February 1992 in Music History

Events in Music

Feb 1 "Crazy He Calls Me" closes at Walter Kerr Theater NYC after 7 performances

Feb 2 IRS & Willie Nelson settle on $9M tax bill (of $16.7M)

Feb 6 "Late Night's 10th Anniversary Show At Radio City Music Hall" on NBC
Feb 8 "I'm Too Sexy" by Right Said Fred peaks at #1
Feb 9 "2 Shakespearean Actors" closes at Cort Theater NYC after 29 performances
Feb 13 Revival of Frank Loesser's 1956 musical "The Most Happy Fella" opens at Booth Theater, NYC; runs for 229 performances
Feb 19 Ken Ludwig's musical "Crazy For You" opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 1622 performances

Feb 20 Revival of Noël Coward's stage comedy "Private Lives" opens at Broadhurst Theater, NYC; runs for 37 performances

Feb 22 Barbra Streisand surprises cast members in a cameo appearance at the end of a "Coffee Talk" sketch on "Saturday Night Live"

Feb 25 Muddy Waters wins Lifetime Achievement Award at the 34th Annual Grammy Awards

Feb 26 "Search & Destroy" opens at Circle in Square Theater, NYC; runs for 46 performances

Feb 2 Danielle White, American actress and singer, born in Cincinnati, Ohio
Feb 7 Maimi Yajima, Japanese J-pop singer (lead singer of Cute) and actress, born in Saitama Prefecture, Japan
Feb 17 Meaghan Martin, American pop singer (Camp Rock), and actress (10 Things I Hate About You), born in Fallon, Nevada

Feb 24 Singer-songwriter Courtney Love (27) weds lead singer Kurt Cobain (25) on Waikiki Beach in Honolulu, Hawaii

Feb 4 Andries Antonie Rieu, Dutch conductor (Maastricht Symphony Orchestra, 1949-80), dies at 75
Feb 8 Denny Wright, British jazz guitarist, dies at 67
Feb 15 William Schuman, American composer (Pulitzer Prize, 1943), and administrator (Juilliard, 1945-61; Lincoln Center, 1961-68), dies at 81
Feb 20 Andrew Schenck, American conductor, dies of melanoma at 51
Feb 21 Eva Jessye, American singer and choral director (Eva Jessye Choir - "Four Saints in Three Acts";"Porgy and Bess"), dies at 97
Feb 21 Jane Pickens, American stage (Regina) and pop-harmony, singer, dies of heart failure at 83
Feb 28 La Lupe [Guadalupe Yolí Raymond], Cuban salsa, boleros, and guarachas singer, dies of a heart attack at 53