Events in Music
Music Awards
Oct 8 13th Country Music Association Award: Willie Nelson, Kenny Rogers & Barbara Mandrell wins

Willie Nelson

Kenny Rogers

Bob Dylan

Lorne Michaels
Event of Interest
Oct 24 Guinness Book of Records presents Paul McCartney with a rhodium disc

Paul McCartney
Birthdays in Music
- Oct 2 Maja Ivarsson, lead singer, The Sounds
- Oct 8 [Gregori] Chad Petree, American rocker (Shiny Toy Guns), born in Shawnee, Oklahoma
- Oct 9 Alex Greenwald, American musician(Phantom Planet), actor, model
- Oct 10 Mya Harrison, American singer (Mýa), born in Washington, D.C.
- Oct 10 Ahn Chil Hyun (Kangta), lead singer of the former South Korean group H.O.T.
- Oct 11 Gabe Saporta, Uruguayan-born American musician (Cobra Starship, Midtown)
- Oct 12 Jordan Pundik, American singer (New Found Glory)
- Oct 17 Marcela Bovio, Mexican singer and violinist (Stream of Passion)
- Oct 18 Ne-Yo [Shaffer Chimere Smith, Jr], American pop and R&B singer and songwriter, born in Camden, Arkansas
- Oct 19 Brian Robertson, American trombonist
- Oct 24 Ben Gillies, Australian musician (Silverchair)
- Oct 28 Aki Hakala, Finnish drummer (The Rasmus)
Deaths in Music
- Oct 1 Roy Harris, US composer, dies at 81
- Oct 4 Christina Spierenburg, Dutch singer, dies at 56
- Oct 10 Paul Paray, French composer, dies at 93
- Oct 13 Rebecca Clarke, English classical composer and violist, dies at 93
- Oct 17 Karel Reiner, Czech composer, dies at 69
- Oct 22 Nadia Boulanger, French composer and conductor (1st woman to conduct Boston Symphony), dies at 92