Musicians Born in February 1948

Rick James (1948-2004)

Feb 1 American funk musician ("Super Freak"), born in Buffalo New York

Feb 2 Alan McKay, American singer-songwriter and musician (Earth Wind & Fire - Boogie Wonderland), born in New Orleans, Louisiana

Alice Cooper (76 years old)

Feb 4 American theatrical rock singer and songwriter ("School's Out"; "Welcome To My Nightmare"), born in Detroit, Michigan

Feb 4 Marguerite "Marge" Ganser, American pop singer (The Shangri-Las - "Leader of the Pack"), born in Queens, New York City (d. 1996)
Feb 4 Mary Ann Ganser, American pop singer (The Shangri-Las - "Leader of the Pack"), born in Queens, New York City (d. 1970)
Feb 5 David Denny, American rock guitar player (Steve Miller Band - "Abracadabra"; "The Joker"), born in Berkeley, California
Feb 5 Nigel Tufnel, British fictional heavy metal guitarist (Spinal Tap), born in Squatney, East London, England
Feb 6 John Gosling, British rock keyboardist (The Kinks, 1970-78 - "Lola"; "Celluloid Heroes"), born in Paignton, England (d. 2023)
Feb 7 David Campbell, Canadian composer (worked with Adele, Justin Timberlake), born in Toronto
Feb 7 Jimmy Greenspoon, American session and touring rock organist (Three Dog Night - "Joy to the World"), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2015)
Feb 8 "England" Dan [Seals], American pop and country singer (England Dan & John Ford Coley - "I'd Really Love to See You Tonight"), born in McCamey, Texas (d. 2009)
Feb 10 Conrad Cummings, American classical composer, born in San Francisco, California
Feb 11 Lynn Goldsmith, American photographer, filmmaker, recording artist, and album cover designer (Grand Funk Railroad; Patti Smith; Frank Zappa; Paul Simon), born in Detroit Michigan
Feb 11 Vangelis Kordompoulis, Greek jazz pianist, composer, and music educator, born in Patras, Greece
Feb 14 (Wladimir) "Wally" Tax, Dutch rock singer-songwriter, and guitarist (The Outsiders; Tax Free), born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 2005)
Feb 17 José José [José Rómulo Sosa Ortiz], Mexican singer and actor, known as 'The Prince of Song', born in Mexico City (d. 2019)
Feb 18 Keith Knudsen, American drummer, vocalist and songwriter (Doobie Brothers), born in Le Mars, Iowa (d. 2005)
Feb 19 Mark Andes, American rock bassist (Spirit, 1968-74, 84, 89; Firefall, 1976-79; Heart, 1982-92), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Feb 19 Tony Iommi, American rock guitarist (Black Sabbath - "Paranoid"; "Iron Man"), born in Birmingham, England
Feb 20 Barry Wordsworth, British conductor (BBC Concert Orchestra; Royal Ballet Orchestra), born in Worcester Park, Surrey, England
Feb 20 Billy Zoom [Stuart Kindell], American punk rock guitarist (X), born in Savanna, Illinois
Feb 23 Steve Priest, English rock bassist and vocalist (Sweet - "Ballroom Blitz"), born in Hayes, Middlesex, England (d. 2020)
Feb 24 Dennis Waterman, English stage and screen actor (Fair Exchange; Minder; The Sweeney), and singer, born in Clapham, London, England (d. 2022)
Feb 24 Neil Hubbard, British session and touring guitarist (Juicy Lucy; Jesus Christ Superstar; Bryan Ferry, Bluesology), born in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England
Feb 24 Tim Staffell, English rock musician (Smile), born in London
Feb 27 Eddie Gray, American rock guitarist (Tommy James & the Shondells - "Crystal Blue Persuasion"), born in Niles, Michigan

Bernadette Peters (76 years old)

Feb 28 American Tony Award-winning stage and screen actress and singer (Sunday in the Park with George; The Jerk; Pennies From Heaven), and author, born in Queens, New York