Events in Music
- Oct 1 "Don't Play Us Cheap" closes at Barrymore Theater NYC after 164 performances
- Oct 2 "From Israel with Love" opens at Palace Theater NYC for 8 performances
- Oct 8 International music revue "From Israel with Love" closes limited run at Palace Theater, NYC, after 8 performances
- Oct 9 "Dude" opens at Broadway Theater, NYC; runs for 16 performances
- Oct 12 "Hurry, Harry" opens at Ritz Theater NYC for 2 performances
- Oct 13 "Hurry, Harry" closes at Ritz Theater NYC after 2 performances
- Oct 16 "Pacific Paradise" opens at Palace Theater NYC for 5 performances
- Oct 16 Rock band Creedence Clearwater Revival break up
#1 in the Charts
Oct 17 Chuck Berry's "My Ding-a-Lng," is #1
- Oct 19 "Mother Earth" opens at Belasco Theater NYC for 12 performances
- Oct 21 "Dude" closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 16 performances
- Oct 21 "Man of La Mancha" closes at Beaumont Theater NYC after 140 performances
- Oct 21 "Pacific Paradise" closes at Palace Theater NYC after 5 performances
- Oct 23 "I'm Still in Love with You" 5th studio album by Al Green is released (Billboard Album of the Year 1973)
- Oct 23 Stephen Schwartz' musical "Pippin", starring Ben Vereen; Irene Ryan, and Jill Clayburgh, and directed by Bob Fosse, opens at Imperial Theater, NYC; runs for 1944 performances, winning 5 Tony Awards
Music History
Oct 26 Ringo Starr and singer Lulu appear in non-speaking cameos on "Monty Python's Flying Circus" program
- Oct 28 "Mother Earth" closes at Belasco Theater NYC after 12 performances
Birthdays in Music
- Oct 3 G. Love [Garrett Dutton], American musician (G. Love and Special Sauce), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Oct 3 Lajon Witherspoon, American rock singer (Sevendust), born in Nashville, Tennesee
- Oct 4 Cut Chemist [Lucas MacFadden], American hip-hop DJ and record producer (Jurassic 5; Ozomatli), born in New York City
- Oct 6 Daniel Cavanagh, English rock musician (Anathema), born in Liverpool, England
- Oct 6 Ryu Shi-won, Korean actor and singer
- Oct 10 (Michael) Dean Roland, American guitarist and songwriter (Collective Soul), born in Stockbridge, Georgia
- Oct 16 Emily Doolittle, Canadian composer, and zoomusicologist (Social Sounds From Whales At Night; Dàn nan Ròn; A Short, Slow Life), born in Halifax, Nova Scotia
Eminem (50 years old)
Oct 17 American rapper and movie star (The Real Slim Shady, Stan and 8 Mile), born in St. Joseph, Missouri
- Oct 17 Tarkan [Tevetoğlu], Turkish pop singer (Şımarık), born in Alzey, West Germany
- Oct 19 Pras [Prakazrel Michel], Haitian-American rapper, songwriter and producer (The Fugees - "Killing Me Softly"), born in Brooklyn, New York
- Oct 21 Matthew Friedberger, American musician (The Fiery Furnaces)
- Oct 23 Richard McNamara, British guitarist, songwriter and producer (Embrace), born in Mytholmroyd, West Yorkshire, England
- Oct 24 Louis Michael Anthony Sassin, rocker (4 Fun-Unbelievable Fun), born in Boston, Massachusetts
- Oct 27 Elissa [Elissar Zakaria Khoury] Lebanese singer, born in Deir el Ahmar, Lebanon
- Oct 27 Marika Krook, Finnish singer (Edea), born in Stockholm, Sweden
Brad Paisley (50 years old)
Oct 28 American country singer ("Collision of Worlds"; "Nobody's Fool"), born in Glen Dale, West Virginia
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