September 1949 in Music History

Events in Music

Sep 10 "Cabatgata (A Night in Spain)" closes at Broadway NYC after 76 performances

Film Premiere

Sep 28 "My Friend Irma" premieres, 1st of 16 films starring Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis

Birthdays in Music

Sep 2 Albert West [Albertus Westelaken], Dutch pop singer (The Shuffles - "Cha-La-La, I Need You"; Stars on 45), born in 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands (d. 2015)
Sep 4 Dado Topić, Croatian musician (Time; Dragonfly), born in Nova Gradiška, Croatia
Sep 5 David "Clem" Clempson, British rock guitarist (Colosseum; Humble Pie), born in Tamworth, Staffordshire, England
Sep 6 Jimmy Litherland, English rocker (Mitarbeit), born in Salford, Lancashire, England
Sep 10 Barriemore Barlow, English drummer (Jethro Tull, 1971-80 - "Skating Away"; "Bungle In the Jungle"), born in Birmingham, England
Sep 10 Freddy Marks, English actor, singer and entertainer (Rod, Jane and Freddy), born in Smethwick, Worcestershire, England (d. 2021)
Sep 10 Rick Rosas, American session and touring bassist (Neil Young; Joe Walsh; Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young), born in East Los Angeles, California (d. 2014)
Sep 12 Tony Stevens, English rocker (Foghat; Savoy Brown), born in London
Sep 13 Craig McGregor, American rock bassist (Foghat, 1976-2018), born in Sioux City, Iowa (d. 2018)
Sep 14 Ed King, American psychedelic rock guitarist, bass player, and songwriter (Strawberry Alarm Clock, 1967-71 - "Incense and Peppermints"; Lynyrd Skynyrd, 1972-75 & 1987-96 - "Sweet Home Alabama"; "Saturday Night Special"), born in Glendale, California (d. 2018)
Sep 14 Eikichi Yazawa, Japanese rock singer and songwriter, born in Hiroshima, Japan
Sep 14 Steve Gaines, American rock vocalist and guitarist (Lynyrd Skynyrd, 1976-77 - "You Got That Right"), born in Miami, Oklahoma (d. 1977)
Sep 14 Tommy Seebach, Danish musician and singer (Sir Henry and His Butlers), born in Copenhagen, Denmark (d. 2003)
Sep 17 Didith Reyes [Maria Avenila], Filipino pop singer, born in Manila, Philippines (d. 2008)
Sep 18 Kerry Livgren, American rock guitarist (Kansas), born in Topeka, Kansas
Sep 20 Jan Hendriks, Dutch guitarist (Doe Maar), born in Mill, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
Sep 21 Raimo Kangro, Estonian composer (Butterflies in the Stone), born in Tartu, Estonia (d. 2001)
Sep 22 David Coverdale, British rock singer (Whitesnake;, Deep Purple), born in Saltburn-by-the-Sea, England

Bruce Springsteen (73 years old)

Sep 23 American Grammy and Academy Award-winning singer-songwriter and rock musician, known as "The Boss" (Born to Run; Born in the USA), born in Long Branch, New Jersey

Sep 26 Martin Delray, American country singer ("Get Rhythm"), born in Texarkana, Arkansas
Sep 26 Toby Myers, American session and touring bass player (Roadmaster; John Mellencamp, 1982-99), born in Indiana
Sep 27 Jahn Teigen, Norwegian pop-rock singer (Popol Ace; Eurovison Song Contest, 1978, 1982 & 1983), born in Tønsberg, Norway (d. 2020)
Sep 29 George Dalaras, Greek singer and musician, born in Piraeus, Greece
Sep 30 Eleanor Alberga, Jamaican contemporary music composer, based in London (Arise, Athena!), born in Kingston, Jamaica

Weddings in Music

Dean Martin

Sep 1 American pop singer and actor Dean Martin weds second wife actress Jeanne Biegger; divorced in 1973

Deaths in Music

Richard Strauss (1864-1949)

Sep 8 German composer (Also sprach Zarathustra, Don Quixote), dies at 85

Sep 11 Henri Rabaud, French composer and conductor (L'ete), dies at 75
Sep 12 Harry Burleigh, African American composer (Springarn Medal), dies at 82
Sep 20 Nikolaos Skalkottas, Greek composer, dies due to an untreated hernia at 45
Sep 24 Pierre de Bréville, French composer, author and professor (Une histoire du théâtre lyrique en France), dies at 88