Events in Music
Event of Interest
Feb 22 "King & I" closes at Neil Simon Theater NYC after 781 performances
Neil Simon
Knighthood
Feb 24 Elton John knighted by Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace in London
Elton John
Elizabeth II
- Feb 25 40th Grammy Awards: "Sunny Came Home" best song, Paula Cole best new artist
Music Awards
Feb 27 12th Soul Train Music Awards: Puff Daddy, Whitney Houston win
Puff Daddy
Whitney Houston
- Feb 28 "View From the Bridge" closes at Criterion Theater NYC
Weddings in Music
- Feb 22 Singer-songwriter Tori Amos (34) weds British sound engineer Mark Hawley (34) in West Wycombe, England
Divorces in Music
- Feb 28 "Baywatch" actress Pamela Anderson (31) divorces Motley Crue drummer Tommy Lee (35) after 3 years of marriage
Deaths in Music
- Feb 5 Timothy "Tim" Kelly, American guitarist (Slaughter), dies in a car accident at 35
- Feb 6 Carl Wilson, American rock vocalist and guitarist (Beach Boys), dies of lung cancer at 51
- Feb 6 [Johann Hoelzel] Falco, singer (Rock Me Amadeus), dies at 40
- Feb 14 Claude Prey, French composer, dies at 72
- Feb 15 Arthur Cohn, American composer and writer on music, dies at 87
- Feb 17 Bob Merrill, American composer and lyricist (b. 1921)
- Feb 18 Robert Merrill, songwriter (Funny Girl), commits suicide at 76
- Feb 19 Grandpa Jones, country comic/banjo wizard (Hee Haw), dies at 84
- Feb 22 Grandpa [Louis Marshall] Jones, country singer (Hee Haw), dies at 84
- Feb 24 Henny Youngman, American comedian and violinist (Take my wife ... please), dies at 91
- Feb 25 Celestine Tate Harrington, a quadriplegic street musician and writer.