- Feb 1 Ton de Kruyf, Dutch composer, dies at 74
- Feb 5 Al De Lory, American session pianist, arranger, and record producer (Glen Campbell), dies 82
- Feb 6 Billy Bean, American jazz guitarist (John Lewis; Herbie Mann; Bud Shank), dies at 79
- Feb 6 Noel Kelehan, Irish pianist, conductor (RTÉ Concert Orchestra), and arranger (Eurovision; U2), dies at 77
- Feb 8 Luis Alberto Spinetta, Argentinian rock musician, dies from lung cancer at 62
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Feb 11 American singer ("I Will Always Love You"; "I Wanna Dance With Somebody"), actress (The Bodyguard), and film producer (The Princess Diaries), dies from an accidental bathtub drowning at 48
- Feb 13 Russell Arms, American actor and vocalist (Your Hit Parade; "Cinco Robles"), dies at 92
- Feb 14 Dory Previn, American singer-songwriter, dies at 86
- Feb 15 Charles Anthony [Caruso], American tenor, dies from kidney failure at 82
- Feb 17 Michael Davis, American bass guitarist, and songwriter (MC5 -"Kick Out The Jams"), dies of liver failure at 68
- Feb 22 Billy Strange, American singer-songwriter, dies at 81
- Feb 22 Mike Melvoin, American jazz and studio pianist, composer, and arranger, dies of cancer at 74
- Feb 24 István Anhalt, Hungarian-Canadian classical and electronic music composer (La Tourangelle; Winthrop), educator (McGill; Queens (Ontario) Universities), and writer (Alternative Voices), dies at 92
- Feb 25 Louisiana Red [Iverson Minter], American blues guitarist, and singer-songwriter ("Sweet Blood Call"), dies of a stroke at 79
- Feb 25 Maurice André, French classical trumpeter and baroque revivalist, dies at 78
- Feb 25 Red Holloway [James], American jazz tenor saxophonist, dies from stroke and kidney failure at 84
- Feb 26 Rolf "Hazy" Osterwald, Swiss jazz bandleader, trumpeter, and vibraphonist, dies at 90
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Feb 29 British singer and actor (The Monkees - "Daydream Believer"), dies from heart attack at 66
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