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October in Music
History
 It's a huge month on the baby front. Lindsay Buckingham, Stevie Ray Vaughan,
Chubby Checker, Bob Weir, John Mellencamp, and Steve Miller were are all
born earlier in the month...then for a grand finale the 9th marks the birth
of Jackson Browne, John Entwistle, Peter Tosh, and John Lennon all on
the same day...it's appropriate that "Baby Love" by The Supremes
entered the charts this month in 1964. Unfortunately there are a few painful
departures this month as well. Janis Joplin was found dead of an apparent
heroin overdose in her room at the Landmark Hotel in Hollywood this month
in 1970. She was only 27 and had just finished recording "Pearl,"
her second solo album. Folk hero Woody Guthrie passed on this month in
1967 at 55. He finally succumbed to Huntington's chorea after a 10-year
struggle (other important births and deaths are listed below). It was
a good month for John Lennon. In 1940 he found himself in a strange new
world. 22 years later his group of blokes put their first record out -
a 45 featuring "Love Me Do" and "P.S. I Love You".
In1966, he met Yoko Ono at a private preview of her exhibition at London's
Indica Gallery. In 1975 he finally won U.S. residence status after a court
rules that his '68 pot bust in Britain ignored due process.
The same month Yoko delivered Sean Ono Lennon who weighed in at a whopping
8 lbs.,10oz. Five years later this month sees the release of his "Starting
Over" LP and Yoko hired a skywriter to pen a birthday message to
John and Sean over their New York apartment. In 1970 one of the great
jazz/rock fusion bands of all time was formed when former Cream bassist
Jack Bruce joined John McLaughlin, Larry Young, and Tony Williams to form
Lifetime. The Animals' self-titled album, featuring their #1 hit "House
of the Rising Sun," entered the charts this month in 1964. The tune
instantly became necessary learning for all beginning guitarists. In 1980
Mick Fleetwood, Lindsey Buckingham, and Stevie Nicks took the field during
halftime of a USC football game and perform with the Trojans marching
band. They finished the show by giving the band a platinum record for
their part on the song "Tusk".
In1969, The Who performed on the Ed Sullivan Show. Payola hit the news
this month in 1958 when Billboard exposed the nationwide practice of record
company execs paying off DJs to get their releases aired. The furor would
eventually result in the career crash of DJ Alan Freed. In1973, "Loves
Me Like A Rock" by Paul Simon hit #2. In 1978, Jesse Jackson extracted
an apology from Mick Jagger over the allegedly racist lyrics to "Some
Girls," but Mick didn't change the lyrics. Jimmy Page took a walk
this month in 1982, receiving a one-year "conditional discharge"
after being busted for coke possession. In1966, the U.S. government declared
LSD a dangerous and illegal substance, thereby insuring its widespread
popularity.
Elvis and Priscilla cut the
knot this month in 1973. They parted on civil terms and Priscilla walked
awaywith a sizeable settlement. In1964, the Stones canceled a planned
South African tour in accordance with the British Musician's Union's anti-apartheid
embargo. In1980, Bob Marley collapsed on stage in Pittsburgh during his
last concert ever. His losing battle with cancer began shortly afterwards.
This month in 1994 The Pointer Sisters' immortality was cemented with the
installation of their star on Hollywood Boulevard...they were the first
African-American female group to be so honored. In 1963 the Rolling Stones
set out on their first English tour opening for Bo Diddley and the Everly
Brothers...in 1971 Rod Stewart's "Maggy May" hit the #1 spot on the Billboard
charts...in 1995 Willie Nelson, John Mellencamp, Neil Young, and Hootie
& The Blowfish raised a million bucks for the rural poor during the
Farm Aid Concert. I
n 1988 human effects box Bobby
McFerrin scatted his way to top of the pops with "Don't Worry, Be Happy"...and
back in 1965 the protopunk band, the Mc Coys, held down the same slot
with their socio-political opus, "Hang on Sloopy"...in 1995 Alanis Morissette
got to the top of the Billboard 200 with "Jagged Little Pill" giving Madonna's
Maverick label its first #1 hit. In 1976 Joe Cocker was a guest on Saturday
Night Live doing a duet of "Feelin' Alright" with John Belushi who aped
the Brit soulman hilariously. Also on SNL this month in 1992, Sinead O'Connor
raised hackles by tearing up a photo of the Pope in protest. Queen's "Another
One Bites the Dust" topped the charts in 1980. In 1965, the most covered
song in history, Paul McCartney's "Yesterday," went number one.
In October, 1948, WDIA-Memphis became the first black radio station in the
South. B.B. King and Rufus Thomas both did stints at the station as deejays
where the young Riley King adopted the on-air moniker "Blues Boy"
which later evolved into the initials "B.B."
This month in 1958, Sam Cooke and Lou Rawls, who was in his backup band,
were injured in a Arkansas car wreck that killed the chauffeur. A year
to the month later in 1959, Hugo and Luigi, RCA's A&R team, pitched
a $100,000 guarantee offer to soul singer Cooke to lure him away from
his then-current label, Keen Records.
The Tokens' "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" was relased this month
in 1961. The song was appropriated from a tune originally called "Mbube,"
written and recorded in the 1930s by South African Zulu entertainer Solomon
Linda who later died in poverty. A trust fund was established in the 1990s
to aid the deceased Linda's impoverished Soweto-based family.
This month in '63 the Kingsmen's classic "Louie Louie" was released
providing fuel for legions of three-chord garage bands to come. In1967,
Byrds leader Roger McGuinn, in a move described as a battle of conflicting
egos, fired David Crosby. Also in that same month, the debut issue of Rolling
Stone magazine hit the streets replete with a free roach clip. In 1968,
Brian Jones of The Rolling Stones bought Crotchford Farm, the former home
of A.A. Milne, author of Winnie The Pooh. Also in 1968, Jimi Hendrix's
"Electric Ladyland" hit #1 on U.S. album charts. Mike Curb,
president of MGM Records, dropped 18 acts from the label's roster this
month in 1970 claiming they "exploit and promote hard drugs through
music"...among the drug advocates were The Cowsills, Connie Francis,
and the Judy Garland estate.
In1970, Allman Brothers bassist Berry Oakley was killed in a motorcyle
accident three blocks from the site of the motorcycle wreck that killed
his bandmate Duane Allman one year and 13 days earlier. In1974, Ted Nugent
won the National Squirrel-Shooting Archery Contest by plugging one of
the critters at 150 yards. Nugent dispatcheed another 27 small mammals
with a handgun over the course of the three-day event. Also in 1974, an
imposter posing as Ritchie Blackmore of Deep Purple cracked up a borrowed
Porsche in Iowa City. The theme from the TV show "Miami Vice"
composed by Jan Hammer went #1 on the Billboard charts this month in 1985.
A year to the month later, Willie Nelson made a guest appearance on the
popular show playing a corrupt cop. 1987 was a banner year for Dire Straits
when their Brothers in Arms album passed the three- million mark for record
sales in the U.K. - the first release to reach that level.
1987 was less of a banner year for Sly Stone, who, attempting to revive
his career, showing up over an hour late for his comeback concert in L.A.
When Sly finally showed up, he was busted for non-payment of child support.
In 1990 Rod Stewart wass sued by a fan for an injured middle finger suffered
when Stewart booted a soccer ball into the crowd at a concert. The case
was settled for $17,000. In 1991, actor Paul Reubens AKA Pee Wee Herman
pleaded no contest to an indecent exposure charge in Florida and bad boy
Tommy Lee of Motley Crue was arrested in 1994 for trying to conceal a
gun on an airplane. Rick James suffered a stroke in the midst of a 1998
Denver show. According to doctors, the stroke was triggered by a blood
vessel rupture in James' neck brought on by headbanging. In1999, glam
rocker Gary Glitter got four months after pleading guilty to a kiddy porn
charge. This same month in 1980, Glitter, riding high on the resurgence
of his tribal stomp sound, launches a British comeback tour punctuated
by the release of his first record in several years, "What Your Momma
Don't See."
This is the month when Little Richard held his first recording session
in Atlanta. In1955, Buddy Holly opened a show for Elvis Presley in Lubbock,
Texas. In 1956, Elvis Presley's first film "Love Me Tender"
was released. In 1960, Aretha Franklin made her live debut at New York's
Vanguard Club. In 1962, Little Richard headlined a concert in Liverpool,
for which one of the opening acts was the Beatles. In 1964, The Shangi-Las'
"Leader of the Pack" was released. In 1965, the first psychedelic
dance "A Tribute to Doctor Strange" was held at Longshoreman's
Hall in San Francisco. In 1966, Grace Slick made her first appearance
with the Jefferson Airplane at the Fillmore in San Francisco - at the
same time, The Jimi Hendrix Experience was formed in London. Also in 1966,
Joan Baez was arrested along with 123 other draft protesters at a military
induction center in Oakland, California.
In 1968, The New Yardbirds played their first concert at a club in London.
Later they changed their name to Led Zeppelin and as such make their performance
debut at Surrey University in England. In 1969, bluesman Muddy Waters
was seriously injured in a car crash that killed three other people and
Howlin' Wolf suffered a heart attack but survived another seven years.
In 1970, Jesus Christ Superstar made its debut on Broadway and Janis Joplin's
ashes were scattered off the coast of California. In 1971, Rick Nelson
was booed when he performd new material at an oldies show at Madison Square
Garden and wrote "Garden Party" in response.
In 1972, Creedence Clearwater Revival splits up. In1975, "Saturday
Night Live" premiered with Janis Ian and Billy Preston as the musical
guests. In 1976, The Who and the Grateful Dead played the second of two
back-to-back shows at Oakland Stadium. In1976, Ike and Tina split as a
musical act. In1978, Sid Vicious was arrested for killing girlfriend Nancy
Spungeon. In1978, Steve Tyler and Joe Perry of Aerosmith were injured
in Philadelphia when a cherry bomb is thrown onto the stage. In1979, Los
Angeles declared"Fleetwood Mac Day," giving the group its own
star on the Walk of Fame. In1980, AC/DC's "Back in Black" went
platinum, and seven fans were stabbed at a Blood, Sweat & Tears concert
when a maniac ran amuk.
In1986, Eric Clapton and Keith Richards performed at a 60th birthday bash
for Chuck Berry. In1987, Jerry Garcia opened a two-month run of solo shows
on Broadway. In1992, Sinead O'Connor was booed off the stage at a Madison
Square Garden show honoring Bob Dylan. The booing is for her attack on
the Pope (she had torn up his picture on SNL two months earlier). In1995,
rapper Tupac Shakur was released from jail after serving eight months
for fondling. In1996, Motley Crue drummer Tommy Lee was charged with attacking
a cameraman. In1997, singer/songwriter John Denver died in a plane crash
when the two-seater he was piloting apparently ran out of gas and smashed
into Monterey Bay.
 This month in1925, The Grand Ole Opry opened its doors. In1958, Buddy Holly
appeared on "American Bandstand" lip-syncing in front of The
Crickets. The following January he lay dead in an Iowa corn field, victim
of a plane crash. Strangely, David Box, who succeeded Holly as vocalist
with The Crickets, died this same month in 1964 in a plane crash. In1962,
James Brown recorded his landmark "Live At The Apollo" album
over the objections of his label, King Records, which felt that a live
soul album would never sell. The record went on to make big bucks, spawning
several sequels, and is revered by soul fans to this day. In1964, The
Who, then known as The High Numbers, failed to be signed after an EMI
records audition. In1966, The Jimi Hendrix Experience playd its first
major date at the Olympia Theatre in Paris; a British newsman described
Jimi as "the wild man of pop". Also in 1966, the Yardbirds arrived
in New York for their first American tour with Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page
on lead guitars. Two dates into the tour Beck split and Page carried on.
In other metal roots developments during that same month, Peter Frampton
sat in with the Small Faces at the invitation of Steve Marriott, which
lead in turn to the formation of Humble Pie.
In1968, Led Zepplin played its first U.K. date at London's Marquee Club.
Also in 1968, the blind Latino singer Jose Feliciano was heartily booed
for his bluesy rendition of "The Star Spangled Banner" performed
at the World Series. On October 18, 1968, John Lennon and Yoko Ono were
busted for cannabis possession, a year to the day later, Paul Kantner
of The Jefferson Airplane suffered the same fate in Hawaii. In 1969 Columbia
Records vowed litigation to prevent sales of "Great White Wonder,"
a bootleg album compilation of work tapes by Bob Dylan and The Band. This
month in 1974, Mary Woodson, who claimed to be soul singer Al Green's girlfriend,
commited suicide by gun in Green's home shortly after hurling a pot of
boiling grits on the singer as he got out of the bathtub. Green was seriously
burned.
In1973, the Stones made their first chart topping ballad with "Angie".
The song was rumored to be a paean from Mick Jagger to David Bowie's girlfriend
Angela. In1977, three days after the release of Lynyrd Skynyrd's album
"Street Survivors" with its cover depicting the band members
standing in flames, vocalist Ronnie Van Zant and guitarist Steve Gaines,
together with Gaines' backup-singing sister Cassie and assistant road
manager Dean Kilpatrick perished when their leased plane plunged into
a Mississippi swamp. In 1979 CBS Records announced an increase in the
list price of its albums to $8.98. The rest of the industry soon followed
suit.
Country singer Lynn Anderson was released from a Nashville jail in 1992
after serving a two-day sentence for contempt that stemmed from her swearing
at her former husband in front of the couple's teenage children. In1995,
Yolanda Saldivar, president of Tejano star Selena's fan club, was convicted
of murdering her boss. Also in 1995 Sting's former financial advisor was
sentenced to six years in jail for bilking the star out of $9.4 million.
In1998, a federal district court judge ruled against the Fort Zumwalt
North (MO) marching band which seeked to have the school district-banned
song "White Rabbit" restored to their playlist. The district's
superintendent originally nixed playing the Jefferson Airplane's psychedelic
anthem on the grounds that it promoted drug culture.
 This
month on October 27, 1995, Gloria Estefan played a command performance
for the Pope. She was the first pop performer to receive the Papal call.
Yolanda Saldivar, Selena's former business manager, got life for the murder
of the Tejana star. This month in 1975 The Boss, Bruce Springsteen, graced
the covers of Time and Newsmonth...he was the first rocker to go stereo
in these newsmagazines. In '56 Elvis' "Love Me Tender" topped the charts.
This month in1973, Keith Richards gets slapped with a £205 fine and
was given a conditional discharge after his trial in London with actress
Anita Pallenberg. The bobbies arrested them after raiding their Chelsea
home on June 26 and finding pot, smack, mandrax, an unlicensed S&W
revolver, and an antique shotgun. Pallenberg walked, too...this all happened
exactly nine years after the Stones make their first appearance on the
Ed Sullivan show
On October 29th, 1991, three members of Pink Floyd were injured in a
Mexican roadrace. Steve O'Rourke suffered a broken leg, David Gilmour
received minor head injuries, and drummer Nick Mason demonstrated stiff
upperlipsmanship by continuing the race.It was also this month in 1970
when Jim Morrison was sentenced to six months in jail and a $500 fine
for allegedly exposing himself on stage during a drunken frenzy in Miami.
All the witnesses say that no sensitive flesh was ever visible, but six
jurors convicted him anyway. He was released pending appeal and died before
the case came up. In1963, the lads from Liverpool headed off for their
first tour outside Great Britain...two years later even the Queen has
to acknowledge their eminence; she did so by awarding them each the prestigious
Member of the Order of the British Empire medal.
Guinness Book of World Records sent Paul McCartney a rhodium-plated disc
fifteen years later, in 1980, for being the best-selling songwriter/recording
artist of all time. It was a sad month in 1971 when Duane Allman died in
a motorcycle crash just four days after "The Allman Brothers Band
Live at the Fillmore East" went gold. In 1978, the Police made their
U.S. debut at the Rat Club in Boston. In 1967 "Hair," advertised
as "The American Tribal Love Rock Musical," opened off Broadway...the
hits "Aquarius," "Good Morning Starshine," and "Let
the Sun Shine In" all emerged from an album of its score made by
the original cast. In 1988, Fantasy Records, after more than a decade
of rancorous relations with John Fogerty, launched a suit claiming he
plagiarized his own song, "Run Through the Jungle," during the
composition of "The Old Man Down the Road". This month in 1992
John Fogerty's wife, Julie, gave birth to a baby boy, Tyler Jackson Fogerty.
BIRTHDAYS:
October 1: Scott McKenzie (1944)
Herbert Rhoad of The Persuasions (1944)
Barbara Paritt of The Toys (1944)
Donnie Hathaway (1945)
Martin Turner of Wishbone Ash (1947)
October 2: Don McLean (1945)
Richard Hell of The Voidoids (1949)
Mike Rutherford of Genesis (1950)
Sting born Gordon Sumner (1951)
Human League's Phil Oakey (1955)
October 3: Eddie Cochran (1938)
Felix Pappalardi of Mountain (1938)
Chubby Checker (1941)
Lindsey Buckingham (1947)
Stevie Ray Vaughan (1954)
Tommy Lee of Motley Crue (1961)
October 4: Country songwriter Leroy Van Dyke (1929)
Nona Hendryx (1944)
Patti LaBelle (1944)
Jim Fielder of the Mothers of Invention (1947)
Barbara MacDonald of Timbuk 3 (1958)
October 5: Steve Miller (1943)
October 6: Bob Weir (1947)
Millie Small of "My Boy Lollipop" fame (1948)
Kevin Cronin of REO Speedwagon (1951)
October 7: "Uncle" Dave Macon, Grand Ole Opry star (1870)
Dino Valenti of Quicksilver Messenger Service (1943)
John Cougar Mellencamp (1951)
Sam Brown (1964)
October 8: Johnny Ramone of the Ramones (1951)
Hamish Stewart of the Average White Band (1949)
Robert "Kool" Bell of Kool & the Gang (1950)
October 9: John Lennon (1940)
John Entwistle (1944)
Peter Tosh (1944)
Jackson Browne (1948)
Sean Lennon (John's son) (1975)
October 10th: Ivory Joe Hunter (1914)
Thelonious Monk (1917)
Keith Reid of Procol Harum (1946)
David Lee Roth (1955)
Tanya Tucker (1958)
Chris Lowe of Pet Shop Boys (1959)
Martin Kemp of Spandau Ballet (1961)
October 11th: Art Blakey (1919)
Little Willie Littlefield (1931)
Gary Mallaber of the Steve Miller Band (1946)
Daryl Hall (1949)
Andrew Woolfolk of Earth, Wind & Fire (1950)
October 12th: Guitar Gabriel (1924 )
Sam Moore of Sam & Dave(1935)
Melvin Franklin of the Temptations (1942)
October 13th: Paul Simon (1941)
Robert Lamm, keyboardist and vocalist for Chicago (1944)
Sammy Hagar (1947)
Marie Osmond (1959)
October 14th: Micky "Guitar" Baker of Mickey & Sylvia (1925)
Bill Justice of "Honky Tonk" fame (1926)
Robert Parker of "Barefootin" fame (1930)
Barry McGuire of New Christie Minstrels (1935)
Marv Johnson (1938)
Moody Blues vocalist Justin Hayward (1946)
Richard Carpenter of The Carpenters (1946)
Thomas Dolby (1958)
blues singer Victoria Spivey (1906)
October 15th: Tito Jackson (1953)
October 16th: Christine Paffgen of The Velvet Underground (1938)
Fred Turner of Bachman Turner Overdrive (1943)
Dave Hynes of Spencer
Davis Group (1945)
Bob Weir (1947)
Gary Kemp of Spandau Ballet (1960)
Flea of the Red Hot Chili Peppers (1962)
October 17: Jazz drummer Cozy Cole (1909)
trombonist Rico Rodriquez of The Specials (1934)
Jim Seals of Seals and Crofts (1941)
Gary Puckett (1942)
James Tucker of The Turtles (1946)
Ziggy Marley (1968)
October 18: Chuck Berry (1926)
The Association's Russ Gigure (1943)
Laura Nyro (1947)
Gary Richrath of REO Speedwagon (1949)
Doobie Brother Keith Knudson (1952)
Wynton Marsalis (1961)
October 19: Dave Guard of The Kingston Trio (1934)
Peter Tosh (1944)
George McCrae (1944)
Jeannie C. Riley (1945)
Procol Harum lyricist Keith Reid (1946)
Wilbert Hart of The Delfonics (1947)
Jennifer Holliday (1960)
Dan "Woody" Woodgate of Madness (1960)
October 20: Jellyroll Morton AKA Ferdinand Joseph Lamothe (1890)
Rockabillyette Wanda Jackson (1937)
Tom Petty (1953)
Mark King of Level 42 (1958)
James George "Soni" Sonefeld of Hootie and The Blowfish (1964)
October 21: Dizzy Gillespie (1917)
Manfred Mann AKA Michael Lubowitz (1940)
Memphis guitarist and producer Steve Cropper (1941)
Elvin Bishop (1942)
Go-Go's guitarist Charlotte Caffey (1953)
Julian Cope of Teardrop Explodes (1957)
October 22: Bobby ("I Fought The Law") Fuller (1943)
Doobie Brother Patrick Simmons (1945)
Leslie West of Mountain (1945)
Eddie Brigati of The Rascals (1945)
Dean Kastran of The Ohio Express (1948)
October 23: Brill Building songwriter Ellie Greenwich (1939)
Charlie Foxx of Charlie & Inez Foxx (1939)
Greg Ridley of Spooky Tooth/ Humble Pie (1943)
Pauline Black of The Selector (1953)
Dwight Yoakam (1954)
October 24: Blues singer Sonny Terry born Saunders Terrell (1911)
The Big Bopper born J.T. Richardson (1930)
Bill Wyman born William Perks (1936)
Jerry Edmonton of Steppenwolf (1946)
Dale Griffin of Mott the Hoople (1950)
October 25: Minnie Pearl born Sarah Ophelia Colley (1912)
Helen Reddy (1942)
Jon Anderson (1944)
Glen Tipton of Judas Priest (1948)
Matthias Jabs of the Scorpions (1956)
Ed Robertson of Barenaked Ladies (1970)
October 26: Gospel singer Mahalia Jackson (1911)
Keith Strickland of The B-52s (1953)
October 27:
Honkytonk tinkler Floyd Cramer (1933)
Garry Tallent of the E Street Band (1949)
Simon LeBon of Duran Duran (1958)
October 28:
Jazz songstress Cleo Laine (1927)
Wayne Fontana (1945)
Joy Division's Stephen Morris (1957)
Neville Henry of the Blow Monkeys (1959)
Rickie Reynolds of Black Oak Arkansas (1948)
Randy Jackson of The Jacksons (1962)
October 29:
Denny Laine of Wings (1944)
Mickey Gallagher of Frampton's Camel (1940)
Peter Green, founding member of Fleetwood Mac (1946)
Peter Timmins of The Cowboy Junkies (1965)
October 30:
Jefferson Airplane's Grace Slick (1943)
Timothy B.Schmidt of Poco/The Eagles (1947)
Jim Messina (1947)
October 31:
Folky Tom Paxton (1937)
Kinky Friedman (1944)
Lawrence "Larry" Mullen Jnr. of U2 (1961)
King Ad-Rock AKA Adam Horowitz of the Beastie Boys (1966)
Bernard Edwards of Chic (1952)
OBITUARIES:
October 1: Pop vocalist and former Mrs. Les Paul, Mary Ford (1977)
Al Jackson Jr.(1975)
October 2: Singing cowboy Gene Autry (1998)
October 3: Blues singer Victoria Spivey (1976)
country bluesman SkipJames (1969)
Woody Guthrie (1967)
October 4: Bebop trumpeter Art Farmer (1999)
Janis Joplin (1970)
October 5: Eddie Kendricks of The Temptations (1992)
October 6: Nelson Riddle, orchestra leader (1985)
October 7: R&B singer Smiley Lewis (1966)
October 9: Milt Jackson of the Modern Jazz Quartet (1999)
October 10th: Earl Bostic (1965)
October 11th: Edith Piaf (1963)
October 12th: Gene Vincent (1971)
Ricky Wilson of the B-52s (1985)
John Denver (1997)
bluesman Frank Frost (1999)
October 13th: Ed Sullivan (1974)
October 14th: Bing Crosby (1977)
Leonard Bernstein (1990)
October 15th: songwriter Terry Gilkyson (1999)
October 16th: Cole Porter (1964)
Leonard Chess co-founder of Chess Records (1969)
Gene Krupa (1973)
Art Blakey (1990)
Singer Ella Mae Morse who recorded "Cow Cow Boogie" Capitol
Records' first
million-seller in 1942 (1999)
October 17: Tennessee Ernie Ford (1991)
October 20: Henry "The Sunflower" Vestine of Canned Heat (1997)
Ronnie Van Zant, Steve Gaines, Cassie Gaines, all of of Lynyrd Skynyrd
(1977)
October 21: Blind Melon singer Shannon Hoon (1995)
Bill Black (1965)
October 22: Folk singer Ewan McColl (1989)
October 23: Flatpicker Merle Watson (1985)
"Mother" Maybelle Carter of The Carter Family (1978)
Tommy Edwards (1969), Al Jolson (1950)
October 25:
Roger Miller (1992)
Promoter Bill Graham (1991)
October 26:
Hoyt Axton (1999)
October 27:
Bandleader Xavier Cugat (1990)
October 28:
R&B vocalist Billy Wright (1991)
Jazz sax blower Earl Bostic (1965)
October 29:
Duane Allman (1971)
Woody Herman (1987)
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