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- Everlast, (nee Erik Schrody) of House of Pain fame, turns 38.
- Dan Peters, American drummer for Mudhoney, turns 40.
- Molly Bee, American country music vocalist, turns 68.
- David Benoit (musician), American arranger, keyboardist, and pianist, turns 54.
- Ron Strykert, Australian guitarist for Men at Work, turns 50.
- Patrick Swayze, American actor and singer, turns 55.
- Vince Melouney, Australian guitarist for the Bee Gees, turns 62.
- Dennis Elliot, American drummer for Foreigner, turns 57.
- Nigel Griggs, English bassist for Split Enz, turns 58.
- Barbara Harris, singer with The Toys, turns 62.
- Tracy Tracy, Australian vocalist for The Primitives, turns 40.
- Johnny Preston, American musician, turns 77.
- Curtis Jones (August 18, 1906 – September 11, 1971), American blues pianist, would have turned 101 this year.
- Enoch Light (August 18, 1978 – July 31, 1907), American arranger, bandleader, composer, and pianist, would have turned 29 this year.
- Lucienne Boyer (August 18, 1903 – December 06, 1983), French vocalist, would have turned 104 this year.
- Zinky Cohn (August 18, 1908 – April 26, 1952), American pianist, would have turned 99 this year.
- Carl Wayne (August 18, 1944 – August 31, 2004), singer for The Move, would have turned 63 this year.
- Gus Edwards (August 18, 1879 – November 07, 1945), German composer, songwriter, and Vaudevillian, would have turned 128 this year.
