On This Day in Music: October 23

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October 23

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Bruce Springsteen

Bruce Springsteen released the album 'Letter to You'

Weird Al Yankovic [Alfred Matthew]

Weird Al Yankovic [Alfred Matthew], California, parody singer (Eat It, UHF, Naked Gun) was born

Charlie Foxx

Charlie Foxx, US songwriter/soul singer (Mockingbird) was born

Dwight Yoakam

Dwight Yoakam, Pikeville Ky, country singer (Honky Tonk Man) was born

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Born on October 23

Alexander Andreyevich Archangel'sky

Alexander Andreyevich Archangel'sky, composer was born

Alexander Shamil'yevich Melik-Pashayev

Alexander Shamil'yevich Melik-Pashayev, composer was born

Alexander Tanev

Alexander Tanev, composer was born

Charlie Foxx

Charlie Foxx, US songwriter/soul singer (Mockingbird) was born

Charly García

Charly García, Argentine singer was born

Dale Crover

Dale Crover, American musician (Melvins, The Men of Porn, Altamont) was born

Dwight Yoakam

Dwight Yoakam, Pikeville Ky, country singer (Honky Tonk Man) was born

Ellie Greenwich

Ellie Greenwich, rocker was born

Faye Hamlin

Faye Hamlin, Swedish singer (Play) was born

Freddie Marsden

Freddie Marsden, Liverpool, rock drummer (Gerry & The Pacemakers) was born

Gerda Lenten-Havertong

Gerda Lenten-Havertong, Surinam, Dutch singer/actress (Sesame St) was born

Greg Ridley

Greg Ridley, rocker was born

Guillaume Couture

Guillaume Couture, composer was born

Gustav Albert Lortzing

Gustav Albert Lortzing, composer was born

Harry Sacksioni

Harry Sacksioni, Dutch guitarist (Around the Corner) was born

Isac Baker Woodbury

Isac Baker Woodbury, composer was born

Jacobus H "Koos" Speenhoff

Jacobus H "Koos" Speenhoff, Dutch singer was born

Jean Absil

Jean Absil, Belgian composer (Peau d'Ane) was born

Johann Bernhard Staudt

Johann Bernhard Staudt, composer was born

Joseph Panny

Joseph Panny, composer was born

Kim Larsen

Kim Larsen, Danish singer was born

Manos Hadjidakis

Manos Hadjidakis, Greek composer/conductor (Never on Sunday) was born

Michael 'Wurzel' Burston

Michael 'Wurzel' Burston, British musician (Motörhead) was born

Milford Dolliole

Milford Dolliole, pioneer jazz drummer was born

Miriam Gideon

Miriam Gideon, composer was born

Ned Rorem

Ned Rorem, Richmond Indiana, composer/author (Sky Music) was born

Otmar Nussio

Otmar Nussio, composer was born

Otto J Gombosi

Otto J Gombosi, Hungarian/US musicologist was born

Patrick Peter Sacco

Patrick Peter Sacco, composer was born

Pierre Moerlen

Pierre Moerlen, French drummer and percussionist (d. 2005) was born

Pietro Generali

Pietro Generali, composer was born

Stevie Brock

Stevie Brock, American singer was born

Weird Al Yankovic [Alfred Matthew]

Weird Al Yankovic [Alfred Matthew], California, parody singer (Eat It, UHF, Naked Gun) was born

Zbigniew Rudzinski

Zbigniew Rudzinski, composer was born

Died on October 23

Adolph Green

Adolph Green, American lyricist and playwright (b. 1915)

Al Jolson

Al Jolson, [Asa Yoelson], singer/actor (Jazz Singer), dies at 64

Alexander Kelly

Alexander Kelly, pianist/teacher, dies at 67

Antonio Cicero

Antonio Cicero died

Columban Praelisauer

Columban Praelisauer, composer, dies at 50

David Wilde

David Wilde died

Don Edwards

Don Edwards died

Eugeniusz Morawsky-Dabrowa

Eugeniusz Morawsky-Dabrowa, composer, dies at 71

Franz Seydelmann

Franz Seydelmann, composer, dies at 58

Henri Zagwijn

Henri Zagwijn, composer, dies at 76

István Láng

István Láng died

Jack Jones

Jack Jones died

Jacques Klein

Jacques Klein, Brazilian pianist, dies at 52

Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Tolbecque

Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Tolbecque, Belgian composer, dies at 72

Jerry Jeff Walker

Jerry Jeff Walker died

Johann Gottlieb Naumann

Johann Gottlieb Naumann, German composer, dies at 60

Johann Nepomuk Kafka

Johann Nepomuk Kafka, composer, dies at 67

Joseph Reipel

Joseph Reipel, composer, dies at 73

Leonard Lee

Leonard Lee, US R&B-singer (Shirley & Lee-I'm Gone), dies at 40

Libor Pešek

Libor Pešek died

Marcie Free

Marcie Free died

Maybelle Carter

Maybelle Carter, country singer (Johnny Cash Show), dies at 69

Ralph Rainger

Ralph Rainger, composer, dies at 41

Tommy Edwards

Tommy Edwards, rocker, dies at 47

Tony Capstick

Tony Capstick, English actor, comedian, and musician (b. 1944)

Vyacheslav Gavrilovich Karatigin

Vyacheslav Gavrilovich Karatigin, composer, dies at 50

Releases & milestones on October 23

Alexander Borodin

Opera "Prince Igor" is produced (St Petersburg)

Bruce Springsteen

Bruce Springsteen released the album 'Letter to You'

E Street Band

E Street Band released the album 'Letter to You'

Gorillaz

Gorillaz released the album 'Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez'

Leos Janacek

Leos Janacek's opera "Kat'a Kabanova" premieres in Brno

Nothing but Thieves

Nothing but Thieves released the album 'Moral Panic'

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

Sigmund Romberg

Romberg & Atteridge's musical "Passing Show," premieres in NYC

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