August 12
- 1929: Birth of Buck Owens (Alvis Edgar Owens, Jr.) (+2006) member of The Buckaroos
- 1940: Birth of Rod Bernard (Rodney Ronald Louis Bernard)
- 1941: Birth of Craig Douglas (Terence Perkins)
- 1949: Birth of Mark Knopfler (Mark Freuder Knopfler) member of Dire Straits, Notting Hillbillies
- 1950: Birth of Kid Creole (Thomas August Darnell Bowder) member of The In-Laws, Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band, Kid Creole and the Coconuts
- 1953: Birth of Jerry Speiser (Jerry Harold Speiser) member of Men At Work
- 1997: Death of Luther Allison (°1939)