Events in Music
Stop to Love
Apr 1 "Stop to Love" compilation album by Luther Vandross is released
Music Concert
Apr 13 Rock for the Rainforest benefit concert held at Carnegie Hall, NYC; performers include: Sting, Elton John, James Taylor, Nina Simone, Smokey Robinson, Lulu, Patti Labelle, Ravi Shankar, Anoushka Shankar, Jeff Beck, Wynonna Judd, and Rebecca Del Rio
Birthdays in Music
- Apr 19 Loren Gray, American singer and TikTok star, born in Pottstown, Pennsylvania
Deaths in Music
- Apr 3 Fad Gadget [Francis Tovey], English singer and musician, dies of a heart attack at 45
- Apr 5 Layne Staley, American rock singer and guitarist (Alice in Chains - Dirt), dies at 34
- Apr 15 William Leonard "Will" Reed, British pianist and composer, dies at 91
- Apr 20 Alan Dale, American singer (Alan Dale Show), dies at 76
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