2020
Event
Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Springsteen released the album 'Letter to You'
On This Day in Music: October 23
On October 23 in music history, 34 artists were born, 26 died and 8 other milestones happened, among them Bruce Springsteen (2020), Weird Al Yankovic [Alfred Matthew] (1959) and Charlie Foxx (1939).
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1959
Birth
Weird Al Yankovic [Alfred Matthew]
Weird Al Yankovic [Alfred Matthew], California, parody singer (Eat It, UHF, Naked Gun) was born
1939
Birth
Charlie Foxx
Charlie Foxx, US songwriter/soul singer (Mockingbird) was born
1956
Birth
Dwight Yoakam
Dwight Yoakam, Pikeville Ky, country singer (Honky Tonk Man) was born
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Born on October 23
1846
Birth
Alexander Andreyevich Archangel'sky
Alexander Andreyevich Archangel'sky, composer was born
1905
Birth
Alexander Shamil'yevich Melik-Pashayev
Alexander Shamil'yevich Melik-Pashayev, composer was born
1928
Birth
Alexander Tanev
Alexander Tanev, composer was born
1939
Birth
Charlie Foxx
Charlie Foxx, US songwriter/soul singer (Mockingbird) was born
1951
Birth
Charly García
Charly García, Argentine singer was born
1967
Birth
Dale Crover
Dale Crover, American musician (Melvins, The Men of Porn, Altamont) was born
1956
Birth
Dwight Yoakam
Dwight Yoakam, Pikeville Ky, country singer (Honky Tonk Man) was born
1939
Birth
Ellie Greenwich
Ellie Greenwich, rocker was born
1987
Birth
Faye Hamlin
Faye Hamlin, Swedish singer (Play) was born
1940
Birth
Freddie Marsden
Freddie Marsden, Liverpool, rock drummer (Gerry & The Pacemakers) was born
1946
Birth
Gerda Lenten-Havertong
Gerda Lenten-Havertong, Surinam, Dutch singer/actress (Sesame St) was born
1947
Birth
Greg Ridley
Greg Ridley, rocker was born
1851
Birth
Guillaume Couture
Guillaume Couture, composer was born
1801
Birth
Gustav Albert Lortzing
Gustav Albert Lortzing, composer was born
1950
Birth
Harry Sacksioni
Harry Sacksioni, Dutch guitarist (Around the Corner) was born
1819
Birth
Isac Baker Woodbury
Isac Baker Woodbury, composer was born
1869
Birth
Jacobus H "Koos" Speenhoff
Jacobus H "Koos" Speenhoff, Dutch singer was born
1893
Birth
Jean Absil
Jean Absil, Belgian composer (Peau d'Ane) was born
1654
Birth
Johann Bernhard Staudt
Johann Bernhard Staudt, composer was born
1794
Birth
Joseph Panny
Joseph Panny, composer was born
1945
Birth
Kim Larsen
Kim Larsen, Danish singer was born
1925
Birth
Manos Hadjidakis
Manos Hadjidakis, Greek composer/conductor (Never on Sunday) was born
1949
Birth
Michael 'Wurzel' Burston
Michael 'Wurzel' Burston, British musician (Motörhead) was born
1903
Birth
Milford Dolliole
Milford Dolliole, pioneer jazz drummer was born
1906
Birth
Miriam Gideon
Miriam Gideon, composer was born
1923
Birth
Ned Rorem
Ned Rorem, Richmond Indiana, composer/author (Sky Music) was born
1902
Birth
Otmar Nussio
Otmar Nussio, composer was born
1902
Birth
Otto J Gombosi
Otto J Gombosi, Hungarian/US musicologist was born
1928
Birth
Patrick Peter Sacco
Patrick Peter Sacco, composer was born
1952
Birth
Pierre Moerlen
Pierre Moerlen, French drummer and percussionist (d. 2005) was born
1773
Birth
Pietro Generali
Pietro Generali, composer was born
1990
Birth
Stevie Brock
Stevie Brock, American singer was born
1959
Birth
Weird Al Yankovic [Alfred Matthew]
Weird Al Yankovic [Alfred Matthew], California, parody singer (Eat It, UHF, Naked Gun) was born
1935
Birth
Zbigniew Rudzinski
Zbigniew Rudzinski, composer was born
Died on October 23
2002
Death
Adolph Green
Adolph Green, American lyricist and playwright (b. 1915)
1950
Death
Al Jolson
Al Jolson, [Asa Yoelson], singer/actor (Jazz Singer), dies at 64
1996
Death
Alexander Kelly
Alexander Kelly, pianist/teacher, dies at 67
2024
Death
Antonio Cicero
Antonio Cicero died
1753
Death
Columban Praelisauer
Columban Praelisauer, composer, dies at 50
2025
Death
David Wilde
David Wilde died
2022
Death
Don Edwards
Don Edwards died
1948
Death
Eugeniusz Morawsky-Dabrowa
Eugeniusz Morawsky-Dabrowa, composer, dies at 71
1806
Death
Franz Seydelmann
Franz Seydelmann, composer, dies at 58
1954
Death
Henri Zagwijn
Henri Zagwijn, composer, dies at 76
2023
Death
István Láng
István Láng died
2024
Death
Jack Jones
Jack Jones died
1982
Death
Jacques Klein
Jacques Klein, Brazilian pianist, dies at 52
1869
Death
Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Tolbecque
Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Tolbecque, Belgian composer, dies at 72
2020
Death
Jerry Jeff Walker
Jerry Jeff Walker died
1801
Death
Johann Gottlieb Naumann
Johann Gottlieb Naumann, German composer, dies at 60
1886
Death
Johann Nepomuk Kafka
Johann Nepomuk Kafka, composer, dies at 67
1782
Death
Joseph Reipel
Joseph Reipel, composer, dies at 73
1976
Death
Leonard Lee
Leonard Lee, US R&B-singer (Shirley & Lee-I'm Gone), dies at 40
2022
Death
Libor Pešek
Libor Pešek died
2025
Death
Marcie Free
Marcie Free died
1978
Death
Maybelle Carter
Maybelle Carter, country singer (Johnny Cash Show), dies at 69
1942
Death
Ralph Rainger
Ralph Rainger, composer, dies at 41
1969
Death
Tommy Edwards
Tommy Edwards, rocker, dies at 47
2003
Death
Tony Capstick
Tony Capstick, English actor, comedian, and musician (b. 1944)
1925
Death
Vyacheslav Gavrilovich Karatigin
Vyacheslav Gavrilovich Karatigin, composer, dies at 50
Releases & milestones on October 23
1890
Event
Alexander Borodin
Opera "Prince Igor" is produced (St Petersburg)
2020
Event
Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Springsteen released the album 'Letter to You'
2020
Event
E Street Band
E Street Band released the album 'Letter to You'
2020
Event
Gorillaz
Gorillaz released the album 'Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez'
1921
Event
Leos Janacek
Leos Janacek's opera "Kat'a Kabanova" premieres in Brno
2020
Event
Nothing but Thieves
Nothing but Thieves released the album 'Moral Panic'
1942
Event
Ralph Rainger
All 12 passengers and crewmen aboard an American Airlines DC-3 airliner are killed when it is struck by a U.S. Army Air Forces bomber near Palm Springs, California. Amongst the victims is award-winning composer and songwriter Ralph Rainger
1919
Event
Sigmund Romberg
Romberg & Atteridge's musical "Passing Show," premieres in NYC