Birthdays in Music
- Aug 6 Leland Smith, American composer, bassoonist and computer coder who led music publishing into the digital age (SCORE), born in Oakland, California (d. 2013)
- Aug 7 Art Laboe [Egnoian], American radio disc jockey ("Oldies but Goodies"), songwriter, record producer, and radio station owner, born in Murray, Utah (d. 2022) [1]
- Aug 7 Felice Bryant, American songwriter (Bye Bye Love; Wake Up Little Susie), born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (d. 2003)
- Aug 7 Julian Orbon De Soto, Cuban composer, born in Aviles, Spain (d. 1991)
- Aug 9 Robert Heppener, Dutch composer (Hymns & Conversations for 28 Harps; Memento), born in Amsterdam (d. 2009)
- Aug 11 Robert Linn, American classical composer and educator, born in San Francisco (d. 1999)
- Aug 12 Earl Coleman, American jazz singer, born in Port Huron, Michigan (d. 1995)
- Aug 12 Sybil Michelow, South-African contralto and composer, born in Johannesburg (d. 2013)
- Aug 13 Benny Bailey, American jazz trumpeter, born in Cleveland, Ohio (d. 2005)
- Aug 15 Billy Pinkney, American bass vocalist (Drifters - "Ruby Baby"), born in Dalzell, South Carolina (d. 2007)
- Aug 15 George Morrow, American jazz double-bassist (Max Roach and Clifford Brown; Sonny Rollins), born in Pasadena, California (d. 1992)
Oscar Peterson (1925-2007)
Aug 15 Canadian jazz pianist and composer (Downbeat Magazine's Pianist of the Year, 1950-62), born in Montreal, Quebec
- Aug 15 Rose Maddox, American country and bluegrass singer-songwriter, and fiddle player (Sing a Little Song of Heartache), born in Boaz, Alabama (d. 1998)
- Aug 18 Sonny Til [Earlington Carl Tilghman], American doo-wop singer (The Orioles), born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 1981)
- Aug 23 Sulkhan Tsintsadze, Georgian composer, born in Gori, Transcaucasian SSR, Soviet Union (now Georgia) (d. 1991)
- Aug 23 Włodzimierz Kotoński, Polish composer, born in Warsaw, Poland (d. 2014)
- Aug 27 Darry Cowl, French musician and actor, born in Vittel, France (d. 2006)
- Aug 27 Tony Crombie, English jazz drummer and bandleader, born in Bishopsgate, London (d. 1999)
- Aug 28 Billy Grammer, American country music singer and guitarist, born in Benton, Illinois (d. 2011)
- Aug 28 Donald O'Connor, American dancer and actor (Singin' in the Rain), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2003)
Weddings in Music
John Maynard Keynes
Aug 4 British economist John Maynard Keynes (42) weds Russian ballerina Lydia Lopokova (33)
