September 1940 in Music History
Sep 2 Jimmy Clanton, Baton Rogue, La, rock vocalist (Just a Dream)
Sep 2 Mike Pyne, jazz Pianist
Sep 5 Lewis Spratlan, American classical composer and Pulitzer Prize winner (Life Is A Dream), born in Miami, Florida
Sep 5 Raquel Welch, American actress and singer (Myra Breckenridge; 1,000,000 BC; 100 Rifles), born in Chicago, Illinois
Sep 6 Jackie Trent, English singer-songwriter (Neighbours theme) and actress, born in Newcastle-under-Lyme (d. 2015)
Sep 9 Joe Negroni, rock vocalist (Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers), born in NYC, New York (d. 1978)
Sep 10 Roy Ayers, American disco jazz artist (Fever, You Send Me), born in Los Angeles, California
Sep 11 Bernie Dwyer, British rock drummer (Freddie & The Dreamers), born in Manchester, England (d. 2002)
Sep 13 Joyce Schouten, Dutch pop singer (Fouryo's)
Sep 13 Gene Page, American arranger and composer (Righteous Brothers, Marvin Gaye), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 1998)
Sep 18 Frankie Avalon [Francis Avallone], American actor and singer (Beach Party, Venus), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Sep 19 Bill Medley, American singer and songwriter (The Righteous Brothers), born in Santa Ana, California
Sep 19 Paul Williams, American singer, actor and composer (Rainy Days and Mondays, Evergreen), born in Omaha, Nebraska
Sep 19 Sylvia Tyson, Canadian singer-songwriter, born in Chatham, Ontario
Sep 22 Edward Boguslawski, composer
Sep 23 Tim Rose, American singer-songwriter, born in Washington D. C. (d. 2002)
Sep 23 Mohammad Reza Shajarian, Iranian classical singer, born in Mashhad, Iran (d. 2020)
Sep 24 Barbara "Bibs" Allbut, American rock vocalist (Angels - My Boyfriend's Back), born in Orange, New Jersey
Sep 27 Josephine Barstow, British opera soprano singer, born in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England
Sep 29 Nicola Di Bari, Italian singer
Sep 30 Lori Burton [Dolores Squeglia], American singer, songwriter and record producer, born in New Haven, Connecticut
Sep 30 Walter Kollo, composer, dies at 62