Events in Music
- Oct 13 Italian conductor Riccardo Muti is awarded the second $1 million Birgit Nilsson Prize
Birthdays in Music
- Oct 9 Scotty McCreery, American country music singer. (American Idol, 2011; "I Love You This Big"), born in Garner, North Carolina
Weddings in Music
- Oct 1 Israeli-American "KISS" bassist Gene Simmons (62) weds Canadian actress and model Shannon Tweed (55), after 28 years of couplehood, at the historic Beverly Hills Hotel in Beverly Hills, California
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Oct 9 Musician Paul McCartney (69) weds New Yorker Nancy Shevell (51) in a civil ceremony at Old Marylebone Town Hall, London
- Oct 16 Actress, screenwriter and model Nikki Reed (24) weds singer-songwriter Paul McDonald (27) at a private ranch in Malibu, California
- Oct 18 American actress, model, and singer Bijou Phillips (32) weds American "That '70s Show" actor and disc jockey Danny Masterson (36) at a private castle in Ireland; separate in 2023
Deaths in Music
- Oct 1 David Vickerman Bedford, British composer and educator, dies at 74
- Oct 5 Bert Jansch, Scottish folk musician (Pentangle), dies of lung cancer at 67
- Oct 6 Brad Felt, American jazz tuba and euphonium player, composer, and bandleader, dies of pancreatic cancer at 55
- Oct 8 Antonio Iglesias Álvares, Spanish pianist, composer, educator and critic, dies at 93
- Oct 8 Mikey Welsh, American bass player (Weezer, 1998-2001 - "Island In The Sun"), dies of a drug overdose at 40
- Oct 8 Roger Williams [Louis Jacob Weertz], American popular music pianist ("Born Free"), dies of pancreatic cancer at 87
- Oct 10 Jagjit Singh, Indian Musician, Ghazal Maestro, Padma Bhusan awardee (b. 1941)
- Oct 12 Joel "Taz" DiGregorio, American country-rock keyboardist (Charlie Daniels Band), killed in a car accident at 67 [1]
- Oct 14 Chuck Ruff, American rock drummer (Edgar Winter Group - "Frankenstein"), dies after a long illness at 60
- Oct 15 Elizabeth "Betty" Driver, British singer and actress (Coronation Street; Pardon the Expression), dies from pneumonia at 91
- Oct 16 Pete Rugolo, American bandleader and arranger (Fugitive), dies at 95
- Oct 20 Barry Feinstein, American portrait photographer and album cover designer (Bob Dylan; Peter, Paul & Mary; Janis Joplin; George Harrison), dies at 80
- Oct 21 Edmundo Ros, Trinidadian-Venezuelan musician and arranger, dies at 100
- Oct 22 Karl-Heinz Köper, German conductor, and composer (Tuba-Tabu; Pop Corn Concerto), dies at 84
- Oct 28 Beryl Davis, British-American cabaret and big band singer (Quintette du Hot Club de France, Glenn Miller's US Army Air Force Orchestra), dies of complications from Alzheimer's disease at 87
- Oct 31 Liz Anderson, American country music singer-songwriter (Mama Spank, The Game of Triangles), dies of heart and lung disease at 81
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