Events in Music
- Feb 3 Rapper 21 Savage arrested by US immigration for overstaying his visa
Grammy Awards 2019
Feb 10 61st Grammy Awards: Childish Gambino first rapper to win Best Song and Best Record for "This Is America"; Best Album "Golden Hour" Kacey Musgraves
Deaths in Music
- Feb 4 Zbigniew Penherski, Polish composer (Little Music for the End of Century), dies at 84
- Feb 5 Guy Webster, American celebrity portrait photographer, album cover artist (The Byrds; The Mamas & the Papas; Taj Mahal; Rolling Stones), and educator, dies of liver cancer and diabetes complications at 79
- Feb 15 Kofi Burbridge, American blues-rock keyboardist and flute player (Derek Trucks Band, 1999-2019; Tedeschi Trucks Band, 2010-2019), dies of heart issues at 57
- Feb 16 Ken Nordine, American voice-over and recording artist (World Jazz), dies at 98
- Feb 17 Ethel Ennis, American jazz singer (If Women Ruled The World), dies of a stroke at 86 [1]
- Feb 20 Dominick Argento, American composer (Colonel Jonathan the Saint), dies at 91
- Feb 21 Peter Michael Braun, German composer, dies at 82
- Feb 21 Peter Tork [Thorkelson], American rock and folk musician and actor (The Monkees), dies from complications of adenoid cystic carcinoma at 77
- Feb 23 Dorothy Masuka, Zimbabwe-born South African jazz singer and activist, dies from complications of a stroke at 83
- Feb 24 Malcolm "Mac" Wiseman, American bluegrass singer, dies at 93
- Feb 24 Margaret Scott, South-African ballet dancer and founder (Australian Ballet School), dies at 96
- Feb 25 Hans Kox, Dutch composer (Dorian Gray; Symphony No. 4 - "Tasmanian"), and educator, dies at 88
- Feb 25 Mark Hollis, British synth-pop musician (Talk Talk), dies at 64
- Feb 26 (Clifford) "Andy" Anderson, British session and touring drummer (Steve Hillage; The Cure, 1983-84), dies of cancer at 68
- Feb 27 Doug Sandom, British drummer (The Who, 1962-64), dies at 89
- Feb 28 André Previn [Andreas Priwin], German-American conductor (London Symphony, 1968-79; Pittsburgh Symphony, 1975-85), film score composer (My Fair Lady), and jazz pianist, dies at 89-ish