August 15
- 1925: Birth of Bill Pinkney (+2007) member of The Drifters
- 1932: Birth of Johnny Thunder (Gil Hamilton)
- 1933: Birth of Floyd Ashman member of The Tams
- 1933: Birth of Bobby Helms (Robert Lee Helms) (+1997)
- 1936: Birth of Walter Gaines (Walter Asbery Gaines) (+2012) member of The Originals
- 1941: Birth of Don Rich (Donald Eugene Ulrich) (+1974) member of The Buckaroos
- 1942: Birth of Pete York member of The Spencer Davis Group
- 1948: Birth of Tom Johnston (Charles Thomas Johnston) member of The Doobie Brothers
- 1950: Birth of Billy Griffin (William Griffin) member of The Miracles
- 1951: Birth of Bobby Caldwell
- 1971: Death of Thomas Wayne (°1940)
- 1992: Death of Jackie Edwards (Wilfred Gerald Edwards) (°1938)