Birthdays in Music
- Mar 2 Bernard George Stevens, composer
- Mar 5 Ian Parrott, British-Welsh composer (The Black Ram), born in Streatham, England (d. 2012)
- Mar 6 George "Red" Callender, American jazz and session string bass and tuba player, born in Haynesville, Virginia (d. 1982)
- Mar 10 Manuel A "Manny" Greenhill, record producer
- Mar 15 Harry James, American swing-era bandleader, trumpeter and husband to Betty Grable, born in Albany, Georgia (d. 1983)
- Mar 17 Ray Ellington, British singer (d. 1985)
- Mar 18 Louis Toebosch, composer
- Mar 22 George Wyle, American orchestra leader (Jerry Lewis Show, Flip Wilson Show), born in NYC, New York
- Mar 25 Nikolay Ivanovich Peyko, Russian composer, born in Moscow, Russia (d. 1995)
- Mar 26 Vic Schoen, American orchestra leader (Patti Page Olds Show), born in Brooklyn, New York
Deaths in Music
- Mar 24 Enrique Granados, Spanish opera composer (Goyescas), drowns at 48