October 23

Events

 * 2001 – releases the.

Births

 * 1811 –, Hungarian pianist and composer (d. 1886)
 * 1905 –, Hungarian-born composer (d. 1969)
 * 1921 –, French singer (d. 1981)
 * 1929 –, American songwriter
 * 1937 –, Greek composer (d. 1982)
 * 1942 –, American rock guitarist (d. 1966)
 * 1945 –, American musician
 * 1946 –, American singer (The Rascals)
 * 1949 –, American musician (The Dead Boys) (d. 1990)
 * 1959 –, American composer
 * 1960 –, American bassist (Bad Brains)
 * 1960 –, American musician (Meat Puppets)
 * 1965 –, American musician
 * 1969 –, Belgian singer
 * 1976 –, American musician (Switchfoot)
 * 1983 –, English rapper and actor
 * 1985 –, American musician

Death

 * 194 –, American composer (b. 1901)
 * 1978 –, American guitarist and musical innovator (b. 1909)
 * 1984 –, leader of the U.S. musicians union (b. 1892)
 * 2004 –, American baritone (b. 1919)