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India Adams born 5 March 1927
India Adams (5* March 1927 – 25 April 2020) was among a stable of American singers hired by Hollywood studios to dub the singing voices of dancers or comediennes who lacked the vocal talents to record...
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Kiki Dee born 6 March 1947
Pauline Matthews (born 6 March 1947), better known by her stage name Kiki Dee, is an English singer. Known for her blue-eyed soul vocals, she was the first female singer from the UK to sign with...
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Hamilton Bohannon born 7 March 1942
Hamilton Bohannon (March 7, 1942 – April 24, 2020), often credited and known professionally simply as Bohannon, was an American percussionist, band leader, songwriter, arranger, and record producer,...
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Johnny Dollar born 8 March 1933
Johnny Dollar (March 8, 1933 – April 13, 1986) was an American country and rockabilly musician. Country and rockabilly vocalist Johnny Dollar was born John Washington Dollar Jr.in Kilgore, Texas. He...
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Per "Elvis" Granberg born 9 March 1941
Per Granberg , best known under the artist name Per "Elvis" Granberg , (March 9, 1941-February 4, 1980) was a Norwegian rock & roll singer. He spent some of his childhood years in the United...
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Johnnie Allan born 10 March 1938
Johnnie Allan (born March 10, 1938) is an American pioneer of the swamp pop musical genre. Johnnie Allan, real name John Allen Guillot was born in Rayne, Louisiana. At age six he obtained his first...
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Mercer Ellington born 11 March 1919
Mercer Kennedy Ellington (March 11, 1919 – February 8, 1996) was an American musician, composer, and arranger. His father was Duke Ellington, whose band Mercer led for 20 years after his father's...
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Gloria Hart born 12 March 1924
Gloria Hart (born 12 March 1924 – 30 October 2011) is best remembered as the big band singer with the popular Chicago-based Art Kassel Orchestra from 1942 to 1965. Hart was born in Chicago, Illinois....
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Bill Nettles born 13 March 1903
Bill Nettles (March 13, 1903 - April 5, 1967) was a noted songwriter and country singer over a span of three decades. William F. Nettles was born in Natchitoches, Louisiana in either 1903 or 1907...
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Roy Budd born 14 March 1947
Roy Frederick Budd (14 March 1947 – 7 August 1993) was a British jazz pianist and composer known for his film scores, including Get Carter and The Wild Geese. Roy at 7years oldBorn in South Norwood,...
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Vinnie Burke born 15 March 1921
Vinnie Burke (born Vincenzo Bucci) (March 15, 1921 – February 1, 2001) was an American jazz bassist. Vinnie Burke was born Vincent J. Bucci, Jr. in Newark, New Jersey. He played violin and guitar early...
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Jerry Jeff Walker born 16 March 1942
Jerry Jeff Walker (March 16, 1942 – October 23, 2020) was an American country music singer-songwriter. He was a leading figure in the outlaw country music movement. He was best known for having written...
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Jim Weatherly born 17 March 1943
James Dexter Weatherly (March 17, 1943 – February 3, 2021) was an American singer-songwriter who wrote mostly pop and country music. He played quarterback at the University of Mississippi, while also...
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Margie Bowes born 18 March 1941
Margie Marie Bowes (March 18, 1941 – October 22, 2020) was an American country music singer who was popular in the late 1950s. She had a top 10 country hit, "Poor Old Heartsick Me", in 1959. She was...
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Mike Longo born 19 March 1939
Michael Josef Longo (March 19, 1937 – March 22, 2020) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and author. Michael Josef Longo was born in Cincinnati, Ohio. In addition to his bassist father, his mother...
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Sister Rosetta Tharpe born 20 March 1921
Sister Rosetta Tharpe (March 20, 1915 – October 9, 1973) was an American singer, songwriter, guitarist, and recording artist. She attained popularity in the 1930s and 1940s with her gospel recordings,...
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Hank D'Amico born 21 March 1915
Hank D'Amico (March 21, 1915 – December 2, 1965*), isn’t well remembered today but he was an outstanding American jazz clarinetist. D'Amico was born in Rochester, NY and was raised in Buffalo, NY. He...
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Juke Boy Bonner born 22 March 1932
Weldon H. Philip Bonner, better known as Juke Boy Bonner (March 22, 1932 – June 29, 1978) was an American blues singer, harmonica player, and guitarist. He was influenced by Lightnin' Hopkins, Jimmy...
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Maureen Evans born 23 March 1940
Maureen Evans (born 23 March 1940) is a Welsh pop singer who achieved fame in the 1950s and 1960s. Maureen Evans was born in Cardiff, south Wales. She was educated at Caer Castell Secondary Modern...
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Don Covay born 24 March 1936
Donald James Randolph (March 24, 1936 – January 31, 2015), better known by the stage name Don Covay, was an American R&B, rock and roll and soul singer and songwriter most active from the 1950s to...
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