Events in Music
Music History
Aug 16 Ringo Starr replaces Pete Best as Beatles' drummer, first official concert two days later
Music Recording
Aug 28 Tony Sheridan & Beat Brothers (The Beatles) record "Ya Ya (Parts 1 + 2)" in Hamburg, Germany
Birthdays in Music
- Aug 2 Lee Mavers, British singer and songwriter (The La's - "There She Goes"), born in Liverpool, England
- Aug 3 Lucky Dube, South African reggae musician, born in Ermelo, Transvaal (d. 2007)
- Aug 4 Joey Huffman, American rock keyboard and organ player (Soul Asylum), born in Pikeville, Kentucky
- Aug 4 Paul Reynolds, British rock guitarist (A Flock of Seagulls - "I Ran (So Far Away)"), born in Liverpool, England
- Aug 7 Bruno Pelletier, Québécois-Canadian pop singer, born in Charlesbourg, Quebec City, Quebec
- Aug 7 Michael "Weiki" Weikath, German heavy metal guitarist (Helloween), born in Hamburg, West Germany
- Aug 9 Michael "Mick" Conroy, British bassist (Stereo Lab, Modern English - "I Melt With You"), born in England
- Aug 10 Dan Donovan, English musician (Big Audio Dynamite)
- Aug 10 Julia Fordham, British pop and jazz singer-songwriter ("Happy Ever After"), born in Portsmouth, England
- Aug 16 (Vendela) Astrid Young, Canadian session vocalist, singer-songwriter, and best-selling author (Being Young), born in Toronto, Ontario
- Aug 17 Gilby Clarke, American rock guitarist (Guns N' Roses, 1991-94; Rock Star Supernova), born in Cleveland, Ohio
- Aug 19 Angelo Debarre, French gypsy jazz guitarist (Mémoires: Memories of Django), born in Saint-Denis, France
- Aug 22 James DeBarge, American rock vocalist and keyboardist (Debarge - "Rhythm Of The Night"), born in Grand Rapids, Michigan
- Aug 25 Mazzi Rawd, {Clifford Lewis], American heavy metal guitarist (Femme Fatale), and physicist
- Aug 25 Vivian Campbell, Irish heavy metal singer (Def Leppard), born in Belfast, Ireland
- Aug 29 Hiroki Kikuta, Japanese video game composer, born in Aichi Prefecture, Japan
Weddings in Music
John Lennon
Aug 23 British "Beatles" musician John Lennon (21) weds Cynthia Powell (22); divorce in 1968
Deaths in Music
- Aug 14 June Richmond, American jazz singer (Jimmy Dorsey; Cab Calloway; Andy Kirk - "Hey Lawdy Mama"), dies of a heart attack at 47 [1]
- Aug 23 Irving Fine, American composer (Toccata), dies of heart disease at 47
- Aug 24 Henry George Ley, British organist, and choral composer, dies at 74
- Aug 27 Carlos Lavín, Chilean composer (Lamentaciones Huiliches), and ethno-musicologist, dies at 79
