Events in Music
- Aug 1 "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" closes at Eugene O'Neill Theater NYC after 149 performances
- Aug 1 British pop-reggae band UB40 deported from Seychelles after being arrested on suspicion of marijuana possession
- Aug 3 "Little Night Music" opens at New York State Theater NYC for 11 performances
- Aug 13 American soul singer Curtis Mayfield becomes paralyzed from neck down after stage lighting equipment falls on him at an outdoor concert at Wingate Field in Flatbush, Brooklyn, New York; although unable to perform live, he continued to compose, sing, and record
Album Release
Aug 27 "No Fences" second studio album by Garth Brooks is released (Billboard Album of the Year 1991)
Birthdays in Music
- Aug 14 Jaydee Bixby, Canadian country singer-songwriter (Cowboys And Cadillacs), born in Drumheller, Alberta
- Aug 16 Rina Sawayama, Japanese-British singer-songwriter (Sawayama), born in Niigata, Japan
- Aug 17 Colin Bates, American-British actor, dancer, and singer (Billy Elliot - The Musical), born in Pasedena, California
- Aug 21 Bo Burnham, American comedian, singer and filmmaker (All Eyes on Me), born in Hamilton, Massachusetts
- Aug 26 Lil' Chris [Hardman], British rock singer ("Checkin' It Out"), born in Lowestoft, Suffolk, England (d. 2015)
- Aug 28 Sam Garret, British singer-songwriter, born in Derbyshire, England
Deaths in Music
- Aug 8 Andrzej Dobrowolski, Polish classical and experimental composer, dies at 68
- Aug 12 Piotr Perkowski, Polish composer, dies at 89
- Aug 14 Chester Zardis, American jazz 'slap-style' double-bassist, dies at 90
- Aug 15 Lew DeWitt, American country singer and composer (Statler Brothers - "Flowers on the Wall"), dies of Crohn's disease complications at 52
- Aug 15 Viktor Tsoi, Russian musician (Kino), dies in a car accident at 28
- Aug 17 Pearl Bailey, American Tony and Emmy Award-winning stage and screen actress, singer and dancer (Hello, Dolly!), dies of a heart attack at 72
- Aug 18 Grethe Ingmann, Danish singer (b. 1938)
- Aug 22 "Boogie" Bill Webb, American Louisiana blues and R&B guitarist, singer and songwriter ("Bad Dog"), dies at 66
- Aug 23 David Rose, American Emmy Award-winning composer ("The Stripper"; "Holiday For Strings"), and orchestra leader (The Red Skelton Show), dies at 80
- Aug 26 Roh Ogura, Japanese composer and writer, dies at 74
Stevie Ray Vaughan (1954-1990)
Aug 27 American blues guitarist (Texas Flood; "Pride And Joy"; David Bowie - "Let's Dance"), dies in a helicopter crash at 35
- Aug 28 Pamela Harrison, British concert pianist and composer, dies at 74
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