Musicians Born in February 1905

  • Feb 8 Edgar Palm, Curaçaoan pianist and composer (Padu), born in Willemstad, Dutch Colony of Curaçao (d. 1998)
  • Feb 10 (William) "Chick" Webb, American jazz drummer and big band bandleader (introduced Ella Fitzgerald), born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 1939)
  • Feb 10 José Muñoz Molleda, Spanish composer and politician, born in La Línea de la Concepción (d. 1988)
  • Feb 10 Vilko Ukmar, Slovenian composer, born in Postojna, Slovenia (d. 1991)

Harold Arlen (1905-1986)

Feb 15 American composer ("Over the Rainbow"; "It's Only A Paper Moon"; "Stormy Weather"), born in Buffalo, New York

  • Feb 17 Orville "Hoppy" Jones, American bass singer and cellist (The Ink Spots - "If I Didn't Care"), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1944)
  • Feb 22 Luis Sandi, Mexican musician and composer, born in Mexico City, Mexico (d. 1996)
  • Feb 23 Leonidas Zoras, Greek conductor and composer, born in Sparta, Greece (d. 1987)
  • Feb 24 Guillaume Landré, Dutch composer, born in The Hague, Netherlands (d. 1968)
  • Feb 26 William Russell [Russell William Wagner], American violinist, modern composer (Fugue for Eight Percussion Instruments), and musicologist (Oh, Mister Jelly), born in Canton, Missouri (d. 1992)

About February 1905

How Old? 119 years old
Generation: Greatest Generation
Leap Year: No

Chinese Zodiac: Dragon (Feb 1 - Feb 3), Snake (Feb 4 - Feb 28)
Star Signs: Aquarius (Jan 20 - Feb 18), Pisces (Feb 19 - Mar 20)