February 3
- 1943: Birth of Dennis Edwards member of The Contours
- 1959: Death of Buddy Holly (Charles Hardin Holley)
- 1959: Death of Ritchie Valens (Richard Steven Valenzuela)
- 1959: Death of The Big Bopper (Jiles Perry Richardson, Jr.) (°1930)
- 1967: Release of Jimmy Mack - Martha Reeves and The Vandellas