March 17

Events

 * 1990 - ceases to exist.

Births

 * 1834 -, German engineer and inventor (d. 1900)
 * 1901 -, American film composer (d. 1970)
 * 1916 -, British singer (d. 1985)
 * 1919 -, American singer (d. 1965)
 * 1936 -, Slovakian composer
 * 1941 -, American musician (Jefferson Airplane)
 * 1942 -, Greek composer, singer and actor
 * 1944 -, American singer and songwriter
 * 1945 -, Brazilian singer (d. 1982)
 * 1945 -, Finnish singer
 * 1947 -, Russian-born composer and producer
 * 1951 -, American musician (Thin Lizzy)
 * 1952 -, Greek musician and composer
 * 1959 -, American rock singer
 * 1962 -, Scottish actress-singer
 * 1963 -, Canadian composer
 * 1970 -, American musician (Ween)
 * 1972 -, Canadian musician
 * 1973 -, Filipino singer (Rivermaya)
 * 1973 -, Irish singer and musician
 * 1975 -, British singer (The Darkness)
 * 1976 -, Irish singer, musician, and actor (Boyzone)

Deaths

 * 1853 –, Austrian physician and mathematician (b. 1803)
 * 1988 –, Greek counter-culture composer and singer (b. 1949)
 * 1996 –, American singer (b. 1941)
 * 1997 –, American singer (b. 1957)
 * 1999 –, Austrian composer (b. 1921)
 * 2006 –, American singer/songwriter (b. 1948)
 * 2006 –, American voice actor (b. 1955)
 * 2007 –, American gospel performer (b. 1959)
 * 2010 –, American musician (b. 1950)
 * 2010 –, British musicologist and radio presenter (b. 1942)