February 1942 in Music History

Events in Music

Feb 8 Igor Stravinsky's "Danses Concertantes" premieres in Los Angeles, California

1st Ever Gold Record

Feb 10 Glenn Miller awarded 1st ever gold record for selling 1 million copies of "Chattanooga Choo Choo"

Music History

Feb 19 Tommy Dorsey & his orchestra record "I'll Take Tallulah"

Birthdays in Music

Feb 2 Graham Nash, British-American musician and singer-songwriter (The Hollies - "Bus Stop"; Crosby, Stills & Nash - "Our House"), born in Blackpool, Lancashire
Feb 4 Johnny Gamble, rocker (Classics)
Feb 5 Cory Wells [Emil Lewandowski], American rock vocalist (3 Dog Night-Joy to the World), born in Buffalo, New York (d. 2015)
Feb 6 John London, American songwriter & bassist (Michael Nesmith band), born in Brazos County, Texas
Feb 8 Terry Melcher [Terrence Jorden], American record producer and musician, Doris Day's son (The Rip Chords; The Byrds), born in NYC, New York (d. 2004)

Feb 9 American Grammy Award-winning songwriter, ("Up On The Roof"; "One Fine Day"; "Pleasant Valley Sunday") piano player, and singer (Tapestry - "You've Got A Friend"; "So Far Away"; "You Make Me Feel Like A Natural Woman"), born in Manhattan, New York

Feb 9 Charlie Morrow, American avant-garde composer, and sound artist, born in Newark, New Jersey
Feb 9 Miloš Štědroň, Czech composer born in Brno, Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Feb 11 Leon Haywood, American funk and soul singer, and keyboardist ("It's Got To Be Mellow"; "I Want'a Do Something Freaky To You"), born in Houston, Texas (d. 2016)
Feb 11 Otis Clay, American gospel, soul, and R&B-singer ("That's How It Is (When You're In Love)"), born in Waxhaw, Mississippi (d. 2006)
Feb 11 Tony Colton [Chalk], British singer-songwriter, and record producer (Head, Hands, and Feet), born in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England (d. 2020)
Feb 12 Lionel Grigson, British jazz pianist, and horn player, born in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire (d. 1994)
Feb 12 Rick Frank, American drummer (Elephant's Memory)
Feb 13 Peter Tork [Thorkelson], American musician and actor (The Monkees), born in Washington, D.C. (d. 2019)
Feb 15 Glyn Johns, British recording engineer and producer (Eagles; The Who; Eric Clapton), born in Epsom, Surrey, England
Feb 16 Gabriel Brnčić, Chilean composer, and pedagogue, born in Santiago, Chile
Feb 20 Charlie Gillett, British pop-rock and world music radio presenter and writer (The Sound of the City), born in Morecambe, Lancashire, England (d. 2010)
Feb 24 Paul Jones, English rock singer (Manfred Mann - "Do Wah Diddy Diddy") and radio presenter (The Blues Show), born in Portsmouth, England
Feb 25 Carlena Williams, American session and touring vocalist (Ike & Tina Turner Revue; Humble Pie; Pink Floyd; The Carpenters; Donna Summer), born in North Carolina (d. 2013)
Feb 26 Yōsuke Yamashita, Japanese jazz pianist, and composer of jazz, film scores, and classical works, born in Tokyo, Japan

Brian Jones (1942-1969)

Feb 28 British blues and rock guitarist, organist and sitar player (Rolling Stones, 1962-69), born in Gloucestershire, England

Deaths in Music

Feb 15 Guido Adler, Bohemian-Austrian musicologist (Still in the Music), dies at 91
Feb 15 Stanislav Binički, Serbian composer, dies at 69
Feb 20 Guido Gasperini, Italian composer, dies at 76
Feb 25 Leo Ascher, Austrian-American operetta composer (Hoheit tanzt Walzer (Her Highness Dances the Waltz); Der Soldat der Marie (Marie's Soldier)), dies at 61