Events in Music
- Apr 2 Fleetwood Mac's "Rumours" album goes #1 & stays #1 for 31 weeks
- Apr 6 Judge rules Beatles 1962 Hamburg album can be released
- Apr 11 "Luckenbach, Texas (Back to the Basics of Love)" single released by Waylon Jennings (Billboard Song of the Year 1977)
- Apr 17 "I Love My Wife" opens at Barrymore Theater NYC for 864 performances
- Apr 18 "Side by Side" by Stephen Sondheim opens at Music Box NYC for 390 performances
- Apr 21 C Strouse & M Charnins musical "Annie" opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 2377 performances
- Apr 30 "Party with Comden & Green" closes at Morosco NYC after 92 performances
Birthdays in Music
- Apr 4 Adam Dutkiewicz, American guitarist (Killswitch Engage), born in Westhampton, Massachusetts
Gerard Way
Apr 9 Gerard Way, American singer-songwriter (My Chemical Romance), born in Summit, New Jersey

Gerard Way