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- October 4, 1970 - Janis Joplin, American singer-songwriter, dies from a heroin overdose
- October 5, 1962 - The Beatles released their first single, Love Me Do.
- October 9, 1940 – John Lennon, founding member of The Beatles, is born in Liverpool
- October 7, 1932 - The London Philharmonic Orchestra, founded by Sir Thomas Beecham, débuts at the Queen's Hall
- October 10, 1966 – Simon and Garfunkel release the album Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme.
- October 11, 1896 - Anton Bruckner, Austrian composer died in Vienna.
- October 13, 1935 - Luciano Pavarotti, Italian tenor is born.
- October 13, 2005 – "Peel Day", as declared by the BBC, in honor of DJ John Peel.
- October 15, 1970 – Ginuwine, R&B singer, born
- October 16, 1977 – John Mayer, born
- October 17, 1967 – The musical Hair opens at the Anspacher Theater on Broadway.
- October 18, 1968 – A police raid on John Lennon and Yoko Ono's flat finds 168 grains of marijuana. They later plead guilty and are fined £150.
- October 20, 1950 – Tom Petty, born
- October 21, 1957 – The movie Jailhouse Rock, starring Elvis Presley, opens.
- October 22, 1966 – The Supremes become the first all-female music group to attain a No. 1 selling album (The Supremes A' Go-Go)
- October 23, 1959 – "Weird Al" Yankovic, musical parodist, born
- October 25, 1991 – Rock band Steely Dan reunites
- October 26, 1965 – The Beatles are appointed Members of the Order of the British Empire
- October 27, 1967 – Scott Weiland, American singer (Stone Temple Pilots and Velvet Revolver), born
- October 29, 1787 – Mozart's opera Don Giovanni receives its first performance in Prague.
- October 31, 1975 – Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody released.
