Events in Music
Album Release
Oct 17 Columbia Records releases "Storm Front", singer-songwriter Billy Joel's eleventh studio album
Album Release
Oct 23 George Harrison releases "Best of Dark Horse 1976-89" album
Birthdays in Music
Brie Larson (33 years old)
Oct 1 American actress (Room; Captain Marvel), singer and director, born in Sacramento, California
- Oct 2 Roman Ibramkhalilov, Ukrainian heavy metal guitarist (Jinjer -"Pisces"), born in Ukraine
- Oct 4 Lil Mama [Niatia Jessica Kirkland], American rapper (VYP: Voice of the Young People), born in NYC, New York
- Oct 4 Tei Shi [Valerie Teicher Barbosa], Colombian-Canadian singer-songwriter, born in Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Oct 11 Henry Lau, Hong Kong-Canadian singer (Super Junior-M), born in Toronto, Ontario
- Oct 22 JPEGMafia [Barrington Hendricks], American hip-hop singer, rapper, and record producer ("Does This Ski Mask Make Me Look Fat?"), born in Brooklyn, NYC
- Oct 30 Vanessa White, British pop singer (The Saturdays - "Living For The Weekend"), born in Yeovil, England
Deaths in Music
- Oct 3 Del Wool [Adelaide Hazelwood], American country musician, dies at 69
- Oct 10 Joe Techner, American jazz trumpeter (Elliot Lawrence Band - "Elevation"), dies at 63
- Oct 12 Carmen Cavallaro, American actor and pianist (Hollywood Canteen, Diamond Horseshoe), dies from prostate cancer at 76
- Oct 12 Franco Luambo [Makiadi], Congolese jazz and rumba guitarist, composer, and bandleader (TPOK Jazz), dies from AIDS at 51
- Oct 19 Alan Murphy, British rock session guitarist (Kate Bush), dies of pneumonia at 36
- Oct 22 Ewan MacColl [James Miller], Scottish folk singer-songwriter ("The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face"), dies at 74
- Oct 28 Henry Hall, British bandleader (BBC Dance Orchestra), dies at 91
- Oct 31 Conrad Beck, Swiss composer, dies at 88
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