Events in Music
Music Single
Oct 4 "Breathe" single released by Faith Hill (Billboard Song of the Year 2000)

Faith Hill
Weddings in Music
Wedding of Interest
Oct 2 "Matchbox Twenty" lead singer Rob Thomas (27) weds model Marisol Maldonado in Santa Ynez, California

Rob Thomas
Deaths in Music
- Oct 1 Lena Zavaroni, Scottish singer and Child star (b. 1963)
- Oct 4 Erik Brødreskift (aka Grim), Norwegian black metal musician (b. 1969)
- Oct 4 Art Farmer, American trumpet player (Farmer's Market, The Jazztet), dies of a heart attack at 71
- Oct 6 Amalia Rodrigues, Portuguese singer and actress (b. 1920)
- Oct 9 Milt [Bags] Jackson, American jazz vibraphonist (Modern Jazz Quartet), dies of cancer at 76
- Oct 26 Hoyt Axton, American actor and country music singer-songwriter (b. 1938)
- Oct 27 Frank De Vol, American composer (theme songs to Family Affair, The Brady Bunch), dies at 88
- Oct 28 Robert Linn, American composer, dies at 72