- Aug 3 Alfred Schnittke, Russian composer and musicologist, dies after a series strokes at 63
- Aug 6 Nat Gonella, British big band jazz trumpeter, mellophonist, singer, and bandleader (The Georgians; Oh, Monah), dies at 90
- Aug 11 Benjamin "Benny" Waters, American jazz saxophonist and clarinetist, dies at 96
- Aug 13 Nino Ferrer, French-Italian singer and composer (Mirza, Cornichons), dies at 63
- Aug 20 Raquel Rastenni, Danish singer ("Seven Lonely Days"), dies at 82
- Aug 24 Gene Page, American arranger, composer, and record producer (Righteous Brothers; Marvin Gaye; Whitney Houston), dies at 58
- Aug 29 Charlie Feathers, American country music and rockabilly singer-songwriter, and musician ("Can't Hardly Stand It"), dies at from stroke complications at 66
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