MARCH BIRTHDAYS, MARCH DEATHS, MUSICIANS, CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS

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Born ~ March 1st
1973: Ryan Peake [guitar; Nickelback].
1969: Dafydd Leuan [drums; Super Furry Animals].
1963: Christina Bergmark [keyboards, Wannadies].
1963: Rob Affuso [drummer; Skid Row].
1962: Peter Stephenson [member of the electronic band Shamen].
1958: Nik Kershaw [UK singer, producer, guitar].
1957: Jon Carroll [organ/piano; Starland Vocal Band].
1955: Jimmy Fortune [tenor vocals/guitar; The Statler Brothers/solo].
1946: Tony Ashton [vocals, keyboards; Ashton Gardner & Dyke]*28.May.2001.
1944: Roger Daltrey [vocals; Who/solo]
1944: Mike D'Abo [singer, songwriter; Manfred Mann/solo].
1943: Jerry Fisher [vocals; Blood, Sweat & Tears/Jerry Fisher & the Music Company].
1934: James Edward Brown (US Country singer].
1932: Oliver Sain (multi-musician, band leader, studio owner)*28.Oct.2003.
1928: Willie Mitchell [US trumpet player; Al Green/Elvis/freelance].
1927: Harry Belafonte [singer, actor, humanitarian].
1921: Kenny Baker [UK Composer/Trumpet; Ted Heath/freelance/own]*07 Dec.1999.
1917: Dinah Shore [US singer/actress]*24.Feb.1994.
1914: Barrett Deems [drums; Dukes Of Dixieland/freelance]*15.Sep.1998.
1911: Kathleen (Kay) Finegan [big band singer;Benny Goodman/Glenn Miller]*22.April.2006.
1826: John Thomas [Welsh harpist, composer; harpist to Queen Victoria]*19.March.1913.
1810: Frederic Francois Chopin [composer, pianist]*17.Oct.1849.

March 2nd
1989: Will Makar [US singer; American Idol].
1978: Claudio Sanchez [US singer, guitarist; Coheed and Cambria].
1977: Chris Martin [guitar, vocals; Coldplay].
1967: Dennis Seaton [lead vocals, percussion; Musical Youth].
1965: Martin Gilks (UK drummer, manager; Wonder Stuff)*03.April.2006.
1962: Jon Bon Jovi/John Bongiovi [singer, guitar; Bon Jovi].
1956: Mark Evans [bass; AC-DC/Finch/Contraband/Heaven/freelance].
1955: Dale Bozzio [singer; Missing Persons].
1955: Jay Wesley Osmond [singer; The Osmonds].
1950: Karen Carpenter [US singer, drummer; The Carpenters]*4.Feb.1983
1948: Rory Gallagher [guitar, slide guitar, vocals, harmonica; Taste/solo]*14.Jun.1995.
1943: Tony Meehan (UK drummer; Vipers/Drifters/Cliff Richard & The Shadows/sessionist)*28.Nov.2005.
1942: Lou Reed [singer, guitarist; The Primitives/Velvet Underground/solo].
1934: Dottie Rambo (American singer, songwriter, and musician)*11.May.2008.
1930: John Cullum [US actor, singer].
1917: Desi Arnaz/Ricky Ricardo [Cuban singer/musician/actor]*02.Nov.1986.

March 3rd
1977: Ronan Keating [Irish singer; Boyzone/solo].
1975: Albert Fields [US singer; New Mickey Mouse Club/The Party/solo].
1969: John "JB" Bigham [vocals, guitar, slide guitar, keyboards; Fishbone].
1966: Timo Tolkki [Finnish guitarist, songwriter; Stratovarius]
1966: Tone-Loc/Antony Smith [US hip hop artist, actor].
1955: Chris Hughes [UK drummer, record producer; Adam & the Ants].
1950: Re Styles/Shirley Marie MacLeod [vocals, guitar; Tubes]
1953: Ricky Helton Wilson [original guitarist with the B-52's]*12.10.1985
1953: Robyn Hitchcock [UK vocals, guitar, bass; Soft Boys/solo/freelance].
1947: Derek "Blue" Weaver [keyboards; Mott the Hoople/Amen Corner/ Strawbs].
1947: Jennifer Warnes [US singer, keyboards].
1947: David Mount [drummer; Mud/Les Gray's Mud]*02.Dec.2006
1944: Jance Garfat [bass, Dr. Hook]*06.Nov.2006
1943: Chris Stainton [uk keyboardist, bassist; Johnny Tempest/Joe Cocker/Eric Clapton/Freelance].
1942: Mike Pender/Michael John Prendergast [vocals, guitar; The Searchers].
1933: Paul Clayton [folk singer, dulcimer; solo/freelance]*30.March.1967

March 4th
1971: Fergal Lawlor [Irish drummer, percussion; The Cranberries].
1967: Evan Dando [guitar, drums; The Lemonheads].
1966: Patrick Hannan [drummer; The Sundays].
1965: Richard March [UK bassist; Pop Will Eat Itself]
1963: Jason Newsted [bass, Theremin; Metallica].
1962: Jon Durno [UK bassist; Roman Holliday].
1955: Boon Gould [guitar, multi-musician; Level 42/solo].
1954: St Clair L. Palmer [singer; Sweet Sensation].
1953: Emilio Estefan [cuban singer; Miami Sound Machine/solo].
1951: Pete John Haycock [guitar; Climax Chicago Blues Band].
1951: Chris Rea [UK singer, songwriter, guitarist, keyboards].
1950: Billy Gibbons [guitar; ZZ Top].
1942: Ralph Ellis [guitar, keyboard, Swinging Blue Jeans]
1948: Chris Squire [bassist; Yes].
1948: Shakin' Stevens [Welsh pop singer].
1947: Jan Garbarek [Norwegian tenor and soprano jazz saxophonist].
1946: Red Stripe/David Gittins [singer; The Flying Pickets/Brian and Stripe].
1944: Mick/Michael Wilson [drummer; Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich].
1944: Bobby Womack [soul singer, guitar].
1936: Eric Allandale [trombonist, bandleader; The Foundations/own band]*23.Aug.2001.
1925: Paul Mauriat [French conductor, arranger]*03.Nov.2006.

March 5th
1972: Luca Turilli [Italian guitarist, composer; Rhapsody of Fire].
1970: John Frusciante [guitar; Red Hot Chili Peppers].
1962: Craig Reid [singer songwriter; Proclaimers].
1962: Charlie Reid [singer songwriter; Proclaimers].
1960: Rico McFarland (US blues guitarist; James Cotton/Lucky Peterson/freelance/solo).
1958: Andy Gibb [UK solo singer; youngest brother of Barry, Robin and Maurice-the Bee Gees]*10.March.1988.
1957: Mark E Smith [singer, lyricist; The Fall].
1956: Teena Marie [US singer].
1952: Alan Clark [keyboard, Dire Straits/freelance].
1951: Elaine Page [UK singer].
1948: Eddy Grant [vocals, guitar, synthesizer reggae/r&b/soul singer; The Equals/solo].
1939: Johnny Jenkins [blues guitarist; the Pinetoppers/solo]*26.June.2006.
1933 Tommy Tucker/Robert Higginbotham (US blues singer, pianist)*22.Jan.1982

March 6th
1980: Ross Mawhinney [British born Italian radio DJ].
1970: Betty Boo/Alison Moira Clarkson [UK singer, rap artist].
1968: Michael James Romeo [US guitar; Symphony-X]
1964: Madonna Wayne Gacy/Stephen Gregory Bier Jr [keyboards, Marilyn Manson].
1977: Bubba Sparxxx/Warren Anderson Mathis [hip-hop artist, country rap].
1947: Kiki Dee [UK singer].
1946: Murray Head [UK singer, guitarist].
1946: David Gilmour CBE [guitarist, singer, songwriter; Pink Floyd].
1945: Hugh Grundy [drummer; The Zombies/A&R man for Columbia Records].
1944: Mary Wilson [US singer; The Supremes/solo].
1944: Kiri Te Kanawa [New Zealand singer].
1936: Sylvia Robinson [US singer; Mickey & Sylvia].
1905: Bob Wills (American Western swing musician, songwriter, bandleader)*May 13, 1975.
1893: Walter 'Furry'Lewis [Blues guitarist, first to play with a bottleneck]*14.Sept.1981.

March 7th
1985: Thomas Erak [US guitarist, singer; Mukilteo].
1980 : Anthony Ocana [Dominican composer & guitarist].
1977: Paul Cattermole [vocals; S Club 7].
1967: Randy Guss [drummer; Toad The Wet Sprocket].
1966: Paul Davis [keyboards; Happy Mondays].
1963: Denyce Graves [American classical, opera singer].
1962: Taylor Dayne [singer, dance actress].
1952: Ernie Isley [guitar, drums, vocals; The Isley Brothers].
1950: Iris Chacon [Puerto Rican singer, dancer].
1946: Peter Wolf [vocals; The J Geils Band/Lights Out/Freeze-Frame]
1946: Matthew Fisher [keyboards, piano, organ; Procol Harum].
1945: Arthur Lee [guitar/vocals; The American Four, Love]*03.Aug.2006.
1944: Townes Van Zandt (US country-folk music singer-songwriter, performer, poet)*01.Jan.1997.
1943: Chris White [UK bassist, songwriter; The Zombies/Argent].
1942: Hamilton Bohannon (US percussionist, band leader, record producer; Stevie Wonder/own band).
1931: Christopher "Stubb" Stubblefield (US music promoter, barbecue restaurateur)*27.May.1995.
1927: Philippe Clay/Philippe Mathevet (French mime artist, singer, actor)*13.Dec.2007.
1917: Lee Young [jazz drummer; Nat King Cole Trio/Lee Young Band/freelance].
1875: Maurice Ravel [French pianist, composer]*28.Dec.1937.

March 8th
1979: Tom Chaplin [vocals, piano; Keane].
1978: Kameelah 'Meelah' Williams [singer, hip-hop; 702].
1976: Gareth "Gaz" Coombes [vocals/guitar; Supergrass].
1968: Chris Burdett [drums, Anastasia Screamed].
1968: Shawn Mullins [uk singer, guitar].
1964: Peter "Pedro" Gill [drummer, Frankie Goes To Hollywood].
1964: Salt/Cheryl James [singer; Salt-N-Pepa].
1962: Steve Grantley [drummer; Stiff Little Fingers/Alarm/the Big Wheel/Freelance].
1960: Richard Darbyshire [singer, songwriter; Living In A Box/solo].
1958: Gary Numan [singer, keyboards, synthesizer; Tubeway Army/solo].
1957: Clive Burr [drummer; Iron Maiden].
1954: Cheryl Baker/Rita Crudgington [singer, TV presenter; Co-Co/Bucks Fizz/musicals]
1949: Dave Lambert [guitar, vocals; The Strawbs].
1948: Little Peggy March/Margaret Battavio [US singer].
1948: Mel Galley (UK guitarist; Whitesnake/Trapeze/Finders Keepers/freelance)*01.July.2008.
1947: Michael Allsup [guitar; Three Dog Knight].
1947: Carole Bayer Sager [singer, songwriter; solo/musicals/films].
1946: Randy Meisner [US singer, bassist; Poco, Eagles].
1945: Mickey Dolenz [US actor, drums, television & Theatre director; The Monkees].
1944: Keef Hartley [drummer; The Artwoods/John Mayall's Bluesbreakers/Keef Hartley Band].
1943: Andrew Semple [guitar, vocals]
1942: Ralph Ellis [guitar, banjo; Swinging Blue Jeans].
1935: George Edward Coleman (US hard bop saxophonist, bandleader, and composer).
1937: Raynoma Liles [co-founder of Motown with husband Berry Gordy].
1927: Dick Hyman (pianist, music director for Arthur Godfrey).

March 9th
1987: Bow Wow/Shad Gregory Moss [US rap artist].
1980: Chingy/Howard Bailey [US rapper].
1968: Andrew Barker [keyboardist; 808 State].
1968: Robert Sledge [bass, upright bass; Ben Folds Five/International Orange]
1958: Martin Fry [vocals; ABC/solo].
1951: Frank Rodriguez [organist/keyboard; ? & The Mysterians]
1948: Jimmy Fadden [singer, harmonica, guitar; Nitty Gritty Dirt Band]
1948: Jeffrey Osborne [singer; Love Men Ltd/solo].
1946: Jim Cregan [guitarist, bassist, Family, Cockney Rebel/Rod Stewart/freelance]
1945: Robert Newton Calvert [singer, poet; Hawkwind]*14.Aug.1988.
1945: Robin Trower [lead guitar; Procol Harum, solo].
1944: Trevor Burton [bass; The Move/Journeyman/Dexy's Midnight Runners/own band].
1942: Mark Linday [rhythm guitarist; Paul Revere & Raiders].
1940: John Cale (multi-musician; Theater of Eternal Music/Velvet Underground).
1936: Mickey Gilley (US pianist, country singer].
1933: Lloyd Price [US singer/songwriter].
1932: Keely Smith [US Jazz singer].
1905: Paul Hindemith [German composer]*28.Dec.1963.

March 10th
1971: Timbaland/Timothy Z. Mosley (US rap artist).
1967: Susie Q/Susan Banfield [rap duo Cookie Crew].
1966: Edie Brickell [US singer].
1964: Neneh Cherry [Swedish singer].
1964: Patrick "Pat" Kane [Scottish singer, arts journalist;Hue & Cry].
1963: Jeff Ament [bassist, Pearl Jam/Mother Love Bone].
1962: Gary Clark [Scottish guitarist, vocals, songwriter].
1954: Tina Charles [UK singer].
1950: Ted McKenna [Drums, percussion; Sensational Alex Harvey Band].
1947: Tom Scholz [guitar, keyboards; Boston]
1945: Pete Nelson/Peter Lipscomb [vocals; The Flowerpot Men/White Plains].
1940: Dean Torrence [US singer; Jan & Dean].
1938: Norman Blake [mandolin, 6-string banjo, fiddle, banjo; folk & bluegrass groups].
1938: Dave Alexander [US blues pianist, drummer, trumpet, bass; NOT of the Stooges].
1919: Marion Hutton (American singer and actress; Glenn Miller)*10.Jan.1987.

March 11th
1981: LeToya Luckett [singer; Destiny's Child].
1979: Joel Madden [lead vocalist; Good Charlotte].
1979: Benji Madden [guitarist, backup vocalist; Good Charlotte].
1969: Soraya Raquel Lamilla Cuevas [Columbian/US singer,songwriter,guitar]*10.May.2006.
1969: Rami Jaffee [pianist, organist; Wallflowers].
1968: Lisa Loeb [US singer].
1964: Vinnie Paul [drummer; Pantera/Damageplan].
1961: Bruce Watson [Canadian guitarist, Big Country].
1961: Mike Percy [UK bassist; Dead Or Alive].
1957: Cheryl Lynn [US singer].
1955: Nina Hagen [German singer/songwriter].
1955: Flinto [bassist; Jimmy the Hoover]
1951: Katie Kissoon [singer; Mac & Katie/freelance/sessionist].
1950: Bobby McFerrin [US singer].
1948: George Kooymans [vocals, guitar; Golden Earring/The Tornados].
1947: Bill Dickinson [US bassist; LA sessionist].
1947: Mark Stein [vocalist, keyboardist, composer; Vanilla Fudge].
1945: Harvey Mandel (US blues guitarist; solo/sessionist).
1944: Eric "Ric" Rothwell [drummer; Mindbenders].
1903: Lawrence Welk (US accordionist, bandleader, TV personality)*17.May.1992.

March 12th
1986: Danny Jones [guitar, vocals, harmonica; McFly].
1979: Pete Doherty [lead vocals, guitar; Libertines/Babyshambles].
1975: Kelle Bryan [UK singer; Eternal].
1969: Graham Coxon [UK guitar; Blur].
1957: Marlon Jackson [singer, guitarist; Jacksons/Jackson 5/sessionist].
1957: Steve Harris [bassist, Iron Maiden].
1949: Mike Gibbins [Welsh drummer; Badfinger]
1949: Bill Payne [piano, keyboards, organ; Little Feat/freelance].
1948: Les Holroyd [bassist; Barclay James Harvest].
1948: James Taylor [US singer/songwriter].
1946: Liza Minnelli [US singer, actress].
1942: Brian O'Hara [lead guitarist, vocals; The Fourmost].
1940: Al Jarreau [US singer].
1928: Aldemaro Romero (Venezuelan pianist, composer, orchestral conductor)*15.Sept.2007.
1917: Leonard Chess [company executive, founder of Chess record label]*16.Oct.1969

March 13th
1963: Billy Yates [C&W singer-songwriter]
1960: Adam Charles Clayton [bassist; U2].
1959: Greg Norton [bassist; Husker Du].
1959: Ronnie Rogers [rhythm guitarist, songwriter; T'Pau].
1951: Lester Jerome Williams (US keyboard, piano, singer, composer; Motown/solo/freelance).
1947: Dave Kelly [guitar, vocals; John Dummer Blues/Tramp/Paul Jones Blues/own band].
1939: Neil Sedaka [singer, songwriter, pianist].
1939: Liz Anderson [C&W singer-songwriter].
1933: Mike Stoller [songwriter, composer; Stoller & Leiber].
1914: Robert Sherwood Haggart [bass,composer,arranger; Bob Crosby Orch]*2.Dec.1998.
1913: Sammy Kaye (US multiple reeds player; big bandleader)*2.June.1987.
1912: Sam 'Lightnin' Hopkins (legendry blues guitarist)*30.Jan.1982 (1912 as on his statue)
1906: Frank Teschemacher [clarinet, alto sax, violin; Chicago Jazz groups]*1.March.1932.

March 14th
1988: Chris Feener (Canadian guitarist, composer).
1983: Jordan Taylor Hanson [singer, keyboard, bongos, piano; Hanson].
1962: Steve Lambert [UK singer; Roman Holliday].
1957: Chris Redburn [UK bassist; Kenny]
!949: Peter John 'Ollie' Halsall (UK guitarist virtuoso Patto/The Boxer/The Rutles/others)*29 May 1992.
1947: Peter Skellern [UK singer, pianist, songwriter].
1947: Jona Lewie [vocals, piano, guitar, songwriter;Thunderbolts/sessoinist/solo].
1945: James O'Rourke [multi instruments, guitar; Playboy Band/freelance/guest]
1945: Walter Parazaider [US sax, flute, woodwind insts;founder member of Chicago]
1943: Jim Pons [bass; The Turtles/The Leaves].
1934: Shirley Scott (US hard bop and soul-jazz organist)*10.March.2002.
1933: Quincy Jones [trumpet player, composer, music producer, business personality].
1926: Lita Roza (UK singer; first uk female singer to top the UK Singles Chart)*14.Aug.2008.
1922: Les Baxter [US saxophonist, pianist; own band]*15.Jan.1996.

March 15th
1977: Joe Hahn [electronics, DJ; Linkin Park].
1975: Will.i.am/William Adams Jr [Jamacian rapper, producer; Black Eyed Peas].
1972: Mark Hoppus [singer, bass guitar; Blink-182].
1968: Mark McGrath [lead singer; Sugar Ray].
1964: Rockwell/Kenneth Gordy [US singer, Berry Gordy's son].
1963: Brett Michaels/Bret Michael Sychak [lead singer, film production; Poison].
1962: Steve Coy/Steve McCoy [UK drummer; Dead Or Alive]
1962: Terence Trent D'arby/Sananda Maitreya [vocals, sax, keyboards, drums, guitar].
1955: Dee Snider [lead singer; Twisted Sister].
1955: Etterlene "Bunny" Debarge [soprano vocals; Debarge].
1948: Stephen 'Grizzly' Nisbett [drummer, Steel Pulse.guest].
1947: Jean Carne [US jazz singer, pianist; Motown, solo].
1947: Hernandez Lugo [bassist; ? & The Mysterians]
1947: Ry Cooder [slide, guitar, vocals, mandolin; Buena Vista/Rising Sons/Little Village].
1946: Howard Scott [guitarist; War]
1944: David Costell [lead guitar; Playboys].
1944: Sly Stone/Sylvester Stewart (guitar, keyboard; Sly & The Family Stone].
1941: Hughie Flint [drums, McGuinness Flint/Bluesbreakers].
1941: Mike Love [singer, sax; The Beach Boys].
1940: Phil Lesh [bassist; Grateful Dead].
1932: Arif Mardin [musical producer/arranger]*26.Jun.2006.
1931: James Mitchell [saxophone; The Detroit Emeralds/Memphis Horns/session]
1922: Eddie Calvert [UK trumpet player; Stanley Black Orchestra/solo]*7.Aug.1978

March 16th
1979: Leena Peisa [Finnish keyboardist; Lordi].
1972: Andy Dunlop [Scottish guitarist; Travis].
1964: Patty Griffin [US singer, songwriter].
1963: Stuart Kerr [drummer; Texas].
1959: Flavor Flav/William Drayton [rapper, vocals, producer; Public Enemy].
1954: Nancy Wilson [singer, guitarist; Heart].
1954: Jimmy Nail/James Michael Aloysius Bradford [UK singer, actor].
1948: Michael Bruce [guitar, keyboards; Alice Cooper Band].
1942: Jerry Jeff Walker/Ronald Clyde Crosby [US country singer/song writer].
1936: Fred Neil [US singer, guitar, songwriter]*07.July.2001.
1930: Tommy Flanagan (US jazz pianist; Ella Fitzgerald backing band)*16.Nov.2001.
1926: Jerry Lewis/Joseph Levitch (US actor, comedian, singer).
1902: Leon Roppolo [US jazz clarinetist]*05.Oct.1943

March 17th
1976: Stephen Gately [singer; Boyzone].
1975: Justin Hawkins [lead singer, song writter; The Darkness].
1973: Caroline Corr [drummer; The Corrs].
1972: Melissa Auf der Maur [bassist, vocals; Hole, Smashing Pumpkins].
1967: Billy Corgan [guitar; Zwan, Smashing Pumpkins].
1962: Clare Grogan [Scottish actress, lead singer; Altered Images].
1959: Mike Kindup [keyboards, vocals; Level 42].
1954: Wally Stocker [guitarist; Babys/Humble Pie/Air Supply/freelance].
1951: Scott Gorham [US guitarist, mastering, songwriter; Thin Lizzy].
1948: Bobby Whitlock [singer,keyboards,songwriter; Derek-the Dominos/sessions/own band].
1948: Pat Lloyd [guitar, bassist; Equals].
1946: Harold Brown (drums, percussion, vocals; War/Night Shift/Lowrider]
1944: Pat McAuley [keyboards, drums, Them/The Other Them]
1944: Tony Jackson [high tenor singer; session/backgound/Skatalites]
1944: Bob Johnson [guitar, Steeleye Span]
1944: John Sebastian [vocals, harmonica, guitar; Lovin Spoonful/ Mugwumps]
1941: Paul Kantner [guitar; Jefferson Airplane/Jefferson Starship].
1941: Clarence Collins [Little Anthony & the Imperials].
1983: Lorraine Ellison (African American female soul singer)*31.Jan.1983.
1919: Nat "King" Cole [US singer, piano]*15.Feb.1965.
1903: Leon 'Bix' Beiderbecke [US jazz cornetist and composer]*6.Aug.1931.

March 18th
1979: Adam Levine [lead singer, guitar; Maroon 5].
1979: Shola Ama [UK singer].
1978: Bryan Ottoson (German born guitarist; American Head Charge)*19.April.2005
1977: Devin Lima [vocals; LFO].
1974: Stuart Zender [bassist; Jamiroquai].
1970: Queen Latifah/Dana Owens [US rapper].
1966: Jerry Cantrell [guitar, vocals, producer; Alice In Chains].
1964: Courtney Pine [UK jazz saxophonist, multi-musician; solo/freelance].
1963: Vanessa Williams [African-American singer].
1963: Jeff LeBar [guitar, vocals; Cinderella].
1962: Taja Sevelle [US singer, songwritr]
1961: Grant Hart [drummer, vocals; Husker Du].
1959: Irene Cara [US singer].
1947: Barry "B.J." Wilson [drums, percussion; Procol Harum].
1946: Stu Parks (UK bassist; Mickey & the Sapphires/Gary Farr & the T-Bones, Shelley)
1941: Wilson Pickett [US R&B, soul singer]*19.Jan.2006.
1938: Charley Pride [country singer, guitarist].
1936: Robert Lee Smith [singer; Tams].

March 19th
1980: Mikuni Shimokawa [Japanese singer].
1976: Ben Marlin (US bassist; brutal death metal band Disgorge)*02.Jan.2008.
1975: Brann Dailor [US drummer; Mastodon/Lethargy].
1971: Jack Bessant [bassist; Reef].
1959: Terry Hall [singer; Specials/Fun Boy Three/The Colourfield/freelance].
1955: Bruce Willis [actor, vocals, harmonica].
1953: Billy Sheehan [bassist; Talas/Steve Vai/David Lee Roth/Mr. Big/Niacin/guest].
1951: Derek Longmuir [bass; Bay City Rollers].
1946: Paul Atkinson [UKguitarist, The Zombies]*01.April.2004.
1946: Ruth Pointer [the eldest singer; The Pointer Sisters].
1937: Clarence "Frogman" Henry [US rhythm and blues singer].
1936: Birthe Wilke [Danish singer].

March 20th
1984: Winta Efrem Negassi (Norwegian R&B, soul singer).
1982: Nick Wheeler (US guitarist; All-American Rejects).
1980: Ock Ju-Hyun (South Korean singer).
1976: Chester Bennington [vocals; Linkin Park/Snow White Tan].
1972: Alex Kapranos [UK lead singer, guitariast; Franz Ferdinand].
1972: Shellie Poole [singer; Alisha's Attic/Brian Pooles daughter].
1968: Frederick Schönfelt [Swedish bassist; Wannadies]
1967: Shutty/David Shuttleworth [drummer; Terrorvision].
1964: Ock Ju-Hyun (South Korean singer).
1960: Slim Jim Phantom/James McDonnell [drummer; Stray Cats/Headcat].
1959: Richard Drummie [singer; Go West].
1959: Owen If/Owen Rossiter [drummer, Stereo MC's]
1956: Alphonso Martin [vocalist, percussionist; Steel Pulse].
1953: Stray Straton [vocals, bassist; sessionist/freelance].
1951: Jimmie Vaughan [vocals, guitar; Fabulous Thunderbirds, SRV's brother].
1950: Carl Palmer [drums; Arthur Brown/Atomic Rooster/Emerson, Lake & Palmer/Asia].
1941: Vito Picone [lead singer; Elegants]
1937: Jerry Reed Hubbard [country singer & guitarist].

March 21st
1980: Bizzy D/Deryck Whibley [lead singer, mult-musician; Sum 41].
1977: Mark Hamilton [Irish bassist; Ash]
1968: Andrew Copeland [singer, acoustic guitar, songwriter; Sister Hazel]
1967: Maxim/Keith "Keeti" Palmer [MC; Prodigy/solo].
1967: Jonas Berggren [songwriter, vocals; Ace Of Base].
1967: Sean Dickson [singer, songwriter; Soup Dragons]
1957: John Reddington [UK guitarist; King Kurt]
1953: Robert Johnson [drums; KC and the Sunshine Band]
1951: Conrad Lozano [bassist; Los Lobos].
1951: Russell Thompkins Jr [falsetto vocals; The Stylistics].
1950: Roger Hodgson [guitar, vocals;Supertramp].
1949: Eddie Money [US singer, saxophone, keyboards].
1946: Ray Dorset [singer, percussion, guitar; Mungo Jerry/Good Earth/guest].
1945: Rosemary Stone [vocalist, pianist; Sly & The Family Stone].
1943: Viv Stanshall [vocals, trumpet, percussion; Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band]*05.May.1995
1940: Solomon Burke [US rhythm & blues singer]
1936: Betty Curtis [Italian singer].
1906: Ozzie Nelson (US radio and TV show presenter, entertainer, bandleader)*03.June.1975.

March 22nd
1986: Amy Studt [uk singer].
1973: Beverly Knight [uk soul singer].
1968: Euronymous/Øystein Aarseth (Norwegian guitarist; Mayhem)*10.Aug.1993.
1963: Susanne Sulley [UK singer; Human League]
1958: Pete Wylie [singer; Wah!].
1957: Stephanie Mills [US singer, actress, musicals].
1948: Randy Jo Hobbs [bassist; The McCoys; Edgar & Johnny Winters]*5.Aug.1993.
1948: Andrew Lloyd Webber [songwriter/Orchestration/Executive Producer].
1947: Patrick Olive [percussionist; Hot Chocolate].
1946: Harry Vanda [Dutch guitarist, songwriter,record producer; Easybeats].
1943: Keith Relf (UK singer; Medicine Head, Armageddon, The Yardbirds)*14.May.1976.
1943: George Benson [US singer, guitarist].
1936: Roger Whittaker [African-born British pop singer].
1929: Fred Anderson (American jazz tenor saxophonist).

March 23rd
1968: Damon Albarn [piano, vocals; Blur/Gorillaz/Good, the Bad and the Queen].
1967: John Strohm [guitarist; Lemonheads].
1965: Marti Pellow [Scottish singer; Wet Wet Wet/solo].
1953: Chaka Khan [US singer, Rufus/solo].
1952: Dave Bartram [vocals; Showaddywaddy]
1951: Phil Keaggy (Finger style guitarist, vocalist; Phil Keaggy Band/solo/freelance].
1949: Ric Ocasek [guitar; Cars].
1944: Tony McPhee [guitar, vocals; Herbal Mixture/Groundhogs].
1944: Michael Nyman [UK pianist /composer].
1938: Irwin Levine (US songwriter; including "Tie A Yellow Ribbon")*21.Jan.1997.
1914: Margaret Kitchin (Classical pianist, born in Switzerland, long resident in the UK)*16.June.2008.
1905: Lale Andersen [German singer and cabaretist]*29.Aug.1972

March 24th
1974: Chad Butler [US drummer; Switchfoot].
1970: Sharon Corr [Irish violinist, vocals; The Corrs].
1970: Mase/Vincent Mason [rap & hip-hop artist; De La Soul].
1960: Nena/Gabriele Susanne Kerner [German singer; Nena].
1951: Dougie Thomson [Scottish bassist; Supertramp].
1946: Klaus Dinger (German drummer, songwriter; Krautrock/Neu!/Kraftwerk)*20.March.2008.
1946: Lee Oskar [Danish harmonica player; War/freelance].
1937 Billy Stewart (US singer with scat-singing style; The Rainbows/solo)*17.Jan.1970.
1928: Byron Janis [American classical pianist].
1906: Klavdiya Shulzhenko [Soviet jazz singer]*17.June.1984

March 25th
1975: Melanie Blatt [singer; All Saints/solo].
1975: Juvenile/Terius Gray [rap artist].
1974: Finley Quaye [Scottish reggae singer].
1971: Michael McKeegan [Irish bassist; Therapy?]
1969: Cathy Dennis [UK singer, songwriter].
1966: Jeff Healey (Blind Canadian jazz and blues-rock guitarist, vocalist)*02.March.2008.
1960: Steve Norman [sax, guitar, percussion; New Romantic/Spandau Ballet/Cloudfish].
1954: Nathan Watts [Bassist; Motown/Miles Davis/Session/freelance]
1951: Bob Pelander [keyboardist, vocalist; Michael Stanley Band]
1951: Maisie Williams [Montserratan singer; Boney M].
1949: Nick Lowe [bassist, vocals; Brinsley Schwarz/Rockpile/solo/guest].
1949: Neil Jones [Welsh guitarist; Amen Corner]
1947: Duncan Browne (UK singer, songwriter)*28.May.1993.
1947: Sir Elton Hercules John/Reginald Kenneth Dwight [singer/songwriter/pianist].
1947: Jack Hall [bassist; Charlie Daniels Band]
1942: Aretha Franklin [US singer, Queen of Soul].
1938: Hoyt Axton [US singer, songwriter, piano, guitar, actor]*26.Oct.1999.
1934: Johnny Burnette [US singer]*14.Aug.1964
1915: Dorothy Squires (Welsh vocalist;Billy Reid Orchestra/solo)*14.April.1998.

March 26th
1971: John Hendy [singer; East 17].
1968: James Iha [guitarist; Smashing Pumpkins].
1968: Kenny Chesney [US country singer/songwriter].
1957: Paul Morley [writer-New Musical Express, co-founder-Art Of Noise,TV presenter].
1955: Martin Price [keyboardist, co-founder; 808 State].
1953: Billy Lyall [keyboard, vocals; Pilot/Bay City Rollers]*01.Dec.1989
1950: Teddy Pendergrass [US singer, drums; Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes/solo/freelance].
1948: Steven Tyler [lead singer, harmonica; Aerosmith].
1948: Richard Tandy [bassist, keyboards; ELO].
1949: Fran Sheehan [bassist, percussion, backing vocals; Boston].
1944: Diana Ross [US singer; Supreme/solos].
1917: Rufus Thomas [US R&B and soul singer]*15.Dec.2001.
1886: Al Jolson/Asa Yoelson [US singer, songwriter, blackface minstrel]*23.Oct.1950.

March 27th
1975: Fergie/Stacy Ann Ferguson (US singer).
1970: Mariah Carey [US pop diva, singer].
1970: Brendan Hill [drums; Blues Traveler].
1965: Johnny April [bassist; Staind].
1964: Clark Datchler [singer; Johnny Hates Jazz].
1964: Derrick McKenzie [drummer; Jamiroquai].
1959: Andrew Farris [keyboards, songwriter; INXS]
1957: Billy MacKenzie (Scottish singer; The Associates)*22.Jan.1997.
1950: Tony Banks [piano, keyboards, songwriter; Genesis/solo/guest]
1946: Andrew Brown [keyboards; Herd].
1940: Janis Martin (American rockabilly singer)*03.Sept,2007.
1924: Sarah Vaughan [US jazz singer]*03.04.1990

March 28th
1976: David Brent (US guitarist; The Killers).
1969: James Atkin [vocals, guitar; EMF].
1968 Jon Lee (UK drummer; Feeder)*07.Jan.2002.
1965: Steve Turner [guitar, Mudhoney/ the Fall-Outs]
1962: Ged Grimes (bassist; Danny Wilson Band].
1948: Milan Williams [keyboards, brass, guitar; The Commodores].
1948: John Evans [drums; Blades/Jethro Tull/freelance].
1947: Paul Jackson [jazz bassist; Headhunters/freelance].
1955: Reba McEntire [US country singer].
1945: Chuck Portz [bassist; Turtles].
1945: Sally Carr [vocals, percussion; Middle Of The Road].
1941: Charlie McCoy [hamonica, guitar; Area Code 615].
1890: Paul Whiteman [Jazz violinist; own orchestra]*29.Dec.1967.

March 29th
1967: John Popper [singer, harmonica; Blues Traveler/Frogwings].
1959: Perry Farrell [US singer; Psi Com/Porno for Pyros/Jane's Addiction].
1956: Patty Donahue (singer; Waitresses)*09.Dec.1996.
1949: Dave Greenfield [keyboards; Stranglers].
1949: Michael Brecker (saxophonist; Brecker Brs/sessionist/won 11 Grammys)*13.Jan.2007
1947: Bobby Kimball [lead singer; Toto/Kayak].
1946: Billy Thorpe [lead singer, guitar; Billy Thorpe & the Aztecs/solo]*28.Feb.2007
1945: John Speedy Keen [vocals,drums,songwriter;Thunderclap Newman/solo]*21.March.2002.
1944: Terry Jacks [Canadian singer, guitar, record producer; The Chessmen/solo].
1943: Vangelis/Evangelos Odyssey Papathanassiou [keyboards, synth; Jon & Vangelis].
1943: Chad Allan [lead vocals; Expressions, Guess Who]
1942: Eden Kane/Richard Graham Sarstedt [UK pop singer].
1907: Abe Lincoln [Jazz trombonist; Ozzie Nelson & His Orch/session/freelance]*8.June.2000

March 30th
1979: Norah Jones [US singer].
1979: Simon Webbe [vocals; Blue].
1968: Celine Dion [Canadian singer].
1967: Ace/Martin Kent [UK guitarist, Skunk Anansie]
1965: Tim Dorney [keyboards; Republica].
1964: Tracy Chapman [singer, guitar, songwriter].
1963: M.C. Hammer/Stanley Kirk Burrell [rap artist].
1955: Randy VanWarmer [singer, songwriter,composer]*12.Jan.2004.
1950: Dave Ball [UK guitarist; Bedlam/Procol Harum/freelance].
1949: Lena Lovich/Lili-Marlene Premilovich [US singer, saxophone].
1948: James "Jim Dandy" Mangrum [lead vocals; Black Oak Arkansas].
1945: Johnny Walker/Peter Dingley [Radio DJ; Radio Caroline/BBC Radio].
1945: Eric Clapton [singer, guitarist, songwriter].
1943: Kenny Forssi (US bassist; Love /studio sessionist)*05.Jan.1998.
1941: Graeme Edge [drums, Moody Blues].
1930: Rolf Harris [singer, didjeridu, piano].
1914: Sonny Boy Williamson I/John Lee Williamson [US blues harmonica player & pioneer]*01.Jun.1948.
1913: Frankie Laine/Francesco Paolo LoVecchio [US singer]*06.Feb.2007.

March 31st
1987: Georg Listing (German bassist; Tokio Hotel).
1978: Tony Yayo/Marvin Bernard (US rapper ).
1975: Fergie/Stacy Ann Ferguson [R&B singer].
1974: Stefan Olsdal [Swedish bassist; Placebo].
1971: Julian Deane [guitarist; Toploader].
1964: Paul Wong Koon-Chung (Hong Kong guitarist; Beyond/Hann/solo.
1959: Ali McMordie (Irish bassist; Stiff Little Fingers).
1959: Robert Holmes [guitarist; 'Til Tuesday].
1958: Pat McGlynn [Scottish rhythm guitarist; Bay City Rollers].
1958: Paul Ferguson [drummer; Killing Joke/Pigface].
1955: Angus Young [Scottish guitar; AC/DC].
1954: Tony Brock [drummer; Babys].
1953: Sean Hopper [keyboard: Huey Lewis & the News].
1948: Thiis Van Leer [organ, flute; Focus]
1947: Al Goodman [singer in the soul band Ray, Goodman & Brown].
1947: Jon-Jon Poulos [drums, Buckinghams]*26.March.1980.
1946: Al Nichol [lead guitarist; Turtles].
1944: Pascal Danel (French singer, songwriter).
1944: Mick Ralphs [guitar; Bad Company].
1944: Malcolm Roberts [actor, solo singer, musicals]*07.Feb.2003.
1944: Rod Allen/Rodney Bainbridge (UK lead vocalist, bass player; The Fortunes)*10.Jan.2008.
1935: Herb Alpert [trumpet; vocals].
1934: Shirley Jones [Mom on TV's Partridge Family].
1929: Gene Puerling (American jazz musician, singer, musical arranger)*26.March.2008.
1732: Franz Joseph Haydn [composer, keyboards, "Father of the Symphony"]*31.May.1809.

March 1st
1932: Frank Teschemacher (25) Clarinet, alto sax, violin; Chicago Jazz groups (auto accident)
1937: Clarence Holiday (38) US jazz guitarist and father to Billie Holiday (?)
1970: Lucille Hegamin (76) American singer, entertainer; a pioneer of African American blues recording artist ()
1974: Robert Henry "Bobby" Timmons (38) US jazz pianist; best known for his role as sideman in Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers (cirrhosis of the liver)
1991: Frank Smith Air Supply (pneumonia)
2002: Doreen Waddell (36) singer, Soul II Soul/KLF (run over by several cars on the A27, Brighton)
2005: Chris Curtis (63) Searchers
2006: Johnny Jackson (54) drummer; Jackson 5 (stabbed to death by his girlfriend)

March 2nd
1942: Charlie Christian (24) American jazz guitarist and blues singer; the first important electric guitarist, It was 25 years before jazz guitarists finally moved beyond Charlie Christian (tuberculosis)
1972: James "Spanky" DeBrest (34) US Jazz bassist; terrific discography includes hard bop material from Art Blakey, Thelonious Monk to John Coltrane, Clifford Jordan and many more, liner notes occasionally listing him as Jimmy DeBrest.()
1991: Serge Gainsbourg (62) French singer, pianist, guitarist; the saucey old man of popular music and provocateur notorious for his appetite for alcohol, cigarettes, and women, his scandalous, taboo-shattering output made him a legend in Europe but only a cult figure in America. (His death virtually lead to national mourning in France - heartattack)
1999: Dusty Springfield/Mary O'Brien (59) Uk husky-voiced soul singer ; Britain's greatest pop diva, also the finest white soul singer of her era, a performer of remarkable emotional resonance whose body of work spans the decades and their attendant musical transformations with a consistency and purity unmatched by any of her contemporaries (breast cancer)
2003: Hank Ballard (75) US singer, songwriter; Royals/Midnighters (throat cancer).
2005: Martin Denny (93) US easy listening piano; a child prodigy, at age ten he studied piano under Lester Spitz and Isadore Gorn. His last concert was held in Hawaii on February 13, 2005 at a benefit to aid tsunami victims, just three weeks later he passed away. ()
2008: Jeff Healey (41) Blind Canadian jazz / blues-rock guitarist and vocalist; discovered by guitar virtuoso Stevie Ray Vaughan and later appeared in the Patrick Swayze film "Road House" (cancer).

March 3rd
1979: Mike Patto (36) singer, Boxer (throat cancer)
1987: Danny Kaye/David Daniel Kominski (74) Inimitable, multi-talented entertainer, first gained fame on Broadway by upstaging the great Gertrude Lawrence in Lady in the Dark with an unforgettable rendition of the "Tchaikovsky," in which he rapidly fired off the names of 54 Russian composers in 38 seconds (heart attack)
1993: Carlos Montoya (89)Spanish flamenco guitarist; from the age of 14, he played in concert halls across the world. (died in Wainscott, New York)
2002: James Blackwood () gospel singer with the group Blackwoods (stroke)
2008: Norman "Hurricane" Smith (85) British singer, songwriter, record producer, also recording engineer and with The Beatles, Pink Floyd and many others. He wrote many hits, using a pseudonym of "Hurricane Smith," he had a UK hit with Don't Let It Die, a song he had written for John Lennon and a US No.1 Cashbox hit with Oh Babe What Would You Say (?).

March 4th
1986: Richard Manuel () Canadian singer, piano, keyboards, drums, lap slide guitar in the Rockin' Revols and group, The Band; his is the first voice you hear on The Band's legendary debut album, Music From Big Pink, a rich baritone so soulful and charged with pathos it's hard to believe it could come from the frail Canadian.(committed suicide by hanging when his wife briefly stepped out of their room. A bottle of Grand Marnier and cocaine were found alongside his body)
1986: Howard Greenfield (50) singer/songwriter (brain tumour)
1992: Mary Osborne (70) jazz guitarist, violin, bass, vocals, many jazz bands and she also featured on Jack Sterling's daily CBS radio program from 1952 to 1960. She remained a formidable guitarist late in life; in an appearance with Lionel Hampton at the 1990 Playboy Jazz Festival, she virtually stole the show(?)
2001: Glenn Hughes (50) singer, the original "Biker" character Village People. (lung cancer)
2002: Eric Flynn (62)Chinese-born British actor and singer (cancer)
2004: John McGeoch (58) Legendary Scottish guitarist; Magazine/the Banshees/Public Image Ltd/Visage/ sessionist and guest (died in his sleep)

March 5th
1963: Patsy Cline (30) country singer, she helped blaze a trail for female singers to assert themselves as an integral part of the Nashville-dominated country music industry. (plane crash with The Cowboy Copas and Hawkshaw Hawkins)
1982: John Belushi (33) Actor, singer; starred in The Blues Brothers film with Dan Aykroyd (overdose of cocaine & heroin)
1995: Viv Stanshall (51) vocals, trumpet, percussion; the original tenor in the absurdist Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band (died in a house fire)
(killed in a house fire)
1996: Minnie Pearl/Sarah Ophelia Colley (83) US comedienne, singer; a member of the Grand Ole Opry cast from 1940 until her death, was country music's preeminent comedian and one of the most widely recognized comic performers American culture has ever produced (Her death was brought on by complications due to a stroke).
2004: John McGeoch (49) Guitarist, Magazine (died in his sleep)

March 6th
1854: John P. Sousa (77) composer, arranger, conductor, band leader; the sousaphone was named after him. Wrote over 100 marches. The guy who wrote "Stars and Stripes Forever" ()
1951: Ivor Novello (58) Welsh composer, singer, actor; Annual British songwriter award is named after him (coronary thrombosis).
1961: George Formby OBE (57) UK singer, comedian, ukulele, banjo; a musical comedian among Britain's most popular stars during the first half of the 20th century, with a legacy encompassing over 200 records and more than 20 hit films.(heart attack)
1986: Richard Manuel (42) Singer, piano, keyboards, drums, slide guitar, The Band; he developed a rhythmic style of piano unique in its usage of inverted chord structures, a naturally talented vocalist, with a timbre often compared to that of Ray Charles. (hung himself from a shower curtain rod in a hotel)
1988: Bob Garber (84) piano; band leader; very big around Washington DC, and a regular on the radio, apparently his band didn't use vocalists.()
2006: Thomas James Robb (57) Bassist; Highly respected and much sort after session bassist; played on hundreds of albums with a wide range of artists, including Alicia Bridges' worldwide hit "I Love The Night Life" (liver cancer)

March 7th
1966: Mike Millward (23) guitarist with Fourmost (taken ill with throat cancer in '64, he recovered from that only to be struck down by leukaemia)
1988: Divine (42) Female impersonator
1988: Gordon Huntley () pedal steel guitar, Matthews Southern Comfort (cancer)
1991: Al Klink (74) US tenor saxophonist with World's Greatest Jazz Band ()

Mar 8th
1973: Ron Mckernan (27) keyboard, harmonica, vocals; The Grateful Dead (liver failure/alcohol poisoning)
1993: Billy Eckstine (79) US jazz singer and band leader; his smooth baritone and distinctive vibrato broke down barriers throughout the 1940s, first as leader of the original bop big-band, then as the first romantic black male in popular music.(?)
2003: Adam Faith/Terence Nelhams-Wright (62) late '50s & '60s pop singer star; went on to a respectable acting career in television, movies and theatre.(heart attack)

March 9th
1985: Robert Alexander "Bumps" Blackwell (62) American songwriter, arranger, and record producer best known for his work overseeing the early hits of Little Richard. He should not be confused with another songwriter: Otis Blackwell (?).
1993: Bob Crosby (79) American dixieland bandleader and vocalist, best known for his group Bob Crosby and the Bob Cats.(cancer)
1997: Notorious BIG (24) Christopher Wallace the rapper (gunned down)
1999: Mike Anthony (68) 5th Dimension (heart attack)
2005: Chris LeDoux (56) Singer, guitarist and rodeo performer. As well as being a solo artist he recorded and played with his pal Garth Brooks (complications from ongoing treatment for cancer of the bile duct)
2007: Brad Delp (55) multi-musician, lead singer, frontman of the rock band Boston, and his own band BeatleJuice, a Beatles tribute band.(suicide)

March 10th
1988: Andy Gibb (30) UK solo singer, the youngest of the Gibb brothers but he was not a member of The Bee Gees (died from the virus myocarditis, which is inflammation of the heart muscle).
1989: Doc Green Jr. (54) bass & baritone singer; The Five Crowns/Drifters ()
1997: Lavern Baker/Delores Williams (57) R&B singer; one of the sexiest divas gracing the mid-'50s rock & roll circuit (coronary complications)
2001: Massimo Morsello (42) Italian singer; He was the main figure of Italian far-right political music and a co-founder of the Italian nationalist movement Forza Nuova. (cancer)
2002: Shirley Scott (67) US hard bop and soul-jazz organist; became known in the 1950s for her work with saxophone player Eddie Davis, particularly the song "In the Kitchen.", went on to play with many greats (died of heart failure, believed this had been hastened by the diet drug fen-phen).
2008: Charles "Chuck" Day (65) American blues guitarist, singer and bassist working with the likes of the Johnny River band and the Mamas and Papas before forming his own band. He wrote the distinctive riff in "Secret Agent Man" (died in Healdsburg District Hospital after a long illness).
2008: Dennis Irwin (56) American jazz double bassist, he toured and recorded with John Scofield and the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, among others (complications of cancer).

March 11th
1978: Claude Francois (39) French pop singer (electrocuted when changing a light bulb while standing in his bathtub)
1986: Sonny Terry/Saunders Terrell (75) blues singer, harmonica; Brownie McGhee and his Jook House Rockers or Sonny Terry and his Buckshot Five ()

March 12th
1955: Charlie Parker (34) Jazz Saxophonist; commonly considered one of the greatest jazz musicians, ranked with such players as Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington. (heart attack in New York City watching Tommy Dorsey's Orchestra on television)

March 13th
1987: Gerald Moore CBE (87) uk pianist best known for accompanying many famous singers in the performance and recordings of Lieder (?)
1994: Danny Barker (85) US jazz banjoist, singer, guitarist, songwriter, ukelele player and author from New Orleans, founder of the locally famous Fairview Baptist Church Marching Band (cancer).
1998: Alex Hughes / Judge Dread (collapsing on stage during a performance in Canterbury)
2002: Marc Moreland (44) guitarist, Wall Of Voodoo (kidney failure)
2008: Martin Fierro (66) American tenor saxophonist who played in the jazz, freeform rock, and avant-garde traditions with musicians as diverse as the Sir Douglas Quintet, Legion of Mary to the Allman Brothers and The Grateful Dead (cancer).

March 14th
1972: Linda Jones (27) US soul singer;the biggest of several hits was "Hypnotized" (diagnosed with diabetes, died after she collapsed backstage at the Apollo Theater).
1976: Busby Berkeley/William Berkeley Enos (80) US film director, musical choreographer, famous for his elaborate musical production numbers that often involved complex geometric patterns. His quintessential works used legions of showgirls and props as fantastic elements in kaleidoscopic on-screen performances (natural causes)
1991: Doc Pomus/Jerome Solon Felder (66) American blues singer and songwriter, found success as one of the finest white blues singers of the 1940s before becoming one of the greatest songwriters in the history of American popular music; elected to Songwriters Hall of Fame and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. (cancer)

March 15th
1959: Lester "The Prez" Young (49) saxophone, clarinet; One of the three most important tenor saxophonists of all time. Billie Holiday gave him his nickname “Prez”. His experiences dealing with racism in the military were horrifying, affecting his mental state of mind for the remainder of his life.(After becoming ill in Paris in early 1959, he came home and essentially drank himself to death)
1988: Dannie Richmond (52) US drummer; Charles Mingus/own band ().
2004: Rust Epique (35) guitarist in the band Crazy Town (heart attack)
2008: Mikey Dread/Michael Campbell (54) Jamaican singer, producer, and broadcaster, his music attracted the attention of British punk rockers The Clash, who invited him over to England to produce some of their music (brain tumor).

March 16th
1958: Carl Perkins (27) US jazz pianist with Max Roach-Clifford Brown quintet, but is better known for his association with Curtis Counce; a fine bop-oriented pianist who overcame a slightly crippled left hand due to polio.(drug related)
1970: Tammi Terrell/Thomasina Montgomery (24) Solo singer, a member of The Sherrys and Motown singer (brain tumour, collapsed into Marvin Gaye's arms onstage during a duet of 'That's All You Need To Get By')
1975: T- Bone Walker/Aaron Thibeaux Walker (64) US blues guitarist, singer; he was the idiom's first true lead guitarist, and undeniably one of its very best. Modern electric blues guitar can be traced directly back to this Texas-born pioneer, who began amplifying his sumptuous lead lines for public consumption circa 1940 and thus initiated a revolution so total that its tremors are still being felt today. He was the childhood hero of Jimi Hendrix, and Hendrix imitated some of Walker's ways throughout his life including Walker's flamboyant playing style with the guitar behind his back and legs and with his teeth on stage.(heart problems)
1991: Reba Mcentire () (All seven members of Country star Reba Mcentire's band were killed when their plane crashed near San Diego)
1996: Joseph Pope (62) singer, Tams
2008: Ola Brunkert (61) Swedish session drummer; playered on all Abba's albums and every hit record, and accompanied the group on all their tours (bled to death in a tragic freak accident at his home in Mallorca, when he fell into a glass door, cutting his throat).
2008: Daniel MacMaster (39) US rock vocalist for American/British hard rock band Bonham releasing two albums with them The Disregard of Timekeeping and Mad Hatter (died from a staph infection).

March 17th
1979: Zenon de Fleur Heirowski (28) guitarist, Count Bishops (heart attack)
1982: Samuel George Jr (39) lead singer, Capitol (stabbed during a family argument)
1983: Gigi Gryce/Basheer Qusim/George General Grice Jr (58) jazz saxophonist ()
1990: Rick Grech () bass player, Traffic (kidney and liver failure)
1997: Jermaine Stewart (39) US singer, Shalamar/solo (liver cancer, caused by AIDS)
2006: Professor X/Lumumba Robert Carson (49)US rapper with X-Clan known for its Afrocentrism and militant activism (spinal meningitis)

March 18th
1984: Paul Francis Webster (76) American Academy Award-winning lyricist; before going freelance, Twentieth Century Fox signed him to a contract to write lyrics for Shirley Temple's films()
1984: Joseph Spence (73) Bahamian fisherman-turned-guitarist, singer; several modern folk, blues and jazz musicians, including Taj Mahal, Ry Cooder, Woody Mann and John Renbourn were influenced by and have recorded variations of his arrangements of gospel and Bahamian pop tunes.()
1988: Billy Butterfield (61) US jazz trumpeter, flugelhornist and cornetist; gained attention working with Bob Crosby and later worked with Artie Shaw ().
2001: John Phillips (65) singer, guitarist, songwriter. Founder member of The Mamas and The Papas and the Journeymen (heart failure)

March 19th
1913: John Thomas (87) Welsh harpist and composer, highly honored throughout Europe with memberships in the Societa di S. Cecilia in Rome, Societa Filharmonica of Florence,the Philharmonic Society of London and harpist to Queen Victoria. ()
1976: Gary Thain (28) bass, Uriah Heep (drug overdose)
1976: Paul Kossoff (25) UK rock guitarist with the band Free (died from a drug-induced heart attack while on a plane flight from Los Angeles to New York)
1982: Randy Rhoads (25) American rock guitarist; founder member of Quiet Riot, after which he joined The Ozzy Osbourne Band. He is cited as an influence by many contemporary heavy metal guitarists. A devoted student of classical guitar, Rhoads often combined his classical music influences with his own heavy metal style. (killed in a freak airplane accident, whilst buzzing the bands tour bus from a light aircraft, the plane's wing clipped the bus and crashed). b. Dec 6th 1956.
2008: Mia Permanto (19) Finnish singer, radio host and was placed sixth in the Idols finals of 2007 (reason not given yet).

March 20th
1981: Sonny Red Kyner (48)American alto saxophonist (?).
1987: Norman Harris (39) an American guitarist, producer, arranger, songwriter, and orchestra conductor associated with Philly soul; a founding member of MFSB and one-third of the production trio of Baker-Harris-Young (heart attack)
1991: Coner Clapton (4) Eric Clapton's son (fell from a 53rd floor window in New York)
1991: Billy Butler (65) US soul-jazz and blues guitarist; sessionist/freelance ().
2008: Klaus Dinger (61) German drummer and songwriter most famous for his contributions to the seminal Krautrock outfit; the band Neu! and his invention of the Motorik beat. Less known is that he was the former percussionist and founding member of Kraftwerk (heart failure).

March 21st
1991: Clarence Leonidas Fender (81) founded of Fender Electric Instrument Manufacturing Company, now known as Fender Musical Instruments Corporation, and later founded G&L Musical Products,G&L Guitars. (complications of Parkinson's disease)
2002: John Speedy Keen (57) vocals, songwriter drummer for Thunderclap Newman/solo; known for writing The Who's "Armenia City in the Sky" for the group, the only song The Who ever performed that was specifically written for the group by a non-member. He also wrote the hit song "Something In The Air" for Thunderclap Newman, and was later a record producer for The Heartbreakers and Motörhead.(died suddenly of heart failure)
2004: Johnny Bristol (65)US singer, songwriter and record producer for the Motown label, later signing with MGM (natural causes)
2005: Bobby Short (80) US singer, pianist (leukemia)
2008: Shusha 'Shamsi' Guppy (72) Persian writer, editor and a singer of Persian and Western folk-songs.(?)
2008: John Fowler (42) American drummer, founding member of Steelheart, also a member of the bands Voodoo Jets, Smoke and Hipnotic at the time of his death (brain aneurysm)

March 22nd
1991: Dave Guard (56)vocals, guitar, banjo, songwriter; Kingston Trio (lymphatic cancer)
1994: Dan Hartman (43) singer, keyboards, songwriter; The Edgar Winter group (brain tumor caused by AIDS)
2005: Rod Price (58) UK guitarist; Foghat; known as the "Magician of slide" he worked with many other musicians such as Champion Jack Dupree, Duster Bennett, Eddie Kirkland, Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker, Willie Dixon and Honey Boy Edwards (died after falling down a flight of stairs and suffering a massive coronary)
2008: Israel "Cachao" López (89) Cuban mambo musician, bassist and composer, who has helped bring mambo music to popularity in the United States of America in the early 1950s. He has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and has been described as "the inventor of the mambo". He is considered a master of descarga (renal failure).
2008: Jason Rae (31) Scottish saxophonist, who played with his band Haggis Horns. The group have played with Amy Winehouse, Lily Allen, Mark Ronson, Nightmares On Wax and Corinne Bailey Rae, who was also Jason's wife (found dead in his flat in Leeds, UK; a toxicology test has proved inconclusive but West Yorkshire Police suspect he died of a drugs overdose. A man has been arrested for supplying him with drugs)
2008: Chalmers "Spanky" Alford (?) American guitarist; well known for his flawless playing style and original use of arpeggiations. Top studio guitarist playered with artists such as Joss Stone, John Mayer, Mary J Blidge, Ben Harper, Raphael Saadiq, D'Angelo and Roy Hargrove (?)

March 23rd
1895: Sonny Greer (86) US jazz drummer, best known for his work with Duke Ellington ()
1995: Alan Barton (41) lead singer with the band Black Lace (Tragically on their way to Dusseldorf airport the tour bus careered off the road in a freak hailstorm. Alan died 5 days later in intesive care, from his injuries)
1997: Craig Scott () keyboards, guitar; The Dylans/Elastica (heroin overdose)
2006: Cindy Walker (87) Singer, songwriter, dancer.
2006: Pio Leyva (88) singer, composer, bongos; The Buena Vista Social Club Band

March 24th
1972: Linda Jones (26) soul singer (diabetic coma following a performance at Harlem's Apollo Theatre)
1997: Harold Melvin (57) soul singer; was one of the driving forces behind Philadelphia soul, leading his group the Blue Notes (he suffered a stroke and never fully recovered)
2008: Neil Aspinall (66) UK school friend of George Harrison and Paul McCartney; he started out running them to local gigs in his van. He soon became road manager, then personal assistant, later he became a record producer and chief executive of their company, Apple Corps. (lung cancer)
2008: Chalmers "Spanky" Alford (53) American jazz guitarist and three time Grammy award winner (diabetes).

March 25th
1767: Georg Philipp Telemann (86) German composer, one of the first composers to concentrate on the business of publishing his own music ()
1918: Achille-Claude Debussy (55) Important French composer (rectal cancer)
1951: Sidney Catlett (40) US swinging jazz drummer; worked with Elmer Snowden, Benny Carter, Louis Armstrong's All Stars, Fletcher Henderson, Benny Goodman and more (a stroke).
1978: Bill Kenny () lead singer, Ink Spots ()
2006: Rocío Dúrcal (60) Spanish singer / actress (cancer)
2006: Buck Owens (76) Country singer guitarist. Buckarros/solo (heart attack)
2008: Gene Puerling (78) American jazz musician, singer, musical arranger for the Hi-Los and Singers Unlimited, awarded a Grammy Award for Best Vocal Arrangement for Two or More Voices in 1982 for his arrangement of "A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square" as performed by The Manhattan Transfer (?).

March 26th
1827: Ludwig van Beethoven () German composer/pianist. Mozart aside, Beethoven is the most famous classical composer of the western world. He is remembered for his powerful and stormy compositions (cirrhosis of the liver, plus dropsy)
1968: Little Willie John (30) US singer/songwriter (died in prison of pneumonia)
1971: Harold McNair (39) Session sax and flute player (lung cancer)
1973: Noel Coward (73) UK actor, playwright, composer of popular music (died in Jamaica of natural causes)
1976: Anthony Duster Bennett (29) Welsh singer, musician; John Mayall /solo/ sessionist and played as a one-man blues band (fatal car accident, when he fell asleep at the wheel).
1980: Jon-Jon Poulos (32) drummmer for the Buckinghams (drug overdose)
1995: Eazy-E/Eric Wright (31) Rapper; solo/ N.W.A.the unapologetically violent and sexist pioneers of gangsta rap, are in many ways the most notorious group in the history of rap. (AIDS)
1998: Denis Charles (64) jazz drummer (?).
2002: Randy Castillo (51) drummer, Ozzy Osbourne band (cancer)
2002: Joe Schermie (57) bassist in the band Three Dog Night. (heart attack)
2004: Jan Berry (62) singer/songwriter; Jan and Dean (a seizure)
2005: Paul Hester (46) drummer for Split Enz and Crowded House (suicide, died from strangulation, found hanged in a park in Melbourne, Australia)
2006: Nikki Sudden/Adrian Nicholas Godfrey (49) singer/guitar, founder of Swell Maps; solo; Jacobites; he was writing his autobiography, as well a history of The Wick, an estate in Richmond once owned by Ronnie Wood, currently owned by Pete Townshend. (died hours after a show at New York's Knitting Factory, causes unknown)
2006: Pete Wells (58) Slide guitar, Rose Tattoo (cancer)

March 27th
1975: Gertrude Niessen (63)US vocalist, actress and Broadway star (?)
1977: Benny Moten (60) American swing-style bass player (?)
1993: Clifford Jordan (61) saxophone, jazz musician; many big bands (?)
2000: Ian Dury (57) Singer/ songwriter/ poet/actor. The Blockheads. (cancer)
2002: Dudley Moore (66) UK actor, musician, comedian, composer (fatal bout of pneumonia due to complications from progressive supranuclear palsy)

March 28th
1974: Arthur 'Big Boy' Crudup (69) blues singer, guitarist, songwriter; Elvis Presley's favourite blues artist. (stroke)
2001: Moe Koffman (71) Canadian saxophone, clarinet, composer; sessionist/guest (cancer)

March 29th
1980: Mantovani (74) Orchestra leader
1995: Baltimora aka Jimmy McShane (37) Irish singer and dancer (died of Aids)
1999: Joe Williams (80) well-known US jazz vocalist, an elegant and sophisticated baritone, singing a mixture of blues, ballads, popular songs, and jazz standards (?).
2001: John Lewis (80) American jazz pianist; best known as the musical director of the Modern Jazz Quartet. (died after a long battle with prostate cancer).

March 30th
1764: Pietro Locatelli (68) Italian composer, violinist; Locatelli's works are mainly for the violin, an instrument on which he was a virtuoso. (died in Amsterdam)
1967: Paul Clayton (34) folk singer, dulcimer; a lifelong interest in the folk song tradition, particularly sea shanties and whaling songs, and was an avid collector of folk tunes, and was instrumental in the first recordings of such traditional folk artists as Etta Baker and Hobart Smith.(deliberate overdose of medication)
1980: Mantovani /Annunzio Paolo Mantovani (74) Italian conductor, composer, violinist, pianist, orchestra leader; his trademark "cascading or tumbling strings" effect gave him an instantly recognizable sound ()
2004: Timi Yuro (62) US singer; she is considered to be one of the first blue-eyed soul stylists of the rock era.(cancer of the brain)
2008: Anders Göthberg (32) Swedish guitarist with the alternative rock band Broder Daniel and Honey Is Cool (suicide by jumping from the Västerbron bridge in Stockholm).
2008: Sean LeVert (39) US singer with the LeVert Trio, son of legendary soul/funk singer Eddie Levert of The O'Jays (He was being held at the Cuyahoga County Jail after reportedly failing to pay child support, where he collasped and died; cause unknown at the present time).