Music History
Oct 8 Finishing 741-week stay, Pink Floyd's album "The Dark Side of the Moon" makes final appearance (of initial run) on Billboard 200 Albums chart
- Oct 10 22nd Country Music Association Awards: Highway 101 & K. T. Oslin win
- Oct 13 Concert at Masada ends Israel's 40th-anniversary festival
- Oct 15 Amnesty International's "Human Rights Now!" Concert Tour ends in Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Oct 16 "Smile Jamaica" concert for Hurricane Gilbert victims held in London
Volume 1
Oct 17 Traveling Wilburys release debut album "Volume 1", featuring the single "Handle With Care"; pseudonymous band members include Roy Orbison, Bob Dylan, George Harrison, Jeff Lynne, and Tom Petty
Music Concert
Oct 22 Elton John sells out Madison Square Garden, NYC, for a record 26th time
Country Singers
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