Events in Music
- Aug 20 "Anna Lucasta" opens on Broadway
- Aug 21 Grieg, Wright and Forrest's musical "Song of Norway" premieres in NYC
Birthdays in Music
- Aug 2 Jim Capaldi, English singer and songwriter (Traffic - "Something So Strong"; "The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys"), born in Evesham, Worcestershire, England (d. 2005)
- Aug 2 Juvenal "Naná' Vasconcelos, Brazilian jazz and world music percussionist, and berimbau player (Pat Metheny, Björk, Milton Nascimento), born in Recife, Brazil (d. 2016)
- 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, British jazz and folk guitarist and songwriter (Pentangle), born in Marleybone, London, England (d. 2015)
- Aug 9 Viv Prince, British drummer (Pretty Things - "Honey I Need"), born in Loughborough, England
- Aug 12 Peter Hofmann, German tenor
- Aug 13 David Mahler, American pianist and composer, born in Plainfield, New Jersey
- Aug 15 Frederick Knight, American singer and songwriter ("I've Been Lonely For So Long"), born in Birmingham, Alabama
- Aug 15 Sylvie Vartan, French pop singer ("Twiste et Chante"), born in Iskretz, Bulgaria
- Aug 15 Pamela Polland, American singer-songwriter (Hawaiianized Pop Classics), born in California
- Aug 16 Russ Titelman, American record producer and songwriter, born in Los Angeles, California
- Aug 18 Carl Wayne, English singer and actor (The Move), born in Birmingham, England (d. 2004)
- Aug 19 Eddy Raven [Futch], American country singer ("Right Hand Man"), born in Lafayette, Louisiana
- Aug 20 John Povey, English musician (The Pretty Things; Electric Banana), born in London
- Aug 25 Pat Martino [Azzara], American jazz guitarist (DownBeat Guitar Player of the Year, 2004), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2021)
- Aug 26 Alan Parker, British session guitarist (Blue Mink; Serge Gainsbourg) and television and film composer (American Gothic), born in Matlock, Derbyshire, England
- Aug 27 Tim Bogert, American rock bassist (Vanilla Fudge; Jeff Beck), born in NYC, New York [1]
- Aug 27 Barry Conyngham, Australian composer (Gardener Of Time; Kangaroo Island), born in Sydney
- Aug 30 Charles Colbert, American rocker (American Breed - "Bend Me, Shape Me"), born in Chicago, Illinois
- Aug 30 John Surman, English jazz musician, born in Tavistock, Devon, England
- Aug 30 William "Smitty" Smith, American rock keyboardist and session musician (Motherlode - "When I Die"), born in Belleville, Virginia (d. 1997)
- Aug 31 Roger Dean, British artist and album cover designer (Yes; Osibia; Asia), born in Ashford, Kent, England
Deaths in Music
- Aug 7 Agustín Barrios Mangoré, Paraguayan classical guitarist and composer (La Catedral), dies at 59
- Aug 16 Roman Padlewski, Polish violinist and composer, dies at 28
- Aug 19 Henry Wood, British conductor associated with London's promenade "Proms" concerts (Gentle Art of Singing; My Life of Music), dies following an illness at 75
- Aug 23 Nikolay Andreyevich Roslavets, Ukrainian composer, dies at 63