Events in Music
Musical Finale
Sep 10 Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical "Cats" closes on at Winter Garden Theater, NYC, after 7,485 performances; won 7 Tony Awards, 3 Drama desk Awards, and a Grammy Award
Farm Aid Concert
Sep 17 Farm Aid 13 held in Bristow, Virginia; performers include Willie Nelson, Neil Young, John Mellencamp, CSN&Y, Arlo Guthrie, Sawyer Brown, Alan Jackson, Travis Tritt, North Mississippi Allstars, Barenaked Ladies, and Tipper Gore [1]
Birthdays in Music
- Sep 8 Shane Dylan, American jazz-hip-hop pianist composer, and record producer, born in Boston, Massachusetts
Weddings in Music
- Sep 2 "The Backstreet Boys" lead vocalist Brian Littrell (25) weds actress Leighanne Wallace (31) at Peachtree Christian Church in Atlanta, Georgia
Divorces in Music
- Sep 22 Actress Patsy Kensit (32) divorces Oasis singer Liam Gallagher (28) due to unreasonable behaviour after 3 years of marriage
Deaths in Music
- Sep 2 Elvera Sanchez, Puerto Rican dancer (b. 1905)
- Sep 4 David Brown, American guitarist (Santana), dies of liver and kidney failure at 53
- Sep 12 Stanley Turrentine, American jazz saxophonist (Wonderland), dies at 66
- Sep 21 Bengt Hambraeus, Swedish Canadian composer and organist, dies at 72
- Sep 24 Ian "Spike" Spice, British drummer (Breathe - "Hands To Heaven", Flash Cadillac), dies at 34
- Sep 26 Baden Powell, Brazilian jazz and samba guitarist, dies of bacterial pneumonia at 63
- Sep 26 Nick Fatool, American jazz and session drummer, dies at 85
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