October 10
- 1923: Birth of Louis Gottlieb (+1996) member of The Limeliters
- 1928: Birth of Ennio Morricone
- 1943: Birth of Denis D'Ell (Denis James Dalziel) (+2005) member of The Honeycombs
- 1945: Birth of Alan Cartwright (Alan George Cartwright) member of Procol Harum
- 1945: Birth of Jerry LaCroix (+2014) member of Blood, Sweat & Tears, Edgar Winter's White Trash
- 1946: Birth of John Prine
- 1948: Birth of Cyril Neville member of The Neville Brothers
- 1954: Birth of David Lee Roth member of Van Halen
- 1958: Birth of Tanya Tucker (Tanya Denise Tucker)
- 1958: Recording of C'mon Everybody - Eddie Cohran
- 1959: Release of Bad Girl - The Miracles
- 1961: Birth of Martin Kemp (Martin John Kemp) member of Spandau Ballet
- 1963: Death of Edith Piaf (Édith Giovanna Gassion) (°1915)
- 1963: Recording of Once Is Enough - Elvis Presley
- 1963: Recording of Catchin' On Fast - Elvis Presley
- 1963: Recording of Anyone - Elvis Presley
- 1963: Recording of Smokey Mountain Boy - Elvis Presley
- 1963: Recording of There's Gold In The Mountains - Elvis Presley
- 1963: Recording of One Boy, Two Little Girls - Elvis Presley
- 1963: Recording of Kissin' Cousins - Elvis Presley
- 1963: Recording of Barefoot Ballad - Elvis Presley
- 1963: Recording of Tender Feeling - Elvis Presley
- 1964: Release of Leader Of The Pack - The Shangri-Las
- 1968: Recording of Piggies - The Beatles
- 1968: Recording of Glass Onion - The Beatles
- 1968: Recording of Why Don't We Do It In The Road? - The Miracles
- 1969: Recording van Superstar (Jesus Christ Superstar) - Murray Head
- 1969: Release of In the Court of the Crimson King - King Crimson
- 1970: Release of In the Atom Heart Mother - Pink Floyd
- 1970: Release of Tears Of A Clown - Smokey Robinson and the Miracles
- 1975: Release of Come Taste the Band - Deep Purple
- 1980: Release of The River - Bruce Springsteen
- 2007: Death of Art Todd (Arthur William Todd) (°1914) member of Art and Dotty Todd
- 2009: Death of Stephen Gately (Stephen Patrick David Gately) (°1976) member of Boyzone
- 2010: Death of Solomon Burke (James Solomon McDonald) (°1940)