- Mar 3 "The Star-Spangled Banner" officially becomes US national anthem by congressional resolution; lyrics by Francis Scott Key in 1814, set to John Stafford Smith's 18th century tune "The Anacreontic Song"
Minnie the Moocher
Mar 3 Cab Calloway records "Minnie the Moocher" (Jazz's 1st million seller)
- Mar 25 Hal Kemp & his Orchestra record "Whistles", with Skinnay Ennis as vocalist, in NYC