Portal:Music/DateOfBirth/March 25

• Elton John, Brit Grammy Award-winning composer and pianist, turns 78.
• Bobby Militello, American reedist, turns 75.
• Maizie Williams, West-Indian vocalist of Boney M fame, turns 74.
• Steve Norman, Brit multi-instrumentalist of Spandau Ballet fame, turns 65.

• Chad Wackerman, American drummer with Frank Zappa and Allan Holdsworth, turns 65.
• Makoto Ozone, Japanese jazz pianist, turns 64.
• Frank Ferrer, American rock drummer with Guns N' Roses, turns 59.
• Cathy Dennis, Brit dance-pop singer-songwriter, turns 56.
• Michael McKeegan, Irish bassist of Therapy? fame, turns 54.
• Finley Quaye, Scottish reggae singer, turns 51.
• Melanie Blatt, Brit girl group vocalist of All Saints fame, turns 50.
• Katharine McPhee, American pop and R&B singer and former American Idol contestant, turns 41.
• Jason Castro, American singer-songwriter and former American Idol contestant, turns 38.
• Alyson Michalka, American actress and one half of Aly & AJ, turns 36.

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• Jeff Healey (March 25, 1966 –March 2, 2008), Canadian blues singer-songwriter, would have turned 59 this year.
• Duncan Browne (March 25, 1947 –May 28, 1993), Brit singer-songwriter, would have turned 78 this year.
• Aretha Franklin (March 25, 1942–August 16, 2018), American singer, songwriter and pianist, would have turned 83 this year.
• Lonnie Hillyer (March 25, 1940 –July 01, 1985), American trumpeter, would have turned 85 this year.
• Hoyt Axton (March 25, 1938 –October 26, 1999), American singer-songwriter, would have turned 87 this year.
• Larry Gales (March 25, 1936 –September 12, 1995), (born Lawrence Bernard Gales) American bass player, would have turned 89 this year.
• Johnny Pacheco (March 25, 1935–February 15, 2021), Dominican percussionist, reedist, and salsa music pioneer, would have turned 90 this year.
• Johnny Burnette (March 25, 1934 –August 14, 1964), American rockabilly pioneer, would have turned 91 this year.
• Paul Motian (March 25, 1931 –November 22, 2011), American jazz drummer, would have turned 94 this year.
• Cecil Taylor (March 25, 1929 –April 05, 2018), American pianist, would have turned 96 this year.
• Percy Brice (March 25, 1923–November , 2020), American session musician (drummer), would have turned 102 this year.
• Linton Garner (March 25, 1915 –March 06, 2003), American jazz pianist, would have turned 110 this year.
• Jerry Livingston (March 25, 1909 –July 01, 1987), American songwriter, would have turned 116 this year.
• Duke Groner (March 25, 1906 –November 07, 1982), (born Edward Groner) American bass player, would have turned 119 this year.
• Pete Johnson (March 25, 1904 –March 23, 1967), American boogie-woogie pianist, would have turned 121 this year.
• Albert Burbank (March 25, 1902 –August 15, 1976), American clarinetist, would have turned 123 this year.
• Sweet Emma Barrett (March 25, 1897 –January 28, 1983), American pianist and vocalist, would have turned 128 this year.
• Béla Bartók (March 25, 1881 –September 26, 1945), (born Béla Viktor János Bartók) Hungarian composer, would have turned 144 this year.
• Arturo Toscanini (March 25, 1867 –January 16, 1957), Italian conductor, would have turned 158 this year.