Events in Music
Music History
Feb 18 Andrea Bocelli makes his operatic debut as Rodolfo in "La bohème" at the Teatro Comunale in Cagliari
- Feb 22 "King & I" closes at Neil Simon Theater NYC after 781 performances
Knighthood
Feb 24 Elton John is knighted by Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace in London
- Feb 25 40th Grammy Awards: "Sunny Came Home" best song, Paula Cole best new artist
Soul Train Music Awards
Feb 27 12th Soul Train Music Awards: Puff Daddy, Whitney Houston win
- Feb 28 "View From the Bridge" closes at Criterion Theater NYC
Birthdays in Music
Khalid [Donnel Robinson] (25 years old)
Feb 11 American R&B singer-songwriter ("Location"; "Better"; "Young Dumb & Broke"), born in Fort Stewart, Georgia
Weddings in Music
- Feb 22 Singer-songwriter Tori Amos (34) weds British sound engineer Mark Hawley (34) in West Wycombe, England
Divorces in Music
Pamela Anderson & Tommy Lee
Feb 28 "Baywatch" actress Pamela Anderson (31) divorces Motley Crue drummer Tommy Lee (35) after 3 years of marriage
Deaths in Music
- Feb 2 Roger L. Stevens, American real estate magnate, Broadway theater producer (West Side Story) and fundraiser (John F. Kennedy Center), dies at 87 [1]
- 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 Falco [Johann Hoelzel], Austrian 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 (People, Mambo Italiano), commits suicide at 72
- Feb 19 (Louis) "Grandpa" Jones, American country music singer and banjo wizard (Hee Haw), dies at 84
- Feb 20 Martindale Sidwell, English organist and conductor, dies at 82
- 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.
- Feb 25 Rockin' Sidney [Simien], American zydeco and R&B singer-songwriter, accordionist, guitarist, organist, and harmonica player ("My Toot-Toot"; "You Ain't Nothing But Fine"), dies of throat cancer at 59