Events in Music
Birthdays in Music
- Aug 2 Jim Capaldi, English singer/songwriter (Traffic-Something So Strong)
- Aug 8 Hans van Eijk, Dutch rock guitarist (Jumping Jewels)
- Aug 8 Michael Johnson, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, born in Alamosa, Colorado
- Aug 8 John Renbourn, English folk musician (Pentangle), born in London
- Aug 9 Viv Prince, rocker (Pretty Things)
- Aug 12 Peter Hofmann, German tenor
- Aug 13 David Mahler, composer
- Aug 14 Tim Bogert, Richfiled NJ, rock bassist (Vanilla Fudge) [or 8/27]
- Aug 15 Frederick Knight, American singer and songwriter (I've been lonely so long), born in Birmingham, Alabama
- Aug 15 Sylvie Vartan, French pop singer (Twiste et Chante), born in Iskretz, Bulgaria
- Aug 18 Carl Wayne, English singer and actor (The Move), born in Birmingham, England (d. 2004)
- Aug 19 Eddy Raven, Lafayette La, country singer (Right Hand Man)
- Aug 20 John Povey, English musician, born in London
- Aug 21 Jackie DeShannon, American singer (What the World Needs Now), born in Hazel, Kentucky
- Aug 25 Pat Martino, American jazz guitarist (2004 Guitar Player of the Year, Down Beat), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Aug 27 Barry Conyngham, composer
- Aug 27 Tim Bogert, American rocker (Vanilla Fudge), born in New York City
- Aug 30 Charles Colbert, rocker (American Breed), born in Chicago, Illinois
- Aug 30 John Surman, jazz musician
Deaths in Music
- Aug 16 Roman Padlewski, composer, dies at 28
- Aug 19 Henry Wood, British conductor associated with London's promenade "Proms" concerts (Gentle Art of Singing), dies following an illness at 75
- Aug 19 Henry J Wood, English conductor (My Life of Music, Proms), dies at 75
- Aug 23 Nikolay Andreyevich Roslavets, composer, dies at 63