- Sep 4 Charlie Barnet, saxophonist (Cherokee), dies of pneumonia at 77
- Sep 4 Dottie West [Dorothy Marsh], American country singer ("Here Comes My Baby"; with Kenny Rogers - "What Are We Doin' in Love"), dies from internal injuries sustained in a car crash at 58
- Sep 4 Margaret Ramsay, vocalist, dies
- Sep 7 Archie Menzies, English playwright and composer (Under Your Hat), dies at 87
- Sep 8 Alex North [Isadore Soifer], American composer (Spartacus, Viva Zapata), dies of cancer at 80 [1]
- Sep 13 Ferry Barendse, Dutch trumpeter, composer, and singer (Ramblers), dies at 80
- Sep 15 Sulkhan Tsintsadze, Georgian composer, dies at 66
- Sep 17 René-Charles "Zino" Francescatti, French concert violinist (NY Philharmonic-1939), dies at 89
- Sep 18 Rob Tyner [Robert Derminer], American hard rock singer (MC5 - Kick Out The Jams), dies of a heart attack at 46
- Sep 24 Peter Bellamy, English folk singer, commits suicide at 47
- Sep 26 Billy Vaughn, American singer, saxophonist, and bandleader ("Sail Along Sil'vry Moon"), dies of stomach cancer at 72
Miles Davis (1926-1991)
Sep 28 American jazz musician, trumpeter and composer (Kinda Blue; Cookin' with the Miles Davis Quintet; Sketches of Spain), dies of pneumonia at 65
- Sep 29 Zapata Jaw [Nelson Renfrum], Surinamese jazz musician, dies
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