Portal:Music/DateOfBirth/September 8
- Dante Drowty, (born Donald Drowty) American vocalist with Dante and The Evergreens, turns 85.
- Zachary Richard, American cajun musician, turns 76.
- Will Lee, American bassist for CBS Orchestra (Late Show with David Letterman), turns 74.
- Michael Lardie, American pianist, guitarist, and blues harp player with Great White, turns 68.
- Aimee Mann, American singer-songwriter, turns 66.
- Steve Waterman, Brit trumpeter and flugelhorn player, turns 66.
- David Steele, Brit bassist with The Beat and Fine Young Cannibals, turns 66.
- Marc Gordon, American R&B vocalist with LeVert, turns 62.
- Shunsuke Kikuta, Japanese session musician (guitar) with Junior Wells, turns 60.
- Neko Case, American country music singer-songwriter with The New Pornographers, turns 56.
- Richard Hughes, Brit drummer for piano rock band, Keane, turns 51.
- P!nk, American Grammy Award winning singer-songwriter, turns 47.
- Avicii (September 8, 1989 –April 20, 2018), (born Tim Bergling) Swedish musician, DJ and producer, would have turned 37 this year.
- Leah LaBelle (September 8, 1986–January 31, 2018), (born Leah LaBelle Vladowski), Canadian-born American singer, songwriter and former American Idol contestant, would have turned 40 this year.
- David Lewis (September 8, 1958 –March 13, 1988), American keyboardist and guitarist for Atlantic Starr, would have turned 68 this year.
- Dean Daughtry (September 8, 1946–January 26, 2023), American keyboardist with the Atlanta Rhythm Section, would have turned 80 this year.
- Kelly Groucutt (September 8, 1945 –February 19, 2009), Brit bassist with Electric Light Orchestra, would have turned 81 this year.
- Ron "Pigpen" McKernan (September 8, 1945 –March 08, 1973), American multi-instrumentalist of Grateful Dead fame, would have turned 81 this year.
- Peter Bellamy (September 8, 1944 –September 24, 1991), Brit folk singer with The Young Tradition, would have turned 82 this year.
- Brian Cole (September 8, 1942 –August 02, 1972), American bassist and singer with The Association, would have turned 84 this year.
- Patsy Cline (September 8, 1932 –March 05, 1963), American country music singer, would have turned 94 this year.
- Gracie Cole (September 8, 1924 –December 28, 2006), Brit trumpeter with Ivy Benson, would have turned 102 this year.
- Wilbur Ware (September 8, 1923 –September 09, 1979), American hard bop style bass player, would have turned 103 this year.
- Alfio Grasso (1912 – 1963), Italian violinist, jazz guitarist and alto saxophonist, would have turned 114.
- Howard Dietz (September 8, 1896 –July 30, 1983), American librettist and lyricist, would have turned 130 this year.
- Antonín Leopold Dvořák (September 8, 1841–May 04, 1904), Czech composer, would have turned 185 this year.