October 1983 in Music History

Events in Music

Oct 3 Parlophone releases Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson's duet single "Say, Say, Say" (from Paul's "Pipes of Peace" album) in UK

Oct 11 "Can't Slow Down" second studio album by Lionel Richie is released

Oct 27 Larry Flynt pays hitman $1M to kill Hugh Hefner, Bob Guccione, Walter Annenberg, and Frank Sinatra; Flynt's business manager immediately stops payment; Flynt claims he was just joking

Oct 31 Paul McCartney releases "Pipes of Peace" album

Oct 10 (Elizabeth Mae) "Lzzy" Hale, American hard rock singer and musician (Halestorm - "Love Bites (So Do I)"), born in Red Lion, Pennsylvania
Oct 15 Stephy Tang, Hong Kong singer and actress (The Empty Hands), born in Hong Kong
Oct 17 (Nicole) "Nikki" Lane, American country and roots-rock singer-songwriter (Highway Queen; All or Nothin'), born in Greenville, South Carolina
Oct 19 Makaya McCraven, American jazz drummer, composer, and bandleader, born in Paris, France
Oct 21 Ninette Tayeb, Israeli singer
Oct 24 Adrienne Bailon, American actress and singer (The Cheetah Girls), born in Manhattan, New York

Oct 2 Gerald Strang, American classical and electronic music composer, dies at 75
Oct 16 George Liberace, American violinist (The Liberace Show), dies of leukemia at 72
Oct 16 Øivin Fjeldstad, Norwegian conductor and composer, dies at 80
Oct 20 Merle Travis, American country singer, dies at 75
Oct 25 Hermann Ambrosius, German composer, dies at 86
Oct 29 Sten Broman, Swedish composer, dies at 81