April 1: Rudolph Isley (1939), Phil Margo (1942), John Barbata (1945), Ronnie Lane (1946), Billie Currie (1952),
Mark White (1961). Willie Dixon (1915), bluesman Amos Milburn (1926), singer/actress Debbie Reynolds (1932),
Arthur Conley (1946), Stan Ridgway of Wall of Voodoo (1955)

April 2: Marvin Gaye (1939), Leon Russell (1941), Emmylo Harris 1947), Karen Bananarama Woodward (1961).

April 3: Jan "Jan & Dean" Berry (1941), Wayne Newton (1942), Tony Orlando (1944), Barry Pritchard (1944),
Dee Murray (1946), Grand Funk's Mel Schacher (1951), Songwriter Jeff Barry (1939), Richard Manuel of The Band (1945).
 
April 4: Muddy Waters (1915), Hugh Masekela (1939), Berry Oakley (1948), writer/actor/dancer/singer/poet laureate Maya Angelou (1928),Steve Gatlin (1951), Dave Hill (1952), Mick Mars (1955), trumpeter/singer Hugh Masekela (1939),
Major Lance (1941), Berry Oakley of the Allman Brothers (1948), Pick Withers of Dire Straits (1948)

April 5th: Tony Williams (1928), David LaFlamme of It's a Beautiful Day (1941), Eric Burdon (1941),
Allan Clarke of the Hollies (1942), Crispin St. Peters (1944), Agnetha Faltskog of ABBA (1948)
April 6: Ravi Shankar (1920), Merle Haggard (1937), Michelle Gilliam of The Mamas And The Papas (1944),
Bob Marley (1945)

April 7: Billie Holiday (1915), Spencer Dryden of The Jefferson Airplane (1938),
Mick Abrahams of Jethro Tull/Blodwyn Pig (1943), Janice Ian (1951), Bruce Gary of The Knack (1952)

April 8: Jazz chanteuse Carmen McRae (1922), Steve Howe (1947)

April 9: Carl Perkins (1932), Terry Knight of Grand Funk Railroad (1943), Gene Parsons of The Byrds (1944)

April 10: Glen Campbell (1938), Righteous Brother Bobby Hatfield (1940), Bunny Wailer born Neville O'Reilly (1947),
Brian Setzer (1960)

April 12: Herbie Hancock (1940), John Kaye of Steppenwolf (1944), David Cassidy (1950),
Echo & The Bunnymen's Will Sergeant (1958)

April 13: Violinist Olga Rudge (1895), Jack Casady of Jefferson Airplane (1944), Lowell George (1945),
Al Green (1946), Roy Loney of the Flamin' Groovies (1946), Peabo Bryson (1951), Jimmy Destri of Blondie (1954)

April 14: Loretta Lynn (1935), Ritchie Blackmore (1945), Matima Kinuani Mpiosso (1951)

April 15: Bessie Smith (1895 or 1898 depending on your reference), Dave Edmunds (1944)

April 16: Henry Mancini (1924), Bobby Vinton (1935), Dusty Springfieldborn Mary O'Brien (1939),
Stefan Grossman (1945), Gerry Rafferty (1947)

April 17: Don Kirshner (1934), Bill Kreutzman of the Grateful Dead(1946)

April 18: Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown (1924), Mike Vickers (1941), Skip Spence of Moby Grape (1946)

April 19: Alan Price of the Animals (1942), Mark Volman of the Turtles (1944)

April 20: Johnny Tillotson (1939), Craig Frost of Grand Funk (1948), Luther Vandross (1951)

April 21: Eric Maresca who wrote the Dion classic "The Wanderer" (1939), Iggy Pop (1947), Johnny McElhone (1963)

April 22: Charles Mingus (1922), Peter Frampton (1950), Ace Frehley (1951), producer Arthur Baker (1955)

April 23: Roy Orbison (1936) Steve Clark of Def Leppard (1960)

April 24: Barbara Streisand (1944), Doug 'Cosmo' Clifford of Creedence (1945), Glen Cornick of Jethro Tull (1947)

April 25: Ella Fitzgerald (1918), Albert King (1923), Jerry Leiber (1933), Steve Ferrone of the Average White Band(1950)

April 26: Duane Eddy (1938), Bobby Rydell (1942), Diana Ross (1944), Roger Taylor of Duran Duran (1960)
 

 April 27: Pete Ham of Badfinger (1947), soul singer Ann Peebles (1947), Kate Pierson of the B-52s (1948),
Sheena Easton (1959)

April 29: Carl Gardner of The Coasters (1928), early Beatle influenceLonnie Donegan (1931),
Klaus Voorman of Manfred Mann (1942), Tommy James aka Thomas Jackson of Tommy James and the Shondells (1947)

April 30: Willie Nelson (1933), Bobby Vee (1943)

April 1st: Scott Joplin (1917), Marvin Gaye (1984), rock 'n roll pioneer Jesse Stone (1999)

April 2nd: Buddy Rich (1987), Rob Pilatus of Milli Vanilli (1998)

April 3rd: Sarah Vaughn (1990), bluesman Roosevelt "Booba" Barnes (1996)

April 5th: Bob "The Bear" Hite of Canned Heat (1981), Danny Rapp of Danny and the Juniors (1983), Kurt Cobain (1994)

April 6: Jazz vibist Red Norvo (1999), Tammy Wynette (1998)

April 7: Lee Brilleaux of Dr. Feelgood (1994), Original Who manager Kit Lambert (1981)

April 8: Laura Nyro (1997)

April 9: Country singer Mae Axton (1997), Dave Prater of the soul duo Sam and Dave (1988), folksinger Phil Ochs (1976)

April 10: Early Beatle Stuart Sutcliffe (1962)
 
April 14: Pete Fardon of the Pretenders (1983)

April 16: Skip Spence (1999), Rose Maddox (1998)

April 17: Linda McCartney (1998), lyricist Jack Yellen (1991), Felix Pappalardi (1983), Vinnie Taylor of Sha Na Na (1974),
Eddie Cochran (1960)

April 20: Steve Marriott of Small Faces and Humble Pie (1991)

April 21: Bluesman Earl Hooker (1970), ska trombonist Don Drummond (1971), Sandy Denny (1978)

April 22: Earl "Fatha" Hines (1983)

April 23: Badfinger's Pete Ham commits suicide (1975), Punk rock forerunner Johnny Thunders (1991)

April 25: Funk star Roger Troutman shot to death (1999)

April 27: Al Hirt (1999)

April 28: Tommy Caldwell of The Marshall Tucker Band (1980)

April 29: Mick Ronson (1993)

April 30: Nazareth's Darrell Sweet (1999), Rock journalist Lester Bangs (1982), F
rankie Lymon of Frankie Lymon and The Teenagers (1968), songwriter Richard Farina (1966)