- Aug 1 Al Aronowitz, American music journalist (New York Post; Saturday Evening Post), introduced The Beatles to Bob Dylan, dies of cancer at 77
- Aug 4 Little Milton [James Milton Campbell], American blues singer and guitarist ("Grits Ain't Groceries"), dies at 70
- Aug 4 Nick Perito, American pianist, accordion player, arranger and orchestra leader (Perry Como; Muzak; The Don Knotts Show), dies of pulmonary fibrosis at 81
- Aug 5 (Lyle) "Spud" Murphy [Miko Stefanovic], Serbian-American jazz multi-instrumentalist, arranger (Benny Goodman; Casa Loma Orchestra), bandleader, composer (Columbia Pictures), and educator (Equal Interval System), dies at 96
- Aug 6 (William) "Keter" Betts, American jazz double bassist (Dinah Washington; Charlie Byrd; Ella Fitzgerald), dies of a heart attack at 77
- Aug 6 Carlo Little, English rock drummer (Screaming Lord Sutch & the Savages), dies of lung cancer at 66
- Aug 6 Ibrahim Ferrer, Cuban singer (Los Bocucos, 1959-91; Buena Vista Social Club), dies at 78
- Aug 6 James Wilson, English-Irish classical composer (Grinning At The Devil), dies at 82
- Aug 16 Vassar Clements, American musician (b. 1928)
- Aug 16 Vicky Moscholiou, Greek singer (b. 1943)
- Aug 20 Krzysztof Raczkowski, Polish heavy metal drummer, dies of heart failure at 34
- Aug 21 Martin Dillon, American opera singer, dies of cardiac arrest at 48
- Aug 21 Robert Moog, American engineer (Moog synthesizer, Moog Music), dies of a brain tumor at 71
- Aug 22 Luc Ferrari, French composer, dies at 76
- Aug 23 Brock Peters [George Fisher], American actor and singer (Carmen Jones; To Kill a Mockingbird), dies at 78
- Aug 23 Harold "Hal" Kalin, American singer (Kalin Twins), dies in a road accident at 71
- Aug 24 Kaleth Morales, Colombian vallenato folk music singer and songwriter ("Vivo en el Limbo" - I Live in the Limbo), dies in a vehicle crash at 22
- Aug 26 Denis D'Amour, Canadian heavy metal guitarist (Voivod), dies of cancer at 45
- Aug 27 Bert Farber, American orchestra leader (Arthur Godfrey; Vic Damone), dies at 92
- Aug 29 Barry Cowsill, American rock bassist (The Cowsills - "We Can Fly"), drowned during Hurricane Katrina at 50
- Aug 30 Andor Kovach, Romanian composer (Médée), dies at 90
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