A DISCOGRAPHY MOMENT: GENE KRUPA - APRIL 8, 1946

On this day in 1946 - 80 years ago the great Gene Krupa and his orchestra recorded a series of transcription discs in Hollywood, California...

Date: April 8, 1946

Location: Radio Recorders, 7000 Santa Monica Blvd., Hollywood, CA
Label: Capitol

Gene Krupa and his Orchestra
Charlie Kennedy, Harry Terrill (as), Charlie Ventura, Buddy Wise (ts), Joe Koch (bar), Jimmy Millazzio, Red Rodney, Joe Triscari, Ray Triscari (t), Bob Ascher, Nick Gaglio, Tasso Harris, Dick Taylor (tb), Mike Triscari (g), Teddy Napoleon (p), Irv Lang (b), Joe Dale, Gene Krupa (d), Carolyn Grey, Buddy Stewart (v)

1. Yesterdays 
2. Baby, Won’t You Please Come Home 
3. Prisoner Of Love – vBS
4. 1 Ain’t Nowhere – vCG
5.  Sweet Lorraine
6. Wire Brush Stomp
7. Old Folks At Home – vBS
8. You Go To My Head – vBS
9.  Bird House*
10. Bugle Call Rag
11. In The Moon Mist – vBS
12. Where Or When – vBS
13. It’s Up To You
14. What Is This Thing Called Love
15. Idaho

A DISCOGRAPHY MOMENT: PEGGY LEE - SEPTEMBER 14, 1950

Here is what Peggy Lee was recording for Capitol Records on this day in 1950...

September 14, 1950

Location: Capitol Recording Studio, 5515 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, CA

Label: CAPITOL
Capitol Session #1912

Peggy Lee (ldr), Dave Barbour And His Orchestra (acc), Unknown (b, str, p, d), Peggy Lee (v), The Jud Conlon Choir (bkv)

a. 6607-7Master Take (Capitol) Where Are You? - 3:01(Jimmy McHugh, Harold Adamson) / arr: Richard "Dick" Hazard
CAPITOL 78 & 451298 & F 1298 — {Ay, Ay, Chug A Chug / Where Are You?} (1950)
Armed Forces Radio Service 16" Transcription DiscP 1785 - P 1786 — Basic Music Library [6 Peggy Lee vocals] (1951)
CAPITOL (10") LP(United Kingdom) Lc 6584 — Capitol Presents ... Peggy Lee (1953)

b. 6608-8Master Take (Capitol) Once In A Lifetime - 2:46(Mel Torme, Robert Wells) / arr: Richard "Dick" Hazard
CAPITOL 78 & 451244 & F 1244 — {Once In A Lifetime / Life Is So Peculiar} (1950)
Armed Forces Radio Service 16" Transcription DiscP 1725 - P 1276 — Basic Music Library [6 Peggy Lee vocals] (1950)
 CAPITOL©EMI CD7243 5 39756 2 3 — THE SINGLES COLLECTION (2002)

c. 6609-3Master Take (Capitol) Something To Remember You By - 2:51(Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz) / arr: Henry J. "Heinie" Beau
Collectors' Choice Licensed CDCcm 917 — THE LOST '40'S & '50'S CAPITOL MASTERS (2008)

A DISCOGRAPHY MOMENT: JO STAFFORD - MARCH 26, 1946

Jo Stafford (1917-2008) was one of the greatest female vocalists in all of pop music history/. In the 1940s and 1950s she had a huge musical output. On this studio session she got to record with the great Nat King Cole on piano...

March 28, 1946 (Thursday)

Baby, Won’t You Please Come Home (with Nat King Cole - piano) (Matrix No. 1054) * Recorded for single Capitol 15171
Cindy (with Nat King Cole - piano) (Matrix No. 1055) * Recorded for single Capitol 259
Ridin’ On The Gravy Train (with Nat King Cole - piano) (Matrix No. 1056) * Originally unissued
I’ll Be With You In Apple Blossom Time (with Nat King Cole - piano) (Matrix No. 1057) * Recorded for single Capitol 277

‘Ridin’ On The Gravy Train’ (Matrix No. 1056) was issued in 1991, on the CD ‘Capitol Collectors Series: Jo Stafford’ (Capitol CDP 7 91638 2)

A DISCOGRAPHY MOMENT: BILLIE HOLIDAY - SEPTEMBER 3, 1954

By 1954, Billie Holiday's voice was not what it once was. After years of alcohol and drug abuse, her voice was not as strong, but the depth of pain and heart ache made her singing all the much better. Here is what she recorded exactly 68 years ago today...

Harry Edison, trumpet; Willie Smith, alto sax; Bobby Tucker, piano; Barney Kessel, guitar; Red Callender, bass; Chico Hamilton, drums; Billie Holiday, vocals.

Los Angeles, CA, September 3, 1954

1930-2	Love Me Or Leave Me	Clef 89150, MGC-721; Verve VE-2-2515
1931-5	P.S. I Love You	Verve VE-2-2515
1932-6	Too Marvelous For Words	Clef MGC-721; Verve VE-2-2515
1933-7	Softly	Verve VE-2-2515
1934-7	I Cried For You	Clef unissued
1935-3	I Thought About You	Clef 89150, MGC-721; Verve VE-2-2515
1936-6	What A Little Moonlight Can Do	Clef unissued
1937-1	Willow Weep For Me	Clef 89141, MGC-721; Verve VE-2-2515
1938-3	Stormy Blues	Clef 89141; Verve VE-2-2515

* Clef MGC-721; Verve MGV-8099; ARS G-431   Lady Sings The Blues
* Verve VE-2-2515   Billie Holiday - Stormy Blues
* Clef 89150, 89150x45   Billie Holiday - Love Me Or Leave Me / I Thought About You
* Clef 89141, 89141x45   Billie Holiday - Willow Weep For Me / Stormy Blues

A DISCOGRAPHY MOMENT: NAT KING COLE - FEBRUARY 6, 1951

Nearly 71 years ago, Nat King Cole was in the Capitol Studios with Nelson Riddle and his Orchestra recording some of these beautiful tunes...

Nat King Cole With Nelson Riddle's Orchestra

Harry Bluestone, Benny Gill, Seymour Kramer, Dan Lube, William Miller, Misha Russell, Jack Shulman, Robert Sushel, Jerry Vinci, violin; Joe DiFiore, Lou Kievman, viola; Armand Kaproff, Eleanor Slatkin, cello; Kathryn Julye, harp; Buddy Cole, piano; Irving Ashby, guitar; Joe Comfort, Milton Kestenbaum, bass; Lee Young, drums; Nat King Cole, vocals; Les Baxter, conductor; Nelson Riddle, arranger.

Capitol Studios, Los Angeles, CA, February 6, 1951

7107-10	Early American	Capitol 1565
7108-8	Too Young	Capitol 1449, H-357, EAP-2-357, T-357
7109-7	Because Of Rain	Capitol 1501

* Capitol T-357   Nat 'King' Cole - Unforgettable
* Capitol H-357   Nat 'King' Cole - Unforgettable
* Capitol EAP-2-357   Nat 'King' Cole - Unforgettable
* Capitol 1565   Nat King Cole - My Brother / Early American
* Capitol 1449   Nat King Cole - Too Young / That's My Girl
* Capitol 1501   Nat King Cole - Song Of Delilah / Because Of Rain

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