Rock
Birthdays for October
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OCTOBER
October 1, 1935, Julie Andrews (Julie Elizabeth Wells)
October 1, 1943, Jerry Martini (Sly & The Family Stone)
October 1, 1944, Barbara Parritt (Toys)
October 1, 1944, Scott McKenzie
October 1, 1945, Donny Hathaway
October 1, 1947, Martin Turner (Wishbone Ash)
October 1, 1948, "Cub" Koda (Brownsville Station)
October 1, 1957, Howard Hewett (Shalamar)
October 1, 1968, Kevin Griffin (Better Than Ezra)
October 2, 1941, Ron Meagher (Beau Brummels)
October 2, 1945, Don McLean
October 2, 1950, Michael Rutherford (Genesis)
October 2. 1951, Sting (Gordon Matthew Sumner)
October 2, 1955, Philip Oakley (Human League)
October 2, 1956, Freddie Jackson
October 2, 1967, Bud Graugh (Sublime)
October 2, 1971, Tiffany
October 3, 1936, James Darren
October 3, 1938, Eddie Cochran (Edward Ray Cochran)
October 3, 1941, Chubby Checker (Ernest Evans)
October 3, 1947, Lindsey Buckingham (Fleetwood Mac)
October 3, 1954, Stevie Ray Vaughan
October 3, 1962, Tommy Lee (Motley Crue)
October 4, 1944, Nona Hendryx (LaBelle)
October 4, 1944, Marlena Davis (Orlons)
October 4, 1947, Jim Fielder (Blood, Sweat & Tears)
October 4, 1959, Chris Lowe (Pet Shop Boys)
October 5, 1936, George Jones Jr. (Edsels)
October 5, 1938, Carlos Mastangelo (Belmonts)
October 5, 1941, Arlene Smith (Chantells)
October 5, 1941, Wally Lester (Skyliners)
October 5, 1942, Richard Street (Temptations)
October 5, 1943, Steve Miller
October 5, 1948, Brian Connolly (Sweet)
October 5, 1949, B.W. Stevenson
October 5, 1954, Bob Geldof
October 6, 1917, Bob Neal (ex-Presley manager)
October 6, 1946, Millie Small
October 6, 1949, Thomas McClary (Commodores)
October 6, 1951, Kevin Cronin (REO Speedwagon)
October 6, 1954, David Hidalgo (Los Lobos)
October 6, 1964, Matthew Sweet
October 7, 1941 Terry Silvester (Main Ingredient)
October 7, 1941, Martin Murray (Honeycombs)
October 7, 1943, Dino Valenti (Quicksilver Messenger Service)
October 7, 1945, Kevin Godley (10cc)
October 7, 1951, John Cougar Mellencamp
October 7, 1953, Tico Torres (Bon Jovi)
October 7, 1968, Toni Braxton
October 7, 1968, Thom E. Yorke (Radiohead)
October 7, 1969, Leeroy Thornhill (The Prodigy)
October 8, 1934, Doc Green (Drifters)
October 8, 1940, Fred Cash (Impressions)
October 8, 1949, Michael Rosen (Average White Band)
October 8, 1950, Robert 'Kool' Bell (Kool and The Gang)
October 8, 1951, Johnny Ramone (John Cummings) (Ramones)
October 9, 1940, John Lennon
October 9, 1944, John Entwistle (The Who)
October 9, 1944, Peter Tosh (Winston Hubert Macintosh) (Wailers)
October 9, 1950, Jackson Browne
October 9, 1954, James Fearnley (The Pogues)
October 9, 1961, Kurt Neumann (BoDeans)
October 9, 1969, P.J. Harvey
October 9, 1975, Sean Ono Lennon
October 10, 1914, Ivory Joe Hunter
October 10, 1917, Thelonius Monk
October 10, 1943, Denis D'Ell (Honeycombs)
October 10, 1945, Alan Cartwright (Procol Harum)
October 10, 1946, John Prine
October 10, 1948, Cyril Neville (Neville Brothers)
October 10, 1953, Midge Ure
October 10, 1955, David Lee Roth (Van Halen)
October 10, 1958, Tanya Tucker
October 10, 1961, Martin Kemp (Spandau Ballet)
October 10, 1967, Mike Malinin (Goo Goo Dolls)
October 10, 1964, Neneh Cherry
October 11, 1948, Daryl Hall (Daryl Hohl) (Hall and Oates)
October 11, 1950, Andrew Woolfolk (Earth Wind and Fire)
October 12, 1935, Luciano Pavarotti
October 12, 1935, Sam Moore (Sam and Dave)
October 12, 1942, Melvin Franklin (Temptations)
October 13, 1942, Art Garfunkel (Simon & Garfunkel)
October 13, 1944, Robert Lamm (Chicago)
October 13, 1947, Sammy Hagar (Montrose/Van Halen)
October 13, 1951, John Ford Coley (England Dan & John Ford Coley)
October 13, 1959, Marie Osmond
October 14, 1940, Cliff Richard
October 14, 1946, Justin Hayward (Moody Blues)
October 14, 1958, Thomas Dolby
October 15, 1925, Mickey "Guitar" Baker (Mickey & Sylvia)
October 15, 1935, Barry McGuire
October 15, 1938, Marv Johnson
October 15, 1944, Don Stevenson (Moby Grape)
October 15, 1946, Richard Carpenter (The Carpenters)
October 15, 1950, Chris De Burgh
October 15, 1953, Tito Jackson (Toriano Adaryll Jackson) (Jackson 5)
October 15, 1962, Mark Reznicek (Toadies)
October 16, 1923, Bert Kaempfert
October 16, 1938, Nico (Velvet Underground)
October 16, 1943, Fred Turner (Bachman-Turner Overdrive)
October 16, 1947, Bob 'Ace' Weir (Grateful Dead)
October 16, 1953, Tony Carey (Rainbow)
October 16, 1959, Gary Kemp (Spandau Ballet)
October 16, 1962, Flea (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
October 16, 1969, Wendy Wilson (Wilson Phillips)
October 17, 1941, James Seals (Seals & Crofts)
October 17, 1941, Alan Howard (Tremeloes)
October 17, 1942, Gary Puckett
October 17, 1946, Jim Tucker (The Turtles)
October 17, 1949, Bill Hudson (Hudson Brothers)
October 17, 1968, Ziggy Marley
October 17, 1972, Clef Jean (Fugees)
October 18, 1926, Chuck Berry
October 18, 1938, Ronnie Bright (Coasters)
October 18, 1947, Laura Nyro
October 18, 1952, Keith Knudsen (Doobie Brothers/Southern Pacific)
October 18, 1961, Wynton Marsalis
October 18, 1966, Tim Cross (Sponge)
October 18, 1974, Peter Svenson (Cardigans)
October 19, 1940, Larry Chance (Earls)
October 19, 1945, Keith Reid (Procol Harum)
October 19, 1947, Wilbert Hart (Delfonics)
October 19, 1957, Karl Wallinger (World Party)
October 19, 1972, Pras Michel (Fugees)
October 20, 1939, Jay Siegel (Tokens)
October 20, 1945, Ric Lee (Ten Years After)
October 20, 1951, Alan Greenwood (Foreigner)
October 20, 1950, Tom Petty
October 20, 1958, Ricky Byrd (Joan Jett & The Blackhearts)
October 20, 1964, Jim Sonefeld (Hootie & The Blowfish)
October 21, 1917, Dizzy Gillespie
October 21, 1937, Norman Wright (Del Vikings)
October 21, 1940, Jimmy Beaumont (Skyliners)
October 21, 1941, Manfred Mann (Michael Liebowitz)
October 21, 1941, Steve Cropper (Booker T. & The M.G.s)
October 21, 1942, Elvin Bishop
October 21, 1943, Ron Elliott (Beau Brummels)
October 21, 1946, Lee Loughname (Chicago)
October 21, 1947, Tetsu Yamauchi (Free/Faces)
October 21, 1953, Charlotte Caffey (Go-Go's)
October 21, 1954, Eric Faulkner (Bay City Rollers)
October 21, 1957, Steve Lukather (Toto)
October 21, 1957, Julian Cope
October 22, 1939, Ray Jones (Billy J. Kramer & The Dakotas)
October 22, 1942, Annette Funicello
October 22, 1942, Bobby Fuller (Bobby Fuller Four)
October 22, 1945, Eddie Brigati (Young Rascals)
October 22, 1960, Cris Kirkwood (Meat Puppets)
October 22, 1965, John Wesley Harding
October 22, 1985, Zachary Hanson (Hanson)
SCORPIO
October 23, 1939, Ellie Greenwich (songwriter)
October 23, 1940, Fred Marsden (Gerry & The Pacemakers)
October 23, 1943, Barbara Ann Hawkins (Dixie Cups)
October 23, 1947, Greg Ridley (Spooky Tooth/Humble Pie)
October 23, 1949, Wurzel (Michael Burston) (Motorhead)
October 23, 1956, Dwight Yoakam
October 24, 1911, Sonny Terry
October 24, 1930, Big Bopper (Jiles Perry Richardson)
October 24, 1936, Bill Wyman (Rolling Stones)
October 24, 1937, Santo Farina (Santo & Johnny)
October 24, 1941, Helen Reddy
October 24, 1944, Ted Templeton (Harper's Bizarre)
October 24, 1944, Bettye Swann
October 24, 1946, Jerry Edmonton (Steppenwolf)
October 24, 1950, Dale Griffin (Mott The Hoople)
October 25, 1944, Jon Anderson (Yes)
October 25, 1947, John Hall (Orleans)
October 25, 1948, Glen Tipton (Judas Priest)
October 25, 1956, Matthias Jabs (Scorpions)
October 25, 1962, Chad Smith (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
October 25, 1968, "Speech" (Todd Thomas) (Arrested Development)
October 26, 1929, Neal Matthews (Jordanaires)
October 26, 1940, Keith Hopwood (Herman's Hermits)
October 26, 1944, Michael Piano (Sandpipers)
October 26, 1945, Leslie West (Mountain)
October 26, 1951, Maggie Roche (Roches)
October 26, 1953, Keith Strickland (B-52's)
October 26, 1963, Natalie Merchant
October 27, 1933, Floyd Cramer
October 27, 1942, Lee Greenwood
October 27, 1949, Garry Tallent (E Street Band)
October 27, 1951, K.K. Downing (Judas Priest)
October 27, 1958, Simon Le Bon (Duran Duran)
October 27, 1967, Scott Weiland (Stone Temple Pilots)
October 28, 1936, Charlie Daniels
October 28, 1941, Hank Marvin (Shadows)
October 28, 1941, Curtis Lee
October 28, 1945, Wayne Fontana (Glynn Ellis) (The Mindbenders)
October 28, 1948, Rick Reynolds (Black Oak Arkansas)
October 28, 1948, Telma Hopkins (Tony Orlando & Dawn)
October 28, 1957, Stephen Morris (New Order)
October 28, 1958, William Reid (Jesus And Mary Chain)
October 29, 1942, Raymond Steinberg (Reflections)
October 29, 1945, Denny Laine (Moody Blues/Wings)
October 29, 1945, Melba Moore
October 29, 1946, Peter Green (Fleetwood Mac)
October 29, 1955, Kevin Dubrow (Quiet Riot)
October 29, 1961, Randy Jackson (Jacksons)
October 29, 1965, Peter Timmins (Cowboy Junkies)
October 29, 1970, SA (311)
October 30, 1939, Eddie Holland (Holland/Dozier/Holland)
October 30, 1939, Otis Williams (Temptations)
October 30, 1939, Grace Slick (Grace Barnett Wing)(Jefferson Airplane)
October 30, 1947, Timothy B. Schmidt (Poco/Eagles)
October 30, 1960, Joey Belladonna (Anthrax)
October 30, 1963, Jerry DeBorg (Jesus Jones)
October 30, 1967, Gavin Rossdale (Rush)
October 31, 1937, Tom Paxton
October 31, 1944, Kinky Friedman
October 31, 1947, Russ Ballard (Argent)
October 31, 1953, Johnny Clegg
October 31, 1961, Larry Mullen, Jr. (U2)
October 31, 1965, Annabella Lwin,(Myant Mayant Aye) (Bow Wow Wow)
October 31, 1966, King Ad-Rock (Adam Horowitz) (Beastie Boys)
October 31, 1967, Adam Schlesinger (Fountains of Wayne)
October 31, 1970, Linn Berggren (Ace Of Base)
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