October 12
- 1925: Birth of Guitar Gabriel (Robert Lewis Jones) (+1996)
- 1927: Birth of Joe Olivier (+2001) member of Bill Haley & His Comets
- 1935: Birth of Sam Moore (Samuel David Hicks) member of Sam and Dave
- 1935: Birth of Luciano Pavarotti (+2007) member of The Three Tenors
- 1942: Birth of Melvin Franklin (David Melvin English) (+1995) member of The Temptations
- 1948: Birth of Rick Parfitt (Richard John Parfitt) (+1995) member of Status Quo
- 1955: Birth of Pat DiNizio member of The Smithereens
- 1965: Recording of Run For Your Life - The Beatles
- 1965: Recording of Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) - The Beatles
- 1968: Recording of Savoy Truffle - The Beatles
- 1969: Birth of Martie Maguire (Martha Elenor Erwin) member of Dixie Chicks
- 1971: Death of Gene Vincent (Vincent Eugene Craddock) (°1935)
- 1979: Release of Tusk (Album) - Fleetwood Mac
- 1985: Death of Ricky Wilson (Ricky Helton Wilson) (°1953) member of The B-52's
- 1997: Death of John Denver (Henry John Deutschendorf, Jr.) (°1943)
- 1999: Death of Frank Frost (Frank Ottis Frost) (°1936)
- 2002: Death of Ray Conniff (Joseph Raymond Conniff) (°1916)
- 2009: Death of Dickie Peterson (°1946) member of Blue Cheer
- 2011: Death of Joel 'Taz' DiGregorio (William Joel DiGregorio) (°1944) member of The Charlie Daniels Band