On This Day In Music History for 23 August

Here are the major music events, births, deaths and album releases on this day in music for 23 August:

Events
1962 – The Beatles played their first official gig with new drummer Ringo Starr at the Cavern Club in Liverpool, following the dismissal of Pete Best.
1966 – The Beatles performed their final U.S. concert at Shea Stadium in New York, marking the end of their U.S. touring days.
1969 – The Beatles conducted their final professional group photo session together at John Lennon’s Tittenhurst Park estate.
1956 – Elvis Presley began filming Love Me Tender, originally titled The Reno Brothers, his first major movie role.
1945 – Noël Coward’s musical revue Sigh No More premiered at the Piccadilly Theatre in London.
1987 – Madonna’s single Who’s That Girl reached No. 1 on the charts.

Births
1917 – John Lee Hooker, legendary blues singer-songwriter and guitarist.
1938 – Dale Hawkins, American rockabilly guitarist and singer (Susie-Q).
1958 – Ian Mitchell, member of the Bay City Rollers.
1961 – Debbi Peterson (The Bangles).
1961 – Roland Orzabal (Tears for Fears).
1963 – Tori Amos, acclaimed singer-songwriter and pianist.
1967 – Layne Staley, frontman of Alice in Chains.
1967 – Paul Colman, Australian singer-songwriter.
1995 – Dua Lipa, British-Albanian pop superstar.

Deaths
1922 – Sofia Scalchi, operatic contralto.
2011 – Nick Ashford, of the songwriting duo Ashford & Simpson.
2016 – Toots Thielemans, legendary Belgian jazz harmonica player.
2021 – Brian Travers, founding saxophonist of UB40.
Other notable losses on this date include Jerry Leiber, Ed King, Lazy Lester, Creed Taylor, and Jaimie Branch.

Album Releases
1979 – Led Zeppelin released their final studio album In Through the Out Door in the United States.

Singles & Chart Moments
1980 – Queen released Another One Bites the Dust.
1987 – Madonna’s Who’s That Girl reached No. 1.
2017 – Halsey released Bad at Love.
2020 – Travis Scott released The Plan.
2021 – Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion’s WAP hit No. 1 on the U.S. charts, staying for two weeks.

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