This month in Australian Music – October

Australian Musicians born in October

• 4th Oct 1971 – Darren Middleton – Powderfinger
• 5th Oct 1955 – Wilbur Wilde – Ol’ 55, Jo Jo Zep and the Falcons – Born Nicholas Aitken
• 7th Oct 1961 – Brian Mannix – Uncanny X Men
• 10th Oct 1991 – Gabriella Cilmi
• 15th Oct 1982 – Paulini Curuenavuli
• 20th Oct 1971 – Dannii Minogue
• 24th Oct 1979 – Ben Gillies – Silverchair
• 25th Oct 1942 – Helen Reddy
• 25th Oct 1959 – Chrissy Amphlett
• 26th Oct 1981 – Guy Sebastian

Australian Musicians Passing Away in October

• 6th Oct 1978 – Johnny O’Keefe – Aged 43
• 13th Oct 1996 – Bradford Leigh “Brad” Robinson – Australian Crawl
• 22nd Oct 2009 – Don Lane – Aged 75 –  Born Morton Donald Isaacson
• 27th Oct 2003 – Barry “Big Goose” Sullivan – Bass player for Renee Geyer and Chain – Aged 57
• 30th Oct 2006 – Ian Rilen – Rose Tattoo – Aged 59

Number One Singles in Australia in October

• 1970- The Mixtures “In the Summertime”, The Carpenters “(They Long to Be) Close to You”
• 1971 – Drummond “Daddy Cool”, Olivia Newton-John “Banks of the Ohio”
• 1972 – Blackfeather “Boppin’ the Blues”, Hot Butter “Popcorn”
• 1973 – Suzi Quatro “Can the Can”
• 1974 – Paper Lace “The Night Chicago Died”
• 1975 – Captain & Tennille “Love Will Keep Us Together”, ABBA “I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do”
• 1976 – ABBA “Dancing Queen”
• 1977 – Donna Summer “I Feel Love”, Andy Gibb “I Just Want to Be Your Everything”
• 1978 – John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John “You’re the One That I Want”, Dragon “Are You Old Enough”, La Belle Epoque “Black Is Black”, Commodores “Three Times a Lady”
• 1979 – The Knack “My Sharona”, Patrick Hernandez “Born to Be Alive”
• 1980 – Diana Ross “Upside Down”, Leo Sayer “More Than I Can Say”
• 1981 – Diana Ross and Lionel Richie “Endless Love”
• 1982 – Survivor “Eye of the Tiger”
• 1983 – Austen Tayshus “Australiana”, Culture Club “Karma Chameleon”
• 1984 – George Michael “Careless Whisper”, Stevie Wonder “I Just Called to Say I Love You”
• 1985 – Mick Jagger and David Bowie “Dancing in the Street”, UB40 with Chrissie Hynde “I Got You Babe”
• 1986 – Bananarama “Venus”
• 1987 – Los Lobos “La Bamba”
• 1988 – Robert Palmer “Simply Irresistible”, U2 “Desire”
• 1989 – Richard Marx “Right Here Waiting”, Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers “Swing the Mood”

Gigs from October 1979

Gigs from October 1980

Gigs from October 1985

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