- Aug 10 Lucille Bogan, American blues singer and songwriter ("Sweet Petunia"; "Black Angel Blues"), dies from coronary sclerosis at 51
- Aug 20 David John de Lloyd, Welsh musician composer, dies at 65
- Aug 26 Oscar L. Fernandez, Brazilian conductor and composer (Imbapara), dies at 50
- Aug 27 Oley Speaks, American composer (On the Road to Mandalay), dies at 74
- Aug 27 Oscar Lorenzo Fernández, Brazilian conductor and composer (Imbapara), dies at 50
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