- Sep 6 Ronald Binge, British composer (Elizabethan Serenade, Sailing By), dies at 69
- Sep 9 Norman "Norrie" Paramor, British composer, arranger, pianist, bandleader, and record producer (Cliff Richard: The Shadows; Helen Shapiro), dies at 65
- Sep 9 Solon Michaelides, Cypriot composer, teacher, and musicologist, dies at 73
- Sep 9 Wilbur Ware, American jazz double bassist (Riverside Records; Thelonious Monk; Sonny Rollins), included in photographer Art Kane's photo "A Great Day In Harlem", dies of emphysema at 56
- Sep 10 Stanyslav Lyudkevych, Ukranian composer, and musicologist, dies at 100
- Sep 14 Raymond Loucheur, French composer, dies at 80
- Sep 15 Tommy Leonetti [Tomaso Lionetti], American singer ("Free"), songwriter ("My City of Sydney"), and actor (Gomer Pyle, USMC), dies of cancer at 50
- Sep 17 Miloslav Kabeláč, Czech composer, dies at 71
- Sep 25 Tapio Rautavaara, Finnish athlete, actor, and singer (Me tulemme taas, Rion yö), dies of a cerebral hemorrhage at 64
- Sep 26 Seymour Shifrin, American composer (Satires of Circumstance), dies at 53
- Sep 27 Gracie Fields, English music hall/vaudeville performer and actress (Queen of Hearts), dies at 81
- Sep 27 Jimmy McCulloch, Scottish songwriter and guitarist (Wings), dies at 26
- Sep 29 Ivan Wyschnegradsky, Russian microtonal composer, dies at 86
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