October 1
Births
1933 Richard Harris
1934 Geoff Stephens – vocals New Vaudeville Band
1935 Julie Andrews
1939 Scott McKenzie
1942 Herb Fame – vocals Peaches and Herb
1943 Jerry Martini – saxophone Sly and Family Stone
1943 Juan Martin – Spanish guitarist
1944 Barbara Parritt – vocals Toys
1945 Donny Hathaway
1945 Carrie Lucas
1945 John Tebb – vocals Casuals
1947 Rob Davis – guitar Mud
1947 Martin Turner – bass Wishbone Ash
1947 Mariska Veres – vocals Shocking Blue
1957 Andy Walton – drums Kenny
1957 Howard Hewitt – vocals Shalamar
1958 Martin Cooper – saxophone OMD
1959 Youssou N’Dour
1974 Keith Duffy – vocals Boyzone
1982 Ross Copperman – US singer/songwriter
1985 Dizzee Rascal
Deaths
1975 Al Jackson – drums Booker T’s MG’s
1992 Harry Ray – vocals Moments
1999 Lena Zavaroni
2008 Nick Reynolds – guitar Kingston Trio
2014 Lynsey De Paul
2018 Charles Aznavour
October 2
Births
1939 Lolly Vegas – vocals/guitar Redbone
1945 Don McLean
1949 Richard Hell – bass Television
1950 Mike Rutherford – bass Genesis/Mike and The Mechanics
1951 Sting
1952 John Otway
1955 Phil Oakey – vocals Human League
1956 Freddie Jackson
1960 Robbie Nevil
1969 Puff Daddy
1971 Tiffany
1972 Samantha Janus
1973 Lene Nykstrom – vocals Aqua
1974 Proof – rapper D-12
1975 India Arie
Deaths
2012 Big Jim Sullivan
2017 Tom Petty
October 3
Births
1936 James Darren
1938 Eddie Cochran
1940 Alan O’Day
1941 Chubby Checker
1945 Antonio Martinez – guitar Los Bravos
1946 P.P. Arnold
1949 Lindsey Buckingham – guitar Fleetwood Mac
1950 Ronnie Laws – US jazz saxophonist
1950 Phyllis Nelson
1954 Stevie Ray Vaughan – US blues guitar/singer
1955 Allen Woody – bass Allman Brothers
1961 Tommy Lee – drums Motley Crue
1962 Robbie Jaymes – percussion Modern Romance
1969 Gwen Stefani – vocals No Doubt
1972 Kevin Richardson – vocals Backstreet Boys
1977 Matt Rubano – bass Taking Back Sunday
1978 Jake Shears – vocals Scissor Sisters
1980 Ashlee Simpson
1981 Jimmy Ray
1985 Shontelle
Deaths
1967 Woody Guthrie – US folk singer
2000 Benjamin Orr – bass Cars
October 4
Births
1929 Leroy Van Dyke
1944 Marlena Easley – vocals Orlons
1947 Jim Fielder – bass Blood Sweat and Tears
1957 Barbara Kooyman – vocals Timbuk 3
1959 Chris Lowe – keyboards Pet Shop Boys
1963 Jon Secada
1965 Neil Sims – drums Catherine Wheel
1968 Andy Parle – drums Space
1973 Craig Young – vocals Deuce
1985 Lena Katina– vocals t.A.T.U.
1991 Leigh-Anne Pinnock – vocals Little Mix
Deaths
1970 Janis Joplin
1989 Graham Chapman – vocals Monty Python
2005 Mike Gibbins – drums Badfinger
2014 Paul Revere
October 5
Births
1937 Abi Ofarim
1942 Richard Street – vocals Temptations
1943 Steve Miller
1944 Brian Connolly – vocals Sweet
1947 Brian Johnson – vocals Geordie & AC/DC
1950 Eddie Clarke – guitar Motorhead
1951 Bob Geldof
1952 Harold Faltermeyer
1953 Russell Mael – vocals Sparks
1957 Lee Thompson – saxophone Madness
1960 Paul Heard – keyboards M People
1961 David Bryson – guitar Counting Crows
1969 Eric Benet
1975 Kate Winslet – UK actress/singer
1975 Kele Le Roc
1985 Nicola Roberts – vocals Girls Aloud
Deaths
1992 Eddie Kendricks
2005 Shirley Ellis
2010 Norman Wisdom
2011 Bert Jansch – guitar Pentangle
2016 Joan Johnson – vocals Dixie Cups
October 6
Births
1942 Neil Korner – bass New Vaudeville Band
1945 Robin Shaw – bass White Plains
1945 Hume Paton – guitar Poets
1946 Millie Small
1949 Bobby Farrell – vocals Boney M
1950 Thomas McClary – guitar Commodores
1951 Gavin Sutherland – vocals/bass Sutherland Brothers
1951 Kevin Cronin – vocals/piano REO Speedwagon
1960 Richard Jobson – vocals Skids
2000 Bars
Deaths
1985 Nelson Riddle – US orchestra leader
2007 Eric McCredie – bass Middle Of The Road
2015 Billy Joe Royal
2018 Montserrat Caballe
2019 Ginger Baker – drums Cream
2020 Eddie Van Halen
October 7
Births
1927 Al Martino
1939 Colin Cooper – saxophone Climax Blues Band
1941 Martin Murray – guitar Honeycombs
1941 Tony Sylvester – vocals Main Ingredient
1945 Kevin Godley – drums 10cc
1949 Dave Hope – bass Kansas
1950 David Taylor – bass Edison Lighthouse
1951 John Cougar Mellencamp
1953 Tico Torres – drums Bon Jovi
1964 Sam Brown
1967 Toni Braxton
1967 Luke Haines – vocals Auteurs
1968 Thom Yorke – vocals Radiohead
1969 Leroy Thornhill – dancer Prodigy
1974 Michelle Robinson – vocals N’Tyce
1974 Nicole Appleton – vocals All Saints
1978 Alesha Dixon – vocals Mis-Teeq
1996 Lewis Capaldi
Deaths
1959 Mario Lanza
1966 Johnny Kidd
1966 Smiley Lewis – US R&B singer
October 8
Births
1941 George Bellamy – guitar Tornados
1941 Dave Arbus – violin East Of Eden
1942 Jackie Dennis
1942 Buzz Clifford
1945 Ray Royer – guitar Procol Harum
1947 Sheila Ferguson – vocals Three Degrees
1947 Tony Wilson – bass Hot Chocolate
1948 Johnny Ramone – guitar Ramones
1949 Harry Bowens – vocals Was Not Was
1949 Hamish Stuart – vocals AverageWhite Band
1950 Robert Bell – bass Kool And The Gang
1967 Teddy Riley – vocals Guy/Blackstreet
1985 Bruno Mars
1991 Bakermat
Deaths
2021 Everett Morton – drums Beat
October 9
Births
1940 John Lennon
1944 John Entwistle – bass the Who
1944 Peter Tosh
1948 Jackson Browne
1949 Rod Temperton – Keyboards Heatwave
1957 Ini Kamoze
1967 Matt Osman – bass Suede
1968 Vicky Perks – vocals Fuzzbox
1969 P.J Harvey
1976 Sian Evans – vocals Kosheen`
1977 Aaron Cooper – vocals Worlds Apart
1978 Nicky Byrne – vocals Westlife
1980 Beverley Fullen – vocals Hepburn
1985 Frankmusik
Deaths
1978 Jacques Brel – French singer
1990 Cliff Gallup – vocals Gene Vincent’s Blue Caps
2007 Lady Jaye Breyer P-Orridge – Psychic TV
October 10
Births
1813 Giuseppe Verdi
1940 Anita Humes – vocals The Essex
1943 Dennis D’Ell – vocals Honeycombs
1945 Alan Cartwright – bass Procol Harum
1945 Jerry LaCroix – saxophone Blood Sweat and Tears
1946 Chris Tarrant
1947 Phil Cash – rhythm guitar Applejacks
1949 Gary Richrath – guitar REO Speedwagon
1953 Midge Ure
1955 David Lee Roth – vocals Van Halen
1959 Kirsty MacColl
1960 Al Connolly – guitar Glass Tiger
1961 Martin Kemp – bass Spandau Ballet
1961 Curtis Hairston – US singer
1963 Jim Glennie – bass James
1963 Jonny Male – guitar Republica
1973 Scott Morriss – bass Bluetones
1975 Melissa Ashley Graham – vocals Solid Harmonie
1976 Richard Oakes – guitar Suede
1976 Kuniva – rapper D-12
1978 Darren Keating – vocals Skandal
1979 Mya
1981 Una Healy- vocals The Saturdays
1983 Jack Savoretti
1992 Gabrielle Aplin – UK singer
Deaths
2007 Art Todd – vocals US duo Art and Dotty Todd
2008 Dave Wright – guitar Troggs
2009 Stephen Gately – vocals Boyzone
2010 Solomon Burke – US soul Singer
2015 Jim Diamond
October 11
Births
1918 Ray Martin – UK orchestra leader
1919 Art Blakey – US jazz drummer
1932 Billie Anthony
1932 Dottie West – US country singer Country Singer
1946 Bo Kirkland
1948 Daryl Hall
1956 Boring Bob Grover – trumpet Pirhanas
1957 Blair Cunningham – drums Haircut 100
1962 Andy McCoy – guitar Hanoi Rocks
1970 MC Lyte
1972 George Philippou – vocals Universal
1973 Brendan Brown – vocals/guitar Wheatus
1973 Charli Baltimore
1980 Paul Brown – drums Blueskins
Deaths
1963 Edith Paif – French singer
1992 Lennie Peters – vocals Peter and Lee
1993 Andy Stewart
2008 Russ Hamilton
2008 Neal Hefti
October 12
Births
1935 Luciano Pavarotti – Italian tenor
1935 Sam Moore – vocals Sam and Dave
1942 Melvin Franklin – vocals Temptations
1948 Rick Parfitt – guitar/vocals Status Quo
1956 Dave Vanian – vocals Damned
1965 Phil Creswick – vocals Big Fun
1967 Jorinde Williams – vocals Oceanic
1969 Martie Siedel – vocals Dixie Chicks
1972 Tony Borowiak – vocals All-4-One
Deaths
1971 Gene Vincent
1985 Ricky Wilson – guitar B-52’s
1997 John Denver
2011 Paul Leka – vocals Lemon Pipers
October 13
Births
1934 Nana Mouskouri
1940 Chris Farlowe
1941 Paul Simon
1944 Robert Lamm – piano/vocals Chicago
1946 Dorothy Moore – US singer
1947 Sammy Hagar – vocals Van Halen
1947 Joe Dolce
1948 Peter Spencer – drums Smokie
1951 John Ford Coley
1958 Cherrelle
1959 Marie Osmond
1962 Rob Marche – guitar Joboxers
1962 John Fugler – synthesizer Fluke
1981 Kelechukwu Rowland Okereke – vocals/guitar Bloc Party
Deaths
1977 Shirley Brickley – vocals Orlons
2001 Peter Doyle – vocals New Seekers
2009 Al Martino
2010 General Johnson – vocals Chairmen Of The Board
October 14
Births
1926 Bill Justis
1930 Robert Parker
1940 Cliff Richard
1942 Billy Harrison – guitar Them
1944 Peter Moules – vocals/guitar/banjo Unit 4+2
1946 Justin Hayward – vocals Moody Blues
1946 Dan McCafferty – vocals Nazareth
1948 Marcia Barrett –vocals Boney M
1948 Ivory Tilmon – vocals Detroit Emeralds
1952 Chris Amoo – vocals Real Thing
1958 Thomas Dolby
1959 A.J. Pero – drums Twisted Sister
1965 Karyn White
1974 Natalie Maines – vocals Dixie Chicks
1975 Shaznay T Lewis – vocals All Saints
1978 Usher
1981 Akon
Deaths
1977 Bing Crosby
1990 Leonard Bernstein
October 15
Births
1937 Barry McGuire
1938 Marv Johnson
1938 Chris Andrews
1945 Richard Carpenter – keyboards Carpenters
1948 Chris De Burgh
1953 Tito Jackson – guitar Jackson 5
1956 Chris Lacklison – keyboards Kenny
1966 Douglas Vipond – drums Deacon Blue
1966 Dave Stead – drums Beautiful South
1971 Andy Cole – UK R&B singer
1971 Jonathan Butler – South African singer
1975 Ginuwine
Deaths
1964 Cole Porter
1999 Josef Locke – Irish Singer
2020 Dave Munden – drums Tremeloes
October 16
Births
1922 Max Bygraves
1923 Bert Kaempfert
1937 Emile Ford
1938 Nico – vocals Velvet Underground
1942 Dave Lovelady –drums Fourmost
1943 Joe Dolan – Irish singer
1943 Fred Turner – bass Bachman Turner Overdrive
1943 Trevor Morias – drums Peddlers
1947 Bob Weir – guitar Grateful Dead
1953 Brinsley Forde – vocals Aswad
1959 Gary Kemp – guitar Spandau Ballet
1962 Michael Balzary – bass Red Hot Chili Peppers
1965 Simon Bartholomew – guitar Brand New Heavies
1969 Chynna Phillips – vocals Wilson Phillips
1977 John Mayer – US singer
1983 Loreen – Swedish Eurovision winner 2012
1994 Amelia Lily – X-Factor contestant
Deaths
1973 Gene Krupa – US jazz drummer
October 17
Births
1933 Singing Nun
1934 Rico Rodriguez – trombone Specials
1941 Alan Howard – bass Tremeloes
1941 Jim Seals – guitar/saxophone Seals and Croft
1942 Gary Puckett
1946 Jim Tucker – guitar Turtles
1958 Alan Jackson – US country singer
1960 Bernadette Nolan – vocals Nolans
1967 Rene Dif – vocals Aqua
1968 Ziggy Marley
1971 Chris Kirkpatrick – vocals N’Sync
1972 Wyclef Jean
1972 Eminem
1974 Burton – keyboards Him
1989 Karis Anderson – vocals Stooshe
1991 Alex Andre – Dvbbs
Deaths
1991 Tennessee Ernie Ford
1996 Chris Acland – drums Lush
2008 Levi Stubbs – vocals Four Tops
2014 Mick Burt – drums Chas and Dave
October 18
Births
1926 Chuck Berry
1938 Ronnie Bright – vocals Coasters
1947 Laura Nyro – US folk singer
1948 Keith Knudson – percussion Doobie Brothers
1949 Joe Egan – keyboards Stealers Wheel
1954 Ramona Wulf – vocals Silver Convention
1956 Dick Crippen – bass Tenpole Tudor
1956 Timmy Mallet
1957 Denise Dufort – drums Girlschool
1958 Precious Wilson – vocals Eruption
1971 Mark Morriss – vocals Bluetones
1977 Simon Rix – bass Kaiser Chiefs
1978 Ne-Yo
Deaths
1999 Tony Crombie – UK drummer
2000 Julie London
2008 Dee Dee Warwick
October 19
Births
1944 Sue Wilkinson
1944 George McCrae
1945 Jeannie C. Riley
1945 Divine
1947 Wilbert Hart – vocals Delfonics
1950 Patrick Cowley
1956 Sharon Redd
1957 Karl Wallinger – keyboards/bass Waterboys
1960 Jennifer Holliday
1960 Woody – drums Madness
1964 Sinitta
1967 Troy Dixon – rapper Heavy D and The Boyz
1972 Pras Michel – vocals Fugees
Deaths
1989 Alan Murphy – guitar Level 42
1995 Don Cherry
1997 Glen Buxton – guitar Alice Cooper
2013 Noel Harrison
2014 Raphael Ravenscroft – saxophone on Baker Street
2014 John Holt
2020 Spencer Davis – guitarist Spencer Davis Group
October 20
Births
1937 Wanda Jackson – US rockabilly singer
1938 Kathy Kirby
1939 Ray Jones – bass Dakotas
1944 Clive Hornby – drums Dennisons
1945 Ric Lee – drums Ten Years After
1947 Martin Baggott – lead guitar Applejacks
1950 Tom Petty
1953 Phil Kennemore – bass Y&T
1958 Mark King – bass/vocals Level 42
1964 Jim Sonefeld – drums Hootie and The Blowfish
1964 David Ryan – drums Lemonheads
1965 Norman Blake – vocals/guitar Teenage Fanclub
1970 Dannii Minogue
1972 Snoop Doggy Dogg
1977 Nick Hodgson – drums Kaiser Chiefs
1978 Denise van Rijswijk– vocals Vengaboys
1989 Jess Glynne
Deaths
1977 Ronnie Van Zandt – vocals Lynyrd Skynrd
1977 Steve Gaines – vocals Lynyrd Skynrd
1977 Cassie Gaines – vocals Lynyrd Skynrd
1990 Barry Wilson – drums Procol Harum
2007 Paul Raven – bass Killing Joke
2009 Liam Maher – vocals Flowered Up
2010 Ari-Up – Slits
2015 Cory Wells – Three Dog Night
October 21
Births
1917 Dizzy Gillespie – US jazz trumpeter
1936 Shirley Jones – vocals Kaye Sisters
1937 Norman Wright – vocals Del-Vikings
1940 Manfred Mann – piano Manfred Mann
1941 Steve Cropper – guitar Booker T’s MG’s
1941 Dickie Pride – UK singer
1942 Elvin Bishop
1942 Yvonne Fair
1943 George Gallcher – vocals Poets
1945 Kathy Young – US singer
1946 Lux Interior – vocals Cramps
1951 Tony Mitchell – bass Sherbet
1953 Charlotte Caffey – guitar Go-Go-s
1953 Eric Faulkner – guitar Bay City Rollers
1957 Julian Cope
1957 Steve Lukather – guitar Toto
1970 Tony Mortimer – vocals East 17
Deaths
1965 Bill Black – bass Jordanaires
1995 Shannon Hoon – vocals Blind Melon
1995 Maxine Andrews – vocals Andrews Sisters
1997 Henry Vestine – guitar Canned Heat
2003 Elliott Smith – US singer
2009 Clinton Ford
October 22
Births
1942 Bobby Fuller
1946 Eddie Brigati – vocals Young Rascals
1957 Pete Evans – drums House Of Love
1965 Paul Lekakis – US singer
1968 Shaggy
1968 Shelby Lynne
1974 Warren Morris – vocals Northern Line
1983 Plan B – UK rapper
1985 Zac Hanson – drums Hanson
1985 Tamara Nicole – vocals Marvin and Tamara
Deaths
1969 Tommy Edwards
2007 Paul Fox – guitar Ruts
2017 George Young – guitar Easybeats
October 23
Births
1939 Ellie Greenwich
1939 Charles Foxx – US singer/songwriter
1940 Freddie Marsden – drums Pacemakers
1943 Barbara Ann Hawkins – vocals Dixie Cups
1947 Greg Ridley – bass Humble Pie/Spooky Tooth
1948 Richie Bull – bass Kursaal Flyers
1949 Wurzel – guitar Motorhead
1953 Pauline Black
1956 Dwight Yoakam – US country singer
1957 Kelly Marie
1963 Michael Mertens – keyboards Propaganda
Deaths
1950 Al Jolson
1976 Leonard Lee – vocals Shirley and Lee
2001 Cliff Adams
2003 Tony Capstick
2016 Pete Burns – vocals Dead or Alive
October 24
Births
1927 Gilbert Becaud
1930 Big Bopper
1936 Bill Wyman
1937 Santo Farinia – steel guitar Santo and Johnny
1944 Ted Templeman – vocals/trumpet Harper’s Bizarre
1946 Edgar Broughton – vocals Edgar Broughton Band
1946 Jerry Edmonton – drums Steppenwolf
1946 Rob Van Leeuwen – guitar Shocking Blue
1948 Paul Ryan – songwriter
1948 Barry Ryan
1948 Dale Griffin – drums Mott The Hoople
1954 Hammy Howell – vocals Darts
1954 Perry Lee Tavares – vocals Tavares
1959 Weird Al Yankovic
1962 Debbie Googe – bass My Bloody Valentine
1969 Rob Green – drums Toploader
1970 Alonzo Bevan – bass Kula Shaker
1970 Eds Chesters – drums Bluetones
1970 Milroy Nadarajah – vocals Three Amigo’s
1979 Ben Gillies – drums Silverchair
1980 Monica
1983 Adrienne Bailon – vocals 3LW
1986 Drake
1997 Raye
Deaths
2001 Kim Gardner – bass Ashton Gardner and Dyke
2016 Bobby Vee
2017 Fats Domino
October 25
Births
1825 Johann Strauss – classical composer
1941 Helen Reddy
1944 Jon Anderson – vocals Yes
1944 Kathy Danoff – vocals Starland Vocal Band
1946 Stephan Remmler – keyboards Trio
1947 John Hall – drums Equals
1948 Glen Tipton – guitar Judas Priest
1950 Chris Norman – vocals Smokie
1956 Bert Reid – Saxophone Crown Heights Affair
1959 Christine Amphlett – vocals Divinyls
1962 Chad Smith – drums Red Hot Chili Peppers
1963 John Leven – bass Europe
1964 Nicole – German Eurovision singer
1964 Nick Thorp – bass Curiosity Killed The Cat
1968 Speech – vocals Arrested Development
1970 Ed Robertson – vocals/guitar Barenaked Ladies
1976 Lisa Armstrong – vocals Deuce
1983 Gyptian – Jamaican singer
1984 Sara Lumholdt – vocals A*Teens
1984 Katy Perry
1985 Ciara
Deaths
1992 Roger Miller
1993 Vincent Price
1993 Howard Blauvelt – bass Ram Jam
2002 Richard Harris – Irish actor/singer
2010 Gregory Isaacs
2014 Jack Bruce – bass Cream
October 26
Births
1911 Mahalia Jackson – US gospel singer
1929 Neal Matthews –vocals Jordanaires
1940 Eddie Henderson – US trumpeter
1946 Keith Hopwood – guitars Herman’s Hermits
1952 David Was – Was Not Was
1953 Keith Strickland – drums B-52’s
1963 Natalie Merchant
1964 Sven Vath
1975 Sunshine Anderson – US singer
1976 T-Seven – vocals Mr President
1978 Mark Barry – vocals BBMAK
1983 Anthony Scott-Lee – vocals 3SL
Deaths
1966 Alma Cogan
1991 James Reese – guitar Bobby Fuller Four
1994 Wilbert Harrison – US singer
2005 David Townsend – vocals Surface
2012 Natina Reed – vocals Blaque Ivory
2012 Jo Dunne – bass Fuzzbox
October 27
Births
1924 Bonnie Lou
1933 Floyd Cramer
1941 Don Partridge
1942 Lee Greenwood – US country singer
1951 Ken Downing – guitar Judas Priest
1956 Hazell Dean
1958 Simon Le Bon – vocals Duran Duran
1964 Paul Speed – drums River City People
1967 Scott Weiland – vocals Stone Temple Pilots
1978 Sabrina Washington – vocals Mis-Teeq
1978 Vanessa-Mae
1982 Keri Hilson – US rapper
Deaths
1980 Steve Peregrine-Took – percussionist T-Rex
1999 Hoyt Axton – US country singer
2013 Lou Reed
October 28
Births
1927 Cleo Laine
1929 Mitchell Torok
1936 Charlie Daniels
1937 Graham Bond – keyboards Graham Bond organsation
1939 Curtis Lee
1941 Hank Marvin
1945 Wayne Fontana
1948 Thelma Hopkins – vocals Dawn
1958 William Reid – guitar Jesus And Mary Chain
1959 Neville Henry – saxophone Blow Monkeys
1979 Natina Reed – vocals Blaque Ivory
1987 Frank Ocean– US rapper
Deaths
2007 Porter Wagoner – US country singer
2012 Terry Callier – US jazz musician
2015 Diane Charlemagne – vocals Urban Cookie Collective
2018 Babs Beverley
October 29
Births
1922 Neal Hefti
1939 Eugene Daughtry – vocals Intruders
1944 Denny Laine – guitar Moody Blues/Wings
1945 Melba Moore
1946 Peter Green
1946 Oliver Bendt – vocals Goombay Dance Band
1951 David Paton – vocals Pilot
1954 Steve Luscombe – synthesizer Blancmange
1958 Stefan Dennis
1961 Randy Jackson – vocals Jackson 5
1965 Steven Sweet – drums Warrant
1965 Matt James – drums Gene
1969 Roni Size
1970 Toby Smith – keyboards Jamiroquai
1973 Maurizio Lobina – vocals Eiffel 65
1983 Amit Paul – vocals A*Teens
1987 Fleur East
Deaths
1963 Michael Holliday
1971 Duane Allman – guitar Allman Brothers Band
2011 Jimmy Savile – Radio DJ
October 30
Births
1939 Grace Slick
1939 Eddie Holland – songwriter Holland/Dozier/Holland
1946 Chris Slade – drums Manfred Mann’s Earth Band
1947 Timothy B. Schmidt – bass/vocals Poco
1949 Otis Williams – vocals Temptations
1960 Joey Belladonna – vocals Anthrax
1962 Geoff Beauchamp – guitar 8th Wonder
1963 Jerry De Borg – guitar Jesus Jones
1967 Gavin Rossdale – vocals Bush
1969 Snow
1972 John Alford
1973 Lazy Dee – vocals Mr President
1980 Ashanti
1989 Jay Perry Asforis – vocals S Club Juniors
1989 Vanessa White – vocals The Saturdays
Deaths
2002 Jam Master Jay – DJ Run DMC
2007 Robert Goulet – US actor/singer
October 31
Births
1923 Guy Marks – US singer
1926 Jimmy Savile – Radio DJ
1946 Japp Eggermont – Dutch drummer & producer
1947 Russ Ballard – guitar Argent
1952 Bernard Edwards – bass Chic
1953 Johnny Clegg – vocals/guitar Sivuka
1961 Larry Mullen – drums U2
1963 Johnny Marr – guitar Smiths
1964 Colm O’Ciosoig – drums My Bloody Valentine
1965 Annabelle Lwin – vocals Bow Wow Wow
1966 Adam Horowitz – rapper Beastie Boys
1967 Vanilla Ice
1967 Adam Schlesinger – vocals Fountains of Wayne
1968 Alistair McErlaine – guitar Texas
1968 Al MacKenzie – keyboards D:Ream
1970 Linn Berggren – vocals Ace Of Base
Deaths
1990 Carl Belew – US country singer