Events in Music
- Oct 7 Rolling Stones record four songs for their 1st live LP "Got Live If You Want It!" at a concert at Colston Hall in Bristol
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Oct 13 Jimi Hendrix Experience rock trio debuts with American guitarist Jimi Hendrix, British bassist Noel Redding & British drummer Mitch Mitchell in Évreux, Normandy, France
- Oct 18 "Apple Tree" opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 463 performances
- Oct 25 Jimi Hendrix Experience play their first UK gig as a private showcase at The Scotch of St. James in London
Birthdays in Music
- Oct 1 Brian Asawa, Japanese-American countertenor, born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2016)
- Oct 3 Frank Hannon, American blues and rock guitarist (Tesla - The Great Radio Controversy), born in Sacramento, California
- Oct 7 Marco Beltrami, Italian-American film composer (3:10 To Yuma; The Hurt Locker; Logan), born in Long Island, New York
- Oct 10 Kevin Paige, American vocalist ("Don't Shut Me Out"), born in Memphis, Tennessee
- Oct 12 Brian Kennedy, Northern Irish musician, songwriter, and author, born in Belfast, Northern Ireland
- Oct 13 Eugene Alcalay, Romanian concert pianist, composer, and educator, born in Bucharest, Romania (d. 2019)
- Oct 15 Bill Charlap, American jazz pianist (Phil Woods; Tony Bennett; Sandy Stewart), and educator, born in New York City
- Oct 15 David Stead, British pop drummer (The Beautiful South - "A Little Time"), born in Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England
- Oct 15 Dougie Vipond, Scottish pop drummer (Deacon Blue - "Real Gone Kid") and broadcaster (BBC), born in Elderslie, Scotland
- Oct 20 Fred Coury, American glam rock drummer (Cinderella -"Heartbreak Station"; "Nobody's Fool"), born in Johnston, New York
- Oct 26 Masaharu Iwata, Japanese video game composer, born in Tokyo
- Oct 31 Ad-Rock [Adam Horovitz], American rocker (Beastie Boys), born in NYC, New York
- Oct 31 Annabella Lwin [Myant Myant Aye], Anglo-Burmese singer (Bow Wow Wow - "I Want Candy"), born in Rangoon, Burma
- Oct 31 Jon Wurster, American session and touring drummer (Superchunk; The Mountain Goats; Bob Mould), and comedy writer, born in Sellersville, Pennsylvania
Deaths in Music
- Oct 7 Johnny Kidd [Frederick Heath], British rock singer-songwriter (Johnny Kidd & Pirates - "Shakin' All Over"), dies in a car crash at 26
- Oct 7 Smiley Lewis [Overton Amos Lemons], American R&B singer, and guitarist ("The Bells Are Ringing"; "One Night (Of Sin)"; "I Hear You Knocking"), dies of stomach cancer at 46
- Oct 12 Arthur Lourié, Russian-American composer (Concerto spirituale; The Feast in a Time of Plague), dies at 74
- Oct 14 Arcady Dubensky, Russian composer, dies at 75
- Oct 17 Wieland Wagner, German opera director, dies
- Oct 26 Alma Cogan, British pop singer ("Dreamboat"; "I Can't Tell a Waltz from a Tango"), dies of ovarian cancer at 34
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