- Apr 1 Jim Ed Brown, American country music singer (Nashville on the Road), born in Sparkman, Arkansas
- Apr 5 Stanley Turrentine, American jazz saxophonist (Wonderland), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 2000)
- Apr 6 Reijo Jyrkiainen, composer
- Apr 7 Victor Feldman, British jazz pianist and drummer, born in London (d. 1987)
- Apr 10 Zsolt Durko, Hungarian composer, born in Szeged (d. 1997)
- Apr 13 Horace Kay, US singer (Tams-You Lied to Your Daddy)
- Apr 13 Siegfried Matthus, composer
- Apr 17 Donald "Don" Kirshner, American rock & roll producer known as "The Man With the Golden Ear" (invented bubblegum music), born in Bronx, New York (d. 2011)
- Apr 18 Jan Klusak [Jan Porges], Czech composer, born in Prague
- Apr 18 George Shirley, American tenor
- Apr 19 Dickie Goodman, parody singer (Flying Saucer)
- Apr 19 Jan Helge Guttorm Bark, composer
- Apr 30 Jerry Lordan, English composer and singer (d. 1995)