October Important Dates In Rock History

October 1 –
• Pink Floyd arrive in US in 1967 for their first tour

October 2 –
• Don McLean born in 1945

October 3 –
• Eddie Cochran born in 1938
• Chubby Checker born in 1941

October 9 –
• John Lennon born in 1940
• John Entwistle born in 1944

October 12 –
• Sam Moore born in 1935

October 13 –
• Paul Simon born in 1941
• Robert Lamm born in 1944

October 15 –
• Barry McGuire born in 1935

October 16 –
• Bob Weir born in 1947

October 19 –
• Keith Reid born in 1946

October 18 –
• Chuck Berry born in 1926

October 21 –
• Manfred Mann born in 1940
• Steve Cropper born in 1941

October 22 –
• Leslie West born in 1945

October 24 –
• Bill Wyman born in 1936

October 25 –
• Jon Anderson born in 1944

October 29 –
• Duane Allman dies in 1971
• Peter Green born in 1946
• Denny Laine born in 1944

October 30 –
• Grace Slick born in 1939