Events in Music
Music History
Sep 15 Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli performs with the NY Philharmonic and guests Celine Dion, Tony Bennett, and Pretty Yende, on the Great Lawn of New York City's Central Park; 70,000 in attendance
Music Single
Sep 20 "Call Me Maybe", single by Canadian singer Carly Rae Jepsen, is released
Weddings in Music
Deaths in Music
- Sep 6 Wardell Quezergue, American jazz, blues, and funk composer, arranger, record producer, and bandleader, known as the "Creole Beethoven", dies at 81
- Sep 13 DJ Mehdi [Favéris-Essadi], French hip hop and electro producer, dies from falling through a skylight at his home at 34
- Sep 18 Kurt Sanderling, German conductor (East Berlin Symphony 1960-77), dies at 98
- Sep 19 Ctirad Kohoutek, Czech composer, dies at 82
- Sep 19 Johnny Răducanu, Romanian jazz pianist, dies of a heart attack at 79
- Sep 20 Robert Whitaker, British photographer whose work was used on Beatles and Cream album covers, dies at 71
- Sep 27 Johnny "Country" Mathis, American country music songwriter and singer, dies of stroke complications at 80
- Sep 29 Sylvia Robinson, American singer (Mickey & Sylvia - "Love Is Strange"; solo - "Pillow Talk"), record producer, and record label executive (Sugar Hill Records), dies of congestive heart failure at 76
- Sep 30 Marv Tarplin, American guitarist and songwriter (The Miracles, 1958-73 - "The Tracks of My Tears"), dies at 70
Country Singers
Jazz Musicians
Opera Singers
Pop Stars
Rappers
Rockers