Several Capitol albums by Louis Prima and Keely Smith.
These three are definitely from Don's time period ('55, '56, '58) They are considered three of Sinatra's finest Capitol Lp's - and are great examples of the fine work from Capitol's art department which was the BEST!
When Sinatra left Capitol in '61 Capitol signed Vic Damone who was regarded as one of the finest singers technically in the business - beautiful voice but not as expressive or as interpretative as Sinatra.
Damone started on Mercury and then went to Columbia in the mid fifties, then signed with Capitol.
Damone was married to Diahann Carroll for a time in the 80's.
This is from the Kenton Presents series that Don worked on in '55 - a 10" Lp from the series.
Here are three Kenton LP covers from the period '56 - '58.
Here's a partial list of the series:
Al Belletto - Al Belletto Sextet - Capitol T-6506 (1955); 6506 2-EP set (1954)
Serge Chaloff - Boston Blow-Up - Capitol T-6510 (1955)
Bob Cooper - Kenton Presents Bob Cooper - Capitol H6501 (10", 1954); 6501 2-EP set (1954); Shifting Winds- Capitol T6513 (1955)
Bill Holman - Kenton Presents Bill Holman - Capitol H6500 (10", 1954); HL6500 2-EP set (1954)
Boots Mussulli - Kenton Presents Boots Mussulli - Capitol H6506 (10", 1954); EP 6503 (1954); T6506 (1955)
Frank Rosolino - Kenton Presents Frank Rosolino - Capitol H6507 (10", 1954); EP 1-6507, EP 2-6507 (1954); T6507 (1955); Frankly Speaking- T6509 (1955)
Sal Salvador - Kenton Presents Sal Salvador - H6505 (10", 1954); EP 1-6505, EP 2-6505 (1954); T6505 (1955)
Claude Williamson - Kenton Presents Claude Williamson - H6502 (10", 1954);
Many thanks to Rob Green for providing jpgs and captions for this page. - Editor
