October 2000 in Music History

Events in Music

Album Release

Oct 3 Warner Bros. Records releases "You're the One", the tenth solo studio album by singer-songwriter Paul Simon; Grammy nomination for Album of the Year makes Simon the first artist nominated in category in five consecutive decades (1960s-2000s)

Country Music Association Awards

Oct 4 34th Country Music Association Award: Dixie Chicks, Faith Hill & Tim McGraw win

Oct 8 Musical "Peter Pan" starring Cathy Rigby, and filmed before a live audience, premieres on A&E TV

Music History

Oct 18 Zack de la Rocha announces he is leaving rock band Rage Against the Machine

Birthdays in Music

Oct 6 Addison Rae [Easterling], American dancer and TikTok star, born in Lafayette, Louisiana
Oct 21 Imanbek [Zeikenov], Kazakh music producer (Roses), born in Aksu, Kazakhstan
Oct 22 Baby Keen [Hykeem Carter Jr.], American rapper (Family Ties), born in Carson, California

Willow Smith (22 years old)

Oct 31 American actress, singer (Whip My Hair) and dancer, born in Los Angeles, California

Deaths in Music

Oct 1 Robert Allen, American pianist and songwriter "(There's No Place Like) Home for the Holidays"; "Chances Are"), dies of colon cancer at 73
Oct 3 Benjamin Orr [Orzechowski], American rock bassist and singer (The Cars - "Just What I Needed", "Drive"), dies of pancreatic cancer at 53
Oct 10 Ferenc Farkas, Hungarian composer, dies at 94
Oct 13 Britt Woodman, American jazz trombonist (Duke Ellington; Charles Mingus; Lionel Hampton), dies of respiratory issues at 80
Oct 18 Gwyneth “Gwen” Verdon, American actress, singer and dancer (Cotton Club; Sweet Charity), dies at 75
Oct 18 Julie London, American singer ("Cry Me A River") and actress (Emergency - "Nurse McCall"), dies at 74
Oct 19 Hortense Ellis, Jamaican reggae singer ("Right On the Tip of My Tongue"), dies from a stomach infection at 59
Oct 25 Don Frank Brooks, American blues and session harmonica player (Ken Burns' "The Civil War"), dies at 53
Oct 27 Walter Berry, Austrian lyric bass-baritone singer, dies of a heart attack at 71
Oct 28 Carlos Guastavino, Argentine composer (b. 1912)