Events in Music
- Sep 4 "Godspell" closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 527 performances
Music History
Sep 11 American crooner Bing Crosby and British singer David Bowie record duet "Peace on Earth/Little Drummer Boy" at ATV Elstree Studios near London for television special "Bing Crosby's Merrie Olde Christmas"
- Sep 15 revival of musical "Man of La Mancha" opens at Palace Theater, NYC; runs for 124 performances
Music Single
Sep 16 Ringo Starr releases single "Drowning in Sea of Love" in the UK
- Sep 17 British-American band Fleetwood Mac's "Rumors" album is #1 for 19th straight week
- Sep 20 Russian musical review "Estrada" opens a limited run at Majestic Theater, NYC, for 7 performances
- Sep 23 "I Just Fall in Love Again" single released by The Carpenters
- Sep 24 Russian musical review "Estrada" closes a limited run at Majestic Theater, NYC, after 7 performances
- Sep 29 "Star Wars Theme/Cantina Band" by Meco hits #1
Album Release
Sep 29 Columbia Records releases "The Stranger", singer-songwriter Billy Joel's fifth studio album; it becomes the label's all-time best selling non-compilation record
Music History
Sep 29 James Brown's band walks out claiming they were underpaid & overworked
- Sep 29 Peter Schats circus opera "Houdini" premieres in Amsterdam
- Sep 30 Ringo Starr releases album "Ringo the 4th"
Birthdays in Music
- Sep 1 Kathleen de León (Jones), Filipina-Australian actress, dancer, and singer (Hi-5, 1998-2006), born in Manila, Philippines
- Sep 2 Ramiro Muñoz, Colombian musician, born in Bogotá, Colombia
- Sep 2 Sam Rivers, American rock bassist (Limp Bizkit), born in Jacksonville, Florida
- Sep 4 Lucie Silvas [Silverman], British singer-songwriter, born in Kingston upon Thames, England
- Sep 5 Alexey Harkov, Russian bassist (Kipelov, Sergey Mavrin), born in Khimki, Moscow
- Sep 6 Kiyoshi Hikawa, Japanese enka singer, born in Fukuoka, Japan
- Sep 9 Chae Jung-an, South Korean actress and singer, born in Busan, South Korea
- Sep 9 Soulja Slim [James Adarryl Tapp Jr.], American rapper ("Slow Motion"), born in Magnolia Projects, New Orleans (d. 2003)
- Sep 9 Stuart Price, British electronic music artist, DJ, songwriter, and record producer (Madonna; The Killers; Seal; Kylie Minogue), born in Paris, France
- Sep 11 Jon Buckland, British guitarist (Coldplay - "Clocks"; "Viva La Vida"), born in London, England
- Sep 11 Ludacris [Christopher Bridges], American rapper ("Stand Up"; "Act A Fool"), and actor (The Ride; Fast and Furious franchise), born in Champaign, Illinois
- Sep 12 2 Chainz [Tauheed Epps], American rapper, born in College Park, Georgia
- Sep 12 Idan Raichel, Israeli singer-songwriter, born in Kfar Saba, Israel
- Sep 12 James McCartney, British musician son of Paul & Linda McCartney, born in London, England
- Sep 12 Jeff Irwin, American rock and jazz bassist, born in Creve Coeur, Missouri
- Sep 13 Daisuke Tsuda, Japanese singer (Maximum the Hormone), born in Takamatsu, Kagawa Prefecture, Japan
- Sep 13 Fiona Apple [McAfee-Morgan], American singer and songwriter (Criminal), born in NYC, New York
- Sep 13 Ivan De Battista, Maltese actor, singer and composer, born in Gzira, Malta
- Sep 15 Angela Aki, Japanese singer-songwriter, born in Itano, Tokushima, Japan
- Sep 18 Barrett Foa, American actor and singer (NCIS LA), born in Manhattan, New York
- Sep 19 Ryan Dusick, American drummer (Maroon 5, 2001-06 - "This Love"), born in Los Angeles, California
- Sep 20 Namie Amuro, Japanese pop and R&B singer (Super Monkey's), born in Naha, Okinawa, Japan
- Sep 22 Quiara Alegría Hudes, American playwright, lyricist and producer (In the Heights, Water by the Spoonful), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania [1]
- Sep 23 Rachael Yamagata, American singer-songwriter and piano player, born in Arlington, Virginia
- Sep 23 Susan Tamim, Lebanese singer and actress (Studio El Fan), born in Beirut, Lebanon (d. 2008)
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Sep 28 American rapper and songwriter (Trap Or Die 3), born in Columbia, South Carolina
Deaths in Music
- Sep 1 Ethel Waters, American actress (Beulah), singer ("Stormy Weather"), dies at 80
- Sep 4 Gabriel Mekler, Israeli-American songwriter and record producer (Steppenwolf, Three Dog Night, Janis Joplin, Etta James), dies in a motorcycle crash at 32
- Sep 4 Stelios Perpiniadis, Greek folk singer, songwriter and guitarist, dies at 78
- Sep 5 George Barnes, American swing-jazz and session guitarist, and electric guitar pioneer, dies of a heart attack at 56
- Sep 6 Guido Pannain, composer, dies at 85
- Sep 6 Paul Burkhard, composer, dies at 65
- Sep 7 Gustave Reese, American musicologist (Music in the Middle Ages; Music in the Renaissance), and teacher, dies at 77
- Sep 13 Leopold Stokowski, British conductor (Philadelphia Orchestra, 1912-39; Disney's Fantasia), dies of a heart attack at 95
- Sep 16 Marc Bolan, English rock vocalist and guitarist (T-Rex - "Bang a Gong (Get It On)"), dies in a car crash at 29
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