Events in Music
- Feb 9 The Beatles first gig at Liverpool's Cavern Club; they would play there nearly 300 times over the next two years
Music Premiere
Feb 10 Walter Piston's 7th Symphony, commissioned by the Philadelphia Orchestra premieres under direction of Eugene Ormandy; wins 1961 Pulitzer Prize
Music Recording
Feb 13 Frank Sinatra launches Reprise label under Warner Bros Records
Birthdays in Music
- Feb 3 Linda Eder, American pop and musical theater singer, born in Tucson, Arizona
- Feb 8 Sammy Llanas, American rock singer-songwritrer (Bodeans, 1983-2011 - "Closer To Free"), born in Wisconsin
- Feb 8 Vince Neil, American rock singer (Mötley Crüe - "Girls, Girls, Girls"), born in Hollywood, California
- Feb 9 Jussi Lampi, Finnish musician and actor, born in Lappajärvi, Finland
- Feb 11 Becky LeBeau, American vocalist (Mischief), born in Los Angeles, California
- Feb 13 Henry Rollins [Garfield], American musician (Big Ugly Mouth; Talking From the Box), monologuist, and actor, born in Washington, D.C.
- Feb 13 Les Warner, British musician and producer (The Cult - "Fire Woman"), born in Fulham, United Kingdom
- Feb 14 Latifa, Tunisian singer, born in Manouba, Tunisia
- Feb 16 Andy Taylor, British rock guitarist (Duran Duran - "Hungry Like the Wolf"; The Power Station), born in Tynemouth, England
- Feb 22 Akira Takasaki, Japanese guitarist, born in Osaka, Japan
- Feb 22 Lowell Liebermann, American classical pianist and composer (Gargoyles), born in New York City
- Feb 24 Persijn "Dakota" Joling, Dutch rock guitarist, singer, and mandolin player (The Pilgrims - "Angels Falling"), born in Netherlands
Deaths in Music
- Feb 2 Adolf Vogl, composer, dies at 87
- Feb 6 Archibald T Davison, American musicologist and composer, dies at 77
- Feb 15 Jack Whiting, American actor and singer (Marge & Gower Champion Show), dies at 59
- Feb 20 Percy Grainger, Australian-American concert pianist and composer (Hill Songs; Country Gardens), dies at 78
- Feb 22 Nick LaRocca, American jazz coronetist and composer (Tiger Rag), dies at 71
- Feb 28 Joris Vriamont, Flemish writer and music publisher, dies at 64
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