August 1938 in Music

Birthdays in Music

Aug 1 Paddy Moloney, Irish musician, composer and producer (The Chieftains), born in Donnycarney, Dublin
Aug 8 Connie Stevens [Concetta Ingoglia], singer/actress (Hawaiian Eye, Back to Beach), born in Brooklyn, New York
Aug 8 Jacques Hétu, Canadian composer, born in Trois-Rivières, Quebec (d. 2010)
Aug 11 Allegra Kent, ballerina, born in Santa Monica, California
Aug 11 Rainer Boesch, composer
Aug 13 Dave "Baby" Cortez [Clowney], American pop keyboardist (The Happy Organ), born in Detroit, Michigan

Aug 21 Kenny Rogers, singer (Through the Years), born in Houston, Texas

Aug 22 Dale Hawkins, American rock singer and songwriter (Susie Q), born in St. Mary Parish, Louisiana (d. 2010)
Aug 23 Roger Greenaway, English composer and record producer (I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing), born in Fishponds, England
Aug 24 David Freiberg, American rock bassist (Quicksilver Messenger), born in Boston, Massachusetts
Aug 24 Mason Williams, American musician, songwriter, author and photographer (Classical Gas, Smother Brothers Comedy Hour), born in Abilene, Texas
Aug 24 Charles Calello, American composer (The Four Lovers, Sing, Sing, Sing), born in Newark, New Jersey
Aug 26 Jet Black, English drummer, one of the founding members of The Stranglers

Aug 2 Bjarni Thorsteinsson, Icelandic composer, dies at 76
Aug 4 Rudolf Georg Binding, German songwriter and writer (Legenden Der Zeit), dies at 70
Aug 10 Joseph Moorat, composer, dies at 73
Aug 14 Landon Ronald, British composer, pianist and teacher (Guildhall School of Music), dies at 65

Aug 16 Robert Johnson, US Delta-blues singer/guitarist, poisoned at 27