Portal:Music/DateOfBirth/September 23

• Norma Winstone, Brit vocalist, turns 83.
• Julio Iglesias, Acclaimed Spanish musician, turns 81.
• Steve Boone, American vocalist with The Lovin' Spoonful, turns 81.
• John Banks, Brit drummer for The Merseybeats, turns 81.
• Wallace Scott, member of The Whispers, turns 81.
• Mary Kay Place, American actress and singer, turns 77.
• Bruce Springsteen, American singer, songwriter, and guitarist, turns 75.
• June Forester, American country musician with The Forester Sisters, turns 68.
• Adelaide Ferreira, Portuguese singer, turns 65.
• Don Herron, American fiddler and steel guitarist for BR5-49, turns 62.
• Ani DiFranco, American singer-songwriter, proprietor of Righteous Babe Records, turns 54.
• Jermaine Dupri, American rapper, dancer, and record producer, turns 52.
• Sarah Bettens, Belgian lead vocalist of K's Choice fame, turns 52.
• Erik-Michael Estrada, American pop music vocalist with O-Town, turns 45.
• Diana Oritz, American pop music vocalist with Dream, turns 39.

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• Christian Escoude (September 23, 1947 –May 13, 2024), French Gypsy jazz guitarist, would have turned 77 this year.
• Don Grolnick (September 23, 1947 –June 01, 1996), American pianist, would have turned 77 this year.
• Jeremy Steig (September 23, 1943 –April 13, 2016), American flautist with Down To The Bone, would have turned 81 this year.
• Roy Buchanan (September 23, 1939 –August 14, 1988), American blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter; pioneer of the Fender Telecaster sound, would have turned 85 this year.
• Les McCann (September 23, 1935 –December 29, 2023), American jazz pianist and vocalist, would have turned 89 this year.
• Ray Charles (September 23, 1930 –June 10, 2004), American pianist, singer, and songwriter, would have turned 94 this year.
• John Coltrane (September 23, 1926 –July 17, 1967), American tenor saxophonist, would have turned 98 this year.
• George Matthews (September 23, 1912 –June 28, 1982), Dominican trombonist, would have turned 112 this year.
• Bardu Ali (September 23, 1910 –October 29, 1981), American bandleader and vocalist, would have turned 114 this year.
• Albert Ammons (September 23, 1907 –December 02, 1949), American boogie-woogie pianist, would have turned 117 this year.
• Tiny Bradshaw (September 23, 1905 –November 26, 1958), American rhythm and blues bandleader and drummer, would have turned 119 this year.
• John Avery Lomax (September 23, 1867 –January 26, 1948), American musicologist and music critic, would have turned 157 this year.