September 1991 in Music History

Events in Music

Sep 2 "Ropin' the Wind" 3rd studio album by Garth Brooks is released (Billboard Album of the Year 1992)

Sep 4 Revival of Frank Loesser's 1956 musical "The Most Happy Fella" opens at NY State Theater, NYC, for a limited run by the New York City Opera
Sep 5 8th MTV Video Music Awards: REM wins

Sep 10 Rock band Nirvana release their single "Smells like Teen Spirit", often dubbed the anthem of Generation X

Sep 24 Rock band Nirvana release their second studio album "Nevermind"

Sep 29 Gus Van Sant's film "My Own Private Idaho" starring Keanu Reeves and River Phoenix premieres

Sep 4 Dwayne Verheyden, Dutch conjunto and Tejano accordionist (TexMeXplosion), born in Montfort, Netherlands
Sep 11 Kygo [Kyrre Gørvell-Dahll] Norwegian DJ and music producer (I See Fire remix), born in Singapore
Sep 21 Ingrid Andress, American country music singer ("More Hearts Than Mine"), born in Southfield, Michigan

Sep 16 American country singer-songwriter Willie Nelson (58) weds Annie D'Angelo in Nashville, Tennessee

Sep 4 Charlie Barnet, saxophonist (Cherokee), dies of pneumonia at 77
Sep 4 Dottie West, American country singer (Here Comes my Baby), dies at 58 in a car
Sep 4 Margaret Ramsay, vocalist, dies
Sep 7 Archie Menzies, English playwright na dcomposer (Under Your Hat), dies at 87
Sep 8 Alex North [Isadore Soifer], American composer (Spartacus, Viva Zapata), dies of cancer at 80 [1]
Sep 8 Jo Budie, Dutch orchestra leader (KRO), dies
Sep 13 Ferry Barendse, Dutch trumpeter, composer, and singer (Ramblers), dies at 80
Sep 15 Sulkhan Tsintsadze, Georgian composer, dies at 66
Sep 17 René-Charles "Zino" Francescatti, French concert violinist (NY Philharmonic-1939), dies at 89
Sep 18 Rob Tyner [Robert Derminer], American hard rock singer (MC5 - Kick Out The Jams), dies of a heart attack at 46
Sep 24 Peter Bellamy, English folk singer, commits suicide at 47
Sep 26 Billy Vaughn, American singer, saxophonist, and bandleader ("Sail Along Sil'vry Moon"), dies of stomach cancer at 72