February 1973 in Music History

Events in Music

Feb 6 Drummer Buddy Rich plays influential performance at the Top of the Plaza, Richmond New York, later televised by PBS

Feb 7 The Stooges release their 3rd album "Raw Power"

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 "A Little Night Music" premieres at Shubert Theatre, NYC; runs for 601 performances

Feb 26 8th Academy of Country Music Awards: Merle Haggard and Donna Fargo win

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)

Feb 25 Justin Jeffre, American boy-band singer (98 Degrees - "Give Me Just One Night (Una Noche)"), born in Mount Clemens, Michigan
Feb 25 Julio Iglesias, Jr., Spanish model and pop singer ("One More Chance"), born in Madrid, Spain

Feb 27 Peter Andre, English singer (Flava, I Feel You) and TV personality (I'm a Celebrity), born in London

Feb 3 Edward Lockspeiser, British composer and musicologist (Debussy: His Life and Mind), dies at 67
Feb 12 Benjamin Frankel, British composer, dies at 67
Feb 27 Lucijan Marija Skerjanc, Yugoslav conductor and composer, dies at 72