Events in Music
- Sep 3 American golfer Billy Casper finishes at 20-under-par 264 to beat Australian Bruce Devlin by 1 stroke to win the Sammy Davis, Jr. Greater Hartford Open; his 50th PGA Tour title
- Sep 5 "Desert Song" opens at Uris Theater NYC for 15 performances
Music Single
Sep 27 “The Way We Were” single released by Barbra Streisand (Billboard Song of the Year, 1974)
- Sep 29 "Jimmy Loves Mary-Anne" by Looking Glass peaks at #33
- Sep 29 "We're An American Band" by Grand Funk peaks at #1
Birthdays in Music
- Sep 1 J. D. Fortune [Jason Bennison], Canadian rock singer (INXS, 2005-11), born in Mississauga, Ontario
- Sep 3 Norihiko Hibino, Japanese video game composer, born in Osaka, Japan
- Sep 5 Paddy Considine, English actor and musician, born in Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire, England
- Sep 14 Nas [Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones] American rapper (It Was Written; "If I Ruled the World (Imagine That)"), born in Brooklyn, New York
- Sep 18 Ami Onuki, Japanese singer (Puffy AmiYumi), born in Tokyo, Japan
- Sep 19 Jeremy Jordan, American singer and actor, born in Hammond, Indiana
- Sep 23 Ingrid Fliter, Argentinian concert pianist, born in Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Sep 26 Marty Casey, American singer (Lovehammers), born in Chicago, Illinois
- Sep 27 Chris Demakes, American singer and guitarist (Less Than Jake), born in Florida
- Sep 28 Jori Hulkkonen, Finnish electronic musician
- Sep 29 Scout Niblett, British singer-songwriter, born in Stone, England
Weddings in Music
- Sep 17 American "The Osmonds" lead singer and bassist Merrill Osmond (20) weds American homemaker Mary Carlson
Deaths in Music
- Sep 6 William Henry Harris, English composer, dies at 90
- Sep 12 Eduard Flipse, Dutch conductor/composer, dies at 77
- Sep 15 Victor Jara, Chilean folk singer-songwriter, and political activist, killed by Augusto Pinochet's military interrogators at 40
- Sep 17 Hugo Winterhalter, American composer, dies at 63
- Sep 19 Gram Parsons [Cecil Ingram Connor III], American country-rock singer-songwriter (Byrds - Sweethearts of the Rodeo; Flying Burrito Brothers; "Grievous Angel"), dies of a drug overdose at 26
- Sep 20 Ben Webster, American jazz tenor saxophonist, dies at 64
- Sep 20 Jack Marshall, American jazz and session guitarist, film and television composer, arranger, and record producer (Capitol Records), dies at 51
Jim Croce (1943-1973)
Sep 20 American singer-songwriter ("Time in a Bottle"; "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown"), dies in a plane crash at 30
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