Events in Music
- Apr 6 "Having Our Say" opens at Booth Theater NYC for 308 performances
- Apr 9 "Translations" closes at Plymouth Theater NYC after 25 performances
- Apr 10 "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" opens at Lyceum Theater NYC for 24 performances
Music Concert
Apr 12 Rock for the Rainforest benefit concert held at Carnegie Hall, NYC; performers include: Sting, Elton John, James Taylor, Jon Bon Jovi, Bruce Springsteen, Paul Simon, Billy Joel, Jessye Norman, and Geoffrey Oryema
- Apr 25 "A Month in the Country" opens at Roundabout Theater, NYC; runs for 79 performances
- Apr 27 "Indiscretions" opens at Ethel Barrymore Theater NYC for 221 performances
- Apr 30 "Blood Brothers" closes at Music Box Theater NYC after 839 performances
- Apr 30 "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" closes at Lyceum Theater NYC after 24 performances
- Apr 30 "The Rose Tattoo" opens at Circle in the Square Theater NYC for 80 performances
Birthdays in Music
Melanie Martinez (27 years old)
Apr 28 American singer-songwriter (Cry Baby), born in Queens, New York
Weddings in Music
Tupac Shakur
Apr 29 American rapper Tupac Shakur (23) marries law student Keisha Morris; divorce in 1996
Rosanne Cash
Apr 30 American country singer-songwriter Rosanne Cash (39) weds record producer John Leventhal (42)
Deaths in Music
- Apr 1 Francisco Moncion, American dancer, dies at 73
- Apr 2 Julius Arthur Hemphill, saxophonist, dies at 57
- Apr 2 Leo LeBlanc, American country musician and pianist who was legally blind, dies of cancer at 55
- Apr 7 Peter Brinson, British ballet and dance writer, lecturer, and promoter (Ballet For All), dies at 75
- Apr 8 Andrej Očenáš, Slovak composer, dies at 84
- Apr 12 Chris Pyne, British jazz, touring, and session trombonist (Mike Gibbs; Ronnnie Scott; Humphrey Lyttelton), dies at 56
- Apr 14 Burl Ives, American folk singer ("A Little Bitty Tear"; "Silver And Gold"), actor (Cat On A Hot Tin Roof), and snowman (Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer), dies from complications of mouth cancer at 85
- Apr 14 James Daniel "Danny" Turner, American jazz saxophonist, dies at 75
- Apr 15 Cleo Brown, American jazz pianist, dies at 85
- Apr 19 "King" Herbert Whitaker, American R&B tenor saxophonist, dies at 66
- Apr 22 Don Pullen, American pianist & composer, dies at 53
- Apr 23 Lonesome Sundown [Cornelius Green III], American blues singer & guitarist, dies at 66
Ginger Rogers (1911-1995)
Apr 25 American vaudeville, stage and screen dancer, singer (Top Hat), and Academy Award-winning actress (Kitty Foyle; Stage Door), dies at 83
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