Events in Music
- Apr 16 "4 Saints in 3 Acts" opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 15 performances
- Apr 27 "4 Saints in 3 Acts" closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 15 performances
Birthdays in Music
- Apr 1 Tirso Cruz III, Filipino actor and singer, born in Sampaloc, Manila, Philippines
- Apr 2 Leon Wilkeson, American rock bassist (Lynyrd Skynyrd), born in Newport, Rhode Island (d. 2001)
- Apr 4 Gary Moore, Irish rock guitarist (Skid Row-Oh Pretty Woman), born in Belfast, Northern Ireland (d. 2011)
- Apr 6 Udo Dirkshneider, heavy metal rocker (Accept-Balls to the Wall, Udo)
- Apr 7 Bruce Gary, rock drummer (Knack-My Sharona), born in Burbank, California
- Apr 8 Adam Woods, rock drummer/pianist (Fixx)
- Apr 9 Magnar Åm, Norwegian composer, born in Trondheim, Norway
- Apr 12 J. D. Nicholas, English guitarist (Heatwave, Commodores), born in Watford, England
- Apr 14 Kenny Aaronson, american bass guitarist, born in Brooklyn, New York
- Apr 18 Jim Scholten, American country singer (Betty's Bein' Bad), born in Midland, Michigan
- Apr 19 Andy Shernoff, American musician (The Dictators), born in Queens, New York musician (The Dictators), born in Queens, New York
- Apr 23 Narada Michael Walden, American rocker (Don't Want Nobody Else), born in Kalamazoo, Michigan
- Apr 25 Cory Day, American rock vocalist, born in The Bronx, New York
- Apr 25 Ketil Bjørnstad, Norwegian pianist, born in Oslo, Norway
- Apr 28 Chuck Leavell, American musician (The Allman Brothers Band, Rolling Stones), born in Birmingham, Alabama
- Apr 29 Nora Dunn, comedienne (SNL, Miami Blues, Working Girl), born in Chicago, Illinois