- Mar 2 Buell Neidlinger, American pop, jazz, and classical session cellist and double bassist (Cecil Taylor; Frank Zappa; Duane Eddy), born in New York City (d. 2018)
- Mar 4 Aribert Reimann, German composer (Lear), born in Berlin, Germany
- Mar 4 Eric Allandale [Dubuisson], West Indian-British rock and soul trombonist, and songwriter (The Foundations - "Baby Now That I've Found You"), born in Dominica, West Indies (d. 2001)
- Mar 6 Sylvia Robinson, American rocker (Mickey & Sylvia - "Love Is Strange"), born in Harlem, New York (d. 2011)
- Mar 8 Gábor Szabó, Hungarian-American jazz guitarist (Spellbinder), born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 1982)
- Mar 9 Mickey Gilley, American nightclub owner (Urban Cowboy) and country singer ("Roomful of Roses"), born in Natchez, Mississippi (d. 2022) [1]
- Mar 10 Alfredo Zitarrosa, Uruguayan folk and milonga singer-songwriter ("Recordándote"), poet, and journalist, born in Montevideo, Uruguay (d. 1989)
- Mar 15 Howard Greenfield, American song lyricist ("Calendar Girl"; "Breaking Up Is Hard To Do"; "Love Will Keep Us Together"; theme to "Bewitched"), born in Brooklyn, NYC (d. 1986)
- Mar 16 Fred Neil [Morlock], American songwriter, folk singer, guitarist (Everybody's Talkin'; Candy Man), and conservationist (Dolphin Project), born in Cleveland, Ohio (d. 2001)
- Mar 17 Ladislaw Kupkovic, Slovak violinist, and composer (Musik für das Ruhrfestspielhaus; Klanginvasion auf Bonn), born in Bratislava. Czechoslovak Republic (d. 2016)
- Mar 18 Robert Lee Smith, American singer (Tams - "Be Young, Be Foolish, Be Happy"), born in Atlanta, Georgia
- Mar 19 Amancio D'Silva, Goan-Indian jazz guitarist and composer, born in Bombay, British India (d. 1996)
- Mar 19 Birthe Wilke, Danish pop singer (Eurovision Song Contest, 1957 & 1959), born in Vesterbro, Denmark
- Mar 20 Harold Mabern Jr., American post-bop jazz pianist and composer, born in Memphis, Tennessee (d. 2019)
- Mar 20 Lee "Scratch" Perry [Rainford Hugh Perry], Jamaican reggae singer-songwriter and producer (The Upsetters), born in Kendal, Jamaica (d. 2021)
Vaughn Meader (1936-2004)
Mar 20 American comedian and musician, born in Waterville, Maine
- Mar 21 Brian Dee, British jazz and session pianist and accompanist, born in London, England
- Mar 21 Marek Stachowski, Polish composer (Neusis II; Thakurian Chants), and pedagogue, born in Piekary Śląskie, Poland (d. 2004)
- Mar 22 Roger Whittaker, Kenyan-British country singer ("The Last Farewell"; "Durham Town"), born in Nairobi, Kenya (d. 2023) [1]
- Mar 24 Don Covay [Randolph], American R&B musician and songwriter ("Chain of Fools"), born in Orangeburg, South Carolina (d. 2015)
- Mar 24 Fredrick Kaufman, American jazz trumpeter (Woody Herman), classical composer (Mother of Exiles; Kaminarimon), and educator, born in Brooklyn, New York
- Mar 25 Lawrence Bernard "Larry" Gales, American jazz bassist, born in New York City (d. 1995)
- Mar 26 Erich Urbanner, Austrian composer and educator, born in Innsbruck, Austria
- Mar 26 Fred Parris, American doo-wop singer and songwriter (The Five Satins - "In The Still Of The Night"), born in New Haven, Connecticut (d. 2022)
- Mar 27 Malcolm Goldstein, American composer, and violinist, born in Brooklyn, New York
- Mar 29 Richard Rodney Bennett, English pianist, classical, jazz, and film score composer (Far From The Madding Crowd; Four Weddings And A Funeral), born in Kent, England (d. 2012)
About March 1936
How Old? 88 years old
Generation: Silent Generation
Leap Year: Yes
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