Events in Music
Music Recording
Apr 28 Glenn Miller records "Pennsylvania 6-5000"
Glenn Miller
Birthdays in Music
- Apr 4 Sharon Sheeley, American songwriter (Somethin' Else), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2002)
- Apr 5 Aliza Kashi, Israeli actress and singer (Merv Griffin regular), born in Israel
- Apr 6 Donald Myrick, American saxophonist ("If Leaving Me Is Easy, One More Night), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1993)
- Apr 7 Jan Wilhelm Morthenson, composer
- Apr 7 Patricia Paay, Dutch singer (You are not hip)
Herbie Hancock
Apr 12 Herbie Hancock, American pianist (I Thought it Was You), born in Chicago, Illinois
Herbie Hancock
- Apr 13 Lester Chambers, Ms, vocalist (Chamber Brothers-Time Has Come Today)
- Apr 17 Billy Fury [Ronald Wycherley], English singer (When Will You Say I Love You), born in Liverpool, England (d. 1983)
- Apr 17 Anja Silja, German soprano
- Apr 19 Genya Ravan, American vocalist (Goldie & the Gingerbreads, Ten Wheel Drive)
- Apr 20 Timothy Lee Drummond, American musician, born in Canton, Illinois (d. 2015)
- Apr 25 O. B. McClinton, American country singer (Keep your arms around me), born in Senatobia, Mississippi (d. 1987)
- Apr 26 Giorgio Moroder, producer/singer/songwriter (Cat People, Top Gun), born in Ortisei, Italy