Stevie Ray Vaughan (1954-1990)
Oct 3 American blues guitarist (Texas Flood; "Pride And Joy"; David Bowie - "Let's Dance"), born in Dallas, Texas
- Oct 6 David Hidalgo, American Tex-Mex and roots singer-songwriter, guitarist and accordion player (Los Lobos - "Will The Wolf Survive?"; Latin Playboys), born in Los Angeles, California
- Oct 7 Kenneth Atchley, American ambient music composer, born in California
- Oct 8 Carl Vine, Australian classical composer, born in Perth, Australia
- Oct 9 James Fearnley, British celtic-punk accordionist (The Pogues - "The Irish Rover"), born in Worsley, Greater Manchester, England
David Lee Roth (69 years old)
Oct 10 American rock singer (Van Halen - "Jump!"; solo -"Just a Gigolo/I Ain't Got Nobody"), born in Bloomington, Indiana
- Oct 10 Mohamed Mounir, Egyptian singer and actor (El Malek Howwa El Malek), born in Aswan, Egypt
- Oct 12 Ed Cherry, American jazz and session guitarist (Dizzy Gillespie, 1978-92), born in New Haven, Connecticut
- Oct 13 Charles Giordano, American session and touring keyboardist, organist, and accordionist (Pat Benatar, 1982-91; E Street Band, 2006-present), born in Brooklyn, New York
- Oct 20 Günter Müller, German sound artist, improvisor and percussionist, born in Munich, West Germany
- Oct 20 Steve Orich, American orchestrator and composer (Jersey Boys), born in New York City
- Oct 24 Jozef Ráž, Slovak musician and singer, born in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
- Oct 24 Perry Lee "Tiny" Tavares, American rocker, born in Providence, Rhode Island
- Oct 27 Uffe Steen, Danish jazz, rock and blues electric guitarist, born in Odense, Denmark
- Oct 29 Anita Meyer [Annita Meijer], Dutch pop and disco singer ("Just a Disillusion"; "Why Tell Me Why"), born in Rotterdam, Netherlands
- Oct 30 T. Graham Brown, American country singer ("Come As You Were"), born in Arabi, Georgia
About October 1954
How Old? 69 years old
Generation: Baby Boomer
Leap Year: No
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