March 23

Events

 * 1922 	WEW-AM in Saint Louis Missouri begins radio transmissions
 * 1922 	KMJ-AM in Fresno California begins radio transmissions
 * 1929 	1st telephone installed in White House

Births

 * 1826 -, German/Czech composer and violinist (d. 1917)
 * 1878 -, Austrian composer (d. 1934)
 * 1938 -, American jazz musician
 * 1944 -, British minimalist composer
 * 1944 -, English singer and guitarist (The Groundhogs)
 * 1945 -, American bluegrass musician
 * 1948 -, American musician
 * 1949 -, American musician (The Cars)
 * 1953 -, American singer
 * 1958 -, American singer and drummer (The Mentors) (d. 1997)
 * 1959 -, English musician (Swell Maps, Crime and the City Solution, These Immortal Souls) (d. 1997)
 * 1965 -, Scottish singer
 * 1968 -, English musician (Blur and Gorillaz)
 * 1995 -, Canadian Pianist

Deaths

 * 1675 –, Dutch composer and organist (b. 1619)
 * 1748 –, German music theorist, organist, and composer (b. 1684)


 * 1995 –, English musician (Black Lace, Smokie) (b. 1953)


 * 2002 –, American soprano (b. 1920)