- Mar 2 Hank Ballard [John Henry Kendricks], American rocker (The Midnighters - "The Twist" - pre-Chubber Checker), dies at 75
- Mar 2 Malcolm Williamson, Australian composer, dies at 71
- Mar 3 Goffredo Petrassi, Italian composer (Beatitudines), dies at 98
- Mar 5 Gerhard Rosenfeld, German opera and film score composer, dies at 72
- Mar 8 Adam Faith [Terence Wright], English pop and rock singer ("What Do You Want?"; "Poor Me"), actor (Budgie; Love Hurts), and financial journalist, dies of a heart attack at 62
- Mar 13 Enriko Josif, Serbian composer and pedagogue (Lyric Symphony), dies at 78
- Mar 13 Ian Samwell, British songwriter and record producer (Cliff Richard; Small Faces; America), dies at 66
- Mar 23 Fritz Spiegl, Austrian-British classical flautist, broadcaster, composer, and wit, dies at 77
- Mar 24 Dave Dallwitz, South Australian jazz and classical pianist, bandleader, composer, and visual artist, dies at 88
- Mar 27 Edwin Carr, New Zealand classical composer, dies at 76
- Mar 28 (Farrell) "Rusty" Draper, American country and pop singer ("The Shifting, Whispering Sands"; "Are You Satisfied?"), dies of pneumonia at 80
- Mar 31 Emmanuel Ghent, Canadian-American electronic music composer (Phosphones), dies at 77
- Mar 31 Tommy Seebach, Danish rock keyboardist, singer (Sir Henry and His Butlers), and songwriter (Eurovision), dies at 53
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