Events in Music
- Apr 9 "Les Miserables" opens at Umeda-Koma Theatre, Osaka
Academy Awards
Apr 11 60th Academy Awards: "The Last Emperor", Michael Douglas & Cher win
- Apr 11 Royal Concert building in Amsterdam reopens
Election of Interest
Apr 12 Entertainer and restaurateur Sonny Bono is elected mayor of Palm Springs, California
- Apr 14 Michael Rupert and Jerry Colker's musical "Mail" opens at Music Box Theater, NYC; runs for 37 performances
Music Recording
Apr 18 Barbra Streisand records "Warm All Over"
- Apr 21 Barbra Streisand records "You'll Never Know"
TNN Viewers Choice Awards
Apr 26 1st TNN Viewers choice awards: Randy Travis wins in 5 categories
Music Premiere
Apr 28 Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus, and Tim Rice's musical "Chess" opens at Imperial Theater, NYC; runs for 68 performances
Music History
Apr 30 33rd Eurovision Song Contest: Celine Dion for Switzerland wins singing "Ne partez pas sans moi" in Dublin
Birthdays in Music
- Apr 12 Paulo Londra, Argentine rapper and singer (“Adán Y Eva”; “Nena Maldición”), born in Córdoba, Argentina
- Apr 15 Eliza "Doolittle" [Caird], British pop singer-songwriter ("Skinny Genes"; "Pack Up"), born in Westminster, London
- Apr 17 Takahiro Moriuchi, Japanese singer-songwriter and musician (One Ok Rock), born in Tokyo, Japan
- Apr 29 Younha [Go Youn-ha], Korean pop singer-songwriter (Touch; Run; Winter Flower), born in Seoul, South Korea
Weddings in Music
Mick Fleetwood
Apr 24 Musician Mick Fleetwood (40) weds model Sara Recor
Deaths in Music
- Apr 4 Ludwig Stiel, German pianist, composer, and conductor, dies at 86
- Apr 7 Cesar Bresgen, Austrian organist and composer, dies at 74
- Apr 9 Brook Benton [Benjamin Franklin Peay], American soul vocalist (It's Just a Matter of Time; Rainy Night in Georgia), dies of meningitis at 56
- Apr 9 Dave Prater, American R&B singer and musician (Sam & Dave - "Soul Man"), dies in a car crash at 50
- Apr 14 Herbert Reynolds Inch, American composer and teacher, dies at 83
- Apr 14 Johan Franco, Dutch composer, dies at 79
- Apr 15 Youri Egorov, Soviet classical pianist, dies at 33
- Apr 25 Boris Kremenliev, Bulgarian-American composer (The Tell-Tale Heart), educator (UCLA, 1947-78), and ethno-musicologist (Bulgarian-Macedonian Folk Music),r, dies at 76
- Apr 25 Carolyn Franklin, American singer-songwriter, sister of Aretha, dies of cancer at 43
- Apr 25 Lanny Ross, American radio singer (Show Boat, The Swift Show), dies at 82
- Apr 28 B. W. Stevenson, American country singer, dies at 38
- Apr 29 Jan Kapr, Czech composer, dies at 74
- Apr 30 James McCracken, American operatic tenor (Otello), dies at 61
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