Birthdays in Music
- Mar 10 Dean Torrence, surf music singer (Jan & Dean-Little Old Lady), born in Los Angeles, California
- Mar 10 Francis Schwartz, composer
- Mar 11 Alberto Cortez, Argentinian singer
- Mar 12 Al Jarreau, American jazz singer (Moonlighting), born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (d. 2017)
- Mar 12 M.A. Numminen, Finnish singer and writer
- Mar 13 Candi [Canzetta Maria] Staton, American gospel singer (Young Hearts Run Free), born in Hanceville, Alabama
- Mar 15 Phil Lesh, [Chapman], American rock bassist (Grateful Dead), born in Berkeley, California
- Mar 16 Keith Rowe, English guitarist (AMM) and painter
- Mar 20 Vito Picone, rocker (Elegants) and actor, born in Staten Island, New York
- Mar 21 Solomon Burke [McDonald], American soul singer (Cy to Me), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2010)
- Mar 22 Jorge Ben Jor, Brazilian musician
- Mar 23 Luis Gasca, American trumpeter, born in Houston, Texas
- Mar 25 Anita Bryant, Barnsdall Oklahoma, singer (George Gobel Show) and anti-homosexuality campaigner
- Mar 26 Rod Lauren, rocker (If I Had a Girl)
- Mar 27 Janis Martin, American rockabilly and country singer, born in Sutherlin, Virginia (d. 2007)
- Mar 29 Raymond Davis, American rock vocalist (Funkadelic-Knee Deep), born in Sumter, South Carolina (d. 2005)
- Mar 29 Astrud Gilberto, Brazilian samba singer (Girl From Ipanema), born in Salvador, Brazil
- Mar 29 Eden Kane [Richard Graham Sarstedt], British singer, born in New Delhi, India
About March 1940
How Old? 79 years old
Generation: Silent Generation
Leap Year: Yes