- Feb 1 Aldo Ciccolini, Italian-French concert pianist, dies at 89
- Feb 2 Joseph Alfidi, American classical prodigy pianist, composer and conductor, dies at 65
- Feb 3 William Thomas McKinley, American composer and jazz pianist, dies at 76
- Feb 7 Joe B. Mauldin, American rock double-bass player (The Crickets), songwriter, and recording engineer (Gold Start Studios), dies of cancer at 74
- Feb 8 Filipe Pires, Portuguese pianist, composer (Portugaliae Genesis), and educator, dies at 81
- Feb 9 Marvin David Levy, American composer (Mourning Becomes Electra), dies at 82
- Feb 12 Sam Andrew, American musician (Big Brother and the Holding Company), dies at 73
- Feb 12 Steve Strange [Harrington], Welsh pop singer (Visage) and nightclub host, dies of a heart attack at 55
- Feb 13 John McCabe, British composer and pianist, dies at 75
- Feb 16 Lesley Gore, American pop singer ("It's My Party"; "You Don't Own Me"), dies of lung cancer at 68
- Feb 17 Andrzej Koszewski, Polish choral and orchestral composer, and musicologist, dies at 92
- Feb 17 Kenneth "Wally" Kelly, American R&B singer (Manhattans - "Kiss And Say Goodbye"), dies at 74
- Feb 18 Willie C. Jackson, American doo wop baritone vocalist (The Spaniels- "Goodnite Sweetheart Goodnite"), dies at 79
- Feb 19 Ward Swingle, American vocalist, jazz musician, composer, arranger, and conductor (The Swingle Singers - Jazz Sebastian Bach), dies at 87
- Feb 21 Clark Terry, American jazz trumpeter, dies at 94
- Feb 22 Chris Rainbow [Harley], Scottish rock singer, musician and producer (Alan Parsons Project), dies of complications from Parkinson's disease at 68
- Feb 27 Tod Dockstader, American electronic and musique concrète composer, dies at 82
- Feb 28 Ezra Laderman, American composer (Jacob & the Indians), dies at 90 [1]
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