- Mar 4 Lloyd "Tiny" Grimes, American jazz and R&B guitarist (Art Tatum), dies of meningitis at 72
- Mar 8 Stuart Hamblen, American singer and composer (This Ole House), dies at 80
- Mar 10 Doc Green, American pop baritone vocalist (The Drifters - "Under the Boardwalk"; "Up on the Roof"), dies of cancer at 54
- Mar 17 Marek Bliziński, Polish jazz guitarist and composer, dies of skin cancer at 41
- Mar 19 Alan Civil, British horn player (played solo on Beatles "For No One"), dies of liver and kidney failure at 59
- Mar 20 Archie Bleyer, American orchestra leader (Arthur Godfrey), dies at 79
- Mar 24 Arnett Cobb, American jazz tenor saxophonist (Lionel Hampton), dies at 70
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