trombones, Tom Mitchell on bass trombone, Julius Watkins on French horn, Harvey Phillips on tuba, Julian "Cannonball" Adderley on alto saxophone, Gerald Sanfino on piccolo, flute, bass clarinet, and English horn, Chuck Wayne on guitar, Paul Chambers on bass, and Art Blakey on drums as they record the titles "Saint Louis Blues", "King Porter Stomp", "'Round Midnight", and "Lester Leaps In" at Judson Hall in New York City, New York for Pacific Jazz. After Pacific Jazz's catalog is acquired by Liberty Records, Blue Note Records will issue all the titles on the album "Pacific Standard Time" (BN-LA461-H2 on 12" vinyl and 3-58300-2 on CD) and will also issue "King Porter Stomp" on the CD "The Definitive Cannonball Adderley" (5-40040-2).

1983 - Kenny Rogers and Sheena Easton's Liberty Records (later renamed Capitol Records Nashville) single "We've Got Tonight", (Liberty 1492) with Rogers' "You Are So Beautiful" on the flipside, hits #1 on Billboard magazine's Hot Country Singles chart.

2004 - Nick and Mary Yankovic, the parents of former Capitol Records artist "Weird Al" Yankovic, die of carbon monoxide poisoning in their Fallbrook, California home. Their accidental deaths are caused by a fire burning in the fireplace without the flue being open.

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APRIL 8, 2026

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

1907 - Wesley Prince, a bass player with The King Cole Trio, is born in Pasadena, California.

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1949 - Mel Torme's Capitol Records single "Again", with "Blue Moon" on the flipside, enters the top 40 of the U.S. Pop singles chart.

1953 - Bandleader and pianist Stan Kenton and His Orchestra (Buddy Childers, Ernie Royal, Conte Candoli, Don Dennis, and Don Smith on trumpets, Bob Burgess, Frank Rosolino, Tom Shepard, and Keith Moon on trombones, George Roberts on bass trombone, Lee Konitz and Vinnie Dean on alto saxophones, Bill Holman and Richie Kamuca on tenor saxophones, Henry Levy on baritone saxophone, Sal Salvador on guitar, Glen Roberts on bass, and Stan Levey on drums), with vocalist Chris Connor, record the titles "All About Ronnie", "Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen", and "Baia" at Universal Studios in Chicago, Illinois. Capitol Records will issue "Baia" as a single (Capitol 2511) with "" (recorded ) on the flipside and on Kenton's album "Portraits On Standards" (T 462). Mosaic Records will issue the take of "All About Ronnie", which will later be re-recorded, in the box set "Stan Kenton-The Complete Capitol Recordings of The Holman And Russo Charts" (MR6-136 with six discs on vinyl and MD4-136 with four discs on CD). The take of "Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen" is rejected.

1953 - Voice artists Stan Freberg, June Foray, and Pinto Colvig record vocal overdubs in Los Angeles, California using a script adapted by Alan Livingston onto music tracks recorded by Van Alexander conducting His Orchestra on March 23, 1953 for the titles "Mickey Mouse's Birthday Party: Part 1", "Mickey Mouse's Birthday Party: Part 2" and, without Foray, for the titles "Mickey Mouse's Birthday Party: Part 3" and "Mickey Mouse's Birthday Party: Part 4". After June Foray and Pinto Colvig record more vocal overdubs on April 9, 1953 for the titles "Mickey Mouse's Birthday Party: Part 3" and "Mickey Mouse's Birthday Party: Part 4", Capitol Records will issue the final mixes of all the titles on the children's album "Mickey Mouse's Birthday Party" (DBX-3165 on 10" shellac and EAX-3165 on 7" vinyl).

1953 - Jackie Gleason conducts His Orchestra (a large string orchestra with Bobby Hackett on trumpet, Toots Mondello on alto saxophone, and unlisted others) as they record the titles "Say It Isn't So", "I Guess I'll Have To Change My Plan", "You Were Meant For Me", "It Happened In Monterey", "Crazy Rhythm", and "After You've Gone" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue "Say It Isn't So", "I Guess I'll Have To Change My Plan", and "You Were Meant For Me" on the album "" (SM-455), with "It Happened In Monterey" on the album "Music To Make You Misty" (EBf-455 on 7" EP set, H/L-455 on 10" vinyl LP, and W/DW 455 on 12" LP) and rejected the take of "Crazy Rhythm" from this session. Collectors' Choice Music will issue "AFter You've Gone" on the CD "Two Classic Albums From Jackie Gleason - Lover's Rhapsody/And Awaaay We Go" (CCM 192-2).

1958 - Bandleader and clarinet and alto saxophone player Les Brown and His Band Of Renown (Dick Collins, Wes Hensel, Conrad Gozzo, Jerry Kadowitz, and Mickey McMahan on trumpets, Dick Kenney and Roy Main on trombones, Jim Hill and Stumpy Brown on bass trombone, Matt Utal and Ralph Lapolla on flutes, clarinets, and alto saxophones, Billy Usselton on tenor saxophone, Butch Stone on clarinet and baritone saxophone, Abe Aaron on soprano, tenor, and baritone saxophones and bass clarinet, Don Trenner on piano, Tony Rizzi on guitar, Don Bagley on bass, Lloyd Morales on drums, and David Grupp on percussion and bells) record the titles "The Loneliness Of Evening" using an arrangement by Wes Hensel, "I'm Gonna Was That Man Right Out Of My Hair" using an arrangement by Les Brown", "Happy Talk" using an arrangement by Don Bagley, and "Dites Moi" using an arrangement by Les Brown in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Brown's album "Dance To The Music Of "South Pacific"" (EAP-1/2-1060 on 7" EPs and T/ST 1060 on 12" LP).

1958 - Vocalist Wanda Jackson, with "Big" Al Downing on piano, Merrill Moore on piano and organ, Vernon Sandusky on lead guitar and backing vocals, Buck Owens on guitar, Enos "Skeets" McDonald on bass, and Joe Brawley on drums), records the titles "Day Dreaming", "Heartbreak Ahead", "Here We Go Again", and "I Wanna Waltz" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California between 5:00 PM and 8:00 PM. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Jackson's album "Day Dreaming" (T 1041).

1958 - Guitarist Laurindo Almeida records the titles "Dialogue", "Fantasia (Fantasy)" and "Danza" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Almeida's album "Contemporary Creations For Spanish Guitar - Laurindo Almeida" (P-8447).

1958 - Pianist Joe Bushkin, with an orchestra (lineup unlisted) using arrangements by Kenyon Hopkins, records the title "Begin The Beguine", new takes of the titles "Love For Sale" and "So In Love", and the title "I've Got You Under My Skin" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Bushkin's album "I Get A Kick Out Of Porter" (T/ST 1030).

1963 - Vocalists Jo Stafford and Gordon MacRae, with Paul Weston and His Orchestra (lineup unlisted), record the titles "All Through The Night", "Somebody Bigger Than You And I", "Shepherd Show Me How To Go", "Oh Holy Morning", "Nearer My God To Thee", and "He Brought My Soul To Calvary" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles Jo Stafford and Gordon MacRae's album "There's Peace In The Valley" (T/ST 1916).

1963 - Nat and Maria Cole attend the 35th Academy Awards ceremony at The Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in Santa Monica, California.

60 Years Ago Today In 1966 - Vocalist Liza Minnelli, with Ray Ellis conducting his own arrangements to the orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the titles "Marriage Is For Old Folks", "Say Liza (Liza With A 'Z')", and "Come On And Baby Me" in New York City, New York. 40 years later in 2006, DRG Records will issue all the titles on the 2 disc CD set "Liza Minnelli: The Complete Capitol Collection" (DRG 19093).

1968 - The Beatles' Apple Records single "Lady Madonna", with "The Inner Light" on the flipside and distributed by Capitol Records in the United States, is certified Gold by the R.I.A.A.

1968 - Stained Glass (lineup unlisted) recorda the titles "Finger Painting", "Horse On Me", "Light Down Below", "Two Make One", "Nightcap", and "Twiddle My Thumbs" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on the group's album "Crazy Horse Roads" (ST-154) and "Twiddle My Thumbs" as a single (Capitol 2372) with "Fahrenheit" (recorded April 9, 1968) on the flipside.

1968 - Vocalist Andy Russell, with unlisted others, records the titles "Somebody Loves You", "Stay With Me (Nel Sole)", and "I'd Love To Rope You Off The Rest Of The World" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records has yet to issue "Somebody Loves You" and will issue "Stay With Me (Nel Sole)" and "I'd Love To Rope You Off The Rest Of The World" together as a single (Capitol 2185).

1968 - Hedge & Donna (Hedge Capers on guitar and vocals and Donna Capers on percussion and vocals) record the titles "From Silver Lake" and "Love Lady" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "From Silver Lake" on the duo's self-titled album "Hedge & Donna" (ST-107) and has yet to issue "Love Lady".

1968 - Buddy Fo, with unlisted others, records the titles "Life Still Has A Lot To Give Me", "Such Pleasure", and "Some Good" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Life Still Has A Lot To Give Me" and "Such Pleasure" on Fo's album ""Buddy Fo's New Hawaii"" (ST 2879) and has yet to issue "Some Good".

1968 - Human Beinz (lineup unlisted) record the titles "If You Don't Mind, Mrs. Applebee" and "Cement" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both titles on the group's album "Evolutions" (ST 2926).

1978 - Wing's Capitol Records single "With A Little Luck", with "Backwards Traveller/Cuff Link (Medley)" on the flipside, enters the top 40 of Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart.

1983 - Eddie Jobson & Zinc (lineup unlisted) record the title "Resident" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the title on the group's album "The Green Album" (ST-12275).

1988 - Capitol Records registers the masters it acquired from EMI Records, Ltd. for Aslan's (Christy Dignam on vocals, Joe Jewell on guitar and backing vocals, Tony McGuinness on bass and backing vocals, Billy McGuinness on percussion, harmonica and backing vocals, and Alan Downey on drums) titles "Loving Me Lately", "Pretty Thing", "This Is", "Been So Long", "The Hunger", "Heat Of The Cell", "Please Don't Stop", "Down On Me", "Sands Of Time", "Feel No Shame", and "Book Of Life" which were recorded at Westland Studios, Dublin, Ireland with additional recordings done at Terminal 24/Townhouse 3, London, England, as well as five other unlisted titles, and will issue all the listed titles in the United States on the group's CD "Feel No Shame" (7 48989 2).

2003 - Capitol Records releases Lisa Marie Presley's album "To Whom It May Concern".

2003 - Chris Cagle's second Capitol Records album, "Chris Cagle," debuts at #1 on Billboard magazine's Top Country Albums chart.

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1892 - Mary Pickford, an actress and co-founder of United Artists Pictures, is born Gladys Louise Smith in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. United Artists Pictures would release The Beatles' movies "A Hard Day's Night", "Help!", and "The Yellow Submarine". The catalog for United Artists Records, a subsidiary that also releases the soundtrack to "A Hard Day's Night", is now owned by Universal Music Group, Capitol Music Group's parent company.

1920 - Carmen McRae, a singer and a Blue Note Records artist is born in Harlem, New York City, New York.

1963 - Julian Lennon, singer, songwriter, guitarist, and son of John and Cynthia Powell, is born John Charles Julian Lennon in Liverpool, England. Julian was the inspiration for the songs "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds", "Good Night", and "Hey Jude".

1967 - The Spencer Davis Group's single "I'm A Man", with "Can't Get Enough" on the flipside, enters the top 40 of Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart.

1968 - Drummer Elvin Jones, with Jimmy Garrison on bass, records the titles "Village Greene" with Joe Farrell on tenor saxophone, "Sweet Little Maia" with Farrell on soprano saxophone, "Raza" with Farrell back on tenor saxophone, "For Heaven's Sake" with Farell on alto flute, "Keiko's Birthday" with Farrell on piccolo, and "Gingerbread Boy" and "Jay-Ree", both with Farrell back on tenor saxophone. Blue Note Records will issue all the titles on Jones' album "Puttin' It Together" (BLP4282 on mono LP, BST84282 on stereo LP, and 7-84282-2 on CD).

25 Years Ago Today In 2001 - Janet Jackson's Virgin Records America single "All For You", with "Someone To Call My Lover" on the flipside, is #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart.

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APRIL 7, 2026

HAPPY BIRTHDAYS!

1915 - Billie Holiday, a singer and a recording artist for many labels including Capitol Records (the title "Trav'lin' Light", with Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra, using the name Lady Day), is born Eleanora Fagan in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

1920 - Ravi Shankar, a composer, sitar player, Capitol ("Concert For Bangladesh"), Capitol India, EMI, and Angel Records artist, and father of Angel Records artist Anoushka Shankar and Blue Note Records artist Norah Jones, is born Bharat Ratna Ravi Shankar in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India.

75 Years Ago Today In 1951 - Janis Ian, a singer, songwriter, and Capitol Records artist is born Janis Eddy Fink in New York City, New York.

1952 - Bruce Gary, a percussionist and drummer with the Capitol Records group The Knack, is born in Burbank, California.

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1953 - During two sessions held this day in Capitol Records' studios at 5515 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood, California, bandleader and pianist Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra (Clark Terry, Willie Cook, Cat Anderson, and Ray Nance on trumpets, Juan Tizol, Britt Woodman, and Quentin Jackson on trombones, Russell Procope on alto saxophone and clarinet, Rick Henderson on alto saxophone, Jimmy Hamilton on clarinet and tenor saxophone, Paul Gonsalves on tenor saxophone, Harry Carney on baritone saxophone and bass clarinet, Wendell Marshall on bass, and Butch Ballard on drums) record the titles "My Old Flame", "I Can't Give You Anything But Love", and, with Jimmy Grissom on vocals, "Ain't Nothin', Nothin' Baby (Without You)" at the first session and the titles "Stormy Weather", "Star Dust", "Three Little Words", and "Orson" at the second session. Capitol Records will issue "My Old Flame", "I Can't Give You Anything But Love", "Stormy Weather", "Star Dust" and "Three Little Words" on Ellington and His Orchestra's album "Premiered By Ellington" (EAP-1/2-440 on 7" EPs, EBF-440 on 7" EP set, and H-440 on 10" LP), "Ain't Nothin', Nothin' Baby (Without You)" as a single (Capitol 2503) with "Ballin' The Blues" (recorded April 9, 1953) on the flipside, and "Orson" on Ellington's album "Dance To The Duke!" (EAP-3-637 on 7" EP and T 637 on 12" LP).

1953 - Jackie Gleason conducts His Orchestra (a large string orchestra with Bobby Hackett on trumpet, Toots Mondello on alto saxophone, and unlisted others) as they record the titles "Mickey", "The Man I Love", "I Hadn't Anyone Till You", and "It All Depends On You" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Gleason's album "Music To Make You Misty" (EBF 455 on 7" two EP set, H/L-455 on 10" LP, and W/DW 455 on 12" LP).

1953 - Vocalist Faron Young, with (listed as probably) Chet Atkins or Thomas "Grady" Martin on electric guitar, Velma E. Williams Smith on rhythm guitar, (listed as probably) Loren Otis "Jack" Shook on guitar and Bob Foster on steel guitar, and Floyd "Lightnin'" Chance on bass, records the titles "What's The Use To Love You", "That's What I'd Do For You", "Just Married", and "Baby My Heart" at Castle Studio in the Tulane Hotel in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue "What's The Use To Love You" as a single (Capitol 2461) with "I Can't Wait (For The Sun To Go Down" (recorded October 12, 1952) on the flipside, and "That's What I'd Do For You" and "Baby My Heart" together as a single (Capitol 2570). Bear Family Records will issue all the titles in Germany in the five-CD box set "Faron Young - The Classic Years" (BCD 15493).

1954 - Kay Starr's Capitol Records single "The Man Upstairs", with Harold Mooney conducting the orchestra and "If You Love Me" on the flipside, enters the top 40 of the U.S. Pop singles chart.

1958 - Capitol Records releases Buck Owens' single "Sweet Thing" with "I Only Know That I Love You" on the flipside.

1958 - Dean Martin's Capitol Records single "Return To Me", with "Forgetting You" on the flipside, enters the top 40 of the U.S. Pop singles chart.

1958 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Looking Back" debuts at #36 on WMGM's Top 40 Survey in New York City, New York and is #5 on WJJD 11609 AM's Hit Bound chart in Chicago, Illinois.

1958 - Vocalist Tennessee Ernie Ford, with The Top Twenty (lineup unlisted) and Harry Geller conducting the orchestra (lineup also unlisted), records the titles "O Little Town Of Bethlehem", "O Holy Night (Cantique De Noël)", "Silent Night", and "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Ford's album "Tennessee Ernie Ford Sings His Christmas Favorites - The Star Carol" (T/ST 1071).

1958 - Vocalist Wanda Jackson, with "Big" Al Downing on piano, Merrill Moore on piano and organ, Vernon Sandusky on lead guitar and vocals, Buck Owens on rhythm guitar, Enos "Skeets" McDonald on bass, and Joe Brawley on drums, records the titles "Making Believe", "Just Call Me Lonesome", "Happy Happy Birthday, "Let Me Go Lover" and "Let's Have A Party" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California between 6:15 PM and 9:15 PM. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Jackson's album "Day Dreaming" (T 1041), "Happy Happy Birthday" also as a single (Capitol F4469) with "Mean Mean Man" (recorded April 10, 1958) on the flipside, and "Let's Have A Party" also as a single (Capitol F4397) with "Cool Love" (recorded February 28, 1957) on the flipside.

1983 - Capitol Records registers the masters for Eddie Jobson & Zinc's titles "Transporter", "Resident", "Easy For You To Say", "Prelude", "Nostalgia", "Walking From Pastel", "Turn It Over", "Green Face", "Who My Friends...", "Colour Code", "Listen To Reason", "Through The Glass", and "Transporter II" in Los Angeles, California and will issue all the titles on the album "The Green Album" as by Eddie Jobson/Zinc (ST-12275) and will also issue "Turn It Over" as a single (Capitol 5273) with "Residential Mix" (recorded June 30, 1983) on the flipside.

1983 - Capitol Records registers the masters for The Rockets' titles "Rollin' By The Record Machine", "Desire", "Can't Sleep", "Sally Can't Dance", "Takin' It Back", "Open The Door To Your Heart", "Oh Well", "Turn Up The Radio", and "Born In Detroit" in Los Angeles, California and will issue all the titles on the group's album "Live Rockets" (ST-12270) and will also issue "Can't Sleep" and "Turn Up The Radio" together as a single (Capitol 5262).

35 Years Ago Today In 1991 - Liberty Records (later renamed Capitol Records Nashville) artist Garth Brooks wins American Country Music awards for Entertainer of the Year, Male Vocalist, Album of the Year (for "No Fences,") Single "Friends in Low Places," Song, and Video of the Year "The Dance".

2002 - Chris Cagle's Capitol Records Nashville single "I Breathe In, I Breathe Out", with "Country By The Grace of God" on the flipside, is #1 on the U.S. Country singles charts.

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1938 - Freddie Hubbard, a trumpet player, sideman, bandleader, and Blue Note Records artist, is born Frederick Dewayne Hubbard in Indianapolis, Indiana. Blue Note's catalog is currently owned by Capitol Music Group's parent company Universal Music Group.

1943 - Mick Abrahams, a guitarist, founder of the Chrysalis Records group Jethro Tull, and a solo artist, is born in Luton, Bedfordshire, England. Chrysalis' catalog is currently owned by Capitol Music Group's parent company EMI Music Group.

1949 - The Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein musical "South Pacific" opens at the Majestic Theatre in New York City. Capitol Records will later release an album of cover versions of the hit songs from the musical featuring Gordon MacRae and Jo Stafford.

1958 - Ricky Nelson's Imperial Records single "Believe What You Say", with "My Bucket's Got A Hole In It" on the flipside, enters the top 40 of the U.S. Pop singles chart. Imperial's catalog is currently owned by Capitol Music Group's parent company Universal Music Group.

1958 - During three sets held live at Small's Paradise in New York City, New York recorded by Blue Note Records, organist Jimmy Smith, with Eddie McFadden on guitar and Donald Bailey on drums, perform the titles "Small's Minor", and with the addition of Lou Donaldson on alto saxophone, "What's New?", "Fugueing The Blues", "Red Sails In The Sunset", and "Cool Blues with the addition of Tina Brooks on tenor saxophone at the first set, "September Song", "Yesterdays", "Small's Minor", and, with the addition again of Lou Donaldson on alto saxophone, "Once In A While" and "Bye Bye Blackbird" at the second set, and, after an announcement by Babs Gonzales, with Lou Donaldson on alto saxophone, Tina Brooks on tenor saxophone, Eddie McFadden on guitar, and Art Blakey on drums, the titles "A Night In Tunisia", "Dark Eyes", and "Groovin' At Smalls" then with Brooks out on tenor saxophone and Donald Bailey replacing Blakey on drums, "Mary Ann" at the third set. Blue Note Records will issue "Cool Blues", "A Night In Tunisia", "Dark Eyes", and Groovin' At Small's" on Smith's album "Cool Blues" (LT-1054) and with the addition of "What's New?", "Small's Minor", and "Once In A While" on the CD release of "Cool Blues" (7-84441-2). Blue Note rejected all the other titles.

1959 - The Fleetwoods' Dolphin Records (later renamed Dolton Records) single "Come Softly To Me", with "I Care So Much" on the flipside, is #1 on the U.S. Pop singles chart. Dolton Records was distributed and later bought by Liberty Records. Liberty Records catalog is currently owned by Universal Music Group, Capitol Music Group's parent company.

1968 - Bobby Goldsboro's United Artists Records single "Honey", with "Danny" on the flipside, is #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart. United Artists' catalog is currently owned by Universal Music Group, Capitol Music Group's parent company.

1975 - Victoria Adams (aka Victoria Beckham, aka Posh Spice), with the Virgin Records group Spice Girls, wife of European football player David Beckham, is born Victoria Caroline Adams at the Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow, Essex, United Kingdom.

1990 - "Hold On", Wilson Phillips' SBK single "Hold On", distributed by Capitol Records with "Over And Over" on the flipside, enters the top 40 of Billboard's Hot 100 Single chart

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APRIL 6, 2026

HAPPY BIRTHDAYS!

1924 - Dorothy Donegan, a pianist, leader of The Dorothy Donegan Trio, and Capitol Records artist, is born in Chicago, Illinois.

1927 - Gerry Mulligan, an arranger, songwriter, pianist, clarinet and baritone saxophone player, bandleader, Capitol (solo and as part of Miles Davis' "Birth Of The Cool" band), Pacific Jazz, and a Blue Note Records artist is born Gerald Joseph Mulligan in New York City, New York.

1937 - Merle Haggard, a singer, songwriter, guitarist, 1977 inductee into the Nashville Songwriter's Hall Of Fame, 1994 inductee into The Country Music Hall Of Fame, and Capitol Records artist, is born in Kern General Hospital, in Bakersfield, California. He will die of pneumonia 79 years to the day later on April 6, 2016 in Palo Cedro, California.

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1942 - The first recording session for Liberty Records (legally renamed Capitol Records on June 1, 1942) is held as a split session at C. P. MacGregor's studios at 729 S. Western Avenue in Los Angeles, California. First, vocalist Martha Tilton and the vocal group The Mellowaires (lineup unlisted), with Gordon Jenkins' Orchestra (Jenkins on piano and leading the rest of the unlisted musicians), record "Moondreams" (co-written by Johnny Mercer and J. C. "Chummy" MacGregor) and "The Angels Cried" (written by Mercer alone), which features a solo by Hubert "Bumps" Myers on tenor saxophone. Johnny Mercer, with Gordon Jenkins and his Orchestra (lineup still unlisted but including Jimmy Van Heusen on piano), then records "Strip Polka" (words and music by Mercer and arranged by Paul Weston), with additional emcee vocals by Phil Silvers and harmony vocals by The Mellowaires, and "They Didn't Believe Me" (music by Jerome Kern and lyrics by Herbert Reynolds). Capitol Records will issue "Moondreams" as a single (Capitol 138) with "Comin' Thru The Rye" (recorded June 25, 1942) on the flipside, "The Angels Cried" as a single (Capitol 105) with "I'll Remember April" (recorded June 4, 1942) on the flipside, "Strip Polka" as a single (Capitol 103) with "The Air-Minded Executive" (recorded May 21, 1942) on the flipside, and "They Didn't Believe Me" as a single (Capitol 129) with "Riffette" (recorded July 20, 1942) on the flipside.

Here's the podcast pilot I recorded about the first session.

75 Years Ago Today In 1951 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Too Young", with "That's My Girl" on the flip side, enters the top 40 of the U.S. Pop singles charts.

1953 - Mel Blanc, using a script written by Ted Pierce and Warren Foster and adapted by Alan Livingston, records vocal overdubs in Los Angeles, California on to music tracks recorded by Van Alexander conducting His Orchestra on March 31, 1953 for the titles "Woody Woodpecker And His Space Ship: Part 1" and "Woody Woodpecker And His Space Ship: Part 2". Capitol Records will issue the final mixes of both titles on the children's record "Woody Woodpecker And His Space Ship" (CAS-3171 on 10" 78 RPM shellac and CASF-3171 on 7" 45 RPM vinyl).

1953 - Bandleader and pianist Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra (Clark Terry, Willie Cook, Cat Anderson, and Ray Nance on trumpets, Juan Tizol on valve trombone, Britt Woodman and Quentin Jackson on trombones, Russell Procope on alto saxophone and clarinet, Rick Henderson on alto saxophone, Jimmy Hamilton on clarinet and tenor saxophone, Paul Gonsalves on tenor saxophone, Harry Carney on baritone saxophone and bass clarinet, Wendell Marshall on bass, and Butch Ballard on drums) record the titles "Satin Doll", "Without A Song" with vocals by Jimmy Grissom, and "Cocktails For Two" in Capitol Records' studios at 5515 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue "Satin Doll" and "Without A Song" together as a single (Capitol 2458) and "Cocktails For Two" on Ellington's EP "Premiered By Ellington" (EAP-1-440 on 7" 45 RPM vinyl EP, EBF-440 on two-disc 7" 45 vinyl EP set, and H-440 on 10" 33 1/3 vinyl).

1953 - Les Baxter conducts His Orchestra and Chorus (lineups unlisted) as they record the titles "Ruby" featuring vocals by Danny Walton, "A Little Love (Can Go A Long, Long Way)", "I Love Paris" and "Manhattan" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Ruby" and "A Little Love (Can Go A Long, Long Way)" together as a single (Capitol 2457), "I Love Paris" as a single (Capitol 2479) with "Gigi" (recorded April 28, 1953) on the flipside, and "Manhattan" as a single (Capitol 2632) with "Love Theme From 'The Robe'" (recorded September 24, 1953) on the flipside.

1953 - Vocalist Mickey Katz and His Orchestra (lineup unlisted) record the titles "How Much Is That Pickle In The Window", "Wild Corsets", "Haim Afen Range (Home On The Range)", and "Tico Tico" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "How Much Is That Pickle In The Window" and "Wild Corsets" together as a single (Capitol 2456), Haim Afen Range (Home On The Range)" and "Tico Tico" together as a single (Capitol 2660), "How Much Is That Pickle In The Window", "Wild Corsets", and "Haim Afen Range (Home On The Range)" on Katz's album "Mish Mosh" (T 799), and "Tico Tico" on Katz's album "Katz Puts On The Dog" T 934).

70 Years Ago Today In 1956 - The grand opening of The Capitol Tower at 1750 Vine Street, Hollywood, California takes place. Check out my April 6, 2006 posting in the April archives of this blog to find all the information and photos that I posted for the 50th anniversary of The Tower's opening.

1963 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records album "Dear Lonely Hearts" is #50 on Billboard magazine's Top LPs - 50 Best Sellers - Stereo and #60 on the magazine's Top LPs - 150 Best Sellers - Monaural chart. Cole's Capitol Records single "All Over The World" is #20 on Billboard magazine's Middle-Road singles chart, #43 on the magazine's Hot 100 chart, and #44 on Cash Box magazine's Top 100 Singles chart. Also, according to Billboard's Hits Of The World charts, Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Skip To My Lou" is #2 in Denmark and in India (courtesy of The Voice in Calcutta) his single "Dear Lonely Hearts" is #3.

1963 - Vocalist Bobby Darin, with Jack Nitzsche conducting his own arrangements to the orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the titles "18 Yellow Roses" and "Not For Me" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both titles together as a single (Capitol 4970) and on Darin's album "18 Yellow Roses & 11 Other Hits" (T/ST 1942).

60 Years Ago Today In 1966 - Buck Owens records the title "Open Up Your Heart" which will be released by Capitol Records.

1968 - Vocalists George Lindsey and The Jordanaires (lineup unlisted), with unlisted others, record the titles "My Way Of Life", "Moccasin Branch", "I'll Live Here Till I Die", and "Cotton Fields (The Cotton Song)" in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Lindsey's album "Goober Sings!" (ST 2965).

1968 - Syd Barrett officially leaves Tower Records' (a subsidiary of Capitol Records) band Pink Floyd.

1968 - After nearly four months of remodeling, The Beatles open their Apple Corporation office on the fourth floor of 95 Wigmore Street, London, England. The office workers find out that they can't play records during office hours so as not to disturb other tenants in the building. About three months later, the company will move to 3 Savile Road on July 15, 1968, after The Beatles buy the entire building.

1978 - Vocalist Juice Newton, with unlisted others, records the titles "You Fill My Life", "I'll Never Love Again", and "If There Could Be" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "You Fill My Life" on Newton's album "Take Heart" (ST-12000) and an edited version as a single (Capitol 4856) with "Tear It Up" (recorded May 1, 1979) on the flipside and "I'll Never Love Again" and "If There Could Be" on Newton's album "Well Kept Secret" (SW-11811).

1988 - Capitol Records registers the master it acquired from EMI for Hazell Dean's title "Whatever I Do (Wherever I Go)" but no issuing information is listed.

1999 - Red Norvo, a xylophonist, bandleader, Capitol Records session player, and artist, dies at the age of 91.

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1945 - Bob Marley, a singer, songwriter, guitarist, husband of Rita Marley (a member of I3), and the father of all the members of EMI America and Virgin Records group Ziggy Marley and The Melody Makers, is born Robert Nesta Marley in Rhoden Hall, Saint Ann Parish, Jamaica.

55 Years Ago Today In 1971 - Donavan Freberg, a photographer and the son of Capitol Records artist Stan Freberg, is born.

1973 - Future Capitol Records band Queen sign their first recording contract.

45 Years Ago Today In 1981 - Bob Hite (aka "The Bear"), guitarist, harmonica player, and founding member of the Liberty Records group Canned Heat, dies of a heart attack brought on by a combination of drug use and extreme weight at age 38. The attack happened in a van that was taking him home from a gig at The Palomino. Though his bandmates tried to revive him, they had to call paramedics when they got to Hite's home in Mar Vista, California, where he was later pronounced dead. If anyone knows for sure where Bob is buried, please leave a comment.

1998 - Pianist Jacky Terrasson records the title "Cumba's Dance" at Anderson Audio's studio in Brooklyn, New York. Blue Note Records will issue the title on Terrasson's album "Lulu On The Bridge" (4-95317-2 on CD).

10 Years Ago Today In 2016 - Merle Haggard, a singer, songwriter, guitarist, 1977 inductee into the Nashville Songwriter's Hall Of Fame, 1994 inductee into The Country Music Hall Of Fame, and Capitol Records artist dies of pneumonia on his 79th birthday in Palo Cedro, California.

ON THIS DAY NOT IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1917 - The United States of America enters the first world war.

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APRIL 5, 2026

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

1933 - Reggie Lavong, radio disc jockey, recording artist, and Capitol Records R&B promotion executive (1969-1972) is born Reginald Jerome Nelson in Gainesville, Florida.

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1945 - Betty Hutton's Capitol Records single "Stuff Like That There" enters the top 40 of the U.S. Pop singles charts.

1948 - Capitol Records purchases the masters for Cliffie Stone and His Orchestra (lineup unlisted) titles "When My Blue Moon Turns Gold Again" and "So Long To The Red River Valley" from Gold Seal Records. After registering the masters on April 30, 1948, Capitol Records will issue "When My Blue Moon Turns Gold Again" as a single (Capitol 15108) with "Take It Any Way You Can Get It" (recorded December 3, 1947) on the flipside and "So Long To The Red River Valley" as a single (Capitol 15157) with "He's A Real Gone Oakie" (also recorded December 3, 1947) on the flipside.

1953 - At the opening performance at Carnegie Hall of a nationwide tour of "The Record Show Of 1953", headliner Nat "King" Cole is stricken with ruptured ulcers and rushed to a New York City hospital. The show tries to go on for a week without Cole but the producers decide to close it on April 12 after finding out he won't be able to return for two to four months.

1953 - Vocalist and guitarist Weldon "Big Bill" Lister, with Jerry Rivers on fiddle, Sammy Pruett and Loren Oris "Jack" Shook on guitars, Donald Helms on steel guitar, and Ernie Newton on bass, records the titles "The Human Thing To Do", "Happy Lonesome", "All Dressed Up (And Nowhere To Go)", and "Hog Calling Song" at Castle Studio in Tulane Hotel in Nashville, Tennessee for Capitol Records. Bear Family Records will issue all the titles in Germany on Lister's compilation CD "There's A Tear In My Beer" (BCD 16374).

1958 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records album "Just One Of Those Things" is #6 on The Billboard magazine's Most Played By Jockeys chart and Cole's Capitol Records single "Looking Back" debuts at #38 on The Billboard magazines' Best Selling Pop Singles In Stores chart, #56 on the magazine's Top 100 Sides chart, and #60 on Cash Box magazine's Best Selling Singles chart. Cole's single "Angel Smile" is also on The Billboard magazine's Top 100 Sides chart at #75.

1962 - Wesley "Speedy" West (on steel guitar), with Billy Liebert on piano, Roy Lanham and Billy Strange on guitars, Lawrence "Red" Wooten on bass, and Earl Palmer on drums, records the titles "Speedy's Special", "Sunset At Waikiki", "Tulsa Twist" and "Slow And Easy" at The Capitol Tower Studios in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on West's album "The Incredible Steel Guitar Of Speedy West - Guitar Spectacular" (T 1835).

1962 - The Pre Meds (lineup unlisted) record the yet-to-be-issued titles "Feel Good" and "Feel Better" for Capitol Records in Los Angeles, California.

1962 - Eddie Beal, with unlisted others, records the yet-to-be-issued titles "So Love Me For All We Know", When I Fall In Love", "April Showers", and "Don't Let The Sun Catch You Crying" in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records.

1963 - It's a Friday night and at 10:00 PM Nat "King" Cole appears on this evening's episode of NBC-TV's "The Jack Paar Program" with fellow guests actor Peter Ustinov, stage and screen actor Robert Morse, comic actor Charles Nelson Riley, and comedian Bob Newhart. Also, Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records album "Unforgettable" is #4 on KTKT 990 AM's Album Sound Of The Day chart in Tucson, Arizona.

1964 - General Douglas MacArthur, General of the US Army in the Pacific, whose farewell speeches were released by Capitol Records, dies at age 84.

1967 - Vocalist Dale Evans, with unlisted musicians, records the medleys "Ezekiel Saw The Wheel/Walk In Jerusalem", "Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen/Steal Away", and "One More River To Cross/Gonna Lay Down My Heavy Load", the title "Old Time Religion", the medley "Standin' In The Need of Prayer/Do Lord", and the title "It's Real" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Evans' album "It's Real" (T 2772).

1967 - The Stone Poneys (Kenny Edwards on lead guitar and vocals, Bob Kimmel on rhythm guitar and vocals, and Linda Ronstadt on vocals) record the titles "Toys Of Time" and "Evergreen, Part 1" and the instrumental "Evergreen Part 2" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on the band's album "Evergreen, Volume 2" (T 2763) and the last two titles together as a single (Capitol 5910).

1967 - Vocalist Al Martino, with Peter DeAngeles conducting his own arrangements to the orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the titles "A Woman In Love", a remake of "Mary In The Morning" (an unissued version was recorded on March 16, 1967), "Once Upon A Time", the as yet to be issued take of the title "I'll Return To You", and "I Love You And You Love Me" in New York City, New York with producers Tom Morgan and Marvin Holtzman. After Martino records vocal overdubs for "I Love You And You Love Me" on April 6, 1947, Capitol Records will issue "Mary In The Morning" and "I Love You And You Love Me" together as a single (Capitol 5904) and all the titles except "I'll Return To You" on Martino's album "Daddy's Little Girl" (T 2733).

1968 - The Sugar Shoppe (Peter Mann on vocal and guitar, Laurie Hood on vocals, Victor Garber on vocals and guitar, and Lee Harris on vocals), with The Clique (Al Casey, Al Viola, Howard Robert, Louis Morrell, and Mike Deasy on guitars, Bill Plummer on sitar, Lewis Carroll on trumpet, Lew McCreary and Louis Blackburn on trombones, Abe Most, Jim Horn, and Plas Johnson on saxophones, Al De Lory, Larry Knechtel, and Michael Rubini on pianos and keyboards, Gary Coleman on vibraphone, and percussion, Carol Kaye and Don Bagley on basses, Earl Palmer and Stan Levey on drums, Hal Blaine on drums, vibraphone, and percussion, Stella Castellucci on harp) and a string section (Alfred Lastgarten, Arnold Belnick, Harry Hyams, Henry Roth, Israel Baker, James Getzoff, Marshall Sasson, Nathan Ross, Sam Boghossian, and William Hymanson on violins and violas, and Anne Goodman, Armand Kaproff, Frederick Seykora, and Nathan Gershman on cellos) using vocal arrangments by Peter Mann and instrumental arrangements by Mort Garson, with producer Al De Lory record the titles "The Candy Children Song" and "Papa, Won't You Let Me Go To Town With You" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both titles on the group's self-titled album "The Sugar Shoppe" (ST 2959).

1968 - Capitol Records purchases the masters for Billy Robinson & The Burners' titles "Shucks, You Left The Fire Burning" and "I'm A Lonely Black Boy", both produced by Aki Aleong for Fortune Cookie Productions. Crazy Horse Records, at the time distributed by Capitol Records, will issue both titles together as a single (Crazy Horse 1305).

1968 - Vocalist George "Goober" Lindsey, with vocal group The Jordanaires and others (lineups unlisted), records the titles "That There's Big With Me", "Louisville", and "Good Morning Sunshine" in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Lindsey's album "Goober Sings!" (ST 2965).

1978 - Vocalist and guitarist Bob Seger and The Silver Bullet Band (lineup unlisted) recorded the titles "Still The Same" and "Feel Like A Number" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both titles together as a single (Capitol 4581) and on the group's album "Stranger In Town" (SW-11698). Other listings give this as the day Capitol Records released Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band's album "Stranger In Town" (SW-11698).

1978 - Vocalist Juice Newton, with unlisted others, records the titles "Tell Me, Baby, Goodbye", "Hey Baby", "So Many Ways", and "No Reason" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Newton's album "Well Kept Secret" (SW-11811), "Tell Me, Baby, Goodbye" as a single (Capitol 4679) with "Let's Keep It That Way" (recorded November 24, 1978) on the flipside, and "Hey Baby" as a single (Capitol 4611) with "It's Not Impossible" (recorded June 22, 1978) on the flipside.

1978 - Bert Sommer, with unlisted others, records the titles "I've Got The Song In Me" and "I Got A Woman" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both titles together as a single (Capitol 4602).

1989 - Dave Edmunds signs with Capitol Records.

25 Years Ago Today In 2001 - OTEP has a party at the Viper Room after signing with Capitol Records.

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS

115 Years Ago Today In 1911 - Martin Denny, a composer, arranger, pianist, and Liberty Records artist is born in New York City, New York. Some listings have him being born on April 10, 1911. If anyone knows for sure, please leave a comment.

1934 - Stan Turrentine, a tenor saxophonist and Blue Note Records artist, is born Stanley William Turrentine in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

1963 - Organist Big John Patton, with Fred Jackson and Harold Vick on tenor saxophones, Grant Green on guitar, and Ben Dixon on drums, records the titles "The Silver Meter", "Spiffy Diffy", "Gee Gee", "Along Came John", "Pig Foots", and "I'll Never Be Free" in recording engineer Rudy Van Gelder's recording studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey. Blue Note Records will issue all the titles on Patton's album "Along Came John" (BLP4130 on 12" vinyl in mono, BST84130 on 12" vinyl in stereo, and 8-31915-2 on CD), "The Silver Meter" in two parts as a single (Blue Note 45-1888), and "Along Came John" and "I'll Never Be Free" together as a single (Blue Note 45-1889).

ON THIS DAY NOT IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

2010 - Geoff Peterson, built by Grant Imahara, debuts on "The Late, Late Show With Craig Ferguson".

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APRIL 4, 2026

HAPPY BIRTHDAYS!

1885 - Arthur Murray, dancer, dance instructor, businessman and founder of the Arthur Murray Dance Studios franchise, television dance show host with his wife Kathryn Murray, inspiration for the song "Arthur Murray Taught Me To Dance In A Hurry" written by Capitol Records co-founder Johnny Mercer and Victor Schertzinger and introduced by Capitol Records artist in the Paramount movie "The Fleet's In", for whom the "Arthur Murray" series of dance albums were created by Capitol Records, is born Moses Teichman in New York, New York.

1914 - Frances Langford, a singer, radio performer, motion picture actress, a part of Bob Hope's U.S.O. touring company, and a Capitol Records artist (album "Sings Old Songs For Old Friends") is born Frances Newbern in Lakeland, Florida.

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1942 - It's a Saturday, and Johnny Mercer signs a recording contract with Liberty Records (later renamed Capitol Records) two days before the label's first recording session.

80 Years Ago Today In 1946 - Pinto Colvig, Billy Bletcher, and Sara Berner (on vocals), with Billy May conducting his own arrangements to his orchestra (Emanuel "Mannie" Klein, Uan Rasey, and Leonard Mach on trumpet, Elmer Smithers and James Skiles on trombone, J. A. Krechter, Harry Schuchman, Victor Garber, and Vincent Spolidoro on saxophones, Edwin "Buddy" Cole on piano, Phil Stephens on bass, John Cyr on drums and a string section with Mischa Russell, Harry Bluestone, and Samuel Freed on violin, Paul Robyn on viola, and Cy Bernard on cello), using a script by session producer Alan Livingston, record the titles "Bozo At The Circus, Part 1" and "Bozo At The Circus, Part 2" at Radio Recorders' original studios at 932 N. Western Avenue in Los Angeles, California (which is now either the parking lot of the Taco Bell or the Thai Angel restaurant). After the last two parts of the album are recorded at the same location on April 12, 1956, Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Bozo's debut children's album "Bozo At The Circus" (BBX-34).

1953 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Pretend" is #6, his single "Can't I" is #25 and its flipside "Blue Gardenia" is #36 on Cash Box magazine's Best Selling Singles chart. "Pretend" is also #4 on The Billboard magazine's Best Selling Singles and Most Played by Jockeys chart #5 on the magazine's Most Played In Juke Boxes chart. Also, at 9:00 PM EST, Nat "King Cole appears on this evening's episode of CBS-TV's "This Is Show Business".

1955 - Capitol Records releases Faron Young' single "Live Fast, Love Hard, Die Young" with "Forgive Me Dear" on the flipside.

70 Years Ago Today In 1956 - Vocalist Frank Sinatra, with Nelson Riddle conducting his own arrangements to the orchestra (Vincent De Rosa on French horn, Harry Klee on flute, Mitchell Lurie on clarinet, Champ Webb on oboe, Bill Miller on piano, Bob Bain on guitar, Mike Rubin on bass, Irving Cottler on drums, Kathryn Julye on harp) and The Hollywood String Quartet (Paul Shure and Felix Slatkin on violins, Alvin Dinkin on viola, and Eleanor Slatkin on cello), records the titles "I've Had My Moments", "Blame It On My Youth", "Everything Happens To Me", and "Wait Till You See Her" in the Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 Vine Street in Hollywood, California between 10:00 PM and 2:00 AM on April 5, 1956. Capitol Records will issue the first three titles on Sinatra's album "Close To You" (W 789), the last title on Sinatra's album "Frank Sinatra Sings The Select Rodgers & Hart" (W 1825), and all the titles on the CD "Close To You And More" (7-46572-2).

1958 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Looking Back" is #7 on WMCA's Wax To Watch chart in New York City, New York.

1958 - The Kingston Trio (Donald "Dave" Guard on vocals and guitar, Robert "Bob Shane" Schoen on vocals, guitar, and banjo, and Nicholas "Nick" Reynolds on vocals and guitar), with Morty Corb on bass and celeste, records the titles "Scarlet Ribbons (For Her Hair)" and "When The Saints Go Marching In" in Studio B of The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California between 8:00 PM and 11:00 PM. Capitol Records will issue "Scarlett Ribbons (For Her Hair)" as a single (Capitol F3970) with "Three Jolly Coachman" (recorded February 5,1958) on the flipside and on the group's EP "Raspberries, Strawberries" (EAP-1-1182) and "When The Saints Go Marching In" as a single in Australia (CP1373) with "The Tijuana Jail" (recorded February 18, 1959) on the flipside.

1964 - The Beatles' have 12 songs on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart with titles at #1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 14, 44, 49, 69, 79, 84 and 88. The band also becomes the only act to date in Billboard history to have three consecutive # 1 songs ("Can't Buy Me Love" takes over the # 1 spot from "She Loves You", which succeeded "I Want to Hold Your Hand"). The Beatles' Capitol Records album "Meet The Beatles" is also #1 on Billboard's album chart.

1964 - Buck Owens' Capitol Records single "Together Again", the flipside of "My Heart Skips A Beat", is #1 on the U.S. Country singles charts.

1965 - Freddie and The Dreamers' Tower Records (a subsidiary of Capitol Records) single "I'm Telling You Now", with "What Have I Done To You" on the flipside, is #1 on Billboard's "Hot 100" singles chart.

1967 - The Geezinslaw Brothers (vocalists Sam Allred and Raymond Dewayne Smith), with unlisted musicians, record the titles "Change Of Wife", "If They Could See The Self Come Out Of Me", "I Wouldn't Do It", and "I'm A People" in Nashville, Tennessee with producer Kelso Herston. Capitol Records will issue the first, second, and last title on the duo's album "My Dirty Lowdown, Rotten, Cotton Pickin' Little Darlin'" (ST 2771), and the third title on their album "Chubby" (Capitol ST 2885). Unfortunately, only "Change Of Wife" is currently available on YouTube.

1968 - The Sugar Shoppe (Peter Mann on vocal and guitar, Laurie Hood on vocals, Victor Garber on vocals and guitar, and Lee Harris on vocals), with The Clique (Al Casey, Al Viola, Howard Robert, Louis Morrell, and Mike Deasy on guitars, Bill Plummer on sitar, Lewis Carroll on trumpet, Lew McCreary and Louis Blackburn on trombones, Abe Most, Jim Horn, and Plas Johnson on saxophones, Al De Lory, Larry Knechtel, and Michael Rubini on pianos and keyboards, Gary Coleman on vibraphone, and percussion, Carol Kaye and Don Bagley on basses, Earl Palmer and Stan Levey on drums, Hal Blaine on drums, vibraphone, and percussion, Stella Castellucci on harp) and a string section (Alfred Lastgarten, Arnold Belnick, Harry Hyams, Henry Roth, Israel Baker, James Getzoff, Marshall Sasson, Nathan Ross, Sam Boghossian, and William Hymanson on violins and violas, and Anne Goodman, Armand Kaproff, Frederick Seykora, and Nathan Gershman on cellos), using vocal arrangments by Peter Mann and instrumental arrangements by Mort Garson, records the titles "Follow Me (From 'Camelot')", "Baby, Baby", and "Hangin' Together" in Los Angeles, California with producer Al De Lory. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on the group's self-titled album "The Sugar Shoppe" (ST 2949).

Peter Mann, Victor Garber, Laurie Hood, Lee Harris, and Al De Lory

1968 - The Beach Boys (lineup unlisted) record the title "Transcendental Meditation" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the title on the group's album "Friends" (ST 2895).

1968 - Guy Lombardo conducts His Royal Canadians (lineup unlisted) as they record the titles "Medley #1" and "Medley #2" in Las Vegas, Nevada for Capitol Records which has yet to issue either title.

1968 - Vocalist George "Goober" Lindsey, the vocal group The Jordanaires, and unlisted others record the titles "Introduction", "My Goal For Today", "Sweet Thang", "Write Me R.F.D.", and "I Ain't Good Looking (But I'm Mighty Sweet)" in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Lindsey's album "Goober Sings!" (ST 2965).

George “Goober” Lindsey, promoting his 1968 album “Goober Sings” at KBBQ radio in Burbank, California. He’s flanked by KBBQ music director Larry Scott, Don Grierson of Capitol Records, and disc jockeys Bob Jackson and Hugh Jarrett

55 Years Ago Today In 1971 - Sonny James' Capitol Records single "Empty Arms", with "Everything Begins And Ends With You" on the flipside, is #1 on the U.S. Country singles charts.

1973 - Vocalist Marjorie McCoy, with unlisted others, records the titles "Shine", "Do Me Wrong, But Do Me", and "You Never Wanna Make Love To Me" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Shine" and "Do Me Wrong, But Do Me" together as a single (Capitol 3621). No issuing information is listed for "You Never Wanna Make Love To Me".

1973 - Overdubs are recorded in Los Angeles, California for Al Martino's titles "Hey Mama" and "If I Ever Give My Heart To You". After more overdubs are recorded for both titles on April 5 and 9, 1973, for "Hey Mama" on April 10, 1973, and for "If I Give My Heart To You" on April 11, 1973, Capitol Records will issue the final mixes of both titles together as a single (Capitol 3604) and "Hey Mama" on Martino's album "I Won't Last A Day Without You" (ST-11302).

1973 - Capitol Records registers the master it purchased for Buck Owens' title "Love Makes The World Go Round" which was recorded at Buck Owens Studios in Bakersfield, California and will issue the title on Owens' album "Arms Full Of Empty" (ST-11222).

1973 - Raspberries (Eric Carmen and Wally Bryson on vocals and guitars, Dave Smalley on electric bass, and Jim Bonfanti [listed as possibly] on drums) record the titles "I'm A Rocker", "On The Beach", "Ecstasy", and "Don't You Wait For Me" in The Record Plant studios New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue "I'm A Rocker", "On The Beach", and "Ecstasy" on the group's album "Side 3" (SMAS-11220), "I'm A Rocker" as a single (Capitol 3765) with "Money Down" (recorded April 3, 1973) on the flipside, an edited version of "I'm A Rocker" as a single (Capitol 6327) with "Overnight Sensation" (recorded April 1, 1973) on the flipside, "Ecstasy" as a single (Capitol 3826) with the short version of "Don't Want To Say Goodbye" (recorded November 20, 1971) on the flipside, and has yet to issue "Don't You Wait For Me".

1978 - Colleen Peterson, with unlisted others, records the titles "Angelina" and "Need Your Lovin'" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both titles on Peterson's album "Takin' My Boots Off" (ST-11835).

1978 - Bert Sommer, with unlisted others, records the titles "Would You Rather Be Here" and "Break Away" in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records. No release information is listed for either title.

1978 - Caldera (lineup unlisted) records the titles "Reviviscence" and "Mosaico" in (listed as possibly) Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both titles on the group's album "Time And Chance" (SW-11810).

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1952 - Gary Moore, a guitarist, singer, a founding member of Thin Lizzy, and a 10 Records and Virgin Records America solo artist, is born in Belfast, Northern Ireland. One of the first freelance design projects I worked on for Virgin Records America was converting the English 12" vinyl record, cassette, and CD packaging for Moore's "Wild Frontier" album for release in the United States. I met him while working for the label and I remember him being kind of shy and humble in person.

1988 - After a break from recording of seven years, Buck Owens duets with Dwight Yoakam to record the title "Streets Of Bakersfield" which will be released by Reprise Records as a single with Yoakam's "One More Name" on the flipside. Buck Owens will then begin recording again for Capitol Records later the same year.

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APRIL 3, 2026

HAPPY BIRTHDAYS!

90 Years Ago Today In 1936 - Jimmy McGriff, organist and Sue, Veep, Solid State, Blue Note, and Capitol Records artist, is born James Harrell McGriff in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

1942- Wayne Newton, a singer, television and motion picture actor, and a Capitol Records artist is born Carson Wayne Newton in Roanoke, Virginia.

1945 - Richard Manuel, a singer, composer, a keyboard player for the band The Hawks and the Capitol Records group The Band, is born in Stratford, Ontario.

1949 - Richard Thompson, a singer, songwriter, guitarist, founding member of the group Fairport Convention, part of a duo with then-wife Linda Thompson, and Capitol Records solo artist, is born in London, England.

75 Years Ago Today in 1951 - Mel Schacher, a bassist with the Capitol Records band Grand Funk Railroad, is born in Owosso, Michigan.

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

80 Years Ago Today in 1946 - Tenor saxophonist Sam Donahue and his orchestra (Mitch Paul, Bill Marshall, Frank Beach, and Earl Collier on trumpets, Dick Le Fave, Tak Takvorian, Kenny Miesel, and Sid Brantley on trombones, Harry Peterson, Bill Nichol, and Paul Petrillo on alto saxophones, Max Kriseman also on tenor saxophone, George Perry on baritone saxophone, Bob Durant on piano, Louis Popp on bass, and Harold Hahn on drums) record the titles "Dinah", "Gypsy Love Song", and "Moten Swing" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will eventually issue all the titles on the album "Classics In Jazz - Sam Donahue" (T 626).

1948 - It's a Saturday in Hollywood, California and while Nat and Marie Cole are on their honeymoon, and the rest of the trio are on vacation, Dave Barbour and his wife, Peggy Lee, are the guest hosts and performers on NBC Radio's "King Cole Trio Time". No known transcription of this show exists.

1949 - Capitol Records team Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis record the audition episode of their NBC Radio program, "The Martin And Lewis Show". Their first guest is Bob Hope. The show will run until 1952. Numerous references to Capitol Records appear on the show and one episode has them taking Burl Ives into Capitol Records' studios for a recording session.

75 Years Ago Today in 1951 - Vocalist Tex Ritter, with Paul Sells on accordion, Alan "Spud" Goodale, Merle Travis, and Wesley Tuttle on guitar, and Gene Englund on bass, records the titles "Blue Tail, The Red Fox" and "The Noise Song" at Capitol Records studios at 5515 Melrose Avenue, Los Angeles, California between 10:00 AM and 1:30 PM. Capitol Records will issue both titles together as a children's record album (CAS-3100).

1953 - During two sessions held this day in Chicago, Illinois, bandleader and trumpet player Ray Anthony and His Orchestra (Pat Roberts, Darryl Campbell, Ray Triscari, and Dale Turner also on trumpets, Sy Berger, Vince Forrest, Ken Schrudder, and Dick Reynolds on trombones, Earl Bergman and Jim Schneider on clarinets and alto saxophones, Tom Loggia and Bill Usselton on tenor saxophones, Leo Anthony on alto and baritone saxophones, Dave Sills on piano, Earl Backus on guitar, Don Simpson on bass, Archie Freeman on drums), using arrangements by George Williams, record the titles "Laugh" and "Why, Darling, Why", both with vocals by Georgia Carr and the titles "Jealousie" and "To Each His Own", both with vocals by Tommy Mercer and The Anthony Choir (lineup unlisted), and "The Moon Is Low" with vocals by The Anthony Choir at the first session and a new take of the title "When The Saint's Go Marching In" with vocals by Ray Anthony and The Skyliners (lineup unlisted) and the titles "Ever Since You Went Away" with vocals by Jo Ann Greer and "My Reverie" with vocals by Tommy Mercer and The Anthony Choir at the second session. Capitol Records will issue "Laugh" and "Why, Darling, Why" together as a single (Capitol 2466) as by Georgia Carr, "Jealousie", "To Each His Own", "The Moon Is Low", and "My Reverie" on the album "The Anthony Choir with Ray Anthony And His Orchestra" (EAP-1/2-442 on 7" EP, EBF-442 on 7" EP set, H-442 on 10" LP, and T 422 on 12" LP), "When The Saints Go Marching In" as a single (Capitol 2488) with "That's My Weakness" (recorded April 1, 1953) on the flipside, on the 7" EP "Ray Anthony And His Orchestra - Dixie Parade" (EAP-1-539), and the compilation album "The Hits Of Ray Anthony" (T 1477), and "Ever Since You Went Away" on the multi-artist compilation EP "Frank Sinatra/Ray Anthony - Melody Of Love" (EAP-1-590).

1953 - During two sessions held this day in either Dallas, Texas or (listed as possibly) radio station KWKH in Shreveport, Louisiana, vocalist and guitarist Leon Chappel, with (listed as possibly) Elmer Leon "Lonnie" Hall on fiddle, Bernie Harkness on piano, Thomas Merle Shelton on rhythm guitar, and Grundy "Slim" Harbert on bass, records the titles "Double Up And Catch Up", "What Makes You Hesitate", "Sweethearts Or Friends", and "How Come You Do Me Like You Do" at the first session and the titles "Now Do Right Daddy", "I'm Gettin' Mighty Tired", "A True Man's Hard To Find", and "I'm Checkin' You Out" at the second session. Capitol Records will issue "Double Up And Catch Up" and "I'm Gettin' Might Tired" together as a single (Capitol 2526) and "Now Do Right Daddy" as a single (Capitol 2611) with "Don't Dog Me 'Round" (recorded November 14, 1951) on the flipside. Bear Family Records will issue all the titles in Germany on the CD "Leon Chappel - Automatic Mama" (BCD 16254).

70 Years Ago Today in 1956 - Cornet player Bobby Hackett, with Glenn Osser conducting the orchestra (lineup unlisted but included saxophone players who also were doubling on clarinet, bass clarinet, piccolo, flute, and alto flute, as well as piano, celeste, guitar, bass, and drum players), records the titles "When I'm With You", "You Are Too Beautiful", "Moonlight Becomes You", and "Two Cigarettes In The Dark" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Hackett's album "Rendezvous With Bobby Hackett" (T 719).

1958 - Vocalist Johnny Otis and His Orchestra (unlisted saxophone, piano, guitar, bass, and drums players) record the titles "Ring-A-Ling", "Willie And The Hand Jive", "Black Night (Soundtrack)" and an untitled instrumental in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Ring-A-Ling" and "Willie And The Hand Jive" together as a single (Capitol F3966) and on the 7" EP "Johnny Otis" (EAP-1-1134) and has yet to issue "Black Night" or the unlisted instrumental.

1958 - Bandleader and clarinet and alto saxophone player Les Brown and His Band Of Renown (Dick Collins, Wes Hensel, Conrad Gozzo, Jerry Kadowitz, and Mickey McMahan on trumpets, Dick Kenney and Roy Main on trombones, Jim Hill and Stumpy Brown on bass trombones, Matt Utal and Ralph Lapolla on flutes, clarinets, and alto saxophones, Billy Usselton on tenor saxophone, Butch Stone on clarinet and baritone saxophone, Abe Aaron on soprano, tenor, and baritone saxophones and bass clarinet, Don Trenner on piano, Tony Rizzi on guitar, Don Bagley on bass, Lloyd Morales on drums, and David Grupp on percussion and bells) record the titles "A Wonderful Guy" using an arrangement by Stumpe Brown, "Bali Ha'i" using an arrangement by Billy May, "Honey Bun" using an arrangement by Jim Hill, and "There Is Nothing Like A Dame" using an arrangement by Wes Hensel in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Brown's album "Dance To The Music Of 'South Pacific'" (EAP-1/2/3-1060 on 7" EP and T/ST 1060 on 12" vinyl).

65 Years Ago Today in 1961 - Vocalist Nat "King" Cole, with Ralph Carmichael directing the orchestra (Curtis "King Curtis" Ousley on tenor saxophone, Ernie Hayes on piano, John Collins, Kenny Burrell, and Everett Barksdale on electric guitars, and possibly Lee Young on drums), records new stereo versions of the titles "Send For Me", "If I May" with a unidentified vocal quartet, and "Looking Back" with a unidentified vocal chorus at Capitol Records' studios in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue all the titles in the three-LP set "The Nat King Cole Story" (WCL 1613).

1963 - Nat "King" Cole performs in The Copa Room at The Sands Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada.

1963 - Overdubs are recorded in Los Angeles, California for Hank Thompson And His Brazos Valley Boys' titles "The More In Love Your Heart Is" and "Whatever Happened To Mary". Capitol Records will issue the final mix of "The More In Love Your Heart Is" as a single (Capitol F4968) with "I Wasn't Even In The Running" (recorded December 12, 1962) on the flipside and the final mix of "Whatever Happened To Mary" as a single (Capitol F5217) with "The Luckiest Heartache In Town" (also recorded December 12, 1962) on the flipside and on Thompson's album "Luckiest Heartache In Town" (T/ST 2342).

1968 - Vocalist Nancy Wilson, with Jimmy Jones conducting his own arrangements to the orchestra (Harry "Sweets" Edison on trumpet, Buddy Collette, Bill Perkins, Bill Green, Bill Calkins, Jules Jacob, and Bob Richards on reeds, Don Trenner on piano and harpsichord, Herb Ellis and Al Hendrickson on guitars, Buster Williams on bass, Earl Palmer on drums, Larry Bunker on percussion, Ann Stockton on harp, and unlisted musicians on ten violins, three violas, two cellos, and one bass), records the titles "Gentle On My Mind", "Walk Away", and "The Christmas Waltz" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Gentle On My Mind" and "Walk Away" on Miss Wilson's album "Easy" (ST 2909) and "The Christmas Waltz" on the multi-artist two-disc album "The Best Of Christmas" (STBB 2979).

1968 - Guy Lombardo conducts His Royal Canadians (lineup unlisted) as they record the titles "Medley #3" and "Medley #7" in Las Vegas, Nevada for Capitol Records which has yet to issue either title.

1969 - Billy Preston signs with Apple Records and his titles will be released by Capitol Records in the United States.

1972 - Capitol Records releases Buck Owens and The Buckaroos' single "Made In Japan", with "Black Texas Dirt" on the flipside, which will eventually peak at #1 on the U.S. Country singles chart.

1973 - Vocalist Al Martino, with unlisted others using string arrangements by Ralph Ferraro, records the titles "Hey Mama" and "If I Give My Heart To You" in Los Angeles, California with producer Peter Tavis. After overdubs are recorded for both titles on April 4, 5, and 9, 1973, for "Hey Mama" on April 10, 1973, and for "If I Give My Heart To You" on April 11, 1973, Capitol Records will issue the final mixes of both titles together as a single (Capitol 3604) and "Hey Mama" on Martino's album "I Won't Last A Day Without You" (ST-11302).

1973 - The Raspberries (Eric Carmen and Wally Bryson on vocals and guitars, Dave Smalley on electric bass, and Jim Bonfanti [listed as possibly] on drums) record the titles "Hard To Get Over A Heartbreak", "Making It Easy", "Should I Wait", "Money Down", "Last Dance", and "Tonight" in The Record Plant studios in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on the group's album "Side 3" (SMAS-11220), "Hard To Get Over A Heartbreak" and "Tonight" together as a single (Capitol 3610) and "Money Down" as a single (Capitol 3765) with "I'm A Rocker" (recorded April 4, 1973) on the flipside.

1973 - Vocalist Glen Campbell, with unlisted others, records the titles "Bonaparte's Retreat" and "Let Me Be Yours" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Bonaparte's Retreat" as a single (Capitol 3926) with "Too Many Mornings" (recorded December 15, 1973) on the flipside and on Campbell's album "Houston (I'm Comin' To See You)" (SW-11293) and has yet to issue "Let Me Be Yours".

1978 - Colleen Peterson, with unlisted others, records the titles "Run To Her", "It Hurts To Be In Love", "Maybe It's Love", and "Booze The Blues Away" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles, except "It Hurt's To Be In Love" for which no issuing information is listed, on Peterson's album "Takin' My Boots Off" (ST-11835).

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

85 Years Ago Today in 1941 - Jan Berry, a singer, songwriter, and a member of the Liberty Records duo Jan and Dean is born William Jan Berry in Los Angeles, California.

80 Years Ago Today in 1946 - Dee Murray, bass player for the United Artists Records band The Spencer Davis Group is born in Gillingham, Kent, England.

65 Years Ago Today in 1961 - Ernie K-Doe's Minit Records single "Mother-In-Law", with "Wanted, $10,000 Reward" on the flipside, enters the top 40 of the U.S. Pop singles charts. Some copies of the single have the A-side mastered at 33rpm by mistake. Minit's catalog is currently owned by Capitol Music Group's parent company Universal Music Group.

50 Years Ago Today in 1976 - United Artists Records releases Crystal Gayle's single "I'll Get Over You", with "High Time" on the flipside, which will eventually peak at #1 on the U.S. Country singles charts.

1990 - Sarah Vaughn, singer and Roulette and Mercury Records artist, dies of lung cancer in California a week after her 66th birthday.

ON THIS DAY NOT IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1985 - The famed Brown Derby restaurant in Hollywood on Vine Street closed on this day, after 57 years. Many early Capitol Records celebrations and business meetings happened in its booths. Also, it was the site of the founding of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. All of the furnishings were kept, including famous Booth #5 where Clark Gable proposed to Carole Lombard until the building was condemned and torn down after the January 1994 Northridge, California earthquake.

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APRIL 2, 2026

HAPPY BIRTHDAYS!

105 Years AgonToday In 1921 - Boomie Richman, a tenor saxophone and flute player, and member of Capitol Records artist Benny Goodman's orchestra (1953-1954), is born Abraham Samuel Richman in Brockton, Massachusetts.

1942 - Leon Russell, a pianist, singer, songwriter, and a Capitol and Shelter Records session musician and solo artist is born Claude Russell Bridges in Lawton, Oklahoma,

1948 - Kerry Minnear, a keyboard (piano, Hammond organ, mellotron, mini-MOOG, the Regal) player, lead and backing vocalist, cello player, and member of the Capitol Records group Gentle Giant, is born in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England. There are also references to him being born on January 2, 1948. If anyone knows for sure which date is correct, please leave a comment.

1962 - Billy Dean, a singer, guitarist, songwriter, and an EMI America and Capitol Records Nashville artist is born William Harold Dean, Jr. in Quincy, Florida.

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1948 - Peggy Lee's Capitol Records single "Mañana (Is Soon Enough For Me", with "All Dressed Up With A Broken Heart" on the flipside is #1 on The Billboard magazine's Most Played By Disc Jockeys, Best-Selling Popular Retail, and Most-Played Juke Box Records charts for the week ending April 2, 1948.

1948 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Nature Boy" is #3 and its flipside, The King Cole Trio's "Lost April", is #5 on The Billboard magazine's Record Possibilities - The Disk Jockey's Pick chart and "Nature Boy" is #4 on the magazine's Record Possibilities - The Retailers Pick chart.

1948 - Vocalists Jack Smith and The Clark Sisters, with unlisted others, record the titles "Baby Face" and "Heart Braker in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue both titles together as a single (Capitol 15078).

1952 - Billy May (conducting his own arrangements) and His Orchestra (Tony Facciuto, Conrad Gozzo, Bob McKenzie, and Stu Williamson on trumpet, Karl De Karske, Charles Etter, Bob Raesinger, and Bob Robinson on trombones, Willie Smith and Eddie Freeman on alto saxophones, Charlie Deremoe and Joe Spang on tenor saxophones, Bob Dawes on baritone saxophone, Cliff Fishbach on piano, Ray Pohlman on guitar, Ted Hammond on bass, and Remo Belli on drums), with the vocal group The Maytimers (Willie Smith, Charles Etter, Bob McKenzie, and Ray Pohlman), record the titles "Honest And Truly", "Gin And Tonic", "Love Is Just Around The Corner", "Easy Street" and "When The Swallows Come Back To Capistrano" at Capitol Records' studios at 5515 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue the first and last titles together as a single (Capitol 2054), the second and third titles together as a single (Capitol 2157), and the fourth title as a single (Capitol 2113) with "Mayhem" (recorded on February 8, 1952) on the flipside.

1953 - Vocalist Frank Sinatra, at his first recording session for Capitol Records, with Axel Stordahl conducting the orchestra (Heine Beau, Leonard Hartman, Arthur "Skeets" Herfert, and Theodore Nash on reeds, Rubin "Zeke" Zarchy on trumpet, Vincent De Rosa on French horn, George Van Eps on guitar, Philip Stephens on bass, Bill Miller on piano, Ann Stockton on harp, Ray Hagan on drums, Harry Bluestone, Murray Kellner, Alex Murray, Paul Nero, Irving Prager, and Mischa Russell on violins, Paul Robyn and Dave Sterkin on violas, and Cy Bernard on cello), records the titles "Lean Baby" with an arrangement by Heine Beau, and "I'm Walking Behind You", "Day In - Day Out", and "Don't Make A Beggar Of Me" using arrangments by Stordhal at radio station KHJ's studios (which is now the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science's Pickford Center for Motion Picture Study and The Academy Film Archive) at 1313 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California between 8:30 PM and 11:30 PM, although Hollywood's honorary mayor Johnny Grant was sure that Frank, Sr. kept recording at Columbia's studios on Sunset Blvd. opposite what is now the Spaghetti Factory. If anyone knows for sure, please leave a comment. Capitol Records will issue "Lean Baby" and "I'm Walking Behind You" together as a single (Capitol 2450), "Don't Make A Beggar Of Me" on the compilation album "Forever Frank" (T 2602), and all the titles on the remastered 1999 CD release of Sinatra's album "Point Of No Return" (7-48334-2).

1953 - During a concert held at the Blue Note in Chicago, Illinois, Capitol Records artist Stan Kenton and His Orchestra (Bob Burgess, Conte Candoli, Buddy Childers, Vinnie Dean, Don Dennis, Bill Holman, Richie Kamuca, Lee Konitz, Hank Levey, Stan Levey, Keith Moon, George Roberts, Glen Roberts, Frank Rosolino, Ernie Royal, Sal Salvador, Tom Shepard, Don Smith) perform "Theme (Artistry In Rhythm) And Opening Announcements", "Works (Aka Bill Holman's Work)", "Yesterdays", "Swinghouse", "Stan Kenton Speaks", "Gone With The Wind", and "There Will Never Be Another You" which are recorded and later released by Natasha Imports in 1992 on the album "23 Degrees North, 82 Degrees West" (NI-4006).

70 Years Ago Today In 1956 - Pianist Lou Busch, as Joe "Fingers" Carr", with a orchestra and chorus (lineups unlisted), records the titles "Fingers Medley: Hot Potatoes/Two Dollar Rag/Looney Louie", "Portuguese Washerwoman", and "Lucky Pierre" (originally titled "La Saint Amour") in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the first title as a single (Capitol F3883) with "Dominque" (recorded August 9, 1957) on the flipside and the last two titles together as a single (Capitol 3418).

70 Years Ago Today In 1956 - Trumpet player Ray Anthony and his orchestra (Ray Sims on trombone, Ronny Lang on alto saxophone, Med Flory on alto and tenor saxophone, Dave Pell on tenor saxophone, Marty Berman on baritone saxophone, Geoff Clarkson on piano, Tony Rizzi on guitar, Don Simpson on bass, Roy Harte on drums, and Lou Singer on percussion), using arrangements by Don Simpson, record the titles "The Sleepwalker" with a vocal group (lineup unlisted) and the as yet to be issued takes of the titles "Cornet Capers" and "Let's Make A Scene" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "The Sleepwalker" as a single (Capitol 3416) with "Chubasco" (recorded March 26, 1956) on the flipside.

1957 - Peggy Lee, with producer Frank Sinatra conducting the orchestra (Buddy Collette and Harry Klee on alto saxophones, Stanley "Champ" Webb and James Williamson on tenor saxophones, Tommy Pederson on trombone, James Decker and Sinclair Lott on French horns, Juan Tizol on valve trombone, George Roberts on bass trombone, Nick Bonney on guitar, Max Bennett on stand up bass, Lou Levy on piano, Stella Castellucci on the harp, Lou Singer on drums, Victor Arno, Victor Bay, Alex Beller, Harold Dicterow, David Frisina, Henry Hill, Alex Murray, Erno Neufeld, Eudice Shapiro, and Marshall Sosson on violins, Alvin Dinkin, Maxine Johnson, and Barbara Simons on violas, and Ennio Bologinni, Victor Gottlieb, Edgar Lustgarten, and Kurt Reher on cellos), records the titles "He's My Guy", "Something Wonderful", "Please Be Kind", and "The Man I Love" for her Capitol Records album "The Man I Love" using arrangements by Nelson Riddle in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 Vine Street in Hollywood, California.

1958 - The motion picture "The Young Lions", starring Capitol Records artist Dean Martin, as well as Marlon Brando and Montgomery Clift, opens and makes Martin a dramatic movie star on his own right without Jerry Lewis.

1958 - Paramount Picture's "St. Louis Blues", starring Nat "King" Cole as W.C. Handy, is previewed for the press in New York City, New York. The Billboard magazine's reviewer Charles Sinclair writes that it is "an eye-and-ear treat, and the warmest kind of tribute to a simple, great, talented composer".

1958 - During two sessions held this day in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California, bandleader and trumpet player Harry James and His Orchestra (Nick Buono, Ollie Mitchell, and Bob Rolfe also on trumpets, Bob Edmondson and Ray Sims on trombones, Ernie Tack on bass trombone, Herb Lorden and Willie Smith on alto saxophones, Bob Poland and Sam Firmature on tenor saxophones, Ernie Small on baritone saxophone, Jack Perciful on piano, Dennis Budimir on guitar, Russ Phillips on bass, and Jackie Mills on drums) record the titles "Walkin'", "Raffles", "Warm Blue Stream", and "Ho, Yeah!" at the first session and the titles "Walkin' On Air", "Bells", and a new take of "Bangtail" at the second session. Capitol Records will issue "Walkin'", "Warm Blue Stream", "Walkin' On Air", and "Bells" on the album "The New James" (EAP-1/2/3-1037 on 7" EP set and T 1037 on 12" LP) and rejected the takes of "Raffles", "Ho, Yeah" and "Bangtail" recorded at these sessions.

1958 - Alvino Rey conducts His Orchestra (lineup unlisted) as they record the titles "Little White Lies", "Isn't It Romantic", "I Didn't Know About You", and "A Swingin' Fling (Nails)" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Rey's album "Swingin' Fling!" (T 1085).

65 Years Ago Today In 1961 - Comedians Carl Reiner and Mel Brooks, in front of a live audience, record the titles "2000 Year Old Man", "Fabiola", "The Astronaught", "In A Coffee House: The Depressed One/The Actor/The Painter/The Folk Singer", "The Peruvian", and "The Psychiatrist" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on the album "2000 Years With Carl Reiner & Mel Brooks" (W 1529).

1963 - "Best Foot Forward", an off-Broadway show starring Capitol Records artist Liza Minnelli, opens. Her mother, Judy Garland, will attend the show the next night so as not to draw attention away from Liza on opening night.

60 Years Ago Today In 1966 - The Beach Boys' Capitol Records single "Sloop John B", with "You're So Good To Me" enters Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart where it will stay for 11 weeks and peak at #3 on May 7, 1966.

1967 - The Beatles finish recording tracks at EMI's Abbey Road Studios for their Capitol Records album "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band".

1968 - The Sugar Shoppe (lineup unlisted) records the titles "Let The Truth Come Out" and "Skip-A-Long Sam" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both titles together as a single (Capitol 2233) and on the group's self-titled album "The Sugar Shoppe" (ST 2959).

1968 - Vocalist Nancy Wilson, with Jimmy Jones conducting his own arrangements to the orchestra (Harry "Sweets" Edison on trumpet, Buddy Collette, Bill Perkins, Bill Green, Bill Calkins, Jules Jacob, and Bob Richards on reeds, Don Trenner on piano and harpsichord, Herb Ellis and Al Hendrickson on guitars, Buster Williams on bass, Earl Palmer on drums, Larry Bunker on percussion, Ann Stockton on harp, and unlisted musicians on ten violins, three violas, two cellos, and one bass), records the titles "How Incentive (Insensatez)", "Make Me A Present Of You", "Love Is Blue", and "One Like You" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Miss Wilson's album "Easy" (ST 2909).

1968 - The Beach Boys (lineup unlisted) record the title "Anna Lee, The Healer" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the title on the group's album "Friends" (ST 2895).

1968 - Guy Lombardo conducts His Royal Canadians (lineup unlisted) as they record the titles "Medley #6" and "Medley #8" in Las Vegas, Nevada for Capitol Records which has yet to issue either title.

1973 - Apple Records releases The Beatles compilation albums "The Beatles '62-66" (aka The Red Album) and "The Beatles '67-70" (aka The Blue Album) which will be distributed by Capitol Records in the United States.

40 Years Ago Today In 1986 - Vocalist Tina Turner, with unlisted others, records the title "Don't Turn Around" in an unlisted studio. Capitol Records will issue the title as a single (Capitol 5615) with "Typical Male" (recorded March 5, 1986) on the flipside.

30 Years Ago Today In 1996 - Capitol Records releases Rosanne Cash's album "10 Song Demo".

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1872 - Samuel Morse, inventor of the Morse code and grandfather of Leila Morse (who first lit the beacon that spells out "H-O-L-L-Y-W-O-O-D" on the top of The Capitol Tower), dies at age 80 at his home at 5 West 22nd Street, New York, New York and is later buried in the Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, New York.

1920 - Jack Webb, radio, motion picture (Capitol released the soundtrack to his movie "Pete Kelly's Blues") and television actor, director, producer, singer, and one-time husband of Liberty Records artist Julie London, is born John Randolph Webb in Los Angeles, California.

85 Years Ago Today In 1941 - Dr. Demento, radio disk jockey, syndicated radio show host, pop/novelty tune music historian, who gave Capitol Records artist Weird Al Yankovic his first on-air appearance, is born Barret Eugene Hansen in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

1963 - Guitarist Kenny Burrell, with Seldon Powell on tenor saxophone, Hank Jones on piano, Milt Hinton on bass, and Osie Johnson on drums, records the title "I Hadn't Anyone 'Til You" in recording engineer Rudy Van Gelder's studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey. Blue Note Records will issue the title in Japan in the album "Freedom" (GXF-3057) in 1979).

1988 - Johnny Hates Jazz's Virgin Records America single "Shattered Dreams", with "My Secret Garden" on the flipside, enters the top 40 of Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart. I did the final design production on the U.S. packaging for the single, its promotional material, and trade advertising.

1989 - Roxette's EMI America single "The Look", with "Silver Blue" on the flipside, is #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart.

20 Years Ago Today On Sunday, April 2, 2006 - I started my blog on the history of Capitol Records.
It's been over two decades of learning and having fun communicating with those with questions or comments about the label. It's led me to making some great new friends and being able to contribute to a number of Capitol-related projects.

The Capitol Records Tower's official 79th anniversary of opening is this coming Monday, April 6 and the label's 84th anniversary of incorporation as Capitol Records will be on Thursday, April 9, 2026 (the label did start out as Liberty Records on February 7, 1942, but had to change its name due to a conflict with Liberty Music in New York City that couldn't be resolved).

Here's a link to my first post. From there, you can follow the links to the posts from the first week or so when I posted a lot of information about the company and the tower.

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1902 - The Electric Theatre, the first theater constructed for the purpose of showing projected motion pictures in Los Angeles, is opened by owner and manager Thomas L. Talley (later a co-founder of First National Exhibitors Circuit) on the second floor of 262 South Main Street at Third and charges a dime to see an hour’s worth of movies, including the films "The Capture Of The Biddle Brothers" and "New York In A Blizzard".

1992 - Milton Rackmil, co-founder of Decca Records, dies in Manhattan, New York at age 86.

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APRIL 1, 2026

HAPPY BIRTHDAYS!

1910 - Harry Carney, s pianist, clarinet, alto and baritone saxophone player, and member of Capitol Records artist Duke Ellington and His Orchestra, is born in Boston, Massachusetts.

1928 - Jane Powell, singer, motion picture actress (including "Seven Brides For Seven Brothers" with lyrics by Capitol Records co-founder Johnny Mercer), and Capitol Records artist (soundtrack to the motion picture "3 Sailors And A Girl"), is born Suzanne Lorraine Burce in Portland, Oregon.

75 Years Ago Today In 1951 - Henry Gross, a singer, songwriter, founding member of Sha Na Na, and a solo Capitol Records artist, is born in Brooklyn, New York.

1972 - Allen and Albert Hughes, music video directors, filmmakers, and founders of Underworld Records (distributed by Capitol Records in 1993), are born in Detroit, Michigan.

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1947 - At their last recording session for the Capitol Records Transcription Service, pianist Stan Kenton and His Orchestra (Buddy Childers, Ray Wetzel, Chico Alvarez, John Anderson, and Ken Hanna on trumpets, Kai Winding, Skip Layton, Milt Bernhart, and Harry Forbes on trombones, Bart Varsalona on bass trombone, Eddie Meyers and Boots Mussulli on alto saxophones, Vido Musso and Bob Cooper on tenor saxophones, Bob Gioga bass saxophone, Bob Ahern on guitar, Eddie Safranski on bass, and Shelly Manne on drums), with vocalist June Christy and vocal group The Pastels (Margaret Dale, Wayne Howard, Jerry Packer, Jimmy Borland, and Don McLeod), record the titles "Artistry in Harlem Swing" using an arrangement by Gene Roland, "Please Be Kind" with vocals by June Christy and arranged by Pete Rugolo, "I've Got It Bad And That Aint Good" with vocals by Christy, without the saxophones, and arranged by Rugolo, "By The River of Ste. Marie" with vocals by The Pastels and arranged by Rugolo, "April In Paris" with vocals by The Pastels, using only the trombones and rhythm section, and arranged by Ken Hanna, "Don't Worry 'bout Me" with vocals by The Pastels and arranged by Rugolo, "If I Could Be With You One Hour Tonight" arranged by Rugolo, "Sophisticated Lady", and "The Fatal Apple (Unison Riff)" at Radio Recorders' studios at 932 North Western Avenue in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records Transcription Service will issue the first three titles on the disc B-331 and the last six titles on the disc B-332. Mosaic Records will issue all the titles in the box set "The Complete Capitol Studio Recordings Of Stan Kenton" (MQ12-163 with 12 LPs on 12" vinyl and MD7-163 with 7 CDs). Unfortunately, only "Please Be Kind", "I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good", "Sophisticated Lady", and "The Fatal Apple (Unison Riff)" are currently available on YouTube.

1953 - Capitol Records acquires Cetra-Soria's 1947-1953 library of complete Opera recordings from the label's founder, Dario Sorta, who had licensed the recording in the U.S. from the Italian label Cetra. Sorta and his wife, Dorle Jarmel Soria, will then become co-founders and co-managing directors of Angel Records in the United States, distributing classical recordings from Capitol Records' future parent company, EMI. In 1958, after EMI bought Capitol Records, the Soria's will sell Angel Records to Capitol.

1953 - Frank Sinatra is signed to Capitol Records by Alan Livingston with a one-year contract with no advance and has to cover his own recording costs. Sinatra angrily turns down the initial offering of A&R management by Dave Dexter, Jr., who had years earlier written some bad reviews of Sinatra for Down Beat Magazine, and instead is assigned to Voyle Gilmore who will eventually make Nelson Riddle Sinatra’s new arranger, ousting long-time Sinatra arranger Axel Stordahl.

1953 - During two sessions held this day in Chicago, Illinois, Trumpet player Ray Anthony and His Orchestra (Pat Roberts, Darryl Campbell, Ray Triscari, and Dale Turner also on trumpets, Sy Berger, Vince Forrest, Ken Schrudder, and Dick Reynolds on trombones, Earl Bergman and Jim Schneider on clarinet and alto saxophone, Tom Loggia and Bill Usselton on tenor saxophones, Leo Anthony on baritone and alto saxophones, Dave Sills on piano, Earl Backus on guitar, Don Simpson on bass, and Archie Freeman on drums) record the titles "Another Dawn, Another Day" using an arrangement by George Williams, "When The Saints Go Marching In" with vocals by Ray Anthony and The Skyliners (lineup unlisted), and "That's My Weakness" with vocals by Jo Ann Greer and Marcie Miller at the first session and, using arrangements by George Williams, the titles "Adios" with vocals by Tommy Mercer and The Anthony Choir (lineup unlisted), "Over The Rainbow" with vocals by The Anthony Choir, "Sweet And Lovely" with vocals by Tommy Mercer and The Anthony Choir, and "Stairway To The Stars" with vocals by The Anthony Choir at the second session. Capitol Records will issue "Another Dawn, Another Day" as a single (Capitol 2637) with "Sound Off" (recorded September 30, 1953) on the flipside, reject the take of "When The Saints Go Marching In" (a new take will be recorded on April 3, 1953), issue "That's My Weakness" as a single (Capitol 2488) with the new take of "When The Saints Go Marching In" on the flipside, and all the titles from the second session on the album "The Anthony Choir with Ray Anthony And His Orchestra" (EAP-1/2/3-442 on 7" EPs, EBF-442 on two-disc 7" EP set, H-442 on 10" LP, and T 422 on 12" LP).

1958 - Trumpet player Harry James and His Orchestra (Harry James, Nick Buono, Ollie Mitchell, and Bob Rolfe also on trumpets, Bob Edmondson and Ray Sims on trombones, Ernie Tack on bass trombones, Herb Lorden and Willie Smith on alto saxophones, Bob Poland and Sam Firmature on tenor saxophones, Ernie Small on baritone saxophone, Jack Perciful on piano, Dennis Budimir on guitar, Russ Phillips on bass, and Jackie Mills on drums) record the titles "Here's One" and "On The House" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue both titles on James' album "The New James" (EAP-2-1037 on 7" EP and T/ST 1037 on 12" LP).

1958 - Vocalist Bob Luman, with Jackie Kelso on tenor saxophone and unlisted lead guitar, rhythm guitar, bass, and drums players, records the titles "Everybody's Talkin'", "Chain Of Love", "I Know My Baby Cares", and "Try Me" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "I Know My Baby Cares" and "Try Me" together as a single (Capitol F3972). Rockstar Records will issue all the titles in England on Luman's compilation album "Try Me" (RSLP1015) and Bear Family Records will issue all the titles in Germany on Luman's compilation album "Carnival Rock" (BFX 15345).

1958 - During three sessions held this day in Los Angeles, California, Otto Cesana, with unlisted others, records the titles "Let's Go", "Serenade", "Desiderio", and "Lover's Waltz" at the first session, the titles "Recollection", "Punch And Judy", "Torment", and "Ennui" at the second session, and the titles "Contentment", "Remembrance", "Forsaken", and "Tally-Ho" at the third session for Capitol Records which has yet to issue any of the titles.

1958 - During two sessions held in Studio A of Capitol Records' studios in New York City, New York, harpist Marcel Grandjany records De Falla's "Jota" and Albeniz's "Torre Bermeja" at the first session, and Padre Antonio Soler's "Sonata In A Minor" and Antonio De Cabezon's "Diferencias Sobre El Canto LLano Del Caballero" and "Cancion De Cuna" at the second session. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Grandjany's album "El Amor D'España" (P-8473).

1958 - The Louvin Brothers (Charlie Louvin on vocals and guitar and Ira Louvin on vocals), with Marvin H. Hughes on piano, Paul Yandell, Walter Hank "Sugarfoot" Garland Wilson, and Ray Edenton also on guitars, Roy M. "Junior" Huskey Jr. on bass, and Murray M. "Buddy" Harman Jr. on drums, record the titles "My Baby's Gone", "She Didn't Even Know I Was Gone", "My Baby Came Back", and "Are You Wasting My Time" in Nashville, Tennesse. Capitol Records will issue the first three titles on the brothers' album "My Baby's Gone" (T 1385), "My Baby's Gone" as a single (F4055) with "Lorene" (recorded August 4, 1958) on the flipside, "She Didn't Even Know I Was Gone" and "My Baby Came Back" together as a single (Capitol F3974), and "Are You Wasting My Time" on the brothers' album "Country Love Ballads" (EAP-1-1106 on 7" EP and T 1106 on 12" LP).

1963 - Pianist Cy Coleman, with Billy May conducting his own arrangements to the orchestra (Conrad Gozzo, Uan Rasey, and Bud Brisbois on trumpets, Francis "Joe" Howard, Milt Bernhart, Ed Kusby, and George Roberts on trombones, Justin Gordon, Ted Nash, and Wilbur Schwartz on woodwinds, Ben Tucker on bass, and Bob Thomas, Irving Cottler, and Larry Bunker on drums), records a new take of the title "The Best Is Yet To Come", the title "Hey, Look Me Over", new takes of the titles "The Riviera" and "Brassmen's Holiday", and the title "You Fascinate Me So" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California between 8:30 PM and 1:30 AM on April 2, 1963. Capitol Records will issue all the titles recorded at this session on Coleman's album "The Piano Witchcraft Of Cy Coleman" (T/ST 1952) and a revised version of the album released by Capitol Records Special Markets entitled "Piano Witchcraft" (SM-11985).

1968 - Vocalist Nancy Wilson, with Jimmy Jones conducting his own arrangements to the orchestra (Harry "Sweets" Edison on trumpet, Dick Nash, Tom Shepard, Bill Tole on trombones, Ken Shroyer on bass trombone, Bud Shank on reeds, Don Trenner on piano, Herb Ellis and Al Hendrickson on guitars, Buster Williams on bass, Earl Palmer on drums, Larry Bunker on percussion, Ann Stockton on harp and electric harp, and a string section with unlisted musicians on ten violins, three violas, two cellos, and 1 bass), records the titles "Wave", "The Look Of Love", "Make Me Rainbows", and "When I Look In Your Eyes" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Miss Wilson's album "Easy" (ST 2909).

1968 - The Beach Boys (lineup unlisted) record the title "Meant For You" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the title on the group's album "Friends" (ST 2895).

1968 - Conductor Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians (lineup unlisted) record the titles "Medley #4" and "Medley #5" in Las Vegas, Nevada for Capitol Records which has yet to issue either title.

1969 - The Beach Boys sue Capitol Records for $2,041,446.64 in royalties and producer's fees for Brian Wilson. The band also announces it's starting its own label, Brothers Records.

1973 - Freddie Hart's Capitol Records single "Super Kind Of Woman", with "Mother Nature Made A Believer Out Of Me" on the flip side, is #1 on the U.S. Country singles chart.

1973 - John Lennon, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr announce that they have split with manager Al Klein, whose contract with them and Apple Records had ended the day before, March 31, 1973.

1973 - Vocalist Red Simpson, with unlisted others, records the titles "Awful Lot To Learn About Truck Drivin'", "You Still Got A Hold On Me", "Gas, Food and Lodging", and "Feeling Like Tarzan" in Portland, Oregon with producer Gene Breeden. After Capitol Records purchases the masters and registers them on April 23, 1973, it will issue "Awful Lot To Learn About Truck Drivin'" and "You Still Got A Hold On Me" together as a single (Capitol 3616) and has yet to issue either of the last two titles.

1978 - The Lost Gonzo Band (lineup unlisted) records the titles "Beacon In The Night", "Santa Cruz (After The Nick Of Time)", "Since You Been Gone", "Riding", "Everybody Knows This Ain't Art", "Getaway", "London Homesick Blues", "The Winner", "Signs Of Life", and "Feelin' My Way" in (listed as possibly) Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records all the titles on the album "Signs Of Life" (SW-11788).

1978 - John "Moon" Martin, with unlisted others, records the title "All I've Got To Do" in (listed as possibly) Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the title Martin's album "Shots From A Cold Nightmare" (SW-11787).

1978 - Vocalist Hank Cochran, with Willie Nelson and unlisted others, records the titles "Willie", "Heaven Was A Drink Of Wine", "Whatcha Think About That", "I'm Behind The Bottle", "Am I Gonna Have To Burn Atlanta Down", "Ain't Life Hell", "Uphill All The Way", "He Ain't Country", "I'm Going With You This Time", and "Too Late" in (listed as possibly) Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Cochran's album "With A Little Help From His Friends" (ST-11807), "Willie" and "Uphill All The Way" together as a single (Capitol 4585) and "Ain't Life Hell" and "I'm Going With You This Time" together as a single (Capitol 4635).

1998 - Capitol Records gets many calls after an April Fool's prank takes place on L.A. station KROQ-FM's "Kevin & Bean" morning show. What seemed like a fistfight takes place between the hosts and Radiohead's Thom Yorke after jibes about Yorke's lazy eye. In fact, Yorke is not even in the Los Angeles studio. He was played by "'Kevin And Bean"'s voice guy Ralph Garman, along with edits from a couple of acoustic numbers Radiohead had recorded in the KROQ studio on a previous visit. Many thanks to Bean for the accurate information about this prank.

2004 - Paul Atkinson, veteran record executive, VP of A&R Catalog at Capitol Records, and guitarist for The Zombies, dies in his sleep after a long battle with cancer and kidney disease at age 58.

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65 Years Ago Today In 1961 - Guitarist Grant Green, with Ben Tucker on bass and Dave Bailey on drums, records the titles "No. 1 Green Street", "'Round About Midnight", "Grant's Dimensions", "Green With Envy", and "Alone Together" for his second Blue Note Records album "Green Street".

1963 - Trumpet player Kenny Dorham, with Joe Henderson on tenor saxophone, Herbie Hancock on piano, Butch Warren on bass, and Anthony Williams on drums, records the titles "Sao Paulo", "Straight Ahead", "Una Mas (One More Time)", and "If I Ever Would Leave You" in recording engineer Rudy Van Gelder's studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey. Blue Note Records will issue the first three titles on Dorham's album "Una Mas" (BLP4127 in mono and BST84127 in stereo) and all the titles on the CD issue of the album (7-46515-2).

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1883 - Lon Chaney, Sr., a motion picture actor who would regularly give rides to extras waiting at the corner of Hollywood and Vine (with a few reports of it happening even after his death), is born Leonidas Frank Chaney in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

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MARCH 31, 2026

HAPPY BIRTHDAYS!

1908 - "Red" Norvo, a bandleader, xylophone and vibraphone player, session player, and Capitol Records artist is born Kenneth Norville in Beardstown, Illinois.

1934 - Shirley Jones, a singer, motion picture and television actress, and Capitol Records artist (on the soundtracks to the motion pictures "Oklahoma!" and "Carousel") is born Shirley Mae Jones in Charleroi, Pennsylvania.

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1945 - Johnny Mercer and Jo Stafford's Capitol Records single "Candy", the flipside of Mercer's "I'm Gonna See My Baby", is still #1 on the U.S. Pop singles charts.

1953 - Vocalist Nat "King" Cole, with Nelson Riddle conducting the orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the titles "Return To Paradise", "Make Her Mine", "Why Can't We Try Again?" and "I Am In Love" in Capitol Records' studios at 5515 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue "Return To Paradise" as a single (Capitol 2489) with "Angel Eyes" (recorded January 14, 1953) on the flipside, "Make Her Mine" as a single (Capitol 2803) with "I Envy" (recorded August 24, 1953) on the flipside, "Why Can't We Try Again?" on the CD version of Cole's album "Ballads Of The Day" (7-99776-2), and "I Am In Love" as a single (Capitol 2459) with "My Flaming Heart" (recorded August 12, 1952) on the flipside.

1953 - Vocalist Tex Ritter, with Donald Robertson (listed as possibly) on piano, Margie Ann "Fiddlin' Kate" Warren on fiddle, Billy Liebert on accordion, Jack Marshall and Wesley Tuttle on guitar, and Dale Warren on bass, records the titles "One Misty, Moisty Morning", "Muskrat", and "Little Wendy Why Why" in Capitol Records' studios at 5515 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood, California between 2:00 PM and 5:00 PM. Capitol Records will issue "One Misty, Moisty Morning" and "Muskrat" on the children's album "Tex Ritter" (CAS-3167) and "Little Wendy Why Why" on the children's album also titled "Tex Ritter" (CAS-3202).

1953 - At a split session held this day in Los Angeles, California, first Stan Freberg and Pinto Colvig overdub vocals onto music tracks recorded by Van Alexander conducting his Orchestra (lineup unlisted) recorded on March 23, 1953 for the titles "Mickey Mouse's Birthday Party: Part 3" and "Mickey Mouse's Birthday Party: Part 4" then Mel Blanc overdubs vocals onto music tracks also recorded by Van Alexander conducting his orchestra on March 23, 1953 for the titles "Woody Woodpecker And His Space Ship: Part 1" and "Woody Woodpecker And His Space Ship: Part 2". After more overdubs are recorded on April 8 and 9, 1953 for the music tracks for "Mickey Mouse's Birthday Party: Part 3" and "Mickey Mouse's Birthday Party: Part 4", Capitol Records will issue the final mixes of both titles on the children's album "Mickey Mouse's Birthday Party" (DBX-3165) and will issue "Woody Woodpecker And His Space Ship: Part 1" and "Woody Woodpecker And His Space Ship: Part 2" on the children's album ""Woody Woodpecker And His Space Ship" (CAS-3171).

1957 - Ferlin Husky and His Hush Puppies's Capitol Records single "Gone", with "Missing Persons" on the flipside, is #1 on the U.S. Country singles chart.

1958 - The Andrews Sisters (vocalists Laverne Andrews, Maxene Andrews, and Patty Andrews), with unlisted others, record the titles "Torero" and "Sunshine" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both titles together as a single (Capitol F3965).

1958 - Trumpet player Harry James and His Orchestra (Nick Buono, Ollie Mitchell, and Bob Rolfe also on trumpets, Bob Edmondson and Ray Sims on trombones, Ernie Tack on bass trombone, Herb Lorden and Willie Smith on alto saxophones, Bob Poland and Sam Firmature on tenor saxophones, Ernie Small on baritone saxophone, Jack Perciful on piano, Dennis Budimir on guitar, Russ Phillips on bass, and Jackie Mills on drums) record the titles "Just Lucky", "Fair And Warmer", and "Bangtail" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on James' album "The New James" (EAP-1/2/3-1037 on 7" EP and T/ST 1037 on 12" LP).

1958 - Carmen Dragon conducts The Capitol Symphony Orchestra (lineup unlisted) as they record Flotow's "M'Appari (From 'Martha')", Leoncavallo's "Vesti La Giubba (From "Pagliacci')", and Puccini's "Musetta's Waltz Song (From 'La Bohème')" on Stage 7 in The Goldwyn Studios at the corner of Santa Monica Boulevard and Formosa in West Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on the album "The Orchestra Sings" (P/SP-8440) as by The Capitol Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Carmen Dragon.

1958 - During two sessions held this day in New York City, New York, violinist Nathan Milstein and pianist Leon Pommers record Mozart's "Sonata In C Major, K. 296, Part 1" at the first session and "Sonata In C Major, K. 296, Part 2" at the second session. Capitol Records will issue both parts on Milstein's and Pommers' album "MOZART Sonatas For Violin & Piano" (P-8452).

1963 - The Journeymen (John Phillips and Scott McKenzie on vocals and guitars and Dick Weissman on guitar and banjo) possibly record the titles "Country Blues", "Ben And Me", and "Virgin Mary" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue "Country Blues" and "Ben And Me" on the group's album "New Directions In Folk Music" (T/ST 1951) and "Virgin Mary" on the CD "Capitol Collectors Series -The Journeymen" (7-98536-2). The master files show the session held on May 31, 1963, but the date given in the CD "Capitol Collectors Series -The Journeymen" was March 31, 1963.

1964 - The Beatles become the first musical act to hold the top 5 positions ("Can't Buy Me Love" at #1, "Twist and Shout" at #2, "She Loves You" at #3, "I Want To Hold Your Hand" at #4, and "Please Please Me" at #5) on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart.

1968 - Skeets McDonald (born Enos William McDonald), singer, songwriter, guitarist, and Capitol Records artist, dies in California at age 52 after suffering a massive heart attack.

1968 - Buck Owens' Capitol Records single "How Long Will My Baby Be Gone", with "Everybody Needs Somebody" on the flipside, is #1 on the U.S. Country singles charts.

1968 - Overdubs are recorded for The Beach Boys' title "Be Here In The Morning" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the final mix of the title on the group's album "Friends" (ST 2895).

1974 - Blue Swede's Capitol Records single "Hooked On A Feeling", with "Gotta Have Your Love" on the flipside, is #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart.

1978 - Vocalist and pianist Alan Gordon, with an orchestra (lineup unlisted) using arrangements by Jack Nitzsche, records the titles "How Can I Leave Her", "Over The Airwaves", and "I'm Comin' Down With A Thrill" in Los Angeles, California. No issuing information is listed for "How Can I Leave Her". Capitol Records initially schedules "Over The Airwaves" and "I'm Comin' Down With A Thrill" to be released on the album "Alan Gordon - Alley & The Soul Sneekers" (SW-11845) which was not released then issues just "I'm Comin' Down With A Thrill" on the album "Alley & The Soul Sneekers" (SW-11913) as by Alan Gordon and has yet to issue "Over The Airwaves".

1983 - Bob Seger, on acoustic guitar, guitar, piano, vocals, and The Silver Bullet Band (Chris Campbell on bass, Alto Reed on tenor and baritone saxophones, John "J.R." Robinson on drums, Craig Frost on organ, synthesizer, piano, and keyboards, and Bill Payne also on synthesizer, piano, keyboards) perform the title "Fortunate Son" at Cobo Hall in Detroit, Michigan during a live performance that was recorded. Capitol Records will issue the title as a single (Capitol 5532) with "American Storm" (unlisted recording date) on the flipside and as a bonus track on the CD release of the group's album "Like A Rock" (7-46195-2).

1988 - Vocalist Johnny Rodriguez, with unlisted others, records the titles 'You Might Want To Use Me Again", "I Wanta Wake Up With You", and "Someday I'm Gonna Finish Leaving You" at Woodland Studios in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue "You Might Want To Use Me Again" as a single (Capitol 44245) with "She Loves Austin" (recorded April 26, 1988) on the flipside and after remixing "I Wanta Wake Up With You" will issue the new version of the title and "Someday I'm Gonna Finish Leaving You" together as a single (Capitol 44204).

35 Years Ago Today In 1991 - Garth Brooks' Liberty Records (later renamed Capitol Records Nashville) single "Two Of A Kind Workin' On A Full House", with "Unanswered Prayers" on the flipside, is #1 on the U.S. Country singles charts.

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1943 - "Oklahoma!" (originally titled "Away We Go") opens on Broadway at the St. James Theatre in New York City, New York with stars Alfred Drake, Joan Roberts, Celeste Holm, and Howard DeSilva. Later made into a motion picture, Capitol Records will release its soundtrack which will become the first album to be certified Gold by the R.I.A.A.

1962 - EMI withdraws all 78 rpm records in their catalogue.

1980 - EMI Records, Capitol Records parent company, reports a twelve months trading loss of £2,800,000.

1995 - Selena (born Selena Quintanilla Perez), singer and EMI Latin artist, is shot by the president of her fan club and dies at age 24.

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1949 - To compete with Columbia's new 33 rpm LP, RCA Victor debuts it 45 rpm (78-33=45) system when it releases 76 albums (3 or 4 discs in a boxed set) and 104 singles on 7-inch large-hole 45-rpm records. The first 45 rpm disc, "Texarkana Baby" by Eddy Arnold, was issued by RCA in the US on March 31, 1949. It was made of green vinyl, as part of an early attempt to color-code singles according to the genre of music they featured. Others included red for classical music and yellow for children's songs. Capitol Records will be the first label to release its product in all three formats.

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MARCH 30, 2026

HAPPY BIRTHDAYS!

1913 - Frankie Laine, singer, songwriter, actor, Capitol and Tower Records (along with many other labels) artist, is born Francesco Paolo LoVecchio in Chicago, Illinois.

1945 - Eric Clapton CBE, (aka Slowhand, aka God), guitarist, singer, songwriter, motion picture actor, and member of the Apple Records group Plastic Ono Band, is born Eric Patrick Clapp in The Green, Ripley, Surrey, England.

1963 - M.C. Hammer (aka Hammer), singer, songwriter, motion picture actor, and Capitol Records artist, is born Stanley Kirk Burrell in Oakland, California.

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1944 - The Pied Piper's Capitol Records single "Mairzy Doats", with "A Journey To A Star" on the flipside, enters the top 40 of the U.S. Pop singles charts.

80 Years Ago Today In 1946 - "St. Louis Woman", a musical with music by Harold Arlen and lyrics by Capitol Records' co-founder and president Johnny Mercer, opens at the Martin Beck Theatre (now the Al Hirschfeld Theatre) at 302 West 45 Street in midtown Manhattan, New York and will run for 113 performances. The cast includes Robert Pope as Badfoot, Harold Nicholas as Little Augie, Fayard Nicholas as Barney, June Hawkins as Lilli, Pearl Bailey as Butterfly, Ruby Hill as Della Green, Rex Ingram as Biglow Brown, and Milton J. Williams as Mississippi. After sessions are held on April 7, 8, and 9, 1946, Capitol Records will issue the original cast album which will be the label's first (CE-28).

75 Years Ago Today In 1951 - Vocalist Smiley Burnette, with unlisted others, recorded the titles "Do The Pines Grow Green In The Valley?", "I Ain't Done Nothin' To You", "Can't Go On", and "I Can't Be Honest With You" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the first and last titles together as a single (Capitol 1520) and the second and third titles together as a single (Capitol 1746).

1952 - During three sessions held this day in Los Angeles, California, the original Broadway cast of "Three Wishes For Jamie" (Anne Jeffreys, John Raitt, Bert Wheeler, Robert Halliday, Charlotte Rae, and Peter Conlow), with an uncredited chorus and Joseph Littaw directing the orchestra (lineup unlisted) using music and lyrics by Ralph Blane, record the titles "Prologue/The Wake (with vocals by the ensemble)/The Girl That I Court In My Mind (vocals by John Riatt)", "My Home's A Highway (vocals by Anne Jeffreys)/We're For Love (vocals by Bert Wheeler and Chorus)", and "My Heart's Darlin' (vocals by Anne Jeffreys and John Raitt)/Love Has Nothing To Do With It (vocals by Bert Wheeler, Robert Halliday, Charlotte Rae, and Chorus)" at the first session, "Goin' On A Hayride" (vocals by Anne Jeffreys, John Raitt, Petter Conlow, and Chorus)/I'll Sing You A Song (vocals by Bert Wheeler, Robert Halliday, Peter Conlow, and Chorus), "It Must Be Spring (vocals by Anne Jeffreys and Chorus)/Wedding March (vocals by the Ensemble)/The Army Mule Song (vocals by John Raitt, Bert Wheeler, Peter Conlow, and The Chorus)", "What Do I Know? (vocals by Anne Jeffreys)/Love Has Nothing To Do With Looks (Reprise) (vocals by Anne Jeffreys)" at the second session, and "It's A Wishing World (vocals by Anne Jeffreys and John Raitt)/Trottin' To The Fair (vocals by John Raitt, Robert Halliday, and Chorus)" and "April Face (vocals by Anne Jeffreys, John Raitt, and Bert Wheeler)/Kevin's Prayer (vocals by Bert Wheeler)/Finale (vocals by The Ensemble)" at the third session. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on the original Broadway cast album "Three Wishes For Jaime" (S-317).

1953 - It's a Monday afternoon and at 4:00 PM EST Nat "King" Cole appears on NBC-TV's "The Kate Smith Hour" and his Capitol Records single "Pretend", with orchestra conducted by Nelson Riddle and "Don't Let Your Eyes Go Shopping (For Your Heart)" by Nat King Cole and the Trio, on the flipside, is #4 on the U.S. Pop singles chart.
65 Years Ago Today In 1953 - Mel Blanc and June Foray record vocal overdubs at Capitol Records' studios at 5515 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood, California using a script written by Ted Pierce and Warren Foster and adapted by Alan Livingston for the titles "Snowbound Tweety: Part 1" and "Snowbound Tweety: Part 2" onto music tracks recorded by the Van Alexander Orchestra on March 16, 1953. Capitol Records will issue the final mixes of both parts on the children's album "Snowbound Tweety" (CAS-3169 on 10" 78 RPM and CASF-3169 on 7" 45 RPM).

1953 - The Statesmen Quartet (Jack Hess on lead vocals, Clarence "Cat" Freeman on tenor vocals, Doty Ott on baritone vocals, and James "Big Chief" Wetherington on bass vocals), with Hovie Lister on piano, record the titles "How Many Times", "Someone To Care", "One Of These Mornings", and "When You Travel All Alone" in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue "How Many Times" and "Someone To Care" together as a single (Capitol 2469) and "One Of Theses Mornings" and "When You Travel Alone" together as a single (Capitol 2566), the first three titles on the quartet's self-titled album "The Statesmen Quartet" (T/DT 2539) and the last title on the album "Something To Shout About" (T 1508) as by Hovie Lister And The Statesmen Quartet.

65 Years Ago Today In 1961 - Nat "King" Cole, with Ralph Carmichael conducting his own arrangements to the orchestra (lineup unlisted but possibly including Hank Jones on piano, John Collins on guitar, Charlie Harris on bass, and Lee Young on drums), records new versions of the titles "Unforgettable", "Mona Lisa", and "The Christmas Song" in stereo at Capitol Records' studios at 151 W. 46th Street in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on the 3 LP set "The Nat 'King' Cole Story" (SWCL 1613). It's the tracks from this version of "Unforgettable" that will be used to make the electronically created duet of the song with Cole's daughter Natalie in 1991..

1962 - Vocalist Lou Rawls, with unlisted musicians, records the title "Save Your Love For Me" and an as yet unissued take of the track "What Makes The Ending So Sad?" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the first track as a single (Capitol 4761) with "Please Let Me Be The First To Know" (recorded February 23, 1962) on the flipside.

1963 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "All Over The World" is #43 on Cash Box magazine's Top 100 Singles chart.

1963 - Pianist Cy Coleman, with Billy May conducting his own arrangements to the orchestra (Ken Shroyer, Francis "Joe" Howard, Milt Bernhart, Ed Kusby, and William Schaefer on trombones, Justin Gordon, Ted Nash, and Wilbur Schwartz on woodwinds, Ben Tucker on bass, and Bob Thomas and Milt Holland on drums), records new takes of the titles "Leave It To Love", "Witchcraft", and "I'm Gonna Laugh You Out Of My Life" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California between 8:00 PM and 11:00 PM. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Coleman's album "The Piano Witchcraft Of Cy Coleman" (T/ST 1952) and "I'm Gonna Laugh You Out Of My Life" as a single (Capitol 5130) with "The Girls Of Athens" (recorded October 23, 1963) on the flipside.

1963 - Vocalist Nancy Wilson, with Gerald Wilson directing his own arrangements to the orchestra (Wild Bill Davis on organ, an unlisted pianist, Joe Pass on guitar, Jimmy Bond on bass, and Kenny Dennis on drums), records the titels "West Coast Blues", "The Show Goes On", "My Sweet Thing", and "Tell Me The Truth" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "West Coast Blues" and "The Show Goes On" on Miss Wilson's album "How Glad Am I" (T/ST 2155), "My Sweet Thing" and "Tell Me The Truth" together as a single (Capitol 4991), "Tell Me The Truth" on the multi-artist compilation album "Chart-Busters, Volume 3" (T/ST 2006), and all the titles on the CD release of Miss Wilson's album "Yesterday's Love Songs, Today's Blues" (7-96265-2).

1967 - The cover of The Beatles' Capitol Records album "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" album is staged by Peter Blake and photographed by Michael Cooper at 4 Chelsea Manor Studios, 1-11 Flood Street, just off King's Road in Chelsea in the late afternoon. The album cover was designed by Peter Blake and Jann Haworth from an ink drawing by Paul McCartney and it was art directed by Robert Fraser.

1968 - Hardwater (lineup unlisted) records the titles "Not So Hard" and "Good Luck" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both titles on the group's self-titled album "Hardwater" (ST 2954) and "Not So Hard" also as a single (Capitol 2230) with "City Sidewalks" (recorded March 28, 1968) on the flipside.

1968 - Overdubs are recorded for The Beach Boys' title "Wake The World" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the final mix of the title on the group's album "Friends" (ST 2895) and also as a single (Capitol 2239) with "Do It Again" (recorded June 6, 1968 with overdubs recorded on June 7 and 8, 1968) on the flipside.

1969 - Buck Owens' Capitol Records single "Who’s Gonna Mow Your Grass", with "There's Gonna Be Some Changes Made" on the flip side, is still #1 on the U.S. Country singles charts

1974 - Grand Funk Railroad's Capitol Records single "The Loco-Motion", with "Destitute And Losin'" on the flip side, enters the top 40 of Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart.

1977 - Glen Campbell's Capitol Records single "Southern Nights", with "William Tell Overture" on the flipside is still #1 on the U.S. Country singles chart.

1978 - Vocalist and pianist Alan Gordon, with an orchestra (lineup unlisted) using arrangements by Jack Nitzsche, records the titles "Caught In Another Way With Love" and "Cheater's Honeymoon" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records initially schedules both titles to be released on the album "Alan Gordon - Alley & The Soul Sneekers" (SW-11845) which was not released then issues all the titles on the album "Alley & The Soul Sneekers" (SW-11913) as by Alan Gordon.

1985 - Power Station's Capitol Records single "Some Like It Hot", with "The Heat Is On" on the flipside, enters the top 40 of Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart.

1997 - Trace Adkin's Capitol Records Nashville single "(This Ain't) No Thinkin' Thing" with "634-5789" on the flipside, is #1 on the U.S. Country singles chart.

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1955 - The Best Music/Song Oscar went to Jule Styne (music) and Sammy Cahn (lyrics) for the title track to the motion picture "Three Coins in the Fountain" which was sung by Capitol Records artist Frank Sinatra and released as a single by Capitol Records.

1958 - Trumpet player Louis Smith, with Charlie Rouse on tenor saxophone, Sonny Clark on piano, Paul Chambers on bass, and Art Taylor on drums, records the titles "Tunesmith (Bakin')", mono and stereo takes of "There'll Never Be Another You", "Au Privave", "Smithville", "Embraceable You", "Later", and "Wetu" at recording engineer Rudy Van Gelder's studio in Hackensack, New Jersey. Blue Note Records will issue the mono take of "There'll Never Be Another You", "Smithville", "Embraceable You", "Later", and "Wetu" on Smith's album "Smithville" (BLP1594), "Smithville" in two parts as a single (Blue Note 45-1715), and all the titles and takes on the CD release of the album "Smithville" (3-58289-2).

1969 - Classics IV featuring Dennis Yost's Imperial Records single "Traces", with "Mary Mary Row Your Boat" on the flipside, is #2 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart.

1974 - Mike Oldfield's Virgin Records single "Tubular Bells", with a shorter version on the flipside, enters the top 40 of Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart. Virgin Records catalog is currently owned by EMI Music Group, Capitol Music Group's parent company.

1975 - Future Capitol Records artist Minnie Ripperton's Epic Records single "Lovin' You", with "Edge Of A Dream" on the flip side, is #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart. Capitol Records currently distributes Ripperton's complete catalog and the track has appeared on various Capitol Records compilation albums.

1979 - Norah Jones, singer, songwriter, pianist, daughter of sitarist Ravi Shankar, and Blue Note Records artist, is born in New York City, New York.

2004 - Timi Yuro (born Rosemary Timotea Yuro), singer and Liberty Records artist, dies in Las Vegas of throat cancer at age 63

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40 Years Ago Today In 1986 - James Cagney, actor, dancer, singer and president of the Screen Actors Guild from 1942-1944, dies at his Dutchess County farm in Stanfordville, New York of a heart attack at age 86. He is later interred in the Cemetery of the Gate of Heaven in Hawthorne, New York.

2026-03-29T20:32:00.579-04:00

MARCH 29, 2026

HAPPY BIRTHDAYS!

1918 - Pearl Bailey, a singer, Broadway, motion picture (co-starred with Capitol Records artist Nat "King" Cole in "St. Louis Blues") and television actress, and Capitol Records artist (in Capitol Records' first original Broadway cast album "St. Louis Woman") and a Roulette Records artist, is born Pearl Mae Bailey in Newport News, Virginia.

1959 - Perry Farrell, a singer, songwriter, and a member of the Warner Brothers and Capitol Records group Jane's Addiction is born Perry Bernstein in New York City, New York.

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1947 - Vocalist Jack Smith and The Clark Sisters (vocalists Mary Clark Branson, Peggy Clark Schwartz, Ann Clark Terry, and Jean Clark Frile), with Earl Sheldon and his Orchestra (lineup also unlisted), record the titles "Oh, My Achin' Heart", "Cu-Tu Gu-Ru (Jack, Jack, Jack)", and a rejected take of "Old Devil Moon" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue the first two titles together as a single (Capitol 403).

1948 - Capitol Records releases Nat "King" Cole's single "Nature Boy" (Capitol 15054) with "Lost April" on the flipside. Also, Stan Kenton and His Orchestra and The King Cole Trio finish a week-long stay at Radio City Theater in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

1948 - The vocal group The Sportsmen (Bill Days, Max Smith, Martin Sperzel, and Gurney Bell) records the titles "Happy Birthday, Congratulations" and "Happy Anniversary, 4th Of July" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both titles on unidentified promotional record(s).

1957 - Vocalist Tommy Sands, with an unlisted tenor saxophone player, Bob Bain on lead guitar, Buck Owens on rhythm guitar, and an unlisted bass player, drummer, and vocal chorus) records the titles "Too Young To Go Steady", "I Don't Know Why", "Gonna Get A Girl", and "I Don't Care Who Knows It" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Sands' album "Steady Date With Tommy Sands" (T 848).

1957 - Ray Bauduc & Nappy Lamare & Their Riverboat Dandies (Martin Peppie on trumpet, Rolly Furnas on trombone, Gene Bolen on clarinet, Don Owens on piano, Nappy Lamare on guitar and banjo, Ray Leatherwood on bass, and Ray Bauduc on drums) record the titles "Riverboat Shuffle", "Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans", "South Rampart Street Parade" and "Walking With The King" with vocals by Nappy Lamare and Rolly Furnas. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on the group's self-titled album "Ray Bauduc & Nappy Lamare & Their Riverboat Dandies" (T 877).

1958 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Looking Back" is #6 on The Billboard magazine's "R&B Territorial Best Sellers - New Orleans" chart, his single "Angel Smile" is #65 on the magazine's "Top 100 Sides" chart and his Capitol Records album "Love Is The Thing" is #19 on the magazine's "Best Selling Pop LPs" chart.

1958 - Vocalist Gene Vincent and His Blue Caps (Clifton Simmons on piano, Johnny Meeks on guitar, Grady Owen on rhythm guitar, Bobby Lee Jones on bass, Juvenal "Juvey" Gomez on drums, Eddie Cochran on bass vocals, and Paul Peek and Tommy Facenda on handclapping and chorus vocals) record the titles "The Wayward Wind" and "Now Is The Hour" in The Capitol Tower Studios in Hollywood, California between 11:30 AM and 2:30 PM. Capitol Records will issue "The Wayward Wind" on the album "A Gene Vincent Record Date" (EAP-1-1509 on 7" EP and T 1059 on 12" LP) and "Now Is The Hour" on the album "Sounds Like Gene Vincent" (T 1207).

1963 - Guitarist Glen Campbell, with unlisted others conducted by Jimmie Haskell using his own arrangements, records the titles "Easy Surf", "Surfing Baja", "Earl's Shorebreak", "Rhodes Surf (Surfing Song Of Greece)", "Infinity", and "Murphy's Grey Wet Suit" in Los Angeles, California with producer Nick Venet. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on the album "John Severson Presents Sunset Surf" (T/ST 1915) and "Murphy's Grey Wet Suit" on the multi-artist compilation album "Surfing's Greatest Hits" (T/ST 1995).

1964 - The Beatles' Capitol Records single "Can't Buy Me Love", with "You Can't Do That" on the flipside, is #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart.

1967 - The Beatles record the title "With A Little Help From My Friends" at Abbey Road Studios in London, England. Capitol Records will issue the title on the band's album "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" (MAS/SMAS 2653).

1967 - During two sessions held this day in Los Angeles, California, Mrs. Elva Miller records the titles "This Ole House", "May The Bird Of Paradise Fly Up Your Nose", "Oh, Lonesome Me", and "Shutters & Boards" at the first session and "A Little Bitty Tear", "There Goes My Everything", "I've Got A Tiger By The Tail", and "Memphis, Tennessee" at the second session. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Miller's album "The Country Soul Of Mrs. Miller" (T 2734).

1968 - Hardwater (lineup unlisted) records the titles "To Nowhere" and "Plate Of My Fare" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both titles on the group's self-titled album "Hardwater" (ST 2954) and will also issue "Plate Of My Fare" as a single (Capitol 2373) with "Good Ole Friends" (recorded March 26, 1968) on the flipside.

1968 - David Rose conducts his own arrangements to His Orchestra (lineup unlisted) as they record the titles "Along About Now", "Somewhere My Love", and "Out Of Sight" in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records which has yet to issue any of the titles.

1968 - The Beach Boys (lineup unlisted) record the title "Be Here In The Mornin'" in Los Angeles, California. After overdubs are recorded for the title on March 31, 1968, Capitol Records will issue the final mix of the title on the group's album "Friends" (ST 2895).

1974 - Grand Funk Railroad's Capitol Records album "Shinin' On" is certified Gold by the R.I.A.A.

1978 - Vocalist and pianist Alan Gordon, with an orchestra (lineup unlisted) using arrangements by Jack Nitzsche, records the titles "Understanding Your Man", "Running Away Like A Child", and "Soul Sneekers". Capitol Records will issue "Understand Your Man" and "Running Away Like A Child" together as a single (Capitol 4630) and initially schedules all the titles to be released on the album "Alan Gordon - Alley & The Soul Sneekers" (SW-11845) which was not released then issues all the titles on the album "Alley & The Soul Sneekers" (SW-11913) as by Alan Gordon.

1983 - Capitol Records registers the masters it received from EMO for Iron Maiden's titles "Theme From 'Where Eagles Dare'", "Revelations", "Flight Of Icarus", "Die With Your Boots On", "The Trooper", "Still Life", "Quest For Fire", "Sun And Steel", "To Tame A Land", "I've Got The Fire", and "Crossed-Eyed Mary", which were recorded in Nassau, Bahamas. Capitol Will issue "Flight Of Icarus" and "I've Got The Fire" together as a single (Capitol 5248), all the titles except "Sun And Steel", "I've Got The Fire" and "Crossed-Eyed Mary" on the group's album "Piece Of Mind" (ST-12274), and will issue all the titles except "Crossed-Eyed Mary" on the CD release of the album (CD 7-46363-2).

1990 - Bonnie Raitt's Capitol Records album "Nick Of Time" is #1 on Billboard's Top 200 Album chart.

1993 - Liberty Records (which will later be renamed Capitol Records Nashville) releases Lacy J. Dalton's compilation album "The Best of Lacy J. Dalton".

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1943 - Eric Idle, screenwriter, playwright, songwriter, television and motion picture actor, and member of the Virgin Records America group Monty Python's Flying Circus, is born in South Shields, Tyne & Wear, England.

75 Years Ago Today In 1951 - The Academy Award for Best Music/Song is given to Ray Evans and Jay Livingston for "Mona Lisa", which is from the Paramount Pictures motion picture "Captain Carey, U.S.A." and was later recorded by Capitol Records artist Nat "King" Cole.

1968 - The Horace Silver Quintet (Horace Silver on piano, Charles Tolliver on trumpet, Bennie Maupin on tenor saxophone, John Williams on bass, and Billy Cobham, Jr. on drums, records the titles "Kindred Spirits", "Jungle Juice", and, with just Silver, Williams, and Cobham, "Next Time I Fall In Love" at recording engineer Rudy Van Gelder's studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey. Blue Note Records will issue all the titles on the quintet's album "Serenade To A Soul Sister" (BLP4277/BST84277 on 12" vinyl and 7-84277-2 on CD).

1983 - EMI America purchases the masters for Kajagoogoo's titles "White Feathers", "Lies And Promises", "Magician Man", "Kajagoogoo", "Ooh To Be Ah", "Hang On Now", "This Car Is Fast", "Ergonomics", and "Frayo" and will issue all the titles on the group's album "White Feathers" (ST-17094) and "Kajagoogoo" and an edited version of "Hang On Now" together as a single (EMI-America 8171).

1999 - Joe Williams, singer and Roulette Records artist with Count Basie and His Orchestra, dies in Las Vegas, Nevada at age 80 after he walks out of the hospital where he is being treated for a respiratory ailment, walks nearly three miles on foot, and collapses on the street a few blocks from his home.

ON THIS DAY NOT IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1932 - Jack Benny appears on what he later said was his radio debut when he was a guest on Ed Sullivan's interview show on WABC at 8:45 PM. According to this article, Jack actually debuted on radio on September 4, 1931, on "RKO Theater On The Air " at 10:30 PM over WEAF, the flagship station of the Red Network of NBC.

2026-03-28T20:29:43.747-04:00

MARCH 28, 2026

HAPPY BIRTHDAYS!

1890 - Paul Whiteman, (aka "The King of Jazz") violinist, bandleader (whose members included future Capitol Records co-founder Johnny Mercer as a vocalist and future Capitol Records artists Bing Crosby [also as a vocalist] and Jack Teagarden on trombone), who commissioned George Gershwin's "Rhapsody In Blue" and premiered it in 1924 with Gershwin on piano, motion picture actor, radio show host, music director for the ABC Radio Network, and Capitol Records artist whose first single for the label, "I Found A New Baby" with "The General Jumped At Dawn" on the flipside, was also Capitol Records' first released single, is born in Denver, Colorado.

1930 - William Hughes, a trombonist in the Count Basie band, who worked in sessions with Capitol Records artists Frank Sinatra and Nat "King" Cole, as well as Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughn, Carmen McRae, Tony Bennett, Billy Eckstein, Sammy Davis, Jr., Lena Horne, Rosemary Clooney is born in Dallas, Texas.

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

80 Years Ago Today In 1946 - Jo Stafford, with Nat "King" Cole on piano, records the titles "Ridin' On The Gravy Train", "I'll Be With You In Apple Blossom Time" (which will be released as the flipside of Cole's Capitol Records single "This Is Always"), "Baby, Won't You Please Come Home?", and "Cindy" (which she co-wrote with Johnny Mercer and her future husband Paul Weston and will be released as a single by Capitol Records with "I've Never Forgotten", also with Cole on piano, on the flipside).

1947 - The Benny Goodman Sextet (Benny Goodman on clarinet, Ernie Felice on accordion, Tommy Todd on piano, Dave Barbour on guitar, Harry Babasin on bass, and Tom Romersa on drums) records the titles "The Bannister Slide", "Eight, Nine and Ten" (with vocals by Peggy Lee), and "I Never Knew" (without guitar and accordion) at Radio Recorders in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the second title on Peggy Lee's CD "Rare Gems And Hidden Treasures" (5-27564-2) and the last title on the CD "The Best Of Benny Goodman" (8-21145-2). Mosaic Records will issue all three titles in Goodman's box set "The Complete Capitol Small Group Recordings of Benny Goodman" (MQ6-148).

1948 - It's a cold and clear Easter Sunday and Capitol Records artist Nat "King" Cole marries future Capitol Records artist Maria Ellington at The Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem, New York with Adam Clayton Powell officiating at the service. The reception was then held at The Belmont Plaza with some 350 guests. After the reception, a party was given for the couple at the Ebony club on Broadway, after which the couple left on their honeymoon. The wedding is covered by Life magazine in a photo essay called "Life Goes To A Harlem Wedding" starting on page 146 of the April 19, 1948 issue.
Here's a photo of the couple cutting their wedding cake at the reception.

The couple will become the parents of future Capitol Records artist Natalie Cole.

1950 - Dean Martin records the titles "Choo'n Gum" and "I Don't Care If The Sun Don't Shine" which will be released together as a single by Capitol Records.

1953 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Pretend" is #3 on The Billboard magazine's Most Played By Jockeys chart, #4 on the magazine's Best Selling Singles chart, and #5 on its Most Played In Juke Boxes chart. It's also #10 on Cash Box magazine's Best Selling Singles chart.

1953 - Les Baxter and His Orchestra's Capitol Records single "April In Portugal" enters the top 40 of the U.S. Pop singles charts.

1958 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Looking Back" is #20 on WMCA's Wax To Watch chart in New York City, New York.

1958 - A bandleader, clarinet, and alto saxophone player Les Brown and His Band Of Renown (Dick Collins, Wes Hensel, Conrad Gozzo, Jerry Kadowitz, and Mickey McMahan on trumpets, Dick Kenney and Roy Main on trombones, Jim Hill and Stumpy Brown on bass trombones, Matt Utal and Ralph Lapolla on flutes and also on clarinets and alto saxophones, Billy Usselton on tenor saxophone, Butch Stone also on clarinet as well as on baritone saxophone, Abe Aaron on soprano, tenor, baritone, and bass clarinets, Don Trenner on piano, Tony Rizzi on guitar, Don Bagley on bass, Lloyd Morales on drums, David Grupp on percussion and bells) record the titles "Some Enchanted Evening" and "Younger Than Springtime" using arrangements by Les Brown, "Bloody Mary" using an arrangement by Wes Hensel, and "This Nearly Was Mine" using an arrangement by Frank Comstock in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on the album "Dance To The Music Of 'South Pacific'" (EAP-1/2/3-1060 on three-disc 7" EP and T/ST 1060 on 12" LP).

1958 - The Jack Marshall Sextette (Harry Klee on flute, bass flute, and recorder, Milt Raskin on piano and cymbals, Edgar Lustgarten on cello, Jack Marshall on guitar and lute, Red Mitchell on bass, and Shelly Manne on drums), using Marshall's arrangements, records the titles "I've Told Every Little Star", "Like Someone In Love", and "I Didn't Know What Time It Is" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "I've Told Every Little Star" and "Like Someone In Love" on the sextette's album "18th Century Jazz" (T 1108) and has yet to issue the take of "I Didn't Know What Time It Is" recorded at this session but will issue a take recorded on June 9, 1958 also on the album "18th Century Jazz".

1958 - Vocalist Gene Vincent and His Blue Caps (Clifton Simmons on piano, Johnny Meeks on guitar, Grady Owen on rhythm guitar, Bobby Lee Jones on bass, Juvenal "Juvey" Gomez on drums, and Paul Peek and Tommy Facenda on handclapping and vocal chorus) record the titles "Look What You Gone And Done To Me", "Hey Good Lookin'", "Summertime", and "I Can't Help It (If I'm Still In Love With You)" at an extended session held at The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California between 2:30 PM and 6:00 PM. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on the album "A Gene Vincent Record Date" (EAP-2/3-1059 on three-disc 7" EP set and T 1059 on 12" LP).

1958 - Carmen Dragon conducts The Capitol Symphony Orchestra (lineup unlisted) as they record Ippolitov-Ivanov's "Procession Of The Sardar (From 'Caucasian Sketches')" and Mussorgsky's "Persian Dance (from 'Khavantchina')" on Stage 7 at the Goldwyn Studios at the corner of Santa Monica Boulevard and Formosa in West Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue "Procession Of The Sardar (From 'Caucasian Sketches')" on the compilation album "Pomp And Circumstance" as by The Capitol Symphony Orchestra and The Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra" (P/SP-8620) and "Persian Dance (from 'Khavantchina')" on the album "Carmen Dragon Conducting The Capitol Symphony Orchestra ‎–Footlights And Fanfares" (P/SP-8599).

1958 - Pianist Joe Bushkin, with an orchestra (lineup unlisted) using arrangements by Kenyon Hopkins, records the titles "Night And Day", "Love For Sale", "So In Love", and "Where Have You Been" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue "Where Have You Been" on Bushkin's album "I Get A Kick Out Of Porter" (T/ST 1030) and have yet to issue the takes of any of the other titles recorded at this session but will issue takes of "Love For Sale" and "So In Love" recorded on April 8, 1958, and a take of "Night And Day" recorded on April 11, 1958, also on the album "I Get A Kick Out Of Porter".

1962 - Vocalist Peggy Lee, with Benny Carter conducting the orchestra (Conrad Gozzo, Ray Triscari, Al Porcino, and Shorty Sherock on trumpets, Tommy Shepard, Milt Bernhart, Ken Shroyer, and George Roberts on trombones, Justin Gordon on reeds, Lou Levy on piano, Al Hendrickson on guitar, Max Bennett on bass, Mel Lewis on drums, Emil Richards on vibraphones and percussion, and Francisco "Chino" Pozo on percussion) using arrangements by Carter and Billy Byers, records the titles "Ain't That Love", "See See Rider", "Loads Of Love", and "I Believe In You" at The Capitol Tower Studios In Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue the first, second, and last titles on Lee's album "Sugar 'N' Spice" (T 1772) and "Loads Of Love" as a single (Capitol F4750) with "The Sweetest Sounds" (recorded April 4, 1962) on the flipside.

1962 - Billy May and His Orchestra (Uan Rasey, Conrad Gozzo, John Best, and Emanuel "Mannie" Klein on trumpets, Ed Kusby, Tommy Pederson, Murray McEachern, and William Schaefer on trombones, Harry Klee, Arthur "Skeets" Herfurt, Plas Johnson, Fred Falensby, and Chuck Gentry on saxophones, Jimmy Rowleson on piano, Al Hendrickson on guitar, Max Bennett on bass, Irving Cottler and Frank Flynn on drums) record the titles "Loads Of Love", "No Strings", "Love Makes The World Go Round", "The Sweetest Sounds", and "Be My Host" at The Capitol Tower Studios in Hollywood, California between 8:00 PM and 11:00 PM. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on May's album "The Sweetest Swingin' Sounds Of "No Strings" (T 1709).

1962 - Cindy Malone (on vocals), with Jimmie Haskell directing an uncredited orchestra, records the titles "The Fool I Used To Be" and "Things That Mean The Most To Me" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the first title as a single (Capitol 5115) with "Watch What You Do With My Baby" on the flipside. No issuing information is listed for the second title.

1962 - Nathan Milstein (on violin), with an uncredited chamber orchestra conducted by Robert Irving, records Rimsky-Korsakov's "Fantasia On Russian Themes, Opus 33" (arranged by Kreisler) aka "Russian Fantasy" in New York City, New York. Angel Records, a subsidiary of Capitol Records, will issue the title on Milstein's album "Music Of Old Russia" (S-36002).

1963 - Various unlisted artists, record the titles "Waimea Bay", "Goofy-Foot Glen" using an arrangement by Jimmie Haskell, "Locked In", "End Of The World", "Quigg Rides Again" and "Come September" using arrangements by Jimmie Haskell, and "Travelin'" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles, except "Travelin'" which remains unissued, on the album "John Severson Presents Sunset Surf" (T/ST 1915).

1963 - Pianist Cy Coleman, with Billy May conducting his own arrangement to the orchestra (Conrad Gozzo, Uan Rasey, and Bud Brisbois on trumpets, Francis "Joe" Howard, Milt Bernhart, Ed Kusby, and George Roberts on trombones, Justin Gordon, Ted Nash, and Wilbur Schwartz on woodwinds, Ben Tucker on bass, and Bob Thomas, Irving Cottler, and Larry Bunker on drums), records the titles "The Best Is Yet To Come", "The Riviera", and "Brassman's Holiday" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California between 8:30 PM and 1:30 AM on March 29, 1963 for Capitol Records which has yet to issue any of the takes recorded at this session but will issue new takes of all the titles that are recorded on April 1, 1963 on the album "The Piano Witchcraft Of Cy Coleman" (T/ST 1952).

1964 - The Beatles' Capitol Records single "Can't Buy Me Love" enters the top 40 of Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart.

1967 - The Beach Boys canceled a planned session in Los Angeles, California. If anyone knows the reason(s), please leave a comment.

1968 - Hardwater (lineup unlisted) records the titles "Sanctuary" and "City Sidewalks" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both titles on the group's self-titled album "Hardwater" and "City Sidewalks" as a single (Capitol 2230) with "Not So Hard" (recorded March 30, 1968) on the flipside.

1968 - The Beach Boys (lineup unlisted) record the title "Wake The World" in Los Angeles, California. After overdubs are recorded on March 30, 1968, Capitol Records will issue the final mix of the title as a single (Capitol 2239) with "Do It Again" (recorded June 6, 1968) on the flipside and on the group's album "Friends" (ST 2895).

1972 - The Stewardesses (lineup unlisted) record the titles "Fly Me" and "Lovin' Ain't Easy" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both titles together as a single (Capitol 3326).

1972 - Capitol Records registers the masters it purchased for Buddy Alan's titles "I'm In Love" and "The Happiness Song" which were recorded earlier that year at Buck Owens Studios in Bakersfield, California and produced by Buck Owens Enterprises. Capitol will issue the two titles together as a single (Capitol 3346).

1973 - Brush Arbor (lineup unlisted) records the titles "We Need Rain" and "Now That It's Over" in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records which has yet to issue either title.

1973 - Capitol Records registers the masters it purchased for Buck Owens Enterprises for Buddy Alan's titles "Caribbean" and "Please, Friend, Take Me Home" which were recorded in the Buck Owens Studios in Bakersfield, California and will issue both titles together as a single (Capitol 3598).

1974 - The Capitol Records group The Raspberries break up.

1978 - The Pousette-Dart Band (lineup unlisted) records the title "Where Are You Going" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the title on the group's album "Pousette-Dart 3" (SW-11781).

1978 - Vocalist Alan Gordon, with an orchestra (lineup unlisted) using arrangements by Jack Nitzche, records the titles "Libertina" and "If Life Could Be" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records initially schedules "Libertina" to be released on the album "Alan Gordon - Alley & The Soul Sneekers" (SW-11845), which was not released, then issues the title on the album "Alley & The Soul Sneekers" (SW-11913) as by Alley & The Soul Sneekers.

1983 -Vocalist, pianist, synthesizer, bass, and tenor saxophone player Ronnie Laws, with Debra Laws on backing vocals, Leon Johnson on drum programming, Steve Turner on drums, Roland Bautista on guitar, and Larry Dunn also on synthesizer, records the title "Third Hour" in (listed as possibly) Lion Share Recording Studios in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the title on the Laws' album "Mr. Nice Guy" (ST-12261).

2000 - Capitol Nashville releases John Berry's compilation album "Greatest Hits".

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1915 - Jay Livingston, pianist, Academy Award-winning composer (with partner Ray B. Evans) of such songs as "Buttons and Bows", "Mona Lisa", "Silver Bells", "Silver Bells", "Tammy" and the theme song for the television show "Bonanza" and many others), motion picture actor, one-time brother-in-law of Capitol Records artist Betty Hutton, and brother of former Capitol Records Vice-President, President, and Chairman Of The Board Alan Livingston, is born in McDonald, Pennsylvania. If anyone knows Jay's middle name, please leave a comment.

1920 - Actors Douglas Fairbanks, Sr. and Mary Pickford, two of the four founders of United Artists Pictures (the others being Charlie Chaplin and director D.W. Griffith), get married. United Artists would later start a record label, United Artists Records, whose catalog is currently owned by Universal Music Group, Capitol Music Groups' parent company.

1942 - Neil Kinnock, politician and vice president of the U.K. Gene Vincent Fan Club, is born in Tredegar, South Wales.

1948 - John Evan, the keyboard player with the Chrysalis Records group Jethro Tull, is born John Spencer Evans, in Blackpool, Lancashire, England.

1958 - W. C. Handy (born William Christopher Handy), composer, guitarist, cornet player, a founder of Black Swan Records (the first black-owned record company), whose life was the basis of the motion picture "St. Louis Blues" which stars Capitol Records artist Nat "King" Cole as Handy, dies of acute bronchial pneumonia at age 84 before the movie is released later the same year, and is later buried in the Woodlawn Cemetery in Bronx, New York.

1962 - Jimmy Smith (with unlisted musicians) records the title "Walk On The Wild Side" for Verve Records. Blue Note Records will license the title and release it on Smith's album "The Definitive Jimmy Smith" (5-40038-2).

1962 - Ged Grimes, a percussionist, bassist, keyboard player, and vocalist with the Virgin Records America group Meet Danny Wilson, is born Gerard Grimes. If anyone knows for sure where, please leave a comment.

1964 - Jan & Dean's Liberty Records single "Dead Man's Curve", with "The New Girl In School" on the flipside, enters the top 40 Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart where it will peak at #7. Liberty Records catalog is currently owned by Universal Music Group, the parent company of Capitol Music Group.

60 Years Ago Today In 1966 - Gary Lewis and The Playboys record the title "Green Grass" which will be released as a single by Liberty Records with "I Can Read Between The Lines" on the flipside.

1969 - Frank Loesser, a composer, dies in New York City, New York at age 58.

1977 - Vera Lynn (on vocals with unlisted musicians on guitar, steel guitar, bass, drums, and strings) and the vocal group The Jordanaires record the titles "My Mother's Eyes", "Make The World Go Away", and "You Don't Know Me" at The Owen Bradley Studio in Nashville, Tennessee. After creating an edited version of "My Mother's Eyes" EMI will release it and the last two titles in England on Lynn's album "Vera Lynn In Nashville" (EMC 3203).

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MARCH 27, 2026

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

1963 - Dave Koz, saxophonist, radio and television show host, restauranteur, and Capitol (1990-2007), EMI, Rendezvous, and Concord Records artist, is born David Stephen Koz in Encino, California.

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1942 - George G. "Buddy" DeSylva, John Mercer, and Glenn E. Wallichs appear before Los Angeles County and California state Notary Public Leta Niccum to acknowledge that they have executed articles of incorporation for Liberty Records, Inc. which will be filed with the state of California on April 9, 1942. The three will apply for a Certificate of Amendment on May 27, 1942, before Ms. Niccum again, to change the name of the corporation to Capitol Records, Inc., which will be filed with the state of California on June 1, 1942.

1947 - Vocalist and guitarist Tex Williams and His Western Caravan (listed as probably Cactus Soldi and Harry Simms on fiddles, Ossie Godson on piano, Pedro De Paul on accordion, Jimmy Bryant on electric guitar, Smokey Rogers on guitar and banjo, Spike Featherstone on harmonica, Deuce Spriggens on bass, and Muddy Berry on drums), with unlisted harmony vocalists, record the titles "Miss Molly", "The Johnston Polka", "Big Hat Polka", and "Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette)" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Miss Molly" on the multi-artist compilation album "Cowboy Hit Parade" (AD-55), "The Johnston Polka" as a single (Capitol 57-40159) with "Castle Of My Dreams" (recorded January 31, 1949) on the flipside, "Big Hat Polka" as a single (Capitol 15271) with "Life Gits Tee-Jus, Don't It?" (recorded October 25, 1948), and "Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette) as a single (Capitol Americana 40001) with "Roundup Polka" (recorded October 28, 1946) on the flipside. Unfortunately, "The Johnston Polka" is not currently available on YouTube.

1948 - It's Saturday in New York City, New York, and bandleader Tony Pastor is the guest on this episode of "King Cole Trio Time" on NBC Radio. Announcer Freddie Robbins presents the trio an award from The Pittsburgh Courier newspaper whose recent poll has named the trio "the best trio in the land". No known transcription of this show exists.

1950 - Johnny Mercer, with The Skylarks and Ben Pollack & His Pick-A-Rib Boys, records the titles "At The Jazz Band Ball" and "She's Shimmyin' On The Beach Again" which will be released together as a single by Capitol Records.

1953 - Steel guitarist Dennis "Boots" Woodall and The Wranglers (unlisted fiddle, piano, guitar, and bass players) with Tennessee Smith and The Smith Brothers (Audrey L. Smith and John O. Smith) on vocals, record the titles "I Might Have Been (But I Ain't Gonna Be)", "You're Waiting In My Place", "Only Three Days", and "Bet'cha I'm In Love" in (listed as possibly) Atlanta, Georgia. Capitol Records will issue "I Might Have Been (But I Ain't Gonna Be)" and "Only Three Days" together as a single (Capitol 2559) and "You're Waiting In My Place" and "Bet'cha I'm In Love" together as a single (Capitol 2670).

1958 - Vocalist Darla Darret records vocal overdubs in Los Angeles, California onto Sonny James' title "Are You Mine" (recorded January 17, 1958). Capitol Records will issue the final mix of the title as a single (Capitol F3962) with "Let's Play Love" (also recorded January 17, 1958) on the flipside and on James' album "This Is Sonny James!" (T 1178).

1958 - Vocalist Gene Vincent and His Blue Caps (Clifton Simmons on piano, Johnny Meeks on guitar, Grady Owen on rhythm guitar, Bobby Lee Jones on bass, Juvenal "Juvey" Gomez on drums, and Paul Peek and Tommy Facenda on handclapping and chorus vocals), records the titles "Little Lover", "Rocky Road Blues", and, with the addition of Eddie Cochran on bass vocals, "Somebody Help Me" and "Five Feet Of Lovin'" at an extended session in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California between 10 AM and 1:30 PM. Capitol Records will issue "Little Lover" as a single (Capitol 4051) with "Git It" (recorded March 25, 1958) on the flipside, "Rocky Road Blues" as a single (Capitol 4010) with "Yes, I Love You Baby" (recorded December 10, 1957) on the flipside, and "Somebody Help Me" and "Five Feet Of Lovin'" on Vincent's album "A Gene Vincent Record Date" (EAP-1-1059 on 7" EP and T 1059 on 12" LP).

1958 - The George Shearing Quintet (George Shearing on piano, Emil Richards on vibraphone, Jean "Toots" Thielemans on guitar, Al McKibbon on bass, and Percy Brice on drums), during multiple shows held at the Crescendo Club in Los Angeles, California recorded by Gene Norman, perform the titles "Poor Little Girl", "Joy Spring", "Some Other Spring", "Confirmation", "Bernie's Tune", "Afro-Cuban", with the addition of Armando Peraza on congas the titles "Drume Negrita" and "Mambo Inn (Mambo Calle)", the titles "Cuckoo In The Clock", "To A Wild Rose", "Lonely Moments", "Blame It On My Youth", "As I Love You", "Jos Spring", "Poor Little Extra Girl", ""Bernies Tune", "Some Other Spring", "Mambo Again", "Negrete (Drume Negrita)", "In An 18th Century Drawing Room", "There Will Never Be Another You", "The Nearness Of You" with just Shearing, McKibbon, and Brice, "I Only Have Eyes For You", "Joy Spring", "Jordu", an untitled title, and "Mambo". Capitol Records will register the masters on April 1, 1960 and will issue the the first takes of "Joy Spring" and "Some Other Spring", "Confirmation", the first takes of "Bernie's Tune" and "Drume Negrita", "Mambo Inn (Mambo Calle)", "As I Love You", the second take of "Joy Spring", and "The Nearness Of You" on the album Shearing's album "On The Sunny Side Of The Strip" (T/ST 1416) and has yet to issue any of the other titles and takes.

1958 - At three sessions held this day in Los Angeles, California, Otto Cesana and His Orchestra (lineup unlisted) record the titles "Hi", "Entre Nous", "Confession", and "A Summer Affair" at the first session, the titles "Strolling Along", "Deception", "Nostalgia", and "Always you" at the second session, and the titles "Heavenly", "Matador", "Illusion", and "Omar, The Tent Maker" at the third session. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Cesana and his orchestra's album "Brief Interlude" (T 1032).

1963 - Randy Boone, with unlisted others, records the titles "Freight Train" and "Rollin' Stone" in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records which has yet to issue either title.

1963 - Marlina Mars, with unlisted others, records the titles "I Could Have Danced All Night", "Fifty-Six And Forty-Dour", "Mixed Up And Confused", and "Just For The Book" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue "Just For The Book" as a single (Capitol 4997) with "I Thought I Knew Me" (recorded November 16, 1962) on the flipside.

60 Years Ago Today In 1966 - Buck Owens' Capitol Records single "Waitin' In Your Welfare Line", with "In The Palm Of Your Hand" on the flipside, is still #1 on the U.S. Country singles charts.

1968 - During two sessions held this day in Los Angeles, California, Hardwater (lineup unlisted) records the title "My Time" at the first session and the title "Take A Long Look" at the second session. Capitol Records will issue both titles together as a medley on the group's self-titled album "Hardwater" (ST 2954).

55 Years Ago Today In 1971 - Glen Campbell's Capitol Records single "Dream Baby", with "Here And Now" on the flipside (Capitol 3062), enters the U.S. Country singles charts. Many thanks to Richard Price for the correction!

1978 - Crimson Tide (lineup unlisted) records the title "Set Myself Free" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the title on the group's self-titled album "Crimson Tide" (SW-11806).

1978 - Vocalist Alan Gordon, with an orchestra (lineup unlisted) using arrangements by Jack Nitzsche, records the titles "Let The Music Begin" and "Love Breakdown" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records scheduled both titles to be issued on an album (SW-11845) that was not released, issued "Let The Music Begin" and an edited version of "Love Breakdown" on the album "Alley & The Soul Sneekers" (SW-11913) as by Alley & The Soul Sneekers, and a different, edited, version of "Love Breakdown" as a single (Capitol 4678) with "Running Away Like A Child" (recorded on March 29, 1978) on the flipside.

1978 - Lee Dresser, with unlisted others, records the titles "Hey, What Do You Say" and "Hollywood Heartache" in (listed as possibly) Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will purchase the masters but has yet to issue either title.

1989 - Buck Owens and Ringo Starr record the title "Act Naturally" at Abbey Road Studios, London, England. The title will be released as a single by Capitol Records in August 1989 with Owens' title, "Key's In The Mailbox", on the flipside.

2005 - Paul Hester, the drummer with the group Split Enz and the Capitol Records group Crowded House, is found dead after apparently commiting suicide in a park in Melbourne, Australia at age 46.

2007 - 8:00 PM until at least Midnight - Guitar night at Spazio's with John Pisano featured a "Tribute to Al Viola" by the guitar community with Chuck Berghofer on bass, Tim Pleasant on drums and John Pisano, with at least 20 other guitarists, including veteran Capitol Records session guitarist Bob Bain, in attendance and many who were able to perform. The Sherman Oaks, California restaurant was packed with an audience consisting of Al's family and his many friends and fans. A video remembrance of Al featuring clips of him in the Page Cavanaugh Trio, with a trio lead by Bobby Troup, and later performances was shown and after, a group photo was taken. Then all the guitarists signed the back of a custom guitar now dubbed "The Guitar Night Guitar".

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1924 - Sarah Vaughan, a pianist, singer, and Roulette Records artist (1959-1963) is born Sarah Lois Vaughan in Newark, New Jersey. Roulette's catalog is currently owned by Capitol Music Group's parent company EMI Music Group and is being reissued by Blue Note Records and Mosaic Records.

65 Years Ago Today In 1961 - Clark Datchler, the vocalist with the Virgin Records America group Johnny Hates Jazz, is born in London, England. I converted their first album's art for U.S. release as well as the art for their single "Shattered Dreams" and various trade ads.

1963 - Guitarist Kenny Burrell, with Milt Hinton on bass and Osie Johnson on drums, records the titles "The Good Life" with the addition of Hank Jones on organ, "Stairway To The Stars" with the addition of Sheldon Powell on baritone saxophone and Hank Jones on piano, "Loie" with the addition of Sheldon Powell on flute and Hank Jones on piano at recording engineer Rudy Van Gelder's studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey. Blue Note Records will issue "The Good Life" and "Loie" together as a single (Blue Note 45-1884) and, in Japan, all the titles on Jones' compilation CD "Freedom" (GXF-3057).

1968 - Pianist Chick Corea, with Miroslav Vitous on bass and Roy Hayes on drums, records the titles "I Don't Know", "Pannonica", "Samba Yantra", and "Windows" at A & R Studios in New York City, New York. Blue Note Records will issue all the titles on the two-disc album "Circling In" (BN-LA472-H2 on 12" vinyl and 7-90055-2 on CD).

1970 - Mariah Carey, a singer and one-time Virgin Records America artist, is born in New York City, New York.

ON THIS DAY NOT IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1952 - Sun Records begins operations.

1958 - CBS Laboratories introduces "Stereophonic Recordings" which are playable either on ordinary monaural phonographs or on "special" stereo equipment.

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MARCH 26, 2026

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

1955 - Dean Dillon (aka professionally as Dean Rutherford and Dean Dalton), a singer, guitarist, songwriter, father of songwriter Jessie Jo Dillon, 2002 inductee into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, 2020 inductee into the Country Music Hall of Fame, and an RCA, Capitol, and Atlantic Records recording artist is born Larry Dean Flynn in Lake City, Tennessee.

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1948 - Vocal group The Sportsmen (Thurl Ravenscroft, Bill Days, Max Smith, and Martin Sperzel) record the titles "Toolie Oolie Doolie (The Yodel Polka)" and "You Can't Be True, Dear" in Los Angeles, California mostly a capella due to the American Federation of Musicians strike. Capitol Records will issue both titles together as a single (Capitol 15077).

1953 - The Smith Brothers (Vocalists Audrey L. Smith and John O. Smith) record the titles "The Sinner's Dream", "Little Orphan Boy", "I Have But One Goal" with the addition of Bill Lowery and Dennis "Boots" Woodall, and "I'm Gonna Sail Away" with the addition of Gospel singers (lineup unlisted) in (listed as possibly) Atlanta, Georgia. Capitol Records will issue "The Sinner's Dream" and "I Have But One Goal" together as a single (Capitol 2492) and "Little Orphan Boy" and "I'm Gonna Sail Away" together as a single (Capitol 2582).

70 Years Ago Today In 1956 - Judy Garland records the titles "I'm Old Fashioned" and "Memories Of You" with arranger Nelson Riddle conducting the studio orchestra at Capitol Records' Melrose Avenue Studios in Hollywood, California for Garland's Capitol Records album "Judy". "I'm Old Fashioned" would not make it on to the initial release of the album in 1956, but it was eventually included as a bonus track on the 1989 CD release of the album.

1958 - Vocalist Gene Vincent and His Blue Caps (Clifton Simmons on piano, Johnny Meeks on guitar, Grady Owen on rhythm guitar, Bobby Lee Jones on bass, Juvenal "Juvey" Gomez on drums, Eddie Cochran on chorus vocals, and Paul Peek and Tommy Facenda on handclapping and chorus vocals), records the titles "I Love You", "Teenage Parter", "Peace Of Mind", and "Lovely Loretta" at an extended session in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California between 10:00 AM and 1:30 PM. Capitol Records will issue "I Love You", "Teenage Partner", and "Peace Of Mind" on the album "A Gene Vincent Record Date" (EAP-1/2/3-1059 on 7" EP set and T 1059 on 12" LP) and "Lovely Loretta" on the EP "Gene Vincent - Hot Rod Gang (Film Soundtrack)" (EAP-1-985).

1958 - The George Shearing Quintet (Emil Richards on vibraphone, George Shearing on piano, Jean "Toots" Thielemans on guitar, Al McKibbon on bass, and Percy Brice on drums) with Billy May conducting his own arrangements to His Orchestra (Conrad Gozzo, Frank Beach, Mannie Klein, and John Best on trumpets, Ed Kusby, Joe Howard, Walter Benson, and George Roberts on trombones, Vincent De Rosa, John Cave, James Decker, Richard Perissi, and Arthur Frantz on French horns, and Red Callender on tuba), records the titles "Mine", "Beautiful Love", "If You Were Mine", and "Burnished Brass" at an extended session in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California between 4:00 PM and 7:30 PM. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Shearing's album "Burnished Brass" (EAP-2/3-1038 on 7" EP set and T/ST 1038 on 12" LP).

1958 - Harpist Marcel Grandjany records Turina's "Sacro-Monte, Opus 55 N° 5, Granados' "Andaluza (Playera)", and Padre Narciso Casanovas' "Sonata In F" in Studio A of Capitol Records' studios in New York City. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Grandjany's album "El Amor D'España" (P-8453).

Marcel Grandjany(harp).

1959 - Vocalist Frank Sinatra, with arranger Gordon Jenkins conducting the orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the titles "I Can't Get Started", "Where Do You Go?", "A Cottage For Sale", and "Just Friends" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California for Sinatra's Capitol Records album "No One Cares".

1962 - Pianist and bandleader Stan Kenton and His Orchestra (Ray Starling, Dwight Carver, Carl Saunders, and Gene Roland on mellophoniums, Newell Parker, Bob Fitzpatrick, and Dee Barton on trombones, Jim Amlotte on bass trombone, Dave Wheeler on bass trombone and tuba, Lex De Azevedo also on piano as well as celeste, Alvino Rey on guitar, Don Bagley on bass, and Art Anton on drums), with vocalist Tex Ritter, records the titles "Cool Water" and "September Song" in Los Angeles, California between 1:00 PM and 4:00 PM. Capitol Records will issue both titles on the album "Stan Kenton! Tex Ritter!" (T/ST 1757).

1963 - Pianist Cy Coleman, with Billy May conducting his own arrangements to the orchestra (Ken Shroyer, Francis "Joe" Howard, Milt Bernhart, Ed Kusby, and William Schaefer on trombones, Justin Gordon, Ted Nash, and Wilbur Schwartz on woodwinds, Ben Tucker on bass, and Bob Thomas and Milt Holland on drums), records the titles "Leave It to Love", "Witchcraft", and "I'm Gonna Laugh You Out Of My Life" in The Capitol Tower Studios in Hollywood, California for Capitol Records which has yet to issue any of the takes from this session. New takes of all the titles will be recorded on March 30, 1963, and Capitol Records will issue all those takes on Coleman's album "The Piano Witchcraft Of Cy Coleman" (T/ST 1952).

60 Years Ago Today In 1966 - Brian Wilson's Capitol Records single "Caroline, No", with "Summer Means New Love" on the flipside, enters Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart where it will peak at #32 on April 30, 1966..

1968 - During two sessions held this day in Los Angeles, California, Hardwater (lineup unlisted) records the title "Good Ole Friends" at the first session and "Love And I" at the second session. Capitol Records will issue "Good Ole Friends" as a single (Capitol 2373) with "Plate Of My Fare" (recorded March 29, 1968) on the flipside and with "Love And I" on the group's self-titled album "Hardwater" (ST 2954).

1968 - The Beach Boys (lineup unlisted) record the titles "Even Steven" in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records which has yet to issue the title.

1973 - Overdubs are recorded for Buck Owens' title "Arms Full Of Empty" and Capitol Records registered the master it purchased for Owens' title "Old Faithful". After additional overdubs are recorded for "Arms Full Of Empty" on April 13, 1973, Capitol Records will issue the final mix of the title as a single (Capitol 3688) with "Songwriter's Lament" (registered July 5, 1973) on the flipside and on Owens' album "In The Palm Of Your Hand" (ST-11136) and will issue "Old Faithful" on Buck Owens And The Buckaroos' album "Ain't It Amazing, Gracie?" (SMAS-11180).

1973 - Billy May and The Time-Life Orchestra (lineup unlisted) record the titles "California Nights" featuring Bob Bain on guitar, "Jazz Samba", "Petite Fleur" with Abe Most on clarinet, and "Viva Tirado" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California. Time-Life Records, as part of its "As You Remember Them" series, will issue "California Nights, "Jazz Samba", and "Viva Tirado" in the three-LP set "Volume 7 - Billy May" (STL 247) and "Jazz Samba" in the three-LP set "Volume 8 - Billy May" (STL 248).

5 Years Ago Today In 2021 - Capitol Records Nashville released Carrie Underwood's album "My Savior".

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1958 - Eddie Cochran (on vocals, guitar, and guitar overdubs) records the title "Summertime Blues" (with Connie 'Guybo' Smith on electric bass, Earl Palmer on drums, and probably Sharon Sheeley and Jerry Capehart on handclapping) at Goldstar Studios in Hollywood, California. Liberty Records will release the song as a single (LIBERTY F-55144) with "Love Again" (recorded sometime in May of 1958) on the flipside. Universal Music Group, owners of EMI and Capitol Music Groups, now controls Liberty Records' masters.

60 Years Ago Today In 1966 - Johnny River's Imperial Records single "Secret Agent Man", with "You Dig" on the flipside, enters the top 40 of Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart.

1973 - Sir Noël Peirce Coward, singer, songwriter, playwright, director, actor, filmmaker, novelist, and EMI Records artist, dies at his home, Firefly Estate, in Jamaica, West Indies at age 73 of heart disease.

1978 - Crystal Gayle's United Artist Records single "Ready For The Times To Get Better", with "Beyond You" on the flipside, is #1 on the U.S. Country singles chart.

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MARCH 25, 2026

HAPPY BIRTHDAYS!

1904 - Pete "Boss Of The Blues" Johnson, a pianist, bandleader of the Blue Note Records group The Pete Johnson Blues Trio, and a member of the Capitol Records group The Capitol Jazzmen, is born Kermit Holden Johnson in Kansas City, Missouri.

1938 - Hoyt Axton, singer, songwriter, guitarist, motion picture and television actor, and Capitol Records artist (1971), is born Hoyt Wayne Axton in Duncan, Oklahoma.

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1947 - Karl and Harty (Karl Davis & Hartford Taylor) record the titles "The B-I-B-L-E", "That Pretty Little Face", "True Love" and the as yet unissued title "Lips That Touch Liquor (Shall Never Touch Mine)" in Los Angeles, California for The Capitol Records Transcription Service. Capitol Records will issue the first two titles together as a single (Capitol 415) and the third title as a single (Capitol Americana 40044) with "Pretty Thing" (recorded May 15, 1947) on the flipside. Unfortunately, "That Pretty Little Face" and "True Love" are not currently available on YouTube.

1947 - Harold Peary (narrating as "The Great Gildersleeve"), with music by Robert Emmett Dolan who is also directing the orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the titles "Cinderella, Part 1", "Cinderella, Part 2" and "Cinderella, Part 3" in Radio Recorders' studios at 932 North Western Avenue in Hollywood, California. After "Cinderella, Part 4" is recorded on June 6, 1947, Capitol Records will issue all the parts together on the children's album "Stories For Children - The Great Gildersleeve, Volume 3" (CD-69).

1948 - Vocalist Merle Travis records a spoken recitation for his title "Deck Of Cards" in the Capitol Lounge in Los Angeles, California between 3:00PM and 3:45PM for Capitol Records. Bear Family Records will issue the title in Germany in Travis' five-CD compilation box set "Guitar Rags And A Too Far Past" (BCD 15637).

1948 - Vocalist Tex Ritter records the vocals for the title "Deck Of Cards" in a radio station in Montgomery, Alabama. After instrumental overdubs are recorded by organist Buddy Cole in Los Angeles, California later in 1948, Capitol Records will issue the final mix of the title as a single (Capitol Americana 40114) with "Rounded Up In Glory" (recorded May 1, 1945) on the flipside and on the multi-artist compilation album "All Time Favorites - Country And Hillbilly" (H-9107).

1949 - Jo Stafford's Capitol Records single "A You're Adorable" enters the top 40 of the U.S. Pop singles charts.

1957 - The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra (lineup unlisted), conducted by William Steinberg, records Elgar's "Enigma Variations, Opus 36" in the Syria Mosque at 4400 Bigelow Boulevard in the Oakland neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Capitol Records will issue the title on the orchestra's album "ELGAR - Enigma Variations, Opus 36/VAUGHAN WILLIAMS - Fantasia On A Theme By Tallis" (P-8383).

1958 - Vocalist Gene Vincent and His Blue Caps (Clifton Simmons on piano, Johnny Meeks on guitar, Grady Owen on rhythm guitar, Bobby Lee Jones on bass, Juvenal "Juvey" Gomez on drums, and Paul Peek and Tommy Facenda on handclapping and chorus vocals), records the titles "Dance In The Street" and, with the addition of Eddie Cochran to the chorus vocals, "Git It" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California between 10:00 AM and 1:00 PM. Capitol Records will issue "Dance In The Street" on the single-disc EP "Hot Rod Gang (Film Soundtrack)" (EAP-1-985) and "Git It" as a single (Capitol 4051) and on the album "A Gene Vincent Record Date" (EAP-2-1059 on two-disc 7" EP and T 1059 on 12" LP).

1958 - The George Shearing Quintet (Emil Richards on vibraphone, George Shearing on piano, Jean "Toots" Thielemans on guitar, John Neves or James Bond on bass, and Ray Mosca on drums) records the titles "The Story Of Love (Historia De Un Amor)", "It's Not For Me To Say", and "Tu, Mi Delirio" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on the quintet's album "Latin Lace" (EAP-1/2-1082 on 7" EP and T/ST 1082 on 12" LP).

1958 - Pianist Rudolf Firkusny records Brahms' "Intermezzo in E Flat, Opus 118 N° 6", "Rhapsody in G Minor, Opus 79 N° 2", "Intermezzo in B Flat Minor, Opus 117 N° 2", and "Rhapsody in E Flat, Opus 119 N° 4" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue all the titles, except "Intermezzo in B Flat Minor, Opus 117 N° 2" on the album "Firkusny Plays BRAHMS" (P/SP-8485). After a new take of "Intermezzo in B Flat Minor, Opus.117 N° 2" is recorded on January 20, 1959, the new take will also be issued on the album "Firkusny Plays BRAHMS".

1962 - The Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Erich Leinsdorf, records the as yet unissued titles of Mozart's "Divertimento No. 2, K; 131 - Movement 1: Allegro/Menuet No. 1/Allegretto" and "Adagio No. 1/Adagio No. 2" in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records.

1963 - Capitol Records releases The Beach Boys' second album "Surfin' U.S.A.".

1963 - Pianist Cy Coleman, with Billy May conducting his own arrangements to the orchestra (George Roberts on trombone, John Cave, Vincent De Rosa, James Decker, William Hinshaw on French horns, Ted Nash, Justin Gordon, Ronnie Lang, and Wilbur Schwartz on woodwinds, Ben Tucker on bass, and Bob Thomas on drums), records the titles "Autumn Nocturne", "Misty", "I Thought About You", and "It Amazes Me" 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 Coleman's album "The Piano Witchcraft Of Cy Coleman" (T/ST 1952).

1963 - During two sessions held this day in Los Angeles, California, Randy Boone, with unlisted others, records the titles "The Wanderer" and "Young Man" at the first session and new takes of "Young Man" and "The Wanderer" and the title "Fast Freight" at the second session for Capitol Records which has yet to issue either take of "The Wanderer" or "Fast Freight". No issuing information is listed for either take of "Young Man".

1964 - The Beach Boys' Capitol Records single "Fun Fun Fun" is #2 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart.

60 Years Ago Today In 1966 - Buck Owens and The Buckaroos play to a sold-out Carnegie Hall audience in New York, City. Capitol Records tapes the show and later releases a live album of the event.

1968 - Vocalist Lou Rawls, with H. B. Barnum conducting his own arrangements to the orchestra and vocal chorus (lineups unlisted), records the titles "You're Good For Me" and "Soul Serenade" in Los Angeles, California with producer David Axelrod. Capitol Records will issue both titles together as a single (Capitol 2172) and on Rawls' album "You're Good For Me" (ST 2927).

1972 - Capitol Records releases Merle Haggard's single "Grandma Harp" which will become his twelfth # 1 record.

1973 - Capitol Records registers in Los Angeles, California the masters it purchased for Nitzinger's titles "Color Or Guns", "Hot Pocket", "Pretty Song", "Yellow Dog", "Happy Birthday", "Sharing Days With You", "Get Down", "Night Watchman", and "Lightning" but has yet to issue any of the titles.

1977 - Bob Seger and The Silver Bullet Band's Capitol Records album "Night Moves" is certified Platinum by the R.I.A.A.

1977 - Final mixes are done for Gary Bartz's titles "Carnaval De L'Esprit", "Ooh Baby Baby", "Love Ballad", "Funked Up", "Swing Thing", and "Macaroni" at Sound Factory West in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles, except the yet-to-be-issued "Funked Up", on Bartz's album "Music Is My Sanctuary" (ST-11647).

1978 - Vocalist Juice Newton, with unlisted others, records the title "Go Easy" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the title on Newton's album "Well Kept Secret" (SW-11811) and, as "Go Easy On Me", as a single (Capitol 4818) with "Sunshine" (recorded April 1, 1989) on the flipside.

1982 - Storm (Lear Stevens on guitar, Ronni Hanson on bass, Jimmy Monroe on drums, and Jeanette Chase on vocals) record the titles "Hand In Hand" and "Settle Down" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both titles on the band's self-titled album "Storm" (ST-12259).

1988 - Dave Edmunds, with unlisted others, records the title "Fallin' Through A Hole" at an unlisted studio. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Edmunds' album "Closer To Fame" (C1-90372 on 12" LP and C2-90372-2 on CD).

2003 - Capitol Records releases Rosanne Cash's album "Rules of Travel".

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1934 - Johnny Burnette, a singer, songwriter, guitarist, and Liberty Records artist, is born in Memphis, Tennessee.

1958 - Liberty Records artist Eddie Cochran joins Tommy Facenda and Paul Peeks (Gene Vincent's backing singers) for The Capitol Session at The Capitol Tower in Hollywood, California.

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1913 - The Palace Theatre opens its doors at 1564 Broadway (at West 47th Street) in Manhattan, New York with Ed Wynn as the first entertainer on the vaudeville bill.

1939 - Billboard magazine publishes its first "Hillbilly Records" chart.

1949 - Jack Kapp, the co-founder of Decca Records, dies at age 47 in New York City, New York.

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MARCH 24, 2026

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

1935 - Carol Kaye, bass guitar player on sessions for many Capitol Records artists, for artists on many other labels, and for television and movie soundtracks as well as a member of The Clique (aka The Wrecking Crew) is born in Everett, Washington. She also plays 12-string, six-string electric, and acoustic guitars.

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1945 - The King Cole Trio's first Capitol Records album, "Capitol Presents The King Cole Trio" (listed as "Collection Of Favorites" in the chart), is the first #1 album on Billboard Magazine's new "Best-Selling Popular Record Albums" chart for the week of March 15, 1945 on page 65 in the March 24, 1945 issue.

1947 - Merle Travis' Capitol Records single "So Round, So Firm, So Fully Packed", with "Sweet Temptation" on the flipside, is #1 on the U.S. Country singles charts.

1947 - Jimmy Wakely, with Stan Ellison directing an uncredited orchestra, records the titles "I Hear You Talkin'", "I'm Gonna Marry Mary", "Song Of The Sierras", "Too Many Sweethearts", and "Oklahoma Hills" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the first and third titles together as a single (Capitol Americana 40016), the second and fourth titles together as a single (Capitol 414), and the last title on the compilation album "Cowboy Hit Parade" (AD-55).

1952 - Vocalist Gordon MacRae, with Van Alexander and his Orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the title "There's A Lull In My Life", unissued takes of the titles "Lost (I'm Lost)" and "Lazy As The Day Is Long", and the title "Blame It On My Youth" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the first and last title together as a single (Capitol 2196).

1955 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Darling Je Vous Aime Beaucoup", with "The Sand And The Sea" on the flipside, is #4 on the U.S. Pops singles charts.

1957 - Final overdubs are recorded for Stan Freberg's title "Tele-Vee-Shun" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the final mix of the title as a single (Capitol F3687) with "Banana Boat (Day-O)" on the flipside.

1958 - Laurie London's Capitol Records single "He's Got The Whole World (In His Hands)", with "Handed Down" on the flipside, enters the top 40 of the U.S. Pop singles chart and will become the first single certified Gold by the R.I.A.A.

1958 - Vocalist Molly Bee, with unlisted others, records the titles "Don't Look Back" and "Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both titles together as a single (Capitol F3968).

1958 - Harpist Marcel Grandjany records Chavarri's "El Viejo Castillo Moro", Freixanet's "Sonata In A Minor", De Falla's "Spanish Dance N° 2, From 'La Vida Breve'", and Padre Rafael Angles' "Aria In D Minor" in Studio A of the Capitol Records studios in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Grandjany's album "El Amor D'España" (P-8473).

1962 - The Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Erich Leinsdorf, records Mozart's "Divertimento N∞2 K.131: Menuet N∞ 2/Allegro N∞2" in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records which has yet to issue the title.

1967 - The Lettermen (vocalists Jim Pike, Tony Butala, and Bob Engemann), with uncredited musicians, record the title "Mr. Sun" and an unissued take of the title "Something Stupid". Capitol Records will issue "Mr.Sun" as a single (Capitol 5913) with "Volare" on the flipside.

1967 - Vocalist Willie Hightower, with Robert Banks directing the orchestra (lineup unlisted) using his own arrangements, records the titles "For Sentimental Reasons/You Send Me", "You Are Mine", and "Because I Love You" in New York City, New York with producers Richard Gottehrer and Seymore Stein (who would later found Sire Records). After a sweetening session for all the titles is held the same day, Capitol Records will issue the first and last titles together as a single (Capitol 5916) and all the titles on Hightower's album "If I Had A Hammer" (ST-367).

1968 - Final overdubs are recorded in Los Angeles, California for Tony Bruno's title "I'm Feeling It Now". Capitol Records will issue the final mix of the title on Bruno's album "I'm Feeling It Now" (ST 2930).

1972 - Vocalist Marjorie McCoy, with unlisted musicians using arrangements by Allan A. Capps, records the title "And That's Saying A Lot", an unissued take of the title "Looking Back", and the title "I'd Rather Go Blind" with producer David D. Cavanaugh in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the first and last titles together as a single (Capitol 3423). Unfortunately, "And That's Saying A Lot" is not currently available on YouTube.

1972 - During two sessions held this day at Music City Recorders in Nashville, Tennessee, vocalist Anita Carter, with Hargus "Pig" Robbins on piano, Ray Edenton, David Kirby, and Hollis "Red Lane" DeLaughter on guitar, Pete Drake on steel guitar, Bob Moore on bass, and Murrey M. "Buddy" Harman Jr. on drums, records the titles "How To Be A Woman", "Too Much Of A Man To Be Tied Down", and "Walk On Out Of My Mind" at the first session between 2:00 PM and 5:00 PM and the title "Love Is On The Way", the unissued, and listed as now lost, title "I Kinda Miss The Band", and the title "There's So Much Love Left Over" at the second session between 6:00 PM and 9:00 PM. After overdubs are recorded for the first, second, and fourth titles at the same location between 2:00 PM and 5:00 PM on March 27, 1972 (with Johnny Gimble on fiddle, Pete Drake on steel guitar, and a vocal chorus consisting of Marcy Lynn Cates and Marjorie Ann Cates), the first and third titles on March 29, the second and sixth titles on April 19, 1972, and the fourth and fifth titles on May 27, 1972, Capitol Records will issue all the titles, except the fifth title, on Carter's album "So Much Love" (ST-11085).

1972 - David Arlen records the title "Always Missing You" and unissued takes of the titles "Tenderness Road" and "You're Everything Love's Supposed To Be" in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue "Always Missing You" as a single (Capitol 3384) with "I'm Beginning To See The Light" (recorded March 27, 1972) on the flipside. Unfortunately, "Always Missing You" is not currently available on YouTube.

1973 - Some references give this as the date Pink Floyd's album "Dark Side Of The Moon" is released either in the U.K. by Harvest Records or in the U.S. by Capitol Records. The album is now distributed by Sony Music Entertainment.

1973 - During live shows held this day in New Orleans, Louisiana that are recorded by Capitol Records, vocalist Merle Haggard and The Dixieland Express (lineup unlisted) performed the titles "Hammin' It Up", "Everybody's Had The Blues", "Big Bad Bill (Is Sweet William Now)", "I Forget You Every Day", "I Ain't Got Nobody (And Nobody Cares For Me)", "Carolyn", "Champagne", "Lovesick Blues", "The Emptiest Arms In The World", "Nobody Knows I'm Hurtin'", "Intro To: Way Down Yonder In New Orleans", "Way Down Yonder In New Orleans", "Okie From Muskogee", "I Wonder If They Ever Think Of Me", and "Finale". Capitol Records will issue all the titles on the album "Merle Haggard - I Love Dixie Blues" (ST-11200).

1978 - At a live show recorded by Capitol Records at the Latin Casino in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, vocalist Natalie Cole, with Linda Williams conducting the orchestra (lineup unlisted) using arrangements by Gene Barge, performs the titles "Lovers", "La Costa", and "Something's Got A Hold Of Me". Capitol Records will issue "Lovers" as a single (Capitol 4623) with "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds" (recorded March 23, 1978) on the flipside and with "Something's Got A Hold On Me" on the two-disc set "Natalie Live!" (SKBL-11709) and has yet to issue "La Costa".

1978 - Caldera (lineup unlisted) records the title "Cross Country" in (listed as possibly) Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the title on Caldera's album "Time And Chance" (SW-11810).

1979 - Anne Murray's Capitol Records single "I Just Fall In Love Again", with "Just To Feel This Love From You" on the flipside, hits #1 on the U.S. Country Singles chart.

1980 - Capitol Records releases The Beatles' compilation album "Rarities".

1983 - Capitol Records registers the masters it licensed from EMI for Duran Duran's titles "Is There Something I Should Know" and "Faith In This Color" and will issue "Is There Something I Should Know" as a single (Capitol 5233) with "Careless Memories" (registered March 25, 1981) and on the group's self-titled album "Duran Duran" (ST-12158). No issuing information is listed for "Faith In This Color".

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1949 - Jay Livingston and Ray Evans win the Academy Award for Best Music/Song for "Buttons and Bows" from the Paramount Pictures movie "The Paleface". Capitol Records has released two versions of the title as singles, one recorded by The Dinning Sisters with "San Antonio Rose" on the flipside and the other with vocals by Bob Hope and The Clark Sisters with "That's Not The Knot" on the flipside.

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MARCH 23, 2026

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

75 Years Ago Today In 1951 - Patrice Holloway, a singer, Capitol Records and Motown Records solo artist, backing session singer, member of the Capitol Records group Josie And The Pussycats (and provided the singing voice of the character Valarie for the first season of the cartoon show), and younger sister of Motown Records artist Brenda Holloway, is born Patrice Yvonne Holloway in Los Angeles, California.

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1944 - Stan Kenton and His Orchestra's Capitol Records single "Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me", with "Harlem Folk Dance" on the flipside, enters the top 40 of the U.S. Pop singles charts.

80 YearscAgo Today In 1946 - Johnny Mercer's Capitol Records single "Personality", with "If I Knew Then" on the flipside, is #2 on the U.S. Pop singles chart.

1948 - Capitol Records artists Stan Kenton and His Orchestra and The King Cole Trio start a week-long stay at Radio City Theater in Minneapolis, Minnesota, working a 50-50 split from the first dollar.

1950 - Billy May and His Orchestra, with May conducting his own arrangements to Uan Rasey, Rubin "Zeke" Zarchy, Irv Shulkin, and William Guy on trumpet, Ed Kusby, James Priddy, Si Zentner, and James Skiles on trombone, Arthur "Skeets" Herfurt, Jules Kinsler, Donald Lazenby, Fred Falensby, and Arthur Fleming on saxophones, Edwin "Buddy" Cole on piano, J.H. Washburne on bass, and John Cyr on drums, record the titles "Minor March (Bottom Of The Cage)", "Circus Waltz" (with the scripts for both written by Alan Livingston), and the instrumental tracks for "Francis (The Talking Mule)" and "A Mule Is A Fool" at Capitol Records' studios at 5515 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood, California on March 23, 1950 between 9:00 PM and 12:00 AM on March 24, 1950. The vocals for the last two titles will be overdubbed by Chill Wills and The Starlighters on March 27, 1950. Capitol Records will issue the first two songs together on the children's album "Bozo's Circus Band" (DC-253) and the last two songs together on the children's album "Francis *The Talking Mule)" (CAS-3071).

75 Years Ago Today In 1951 - Les Paul and Mary Ford's Capitol Records single "How High The Moon", with "The Walkin' and Whistlin' Blues" on the flipside, enters the top 40 of the U.S. Pop singles charts.

1953 - Vocalist Ella Mae Morse, with Nelson Riddle conducting his own arrangements to His Orchestra (Conrad Gozzo on trumpet, Murray McEachern on trombone, Harry Klee on alto saxophone and flute, Ted Nashon tenor saxophone, Joe Koch on baritone saxophone, Joe Rushton on bass saxophone, Jimmy Rowles on piano, Bob Bain on guitar, Morty Corb on bass, Frankie Carlson on drums, Lou Singer on xylophone, and a string section with Victor Bay, Mischa Russell, Felix Slatkin, and Marshall Sosson on violins, Stanley Harris and Paul Robyn on violas, and Eleanor Slatkin on cello), records the titles "Big Mamou", "T'aint What You Do (It's The Way That Cha Do It)", "Carioca", and "Is It Any Wonder" at Capitol Records' studios at 5515 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood, California between 3:00 PM and 6:00 PM. Capitol Records will issue "Big Mamou" and "Is It Any Wonder" together as a single (Capitol 2441), "Big Mamou" on the multi-artist compilation album "Today's Top Hits, Volume 9" (EBF-9114 on two-disc 7" EP and H-9114 on 10" LP), "T'aint What You Do (It's The Way That Cha Do It)" as a single (Capitol 2658) with "It Ain't Necessarily So" (recorded June 19, 1953) on the flipside. Bear Family Records will issue all the titles on Morse's five-CD compilation set "Barrelhouse, Boogie And The Blues" (BCD 16117).

1953 - Van Alexander conducts his own arrangements to his orchestra (lineup unlisted) as the record the instrumental tracks for the titles "Woody Woodpecker And The Lost Monkey: Part 1", "Woody Woodpecker And The Lost Monkey: Part 2", "Mickey Mouse's Birthday Party: Part 1", and "Mickey Mouse's Birthday Party: Part 2" in Los Angeles, California. After Mel Blanc records the vocal tracks for both parts of "Woody Woodpecker And The Lost Monkey" on April 3, 1953, and Stan Freberg, June Foray, and Pinto Colvig record the vocal tracks for both parts of "Mickey Mouse's Birthday Party" on April 8, 1953, Capitol Records will issue the final mixes of both parts of "Woody Woodpecker And The Lost Monkey" together on the children's album ""Woody Woodpecker And The Lost Monkey" (CAS-3161) and the final mixes of both parts of "Mickey Mouse's Birthday Party" together on the Record Reader children's album "Mickey Mouse's Birthday Party" (DBX-3165).

1953 - During three sessions held this day in Los Angeles, California, Felix Slatkin conducts The Concert Arts Orchestra (lineup unlisted), with Victor Aller on piano, as they record parts one and two of Hindemith's "The Four Temperaments" at the first session, parts three and five at the second session, and part four at the third session. Capitol Records will issue all the parts on the album "HINDEMITH - The Four Temperaments" (L-8228) as by The Concert Arts Orchestra.

1953 - The Louvin Brothers (Charlie Louvin on vocals and guitar and Ira Louvin on vocals and mandolin), with Chet Atkins on electric guitar, and (listed as probably) Eddie Hill on guitar, and Floyd T. "Lightnin'" Chance on bass, record the titles "I Love God's Way Of Living", "Born Again", "Preach The Gospel", and "From Mother's Arms To Korea" at Castle Studio in the Tulane Hotel in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue "I Love God's Way Of Living" and "Preach The Gospel" together as a single (Capitol 2612) and "Born Again" and "From Mother's Arms To Korea" together as a single (Capitol 2510).

70 Years Ago Today In 1956 - Les Baxter's "Poor People of Paris", with "Theme From Helen Of Troy" on the flipside, is still #1 on the U.S. Pop Singles charts.

1963 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records album "Where Did Everyone Go?" is #4 on KTKT 990 AM's Album Sound Of The Day chart in Tucson, Arizona, Cole's Capitol Records album "Dear Lonely Hearts" is #43 on Billboard magazine's Top LPs - 50 Best Sellers - Stereo chart and #74 on Billboard magazine's Top LPs - 150 Best Sellers - Monaural chart. Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "All Over The World" is #18 on Billboard magazine's Middle-Road Singles chart, #50 on the magazine's Hot 100 chart, and #53 on Cash Box magazine's Top 100 Singles chart. Also, Cole's Capitol Records single "Skip To My Lou" debuts at #8 in Sweden according to Billboard magazine's Hits Of The World charts.

1964 - Chet Baker signs a contract with Capitol Records.

1967 - Pete "Boss Of The Blues" Johnson, a pianist, bandleader of the Blue Note Records group The Pete Johnson Blues Trio, and a member of the Capitol Records group The Capitol Jazzmen dies in the Edward J. Meyer Memorial Hospital (now the Erie County Medical Center) at 462 Grider Street in Buffalo, New York (where he had lived since 1950) at age 62, two days before his 63rd birthday, after years of heart problems, of complications after suffering a stroke at his home on Sunday, March 20, 1967. Earlier in the year, on January 15, 1967, he came out of a nine-year retirement to perform in Carnegie Hall as part of the "From Spirituals To Swing - 1967" concert. He will later be buried in Section CC of Forest Lawn cemetery in Buffalo, New York.

1968 - The Beatles' Apple Records single "Lady Madonna", with "The Inner Light" on the flipside and distributed by Capitol Records in the United States, enters the top 40 of Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart.

1969 - Merle Haggard records the title "Jesus, Take A Hold" for Capitol Records.

1969 - Buck Owen's Capitol Records single "Who's Gonna Mow Your Grass", the flipside of "There's Gotta Be Some Changes Made" hits #1 on the U.S. Pop Singles chart.

55 Years Ago Today In 1971 - Vocalist and guitarist Buck Owens and The Buckaroos (lineup unlisted), record the titles "Ruby (Are You Mad)", "Heartbreak Mountain", and "Uncle Pen" in Bakersfield, California. Capitol Records will issue the first two titles together as a single (Capitol 3096) and all three titles on Owens' album "Ruby" (ST-795).

1974 - Ringo Starr's Apple Records single "Oh My My", distributed by Capitol Records in the United States and with "Step Lightly" on the flipside, enters the top 40 of Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart.

1978 - Saxophonist Gary Bartz, with unlisted others, records the title "Who Loves You Baby" in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records which has yet to issue the title.

1978 - Vocalist Natalie Cole, with Linda Williams conducting the orchestra (lineup unlisted) using arrangements by Gene Barge, performs the titles "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds", "Mona Lisa", "Be Thankful", "Just Can't Stay Away", "Cry Baby", Our Love", and "Annie Mae" at a concert held at the Latin Casino in Cherry Hill, New Jersey that is recorded by Capitol Records which will issue "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds" as a single (Capitol 4623) with "Lovers" (recorded March 24, 1978) on the flipside and, with "Be Thankful", "Cry Baby", and "Our Love" on the two-LP set "Natalie Live!" (SKBL-11709), an edited version of "Lucy In The Sky with Diamonds" as a single (Capitol 6273) with an edited version of "Stand By Me" (recorded October 11, 1978) on the flipside, and has yet to issue "Mona Lisa", "Just Can't Stay Away", and "Annie Mae".

1983 - Russel Smith, with unlisted others, records the title "Where Did We Go Right" in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue the title as a single (Capitol 5293) with "Hesitation" (recorded March 3, 1983) on the flipside.

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1958 - Trombonist Bennie Green, with Charlie Rouse on tenor saxophone, Joe Knight on piano, George Tucker on bass, and Louis Hayes on drums, records the titles "I Love You", "Melba's Mood", "Just Friends", "Green Street", "Bennie Blows The Blues", and "You're Mine" at recording engineer Rudy Van Gelder's studio in Hackensack, New Jersey. Blue Note Records will issue "I Love You" and "You're Mine You" together as a single (Blue Note 45-1706), "Melba's Mood" and "Just Friends" together as a single (Blue Note 45-1707), and all the titles on Green's album "Back On The Scene" (BLP1587/BST81587).

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MARCH 22, 2026

HAPPY BIRTHDAYS!

1912 - Robert Earl Myers Jr., also known as Bob Myers, an American classical music record producer, artists & repertoire specialist at Capitol Records, and sales manager, then director of artists & repertoire then general manager for the classical music division of its EMI parent company, Angel Records, is born in Mexico City, Mexico.

Hector Villa Lobos and Robert Myers

1927 - Max A. Million, who worked in promotion and sales for Stan Kenton and His Orchestra and Capitol Records, is born John Edmond Faraher in Jacksonville, Illinois. If anyone has a photo, please contact me.

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1948 - Disk jockey Jerry Marshall introduces Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Nature Boy" at 2:16 PM EST on WNEW's "Music Hall" program. By 2:20 PM, the station was swamped with calls. During the next few weeks, the song was played at least ten times a day on the station. Also, Nat and Nadine Cole are officially divorced.

1958 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records album "Just One Of Those Things" is #6 on The Billboard magazine's Most Played By Jockeys chart and Cole's Capitol Records single "Angel Smile" is #55 on the magazine's Top 100 Sides chart and #59 on Cash Box magazine's Best Selling Singles chart.

1963 - During two sessions held this day in New York City, New York for Capitol Records, pianist Cy Coleman, with unlisted others, records the title "It's A Wonderful World" at the first session and the titles "Fly Me To The Moon (In Other Words)", "Time After Time", and new takes of the titles "Blue Grass Groove", and "Sweet Georgia Brown" at the second session. Capitol has yet to issue any of the titles from either session.

1965 - Capitol Records releases The Beatles' album "The Early Beatles".

1968 - Overdubs are recorded for Bonnie Owens' titles "How Can Our Cheatin' Be Wrong?" and "I'll Look You Over" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the final mixes of both titles on the album "Lead Me On" (ST-195) as by Bonnie Owens And The Strangers and "How Can Our Cheatin' Be Wrong" as a single (Capitol 2210) with "Yes, I Love You Only" (recorded February 2, 1968) on the flipside.

1968 - During two sessions held this day in Los Angeles, California, The Howard Roberts Quartet (Roberts on guitar with unlisted others) record the titles "Music To Think By", "I Say A Little Prayer", and "Pretty Butterfly" at the first session and the titles "It's About Time", "Fred", and "Love Is Blue (L'Amour Est Bleu)" at the second session. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Roberts' album "Out Of Sight But 'In' Sound" (ST 2901).

1968 - The Beach Boys (lineup unlisted) record the title "Passing" (originally listed as "Instrumental #1") in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the title on the group's album "Friends" ST 2895).

1968 - Overdubs are recorded in Los Angeles, California for Peggy Lee's titles "Daydream", "It'll Never Happen", and "Misty Roses". Capitol Records has yet to issue any of the titles.

1968 - The Crackers (aka The Band, with Garth Hudson on piano, organ, and vocals, Richard Manuel on piano, organ, guitar, bass, and vocals, Jaime Robbie Robertson on guitar and vocals, Rick Danko on bass and vocals, and Levon Helm on drums and vocals) records new takes of the titles "Long Black Veil" and "Chest Fever" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue the new takes on the group's album "Music From Big Pig" (SKAO 2955).

1968 - Sidewalk Records, at the time being distributed by Capitol Records, purchases the masters for the soundtrack to the movie "Psych-Out" from American International Productions. The titles include, in order of appearance, The Storybook's "The Pretty Song From 'Psych-Out'" and "Rainy Day Mushroom Pillow", The Seeds' "Two Fingers Pointing On You", Bienzee Cryque's "Ashbury Wednesday", Strawberry Alarm Clock's "The World Is On Fire", The Storybook's "Psych-Out Sanctorum", "Beads Of Innocence from 'Psych-Out'", "The Love Children", and "Psych-Out", and Strawberry Alarm Clock's "The World's On Fire (Long Version)". Sidewalk will issue all the titles on the soundtrack album "Psych-Out" (T/ST-5913) and "Beads Of Innocence From 'Psych-Out'" and "Psych-Out" together as a single (Sidewalk 940). Tower Records, a subsidiary of Capitol Records, will issue "The Love Children" and "Psych-Out" on the compilation album "Best Of The Soundtracks" (ST 5148).

1969 - Sonny James' Capitol Records single "Only The Lonely", with "The Journey" on the flipside, is #1 on the U.S. Country singles chart.

55 Years Ago Today In 1971 - Capitol Records releases Tennessee Ernie Ford's single "Don't Let The Good Life Pass You By" with "Happy Songs Of Love" on the flipside.

1973 - Capitol Records registers the masters it purchased for Buck Owens' and Susan Raye's titles "Take A Taste Of My Wine", "I Think I'm Gonna Like Loving You", "Sweethearts In Heaven", "I've Got A Happy Heart", "Arms Full Of Empty", "All The Dreamin' They Can Stand", "Honey...Let's Fall In Love", "When You Get To Heaven (I'll Be There)", and "Love Makes The World Go Round" from Buck Owens Enterprises and will issue all the titles on Owens and Raye's album "The Good Old Days (Are Here Again)" (ST-11204), "Sweethearts In Heaven" as a single (Capitol 4100) with "Love Is Strange" (recorded April 11, 1975) on the flipside, and "When You Get To Heaven (I'll Be There)" as a single (Capitol 3601) with "The Good Old Days (Are Here Again)" (registered March 19, 1973) on the flipside.

1974 - Sam Donahue, tenor saxophone, trumpet, and valve trombone player, arranger, bandleader (his own, the U.S. Navy's, Billy May's for the Ray Anthony organization, Tommy Dorsey's which became the Frank Sinatra, Jr. Show's), Capitol Records session musician and member of the Capitol Records group Stan Kenton and His Orchestra, dies at age 56 of complications of cancer in Reno, Nevada.

1977 - The Steve Miller Band's Capitol Records single "Fly Like An Eagle", with "Lovin' Cup" on the flipside, is #2 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart.

1977 - Glen Campbell's Capitol Records single "Southern Nights", with "William Tell Overture" on the flipside, is #1 on the U.S. Country singles chart.

40 Years Ago Today In 1986 - Heart's "These Dreams", with "Shell Shock" on the flipside, is still #1 (the band's first) on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart.

1988 - Vocalist Anne Murray, with unlisted others, records the titles "Who But You" and "If I Don't Fall Tonight" at Nightingale Studio in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue "Who But You" as a single (Capitol 44341) with "You Make Me Curious" (recorded January 29, 1988) on the flipside. No issuing information is listed for "If I Don't Fall Tonight".

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1958 - Pete Wylie, a singer, guitarist, harmonica player, remixer, record producer, member of the groups Echo And The Bunnymen and Wah!, and a Virgin Records America solo artist, is born in Liverpool, England. I designed the cover for the U.S. release of the 12" version of his single "Sinful".

1962 - Perry Baggs, a vocalist, and drummer with the EMI America group Jason & The Scorchers, is born Perry Armand Baggs III, in Nashville, Tennessee. I worked on designs for the band's EMI America single "Golden Ball And Chain" and was at their video shoot for the single at the Palace Theater in Hollywood, California in 1986.

1963 - Parlophone Records releases The Beatles' first album "Please Please Me".

1978 - The Rutles' mockumentary "All You Need Is Cash", spoofing the career of The Beatles, produced by George Harrison (who also appears briefly as a reporter), and written by Eric Idle, makes its world debut when it airs on NBC-TV. It will air in the UK a week later.

45 Years Ago Today In 1981 - Blondie's Chrysalis Records single "Rapture", with "Walk Like Me" on the flipside, is #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart. Chrysalis' UK catalog was once owned by Capitol Records' former parent company, EMI Music Group, was sold to Warner Music Group, who in turn sold it to Blue Raincoat Music who sold it to Reservoir Media Management.

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MARCH 21, 2026

HAPPY BIRTHDAYS!

1944 - David Lindley, a player of acoustic and electric guitar, upright and electric bass, banjo, lap steel guitar, mandolin, hardingfele, bouzouki, cittern, bağlama, gumbus, charango, cümbüş, oud, and zither, member of the band Kaleidoscope, founder of the band El Rayo-X, session player for many artists including Linda Ronstadt on her 1974 Capitol Records album "Heart Like A Wheel" and Graham Nash's 1980 Capitol Records album "Earth & Sky", is born in San Marino, California.

1949 - Ron McMaster, drummer and mastering engineer for Capitol Studios, is born in Sacramento, California.

1973 - Damon Elliott (aka Normal), record producer, singer, and founder/CEO of The Damon Elliott Music Group (DEMG, LLC) distributed by Caroline/Capitol Records, co-founder/CEO of AMBLVD Records (AMBLVD Records, LLC) distributed by Empire Distribution, and the son of singer Dionne Warwick, is born in Beverly Hills, California.

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1953 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Pretend" is #5 on The Billboard magazine's Most Played By Jockeys chart, #6 on the magazine's Most Played In Juke Boxes chart, #7 on Cash Box magazine's Best Selling Singles chart, and #8 on The Billboard magazine's Best Selling Singles chart.

1958 - Sonny James signs a contract with Capitol Records.

1958 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Do I Like It?" is #1 on WMCA's Wax To Watch chart in New York City, New York.

1958 - The George Shearing Quintet (Emil Richards on vibraphone, George Shearing on piano, Jean "Toots" Thielemans on guitar, Al McKibbon on bass, and Percy Brice on drums), with Billy May conducting his own arrangements to His Orchestra (total lineup unlisted but has a brass choir that includes Conrad Gozzo, Pete Candoli, and Mannie Klein on trumpets, Tommy Pederson, Joe Howard, and Walter Benson on trombones, Vincent De Rosa, John Cave, James Decker, Richard Perissi, and Arthur Frantz on French horns, and George "Red" Callender on tuba), records the titles "Memories Of You", "Blame It On My Youth", "These Things You Left Me", and "Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California between 1:30 PM and 5:00 PM. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Shearing's album "Burnished Brass" (T/ST 1038).

1958 - During two sessions held this day in Capitol Records' studio in New York City, New York, violinist William Primrose and pianist Rudolf Firkusny record Brahms' "Sonata In E Flat, Opus 120 N° 2 For Viola and Piano" at the first session and Brahms' "Sonata In F Minor, Opus 120 N° 1 For Violin And Piano" at the second session. Capitol Records will issue both titles on the album "BRAHMS - Two Sonatas, Opus 120" (P-8478) and Seraphim Records, a subsidiary of Angel Records, will re-issue the album (S-60011).

1958 - Vocalist Dean Martin, with an orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the title "It's 1200 Miles From Palm Springs To Texas" in Los Angeles, California for a promotional record (HB-2160) to be released as part of Texas Desert Week which is to be held in Palm Springs, California from April 16 to April 20, 1958. Capitol Record will later issue the title in the two-CD set "Dean Martin - The Capitol Years" (7-98409-2).

1963 - During two sessions held this day in Los Angeles, California, guitarist Dick Dale and His Del-Tones (unlisted tenor saxophone, piano, guitar, and bass players and Jack Lake on drums) record the titles "Have Nagila", "King Of The Surf Guitar" with a female vocal group (lineup unlisted), "Riders In The Sky", and "The Lonesome Road" at the first session and the titles "On the Sunny Side Of The Street", "Dick Dale Stomp" with an unlisted pianist, "Green Back Dollar", "What'd I Say" with Dale on vocals, and "Just A Closer Walk With Thee" at the second session. Capitol Records will issue all the titles, except "On The Sunny Side Of The Street" and "Just A Closer Walk With Thee" which remain unissued, on Dick Dale And His Del-Tones' album "King Of The Surf Guitar" (T/ST 1930) and "Hava Nagila" and "King Of The Surf Guitars" together as a single (Capitol 4963).

1963 - Trumpet player Jonah Jones, with Belford Hendricks and His Orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the titles "Pink Shutters", "Doodles", and "Ask Any Fool" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue "Pink Shutters" and "Doodles" together as a single (Capitol 4993) and has yet to issue "Ask Any Fool".

60 Years Ago Today In 1966 - Capitol Records releases The Beach Boys' single "Sloop John B" with "You're So Good To Me" on the flipside.

1968 - Overdubs are recorded in Los Angeles, California for Tony Bruno's title ""I'm Feeling It Now". After further overdubs are recorded for "I'm Feeling It Now" on March 24, 1968, Capitol Records will issue the final mix of "I'm Feeling It Now" on Bruno's album "I'm Feeling It Now" (ST 2930).

1968 - Miniature Concert (lineup unlisted) records the title "Blues For Naked Jane" in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records. No issuing information is listed.

1968 - The Outsiders (lead by vocalist Tom King, with Emmett "Sonny" Geraci, Richard Biagiola, William "Bill" Bruno, and Richard D'Amato also on vocals and unlisted instruments), with unlisted others, record a new take of the title "We Ain't Gonna Make It", and the titles "Listen To Me" and "Think I'm Falling" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records has yet to issue the take of "We Ain't Gonna Make It" recorded at this session but will release the take of the title that it purchased on March 20, 1968, as a single (Capitol 2216) with "Oh! How It Hurts" (recorded June 2, 1966) on the flipside, has yet to issue "Listen To The Music", and will issue "Think I'm Falling" on the CD "Capitol Collectors Series - The Outsiders" (7-94076-2).

1968 - Vocalist Peggy Lee, with unlisted others, records the titles "Daydream", "It'll Never Happen Again", and "Misty Roses" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California for Capitol Records which has yet to issue any of the titles.

1968 - During two sessions held this day in New York City, New York, pianist Eddie Heywood, with unlisted others, records the titles "Ode To Dan" and "How Are Things In Glocca Morra" at the first session and "Rasputin Song" and "Arabian Daze" at the second session. After overdubs are recorded for "How Are Things In Glocca Morra" on May 17, 1968, Capitol Records will issue "Ode To Dan" and the final mix of "How Are Things In Glocca Morra" on Heywood's album "The Piano Artistry Of Eddie Heywood - Soft Summer Breeze" (ST-163) and has yet to issue either title from the second session but will also issue a take of "Arabian Daze", recorded on April 12, 1968, on the album "The Piano Artistry Of Eddie Heywood - Soft Summer Breeze".

1968 - The Crackers (aka The Band, with Garth Hudson on piano, organ, and vocals, Richard Manuel on piano, organ, guitar, bass, and vocals, Jaime Robbie Robertson on guitar and vocals, Rick Danko on bass and vocals, and Levon Helm on drums and vocals) records the title "To Kingdom Come" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue the title on The Band's album "Music From Big Pink" (SKAO 2955).

1970 - The Beatles' Apple Records album "Hey Jude", distributed in the United States by Capitol Records, debuts at # 3 on Billboard magazine's Top 200 album chart and the single "Let It Be" debuts at # 6 on the magaxine's Hot 100 singles chart, the highest-ranking ever for a new entry to that date.

1970 - The Chairmen Of The Board's Invictus Records (a subsidiary of Capitol Records run by Holland and Dozier) single "Give Me Just a Little More Time", with "Since the Days of Pigtails (and Fairy Tales)" on the flipside, peaks at #3 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart.

1987 - Robert Preston, Broadway and motion picture actor, and Capitol Records artist (original Broadway cast album for "The Music Man"), dies of lung cancer at age 68 at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital in Santa Barbara, California.

1987 - The Beatles hold down the Top 4 spots on the U.S. CD chart, with "A Hard Day's Night" at #1, "Please Please Me" at #2, "Beatles For Sale" at #3, and "With The Beatles" at #4.

1988 - Capitol Records registers the masters it received from EMI for Hazell Dean's titles "You're My Rainbow", "Walk In My Shoes", "Danger", "Nothing In My Life", "Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing", and "Who's Leaving Who" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Who's Leaving Who" as a single (Capitol 44167) with, "They Say It's Gonna Rain" (registered July 22, 1987) on the flipside, and all the titles on Dean's album "Always" (C1-90304).

1993 - Capitol Records artist Anne Murray is inducted into the Canadian Music Hall Of Fame.

1994 - Spearhead signs a contract with Capitol Records.

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

65 Years Ago Today In 1961 - The Beatles play the Cavern Club in Liverpool, England for the first time thanks to a call from the mother of their drummer, Pete Best, to DJ Bob Wooler.

1964 - The Beatles' Tollie Records single "Twist And Shout", with "There's A Place" on the flipside, enters the top 40 of Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart.

1968 - Tenor saxophonist Frank Foster, with Marvin Stamm on trumpet, Garnett Brown on trombone, Richard Wyands on piano, Bob Cranshaw on bass and electric bass, and Mickey Roker on drums, records the titles "You Gotta Be Kiddin'", "Stampede", "Manhattan Fever", "Little Miss No Nose", "Seventh Avenue Bill", and "Loneliness" in recording engineer Rudy Van Gelder's studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey. Blue Note Records will issue all the titles on Foster's album "Manhattan Fever" (BLP4278/BST84278 on 12" vinyl and 3-85191-2 on CD).

1968 - Benny Gordon, with unlisted others, records the title "Tighten Up", listed as possibly in Los Angeles, California, for the Hot Biscuit label. Blue Note Records will license the title and will issue it on a compilation album by various artists LP "Blue Juice" (B1-54357 on 12" vinyl and 8-54357-2 on CD).

1969 - John Lennon and Yoko Ono begin their "Bed-In" at the Amsterdam Hilton.

1987 - Cutting Crew's Virgin Records America single "I Just Died In Your Arms" enters the top 40 of Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart, the first of the label's releases to do so.

ON THIS DAY NOT IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1869 - Florenz Ziegfeld, Jr., Broadway theatrical producer, is born in Chicago, Illinois.

1952 - Alan Freed presents The Moondog Coronation Ball at the Cleveland Arena in Cleveland, Ohio. It's the first Rock `N' Roll stage show and is set to feature R&B artists including Paul Williams and His Hucklebuckers, Tiny Grimes and His Rockin' Highlanders, The Dominoes, Danny Cobb, Varett Dillard, Charles Brown, The Moonglows, and Clyde McPhatter. Unfortunately, the show was closed down early due to a printing error that leads to a crowd of 20,000 showing up to a venue with only 9,950 seats leading to a near riot breaking out.

35 Years Ago Today In 1991 - Leo Fender (born Clarence Fender), the designer of the solid-body electric guitar and guitar manufacturer of the Telecaster and Stratocaster guitars, dies from complications from Parkinson's Disease in Fullerton, California at age 81.

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MARCH 20, 2026

HAPPY BIRTHDAYS!

1918 - Marion McPartland, piano, radio show host, wife of cornetist Jimmy McPartland, and a Capitol Records artist, is born Margaret Marian Turner in Slough, Berkshire, England.

1922 - Carl Reiner, television and motion picture director, producer, actor, comedian, and Capitol Records artist (The "2000 Year Old Man" series of comedy albums) is born in The Bronx, New York City, New York.

1937 - Jerry Reed, musician, songwriter, singer, television and motion picture actor, and Capitol Records artist is born Jerry Reed Hubbard in Atlanta, Georgia.

75 Years Ago Today In 1951 - Guy Perry, a guitarist and vocalist in the Capitol Records group The Motels, is born Adrian Peritore in Brooklyn, New York.

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

1943 - The first issue of "Capitol News" is released to record stores across the country.

1948 - It's a Saturday in New York City, New York and it's just the trio and announcer Freddie Robbins on this episode of "King Cole Trio Time" on NBC-Radio. No known transcription of this show exists.

75 Years Ago Today In 1951 - Pianist Stan Kenton and his orchestra (Ray Wetzel, Maynard Ferguson, John Howell, Shorty Rogers, and Chico Alvarez on trumpets, Dick Kenney, Milt Bernhart, Bob Fitzpatrick, and Bart Varsalona on trombones, Bud Shank and Art Pepper on alto saxophones, Bob Cooper and Bart Caldarell on tenor saxophones, Bob Gioga on baritone saxophone, Ralph Blaze on guitar, Don Bagley on bass, and Shelly Manne on drums) record the titles "Artistry In Tango" "September Song" with the band on vocals, and "Theme For Alto" in Capitol Records' studios at 5515 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue "Artistry In Tango" and "September Song" together as a single (Capitol 1480) and "Theme For Solo" on Kenton's album "A Concert In Progressive Jazz" (T 172).

75 Years Ago Today In 1951 - Vocalist and guitarist Merle Travis, with George Tracy on harmonica, Roy Lanaham on lead guitar, Gene Mombeck on guitar, Arthur Douglas Dalton on mandolin, and Donald "Dusty" Rhodes on bass, records the titles "Lost John Boogie", "Deep South", "Boogie In Minor", and "Let's Settle Down" in Capitol Records' studios at 5515 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood, California between 2:30 PM and 6:00 PM. Capitol Records will issue "Lost John Boogie" and "Let's Settle Down" together as a single (Capitol 1737) and "Deep South" and "Boogie In Minor" together as a single (Capitol 1519).

1953 - Vocalist Gisele MacKenzie, with Artie Beck directing the orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the titles "Till I Waltz Again With You", "Seven Lonely Days" with an unidentified male vocal chorus, "Deep Purple", and "The Best Things In Life Are Free" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue "Till I Waltz Again With You" and "Seven Lonely Days" in England as a single (CL13920) and has yet to issue "Deep Purple". Jasmine Records will issue "The Best Things In Life Are Free" in England on the CD "Gisele MacKenzie - Hard To Get" (JASCD 448).

1953 - Vocalist and rhythm guitarist Lee Bonds, with unlisted fiddle, guitar, steel guitar, and bass players, records the titles "Okee-Fi-No-Kee" with an unlisted pianist and vocal chorus, "No Hope", "Undecided Heart" and "A Double Life" in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue "Okee-Fi-No-Kee" and "Undecided Heart" together as a single (Capitol 2499) and "No Hope" and "A Double Life" together as a single (Capitol 2591).

1958 - The George Shearing Quintet (Emil Richards on vibraphones, George Shearing on piano, Jean "Toots" Thielemans on guitar, Al McKibbon on bass, and Percy Brice on drums), with Billy May conducting his own arrangements to His Orchestra (a brass choir including Conrad Gozzo, Pete Candoli, Frank Beach, and Mannie Klein on trumpets and Tommy Pederson, Ed Kusby, Ben Benson, and Kenneth Shroyer on trombones), records the titles "Lulu's Back In Town", "Cuckoo In The Clock", "Basie's Basement", and "Cheek To Cheek" in The Capitol Tower at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California between 2:00 PM and 5:30 PM. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Shearing's album "Burnished Brass" (T/ST 1038).

1958 - Vocalist and guitarist Del Reeves, with George Brown on saxophone, Bill Woods on piano, Buck Owens on lead guitar, Jim Fox on steel guitar, and unlisted bass and drums players, records the titles "My Baby Loves To Rock And Roll", "Cool Drool", "The Trot", "Baby I Love You", and "Two Teen Hearts" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue "Cool Drool" and "The Trot" together as a single (Capitol F3979) and "Baby I Love You" and "Two Teen Hearts" together as a single (Capitol F4045) and "My Baby Loves To Rock And Roll" in France in the two-disc multi-artist compilation album "Rock 'N' Roll At The Capitol Tower, Volume 2" (2C150-85029/30).

1958 - Carmen Dragon conducts The Capitol Symphony Orchestra (lineup unlisted) as they record Rossini's "Largo Al Factotum (From 'Barber Of Seville')", Bizet's "Toreador Song (From 'Carmen')", Verdi's "Amami Alfredo (From 'La Traviata')", and Wagner's "Pilgrim's Chorus (from 'Tannhauser')" in Stage 7 at The Goldwyn Studios at the southwest corner of Santa Monica Boulevard and Formosa in West Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on the album "The Orchestra Sings" (P/SP-8440).

65 Years Ago Today In 1961 - Vocalist Mary Small, with unlisted others, records the titles "The Valley Of Tears" and "Everybody But Me" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue both titles together as a single (Capitol 4563).

65 Years Ago Today In 1961 - Vocalist Ron Husmann, with unlisted others, records the titles "Beautiful Women", "Easy Living", and "You're Just In Love" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Husmann's album "This Is Ron Husmann" (T 1624).

65 Years Ago Today In 1961 - Tony Pastor, Jr., with unlisted others, records the titles "Book Of Happiness", "I Forgive You (But I Won't Forget", and the as yet to be issued takes of the titles "Beware" and "Too Little, Too Late" in New York City, New York. Tower Records, a subsidiary of Capitol Records will issue the first two titles together as a single.

65 Years Ago Today In 1961 - Comedian Milt Kamen, in front of a live audience at an unlisted location, records the titles "Opening Monologue" (with a brief introduction by Mel Brooks), "The Tomato", "The Israeli Airlines", "The Brooks Brothers", "True Life Adventures", "Johnny Ringo", "Wyoming", and "Whale Meeting" in New York City, New York with producer Mel Brooks. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Kamen's album "Here's Milt Kamen!" (T 1565).

65 Years Ago Today In 1961 - Faron Young's Capitol Records single "Hello Walls" enters the U.S. Country singles charts where it will peak at #1.

1963 - Pianist Cy Coleman, with unlisted others, records the titles "But Not For Me", "Comin' Home Baby", "On Green Dolphin Street", "Blue Grass Groove", and "Sweet Georgia Brown" in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records which has yet to issue any of the titles.

1968 - Overdubs are recorded in Los Angeles, California for Tony Bruno's titles ""I'm Feeling It Now" and "Look At Me". After further overdubs are recorded for "I'm Feeling It Now" on March 21 and 24, 1968 and for "Look At Me" on March 24, 1968, Capitol Records will issue the final mix of "I'm Feeling It Now" on Bruno's album "I'm Feeling It Now" (ST 2930) and has yet to issue "Look At Me".

1968 - Joyful Noise (lineup unlisted) records the title "The Phoenix" in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records which has yet to issue the title.

1968 - The Beach Boys (lineup unlisted) record the title "Our Happy Home" in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records which has yet to issue the title.

1968 - Capitol Records registers the masters it purchased for The Shamblers' titles "I Really Need Her", "Send Me Your Heartaches", and "Symphony In The Rain" in Los Angeles, California but has yet to issue any of the titles.

1968 - Capitol Records purchases the master for The Outsiders' title "We Aint Gonna Make It" in Los Angeles, California and will issue the title as a single (Capitol 2216) with "I Lost My Baby" (recorded June 2, 1966) on the flipside.

1968 - Vocalist Jean Shepard, with unlisted others, records the titles "Walk On Out Of My Mind" and "A Real Good Woman" in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue both titles on Shepard's album "Real Good Woman" (ST 2966) and "A Real Good Woman" also as a single (Capitol 2180) with "The Trouble With Girls" (recorded April 12, 1967) on the flipside.

1968 - Gary Buck, with unlisted others, records the titles "Love Of The Common People", "Honey", "Break My Mind", "Calgary, Alberta", and "Winds Don't Blow That Strong" in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue "Winds Don't Blow That Strong" as a single (Capitol 2316) with "Mister Brown" (recorded the day before on March 19, 1968) on the flipside.

1969 - John Lennon marries Yoko Ono on the Rock of Gibraltar.

1987 - Capitol Records releases Glen Campbell's compilation album "The Very Best of Glen Campbell".

15 Years Ago Today In 2011 - Ralph Mooney, a steel guitar player, one of the creators of the Bakersfield sound and session musician on many recordings by Capitol Records artists Buck Owens, Wanda Jackson, Merle Haggard, and Wynn Stewart, died of complications of cancer at his home in Kennedale, Texas at age 82. His obituary can be found at http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-ralph-mooney-20110322,0,3909277.story.

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY

120 Years Ago Today In 1906 - Ozzie Nelson, a singer, motion picture, radio, and television actor, bandleader, husband of Harriet Hilliard Nelson, and father of actor David Nelson and of Imperial and Capitol Records artist Rick Nelson, is born Oswald George Nelson in Jersey City, New Jersey.

1952 - Capitol Records co-founder and lyricist Johnny Mercer and composer Hoagy Charmichael win the Academy Award for Best Music/Song for "In the Cool, Cool, Cool Of The Evening" from the motion picture "Here Comes the Groom".

1953 - Vocalist and guitarist T-Bone Walker, with Dave Bartholomew's band (unlisted trumpet, alto, tenor, and baritone saxophones, piano, bass, and drums players), records the titles "Got No Use For You" with either Baby Davis or Tiny Brown on vocals and "Railroad Station Blues" in New Orleans, Louisiana for Imperial Records. After EMI acquires Imperial's catalog, Blue Note Records will issue both titles on the album "T-Bone Walker - Classics Of Modern Blues" (BN-LA533-H2).