March 1994 in Music History

Events in Music

Grammy Awards

Mar 1 36th Grammy Awards: "I Will Always Love You"; Whitney Houston; Sting; Toni Braxton; Mary Chapin-Carpenter win

Music History

Mar 2 Miami begins a Latin walk of fame, 1st star for Gloria Estefan

Mar 3 Revival of Richard Adler and Jerry Ross' musical "Damn Yankees", starring Bebe Nuewirth and Victor Garber (later replaced by Jerry Lewis), opens at Marquis Theater, NYC; runs for 510 performances
Mar 5 Jefffesron Airplane/Starship singer Grace Slick arrested for pointing a gun at a cop
Mar 7 The United States Supreme Court rules in Campbell v. Acuff-Rose Music, Inc. that parodies of an original work are generally covered by the doctrine of fair use
Mar 15 8th Soul Train Music Awards: Toni Braxton, Whitney Houston win
Mar 17 "Little More Magic" opens at Belasco Theater NYC for 30 performances
Mar 20 "Cyrano - The Musical" closes at Neil Simon NYC after 137 performances
Mar 20 "Flowering Peach" opens at Lyceum Theater NYC for 41 performances
Mar 20 "No Man's Land" closes at Criterion Theater NYC after 61 performances

Music History

Mar 21 English actor Dudley Moore arrested for hitting his girlfriend

Album Release

Mar 22 "Not a Moment Too Soon" second studio album by Tim McGraw is released (Billboard Album of the Year 1994)

Mar 24 "Song of Jacob Zulu" opens at Plymouth Theater NYC for 53 performances

Music Premiere

Mar 24 Revival of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein's musical "Carousel" opens at Beaumont Theater, NYC; runs for 322 performances

Birthdays in Music

Justin Bieber (29 years old)

Mar 1 Canadian pop singer and musician ("Baby"; "Sorry"; "What Do You Mean?"), born in London, Ontario

Bad Bunny (29 years old)

Mar 10 Puerto Rican rapper and singer-songwriter (YHLQMDLG), born in Almirante Sur, Puerto Rico

Mar 29 Sulli [Choi Jin-ri], South Korean K-pop singer (f(x)) and actress (Fashion King), born in Basun, South Korea (d. 2019)

Divorces in Music

Billy Joel

Mar 26 American 'Piano Man' Billy Joel (45) and American supermodel Christie Brinkley (40) divorce after 9 years of marriage

Deaths in Music

Mar 1 Alexei Haieff, Russian-American composer (Princess Zondilda), dies at 79
Mar 1 Sandro Fuga, Italian composer & pianist, dies at 87
Mar 1 Timothy Andrew James Souster, British composer, dies at 51
Mar 1 Walter Kent, American composer (I'll Be Home for Christmas), dies at 82
Mar 3 Karel Kryl, Czechoslovak folk singer, dies at 49
Mar 3 Roman Haubenstock-Ramati, Polish-Israeli composer and music editor, dies at 75
Mar 5 Joe Daley, American jazz tenor, clarinet and flute player, dies at 75
Mar 6 Leighton Noble [Faye Leighton Jepson], American big band singer, bandleader, and TV host, dies at 81
Mar 6 Moses Rascoe, American blues singer, dies at 77
Mar 9 Louis Freeman, Scottish bandleader, dies at 100
Mar 9 Maurice "Moe" Purtill, American jazz drummer, dies at 77
Mar 13 Danny Barker, American jazz musician (wrote Bourbon Street Black), dies at 85
Mar 14 Jadwiga Szajna-Lewandowska, Polish pianist, composer, and pedagogue, dies at 82
Mar 15 Gundaris Poné, Latvian-American violinist, composer, and educator (NYU-New Paltz, 1964-94), dies of cancer at 61
Mar 16 (Charles) Russell Woolen, American classical keyboardist and composer (In Martyrum Memoriam), dies at 71
Mar 22 Dan Hartman, American musician, singer-songwriter, and producer (Edgar Winter Group - "Free Ride; solo- "I Can Dream About You"; James Brown -"Living In America"), dies of an AIDS-related brain tumor at 43
Mar 24 David Van Vactor, American classical composer (Chaconne), dies at 87
Mar 24 Tommy Benford, American jazz drummer, dies at 88
Mar 26 Jan Bor, Dutch violinist/painter, dies at 83
Mar 30 Sid Weiss, American jazz bassist, dies at 79