March 1991 in Music History

Events in Music

Music Concert

Mar 10 Rock for the Rainforest benefit concert held at Carnegie Hall, NYC; performers include: Sting, Elton John, Gilberto Gil; Antonio Carlos Jobim, and Caetano Veloso

Music History

Mar 11 Janet Jackson signs $40M 3 album deal with Virgin records

Soul Train Music Awards

Mar 12 5th Soul Train Music Awards: Johnny Gill, Mariah Carey win

Music Concert

Mar 14 The Dave Matthews Band perform their first show as part of a benefit for the Middle East Children's Alliance

Plane Crash

Mar 16 Seven members of Reba McEntire's band are killed in a plane crash

Music History

Mar 20 Court awards Peggy Lee $3 million in suit against Disney regarding home video royalties

Music History

Mar 20 Michael Jackson signs $65M deal with Sony Records to produce 6 albums

Academy Awards

Mar 25 63rd Academy Awards: "Dances with Wolves", Kathy Bates & Jeremy Irons win

Mar 30 "Speed of Darkness" closes at Belasco Theater NYC after 36 performances

Birthdays in Music

Mar 4 Diandra Newlin, American actress, singer, and fashion model
Mar 5 Daniil Trifonov, Russian Grammy Award-winning classical pianist, born in Nizhny Novgorod, Soviet Union (now Russia)
Mar 6 Tyler, the Creator [Tyler Gregory Okonma], American rapper and record producer (Flower Boy, Igor), born in Ladera Heights, California
Mar 16 Wolfgang Van Halen, American rock bassist son of guitarist Eddie Van Halen & actress Valerie Bertinelli, born in Santa Monica, California
Mar 26 Ari Lennox, American R&B singer (Revenge of the Dreamers), born in Washington D.C.

Weddings in Music

Janet Jackson

Mar 31 American actress-singer Janet Jackson (25) weds Mexican dancer and music video director René Elizondo Jr. (28); divorce in 2003

Deaths in Music

Mar 1 Frank Esler-Smith, English-Australian rock keyboardist (Air Supply), dies at 42
Mar 1 Louis Saguer, German born French composer (Lili Merveille), dies at 83
Mar 1 Scott Huston, American composer, dies at 74
Mar 2 Serge Gainsbourg, Russian-French singer (Ford Mustang), dies at 62
Mar 3 Arthur Murray [Moses Teichman], American ballroom dancer and businessman (Arthur Murray Dance Party), dies at 95 of pneumonia
Mar 9 Tomojirō Ikenouchi, Japanese composer and educator, dies at 84
Mar 13 James "Jimmy" McPartland, American cornetist and musician (Magic Horn), dies of cancer at 83 [1]
Mar 14 Doc Pomus [Jerome Solon Felder], American blues singer and songwriter (Save the Last Dance for Me), dies at 65
Mar 14 Howard Ashman, American playwright and lyricist (Little Shop of Horrors; The Little Mermaid), dies of AIDS-related complications at 40
Mar 21 Leo Fender, American inventor, and electric guitar designer (Telecaster; Stratocaster; Precision Bass), dies from Parkinson's disease complications at 81
Mar 22 Dave Guard, American singer, songwriter and arranger (Kingston Trio - "Tom Dooley"), dies of cancer at 56
Mar 25 Eileen Joyce, pianist, dies at 78
Mar 25 Lee Donn, pianist, dies of stroke at 96
Mar 27 Elinor Remick Warren, American concert pianist and composer, dies at 91
Mar 31 John Carter, American jazz clarinetist (Roots & Folklore), dies at 61