- Feb 2 Roger L. Stevens, American real estate magnate, Broadway theater producer (West Side Story) and fundraiser (John F. Kennedy Center), dies at 87 [1]
- Feb 5 Timothy "Tim" Kelly, American guitarist (Slaughter), dies in a car accident at 35
- Feb 6 Carl Wilson, American rock vocalist and guitarist (Beach Boys), dies of lung cancer at 51
- Feb 6 Falco [Johann Hoelzel], Austrian singer (Rock Me Amadeus), dies at 40
- Feb 14 Claude Prey, French composer, dies at 72
- Feb 15 Arthur Cohn, American composer and writer on music, dies at 87
- Feb 17 Bob Merrill, American composer and lyricist (People, Mambo Italiano), commits suicide at 72
- Feb 19 (Louis) "Grandpa" Jones, American country music singer and banjo wizard (Hee Haw), dies at 84
- Feb 20 Martindale Sidwell, English organist and conductor, dies at 82
- Feb 24 Henny Youngman, American comedian and violinist (Take my wife ... please), dies at 91
- Feb 25 Celestine Tate Harrington, a quadriplegic street musician and writer.
- Feb 25 Rockin' Sidney [Simien], American zydeco and R&B singer-songwriter, accordionist, guitarist, organist, and harmonica player ("My Toot-Toot"; "You Ain't Nothing But Fine"), dies of throat cancer at 59
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