Birthdays in Music
- Aug 4 Kishore Kumar, Indian singer and actor, born in Khandwa, Central Provinces, British India (d. 1987)
- Aug 6 Mike Elliott, British-Jamaican ska-pop-rock saxophonist (The Foundations - "Now That I've Found You"), born in Jamaica, British West Indies
- Aug 8 Josef Suk, Czech concert violinist (Artist of Merit, 1977), violist, and namesake of composer grandfather, born in Prague, Czechoslovakia (d. 2011)
- Aug 10 John Alldis, English composer and conductor (Duke Ellington’s Third Sacred Concert)
- Aug 11 Alun Hoddinott, Welsh composer (Floriture), born in Bargoed, Glamorganshire, Wales (d. 2008)
- Aug 11 Cora de Man-Canne Meyer, Dutch mezzo-soprano (Figaro, Carmen), born in Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Aug 12 (Alvis) "Buck" Owens, American "Bakersfield Sound" country singer-songwriter ("Under Your Spell Again"), bandleader (The Buckaroos - "Act Naturally"), and TV personality (Hee Haw), born in Sherman, Texas (d. 2006)
- Aug 12 Joji Yuasa, Japanese composer, born in Kōriyama, Fukushima
- Aug 13 Augustyn Bloch, Polish composer, born in Grudziądz (d. 2006)
- Aug 14 Lorez Alexandria [Taylor] American jazz and gospel singer (Alexandria the Great), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2001)
- Aug 16 Bill Evans, American jazz pianist (Peace Piece; Waltz For Debbie), born in Plainfield, New Jersey (d. 1980)
- Aug 18 Hugues Aufray, French songwriter, singer, guitarist, and Bob Dylan translator, born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France
- Aug 24 Willie Winfield, American doo-wop singer (Harptones - "Life Is But A Dream"; “A Sunday Kind of Love”), born in Surrey, Virginia (d. 2021)
- Aug 28 István Kertész, Hungarian orchestral and operatic conductor, born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 1973)
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