Musicians Born in March 1945

Micky Dolenz (79 years old)

Mar 8 American singer (The Monkees - "I'm A Believer"), and actor (Circus Boy), born in Los Angeles, California

Mar 9 Laura Lee, American soul and gospel singer (Dirty Man, Women's Love Rights), born in Chicago, Illinois
Mar 9 Robert Calvert, South African-British writer and musician (Hawkwind), born in Pretoria (d. 1988)
Mar 9 Robin Trower, British rock guitarist (Procol Harum, 1967-71 - "Conquistador"; solo - Bridge Of Sighs), born in London, England
Mar 10 Pete Nelson [Lipscomb], British pop singer (The Flower Pot Men - "Let's Go To San Francisco"), born in Uxbridge, London, England (d. 2005)
Mar 11 Harvey Mandel, American rock guitarist (The Snake), born in Morton, Illinois
Mar 12 George Jackson, American rhythm & blues, rock, and southern soul songwriter ("One Bad Apple"; "Old Time Rock and Roll"), and singer, born in Indianola, Mississippi (d. 2013)
Mar 12 Hans van Emden, Dutch rock guitarist (Les Baroques - "Such A Cad"), born in Amsterdam, Netherlands
Mar 14 Herman van Veen, Dutch cabaretier, singer, composer and writer, born in Utrecht, Netherlands
Mar 14 Michael Martin Murphey, American country singer (Wildfire), born in Dallas, Texas
Mar 14 Walt Parazaider, American rock saxophonist (Chicago), born in Chicago, Illinois
Mar 17 Elis Regina (Costa), Brazilian pop-samba-bossa nova singer ("Arrastão" - "Pull the Trawling Net"), born in Porto Alegre, Brazil (d. 1982)
Mar 18 Chuck E. Weiss, American blues and rock songwriter, vocalist, and muse (Rickie Lee Jones; Tom Waits), born in Denver, Colorado (d. 2021)
Mar 18 Eric Woolfson, Scottish singer and producer (The Alan Parsons Project), born in Glasgow (d. 2009)
Mar 21 Rosemary Stone, American funk and rock vocalist, and pianist (Sly & Family Stone - "Everyday People"; "Dance to The Music"), born in Dallas, Texas
Mar 21 Vernon Guy, American R&B and gospel singer (Cool Sounds, Sharpees), born in St. Louis Missouri (d. 1998)
Mar 22 Alan Opie, British Grammy Award-winning baritone (Boughton - Bethlehem; Britten's Peter Grimes "Balstrode"), born in Redruth, Cornwall, England
Mar 22 Chuck Jackson, American R&B singer (The Independents - "Leaving Me"), songwriter and record producer (Natalie Cole; Phyllis Hyman), born in Greenville, South Carolina
Mar 23 David Grisman, American folk-bluegrass-jazz fusion mandolin player (Old And In The Way; Jerry Garcia), born in Hackensack, New Jersey
Mar 23 Franco Battiato, Italian pop, rock, and new wave singer, songwriter (“La Voce del Padrone” (“The Master’s Voice”), and filmmaker ("Lost Love"), born in Jonia, Sicily. Italy (d. 2021)
Mar 28 Boudewijn Buckinx, Belgian contemporary classical composer and musicologist, born in Lommel, Belgium
Mar 28 Chuck Portz, American bassist (Turtles - "Happy Together"), born in Santa Monica, California
Mar 28 Sally Carr, Scottish pop singer (Middle of the Road - "Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep"), born in Muirhead, Scotland
Mar 29 John "Speedy" Keen, British musician, songwriter, producer (Thunderclap Newman - "Something In The Air"), born in Ealing, London (d. 2002)

Eric Clapton (79 years old)

Mar 30 English singer and guitarist (Cream - "Sunshine Of Your Love; Derek & The Dominos - "Layla"; solo -"Tears in Heaven"), born in Ripley, Surrey, England

Mar 30 Richard Evans, British graphic designer, album cover designer (The Who; The Doors; Pink Floyd; Louis Armstrong), born in Wilmslow, Cheshire