- Feb 2 Erling Kjellsby, Norwegian organist, educator and composer, dies at 75
- Feb 2 Maurice Jacobson, British concert pianist, composer, and music publisher, dies at 80
- Feb 5 Rudy Pompilli, American musician (Bill Haley and His Comets) (b. 1926)
- Feb 6 Vince Guaraldi, American jazz pianist and composer ("Cast Your Fate to the Wind"; Peanuts TV specials), dies of a heart attack at 47
- Feb 9 Percy Faith, Canadian-American pop and easy listening composer and bandleader ("Theme from A Summer Place"), dies at 67
- Feb 12 Clifton Williams, American composer (The Ramparts; Sinfonians), dies from cancer at 52
- Feb 13 Alice "Lily" Pons, French-American coloratura soprano opera singer (Metropolitan Opera, 1931-60) and actress (That Girl From Paris), dies of pancreatic cancer at 77
- Feb 22 Florence Ballard, American pop and R&B singer (The Supremes, 1959-67 - "Buttered Popcorn"; "Where Did Our Love Go"), dies of a heart attack at 32
- Feb 24 Charles Wilfred Orr, English pianist and composer (settings of A.E. Housman poems), dies at 82
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