1920-08-23
Birth
Aart Verstegen
Aart Verstegen, ballet dancers/choreographer (Jolly Joker's Last Joke) was born
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1879-08-23
Birth
Alfreds Kalnins
Alfreds Kalnins, composer was born
1913-08-23
Birth
Bob Crosby
Bob Crosby, Spokane Wa, Bing's brother, orchestra leader (Bob Crosby Show) was born
1953-08-23
Birth
Bobby Gubby
Bobby Gubby, rocker (Bucks Fizz-My Camera Never Lies) was born
1970-08-23
Birth
Brad Mehldau
Brad Mehldau, American pianist was born
1952-08-23
Birth
Dalton Reed
Dalton Reed, singer was born
1961-08-23
Birth
Dean DeLeo
Dean DeLeo, American musician (Stone Temple Pilots) was born
1924-08-23
Birth
Edvard Fliflet Braein
Edvard Fliflet Braein, composer was born
1975-08-23
Birth
Eliza Carthy
Eliza Carthy, English singer and fiddler was born
1948-08-23
Birth
Ernst Jansz
Ernst Jansz, Dutch keyboardist/singer (Doe Maar) was born
1900-08-23
Birth
Ernst Krenek
Ernst Krenek, Vienna Austria, composer (Johnny Spielt Auf) was born
1727-08-23
Birth
Friedrich Hartmann Graf
Friedrich Hartmann Graf, composer was born
1912-08-23
Birth
Gene Kelly
Gene Kelly, Pitts, dancer/actor (An American in Paris, Going My Way) was born
1928-08-23
Birth
Gerd Natschinski
Gerd Natschinski, composer was born
1886-08-23
Birth
Gottfried Rudinger
Gottfried Rudinger, composer was born
1951-08-23
Birth
Jimi Jamison
Jimi Jamison, rocker (Survivor) was born
1949-08-23
Birth
John Bauldie
John Bauldie, music journalist/dylanologist was born
1978-08-23
Birth
Julian Casablancas
Julian Casablancas, American musician was born
1949-08-23
Birth
Katiana Balanika
Katiana Balanika, Greek actress and singer was born
1946-08-23
Birth
Keith Moon
Keith Moon, English rock drummer (Who-I'm A Boy) was born
1905-08-23
Birth
Leonard Constant Lambert
Leonard Constant Lambert, London England, composer (King Pest) was born
1934-08-23
Birth
Lojze Lebic
Lojze Lebic, composer was born
1935-08-23
Birth
Loren Rush
Loren Rush, composer was born
1913-08-23
Birth
Luis-Felipe Ramon y Rivera
Luis-Felipe Ramon y Rivera, composer was born
1900-08-23
Birth
Malvina Reynolds
Malvina Reynolds, American folk singer/songwriter (d. 1978) was born
1932-08-23
Birth
Mark Russell
Mark Russell, Buffalo NY, political satirist/pianist (Real People) was born
1927-08-23
Birth
Martial Solal
Martial Solal, composer was born
1854-08-23
Birth
Moritz Moszkowski
Moritz Moszkowski, composer was born
1986-08-23
Birth
Neil Cicierega
Neil Cicierega, American cartoonist and musician was born
1987-08-23
Birth
Nikki Gil
Nikki Gil, Filipina actress, host and singer was born
1947-08-23
Birth
Rex Allen Jr
Rex Allen Jr, Chicago, country singer (Nashville on the Road) was born
1923-08-23
Birth
Richard Adler
Richard Adler, composer/songwriter (Damn Yankees, Pajama Game) was born
1979-08-23
Birth
Ritchie Neville
Ritchie Neville, British musician was born
1938-08-23
Birth
Roger Greenaway
Roger Greenaway, composer was born
1938-08-23
Birth
Ronny Cox
Ronny Cox, actor/singer (Robocop, Dr John Gideon-St Elsewhere) was born
1893-08-23
Birth
Roy Agnew
Roy Agnew, composer was born
1936-08-23
Birth
Rudy Lewis
Rudy Lewis, rocker (Drifters) was born
1974-08-23
Birth
Shifty
Shifty, American musician (Crazy Town) was born
1925-08-23
Birth
Sulkhan Fyodorovich Tsintsadze
Sulkhan Fyodorovich Tsintsadze, composer was born
1947-08-23
Birth
Terje Rypdal
Terje Rypdal, composer was born
1917-08-23
Birth
Tex Williams
Tex Williams, American singer (d. 1985) was born
1952-08-23
Birth
Vicky Leandros
Vicky Leandros, Greek singer and politician was born
1925-08-23
Birth
Wlodzimierz Kotonski
Wlodzimierz Kotonski, composer was born
1923-08-23
Birth
Wolfgang Sawallisch
Wolfgang Sawallisch, Munich Ger, conductor (Vienna Symph 1960-70) was born
1949-08-23
Birth
Woody Paul
Woody Paul, [Paul Chrisman], Nashville, singer (Riders in the Sky) was born
1982-08-23
Birth
YTCracker
YTCracker, American musician was born
1878-08-23
Death
Adolf Fredrik Lindblad
Adolf Fredrik Lindblad, composer, dies at 77
1937-08-23
Death
Albert Charles Paul Marie Roussel
Albert Charles Paul Marie Roussel, composer, dies at 68
1825-08-23
Death
Amos Bull
Amos Bull, composer, dies at 81
1723-08-23
Death
Antoine Mouque
Antoine Mouque, composer, dies at 64
1972-08-23
Death
Balis Dvarionas
Balis Dvarionas, composer, dies at 68
1839-08-23
Death
Charles Philippe Lafont
Charles Philippe Lafont, composer, dies at 57
1802-08-23
Death
Corona Elizabeth Wilhelmine Schroter
Corona Elizabeth Wilhelmine Schroter, composer, dies at 51
1990-08-23
Death
David Rose
David Rose, composer (Holiday for Strings, Stripper), dies at 80
1995-08-23
Death
Dwayne Rudolph Goettel
Dwayne Rudolph Goettel, musician, dies at 31
1971-08-23
Death
Gisela Hernandez Gonzalo
Gisela Hernandez Gonzalo, composer, dies at 58
1777-08-23
Death
Giuseppe Sellitto
Giuseppe Sellitto, composer, dies at 77
1963-08-23
Death
Glen Gray
Glen Gray, American jazz musician and leader of the Casa Loma Orchestra (b. 1900)
1989-08-23
Death
Helen le Clerq
Helen le Clerq, Dutch dancer, dies
1962-08-23
Death
Irving Fine
Irving Fine, composer (Toccata), dies at 47
1943-08-23
Death
Johann P Zilcher
Johann P Zilcher, German composer, dies at 88
1898-08-23
Death
Joseph Robinson
Joseph Robinson, composer, dies at 82
2006-08-23
Death
Maynard Ferguson
Maynard Ferguson, Canadian jazz trumpeter and bandleader (b. 1928)
1970-08-23
Death
Nel Rose
Nel Rose, dancer, dies at 55
1944-08-23
Death
Nikolay Andreyevich Roslavets
Nikolay Andreyevich Roslavets, composer, dies at 63
1987-08-23
Death
Siegfried Borris
Siegfried Borris, composer, dies at 80
1979-08-23
Event
Alexander Godunov
Bolshoi Ballet dancer Alexander Godunov defects in NYC
1975-08-23
Event
Free
Free guitarist Paul Kossoff revived from dead after heart attack
1968-08-23
Event
The Beatles
Ringo quits Beatles over a disagreement, temporarily
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