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
Buddy Rich
Album Release
Feb 7 The Stooges release their 3rd album "Raw Power"
Iggy Pop
- Feb 13 Musical "El Grande de Coca-Cola" premieres in NYC
- Feb 19 "Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree" single released by Dawn featuring Tony Orlando (Billboard Song of the Year 1973)
- Feb 25 Stephen Sondheim's musical "Little Night Music" premieres at Shubert Theatre in NYC (601 performances)
Music Awards
Feb 26 8th Academy of Country Music Awards: Merle Haggard and Donna Fargo win
Merle Haggard
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 musician, 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)
- Feb 25 Justin Jeffre, American singer (98 Degrees)
- Feb 25 Julio José Iglesias, Spanish singer