Events in Music
- Sep 1 Rolling Stones sue manager Allen Klein
Imagine
Sep 9 Apple Records releases John Lennon's second solo studio album, "Imagine" in US; it tops the charts in US, UK, Australia, and 3 other countries
- Sep 9 John Lennon and Yoko Ono appear on Dick Cavett Show (ABC-TV)
Musical Finale
Sep 11 Richard Rodgers and Martin Charnin's musical "Two by Two", starring Danny Kaye, closes at Imperial Theater, NYC, after 343 performances
- Sep 28 NY Times reports growing interest of white youth in black gospel music
Birthdays in Music
Dolores O’Riordan (1971-2018)
Sep 6 Irish musician and singer-songwriter (The Cranberries - "Zombie", "Linger"), born in Ballybricken, County Limerick, Ireland
- Sep 6 Kathi Wolfgramm, American rocker (Jets), born in San Diego, California
- Sep 8 Ross Childress, American guitarist (Collective Soul), born in Stockbridge, Georgia
- Sep 11 Richard Ashcroft, British singer (The Verve - "Bitter Sweet Symphony"), born in Wigan, Lancashire, England
- Sep 13 Ezio Bosso, Italian pianist, composer (Rain, In Your Black Eyes; Domes of Freedom), and conductor, born in Turin, Italy (d. 2020)
- Sep 13 Manabu Namiki, Japanese video game composer, born in Funabashi, Japan
- Sep 14 Andre Matos, Brazilian singer and musician (Symfonia), born in São Paulo, Brazil
- Sep 14 Jeff Loomis, American progressive metal guitarist (Nevermore), born in Appleton, Wisconsin
- Sep 15 Ben Wallers, English musician and songwriter (Country Teasers), born in St Albans, England
- Sep 18 Anna Netrebko, Russian opera singer, born in Krasnodar, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
- Sep 20 Masashi Hamauzu, Japanese video game composer, born in Munich, West Germany
- Sep 21 Alfonso Ribeiro, American actor (Silver Spoons - "Alfonso"; Fresh Prince of Bel-Air - "Carlton'), singer, dancer, and director, born in NYC, New York
- Sep 22 Chesney Hawkes, English singer (Feels So Alive, The One and Only), born in Windsor, Berkshire, England
- Sep 24 Peter Salisbury, English drummer (The Verve), born in Chippenham, England
- Sep 28 Joseph Arthur, American singer-songwriter
- Sep 29 Sibel Tüzün, Turkish pop-rock and jazz singer-songwriter, born in Istanbul, Turkey
Country Singers
Jazz Musicians
Opera Singers
Pop Stars
Rappers
Rockers