Events in Music
- Sep 2 "I Remember Mama" closes at Majestic Theater NYC after 108 performances
- Sep 6 Revival of Leigh, Charlap, Styne, Comden and Green's musical "Peter Pan", starring Sandy Duncan, opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater, NYC; runs for 578 performances
- Sep 14 The film "Quadrophenia", loosely based on The Who's 1973 rock opera of the same name, is released.
- Sep 16 Louis LaRusso II's stage drama "Knockout", starring Danny Aiello, closes at the Helen Hayes Theatre, NYC, after 154 performances
- Sep 16 Russian Bolshoi Ballet dancers Leonid & Valentina Kozlov defect to US in Los Angeles, California
- Sep 17 Russian Bolshoi Ballet dancers Leonid & Valentina Kozlov granted political asylum in US
- Sep 18 Briitish rock band "The Who" plays first of five concerts at Madison Square Garden, NYC
Music Concert
Sep 19 5-day MUSE (Musicians United for Safe Energy) "No Nukes" concert against nuclear power opens at Madison Square Garden, NYC; performers include: Jackson Browne; Bonnie Raitt; Crosby, Stills & Nash; Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band; James Taylor; Carly Simon; Gil Scott-Heron, and the Doobie Brothers
- Sep 25 "Evita" opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 1568 performances
Music History
Sep 27 Elton John, sick with flu, collapses in the Hollywood Universal Amphitheater
- Sep 29 "Ain't That A Shame" by Cheap Trick peaks at #35
- Sep 29 "Bad Case Of Loving You" by Robert Palmer peaks at #14
- Sep 29 "Boom Boom (Out Go Lights)" by Pat Travers peaks at #56
- Sep 29 "Born To Be Alive" by Patrick Hernandez peaks at #16
- Sep 29 "Cruel To Be Kind" by Nick Lowe peaks at #12
Music History
Sep 29 "Different Worlds" by Maureen McGovern peaks at #18
- Sep 29 "Driver's Seat" by Sniff 'n' the Tears peaks at #15
- Sep 29 "Girls Talk" by Dave Edmunds peaks at #65
- Sep 29 "Lonesome Loser" by Little River Band peaks at #6
- Sep 29 "Message In A Bottle" by Police peaks at #1 in UK
- Sep 29 "What Cha Gonna Do With My Lovin'" by Stephanie Mills peaks at #22
Birthdays in Music
- Sep 3 Tomo Miličević, Croatian-American rock guitarist (Thirty Seconds to Mars, 2003-18 - "The Kill", "Closer to the Edge"), and record producer, born in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia
- Sep 4 Pedro Camacho, Portuguese classical, religious, film and video game composer (Requiem to Inês de Castro), born in Funchal, Portugal
- Sep 4 Poo Bear [Jason Boyd], American songwriter and record producer (Justin Bieber; Lupe Fiasco; Mariah Carey; Zac Brown), born in New Haven Connecticut
- Sep 6 Foxy Brown [Inga Marchand], Trinidadian-American rapper (Ill Na Na, Broken Silence), born in NYC, New York
P!nk (44 years old)
Sep 8 American singer ("Get the Party Started"; "Try"; "Just Give Me A Reason"), born in Abington Township, Pennsylvania
- Sep 10 Jacob Young, American actor (All My Children), and singer, born in Renton, Washington
- Sep 13 Geike Arnaert, Belgian singer (Hooverphonic), born in Heuvelland, Belgium
- Sep 17 Chuck Comeau, Canadian drummer (Simple Plan), born in Montreal, Quebec
- Sep 17 Flo Rida [Tramar Dillard], American rapper, born in Carol City, Florida
- Sep 22 Emilie Autumn {Liddell], American singer-songwriter, violinist, and harpsichordist (Fight Like A Girl), born in Los Angeles, California
- Sep 23 Red [Demetrius Pugh], American rapper (Another Bad Creation), born in Los Angeles, California
- Sep 30 Clio-Danae Othoneou, Greek actress, musician and pianist, born in Thessaloniki, Greece
- Sep 30 Vince Chong, Malaysian-Chinese singer-songwriter and actor, born in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Weddings in Music
Cat Stevens
Sep 7 British singer-songwriter Yusuf Islam (Cat Stevens) (31) weds Pakastani Fouzia Ali at Kensington Mosque, in London, England
Deaths in Music
- Sep 6 Ronald Binge, British composer (Elizabethan Serenade, Sailing By), dies at 69
- Sep 9 Norman "Norrie" Paramor, British composer, arranger, pianist, bandleader, and record producer (Cliff Richard: The Shadows; Helen Shapiro), dies at 65
- Sep 9 Solon Michaelides, Cypriot composer, teacher, and musicologist, dies at 73
- Sep 9 Wilbur Ware, American jazz double bassist (Riverside Records; Thelonious Monk; Sonny Rollins), included in photographer Art Kane's photo "A Great Day In Harlem", dies of emphysema at 56
- Sep 10 Stanyslav Lyudkevych, Ukranian composer, and musicologist, dies at 100
- Sep 14 Raymond Loucheur, French composer, dies at 80
- Sep 15 Tommy Leonetti [Tomaso Lionetti], American singer ("Free"), songwriter ("My City of Sydney"), and actor (Gomer Pyle, USMC), dies of cancer at 50
- Sep 17 Miloslav Kabeláč, Czech composer, dies at 71
- Sep 25 Tapio Rautavaara, Finnish athlete, actor, and singer (Me tulemme taas, Rion yö), dies of a cerebral hemorrhage at 64
- Sep 26 Seymour Shifrin, American composer (Satires of Circumstance), dies at 53
- Sep 27 Gracie Fields, English music hall/vaudeville performer and actress (Queen of Hearts), dies at 81
- Sep 27 Jimmy McCulloch, Scottish songwriter and guitarist (Wings), dies at 26
- Sep 29 Ivan Wyschnegradsky, Russian microtonal composer, dies at 86
