August 1978 in Music History

Events in Music

Aug 11 "C'est Chic" second studio album by Chic is released featuring single "Le Freak" (Billboard Album of the Year 1979)

Aug 1 Dhani Harrison, British musician (In Parallel; Brainwashed), born in Windsor, Berkshire, England
Aug 5 Nektaria Karantzi, Greek singer (Byzantine Chant)
Aug 7 Jamey Jasta [James Shanahan], American metal singer (Hatebreed), born in New Haven, Connecticut
Aug 7 Vanness Wu, Taiwanese-American singer (F4, Kangta & Vanness), born in Santa Monica, California
Aug 8 Countess Vaughn, American actress and singer
Aug 15 Tim Foreman, American bassist (Switchfoot - "The Beautiful Letdown"), born in Lake Arrowhead, California
Aug 17 Vibeke Stene, Norwegian goth-metal singer (Tristania), and actress, born in Sokndal, Norway
Aug 23 Julian Casablancas, American musician, born in NYC, New York
Aug 26 Cedric Burnside, American Blues musician and singer-songwriter (I Be Trying), born in Memphis, Tennessee
Aug 26 Raja Kashif, Pakistani singer and songwriter, born in Isleworth, Hounslow, England
Aug 28 Jess Margera, American drummer (CKY), born in West Chester, Pennsylvania

Aug 2 Canadian singer-songwriter Neil Young (32) weds American diner waitress Pegi Morton (25); divorce 2014

Aug 2 Carlos Chávez, Mexican conductor and composer (Sinfonía India), dies at 79
Aug 7 (Albert) Eddie Calvert, British trumpeter ("Oh, Mein Papa"; "Cherry Pink (and Apple Blossom White)"), dies of a heart attack at 56
Aug 7 Franz Alphons Wolpert, German composer, dies at 60
Aug 14 (Giuseppe) "Joe" Venuti, American jazz musician and pioneer violinist considered the "father of jazz violin", dies of cancer at 74
Aug 15 Harrison Kerr, American composer, dies at 80
Aug 20 Ivan Jirko, Czech composer, music critic and psychiatrist, dies at 51
Aug 24 Louis Prima, American jazz and pop singer, trumpeter, and bandleader ("That Old Black Magic"; "Oh, Marie"), dies at 67
Aug 26 Charles Trowbridge Haubiel, American composer, pianist and lecturer (Tre Ritratti Characteristici), dies at 86