Events in Music
- Oct 10 "Laughs & Other Events" opens at Barrymore Theater NYC for 8 performances
- Oct 15 "Laughs & Other Events" closes at Barrymore Theater NYC after 8 performances
- Oct 17 "Tenderloin" opens at 46th St Theater NYC for 216 performances
- Oct 27 Singer Ben E. King records "Spanish Harlem" & "Stand By Me"
Birthdays in Music
- Oct 2 Django Bates, British jazz musician, born in Beckenham, Kent
- Oct 2 Al Connelly, Canadian Musician/Songwriter
- Oct 4 Gregg "Hobie" Hubbard, country singer (Betty's Bein' Bad), born in Apopka, Florida
- Oct 6 Richard Jobson, British TV person/rocker (Skids-Scared to Dance)
- Oct 7 Kyosuke Himuro, Japanese singer
- Oct 7 Viktor Lazlo, Belgian singer
- Oct 10 Eric Martin, American rocker (Mr Big), born in Long Island, New York
- Oct 13 Joey Belladonna, American heavy metal vocalist (Anthrax-Protest), born in Oswego, New York
- Oct 16 Bob Mould, American musician
- Oct 19 Dan Woodgate, rock drummer (Madness, Voice of Beehive), born in London, England
- Oct 19 Jennifer Holliday, singer/actress (Dream Girls), born in Houston, Texas
- Oct 19 Jonathan FeBland, English musician and artist
- Oct 20 Lepa Brena, famous Yugoslav singer
- Oct 22 Darryl Jenifer, American bassist (Bad Brains), born in Washington, D.C.
- Oct 24 Carolien de Windt, Suriname/Dutch singer (Mai Tai)
Deaths in Music
- Oct 2 Jaroslav Doubrava, Czech composer, dies at 51
- Oct 19 Gunther AR 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, New Zealand Australian composer (Hinemoa), dies at 90