- Mar 2 William Simmons, sax/keyboardist (Midnight Star-No Parking)
- Mar 3 Dave Amato, rocker (REO Speedwagon-Can't Fight this Feeling)
- Mar 7 Jules Shear, rock musician
- Mar 7 Kenny Aronoff, American drummer (John Mellencamp), born in Albany, New York
- Mar 8 Bob Brozman, American musician
- Mar 10 Ronnie Earl [Ronald Horvath], American blues guitarist (The Broadcasters), born in Queens, New York
- Mar 11 Bernie LaBarge, Canadian musician
- Mar 12 Labamba, [Richard Rosenberg], rocker (Asbury Jukes)
- Mar 18 Jamie West-Oram, rocker (Fixx)
- Mar 19 Billy Sheehan, rocker (Mr Big-Lean Into It)
- Mar 19 Ricky Wilson, rock guitarist (B-52's-Love Shack), born in Athens, Georgia
- Mar 21 Shotgun Johnson [Robert], rock drummer (KC & the Sunshine Band-Give it Up)
- Mar 23 Chaka Khan [Yvette Marie Stevens], American singer and songwriter (Rufus, I am Every Woman), born in Chicago, Illinois
- Mar 26 Michael Bonagura, country singer (Baille & Boys-Oh Heart), born in Newark, New Jersey
- Mar 26 William "Billy" Lyall, Scottish musician (Bay City Rollers), born in Edinburgh, Scotland (d. 1989)
- Mar 27 Walter "Wally" Stocker, British rock vocalist and guitarist (The Babys- "Missing You"), born in London, England
- Mar 31 Greg Martin, singer (Ky Headhunters-Davy Crockett), born in Louisville, Kentucky
- Mar 31 Sean Hopper, California, rock keyboardist (Huey Lewis & The News)
- Mar 31 Dennis Kamakahi, Grammy Award-winning musician (d. 2014), born in Honolulu, Hawaii