February 1984 in Music History

Events in Music

Feb 4 "9" closes at 46th St Theater NYC after 739 performances
Feb 4 "Backstage Magic" opens at CommuniCore

Music History

Feb 7 Michael Jackson awarded a 4-ft-high platinum disc by CBS

Feb 9 "Rink" opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC for 204 performances

Olympic Games

Feb 14 Britain's Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean famously dominate the ice dancing at the Sarajevo Winter Olympics; perform to Maurice Ravel's "Bolero" in free dance routine; record 9-of-9 perfect scores for artistic impression

Feb 19 "Doonesbury" closes at Biltmore Theater, NYC, after 104 performances
Feb 28 26th Grammy Awards: Michael Jackson wins 8 Grammys

Birthdays in Music

Feb 6 Piret Järvis, Estonian singer, born in Tallinn, Estonia
Feb 9 Han Kyung, Chinese singer (Super Junior), born in Mudanjiang, China
Feb 11 Aubrey O'Day, American singer, born in San Francisco, California
Feb 11 Matt Good, American musician, born in Valrico, Florida
Feb 14 Víkingur Ólafsson, Icelandic concert pianist, born in Reykjavík, Iceland
Feb 15 Doda [Dorota Rabczewska], Polish pop and rock singer-songwriter (Virgin; Diamond B*tch), born in Ciechanów, Poland
Feb 15 Gary Clark, Jr. American blues-rock-soul singer-songwriter and guitarist ("This Land"; The Story of Sonny Boy Slim), born in Austin, Texas
Feb 18 Buddy Nielsen, American singer (Senses Fail), born in Ridgewood, New Jersey
Feb 20 Johannes "Jo" Alisch, German classical cellist, and jazz bassist, born in Mannheim, Germany
Feb 25 Lovefoxxx, Brazilian singer (CSS)
Feb 26 Natalia Lafourcade, Mexican singer, born in Mexico City
Feb 27 Antti Tuisku, Finnish singer, born in Rovaniemi, Finland
Feb 28 Ben Fagan, American musician, songwriter, and reality show contestant, born in Boston, Massachusetts

Weddings in Music

Elton John

Feb 14 British singer Elton John (36) marries Renate Blauel at Darling Point, New South Wales, Australia; divorce in 1988

Deaths in Music

Feb 9 (Tanjore) Balasaraswathi, Indian classical dancer, dies at 65

Ethel Merman (1908-1984)

Feb 15 American Tony and Grammy Award-winning stage and screen singer ("There's No Business Like Show Business"), and actress (It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World), dies of brain cancer at 76

Feb 19 Claude Hopkins, American jazz stride pianist, arranger, bandleader, and musical director (Josephine Baker), dies at 80
Feb 19 Ina Ray Hutton [Odessa Cowan], American singer and big band bandleader (Ina Ray Hutton Show), dies of complications from diabetes at 67
Feb 20 Fikret Amirov, Azerbaijani-Soviet composer (Azerbaijan Capriccio, Shur), dies at 61