February 1976 in Music History

Events in Music

Feb 1 Sonny & Cher resume TV variety show, despite real-life divorce; now titled "The Sonny & Cher Show"

Feb 6 George Harrison releases single "This Guitar (Can't Keep From Crying)"

Feb 7 Larry Groce's "Junk Food Junkie" peaks at #9
Feb 17 Cliff Jones' theatrical rock opera "Rockabye Hamlet", starring Beverly D'Angelo, opens at Minskoff Theater, NYC; runs for 7 performances
Feb 21 Cliff Jones' theatrical rock opera "Rockabye Hamlet", starring Beverly D'Angelo, closes at Minskoff Theater, NYC, after 7 performances

Feb 28 18th Grammy Awards: "Love Will Keep Us Together" Record of the Year; Natalie Cole 1st African American to win Best New Artist

Feb 4 Cam'ron [Cameron Ezike Gile], American rapper, born in East Harlem, New York

Feb 4 Chinese actor (Painted Skin), and singer ("Power to Go"), born in Chongqing, China

Feb 10 Kev Brown, American rapper & hip hop producer, born in Landover, Maryland
Feb 11 Gretchen Parlato, American jazz singer, and songwriter (The Lost And Found), born in Los Angeles, California
Feb 11 Peter Hayes, American rock singer-songwriter and guitarist (Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - "Weapon of Choice"), born in New York Mills, Minnesota
Feb 13 (Leslie) Feist, Canadian folk-pop singer-songwriter and guitarist, born n Amherst, Nova Scotia
Feb 13 Dave Padden, Canadian musician (Annihilator), born in Canada
Feb 14 Liv Kristine, Norwegian singer (Leaves' Eyes), born in Stavanger, Norway

Feb 15 American rock singer (Incubus - "Make Yourself"), born in Van Nuys, California

Feb 15 Ronnie Vannucci Jr., American drummer (The Killers), born in Las Vegas, Nevada
Feb 16 Kyo, Japanese singer (Dir en grey)
Feb 20 Ed Graham, British drummer (The Darkness, 2000-14), born in Great Yarmouth, England
Feb 20 Fulvia di Domenico, Italian jazz and world music singer-songwriter, born in Rome, Italy
Feb 24 Eric Griffin, American rock guitarist
Feb 24 Matt Skiba, American musician (Alkaline Trio, Heavens)

Feb 25 American actress (Parks and Recreation), writer, model, and musician, born in Los Angeles, California

Feb 26 Chad Urmston, American rock-ska-reggae singer-songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist (Dispatch; State Radio), born in Sherborn, Massachusetts

Feb 29 American rapper (Between Me and You, Always on Time) and actor, born in NYC, New York

Feb 2 Erling Kjellsby, Norwegian organist, educator and composer, dies at 75
Feb 2 Maurice Jacobson, British concert pianist, composer, and music publisher, dies at 80
Feb 5 Rudy Pompilli, American musician (Bill Haley and His Comets) (b. 1926)
Feb 6 Vince Guaraldi, American jazz pianist and composer ("Cast Your Fate to the Wind"; Peanuts TV specials), dies of a heart attack at 47
Feb 9 Percy Faith, Canadian-American pop and easy listening composer and bandleader ("Theme from A Summer Place"), dies at 67
Feb 12 Clifton Williams, American composer (The Ramparts; Sinfonians), dies from cancer at 52
Feb 13 Alice "Lily" Pons, French-American coloratura soprano opera singer (Metropolitan Opera, 1931-60) and actress (That Girl From Paris), dies of pancreatic cancer at 77
Feb 22 Florence Ballard, American pop and R&B singer (The Supremes, 1959-67 - "Buttered Popcorn"; "Where Did Our Love Go"), dies of a heart attack at 32
Feb 24 Charles Wilfred Orr, English pianist and composer (settings of A.E. Housman poems), dies at 82