- Sep 1 Archie Bell, American soul-pop singer (Archie Bell & the Drells - "Tighten Up"), born in Henderson, Texas
- Sep 1 Leonard Slatkin, American conductor (St. Louis Symphony, 1979-96; Detroit Symphony, 2008-19), born in Los Angeles, California
- Sep 3 Bill Price, British audio engineer (Tom Jones; Wings: Sparks; Elton John), and record producer (The Clash; Sex Pistols; Waterboys), born in England (d. 2016)
- Sep 4 Gene Parsons, American rock drummer (The Byrds, Flying Burrito Brothers), born in Morongo Valley, California
- Sep 8 Peter Bellamy, English folk singer, born in Bournemouth, England (d. 1991)
- Sep 9 Olga de Haas, Dutch ballerina, born in Amsterdam (d. 1978)
- Sep 10 Thomas Allen, British operatic baritone singer, born in Seaham Harbour, England
Barry White (1944-2003)
Sep 12 American singer ("Can't Get Enough Of Your Love, Babe"; "You're The First, The Last, My Everything"), born in Galveston, Texas
- Sep 12 Colin Young, Barbadian-British singer (The Foundations - "Build Me Up Buttercup"), born in Barbados, West Indies
- Sep 13 Les Harvey, Scottish rock guitarist (Stone The Crows), born in Glasgow, Scotland (d. 1972)
- Sep 13 Peter Cetera, American rock bassist, lead singer, and songwriter (Chicago, 1967-85 - "25 or 6 to 4" ;"If You Leave Me Now"), born in Chicago, Illinois
- Sep 14 Joey Heatherton, American dancer and actress (Bluebeard), born in Rockville Center, New York
- Sep 16 Betty Kelly, American rocker (Martha Reeves & Vandellas), born in Attalla, Alabama
- Sep 18 Michael Franks, American jazz singer and songwriter, born in La Jolla, California
- Sep 18 Rocío Jurado, Spanish singer and actress, born in Chipiona, Spain (d. 2006)
- Sep 21 Jesse Ed Davis, Native American guitarist, born in Norman, Oklahoma (d. 1988)
- Sep 22 Roger Nichols, American recording engineer, producer and inventor (Steely Dan; John Denver), born in Oakland, California (d. 2011)
- Sep 25 Eugenia Zukerman, American flutist and novelist (Deceptive Cadence), born in Cambridge, Massachusetts
- Sep 29 Mike Post [Leland Michael Postil], American Grammy and Emmy award-winning television composer (Rockford Files; Hill Street Blues; Magnum P.I.), born in Berkley, California
- Sep 30 Diane Dufresne, French Canadian singer, born in Montreal, Quebec
About September 1944
How Old? 79 years old
Generation: Silent Generation
Leap Year: Yes
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