- Mar 1 Davis Daniel, American country singer, born in Arlington Heights, Illinois
- Mar 2 Simone Young, Australian conductor (Hamburg State Opera and Hamburg Philharmonic, 2005-15), born in Sydney, Australia
- Mar 5 Dan Stuart, American singer/songwriter (Green on Red)
- Mar 11 Bruce Watson, Ontario Canada, rock guitarist (Big Country-Wonderland)
- Mar 11 Mike Percy, rocker (Dead or Alive-Spin Me Round)
- Mar 21 Slim Jim Phantom [Jim McDonnell], American rock drummer (Stray Cats), born in Brooklyn, New York
- Mar 21 Shawn Lane, American guitar virtuoso (d. 2003)
- Mar 27 Tak Matsumoto, Japanese Grammy Award-winning guitarist (B'z), born in Toyonaka, Osaka
- Mar 28 José Feghali, Brazilian concert pianist (Van Cliburn Gold Medalist, 1985) (d. 2014)
About March 1961
How Old? 59 or 60 years old
Generation: Baby Boomer
Leap Year: No