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Musical Birthdays in April
Content and links provided by Jon Trask, Music Educator, William Floyd School District Lesson Activity Idea
April 1, 1866
April 1, 1873
Ferruccio Busoni
Sergei Rachmaninoff
April 2, 1939
April 2, 1947
Marvin Gaye
Emmylou Harris
April 3, 1942
April 3, 1944
Wayne Newton
Tony Orlando
April 4, 1915
April 4, 1922
Muddy Waters
Elmer Bernstein
April 5, 1908
April 5, 1950
Herbert von Karajan
Agnetha Faltskog
April 6, 1927
April 6, 1929
April 6, 1937
Gerry Mulligan
Andre Previn
Merle Haggard
April 7, 1915
April 7, 1920
April 7, 1951
Billie Holiday
Ravi Shankar
Janis Ian
April 8, 1920
April 8, 1963
Carmen McRae
Julian Lennon
April 9, 1920
April 9, 1949
Art Van Damme
Chico Ryan
April 10, 1958
April 10, 1960
Baby Face
Brian Setzer
April 11, 1945
April 11, 1966
Robert Fripp
Lisa Stansfield
April 12, 1913
April 12, 1940
April 12, 1957
Lionel Hampton
Herbie Hancock
Vince Gill
April 13, 1946
April 13, 1951
Al Green
Max W. Weinberg
April 14, 1935
April 14, 1945
Loretta Lynn
Ritchie Blackmore
April 15,1894
April 15, 1933
Bessie Smith
Roy Clark
April 16, 1924
April 16, 1930
April 16, 1939
Henry Mancini
Herbie Mann
Dusty Springfield
April 17, 1948 Jan Hammer
April 18, 1819
April 18, 1882
Franz von Suppe
Leopold Stokowski
April 19, 1935 Dudley Moore
April 20, 1920
April 20, 1941
Tito Puente
Luther Vandross
April 21, 1933 Slide Hampton
April 22, 1916
April 22, 1932
April 22, 1950
Sir Yehudi Menuhin
Michael Colgrass
Peter Frampton
April 23, 1891
April 23, 1936
Sergei Prokofiev
Roy Orbison
April 24, 1941
April 24, 1942
John Williams (guitarist)
Barbara Streisand
April 25, 1918 Ella Fitzgerald
April 26, 1886
April 26, 1938
Gertrude"Ma" Rainey
Duane Eddy
April 27, 1959 Sheena Easton
April 28, 1911 Norma Teagarden
April 29, 1899
April 29, 1934
April 29, 1936
"Duke" Edward Kennedy Ellington
Otis Rush
Zubin Mehta
April 30, 1870
April 30, 1933
Franz Lehar
Willie Nelson