Rock Birthdays for April
"April...come she will..."

APRIL
April 1, 1934, Jim Ed Brown (The Browns)
April 1, 1939, Rudolph Isley (Isley Brothers)
April 1, 1942, Phil Margo (Tokens)
April 1, 1942, Danny Brooks (Dovells)
April 1, 1942, Alan Blakely (Tremeloes)
April 1, 1945, John Barbata (Jefferson Starship)
April 1, 1948, Ronnie Lane (Faces)
April 1, 1948, Jimmy Cliff (James Chambers)
April 1, 1961, Mark White (ABC)
April 2, 1939, Marvin Gaye
April 2, 1942, Leon Russell
April 2, 1942, Phil Castrodale (Reflections)
April 2, 1943, Larry Coryell
April 2, 1943, Glen Dale (Richard Garforth) (Fortunes)
April 2, 1947, Emmylou Harris
April 2, 1952, Leon Wilkerson (Lynryd Skynyrd)
April 2, 1961, Keren Woodward (Bananarama)
April 3, 1928, Don Gibson
April 3, 1939, Jeff Barry (songwriter)
April 3, 1941, Jan Berry (Jan and Dean)
April 3, 1942, Billy Joe Royal
April 3, 1943, Richard Manuel (The Band)
April 3, 1943, Joe Vann (Joseph Canzano)(The Duprees)
April 3, 1944, Tony Orlando
April 3, 1944, Barry Pritchard (Fortunes)
April 3, 1949, Richard Thompson (Fairport Convention)
April 3, 1951, Mel Schacher (? and the Mysterians/Grand Funk Railroad)
April 3, 1968, Sebastian Bach (Sebastian Bierk)(Skid Row)
April 4, 1915, Muddy Waters
April 4, 1936, Margo Sylvia (Tune Weavers)
April 4, 1942, Major Lance
April 4, 1948, Berry Oakley (Allman Brothers)
April 4, 1952, Dave Hill (Slade)
April 4, 1952, Gary Moore (Skid Row/Thin Lizzy)
April 5, 1928, Tony Williams (Platters)
April 5, 1939, Ronnie White (Miracles)
April 5, 1941, David LaFlame (It's A Beautiful Day)
April 5, 1942, Allan Clarke (Hollies)
April 5, 1950, Agnetha "Anna" Faltskog-Ulvaeus (Abba)
April 5, 1944, Crispian St. Peters
April 5, 1965, Mike McCready (Pearl Jam)
April 6, 1945, Bob Marley
April 7, 1915, Billie Holiday
April 7, 1922, Mongo Santamaria
April 7, 1938, Freddie Hubbard
April 7, 1938, Spencer Dryden (Jefferson Airplane)
April 7, 1943, Mick Abrahams (Jethro Tull/Blodwyn Pig)
April 7, 1947, Patricia Bennett (Chiffons)
April 7, 1949, John Oates
April 7, 1951, Janis Ian
April 8, 1941, J.J. Jackson (Jerome Louis Jackson)
April 8, 1942, Roger Chapman (Family)
April 8, 1947, Steve Howe (Yes)
April 8, 1963, Julian Lennon
April 9, 1932, Carl Perkins
April 9, 1943, Terry Knight
April 9, 1944, Emil Stucchio (Classics)
April 9, 1948, "Chico" Ryan (Sha Na Na)
April 8, 1948, Phil Wright (Paper Lace)
April 10, 1932, Nathaniel Nelson (Flamingos)
April 10, 1936, Bobbie Smith (Spinners)
April 10, 1947, Bunny Wailer (Neville O'Reilly) (The Wailers)
April 10, 1959, Brian Setzer (Stray Cats)
April 10, 1959, Babyface (Kenneth Edmonds)
April 11, 1943, Tony Victor (The Classics)
April 11, 1958, Stuart Adamson (Big Country)
April 12, 1933, Tiny Tim
April 12, 1940, Herbie Hancock
April 12, 1944, John Kay (Steppenwolf)
April 12, 1950, David Cassidy
April 12, 1951, Alex Briley (Village People)
April 12, 1958, Will Sergeant (Echo & The Bunnymen)
April 12, 1964, Amy Ray (Indigo Girls)
April 13, 1940, Lester Chambers (Chambers Brothers)
April 13, 1944, Jack Casady (Jefferson Airplane/Hot Tuna)
April 13, 1945, Lowell George (Little Feat)
April 13, 1946, Al Green
April 13, 1946, Roy Loney (Flaming Groovies)
April 13, 1946, Jim Pons (Leaves/Turtles/Mothers Of Invention)
April 13, 1951, Peabo Bryson
April 13, 1951, Max Weinberg (E-Street Band)
April 13, 1954, Jimmy Destri (Blondie)
April 13, 1955, Louis Johnson (Brothers Johnson)
April 13, 1966, Marc Ford (Black Crowes)
April 14, 1933, Buddy Knox
April 14, 1945, Ritchie Blackmore (Deep Purple/Rainbow)
April 15, 1894, Bessie Smith
April 15, 1944, Dave Edmunds
April 16, 1924, Henry Mancini
April 16, 1930, Herbie Mann
April 16, 1939, Dusty Springfield
April 16, 1946, Bobby Vinton
April 16, 1947, Gerry Rafferty (Stealers Wheel)
April 16, 1964, Dave Pirner (Soul Asylum)
April 17, 1934, Don Kirschner
April 17, 1936, Pete Graves (Moonglows)
April 17, 1940, Billy Fury
April 17, 1942, Shelly Buchansky (Vito & The Salutations)
April 17, 1954, Michael Sembello
April 17, 1955, Pete Shelley (Buzzcocks)
April 18, 1939, Glen Hardin (Crickets)
April 18, 1942, Mike Vickers (Manfred Mann)
April 18, 1944, Skip Spence (Moby Grape)
April 18, 1946, Lenny Baker (Sha Na Na)
April 18, 1958, Les Pattinson (Echo & The Bunnymen)
April 19, 1934, Dickie Goodman (Buchanan & Goodman)
April 19, 1942, Alan Price (Animals)
April 19, 1947, Mark Volman (Turtles)
April 20, 1939, Johnny Tillotson
April 20, 1942, Isaac Hayes
April 20, 1948, Craig Frost (Grand Funk Railroad)
April 20, 1951, Luther Vandross

TAURUS

April 21, 1939, Ernie Maresca
April 21, 1945, Robert Knight
April 21, 1947, Iggy Pop
April 21, 1948, Paul Davis
April 21, 1959, Michael Timmins (Cowboy Junkies)
April 21, 1959, Robert Smith (The Cure)
April 22, 1922, Charles Mingus
April 22, 1950, Peter Frampton
April 22, 1951, Paul Carrack
April 23, 1936, Roy Orbison
April 23, 1939, Ray Peterson
April 23, 1942, Sandra Dee
April 23, 1942, Barbra Streisand
April 24, 1933, Freddie Scott
April 24, 1940, George Tomsco (Fireballs)
April 24, 1945, Doug Clifford (Creedence Clearwater Revival)
April 24, 1947, Glen Cornick (Jethro Tull)
April 24, 1947, Hubert Ann Kelly (Hues Corporation)
April 25, 1918, Ella Fitzgerald
April 25, 1923, Albert King
April 25, 1945, Bjorn Ulvaeus (Abba)
April 25, 1945, Stu Cook (Creedence Clearwater Revival)
April 25, 1949, Mike Brown (Michael Lookofsky) (The Left Banke)
April 25, 1950, Steve Ferrone (Average White Band)
April 25, 1964, Andy Bell (Erasure)
April 25, 1965, Eric Avery (Jane's Addiction)
April 26, 1886, Ma Rainey
April 26, 1925, Jorgen Ingmann (Jorgen Ingmann & His Guitar)
April 26, 1938, Duane Eddy
April 26, 1942, Bobby Rydell
April 26, 1943, Gary Wright (Spooky Tooth)
April 26, 1946, John "Bucky" Wilkin (Ronny & The Daytonas)
April 26, 1947, Pete Ham (Badfinger)
April 27, 1932, Maxine Brown (The Browns)
April 27, 1948, Kate Pierson (B52's)
April 27, 1950, Paul "Ace" Frehley (Kiss)
April 27, 1959, Sheena Easton
April 28, 1941, Peter Anders (Tradewinds)
April 28, 1941, Ann-Margret
April 28, 1943, Fantastic Johnny C
April 28, 1945, John Wolters (Dr. Hook)
April 26, 1946, Vito Balsamo (Vito & The Salutations)
April 29, 1899, Duke Ellington
April 29, 1928, Carl Gardner (Coasters)
April 29, 1931, Lonnie Donegan
April 29, 1936, Albee Cracolici (Mystics)
April 29, 1942, Vincent Poncia Jr. (Tradewinds)
April 29, 1947, Tommy James
April 29, 1968, Carnie Wilson (Wilson Phillips)
April 29, 1973, Mike Hogan (Cranberries)
April 30, 1896, Rev. Gary Davis
April 30, 1927, Johnny Horton
April 30, 1941, Johnny Farina (Santo & Johnny)
April 30, 1943, Bobby Vee
April 30, 1944, Richard Shoff (Sandpipers)
April 30, 1948, Wayne Kramer (MC5)
April 30, 1953, Merrill Osmond (Osmonds)

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