- Feb 1 Jimmy Carl Black [Inkanish], American rock drummer (Mothers Of Invention, 1965-69; Muffin Men, 1993-2008), born in El Paso, Texas (d. 2008)
- Feb 4 Joe Beard, American blues guitarist (No More Cherry Rose), born in Ashland, Mississippi
- Feb 5 Dick van Niehoff, Dutch pop vocalist (Fouryo), born in the Netherlands (d. 2000)
- Feb 6 Ellsworth Milburn, American composer and educator (Menil Antiphons), born in Greensburg, Pennsylvania (d. 2007)
- Feb 7 Robert Frank Baksa, American contemporary classical composer, born in New York City
- Feb 8 Ray Sharpe, American rockabilly singer-songwriter ("Linda Lu"), born in Forth Worth, Texas
- Feb 9 Dianne Goolkasian Rahbee, American classical pianist, composer and pedagogue, born in Waltham, Massachusetts
- Feb 11 Bobby "Boris" Pickett, American singer-songwriter ("Monster Mash"), born in Somerville, Massachusetts (d. 2007)
- Feb 11 Willy Corrêa de Oliveira, Brazilian modernist composer, and music promoter (Festival Música Nova), born in Recife, Brazil
- Feb 16 John Corigliano, American composer (Fern Hill, Ghosts of Versailles), born in New York City
- Feb 17 Charles "Buck" Trent, American country and bluegrass banjoist, dobro player, and singer (Hee Haw), born in Spartanburg, South Carolina (d. 2023)
- Feb 22 Bobby Hendricks, American R&B singer (Itchy Twitchy Feeling), born in Columbus, Ohio
- Feb 24 Louie Ramirez, American salsa and Latin jazz vibraphonist, bandleader, composer, and record producer, born in New York City (d. 1993)
- Feb 25 Ed Cobb, American pop vocalist (The Four Preps, 1956-66 - "26 Miles (Santa Catalina)"), songwriter ("Tainted Love"), sound engineer and producer, born in Honolulu, Hawaii (d. 1999)
About February 1938
How Old? 86 years old
Generation: Silent Generation
Leap Year: No
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