October 4
- 1961: Birth of Leroy Van Dyke (Leroy Frank Van Dyke)
- 1937: Birth of Pirkle Lee Moses Jr. (+2000) member of The El Dorados
- 1944: Birth of Marlena Davis (+1993) member of The Orlons
- 1947: Birth of Jim Fielder member of Buffalo Springfield, Mothers of Invention, Blood, Sweat & Tears
- 1958: Birth of Barbara K. MacDonald (Barbara Kooyman) member of Timbuk3
- 1959: Birth of Chris Lowe (Christopher Sean Lowe) member of Pet Shop Boys
- 1961: Birth of Jon Secada (Juan Francisco Secada Martínez)
- 1968: Recording of Martha My Dear - The Beatles
- 1970: Death of Janis Joplin (Janis Lyn Joplin) (°1943)
- 1991: Death of J. Frank Wilson (°1941)
- 1994: Death of Danny Gatton (Daniel Wood Gatton) (°1945)
- 1996: Death of Jerry Rivers (°1928) member of The Drifting Cowboys
- 2005: Death of Michael Gibbins (Michael George Gibbins) (°1949) member of Badfinger
- 2014: Death of Paul Revere (Daniel Wood Gatton) (°1958) member of Paul Revere and The Raiders