Events in Music
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Aug 3 100,000 attend two-day Newport Pop Festival in Costa Mesa, California; performers included Alice Cooper, Canned Heat, The Chambers Brothers, Country Joe and the Fish, Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Sonny & Cher, Steppenwolf, Tiny Tim, The Animals, Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, Quicksilver Messenger Service, and The Byrds
- Aug 11 Beatles launch "Apple Records" label
- Aug 23 Ringo quits Beatles over a disagreement (temporarily).
- Aug 26 "Hey Jude" single released by the Beatles in US (Billboard Song of the Year 1968, Billboard 10th biggest song of all time 2013)
- Aug 30 1st record released on Apple label in UK is The Beatles single "Hey Jude"
Music History
Aug 31 Private Eye magazine reports a John Lennon and Yoko Ono album will have a picture of them nude on the cover
Birthdays in Music
- Aug 1 Dan Donegan, American rock guitarist (Disturbed - "Inside The Fire"), born in Oak Lawn, Illinois
- Aug 5 Terri Clark, Canadian country singer-songwriter, and guitarist, born in Montreal, Quebec
- Aug 7 [James] Lynn Strait, American singer (Snot), born in Manhasset, New York (d. 1998)
- Aug 9 Sam Fogarino, American drummer (Interpol), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Aug 10 Andile Yenana, South African jazz pianist, born in King William's Town, Eastern Cape, South Africa
- Aug 10 Michael Bivins, American pop vocalist (New Edition - "Cool It Now"; Bell Biv Devoe - "Do Me!"), born in Boston, Massachusetts
- Aug 11 Charlie Sexton, American guitarist and singer-songwriter (Arc Angels), born in San Antonio, Texas
- Aug 11 Veda Hille, Canadian singer
- Aug 16 Donovan Leitch Jr., American actor (I Shot Andy Warhol) and musician (Camp Freddy), born in London, England
- Aug 19 Mark McGuinn, American country music singer-songwriter ("Mrs. Steven Rudy"), born in Greensboro, North Carolina
- Aug 20 Yuri Shiratori, Japanese voice actress and singer, born in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
- Aug 22 Paul Colman, British-Australian guitarist (Newsboys, 2006-09), born in London
- Aug 24 Andreas Kisser, Brazilian heavy metal guitarist (Sepultura), born in São Bernardo do Campo, Brazil
- Aug 25 Rafet El Roman [Yaşdut], Turkish pop singer and songwriter (Gençliğin Gözyaşı - The Tears of the Youth), born in at Uzunköprü. Turkey
- Aug 25 Spider One [Michael David Cummings], American musician (Powerman 5000), born in Haverhill, Massachusetts
- Aug 25 Stuart Murdoch, Scottish singer and songwriter (Belle & Sebastian), born in Clarkston, East Renfrewshire, Scotland
- Aug 25 Takeshi Ueda, Japanese rock bassist (The Mad Capsule Markets), born in Yokohama, Japan
- Aug 27 Eric "Bobo" Correa, American percussionist (Beastie Boys; Cypress Hill), born in Queens, New York City
Divorces in Music
Frank Sinatra
Aug 16 Singer and actor Frank Sinatra and 3rd wife actress Mia Farrow divorce after 2 years of marriage
John Lennon
Aug 22 Cynthia Lennon sues Beatle member John Lennon for divorce on grounds of adultery
Deaths in Music
- Aug 5 Luther Perkins American country and rockabilly guitarist (The Tennessee Three), dies as a result of a house fire at 40
- Aug 15 Edward Kilenyi, Sr. [Ede Kilényi], composer and teacher (Clipped Wings; Outside the Law), dies at 84
- Aug 16 (Robert) "Cutty" Cutshall, American jazz trombonist (Benny Goodman Orchestra; Eddie Condon), dies at 66
- Aug 16 Luis Gianneo, Argentine pianist, organist, conductor, composer, and teacher, dies at 71
- Aug 18 Arthur Marshall, American ragtime piano player and composer ("Swipesy Cakewalk" with Scott Joplin; "The Peach"), dies at 86
- Aug 18 Cy Walter, American jazz pianist (Three's Company), dies of cancer at 52
- Aug 24 (Edmond) "Doc" Souchon, American jazz guitarist, music journal writer and editor, and New Orleans jazz historical preservationist, dies at 70
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