Events in Music
Human Rights Now!
Sep 2 Amnesty International's "Human Rights Now!" tour begins in Wembley Stadium, London; performers include: Bruce Springsteen, Sting, Peter Gabriel, Tracy Chapman, and Youssou N'Dour
- Sep 20 "Loving Proof" second studio album by Ricky Van Shelton is released (Billboard Song of the Year 1989)
Birthdays in Music
- Sep 12 Aaron Sidwell, English actor and singer, born in Maidstone, Kent, England
- Sep 14 Muni Long [Priscilla Hamilton], American singer-songwriter (Hrs and Hrs), born in Vero Beach, Florida
- Sep 16 Teddy Geiger, American singer and songwriter (Stitches - Shawn Mendes), born in Rochester, New York
- Sep 18 Lukas Forchhammer, Danish singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist (Lukas Graham - "7 Years"), born in Freetown Christiania, Denmark
- Sep 22 Bethany Dillon, American Christian musician, born in Bellefontaine, Ohio
- Sep 26 James Blake, English musician and singer-songwriter (Assume Form), born in Enfield, England
- Sep 26 Mark Simpson, British clarinetist and contemporary classical composer (Ariel; Israfel), born in Liverpool, England
- Sep 28 Esmée Denters, Dutch singer
- Sep 29 Justin Nozuka, Canadian-American singer-songwriter, born in New York City
Deaths in Music
- Sep 5 Lawrence Brown, American trombonist (Duke Ellington Orchestra), dies at 81
- Sep 12 (Carlos) "Charlie" Palmieri, American salsa and charanga music bandleader, musical director, and piano player (Tito Puente; Alegré All-Stars), dies after a heart attack at 60
- Sep 14 Melle Weersma, Dutch jazz arranger and composer ("Penny Serenade"), dies at 80
- Sep 22 Rezső Sugár, Hungarian composer (Savonarola), and pedagogue, dies at 68
- Sep 23 Arwel Hughes, Welsh composer, dies at 79
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