Events in Music
- Apr 5 "Letter for Queen Victoria" closes at ANTA Theater NYC after 18 performances
- Apr 6 "Night... Made America Famous" closes at Barrymore NYC after 75 performances
- Apr 6 "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" closes at Belasco Theater NYC after 45 performances
Event of Interest
Apr 12 Linda Ronstadt releases "When Will I Be Loved"
Linda Ronstadt
Music Single
Apr 18 John Lennon releases single "Stand by Me"
John Lennon
Event of Interest
Apr 28 John Lennon appears on "Tonight" & Ringo Starr on "Smother Brothers"
Ringo Starr
John Lennon
Birthdays in Music
- Apr 1 John Butler, Australian singer and musician
- Apr 2 Deedee Magno Hall, Filipino-American rocker (Party-Rodeo, That's Why), born in Portsmouth, Virginia
- Apr 6 Dannon Phillip Pampolina, rapper/drummer (Party)
- Apr 7 John Cooper, American christian rock musician (Skillet), born in Memphis, Tennessee
- Apr 8 Anouk [Teeuwe], Dutch singer, born in The Hague
- Apr 10 Chris Carrabba, American singer and guitarist (Dashboard Confessional), born in West Hartford, Connecticut
- Apr 13 Lou Bega, German musician and artist, born in Munich, Germany
- Apr 14 Avner Dorman, Israeli composer, born in Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel
- Apr 16 Joanna Ławrynowicz, Polish classical pianist, born in Warsaw, Poland [1]
- Apr 23 Jón Þór Birgisson, Icelandic musician and singer (Sigur Rós)
- Apr 25 Ruben Gomez, American rocker (Menudo-Cannonball), born in Brooklyn, New York
- Apr 26 Joey Jordison, American musician (Slipknot), born in Des Moines, Iowa
- Apr 26 Nerina Pallot, British singer (Sophia), born in London
Deaths in Music
Josephine Baker
Apr 12 Josephine Baker, American French revue artist (Folies-Bergere), dies at 68
Josephine Baker