September 1: Conway Twitty (1933), Barry Gibb (1946), Greg Errico of Sly & The Family Stone (1946), The Jam's Bruce Foxton (1955), Gloria Estefan (1957), DJ Sprigg Nice of Lost Boyz (1970)
September 2: Bobby Purify (1939), Rosalind Ashworth of Martha and The Vandellas (1943), Joe Simon (1943), Mik Kaminski of E.L.O. (1951), Simply Red's Fritz McIntyre (1956), Steve Porcaro of Toto (1957) Jerry Augustyniak of 10,000 Maniacs (1958), Jonathan Segal of Camper Van Beethoven (1963), K-Ci Hailey of Jodeci (1969)
September 3: bluesman Memphis Slim born Peter Chatman (1915), Hank Thompson (1925), Al Jardine of The Beach Boys (1943), George Biondi of Steppenwolf (1945), Thin Lizzy's Eric Bell (1947), Don Brewer of Grand Funk Railroad (1948), Steve Jones of The Sex Pistols (1955), Jennifer Paige (1973)
September 4: Merald Knight of Gladys Knight & The Pips (1942), fret wizard Danny Gatton (1945), Ronald LaPread of The Commodores (1950), Muscle Shoals session guitarist Wayne Perkins (1951), Martin Chambers of the Pretenders (1952), Kim Thayil of Soundgarden (1960), Dan Miller of O-Town (1980), Beyoncé Knowles (1981)
September 5: singer-songwriter John Stewart (1939), Al "Year of the Cat" Stewart (1945), Freddy Mercury of Queen (1946), Buddy Miles (1946), singer-songwriter Loudon Wainright III (1946), David "Clem" Clempson of Humble Pie/Colosseum (1949), Terry Ellis of En Vogue (1966), Brad Wilk of Rage Against The Machine (1968), Dweezil Zappa (1969)
September 6: bluesman Jimmy Reed (1925), blues drummer Fred Below (1926), Pink Floyd's Roger Waters (1943), Dave Bargeron of Blood Sweat & Tears (1942), Dennis "Fast Fingers" Kambury (1953), Perry Bamonte of The Cure (1960), Pal Waaktar of A-Ha (1961), CeCe Pensiton (1969), Dolores O'Riordon of The Cranberries (1971), Nina Persson of The Cardigans (1974), Foxy Brown (1979)
September 7: Sonny Rollins (1930), bluesman Little Milton (Campbell) (1934), Buddy Holly born Charles Hardin Holley (1936), Continental Drift's Jim Gault (1943), Alfa Anderson of Chic (1946) disco diva Gloria Gaynor (1949), Chrissie Hynde (1951), session guitarist Chuck Beattie (1954), Brad Houser of Edie Brickell & New Bohemians (1960) Chad Sexton of 311 (1970)
September 15: Roy Acuff (1903), Julian "Cannonball" Adderley (1928), Les Braid of The Swinging Blue Jeans (1941), Lee Dorman of Iron Butterfly (1945), Mitch Dorge of Crash Test Dummies (1960)
September 16: B. B. King (1925), Bernard Calvert of The Hollies (1943), Betty Kelly of Martha and The Vandellas (1944), Kenny Jones of Small Faces and The Who (1948), Wire's Colin Newman (1954), Peter Zaremba of the Fleshtones (1956), Richard Marx (1963), Marc Anthony (1968)
September 17: composer Gustav Holst of "The Planets" fame (1874), Hank Williams (1923), Bill Black (1926), LaMonte McLemore of The 5th Dimension (1940), Fee Waybill of The Tubes (1950), Chrissie Hynde (1951), BeBe Winans (1962), Lord Jamar of Brand Nubian (1968), Vinnie Brown of Naughty By Nature (1970), Maile Misajoin of Eden's Crush (1976), Chuck Comeau of Simple Plan (1979)
September 18: pop singer Jimmie Rodgers (1933), Frankie Avalon (1939), Kerry Livgren of Kansas (1949), Dee Dee Ramone (1952), Joanne Catherall of Human League (1962), Ian Spice of Breathe (1966), Ricky Bell of Bell Biv Devoe (1967)
September 19: Brook Benton (1931), Beatles manager Brian Epstein (1934), Nick Massi of The Four Seasons (1935), Bill Medley of The Righteous Brothers (1940), songwriter Paul Williams (1940), Mama Cass Elliot (1943), Freda Payne (1945), David Bromberg (1945), Lee Dorman of Iron Butterfly (1945), Lol Creme of 10cc (1947), Daniel Lanois (1951), Nile Rodgers of Chic (1952), Trisha Yearwood (1964),
September 20: Gogi Grant (1924), John Panozzo of Styx (1948), Alannah Currie of The Thompson Twins (1959), Nuno Bettencourt of Extreme (1966), Matthew and Gunnar Nelson - twin sons of Ricky Nelson (1967), Ben Shepherd of Soundgarden (1968), Rick Woolstenhulme of Lifehouse (1979)
September 21: Leonard Cohen (1934), Don Felder of the Eagles (1947), Tyler Stewart of Barenaked Ladies (1967), Faith Hill (1967), De La Soul's Trugoy the Dove (1968), David Silveria of Korn (1972)
September 22: David Coverdale of Deep Purple (1951), Debby Boone (1956), Johnette Napolitano of Concrete Blonde (1957), Joan Jett (1960), Liam Gallagher of Oasis (1972)
September 23: John Coltrane (1926), Ray Charles (1930), Ben E. King (1938), Steve Boone of the Lovin' Spoonful (1941), Julio Iglesias (1943), Ron Bushy of Iron Butterfly (1945), jazz musician Don Grolnick (1947), Bruce Springsteen (1949), Lita Ford (1959), Ani DeFranco (1970), Jermaine Dupri (1972), Erik-Michael Estrada of O-Town (1979)
September 24: Linda McCartney (1942), Gerry Marsden of Gerry And The Pacemakers (1942), Cedric Dent of Take 6 (1962), Marty Cintron of No Mercy (1971)
September 25: Erik Darling of The Rooftop Singers (1933), bluesman Roosevelt "Booba" Barnes (1936), Ian Tyson of Ian and Sylvia (1933), Zucchero (1955), Will Smith (1968), Diana Ortiz of Dream (1985)
September 26: George Gershwin (1898), Marty Robbins (1925), Bryan Ferry of Roxy Music (1945), Olivia Newton-John (1948), Cesar Rosas of Los Lobos (1954), Craig Chaquico of Jefferson Starship (1954), Carlene Carter (1955), Tracey Thorn of Everything But The Girl (1962), Cindy Herron of En Vogue (1965), Shawn Stockman of Boyz II Men (1972), Christina Milian (1981)
September 27: bluesman "Mighty" Joe Young (1927), Don Nix (1941), Randy Bachman of BTO (1943), Meat Loaf aka Marvin Lee Aday (1947), Greg Ham of Men At Work (1953), reggae bassist Robbie Shakespeare (1953), Shaun Cassidy (1958), Stephan Jenkins of Third Eye Blind (1966), Mark Calderon of Color Me Badd (1970), Avril Lavigne (1984)
September 28: Ed Sullivan (1902), soul singer and former Drifter Ben E. King (1938), Nick St. Nicholas of Steppenwolf (1943), George Lynch of Dokken (1955), Alannah Currie of The Thompson Twins (1959), Jennifer Rush (1960), teen popster Hilary Duff (1987)
September 1: Aussie rocker Ted Mulry (2001), composer Vagn Holmboe (1996)
September 2: New York Metropolitan Opera impressario Sir Rudolf Bing (1997), composer Otto Luening (1996), violinist Cyril Reuben (1996)
September 3: Alan "Blind Owl" Wilson (1970)
September 4: jazz saxophonist Charlie Barnet (1991) country singer Dottie West (1991)
September 5: swamp-boogie queen Katie Webster (1999), conductor Georg Solti (1997)
September 6: co-founder of Atari Teenage Riot, Carl Crack (2001), standup country bassist Roy Husky Jr. (1997), Tom Fogerty of CCR (1990)
September 7: Erma Franklin sister of Aretha (2002), composer Nicolo Castigliani (1996), Keith Moon (1978)
September 15: jazz pianist Bill Evans (1980)
September 16: Marc Bolan of T-Rex (1977), opera diva Maria Callas (1977)
September 17: Rob Tyner of MC5 (1991)
September 18: Jimmy Witherspoon (1997), Jimi Hendrix (1970)
September 19: Australian folkie Slim Dusty (2003), Rich Mullins (1997), Gram Parsons (1973)
September 20: Jim Croce (1973), Red Foley (1968)
September 22: virtuoso violinist Isaac Stern (2001), Irving Berlin (1989)
September 23: boogie woogie pianist Lawrence "Booker T." Laury (1995), Robbie McIntosh (1974)
September 24: singer-songwriter Matthew Jay (2003), folk rocker Tim Rose (2002)
September 25: John Bonham (1980)
September 26: Robert Palmer (2003), songwriter Carl Sigman (2000), Bessie Smith (1937)
September 27: rockabilly guitarist Paul Burlison (2003), Metallica's Cliff Burton (1986), Rory Storm of the Hurricanes (1972)
September 28: Miles Davis (1991), Jimmy McCulloch of Wings (1979)