- Sep 3 Arthur Schwartz, American composer (Girl from Paris; Excuse My Dust), dies at 83
- Sep 6 Ernest Tubb, American country musician ("Walking the Floor Over You"), dies of emphysema at 70
- Sep 8 Rene Bernier, Belgian composer, dies at 79
- Sep 9 Walter Kaufmann, German-American conductor (Winnipeg Symphony, 1948-57), composer (Navaratnam), and musicologist (The Ragas of South India), dies at 77
- Sep 11 Hilding Hallnäs, Swedish composer (Kärlekens ringdans), dies at 81
- Sep 19 June Preisser, American acrobatic dancer and actress (Babes in Arms; Strike Up the Band), dies in a car crash at 64
- Sep 20 Steve Goodman, American folk singer and songwriter ("City O f New Orleans"; "Chicken Cordon Blues"), dies of leukemia at 36
- Sep 23 Anatoly Novikov, Russian-Soviet composer (Red Spider; The Hymn of Democratic Youth of the World), dies at 87
- Sep 26 Shelly Manne, American 'West Coast' jazz and session drummer, percussionist, composer, and bandleader, dies of a heart attack at 64
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