Don Rendell born 4 March 1926
Donald Percy "Don" Rendell (4 March 1926 – 20 October 2015) was an English jazz musician and arranger. Mainly active as a tenor saxophonist, he also played soprano saxophone, flute, and clarinet.Born...
View ArticleLydia MacDonald born 5 March 1923
Lydia Macdonald (5 March, 1923** - 1998) was a Scottish bilingual singer who contributed to various Italian film soundtracks from the 50’s to the 70’s.Born as Lydia De Domenico in Edinburgh, Scotland...
View ArticleLovelace Watkins born 6 March 1938
Lovelace Watkins (March 6, 1938 – June 11, 1995) was a Las Vegas-based singer and performer who achieved prominence in America as well as in Europe and Australia.Watkins was born in New Brunswick, New...
View ArticleLola Beltrán born 7 March 1932
María Lucila Beltrán Ruiz (7 March 1932 – 24 March 1996), better known as Lola Beltrán, was a Mexican singer, actress, and television presenter. With her expressive vocals, Lola Beltran brought...
View ArticleGeorgia White born 9 March 1903
Georgia White (March 9, 1903 – c.1980) was an African-American blues singer who recorded mildly risqué blues songs from the mid-30s through the early '40s.Georgia White was one of the rare female blues...
View ArticleBix Beiderbecke born 10 March 1903
Leon Bix Beiderbecke (March 10, 1903 – August 6, 1931) was an American jazz cornetist and composer, as well as a skilled classical and jazz pianist.In his short life, Bix Beiderbecke left a legacy of...
View ArticleMiff Mole born 11 March 1898
Irving Milfred Mole, better known as Miff Mole (11 March 1898 – 29 April 1961) was a jazz trombonist and band leader. He is generally considered as one of the greatest jazz trombonists and credited...
View ArticleLightnin' Slim born 13 March 1913
Otis Verries Hicks, known as Lightnin' Slim (March 13, 1913 – July 27, 1974), was an African-American Louisiana blues musician, who recorded for Excello Records and played in a style similar to its...
View ArticleLes Brown born 14 March 1912
Lester Raymond "Les" Brown (March 14, 1912 – January 4, 2001) was an American jazz musician who led the big band Les Brown and His Band of Renown for nearly seven decades from 1938 to 2000.Raised in...
View ArticleJimmy McPartland born 15 March 1907
James Dugald McPartland (March 15, 1907 – March 13, 1991) was an American cornetist. Better known as Jimmy McPartland, he worked with Eddie Condon, Art Hodes, Gene Krupa, Benny Goodman, Jack...
View ArticleErnest Lane born 16 March 1931
Ernest Lane (16 March 1931 – 8 July 2012) was a legendary boogie-woogie pianist and one of the last surviving veterans of the original Mississippi blues.Growing up in Clarksdale, Mississippi, Ernest...
View ArticlePeggy Dell born March 17 1905
Margaret Tisdall (8 January 1906 – 30 April 1979), better known by her stage name Peggy Dell, was an Irish singer and pianist who became a popular music hall entertainer.Born in Dublin, Tisdall made...
View ArticleJean Goldkette born 18 March 1899
John Jean Goldkette (March 18, 1893 – March 24, 1962) was a jazz pianist and bandleader.Goldkette was reportedly born on March 18, 1893 in Valenciennes, France. But there is evidence that he was born...
View ArticleWalter Jackson born 19 March 1938
Walter Jackson (March 19, 1938 – June 20, 1983) was an American soul ballad singer who had a string of hits on the US R&B chart between the mid-1960s and early 1980s. His biggest successes included...
View ArticleJerry Reed born 20 March 1937
Jerry Reed Hubbard (March 20, 1937 – September 1, 2008), known professionally as Jerry Reed, was an American country music singer, innovative guitarist, songwriter, and actor who appeared in more than...
View ArticleLeo "Bud" Welch born 22 March 1937
Leo "Bud" Welch (March 22, 1932 – December 19, 2017) was an American gospel blues musician and guitarist who didn't make his professional recording debut until he was 82 years old, by which time he was...
View ArticleSticks McGhee born 23 March 1918
Granville Henry "Stick" McGhee* (March 23, 1918 – August 15, 1961) was an African-American jump blues guitarist, singer and songwriter, best known for his blues song "Drinkin' Wine, Spo-Dee-O-Dee",...
View ArticlePeggy Sue Wright born 25 March 1943
Peggy Sue Wright (née Webb; March 25, 1943) is a country music singer and songwriter, who had brief success as a country singer in the late 1960s. She is the middle sister of two popular country...
View ArticleHoyt Axton born 25 March 1938
Hoyt Wayne Axton (March 25, 1938 – October 26, 1999) was an American folk music singer-songwriter, guitarist, and a film and television actor. He became prominent in the early-1960s, establishing...
View ArticleJoe Loco born 26 March 1921
Joe Loco (March 26, 1921 - March 7, 1988) was a Latin pianist, arranger, bandleader and composer; played a leading part in popularizing mambo and other Latin rhythms in the USA during '40s-50s with big...
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