Events in Music
- Aug 28 "Sugar Babies" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 1208 performances
- Aug 29 Steve Miller's single "Abracadabra" hits #1
Birthdays in Music
- Aug 1 Caroline Shaw, American violinist, singer, and Pulitzer Prize winning composer (Partita for 8 Voices), born in Greenville, North Carolina
- Aug 5 Tobias Regner, German rock singer, born in Teisendorf, Bavaria, Germany
- Aug 17 Mark Salling, American actor and musician (Glee), born in Dallas, Texas (d. 2018)
- Aug 23 Laurin Talese, American jazz singer and songwriter ("This Love"), born in Cleveland, Ohio
- Aug 26 David Long, New Zealand dance and soundtrack composer (Peter Jackson's films)
LeAnn Rimes
Aug 28 (Margaret) LeAnn Rimes [Cibrian], American country singer ("Blue"; "How Do I Live"), born in Jackson, Mississippi
Weddings in Music
Deaths in Music
- Aug 2 Rudolf Maros, Hungarian composer (Sirato/Lament; Euphonies), and pedagogue, dies at 65
- Aug 8 Ferre Grignard, Belgian pop singer/painter (Crucified Jesus), dies
- Aug 8 Kurt Edelhagen, West German jazz pianist, dies at 62
- Aug 12 Helvi Leiviskä, Finnish composer, dies at 80
- Aug 13 Joe Tex [Joseph Arrington Jr.], American soul musician ("Hold What You've Got"; "I Gotcha"), dies at 49
- Aug 28 Nini de Boël, Flemish operetta singer (White Horse), dies at 84
- Aug 29 Lehman Engel, American conductor and composer (Streetcar Named Desire), dies at 71
- Aug 30 Leo Pappenheim, Dutch conductor, dies at 86