Events in Music
#1 in the Charts
Sep 1 "What's Love Got to Do With It" single tops the charts, giving Tina Turner her 1st #1 as a solo artist
Music History
Sep 12 American country singer Barbara Mandrell is badly injured in a car accident
- Sep 12 Cyndi Lauper sings "She-Bop" on The Tonight Show
Video Music Awards
Sep 14 1st MTV Video Music Awards: The Cars win with "You Might Think", and David Bowie wins with "China Girl"
Music Single
Sep 24 Paul McCartney releases single "No More Lonely Nights"
- Sep 25 1st London performance of musical "Stepping Out" presented
- Sep 25 Barbara Damashek's musical "Quilters" opens at Jack Lawrence Theater ,NYC; runs for 24 performances
- Sep 26 Berlin appeals court clears Paul McCartney in a paternity suit
- Sep 28 Krzysztof Penderecki's initial version of "A Polish Requiem" premieres with Mstislav Rostropovich leading the Stuttgart Radio Symphony
- Sep 29 "(What) In Name Of Love" by Naked Eyes peaks at #39
- Sep 29 "Cruel Summer" by Bananarama peaks at #9
- Sep 29 "Drive" by Cars peaks at #3
- Sep 29 "Layin' It On Line" by Jefferson Starship peaks at #66
#1 in the Charts
Sep 29 "Let's Go Crazy" by Prince Rogers Nelson and Revolution peaks at #1
- Sep 29 "Pretty Mess" by Vanity peaks at #75
- Sep 29 "Torture" by Jacksons peaks at #17
- Sep 29 "When You Close Your Eyes" by Night Ranger peaks at #14
Birthdays in Music
- Sep 1 Joseph Trohman, American guitarist (Fall Out Boy - "This Ain't a Scene, It's an Arms Race"), born in Hollywood, Florida
- Sep 1 Ludwig Göransson, Swedish Emmy, Grammy, and Academy Award-winning composer and record producer (The Mandalorian; Childish Gambino; Black Panther), born in Linköping, Sweden
- Sep 2 Jack Peñate, British rockabilly singer-songwriter and musician (Matinée), born in London, England
- Sep 4 Camila Bordonaba, Argentine actress and singer-songwriter, born in El Palomar, Argentina
- Sep 10 Matthew Followill, American alternative-rock backing vocalist and musician (Kings of Leon - "Use Somebody"), born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
- Sep 14 Ayushmann Khurrana, Indian actor and singer (Vicky Donor), born in Chandigarh, India
- Sep 14 Melissa McGhee, American rock singer (American Idol, season 5), born in Tampa, Florida
- Sep 16 Katie Melua, Georgian-British singer (Piece by Piece), born in Kutaisi, Georgian SSR, USSR
- Sep 16 Sabrina Bryan, American actress and singer (The Cheetah Girls), born in Yorba Linda, California
- Sep 18 Dizzee Rascal [Dylan Kwabena Mills], English rapper (Boy in da Corner), born in London, England
- Sep 19 Eamon [Doyle], American pop singer ("F*ck It (I Don't Want You Back)"), born in Staten Island, New York City
- Sep 21 Wale [Olubowale Akintimehin], American rapper of Nigerian heritage (The Gifted), born in Washington, D.C.
- Sep 22 Ross Jarman, English drummer (The Cribs), born in Wakefield, England
- Sep 22 Theresa Fu, Hong Kong singer and actress
- Sep 23 Louie Stephens, American rock keyboard player and singer (Rooney)
- Sep 24 Taylor Eigsti, American Grammy Award-winning jazz pianist, composer ("Lucky To Be Me"), orchestrator, and educator, born in Menlo Park, California
- Sep 26 Keisha Buchanan, British pop and R&B singer (Sugababes - "Round Round"; "Push the Button"), born in Kingsbury, England
Avril Lavigne (38 years old)
Sep 27 Canadian singer-songwriter (Complicated, Sk8er Boi), born in Belleville, Ontario
Weddings in Music
Janet Jackson
Sep 7 American actress-singer Janet Jackson (18) weds Amwerican R&B singer James DeBarge (21); annulled in 1985
Deaths in Music
- Sep 3 Arthur Schwartz, American composer (Girl from Paris; Excuse My Dust), dies at 83
- Sep 6 Ernest Tubb, American country musician ("Walking the Floor Over You"), dies of emphysema at 70
- Sep 8 Rene Bernier, Belgian composer, dies at 79
- Sep 9 Walter Kaufmann, German-American conductor (Winnipeg Symphony, 1948-57), composer (Navaratnam), and musicologist (The Ragas of South India), dies at 77
- Sep 11 Hilding Hallnäs, Swedish composer (Kärlekens ringdans), dies at 81
- Sep 19 June Preisser, American acrobatic dancer and actress (Babes in Arms; Strike Up the Band), dies in a car crash at 64
- Sep 20 Steve Goodman, American folk singer and songwriter ("City O f New Orleans"; "Chicken Cordon Blues"), dies of leukemia at 36
- Sep 23 Anatoly Novikov, Soviet composer, dies at 87
- Sep 26 Shelly Manne, American 'West Coast' jazz and session drummer, percussionist, composer, and bandleader, dies of a heart attack at 64
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