Events in Music
Music Single
Oct 9 The Supremes release single "Someday We'll Be Together", Diana Ross' last recording with the group
Music History
Oct 10 "Jesus Christ Superstar" soundtrack album by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice is recorded
- Oct 10 British progressive rock band King Crimson releases their debut album "In The Court Of The Crimson King"
Music History
Oct 11 American blues musician Muddy Waters involved in a car crash that kills 3
Country Music Association Awards
Oct 15 3rd Country Music Association Award: Johnny Cash and Tammy Wynette win
Music History
Oct 18 British singer Rod Stewart joins Small Faces
- Oct 19 Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick's musical "The Rothschilds", starring Halden, Jill Clayburgh, and Robby Benson opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, NYC; runs for 505 performances, winning 2 Tony Awards
Music History
Oct 22 Paul McCartney denies greatly exaggerated rumors of his death
- Oct 23 "Jimmy" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 84 performances
Music Single
Oct 31 George Harrison's "Something" is released by the Beatles as a single in UK, his first "A" side
Birthdays in Music
Gwen Stefani (53 years old)
Oct 3 American singer-songwriter (No Doubt - "Just A Girl'; "Don't Speak"), born in Fullerton, California
- Oct 3 Tetsuya, Japanese rock bassist (L'Arc-en-Ciel), born in Hikone, Shiga, Japan
- Oct 7 Javier Álvarez, Spanish singer-songwriter, born in Madrid, Spain
- Oct 9 P.J. Harvey, English musician, singer and songwriter, born in Bridport, Dorset, England
- Oct 12 Martie Maguire, American country fiddler, songwriter, and vocalist (The Chicks, formerly known as Dixie Chicks; Court Yard Hounds), born in York, Pennsylvania
- Oct 16 Roy Hargrove, American jazz trumpeter, born in Waco, Texas (d. 2018)
- Oct 16 Wendy Wilson, American pop vocalist (Wilson Phillips - 'Hold On"), born in Los Angeles, California
- Oct 17 Wyclef Jean, Haitian-American rapper and singer-songwriter, born in Croix-des-Bouquets, Haiti
Trey Parker (53 years old)
Oct 19 American animator, producer, actor and composer (South Park; The Book of Mormon), born in Conifer, Colorado
- Oct 22 Helmut Lotti [Lotigiers], Belgian rock-pop and classical cross-over tenor singer-songwriter, born in Ghent, Belgium
- Oct 28 Ben Harper, American blues and reggae musician and singer-songwriter ("No Mercy In This Land"), born in Pomona, California
- Oct 30 Masanori Hikichi, Japanese video game music composer, born in Saitama, Japan
- Oct 30 Snow [Darrin O'Brien], Canadian rapper ("Informer"), born in Toronto, Ontario
Weddings in Music
Waylon Jennings
Oct 26 American outlaw country singer-songwriter Waylon Jennings (32) weds American singer Jessi Colter (26) in Phoenix, Arizona
Deaths in Music
- Oct 3 Nehemiah "Skip" James, American Delta blues singer, guitarist and piano player ("I'm So Glad"), dies at 67
- Oct 4 Natalino Otto [Natale Codognotto], Italianswing-jazz singer, dies at 56
- Oct 16 Leonard Chess [Lejzor Czyż], Polish-American blues and R&B record company executive (Chess Records), dies at 52
Jack Kerouac (1922-1969)
Oct 21 American novelist and poet of the Beat Generation (On the Road, Mexico Blues), dies of cirrhosis of the liver at 47
- Oct 21 Oscar "TV Slim" Wills, American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist ("Flatfoot Sam"), dies in a car wreck at 53
- Oct 23 Tommy Edwards, American R&B singer-songwriter ("It's All In The Game"), dies from complications of cirrhosis of the liver at 47
- Oct 24 Otto Jochum, German composer, dies at 71
- Oct 27 Jaime Pahissa, composer, dies at 89
- Oct 30 George "Pops" Foster, American jazz double bassist, tuba player, and trumpeter (Louis Armstrong; Sidney Bechet; Earl Hines), dies at 77
- Oct 31 Hugo Pfister, Swiss classical and stage composer, dies at 55
