April 23 Born –
Shirley Temple (1928) – actress/singer (“On The Good Ship Lollipop”).
Roy Orbison (1936) – singer/songwriter.
Ray Peterson (1939) – American singer ("Corina, Corina").
Dale Houston (1940) – Dale & Grace ("I’m Leaving It Up To You").
Sandra Dee (aka Alexandra Zuck, 1942) – actress/singer ("When I Fall
In Love").
John Allen (1945) – guitarist for The Nashville Teens.
Glenn Cornick (1947) – bassist for Jethro Tull and Paris.
John Miles (aka John Errington, 1949) – British singer/songwriter/
guitarist ("Music").
Narada Michael Walden (1952) – drummer for The Mahavishnu Orchestra.
Captain Sensible (aka Raymond Burns, 1955) – The Damned.
Rob Dean (1955) – guitarist for Japan.
Steve Clark (1960) – guitarist for Def Leppard.
David Gedge (1960) – vocalist for The Wedding Present, and Cinerama.
Gen (aka Simon Matthews, 1964) – drummer for Jesus Jones.
Tommy DeCarlo (1965) – current singer for Boston.
Stan Frazier (1968) – drummer for Sugar Ray.
April 23 R.I.P. –
Red Garland (1984) – heart attack. Age 61. Hard bop jazz pianist.
Harold Arlen (1986) – Age 81. Composer/songwriter ("Over The
Rainbow").
Johnny Thunders (1991) – overdose, possibly murder. Age 38. New York
Dolls.
Robert Farnon (2005) – Age 87. Canadian composer/conductor/arranger.
Norman Wright (2010) – Age 72. The Del-Vikings.
Huey P. Meaux (2011) – Age 82. Studio owner, record producer ("Wasted
Days And Wasted Nights").
Tom King (2011) – Age 68. Guitarist for The Outsiders.
Tommy Marth (2012) – suicide. Age 33. Saxophonist with The Killers.
April 23 album releases –
Joe Cocker – With A Little Help From My Friends (1969)
The Rolling Stones – Sticky Fingers (1971)
Stephen Stills and Manassas – Down The Road (1973)
Gentle Giant – Interview (1976)
Jethro Tull – Too Old To Rock 'N' Roll: Too Young To Die! (1976) UK
The Rolling Stones – Black And Blue (1976)
The Ramones – Ramones (1976)
Judas Priest – Sin After Sin (1977)
Bob Dylan – Bob Dylan At Budokan (1979)
Madness – Complete Madness (1982)
Men At Work – Two Hearts (1985)
Various Artists – We Are The World (1985)
Death Angel – The Ultra-Violence (1987)
Inspiral Carpets – Life (1990)
Joe Walsh – Ordinary Average Guy (1991)
Michael Bolton – Time, Love & Tenderness (1991)
Hootie & The Blowfish – Fairweather Johnson (1996)
Wilco – Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (2002)
Asia – Omega (2010)
April 23 events –
1943 – The Earl "Fatha" Hines Band, featuring then-unknowns Dizzy
Gillespie, Charlie Parker and Sarah Vaughan, begins a series of
engagements at the Apollo Theater in Harlem.
1956 – Elvis opens his ill-fated two-week engagement at the New
Frontier Hotel in Las Vegas, opening for comedian Shecky Greene.
Presley is cancelled after one week.
1957 – Patti Page releases her single, “Old Cape Cod” b/w “Wondering.”
1960 – John Lennon and Paul McCartney perform as The Nerk Twins at The
Fox and Hounds pub in Caversham, Berkshire, which is owned by Paul's
cousin, Bett.
1962 – Tony Sheridan releases his single "My Bonnie" b/w "The Saints,"
marking the first appearance of The Beatles (featuring Pete Best) on
record, albeit credited as The Beat Brothers.
1963 – Jan and Dean record "Surf City" with members of the Wrecking
Crew.
1963 – Bob Dylan records "Girl Of The North Country," "Masters Of
War," "Talking World War III Blues" and "Bob Dylan's Dream" at
Columbia Studios in New York City.
1964 – The Beatles, minus John, run foolishly around Thornbury Playing
Fields in Middlesex for the "Can't Buy Me Love" segment of their
movie. Lennon’s absence is due to a literary luncheon in his honor at
the Dorchester Hotel in London for his book In His Own Write.
1965 – The Rolling Stones begin their third North American tour -
their first U.S. tour of 1965 - at the Maurice Richard Arena in
Montreal, Canada.
1965 – The Four Tops release their single "I Can't Help Myself (Sugar
Pie Honey Bunch)" b/w "Baby Love."
1966 – The Standells' "Dirty Water" debuts on the Billboard Hot 100
chart and stays there for 16 weeks.
1969 – Famed L.A. folk/rock club, The Ash Grove is destroyed by fire.
1969 – Johnny Cash, June Carter and Vikki Carr appear on The Glen
Campbell Goodtime Hour.
1970 – Fairport Convention, Fotheringay and Matthews Southern Comfort
all appear at the Roundhouse in London.
1974 – During rehearsals for her appearance as guest host of The
Tonight Show, Mama Cass Elliott collapses from exhaustion.
1975 – Pink Floyd plays the first of five sold-out nights at the Los
Angeles Memorial Sports Arena in California.
1977 – Joan Jett appears at the Whiskey A Go-Go with opening act,
Blondie.
1978 – Sid Vicious films his "My Way" segment for the Sex Pistols film
The Great Rock 'N Roll Swindle.
1979 – David Bowie debuts his song "Boys Keep Swinging" on The Kenny
Everett Show.
1981 – Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl Perkins join Johnny Cash on stage in
Stuttgart, Germany. The concert is recorded for a live album release.
1983 – U2 kicks off their 48-date War North American tour opening for
Todd Rundgren at the Carolina Concert For Children benefit at Kenan
Stadium in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
1985 – Liberace appears as himself on the television soap opera,
Another World. In the afternoon, he is a guest VJ on MTV.
1987 – Carole King sues Lou Adler for $400,000 in royalties and
publishing rights to some of her late ‘60s material.
1988 – Prince releases his single, “Alphabet St.” b/w “Alphabet St.
(This Is Not Music, This Is A Trip).”
1988 – Celebrating his 52nd birthday at a Springsteen concert in L.A.,
Roy Orbison is brought out on stage by Bruce so he and the audience
can sing "Happy Birthday" to Roy.
1992 – George Michael announces he is donating his $500,000 royalties
from the sale of his duet record with Elton John, “Don't Let The Sun
Go Down On Me,” to various British and American charities.
1993 – Guns N' Roses plays the first of two nights at Palacio de los
Deportes in Mexico City, Mexico, on their Use Your Illusion Tour.
1995 – Peter Hodgson finds a reel-to-reel tape in his attic featuring
16 songs recorded by The Quarrymen in 1959. A young Paul McCartney
borrowed the tape recorder from Hodgson's grandfather 46 years
earlier, and forgot the tape in the machine.
1997 – The Four Tops receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
1997 – Club boss Paul Donavan is fined over £2,000 after being found
guilty of selling tickets and tricking fans that he had Peter Andre
appearing at his club in the West Midlands.
2000 – The U.S. Library of Congress awards Johnny Cash with a Living
Legend Award.
2004 – Marion "Suge" Knight is released from Mule Creek State Prison
after serving ten months for parole violations.
2008 – Bon Jovi guitarist Richie Sambora is sentenced to three years
probation for a drunk driving arrest in Laguna Beach.
2008 – In the early morning hours of the day, Amy Winehouse, on a
drunken binge and rampage, injures several people, two of which are
head-butted in the face.
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