October 1978 in Music History

Events in Music

Oct 6 Mick Jagger apologizes for racist lyrics in "Some Girls"

Oct 9 12th Country Music Association Award: Dolly Parton, Crystal Gayle, and Don Williams win

Oct 12 Sid Vicious charged with murder of girlfriend Nancy Spungen

Oct 13 "52nd Street" 6th studio album by Billy Joel is released (Grammy Award Album of the Year 1979)

Oct 24 Keith Richards convicted of heroin possession in Toronto

Oct 2 Ayumi Hamasaki, Japanese J-pop singer-songwriter ("Secret"), born in Fukuoka, Japan
Oct 3 Jake Shears [Jason Sellards], American rock singer (Scissor Sisters), born in Mesa, Arizona
Oct 5 James Valentine, American musician (Maroon 5), born in Lincoln, Nebraska
Oct 7 Alesha Dixon, British pop singer (Mis-Teeq), born in Welwyn Garden City, England
Oct 8 Mike Moreno, American jazz guitarist (First in Mind), born in Houston, Texas
Oct 9 Nicky Byrne, Irish musician (Westlife -"You Raise Me Up"), born in Dublin, Ireland

Oct 14 Usher [Raymond IV], American singer (My Way, Confessions) and actor, born in Dallas, Texas

Oct 14 Justin Brannan, American musician (Most Precious Blood), born in Brooklyn, New York
Oct 16 Abel Talamántez, American LAtin, pop, and Tex-Max singer (Menudo; Los Super Reyes), born in Pecos, Texas
Oct 16 Ethan Luck, American rock musician (The O.C. Supertones; Demon Hunter; Relient K), born in Long Beach, California
Oct 19 Chris Sellers, American rapper (Another Bad Creation), born in Cleveland, Ohio
Oct 19 Henri "Trollhorn"Sorvali, Finnish heavy metal muscian (Moonsorrow), born in Helsinki, Finland
Oct 20 Paul Wilson, Scottish bass player (Snow Patrol), born in Kinlochleven, Scotland
Oct 22 Ed Droste, American indie-rock singer-songwriter (Grizzly Bear - "Two Weeks"), born in Massachusetts
Oct 26 Mark Barry, British pop musician (BBMak - "Back Here"), born in Manchester, England
Oct 27 Vanessa-Mae [Vanakorn Nicholson], Singaporean-British violinist and Olympic alpine skier, born in Singapore
Oct 27 Dmitri Kogan, Russian concert violinist (Five Great Violins), born in Moscow, USSR (d. 2017)
Oct 28 Justin Guarini [Bell], American pop singer and actor (American Idol), born in Columbus, Georgia

Oct 6 ABBA member Anni-Frid Lyngstad (32) weds fellow ABBA musician Benny Andersson (31)

Oct 7 American country singer-songwriter Merle Haggard (41) weds his backup singer Leona Williams (35); divorce in 1983

Oct 8 Tibor Serly, Hungarian violinist and composer (American Elegy), dies at 76
Oct 9 Jacques Brel, Belgian singer, songwriter, actor, director and composer (Le Far West, Pain in the A__), dies of a pulmonary embolism at 49
Oct 10 Ralph Marterie, American big band leader (b. 1914)

Oct 23 Maybelle Carter, American country singer (Johnny Cash Show), dies at 69