Birthdays in Music
- Aug 4 Rudi van Dantzig, Dutch choreographer/ballet dancer (Painted Birds) (d. 2012)
- 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), born in Atlanta, Georgia
- Aug 16 Gary Clarke [Clarke F. L'Amoreaux], American actor (Hondo -"Captain Richards"; The Virginian -"Steve"), singer ("Tomorrow May Never Come"), and screenwriter (Get Smart), born in Los Angeles, California
- Aug 17 Mark Dinning, American pop singer (Teen Angel), born in Manchester, Oklahoma (d. 1986)
- Aug 21 Janet Baker, English mezzo-soprano (Owen Wingrave), born in Hatfield, West Riding of Yorkshire
- Aug 25 Wayne Shorter, American jazz saxophonist and composer (Weather Report), born in Newark, New Jersey
- Aug 26 Ida Gotkovsky, French pianist, composer (Poème du feu), and teacher, born in Calais, France
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