Mar 6 Ivor Novello [David Ivor Davies], Welsh composer, writer and actor (Keep the Home Fires Burning, The Truth Game), dies at 58 Mar 8 John Winter Thompson, composer, dies at 83 Mar 20 Kathleen Lockhart Manning, American composer, dies at 60 Mar 22 Willem Mengelberg, Dutch conductor (Concertgebouw Orchestra, 1895-1945; New York Philharmonic, 1922-30), dies at 79 Mar 25 Sidney “Big Sid” Catlett, American jazz drummer (Louis Armstrong), dies of a heart attack at 41 Feb 1951 Deaths in Music by Year Apr 1951 Famous Musicians Country Singers Jazz Musicians Opera Singers Pop Stars Rappers Rockers