- Feb 1 Franco Mannino, Italian pianist, conductor, classical concert, opera, and film score composer (Death in Venice; Il diavolo in giardino), dies at 80
- Feb 6 Lazar Berman, Russian pianist (Budapes,t 3rd place - 1956), dies at 74
- Feb 8 Helmut Eder, Austrian composer, dies at 88
- Feb 8 Jimmy Smith, American jazz musician and organist (Walk On The Wild Side), dies at 79
- Feb 8 Keith Knudsen, American drummer, vocalist and songwriter (The Doobie Brothers; Southern Pacific), dies of pneumonia at 56
- Feb 9 Tyrone Davis, American R&B singer ("Can I Change My Mind"; "Turn Back The Hands Of Time"), dies of complications from a stroke at 66
- Feb 12 Sammi Smith, American country music singer (Help Me Make It Through the Night), dies at 61
- Feb 13 Sixten Ehrling, Swedish pianist, conductor (Royal Opera of Stockholm, 1953-60; Detroit Symphony, 1963-73), and educator (Juilliard, 1973-87), dies at 86
- Feb 15 Pierre Bachelet, French singer and songwriter, dies of lung cancer at 60
- Feb 20 John Raitt, American stage and screen singer and actor (Carousel; Pajama Game), dies from pneumonia at 88
- Feb 20 Pam Bricker, American jazz singer (Thievery Corporation) takes her own life at 50
- Feb 21 Ara Berberian, American opera bass singer (Metropolitan Opera, 1979-97), dies at 74
- Feb 25 Edward Patten, American soul singer (Gladys Knight & the Pips), dies of a stroke at 65
- Feb 28 Chris Curtis [Crummey], British rock drummer, songwriter and vocalist (The Searchers - "Needles And Pins"), dies at 63
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