Events in Music
Event of Interest
Oct 6 Mick Jagger apologizes for racist lyrics in "Some Girls"

Mick Jagger
Music Awards
Oct 9 12th Country Music Association Award: Dolly Parton, Crystal Gayle & Don Williams wins

Dolly Parton
Murder of Interest
Oct 12 Sid Vicious charged with murder of girlfriend Nancy Spungen

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

Billy Joel
- Oct 20 Police's 1st US concert (NYC's CBGBs)
- Oct 22 "King of Hearts" opens at Minskoff Theater NYC for 48 performances
- Oct 23 Sid Vicious attempts suicide while at Riker's Detention Center in NYC
Event of Interest
Oct 24 Keith Richards convicted of heroin possession in Toronto

Keith Richards
Birthdays in Music
- 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, United Kingdom
- Oct 8 Mike Moreno, American jazz musician (First in Mind), born in Houston, Texas
- Oct 9 Nicky Byrne, Irish musician (Westlife), born in Dublin, Ireland
- 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, Irish bass player (Snow Patrol)
- Oct 26 Mark Barry, English musician (BBMak), born in Manchester
- 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 (d. 2017)
- Oct 28 Justin Guarini [Bell], American pop singer and actor (American Idol), born in Columbus, Georgia
Weddings in Music
- Oct 6 ABBA member Anni-Frid Lyngstad (32) weds fellow ABBA musician Benny Andersson (31)
Wedding of Interest
Oct 7 Country singer Merle Haggard (41) weds his backup singer Leona Williams (35)

Merle Haggard
Deaths in Music
Maybelle Carter
Oct 23 Maybelle Carter, country singer (Johnny Cash Show), dies at 69

Maybelle Carter