MARCH BIRTHDAYS

MARCH 31 

• 1596 – René Descartes
• 1685 – Johann Sebastian Bach
• 1732 – Joseph Haydn
• 1878 – Jack Johnson
• 1908 – Red Norvo
• 1928 – Lefty Frizzell
• 1934 – Shirley Jones
• 1934 – John D. Loudermilk
• 1935 – Herb Alpert
• 1939 – Israel Horovitz
• 1940 – Barney Frank
• 1942 – Hugh McCracken
• 1944 – Mick Ralphs
• 1945 – Gabe Kaplan
• 1948 – Rhea Perlman
• 1955 – Angus Young

MARCH 30 

• 1844 – Paul Verlaine
• 1902 – Ted Heath
• 1913 – Frankie Laine
• 1914 – Sonny Boy Williamson I
• 1926 – Peter Marshall
• 1930 – John Astin
• 1937 – Warren Beatty
• 1943 – Ken Forssi
• 1943 – Al Goodman
• 1943 – Jay Traynor
• 1945 – Eric Clapton
• 1962 – MC Hammer
• 1964 – Tracy Chapman
• 1968 – Celine Dion

MARCH 29 

• 1906 – E. Power Biggs
• 1918 – Pearl Bailey
• 1943 – Vangelis
• 1943 – Eric Idle
• 1944 – Terry Jacks
• 1944 – Denny McLain
• 1945 – Walt Frazier
• 1945 – Speedy Keen
• 1947 – Robert Gordon
• 1959 – Perry Farrell
• 1961 – Amy Sedaris
• 1967 – John Popper

MARCH 28 

• 1941 – Alf Clausen
• 1954 – Donald Brown
• 1955 – Reba McEntire
• 1973 – Matt Nathanson
• 1986 – J-Kwon
• 1986 – Lady Gaga

MARCH 27 

• 1899 – Gloria Swanson
• 1905 – Leroy Carr
• 1906 – Pee Wee Russell
• 1924 – Sarah Vaughan
• 1927 – Mo Ostin
• 1952 – Maria Schneider
• 1963 – Quentin Tarantino
• 1975 – Fergie

MARCH 26 

• 1874 – Robert Frost
• 1911 – Tennessee Williams
• 1923 – Bob Elliott
• 1925 – Pierre Boulez
• 1931 – Leonard Nimoy
• 1940 – James Caan
• 1942 – Erica Jong
• 1944 – Diana Ross
• 1948 – Steven Tyler
• 1950 – Teddy Pendergrass

MARCH 25

• 1881 – Béla Bartók
• 1908 – David Lean
• 1918 – Howard Cosell
• 1921 – Simone Signoret
• 1926 – Gene Shalit
• 1931 – Tom Wilson (Producer)
• 1934 – Johnny Burnette
• 1934 – Gloria Steinem
• 1938 – Hoyt Axton
• 1942 – Aretha Franklin
• 1947 – Elton John
• 1966 – Jeff Healey

MARCH 24

• 1874 – Harry Houdini
• 1911 – Joseph Barbera
• 1919 – Lawrence Ferlinghetti
• 1922 – T. M. Soundararajan
• 1924 – Norman Fell
• 1935 – Carol Kaye
• 1937 – Billy Stewart
• 1938 – Holger Czukay
• 1942 - Jimmy Miller
• 1948 – Lee Oskar
• 1949 - Nick Lowe
• 1970 – Sharon Corr
• 1971 - Abraham "Abe" Laboriel, Jr.

MARCH 23

• 1910 – Akira Kurosawa
• 1944 – Tony McPhee
• 1945 – David Grisman
• 1946 – Alan Bleasdale
• 1949 – Ric Ocasek
• 1951 – Phil Keaggy
• 1959 – Epic Soundtracks
• 1968 – Damon Albarn

MARCH 22

• 1887 – Chico Marx
• 1912 – Karl Malden
• 1931 – William Shatner
• 1943 – Keith Relf
• 1948 – Randy Jo Hobbs
• 1948 – Andrew Lloyd Webber
• 1952 – Jay Dee Daugherty
• 1958 – Pete Wylie

MARCH 21

• 1925 – Harold Ashby
• 1930 – James Coco
• 1930 – Otis Spann
• 1940 – Solomon Burke
• 1943 – Vivian Stanshall
• 1944 – David Lindley
• 1945 – Rose Stone (Sly & The Family Stone)
• 1946 – Ray Dorset (Mungo Jerry)
• 1958 – Gary Oldman
• 1961 – Slim Jim Phantom

• MARCH 20
• 1828 – Henrik Ibsen
• 1906 – Ozzie Nelson
• 1915 – Sister Rosetta Tharpe
• 1917 – Vera Lynn
• 1918 – Marian McPartland
• 1922 – Ray Goulding
• 1922 – Carl Reiner
• 1931 – Hal Linden
• 1935 – Ted Bessell
• 1936 – Vaughn Meader
• 1936 – Lee "Scratch" Perry
• 1937 – Jerry Reed
• 1948 – Bobby Orr
• 1949 – Marcia Ball
• 1950 – Carl Palmer
• 1951 – Jimmie Vaughan
• 1963 – Maggie Estep

MARCH 19

• 1894 – Moms Mabley
• 1920 – Tige Andrews
• 1937 – Clarence "Frogman" Henry
• 1938 – Herbie Flowers
• 1946 – Paul Atkinson
• 1946 – Ruth Pointer
• 1952 – Harvey Weinstein
• 1960 - Seth Rogovoy

MARCH 18

• 1932 – John Updike
• 1938 – Kenny Lynch
• 1938 – Charley Pride
• 1941 – Wilson Pickett
• 1943 – Dennis Linde
• 1947 – B.J. Wilson
• 1951 – Ben Cohen (Ben and Jerry’s)
• 1951 – Bill Frisell
• 1961 – Grant Hart
• 1962 – James McMurtry
• 1966 – Jerry Cantrell

MARCH 17

• 1901 – Alfred Newman
• 1915 – Ray Ellington
• 1919 – Nat King Cole
• 1927 – Rudy Ray Moore
• 1938 – Rudolf Nureyev
• 1941 – Paul Kantner
• 1944 – Pattie Boyd
• 1944 – John Sebastian
• 1951 – Scott Gorham (Thin Lizzy)
• 1967 – Billy Corgan

MARCH 16

• 1839 – John Butler Yeats
• 1906 – Henny Youngman
• 1920 – Leo McKern
• 1926 – Jerry Lewis
• 1927 – Ruby Braff
• 1934 – Ray Walker (The Jordanaires)
• 1936 – Fred Neil
• 1941 – Chuck Woolery
• 1942 – Jerry Jeff Walker (Ronald Clyde Crosby)
• 1948 - Michael Owen Bruce
• 1949 – Elliott Murphy
• 1951 – Ray Benson
• 1964 – Patty Griffin
• 1967 – Tracy Bonham
• 1967 – John Darnielle

MARCH 15

• 1912 – Lightnin' Hopkins
• 1927 – Carl Smith
• 1931 – D. J. Fontana
• 1932 - Arif Mardin
• 1940 – Phil Lesh
• 1941 – Mike Love
• 1942 - Hughie Flint
• 1943 – David Cronenberg
• 1943 – Sly Stone
• 1947 – Ry Cooder
• 1952 – Howard Devoto

MARCH 14 

• 1879 – Albert Einstein
• 1912 – Les Brown
• 1914 – Lee Hays
• 1920 – Hank Ketcham
• 1931 - James Mitchell (Memphis Horns)
• 1933 – Michael Caine
• 1933 – Quincy Jones
• 1938 – Eleanor Bron
• 1943 - Jim Pons
• 1945 – Michael Martin Murphey
• 1945 - James O’Rourke (John Fred & His Playboy Band)
• 1945 – Walter Parazaider
• 1947 – Jona Lewie
• 1950 – Rick Dees
• 1951 – Jerry Greenfield (Ben & Jerry’s)

March 13

• 1910 – Sammy Kaye
• 1921 – Al Jaffee
• 1925 – Roy Haynes
• 1933 - Mike Stoller
• 1939 – Neil Sedaka
• 1940 – Candi Staton
• 1942 – Marshall Chess
• 1942 – Scatman John
• 1959 - Greg Norton (Hüsker Dü)
• 1960 – Adam Clayton
• 1962 – Terence Blanchard

(Back from vacation)