- Feb 2 Jean Absil, Belgian organist and composer (Benedictions; Peau d'Ane), dies at 80
- Feb 15 Kurt Magnus Atterberg, Swedish composer, dies at 86
- Feb 20 David Monrad Johansen, Norwegian composer, dies at 85
- Feb 23 Harry Ruby [Harry Rubenstein], American composer and screenwriter, dies at 79
- Feb 25 Julian Dash, American swing jazz tenor saxophonist, and composer ("Tuxedo Junction"), dies at 67
- Feb 28 Bobby Bloom, American singer-songwriter ("Montego Bay"), dies in a self-inflicting gun cleaning incident at 28
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