Musicians Born in February 1870

  • Feb 12 Joe Howard, American vaudeville, Broadway, and television singer (Gay Nineties Revue), and songwriter ("Hello Ma Baby"), born in New York City (d. 1961) [1]
  • Feb 12 Marie Lloyd [Mathilda Wood], English music-hall performer ("Oh Mr Porter What Shall I Do"), born in Hoxton, London, England (d. 1922)
  • Feb 13 Leopold Godowsky, Polish-American pianist, composer (Java Suite; Triakontameron; 53 Studies on Chopin's Études), and pedagogue, born in Žasliai, Russian Empire (now Lithuania), (d. 1938)
  • Feb 27 Louis Coerne, American composer (Zenobia; Excaliber), and music educator (The Evolution of Modern Orchestration), born in Newark, New Jersey (d. 1922)