Events in Music
- Aug 1 "Medium & The Telephone" opens at Barrymore Theater NYC for 211 performances
Birthdays in Music
- Aug 1 Rick Anderson, rock bassist (Tubes)
- Aug 1 Ricky Coonce, rock drummer (Grass Roots), born in Los Angeles, California
- Aug 2 Massiel, Spanish singer
- Aug 4 Paul Leyton, English musician and rocker (Seekers), born in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, England
- Aug 4 Klaus Schulze, German composer
- Aug 5 Rick Zehringer, American musician (McCoys), born in Fort Recovery, Ohio
- Aug 5 Rick Derringer [Ricky Dead Zehringer], American guitarist, songwriter and producer (The McCoys), born in Fort Recovery, Ohio
- Aug 9 Barbara Mason, US singer (Yes, I'm Ready)
- Aug 10 Ian Anderson, Scottish-born musician, singer, and songwriter (Jethro Tull), born in Fife, Scotland
- Aug 11 Catherine Collard, French pianist (Schumann/Brahms)
- Aug 14 Maddy Prior, English folk singer (Steeleye Span, Silly Sisters, Carnival Band)
- Aug 15 Geraldo Velez, Puerto Rican musician and jazz congas player (Spyro Gyra-Morning Dance), born in Puerto Rico
- Aug 17 Gary Talley, rock guitarist (Box Tops), born in Memphis, Tennessee
- Aug 19 Gerard Schwarz, Weehawken NJ, trumpeter/conductor (LA Chamber Orchestra)
- Aug 21 Carl Giammarese, rock guitarist (Buckinghams), born in Chicago, Illinois
- Aug 22 Donna Godchaux, American rocker (Grateful Dead), born in Florence, Alabama
- Aug 23 Rex Allen Jr, American country singer (Nashville on the Road), born in Chicago, Illinois
- Aug 23 Terje Rypdal, composer
- Aug 23 Willy Russell, English playwright and composer (Shirley Valentine, Educating Rita), born in Whiston, England
Deaths in Music
- Aug 13 Johan H T Norlind, Swedish musicologist, dies