Events in Music History in October 1975

Oct 3 Apple Records releases George Harrison's sixth studio album, "Extra Texture" in UK

Oct 7 US decides John Lennon won't be deported due to UK pot conviction

Oct 13 9th Country Music Association Awards: John Denver wins

Oct 13 Rock vocalist Neil Young undergoes throat surgery

Oct 21 Asylum Records releases "Nighthawks at the Diner", the third studio album by singer-songwriter Tom Waits; the double LP was recorded with a live audience in a simulated nightclub setting

Oct 21 Elton John is given a star in Hollywood

Oct 25 Columbia Records releases "Still Crazy After All These Years", the fourth solo studio album by American singer-songwriter Paul Simon; it features the title track and the hits "50 Ways to Leave Your Lover" and "My Little Town", and wins 2 Grammy Awards

Oct 27 Covers of both Time (“Rock’s New Sensation”) and Newsweek (“Making of a Rock Star”) magazines feature rock singer-songwriter Bruce Springsteen

Oct 31 Irish singer-songwriter Bob Geldof's first appearance with The Boomtown Rats