Events in Music
- Feb 2 "Molière Comedies" opens at Criterion Theater NYC for 56 performances
Event of Interest
Feb 6 Rapper Tupac Shakur convicted on sexual assault charge and sentenced to up to 4 1/2 years in prison
Tupac Shakur
Album Release
Feb 7 Bluegrass and country musician Alison Krauss releases her compilation album "Now that I've Found You"
Alison Krauss
Album Release
Feb 7 "The Woman in Me" 2nd studio album by Shania Twain is released (Billboard Album of the Year 1996)
Shania Twain
- Feb 9 "Heiress" opens at Cort Theater NYC for 340 performances
Event of Interest
Feb 9 Irish music and dance show "Riverdance" first opens in Dublin, Ireland with lead dancer Michael Flatley
Michael Flatley
- Feb 23 "Uncle Vanya" opens at Circle in Sq Theater NYC for 29 performances
Birthdays in Music
Megan Thee Stallion
Feb 15 Megan Thee Stallion [Pete], American rapper, singer, and songwriter ("Savage"; Good News), born in San Antonio, Texas
Megan Thee Stallion
- Feb 16 Denzel Curry, American rapper, singer, and composer (Unlocked), born in Carol City, Florida
Weddings in Music
Wedding of Interest
Feb 6 "The Beach Boys" leader and chief songwriter Brian Wilson (52) weds former model Melinda Ledbetter (47) at Palos Verdes in Peninsula, California
Brian Wilson
Wedding of Interest
Feb 19 "Baywatch" actress Pamela Anderson (27) weds rocker Tommy Lee (32) in Cancun, Mexico
Pamela Anderson
Tommy Lee
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), band leader (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, pianist/teacher, dies at 82
- Feb 12 Tony Secunda, English rock band manager (The Moody Blues), dies at 54
- Feb 13 Wilton "Bogey" Gaynair, saxophonist, dies at 68
- Feb 17 Jan Bart Klaster, music editor (The Slogan), dies at 50
- 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 Willie Johnson, American electric blues guitarist (Howlin' Wolf's "How Many More Years"), dies at 71
- Feb 28 Herman "Ace" Wallace, blues guitarist/singer, dies at 69
- Feb 28 Max Rudolf, conductor, dies at 92