Legend: BTD – Born Today OTD – On This Day
| Date | Artist/Group | Description | Image |
|---|---|---|---|
| BTD Apr23,1928 | Shirley Temple | #BTD Apr23,1928 #ShirleyTemple (Shirley Temple Black) RIP actress, singer, dancer most famous as a child star in the 1930s movies such as "Curly Top", "Heidi" | |
| BTD Apr23,1935 | Ray Peterson | #BTD Apr23,1935 #RayPeterson RIP singer 1960 US #7 "Tell Laura I Love Her", US #9 & UK #41 "Corinna, Corinna", +2 US Top40 singles. In 1960, he created his own record label with his manager #StanShulman called Dunes Records | |
| BTD Apr23,1936 | Roy Orbison | #BTD Apr23,1936 #RoyOrbison RIP singer, songwriter, guitarist 1960 US #2 & UK #1 "Only the Lonely (Know the Way I Feel)", 1961 US #1 & UK #9 "Running Scared" 1964 UK & US #1 "Pretty Woman" +20 US & 30 UK Top40 singles. Also 1988 co-founder of the #TravelingWilburys @ROYORBISON | |
| BTD Apr23,1939 | Lee Majors | #BTD Apr23,1939 #LeeMajors (Harvey Lee Yeary) film, TV, voice actor TV star in shows such as "The Six Million Dollar Man", "The Fall Guy" & Heath Barkley on The "Big Valley" | |
| BTD Apr23,1943 | Tony Esposito | #BTD Apr23,1943 #TonyEsposito Sault Ste Marie, Ontario #Canada "Tony O" Goalie #NHL hockey professional for Chicago Black Hawks. Enshrined in the Hockey Hall of Fame. One of the 100 Greatest NHL Players @NHL | |
| BTD Apr23,1949 | John Miles | #BTD Apr23,1949 #JohnMiles (John Errington) singer, songwriter, guitarist 1976 UK #3 single "Music", +3 UK Top40 singles Also worked with #JimmyPage, #JoeCocker #TinaTurner | |
| BTD Apr23,1955 | Captain Sensible | #BTD Apr23,1955 #CaptainSensible (Ray Burns) singer, songwriter, guitarist The #Damned 1983 UK #3 "Eloise", +8 UK Top40 singles & solo 1982 UK #1 "Happy Talk", +2 UK Top40 singles | |
| BTD Apr23,1960 | Steve Clark | #BTD Apr23,1960 #SteveClark RIP guitarist with #DefLeppard from 1978–1991. Def Leppard 1987 UK #6 & US #19 "Animal", 1987 world wide #1 LP "Hysteria" & 1988 US #1 & UK #11 "Love Bites", +7 US, 4 UK and 14 US Rock Top40s with 2 #1s @DefLeppard | |
| BTD Apr23,1960 | Valerie Bertinelli | #BTD Apr23,1960 #ValerieBertinelli actress, TV show such as Barbara Cooper Royer on the sitcom One Day at a Time from 1975–84, Gloria on the religious drama series Touched by an Angel from 2001–03 and Melanie Moretti on the sitcom Hot in Cleveland from 2010–15 #HBday @Wolfiesmom | |
| OTD Apr23 | Marilyn Monroe | #OTD Apr23 Today is World Book Day. #MarilynMonroe reading a book in a sheer pink negligee | |
| OTD Apr23,1914 | 1st major league game | #OTD Apr23,1914 Chicago's Weeghman Park (later Wrigley Field) of Charles Weeghman's Chicago Whales of the Federal League hosted its 1st major league game the Chicago Federals defeated the Kansas City Packers 9-1; folded after the 1915 baseball season | |
| OTD Apr23,1956 | Elvis Presley | #OTD Apr23,1956 #ElvisPresley with #ScottyMoore and #BillBlack make their Las Vegas debut at the New #Frontier Hotel 1st night of a 2wk gig @Vegas | |
| OTD Apr23,1960 | John Lennon | #OTD Apr23,1960 #JohnLennon and #PaulMcCartney play at the Fox and Hounds pub in Caversham, Berkshire, England as the The #NerkTwins | |
| OTD Apr23,1960 | Four Jays | #OTD Apr23,1960 Don't miss seeing the Gr. Britian's Newest and Greatest Vocal Group the #FourJays (later the #Fourmost) in Jack Good's TV series "Wham" every week starting today | |
| OTD Apr23,1961 | Marcels | #OTD Apr23,1961 The #Marcels are still at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 Singles chart with "Blue Moon" for the last week of a 3wk run at #1 | |
| OTD Apr23,1962 | Beatles | #OTD Apr23,1962 The #Beatles are in Hamburg studio backing #TonySheridan for producer #BertKaempfert | |
| OTD Apr23,1964 | Peter and Gordon | #OTD Apr23,1964 #PeterandGordon start a 2wk run at #1 on the UK singles chart with "A World Without Love" written by #PaulMcCartney attributed to Lennon–McCartney | |
| OTD Apr23,1966 | Cher | #OTD Apr23,1966 #Cher peaks at #2 on the @billboard Hot100 singles chart with "Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)" written by #SonnyBono, Cher's 1st million-selling single @cher | |
| OTD Apr23,1966 | Righteous Brothers | #OTD Apr23,1966 The #RighteousBrothers are still at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 Singles Chart with "(You’re My) Soul And Inspiration" for the last week of a 3wk run at #1 | |
| OTD Apr23,1969 | Beatles | #OTD Apr23,1969 The #Beatles start a 6wk run at #1 on the UK singles chart with "Get Back" written by #PaulMcCartney credited to Lennon–McCartney; listed as "The Beatles with Billy Preston" The Beatles 16th UK #1 | |
| OTD Apr23,1971 | Rolling Stones | #OTD Apr23,1971 The #RollingStones release their 9th UK studio album "Sticky Fingers" in the UK. The Rolling Stones 1st release of the decade and 1st release on their own label Rolling Stones Records. The cover is design by #AndyWarhol who was paid $15K @RollingStones | |
| OTD Apr23,1976 | Ramones | #OTD Apr23,1976 The #Ramones release their debut album "Ramones" The Ramones cover is listed at #58 on Rolling Stone magazines list of 100 Greatest LP Covers. Photo by #RobertaBayley @RollingStone @RamonesOfficial | |
| OTD Apr23,1976 | Rolling Stones | #OTD Apr23,1976 The #RollingStones "Black and Blue" album is released. The LP reached #2 in UK and spent 4wks at #1 in the US @RollingStones | |
| OTD Apr23,1977 | Thelma Houston | #OTD Apr23,1977 #ThelmaHouston is at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 Singles Chart with "Don't Leave Me This Way" written by #KennethGamble, #LeonHuff & #CaryGilbert | |
| OTD Apr23,1978 | Sex Pistols | #OTD Apr23,1978 #SexPistols bassist #SidVicious films his version of the song "My Way" for the film "The Great Rock n Roll Swindle" @pistolsofficial | |
| OTD Apr23,1978 | Bee Gees | #OTD Apr23,1978 The #BeeGees start a 2wk run at #1 on the UK Singles Chart with "Night Fever" written by Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb and Maurice Gibb. Theme song from the 1977 movie "Saturday Night Fever" @BeeGees | |
| OTD Apr23,1979 | David Bowie | #OTD Apr23,1979 #DavidBowie premieres his new single "Boy's Keep Swinging" written by David Bowie and #BrianEno. Bowie performs on the #BBC TV's "Kenny Everett Video Show" | |
| OTD Apr23,1983 | Dexys | #OTD Apr23,1983 #Dexys Midnight Runners is at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 Singles Chart with "Come On Eileen" Great open lyrics; Poor old #JohnnyRay sounded sad upon the radio but he moved a million hearts in mono Our mothers cried, sang along who'd blame them... @DexysOfficial | |
| OTD Apr23,1988 | Whitney Houston | #OTD Apr23,1988 #WhitneyHouston starts a 2wk run at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 Singles Chart with "Where Do Broken Hearts Go" written by #FrankWildhorn & #ChuckJackson. At first, Whitney did not want to record the song, she felt that the song had no special message to convey |