August 1994 in Music History

Events in Music

Aug 1 The Rolling Stones begin Voodoo Lounge world tour

Aug 23 Jeff Buckley releases his album "Grace", featuring his cover of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah"

Aug 27 Neil Simon's comedy "Laughter on the 23rd Floor" closes at Richard Rodgers Theater, NYC, after 320 performances

Aug 29 British band Oasis release their debut album "Definitely Maybe", becomes fastest-selling album ever in UK

Aug 2 Jacob Collier, English musician and producer (Djesse Vol. 1, 2, 3), born in London, England
Aug 8 Lauv [Ari Staprans Leff]. American singer-songwriter, and record producer ("I Like Me Better"), born in San Francisco, California
Aug 9 King Von [Dayvon Bennett], American rapper and songwriter ("Cazy Story"), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2020)
Aug 17 Phoebe Bridgers, American singer-songwriter (Punisher), born in Newport Beach, California

Aug 30 American R&B singer R. Kelly (25) weds Aaliyah (15) illegally in Rosemont, Illinois (later annulled)

Aug 1 George Dixon, American jazz trumpeter, dies at 85
Aug 6 Domenico Modugno, Italian singer-songwriter (Volare), dies at 66
Aug 9 Clarence Ford, American sax player, dies at 64
Aug 10 Bill Baker, American doo-wop singer The Five Satins - "In The Still Of The Night"), dies at 58
Aug 12 Gene Cherico, American jazz bassist, dies at 59
Aug 13 Raymond Gallois-Montbrun, French violinist and composer, dies at 75
Aug 18 Gottlob Frick, German opera singer, dies at 88
Aug 27 Roberto Goyeneche [El Polaco], Argentine tango singer (Maria), dies at 68
Aug 28 Alfonso Letelier (-Llona), Chilean composer and educator (El Hombre ante la Ciencia - (Man Before Science)), dies at 88
Aug 28 Pieter de Cort, Belgian rock guitarist (Betty Goes Green), dies of cancer at 25
Aug 29 Michael Peters, American choreographer and dancer (Dreamgirls; Michael Jackson), dies of complications from AIDS at 46
Aug 31 Artur Balsam, Polish-American pianist, dies at 88
Aug 31 Norman "Doc" Jones, American jazz bass player (Jo Jo Parnell Trio), dies at 68