September 1

Events

 * 1858 - The first transatlantic cable failed after less than 1 month of service.
 * 1887 - Emile Berliner (1851 - 1929) filed for a patent for his invention of the lateral-cut, flat-disk gramophone on this day.
 * 1973 - Bob Dylan hits US chart with 'Knocking on Heaven's Door', his sixth Top 20 single
 * 1973 - Rolling Stones begin a twenty-date European tour in Vienna
 * 1977 - Blondie sign for Chrysalis Records
 * 1979 - Madness enter UK chart for the first time with 'The Prince'
 * 1979 - NXS play first gig at Oceanview Hotel, Toukley
 * 1986 - Paul McCartney releases "Press to Play" album

Births

 * 1653 -, German composer (d. 1706)
 * 1854 -, German composer (d. 1921)
 * 1895 -, Indian musician (d. 1974)
 * 1931 -, American country musician (d. 1999)
 * 1933 -, American singer (d. 1993)
 * 1935 -, Japanese conductor
 * 1944 -, American conductor
 * 1946 -, American drummer (Sly & the Family Stone)
 * 1958 -, Finnish singer (d. 2002)
 * 1970 -, Croatian singer
 * 1971 -, French singer
 * 1973 -, Canadian singer (INXS)
 * 1975 -, Australian actress and singer
 * 1975 -, Puerto Rican guitarist
 * 1984 -, American musician (Fall Out Boy)
 * 1985 -, Filipino-American singer
 * 1987 -, New Zealand musician (Evermore)
 * 1993 -, French singer
 * 1994 -, American singer

Deaths

 * 1957 –, English musician (b. 1921)
 * 1977 –, American singer (b. 1896)
 * 2005 –, American musician (b. 1926)
 * 2008 –, American voice actor (b. 1940)
 * 2008 –, American musician and actor (b. 1937)