September 16
- 1925: Birth of Charlie Byrd (Charlie Lee Byrd) (+1999)
- 1925: Birth of B.B. King (Riley B. King) (+2015)
- 1941: Birth of Joe Butler (Joseph Campbell Butler) member of Lovin' Spoonful
- 1942: Birth of Bernie Calvert (Bernard Bamford Calvert) member of The Hollies
- 1944: Birth of Betty Kelly member of Martha and The Vandellas
- 1948: Birth of Kenney Jones (Kenneth Thomas Jones) member of The Who, The Small Faces, The Faces
- 1948: Birth of Ron Blair member of Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
- 1954: Birth of Frank Reed (Frank Kevin Reed) (+2014) member of The Chi-Lites
- 1963: Birth of Richard Marx (Richard Noel Marx)
- 1960: Recording of You're Sixteen - Johnny Burnette
- 1968: Recording of I Will - The Beatles
- 1968: Release (US) of She Loves You - The Beatles
- 1972: Release (US) of Some Time - John Lennon and Yoko Ono
- 1974: Recording of Meet Me In The Morning - Bob Dylan
- 1977: Death of Marc Bolan (Mark Feld) (°1947) member of T. Rex
- 2003: Death of Sheb Wooley (Shelby F. Wooley) (°1921)
- 2009: Death of Mary Travers (Mary Allin Travers) member of Peter, Paul and Mary (°1936)
- 2011: Death of Willie "Big Eyes" Smith (°1936)