Events in Music
- Mar 1 "Timbuktu!" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 243 performances
- Mar 5 "Hello, Dolly!" opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC for 152 performances
- Mar 18 250,000 attend rock concert California Jam II in Ontario, California
- Mar 24 Wings release single "With a Little Luck"
- Mar 27 Bob Fosse's "Dancin'" opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 1,774 performances
- Mar 30 "History of the American Film" opens at ANTA Theater NYC for 21 performances
- Mar 31 Wings release "London Town" album
Birthdays in Music
- Mar 3 Douglas Osmond, American pop vocalist (Osmond Boys), born in Provo, Utah
- Mar 3 Jeff Hanson, American singer-songwriter, born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (d. 2009)
- Mar 3 Seomoon Tak [Lee Su-jin], Korean rock singer, born in South Korea
- Mar 6 Saukrates [Karl Amani Wailoo], Canadian rapper (Big Black Lincoln), born in Ottawa, Ontario
- Mar 10 Ben Burnley, American rock guitarist, and singer-songwriter (Breaking Benjamin - "Breath"), born in Atlantic City, New Jersey
- Mar 12 Claudio Sanchez, American rock singer, guitarist, and lyricist (Coheed and Cambria), born in Suffern, New York
- Mar 29 Michael Kaczurak, American jazz and standards singer and stage actor, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Mar 31 Tony Yayo [Marvin Bernard], American rapper (G-Unit - "So Seductive"), born in Queens, New York City
Deaths in Music
- Mar 11 Claude François, French pop singer-songwriter ("Comme d'habitude"), electrocuted in a home mishap at 39
- Mar 12 Tolchard Evans, British pop pianist, songwriter ("Lady of Spain"; "If"), and bandleader, dies at 76
- Mar 13 David McKinley Williams, Welsh born American church composer, dies at 91
- Mar 21 Louis Cottrell Jr., Creole-American jazz clarinetist and tenor saxophonist (Heritage Hall Jazz Band), dies at 67
- Mar 23 Bill Kenny, American singer, dies at 63
- Mar 26 Alix Combelle, French swing saxophonist, clarinetist, and bandleader (Quintette du Hot Club de France), dies at 65
- Mar 30 Larry Young [Khalid Yasin], American jazz musician (Unity), dies at 37 in unclear circumstances
