Portal:Music/DateOfBirth/October 23
- Billy Talbot, American singer-songwriter and bassist of Neil Young and Crazy Horse, turns 83.
- Ernie Watts, American Grammy Award winning multi-instrumentalist, turns 81.
- Charly Garcia, Argentine singer, turns 75.
- Pauline Black, Jewish-Nigerian lead vocalist with British ska act, The Selecter, turns 73.
- Dwight Yoakam, American country music singer and songwriter, turns 70.
- Kelly Marie, British disco singer, turns 69.
- "Weird Al" Yankovic, American singer and comedian, turns 67.
- Robert Trujillo, American bassist with Metallica, turns 62.
- Jessicka, (née Jessica Fodera) American goth rock performer, turns 51.
- Faye Hamlin, Swedish singer for Play, turns 39.
- Stevie Brock, American singer, turns 36.
- Würzel (October 23, 1949 –July 09, 2011), (née Michael Burston) Brit guitarist and vocalist with Motörhead, would have turned 77 this year.
- Greg Ridley (October 23, 1947 –November 19, 2003), Brit bassist with Spooky Tooth and Humble Pie, would have turned 79 this year.
- Ellie Greenwich (October 23, 1940–August 26, 2009), (née Eleanor Greenwich) American pop music singer, songwriter, and record producer, would have turned 86 this year.
- Charlie Foxx (October 23, 1939 –September 18, 1998), American R&B singer and one-half of Inez and Charlie Foxx, would have turned 87 this year.
- Gary McFarland (October 23, 1933 –November 03, 1971), American arranger, composer, and vibraphonist, would have turned 93 this year.
- Sonny Criss (October 23, 1927 –November 19, 1977), (née William Criss) American alto saxophonist, would have turned 99 this year.
- Fats Sadi (October 23, 1927 –February 20, 2009), Belgian vibraphonist, would have turned 99 this year.
- Ned Rorem (October 23, 1923 –November 18, 2022), American composer, would have turned 103 this year.
- Bernard Peiffer (October 23, 1922 –September 07, 1976), French pianist, would have turned 104 this year.
- Betty Bennett (singer) (October 23, 1921 –April 07, 2020), American jazz singer, would have turned 105 this year.
- Speckled Red (October 23, 1892 –January 02, 1973), (née Rufus Perryman) American boogie-woogie pianist, would have turned 134 this year.
- Albert Lortzing (October 23, 1801 –January 21, 1851), German composer, would have turned 225 this year.