October 1
Herb Fame of Peaches and Herb (1942)
Donny Hathaway (1945) (d.1979)
Howard Hewett (1955)
October 2
Lolly Vegas of Redbone (1939)
Sting (1951)
Vanessa Bell Armstrong (1953)
Freddie Jackson (1956)
October 3
Chubby Checker (1941)
Ronnie Laws (1950)
India Arie (1975)
Chuck Cissel (1948)
October 4
Jon Secada (1961)
Robert Wilson (of the Gap Band) (1941)
October 5
Richard Street of the Temptations (1942)
Lucius Ross of Funkadelic (1948)
Heather Headley (1974)
October 6
Thomas McClary of the Commodores (1949)
Melinda Doolittle (1977)
October 7
Tony Silvester of the Main Ingredient (1941)
Simon Cowell (1959)
Toni Braxton (1967)
Taylor Hicks (1976)
October 8
Fred Cash of the Impressions (1940)
Tony Wilson of Hot Chocolate (1947)
Hamish Stuart of AWB (1949)
Harry Bowens of Was Not Was (1949)
Airrion Love (of the Stylistics) (1949)
Teddy Riley (1967)
Bruno Mars (1985)
CeCe Winans (1964)
October 9
Pat Burke of the Foundations (1937)
O.V. Wright (1939) (d. 1980)
October 10
October 11
Daryl Hall (1949)
Andrew Woolfolk of Earth Wind & Fire (1950)
MC Lyte (1971)
Tramaine Hawkins (1951)
October 12
Sam Moore of Sam & Dave (1935)
Melvin Franklin of the Temptations (1942) (d.1995)
Gordon Chambers
October 13
Robert Lamb of Chicago (1944)
Dorothy Moore (1946)
October 14
Cliff Richard (1940)
Ivory Tilmon of the Detroit Emeralds (1948)
Marcia Barrett of Boney M (1948)
Karyn White (1965)
Usher (1978)
October 15
Marv Johnson (1938)
Tito Jackson of the Jackson 5 (1953)
Ginuwine (1975)
Rod Temperton (1947)
Eric Benet (1970)
October 16
Simon Bartholomew of the Brand New Heavies (1965)
John Mayer (1977)
October 17
Ziggy Marley (1968)
Eminem (1972)
Wyclef Jean (1972)
October 18
Chuck Berry (1926)
Ronnie Bright of the Coasters (1938)
Ne-Yo (1982)
October 19
Peter Tosh (1944)
Wilbert Hart of the Delfonics (1947)
Jennifer Holliday (1960)
George McCrae (1944)
October 20
Mark King of Level 42 (1958)
Snoop Dogg (1971)
October 21
Steve Cropper (1941)
Elvin Bishop (1942)
Steve Lukather of Toto (1957)
October 22
Shaggy (1968)
October 23
October 24
Weird Al Yankovic (1959)
Monica (1980)
October 25
Speech of Arrested Development (1968)
Ciara (1985)
October 26
Bootsy Collins (1951)
David Was of Was Not Was (1952)
October 27
Keri Hilson (1982)
October 28
Cleo Laine (1927)
October 29
Toby Smith of Jamioquai (1969)
Melba Moore (1945)
October 30
Eddie Holland (1939)
Otis Williams of the Temptations (1939)
October 31
Smokie Norful (1975)
Bernard Edwards of Chic (1952) (d. 1996)
