- Oct 1 "Roza" opens at Royale Theater NYC for 12 performances
Faith
Oct 6 "Faith" single released by George Michael (Billboard Song of the Year 1988)
Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll
Oct 9 "Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll" documentary film directed by Taylor Hackford of 1986 concerts celebrating rock and roll pioneer Chuck Berry is released
Tunnel of Love
Oct 10 Columbia Records releases Bruce Springsteen's 8th studio album "Tunnel of Love"
- Oct 12 21st Country Music Association Awards: Hank William Jr wins
Got My Mind Set On You
Oct 12 George Harrison releases single "Got My Mind Set On You", it becomes his third solo #1 hit, and the last chart-topper by any of the Beatles
- Oct 15 Allan Knee and Brian Gari's musical "Late Nite Comic" opens at Ritz Theater, NYC; runs for 4 performances
- Oct 17 "Late Nite Comic" closes at Ritz Theater NYC after 4 performances
- Oct 19 "Anything Goes" opens at Beaumont Theater NYC for 804 performances
- Oct 22 American composer John Adams's first opera, "Nixon in China", premieres at the Houston Grand Opera, in Houston, Texas
Music History
Oct 22 Revival of John Kander and Fred Ebb's "Cabaret" opens at Imperial Theater, NYC; runs for 262 performances
Lettice & Lovage
Oct 27 Peter Shaffer's musical "Lettice & Lovage" premieres in London
- Oct 29 "Don't Get God Started" opens at Longacre Theater NYC for 86 performances
- Oct 30 "Faith" debut album by George Michael is released
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