Classic Rock Almanac - August 23
• 1968 - At the New York Rock Festival in Queens: Jimi Hendrix Experience, Big Brother and the Holding Company, Soft Machine• 1969 - "Honky Tonk Women" becomes Rolling Stones' fifth #1 U.S. single
• 1980 - "Ashes To Ashes" (David Bowie) is #1 on the U.K. singles chart Births August 23:
Keith Moon - The Who - 1947
Jimi Jamison - Survivor - 1951
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