Non-musical history for today: 1878 – Emma Nutt became the world’s first female telephone operator when she was recruited by Alexander Graham Bell to the Boston Telephone Dispatch Company. I don’t usually make fun of people’s names, but I can’t pass up the thought of “what if her name was Imma instead of Emma?” I guess sometimes you feel like one, and sometimes you don’t.

Music history, album anniversaries, birthdays, and deaths for September 1.

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