February 1
Births
1934 Bob Shane – vocals Kingston Trio
1937 Don Everly
1937 Ray Sawyer – vocals Dr Hook
1938 Jimmy Carl Black – drums Mothers Of Invention
1939 Joe Sample – keyboards Crusaders
1942 Terry Jones – vocals Monty Python
1944 Tommy Duffy – vocals Echoes
1948 Rick James
1950 Richard Williams – guitar Kansas
1950 Mike Campbell – guitar Tom Petty’s Heartbreakers
1957 Dennis Brown
1964 Jani Lane – vocals Warrant
1968 Lisa Marie Presley
1971 Ron Welty – drums Offspring
1971 Paul Varney – vocals Yell
1972 Patrick Wilson – drums Weezer
1975 Eleanor Phillips – vocals Supersister
1994 Harry Styles – vocals One Direction
1996 Dionne Bromfield
Deaths
1986 Dick James
1989 Paul Robi – vocals Platters
1989 Vincent Crane – organ Crazy World Of Arthur Brown
1999 Julius Wechter – Tijuana Brass
2012 David Peaston
2013 Cecil Womack – vocals Valentinos & Womack & Womack
2018 Dennis Edwards – vocals Temptations
February 2
Births
1925 David Whitfield
1927 Stan Getz
1940 Alan Caddy – guitar Tornados
1941 Bob Day – vocals Allisons
1942 Graham Nash – vocals/guitar Hollies
1943 Peter McBeth – bass Foundations
1945 Ron Goodson – trumpet John Fred’s Playboy Band
1946 Whistling Jack Smith
1946 Howard Bellamy – guitar Bellamy Bros
1947 Derek Shulman – vocals Simon Dupree and the Big Sound
1963 Eva Cassidy
1964 Diane Charlemagne – vocals Urban Cookie Collective
1964 Charlie Heather – drums Levellers
1966 Robert DeLeo – bass Stone Temple Pilots
1971 Ben Mize – drums Counting Crows
1971 Michelle Gayle
1977 Shakira
Deaths
1979 Sid Vicious
1996 Gene Kelly
February 3
Births
1809 Felix Mendelssohn
1923 Marion Ryan
1926 Shelley Berman
1928 Frankie Vaughan
1928 Val Doonican
1935 Johnny Guitar Watson
1939 Johnny Bristol
1940 Angelo D’Aleo – vocals Belmonts
1943 Dennis Edwards – vocals Temptations
1943 Eric Haydock – bass Hollies
1945 Johnny Cymbal
1946 Stan Webb – vocals/guitar Chicken Shack
1947 Melanie (Safka)
1947 Dave Davies – guitar Kinks
1947 John Handy
1949 Jim Lockhart – keyboard Horslips
1956 Lee Renaldo – vocals/guitar Sonic Youth
1959 Laurence Tolhurst – drums The Cure
1990 Sean Kingston
Deaths
1959 Buddy Holly
1959 Big Bopper
1959 Ritchie Valens
1967 Joe Meek
2000 Doris Kenner – vocals Shirelles
2016 Maurice White – vocals Earth Wind and Fire
February 4
Births
1905 Hylda Baker
1915 Norman Wisdom
1942 Claude Francois
1943 Neil Christian
1944 Florence LaRue – vocals Fifth Dimension
1947 Marguerite Ganser – vocals Shangrilas
1947 Mary Ann Ganser – vocals Shangrilas
1948 Alice Cooper
1950 James Dunn – vocals Stylistics
1952 Jerry Shirley – drums Humble Pie
1960 Tim Booth – vocals James
1963 Noodles – guitar Offspring
1968 Steve Queralt – bass Ride
1975 Natalie Imbruglia
1976 Cam’Ron – US rapper
1982 Kimberly Wyatt – vocals Pussycat Dolls
Deaths
1975 Louis Jordan
1982 Alex Harvey
1983 Karen Carpenter
1984 Paul Gardiner – bass Tubeway Army
1987 Liberace
1999 Gwen Guthrie
2007 Barbara McNair – Motown singer
2009 Lux Interior– vocals Cramps
2013 Donald Byrd – jazz trumpeter
2013 Darlene McCrae – vocals Cookies
2013 Reg Presley – vocals Troggs
2022 Kerry Chater – bass Union Gap
February 5
Births
1935 Alex Harvey
1941 Barrett Strong
1943 Sven Johannson – drums Tangerine Dream
1943 Chuck Winfield – trumpet Blood Sweat andTears
1944 Al Kooper – guitar/keyboards Blood Sweat and Tears
1944 James R. Cobb – guitar Classicx IV
1944 Cory Wells – vocals Three Dog Night
1948 David Denny – guitar Steve Miller Band
1960 Paul Jones – bass Catatonia
1964 Duff Rose-McKagan – bass Guns ‘N Roses
1969 Chris Barron – vocals Spin Doctors
1969 Bobby Brown
Deaths
1976 Rudy Pompilli – saxophone Comets
1998 Tim Kelly – guitar Slaughter
February 6
Births
1922 Patrick Macnee
1936 Donnie Brooks – US Singer
1940 Jimmy Tarbuck
1941 Dave Berry
1943 Fabian
1943 Georgeanna Tillman – vocals Marvelettes
1945 Bob Marley
1947 Alan Jones – saxophone Amen Corner
1950 Natalie Cole
1950 Mike Batt
1962 Axl Rose
1962 Richie McDonald – vocals/guitar Lonestar
1965 Brian McDermott – drums Del Amitri
1966 Melissa Brooke-Belland – vocals Voice Of The Beehive
1966 Rick Astley
Deaths
1960 Jesse Belvin
1981 Hugo Montenegro
1998 Carl Wilson –vocals/guitar Beach Boys
1998 Falco
2007 Frankie Laine
2010 Johnny Dankworth – UK jazz bandleader
2011 Gary Moore
February 7
Births
1923 Dora Bryan
1927 Laurie Johnson
1940 Bob Burnett – vocals Highwaymen
1948 Chris Aylmer – bass Samson
1948 Jimmy Greenspoon – keyboards Three Dog Night
1949 Alan Lancaster – bass Status Quo
1949 Stoney Browder – guitar/piano Kid Creole’s Coconuts
1951 Mayte Mateos – vocals Baccara
1956 Rose Marie
1959 Brian Travers – saxophone UB40
1960 Steve Bronski – keyboards Bronski Beat
1962 Garth Brooks
1968 Glenn Collins – drums Auteurs
1974 Danny Goffey – drums Supergrass
1975 Wes Borland – guitar Limp Bizkit
Deaths
1985 Matt Monro
1988 Ray Martin
2001 Ray Scragg – vocals/guitar Dennisons
2015 Joe B. Mauldin – bass Crickets
2018 Pat Torpey – drums Mr Big (US)
February 8
Births
1942 Terry Melcher – producer/songwriter and Doris Day’s Son
1945 Louise Cordet
1946 Adolpho De La Parra – drums Canned Heat
1946 Paul Whitbread – drums Union Gap
1948 England Dan
1961 Vince Neil – vocals Motley Crue
1962 Ken McClusky – vocals/harmonica Bluebells
1963 Joshua Kadison
1968 Tjinder Singh – vocals Cornershop
1969 Paul Fuemana – vocals OMC
1971 Gas – drums Him
1972 Adam F – Drum & Bass DJ
1974 Guy-Manuel De Homem Christo – keyboards Daft Punk
1977 Phoenix – bass Linkin Park
1985 Josh Farro – guitar Paramore
Deaths
1990 Del Shannon
2005 Keith Knudsen – percussion Doobie Brothers
2005 Juggy Jones
2005 Jimmy Smith – US blues organist
2015 Sally Sweetland
2018 Lovebug Starski
2021 Mary Wilson – vocals Supremes
2023 Burt Bacharach
2023 Dennis Lotis
February 9
Births
1939 Barry Mann
1940 Brian Bennett – drummer Shadows
1942 Carole King
1942 Marcus Mathis – vocals Newbeats
1943 Nicky Crouch – guitar Mojos
1943 Barbara Lewis
1947 Major Harris
1951 Dennis Thomas – saxophone Kool and The Gang
1955 Jimmy Pursey – vocals Sham 69
1956 Catherine Stock
1960 Holly Johnson
1963 Dave Rotheray – vocals/guitar Beautiful South
1964 Rachel Bolan – bass Skid Row
1970 Percy Rodgers – vocals B.V.S.M.P
Deaths
1976 Percy Faith
1981 Bill Haley
1997 Brian Connolly – vocals The Sweet
2019 Cadet – UK rapper
February 10
Births
1893 Jimmy Durante
1937 Roberta Flack
1940 Jimmy Merchant – vocals Frankie Lymon’s Teenagers
1943 Ral Donner
1945 Geraldine Hunt – US singer
1946 Clifford T. Ward
1962 Cliff Burton – bass Metallica
1963 Smiley Culture – UK reggae singer
1969 Chynna Phillips – vocals Wilson Phillips
1981 Jimmy Sullivan – drums Avenged Sevenfold
1992 Misha B – UK Singer
Deaths
2008 Freddie Bell – vocals Freddie Bell & the Bell Boys
2014 Shirley Temple
February 11
Births
1935 Gene Vincent
1938 Bobby ‘Boris’ Pickett
1939 Gerry Goffin
1941 Sergio Mendes
1942 Otis Clay
1942 Leon Haywood
1947 Derek Shulman – vocals Simon Dupree & The Big Sound
1950 Rochelle Fleming – vocals First Choice
1953 Neil Henderson – guitar Middle Of The Road
1961 Jill Bryson – vocals Strawberry Switchblade
1962 Sheryl Crow
1969 Shovell – keyboards M People
1974 D’Angelo
1977 Mike Shinoda – vocals/guitar Linkin Park
1979 Brandy
1981 Kelly Rowland – vocals Destiny’s Child
Deaths
2009 Estelle Bennett – vocals Ronettes
2012 Whitney Houston
2013 Kevin Peek – guitar Sky
2013 Rick Huxley – bass Dave Clarke 5
2018 Vic Damone
February 12
Births
1915 Lorne Greene
1935 Gene McDaniels
1939 Ray Manzarek
1945 Trevor Brice – vocals Vanity Fare
1950 Steve Hackett – Genesis
1951 Vincent James – vocals Sweet Sensation
1952 Michael McDonald
1955 Brian Robertson – guitar Thin Lizzy
1959 Neil Conti – drums Prefab Sprout
1961 Adeva
1966 Gary Wheelan – drums Happy Mondays
1968 Chynna Phillips – vocals Wilson Phillips
1970 Jim Creggan – bass Barenaked Ladies
1976 Victoria Barrett – vocals Madasun
1979 Jade Jones – vocals Damage
1983 Jamie Scott – UK singer
Deaths
1976 Sal Mineo
2000 Oliver
2000 Screaming Jay Hawkins
2015 Steve Strange
2017 Damian
2017 Al Jarreau
2023 David Jolicoeur – rapper De La Soul
February 13
Births
1919 Tennessee ‘Ernie’ Ford
1928 Dorothy McGuire – vocals McGuire Sisters
1938 Larry Cunningham
1942 Peter Tork – guitar Monkees
1945 Roy Dyke – drums Ashton Gardner and Dyke
1950 Peter Gabriel
1950 Roger Christian – vocals Christians
1951 Rod Dees – bass Showaddywaddy
1952 Paul Jeffreys – bass Cockney Rebel
1954 Judy Cheeks
1956 Peter Hook – bass New Order/Monaco
1957 Tony Butler – bass Big Country
1958 Mark Fox – percussion Haircut 100
1960 Phil Erup – vocals Morris Minor and The Majors
1961 Les Warner – drums Cult
1971 Sonia
1974 Robbie Williams
1988 Aston Merrygold – vocals JLS
Deaths
1883 Richard Wagner – classical composer
1997 Michael Menson – vocals Double Trouble
2002 Waylon Jennings – US country singer
2023 Huey ‘Piano’ Smith
February 14
Births
1931 Phyllis McGuire – vocals McGuire Sisters
1943 Maceo Parker – saxophone Famous Flames/Maceo and The Macs
1945 Vic Briggs – guitar Brian Auger Trinity
1947 Tim Buckley
1951 Kevin Keegan
1964 Rob Jones – bass Wonder Stuff
1965 Winston Williams – producer KWS
1969 David Holmes – DJ/remixer
1972 Rob Thomas – vocals Matchbox 20
1994 Becky Hill
Deaths
1999 Buddy Knox
2000 Olga De Castro – vocals De Castro Sisters
2002 Mick Tucker – Drums Sweet
2006 Lynden David Hall – UK R&B Singer
2009 Louis Belson – Jazz drummer
2010 Doug Fieger – vocals Knack
2011 George Shearing – UK pianist
2022 Sandy Nelson
February 15
Births
1918 Hank Locklin
1931 Alan Cooper – saxophone Temperance 7
1941 Brian Holland – songwriter
1944 Denny Zager – vocals Zager and Evans
1944 Mike Avory – drums Kinks
1945 John Helliwell – saxophone Supertramp
1947 David Brown – bass Santana
1959 Ali Campbell
1960 Mikey Craig – bass Culture Club
1962 Mike and Dave Milliner – vocals Pasadenas
1972 Damon Butler – vocals EYC
1995 Megan Thee Stallion
Deaths
1965 Nat King Cole
2002 Billy Ward (Lead singer with The Dominoes)
February 16
Births
1918 Patti Andrews – vocals Andrews Sisters
1932 Otis Blackwell – composer many Elvis Presley hits
1934 Harold Kalin – vocals Kalin Twins
1934 Herbert Kalin – vocals Kalin Twins
1935 Sonny Bono
1942 Clive Lea – vocals Rockin’ Berries
1949 Lyn Paul – vocals New Seekers
1952 James Ingram
1953 John Bradbury – drums Specials
1958 Ice T – rapper
1962 Tony Kiley – drums Blow Monkeys
1962 Andy Taylor – guitar Duran Duran
1965 Dave Lombardo – drums Slayer
1967 A Guy Called Gerald
1970 Armand Van Helden – US garage DJ
1971 Pete Vuckovic – vocals/bass 3 Colours Red
1982 Lupe Fiasco
1990 Weeknd – Canadian singer
Deaths
1996 Brownie McGhee – blues guitar/singer
2002 Billy Ward – vocals Dominoes
2004 Doris Troy – US soul singer
2013 Tony Sheridan
2015 Lesley Gore
2018 Barbara Alston – vocals Crystals
2020 Pearl Carr
February 17
Births
1917 Dick Emery
1922 Tommy Edwards
1925 Ron Goodwin – orchestra leader
1936 John Leyton
1941 Gene Pitney
1952 Bruce Ruffin
1972 Billie Joe Armstrong – vocals/guitar Green Day
1972 Taylor Hawkins – drums Foo Fighter
1981 Paris Hilton – UK singer
1989 Stacey McClean – vocals S Club Juniors
1991 Ed Sheeran
Deaths
2013 Mindy McCready – US country singer
2014 Bob Casale – guitar Devo
2017 Peter Skellern
February 18
Births
1933 Yoko Ono
1934 Skip Battin – (b: Clyde Battin) – bass Byrds/Flying Burrito Brothers
1941 Irma Thomas
1947 Dennis De Young – vocals Styx
1948 Keith Knudsen – percussion Doobie Brothers
1952 Randy Crawford
1952 Juice Newton
1953 Robbie Bachman – drums Bachman Turner Overdrive
1954 John Travolta
1955 Brian James – guitar Damned
1958 Gar Samuelson – drums Megadeth
1961 Jasper Stainthorpe – bass Then Jerico
1962 Austin Howard – vocals Ellis Beggs and Howard
1965 Dr Dre
1966 Tommy Scott – vocals/guitar Space
1969 Keith O’Neill – drums Cast
1980 Regina Spektor – Russian Singer
Deaths
1993 Patrick White – bass Musical Youth
2021 Mark Morales – vocals Fat Boys
February 19
Births
1924 Lee Marvin
1940 Smokey Robinson
1940 Bobby Rogers – vocals Miracles
1943 Lou Christie
1948 Tony Iommi – guitar Black Sabbath
1950 Andy Powell – guitar Wishbone Ash
1951 Alan Merrill – vocals/bass Arrows
1956 Dave Wakeling – guitar The Beat
1957 Falco
1963 Seal
1968 Mark Morales – vocals Fat Boys
1971 Keith Baxter – drums 3 Colours Red
Deaths
1980 Bon Scott – vocals AC/DC
2009 Kelly Groucutt – bass E.L.O.
2022 Gary Brooker vocals/keyboard Procol Harum
February 20
Births
1940 Barbara Ellis – vocals Fleetwoods
1940 Nancy Wilson
1941 Buffy Sainte Marie
1942 Jill Jackson (Paula of Paul and Paula)
1942 Charlie Gillet – UK radio DJ / Author
1945 Alan Hull – vocals/piano/guitar Lindisfarne
1946 J. Geils – guitar J Geils Band
1950 Walter Becker – bass Steely Dan
1960 Mark Reilly – vocals Matt Bianco
1963 Ian Brown – vocals Stone Roses
1967 Kurt Cobain – vocals Nirvana
1972 Neil Primrose – drums Travis
1975 Brian Littrell – vocals Backstreet Boys
1981 Ed Lay – drums Editors
1985 Julia Volkova – vocals t.A.T.U
1988 Rihanna
Deaths
February 21
Births
1933 Nina Simone
1945 Paul Newton – bass Uriah Heep
1951 Vince Welnick – keyboards Tubes
1952 Jean Jacques Burnell – vocals/bass Stranglers
1954 Mike Pickering – keyboards M People
1958 Mary Chapin Carpenter
1964 Sophia George
1966 Dion Murdock – bass Kane
1969 James Dean Bradfield – vocals Manic Street Preachers
1986 Charlotte Church
Deaths
1980 Janet Vogel – vocals Skyliners
2001 Ronnie Hilton
2004 Les Gray – vocals Mud
2013 Cleotha Staples – vocals Staple singers
2019 Peter Tork
February 22
Births
1810 Frederick Chopin – classical composer
1923 Hurricane Smith
1933 Louise Lopez – vocals Odyssey
1936 Ernie K-Doe
1938 Bobby Hendricks – vocals Drifters
1942 Robert Edwards – vocals Intruders
1943 Mick Green – guitar Johnny Kidd’s Pirates
1945 Oliver
1953 John B. Sparks – bass Dr Feelgood
1963 Ranking Roger – drums Beat
1974 James Blunt
1978 Jenny Frost – vocals Precious/Atomic Kitten
Deaths
1976 Florence Ballard – vocals Supremes
1999 Hilda Woodward – piano Lieutenant Pigeon
2005 Harry Simeone
2011 Jean Dinning – vocals Dinning Sisters
2016 Sonny James
February 23
Births
1944 Mike Maxfield – guitar Dakotas
1945 Tommy Moeller – vocals/piano Unit 4+2
1948 Steve Priest – bass Sweet
1952 Brad Whitford – guitar Aerosmith
1955 Howard Jones
1955 Zeke Manyika – percussion Orange Juice
1957 Robin Gray – vocals Dead End Kids
1958 David Sylvian
1958 Linda Nolan
1962 Michael Wilton – vocals/guitar Queensryche
1963 Rob Collins – organ Charlatans
1973 Lars-Olof Johansson – keyboards Cardigans
1986 Skylar Grey
Deaths
1965 Stan Laurel
1987 Andy Warhol – US pop artist
1995 Melvin Franklyn – vocals Temptations
2000 Ofra Haza
2004 Don Cornell
2018 Eddie Amoo – vocals/guitar Real Thing
February 24
Births
1932 Michel Legrand
1935 Jess Conrad
1942 Paul Jones
1945 Clive Scott – keyboards Jigsaw
1947 Rupert Holmes
1948 Dennis Waterman
1952 Tony Allen – vocals Foster and Allen
1958 Plastic Bertrand
1959 Colin Farley – bass Cutting Crew
1962 Michelle Shocked
1967 Mad Stuntman
1990 Jaymi Hensley – vocals Union J
Deaths
1990 Johnny Ray
1994 Dinah Shore
February 25
Births
1932 Faron Young
1934 Bernard Bresslaw
1943 George Harrison
1945 Elkie Brooks
1945 Duke D’Mond – vocals/guitar Barron Knights
1947 Lorraine Mazzola – vocals Reperata and the Delrons
1957 Stewart Wood – guitar Bay City Rollers
1959 Mike Peters – vocals/guitar Alarm
1967 Paul Holmes – vocals Deuce
1971 Daniel Powter
Deaths
1978 Mrs Mills
2005 Edward Patten – vocals Gladys Knight’s Pips
2015 Christopher Rainbow
2019 Mark Hollis
February 26
Births
1928 Fats Domino
1932 Johnny Cash
1945 Mitch Ryder
1945 Bob Hite – vocals/harmonica Canned Heat
1947 Sandie Shaw
1953 Michael Bolton
1960 Jaz Coleman – vocals/keyboards Killing Joke
1971 Erykah Badu
1973 ATB
1982 Nate Ruess – vocals Fun.
Deaths
1977 Sherman Garnes – vocals Teenagers
1990 Cornelius Gunter – vocals Coasters
2009 Wendy Richard – UK actress/singer
February 27
Births
1873 Enrico Caruso
1927 Guy Mitchell
1951 Steve Harley
1954 Neal Schon – guitar Santana/Journey
1955 Garry Christian – vocals Christians
1956 Vic Faulkner – bass Hello
1957 Adrian Smith – guitar Iron Maiden
1960 Paul Humphries – vocals/piano OMD
1960 Tony Hawles – vocals Morris Minor and the Majors
1965 Ewan Vernal – bass/keyboards Deacon Blue
1971 Chilli – vocals TLC
1973 Peter Andre
Deaths
2013 Richard Street – vocals Temptations
February 28
Births
1928 Mike Sammes – leader Mike Sammes Singers
1940 Joe South
1942 Brian Jones – guitar Rolling Stones
1946 Syreeta Wright
1952 Eddie Manion – saxophone Southside Johnny and Asbury Dukes
1957 Cindy Wilson – vocals/guitar B-52’s
1957 Phillip Gould – drums Level 42
1958 Alan Sandow – drums Sherbet
1969 Elisa Fiorillo – US singer
1969 Patrick Monahan – vocals Train
1972 Danny McCormack – vocals/bass Wildhearts
Deaths
1968 Frankie Lymon
1974 Bobby Bloom
1983 Winifred Atwell
1993 Marlena Easley – vocals Orlons
2002 Helmut Zackarias – German orchestra leader
2005 Chris Curtis – vocals/drums Searchers
2008 Mike Smith – vocals/keyboards Dave Clarke 5
2015 Charmayne Maxwell – vocals Brownstone
2016 Frank Kelly
February 29
Births
1940 Gretchen Christopher – vocals Fleetwoods
1972 Steve Hart – vocals Worlds Apart
1976 Ja Rule – US rapper
1984 TJ – vocals Take 5
Deaths
2012 Davy Jones – vocals Monkees