- Mar 4 Alan Cartwright, British rock bass player (Procol Harum, 1972-77), dies at 75
- Mar 6 McCoy Tyner, American jazz pianist (John Coltrane Quartet), dies at 81
- Mar 9 Keith Olsen, American rock record producer and sound engineer (Fleetwood Mac - Fleetwood Mac; Grateful Dead - Terrapin Station; Joe Walsh - The Confessor), dies of cardiac arrest at 74
- Mar 11 Charles Wuorinen, American contemporary classical pianist, conductor, and Pulitzer Prize-winning composer (Time's Encomium; Marimba Variations; Brokeback Mountain), dies at 81
- Mar 12 Don Burrows, Australian jazz musician, dies at 91
- Mar 14 Genesis P-Orridge [Neil Megson], British avant-garde rock singer-songwriter, and performance artist (Throbbing Gristle; Psychic TV), dies of leukemia at 70
- Mar 14 Phil Phillips [Baptiste], American singer-songwriter (Sea of Love), dies at 94
- Mar 15 Suzy Delair, French actress and singer (The Murderer Lives at Number 21, Utopia, White Paws), dies at 102
Kenny Rogers (1938-2020)
Mar 20 American pop and country singer-songwriter ("The Gambler"; "Through the Years") and entrepreneur (Kenny Rogers Roasters), dies of natural causes at 81
- Mar 22 Eric Weissberg, American singer and musician (Duelling Banjos), dies of Alzheimer’s at 80
- Mar 22 Julie Felix, American-born British-based folk-rock singer-songwriter, and BBC presenter (The Frost Report; Once More With Felix), dies at 81
- Mar 22 Stan Bronstein, American rock saxophonist (Elephant's Memory), dies at 81
- Mar 24 Bill Rieflin, American rock drummer (Nine Inch Nails; R.E.M.; King Crimson. 2013-20), dies of cancer at 59
- Mar 24 Gerard Schurmann, Dutch-British conductor, and composer of classical music (The Double Heart), and film scores, (The Bedford Incident), dies at 96
- Mar 24 Manu Dibango, Cameroonian musician (Soul Makossa), dies of COVID-19 at 86
- Mar 27 Bob Andy [Keith Anderson], Jamaican reggae songwriter, and vocalist ("Feel the Feeling"; "Fire Burning"), dies of cancer at 75
- Mar 28 Jan Howard [Lula Grace Johnson], American country music singer and songwriter (For Loving You), dies at 91
- Mar 29 Alan Merrill [Allan Sachs], American vocalist and songwriter (The Arrows -"I Love Rock 'n' Roll"), dies from COVID-19 complications at 69
- Mar 29 Jamary Oliveira, Brazilian composer (Sanctus; Piano Pièce), and music professor, dies at 76
- Mar 29 Joe Diffie, American country singer and guitarist (Home), dies of COVID-19 complications at 61
Krzysztof Penderecki (1933-2020)
Mar 29 Polish composer ("Threnody to the Victims of Hiroshima"), dies at 86
Bill Withers (1938-2020)
Mar 30 American singer-songwriter and rhythm & blues musician ("Ain't No Sunshine"; "Lean on Me"; "Just The Two Of Us"), dies of heart complications at 81
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