Events in Music
Music Premiere
Oct 4 Cyril Ornadel and Leslie Bricusse's musical "Pickwick", based on Charles Dickens' novel "The Pickwick Papers', featuring Harry Secombe and Charlotte Rae, opens at 46th St Theater, NYC; runs for 56 performances
Music Single
Oct 6 The Supremes release single "I Hear a Symphony"
- Oct 9 Beatles' "Yesterday" single goes #1 & stays #1 for 4 weeks
- Oct 10 "Drat! - The Cat!" opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC for 8 performances
- Oct 10 The Supremes appear on the "The Ed Sullivan Show"
- Oct 16 "Drat! - The Cat!" closes at Martin Beck Theater NYC after 8 performances
Music Premiere
Oct 17 Burton Lane and Alan Jay Lerner's musical "On A Clear Day You Can See Forever", starring Barbara Harris and John Cullum, opens at he Mark Hellinger Theatre, NYC; runs for 280 performances
- Oct 20 Beatles receive a gold record for the single "Yesterday"
Music History
Oct 24 Benjamin Britten's "Voices for Today" premieres
Music Single
Oct 25 The Rolling Stones release music single "Get Off of My Cloud"
- Oct 26 Queen Elizabeth decorates The Beatles with medals making them members Order of the British Empire (MBE) at Buckingham Palace
Birthdays in Music
- Oct 4 [Fred] "Skip" Heller, American singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Oct 8 C. J. Ramone [Christopher Ward], American rock bassist, and vocalist (The Ramones, 1989-95 - "Scattergun"), born in Queens, New York
- Oct 10 Rebecca Pidgeon, British-American actress, singer and songwriter, born in Cambridge, Massachusetts
- Oct 10 Toshi, Japanese singer (X Japan), born in Tateyama, Chiba, Japan
- Oct 11 Alexander Hacke, German musician (Einstürzende Neubauten), born in Berlin
- Oct 13 Charlie Jones, British session bass player, songwriter, and record producer (Robert Plant), born in Bristol, England [some sources cite 1963]
- Oct 14 Constantine Koukias, Tasmanian composer and opera director, born in Hobart, Australia
- Oct 14 Karyn White, American singer (Superwoman, Romantic), born in Los Angeles, California
- Oct 18 Curtis Stigers, American jazz vocalist and saxophonist ("I Wonder Why"), born in Bloise, Idaho
- Oct 19 Frankie Paul [Paul Blake], Jamaican reggae musician, born in Kingston, Jamaica (d. 2017)
- Oct 19 Todd Park Mohr, American musician (Big Head Todd and the Monsters), born in Denver, Colorado
- Oct 20 Norman Blake, Scottish musician (Teenage Fanclub), born in Bellshill, North Lanarkshire, Scotland
- Oct 22 John Wesley Harding [Wesley Stace], British singer-songwriter ("Here Comes The Groom"), and novelist (Wonderkid), born in Hastings, East Sussex, England
- Oct 26 Aaron Kwok Fu-Shing, Hong Kong singer, born in Hong Kong
- Oct 26 Sakari Oramo, Finnish conductor (City of Birmingham Symphony, 1998-2008; Royal Stockholm Philharmonic, 2008-21; BBC Symphony, 2013-23), born in Helsinki, Finland
- Oct 28 Charles David Denler, American composer, born in Hartford, Connecticut
- Oct 29 Peter Timmons, Canadian alt-rock-folk drummer (Cowboy Junkies - "Sweet Jane"), born in Montreal, Quebec
- Oct 29 Steven Sweet, American heavy metal artist (Warrant - "Cherry Pie"), born in Wadsworth, Ohio
- Oct 30 Gavin Rossdale, British rock singer-songwriter (Bush - "Sixteen Stone") and actor, born in London, England
Weddings in Music
- Oct 16 American singer Leslie Uggams (32) weds her childhood friend and later manager Grahame Pratt in NYC
Deaths in Music
- Oct 5 Gustaf Adolf Tiburtius Bengtsson, Swedish composer, dies at 79
- Oct 15 Carl Hoff, American orchestra leader (Music Hall), dies at 60
- Oct 18 Frank Hutchens, composer, dies at 73
- Oct 21 Bill Black, American band leader and bassist who worked with Elvis, dies of a brain tumor at 39
- Oct 21 Marie McDonald, American singer and actress known as "The Body Beautiful" (Promises Promises), dies of an accidental drug overdose at 42
- Oct 26 Hans Knappertsbusch, German conductor (Bavarian State Opera, 1922-36), dies at 77
- Oct 27 Edythe Wright, American big band era singer (Tommy Dorsey Orchestra, 1935-39), dies of pancreatic cancer at 51
- Oct 28 Earl Bostic, American jazz alto saxophonist ("Flamingo"; "Temptation"), dies at 52
