September 19

Events

 * 1985 – Tipper Gore and other political wives form the Parents Music Resource Center as Frank Zappa and other musicians testify at U.S. Congressional hearings on obscenity in rock music.

Births

 * 1882 –, first disc jockey in the United Kingdom (d. 1965)
 * 1887 –, American jazz pianist (d. 1972)
 * 1931 –, American singer (d. 1988)
 * 1934 –, English musical group manager (The Beatles) (d. 1967)
 * 1935 –, American singer (The Four Seasons) (d. 2000)
 * 1940 –, American singer and songwriter (The Righteous Brothers)
 * 1940 –, American musician (d. 1974)
 * 1942 –, American singer and actress
 * 1947 –, English musician (10cc, Godley & Creme)
 * 1951 –, Canadian record producer
 * 1952 –, American musician and composer
 * 1955 –, American composer and musician (d. 2006)
 * 1955 –, American singer and actor
 * 1958 –, American singer
 * 1958 –, Composer and Actor
 * 1963 –, English musician (Pulp)
 * 1964 –, American singer
 * 1965 –, French singer
 * 1969 –, Greek-Cypriot singer and composer
 * 1976 –, American musician (At the Drive-In, Sparta)
 * 1977 –, American Musician
 * 1979 –, Australian musician and songwriter
 * 1984 –, American pop singer
 * 1992 –, American up-and-coming musician

Deaths

 * 1936 –, Indian musician (b. 1860)
 * 1949 –, Greek composer (b. 1901)
 * 1968 –, American singer (b. 1910)
 * 1972 –, French pianist (b. 1899)
 * 1973 –, American musician (b. 1946)
 * 1997 –, American singer (b. 1955)
 * 2003 –, Australian singer (b. 1927)
 * 2004 –, American singer (b. 1931)
 * 2006 –, American singer and saxophonist (The Champs) (b. 1929)
 * 2009 –, American popular pianist (b. 1921)
 * 2009 –, Turntablist (b. 1972)