Midnight Love
Oct 1 Marvin Gaye releases his last studio album "Midnight Love" featuring single "Sexual Healing"
The Nightfly
Oct 1 Warner Bros. Records releases "The Nightfly". the debut solo studio album by singer-songwriter keyboardist Donald Fagen of the band Steely Dan
- Oct 7 Musical "Cats" opens at Winter Garden Theater on Broadway, NYC; runs for nearly 18 years before closing on September 10, 2000, wins 7 Tony and 1 Grammy Award
Country Music Association Awards
Oct 11 16th Country Music Association Awards: Willie Nelson & Ricky Skaggs win
The Girl is Mine
Oct 29 Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson release single "The Girl is Mine"; peaks at # 2 in US, and #8 in UK
- Oct 31 Musical revue "Rock 'n Roll!: The First 5,000 Years" closes at St James Theatre. NYC, after 9 performances
Country Singers
Jazz Singers
Opera Singers
Pop Singers
Rappers
Rock Singers