October 1

Events

 * 1880 – John Philip Sousa becomes leader of the United States Marine Band.
 * 1982 - First CD players are sold in Japan

Births

 * 1644 –, Italian composer (d. 1682)
 * 1771 –, French violinist and composer (d. 1842)
 * 1926 –, American pianist
 * 1931 –, Italian composer
 * 1935 –, British actress and singer
 * 1943 –, Canadian singer and songwriter
 * 1943 –, American saxophonist (Sly & the Family Stone)
 * 1945 –, American soul musician and composer (d. 1979)
 * 1945 –, American singer/songwriter
 * 1947 –, Dutch singer (Shocking Blue) (d. 2006)
 * 1948 –, American singer (Brownsville Station) (d. 2000)
 * 1955 –, R & B Singer
 * 1958 –, Japanese musician
 * 1959 –, Senegalese singer
 * 1969 –, Israeli jazz musician
 * 1974 –, Irish singer (Boyzone) and actor
 * 1986 –, Japanese singer
 * 1988 –, Puerto Rican singer

Deaths

 * 1602 –, Spanish composer (b. 1541)
 * 1609 –, Italian composer
 * 1708 –, British composer (b. 1649)
 * 1997 –, American inventor (b. 1923)


 * 1998 –, French Canadian singer (b. 1928)
 * 1999 –, Scottish singer and Child star (b. 1963)
 * 2000 –, American pianist and songwriter (b. 1928)
 * 2004 –, Canadian musician (Buffalo Springfield) (b. 1946)
 * 2007 –, English conductor and theme song composer (b. 1928)


 * 2008 –, American folk musician (The Kingston Trio) (b. 1933)