Feb 7 Morgan Lee "Dock" Boggs, American folk and blues singer and banjo player, dies on his 73rd birthday Feb 15 Marian Koval, Soviet Russian composer, dies at 63 Feb 20 Alexander Tsfasman, Soviet Russian jazz pianist, composer, and arranger, dies at 64 Feb 21 Adolph Weiss, American bassoonist and composer, dies at 79 Feb 22 Rudolf Mauersberger, German choral conductor and composer (Dresdner Requiem), dies at 82 Feb 26 Josef Berg, Czech composer, and librettist dies at 43 Jan 1971 Deaths in Music by Year Mar 1971 Famous Singers Country Singers Jazz Singers Opera Singers Pop Singers Rappers Rock Singers