1. april

1582 - Thomas Simpson, composer
1643 - Christian Demelius, composer
1721 - Pieter Hellendaal, Dutch violinist/organist/composer (Glees)
1725 - Francois Bainville, composer
1772 - Ignaz Franz von Mosel, composer
1802 - Hubert Reis, composer
1834 - Isidore Edouard Legouix, composer
1847 - Gavriil Musicescu, composer
1866 - Ferruccio D M B Busoni, Italy, pianist/composer/conductor (Arlecchino)
1871 - F Melius Christiansen, composer
1872 - Tadeusz Joteyko, composer
1873 - Sergei Rachmaninoff, Novgorod Russia, composer (Prelude in C# Minor)
1883 - Aleksander V Aleksandrov, Russian composer/conductor
1883 - Lon Chaney, CO, man of 1000 faces, actor (High Noon, Phantom of Opera)
1886 - Casimir von Paszthory, composer
1895 - Alberta Hunter, blues singer/composer (Downhearted Blues)
1901 - Boris Koutzen, composer
1905 - Winfried P I Zillig, German opera composer/conductor (Fantasia Irica)
1907 - Walter Kaufmann, composer
1909 - Eddie Duchin, Mass, society pianist/bandleader (Eddie Duchin Orch)
1911 - Gunther Rennert, Essen Germany, opera director/producer
1914 - Carla van Neste, Belgian violinist
1915 - Art Lund, Salt Lake City Utah, singer (Ken Murray Show)
1917 - Johnny Andrews, singer/host (Songs at Twilight), born in Boston, Massachusetts
1921 - Douglas Allenbrook, composer
1921 - William L Bergsma, composer (Fortunate Island), born in Oakland, California
1924 - Gunther Becker, composer
1927 - Amos Milburn, rocker
1928 - Jane Powell, Portland Oregon, singer/actress (7 Brides for 7 Brothers)
1930 - Joan Franks-Williams, composer
1932 - Jiri Smutny, composer
1939 - Rudolph Isley, Cincinnati Ohio, rocker (Isley Brothers-Shout)
1942 - Alan Blakley, rocker (Brian Poole & The Tremeloes)
1942 - Danny Brooks, rocker (Dovells)
1942 - Phil Margo, Bkln, rock vocalist (Tokens-Lion Sleeps Tonight)
1946 - John Barbata, drummer (Turtles-Happy Together, Eleanor)
1946 - Ronnie "Plonk" Lane, rock bassist (Small Faces-Hey Girl), born in London, England
1947 - M, English singer
1948 - Jimmy Cliff, Reggae singer
1948 - Simon Crowe, rock drummer (Boomtown Rats-Maxinguaye)
1949 - Gill Scott-Heron, US, writer/poet/singer (Whities on the Moon)
1952 - Billy Currie, rock keyboardist/violinist (Ultravox-We Came to Dance)
1954 - Jeff Porcaro, drummer/percussionist (Toto-Roxanne, Africa), born in Los Angeles, California
1955 - Stan Ridway, rocker (Wall Of Voodoo)
1956 - Peter O’Toole, Irish pop bassist (Hothouse Flowers-People)
1958 - D. Boon, American musician d. (1985)
1961 - Mark White, rock guitarist (ABC-All of My Heart)
1965 - Robert Steadman, English composer
1967 - Phil Demmel, American musician
1968 - Julia Boutros, Lebanese singer
1972 - Jesse Tobias, American musician
1974 - Richard Christy, American drummer
1975 - John Butler, Australian singer and musician
1981 - Hannah Spearritt, British singer

2. april

1628 - Constantin Christian Dedekind, composer
1632 - Georg Caspar Weckler, composer
1728 - Franz Asplmayr, composer
1733 - Giacomo Tritto, composer
1735 - Christian Gotthilf Tag, composer
1735 - Franz Volrath Buttstett, composer
1763 - Giacomo Gotifredo Ferrari, composer
1803 - Franz Paul Lachner, composer
1817 - Teodulo Mabellini, composer
1868 - Eduard Jacobs, singer/pianist (Dutch cabaret)
1877 - Arnold Schering, German musicologist (Humor, Heldentum, Tragik)
1900 - Heinrich Besseler, German musicologist
1901 - Anis Fuleihan, composer
1902 - Danilo Svara, composer
1905 - Serge Lifar, Kiev, dancer, choreographer (Paris Opera Ballet)
1909 - Jean Kurt Forest, composer
1911 - Charles "Honi" Coles, tap dancer (Tap)
1917 - Lou Monte, NJ, singer (Peppino the Italian Mouse)
1928 - Serge Gainsbourg, [Ginsburg], Russian/French singer (Ford Mustang)
1930 - Girolamo Arriego, composer
1931 - Imre Olsvai, composer
1939 - Marvin Gaye (Jr), Wash DC, singer (Sexual Healing)
1941 - Leon Russell, Lawton KS, pianist/singer (Carny)
1943 - Glen Dale, [Richard Garforth], rock vocalist (Fortunes Deal)
1943 - Larry Coryell, Galveston Tx, jazz guitarist (11th House)
1946 - Kurt Winter, rocker (Guess Who)
1947 - Emmylou Harris, Birmingham Alabama, country singer (Together Again)
1948 - Dimitris Mitropanos, Greek singer
1952 - Leon Wilkerson, rock musician (Lynyrd Skynyrd)
1953 - David Robinson, drummer (Cars)
1954 - Susumu Hirasawa, Japanese electropop musician
1959 - Dean Townson, St Petersburg Fla, singer (Pirates of Miss-Fred Jake)
1961 - Keren Jane Woodward, Bristol England, rock vocalist (Bananarama-Venus)
1962 - Billy Dean, Quincy Fla, country singer (Billy the Kid)
1966 - Garnet Silk, Jamaican singer (d. 1994)
1967 - Greg Camp, American musician (Smash Mouth)
1972 - Chico Slimani, Moroccoan-British singer
1974 - Håkan Hellström, Swedish musician
1975 - Deedee Magno, rocker (Party-Rodeo, That’s Why)
1979 - Jesse Carmichael, American musician (Maroon 5)
1983 - Yung Joc, American rapper

3. april

1569 - Giovanni Battista Massarengo, composer
1603 - William Smith, composer
1617 - Antimo Liberati, composer
1627 - Johann Caspar Kerll, composer
1649 - Joseph-Francois Salomon, composer
1682 - Johann Valentin Rathgeber, German benedictine/composer
1751 - Jean-Baptiste Lamoyne, composer
1757 - Ferenc Verseghy, composer
1825 - Adolf Rzepko, composer
1859 - Reginald De Koven, composer
1874 - Eduardo Sanchez de Fuentes, composer
1889 - Grigoras Dinicu, composer
1895 - Bjarne Brustad, composer
1895 - Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Firenze (Florence) Italy, composer
1902 - Henri Garat, Paris France, actor (Congress Dances)
1902 - Siguringi Eirikur Hjorleifsson, composer
1904 - Peter Van Steeden, Amsterdam Neth, orchestra leader (Break the Bank)
1911 - Harold Watkins Shaw, musicologist
1913 - George Barati, composer
1917 - Tibor Andrasovan, composer
1918 - Enrique Iturriaga, composer
1918 - Louis Applebaum, composer
1918 - Sixten Ehrling, Malmö Sweden, conductor (Royal Opera of Stockholm)
1920 - Stan Freeman, Waterbury Conn, pianist (Melody Tour)
1924 - Murray Dickie, opera singer/director
1928 - Don Gibson, American country musician (d. 2003)
1936 - Scott LaFaro, American musician (d. 1961)
1936 - Jimmy McGriff, American jazz organist
1938 - Jeff Barry, Brooklyn New York, American rock writer (Tell Laura I Love Her)
1938 - Philippe Wynne, US soul singer (Detroit Spinners)
1939 - François de Roubaix, French film score composer (d. 1975)
1940 - Lino Brocka, San Jose Philippines, director (Macho Dancer, Jaguar)
1941 - Jan Berry, American rock and roll vocalist (Jan and Dean-Dead Man’s Curve), born in Los Angeles, California
1941 - Philippé Wynne, American musician (d. 1984)
1942 - Billy Joe Royal, Valdosta Ga, country singer (Down in the Boondocks)
1942 - Wayne Newton, American singer
1943 - Mario Lavista, Mexican composer
1944 - Barry Pritchard, rock guitarist (Fortunes)
1944 - Tony Orlando, singer (& Dawn-Tie a Yellow Ribbon), born in NYC, New York
1945 - Richard Manuel, rock pianist/vocalist (Band-Up on Cripple Creek)
1946 - Dee Murray, rocker (Elton John Band)
1948 - Garrick Ohlsson, Bronxville NY, pianist (Intl Busoni winner 1969)
1949 - Jan Keizer, Dutch singer (BZN-Rhythm of My Heart)
1949 - Richard Thompson, vocalist/guitarist (Shoot Out the Lights)
1950 - Curtis Stone, N Hollywood California, singer (Highway 101-Cry Cry Cry)
1951 - Mel Schacher, MI, bassist (Grand Funk Railroad-Some Kind of Wonderful)
1953 - Huub van der Lubbe, Dutch rock singer (Stampei-The Dike)
1953 - Craig Taubman, Jewish singer
1954 - Elisabetta Brusa, Italian composer
1956 - Miguel Bose, Panama, spanish singer/actor (El Avaro, Queen Margot)
1960 - Arjen Anthony Lucassen, Dutch musician
1960 - Marie Denise Pelletier, Quebec singer
1962 - Mike Ness, rocker (Social Distortion)
1963 - Criss Oliva, American musician (d. 1993)
1963 - Tsuyoshi Sekito, Japanese composer
1965 - Nazia Hassan, South Asian pop singer (d.2000)
1968 - Sebastian Philip Clerk Bach, Bahamas, rock (Skid Row-Psycho Love)
1973 - Kelly Price, Queens, NY, R&B vocalist (Friend of Mine)
1976 - Drew Shirley, American musician
1981 - Aaron Bertram, American musician
1982 - Fler, German rapper
1985 - Leona Lewis, English singer
1987 - Julie Sokolow, American musician

4. april

1716 - John Evangelist Schreiber, composer
1731 - Francisco Morera, composer
1740 - Wolfgang Nicolaus Haueisen, composer
1752 - Niccolo Antonio Zingarelli, composer (Andromeda)
1755 - Vincenc Masek, composer
1762 - Stephen Storace, composer
1785 - Bettina von Arnim, German writer and composer of the Romantic era (This Book Belongs to the King)
1804 - Joseph Fischhof, composer
1836 - Jerome Hopkins, composer
1843 - Hans Richter, composer
1872 - Nikolai Amani, composer
1872 - Pauline de Haan-Manifarges, Dutch singer
1875 - Jozef Szulc, composer
1875 - Pierre Monteux, Paris France, conductor (Boston Symph Orch 1919-24)
1879 - Gabriel Groulez, composer
1882 - Mary Howe, composer
1895 - Arthur Murray, dancer (Arthur Murray Dance Party), born in NYC, New York
1905 - Eugene Bozza, composer
1913 - Frances Langford, Lakeland Fla, singer (Armed Forces Hour, Star Time)
1913 - Muddy Waters, [McKinley Morganfield], American blues guitarist (Hoochie Coochie Man)
1919 - Antony Tudor, England, choreographer (Metropolitan Opera 1957)
1922 - Elmer Bernstein, movie music composer (Robot Monster), born in NYC, New York
1925 - Erna Spoorenberg, Dutch singer
1928 - Monty Norman, composer/writer
1933 - Seoirse Bodley, composer
1935 - Francois-Bernard Mache, composer
1936 - Margo J Sylvia, rocker (Tune Weavers)
1939 - Hugh Masekela, Wilbank South Africa, trumpeter (I Am Not Afraid)
1939 - Major Lance, American singer (d. 1994)
1940 - Sharon Sheeley, American songwriter
1942 - Kris Jensen, rocker
1947 - Salvatore Sciarrino, composer
1948 - Berry Oakley, rocker (Allman Brothers-Ramblin’ Man), born in Chicago, Illinois
1948 - Pick Withers, rocker (Dire Straits)
1949 - Larry Lingle, rocker
1951 - Steve Gatlin, Olney Tx, country singer (Gatlin Bros-Broken Lady)
1952 - Dave Hill, England, rock guitarist (Slade-Coz I Love You)
1952 - Gary Moore, Irish rock guitarist (Skid Row-Oh Pretty Woman)
1955 - Mick Mars, rocker
1957 - Graeme Kelling, British pop guitarist (Deacon Blue-Real Gone Kid)
1957 - Ali El Haggar, Egyptian singer and actor
1957 - Nobuyoshi Kuwano, Japanese musician (Rats & Star)
1958 - Cazuza, Brazilian poet, singer and composer (d. 1990)
1960 - Jane Eaglin, English soprano
1963 - David Gavurin, English pop guitarist/composer (Sundays, Blind)
1965 - Black Francis, [Charles Thompson], US singer/songwriter (Pixies)
1965 - Zwart Francis, [Charles Thompson], US singer/songwriter (Pixies)
1966 - Mike Starr [Michael], Honolulu Hawaii, musician (Alice in Chains bassist), (d. 2011)
1972 - Jill Scott, American soul singer
1972 - Magnus Sveningsson, Swedish musician (The Cardigans)
1977 - Adam Dutkiewicz, American guitarist and producer(Killswitch Engage)
1978 - Lemar, English R’n’B singer
1978 - Aska Yang, Taiwanese singer
1979 - Andy McKee, American musician
1980 - Johnny Borrell, English singer (Razorlight)
1994 - Risako Sugaya, Japanese singer

5. april

1595 - John Wilson, composer
1598 - Laurentius Erhard, composer
1698 - Georg Gottfried Wagner, composer
1727 - Pasquale Ankossi, composer
1752 - Sébastien Érard, French musical instruments maker (d. 1831)
1784 - Louis [Ludwig] Spohr, Germany, violin virtuoso/composer (Faust)
1799 - Vincenzo Fioravanti, composer
1828 - Pietro Plantania, composer
1839 - Stanislaw Pilinski, composer
1853 - Alfonso Randano, composer
1854 - Vicente Goicoechea Errasti, composer
1859 - Wilhelm Harteveld, composer
1862 - Louis Ganne, composer
1869 - Albert Roussel, Tourcoing France, composer (Rapsodie Flamende)
1876 - Viktor Patrick Vretblad, composer
1885 - Dimitrie Cuclin, composer
1886 - Jacques Handschin, Swiss musicologist (Der Toncharakter)
1903 - Thomas Baron Pitfield, composer
1905 - Jef Maes, composer
1908 - George Schick, Prague Czech, conductor (Chicago Symphony)
1908 - Herbert von Karajan, Austria, Nazi/conductor (Berlin Philharmonic)
1917 - Richard Yardumian, composer (Come Creator Spirit), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1922 - Harry Freedman, composer
1925 - Oldrich Flosman, composer
1928 - David Farquhar Andress, composer
1928 - Tony Williams, Elizabeth NJ, singer (Platters-Only You, Harbor Lights)
1928 - Will Gaines, jazz dancer
1932 - Billy Bland, American singer and songwriter
1934 - Stanley Turrentine, jazz saxophonist (Wonderland)
1935 - Peter Grant, rock band manager
1936 - John White, English composer and musical performer, born in Berlin, Germany
1938 - Ronald Anthony White Jr, singer
1939 - Lonnie White, vocalist (Smokey Robinson & Miracles-Shop Around)
1939 - Crispian St. Peters, British singer
1940 - Aliza Kashi, Israel, actress/singer (Merv Griffin regular)
1941 - Dave Swarbrick, rocker (Fairport Convention)
1942 - Allan Clarke, rock vocalist (Hollies-Air That I Breathe)
1944 - Dave Holland, heavy metal rocker (Judas Priest-Breakin’ the Law)
1944 - Nicholas Caldwell, rocker (Whispers)
1946 - Larry Frederick Wendt, composer
1950 - Agnetha Fältskog [Anna Ulvaeus], Swedish singer (ABBA)
1950 - Mildred Douglas, Surinames/Dutch singer (Mai Tai)
1951 - Everett Morton, rocker (English Beat)
1954 - Stan Ridgeway, rocker (Mosquito-Garage Sale)
1957 - Vince Gill, Norman Oklahoma, country singer (When I Call Your Name)
1964 - Christopher "Kid" Reid, American rapper (Kid ’n Play)
1968 - Paula Cole, American musician
1970 - Miho Hatori, Japanese singer and songwriter (Cibo Matto)
1973 - Pharrell Williams, American music producer (The Neptunes), born in Virginia Beach, Virginia
1974 - Sahaj Ticotin, American musician/producer (Ra)
1980 - Lee Jae Won, South Korean actor, singer, and rapper

6. april

1631 - Vincenzo De Grandis, composer
1660 - Johann Kuhnau, composer
1672 - Andre Cardinal Destouches, composer
1708 - George Reuter, composer
1752 - Johann Friedrich Kranz, composer
1757 - Alessandro Rolla, composer
1778 - Joseph Funk, composer
1812 - Gavril Yakimovich Lomakin, composer
1815 - Friedrich Robert Volkmann, composer
1818 - Francis Henry Brown, composer
1835 - Jose Marraco y Ferrer, composer
1844 - Joseph Ludwig, composer
1878 - Carl Emil Theodor Ehrenberg, composer
1885 - Carlos Leon Salzedo, composer
1892 - Mateusz Glinski, composer
1896 - Juan Tomas Perez, composer
1900 - Andres Sas, composer
1901 - Willem Pelemans, Flemish composer/music reviewer
1908 - Vano Il’ich Muradeli, composer
1911 - Phyllis Margaret Duncan Tate, composer
1912 - Endre Szekely, composer
1919 - Paula Kelly, Grove City, Pennsylvania, American big band singer
1921 - Andrew Welsh Imbrie, composer
1927 - Gerry Mulligan, British saxophonist/orchestra leader (Jazz on a Summer Day)
1929 - Andre Previn, conductor (London Symphony)/pianist, born in Berlin, Germany
1929 - Arthur S Taylor Jr, US drummer/band leader (Taylor’s Wailers)
1929 - Edison Vasalievich Denisov, composer
1931 - Joan Carlyle, British soprano
1934 - Reijo Jyrkiainen, composer
1936 - Manfred Schoof, composer
1937 - Merle Haggard, Bakersfield California, country singer (Death Valley Days)
1941 - Gheorghe Zamfir, Romanian musician
1944 - Felicity Palmer, British mezzo-soprano
1944 - John Stax, rocker (Pretty Things-Don’t Bring Me Down)
1947 - Tony Cooner, Essex, drummer (Hot Chocolate-You Sexy Thing)
1951 - Ralph Cooper, Australia, drummer (Air Supply-All Out of Love)
1952 - Udo Dirkshneider, heavy metal rocker (Accept-Balls to the Wall, Udo)
1953 - Christopher Franke, German musician and composer
1960 - Warren Haynes, Asheville, North Carolina, rock and blues guitarist (The Allman Brothers Band)
1962 - Stan Cullimore, bassist (Housemartins-Happy Hour, Over There)
1964 - Johnny Dee, heavy metal drummer (Britny Fox-Boys in Heat, King Kobra)
1968 - Vanessa Lann, American composer
1973 - Rie Miyazawa, Japanese actress/singer
1975 - Dannon Phillip Pampolina, rapper/drummer (Party)
1976 - Georg Hólm, Icelandic musician
1978 - Myleene Klass, British singer
1978 - Martin Mendez, Uruguayan-born Bassist (Opeth)
1982 - Michael Guy Chislett, Australian born, American guitarist of The Academy Is...
1984 - Max Bemis, American musician/songwriter
1985 - Garrett Zablocki, American musician

7. april

1694 - Coelestin Praelisauer, composer
1699 - Andreas Benedikt Praelisauer, composer
1727 - Henri Hardouin, composer
1745 - Georg Druschetzky, composer
1748 - Georg Wenzel Ritter, composer
1763 - Domenico Dragonetti, composer
1768 - Karl Theodor Toeschi, composer
1819 - Hubert Leonard, composer
1826 - Johann Hermann Berens, composer
1851 - Otto Adolf Klauwell, composer
1870 - Joseph Ryeland, Belgian composer/Baron
1893 - Irene Castle, dancer (leader in anti-vivisection movement)
1895 - Eduardo Toldra, composer
1897 - Harald Sigurd Johan Saeverud, composer [OS]
1899 - Robert Casadesus, French pianist (d. 1972)
1908 - Percy Faith, conductor (Summer Place)
1915 - Billie Holiday, [Eleanora Fagan], jazz singer (Lady Sings the Blues), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1918 - Peanuts Hucko, Syracuse NY, dixieland clarinetist (Lawrence Welk Show)
1919 - Ralph Flanagan, Loraine Ohio, orchestra leader (Let’s Dance)
1920 - Ravi Shankar, Varanasi, British India, musician (the Pandit), (d. 2012)
1922 - Kenneth Howard Peacock, composer
1922 - Mongo Santamaria, Cuban musician (d. 2003)
1924 - Ikuma Dan, composer
1924 - Nick Perito, orchestra leader (Don Knotts Show, Big Show), born in Denver, Colorado
1927 - Babatunde Olatunji, Nigerian drummer (d. 2003)
1932 - Louis "Mr Bo" Collins, blues SInger
1934 - Victor Feldman, jazz musician (drums and piano), born in London UK (d. 1987)
1935 - Bobby Bare, Irontown Oh, country singer (Detroit City)
1937 - Charley Thomas, rocker (Drifters)
1937 - Charlie Thomas, singer (Drifters)
1938 - Freddie Hubbard, Indianapolis, jazz trumpeter (Art Blakey)
1940 - Jan Wilhelm Morthenson, composer
1940 - Patricia Paay, Dutch singer (You are not hip)
1943 - Mick Abrahams, Luton, rock guitarist (Jethro Tull, Blodwyn Pig)
1943 - Roberta Shore, Monterrey Park, California, actress/singer (Virginian)
1943 - Spencer Dryden, rock drummer (Jefferson Airplane-Go Ask Alice), born in NYC, New York
1945 - Megas, Icelandic singer, songwriter and writer
1946 - Barbara Benary, composer
1947 - Patricia Bennett, US singer (He’s So Fine)
1947 - Florian Schneider, German musician (Kraftwerk)
1947 - Charles ’skip’ Pitts, Washington D.C., soul and blues guitarist (Shaft), (d. 2012)
1948 - Carol Douglas, American singer
1949 - John Oates, rock guitarist/vocalist (Hall & Oates-Rich Girl), born in NYC, New York
1951 - Janis Ian, [Janis Eddy Fink], lesbian/folk rocker (At 17), born in NYC, New York
1951 - John Dittrich, Union NJ, country singer (Restless Heart-Wheels)
1952 - Bruce Gary, Burbank Ca, rock drummer (Knack-My Sharona)
1958 - Tony Aire, rocker (Adventures-Sea of Love)
1960 - Simon Climie, rock vocalist/keyboardist (Climie Fisher-Love Changes)
1962 - Alain Robert, French rock and urban climber
1967 - Artemis Gounaki, composer, writer and music producer
1970 - Leif Ove Andsnes, Norwegian pianist
1971 - Victor Kraatz, Berlin Ger, Canadian ice dancer (1995 World Champs-4th)

8. april

1533 - Claudio Merulo, organist/composer
1692 - Giuseppe Tartini, Italy, violinist/composer (Trillo del Diavolo)
1697 - Pierre Prowo, composer
1708 - Georg Zarth, composer
1756 - Joseph Gehot, composer
1776 - Thaddaus Weigl, composer
1843 - Asger Hamerik, [Hammerich], composer
1878 - Rudolf Nelson, composer
1880 - Victor Schertzinger, composer/director (Uptown NY)
1881 - Fernand Lamy, composer
1885 - Dimitrios Levidis, composer
1889 - Adrian Boult, Chester England, conductor/composer (BBC Sym Orch)
1895 - Sigurdur Thordarson, composer
1896 - Karl Hermann Pillney, composer
1896 - Yip Harburg, American lyricist (d. 1981)
1897 - Herbert Eimert, German composer/musicologist (Glockenspiel)
1902 - Josef Krips, conductor (London Symph 1954-63), born in Vienna, Austria
1904 - John Antill, composer
1909 - Olavi Pesonen, composer
1920 - Carmen McRae (Clark), US jazz singer/pianist (Dream of Life)
1921 - Jan Novak, composer
1921 - Virginia O’Brien, actress/singer (Gus, Ziegfeld Follies), born in Los Angeles, California
1928 - Monty Sunshine, jazz bandleader (Gotta Travel On)
1928 - Fred Ebb, Manhattan NY, American composer, (d. 2004)
1929 - Jacques Brel, Belgium, singer/actor (Pain in the A__)
1929 - Walter Berry, Austria singer/ex husband of Christa Ludwig
1933 - Jaroslav Smolka, composer
1938 - Barton Keith McLean, composer
1941 - Peggy Lennon, singer (Lennon Sisters), born in Los Angeles, California
1942 - Roger Chapman, Leicester, rock vocalist (Family-Family Entertainment)
1947 - Steve Howe, rock guitarist (Asia, Yes-Roundabout), born in London, England
1952 - Adam Woods, rock drummer/pianist (Fixx)
1962 - Izzy Stradlin, [Jeff Isabelle], Lafayette IN, guitarist (Guns & Roses)
1963 - Julian Lennon, singer (Too Late for Goodbyes) and son of John, born in Liverpool, England
1964 - Biz Markie, rocker (Meteor Man, Townsend Television)
1972 - Paul Gray, American bassist (Slipknot)
1974 - Chino XL, American rapper
1975 - Anouk, Dutch singer
1979 - Alexi Laiho, Finnish guitarist and singer (Children of Bodom, Sinergy, Kylähullut)
1980 - Manuel Ortega, Austrian singer
1986 - Erika Sawajiri, Japanese actress, model and singer
1989 - Hitomi Takahashi, Japanese singer

9. april

1611 - Giacomo Maria Predieri, composer
1627 - Johann Kaspar Kerll, composer
1716 - Johann Georg Zechner, composer
1717 - Georg Matthias Monn, composer
1754 - Antonio Frantisek Becvarovsky, composer
1757 - Wojciech Boguslawski, composer
1798 - Giuditta Pasta, [Negri], soprano
1847 - Francesco Paolo Tosti, composer
1847 - Francis William Davenport, composer
1850 - Herman Zumpe, composer
1854 - Seaborn M Denson, composer
1871 - Arthur Fickenscher, composer
1874 - Julius Bittner, Austrian composer (Little Violet)
1883 - Renzo Bossi, composer
1884 - Franco Vittadini, composer
1888 - Florence Smith Price, US composer (Wanamaker Prize 1932)
1889 - Efrem Zimbalist, Rostov on Don Russia, composer/violinist
1894 - Ernest Kanitz, composer
1895 - Mance Lipscomb, Texas, blues musician (Texas Sharecropper)
1895 - Rudolf Kattnigg, composer
1898 - Julius Patzak, Austrian tenor singer
1898 - Paul Robeson, singer (Old Man River)/actor/footballer, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1902 - Frantisek Suchy, composer [or April 21, 1891]
1904 - Sharkey Bonano, American musician (d. 1972)
1906 - Antal Dorati, Budapest Hungary, conductor (Dresden Opera 1928-29
1908 - Fred Lohse, composer
1909 - Ivan Ivonovich Dzerzhinsky, composer
1909 - Robert Helpmann, Mount Gambier, Australia, actor/dancer (Second Time Lucky, The Red Shoes)
1918 - Jorn Utzon, Danish architect (Sydney Opera House)
1920 - Art Van Damme, Norway Mich, jazz accordionist (Chicago Jazz)
1923 - Bruno Kiefer, composer
1924 - Harald Heilmann, composer
1928 - Tom Lehrer, parody/folk singer (That Was The Week That Was)
1929 - Harvey Lichtenstein, pres (Bkln Academy of Music)
1932 - Carl Perkins, Jackson Tn, singer/songwriter (Blue Suede Shoes)
1932 - Armin Jordan, Swiss conductor (d. 2006)
1935 - Aulis Sallinen, composer
1936 - Jerzy Maksymiuk, composer
1941 - Kaye Adams, American country singer
1943 - Terry Knight, rock vocalist (Gloria, Terry Knight & the Pack)
1945 - Gus Hardin, [Carol Ann Blankenship], Tulsa Oklahoma, country singer
1946 - Les Gray, vocalist (Mud-Cat Crept In)
1946 - Philip Wright, rocker (Paper Lace)
1949 - Chico Ryan, rock vocalist (Sha Na Na)
1949 - Steve Gadd, jazz drummer (Triplet Hop, Complex Jazz)
1952 - Magnar Am, composer
1953 - Hal Ketchum, Greenwich NY, country singer (Small Town Saturday Night)
1957 - Ednita Nazario, Ponce PR, spanish singer
1959 - Dave Innis, Bartlesville Oklahoma, country singer (Restless Heart-Wheels)
1961 - Mark Kelly, keyboardist (Marillion-Real to Reel), born in Dublin, Ireland
1964 - Soyo Oka, Japanese musician
1977 - Gerard Way, American musician (My Chemical Romance)
1978 - Rachel Stevens, English singer (S Club)
1978 - Vesna Pisarović, Croatian singer
1979 - Albert Hammond, Jr., American guitarist (The Strokes)
1980 - Clueso, German singer, rapper, songwriter and producer
1984 - Linda Chung, Hong Kong actress and singer
1985 - Yamashita Tomohisa, Japanese singer News
1986 - Brian Larsen, American musician and record producer
1987 - Jesse McCartney, American actor and singer

10. april

1633 - Werner Fabricius, composer
1737 - Francois Giroust, composer
1808 - Auguste Franchomme, composer
1847 - Charles Swinnerton Heap, composer
1864 - Eugene Francis Charles D’Albert, German pianist/composer (Golem)
1887 - Heinz Tiessen, Königsberg, German composer
1892 - Victor de Sabata, Trieste Italy, conductor/composer (Il Macigno)
1903 - Nick Stuart, Romania, bandleader
1906 - Fud Livingston, composer
1910 - Abu-Bakr Khairat, composer
1912 - Martin Denny, rocker/actor (Forbidden Island)
1921 - Sheb Wooley, Erick Oklahoma, vocalist (Purple People Eater, Hee Haw)
1926 - "Alvin" Junior Samples, Cummings Ga, country singer (Hee Haw)
1926 - Jacques Casterede, composer
1929 - Dusan Radic, composer
1932 - Nathaniel Nelson, rocker (Flamingos)
1933 - Philip Corner, composer
1933 - Rokusuke Ei, Japanese lyricist and author
1934 - Zsolt Durko, composer
1935 - Jorge Mester, Mexico City Mexico, conductor (Louisville Orch 1967-79)
1936 - Robert "Bobby" Smith, US singer (Spinners), (d. 2013)
1944 - Danny Woods, US musician (CEO of the Board)
1946 - Armand, [Herman van Loenhout], singer (Blommenkinders)
1947 - Bunny Wailer, Kingston, Jamaica, vocalist/percussionist (The Wailers with Bob Marley)
1947 - Karl Russell, rocker
1949 - Frank de Leeuw, Dutch rock guitarist (Bob Color)
1950 - Eddie Hazel, US pop guitarist (Funkadelic-Uncle Jam Wants You)
1953 - Terre Roche, rocker (Roches)
1955 - Lesley Garrett, British soprano
1957 - Steve Gustafson, American musician
1958 - Yefim Bronfman, Russian-born pianist
1959 - Brian Setzer, Massapequa Park NY, rock guitarist/vocalist (Stray Cats)
1960 - Katrina Leskanich, American musician
1963 - Warren DeMartini, heavy metal musician (Ratt)
1964 - Alan "Reni" Wren, English pop drummer (Stone Roses-Fools Gold)
1964 - Felicia Collins, Albany NY, guitarist (David Letterman)
1965 - Tim Alexander, American funk metal drummer (Primus-Pork soda), born in Cherry Point, North Carolina
1970 - Matt Barlow, American musician
1970 - Kenny Lattimore, American singer
1970 - Mike Mushok, American musician
1970 - Q-Tip, American musician
1973 - Aidan Moffat, Scottish musician
1975 - Chris Carrabba, American singer
1979 - Shemekia Copeland, American singer
1979 - Sophie Ellis-Bextor, English singer
1980 - Bryce Soderberg, American musician
1981 - Liz McClarnon, British singer
1984 - Mandy Moore, American singer/actor
1987 - Hayley Westenra, New Zealand soprano
1991 - Amanda Michalka, American actress/singer

11. april

1586 - Pietro Della Valle, composer
1602 - Johann Neukrantz, composer
1638 - Diogo Diaz Melgaz, composer
1681 - Anne Danican Philidor, composer
1682 - Jean-Joseph Mouret, composer
1715 - John Alcock, composer
1735 - Pierre Nicolas La Houssaye, composer
1769 - Johann Georg Lickl, composer
1775 - Charles-Francois Dumonchau, composer
1779 - Louise Reichardt, composer
1815 - Klara Fey, German orchestra leader (Deutscher Arbeiterverein)
1838 - Joseph Leopold Rockel, composer
1840 - John Conrad Nordqvist, composer
1859 - Basil Harwood, composer
1881 - Harvey Bartlett Gaul, composer
1889 - Nick LaRocca, US jazz coronetist/composer (Tiger Rag) (d. 1961)
1901 - Theodor Rogalski, composer
1907 - William Henry Swinburne, music teacher
1908 - Karel Ancerl, Czech conductor (Prague/Toronto)
1916 - Alberto E Ginastera, Buenos Aires Argentina, composer (Panambi)
1922 - Alexander Raichev, composer
1926 - Robert Hall Lewis, composer
1926 - Victor Bouchard, Quebec pianist and composer
1927 - Domenico Guaccero, composer
1930 - Kazuo Fukushima, composer
1931 - Koichi Sugiyama, Japanese composer
1932 - Max Schubel, composer
1935 - Pierre Kartner, [Father Abraham], Dutch singer (Smurf Song)
1935 - Richard Berry, musician
1951 - Robbie House, rocker (Snuff)
1951 - Paul Fox, English guitarist (The Ruts) (d. 2007)
1958 - Stuart Adamson, rock vocalist/guitarist (Big Country-Wonderland)
1961 - Doug Hopkins, American musician
1964 - Steve Azar, American singer-songwriter
1964 - Johann Sebastian Paetsch, American cellist
1966 - Lisa Stansfield, English pop singer (Around the World)
1969 - Cerys Matthews, Welsh singer
1969 - Chisato Moritaka, Japanese singer
1970 - Delroy Pearson, rock vocalist (Five Star-Between the Lines)
1971 - Oliver Riedel, German musician (Rammstein)
1978 - Tom Thacker, Canadian musician
1979 - Nazanin Afshin-Jam, Miss World Canada 2003, Singer/Songwriter, Human Rights Activist
1979 - Chris Gaylor, American drummer
1979 - Sebastien Grainger, Canadian musician
1987 - Joss Stone, English singer

12. april

1626 - Paul Hainlein, composer
1692 - Giuseppe Tartini, composer, Istria
1716 - Felice de’ Giardini, composer
1722 - Pietro Nardini, composer
1726 - Charles Burney, English music historian (d. 1814)
1727 - Gaspare Gabellone, composer
1760 - Juan Manuel Olivares, composer
1769 - Giovanni Agostino Perotti, composer
1788 - Johann Erik Nordblom, composer
1801 - Josef Franz Karl Lanner, Austria, composer/violist
1815 - Henry Hugo Pierson, composer
1827 - Edward Mollenhauer, composer
1839 - Victorin de Joncieres, composer
1840 - Edmond Audran, composer
1851 - Emil Liebling, composer
1888 - Heinrich Neuhaus, Soviet musician (d. 1964)
1892 - Johnny Dodds, early jazz clarinettist
1898 - Lily Pons, Draguignan France, opera singer/actress (That Girl From Paris) (d. 1976)
1912 - Herbert Mills, singer, (Mills Brothers)
1913 - Gabor Jodal, composer
1915 - [Theodore Roosevelt] Hound Dog Taylor, Natchez Mississippi, American Chicago blues guitarist and singer
1917 - Helen Forrest, American singer (d. 1999)
1919 - Istvan Anhalt, composer, (d. 2012)
1919 - Billy Vaughn, American musician and bandleader (d. 1991)
1920 - Robert Fizdale, pianist (Misia), born in Chicago, Illinois
1923 - Ann Miller, [Lucille Ann Collier], Cherino, Tex, dancer (On the Town)
1924 - Sergiu Natra, composer
1930 - Betty Clooney, Maysville Ky, singer (Jack Paar Show)
1931 - Billy Vaughn, Glasgow Ky, singer (Chapel by the Sea)
1931 - Martin Boykan, composer
1931 - Leonid Derbenyov, Russian poet-songwriter (d. 1995)
1932 - Henri Lazarof, composer
1932 - Tiny Tim [ Herbert Khaury], New York, musician, (d. 1996)
1933 - Montserrat Caballé, Spanish soprano
1940 - Herbie Hancock, pianist (I Thought it Was You), born in Chicago, Illinois
1941 - Julio B Euson, Aruban singer (I Use the Soap)
1942 - Daniel Winslow Schmidt, composer
1944 - John Kay [Joachim Krauledat], Tilsit, East Prussia, rock vocalist (Steppenwolf)
1944 - Karel Kryl, folk singer
1946 - René Krijnen, Dutch keyboardist (Les Baroques)
1948 - Sandra "Lois" Reeves, American singer
1950 - David Cassidy, singer/actor (Keith-Partridge Family), born in NYC, New York
1951 - Jackson Spires, rock drummer (Blackfoot)
1952 - J D Nicholas, English guitarist (Heatwave, Commodores)
1954 - Pat Travers, Toronto, Ontario, Canadian rock guitarist (Puttin’ it Straight)
1956 - Alexander Briley, vocalist (YMCA-Village People)
1956 - Herbert Grönemeyer, German singer
1958 - Tony James, rock bassist (Sigue Sigue Sputnik-Love Missile F-111)
1958 - Will Sergeant, rock guitarist (Echo & Bunnymen-Killing Moon)
1961 - D D Verni, heavy metal rocker (Overkill-Hello From the Gutter)
1962 - Art Alexakis, American musician
1964 - Amy Ray, American musician
1967 - Mellow Man Ace, Cuba, spanish rapper/actor (Only the Strong)
1970 - Nick Hexum, American musician
1972 - Sebnem Ferah, Turkish singer
1978 - Guy Berryman, British musician
1980 - Brian McFadden, Irish Singer
1980 - Erik Mongrain, Canadian musician
1982 - Deen, Bosnian singer
1985 - Hitomi Yoshizawa, Japanese singer
1985 - Olga Seryabkina, Russian singer
1987 - Brendon Urie, American musician (Panic at the Disco)
1994 - Airi Suzuki, Japanese singer

13. april

1713 - Pierre de Jelyotte, composer
1733 - Johann Heinrich Zang, composer
1762 - Karl Friedrich Horn, composer
1799 - Heinrich F L Rellstab, German music theorist
1799 - Joseph Rastrelli, composer
1816 - William Sterndale Bennett, composer
1830 - Eduard Lassen, composer
1865 - Heinrich Reinhardt, composer
1868 - John Blackwood McEwen, composer
1873 - Theodore Morse, composer
1883 - Alexander Alexandrov, composer
1886 - Ethel Leginska, composer
1894 - Ludvig Irgens Jensen, composer
1895 - Olga Rudge, violinist
1899 - Alexander Alexandrovich Davidenko, composer
1906 - Budd [Lawrence] Freeman, US jazz saxophonist (Eel)
1906 - Bud Freeman, American musician (d. 1991)
1911 - Nino Sanzogno, composer
1917 - Howard Keel, Ill, actor/singer and president of the Screen Actors Guild (7 Brides for 7 Brothers, Kiss Me Kate)
1920 - John LaPorta, American musician (d. 2004)
1920 - Ken Nordine, Cherokee Iowa, American voice-over and recording artist (World Jazz)
1921 - Carlo Prosperi, composer
1925 - Hilda Dianda, composer
1932 - Karl Kroeger, composer
1933 - Shani Wallis, Ireland, singer/actress (Oliver)
1934 - Horace Kay, US singer (Tams-You Lied to Your Daddy)
1934 - Siegfried Matthus, composer
1938 - Frederic Rzewski, Westfield Mass, composer (Spacecraft)
1940 - Lester Chambers, Ms, vocalist (Chamber Brothers-Time Has Come Today)
1942 - Bill Conti, Providence RI, composer (For Your Eyes Only, Rocky IV)
1943 - Eve Graham, rocker (New Seekers)
1944 - Brian Pendleton, rocker (Pretty Things)
1944 - Jack Casady, Wash DC, rock bassist (Hot Tuna, Jefferson Airplane)
1945 - Lowell George, rock vocalist/guitarist (Little Feat-Time is a Hero)
1945 - Raymond van Geytenbeek, Dutch singer/drummer (Les Baroques)
1945 - Stacy Johnson, US singer (Sharpees-Tired of Being Alone)
1946 - Al Green, Forest City Arkansas, singer (Lets Stay Together)
1946 - Roy Loney, rocker (Flaming Groovies)
1947 - Thanos Mikroutsikos, Greek composer & former minister
1948 - Peter Swevel, rocker
1950 - Riff West, rock bassist (Molly Hatchet)
1951 - Max Weinberg, rock drummer (E Street Band, Conan O’Brien Show)
1951 - Peabo Bryson, Greenville SC, R&B vocalist (I’m So into You)
1954 - Jimmy Destri, rock keyboardist (Blondie-Heart of Glass, Rapture)
1954 - Niels Olsen, Danish singer
1955 - Louis Johnson, rock bassist/vocalist (Brothers Johnson), born in Los Angeles, California
1957 - Wayne Lewis, keyboardist, (Atlantic Star-Touch a 4 Leaf Clover)
1958 - Randy Piper, heavy metal rocker (Wasp-Wildchild)
1961 - Tammy Stephens, Arlington Tx, singer (Girls Next Door-Don’t Be Cruel)
1962 - Hillel Slovak, Israeli-born guitarist (d. 1988)
1964 - Bill D’Angelo, heavy metal rocker
1966 - Marc Ford, American musician
1967 - Olga Tañón, Puerto Rican singer
1969 - Harold Pruett, rocker (Outsiders-Time Won’t Let Me)
1971 - Valensia, Dutch singer
1972 - Jeroen Thesseling, pop bassist (Pestilence, Spheres)
1972 - Aaron Lewis, American singer (Staind)
1975 - Lou Bega, German-born musician and artist
1982 - Nellie McKay, American singer
1982 - Janice Vidal, Hong Kong singer
1982 - Jill Vidal, Hong Kong singer

14. april

1676 - Ernst Christian Hesse, composer
1710 - Marie A C de Camargo, Spanish/Italian/Belgian dancer
1718 - Emanuele Barbella, composer
1723 - John Wainwright, composer
1782 - Carlo Coccia, composer
1819 - Charles Halle, pianist/conductor/founder (Halle Orch)
1842 - Sven August Korling, composer
1843 - Gustave Leon Huberti, composer
1852 - Henrique Oswald, composer
1857 - Edgar Stillman Kelley, Sparta Wisconsin, composer (Gulliver)
1873 - Viktor Joseph Keldorfer, composer
1895 - Wiktor Labunski, composer
1906 - Hunter Johnson, composer
1910 - Werner Wolf Glaser, composer
1912 - Belinda Quirey, dance historian/teacher
1912 - Piet van Egmond, Dutch organist/conductor (Neth Chamber Orch)
1913 - Everhard van Royen, Dutch flautist/founder (Alma musica)
1913 - Jean Fournet, French conductor
1916 - Denis ApIvor, composer
1916 - Emerson Buckley, composer
1920 - Eduardo Maturana, composer
1922 - David Alexandrovich Toradze, composer
1924 - Shorty Rogers, [Milton M Rajonsky], composer
1925 - Bill Harris, US guitarist (Clovers-Good Lovin’)
1926 - Jan Carl Christian Maegaard, composer
1929 - Paavo Berglund, Finnish conductor (works of Sibelius)
1933 - Buddy Knox, Happy Tx, rock vocalist (Party Doll, Lovey Dovey)
1933 - Morton Subotnick, composer (Wild Bull), born in Los Angeles, California
1935 - Loretta Lynn, Butcher’s Hollow Ky, singer (Coal Miner’s Daughter)
1939 - Jennifer Fowler, composer
1945 - Derek Leckenby, rocker/actor (Mrs Brown You’ve Got a Lovely Daughter)
1945 - Ritchie Blackmore, England, guitarist (Rainbow-Stone Cold, Deep Purple)
1946 - Patrick Fairley, guitarist (Marmalade-Oh La Di Oh La Do)
1948 - Larry Ferguson, Nassau, keyboardist (Hot Chocolate-You Sexy Thing)
1948 - Ty Grimes, rocker (Capt Beefheart Band Drums
1951 - Matima Kinuani Mpiosso, musician
1951 - Julian Lloyd Webber, English cellist
1952 - Kenny Aaronson, rocker
1957 - Mikhail Pletnev, Russian pianist, conductor and composer
1960 - Brian Forster, rocker (Partridge Family Drums)
1967 - Barret Martin, rocker (Screaming Trees)
1967 - Barrett Martin, American drummer and composer
1969 - Martyn LeNoble, Dutch musician
1970 - Shizuka Kudō, Japanese singer
1970 - Emre Altuğ, Turkish singer
1974 - Shawntae Harris, American rapper
1975 - Avner Dorman, Israeli composer
1976 - Christian Älvestam, Swedish musician (Scar Symmetry)
1980 - Win Butler, American/Canadian musician (Arcade Fire)
1984 - Adán Sánchez, Mexican-American singer (d. 2004)

15. april

1637 - Valentin Molitor, composer
1651 - Domenico Gabrielli, composer
1688 - Johann Friedrich Fasch, composer
1689 - Ferdinand Zellbell, composer
1757 - George Knowil Jackson, composer
1827 - Julius Tausch, composer
1843 - Carl Eilhardt, composer
1891 - Vaino Raitio, composer
1894 - Elizabeth Mae "Bessie" Smith, Empress of Blues (over 200 songs)
1898 - Nini de Boel, Flemish operette singer (White Horse)
1908 - Eden Ahbez, songwriter
1914 - John Gregory, dancer
1915 - Ernest Borneman, sexual researcher psychotherapist writer/musicologist
1917 - Pietro Grossi, composer
1921 - Norman Ewart Thurston, musician
1924 - Neville Marriner, Lincoln England, conductor (Minn Orch 1978)
1933 - Roy Clark, Meherrin, Virginia, American country singer (Hee Haw, The Tonight Show)
1935 - Gene Cherico, bassist
1936 - Hector Quintanar, composer
1939 - Marty Wilder, Blackheath, English singer-songwriter and father of rocker Kim Wilde, born in London, England
1943 - Riem de Wolff, Indonesian/Dutch singer/guitarist (Blue Diamonds)
1944 - Dave Edmunds, Wales, singer/guitarist (Rockpile-Baby I Love You)
1944 - Gerard Schoenaker, Dutch singer (Les Baroques)
1947 - Bojoura, [Raina GB van Melzen], Dutch singer/wife of Hans Cleuver
1947 - Michael DeBello, singer (Maniac)
1947 - Mike Chapman, Australian songwriter/producer (Chinn & Chapman)
1947 - Wooly Wolstenholme, keyboardist/vocalist (Barclay James Harvest)
1948 - Michael Kamen, American composer (d. 2003)
1949 - Alla Pugacheva, Russian singer
1954 - Emmanuel, Mexico City Mexico, spanish singer
1958 - Matt Reid, rock keyboardist (Berlin-Takes Your Breathe Away)
1962 - Surjit Bindrakhia, Punjabi Bhangra singer
1965 - Linda Perry, American musician
1966 - Graeme Clark, bassist (Wet Wet Wet-Angel Eyes, Love is All Around)
1966 - Samantha Karen Fox, East End singer (Touch Me), born in London, England
1967 - Frankie Poullain, British musician (The Darkness)
1974 - Josh Todd, American musician (Buckcherry)
1982 - Mark Mizzark, [Marlis Pugh], Akron Ohio, rapper (Another Bad Creation)
1982 - Anthony Green, American musician
1984 - Ben Kasica, Guitarist of rock band Skillet
1992 - Amy Diamond, Swedish singer