- Sep 2 John Zorn, American musician
- Sep 5 Paulie Carmen, Champaign Ill, rock vocalist
- Sep 7 Ben Bossi, rocker (Romeo Void)
- Sep 7 Michael Byron, composer
- Sep 11 Tommy Shaw, American musician and singer (Styx)
- Sep 14 Tom Cora, American cellist and composer (d. 1998)
- Sep 15 Pat Barrett, rocker (Crew Cuts)
- Sep 16 Earl Klugh, Jazz pianist/guitarist
- Sep 16 Alan Barton, English musician (Black Lace, Smokie) (d. 1995)
- Sep 20 Jeff Jones, Canadian rock bassist/vocalist (Red Rider), born in Chicago, Illinois
- Sep 22 Richard Fairbrass, English singer and bassist (Right Said Fred), born in Kingston upon Thames, England
- Sep 25 Richard Harvey, British musician and composer (Gryphon)
- Sep 26 Dolores Keane, Irish folk singer
- Sep 27 Greg Ham, Australian rock saxophonist and flutist (Men At Work), born in Melbourne, Australia (d. 2012)
- Sep 27 Heather Watts, ballerina (Dancing on My Grave), born in Los Angeles, California
- Sep 27 Robbie Shakespeare, Jamaica, reggae bassist (Sly & Robbie-DJ Riot)
- Sep 28 Jim Diamond, Scottish singer/songwriter (I Should Have Known Better), born in Glasgow
- Sep 30 Deborah Allen, country singer (Jim Stafford Show), born in Memphis, Tennessee