Music Almanac: October 19
- 1889 - Art Satherly (early country music promoter) (d. 1986)
- 1934 - Dave Guard (Kingston Trio) (d. 1991)
- 1937 - Jerry Jaye (Rockabilly Hall of Fame member) (75)
- 1944 - George McCrae (68)
- 1944 - Peter Tosh (d. 1987)
- 1945 - Jeannie C. Riley (67)
- 1946 - Keith Reid (Procol Harum) (66)
- 1947 - Wilbert Hart (Delfonics) (65)
- 1948 - Patrick Simmons (Doobie Brothers) (64)
- 1955 - Nino DeFranco (DeFranco Family) (57)
- 1957 - Karl Wallinger (World Party, Waterboys) (55)
- 1960 - Jennifer Holliday (52)
- 1960 - Daniel Woodgate (Madness) (52)
- 1965 - Todd Park Mohr (Big Head Todd & the Monsters) (47)
- 1968 - Sinitta (born Sinitta Malone) (44)
- 1970 - Toby Smith (Jamiroquai) (42)
- 1972 - Pras (born Prakazrel Michel) (Fugees) (40)
- 1976 - Cyndi Thompson (36)
- 1976 - Pete Loeffler (Chevelle) (36)
Deaths
- 1986 - Moses Asch (founder of Folkway Records) (80)
- 1988 - Son House (born Eddie House, Jr.) - Cancer of the larnyx (86)
- 1989 - Alan Murphy (Level 42) - Pneumonia/AIDS (35)
- 1997 - Glen Buxton (Alice Cooper) - Pneumonia (49)
- 2007 - Lala Brown - Murdered (21)
- 1896 - Frank Seaman opened the National Gramophone Company.
- 1961 - The then unknown Beatles and Gerry & the Pacemakers joined together for a one-time show in Litherland, England, billing themselves as the Beatmakers.
- 1966 - The Yardbirds arrived in New York for their first U.S. tour. Jeff Beck would only last two shows.
- 1967 - Jim Reeves, Red Foley, Steve Sholes and Joe Frank were inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame.
- 1968 - Peter Frampton, 18, guested with the Small Faces in London.
- 1979 - ABBA opened a European tour in Gothenburg, Sweden
- 1991 - Oasis played their first show with Noel Gallagher in the group in Manchester, England.
- 1997 - Vince Gill paid tribute to the late John Denver at the Grand Ole Opry.
- 1998 - George Martin retired from the music business (at least for awhile).
- 2000 - Robbie Williams was found guilty of plagiarizing his song Jesus Was a Camper Van from both Woody Guthrie's I Am the Way and a parody by Loudon Wainwright III.
- 2004 - Dave Grohl and Krist Novoselic of Nirvana appear in public together for the first time at a rally for presidential candidate John Kerry.
- 2005 - Bono dined with President George W. Bush at the White House.
- 2007 - Johnny Marr became a professor at the University of Salford in Manchester, England.
Recorded
- 1965 - Third Christmas Record - Beatles
- 1967 - Hello, Goodbye - Beatles
Released- 1967 - I Second That Emotion - Smokey Robinson & the Miracles (single)
- 1979 - Prince - Prince
- 1993 - Vs. - Pearl Jam
Awards
- 2000 - International Bluegrass Music Awards
- Entertainer of the Year - Del McCoury Band
- Vocal Group - IIIrd Tyme Out
- Instrumental Group - Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder
- Female Vocalist - Rhonda Vincent
- Male Vocalist - Dudley Connell
- Song of the Year - Murder on Music Row by Larry Cordele & Larry Shell
- Album of the Year - The Grass is Blue - Dolly Parton
- Instrumental Recorded Performance, Recorded Event- Bluegrass Mandolin Extravaganza - David Grisman, Ronnie McCoury, Sam Bush, Frank Wakefield, Bobby Osborne, Jesse McReynolds, Ricky Skaggs & Buck White
- Gospel Performance - Winding Through Life - Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver
- Emerging Artist - Nickel Creek
- Banjo - Jim Mills
- Guitar - Bryan Sutton
- Fiddle - Ronnie Stewart
- Bass - Missy Raines
- Dobro - Rob Ickes
- Mandolin - Ronnie McCoury
- Hall of Fame - Doc Watson, Lance LeRoy
- 2005 - ASCAP Awards London
- Songwriter of the Year - Yusuf Islam (Cat Stevens)
- Song of the Year - The First Cut is the Deepest (Yusuf Islam)
Broadcasts
- 1954 - Ozark Jubilee (ABC) - Final broadcast
