- Feb 2 Adolf Vogl, German composer, dies at 87
- Feb 6 Archibald T Davison, American musicologist and composer, dies at 77
- Feb 10 Velma Middleton, American jazz vocalist (Louis Armstrong's big bands and small groups), dies from complications of a stroke at 43
- Feb 15 Jack Whiting, American actor and singer (Marge & Gower Champion Show), dies at 59
- Feb 20 Percy Grainger, Australian-American concert pianist and composer (Hill Songs; Country Gardens), dies at 78
- Feb 22 Nick LaRocca, American jazz coronetist and composer (Tiger Rag), dies at 71
- Feb 28 Joris Vriamont, Flemish writer and music publisher, dies at 64