October 1962 in Music History

Events in Music

Oct 1 American singer Barbra Streisand signs her 1st recording contract (with Columbia)

Oct 1 Brian Epstein signs a contract to manage The Beatles through 1977

Oct 1 Johnny Carson hosts his 1st "The Tonight Show" on NBC; guests include Rudy Vallée, Tony Bennett, Mel Brooks and Joan Crawford

Oct 3 "Stop the World, I Want to Get Off" opens at Shubert NYC for 886 performances
Oct 5 The Beatles release their first record, "Love Me Do"

Oct 13 Edward Albee's play "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" opens on Broadway featuring actress Uta Hagen

Oct 18 Tony Sheridan & Beat Brothers record "Let's Dance"

Oct 20 Peter, Paul and Mary's debut folk album "Peter, Paul and Mary" reaches No. 1 on US album charts

Oct 20 Musical "Mr President" opens at St James Theater New York for 265 performances

Oct 24 "The Manchurian Candidate", directed by John Frankenheimer, starring Frank Sinatra and Laurence Harvey, is released

Oct 26 The Beatles record "Ask Me Why"
Oct 27 "Beyond the Fringe" opens at John Golden Theater NYC for 673 performances

Oct 2 Sigtryggur Baldursson, Icelandic alt-rock drummer (The Sugarcubes - "Hit"), born in Oslo, Norway

Oct 3 Tommy Lee [Bass], American drummer (Mötley Crüe - "Girls, Girls, Girls"), born in Kypseli, Athens, Greece

Oct 4 Aldo Sprenger, Dutch pop guitarist (Kong-Phlegm)
Oct 5 Ken Noda, American pianist (Rivalry), born in NYC, New York
Oct 12 Chris Botti, American Grammy Award-winning jazz and pop trumpeter, and composer (Impressions), born in Portland, Oregon
Oct 15 Philip Blackburn, British-American composer (Ghostly Psalms), sound artist, musicologist (Harry Partch), and record executive (Innova), born in Cambridge, England
Oct 16 Flea [Michael Balzary], Australian-American bassist (Red Hot Chili Peppers), actor, and educator (Silverlake Conservatory of Music), 1962 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Oct 16 Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Russian operatic baritone, born in Krasnoyarsk, Siberia (d. 2017)
Oct 16 Durga McBroom, American singer-songwriter (Blue Pearl -"Naked In The Rain"), and touring musician (Pink Floyd; Steve Hackett), born in Los Angeles, California
Oct 17 Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, French concert pianist (Beethoven International Piano Competition, 1986), born in Lannion, France
Oct 24 Giovanni Sollima, Italian classical and cross-over cellist, and composer (Silk Road Ensemble; Patti Smith), born in Palermo, Sicily, Italy
Oct 26 Steve Wren, British pop-rock drummer (Then Jericho - "The Motive"), born in Lambeth, London, England
Oct 29 Einar Örn [Benediktsson], Icelandic rock singer (The Sugarcubes; Ghostdigital), born in Reykjavík, Iceland

Oct 9 French singer Édith Piaf (46) marries French Greek actor Théo Sarapo (26)

Oct 4 John Lowry, NYC builder (Radio City Music Hall), dies at 79
Oct 17 (Henry) "Rubberlegs" Williams, American vaudeville dancer, and blues and jazz singer, dies at 55
Oct 28 Pierre Froidebise, Belgian organist, composer, and musicologist, dies at 48
Oct 29 Siegfried Salomon, Danish composer, dies at 77