On This Day in Music: September 23

1920-09-23 Birth

Alexander Arutiunian

Alexander Arutiunian, composer, (d. 2012) was born

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1913-09-23 Birth

Alexey Davidovich Machavariani

Alexey Davidovich Machavariani, composer was born

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1970-09-23 Birth

Ani DiFranco

Ani DiFranco, American musician was born

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1890-09-23 Birth

Arthur Walter Kramer

Arthur Walter Kramer, composer was born

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1949-09-23 Birth

Bruce Springsteen

Bruce Springsteen, [Boss], Asbury NJ, rock musician (Born in the USA) was born

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1958-09-23 Birth

Danielle Dax

Danielle Dax, British musician was born

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1947-09-23 Birth

Don Grolnick

Don Grolnick, jazz musician was born

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1866-09-23 Birth

Edouard Combe

Edouard Combe, composer was born

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1915-09-23 Birth

Finn Arnestad

Finn Arnestad, composer was born

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1642-09-23 Birth

Giovanni Maria Bononcini

Giovanni Maria Bononcini, composer was born

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1973-09-23 Birth

Ingrid Fliter

Ingrid Fliter, Argentinian pianist was born

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1782-09-23 Birth

Jacques-Fereol Mazas

Jacques-Fereol Mazas, composer was born

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1907-09-23 Birth

Jarmila Novotna

Jarmila Novotna, soprano (Met Opera)/pres of Czechoslovakia (1957-68) was born

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1703-09-23 Birth

Jean-Marie Leclair

Jean-Marie Leclair, composer was born

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1905-09-23 Birth

Jeno Kenessey

Jeno Kenessey, composer was born

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1920-09-23 Birth

Jiri Jaroch

Jiri Jaroch, composer was born

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1684-09-23 Birth

Johann Theodor Romhild

Johann Theodor Romhild, composer was born

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1926-09-23 Birth

John Coltrane

John Coltrane, jazz saxophonist (Round Midnight) was born

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1870-09-23 Birth

John Lomax

John Lomax, Miss, folk song collector/ethnomusicologist was born

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1960-09-23 Birth

John Rocca

John Rocca, English funk singer (Southern Freeze) was born

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1943-09-23 Birth

Julio Iglesias

Julio Iglesias, Spain, singer (Of All the Girls I Loved Before) was born

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1956-09-23 Birth

June Forester

June Forester, Chattanooga Tn, country singer (Forester Sister-Men) was born

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1842-09-23 Birth

Karl Munzinger

Karl Munzinger, composer was born

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1964-09-23 Birth

Koshi Inaba

Koshi Inaba, Japanese singer (B'z) was born

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1957-09-23 Birth

Kumar Sanu

Kumar Sanu, Indian playback singer was born

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1975-09-23 Birth

Layzie Bone

Layzie Bone, American rapper (Bone Thugs-N-Harmony) was born

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1817-09-23 Birth

Leon Charles Francois Kreutzer

Leon Charles Francois Kreutzer, composer was born

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1984-09-23 Birth

Louie Stephens

Louie Stephens, American musician (Rooney) was born

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1985-09-23 Birth

Maki Goto

Maki Goto, Japanese pop singer was born

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1947-09-23 Birth

Mary Kay Place

Mary Kay Place, Tulsa Oklahoma, actress/country singer (Mary Hartman!) was born

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1591-09-23 Birth

Michael Lohr

Michael Lohr, composer was born

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1849-09-23 Birth

Mikhail Mikhaylovich Ivanov

Mikhail Mikhaylovich Ivanov, composer was born

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1981-09-23 Birth

Natalie Horler

Natalie Horler, German singer (Cascada) was born

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1914-09-23 Birth

Norman Cazden

Norman Cazden, composer was born

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1969-09-23 Birth

Patrick Fiori

Patrick Fiori, French singer was born

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1935-09-23 Birth

Pierre Marietan

Pierre Marietan, composer was born

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1977-09-23 Birth

Rachael Yamagata

Rachael Yamagata, American singer and songwriter was born

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1930-09-23 Birth

Ray Charles [Robinson]

Ray Charles [Robinson], Albany Ga, singer/pianist (Georgia), (Georgia on My Mind, Mess Around) (d. 2004) was born

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1979-09-23 Birth

Red

Red, Los Angeles California, rapper (Another Bad Creation) was born

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1928-09-23 Birth

Robert Helps

Robert Helps, composer was born

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1945-09-23 Birth

Ronald Bushy

Ronald Bushy, Washington DC, rock drummer (Iron Butterfly) was born

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1939-09-23 Birth

Roy Buchanan

Roy Buchanan, American guitarist (d. 1988) was born

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1910-09-23 Birth

Soulima Stravinsky

Soulima Stravinsky, Lausanne Switz, Russian pianist (Igor's son) was born

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1977-09-23 Birth

Susan Tamim

Susan Tamim, Lebanese singer and actress (d. 2008) was born

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1940-09-23 Birth

Tim Rose

Tim Rose, rocker was born

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1904-09-23 Birth

Wallace "Scotty" Scott

Wallace "Scotty" Scott, rock vocalist (Whispers) was born

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1929-09-23 Birth

Wally Whyton

Wally Whyton, musician/broadcaster was born

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1943-09-23 Birth

Walter Scott

Walter Scott, rock vocalist (Whispers) was born

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1906-09-23 Birth

Willard F McMurry

Willard F McMurry, musician was born

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1899-09-23 Birth

William Levi Dawson

William Levi Dawson, composer was born

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1984-09-23 Death

Anatoly Grigor'yevich Novikov

Anatoly Grigor'yevich Novikov, composer, dies at 87

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2004-09-23 Death

André Hazes

André Hazes, Dutch singer (b. 1951)

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1988-09-23 Death

Arwel Hughes

Arwel Hughes, composer, dies at 79

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1987-09-23 Death

Bob Fosse

Bob Fosse, choreographer (All the Jazz), dies at 62

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1995-09-23 Death

Booker T Laury

Booker T Laury, blues pianist/vocalist, dies at 81

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1970-09-23 Death

Bourvil

Bourvil, French actor and singer (b. 1917)

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1937-09-23 Death

Caro Roma

Caro Roma, composer, dies at 68

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1994-09-23 Death

Dalton Reed

Dalton Reed, singer, dies at 42

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1961-09-23 Death

Elmer R Diktonius

Elmer R Diktonius, Finnish musicologist/author (Stenkol), dies at 65

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2006-09-23 Death

Etta Baker

Etta Baker, American blues guitarist (b.1913)

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1694-09-23 Death

Francesco Passarini

Francesco Passarini, composer, dies at 57

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1982-09-23 Death

Jimmy Wakely

Jimmy Wakely, country western singer, dies of heart failure at 68

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1797-09-23 Death

Johann Georg Roser

Johann Georg Roser, composer, dies at 57

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1896-09-23 Death

Louis-Gilbert Duprez

Louis-Gilbert Duprez, composer, dies at 89

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1973-09-23 Death

Manuel Borguno

Manuel Borguno, composer, dies at 87

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1700-09-23 Death

Nicolaus Adam Strungk

Nicolaus Adam Strungk, composer, dies at 59

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1987-09-23 Death

O B McClinton

O B McClinton, US country singer (Man needs a woman), dies at 47

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1837-09-23 Death

Richard John Samuel Stevens

Richard John Samuel Stevens, composer, dies at 80

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1974-09-23 Death

Robbie McIntosh

Robbie Mcintosh, drummer (Average White Band), overdoses at 24

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2003-09-23 Death

Ronnie Dawson

Ronnie Dawson, American rockabilly musician (b. 1939)

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2006-09-23 Death

Sir Malcolm Arnold

Sir Malcolm Arnold, English composer and professional trumpeter (b. 1921)

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1835-09-23 Death

Vincenzo Bellini

Vincenzo Bellini, Italian opera composer (Norma), dies at 33

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1998-09-23 Event

George Strait

32nd Country Music Association Award: Garth Brooks, Trisha Yearwood & George Strait wins

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