- Aug 2 José María Castro, Argentine composer, dies at 71
- Aug 14 Johnny Burnette, American rockabilly singer-songwriter and guitarist ('Train Kept A-Rollin'"; "You're Sixteen"), drowns in nighttime boating mishap at 30
- Aug 24 Maurice Schoemaker, Belgian composer (Fireworks), dies at 73
- Aug 27 Aleksey Semyonovich Zhivotov, Russian composer, dies at 59
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