- Aug 5 Betty Clooney, American singer (Jack Paar Show), dies at 45
- Aug 6 Gregor Piatigorsky, Ukrainian-American cellist, dies at 73
- Aug 9 Max Vredenburg, Dutch composer and music critic, dies at 72 [1]
- Aug 19 Jenö Kenessey, Hungarian conductor and composer, dies at 70
- Aug 22 Gina Bachauer, Greek classical pianist of Austrian heritage, dies at 63
- Aug 24 Michael Head, British organist, pianist, and composer, dies at 76
- Aug 26 Lotte Lehmann, German soprano (Der Rosenkavalier, More than singing), dies at 88
- Aug 27 Mukesh [Mathur], Indian "playback singer" for Bollywood films, dies of a heart attack at 53
- Aug 29 Jimmy Reed, American blues singer ("Soulin'"; "Big Boss Man"), dies of epileptic seizure at 50
- Aug 29 Kazi Nazrul Islam, Bengali poet, musician, revolutionary and philosopher, dies at 77
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