Events in Music
Contract of Interest
Oct 1 Barbra Streisand signs her 1st recording contract (with Columbia)

Barbra Streisand
Contract of Interest
Oct 1 Brian Epstein signs a contract to manage Beatles through 1977

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

Edward Albee
Music Recording
Oct 18 Tony Sheridan & Beat Brothers record "Let's Dance"

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

Mary Travers
- Oct 20 Musical "Mr President" opens at St James Theater New York for 265 performances
Film Release
Oct 24 "The Manchurian Candidate", directed by John Frankenheimer, starring Frank Sinatra and Laurence Harvey, is released

Frank Sinatra
Birthdays in Music
- Oct 2 Sigtryggur Baldursson, Icelandic alt-rock drummer (The Sugarcubes), born in Norway
- 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 jazz musician (Impressions), born in Portland, Oregon
- 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"; Pink Floyd; Steve Hackett), born in Los Angeles, California
- Oct 20 Steven R "Randy" Jackson, US percussionist/singer (Enjoy Yourself)
- Oct 29 Einar Örn [Benediktsson], Icelandic rock singer (The Sugarcubes; Ghostdigital), born in Reykjavík, Iceland
Weddings in Music
Wedding of Interest
Oct 9 French singer Édith Piaf (46) marries French Greek actor Théo Sarapo (26)

Edith Piaf