October 1960 in Music History

Events in Music

Oct 2 Django Bates, British jazz musician, composer and educator, born in Beckenham, Kent
Oct 2 Al Connelly, Canadian guitarist and singer-songwriter (Glass Tiger), born in Montreal, Quebec
Oct 4 Gregg "Hobie" Hubbard, American country singer (Betty's Bein' Bad), born in Apopka, Florida
Oct 4 Malcolm Burn, Canadian musician and record producer (Emmylou Harris - Red Dirt Girl), born in Cornwall, Ontario
Oct 6 Richard Jobson, British TV person/rocker (Skids-Scared to Dance)
Oct 7 Kyosuke Himuro, Japanese rock singer-songwriter, born in Takasaki, Japan
Oct 7 Viktor Lazlo [ Sonia Dronier], French-Belgian pop singer ("Breathless"), born in Lorient, France
Oct 10 Eric Martin, American rocker (Mr Big), born in Long Island, New York
Oct 10 Simon Townshend, British guitarist and songwriter, born in Chiswick, London
Oct 13 Joey Belladonna [Bellardini], American heavy metal vocalist (Anthrax, 1984-92 - "I Am The Law"), born in Oswego, New York
Oct 16 Bob Mould, American rock guitarist, songwriter and vocalist (Hüsker Dü; Sugar), born in Malone, New York

Oct 19 Dan "Woody" Woodgate, British rock drummer (Madness - "Our House"; Voice of Beehive), born in Kensington, West London, England
Oct 19 Jennifer Holliday, American Grammy and Tony Award-winning stage actress, and pop, R&B, and gospel singer (Dream Girls), born in Houston, Texas
Oct 19 Jonathan FeBland, English musician and artist, born in London
Oct 20 Lepa Brena 'Yugoslavia’s Madonna', Yugoslav singer, born in Tuzla, Yugoslavia
Oct 22 Darryl Jenifer, American bassist (Bad Brains), born in Washington, D.C.
Oct 22 Cris Kirkwood, American cow-punk bassist, singer, and songwriter (Meat Puppets - "Backwater"), born in Phoenix, Arizona
Oct 24 Carolien de Windt, Surinamese-Dutch singer (Mai Tai), born in Suriname
Oct 27 Oleg Bryjak, Kazakhstani-German bass-baritone opera singer (Deutsche Oper am Rhein), born in Jezkazgan, Kazakhstan, USSR (d. 2015)

Oct 2 Jaroslav Doubrava, Czech composer, dies at 51
Oct 19 Günter Raphael, German composer (Busskantate), dies at 57
Oct 25 José Padilla, Spanish composer and pianist (La Violetera - City Lights; Ça c'est Paris - Moulin Rouge), dies at 71
Oct 30 Alfred Hill, Australian-New Zealand composer and conductor (Hinemoa), dies at 90