March 8

Events

 * 1980 - The first festival of rock music kicks off in the Soviet Union.

Births

 * 1560 -, Italian composer (d. 1613)
 * 1714 -, German composer (d. 1788)
 * 1892 -, American blues singer and guitarist (d. 1966)
 * 1911 -, American composer (d. 2000)
 * 1936 -, Hungarian guitarist (d. 1982)
 * 1944 -, Russian composer
 * 1944 -, Spanish guitarist
 * 1945 -, American composer
 * 1945 -, American musician (The Monkees)
 * 1946 -, American musician (The Eagles)
 * 1947 -, American musician (Three Dog Night)
 * 1947 -, American composer
 * 1948 -, American pop singer
 * 1953 -, American musician
 * 1954 -, British singer (Bucks Fizz)
 * 1957 -, British musician (Iron Maiden)
 * 1957 -, composer/pianist
 * 1958 -, British singer
 * 1968 -, American musician
 * 1972 -, Australian pop singer
 * 1973 -, Dutch singer (The Gathering)
 * 1975 -, Greek singer
 * 1976 -, English singer (Supergrass)
 * 1979 -, English singer (Keane)
 * 1979 -, American guitarist (OK Go)
 * 1984 -, Canadian musician
 * 1993 -, Australian drummer

Deaths

 * 1869 –, French composer (b. 1803)
 * 1957 –, Swiss composer and conductor (b. 1886)


 * 1961 –, English conductor (b. 1879)


 * 1983 –, English composer (b. 1902)


 * 1988 –, Polish-born violinist (b. 1918)


 * 1993 –, American musician (b. 1914)


 * 1995 –, German drummer (b. 1965)
 * 2003 –, English singer and actor (b. 1940)