Events in Music
- Feb 1 "Stop the World, I Want to Get Off..." closes at Shubert, NYC, after 556 performances
- Feb 1 The Beatles' 1st #1 hit "I Want to Hold Your Hand," topped the Hot 100, stays #1 for 7 weeks before being replaced by "She Loves You", also by The Beatles
Royal Hunt of the Sun Premieres
Feb 8 Peter Shaffer's musical "Royal Hunt of the Sun" premieres in London
The Beatles on Ed Sullivan
Feb 9 1st appearance of the Beatles on "The Ed Sullivan Show", live from New York; broadcast draws 73.7 million television viewers
Music Single
Feb 14 British pop music duo Peter & Gordon release single "A World Without Love" (written by Paul McCartney, credited to Lennon-McCartney)
- Feb 15 Beatles' "Meet the Beatles!" album goes #1 & stays #1 for 11 weeks
Music Premiere
Feb 16 Robert Emmett Dolan and Johnny Mercer's musical "Foxy", starring Bert Lahr, opens at Ziegfeld Theate,r NYC; runs for 72 performances, with Lahr winning a Tony Award
TV Show Appearance
Feb 16 The Beatles' 2nd appearance on "The Ed Sullivan Show", live from Deauville Hotel in Miami, Florida; broadcast draws about 70 million television viewers
- Feb 19 UK flies ½ ton of Beatles wigs to the US
- Feb 21 UK flies 24,000 rolls of Beatles wallpaper to US
- Feb 22 Beatles arrive back in England after their 1st US visit
- Feb 23 The Beatles' 3rd appearance on "The Ed Sullivan Show", featuring 3 performances taped on February 9, prior to their debut
- Feb 24 "My Heart Skips a Beat" single released by Buck Owens (Billboard No. 1 U.S. Hot Country Singles, 1964)
What Makes Sammy Run?
Feb 27 Erwin Drake's musical "What Makes Sammy Run?", starring Steve Lawrence, Robert Alda, and Sally Ann Howes, opens at 54th St Theater, NYC; runs for 540 performances
- Feb 29 "Rugantino" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 28 performances
Birthdays in Music
- Feb 1 Dwayne Goettel, Canadian keyboardist and industrial-electronic music composer (Skinny Puppy), born in High Level, Alberta (d. 1995)
- Feb 1 Jani Lane [John Oswald], American heavy metal rock songwriter, and singer (Warrant - "Cherry Pie"), born in Akron, Ohio (d. 2011)
- Feb 1 Mario Pelchat, Canadian francophone singer, born in Dolbeau-Mistassini, Quebec
- Feb 5 (Michael Andrew) "Duff" McKagan, American bassist (Guns N' Roses), born in Seattle, Washington
- Feb 5 Alexia Vassiliou, Cypriot singer & film score composer, born in Famagusta, Cyprus
- Feb 6 Gordon Downie, Canadian rock singer-songwriter and musician (The Tragically Hip), born in Amherstview, Ontario (d. 2017)
- Feb 6 Petras Geniušas, Lithuanian classical pianist, and educator, born in Vilnius, Lithuanian SSR, USSR (now Lithuania)
- Feb 6 Skip Ewing, American country vocalist (Coast of Colorado), born in Redlands, California
- Feb 9 Rachel Bolan [James Southworth], American musician and songwriter (Skid Row), born in Point Pleasant, New Jersey
- Feb 14 Rob Jones "The Bass Thing", English musician (The Wonder Stuff), born in Stourbridge, West Midlands (d. 1993)
- Feb 18 Paul Hanley, British musician (The Fall, Tom Hingley and the Lovers), born in Manchester, England
- Feb 19 Doug Aldrich, American rock guitarist, born in Raleigh, North Carolina
- Feb 20 Terry Ilous, French rock vocalist (Great White, 2010-18; XYZ; The Vagabonds), born in Lyon, France
- Feb 23 John Norum, Swedish rocker (Europe), born in Vardø, Norway
- Feb 27 Ewen Vernal, British pop bassist (Deacon Blue), born in Glasgow, Scotland
- Feb 28 Rihards Dubra, Latvian composer, primarily of sacred choral works, born in Riga, Latvian SSR, Soviet Union (now Latvia)
- Feb 29 Jahred Shane, Afro-Brazilian rapper/singer of Hed PE
