People's Choice Awards
Mar 7 5th People's Choice Awards: Burt Reynolds & Olivia Newton-John win (Motion Picture) and Alan Alda, Mary Tyler Moore & Carol Burnett win (TV)
- Mar 10 Eubie Blake, a 92-year old ragtime piano player and composer, and Gregory Hines are musical guest on Saturday Night Live
Music History
Mar 16 CBS-TV airs "Wings Over the World" with Paul McCartney
- Mar 18 "On the 20th Century" closes at St James Theater NYC after 460 performances
- Mar 23 Wings release "Goodnight Tonight"
- Mar 24 "Ballroom" closes at Majestic Theater NYC after 116 performances
- Mar 28 Frank Lazarus & Dick Vosburgh's stage musical comedy "A Day in Hollywood/A Night in Ukraine" premieres at the Mayfair Theatre, London, England
- Mar 31 24th Eurovision Song Contest: Gali Atari and Milk and Honey for Israel wins singing "Hallelujah" in Jerusalem