On This Day in Music: October 1

1932-10-01 Birth

Albert Collins

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

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1644-10-01 Birth

Alessandro Stradella

Alessandro Stradella, Italian violinist/composer was born

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1841-10-01 Birth

Anatol' Vakhnyanyn

Anatol' Vakhnyanyn, composer was born

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1918-10-01 Birth

Antonio Iglesias Alvares

Antonio Iglesias Alvares, composer was born

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1944-10-01 Birth

Barbara Parritt

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

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1951-10-01 Birth

Brian Greenway

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

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1893-10-01 Birth

Cliff Friend

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

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1890-10-01 Birth

Constantin Nottara

Constantin Nottara, composer was born

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1948-10-01 Birth

Cub Koda

Cub Koda, rocker (Brownsville Station) was born

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1945-10-01 Birth

Donny Hathaway

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

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1936-10-01 Birth

Edward Villella

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

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1948-10-01 Birth

Ellen McIlwaine

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

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1808-10-01 Birth

Fryderyk Edward Sobolewski

Fryderyk Edward Sobolewski, composer was born

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1724-10-01 Birth

Giovanni Battista Cirri

Giovanni Battista Cirri, composer was born

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1820-10-01 Birth

Gustav Adolf Heinze

Gustav Adolf Heinze, composer was born

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1922-10-01 Birth

Hector Campos-Parsi

Hector Campos-Parsi, composer was born

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1832-10-01 Birth

Henry Clay Work

Henry Clay Work, composer was born

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1944-10-01 Birth

Herbert "Tubo" Rhoad

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

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1908-10-01 Birth

Herman David Koppel

Herman David Koppel, composer was born

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1987-10-01 Birth

Hiroki Aiba

Hiroki Aiba, Japanese actor, singer was born

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1955-10-01 Birth

Howard Hewett

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

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1911-10-01 Birth

Irwin Kostal

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

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1644-10-01 Birth

Jean Rousseau

Jean Rousseau, composer was born

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1950-10-01 Birth

Jeane Manson

Jeane Manson, American singer and actress was born

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1943-10-01 Birth

Jerry Maitini

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

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1943-10-01 Birth

Jim Martini

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

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1735-10-01 Birth

Johann Baptist Christoph Toeschi

Johann Baptist Christoph Toeschi, composer was born

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1935-10-01 Birth

Julie Andrews

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

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1898-10-01 Birth

Karl Ranki

Karl Ranki, composer was born

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1974-10-01 Birth

Keith Duffy

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

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1899-10-01 Birth

Lajos Bardos

Lajos Bardos, composer was born

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1881-10-01 Birth

Leonid Leonidovich Sabaneyev

Leonid Leonidovich Sabaneyev, composer was born

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1947-10-01 Birth

Mariska Veres

Mariska Veres, Dutch singer (Shocking Blue) was born

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1947-10-01 Birth

Martin Turner

Martin Turner, rocker (Wishbone) was born

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1958-10-01 Birth

Masato Nakamura

Masato Nakamura, Japanese musician was born

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1907-10-01 Birth

Oedoen Partos

Oedoen Partos, composer was born

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1933-10-01 Birth

Olga Pozzi Escot

Olga Pozzi Escot, composer was born

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1969-10-01 Birth

Ori Kaplan

Ori Kaplan, Israeli jazz musician was born

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1865-10-01 Birth

Paul Dukas

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

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1955-10-01 Birth

Phillip Oakey

Phillip Oakey, rocker (Human League) was born

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1771-10-01 Birth

Pierre MF de Sales Baillot

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

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1894-10-01 Birth

Ricardo Castillo

Ricardo Castillo, composer was born

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1930-10-01 Birth

Richard Harris

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

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1947-10-01 Birth

Rob Davis

Rob Davis, rocker was born

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1926-10-01 Birth

Roger Williams

Roger Williams, American pianist was born

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1985-10-01 Birth

Ryo Miyamori

Ryo Miyamori, Japanese singer was born

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1982-10-01 Birth

Sandra Oxenryd

Sandra Oxenryd, Swedish singer was born

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1986-10-01 Birth

Sayaka

Sayaka, Japanese singer was born

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1931-10-01 Birth

Sylvano Bussotti

Sylvano Bussotti, Italian composer was born

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1904-10-01 Birth

Vladimir Horowitz

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

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1959-10-01 Birth

Youssou N'dour

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

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1975-10-01 Death

Al Jackson

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

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2004-10-01 Death

Bruce Palmer

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

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1964-10-01 Death

Ernst Toch

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

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1881-10-01 Death

Frantisek Matej Hilmar

Frantisek Matej Hilmar, composer, dies at 78

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1609-10-01 Death

Gianmatteo Asola

Gianmatteo Asola, Italian composer

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1970-10-01 Death

Hans Poser

Hans Poser, composer, dies at 52

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1992-10-01 Death

Harry Milton Ray

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

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1876-10-01 Death

Henri-Jerome Bertini

Henri-Jerome Bertini, composer, dies at 77

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1602-10-01 Death

Hernando de Cabezon

Hernando de Cabezon, composer, dies at 61

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1708-10-01 Death

John Blow

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

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1996-10-01 Death

Joonas Kokkonen

Joonas Kokkonen, composer, dies at 74

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1999-10-01 Death

Lena Zavaroni

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

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1770-10-01 Death

Louis-Gabriel Guillemain

Louis-Gabriel Guillemain, composer, dies at 64

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1998-10-01 Death

Pauline Julien

Pauline Julien, French Canadian singer (b. 1928)

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1970-10-01 Death

Petar Konjovic

Petar Konjovic, composer, dies at 87

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1930-10-01 Death

Ricardo Drigo

Ricardo Drigo, composer, dies at 84

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2000-10-01 Death

Robert Allen

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

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2007-10-01 Death

Ronnie Hazlehurst

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

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1979-10-01 Death

Roy Harris

Roy Harris, US composer, dies at 81

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1994-10-01 Death

Scott Dunbar

Scott Dunbar, bluse vocalist/guitarist, dies at 90

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1927-10-01 Death

Wilhelm Harteveld

Wilhelm Harteveld, composer, dies at 68

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1967-10-01 Event

Pink Floyd

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

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1941-10-01 Event

Ralph Blane

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

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1962-10-01 Event

The Beatles

Brian Epstein signs a contract to manage Beatles through 1977

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1970-10-01 Event

The Rolling Stones

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

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