IF YOU WERE BORN IN OCTOBER you are sharing Your Birthday Month with some of the music stars we play year around. However, during October, songs by October born singers and bands with members born in October are being played more often in our mix of hits from the 1950s through the 1990s, into the 2000s.
OCTOBER BIRTHDAYS include: STING and HENRY PADOVANI of The Police; DON McLEAN; LINDSEY BUCKINGHAM of Fleetwood Mac; CHUBBY CHECKER; JOHN MELLENCAMP; JOHN LENNON of Beatles and solo; DAVID LEE ROTH of Van Halen and solo; MARIE OSMOND of Donnie and Marie and solo; PAUL SIMON of Simon and Garfunkel and solo; CLIFF RICHARD; CHUCK BERRY; TOM PETTY of Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers; ANNETTE FUNICELLO; WEIRD AL YANKOVIC; JOHN FORD COLEY of England John and John Ford Coley; TITO JACKSON of The Jackson 5; RICHARD CARPENTER of The Carpenters; ROBERT WARD of Ohio Players; BARRY McGUIRE of New Cristy Minstrals;
AND: J.P. “BIG BOPPER” RICHARDSON; HELEN REDDY; CHARLIE DANIELS; GRACE SLICK of Jefferson Airplane/Jefferson Starship; DONNY HATHAWAY; SCOTT McKENZIE; JERRY MARTINI of Sly and The Family Stone; HERB FAME of Peaches and Herb; STEVE O’ROURKE of Pink Floyd; Barbara Parritt of The Toys; Grady Chapman of The Coasters; TONY WILSON of Hot Chocolate; GEORGE BELLAMY of The Tornados; FRED CASH of The Impressions; JOHN ENTWISTLE of The Who; TANYA TUCKER; JERRY LACROIX of Blood, Sweat and Tears; DANNY SUGARMAN of The Doors; ANDRE WOOLFOLK of Earth, Wind and Fire; DARYL HALL of Hall and Oates; GARY MALLABER of Steve Miller Band; and DOTTIE WEST.
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