February 1995 in Music History

Events in Music

Feb 2 "Molière Comedies" opens at Criterion Theater NYC for 56 performances
Feb 5 Philip Glass' Symphony No. 3, for string orchestra, premieres with the Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra conducted by Dennis Russell Davies, in Künzelsau, Germany

Album Release

Feb 7 Bluegrass and country musician Alison Krauss releases her compilation album "Now that I've Found You"

Album Release

Feb 7 Mercury Nashville Records releases "The Woman in Me", the 2nd studio album by Shania Twain (Billboard Album of the Year, 1996)

Feb 9 Augustus and Ruth Goetz' stage drama "The Heiress" opens at Cort Theater, NYC; runs for 340 performances

Riverdance Premieres

Feb 9 Irish music and dance show "Riverdance" first opens in Dublin, Ireland with lead dancer Michael Flatley

Feb 19 British composer Michael Tippett's last major work "Rose Lake," premieres at Barbican Hall in London, with the London Symphony led by Colin Davis
Feb 23 "Uncle Vanya" opens at Circle in Sq Theater NYC for 29 performances

Sinatra's Last Performance

Feb 25 Singer Frank Sinatra performs for final time before a live audience of 1200 select guests at the Palm Desert Marriott Ballroom, in Palm Desert, California, on the closing night of his charity golf tournament

Birthdays in Music

Feb 5 Fireboy DML [Adedamola Adefolahan], Nigerian singer-songwriter (Jealous), born in Abeokuta, Ogun state, Nigeria
Feb 9 Johnny Suh, Korean-American rapper (NCT 127, NCT U), born in Chicago, Illinois

Megan Thee Stallion (28 years old)

Feb 15 American rapper, singer, and songwriter ("Savage"; Good News), born in San Antonio, Texas

Feb 16 Denzel Curry, American rapper, singer, and composer (Unlocked), born in Carol City, Florida
Feb 21 Giveon [Evans], American R&B singer-songwriter (Take Time), born in Los Angeles, California

Weddings in Music

Brian Wilson

Feb 6 "The Beach Boys" leader and chief songwriter Brian Wilson (52) weds former model and car saleswoman Melinda Ledbetter (47) at Palos Verdes Peninsula in Los Angeles County, California

Pamela Anderson & Tommy Lee

Feb 19 American "Baywatch" actress Pamela Anderson (27) weds Greek-American "Mötley Crüe" drummer Tommy Lee (32) in Cancun, Mexico; divorce in 1998

Deaths in Music

Feb 3 Turner Fodrell, American blues and folk singer, and guitarist, dies at 66
Feb 4 Betty Davis, British dance teacher of Dame Margot Fonteyn, dies
Feb 6 Art Taylor, American jazz drummer (Bud Powell, Red Garland, John Coltrane, Donald Byrd), bandleader (Taylor's Wailers), and writer (Notes and Tones), dies at 65
Feb 7 William Harry "Billy" Jones, American rock guitarist (The Outlaws), dies of self-inflicted gunshot at 45
Feb 12 Earring George Mayweather, American blues harmonica player, dies of liver cancer at 66
Feb 12 Terence Beckles, English pianist and teacher, dies at 82
Feb 12 Tony Secunda, English rock band manager (The Moody Blues), dies at 54
Feb 13 Wilton "Bogey" Gaynair, Jamaican jazz saxophonist, dies at 68
Feb 17 Uta Graf, German born American singer and teacher, dies at 80
Feb 18 Dennis "Denny" Cordell, British rock music and record producer (The Moody Blues, Leon Russell), dies of lymphoma at 51
Feb 18 John Rhea "Yank" Lawson, American jazz trumpeter (Dogtown Blues, Stormy Weather), dies of a heart attack at 84
Feb 18 Robert "Bob" Stinson, American rock guitarist (The Replacements), dies of organ failure at 35
Feb 23 Melvin Franklin, American musician (The Temptations), dies at 52
Feb 24 Richard Nicholson, musician, dies at 89
Feb 25 Terence Weil, British cellist (English Chamber Orchestra; Melos Ensemble), dies at 73
Feb 26 Frank O’Keefe, American southern rock bassist (The Outlaws, 1968-76), dies of pain medication overdose at 44
Feb 26 Willie Johnson, American electric blues guitarist (Howlin' Wolf's "How Many More Years"), dies at 71
Feb 28 (Herman) "Ace" Wallace, American St. Louis blues guitarist and singer, dies at 69
Feb 28 Max Rudolf, German-American conductor (Cincinnati Symphony, 1958-70), and pedagogue (Curtis Institute, 1970-73 and 1980-95), dies at 92