Eugene Ormandy (1899-1985)
Mar 12 Hungarian-American violinist and conductor (Philadelphia Orchestra, 1936-80), dies of pneumonia at 85
- Mar 13 Robert "Bob" Shad [Abraham Shadrinsky], American record producer and record label owner (Big Brother and the Holding Company), dies at 65
Roger Sessions (1896-1985)
Mar 16 American Pulitzer Prize winning composer (Concerto for Orchestra; The Black Maskers), musicologist, and educator (Princeton, 1936-45, 53-65; Berkeley, 1945-53), dies at 88
- Mar 17 Anita Boyer, American radio and big band singer (Tommy Dorsey - "I Concentrate On You"), dies at 69 [1]
- Mar 18 Jack Miller, Ameerican orchestra leader (Kate Smith Evening Hour), dies at 89
- Mar 21 Salvador Ley, composer, dies at 78
- Mar 24 George London, Canadian bass-baritone (Rigoleto- "Monterone"), dies at 64
- Mar 29 Jeanine Deckers, Belgian singer-songwriter, and Dominican nun known as 'The Singing Nun' ("Dominique"), cities financial difficulties, and commits suicide with barbiturate overdose at 51
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