Birthdays in Music
- Aug 4 Rudi van Dantzig, Dutch choreographer/ballet dancer (Painted Birds)
- Aug 8 Joe Tex [Joseph Arrington, Jr.], American soul musician (Hold What You've Got, I Gotcha), born in Rogers, Texas (d. 1982)
- Aug 11 Justin Connolly, composer
- Aug 11 Tamas Vasary, pianist/conductor
- Aug 15 Bobby Helms [Robert Lee Helms], American country music singer (Jingle Bell Rock), born in Bloomington, Indiana (d. 1997)
- Aug 15 Floyd Ashton, American singer (The Tams)
- Aug 17 Mark Dinning, American singer (d. 1986)
- Aug 21 Janet Baker, English mezzo-soprano (Owen Wingrave), born in Hatfield, West Riding of Yorkshire
- Aug 25 Wayne Shorter, American jazz musician (Weather Report), born in Newark, New Jersey
- Aug 29 Ramses Shaffy, Dutch singer and cabaret actor (Zaak MP, Liefdesbekentenissen), born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France (d. 2009)
- Aug 30 Arne Mellnäs, Swedish composer, born in Stockholm (d. 2002)