- 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
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