Event of Interest
Aug 4 Led Zeppelin singer Robert Plant is seriously hurt in a car crash in Rhodes, Greece

Robert Plant
Contract of Interest
Aug 5 Stevie Wonder signs $13M contract with Motown

Stevie Wonder
Event of Interest
Aug 8 Hank Williams Jr. falls off the side of Ajax Peak in Montana

Hank Williams Jr
Event of Interest
Aug 14 Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich is buried at the Novodevichy Cemetery in Moscow

Dmitri Shostakovich
- Aug 16 "Rodgers & Hart" closes at Helen Hayes Theater NYC after 108 performances
Event of Interest
Aug 16 Peter Gabriel quits Genesis

Peter Gabriel
- Aug 16 Singer Peter Gabriel announces his departure from the rock group Genesis
- Aug 23 Free guitarist Paul Kossoff revived from dead after heart attack
Album Release
Aug 25 Bruce Springsteen's landmark third album "Born To Run" released

Bruce Springsteen