SEPTEMBER 10

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
1922(maybe) - Yma Sumac, singer with 5 octave range, Broadway performer, and Capitol Records artist is born Zoila Augusta Emperatriz Chavarri del Castillo in Ichocán, Peru

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1947 - Tex Williams' Capitol Records single "Smoke, Smoke, Smoke (That Cigarette), with "Roundup Polka" on the flip side, is tied for #2 on the U.S. charts with another version of the song recorded by Phil Harris for RCA Records with "Crawdad Song" on the flip side. Also Red Ingle And His Natural Seven with guest vocalist Cinderella G. Stump (aka Jo Stafford)'s Capitol Records single "Tim-Tay-Shun", with "For Seventy Mental Reasons" on the flip side is at #5
1962 - Capitol Records releases Tennessee Ernie Ford's single "How Great Thou Art" with "Eternal Life (The Prayer of St. Francis)" on the flip side
1966 - The Beatles' Capitol Records album "Revolver" knocks their Capitol Records album "Yesterday & Today" out of the #1 album spot on Billboard's Top Album chart
1979 - Triumvirant begins recording its Capitol Records album "Russian Roulette"
1991 - Capitol Records Nashville releases Garth Brooks' third album "Ropin' The Wind" It is the first country album to carry a $10.98 suggested retail price.
1991 - Capitol Records releases the compilation album "Christmas Kisses"

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1939 - Cynthia Lennon, artist, mother of John Charles Julian Lennon and first wife of John Lennon, is born Cynthia Lillian Powell in Blackpool, Lancashire, England,
1947 - Tenor saxophonist Illinois Jaquet (with Russell Jacquet and Joe Newman on trumpet, J.J. Johnson on trombone, Leo Parker on baritone saxophone, Sir Charles Thompson on piano, John Collins on guitar, Al Lucas on bass, and Shadow Wilson on drums) records the tracks "Goofin' Off", "Riffin' With Jacquet", "Don't Push Daddy", two takes of "Sahara Heat", and "It's Wild" for Aladdin Records. Capitol Records currently owns the Aladdin catalog.

ON THIS DAY NOT IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1958 - Dan Castellaneta, motion picture, television actor and voice actor (Homer Simpson and many others on "The Simpsons" and Grandpa Phil from "Hey Arnold"), is born Daniel Louis Castellaneta in Chicago, Illinois