March 1
Births
1904 Glenn Miller
1917 Dinah Shore
1922 Michael Flanders
1927 Harry Belafonte
1942 Jerry Fisher – vocals Blood Seat and Tears
1942 Buster Meikle – vocals/guitar Unit 4+2
1944 Mike D’Abo vocals/piano Manfred Mann
1944 Tony Ashton – vocals/piano Ashton, Gardner and Dyke
1944 Roger Daltrey
1947 Mike Read – DJ
1948 Norman Connors – US soul singer
1957 John Caroll – vocals/guitar/piano Starland Vocal Band
1958 Nik Kershaw
1963 Rob Affuso – drums Skid Row
1967 Sonya Aurora Madan – vocals Echobelly
1969 Dafydd Leuan – drums Super Furry Animals
1969 Christina Bergmark – keyboards Wannadies
1977 Lucy Cargitter – vocals PaperDolls
1980 Russell Spencer – vocals Scooch
1987 Ke$ha
1994 Justin Bieber
Deaths
2002 Do’Reen Waddell – vocals Soul II Soul
2013 Jewel Akens – US R&B singer
March 2
Births
1938 Lawrence Payton – vocals Four Tops
1939 Paul Dino – US singer
1941 Keith Potger – guitar Seekers
1942 Lou Reed
1943 Tony Meehan – drums Shadows
1948 Larry Carlton – guitar Crusaders
1949 Eddie Money
1949 Rory Gallagher
1950 Karen Carpenter
1955 Jay Osmond
1956 John Cowsill – vocals Cowsills
1956 Mark Evans – bass AC/DC
1962 Jon Bon Jovi
1962 Scott LaRock – DJ Boogie Down Productions
1965 Martin Gilks – Drums Wonder Stuff
1968 Rappin 4-Tay – US rapper
1988 James Arthur
1990 Cadet – UK rapper
Deaths
1991 Serge Gainsbourg
1999 Dusty Springfield
2001 Piero Umiliani
2003 Hank Ballard
March 3
Births
1942 Mike Pender – vocals/guitar Searchers
1944 Janice Garfat – bass Sir Douglas Quintet
1947 Dave Mount – drums Mud
1947 Jennifer Warnes
1949 Blue Weaver – organ Amen Corner
1950 Reg Styles – guitar Tubes
1954 Christopher Hughes – drums Adam and The Ants
1966 Tone Loc
1971 Simon Scott – drums Slowdive
1972 Matthew Marsden
1977 Ronan Keating – vocals Boyzone
1986 Stacie Orrico – U.S. singer
Deaths
1987 Danny Kaye
2008 Hurricane Smith
2011 Joe Morello – drums Dave Brubeck Quartet
2012 Ronnie Montrose – guitar Montrose
2013 Bobby Rogers – vocals Miracles
March 4
Births
1927 Tommy McCook – saxophone Skatalites
1932 Miriam Makeba
1942 Chris Eddy – bass New Vaudeville Band
1944 Bobby Womack
1944 Mick – drums D D B M and T
1945 Deiter Meier – vocals Yello
1946 Red Stripe – vocals Flying Pickets
1948 Shakin’ Stevens
1948 Chris Squire – bass Yes
1951 Chris Rea
1951 Ciaran Brennan – bass/vocals Clannad
1954 St Clair L. Palmer – vocals Sweet Sensation
1955 Boon Gould – guitar Level 42
1965 Richard Marsh – bass Pop Will Eat Itself
1965 Paul Bostaph – drums Slayer
1965 Westbam
1966 Grand Puba
1966 Patrick Hannan – drums Sundays
1967 Evan Dando – vocals Lemonheads
1967 Herb Lawson – bass Ten City
1968 Patsy Kensit
1971 Feargal Lawler – drums Cranberries
1975 Nick Dresti – DJ Loop Da Loop
Deaths
1979 Mike Patto – vocals Timebox
1986 Richard Manuel – vocals/piano The Band
2001 Glenn Hughes – leatherman Village People
2010 Lolly Vegas – vocals/guitar Redbone
2010 Fred Wedlock – UK singer
2011 Johnny Preston
2019 Keith Flint – vocals Prodigy
March 5
Births
1925 Paul Mauriat
1933 Tommy Tucker
1938 Paul Evans
1944 Derek Skinner – drums Spotnicks
1946 Murray Head
1947 Clodagh Rodgers
1947 Eddie Hodges
1948 Eddy Grant
1948 Elaine Paige
1952 Gary Grainger – drums Rod Stewart’s band
1956 Teena Marie
1956 Bobby DeBarge – vocals Debarge
1957 Mark E. Smith – The Fall
1958 Andy Gibb
1962 Craig Reid – vocals Proclaimers
1962 Charles Reid – vocals Proclaimers
1970 John Frusciante – Red Hot Chili Peppers
1980 Irwin Sparks – vocals Hoosiers
1982 Russell Leetch – bass Editors
Deaths
1963 Patsy Cline
1963 Cowboy Copas – US country singer
1963 Hawkshaw Hawkins – US country singer
1982 John Belushi
2011 Mark Adams – bass Slave
March 6
Births
1936 Sylvia Robinson (Mickey and Sylvia)
1944 Mary Wilson – vocals Supremes
1944 Mickey Jupp – UK singer/guitarist
1944 Kiri Te Kanawa
1945 Hugh Grundy – drums Zombies
1946 Dave Gilmour – guitar Pink Floyd
1946 Tony Klatka – trumpet Blood Sweat and Tears
1947 Kiki Dee
1962 Chris McDonogh – bass Darling Buds
1965 Kathy Kelly – vocals Kelly Family
1969 Madonna Wayne Gacy – keyboards Marilyn Manson
1970 Betty Boo
1972 Shaquille O’Neal
1977 Bubba Sparxxx
Deaths
1961 George Formby
1994 Yvonne Fair
1995 Vivian Stanshall – vocals/trumpet Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band
2001 Michael Smith – drums Paul Revere’s Raiders
2010 Mark Linkous – vocals Sparklehorse
2013 Alvin Lee – guitar/vocals Ten Years After
March 7
Births
1939 Danyel Gerard
1941 Matthew Fisher – piano Procol Harum
1942 Hamilton Bohannon
1943 Chris White – bass Zombies
1944 Arthur Lee – vocals/guitar Love
1944 Townes Van Zandt
1946 Peter Wolf – vocals J Geils Band
1948 Little Peggy March
1958 Rik Mayall
1963 Taylor Dayne
1977 Paul Cattermole – vocals S Club 7
1987 Kevin McDaid – vocals V
1987 Molly Lorenne – vocals/guitar The Faders
Deaths
1988 Divine
1997 Jermaine Stewart
1999 Lowell Fulsom
2009 Jimmy Boyd
2013 Kenny Ball
2013 Peter Banks – original guitarist Yes
March 8
Births
1945 Mickey Dolenz – vocals/drums Monkees
1947 Randy Meisner – bass Eagles
1947 Carole Bayer Sager
1947 Sally Oldfield
1947 Michael Allsup – guitar Three Dog Night
1948 Mel Galley – guitar Whitesnake
1949 Dave Lambert – vocals/guitar Strawbs
1954 Cheryl Baker – vocals Bucks Fizz
1957 Clive Burr – drums Iron Maiden
1958 Gary Numan
1960 Richard Darbyshire – vocals Living In A Box
1962 Steve Crantley – drums Eighth Wonder
1964 Peter Gill – drums Frankie Goes To Hollywood
1967 John Kelly – vocals Kelly Family
1968 Shawn Mullins
1976 Gareth Coombes – vocals/guitar Supergrass
1984 Clint Moffatt – vocals Moffatts
1984 David Moffatt – vocals Moffatts
1984 Robert Moffatt – vocals Moffatts
Deaths
1973 Ron ‘Pig-Pen’ McKern – vocals/keyboard Grateful Dead
1988 Ken Colyer – UK jazz trumpeter
1993 Billy Eckstein
1998 Roger Christian – vocals Christians
2003 Adam Faith
2007 John Inman
2009 Hank Locklin
2011 (Bernard) St Clair Lee – vocals Hues Corporation
2011 Mike Starr – bass Alice In Chains
2012 James T. Ellis – vocals Trammps
2016 George Martin
March 9
Births
1922 Tommy Cooper
1932 Keely Smith
1933 Lloyd Price
1942 John Cale
1944 Trevor Burton – guitar The Move
1944 Roland Lawrence Chambers – guitar M.F.S.B.
1944 John Lee – vocals New World
1944 Mark Lyndsay – vocals/saxophone Paul Revere’s Raiders
1945 Robin Trower – guitar Procol Harum
1945 Ron Wilson – drums Surfaris
1946 Jim Cregan – guitar Cockney Rebel
1947 Roger Saunders – guitar Medicine Head
1948 Jeffrey Osborne
1948 Chris Thompson – vocals/guitar Manfred Mann’s Earth Band
1958 Martin Fry – vocals ABC
1962 Peter Wishart – bass Big Country
1966 Brendan Canty – drums Fugazi
1968 Andrew Barker – DJ/keyboards 808 State
1979 Shola Ama
1985 Wretch 32
1987 Lil Bow Wow – US rapper
Deaths
1995 Mercury Nelson – vocals Force MD’s
1997 Notorious B.I.G (b: Christopher Wallace)
2004 Ruby Wright
2007 Brad Delp – vocals Boston
2013 Ricardo Da Force
2014 Dave Sampson
March 10
Births
1940 Dean Torrence – vocals Jan and Dean
1943 Ritchie Cordell – US composer – I Think We’re Alone Now
1945 Pete Nelson – vocals Flowerpot Men
1947 Tom Scoltz – guitar/keyboards Boston
1950 Ted McKenna – drums Sensational Alex Harvey Band
1954 Tina Charles
1955 Bunny DeBarge – vocals DeBarge
1960 Gee Beelo – vocals Light Of The World
1960 Gail Greenwood – bass Belly
1962 Gary Clark – vocals Danny Wilson
1963 Jeff Ament – bass Pearl Jam
1964 Neneh Cherry
1964 Patrick Kane – keyboards Hue and Cry
1966 Edie Brickell
1967 Susie Q – vocals Cookie Crew
1976 Lil’ Mo – US Rapper
1977 Robin Thicke – US singer
1983 Carrie Underwood – US Country singer
1987 Emeli Sande
Deaths
1988 Andy Gibb
1995 Charles Nelson – vocals Force MD’s
1997 LaVern Baker
2011 Johnny Pearson
2016 Gogi Grant
2016 Keith Emerson – piano Emerson Lake and Palmer
March 11
Births
1920 Art Todd – vocals US duo Art and Dotty Todd
1942 Bob Lander – guitar Spotnicks
1944 Ric Rothwell – drums Mindbenders
1944 Geoff Turton – guitar Rockin’ Berries
1945 Harvey Mandell – US guitarist
1947 Mark Stein – keyboards Vanilla Fudge
1948 George Kooymans – guitar Golden Earring
1950 Bobby McFerrin
1951 Katie Kissoon – vocals Mac and Katie Kissoon
1955 Flinto Chandia – bass Jimmy the Hoover
1955 Nina Hagen – German Singer
1957 Cheryl Lynn
1961 Bruce Watson – guitar Big Country
1961 Mike Percy – bass Dead Or Aive
1962 Lenny Wolf – vocals Kingdom Come
1964 Vinnie Paul – drums Pantera
1967 Paul Roberts – keyboards K-Klass
1981 LeToya Luckett – vocals Destiny’s Child
Deaths
1978 Claude Francois
2015 Jimmy Greenspoon – keyboards Three Dog Night
2018 Ken Dodd
March 12
Births
1940 Al Jarreau
1942 Brian O’Hara – guitar Fourmost
1944 Tammy Jones
1946 Liza Minnelli
1948 James Taylor
1948 Les Holroyd – bass/keyboards Barclay James Harvest
1949 Mike Gibbins – drums Badfinger
1953 Ryan Paris
1957 Marlon Jackson – vocals Jackson 5
1957 Steve Harris – bass Iron Maiden
1964 Tony Terry
1965 Coleen Nolan – vocals Nolans
1975 Kelle Bryan – vocals Eternal
1979 Pete Doherty – vocals Libertines
1985 Stromae – Belgian rapper
Deaths
1955 Charlie Parker
1999 Yehudi Menuhin
2010 Lesley Duncan
2013 Clive Burr – drums Iron Maiden
2018 Nokie Edwards – Ventures
March 13
Births
1913 Lightnin’ Slim
1928 Ronnie Hazlehurst – UK theme tune composer
1933 Mike Stoller
1939 Neil Sedaka
1940 Candi Staton
1940 Daniel Bennie – vocals Reflections
1942 Scatman John
1943 Frances Nero
1946 Alan Laud – Hedgehoppers Anonymous
1949 Donald York – vocals Sha Na Na
1957 David Peaston – US soul singer
1959 Ronnie Rogers – guitar T’Pau
1960 Adam Clayton – bass U2
1972 Common – US rapper
1979 Andy Love – vocals Northern Line
1985 Naughty Boy (b: Shahid Khan)
Deaths
1998 Judge Dread
2004 Max Harris – UK bandleader
2015 Daevid Allen – vocals Soft Machine/Gong
March 14
Births
1922 Les Baxter
1926 Lita Roza
1933 Quincy Jones
1943 Jim Pons – bass Turtles
1943 Leroy ‘Sugarfoot’ Bonner – vocals/guitar Ohio Players
1945 Jasper Carrott
1947 Jona Lewie
1947 Peter Skellern
1947 Jimmy O’Riorke – guitar John Fred’s Playboys
1949 Gary Byrd
1950 Rick Dees
1956 Chris Redburn – bass Kenny
1963 Steve Lambert – vocals/guitar Roman Holliday
1965 Sheila Chandra – vocals Monsoon
1978 Glamma Kid
1983 Taylor Hanson – vocals Hanson
Deaths
1991 Doc Pomus
1999 Gregg Diamond
March 15
Births
1922 Eddie Calvert
1940 Phil Lesh – bass Grateful Dead
1941 Mike Love – vocals/sax Beach Boys
1942 Hughie Flint – drums Manfred Mann/McGuiness Flint
1944 Sly Stone
1946 Howard Scott – guitar War
1947 Ry Cooder
1947 Dee Snider – vocals Twisted Sister
1948 Stephen Nisbett – drums Steel Pulse
1962 Steve Coy – drums Dead Or Alive
1962 Terence Trent D’Arby
1963 Bret Michaels – vocals Poison
1964 Rockwell
1968 Sabrina
1970 Mark McGrath – vocals Sugar Ray
1972 Mark Hoppus – vocals/bass Blink 182
1974 David Ross – vocals Bad Boys Inc
1975 Will I. Am – rapper Black Eyed Peas
1977 Joseph Hahn – DJ Linkin Park
Deaths
2009 Edmund Hockridge – Canadian singer
2011 Nate Dogg – US rapper
2011 Smiley Culture – UK reggae singer
2013 Terry Lightfoot – UK jazz musician
2014 Mike Porcaro – bass Toto
March 16
Births
1925 Jerry Lewis
1948 Michael Bruce – guitarist/keyboard Alice Cooper
1951 Ray Benson – guitar Asleep At The Wheel
1951 Ritchie Teeter – drums Dictators
1954 Nancy Wilson – vocals/guitar Heart
1954 Jimmy Nail
1959 Flavor Flav – rapper Public Enemy
1963 Stuart Kerr – drums Texas
1963 Jerome Flynn – vocals Robson and Jerome
1965 Byron Stingily – vocals Ten City
1966 H.P. Baxter – vocals Scooter
1972 Andy Dunlop – guitar Travis
Deaths
1970 Tammi Terrell
1975 T-Bone Walker – US blues guitarist
1983 Arthur Godfrey – US singer
1993 Johnny Cymbal
1996 Joseph Pope – lead vocals Tams
2013 Bobby Smith – vocals Detroit Spinners
2015 Don Robertson – US singer
2015 Andy Fraser – vocals/keyboards Free
March 17
Births
1919 Nat King Cole
1931 Lorraine Ellison – US soul singer
1934 Zola Taylor – vocals The Platters
1939 Lewis Mathis – vocals Newbeats
1940 Vito Picone – vocals Elegants
1941 Paul Kantner – vocals/guitar Jefferson Airplane
1943 Tony Newman – drums Sound Incorporated
1944 John Sebastian – vocals/harmonica Lovin’ Spoonful
1944 Patrick McCauley – drums Them
1944 Bob Johnson – vocals/guitar Steeleye Span
1944 Paul Pilnick – guitar Stealers Wheel
1946 Howard Brown – drums War
1948 Pat Lloyd – guitar Equals
1951 Scott Gorham – guitar Thin Lizzy
1954 Rena Jones – vocals Champaign
1959 Mark Lindup – keyboards Level 42
1962 Clare Grogan – vocals Altered Images
1962 Roxy Petrucci – drums Vixen
1963 Michael Ivins – bass Flaming Lips
1964 Alexander Bard – keyboards Army Of Lovers
1967 Billy Corgan – vocals/guitar Smashing Pumpkins
1972 Melissa Auf Der Maur – bass Hole
1973 Caroline Corr – vocals/percussion Corrs
1974 Swift – rapper D-12
1975 Justin Hawkins – vocals The Darkness
1976 Stephen Gately – vocals Boyzone
1990 Hozier
Deaths
1990 Ric Grech – vocals/bass Blind Faith/Family
1996 Terry Stafford
1999 Ernest Gold – Austrian composer
2005 Justin Hinds – Jamaican reggae singer
2010 Charlie Gillet – UK radio DJ / Author
2010 Alex Chilton – vocals/guitar Box Tops
March 18
Births
1936 Robert Lee Smith – vocals Tams
1938 Kenny Lynch
1939 Yannis Markopoulos
1940 Derrick Morgan
1941 Wilson Pickett – US soul singer
1941 John Stewart – Hedgehoppers Anonymous
1950 John Hartman – drums Doobie Brothers
1959 Irene Cara
1963 Vanessa Williams
1964 Courtney Pine
1964 Rozalla
1966 Jerry Cantrell – guitar Alice In Chains
1967 Miki Berenyi – vocals/guitar Lush
1967 Jason Herbert – vocals Big Fun
1970 Queen Latifah
1974 Stuart Zender – bass Jamiroquai
1977 Devin Lima – vocals LFO
1977 Nicky G – vocals Ultimate Kaos
1985 Marvin Humes – vocals JLS
Deaths
2001 John Philips – vocals Mamas and the Papas
2003 Alan Keith – UK radio DJ
2011 Jet Harris – bass Shadows
2016 Ned Miller
2017 Chuck Berry
March 19
Births
1930 Ornette Coleman – jazz saxophonist
1937 Clarence Frogman Henry
1940 Michael Cox
1942 Robin Luke – US singer
1946 Paul Atkinson – guitar Zombies
1946 Ruth Pointer – vocals Pointer Sisters
1953 Ricky Wilson – guitar B-52’s
1953 Billy Sheehan – bass Mr Big
1955 Derek Longmuir – drums Bay City Rollers
1955 Bruce Willis
1959 Terry Hall – vocals Specials
1971 Jack Bessant – bass Reef
1980 Ellie Campbell – UK singer
Deaths
1976 Paul Kossoff – guitar Free
1993 Jeff Ward – drums Nine Inch Nails
March 20
Births
1917 Vera Lynn
1944 Megan Davies – bass Applejacks
1950 Carl Palmer
1959 Richard Drummie – vocals/guitar Go West
1959 Owen If – drums Stereo MC’s
1961 Slim Jim McDonell – vocals Stray Cats
1967 Shutty – drums Terrorvision
1968 Ultra Nate
1969 Frederik Schonfeldt – bass Wannadies
1972 Shellie Poole – vocals Alisha’s Attic
1976 Chester Bennington – vocals Linkin Park
1976 Sci-Fi Steven – vocals/guitar Bis
Deaths
1997 Marino Marini – Italian band leader
2015 A.J. Pero – drums Twisted Sister
March 21
Births
1940 Solomon Burke – US soul Singer
1942 Richard ‘Dimples’ Fields
1943 Vivian Stanshall – vocals/trumpet Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band
1946 Ray Dorset – vocals Mungo Jerry
1950 Roger Hodgson – guitar Supertramp
1951 Russell Thompkins Jr – lead vocals Stylistics
1951 Conrad Lozano – vocals/bass Los Lobos
1953 Robert Johnson – drums KC’s Sunshine Band
1945 Rose Stone – keyboards Sly and The Family Stone
1956 Guy Chadwick – vocals/guitar House Of Love
1957 John Reddington – guitar King Kurt
1962 Janet Gardner – vocals/guitar Vixen
1963 Share Pederton –bass Vixen
1963 Andy Overall – vocals Blue Zoo
1967 Jonas ‘Joker’ Berggren – vocals Ace Of Base
1967 Maxim Reality – rapper Prodigy
1967 Sean Dickinson – vocals Soup Dragons
1968 Nick Arnold – keyboards Smart E’s
1974 Ario Obubore – vocals N-Tyce
1977 Mark Hamilton – bass Ash
1980 Deryck Whibley – vocals/guitar Sum 41
1986 Sam Nixon – Sam & Mark
1989 Labrinth
1989 Rochelle Wiseman – vocals S Club Juniors / The Saturdays
1995 Diggy Simmons – US rapper
Deaths
2004 Johnny Bristol – US singer
2011 Loleatta Holloway – US singer
2015 Jackie Trent
March 22
Births
1936 Roger Whitakker
1943 George Benson
1943 Keith Relf – vocals Yardbirds
1943 Terry Bond – drums Rockin’ Berries
1944 Jeremy Clyde – vocals US duo Chad and Jeremy
1947 Patrick Olive – guitar/percussion Hot Chocolate
1947 Harry Vanda – guitar Easybeats
1948 Andrew Lloyd Webber
1948 Randy Hobbs – bass McCoys
1958 Pete Wylie
1963 Suzanne Sulley – vocals Human League
1965 Ice MC
1970 Andreas Johnson
1971 Steven Hewitt – drums Placebo
1977 Miranda Rin – vocals/keyboards Bis
Deaths
1986 Mark Dinning
1994 Dan Hartman
1996 Don Ray Murray – drums Turtles
1998 George Howard – vocals Harold Melvin’s Bluenotes
2001 Earl Beal – vocals Silhouettes
2016 Phife Dawg – rapper A Tribe Called Quest
2017 Sib Hashian – drums Boston
2017 Billy Bland
March 23
Births
1928 Willie Mitchell
1947 Don Gould – piano Applejacks
1949 Ric Ocasek – vocals Cars
1951 Karen Young
1952 Dave Bartrum – vocals Showaddywaddy
1953 Chaka Khan
1966 Marti Pellow – vocals Wet Wet Wet
1966 Gayle Blakeney – vocals Gayle and Gillian
1966 Gillian Blakeney – vocals Gayle and Gillian
1967 John Strohm – drums Lemonheads
1968 Damon Albarn – vocals Blur
1985 Stevie McCrorie – The Voice winner
Deaths
1978 Bill Kenny – vocals Inkspots
1980 Jacob Miller – vocals Inner Circle
1994 Donald Swann – vocals Flanders and Swann
1995 Alan Barton – vocals Black Lace
1997 Craig Scott – keyboards Elastica
2015 Lil’ Chris
March 24
Births
1937 Billy Stewart
1937 John Meeks – vocals/guitar Five Penny Piece
1938 Don Covay
1938 Holger Czukay – Can
1941 Michael Masser – US songwriter
1947 Mike Kellie – drums Only Ones
1948 Lee Oskar – harmonica War
1949 Nick Lowe
1951 Peter Powell
1951 Dougie Thompson – bass Supertramp
1960 Nena
1970 Mase – R&B singer
1970 Sharon Corr – violin Corrs
Deaths
1997 Harold Melvin
March 25
Births
1915 Dorothy Squires
1934 Johnny Burnette
1938 Hoyt Axton – US singer
1940 Maureen Evans
1940 Anita Bryant
1942 Aretha Franklin
1947 Elton John
1947 Duncan Browne
1947 John Rowles
1947 Jack Hall – bass Charlie Daniels Band
1948 Neil Jones – guitar Amen Corner
1951 Maizie Williams – vocals Boney M
1960 Steve Norman – saxophone Spandau Ballet
1965 Tracie Young
1966 Jeff Healy
1969 Cathy Dennis
1970 Gene Ween – vocals Ween
1971 Michael McKeegan – bass Therapy
1974 Finley Quaye
1975 Melanie Blatt – vocals All Saints
1988 Ryan Lewis – US rapper
Deaths
1918 Claude Debussy – classical composer
2003 Brandi Wells
2009 England Dan
March 26
Births
1886 Al Jolson
1917 Rufus Thomas
1944 Diana Ross
1946 Fran Sheehan – bass Boston
1948 Steve Tyler – vocals Aerosmith
1948 Richard Tandy – keyboards ELO
1950 Teddy Pendergrass
1953 William Lyall – piano/flute Pilot
1956 Stephanie Mills
1968 James Iha – vocals Smashing Pumpkins
1968 Kenny Chesney
1971 John Hendy – vocals East 17
1976 Kelly Richards – vocals E-Z Rollers
1977 Seth Lakeman
1982 Kate Merenda – vocals Soul Unique
Deaths
1827 Ludwig van Beethoven – classical composer
1969 Dickie Pride – UK singer
1995 Eazy-E
2002 Randy Castillo – drums Motley Crue/Ozzy Osbourne
2004 Jan Berry (b: William Jan Berry) – vocals Jan & Dean
2015 John Renbourn – guitar/sitar Pentangle
March 27
Births
1924 Sarah Vaughan
1939 Bo Winberg – guitar Spotnicks
1944 Rodney Garwood – bass Unit 4+2
1946 Andy Bown – bass Status Quo
1951 Tony Banks – piano Genesis
1952 Felix Haug – vocals Double
1953 Walter Stocker – guitar Babys
1957 Billy McKenzie – vocals Associates
1959 Andrew Farriss – guitar/keyboards INXS
1961 Clark Datchler – vocals Johnny Hates Jazz
1970 Mariah Carey
1975 Fergie – vocals Black Eyed Peas
1988 Jessie J – UK singer
1990 Kimbra – New Zealand singer
Deaths
2000 Ian Dury
2002 Dudley Moore
2017 Clem Curtis – vocals Foundations
March 28
Births
1945 Sally Carr – vocals Middle Of The Road
1948 John Evan – keyboards Jethro Tull
1954 Reba McEntire
1957 Oran ‘Juice’ Jones – US singer
1962 Ged Grimes – bass Danny Wilson
1965 Steve Turner – guitar Mudhoney
1968 Jon Lee – drums Feeder
1969 James Atkins – vocals EMF
1969 Salt – vocals Salt ‘N’ Pepa
1986 Lady Gaga
Deaths
1943 Sergei Rachmaninoff – classical composer
1995 Baltimora
2012 Earl Scruggs – US banjo player
2018 Mike Harrison – vocals Spooky Tooth
March 29
Births
1935 Ruby Murray
1940 Eden Kane
1943 Vangelis
1943 Eric Idle
1945 Speedy Keen – vocals Thunderclap Newman
1946 Terry Jacks
1947 Bobby Kimball – vocals Toto
1949 Michael Brecker – saxophone Brecker Brothers
1953 Andy Parker – drums UFO
1956 Patti Donahue – vocals Waitresses
1959 Perry Farrell – vocals Jane’s Addiction / Porno For Pyros
1978 Corrie Richards – vocals Damage
1981 Andy Scott-Lee – vocals 3SL
Deaths
1999 Freaky Tah – rapper Lost Boyz
2011 Ray Herr – guitar/bass Ides Of March
March 30
Births
1902 Ted Heath
1913 Frankie Laine
1930 Rolf Harris
1942 Graham Edge – drums Moody Blues
1945 Eric Clapton
1950 Dave Ball – guitar Procol Harum
1954 Lene Lovich
1955 Randy Vanwarmer
1962 MC Hammer
1964 Tracy Chapman
1965 Tim Dorney – keyboards Republica
1967 Ace – guitar Skunk Anansie
1968 Celine Dion
1979 Norah Jones
1979 Simon Webbe – vocals Blue
Deaths
2013 Phil Ramone – US producer
2015 Preston Ritter – drums Electric Prunes
2016 Andy Newman – keyboard Thunderclap Newman
March 31
Births
1934 Shirley Jones – vocals Partridge Family
1934 John D. Loudermilk
1934 Richard Chamberlain
1937 Herb Alpert
1937 Mouth – vocals Mouth and McNeal
1944 Rod Allen – vocals/bass Fortunes
1944 Mick Ralphs –guitar/piano Bad Company/Mott The Hoople
1944 Malcolm Roberts
1946 Al Nichol – guitar Turtles
1947 Al Goodman – vocals Moments
1948 Thijs Van Leer – keyboards Focus
1958 Paul Ferguson – drums Killing Joke
1959 Angus Young – guitar AC/DC
1964 Erik Turner – guitar Warrant
1969 Andy Pickles – producer Jive Bunny
1971 Ewan McGregor – UK singer/actor
1971 Julian Deanne – guitar Toploader
1974 Stefan Olsdal – bass/keyboards Placebo
Deaths
1980 Mantovani – UK orchestra leader
1983 Singing Nun
1986 O’Kelly Isley – vocals Isley Brothers
2007 Springwater
