- Sep 6 Tsang-houe' Hsu, composer
- Sep 8 Christoph von Dohnanyi, German conductor
- Sep 9 Claude Nougaro, French singer (d. 2004)
- Sep 10 Akio Yashiro, composer
- Sep 12 Harvey Schmidt, American musical theatre composer and illustrator (The Fantasticks), born in Dallas, Texas (d. 2018)
- Sep 12 Harvey Lester Schmidt, American composer, born in Dallas, Texas
- Sep 13 Nicolai Ghiaurov, Bulgarian opera singer (d. 2004)
- Sep 18 Louis Myers, blues guitarist /harmonica player
- Sep 22 Serge Garant, composer
- Sep 23 Wally Whyton, musician/broadcaster
- Sep 28 Lata Mangeshkar, Indian playback singer, born in Indore, British India