- Aug 2 Ted Turner, English rock guitarist and vocalist (Wishbone Ash), born in Birmingham, England
- Aug 7 Rodney Crowell, American country singer (She's Crazy for Leavin'), born in Houston, Texas
- Aug 8 Willie Hall, American drummer (Blues Brothers Band), born in Memphis, Tennessee
- Aug 8 Liberatori "Liberty" DeVitto, American rock drummer (Billy Joel, 1976-2006), born in New York City
- Aug 11 Erik Brann, rock guitarist (Iron Butterfly) (d. 2003), born in Boston, Massachusetts
- Aug 12 Kid Creole [August Darnell], musician and actor (Obsession A Taste of Fear), born in The Bronx, New York
- Aug 15 Billy Griffin, American singer (Miracles - "Love Machine"), born in Baltimore, Maryland
- Aug 15 Tommy Aldridge, American heavy metal and hard rock drummer (Black Oak Arkansas; Ozzy Osbourne; Whitesnake), born in Pearl, Mississippi
- Aug 18 Dennis Elliott, English rock drummer (Foreigner), born in London, England
- Aug 21 Patrick Juvet, Swiss pop singer, born in Montreux, Switzerland
- Aug 25 Willy Deville [William Paul Borsey Jr.], American rock vocalist and guitarist (Mink Deville), born in Stamford, Connecticut (d. 2009)
- Aug 25 Charles Fambrough, American jazz bassist (Jazz Messengers), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2011)
- Aug 30 Micky Moody, English guitarist (Whitesnake, Juicy Lucy), born in Middleborough, England
- Aug 31 Wilton Felder, American saxophonist and bassist (The Crusaders), born in Houston, Texas (d. 2015)
About August 1950
How Old? 70 years old
Generation: Baby Boomer
Leap Year: No