Events in Music
Event of Interest
Feb 23 Luciano Pavarotti makes his debut at the Vienna State Opera in "La traviata"
Luciano Pavarotti
- Feb 25 Beatles release their 1st single in US "Please Please Me"
Birthdays in Music
- Feb 2 Eva Cassidy, American singer, born in Washington D.C (d. 1996)
- Feb 8 Joshua Kadison, American pianist and songwriter
- Feb 9 Travis Tritt, Marietta Ga, country vocalist (Country Club)
- Feb 9 Lolo Ferrari [Eve Valois], French adult actress and dancer, born in Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme, France (d. 2000)
- Feb 14 D'Wayne Wiggins, American musician (Tony! Toni! Tone!), born in Oakland, California
- Feb 17 Dan Reed, rocker/actor (HOTS, Lake Consequence)
Seal
Feb 19 Seal [Henry Olusegun Adeola Samuel], English singer-songwriter (Killer, Crazy, Kiss by a Rose), born in London
Seal
- Feb 20 Ian Brown, English rock vocalist (Stone Roses-Made of Stone)
- Feb 21 Ranking Roger [Roger Charlery], British rock vocalist (The Beat, General Public), born in Birmingham, England (d. 2019)
- Feb 23 Robert Collins, English keyboard player (The Charlatans), born in Rowley Regis, United Kingdom (d. 1996)
Deaths in Music
- Feb 6 Werner Erich Josten, German composer (Jungle), dies at 77
- Feb 16 László Lajtha, Hungarian composer, dies at 70
- Feb 20 Ferenc Fricsay, Hungarian-Austrian conductor, dies at 48
- Feb 20 Jacob Gade, Danish composer(b. 1879)
- Feb 28 Bobby Jaspar, Belgian jazz saxophonist, flautist and composer dies of a heart attack at 37