Birthdays in Music
- Mar 1 Jacques Leduc, Belgian composer, born in Jette (d. 2016)
- Mar 4 Guido Baggiani, composer
- Mar 4 Miriam Makeba, South African singer and civil rights activist (Grammy for Best Ethnic or Traditional Folk Recording, 1965), born in Johannesburg, South Africa (d. 2008) [1]
- Mar 11 Leroy Jenkins, American composer and violinist (d. 2007)
- Mar 15 Arif Mardin, Turkish-American music producer (Atlantic Records, Aretha Franklin, Bee Gees), born in Istanbul, Turkey (d. 2006)
- Mar 17 Dick Curless, singer/songwriter
- Mar 20 Tod Dockstader, composer
- Mar 21 Joseph Silverstein, American violinist, concertmaster and conductor (Boston Symphony Orchestra), born in Detroit, Michigan
- Mar 23 Louisiana Red [Iverson Minter], American blues guitarist, and singer-songwriter ("Sweet Blood Call"), born in Bessemer, Alabama (d. 2012)
- Mar 27 [Herman] Junior Parker, American blues singer and musician (Mystery Train), born in Bobo, Mississippi (d. 1971)
Deaths in Music
John Philip Sousa
Mar 6 John Philip Sousa, American composer (Stars & Stripes Forever), dies at 77
John Philip Sousa
- Mar 26 Jean Cartan, composer, dies at 25