Events in Music
Music Concert
Feb 6 Drummer Buddy Rich plays influential performance at the Top of the Plaza, Richmond New York, later televised by PBS
Album Release
Feb 7 The Stooges release their 3rd album "Raw Power"
Music Premiere
Feb 25 Stephen Sondheim's musical "A Little Night Music" premieres at Shubert Theatre, NYC; runs for 601 performances
Music Awards
Feb 26 8th Academy of Country Music Awards: Merle Haggard and Donna Fargo win
Birthdays in Music
- Feb 1 Yuri Landman, Dutch instrument inventor & musician, born in Zwolle, Netherlands
- Feb 2 Sergio Gonzalez, rocker (Menudo - "Cannonball")
- Feb 5 Trijntje Oosterhuis, Dutch singer, born in Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Feb 11 Ethan Iverson, American pianist, composer, and critic, born in Menomonie, Wisconsin
- Feb 11 Varg Vikernes, Norwegian black metal musician (convicted of murder and arson), born in Bergen, Norway
- Feb 21 Heri Joensen, Faroese musician, born in Tórshavn, Faroe Islands
- Feb 21 Bowie Tsang, Taiwanese singer & TV host, born in Hong Kong
- Feb 22 Scott "Flip" Phillips, American songwriter, drummer and record producer (Creed; Alter Bridge), born in Atlanta, Georgia
- Feb 23 Lars-Olof Johansson, Swedish musician (The Cardigans), born in Huskvarna, Sweden
- Feb 24 James Michael Kennedy, rocker (4 Fun-Unbelievable Fun Boys), born in Boston, Massachusetts
- Feb 24 Chris Fehn, American percussionist (Slipknot)
Peter Andre
Feb 27 Peter Andre, English singer (Flava, I Feel You) and TV personality (I'm a Celebrity), born in London