Events in Music
- Feb 2 "Candide" closes at Martin Beck Theater NYC after 73 performances
Music Concert
Feb 5 Dmitri Shostakovich completes his 2nd Piano Concert
- Feb 23 "Mr Wonderful" closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 383 performances
Cricket Record
Feb 25 Buddy Holly and the Crickets record their smash hit "That'll Be the Day" in Clovis, New Mexico
Birthdays in Music
- Feb 1 Dennis Brown, Jamaican reggae singer ("Money In My Pocket"), born in Kingston, Jamaica (d. 1999)
- Feb 3 Luc Van Hove, Belgian contemporary classical composer (Stradella), born in Wilrijk, Belgium
- Feb 4 Don Davis, American trombonist, arranger, and composer, mostly for film (The Matrix), and television (Beauty & The Beast), born in Anaheim, California
- Feb 4 Philippe Saisse, French smooth jazz and session keyboardist, composer, and record producer, born in Marseille, France
- Feb 6 Jerry Marotta, American session and touring drummer (Orleans; Peter Gabriel; Indigo Girls; Tony Levin), born in Cleveland, Ohio
- Feb 6 Simon Phillips, English drummer & record producer (Toto), born in London, United Kingdom
- Feb 7 Richard Cook, British jazz writer (The Penguin Guide To Jazz Recordings), born in Kew, Surrey (d. 2007)
- Feb 13 Doris King, American country vocalist (Girls Next Door - "Slow Boat To China"), born in Nashville, Tennessee
- Feb 13 Tony Butler, British session and touring rock bassist (Big Country, 1982-2012 - "In A Big Country"; "Wonderland"), born in Shepherd's Bush, London
- Feb 14 Soile Isokoski, Finnish soprano, born in Posio, Finland
- Feb 15 Jake E Lee, American rock guitarist (Badlands, 1988-93; Ozzy Osborne, 1982-89), born in Norfolk, Virginia
- Feb 17 Loreena McKennitt, Canadian world and Celtic harpist, accordion, and piano player, singer, and composer ("The Mummer's Dance"), born in Morden, Manitoba
- Feb 19 Falco [Johann "Hans" Hölzel], Austrian rock vocalist ("Rock Me Amadeus"), born in Vienna, Austria
- Feb 25 Dennis Diken, American drummer (The Smithereens -"Only A Memory"), born in Belleville, New Jersey
- Feb 25 Stuart "Woody" Wood, Scottish pop guitarist (Bay City Rollers - "Saturday Night"), born in Edinburgh, Scotland
- Feb 27 Adrian Smith, English heavy metal guitarist (Iron Maiden - "Aces High"), born in London Borough of Hackney, London
- Feb 28 Cindy Wilson, American rock vocalist (B-52's - "Love Shack"), born in Athens, Georgia
- Feb 28 Ian Stanley, British rock keyboardist and songwriter (Tears For Fears, 1981-87 - "Shout"; "Everybody Wants To Rule The World"), born in Bath, England
- Feb 28 Paul Delph, American rock session and touring keyboardist and producer, born in Cincinnati, Ohio (d. 1996)
- Feb 28 Phil Gould, British rock drummer and percussionist (Level 42 - "Something About You"), born in Hong Kong
Weddings in Music
Richard Harris
Feb 9 Actor-singer Richard Harris (26) weds socialite Elizabeth Rees (20); divorce in 1969
Deaths in Music
- Feb 7 Rudolph Reti, Serbian composer, dies at 71
- Feb 16 Józef Hofmann, Polish-American pianist, composer, educator (Curtis Institute, 1924-38), and inventor, (pneumatic shock absorbers), dies of pneumonia at 81
- Feb 23 Marika Ninou, Greek singer (b. 1918)
- Feb 25 Kurt von Wolfurt, German composer, dies at 76
