Events in Music
Soul Train Music Awards
Mar 14 4th Soul Train Music Awards: Soul II Soul, Janet Jackson win
Music History
Mar 20 Singer Gloria Estefan fractures her spine when a truck hits her tour bus near Scranton, Pennsylvania
Birthdays in Music
- Mar 2 Luke Combs, American country music singer-songwriter ("This One's for You"), born in Huntersville, North Carolina
- Mar 17 Hozier [Andrew Hozier-Byrne], Irish folk-soul-blues singer-songwriter and guitarist ("Take Me To Church"), born in Bray, County Wicklow, Ireland.
- Mar 19 Tanja Tzarovska, Macedonian singer (The Passion of the Christ; Troy), and songwriter, born in Resen, Yugoslavia (now North Macedonia)
- Mar 20 JJ [Jökull Júlíusson], Icelandic blues-rock singer-songwriter (Kaleo - Way Down We Go), born in Reykjavík, Iceland
- Mar 21 Mandy Capristo, German dance-pop singer (Monrose - "Shame"; solo - "The Way I Like It"), born in Mannheim, Germany
- Mar 26 Xiumin [Kim Min-seok], South Korean singer and actor (Exo), born in Seoul, South Korea
- Mar 27 Kimbra [Johnson], New Zealand Grammy Award-winning pop-fusion singer, songwriter, and record producer ("Cameo Lover"; with Gotye - “Somebody That I Used to Know"), born in Hamilton, New Zealand
- Mar 30 Thomas Rhett, American singer-songwriter, born in Valdosta, Tennessee
Deaths in Music
- Mar 13 Karl Münchinger, German conductor (Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, 1945-87), dies at 74
- Mar 16 Ernst Bacon, American composer, dies at 91
- Mar 17 Rick Grech, British musician (Blind Faith, Traffic), dies at 44
- Mar 18 Robin Harris, American comedian and actor (House Party, Mo' Better Blues), dies of a heart attack at 36
- Mar 19 Andrew Wood, American singer (Mother Love Bone) (b. 1966)
- Mar 22 Alexander Chugayev, Soviet Russian composer, dies at 66
- Mar 23 Al Sears, American jazz and R&B saxophonist (Duke Elllington Orchestra; Johnny Hodges - "Castle Rock"), dies at 80
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