Other #1 songs on October 1, 1980
Across genres and charts

Can't Fake the Feeling by Geraldine Hunt

#1 dance track

Can't Fake the Feeling

Geraldine Hunt

Funkin' for Jamaica (N.Y.) by Tom Browne

#1 R&B song

Funkin' for Jamaica (N.Y.)

Tom Browne

Don't Stand So Close to Me by The Police

#1 song in the UK

Don't Stand So Close to Me

The Police

Another One Bites the Dust by Queen

#1 song

Another One Bites the Dust

Queen

Notable October 1 Birthdays
Born in the 1980s

Beck Bennett

Actor and Comedian

Born October 1, 1984

Jurnee Smollett

Actress

Born October 1, 1986

Matthew Daddario

Actor

Born October 1, 1987

Brie Larson

Actress

Born October 1, 1989

Matt Cain

Baseball Player

Born October 1, 1984