Events in Music
Soul Train Music Awards
Mar 4 14th Soul Train Music Awards: Prince, Whitney Houston, DMX & Mary J. Blige win
Hall of Fame
Mar 6 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees: Eric Clapton; Earth, Wind, and Fire; Lovin' Spoonful; The Moonglows; Bonnie Raitt; James Taylor; Nat King Cole; Billie Holiday; Hal Blaine; "King" Curtis; James Jamerson; Scotty Moore; Earl Palmer; and Clive Davis
- Mar 21 NSYNC release their 4th studio album “No Strings Attached” (2000 Billboard Album of the Year)
Birthdays in Music
Weddings in Music
Vince Gill
Mar 10 Country singer Vince Gill (42) weds christian pop singer Amy Grant (39) in Nashville, Tennessee
Deaths in Music
- Mar 3 Toni Ortelli, Italian composer ("La Montanara" (The Song of the Mountains), conductor, and alpinist, dies at 95
- Mar 5 Lolo Ferrari [Eve Valois], French adult actress and dancer, dies from an overdose of prescription drugs at 37
- Mar 7 Pee Wee King [Julius Frank Kuczynski], American country singer, accordionist, and songwriter ("Tennesee Waltz"; "Slow Poke"), dies of a heart attack at 84
- Mar 9 Ivo Robić, Croatian singer and songwriter (b. 1923)
- Mar 20 Gene Eugene [Andrusco], Canadian-American actor, singer-songwriter (Adam Again; Lost Dogs), and record producer, dies of a brain aneurysm at 38
- Mar 20 Vivian Fine, American composer (Women in the Garden), dies after a car accident at 86
- Mar 24 Al Grey, American jazz trombonist (Snap Your Fingers), dies aged 74
- Mar 27 Ian Dury, English rock musician (The Blockheads) and actor (Judge Dredd), dies at 57
- Mar 30 Beryl McBurnie, Trinidadian dancer (Little Carib Theatre), dies at 84