- Feb 2 Todor Popov, Bulgarian composer, dies at 79
- Feb 4 Doris Coley, American pop singer (The Shirelles - "Will You Love Me Tomorrow"; "Baby It's You"), dies of breast cancer at 58
- Feb 5 Barbara Pentland, Canadian concert pianist and composer, dies at 88
- Feb 7 "Lonesome Dave" Peverett, British rock singer and musician (Foghat, Savoy Brown), dies of complications from cancer at 56
- Feb 7 Big Pun [Christopher Rios], Puerto Rican-American rapper ("I'm Not A Player"), dies of a heart attack at 28
- Feb 10 Ronald Roseman, American oboist, composer, and music professor, dies of cancer at 66
- Feb 12 (Jalacy) "Screamin' Jay" Hawkins, American blues-rock singer, guitarist, and songwriter ("I Put a Spell On You"), and actor, dies of an aneurysm at 70
- Feb 12 Andy Lewis, Australian musician (The Whitlams), commits suicide at 33
- Feb 12 Oliver [William Swofford], American pop singer ("Good Morning Starshine"), dies of cancer at 54
- Feb 19 Marin Goleminov, Bulgarian violinist, composer, and pedagogue, dies at 91
- Feb 21 Violet Archer [Balestreri], Canadian percussionist, composer, teacher, and organist, dies at 86
- Feb 22 Louis Alfred Mennini, American composer, dies at 79
- Feb 23 Ofra Haza, Israeli singer (b. 1957)
- Feb 28 George Siravo, American big band and session saxophonist, composer, arranger and conductor (Columbia Records), dies at 83
- Feb 29 Abe Bolar, American double bass player (Oklahoma City Blue Devils; Hot Lips Page; Count Basie), dies at 90
- Feb 29 Dennis Danell, American punk rock guitarist (Social Distortion), dies of heart failure at 38
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