April 1985 in Music History

Events in Music

Big River

Apr 25 Roger Miller's musical "Big River", based on Mark Twain's 1884 novel "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn", opens at Eugene O'Neill Theater, NYC; runs for 1005 performances, wins 3 Tony Awards

Birthdays in Music

Leona Lewis (38 years old)

Apr 3 English pop singer-songwriter ("Bleeding Love"; "Better In Time"), born in Islington, London

Apr 6 Garrett Zablocki, American musician
Apr 7 Saad Lamjarred, Moroccan pop singer-songwriter ("Lm3allem"), born in Rabat, Morocco
Apr 9 Yamashita Tomohisa, Japanese singer and actor, born in Funabashi, Chiba, Japan
Apr 12 Hitomi Yoshizawa, Japanese singer (Hangry & Angry), born in Miyoshi, Saitama, Japan
Apr 12 Olga Seryabkina, Russian singer and songwriter (Serebro), born in Moscow, Russia
Apr 16 Benjamín Rojas, Argentine actor and singer, born in La Plata, Argentina
Apr 18 Elena Temnikova, Russian disco and Euro-pop singer (Serebro), fashin designer, and television personality, born in Kurgan, Russia
Apr 21 Łukasz Trepczyński, Polish classical pianist, born in Radomsko, Poland
Apr 26 Nam Gyu-Ri, Korean singer (member of See Ya), born in Seoul, South Korea
Apr 30 Ashley Alexandra Dupré, American singer and call girl

Deaths in Music

Apr 1 Herman Roelstraete, Belgium composer, dies at 59
Apr 6 Mark Lothar, German composer (The Story of the Lazy Bear), dies at 82
Apr 8 J. Fred Coots, American songwriter ("Santa Claus Is Coming To Town"; "Love Letters In The Sand"), dies at 87
Apr 14 Reginald Beane, American pianist (Starlit Time: Once Upon a Tune), dies at 63
Apr 21 Irving Mills [Isadore Minsky], American jazz music publisher, manager (Duke Ellington, 1926-48), singer and lyricist, dies at 91
Apr 22 José de Lima Siqueira, Brazilian conductor, and composer, dies at 78

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