March 7

Events

 * 1876 - is granted a patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

Births

 * 1875 -, French composer (d. 1937)
 * 1887 -, Estonian composer (d. 1970)
 * 1917 -, American jazz drummer and singer
 * 1934 -, Greek musician and composer
 * 1943 -, British musician
 * 1945 -, American musician (Love) (d. 2006)
 * 1946 -, American musician
 * 1950 -, Puerto Rican singer and dancer
 * 1951 -, American musician (Tower of Power)
 * 1952 -, American musician
 * 1962 -, American singer
 * 1963 -, American singer
 * 1969 -, American singer (Nevermore)
 * 1973 -, operatic pop singer (Il Divo)

Deaths

 * 1974 –, Italian singer and actor (b. 1906)
 * 1981 –, Russian conductor (b. 1914)
 * 1983 –, Ukrainian conductor and composer (b. 1912)
 * 2000 –, American country music songwriter and musician (b. 1914)
 * 2006 –, Malian musician (b. 1939)