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September 29: Gene Autry (1907), Jerry Lee Lewis (1935), Jean-Luc Ponty (1942), Mark Farner of Grand Funk (1948), Mike Pinera of Iron Butterfly (1948), Suzzy Roche of The Roches (1956), Les Claypool of Primus (1963), Barry D of Jesus Jones (1965), Brad Smith of Blind Melon (1968)
September 30: Buddy Rich (1917), Cissy Houston (1933), crooner Johnny Mathis (1935), Frankie Lymon (1942), Dewey Martin of Buffalo Springfield (1942), producer Gus Dudgeon (1942), Marilyn McCoo of The 5th Dimension (1943), Sylvia Peterson of The Chiffons (1946), Mark Bolan of T. Rex (1947), Patrice Rushen (1954), Basia (1956), Trey Anastasio of Phish (1964), Robby Takac of The Goo Goo Dolls (1964)
October 1: Vladimir Horowitz (1904), Julie Andrews (1935), Jerry Martini of Sly & the Family Stone (1943), Scott McKenzie (1944), Herbert Rhoad of The Persuasions (1944), Barbara Paritt of The Toys (1944), Donnie Hathaway (1945), Martin Turner of Wishbone Ash (1947), Senegalese vocalist Youssou N'Dour (1959), Kevin Griffin of Better Than Ezra (1968), Xscape's LaTocha Scott (1974)
October 2: Don McLean (1945), Ron Griffiths of Badfinger (1946), Michael Rutherford of Genesis (1950), Sting (1951), Phillip Oakey of Human League (1955), Freddie Jackson (1958), Robbie Neville (1960), Siggi Baldursson of The Sugarcubes (1962), Bud Graugh of Sublime (1967), Tiffany (1971)
October 3: Felix Pappalardi (1938), Eddie Cochran (1938), Chubby Checker (1941), Lindsey Buckingham (1948), Stevie Ray Vaughan (1954), Tommy Lee (1961), Gwen Stefani of No Doubt (1969), Kevin Richardson of Backstreet Boys (1971), India.Arie (1975)
October 4: Jim Fielder of the Mothers Of Invention (1947), Keb' Mo' aka Kevin Moore (1951), Barbara K. MacDonald of Timbuk 3 (1958), Chris Lowe of Pet Shop Boys (1959), Jon Secada (1961), Lena Katina of tATu (1984), Ashlee Simpson (1984)
October 5: Abi Ofarim (1939), Richard Street of The Temptations (1942), Steve Miller (1943), Brian Johnson of AC/DC (1947), Bob Geldof (1954), Paul of Good Charlotte (1980)
October 6: violinist Cyril Reuben (1926), Millie Small of "My Boy Lollipop" fame (1948), Kevin Cronin of REO Speedwagon (1951), David Hidalgo of Los Lobos (1954), Matthew Sweet (1964), Tommy Stinson of The Replacements (1966)
October 7: "Uncle" Dave Macon (1870), Martin Murray of The Honeycombs (1941), Dino Valenti of Quicksilver Messenger Service (1943), Kevin Godley of 10cc (1945), David Hope of Kansas (1949), John Cougar Mellencamp (1951), Tico Torres of Bon Jovi (1953), Toni Braxton (1968), Radiohead's Thom Yorke (1968), Leeroy Thornhill of Prodigy (1969)
October 8: composer Toru Takemitsu (1930), Doc Green of The Drifters (1934), Ray Royer of Procol Harum (1945), Toni Wilson of Hot Chocolate (1947), Johnny Ramone (1948), Hamish Stewart of Average White Band (1949), Robert "Kool" Bell of Kool & The Gang (1950), Cliff Adams of Kool & The Gang (1952), Steve Perry of Cherry Poppin' Daddies (1963), C.J. Ramone aka Christopher James Ward (1965)
October 9: John Lennon (1940), John Entwistle (1944), Peter Tosh (1944), Jackson Browne (1948), P.J. Harvey (1969), Sean Ono Lennon (1975)
October 10: composer Giuseppe Verdi (1813), Ivory Joe Hunter (1914), Thelonious Monk (1917), country chirper Dottie West (1932), Keith Reid of Procol Harum (1946), John Prine (1946), Midge Ure (1953), David Lee Roth (1955), Tanya Tucker (1958), Chris Lowe of Pet Shop Boys (1959), Kirsty MacColl (1959), Martin Kemp of Spandau Ballet (1961), Mike Malinin of the Goo Goo Dolls (1967), Michael Bivens of Bell Biv Devoe (1968), Nine Days' Vinnie Tattanelli (1972), Mya (1979)
October 11: Art Blakey (1919), Little Willie Littlefield (1931), jazz trumpeter Lester Bowie (1941), Gary Mallaber of The Steve Miller Band (1946), Daryl Hall (1949), Andrew Woolfolk of Earth, Wind & Fire (1950), Scott Johnson of The Gin Blossoms (1962), MC Lyte (1971)
October 12: Guitar Gabriel aka Robert Lewis Jones (1925), Sam Moore of Sam & Dave (1935), Luciano Pavarotti (1935), Melvin Franklin of The Temptations (1942), Pat DiNizio of The Smithereens (1955), Bob Mould (1960), Garfield Bright of Shai (1969), Martie Seidel of The Dixie Chicks (1969), Ashanti (1960)
October 13: Paul Simon (1941), Robert Lamm of Chicago (1944), Sammy Hagar (1947), Simon Nicol of Fairport Convention (1950), Marie Osmond (1959)
October 14: Victoria Spivey (1906), monster picker Mickey "Guitar" Baker of Mickey & Sylvia (1925), Bill Justice of "Honky Tonk" fame (1926), Robert "Barefootin" Parker (1930), Barry McGuire of The New Christy Minstrels (1935), Marv Johnson (1938), Cliff Richard (1940), Colin Hodgkinson of Whitesnake (1945), Moody Blues vocalist Justin Hayward (1946), Thomas Dolby (1958), A.J. Pero of Twisted Sister (1959), Natalie Maines of The Dixie Chicks (1974), Shaznay Lewis of All Saints (1975), Usher (1978)
October 15: Richard Carpenter of The Carpenters (1946), Chris DeBurgh of "Lady in Red" fame (1948), Tito Jackson (1953), Ginuwine (1970)
October 16: Nico of the Velvet Underground (1938), Fred Turner of BTO (1943), Bob Weir (1947), Gary Kemp of Spandau Ballet (1959), Flea of Red Hot Chili Peppers (1962), Wendy Wilson of Wilson Phillips (1969), John Mayer (1977)
October 17: jazz drummer Cozy Cole (1909), recording expert John Mosley (1914), trombonist Rico Rodriguez of The Specials (1934), Jim Seals of Seals and Crofts (1941), Gary Puckett (1942), James Tucker of The Turtles (1946), Mike Hossack of the Doobie Bros. (1948), Ford-driving country singer Allen Jackson (1958), Rene Dif of Aqua (1967), Ziggy Marley (1968), Eminem (1972), Wyclef Jean of The Fugees (1972)
October 18: Chuck Berry (1926), Ronnie Bright of the Coasters (1938), The Association's Russ Giguere (1943), Laura Nyro (1947), Gary Richrath of REO Speedwagon (1949), Doobie Brother Keith Knudson (1952), Wynton Marsalis (1961), Peter Svensson of The Cardigans (1974)
October 19: Dave Guard of The Kingston Trio (1934), Peter Tosh (1944), George McCrae (1944), Jeannie C. Riley (1945), Wilbert Hart of The Delfonics (1947), Patrick Simmons of the Doobie Brothers (1948), Karl Wallinger of World Party (1957), Jennifer Holliday (1960), Dan "Woody" Woodgate of Madness (1960), Pras Michel of the Fugees (1972)
October 20: Jellyroll Morton AKA Ferdinand Joseph Lamothe (1890), rockabillyette Wanda Jackson (1937), Ric Lee of Ten Years After (1945), Al Greenwood of Foreigner (1951), Tom Petty (1953), Mark King of Level 42 (1958), James George "Soni" Sonefeld of Hootie and The Blowfish (1964), Snoop Dogg (1971)
October 21: Dizzy Gillespie (1917), Manfred Mann AKA Michael Lubowitz (1940), Memphis guitarist and producer Steve Cropper (1941), Elvin Bishop (1942), Lee Loughnane of Chicago (1946), Go-Go's guitarist Charlotte Caffey (1953), Eric Faulkner of the Bay City Rollers (1955), Julian Cope of Teardrop Explodes (1957), studio six-string slinger Steve Lukather of Toto (1957)
October 22: Franz Liszt (1811), Annette Funicello (1942), Bobby ("I Fought The Law") Fuller (1943), Doobie Brother Patrick Simmons (1945), Leslie West of Mountain (1945), Eddie Brigati of The (Young) Rascals (1945), Dean Kastran of The Ohio Express (1948), Curt Kirkwood of The Meat Puppets (1960), Shaggy (1968), Zac Hanson of Hanson (1985)
October 23: songwriter Ellie Greenwich (1939), Charlie Foxx of Charlie & Inez Foxx (1939), Greg Ridley of Spooky Tooth/Humble Pie (1943), Pauline Black of The Selector (1953), Dwight Yoakam (1954), Take 6's David Thomas (1966), Shelby Lynne (1968)
October 24: blues harpist Sonny Terry (1911), contemporary composer George Crumb (1929), The Big Bopper aka J.T. Richardson (1930), former Rolling Stone Bill Wyman born William Perks (1936), Jerry Edmonton of Steppenwolf (1946), Dale Griffin of Mott the Hoople (1950), "Weird Al" Yankovic (1959), Speech of Arrested Development (1968), Silverchair's Ben Gillies (1979), Monica (1980)
October 25: "Waltz King" Johann Strauss (1825), Georges "Carmen" Bizet (1838), Minnie Pearl born Sarah Ophelia Colley (1912), Helen "I Am Woman" Reddy (1942), Jon Anderson of Yes (1944), John Hall of Orleans (1947), Glen Tipton of Judas Priest (1948), Paul Hancox of Chicken Shack (1950), Matthias Jabs of The Scorpions (1956), Christina Amphlett of Divinyls (1960), Red Hot Chili Pepper Chad Smith (1962), Ed Robertson of Barenaked Ladies (1970), Jerome Jones of Immature (1981)
October 26: Gospel singer Mahalia Jackson (1911), the world's funkiest human Bootsy Collins (1951), David Was of Was (Not Was) (1952), Keith Strickland of The B-52s (1953), Natalie Merchant (1963), Keith Urban (1967)
October 27: Floyd Cramer (1933), Lee Greenwood (1942), Garry Tallent of The E Street Band (1949), Kenneth K.K. Downing of Judas Priest (1951), Simon LeBon of Duran Duran (1958), Scott Weiland of Stone Temple Pilots (1967), Kelly Osbourne (1984)
October 28: Charlie Daniels (1936), Hank Marvin of The Shadows (1941), Wayne Fontana (1945), Rickie Reynolds of Black Oak Arkansas (1948), Thelma Hopkins of Tony Orlando & Dawn (1948), Stephen Morris of New Order (1957), William Reid of The Jesus & Mary Chain (1958), Ben Harper (1969), Justin Guarini (1978)
October 29: composer Vivian Ellis (1904), jazz arranger/composer Neal Hefti (1922), The Big Bopper J.P. Richardson (1930), Mickey Gallagher of Frampton's Camel (1940), Denny Laine of the Moody Blues and Wings (1944), Peter Green founder of Fleetwood Mac (1946), Roger O'Donnell of the Cure (1955), Kevin DuBrow of Quiet Riot (1955), Randy Jackson of the Jackson 5 (1961), Einar Orn Benediktsson of The Sugarcubes (1962), Peter Timmins of the Cowboy Junkies (1965), Douglas "SA" Vincent Martinez of 311 (1970), Toby Smith of Jamiroquai (1970)
October 30: Grace Slick born Grace Wing (1939), Timothy Schmidt of The Eagles (1947), Jim Messina (1947), David Green of Air Supply (1949), Otis Williams of the Temptations (1949), Joey BellaDonna of Anthrax (1960), Gavin Rossdale of Bush (1967)
October 31: Dale Evans (1912), Bernard Edwards of Chic (1952), Johnny Clegg (1953), U2 drummer Larry Mullen Jr. (1961), Adam Horovitz a.k.a. King Ad Rock of the Beastie Boys (1966), Vanilla Ice born Robert Van Winkle (1967), Linn Berggren of Ace Of Base (1970)
November 1: Rick Grech, bass player for Blind Faith and Traffic (1946, some sources say '45), Dan Peek of America (1950), Ronald Bell of Kool and the Gang (1951), Lyle Lovett (1956), Anthony Kiedis of the Red Hot Chili Peppers (1962), Def Leppard drummer Rick Allen (1963), Willie D of The Geto Boys (1966), LaTavia Roberson of Destiny's Child (1981)
November 2: Keith Emerson (1944), J.D. Souther (1945), Dave Pegg of Jethro Tull (1947), Maxine Nightengale (1949), Carter Beauford of the Dave Matthews Band (1957), Bobby Dall of Poison (1958), Matt Sorum of Guns 'N' Roses (1960), k.d. lang (1961), Alex James of Blur (1968), Reginald Arvizu of Korn (1969), John Hampson of Nine Days (1971), Nelly (1978)
Guess who passed and When:
September 30: Texas rockabilly pioneer Ronnie Dawson (2003), disco-era songwriter Paul Jabara (1992)
October 1: pop vocalist and former Mrs. Les Paul, Mary Ford (1977), Al Jackson Jr. (1975)
October 2: Gene Autry (1998)
October 3: Cars bassist Benjamin Orr (2000), blues singer Victoria Spivey (1976), Nehemiah "Skip" James (1969), Woody Guthrie (1967)
October 4: bebop trumpeter Art Farmer (1998), country fiddler Jerry Rivers (1996), Janis Joplin (1970)
October 5: The Temptations' Eddie Kendricks (1992)
October 6: Portugese fado singer Amalia Rodriguez (1999), Nelson Riddle (1985)
October 7: blues singer Overton Amos Lemons aka Smiley Lewis (1966), early British rocker Johnny Kidd (1966), Mario Lanza (1959)
October 9: Milt Jackson (1999), Jacques Brel (1978), gospel singer and guitar phenom Sister Rosetta Tharpe (1973)
October 10: Earl Bostic (1965)
October 11: Edith Piaf (1963)
October 12: bluesman Frank Frost (1999), John Denver (1997), Ricky Wilson of the B-52's (1985), Gene Vincent (1971)
October 13: Shirley Brickley of The Orlons (1977), Ed Sullivan (1974)
October 14: Leonard Bernstein (1990), Bing Crosby (1977)
October 15: songwriter Terry Gilkyson (1999), Cole Porter (1964)
October 16: jazz vocalist Etta Jones (2001), singer Ella Mae Morse of "Cow Cow Boogie" fame (1999), Art Blakey (1990), Gene Krupa (1973), Leonard Chess, co-founder of Chess Records (1969)
October 17: Tennessee Ernie Ford (1991)
October 18: singer-actress Julie London (2000), Broadway singer Gwen Verdon (2000)
October 20: Henry "The Sunflower" Vestine of Canned Heat (1997), Ronnie Van Zant, Steve Gaines, and Cassie Gaines--all of Lynyrd Skynyrd (1977)
October 21: Blind Melon singer Shannon Hoon (1995), Bill Black (1965)
October 22: album cover artist Reverend Howard Finster (2001), Vagabonds guitarist Robert E. True (1998), sideman and brother of Benny Goodman, Harry Goodman (1997)
October 23: flatpicker Merle Watson (1985), "Mother" Maybelle Carter of The Carter Family (1978), Tommy Edwards (1969), Al Jolson (1950)
October 25: Roger Miller (1992), promoter Bill Graham (1991)
October 26: Hoyt Axton (1999), Wilbert Harrison of "Kansas City" fame (1994)
October 27: composer/arranger/conductor Frank Devol (1999), Latin bandleader Xavier Cugat (1990), Steve Peregrine Took (1980)
October 28: producer Tom Dowd (2002), R&B singer Billy Wright (1991), jazz arranger Oliver Nelson (1975), R&B reedman Earl Bostic (1965)
October 29: saxophonist Henry Berthold "Spike" Robinson (2001), Woody Herman (1987), Duane Allman (1971)
October 30: Jam Master Jay of Run-DMC (2002)
October 31: A Chorus Line producer Joseph Papp (1991)
November 2: songwriter Mort Shuman (1991), Mississippi John Hurt (1966)