On This Day in Music: October 1

On October 1 in music history, 51 artists were born, 25 died and 10 other milestones happened, among them The Beatles (1962), The Rolling Stones (1970) and Lady Gaga (2021).

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The Beatles

Brian Epstein signs a contract to manage Beatles through 1977

The Rolling Stones

63 arrest in riot to buy Rolling Stone tickets in Milano Italy

Lady Gaga

Lady Gaga released the album 'Love for Sale'

Donny Hathaway

Donny Hathaway, Chicago, singer/songwriter (Where is the Love) was born

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Born on October 1

Albert Collins

Albert Collins, Leona TX, blues guitarist (Frosty, Showdown) was born

Alessandro Stradella

Alessandro Stradella, Italian violinist/composer was born

Anatol' Vakhnyanyn

Anatol' Vakhnyanyn, composer was born

Antonio Iglesias Alvares

Antonio Iglesias Alvares, composer was born

Barbara Parritt

Barbara Parritt, US soul singer (Toys-Lover's Concerto) was born

Brian Greenway

Brian Greenway, Montreal, rock guitarist/vocalist (April Wine) was born

Cliff Friend

Cliff Friend, American songwriter (d. 1974) was born

Constantin Nottara

Constantin Nottara, composer was born

Cub Koda

Cub Koda, rocker (Brownsville Station) was born

Donny Hathaway

Donny Hathaway, Chicago, singer/songwriter (Where is the Love) was born

Edward Villella

Edward Villella, Bayside Queens, ballet dancer (NYC Ballet) was born

Ellen McIlwaine

Ellen McIlwaine, Nashville, blues singer (Honky Tonky Angel) was born

Fryderyk Edward Sobolewski

Fryderyk Edward Sobolewski, composer was born

Giovanni Battista Cirri

Giovanni Battista Cirri, composer was born

Gustav Adolf Heinze

Gustav Adolf Heinze, composer was born

Hector Campos-Parsi

Hector Campos-Parsi, composer was born

Henry Clay Work

Henry Clay Work, composer was born

Herbert "Tubo" Rhoad

Herbert "Tubo" Rhoad, US singer (Persuasions-Spread the Word) was born

Herman David Koppel

Herman David Koppel, composer was born

Hiroki Aiba

Hiroki Aiba, Japanese actor, singer was born

Howard Hewett

Howard Hewett, Akron Oh, rock vocalist (Shalamar) was born

Irwin Kostal

Irwin Kostal, Chicago Ill, orchestra leader (Garry Moore Show) was born

Jean Rousseau

Jean Rousseau, composer was born

Jeane Manson

Jeane Manson, American singer and actress was born

Jerry Maitini

Jerry Maitini, US saxophonist (Sly & Family Stone-Sex Machine) was born

Jim Martini

Jim Martini, rocker (Sly & Family Stone-Everyday People) was born

Johann Baptist Christoph Toeschi

Johann Baptist Christoph Toeschi, composer was born

Julie Andrews

Julie Andrews, Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, actress/singer (Sound of Music, Mary Poppins) was born

Karl Ranki

Karl Ranki, composer was born

Keith Duffy

Keith Duffy, Dublin Ireland, Irish singer (Boyzone) was born

Lajos Bardos

Lajos Bardos, composer was born

Leonid Leonidovich Sabaneyev

Leonid Leonidovich Sabaneyev, composer was born

Mariska Veres

Mariska Veres, Dutch singer (Shocking Blue) was born

Martin Turner

Martin Turner, rocker (Wishbone) was born

Masato Nakamura

Masato Nakamura, Japanese musician was born

Oedoen Partos

Oedoen Partos, composer was born

Olga Pozzi Escot

Olga Pozzi Escot, composer was born

Ori Kaplan

Ori Kaplan, Israeli jazz musician was born

Paul Dukas

Paul Dukas, French composer (d. 1935) was born

Phillip Oakey

Phillip Oakey, rocker (Human League) was born

Pierre MF de Sales Baillot

Pierre MF de Sales Baillot, French violinist/composer was born

Ricardo Castillo

Ricardo Castillo, composer was born

Richard Harris

Richard Harris, Ireland, actor (Man Called Horse)/singer (MacArthur Park) was born

Rob Davis

Rob Davis, rocker was born

Roger Williams

Roger Williams, American pianist was born

Ryo Miyamori

Ryo Miyamori, Japanese singer was born

Sandra Oxenryd

Sandra Oxenryd, Swedish singer was born

Sayaka

Sayaka, Japanese singer was born

Sylvano Bussotti

Sylvano Bussotti, Italian composer was born

Vladimir Horowitz

Vladimir Horowitz, Kiev Ukraine, pianist (Carmen) was born

Youssou N'dour

Youssou N'dour, Senegalese singer (Shaking the tree) was born

Died on October 1

Al Jackson

Al Jackson, rock drummer (Booker T & The MG's), dies at 39

Bruce Palmer

Bruce Palmer, Canadian musician (Buffalo Springfield) (b. 1946)

Ernst Toch

Ernst Toch, composer (Melodie Lehre), dies at 76

Frantisek Matej Hilmar

Frantisek Matej Hilmar, composer, dies at 78

Gianmatteo Asola

Gianmatteo Asola, Italian composer

Hans Poser

Hans Poser, composer, dies at 52

Harry Milton Ray

Harry Milton Ray, singer/actor (Avanti!), dies of stroke at 45

Henri-Jerome Bertini

Henri-Jerome Bertini, composer, dies at 77

Hernando de Cabezon

Hernando de Cabezon, composer, dies at 61

John Blow

John Blow, composer (Venus & Adonis), dies at 59

Joonas Kokkonen

Joonas Kokkonen, composer, dies at 74

Julian Bahula

Julian Bahula died

Lena Zavaroni

Lena Zavaroni, Scottish singer and Child star (b. 1963)

Louis-Gabriel Guillemain

Louis-Gabriel Guillemain, composer, dies at 64

Patricia Janečková

Patricia Janečková died

Pauline Julien

Pauline Julien, French Canadian singer (b. 1928)

Petar Konjovic

Petar Konjovic, composer, dies at 87

Ricardo Drigo

Ricardo Drigo, composer, dies at 84

Robert Allen

Robert Allen, American pianist and songwriter (b. 1928)

Ronnie Hazlehurst

Ronnie Hazlehurst, English conductor and theme song composer (b. 1928)

Roy Harris

Roy Harris, US composer, dies at 81

Scott Dunbar

Scott Dunbar, bluse vocalist/guitarist, dies at 90

Stamatis Kokotas

Stamatis Kokotas died

Vyacheslav Dobrynin

Vyacheslav Dobrynin died

Wilhelm Harteveld

Wilhelm Harteveld, composer, dies at 68

Releases & milestones on October 1

Asking Alexandria

Asking Alexandria released the album 'See What's on the Inside'

David Koller

David Koller released the album 'Q141746691'

Lady Gaga

Lady Gaga released the album 'Love for Sale'

Pink Floyd

Pink FLoyd's 1st US tour (arrives in NYC)

Ralph Blane

H Martin/R Blanes musical "Best Foot Forward," premieres in NYC

Roger Taylor

Roger Taylor released the album 'Outsider'

The Beatles

Brian Epstein signs a contract to manage Beatles through 1977

The Rolling Stones

63 arrest in riot to buy Rolling Stone tickets in Milano Italy

Tony Bennett

Tony Bennett released the album 'Love for Sale'

Yes

Yes released the album 'The Quest'

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