Events in Music
- Oct 1 "Oba Oba '93" opens at Marquis Theater NYC for 22 performances
Event of Interest
Oct 3 Sinead O'Connor rips up a picture of Pope John Paul II on "Saturday Night Live"
Sinead O'Connor
Lorne Michaels
- Oct 4 "Anna Karenina" closes at Circle in Sq Theater NYC after 46 performances
- Oct 4 "Real Inspector Hound" closes at Criterion Theater NYC after 61 performances
- Oct 18 "Oba Oba '93" closes at Marquis Theater NYC after 22 performances
- Oct 21 Madonna's book "Sex" goes on sale
- Oct 25 "Dancing at Lughnasa" closes at Plymouth Theater NYC after 421 performances
Event of Interest
Oct 25 "Jake's Women" closes at Neil Simon Theater NYC after 245 performances
Neil Simon
Birthdays in Music
Deaths in Music
- Oct 1 Harry Milton Ray, singer/actor (Avanti!), dies of stroke at 45
- Oct 4 Laurie Anders, singer, dies of cancer
- Oct 5 Eddie Kendricks, American singer-songwriter (The Temptations), dies of lung cancer at 52
- Oct 5 Paul Acket, organizer (Music Express, North Sea Jazz Festival), dies
- Oct 7 Ed Blackwell, US jazz drummer (Quartet), dies
- Oct 19 Maurice le Roux, French conductor/composer (Contes immoraux), dies
Roger Miller
Oct 25 Roger Miller, country singer (King of the Road), dies at 56
Roger Miller