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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...

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Lydia 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...

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Lovelace 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...

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Lola 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...

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Georgia 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...

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Bix 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...

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Miff 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...

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Lightnin' 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...

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Les 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...

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Jimmy 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...

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Ernest 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...

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Peggy 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...

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Jean 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...

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Walter 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...

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Jerry 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...

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Leo "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...

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Sticks 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",...

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Peggy 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...

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Hoyt 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...

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Joe 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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