Birthdays in Music
- Sep 4 Gerald Wilson, American jazz trumpeter, arranger and orchestra leader (Redd Foxx), born in Shelby, Mississippi (d. 2014)
- Sep 13 Ray Charles, American orchestra leader (Perry Como), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2015)
- Sep 22 Archibald James Potter, composer
- Sep 22 Henryk Szeryng, Zelazowa Wola Poland, violinist (Brahms Concerto)
- Sep 29 Harold Laurence Walters, composer