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"
- 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
- Oct 25 "Jake's Women" closes at Neil Simon Theater NYC after 245 performances
Birthdays in Music
- Oct 11 Sarah Cannon, daughter of singer Amy Grant
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