Events in Music
#1 in the Charts
Aug 4 Prince's "Purple Rain" album goes #1 & stays #1 for 24 weeks
Birthdays in Music
- Aug 4 Helene Fischer, Russian-German pop singer (Farbenspiel), born in Krasnoyarsk, Soviet Union
- Aug 10 Cyrille Aimée, French jazz singer ("Let's Get Lost"), born in Samois-sur-Seine, Fontainebleau
- Aug 10 Fridolijn, Dutch jazz singer, born in Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Aug 13 Baby Blue [Diamond Blue Smith], American rapper (Pretty Ricky - "Grind With Me"), born in Miami, Florida
- Aug 13 James Morrison [Catchpole], British singer, songwriter and guitarist ("You Give Me Something"; "Broken Strings"), born in Rugby, Warwickshire, England
- Aug 15 Edward "Ted" Dwane, British folk-rock double bassist (Mumford & Sons), born in London
- Aug 20 Golan Yosef, Dutch actor and dancer, born in Gouda, Netherlands
- Aug 21 Alizée Jacotey, French pop singer ("Moi... Lolita"), born in Ajaccio, France
- Aug 21 Vestards Šimkus, Latvian concert pianist, improviser, and composer born in Jūrmala, Latvia
- Aug 23 Joe Talbot, Welsh punk-rock singer-songwriter (Ides), born in Newport, Wales
- Aug 28 Denmark Vessey, American rapper and record producer (Martin Lucid Dream), born in Detroit, Michigan
Weddings in Music
- Aug 18 Duran Duran keyboardist Nick Rhodes (22) weds Des Moines department store heiress Julie Anne Friedman (25) at London registrar's office
Deaths in Music
- Aug 7 Esther Phillips, American singer (What a Difference a Day Makes), dies at 48
- Aug 11 Percy Mayfield, American singer (Hit the Road Jack), dies at 63
- Aug 14 (John) "Bobo" Jenkins, American blues singer-songwriter (Democrat Blues), dies at 68
- Aug 14 Peter Wishart, English composer, dies at 63
- Aug 16 György Kósa, Hungarian composer, dies at 87
- Aug 17 Hammie Nixon [Nickerson], American blues harmonica player (Sleepy John Estes), dies at 76
- Aug 22 Charles Whittenberg, American composer, dies at 57
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