Walls & Bridges
Oct 4 Apple Records releases John Lennon's fifth studio album, "Walls & Bridges" in UK; features No. 1 single "Whatever Gets You Through the Night" (with Elton John) and "#9 Dream"
Music History
Oct 6 Jerry Herman's musical "Mack & Mabel", about the romance between silent film figures Mack Sennett and Mabel Normand, starring Robert Preston and Bernadette Peters, opens at Majestic Theater, NYC; runs for 66 performances
Streetlife Serenade
Oct 11 Columbia Records releases "Streetlife Serenade", singer-songwriter Billy Joel's third studio album
- Oct 14 8th Country Music Association Awards: Charlie Rich
- Oct 17 "Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope" closes at Playhouse NYC after 1065 per
- Oct 18 Wings (Country Hams) release "Walking in the Park with Eloise"
- Oct 20 Bard's presentation of "Richard III" opens at Lincoln Center NYC
Music History
Oct 25 Dmitri Shostakovich' 15th String Quartet premieres in Leningrad, USSR
- Oct 25 Wings release single "Junior's Farm"
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