Events in Music
Music Premiere
Oct 18 Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart's musical "Too Many Girls" premieres in NYC
Music History
Oct 20 "All the Things You Are" recorded by Tommy Dorsey Orchestra
- Oct 21 Revival of Sidney Howard's Pulitzer Prize-winning 1924 stage drama "They Knew What They Wanted", closes at the Empire Theatre, NYC; after 24 performances
Music Recording
Oct 24 Benny Goodman records "Let's Dance"
Birthdays in Music
- Oct 2 Lolly Vegas [Candido Vasquez], American rock singer (Redbone - "Come And Get Your Love"), born in Coalinga, California (d. 2010)
- Oct 5 Marie Laforêt, French singer and actress, born in Soulac-sur-Mer, Gironde France
- Oct 7 Colin Cooper, British vocalist and harmonica player (Climax Blues Band - "Couldn't Get It Right"), born in Stafford, England (d. 2008)
- Oct 7 Joel Brodsky, American photographer, created over 400 album covers (The Doors; Isaac Hayes; Ohio Players), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2007)
- Oct 7 Mel Brown, American-Canadian blues guitarist and singer (Eighteen Pounds of Unclean Chitlings), born in Jackson, Mississippi (d. 2009)
- Oct 8 Andrew William Thomas, American composer (Three Transformations), born in Ithaca, New York
- Oct 8 Armando Gentilucci, Italian composer, born in Lecce, Italy (d. 1989)
- Oct 9 (Overton Vertis) "O.V." Wright, American singer, born in Lenow, Tennessee, (d. 1980)
- Oct 11 Woytec Lowski [Woiciech Wiesidlowski], Polish dancer and ballet master, born in Brzesc, Poland (d. 1995)
- Oct 20 Jay Siegel, American rock bassist (Tokens - "The Lion Sleeps Tonight"), born in Brooklyn, New York
- Oct 20 Raymond Jones, British keyboardist and songwriter, born in Oldham, England
- Oct 22 Ray Jones, rock bassist (Billy J Kramer & The Dakotas)
- Oct 23 Charlie Foxx, American soul songwriter, guitarist, and singer ("Mockingbird"), born in Greensboro, North Carolina (d. 1998)
- Oct 24 Uri Sharvit, Israeli composer, born in Jerusalem
- Oct 27 Dallas Frazier, American country music songwriter ("Alley Oop"; "Elvira"; "There Goes My Everything"), born in Spiro, Oklahoma (d. 2022)
- Oct 28 Andy Bey, American jazz singer and pianist (Horace Silver; Gary Bartz), born in Newark, New Jersey
- Oct 30 Eddie Holland, American singer ("Jamie"), lyricist, vocal arranger, and producer (Holland–Dozier–Holland - "Heat Wave"; "Where Did Our Love Go"; "You Keep Me Hanging On"), and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member, born in Detroit, Michigan
- Oct 30 Grace Slick, American rock vocalist (Jefferson Airplane - "White Rabbit"), born in Highland Park, Illinois
- Oct 30 Norman West, American singer (The Soul Children - "Hearsay,"; "Give 'em Love"), born in Lake Providence, Louisiana
- Oct 31 Ali Farka Touré, Malian musician, born in Timbuktu Region, Mali (d. 2006)
- Oct 31 John Guerin, American session and touring jazz-rock drummer and percussionist (Frank Zappa; L.A. Express; Joni Mitchell: Linda Ronstadt), born in Hawaii (d. 2004)
