Music Almanac: October 6
- 1943 - Robin Shaw (born Robin Scrimshaw) (Flower Pot Men) (69)
- 1946 - Millie Small (66)
- 1948 - Glenn Branca (64)
- 1949 - Thomas McClary (Commodores) (63)
- 1949 - Bobby Farrell (Boney M) (d. 2010)
- 1951 - Kevin Cronin (REO Speedwagon) (61)
- 1951 - Gavin Sutherland (Sutherland Brothers & Quiver) (61)
- 1954 - David Hidalgo (Los Lobos) (58)
- 1958 - Tim Mooney (American Music Club) (54)
- 1960 - Richard Jacobson (Skids) (52)
- 1961 - Tim Burgess (T'Pau) (51)
- 1964 - Matthew Sweet (48)
- 1966 - Tommy Stinson (Replacements, Guns N' Roses) (46)
- 1966 - Tim Rushlow (Little Texas) (46)
- 1982 - William Butler (Arcade Fire) (30)
Deaths
- 1978 - Johnny O’Keefe (major Australian star) - Heart attack from overdose of prescribed drugs (43)
- 1985 - Nelson Riddle - Liver ailments (64)
- 1967 - The police shut down the Matrix Club in San Francisco during a performance by Big Brother & the Holding Company.
- 1980 - John Lydon of the Sex Pistols was arrested for a fight in a Dublin pub.
- 1980 - The Bee Gees sued Polygram Records and manager Robert Stigwood for fraud.
- 1990 - Garth Brooks joined the Grand Ole Opry. The same night, Alan Jackson made his Opry debut.
- 1991 - Elizabeth Taylor's seventh wedding was held at Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch with Jackson giving her away.
- 1998 - Alabama received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
- 2000 - Busta Rhymes was sentenced to five years probation after pleading guilty to gun possession.
- 2003 - David Lee Roth dropped his $200,000 lawsuit against Van Halen.
- 2004 - Brandon Boyd of Incubus was arrested at Laguardia Airport in New York after guards found a knife at the bottom of his bag.
- 2005 - The Rolling Stones A Bigger Bang tour stop at the University of Virginia was interrupted by a bomb threat. The show continued after no device was found.
Marriages
- 1978 - Benny Andersson and Anni-Frid Lyngstad (ABBA)
- 1996 - Faith Hill and Tim McGraw
Recorded
- 1964 - Eight Days a Week - Beatles
Released
- 1969 - Something/Come Together - Beatles (single, first single by group written by George Harrison)
- 1979 - Heartache Tonight - Eagles (single)
- 1979 - Tusk - Fleetwood Mac
- 2009 - Sonic Boom - KISS
