On This Day in Rock: April 23
20 moments in rock history on April 23.
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CrazyConnie on April 23, 2026 (4 posts)
This Day In Rock History: April 23rd 1936 Roy Orbison is born in Vernon, Texas. 1947 Rock bassist Glenn Cornick (of Jethro Tull) is born in Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire, England. 1960 Def Leppard guitarist Steve Clark is born Stephen Maynard Clark in Sheffield, England. 1976 The Rolling Stones release their...
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1969
Joe Cocker released With a Little Help from My Friends
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1971
The Rolling Stones released Sticky Fingers
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1976
The Rolling Stones released Black and Blue
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1976
Ramones released Ramones
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1976
Jethro Tull released Too Old to Rock 'n' Roll: Too Young to Die!
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- 1976 Cliff Richard released the single "Devil Woman" Forum threads Wikipedia
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1976
Caravan released Blind Dog at St. Dunstans
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1979
Bob Dylan released At Budokan
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- 1982 The Clash released the single "Know Your Rights" Forum threads Wikipedia
- 1988 Prince released the single "Alphabet St." Forum threads Wikipedia
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1996
Propagandhi released Less Talk, More Rock
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1936
Roy Orbison of Traveling Wilburys was born
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- 1947 Glenn Cornick of Jethro Tull was born Forum threads Wikipedia
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1948
David Cross of King Crimson was born
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Photo: roberto scorta, CC BY 2.0
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1952
Narada Michael Walden of Mahavishnu Orchestra was born
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Photo: Craig ONeal at https://www.flickr.com/photos/craigoneal, CC BY 2.0
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1960
Steve Clark of Def Leppard was born
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Photo: Thuddy, CC BY-SA 3.0
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1966
Matt Freeman of Rancid was born
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Photo: Alfred Nitsch, CC BY-SA 4.0
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1975
Jónsi was born
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Photo: deep ghosh from München, Germany, CC BY 2.0
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1991
Johnny Thunders of New York Dolls died
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2022
Arno died
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Photo: Tino Jacobs from Belgium, CC BY 2.0
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