- Feb 2 Sam Chatmon, American Delta blues guitarist, banjo player, and singer (The Mississippi Sheiks), dies at 86
- Feb 4 Karen Carpenter, American pop vocalist and drummer ("We've Only Just Begun"; "Rainy Days And Mondays"; "Top Of The World"), dies of anorexia nervosa at 32
- Feb 8 Alfred Wallenstein, American cellist and conductor (Chicago Symphony 1922-29), dies at 84
- Feb 12 (James Hubert) "Eubie" Blake, American ragtime composer and pianist ("Memories of You"; "I'm Just Wild About Harry"), dies at 96
- Feb 22 Adrian Boult, British conductor (BBC Symphony Orchestra, 1930-50; London Philharmonic, 1950-59), dies at 93
- Feb 22 Christina E "Christine" Auwen, singer and wife of John Kelly, dies at 75
- Feb 24 Herbert Howells, British organist, teacher, and composer of Anglican Church music, dies at 90
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