Events in Music
Sports History
Feb 3 Jimi Hendrix adds vocals and overdubs for "Purple Haze" at Olympic Studios in London; basic track had been recorded by the band in January
- Feb 4 "Wild Thing" cover version by "Senator Bobby" hits #20 on the pop singles chart
Music History
Feb 12 Keith Richards, Mick Jagger & Marianne Faithful busted for drugs in a raid at Richards' Sussex home
Music History
Feb 12 Promotional films (music videos) for the Beatles' forthcoming single "Penny Lane" & "Strawberry Fields" debut on the Ed Sullivan Show in the US
- Feb 13 Capitol Records releases the Beatles' double "A" side single "Penny Lane" & "Strawberry Fields" in the US
Respect
Feb 14 Aretha Franklin records her single "Respect" at Atlantic Studio in NYC; her rendition of Otis Redding's tune becomes Billboard Song of the Year (1967)
- Feb 17 Parlophone releases the Beatles' double "A" side single "Penny Lane" & "Strawberry Fields" in the UK
Birthdays in Music
- Feb 6 Anita Cochran, American country singer, born in South Lyon, Michigan
- Feb 6 Izumi Sakai, Japanese singer (Zard), born in Kurume, Japan (d. 2007)
- Feb 12 (Narasimhan) N. Ravikiran, Indian classical and Carnatic music composer, vocalist, chitravina (20-string fretless lute) player and musicologist, born in Mysore, India
- Feb 15 Jane Child, Canadian musician, born in Toronto, Ontario
- Feb 16 Damon Reece, British drummer (Spiritualized - "Ladies and Gentleman We Are Floating In Space"), born in London, England
- Feb 17 Chanté Moore, American R&B singer, actress and author (Precious), born in San Francisco, California
- Feb 19 Kate Radley, British keyboardist (Spiritualized - "Ladies and Gentleman We Are Floating In Space"), born in England
Kurt Cobain (1967-1994)
Feb 20 American grunge rocker (Nirvana - "Smells Like Teen Spirit"), born in Aberdeen, Washington
- Feb 21 Michael Ward, American rock guitarist (John Hiatt, 1993-94; The Wallflowers, 1996-2001 - "One Headlight"; Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals, 2007-16), born in Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Feb 23 Chris Vrenna, American musician, producer, and sound engineer (Nine Inch Nails, Tweaker), born in Erie, Pennsylvania
- Feb 28 Marcus Lillington, British pop guitarist and keyboard player (Breathe - "Hands to Heaven"), born in Bideford, Devon, England
Deaths in Music
- Feb 3 Joe Meek, English record producer (Telstar), commits suicide at 37
- Feb 11 Edmond Hall, American jazz clarinetist (Red Allen; Teddy Wilson), bandleader (Café Society Band), and composer (Profoundly Blue), dies at 65
- Feb 16 (Lester) "Smiley" Burnette [Burnett], American country music performer, singer-songwriter ("Ridin' Down the Canyon (To Watch the Sun Go Down)"), and actor (Petticoat Junction - "Charlie"), dies of leukemia at 55
- Feb 18 Manuel Palau Boix, Spanish composer (Conservatory of Valencia), dies at 74
- Feb 24 Franz Waxman [Wachsmann], German-American film score composer (Rebecca; Sunset Boulevard; A Place In The Sun), dies of cancer at 60
- Feb 25 Walter "Fats" Pichon American jazz pianist, singer, and big bandleader, dies at 60
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