February 2: Skip Batin of The Byrds (1934), Graham Nash (1942),
Peter Lucia of Tommy James and The Shondells (1947), Journey's Ross Valory (1949)

February 3: Johnny "Guitar" Watson (1935), Angelo D'Aleo of Dion & The Belmonts (1940),
The Temptations' Dennis Edwards (1943), The Kinks' Dave Davies (1947)

February 4: John Steel of The Animals (1941), Alice Cooper AKA Vincent Furnier (1948),
Jerry Shirley of Humble Pie (1952)

February 5: Alex Harvey of The Sensational Alex Harvey Band (1935), Cory Wells of Three Dog Night (1942),
Al Kooper (1944), The Steve Miller Band's David Denny (1948), Bobby Brown (1969)

February 6: Teen heartthrob Fabian AKA Fabiano Forte (1943,) Bob Marley (1945), Natalie Cole (1950),
Rick Astley (1966)

February 7: R&B sax phenom King Curtis AKA Curtis Ousley (1934), N'awlins blues guitarist Earl King (1934), Jimmy
Greenspoon of Three Dog Night (1948), UB40's Brian Travers (1959), David Bryan of Bon Jovi (1962)

February 8: Tom Rush (1941), The Grass Roots' Creed Bratton (1943), Andy Powell of Wishbone Ash (1950),
Motley Crue's Vince Neil (1961)

February 9: Barry Mann (1939), Carole King born Carole Klein (1942),
Dennis Thomas of Cool and the Gang (1951)

February 10: Don Wilson of the Ventures (1937), Roberta Flack (1939)

February 11: Josh White (1915), Gene Vincent of "Be-Bop-a-Lula" fame(1935), Bobby "Boris" Pickett (1940),
Sheryl Crow (1963)

February 12: Gene McDaniels (1935), Ray Manzarek of the Doors (1935),
Stan Knight of Black Oak Arkansas (1949), Steve Hackett of Genesis (1950)

February 13: Tennessee Ernie Ford (1919), Gene Ames of the Ames Brothers (1925), Peter Gabriel (1950)

February 14: Magic Sam born Sam Maghett (1937), Eric Anderson (1937),
Vic Briggs of the Animals (1945), Tim Buckley (1947)

February 15: Brian Holland (1941), Mick Avery of the Kinks (1944), Melissa Manchester (1951),
Mikey Craig of Culture Club (1960), Ali Campbell of UB40 (1969)

February 16: Andy Taylor of Duran Duran (1961), Sonny Bono (1935) Bill Doggett (1916)

February 17: Gene Pitney (1941)

February 18: Robbie Bachman of Bachman Turner Overdrive (1953), Mark Andes of Spirit (1948),
Tony Iommi of Black Sabbath (1948), Dennis DeYoung of Styx (1947),
Herman Santiago of Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers (1941), Yoko Ono (1933)

February 19: Smokey Robinson (1940), Lou Christie born Lugee Geno Saco (1943)

February 20: Kurt Cobain (1967), Randy California of Spirit (born Randy Woolfe in 1951),
Walter Becker of Steely Dan (1950), Jerome Geils (1946), Buffy Sainte-Marie (1941),
Barbara Ellis of the Fleetwoods (1939)

February 21: Mary Chapin Carpenter (1958), Jerry Harrison of the Talking Heads (1949),
producer David Geffen (1943), Nina Simone (1933)

February 22: Ernie K-Doe (1936)

February 23: Johnny Winter (1944), Rusty Young of Poco (1946), Steve Priest of The Sweet (1950)

February 24: Paul Jones of Manfred Mann (1942), session pianist Nicky Hopkins (1944)

February 25: Faron Young (1932), George Harrison (1943),
Stewart "Woody" Wood of The Bay City Rollers (1957), Mike Peters of The Alarm (1959)

February 26: Antoine "Fats" Domino (1928), Johnny Cash (1932), Poco's Paul Cotton (1943),
Canned Heat's Bob "The Bear" Hite (1943), Mitch Ryder AKA William Levise Jr. (1945), Journey's Jonathan Cain (1950)

February 27: Eddie Gray of Tommy James and The Shondells (1948), Journey's Neil Schon (1954),
Iron Maiden's Adrian Smith (1957)

February 28: John Fahey (1939), Joe South (1940), Brian Jones (1942),
Ronald Roseman of Tommy James and The Shondells (1945), Cindy Wilson of The B-52s (1957)

February 29: Bandleader Jimmy Dorsey (1904)
 
 

February 3: Blues guitarist Wild Jimmy Spruill (1996), Alex Harvey of The Sensational Alex Harvey Band (1982)

February 4: Adolphe Sax, inventor of the instrument (1894), Jump blues master Louis Jordan (1975),
Karen Carpenter (1983), Liberace (1987)

February 5: Tim Kelly of Slaughter (1998)

February 6: Carl Wilson of The Beach Boys (1998), Jesse Belvin (1960)

February 7: Influential bluesman Eddie "Guitar Slim" Jones (1959)

February 8: Singer ("Runaway") Del Shannon (1990)

February 9: Rev. James Cleveland (1991), Bill Haley (1981)

February 11: Jaki Byard (1999)

February 12: Pianist Eubie Blake aged 100 (1983)

February 13: Buddy Lee (1998)

February 15: Mike Bloomfield (1981), Little Walter (1968), Nat "King" Cole (1965)

February 16: Walter "Brownie" McGhee (1996)

February 17: Thelonius Monk (1982)

February 19: Grandpa Jones (1998) Bon Scott of AC/DC (1980), jazz trumpeter Lee Morgan (1972)

February 20: composer Toru Takemitsu (1996)

February 21: disc jockey Murray "The K" Kaufman (1982)

February 22: Florence Ballard of the Supremes (1976)
 
February 23: Jazz critic Stanley Dance (1999), Melvin Franklin of TheTemptations (1995)

February 24: Pop crooner Johnnie Ray (1990)

February 26: Blues tinkler Big Maceo AKA Major Meriweather (1953), bluesman and raconteur Bukka White (1977),
Cornell Gunter of The Coasters (1990)

February 28: Frankie Lymon (1968)