March 1986 in Music History

Events in Music

Album Release

Mar 3 ELektra Records releases "Master of Puppets", the third studio album by American heavy metal band Metallica

Mar 6 After losing all appeals, American rock singer David Crosby begins serving 5 year sentence for drug and weapons convictions in Texas state prison

Music Single

Mar 8 The Young Ones and Cliff Richard release new version of single "Living Doll" for Comic Relief charity

Mar 22 "On My Own" single released by Patti LaBelle and Michael McDonald (Billboard Song of the Year 1986)
Mar 22 Heart's "These Dreams" single goes #1

Music History

Mar 26 Geffen records signs Guns & Roses

Mar 29 Beatle records officially go on sale in Russia
Mar 30 "Tango Argentino" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 198 performances

Birthdays in Music

Mar 3 Stacie Orrico, American singer (Stuck), born in Seattle, Washington
Mar 12 Danny Jones, English singer (McFly), born in Bolton
Mar 17 Olesya Rulin, Russian-American actress (High School Musical), born in Moscow, Soviet Union
Mar 18 Li Lykke [Zachrisson], Swedish pop-electronic singer-songwriter ("I Follow Rivers"), born in Ystad, Sweden
Mar 20 Dean Geyer, South African-Australian singer-songwriter (Australian Idol), and actor (Neighbours; Glee), born in Johannesburg, South Africa
Mar 28 J-Kwon [Jerrell Jones], American rapper (Tipsy), born in St. Louis, Missouri

Lady Gaga (37 years old)

Mar 28 American singer-songwriter and actress (Bad Romance; A Star is Born), born in NYC, New York

Mar 30 Beni [Arashiro], Japanese-American R&B singer ("Kiss, Kiss, Kiss"), born in Okinawa, Japan
Mar 31 Cveta Majtanović, Serbian singer, winner of Pop Idol

Weddings in Music

Sonny Bono

Mar 1 American entertainer and restaurateur Sonny Bono (46) weds (his fourth and final time) American business woman Mary Whitaker (24), until his death in 1998

Deaths in Music

Mar 4 Howard Greenfield, American song lyricist ("Calendar Girl"; "Breaking Up Is Hard To Do"; "Love Will Keep Us Together"; theme to "Bewitched"), dies of a brain tumor at 50
Mar 4 Richard Manuel, Canadian rock vocalist and pianist (The Band - "The Shape I'm In"; "Tears Of Rage"), commits suicide at 42
Mar 11 Sonny Terry, American bind Piedmont blues musician, dies at 74
Mar 14 Benno Ammann, Swiss composer (Missa Defensor Pacis) and conductor, dies at 81
Mar 14 Jozef Kresanek, Slovak composer, dies at 73
Mar 22 Mark Dinning, American singer ("Teen Angel"), dies of a heart attack at 52
Mar 31 O'Kelly Isley, American singer (Isley Brothers), dies of a heart attack at 48