Events in Music
- Mar 1 "Red, White, & Maddox" closes at Cort Theater NYC after 41 performances
- Mar 1 After 88 weeks, the Beatles' album "Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" drops off the charts
Music History
Mar 1 Jim Morrison allegedly exposes himself on stage at the Dinner Key Auditorium in Miami, Florida
Music History
Mar 2 Dmitri Shostakovich completes his 14th Symphony
Grammy Awards
Mar 12 11th Grammy Awards: "By the Time I Get to Phoenix" by Glen Campbell wins best record
- Mar 16 Sherman Edwards' historical musical "1776", starring William Daniels and Ken Howard, opens at 46th St Theater (transferring to the St. James, and later the Majestic), NYC; runs for 1217 performances, winning 3 Tony Awards
- Mar 18 "Come Summer" opens at Lunt Fontanne Theater NYC for 7 performances
- Mar 22 "Come Summer" closes at Lunt Fontanne Theater NYC after 7 performances
Music History
Mar 25 John Lennon and Yoko Ono stage their 1st bed-in for peace (Amsterdam)
- Mar 29 14th Eurovision Song Contest: Salome of Spain ("Vivo cantando"), Lulu of United Kingdom ("Boom Bang-a-Bang"), Lenny Kuhr of Netherlands ("De troubadour"), and Frida Boccara of France ("Un jour, un enfant") all win in Madrid, Spain
Music History
Mar 31 George Harrison and Pattie Boyd are fined £250 each for illegal drugs
Birthdays in Music
- Mar 1 Dafydd Ieuan, Welsh rock drummer (Super Furry Animals), and producer, born in Bangor, Gwynedd, Wales
- Mar 4 Jason Townsend, American artist and record producer
- Mar 5 MC Solaar [Claude M'Barali], Chadian-French rapper ("Hasta la vista"), born in Dakar, Senagal
- Mar 10 Ricky Segall, American actor and singer (The Partridge Family - "Ricky"), born in Long Island, New York
- Mar 11 Rami Jaffee, American rock keyboardist (The Foo Fighters), born in Los Angeles, California
- Mar 11 Soraya [Lamilla], Colombian-American singer-songwriter, guitarist, arranger and record producer ("Amor En Tus Ojos / Love In Your Eyes"'; "Casi"), born in Point Pleasant, New Jersey (d. 2006)
Terrence Howard (54 years old)
Mar 11 American actor (Mr. Holland's Opus; Hustle & Flow; Empire), and singer-songwriter ("Shine Through It"; "It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp"), born in Chicago, Illinois
- Mar 12 Graham Coxon, British pop-rock singer-songwriter and guitarist (Blur - "Country House"), born in Rinteln, West Germany
- Mar 13 Susanna Mälkki, Finnish cellist and conductor (Ensemble InterContemporain, 2006-13; La Scala, 2011; Helsinki Philharmonic, 2016-23), born in Helsinki, Finland
- Mar 15 Timo Kotipelto, Finnish musician
- Mar 19 Gary Jules, American singer and songwriter, born in Fresno, California
- Mar 20 Mannie Fresh {Bryan Thomas], American rapper (Big Tymers), and producer (Cash Money Records), born in New Orleans, Louisiana
- Mar 25 Cathy Dennis, English singer, songwriter, and actress
Mariah Carey (54 years old)
Mar 27 American pop singer-songwriter ("Without You"; "All I Want For Christmas Is You"; "Hero"; "We Belong Together"), born in Huntington, Long Island, New York
- Mar 28 James Atkin, British rock singer, and guitarist (EMF - "Unbelievable"), born in Birmingham, England
- Mar 28 Rodney Atkins, American country music singer-songwriter (Honesty), born in Knoxville, Tennessee
- Mar 30 Marco Foddis, Italian-Dutch heavy metal drummer (Pestilence), born in Sassari, Sardinia, Italy
Weddings in Music
Paul & Linda McCartney
Mar 12 Beatle Paul McCartney (26) marries American photographer Linda Eastman (27) at Marylebone Register's Office in London
Judy Garland
Mar 15 American singer and actress Judy Garland (46) weds American nightclub manager Mickey Deans, at Chelsea Register Office, London, England
John Lennon & Yoko Ono
Mar 20 British Beatle John Lennon (28) weds Japanese artist Yoko Ono (36) in Gibraltar, near Spain (his second marriage, her third), until his death in 1980
