October 1980 in Music History

Events in Music

Oct 6 John Lydon (aka Johnny Rotten of the Sex Pistols) sentenced to 3 months imprisonment on assault charges

Oct 8 After playing two shows at the Madison Square Garden, Bob Marley collapsed in Central Park while jogging, brought to Sloan-Kettering Hospital

Oct 12 "Your Arm's Too Short to Box With God" closes at Ambassador NYC after 149 performances
Oct 12 7 stabbed at Blood, Sweat & Tears concert in LA

Oct 13 14th Country Music Association Award: Barbara Mandrell, Emmylou Harris, and George Jones win

Oct 20 Geffen records release their first album, Donna Summer's "The Wanderer"

Oct 24 John Lennon releases single "(Just Like) Starting Over" in UK

Oct 25 Barbra Streisand's "Guilty" album goes #1 for 3 weeks & her single "Woman In Love," goes #1 for 3 weeks

Oct 3 Danny O'Donoghue, Irish rock singer-songwriter (The Script - "For The First Time"), born in Dublin
Oct 5 Paul Thomas, American bassist (Good Charlotte), born in Waldorf, Maryland

Oct 8 Nick Cannon, American actor and rapper (Love Don't Cost a Thing), born in San Diego, California

Oct 10 Tim Maurer, American singer (Suburban Legends)
Oct 10 Sherine [Abdel-Wahab], Egyptian singer, born in Cairo, Egypt
Oct 13 Ashanti, American singer (Always On Time), born in Glen Cove, Long Island, New York
Oct 13 Jon Micah Sumrall, American singer (Kutless), born in Ashland, Oregon
Oct 15 Siiri Nordin, Finnish singer (Killer)
Oct 20 Gary Jarman, English musician
Oct 21 Brian Pittman, American Christian rock bassist (Relient K), born in Canton, Ohio
Oct 22 Garrett Tierney, American musician (Brand New)
Oct 27 Tanel Padar, Estonian singer (46th Eurovision Song Contest winner), born in Uhtna, Estonia
Oct 31 Alondra de la Parra, Mexican-American conductor (Queensland Symphony, 2015-present), and founder and artistic director of the New York-based Philharmonic Orchestra of the Americas (2004-11), born in NYC, New York

Oct 31 Baptist minister Al Sharpton (26) weds back up singer Kathy Jordan

Oct 8 Maurice Martenot, French cellist, WWI radio telegrapher, and instrument inventor (ondes Martenot), dies at 81
Oct 13 Philip "Gabby" Pahinui, Hawaiian slack-key guitarist and singer, dies of a heart attack at 59
Oct 14 Oscar Alemán, Argentine jazz and swing guitarist, and singer ("Rosa Madreselva"), dies at 71
Oct 25 Virgil Fox, American organist, dies at 68
Oct 27 Steve Peregrin Took, English musician (Tyrannosaurus Rex), dies of a drug overdose at 31