Events in Music
Academy Awards
Apr 9 34th Academy Awards: "West Side Story" (Best Picture, Director, and 8 more), Sophia Loren (Two Women) & Maximilian Schell (Judgement At Nuremberg) win
- Apr 29 16th Tony Awards: "A Man For All Seasons" (play) & "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying" (musical) win
Birthdays in Music
- Apr 1 Dimos Dimitriadis, Greek jazz saxophonist, and educator, born in Thessaloniki, Greece
- Apr 1 Sara Lazarus, American jazz singer ("It's All Right With Me"), born in Wilmington, Delaware
- Apr 2 Billy Dean, American country singer ("Young Man"; "Fire in the Dark"), born in Quincy, Florida
- Apr 3 Mike Ness, American punk rock singer-songwriter, and guitarist (Social Distortion), born in Lynn, Massachusetts
- Apr 3 Simon Raymonde, British bassist, songwriter, and record producer (Cocteau Twins), born in Lewisham, London, England
- Apr 8 Adam Mole, British guitarist (Pop Will Eat Itself - "Get The Girl! Kill The Baddies!"), born in England
- Apr 8 Izzy Stradlin [Jeff Isabelle], American guitarist (Guns & Roses), born in Lafayette, Indiana
- Apr 12 Art Alexakis, American musician (Everclear), born in Los Angeles, California
- Apr 13 Hillel Slovak, Israeli musician (What Is This?, 1980-85; Red Hot Chili Peppers, 1982-87), born in Haifa, Israel (d. 1988)
- Apr 14 John Bell, American rock singer and guitarist (Widespread Panic - "Hope in a Hopeless World"), born in Cleveland, Ohio
- Apr 15 (Ivor) "Nick" Kamen, British pop singer-songwriter (Each Time You Break My Heart; I Promised Myself), and model (Levi's), born in Harlow, Essex, England (d. 2021)
- Apr 15 Surjit Bindrakhia [Bains], Punjabi Bhangra singer ("Lakk Tunoo Tunoo"; "Dupatta Tera Satrang Da"), born in Bindrakh, Punjab (d. 2003)
- Apr 16 Ian MacKaye, American rocker (Cyrano de Bergerac), born in Washington, D.C.
- Apr 18 Shirlie Holliman, English pop singer (Wham!, Pepsi & Shirlie), born in Bushey Heath, Hertfordshire, England
- Apr 22 Rajae Belmlih, Moroccan singer, born in Rabat, Morocco (d. 2007)
- Apr 24 Rick Beato, American audio engineer, record producer, musician, songwriter, and educator, born in Rochester, New York
- Apr 26 Grahame "Skin" Skinner, Scottish rocker (Hipsway), born in Glasgow
- Apr 26 Michael Damian, American actor (Young & Restless) and singer ("Rock On"), born in San Diego, California
