Events in Music
Music Single
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
Birthdays in Music
Gerard Way (45 years old)
Apr 9 American singer-songwriter (My Chemical Romance - "Welcome To The Black Parade"), born in Summit, New Jersey
- Apr 11 DJ Fresh [Daniel Stein], British musician, DJ and record producer ("Louder"; "Hot Right Now"), born in England
- Apr 17 Phil Jamieson, Australian singer (Grinspoon), born in Hornsby, New South Wales
- Apr 17 Sizzla Kalonji [Miguel Orlando Collins], Jamaican reggae musician, born in Kingston, Jamaica
- Apr 21 Doseone [Adam Drucker], American rapper (co-founder of Anticon), born in Napa, Idaho
- Apr 22 Aaron Fink, American guitarist (Breaking Benjamin)
John Cena (45 years old)
Apr 23 American professional wrestler, rapper and actor (The Marine), born in West Newbury, Massachusetts
- Apr 25 Constantinos Christoforou, Cypriot singer ("O, ti m'afora"), born in Limassol, Cyprus
- Apr 25 Matthew West, American Christian musician and singer ("Happy"), born in Downers Grove, Illinois
- Apr 25 Paavo Siljamäki, Finnish musician (Above & Beyond)
Deaths in Music
- Apr 4 Jeno Zador, composer, dies at 82
- Apr 22 Charles Sanford, American orchestra leader (Your Show of Shows), dies at 71
- Apr 27 Joe Garland, American big band jazz saxophonist, arranger, and composer (In the Mood; Serenade To A Savage), dies at 73
- Apr 30 Clive Martin Douglas, Australian composer, dies at 73
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