On This Day in Music: November 23

1862 Birth

Alberto Williams

Alberto Williams, Buenos Aires Argentina, composer (Etrerno Reposo) was born

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1879 Birth

Andre Caplet

Andre Caplet, French composer/conductor (Conte Fantastic) was born

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1939 Birth

Betty Everett

Betty Everett, US singer (Getting Mighty Crowded) was born

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1952 Birth

Bill Troiano

Bill Troiano, musician was born

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1954 Birth

Bruce Hornsby

Bruce Hornsby, Williamsburg Va, rock vocalist was born

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1950 Birth

Cecil Hooker

Cecil Hooker, rocker (Snuff) was born

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1966 Birth

Charlie Grover

Charlie Grover, musician (Sponge) was born

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1919 Birth

Claudio Santoro

Claudio Santoro, composer was born

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1887 Birth

Eduardo Corrochio

Eduardo Corrochio, Spanish-born dancer (d. 1943) was born

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1748 Birth

Etienne Joseph Floquet

Etienne Joseph Floquet, composer was born

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1953 Birth

Francis Cabrel

Francis Cabrel, French singer was born

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1921 Birth

Fred Buscaglione

Fred Buscaglione, Italian singer and actor (d. 1960) was born

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1797 Birth

Gabor Matray

Gabor Matray, composer was born

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1931 Birth

Gloria Lynne

Gloria Lynne, American singer was born

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1920 Birth

Herman Nieland

Herman Nieland, Dutch organist/pianist/composer (Te Deum Laudamus) was born

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1928 Birth

Jakob Jez

Jakob Jez, composer was born

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1928 Birth

Jerry Bock

Jerry Bock, New Haven CT, Broadway composer (Fiddler on the Roof) was born

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1957 Birth

John "Jellybean" Benitez

John "Jellybean" Benitez, music producer was born

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1925 Birth

Johnny Mandel

Johnny Mandel, American songwriter was born

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1969 Birth

Jonathan Seet

Jonathan Seet, Canadian singer was born

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1896 Birth

Joris Vriamont

Joris Vriamont, Flemish author/music publisher was born

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1843 Birth

Josef Sucher

Josef Sucher, composer was born

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1933 Birth

Krzysztof Penderecki

Krzysztof Penderecki, Debica Poland, composer (Hiroshima Threnody) was born

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1972 Birth

Kurupt

Kurupt, rapper (Tha Dogg Pound) was born

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1984 Birth

Lucas Grabeel

Lucas Grabeel, American actor and singer was born

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1955 Birth

Ludovico Einaudi

Ludovico Einaudi, Italian composer and pianist was born

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1876 Birth

Manuel de Falla

Manuel de Falla, Spanish composer (d. 1946) was born

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1906 Birth

Mervyn Roberts

Mervyn Roberts, composer was born

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1962 Birth

Mike Nocito

Mike Nocito, rocker was born

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1992 Birth

Miley Cyrus

Miley Cyrus, Nashville, Tennessee, actress and singer (Hannah Montana, The Climb) was born

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1967 Birth

Patrick Mameli

Patrick Mameli, Dutch rock vocalist/guitarist (Pestilence) was born

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1887 Birth

Paul Malengreau

Paul Malengreau, composer was born

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1923 Birth

R. L. Burnside

R. L. Burnside, American musician (d. 2005) was born

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1896 Birth

Ruth Etting

Ruth Etting, US dancer/singer/actress (Roman scandals) was born

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1765 Birth

Thomas Attwood

Thomas Attwood, composer was born

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1952 Death

Albert van Raalte

Albert van Raalte, conductor (Radio Philharmonic Orch), dies at 62

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1848 Death

Alfred Julius Becher

Alfred Julius Becher, composer, dies at 45

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2006 Death

Anita O'Day

Anita O'Day, American singer (b. 1919)

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1787 Death

Anton Schweitzer

Anton Schweitzer, composer, dies at 52

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1996 Death

Art Porter

Art Porter, saxophonist, dies at 35

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2006 Death

Betty Comden

Betty Comden, American lyricist (b. 1917)

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1940 Death

Catherina van Rennes

Catherina van Rennes, composer, dies at 82

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1752 Death

Conrad Michael Schneider

Conrad Michael Schneider, composer, dies at 79

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1916 Death

Eduard Napravnik

Eduard Napravnik, composer, dies at 77

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1994 Death

Eldero L D Williams

Eldero L D Williams, tenor saxophonist, dies at 70

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1994 Death

Erick Frederick Hawkins

Erick Frederick Hawkins, US dancer/wed to Martha Graham, dies at 85

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1931 Death

Evert Cornelis

Evert Cornelis, Dutch conductor/pianist, dies

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1853 Death

Francisco Andrevi y Castellar

Francisco Andrevi y Castellar, composer, dies at 67

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1926 Death

Frederic Ayers

Frederic Ayers, composer, dies at 50

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2020 Death

Hal Ketchum

Hal Ketchum died

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2010 Death

James Tyler

James Tyler, American musicologist and author (b. 1940)

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1853 Death

Johann Christian Friedrich Schneider

Johann Christian Friedrich Schneider, composer, dies at 67

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1865 Death

Josef Leopold Zvonar

Josef Leopold Zvonar, composer, dies at 41

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1995 Death

Jr. Walker

Jr. Walker, American musician (b. 1931)

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1979 Death

Judee Sill

Judee Sill, American musician and songwriter (b. 1944)

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1995 Death

Junior Walker

Junior Walker, tenor saxophonist, dies of cancer at 64

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2020 Death

Karl Dall

Karl Dall died

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1937 Death

Louis Victor Saar

Louis Victor Saar, composer, dies at 68

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2001 Death

O.C. Smith

O.C. Smith, American singer (b. 1932)

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1974 Death

Pall Isolfsson

Pall Isolfsson, composer, dies at 81

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1932 Death

Percy Pitt

Percy Pitt, composer, dies at 63

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2025 Death

Phil Upchurch

Phil Upchurch died

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1992 Death

Ray Acuff

Ray Acuff, country singer (Wahbash Cannonball), dies

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2023 Death

Rona Hartner

Rona Hartner died

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1993 Death

Tatiana Nikolajeva

Tatiana Nikolajeva, Russian pianist (Bach), dies at 69

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1585 Death

Thomas Tallis

Thomas Tallis, composer, dies

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1994 Death

Tommy Boyce

Tommy Boyce, US songwriter (Be My Guest), commits suicide at 55

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2025 Death

Udo Kier

Udo Kier died

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1948 Death

Uzeir Abdul Huseyn Hajibeyov

Uzeir Abdul Huseyn Hajibeyov, composer, dies at 63

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1903 Event

Enrico Caruso

Enrico Caruso US debut (Metropolitan Opera House, NY) in "Rigoletto"

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1979 Event

Pink Floyd

Pink Floyd's "The Wall" released, sells 6 million copies in 2 weeks

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2008 Event

Rihanna

35th American Music Award: Rihanna & Chris Brown win

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1964 Event

The Beatles

Beatles release "I Feel Fine" & "She's a Woman"

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1887 Event

Viktor Ernst Nessler

Opera "Trumpeter of Säckingen" 1st American production (NYC)

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