October 1995 in Music History

Events in Music

Farm Aid Concert

Oct 1 Farm Aid VIII held in Louisville, Kentucky; performers include Willie Nelson, John Mellencamp, Neil Young, Hootie and the Blowfish, Dave Matthews Band, John Conlee, and Steve Earle [1]

Singer-Songwriter and Guitarist Dave Matthews

Oct 2 "Moon Over Buffalo" opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC for 308 performances

Album Release

Oct 2 British band Oasis release their second studio album "(What's the Story) Morning Glory?", sells record 347,000 copies 1st week

Oct 4 29th Country Music Association Award: Krauss Jackson win
Oct 5 "Company" opens at Criterion Theater NYC for 68 performances
Oct 10 "Garden District" opens at Circle in the Sq Theater NYC
Oct 12 "Patti LuPone on Broadway" opens at Walter Kerr NYC for 46 performances
Oct 19 Revival of Jerry Herman's musical "Hello Dolly!", starring Carol Channing, opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater, NYC; runs for 118 performances
Oct 22 "Swinging On a Star" opens at Music Box Theater NYC for 97 performances

Knighthood

Oct 25 British pop-rock singer Cliff Richard receives his knighthood from Queen Elizabeth II, - 1st rock star to be knighted

Music Premiere

Oct 25 Henry Mancini, Leslie Bricusse, and Blake Edwards' musical adaptation of the film "Victor/Victoria", starring Julie Andrews, opens at Marquis Theater, NYC, runs for 738 performances; Andrews declined Tony Award nomination because she felt other cast and crew should have been recognized

Oct 29 Return engagement of Bill Irwin and Dacid Shiner's "Fool Moon" opens at Ambassador Theater, NYC; runs for 81 performances
Oct 31 American jam band Phish performs The Who's "Quadrophenia" as a musical costume during a show at the Rosemont Horizon in Rosemont, Illinois

Birthdays in Music

Oct 8 G. Herbo [Herbert Wright III], American rapper (PTSD), born in Chicago, Illinois

Jimin (27 years old)

Oct 13 South Korean singer-songwriter (BTS), born in Busan, South Korea

Doja Cat (27 years old)

Oct 21 American rapper and singer-songwriter (Hot Pink), born in Los Angeles, California

Deaths in Music

Oct 5 Dick Henry Jurgen, American swing bandleader, and songwriter ("Elmer's Tune"), dies of cancer at 85
Oct 6 Hughie Charles, English songwriter and impresario, dies at 88
Oct 6 Lillian Fuchs, American violist and composer, dies at 91
Oct 6 Walter "Crash" Morgan, drummer, dies at 35
Oct 8 Christopher Keene, American conductor and musician, dies at 48
Oct 11 Isolde Ahlgrimm, Austrian harpsichordist, fortepianist, early music and original instrument proponent, and teacher, dies at 81
Oct 12 Eleanor Aller, American cellist (Hollywood String Quartet), dies at 78
Oct 13 Golfredo Corradetti, Canadian conductor, dies at 79
Oct 19 Don Cherry, American jazz trumpeter (Ornette Coleman), dies from liver cancer at 58
Oct 20 Raymond Rasberry, American gospel pianist and singer, dies at 65
Oct 21 Maxene Andrews, American pop and sing jazz singer (The Andrews Sisters - "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy"; "Rum and Coca-Cola"), dies of a heart attack at 79
Oct 21 Shannon Hoon, American vocalist (Blind Melon), dies of a drug overdose at 28
Oct 26 John Sangster, Australian jazz composer (The Hobbit Suite), dies at 66
Oct 30 Brian Easdale, British composer (The Red Shoes), dies at 86
Oct 30 Roland Leich, American composer, chiefly of art songs, vocal, and choral music, and educator (Carnegie Institute, 1946-76), dies at 72
Oct 31 Alan Bush, British composer pianist and teacher, dies at 94
Oct 31 Dr. Hepcat [Lavad Durst], American blues piano player and singer-songwriter, radio DJ and baseball broadcaster, dies at 82
Oct 31 Lloyd Lambert, American bassist (Guitar Slim), dies at 67
Oct 31 Lou Levy, American 'Tin Pan Alley' music publisher (Leeds Music Corp - Sammy Cahn, Adler & Ross, Bob Dylan), dies at 84