Events in Music
Musical Finale
Aug 3 Richard Rodgers' musical drama "No Strings", starring Diahann Carroll and Richard Kiley, closes at Broadhurst Theater, NYC, after 580 performances and 3 Tony Award wins
- Aug 3 Warner Bros. Records releases single of Allan Sherman's novelty song "Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh (A Letter from Camp)", set to music of Amilcare Ponchielli's "Dance of the Hours" from his 1876 opera "La Gioconda"
- Aug 8 Kingsmen release "Louie, Louie", radio stations label it obscene
- Aug 23 Beatles release single "She Loves You" in the UK
Music History
Aug 25 Paul McCartney is fined 31 pounds & given a 1 yr suspended license for speeding
Birthdays in Music
Coolio (1963-2022)
Aug 1 American Grammy Award-winning singer-rapper (Gangsta's Paradise), born in Monessen, Pennsylvania
- Aug 3 Ed Roland, American singer-songwriter (Collective Soul), born in Stockbridge, Georgia
James Hetfield (60 years old)
Aug 3 American heavy metal rocker (Metallica), born in Downey, California
- Aug 5 Mike Nocito, American rocker (Johnny Hates Jazz), born in Wiesbaden, West Germany
- Aug 6 Jamie Kensit, British pop singer (Eighth Wonder - "I'm Not Scared"), born in Lambeth, London
- Aug 7 Marcus Lewis, American soul singer (Sing Me A Song), born in Pontiac, Michigan
- Aug 8 Caroline Crawley, British alt-rock singer (Shelleyan Orphan; Babacar), born in Bournemouth, England (d. 2016)
Whitney Houston (1963-2012)
Aug 9 American singer ("I Will Always Love You"; "I Wanna Dance With Somebody"), actress (The Bodyguard), and film producer (The Princess Diaries), born in Newark, New Jersey
- Aug 11 Thornetta Davis, American blues singer, born in Detroit, Michigan
- Aug 12 Sir Mix A Lot [Anthony Ray], American rapper (Baby Got Back), born in Auburn, Washington
- Aug 13 Tigg Ketler, American drummer (Bang Tango - "Dancin' On Coals"), born in Chula Vista, California
- Aug 19 Joey Tempest [Rolf Larsson], Swedish rocker (Europe - "The Final Countdown"), born in Stockholm, Sweden
- Aug 22 (Myra) "Tori" Amos, American multiple Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter, and pianist ("Crucify"; "Cornflake Girl"), born in Newton, North Carolina
- Aug 22 David Sanford, American composer, jazz trombonist, bandleader, and educator (Mount Holyoke, 1998-present), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Aug 24 John Bush, American heavy metal singer (Armored Saint, 1982-present; Anthrax, 1992-2005, 2010), born in Los Angeles, California
- Aug 26 Liu Huan, Chinese singer (Beijing Olympics theme song "You and Me"), born in Tianjin, China
- Aug 29 Elizabeth Fraser, Scottish singer (Cocteau Twins - "Heaven OR Las Vegas"), born in Grangemouth, Scotland
- Aug 30 Paul Oakenfold, British record producer and DJ, born in Mile End, London
- Aug 31 Richard "Reb" Beach, American heavy metal guitarist (Winger; Whitesnake), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Deaths in Music
- Aug 5 Salvador Bacarisse, Spanish composer, dies at 64
- Aug 8 Sándor Jemnitz, Hungarian composer, dies at 72
- Aug 14 Clyde Hurley, American session and big band jazz trumpeter (Glenn Miller - "Tuxedo Junction"; "In The Mood"), dies of heart failure at 46
- Aug 15 John Powell, American composer, dies at 80
- Aug 19 Kathleen Parlow, Canadian violinist, and educator, dies at 72
- Aug 23 Glen Gray [Knoblauch], American jazz saxophonist and bandleader (Casa Loma Orchestra), dies of lymphoma, at 63
- Aug 24 Jack Pettis, American jazz saxophonist and bandleader, dies of cirrhosis of the liver at 61
- Aug 30 Axel Stordahl, American arranger (Tommy Dorsey; Frank Sinatra), orchestra leader (Eddie Fisher), and composer (McHales's Navy theme), dies of cancer at 50
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